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At 6-foot-7 and 265 pounds, Kyle Fiedorowicz has little problem getting noticed.
"My height alone makes me stick out," said Fiedorowicz, a Johnsburg graduate who has starred for the past four seasons as a tight end at NCAA Division III North Central College in Naperville.
Earlier this month, Fiedorowicz stood out for NFL scouts while competing at pro days at Northwestern and Northern Illinois.
Fiedorowicz ran the 40-yard dash in 4.67 seconds, posted a broad jump of 9-5 and a vertical leap of 28 inches.
He also did multiple position drills at each pro day, drawing interest from approximately 10 teams.
"My route running was pretty good, too," he said. "My routes were crisp."
Fiedorowicz said the most interested team seemed to be the Miami Dolphins. During the season, he also drew strong interest from a Buffalo Bills scout who visited North Central.
"I hope I did enough to get noticed," Fiedorowicz said of his pro day performances. "I had a few teams ask about my season and ask for some more tape."
Fiedorowicz had plenty of highlights in his impressive career at North Central.
Of his 66 career receptions, 22 went for touchdowns, which ranks second in school history.
In the fall, Fiedorowicz led the Cardinals with a career-best 25 catches for 381 yards and eight TDs.
He was the only tight end chosen for the American Football Coaches Association D-III All-America team. Fiedorowicz also has earned All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin first-team honors for the past three seasons.
He will get a chance to showcase his skills for the Bears on April 13 when he takes part in the team's annual showcase for local NFL draft prospects.
"I'm definitely going to bust my butt," said Fiedorowicz, who has been working out at fellow Johnsburg grad Chris Leathers' Your World Fitness facility in Spring Grove. "I'm just trying to stay in the best shape possible until my name is called."
Fiedorowicz said his prospects for the NFL Draft, which is scheduled for April 26-28, are varied.
"I've heard sixth or seventh round and I've heard (undrafted) free agent," Fiedorowicz said.
Gathering information, particularly from scouts, can be a confusing part of the draft process, though.
"If (scouts) are interested, they don't want to show it," Fiedorowicz said. "If they're not interested, they don't want to show that either. They're pretty even."
Hot hitter at Carthage: Vicki Pyan leads all regulars with a .450 batting average this season for D-III Carthage College's softball team, which recently had its 10-game winning streak snapped.
Pyan, a Crystal Lake South grad, is a sophomore who plays third base and catcher for Carthage (10-2). She leads the team in eight offensive categories, including runs (16), RBIs (12), home runs (three), doubles (six) and slugging percentage (.825) and has started every game this season.
Running Ranger: Crystal Lake Central grad Taylor Miller was D-II Wisconsin-Parkside's top finisher in the 5,000-meter run at the Great Lakes Valley Conference indoor track championships. Miller placed eighth in the event in 18 minutes, 21.11 seconds. Her top time of the indoor season in the event was 18:04.
Miller was named in the fall to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's All-Academic Team while earning all-GLVC honors in cross country and finishing 39th individually in a D-II regional race with a season-best time of 22:42 in the 6-kilometer race.
Elmhurst ace: Senior track athlete Mark D'Angelo posted the second-time 400-meter time in Elmhurst College history at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin meet.D'Angelo, a McHenry grad, covered the distance in 50.39, good for sixth place and all-conference honors.
D'Angelo also ran a leg on Elmhurst's 4x400 relay team, which earned All-CCIW recognition by placing fourth in 3:26.19. The time ranks No. 2 in school history for the event.
SIUE standout: Crystal Lake South grad James Vazquez is the leading hitter this season for D-I SIU-Edwardsville's baseball team with a .302 average.A junior infielder for the Cougars (13-11), Vazquez leads the team in hits (29) and runs (21) while ranking second in doubles (six). He has driven in nine runs for the Cougars, who are in their first season in the Ohio Valley Conference.
• Barry Bottino writes a weekly column and a blog about local college athletes for the Northwest Herald. Write to him at email@example.com and check out his On Campus blog at McHenryCountySports.com.


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Mixing it upMay 17,2013
Only four months ago President Obama had emerged from a bruising presidential election with a convincing win, buoyed by unexpected gains in Congress and claiming a mandate to push his agenda. The last two weeks have shown how quickly a reversal of fortune can change the tone of politics in Washington.
Following his election, the Republicans were back on their heels, and Obama appeared newly confident, bolstered by the belief that the American people were on his side. He was ready to push his program with new aggressiveness on numerous fronts, and prospects for success on gun control and immigration, among other issues, seemed good.
But it was never going to be easy. Republicans in Congress were ready to exploit any weakness they could find, and now Obama finds himself on the defensive. Politico wrote a story this week headlined D.C. turns on Obama, saying it was not just Republicans who were on the offensive. Fellow Democrats and the press also sensed weakness.
The press is frequently criticized for deploying sports metaphors to describe politics, reducing everything to a horse race or a slugging match. But in this season of political fisticuffs, boxing provides a lens as good as any to understand what is happening in Washington.
Thats because politics is about power, and boxing is the sport where opponents most directly seek to exercise power over the other. If Republicans were back on their heels at the beginning of the year, that is a boxing metaphor. But the match was not over just because Obama won the election. In fact, it was just beginning.
The Republicans were never going to let Obama off easy. The election may have weakened them, but their weakness seemed to motivate the fierceness of their counterattack. It has been that way ever since the days of Karl Rove, adviser to George W. Bush, who had limped into office in 2001 in a severely weakened state.
All the Republicans needed to do this year was to find an opening where they could land a punch to disrupt Obamas rhythm. Then they could go on the attack. Thats what the hearings on Benghazi were about. With the IRS scandal, the GOP found Obama with his guard down, and they let him have it. And he understood he had no choice but to take it.
But that wasnt all. News that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of The Associated Press in a fishing expedition to plug a leak of doubtful harm alarmed liberals as well as Republicans happy to exploit the administrations blunder. Also alarmed was the press, which, according to the Politico article has become increasingly jaundiced by the administrations arrogance. There are times, as during the Clinton administration, when the press feels compelled to show that it can be tough on liberals as well as on conservatives, and the spin in coming months on all manner of stories is not likely to be favorable to Obama.
Increasingly, the spin is going to be that Obama is not in charge of events; they are in charge of him. It is not foreign territory for a president. No president is in charge of events, and all presidents encounter difficulties that put them on the defensive.
For people concerned about actual issues the process can be discouraging. Obamas agenda includes action on energy, climate change, infrastructure, education, health care and as far as Republicans are concerned, keeping him off balance is a way to fend off that agenda. That a majority of Americans appear to favor Obamas agenda means that the Republicans have to be extra tough.
Obama, the constitutional scholar, is not conducting a seminar. Hes in the fight of his life. No one gets to have his way untouched in politics. Everyone has to mix it up, take some punches, bob and weave, marshal his strength and try to land some punches of his own. No one ever really wins either. It is a fight that extends ahead in time as long as history continues to unfold.MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryFor the past month, I have been watching close friends and family descending into a pit of... Full StoryAdjusting to snow, sleet and cold after spending over a month in an exponentially warmer climate ... Full Story
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For Asian Hooded Lids: Vertical Gradient Method Of Eyeshadow Application
You know that's not my eye. LOL.
A warm welcome to Min, guest eye for today! Wheeeeee wheet!!!
Every time Min and I meet up, she will scream at me "WHERE'S MY EYE! WHERE'S MY EYE!". HAHA. These pictures were taken a good 9 months ago but I've always been busy with other projects or just something else.
Finally I can say, NAH! HERE'S YOUR EYE!!! 😀
Min was so nice to allow me to use her eye for this tutorial. We did this on a Sunday morning at her house, rather hurriedly, so don't slam me for the unplucked eyebrows!
Blame Min. HAHA! Kidding! We're always making fun of one another. Whenever we're together, we're like two little childish people. 'Little' because we are of almost the same height (I'm probably taller by like 1.5cm haha). EH! You also cannot be air stewardess! HAHAHA! 😆
Min's my really good friend and she played a big part in the initial stages of designing the Bun Bun Makeup Tips website. She helped design my name card too!
I mentioned in the Vertical Gradient Method of Eyeshadow Application tutorial, as part of the Asian Eyeshadow Tutorials series, that this method works extremely well on hooded lids and monolids.
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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein)
Whilst hearing a policymaker from the Bank of England engage in open discussion with (and praising) the Occupy role in bringing about change is hopeful, it was difficult not to see the presentation as somehow overoptimistic, that the system has heard the people and that change is under way. It is true that the separation of retail and investment banking is a step (strongly resisted, we might add) in the right direction, but the assumption that on account of such separation the speculative casino will continue on its own merry way without causing the same disasters it has brought about is naïve. As long as there is a produce-nothing, create-nothing get-rich-quick wheel the brain drain, or brain waste of intelligent and highly educated people (also mentioned by Haldane) who could have been addressing the real problems of the world – incurable diseases, climate change, energy – will not stop. Nor will the diversion of funds from the real economy to the speculative one, even if banks cannot do it, "investors" can, and will, encouraged by the ever-present oracles of the Credit Rating Agencies pretending not to be biased towards client companies. Not to mention that "the new Bank of England leaf" does not include a plan to close Tax Havens, hoarding at present over £21 trillion, some calculate much more.
Another sticky point in this presentation was that one of the five strategic points mentioned by Haldane as the way to "correct" the system was to increase competition. Not only this is one of the central dogmas of neo-liberalism, but repeating that "competition works" does not make it any truer. We know that the private sector tends to form Cartels that favour their supposedly competing members who agree to protect their profits rather than their customers or clients. So where he would hope to see more banks with more or less the same structure, turning a better new leaf would mean replacing "competition" with "alternative", that is, to offer a completely different choice. For example, instead of privatising and cannibalising the Post Office, it could easily be transformed into a 0% interest state Bank, with no speculative arm and serving only the needs of the community.
Another question from the floor that was not really answered was the issue of Money as Debt, the way the banking system creates money in the form of credit, but it does not create the money to repay the interests. In this way the system is designed to create concentration, poverty and the need to "expand" the economy all the time to find the resources (human and environmental) to fill the gap. This ever increasing need of resources also fuel wars for their control, justified on ideological lines, or the need to protect other people's "human rights". And the environmental disaster looming in the horizon gets dismissed as a secondary concern.
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Taco Talk with Kristie Fox
May 3, 2013
"Taco Talk" presented by Fuzzy's Taco Shop
ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington athletic department and Fuzzy's Taco Shop have teamed up to present "Taco Talk," a monthly coach's show built around breakfast at Fuzzy's.
Taco Talk will feature UT Arlington coaches and take place at Fuzzy's Taco Shop at 510 East Abram St. The second episode is Tuesday, May 7 at 8:30 a.m. UT Arlington students, faculty and staff, and fans are welcome to attend Taco Talk while enjoying a Fuzzy's breakfast. May's episode will feature head softball coach Kristie Fox.
Fuzzy's Taco Shop is the exclusive sponsor for "Taco Talk." Visit Fuzzy's online at: http://www.fuzzystacoshop.com.
About Fuzzy's Taco Shop
Laced with feta and Fuzzy's sauce, the baja style tacos quickly led to unstoppable addictions and cult-like fans. And as some of those fans moved away to Fuzzy's-less towns, they began suffering serious withdrawals. They demanded more locations, and Fuzzy's obliged. Spreading throughout 11 states with 60 stores and many more to come, Fuzzy's is taking over stomachs and states alike.
It's no wonder. Critics have described Fuzzy's food as "a thing of great beauty," and "truly amazing," while even calling the franchise itself a "phenomenon."
A phenomenon? That's a pretty big word. And we'll happily take it. And no matter how far and wide this tasty little phenomenon spreads, every location will always keep the Fuzzy's promise in mind: To focus full attention on promptly and efficiently providing guests with generous helpings of uniquely flavorful foods at a fair price.
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The Department of Revenue says that the interest rate on delinquent taxes will remain at 3 percent next year. It's been that rate since 2010.
The interest owed is calculated from the time the tax was due until it is paid in full.
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By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor
One was looking for a voice and found it at Eastern New Mexico University. Another became the voice of ENMU.
Paul Hahn and Betsy Chavez represent two different ends of the spectrum for the 368 students who graduated from the college Saturday morning.
Hahn, who first came to ENMU in 2003, was finishing up a semester of school at Columbia College in Chicago and was looking for a change.
"I just found a Web site and came here because it seemed nice," said Hahn, who came to ENMU for its music program but settled on a degree in university studies.
Chavez, meanwhile, attended school in Las Vegas, N.M., at both Luna Community College and New Mexico Highlands University. She attended school off and on starting in 1987, as she and husband Steve raised a family and did some traveling. When she came back to ENMU in 1997, she was classified as a junior.
She originally majored in human resources management, but changed to psychology with a minor in business. Chavez said she had a desire to work in the Federal Emergency Management Agency and figured each area of study would help.
Though both Hahn and Chavez ended up in different areas of the college, they each found direction with jobs they picked up at the university.
Chavez took a job in 1999 at the information desk, and became the first person callers would hear when they dialed the university's main number — 562-1011. It wasn't too long before coworkers dubbed her the voice of ENMU.
Hahn became a resident assistant in January 2004, and stayed with the housing department up to his current position as the assistant hall director at Bernalillo Hall.
Living on campus and encouraging residents to get involved became motivation for him, and he's hoping to take that motivation to a housing department at another college.
"The experience of meeting all of these new people getting invovled with their life and having an impact (is the reward)," said Hahn, who is weighing options but hopes for California.
Chavez, meanwhile, will keep her voice in Portales. She now has two teenage sons and is active with many community organizations. Also, she and Steve are deciding if one or both will further their educations at ENMU.
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New Montpelier councilor is ready for the jobBy David Taube
STAFF WRITER | March 10,2013Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
Newly elected Montpelier City Council member Jessica Edgerly Walsh takes the oath of office from City Clerk John Odum.MONTPELIER Sometimes in the past when Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, would leave work for the weekend on a Friday evening, often around 6 p.m., another group of people near his office was just assembling to begin their own work.
Leading the gatherings was Jessica Edgerly Walsh, whose outreach group Toxics Action Center worked to rally Vermonters to address environmental problems.
Its the kind of work, said Burns, that often means spending weeknights with groups of community members in someones living room an hour away from home.
These days Edgerly Walsh works at SunCommon, a solar energy business in Waterbury Center. Shes also the newest member of the Montpelier City Council, and Burns says the dedication Edgerly Walsh has brought to her earlier work will translate well in her new role as councilor.
Shes bright. Shes energetic. Shes dedicated, agreed state Rep. Mary Hooper, D-Montpelier, and a former mayor of the capital city.
Edgerly Walsh, 28, was elected to the City Council last week on Town Meeting Day, besting three other candidates. She replaces Angela MacDonald-Timpone in District 3, keeping the number of women on the council at two along with her new council colleague, Anne Watson.
Edgerly Walsh says there are a number of key issues shes eager to become involved with, including the district heating project, affordable housing, and helping the city prepare for increases in health care costs.
She said certain budget costs like health care are uncontrollable, but she said the council should make an effort to closely manage as many spending lines as possible.
As many lines of the budget we can control the better, so that the City Council can actually plan and the city staff can actually plan, Edgerly Walsh said.
From my perspective, knowing a little bit about renewable energy, Im interested in using that as one tool to help us control costs, she said. So oil, electricity, propane, these are gambles in terms of what costs will be in five or 10 years.
Hooper said she hopes Edgerly Walsh brings some creative ideas to her new role.
Maybe shell dig in and try to make Montpelier one of the leading solar cities in the state, she said.
At SunCommon, Edgerly Walsh is the companys lead solar community organizer, a position in which she educates people about solar energy technology and motivates them to adopt it.
Shes a really strategic thinker, Burns said. You can be a good listener, but that doesnt mean youll be able to develop a strategy.
One of her more memorable and satisfying projects with the Toxics Action Center was helping residents in White River Junction whose groundwater had been contaminated by a dry-cleaning agent that was illegally dumped years before, she said.
The pollution had seeped up, literally evaporated into their basements, and they were getting sick, she said.
The center helped residents address the issue with the state, with homeowners getting new air filters for their homes, and also worked to lobby the Attorney Generals office for remedial action.
Edgerly Walsh also said she hopes to make affordable housing a reality in the downtown area of Montpelier.
She lives on Blackwell Street in a home she purchased in 2008. Her husband, Ben Edgerly Walsh, is the clean energy advocate at VPIRG.
I think she will take a very pragmatic approach to city business, wanting to understand all sides of an issue, Hooper said. Im particularly pleased that District 3 is going to have someone who really cares with trying to connect.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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Is there more to a job than just a paycheck for those seeking employment between college or high school semesters?
"It has been a pattern that this is the regular season for higher employment," said Jim Lee, professor of economics, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. "This is the season that a lot of kids are trying to find work, and at the same time you have college graduates trying to find work."
"I see a lot of opportunity for the area given so much development going on," Lee said.
The jobs are out there. The trick, if you wish, is finding the right one.
For teens this summer, that isn't always easy.
Good news though. Wages have gone up due to competition from the oil field, said Monika De La Garza, Workforce Solutions communications and outreach coordinator.
"On any given day... there are over 2,000 jobs. That is a conservative number," she said.
"We are hearing from employers that there is a lot of growth but a lot of challenges."
That challenge is luring workers, which is opening up new jobs for younger employees needing temporary work.
For those 16-24 years old, the largest employer is the retail, food service and entertainment markets.
"Twenty-eight percent of the young adult workforce are working in these three industries," De La Garza said.
What is interesting is that the oil industry is now driving up the pay in every market from the person working as a stockboy to convenience store clerks.
"What we are starting to see is they are having to raise their minimum wages in order to keep people," De la Garza said. "Some of the stores are paying $15 per hour just to keep people.
"It is something that is a dynamic boom across the board."
There is a reason so many once lower paying jobs are having to raise their wages.
The employees they could once count on are now taking jobs in the oil field—as drivers or even roustabouts.
"Let's say the person working at the hamburger business," De La Garza said, "they get an opportunity to get a job as a roustabout.
"They are going to leave.
"The hamburger joint is needing to replace that person."
In order to hire and keep someone, they have to raise their starting wage.
This same story could be told using nearly any business in Beeville.
"If one person goes from the retail to the oil and gas industry, then the retail position needs to be filled," she said.
But is employment right for all the youths out there?
Lee would actually prefer to see teens volunteering their time in summer programs like Habitat for Humanity than working in fast-food restaurants.
"I don't think it pays off that much," he said of most part-time jobs. "I learned that lesson working during the summer.
"It doesn't help much making a few dollars an hour, but at the same time I didn't know better.
"I spent the rest of the years taking summer classes."
Lee said that everyone would be better off if these students were out in the community as volunteers.
There is another option though.
He was also calling upon the businesses to help by offering internships for the youth.
"It is going to engage the teens," he said.
"Not only will this provide youths something to keep them occupied during the summer; it also instills a sense of pride in their communities."
"It is one way to keep our teens engaged with the community," he said. "Then they tend to stay the rest of their lives. The summer is the time to give them that type of experience."
This is the time, he said, for businesses and the community leaders to partner together.
"Right now, we have an oil boom," he said. "Obviously, most cities are collecting a lot of tax revenue.
"Perhaps this is the time to boost up our workforce.
"The workforce is the best asset we have."
Internships, he said, are a chance for students to work in more professional environments that provide them experience in their sought-after fields. This, he said, ultimately creates graduates that are ready to enter the workforce.
"It should be a concerted effort for the college, businesses and the city working together," Lee said.
Internships aren't for everyone, and some students do want the money earned during their summer employment.
For those youth seeking a job, the task can be daunting, especially if they don't know what to expect or even where to begin.
"Right now, we have about 213 youths in our Emerging Leaders Initiative program," she said. "The door is always open to youth."
De La Garza said they are here to help those young people who need it.
"Career counselors are here to help them overcome any kind of barriers, such as education, to getting a job," she said. "We also get them into career exploration."
De La Garza said that summer jobs are about more than just earning paychecks.
"There is a lot that could come out of a young adult getting a job," she said. "They will gain experience and an attitude to succeed in our work force.
"They will interact with dynamic working professionals."
Whatever the youths do this summer, Lee has one hope.
"I hope they are not loafing around and playing video games," he said.
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 343-5221, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Cramer Quick Take: Nordstrom Over Tiffany
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Sometimes, just delivering on your promises is enough to soothe investor worries, Jim Cramer told Debra Borchardt at TheStreet.com Friday.
That was certainly the case with luxury retailer Tiffany
Cramer explained that when a company misses earnings repeatedly, even being able to meet the bare minimums is often enough to begin building investor confidence and reliability. That said, Cramer noted that he's not a fan of Tiffany and prefers Nordstrom
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Choosing Between Bonds and Bond Funds
by Charles Rotblut, CFA
Bonds play a role in a portfolio, even when the outlook for interest rates is uncertain. They offer a lower level of volatility than stocks. Plus, bonds have historically had different return characteristics. Determining how to best get exposure to them can be a challenge, however, as there are advantages and disadvantages to choosing between bond funds and individual bonds.
Bond funds offer ease and simplicity. A bond fund gives you instant access to a diversified portfolio of bond holdings. The downside is that the typical bond fund, unlike an actual bond, never matures. The price of a fund's shares and the cash flows you receive will depend on the bond market's fluctuations—which are influenced by changes in interest rates—and, of course, the manager's skill. So, bond funds lack a guaranteed rate of return. Furthermore, with a bond fund you will pay ongoing annual management expenses and have no ability to control the timing of capital gains.
Bonds offer a higher (but not absolute) level of predictability. A bond held to maturity will provide a fixed rate of return. At a pre-specified date, you will get the face ("par") value of the bond back, typically $1,000 per bond. In addition, you will receive semiannual interest ("coupon") payments. Both of these amounts are fixed for traditional American bonds and enable you to calculate the pretax rate of return at the time of purchase. This rate of return does not alter as long as you keep the bond to maturity. This is why some bond experts suggest buying actual bonds as opposed to bond funds.
The key is to hold the bond until it matures. Individual bonds offer limited upside, but the risk of a complete loss of your invested capital on the downside. The primary upward drivers of a bond's price are a decline in interest rates or a credit rating upgrade. Limiting the magnitude of the upside is the fixed return that bonds offer when held to maturity. Excessively overpay for a bond and you will lose money unless you can find someone willing to pay even more. The downside is the potential for losing your entire investment if a default occurs and there are not enough assets to repay you. (A bond is essentially a loan to the issuer.) Defaults tend to be limited among high-credit-quality bonds (though they can occur).
Bonds can be more difficult to buy than stocks. A single company may issue many bonds. Using General Electric as an example, the company has only one class of common stock that is publicly traded, GE. Conversely, a search on FINRA's Bond Market Data website (www.finra.org/marketdata) identified 500 bonds associated with General Electric. Thus, while you can call your broker and simply say "buy me X number of shares of GE stock," you can't do the same with GE bonds. You will have to give the CUSIP number (the bond equivalent of a stock ticker) or least the maturity or yield you desire. Since there are multiple issues, liquidity (the number of active buyers and sellers) will also differ. Depending on what you are trying to buy and the amount you are looking to invest, it may be challenging to complete a trade.
Thus, the decision as whether to buy a bond or a bond fund should be based not only on your goals, but also on the size of your portfolio, your personal preference about how involved you want to be with your portfolio and whether you want to work with a financial professional who is skilled in building and managing a bond portfolio.
Comparison of Bonds and Bond Funds
- Fixed rate of return when held to maturity
- Portfolio diversification depends on number and type of bonds purchased
- Can be difficult to buy because of multiple issues and potentially low liquidity
- Costs typically limited to brokerage commissions and taxes
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- Rate of return dependent on market fluctuations and manager skill
- Most funds offer simple access to a diversified portfolio
- Easy to buy and sell through broker or fund company
- Annual fees charged; investors have no control over timing of capital gains realized by fund
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Vince Rappa from NJ posted over 4 years ago:
Bonds are a critical part of all portfolios, why don't you recommend a Model Bond Portfolio to compliment your Stock and Fund Portfolios? Right I could use guidance for a 50% Bond Portfolio.
David Flanagan from CA posted over 4 years ago:
Messege for Mr. Rotblut;
I am considering placing my investment portfolio into the Shadow Portfolio. I would
like your opinion on whether to start one
now are wait till after the new year (because
of the fiscal cliff)?
I am retired and would like to know the
least number of years you would recommend
if investing the the Shadow portfolio?
If starting with 15 stocks, do you folks
have any recommendations on which stock to
buy first?
Will appreciate you information and guidance.
Dave Flanagan
Gerald Weinkam from OH posted over 3 years ago:
The problem I have trying to buy individual bonds is knowing what a fair price is for the bond.
R Speir from FL posted over 3 years ago:
Model bond portfolio is a good idea.
H Mc allister from AR posted over 3 years ago:
There are so many different types of bond funds,ie;emerging mkts, short, intermediate, long term, intn'l,inflation protected, etc, that I would think it very difficult to create a model bond fund portfolio due to different investors age groups and investment objectives.
Joseph Bellanca from IL posted over 3 years ago:
i have a50% allocation in my portfolio , I had my broker help me ladder a portfolio of different and dates.
Charles Murphy from MA posted about 1 year ago:
I invest in balanced funds with good returns when compared with their category averages. If the fund managers buy or sell various bonds within the portfolio, their must be a sound financial reason for doing so. Their employment depends on it as does their reputation within the industry.
I would not try to represent myself in court if accused of a crime. They say if you try to represent yourself, you have an idiot as a client. Instead, I would want the most experienced attorney possible. Why would I try to create and manage my own bond portfolio. I'll leave that up to the financial experts as well. I'll just sit back, relax and let them do the heavy lifting for me.


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"Voting is your civic responsibility," said Karen Opiela, Karnes County election administrator. "Choosing to vote is your opportunity to have a say in not only how Karnes County is run, but also the State of Texas and the nation."
Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry said that the first step to voting is registering.
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January 13-14, 2010
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View FY2011 Budget – Board adopted 1-14-2010
NOTE: The sign-in sheet for public participation will be set out 30 minutes prior to the start of each meeting.
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State Board of Education Meeting - January 13-14, 2010
|Wednesday, January 13, 2010
|10:15 a.m.
|Governmental Relations Committee of the Whole
Board Room, 4th Floor
|Governor's State of the State Address
(Some Board Members may attend.)
|*1:15 p.m.
|Finance & Audit Committee of the Whole (immediately following State of the State Address)
Board Room, 4th Floor
|*4:00 p.m.
|Ad Hoc Rules Committee of the Whole
Board Room, 4th Floor
* The meeting will begin at the conclusion of the previous session.
|Thursday, January 14, 2010
|8:30 a.m.
|Education Policy Planning Committee of the Whole
Board Room, 4th Floor
|*10:15 a.m.
|ISBE Plenary Session
Board Room, 4th Floor
|* The meeting will begin at the conclusion of the previous session.
All State Board of Education meetings listed on this agenda will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons planning to attend who need special accommodations should contact the Board office no later than the date prior to the meeting. Contact the Superintendent's office at the State Board of Education, Phone: 217-782-2221; TTY/TDD: 17-782-1900; Fax: 217-785-3972.
NOTE: Chairman Ruiz may call to order the Board's plenary session early for the sole purpose of hearing a motion to go into closed session. In such case, the plenary session will reconvene for action items at the time posted. Chairman Ruiz may also call for a break in the plenary session on Thursday at which time the Board will go into closed session.
100 North First Street, Springfield, Illinois
January 14, 2010
10:15 a.m
(This meeting will begin immediately following the previous session.)
NOTE: Staff presentations and detailed Board discussion typically take place during Committee meetings one month prior to State Board action in the plenary session.
All meetings will be audio cast on the Internet at www.isbe.net
- Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance
- Consideration of and Possible Actions on Any Requests for Participation in Meeting by Other Means
- Consideration of and Possible Actions on Any Requests for Participation in Meeting by Other Means
- Ceremonial Swearing-in of New State Board of Education Members 10:15 – 10:25 a.m.
- Public Participation 10:25 – 10:55 a.m.
- Resolutions & Recognition
- Joyce Karon, Former State Board of Education Member
- Joyce Karon, Former State Board of Education Member
- Superintendent's Report
* Consent Agenda
All action consideration items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion and vote. Any board member who wishes separate discussion on any item listed on the consent agenda may remove that item from the consent agenda, in which event, the item will be considered in its normal sequence.
Action Considerations consent agenda items: 10:55 – 11:05 a.m.
End of Consent Agenda
- *Approval of Minutes
- December 15 2009 (Plenary Packet pp. 5-13)
- Violence in Schools Work Study, December 16, 2009 (Plenary Packet pp. 14-17)
- *Rules for Initial Review
- Part 180 (Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools) (Rules Committee Packet pp. 4-11)
- *Rules for Adoption
- Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision) (Rules Packet pp. 12-53)
- Part 151 (School Construction) (Rules Committee Packet pp. 54-75)
- Part 252 (Driver Education) (Rules Committee Packet pp. 76-82)
- *Recommended Denials of District Requests for Waivers of Transitional Bilingual Education Rules
- Arlington Heights School District #25 (Gov't Relations Packet pp. 44-49)
- School District U-46 (Elgin) (Gov't Relations Packet pp. 50-56)
- Kildeer Countryside CCSD #96 (Gov't Relations Packet pp. 57-69)
- *Legislative Proposals (Gov't Relations Packet pp. 5-43)
- *Spring Mandate Waiver Report (Gov't Relations Packet pp. )
- *Teacher Certification Board Recommendation: McKendree University (EPPC Packet pp. 4-5)
- *Approval of Race To The Top Application (EPPC Packet pp. 7)
- Approval of FY11 State Board Budget Recommendation (Finance & Audit Packet p. 3-) 11:05 – 11:25 a.m.
- New Business 11:25 – 11:30 a.m.
- Announcements and Reports 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
- IBHE Liaison Report (Dr. Proshanta Nandi) 11:30 – 11:40 a.m.
- P-20 Council Liaison Report (Joyce Karon) 11:40 – 11:50 a.m.
- Superintendent's/Senior Staff Announcements 11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Chairman's Report 12:00 – 12:10 p.m.
- Member Reports 12:10 – 12:20 p.m.
- Information Items
- ISBE Fiscal & Administrative Monthly Reports (Plenary pp. 18-46)
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Sep 27/10
Award-winning writer Lawrence Hill, author of the best-selling novel The Book of Negroes, is visiting Wilfrid Laurier University this week as writer-in-residence.
This past weekend, publisher HarperCollins Canada announced that The Book of Negroes has sold more than 500,000 copies in Canada, in various editions, since it was first published in February 2007.
Hills itinerary at Laurier this week includes three public readings two on the Waterloo campus and one at Laurier Brantford as well as a luncheon with students, two lectures with undergraduates (Waterloo and Brantford), a roundtable discussion with graduate students and faculty, and a fund-raising dinner. The money raised through the fund-raising event will help establish the Lawrence Hill Graduate Award in Arts and Humanities.
Hill has visited Laurier several times in the past. He wrote a small portion of The Book of Negroes while staying in Lauriers Lucinda House guest residence on a previous visit.
His upcoming writer-in-residence visit stems from an invitation by Laurier professor Carol B. Duncan, a friend and colleague who contributed to a documentary film project, Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada, for which Hill served as writer. The writer-in-residence visit is sponsored by the office of Laurier vice-president academic and provost, Dr. Deb MacLatchy.
Inviting Lawrence Hill to visit the Laurier community will allow students, faculty, staff and visitors to the university the opportunity to hear an acclaimed author discuss his work. The arts are an important aspect of university life, said Duncan, chair of Lauriers Department of Religion and Culture.
Hill is the son of American immigrants, a black father and a white mother who raised their family in Toronto. The story of how his parents met, married, left the United States and raised a family in Toronto is described in Hill's best-selling memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada (2001).
He has published three other works of non-fiction: Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians (1993); Women of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women's Association (1996); and The Deserter's Tale (2007).
Hill has also published three novels: Some Great Thing (1992); Any Known Blood (1997); and The Book of Negroes (2007). The Book of Negroes won the overall Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen Award and CBC Radio's Canada Reads Award. The book was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award and long-listed for both the Giller Prize and the IMPAC Award.
Hill has worked as a journalist for The Globe and Mail and served as parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press. He earned a BA in economics from Laval University in Quebec City and an MA in writing from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Lawrence Hill public events at Laurier:
Monday, Sept. 27, 2-3 p.m.
A reading, talk and book signing, The Concourse, Waterloo campus.
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m.
A reading, lecture and book signing, Maureen Forrester Hall, Waterloo campus.
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
A reading, talk and book signing, Laurier Brantford, Rm. 202 of the new Laurier Brantford Research and Academic Centre.
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The Lost Art of Penmanship
Towards the end of the summer, I decided to pick out some of the better pictures I'd taken at Reading Phillies games this year, and see if I could get them autographed. This isn't too difficult an endeavor at Reading – obviously it's much smaller than major league ballparks, and the players have to actually walk across the public concourse to get from the clubhouse to the field. Out of eight photos, I managed to get four of them signed.
Judging by the resulting signatures, baseball players do not place much of a premium on good handwriting. Their grade-school teachers would be appalled!
Good thing these signatures are on photos, and not something generic, like a ball. Otherwise, I might be hard-pressed after a few months to identify the player in question. Here they are, in descending order of legibility.
Sergio Escalona
Sergio at least seems to have tried to get most of the letters in there. The S and E are pretty obvious, accompanied by a bunch of other squiggles. Sergio has since been called up to the parent Phillies, to help bolster the injury-plagued bullpen. Good luck Sergio!
Quintin Berry
Kind of curvy and pretty (the signature, not the player), but it would be impossible to read if you didn't know what it was. Quintin was named to the Eastern League's Mid-season and Post-season All-Star squads (apparently they have two), and just missed (by one base) leading the league with stolen bases, with 48.
Domonic Brown
One of the Phillies' top prospects, Domonic seems to be going the "initials" route with his signature, with the D and B seeming to be all that's there. Brown began the season at single-A Clearwater, and was promoted to double-A Reading mid-season. He will likely play in the Arizona Fall League.
Joe Savery
OK, I'll give him the J, but the other part doesn't even resemble an S. If this weren't on a photo, I might think one of my kids was scribbling just to see if the pen was working. Joe was also named to the Eastern League Mid-season and Post-season All-Star squads, and was promoted to triple-A Lehigh Valley at the end of July.
I've "picked" a winner!
Not too many of you were feeling creative for my last caption contest, but nonetheless I've chosen my favorite.
"So, what are you harvesting today?"
Thanks to Julia of Julia's Rants!
(all photos by me)
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Thanks Sue! And the signatures? Maybe they all think they're going to be doctors when their playing days are over!
I actually like the strange signatures of baseball players. It looks so cool, and the scary thing is, it's getting passed on to the kids! On Saturday I got one of the Park View Little League player's autograph, and it looked just like a major league player's might!
I love the loopiness that players put into their autographs, however, I would LOVE to see a handwriting analyst… analyze… them.
Well, Quintin Barry is kinda of curvey and pretty (the player, not the signature)🙂. I look at some of my signed baseball and I got to put then in something with a name or else I will forget who signed them. I have a Dodger Dog bobblehead signed by many players and I included a list of the names so that I will indentified those crazy signatures.
signatures are definately for looks and not to be read… but for some I can understand when they have to sign it continuously a squiggle is less harmful to the hand…:-)
and I'm dissapointed I missed your last caption contest, will try and pay more attention and watch for the next one
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yeah, I would never be able to be able to read those if there was no pitcher. Some players have good signatures, but some have bad.
Nice photography and post. http://clevelandbaseball.mlblogs.com
I have resorted to keeping a notepad when I get minor leaguers to sign…I write down who it was because I'd never be able to decipher the scribble later! Although, Escalona was the best of the bunch :O)


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Black Nativity is a musical updating of the play by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, based very loosely on the way Jesus of Nazareth entered the world in a manger in Bethlehem.
And once it finds its footing, the Harlem variation on the Nativity story manages to be sweet and touching.
Credit the cast, especially the supporting players, and a sympathetic handling of the material by writer-
director Kasi Lemmons (Talk to Me and Eve's Bayou). They ensure that the sentimental never turns maudlin, that the sermonizing goes down lightly.
Jacob Latimore plays Langston, the Baltimore teenager who narrates the story and whose mom, Naima (Jennifer Hudson), is about to lose their home.
"Ain't no miracles," the kid figures out. "Just money."
Mom packs him off to live with her estranged parents, a preacher (Forest Whitaker) and his wife (Angela Bassett). The Rev. Cornell Cobbs could have been just a judgmental stiff, mistrusting the 15-year-old who is no sooner off the bus than he is robbed and accused of robbing someone else.
In Whitaker's masterly hands, the clergyman is an emotional man betraying moments of guilt and a need to relate to the grandson he has never known.
Bassett is the very picture of a grandmother trying too hard to connect with the boy in the hopes that he will lead her to a reunion with her daughter.
Tyrese Gibson has his best role in more than a decade, playing a street thug whose life re-
connects with Langston's throughout the story.
The great Vondie Curtis-Hall portrays a wise and street-wise pawnbroker who says he knew Langston's dad. And Mary J. Blige plays an angelic parishioner at the Rev. Cobbs' Holy Resurrection Baptist Church.
Langston has shown up on Christmas Eve at the church, which is famous for its "Black Nativity" pageant — a Kwanzaa-meets-New Testament spectacle in which the kid, hung up on coming up with Mom's mortgage money, isn't interested.
This being a musical, and one featuring the Oscar-winning Hudson, characters break into song.
Lemmons wisely keeps the film brisk and brief, not allowing it to overstay its welcome. It might not reach the status of "holiday classic," but the high-minded Black Nativity is still modestly entertaining and uplifting.


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I didn't want to hijack the other post of a similar nature so here I am.
Just a question related to the size of my Ameda breast flanges. I read this:
...and I think the ones I have are too tight. About two thirds of my nipple rubs against the sides during pumping. It doesn't hurt at all and causes me no irritation. But does it really significantly reduce how much milk you can get out? If not I shall just keep the ones I have. They look ridiculous on my breasts though, which seem to be huge in comparison!
In follow up to my last post, I am going to a breastfeeding support group today. Let's hope they can work some magic and we can be done with constant pumping and save it only for when Dad wants to feed our son!
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I checked the other 2 reviews before purchasing and i do not understand how noone else mentioned or has a problem with this machine ruining things. My beautiful dish towels, bedding robe..all shredded. The agitator is not well thought out and catches everything and although they will replace it with a different brand who is paying for all my damaged items.grrrrrrrrrr.! It also on a side note is very noisy and shakes terribly.
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Sullivan County 'strangers' help launch documentary
One thing they discovered is that most people are willing to give if you seem to need it, especially those who have little to begin with, like the Idaho family with 12 people living in a three-bedroom house. "People have different levels of comfort with what it means to be hospitable," said Sellman. "Many had less to give than the average person, but they believe that whatever you have, you share."
The couple began the project feeling mostly optimistic about Americans. "Our optimism was not only proved correct, but expanded exponentially," they contend.
"Even when we slept in our car, it was after talking to many friendly people and learning about interaction, culture and kindness. We started with a theoretical faith in the goodness of people and ended with an actual one."
"Most of what we see in the news or on the Internet is negative," said Sellman. "But there are at least as many positive stories out there. Everyone has a story to tell—a real, human story with real, human drama about real, human things. Beautiful things." She adds, "The thing about strangers is, after you tell them your stories, they become your friends."
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"American Bear" is currently in post production, as the couple has embarked on the new challenge of raising funds to complete the documentary. Utilizing an online crowdfunding kickstarter website to launch their campaign, the couple is counting, once again, on the kindness and generosity of strangers. With a January 21 deadline to raise $9,000, (more than $5,000 has been pledged so far), they are asking for pledges of support. Visit kck.st/uHYJ3s to become a friend.
The filmmakers describe themselves
Greg Grano grew up in Morristown, NJ, and recently graduated from New York University. Throughout his life, he has explored ways to translate emotions and stories into art: through classical music, songwriting and filmmaking. Grano's films have always involved unique relationships between people, stories driven by fate or coincidence, beautiful images and an underlying optimism and hope for humanity. In his spare time, Greg has always been an explorer, enjoying long walks, hikes and road trips (mostly with Sarah). "American Bear" is his first documentary, and beyond that, the greatest experience of his life, blending his passion for adventure, filmmaking, people, and expanding all those ideas together with America and kindness—basically, it was phenomenal, and he can't stop thinking about it, and telling stories about it, and wondering how and where to do this experiment again. Outside of all that, Greg loves pineapple, unique vegetarian food, playing the ukulele and wearing bright colors.
Sarah Sellman grew up in a bed and breakfast in a desert valley in rural Alamosa, CO. Her experiences there made her a strange sort of six year old—she has always loved talking to strangers. Her experiences in Colorado fostered her need for adventure and her ability to tell stories. So she ventured off to New York City where she attended film school at NYU. Sarah loves telling stories about people, textures and beautiful landscapes—sometimes with a hint of the surreal or fantastical and always about love and fortuity (her mother was a fan of romantic comedies and her dad had her watching sci-fi since she could speak). "American Bear" turned Sarah's hypothetical trust in all people to an actual one and has been one of the greatest learning experiences of her life. Sarah is detail-oriented, texture-obsessed and curious about everything. Oh, and she really likes pie.


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The Georgian way to extend Georgianess while erasing the Soviet/Russian legacy from the landscape/mindscape. Photo from Ria Novosti via Radio Free Europe.
A few years ago Estonia caused great controversy by removing a memorial to the World War II actions of the Soviet Union's Red Army. The moment gave a message of liberation while most Estonians feel the Red Army replaced one occupier with another. A cyberwar broke out as Russia claimed Estonia was altering history merely because of current geopolitical tension. This and other moves by former Soviets states to reevaluate the Soviet Union's role in World War II has greatly angered Russia. In fact, Russia is so angry that it has proposed that denying the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic's role as a "liberator" should be an international crime.
The latest battlefield over the Soviet World War II landscape is in Georgia. The pro-West, anti-Russian President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, and the parliament of Georgia decided the country needed two capitals, one presidential and one parliamentary, to demonstrate the separation of powers in Georgia. The city chosen was the second largest city, Kutaisi. The exact spot though was occupied by a massive Soviet World War II memorial dedicated to veterans and victims of the war. The memorial depicted a St. George-like figure slaying a German solider.
The fact that the memorial was built by the Soviets (who are mentally associated as Russians in the peoples' minds) trumped it's dedication to victims (of Hitler, not Stalin) of World War II. When the orders for demolition where given Russia and the anti-Saakashvili opposition protested the decision as pro-fascist and anti-Russian. Though Georgia fought a war against Russia in 2008 the opposition believes anti-Russian actions will only make matters worse. The pro-fascist claim was joined to a conspiracy theory that held Saakashvili did not morn the Soviet Georgian war dead (half of the 700,000 Soviet Georgians soldiers died during World War II) but instead supported the smaller pro-Nazi Georgian Legion. To add an even greater anti-Soviet/anti-Russian/pro-
Russia is not taking the loss of their footprint on the cultural landscape in Georgia lying down. President Putin approved construction of a memorial for the memorial, named We Fought Together Against Fascism, on the highest point in Moscow, Poklonnaya Hill. To my knowledge this is the only case of a monument being built to remember another monument. However, I suspect that the true message of the monument is not one of unity in a common fight but instead will serve as a reminder of those who turned their back of Russia's sphere of influence and perspective of history. The new monument location will send the clear message on Russia's feelings towards history and those states that now wish to leave its orbit.
Side note: In part the destruction seems personal. The monument's sculptor Merab Berdzenishvili is a critic of Saakashvili who had another monument moved from downtown Tbilisi to the outskirts of the capital. An alternative, non-exclusive theory is that Saakashvili demolished the monument to erase the artist's artistic immortality.


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Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier), August 1888
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Norton Simon Art Foundation
Impressions of Van Gogh
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, Sunday, February 17, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Teacher: Albert Valdez
Type: Teen Arts Academy
Artist Albert Valdez leads a two-day workshop exploring the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, selecting pieces from the Norton Simon's permanent collections and a loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Influenced by the Impressionists, Van Gogh developed a distinct painting style. He used color and texture to capture the world around him while still expressing his inner self. After discussing the work in the galleries, students head to the studio and paint in the spirit of Van Gogh by experimenting with color and texture.
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My son is 12 days old. I breastfed him for the first 5 days and then started formula because I panicked. He wasn't having dirty diapers and my nipples were cracked, sore, and bleeding.
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At North Central we know you want opportunities to use your German in real-life situations. We have organized an extremely active German club which sponsors activities on and off campus. Considering our close proximity to Chicago, the German Club in conjunction with courses has organized excursions to points of interest in Chicago.
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Studying abroad is a great way to improve your abilities in German, experience German culture, and encounter different modes of thinking. In addition to our official program at the Freie Universität in Berlin during the academic year, students also have an opportunity to travel to German-speaking countries over North Central's D-Term.
Political poster for the SPD (Social Democrats) sook after the founding of the Federal Republicof Germany in 1949.
Political poster of the communist party (KPD) in the German Democratic Republic soon after its founding in 1949
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Students regularly present their independent research at national college undergraduate research conferences and at North Central College's annual Rall Symposium.


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Three golfers share lead in Memphis
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Friday's leader Rory McIlroy faded, a hard-charging Kevin Stadler leapt up the leaderboard before imploding and three players made their way into the lead Saturday at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Davis Love III, John Merrick and Nick O'Hern are all at 6 under after three rounds.
The lead changed hands several times as golfers battled the wind at the TPC at Southwind in Memphis.
McIlroy started the day in the lead by one stroke before going 3 over on the day an tumbling to 10th place.
Kevin Stadler, son of longtime pro Craig Stadler, started the day with an impressive charge that briefly gave him the lead but missed a series of chips and putts on the back 9, moving him back into a six-way tie for 4th place.
O'Hern had the best day of the three leaders shotoing 67. Love III was 2 under on the day and Merrick was 1 under.
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I am new to this forum (but not to message boards in general). I recently found out that I am again pregnant (hurrah!). I have an 8.5 year old and a 14 month old. Long story short, breastfeeding was no picnic with either of them. My older son has severe developmental delays and a neurological condition that I found out when he was older may have impeded our ability to breastfeed. (Makes sense now!) My younger son had severe jaundice and was hospitalized twice in the first 3 weeks of his life. The doctors diagnosed him with breastmilk jaundice and I had to give formula. VERY DIFFICULT!
The #1 thing I am looking forward to (again) with this pregnancy is breastfeeding. I LOVE IT! I am so happy that I will be able to give it another shot with this baby.
So here is why I am posting to this board. I am not due till late February, but am assuming I will deliver a few weeks early (due to prior experiences). I am a teacher and will get 6-8 weeks max off with the baby. So I am going to have to return to school probably in early/mid April. That gives me 6 weeks of working before summer break. I want to be able to provide my milk to my baby at for 6 full months (this will be WAY more than I could do for my first two sons!).
I teach elementary school, so here is what my plan is:
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2) nurse baby at babysitter's before I leave (around 7:30 AM)
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The way I see it, at 6-8 weeks of age my baby will probably need two bottles per day (between 7:30 and noon, and again between noon and 4). Does this sound right?
If the lunchtime nursing doesn't work out, or if I can't get home (I do have one day a week of recess duty that I may not be able to get out of), I will be renting a Lactina pump (did this with my second son when I EPed for awhile).
The reason I'm posting about this so early is I want to prepare myself as much as possible. I was never a high-supplier with my two boys, and I SO want to make this work this time!
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New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner recently hit 30,000 fans on Facebook (and she's still going, visit her page). To celebrate she donated $10,000 to the Conway Area Humane Society. She shared with us her thoughts on the special bond between writers and animals:
I think authors even more so than most value the human-animal bond. It's hard to picture a writer out there who doesn't have a dog at her feet or a cat on her lap. Certainly, all my novels have been penned with a great deal of furry support and tail-wagging encouragement. The love and companionship of my pets is the one thing that keeps the writing process from being totally isolating. Let's face it, caring for animals makes us and them happy, and the world a better place. And there is something magical about going to a shelter and meeting an animal you realize instantly is the One. Your perfect friend. Your four-legged soul mate. The new member of your family. Shelters make all sorts of happily ever afters come true.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES: FEBRUARY 24, 2014 APPROVAL OF AGENDACONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 1. 32 Lovell – Daniel Archer - Appeal of a Zoning Administrator Decision for a Design Review, and Variance – File No. PL13-4100 (Zanarini) An Appeal hearing of the Zoning Administrator approval of a Design Review and Variance for the demolition of an existing detached garage and construction of a new 360 square foot garage with a 476 square foot dwelling unit beneath the garage on a 5,250 square foot lot. The subject property is in the RM – 1.5 (Multi-Family Residential – 1,500 sq. ft. lot area per dwelling) Zoning District. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2. 148 Elm Ave – Sustainable Architecture & Consulting – Design Review – File No. PL13-4195 (Zanarini) Design Review for a project which includes remodeling an existing home, a 169 sq. ft. addition to the main level, and a 922 square foot addition to add an upper level. This project has been determined to be exempt from further environmental review under Section 15303(a) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. The subject property is in the RS-6 (Single-Family Residential - 6,000 square foot minimum lot size) Zoning District.
3. 500 Miller Avenue – Butler Architecture – Study Session for Design Review – File No. PL13-4154 (Svanstrom) Please note Staff is recommending that 500 Miller be continued to the April 14, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting. See memo by clicking here.
A Study Session for Design Review for a new mixed residential and commercial development on the site (APN 048-071-46). This application will be processed as a new application. This site has a current approval for Design Review, CEQA, and Vesting Tentative Map for of a 15,152 square foot residential building of 9 attached, single-family residential units with a 12,217 square foot parking garage as part of the residential building and a separate two story 4,948 square foot commercial building. The proposed project is for 9 attached single-family townhouse-style residential units totaling 21,126 square feet and built as two buildings, with approx. 4,850 square feet of garage and 6,300 square feet of under-building driveway at the rear first floor of the buildings. The commercial portion is proposed as a separate two-story 3,000 square foot building with a separate at-grade parking lot. The subject property is in the Neighborhood Commercial (CN), Planned Development (PD) Combining Zoning District.
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Written by Angelic Storm on 13.01.2011 at 23:59
Definitely a return to form after the very average "New Religion". "Black Rain" is magnificent, and "Riding The Eagle" is a great classic power metal opener. "The Exorcist" is another highlight, with it's surging Painkiller-esque riffs with a sinister edge. A couple of songs are so-so, and a bit average, but overall, this is a great Primal Fear album.
Written by Mountain King on 25.01.2011 at 19:35New Religion is my favorite PF album. Many people say it's weak or whatever but i think it's the most innovative. And isn't Sing Of Fear one of the heaviest and best PF songs ever? or Blood On Your Hands? Fighting The Darkness is their best ballad by far. I love that album.
As for 16:6 i love all the songs u mentioned but in my opinion "Torn" is most badass and best song PF have ever recorded...