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MIS Parade Lap 8/19/2012
It started out that we were able to wander around in the garage for 1/2 an hour. I finally got to see Richard Petty in person! After about a 1/2 hr we made our way out into the pre-race festivities on the front stretch. The four auction winners who were able to attend stood to the right of the stage where the drivers exited. I got some awesome pics of the drivers. Absolutely wonderful but nothing topped when we loaded into the trucks.
I got to ride with Tony Stewart AND Ryan Newman. How freaking cool is that? I sat behind Tony and one of the other auction winners sat behind Ryan. Ryan loaded first and I was able to shake his hand and ask him if he was feeling better (which he was not) before Tony loaded. I must say, I had zero nervousness. Nothing, it was as if I've known him forever. I just sat there in awe for a few minutes until finally he wouldn't stop talking to Ryan so I interrupted and said hi, sorry, but I would like to shake your hand and introduce myself. I think he was kind of shocked at first but hey, I bought that 5-minutes and dammit, I was going to milk it for all it's worth.
So, to make a super long story short, he ended up sitting down beside me on the back stretch and let's just say, the one thing I did say that had both Tony and Ryan laughing was when I mentioned that the view from back here isn't so bad either... Since i was literally a foot from the man you can figure out what I was referencing. They both laughed at it.
Anyway, it was awesome. I won't have my pic of tony and I until later. Someone took it and is emailing it to me. I did take a couple in the back of the truck but decided I didn't want to spend the entire experience eyeballing them through a lense. The naked eye was so much better!
Oh, and can I just say the highlight for me? As I was getting off the truck, Tony turned around and grabbed my hand and helped me down off the truck. Ok, now, I can say I got to hold Tony Stewarts hand! Now how many can actually say that? ROFLMAO! What a day to remember!!
Yes, this is me in the black shirt. I have a few others with my face in it, but I'll post a few more later.


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Skip to comments.Expert warns of UFO activity during London Olympics
Posted on 06/09/2012 11:54:32 AM PDT by gandalftb
With the summer of mass events we are all on high alert for terrorism. But we must also cast our eyes further afield and be prepared for even the most seemingly unfathomable, said Nick Pope, who has worked with the Ministry of Defense for more than two decades.
It has been a widely held belief in Ministry of Defense circles that "aliens" have been able to detect us for decades via TV and radio broadcasts, he said.
Pope said aliens would come in a spirit of warmth, friendship and shared learning, but the government was also prepared for the worst scenarios such as alien attack and invasion.
If UFOs came into our atmosphere, RAF jets such as the Eurofighter Typhoons, and missiles such as the Rapiers guarding the Olympic Games would be well equipped to enter the fray, he said.
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Press TV is Iran's mouthpiece.
Hmmm. Maybe someone should open a vendor stand at the Olympics selling aluminum foil hats.
Or alien mosquito repellant
Those aliens living 350,000 light years away from earth must be really smart to have planned and started a trip to the London Olympics at a time when neanderthals were roaming on earth.
I hope this guy isn't too high up in the Government there.
If Aliens can fly 350,000 miles or however far they will have to come it is doubtful a Raptor,or Eurofighter Typhoon can even catch them no matter harm them.
This guy woke up one morning from a dream and thought it was real.
I guess they didn't want to subscribe to pay-per-view.
Fortunately, most UFO representations that I have seen look like skeet.
No,No its not a U.F.O .Boris Johnson has been at the Helium balloons again!
For Real! ;)
The UK is spending money on this as they de-militarize their country.
Personally, I would put quotes around expert or maybe 'Expert?' would be better.
Finally, a lift to Planet Gore!!!
Response: I too am an expert on flying saucers and I wish to advise that many of the crews of flying saucers are gay- violently gay!
They have appeared a major sporting events for decades, we call them blimps. They could be Dirigibles, Zeppelins, or Blimps I Guess. Those English folks say and spell their words kinda funny sometimes.
A lot of them are still here; 1.2 billion muzzie troglodytes come to mind...
The UK is worried because they received the following radio transmission...
All your base are belong to us!
"bangers and blood pudding for everyone"
Do you know why (weird) and supposed UFO activity is always connected to big events for humanity these days..?
Afterall why should little green (or grey) men be concerned about the London Olympics??
It's because humans bring these things with them, believe it or not the UFO phenomonon (when not the immagination of crazy people) is actually tied to the occult.
Exterminate, Exterminate
It's easy to laugh at UFOs. Go to Disclosure Project and UFO Casebook...there's something here...and it's likely been here since at least 1947...
...more and more I'm thinking it's Biblical.
Go ahead and laugh...around 5% of these sightings cannot be explained...and some have excellent witnesses.
Among the believers: Edgar Mitchell, American who walked on the Moon the longest; Gordon Cooper, last American to orbit the Earth alone...in 1953 he was in a chase jet over West Germany set aloft to chase down a fleet of something. Couldn't catchup. Cooper was also present at Edwards AFB testsite when a saucer landed (apparently it was in some trouble) put down landing gear and took off.
All of this landing was, according to Cooper captured on film.
First of all, if a "UFO" showed up and we know it's alien it's no longer a "UFO". Second, I doubt anything we've got could do much damage.
Perhaps they are coming to save us from the global warming twerps.
You'd have to be particularly stupid to sit and watch the Olympics.
They so totally need david tennant to light the torch, they gotta make that cannon.
Right now I'm working at the Olympic Training Center; this story is getting a lot of comedic traction.
And colour them green, and say they ward off climate change :)
I was a bit surprised and taken aback to see Nick Pope put such a thing out.
However, he certainly has high level connections.
Perhaps they've told him something.
Or, perhaps given the looming WW3 talk vis a vis Israel, Iran etc. . . . the fallen angels may be upping their presence incrementally toward such festivities.
Then, there's a certainty—their boss and the boss of the globalists is noted in Scripture as being the author of confusion.
In terms of weaponry . . . wouldn't seem like we'd stand a chance. Though we evidently have taken some out—some inadvertantly until they adjusted some things. And some deliberately. But little is known about those events. And, more than 100 of our planes—including airliners as well as military were evidently taken out by them in a short time until we quit firing at them.
Most of the time, our fighters and their weapons systems just experienced failure—electrical failures whenever we got too close or locked onto them with our weapons systems.
In terms of where they come from, Dr Jacques Vallee, the French scientist depicted in Close Encounters studied them for 10 years and determined that they are evil spiritual critters coming from a spiritual dimension.
If UFOs come during the Olympics, who would get credit, Obama or Romney? One is a space cadet and one is heading to space.
Maybe they could teach us about the intergalactic mathematical principles that say that $15,000,000,000,000 in debt is a balanced budget.
If UFOs come during the Olympics, who would get credit, Obama or Romney? One is a space cadet and one is heading to space.
Maybe they could teach us about the intergalactic mathematical principles that say that $15,000,000,000,000 in debt is a balanced budget.
Anyone who believes in these alien UFOs simply does not understand anything about the immensity of space, and the virtual impossibility of travel between star-systems.
But how can we test this idea? Here's how, fellow earthlings! Consider that organic beings would find (just as we are learning) that it is much more feasible to send out robot devices (or drones) than to try to move organisms over vast distances. So, in all likelihood, if there were space aliens, they would send out exploratory probes, unstaffed by any actual individuals of their "people.
Now, we have fossils from hundreds of millions of years of Earth history, and so far we have found absolutely no mechanical devices predating humans. Nothing.
It is really simple. If there are other intelligent beings somewhere else in the Universe, they are impossibly far away. They can't get here from there.
Go read some of the forbidden archeology genre. There has been stuff found hat appears to me mechanical or electrical embedded on rock strata where it shouldn't be. And because they were found where they weren't expected...they were dismissed as unexplained.
I agree that the vast distances make space travel improbable. I think a vast majority of UFO activity is earth based military stuff. But I would not dismiss something dimensional or something along those lines.
Good one! LOL!
Russia's KGB TV (Russian TV on youtube) has been pushing the same alien invasion (and 911 truth, planet X) line to kooksville. Everything that is out of control spooky...
But not impossible. Especially for "ark" ships. We are on the threshold of being able to identify, not just "goldilocks zone" planets, but within the next ten years, Earth-like ones. If civilization survives obama/agenda 21, there's a strong likelihood that artificial intelligence and robotics will have advanced enough that they will be able to replicate themselves and, if interested, take DNA samples with them in order to spread out into the universe seeding all the nearby habitable or terraformable planets within two hundred light years within the timespan of a few thousand years - which is nothing to self replicating AI, and watching and learning from evolution as it unfolds, both carbon and silicon based.
It could have already been taking place these past billion + years.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Changes are coming to the Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsivlle. Some are already in process.
It was announced in February that Boscov Department Store will be making the mall its home, taking up residence in the location of the former Levin Furniture.
This week, the Caffaro Company announced that MC Sports will also be joining the mall's roster of expanding retailers.
MC Sports offers a full range of gear for nearly every sport, including baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, hunting, camping and fishing.
It also houses an extensive selection of health, fitness and exercise equipment, along with athletic footwear.
MC Sports will be housed adjacent to Sears in a spot currently occupied by the Fun Zone, the former sight of the mall's Old Navy store.
Fun Zone is relocating outside of the mall's main structure to the location formerly occupied by Deals and right next to David's Bridal.
MC Sports will occupy nearly 23,000 feet of retail space.
Founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1946, MC Sports now operates 74 stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. Every MC Sports store gives back to its community through team sponsorships, fund raising programs, team discounts and a long-standing commitment to the Children's Miracle Network.
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MC Sports and Boscov's are the two major additions coming to the mall in the coming months. But their additions are far from the only changes.
To make way for the additional square footage Boscov's requires, some of the surrounding stores have been relocated.
Victoria's Secret has already settled in nicely into its temporary new location across the walkway from its previous. It is now housed in the former Velocity Sportswear.
Pac Sun, which was located across the walkway from Victoria's Secret's former location has closed up shop and is not relocating. It shut its doors at the end of March.
Victoria's Secret's final destination is being remodeled currently. It will be located in a combining of Pac Sun's and Payless ShoeSource's spaces.
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Kitchen Collection's has also settled into its new home, a few stalls down from its former spot.
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Mark Yallop is set to become the Prudential Regulation Authority's first board-level recruit with lengthy experience at a large bank — with the exception of Bank of England governor and former Goldman Sachs executive Mark Carney.
Yallop is stepping down from UBS at the end of September. He will join the PRA board in December as an independent member, according to a statement from the Bank of England on Monday.
Yallop spent two decades at Deutsche Bank, where he was group chief operating officer, before holding a similar role at interdealer broker Icap from 2005 to 2011 and then joining Swiss bank UBS, where he is chief executive of its UK businesses.
He becomes just the second PRA board member to boast a career spent at large banks after Carney, who spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs before moving to the Bank of Canada in 2003. Carney, who chairs the PRA board, was governor of Canada's central bank from 2008 until June last year when he left to join the Bank of England.
Former McKinsey & Company senior partner Sandra Boss, who specialised in investment banking and risk, will also join the PRA board at the start of September, following a recruitment process that began in March.
The other members of the PRA board are: - Andrew Bailey, a long-serving Bank of England executive who is now chief executive of the PRA; Nemat Shafik, a former executive at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund who started as the Bank of England's deputy governor for markets and banking this month; UK Treasury stalwart Sir Jon Cunliffe, who is the Bank of England deputy governor for financial stability; Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Martin Wheatley, a former deputy chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group; and three external members, former Yorkshire Building Society chief executive Iain Cornish, former Treasury and World Bank official Rosalind Gilmore, and ex-Slaughter & May partner Charles Randell.
PRA deputy chief Paul Fisher is also joining the regulator's board, with effect from the start of December.
The Bank of England said that Spencer Dale, executive director for financial stability strategy and risk, is leaving to move into the private sector as chief economist at oil giant BP, where he starts on October 27. The UK central bank will start recruiting for Dale's role "shortly", it said.
Carney described Dale, who has spent 25 years at the Bank of England, as "an immensely talented and committed public servant" and a "first-rate policymaker".
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Skip to comments.Bachmann runs hard, holds lead on Graves
Posted on 10/21/2012 8:05:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is leading Democratic challenger Jim Graves heading into the final weeks of the campaign, according to a new poll commissioned by the Star Tribune.
Bachmann, who is waging one of the most expensive House campaigns in the nation against a political newcomer, is favored by 51 percent of likely voters in Minnesota's sprawling Sixth Congressional District, which stretches from west of St. Cloud into Woodbury. Another 45 percent would choose Graves, a St. Cloud native and owner of Graves Hospitality Corp., an expansive hotel chain. Four percent of voters are undecided.
The Oct. 16 poll conducted for the Star Tribune by Pulse Opinion Research sampled 1,000 likely voters in the Sixth and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Over 50% is always good!
If they don't get her this time, they'll gerrymander her district to contain as many Eric Holder's people as possible.
Thanks Oldeconomybuyer.
I live in the Muslim's district but have always donated to Michele even though she does not appear to need my help (raised $4-million in September). Her reelection is imperative. Graves is disgustingly smarmy, but he is learning that nobody campaigns harder than Michele.
Graves owns an "expansive" hotel chain. What is that?
the fly was a nice touch!
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In 2001 my home was pushed out of the 6th District into the 4th (Betty McCollum), and I eventually moved to get back into it. But in 2011 I was again pushed into the 4th. I can't win. :-)
I know he owns Graves 101 in downtown Minneapolis, a very expensive hotel.
Political representation is a good thing to question a realtor about. If they feel like they're losing business due to democrats, they'll also begin to apply pressure to keep republicans in control.
Let me guess...Rat legislature and Governor?
Gerrymandering has already been completed for the next ten years. Bachmann's residence was gerrymandered out of her district.
Any updates/polls on Craavack..He's a good guy, hope he can hold on..
Let me guess...Rat legislature and Governor?Actually, Republican legislature, both houses. Bachmann has, IIRC, the "reddest" district in the state. Those numbers are pretty close to McCain's results in 2008 in that district. She won 52-40-8 in 2010 in the "old" district in a 3-way race.
There's a SurveyUSA poll from about a week-and-a-half ago that has it Nolan 46, Cravaack 45. It's tight. There's a lot of SuperPAC money coming in from out of state for Cravaack, though.
Regrettably, she has to run hard because it appears that the National Republican Committee and the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee have turned their backs on helping her campaign financially. That's supposedly because she and a few other congressional Republicans exposed some of the influence of Islamist extremists in the Obama Administration.
Good to see her leading in her tough race.
So when she's re-elected, she will owe the GOP-e nothing.
Heh heh heh...
A good woman. Hope she wins. I hate the GOP.
This is good news.
I'm a native Minnesotan living in Nevada and have been supporting her campaign financially. My feelings are the same about the GOP. I can't stand them! They are the reason Harry Reid is still in congress. They would not financially support Sharon Angle.
I wish I could support her too. A little short of money these days. Thank you for helping her!
Good that Bachmann is in the lead
She has been viciously attacked by PhonyCon Liberals like McCain, Graham, Rubio, and others, for asking about Huma Abedin's alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood. Even scarier is that we have people still considering Marco Rubio a "Conservative" over supporting Muslim Bro'hood instead of Bachmann (2106 I will get to primary Rubio out).
Michelle Bachmann is one of the true Real Conservatives left. She seems to get attacked more by PhonyCon Liberal RINOs than Liberal Democrats now. A win by Bachmann would be great in the fight against the PhonyCon Liberals
Good luck. The republicans control our house and senate.
we recently moved. Made sure we stayed in her district. We've moved 3 times. Each time staying in her district. We where in the small chunk of coon rapids that was in the 6th, then Blaine and now East Bethel.
She needs our vote. We'll be here. I have a co-worker that worked briefly for Graves.. Co-worker says he is a slimy as a democrat can come.
Thanks for the ping!
I've been saying the same thing for some time about the Todd Akin race in my state of Missouri.
Thank you for pinging me to this, justiceseeker93.
I Akin makes it, I suspect a Republican Senate.
Desperately needed to control Romney and remove ObamaCare.
If they dont get her this time, theyll gerrymander her district to contain as many Eric Holders people as possible.
They can't do that until 2020 so by then HOPEFULLY Americans will be smart enough to make her President so it won't matter.
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The UCSC Arboretum is a wonderland filled with shrubs, flowers, and lush trees from California, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Chile! The bokeh seekers on this workshop were in for a treat- the birds, bees and hummers were buzzing around and the sun was on our side with not a single cloud in the sky!
As the meet and greet began on this May day, slight concerns arose as leaves and sand blasted into our teeth and sunglasses- the winds were blowing strong and had shown no signs of giving up. We all thought the main focus of this course was going to be fast shutter speeds with extra credit for those who could keep there gear & both feet on the ground. As introductions concluded, Aperture Academy's Scott Davis and Alicia Telfer, along with 13 excited students, started their trek into the Australian gardens with the Photography Gods on their side.
The wind had died down and tripods were out- but the sun was bright and hot! The tricks of seeking out the flora in shaded areas and our light diffusers came in handy to capture that perfect shot. It was fun being able to see the difference of direct light onto a subject and diffused light creating a softer, lower-contrast image! Most of these photographers were enjoying the bright colors and details showing up on the backs of there cameras without our faux fog.
Trailing along the world tour path, the bee's were continuing their chores as if we weren't even there- and the California Poppies lined up into the rule-of-thirds just for us. We stopped in one of the far corners on the Arboretum for a break to eat our snacks and review the students images taken thus far. Many successful shots were being shared! These macro enthusiasts were not afraid to get low, and CLOSE. Many utilized the bright blue sky as a background, and befriended a few bumble bees for some amazing photos.
Looping back to the succulents and aromatics section of the gardens, we spent the rest out our time shooting abstract cacti, smelling the mint, comparing the lavender to our own home gardens and remembering that lower apertures will give you as much bokeh as you need!
The highlights of this workshop were diffusers and sunscreen as different techniques were shared to shadows or filter the bright sunlight. We wish luck and great shooting to the new and returning members of our Aperture Academy family, as some are heading off around the world (Peru!!) and others have learned and conquered the secrets of Macro Photography. On behalf of Scott, Alicia, and the rest of the Aperture Academy staff, thanks so much for another great workshop experience! We look forward to seeing you again in the future.
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Looks like you guys had a great time and great weather while in the gardens. I live in the Mountains and love to photograph flowers and spring wildflowers.If if you take the time to look, even weeds have beautiful, colorful flowers that shine with natural beauty at this time of year. The bugs and bees can even add to the scene. The close up details shine. Thanks.
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What a blast! Seriously, one of the best workshops I've ever had the pleasure to be a part of. The instructors were fun, knowledgeable and willing to take the time to answer your questions, no matter how simple. I walked away with a clear picture (pardon the pun) of what my camera and I can do together. Oh and the Arboretum was a great place to learn. It provided plenty of space and subjects!
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SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, owner of the historic 1923 Rivoli Theater on Main Street in South Fallsburg, has announced that first-run movies will return to the theater beginning on Friday, June 29, with "Madagascar: Escape to Africa."
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It will be the first time the theater has shown films since the late 1990s. It will be the only operating movie theater in eastern Sullivan County. "The Rivoli will also be the lowest price first-run theater in the area, with ticket prices at $7 for all seats, all times" said Perito.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger Tom Barrett are sparring for a fifth day over how many jobs have been created or lost in Wisconsin.
A new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday shows Wisconsin lost more jobs than any other state between April 2011 and last month. But Walker says that should be ignored because of more comprehensive survey of employers actually shows a 23,300 job gain in 2011 versus a nearly 34,000 loss.
Walker released those figures before they had been vetted by the BLS, a move Barrett says makes them unreliable and unbelievable.
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(NewsUSA) - A new study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that diabetics are susceptible not only to vision problems, but to hearing problems as well.
"For years, physicians who treat people with diabetes have regularly ensured that their patients receive regular vision check-ups," said Dr. William Luxford, BHI Board member and an Otolaryngologist at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles. "This important study underscores the need for physicians now to encourage each of their patients to get their hearing checked as well."
In the study, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers analyzed data from hearing tests administered to 5,140 participants between 1999 and 2004 in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Their findings? Patients with diabetes are more than twice as likely to suffer hearing loss than non-diabetics. More than 40 percent of the patients who participated in the study had some hearing damage.
"People with diabetes should ask their doctors to check their hearing," said Sergei Kochkin, Ph.D., executive director of the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). "A hearing check can be invaluable in identifying diabetic patients with potential hearing loss, and giving them an opportunity to receive the treatment they need."
Studies conducted by BHI, a not-for-profit educational organization whose mission is to educate the public about hearing loss treatment and prevention, show that people with untreated hearing loss experience a lower quality of life than people with normal hearing or people who use hearing aids.
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Eyeshadow Tutorial for Asian Eyes Part 4 – Defining the Contour Area
Okie, I have officially run out of excuses to further delay publishing this. Haha. But it's not like I was lazy; I simply couldn't bear to do it because doing it means being one post closer to the end of this series! I'm absurdly sentimental, I know.
But Bun Bun's gotta do what Bun Bun's gotta do. *snaps fingers with conviction*
In the fourth installment of the Eyeshadow Tutorial for Asian Eyes series, we cover Defining the Contour Area.
This must be the hardest topic to explain, but I think is very important for me to share because I learnt it the hard way and took a long time to understand the Contour Area of the Asian eye.
More so because there is a lack of explanation for this ubiquitous area all humans have, but appears very different on the Asian eye and Caucasian eye. This tutorial is not limited just to the Asian eye or Caucasian eye, this can also apply to people of Caucasian descent with hooded eyelids.
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Gunslinger Doc Holliday dies, the X-ray is discovered by accident, John F. Kennedy is elected president, and the Florida recount begins, all on this day.
2011: Rapper Heavy D, whose hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s included "We Got Our Own Thang" and "Now That We Found Love," dies from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 44 in Los Angeles. The rapper, whose real name was Dwight Arrington Myers, released five albums with the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, was the president of Uptown Records and tried his hand at acting during his career.


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As part of Banner and LORIS upgrades, some changes will be made to LORIS PINs to improve security and customer service.
Effective Monday November 30, 2009 the following policies will be in place:
- All LORIS users will have to choose three security questions and enter answers for them the first time they login to LORIS after the Banner 8 upgrade. Users can no longer make up their own questions. The user's answers to the questions must each be at least three characters long. These questions will be used when the user wants to change their PIN.
- Existing numeric PINs will not have to be changed. However, the new functionality will allow users to create alphanumeric PINs up to eight characters long. Each PIN must contain at least one number and be at least six characters long.
- LORIS users who forget their PIN can reset it themselves by entering their User ID on the main LORIS login screen and clicking the <Forgot PIN?> button. The user will then be asked to answer their three security questions. If their answers are correct, the user will create a new PIN and proceed with the login.
- If a LORIS user enters their PIN incorrectly three times in a row, they will be locked out of LORIS and will need to get their PIN reset. This policy has not changed and it is necessary for security reasons.
**IMPORTANT** If you are not sure of your PIN, do not guess - just enter your User ID on the main LORIS login screen and click the <Forgot PIN?> button to change your own PIN by answering your security questions.
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A Phantastic End, to a Phantastic Year
After various delays that prevented the completion of Game 5, the weather was finally cooperative Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park. Couple of things
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Well, before we all know it, the off-season will be over, and "Spring Training", and, then, the 2009 "Baseball Season" will be here !!! … The Yankees open their season in Baltimore, on Monday, April 6, 2009 … But, for me, the real baseball season starts when the Yankees play the Red Sox for the first time … So, I look forward to the first Yankees vs. Red Sox series of the season, which will be played at Fenway Park, in Boston, on the weekend of Friday April 24, Saturday April 25, and Sunday April 26, 2009 … The Red Sox make their first visit to the "new" Yankee Stadium, on Monday May 4, and Tuesday May 5, 2009 … Let's enjoy the "Hot Stove League", and look forward to the 2009 Baseball Season !!! … The new season will be fun, and it will be a very exciting pennant race in the AL East in 2009 … Take care, Elizabeth … Jimmy [27NYY]


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Working as a crossing guard, being a wife and mothering 4 school age children, heading a parent group, and running a volunteer study group throughout the school year for the past 2 years has been a challenging yet rewarding experience. Although my own personal struggles may be daunting, I find it necessary and important to support our youth and do all there is to do to help them achieve. It has been my desire to teach low-income struggling students how to be successful in school and life.
In 2005, Education One began "How to Study" tutorials at the Redford Branch Library, Detroit, MI. These sessions run from October through March. They are free to all Detroit and surrounding area students (5th – 10th grade). The 2009-2010 sessions are slated to begin on Thursday, October 8, 2009 to March 15, 2010. The District has recently closed 72 schools in the Detroit area alone. A new school year means fewer teachers, overcrowding, and declining budgets. Our children are in need of programs throughout the year that help them develop learning skills, foster new approaches to learning, and keep our children focused on the learning process. It is the goal of Education One to provide our youth with the educational foundation needed to become successful students.
This summer we were blessed with the support of the Skillman Community Grants Foundation in support of a Young Writer's Workshop. Classes began on Monday, August 3rd and will conclude on Friday, August 14th at Fayz's Group (22022 Fenkell) in the Brightmoor Community. The goal of this project is to prepare Middle School student for the upcoming school year by teaching them how to write a five paragraph essay. With the support of local parents, the Young Writers Workshop has been quite successful. Students are intrigued by the challenges, eager to learn, committed to their work, and excited to be a part of an organization that demands and supports educational advancement for young adults. This year, we were able to offer the course to 15 students in the Brightmoor District and we look forward to expanding our program throughout the school year in various areas of the District.
"Do not despise small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin…" Zechariah 4:10, New Living Translation. For the past 2 years I have supported the How to Study group out of my own pocket and will continue to do so for as long as the Lord keeps me here. To learn more about our project and find out how you can lend your support, visit: http://www.educationonellc.vpweb.com/.


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September 27, 2005: Astronomers have used the penetrating power of two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, to identify one of the farthest and most massive galaxies that once inhabited the early universe. Conventional wisdom is that galaxies should have grown up more slowly, like streams merging to form rivers. But this galaxy appears to have grown very quickly, within the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang. By contrast, our Milky Way galaxy took billions of years to grow to its current size, through devouring smaller galaxies. The galaxy was pinpointed among approximately 10,000 others in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF), presently the farthest optical and infrared portrait of the universe ever taken.See the rest:
When a galaxy is very distant, it appears very red. This is because of two effects: (i) The expansion of the universe streches the light to longer (redder) wavelengths, and (ii) Intervening hydrogen gas absorbs all the ultraviolet light that the galaxy emits. In this particular case, only infrared light is reaching us, indicating that the galaxy is either very distant or extraordinarily obscured by dust.
The mass of a galaxy, in terms of its number of stars, can be estimated from the amount of light it radiates. The more stars of a certain temperature, the brighter the galaxy.
As the universe expanded and cooled from the primeval fireball, hydrogen atoms formed when hydrogen atomic nuclei captured free floating electrons. This neutral hydrogen then collected along great filaments of dark matter, an unknown form of invisble matter that first coalseced after the Big Bang. The gravitationally collapsing hydrogen triggered a firestorm of star birth. The stars formed small clusters that then coalesced to make larger galaxies.
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By Steve Inskeep • Oct 16, 2013
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This could be the last day the United States is assured of its borrowing authority. Congress could forestall this crisis by raising the debt ceiling, as it has roughly a hundred times before. But the debt ceiling is tied to the same confrontation that's kept much of the federal government shut down.


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High school students enrolled in the Health Sciences Early College Academy at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences had an opportunity to save Grand Rapids from contagions they imagined would wipe out the city.
Rosemary Cruz, a junior from Sparta, said she and her group took an imagined mutated polio virus and used the video game "Plague" to see how fast and widespread it would go.
Cruz said their virus was airborne and spread quickly through water sources. "This really symbolizes how sick people can get from a mutated virus," she said. The polio group also developed a cure for the virus using stem cells.
Instructor Russell Wallsteadt invited faculty and staff members from CHS to visit the students' booths and evaluate their projects.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Health Sciences Academy. Students from throughout the Kent Intermediate School District attend biomedical technology class at CHS for two hours each day. Other classes are offered through Metro Health Hospital. Graduates of the program can earn up to 14 college credits.
Wallsteadt said the college placement rate for Health Sciences Academy students is 98 percent. Grand Valley representatives from the Kirkhof College of Nursing, College of Health Professions, Financial Aid and Admissions regularly visit the class.


text: I am a very unhappy SAHFTM of a 12 week old girl. Breastfeeding has been going pretty well. The past couple of days though, she will feed for a few minutes and then come off the breast and then she will get upset if I continue to try to get her back on. I have tried many different positions, but she just won't stay on and will get more and more upset. I am worried because I don't understand why this is happening. I don't think it is acid refulx because I can lay her down and she does not seem uncomfortable, but I am not sure, sometimes she will smack like something tastes bad in her mouth. I don't think I have eaten anything different, though today I ate a lot of brownies, which I don't normally do (but I wouldn't think that foods would have an effect while she was eating, I would think it would be later on). She does not seem distracted, it just seems like she does not want to eat and the more I try, the more upset she gets. I feed on demand, though when I think about it, she may only eat 5 or 6 times in a 24 hour period (which really doesn't seem like enough, but I feed her whenever she wants and she is a happy baby for the most part) I give her pacifiers, but she has never had a bottle. Right now, my L breast feels full because she didn't nurse from it effectivly. I am very distressed and I don't know what to do.


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I'm taking Clindamyicin for a bacterial infection. My midwife says it's fine for breastfeeding, but the second day of taking it, and my DD has had 5 BMs. Normally she only has one a day. They've also been green. Is that diarreha?
Should I start pumping and dumping? I've got a big freezer stash so it's not a problem, I just hate to lose all that milk. but I don't want her to be sick. Has anyone else had this problem with antibiotics before?


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Reid Schepis is taken into custody Thursday after he was alleged to have stabbed fellow student Fabio Malpeso.
Updated at 4:15 a.m. ET on Nov. 5: ROME -- A 19-year-old American was in critical condition Friday after he was allegedly stabbed while he slept by a fellow student following a night of partying in the Italian capital, officials told NBC News.
The victim, New Jersey-born Fabio Malpeso underwent surgery for stab wounds to his lungs and other parts of his body. Police said Friday that Malpeso was in critical but stable condition in intensive care at a hospital in Rome.
Authorities said the motive for the attack, which happened in an apartment that overlooks Rome's famous Colosseum early Thursday morning, was unclear. However, detectives suspect "drug- and alcohol-related delirium" might be a factor.
The alleged assailant, who was taken to a police station and then a prison in central Rome, was named as Reid Alexander Schepis, 20. The suspect and victim are both students at John Cabot University, an American college in Rome.
Police said Schepis, a resident of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy, appeared to have joint U.S. and Italian citizenship, but they were working to establish his nationalities.
Lawyer: Suspect a 'model student'
Schepis' lawyer, Vincenzo Comi, said his client was "distraught and exhausted," after visiting the young man in jail Friday.
"He is clearly under shock, and nothing in his past could have prepared him for this. He has never had any problems with the law and has always been a model student with top grades," Comi said, adding he did not want to say what Schepis had told him at this stage.
Comi said Schepis' mother was American and his father Italian, and as far as he was aware Schepis had dual citizenship.
A third man, an Italian aged in his 30s named Andrea Rinaldi, suffered injuries to his arms and hands trying to defend Malpeso, and was also in the hospital, police said.
Paolo Guiso, a judiciary police inspector who is leading the investigation, told NBC News Friday that Schepis and Malpeso had returned to the apartment, where Malpeso's sister Federica and Rinaldi were also staying, after partying in a nightclub Wednesday night and early Thursday.
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The building where Schepis is alleged to have stabbed Malpeso is not far from the Coliseum in central Rome.
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"Federica, Rinaldi and Fabio went to bed at 6 a.m. [Thursday]. Reid stayed in the living room. At a certain point, he went to the kitchen, fetched a knife and went into Fabio's room, where he started to stab the sleeping youth," Guiso alleged.
"Hearing the screaming and commotion, Rinaldi and the victim's sister ran in to see what was happening. They stepped in to defend Fabio, which resulted in Rinaldi suffering cuts to his hands and arms," he said.
"The motive of the attack is still not clear. At present we … believe that the violence was brought on due to a drug- and alcohol-related delirium," Guiso added.
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Guiso said early Friday that he had not been able to speak properly with Schepis as he was "still half asleep and at times catatonic ... he was almost in a state of unconsciousness at times."
"We have taken him to Regina Coeli prison in the heart of Rome. Within 48 hours from the arrest, he will have to go before the judge who will need to confirm his arrest," he added.
Marta Canigiulia, 20, a student at John Cabot, told NBC News Friday that she was friends with Schepis and Malpeso, though she had only recently met the latter.
"They were best friends ... they are best friends, I hope they still are," she added. "I loved them for the fact that they were always very cheery. They would always come up to you and say: 'Hi Marta, what's up?' They were always smiling."
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Referring to Schepis, Canigiulia said with tears in her eyes, "he is a good person."
"I can't explain why this happened. Probably it's because of drugs," she speculated.
Geraldine Gully, 18, another student, said she did not know Schepis and Malpeso personally but "saw them all the time at school. ... They seemed like very good friends. I was so shocked to hear what had happened because it was so unexpected and you wouldn't believe it," she said.
In a statement, John Cabot University President France Pavoncello said he was dealing "with this situation personally" with support from other staff and was in touch with the "involved parties and their families."
He confirmed the suspect and victim were students at the university, saying they were roommates in an off-campus apartment.
"I trust you will all join me in sending our prayers to the victim's family for their son's full recovery as well as to the family of the alleged attacker, who is likely shattered by this tragic event," he added.
Thursday was the fifth anniversary of the brutal murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, that led to the arrest, trial and eventual acquittal of American student Amanda Knox.
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GALLUP, N.M. A surge in HIV infections on the Navajo Reservation has doctors and public health workers increasingly alarmed that the virus that causes AIDS has resurfaced with renewed intensity in this impoverished region.
A report released last month by the federal Indian Health Service found there were 47 new diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus on the reservation in 2012, up 20 percent from 2011. Since 1999, new HIV cases among Navajo are up nearly fivefold, the report found.
Im scared to death, said Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in this dusty town on the edge of Navajo land, not far from the Arizona border. The numbers show there is a dangerous rise, and the time to act is now, before its too late.
As with other groups in the United States, infection rates on the reservation had leveled off and deaths dropped, with help from new treatments and outreach seeking to cut through the stigma about AIDS among tribal members.
But over the past few years, the HIV numbers on Navajo land have crept up. That increase, Iralu said, can be partly attributed to the infection being detected earlier, thanks to years of HIV education programs and more routine screening.
And though the numbers are still comparatively low there are about 200 Navajo patients tracked by area clinics the challenges of prevention are amplified in a place where sex is still rarely discussed publicly and infection is often hidden from loved ones.
Melvin Harrison, executive director of the Navajo AIDS Network, which provides services for tribal members with HIV, said that of the 65 people his group treats, a majority have not told family or friends.
Thats how big the stigma is here, he said. They are afraid of rejection.
The intimacy of reservation life, where a hospital receptionist might be a relative or a nurse a close friend, can be a barrier to swift treatment and prevention. Mindful of those challenges, the Indian Health Service allocated $5 million over the past three years for communities to create HIV prevention, treatment and education programs.
HIV in Indian country is very different than the rest of the world, said Dr. Susan V. Karol, the agencys chief medical officer. Our communities are very small, and that can lead to people avoiding stigma, rather than getting the care they need.MORE IN Wire NewsMADISON, Wis. Full StoryKABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan has fallen so far from Americans consciousness that some may... Full StoryCHARLESTON, S.C. Full Story
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Princess-seamed ponté knit top sets off curves with a banded waistline and peplum hem. A fresh option for work with a slim pencil skirt or pants. Shell: 70% Rayon, 25% Nylon, 5% Spandex. Lining: 95% Polyester, 5% Spandex. Hand wash. Imported.
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Since its debut in 1964, the Pirelli calendar has stood out for bringing together creativity, fashion, design—and skin, lots of it. (The models are often shot wearing little more than sand.) A maker of luxury tires, Pirelli continues to draw top photographers, celebrities and models. For 2012, Mario Sorrenti traveled to the French island of Corsica, where he photographed a year's worth of beautiful women. See some of the latest calendar girls, along with our favorites from the past.
Kate Moss2 of 31
Moss, who made her Pirelli debut in the famous 1994 Herb Ritts edition, reunited with former boyfriend Sorrenti for the bare-all shoot.
Joan Smalls3 of 31
Making her Pirelli debut this year, the Puerto Rican stunner got her start in modeling five years ago and has since become one of the most sought-after models for both print and runway.
Isabeli Fontana & Natasha Poly4 of 31
Brazilian model Fontana and Russian beauty Poly have become fashion besties, spending numerous hours together, walking the most coveted runways of fashion and, most recently, getting to spend time on the equally beautiful island of Corsica.
Julianne Moore5 of 31
The calendar's theme for 2011 was mythology. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Lagerfeld explained why he wanted Moore to pose as Hera, mother of the Olympian gods: "Julianne's a beautiful woman—more matronly than the young girls under the olive trees."
Erin Wasson6 of 31
Known as a fashion "wild child," Wasson appeared in the 2011 calendar. The model is also a designer in her own right, with a clothing and jewelry line.
Penélope Cruz7 of 31
Photographed for the 2007 edition by husband-and-wife team Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsweerde, the Spanish beauty was one of only five women (all actresses) to appear in the calendar. The theme that year was photography of the early '60s, inspired by the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Michelangelo Antonioni.
Gisele Bündchen8 of 31
In 2006, lensmen Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot their subjects on the Côte d'Azur, including Brazilian bombshell Bündchen.
Lauren Bush9 of 31
Perhaps the most unexpected Pirelli model was Bush, who posed in 2002 alongside other American actresses and models. The calendar was shot by Peter Lindbergh, considered one of the world's preeminent fashion photographers, who is often credited with helping create the supermodel phenomenon of the 1990s.
Jennifer Lopez10 of 31
La Lopez appeared in the 2006 edition, the themes being seduction and freedom of expression. Needless to say, those images were some of the most sensual that have ever appeared in the famous calendar.
Cindy Crawford11 of 31
One of the world's most famous models, Crawford appeared in the 1994 Herb Ritts edition.
Naomi Campbell12 of 31
This supermodel first graced the Pirelli pages in 1987, her image captured by British photographer Terence Donovan, who is best remembered for his fashion photography of the 1960s.
Hilary Swank13 of 31
Swank was one of the five models who appeared in the 2007 edition.
Heidi Mount14 of 31
This gorgeous Salt Lake City native (and 2011 Pirelli girl) has cited Christie Brinkley as the inspiration for her own career, and her fresh face and feminine style definitely take a cue from the iconic American supermodel.
Alek Wek15 of 31
British photographer Nick Knight, who's shot campaigns for Alexander McQueen, Jil Sander, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior and Lancôme, immortalized this Sudanese stunner in the 2004 calendar.
Lakshmi Menon16 of 31
Appearing in the 2011 calendar, Menon is perhaps the most well-known Indian model, having posed extensively for Hermès, Givenchy and Max Mara. Here she wears an avant-garde Givenchy ensemble that only a model could pull off.
Daryl Hannah17 of 31
The actress appeared in the 1998 edition, photographed by American Bruce Weber. Seen here in 2000, Daryl epitomizes the style of the early aught in a minimalist-meets–avant-garde ensemble.
Natasha Poly18 of 31
This Russian beauty has been modeling since the age of 15 and has been photographed by legendary lensmen Sølve Sundsbø, Terry Richardson and Craig McDean, among others.
Abbey Lee Kershaw19 of 31
The Australian model has walked every runway and been featured in every major fashion magazine, but her personal style gets just as much attention as her assignments do. This '70s-inspired coat-and-shades ensemble gets a big thumbs-up from us.
Adriana Lima20 of 31
Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier in her native Brazil in 2005, this supermodel is perhaps most well known as a pinup girl for another iconic brand, Victoria's Secret.
Laetitia Casta21 of 31
For the 2000 edition, the French beauty was one of only two models to appear alongside a supporting cast that included an Olympic athlete and members of the Mark Morris Dance Group. Annie Leibovitz set the shoot in her private studio in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Lou Doillon22 of 31
This French actress has style in her genes: Her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin. Lou's quirky-meets-pretty sense of style is closely followed by fashionistas around the world.
Bridget Hall23 of 31
This American beauty rose to fame in the late '90s, but she first booked a Pirelli job in 1999, when Herb Ritts photographed her alongside other iconic supermodels like Carolyn Murphy and Angela Lindvall.
Helena Christensen24 of 31
The rock-loving Danish model was famously linked to INXS frontman Michael Hutchence and in 1991, she starred in the music video for Chris Isaak's song "Wicked Game." Her style, while always edgy, remains truly feminine.
Daria Werbowy25 of 31
Another of the 2011 goddesses, this Canadian is known for her natural beauty and low-key style, seen here mixing a floor-length silk gown with earthy accessories like a suede pouch bag and beaded bracelets.
Natalia Vodianova26 of 31
From a humble beginning selling fruit at a roadside stand as a child, this Russian superstar is living a real-life Cinderella story: She is one of the highest-paid models in the world and married to a British millionaire.
Magdalena Frackowiak27 of 31
One of the 2011 subjects, this Polish model has starred in ad campaigns for fashion heavyweights including Ralph Lauren, Alessandro Dell'Acqua and Oscar de la Renta.
Lara Stone28 of 31
Also appearing in the 2011 edition for the first time, this Dutch beauty sparked a trend in blond, gap-toothed, big-lipped models (see current fashion industry obsessions Georgia May Jagger, Lindsey Wixson and Ashley Smith).
Anja Rubik29 of 31
This Polish supermodel walks the runways every season for all the biggest designers, but her personal style is a standout as well. This orange dress caught our eye for its sophisticated yet totally wearable color.
Elisa Sednaoui30 of 31
The Italian beauty has posed for numerous fashion houses, magazines and ad campaigns, but this is her first year as a Pirelli model. Here she wears one of the season's hottest trends: a full, 1950's-inspired skirt and bustier top.
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This is the Italian beauty's first time posing for the calendar, although her face has graced the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, W, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire magazines.


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By Bob Sadowski, APR, Public Relations & Social Media Manager, ACCO Brands
"Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system."
This is how former HP CEO Carly Fiorina looks at technology, and I think it's safe to say that the same can be said about planning. Is technology the best platform for keeping calendars and notes, or is a paper system your best bet? Like Carly said, it's neither.
Certainly, all of us have a preference or system of planning and organizing that works best. In fact, many people who say they are completely digital in these respects may not realize that written notes, reminders and to-do lists place them in the "paper" category as well. Herein lies the dilemma when choosing a planning system: Do you want the flexible nature of paper planning, or are you enticed by the speed of digital solutions?
Why not simply use both—it's what we like to call a hybrid. Continue reading Digital or Paper Planning: Why Not Both?


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Fantasy Guru Daily: 7/19/11
Is today going to be the last day we have a Fantasy Guru Daily without a labor deal imminent or an agreement in principle reached? We sure hope so. As the players and owners come down the home stretch in labor talks, we are preparing for the free-agency period, which could start as soon as Monday. What does this all mean?
CBA talks take another big step… Nearly nine hours of meeting on Monday brought the NFL and the decertified NFLPA even closer to a settlement in the Brady v. NFL case when NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith followed through on a promise to get increased benefits for retired players. While Smith is still looking for $320 million in lost benefits because of the uncapped 2010 NFL season, he did manage to lock up nearly $1 billion in improvements to the benefits program over the course of the next CBA, which is expected to last up to 10 years. The hope is that every big issue will be resolved by Wednesday morning, so the NFLPA can vote on approving a settlement via email or conference call with the 32 NFL team representatives, a vote that will likely also include the decision to [...]


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Last fall I was roaming around on the NRCS's website and stumbled upon a webpage about being an Earth Team Volunteer. Two years prior I was applying for jobs on the usajobs.gov website for soil conservationist vacancies. With no real success, I wondered how I could receive some real hands on experience? After seeing the Earth Team webpage and reading about being an Earth Team Volunteer that's when I decided to contact my area NRCS office.
From the time I was a little boy and growing up on a farm, I've always wanted to protect the woods and fields that my family called our land. The land that harvested crops for the 70 head of cattle we milked twice a day.
Once I became older and started to contemplate what career would suit me, I thought back to the days on the farm and how I could help in the planning process. I decided that Landscape Architecture was the path I wanted to pursue. After going to college and receiving my degree as a Landscape Architect, I realized that I wanted to help protect the land that we raise our families on.
During a two month period this last summer, I volunteered Fridays working closely with a District Soil Conservationist, Soil Conservationist and a Soil Conservation Technician in the West Bend field office. While I was volunteering I helped put together producer files. In these files we would put soil maps, contracts and other necessary paperwork for approvals for the NRCSs programs such as CRP, WRP, CSP, and EQIP. At times I would ride along for site visits and contract signatures. During one of the site visits we looked at field erosion near a bordering wetland. One of the major concerns was water quality and how we could redirect and capture the sediments from the eroding field.
My experience volunteering with the NRCS has opened my eyes to what I really want to do with my education and my hands-on experiences. Volunteering allowed me to become familiar with NRCS. The connections and friendships that have been made will not be forgotten.
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Head to Double Happiness at 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 26, for a laid-back swap party. What is a swap party, you say? It's awesome. Bring items from home and swap it for something different with another partygoer.
Tonight's categories are books, home décor and accessories (for example, belts, purses, scarves, jewelry). Bring as many items for the three categories as you wish to swap. For every item you bring, you'll get a token for the category it falls into to "buy" something else. Bring stuff that's still in working condition and looks nice. Don't be a swap jerk.
The bar is having drink specials, like $5 Sapporo tall boys, through 8 p.m. Find more details and RSVP here.


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Managing Your Portfolio in Difficult Markets
by Charles Rotblut, CFA
Following a turbulent year in the global financial markets, it's tempting to make changes to your portfolio. This is particularly the case if the value of your portfolio is less now than it was 12 months ago. The best strategy, however, is to not focus on last year's performance, but rather on your long-term strategy.
Focusing on the long term isn't just about how you view your portfolio, but how you manage it. Here are steps you should take to keep working toward your long-term goals.
Avoid Two Common Behavioral Errors
Investors of all levels of expertise and experience often make two behavioral errors: being overconfident in their skills and projecting that the future will be just like the present (or the very recent past).
The first error occurs when an investor believes he has special insight, or at least thinks he knows enough to ignore long-term advice. An example would be moving money out of stocks because you believe a global crash is forthcoming. Doing so assumes you have special insight into the economies, monetary policies and politics of multiple countries. It also ignores the simple fact that most forecasts are wrong.
Projecting the future to be like the present is a behavioral error known as recency bias. Though current economic trends and other global events (e.g., the European sovereign debt crisis) may not change for the better over the short term, the performance of the markets may. More importantly, financial market conditions can change rapidly, often without notice. Think about 2007 for a minute. Attitudes about the direction of housing prices were different at the start of the year than at the end of the year.
Think About Your Time Horizon
Just as recency bias can lead your portfolio astray, so can forgetting about your time horizon. Ask yourself how soon you will need to withdraw money from your brokerage or mutual fund account. While money you will need within the next two years should be held in an interest-bearing savings account, money you don't need for periods of 10 years or longer should be invested in a combination of stocks and bonds. The reason is that over long term, you need your portfolio to grow in value to offset the deteriorating effects of inflation.
Taking this a step further, if you don't need the money for at least another 10 or 20 years (or even longer), why worry about the short-term movement of the stock market? Over the long term, stocks deliver the highest returns of any asset class.
Rebalance Back to Your Allocation Targets
An effective way to make the ebb and flows of stock prices work for you is to rebalance your portfolio. Rebalancing is the process of adjusting your allocations back to their targets. For example, if your strategy calls for a 70% allocation to stocks, but bonds currently comprise 40% of your portfolio (and stocks 60%), you would move 10% of your portfolio dollars out of bonds and into stocks. This would bring your stock allocation up from 60% to 70%.
Rebalancing does three things for you. First, it ensures that you are actively determining your portfolio's allocation, as opposed to allowing the market to do it for you. Second, it forces you to buy low and sell high—a proven strategy for investing success. Third, it gives you something productive to do when you feel like you need to change your portfolio.
Sometimes, No Change Is Best
Your best portfolio move can often be the one you don't make, especially if you are attempting to forecast the market's direction or move completely into cash. This is not to say you should ignore your portfolio; rather, you should only alter it when there is a clear and rational reason—based on your long-term goals—for doing so.
—Charles Rotblut, CFA, Editor, AAII Journal
Other Articles in the Beginning Investor Series:
"What to Watch in Your Portfolio," October 2011
"How Much Is Needed to Start Investing?," June 2011
"Brokerage Accounts: Where to Open One," April 2011
"Active Versus Passive: Which Do You Choose?," December 2010
"Investment Vehicle Attributes," September 2010
"Asset Classes Defined, July 2010
"The Benefits of Modern Portfolio Theory," June 2010
"The Basics of Portfolio Allocation," May 2010
Michael from MD posted over 4 years ago:
Great common sense advice....practical strategy to keep us on course. Thanks for sharing and re-enforcement.
Warren Laird from KY posted over 4 years ago:
Appreciate the advise. However, Should not one take advantage to take a profit? I don't suggest selling all shares but at times do some nibbling.
Sidney Goldstein from PA posted over 4 years ago:
I'm in the situation where I need to rebalance to purchase more bonds. However, the market crashed the day I was supposed to sell the stocks. It crashed again 2 days later!! Now I will lose substantial amounts if I sell to purchase bonds. What's your advice on this situation?
Perry Stearns from AZ posted over 3 years ago:
@AAII don't make a comment box available if you have no intention of answering the questions posted by your readers. Call it common courtesy/sense.


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Louis Godinez of Muleshoe carries a cross Friday along U.S. 84 with other members of Immaculate Conception Parish in a re-enactment of the walk Jesus is said to have made to Calvary. (Staff photo: Tony Bullocks)
By Marlena Hartz
They set forth where the town begins and inch along U.S. 84, past vast fields of farmland, through the center of town, across the railroad tracks and into the heart of their church.
Their pace is set at the head of the line, where pilgrims share the burden of three oak crosses. Every 10 minutes, the band of men, women and children pauses, as the crosses change hands and are slung behind a new back.
For this Muleshoe parish, the pilgrimage is a way to honor their savior.
Members of the Immaculate Conception Parish say the three-mile trek, embarked upon on Good Friday, is a re-enactment of Jesus' walk to Calvary, the hill in Jerusalem where he is said to have been slain.
"It is like what Jesus did for us," said Immaculate Conception member Victor Arzola, his forehead dotted with sweat as an oppressive cloak of heat bears down, bouncing off the black highway. "This is done in his memory. We are trying to feel some of the pain he felt."
About 150 members of the largely Hispanic parish made the pilgrimage on Friday.
Where the long crosses were visible, faces were cast to the ground, as members sang hymns.
"Every person is here for a different reason," said Dora Triana, a veteran member of the church.
"Some do it for the memory of what Jesus went through; some do it for a sick relative; some want peace. As they walk, they pray and petition God, while also making their own sacrifice," she said.
The cross-bearing tradition spans 34 years, church members said. It began with the family of Muleshoe resident and parish member Clara Flores.
"We did it for a lot of reasons," said Flores. "For the sick, for the poor, for world peace, for our soldiers," she said. "Always on Good Friday."
Flores and her daughter made the trek alone in 1972. Word of their walk spread through the parish, and the next year, Flores said, three other families from the church joined them, carrying pocket-sized crosses or rosaries.
"(The procession) kept growing and growing. It is something that is very beautiful," Flores said.
Three crosses were fashioned by a Lariat, Texas, carpenter at Flores' request in the pilgrimmage's third year.
"Jesus carried one cross. But he was crucified next to two thieves, and he turned to them and welcomed them into his kingdom of heaven. That is why we carry three crosses," Flores said.
Each person who carries a cross describes the burden differently, Flores said.
"A lot feel tired. Some say the crosses become light," she said.
When Flores carries a cross, she said she prays for strength.
"You do it with a lot of love and faith. You pray you can walk with it," Flores said.
"I felt," she said, "like I was doing a little bit for my Christ. It was a lot heavier for him."