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Shortly before leaving for Iowa last week, I read a study. Well, part of a study actually. The whole thing was just way to long. It said that swearing, when not part of your everyday vocabulary, can help you withstand pain, longer. Normally not a swearer, I thought I would be a good candidate to test the theory, and did so pretty thoroughly.
There is something to be said for a good string of expletives when grinding through all 21 gears, while trying to crank up a half-mile hill (let me say again, Iowa is not flat). It was kind of like "The Little Engine that Could," only my tag line did not end at, "I think I can." You can use your imagination on how it continued. I sure did!
I've been asked a couple of times what is taking me so long to write my final blog entry. It should be easy, right? Just talk about what happened. The thing is, so much happened that I don't know where to start and some things I'm pretty sure I can't even share. If I did, someone would end up in witness protection, and you probably wouldn't believe me anyway!
Before I left, I thought I knew what it was about. You get on your bike and ride for days on end, eat fantastic food and party like crazy. And that's true. I did all those things, but there is a whole lot more to it. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of ways to do RAGBRAI and the way I did it may not be the way you would do it, or anyone else for that matter. For example, if you were smart you would not choose to do it with a mountain bike. Trust me on this!
My phone had little to no service and I think it rang once all week. I didn't even recognize the sound! It was hard being away from my kids that long. In fact, it's the longest I've ever been away from them. I knew they were in good hands though and for just one week, my life was narrowly focused. I thought about staying cool, getting to the next town, setting up my tent, deciding what to eat, and determining my proper water to beer ratio. That was it.
The last few years have been filled with a multitude of changes in my life: I've gotten divorced, gone back to work, and returned to the town where I grew up... It's nothing I hide, in fact I am usually guilty of sharing too much (this is a perfect example). My children and I have adapted, though I cannot say it was easy.
For me, this ride was about the new person I have become and the perfect way to start the next chapter in my life. It's like each mile left the old me further behind and the new me is the one that ended up in Clinton. Of course, there was always the chance that it would be the same me, just with tired legs and a sore bum.
I was asked at least 100 times last week why I was doing RAGBRAI and probably more importantly how I ended up on Team Cockroach. People were shocked that I would travel to Iowa, join a team where I knew no one and ride my bike hundreds of miles. In fact, at one point I was asked why I thought I, a woman alone who knew no one and nothing about biking, could tackle RAGBRAI, with a mountain bike, and succeed. After being mildly offended by the "woman alone" comment, I answered that it never really occurred to me that there was any other option.
Sure, I joked about my only goal being to survive and that I had no idea what I was doing. Well, actually that wasn't so much a joke as true… but, I never really doubted that I would be able to do it. Maybe it's one of those things were naivety was my savior. Had I known how hard it really could have been, I'm not sure I would have been so confident.
Let me be very clear. Team Cockroach and everyone on it saved me from having what could have been a pretty miserable week. They knew all the things I didn't know, and made the difference between having a fun-filled, boundary pushing, fantastic week that I want to repeat, and having a week that sent me home in tears. They adopted me (Thank you Kurt and Matt!) and looked out for me (Thank you Margaret and Teresa!), cheered me on, gave me a nickname (That I don't plan to share - Thank you very much Foot!) and made me part of the group (I wish I could name everyone!).
I'm a firm believer in things happening for a reason; sometimes we just don't know what those reasons are. The hard part for me is being patient enough to wait and see why things work out a certain way. I practiced patience last week and gave myself over to whole experience.
Sometimes, when you are patient things have a way of working themselves out. There are so many examples of that during this whole adventure. Among them? My brother winning the bike I used, getting a flat tire in the perfect place, running into my cousin on a random farm, an experienced rider appearing out of nowhere to help me find my way and talk me through as we navigated a busy street, and getting hooked up with Team Cockroach totally last minute. I can only call these examples of Divine Intervention!
I can report that I did finally make it into town in time for pie one day. I figure I had either gotten much faster, or the church ladies had made extra. Not sure which, but it was delicious, so I'm not too concerned.
Some of the craziest things I saw? Kilts. Lots of kilts. They were very popular and some men wore them very well. I saw a guy in a loincloth… and no, he had nothing on underneath. I followed two guys in speedos for about seven miles. Not as interesting as you might think. There was the guy dressed as a banana and the traveling Elvis's, complete with wigs, white jump suits, blue suede shoes and music. Two guys did the route on skateboards, one guy ran the whole thing…in sandals. I saw two guys on unicycles and heard rumors of a group that rode nude. I saw people pulling carts loaded with speakers, stereos, and automatic drink makers. I was written on, tattooed (not real), stickered and spent more time discussing butt balm with complete strangers than I thought possible. In fact, I NEVER thought I would be discussing that with complete strangers.
One of my proudest moments was passing someone who was neither twice my age nor pulling small children. I was very happy with small victories and simple pleasures. There is nothing like a real shower or flushing toilets.
I will whine for just one moment. It was HOT! It was so hot, the rumored temperature off the asphalt was 140. The headwinds for two of those days were so brutal that if I stopped pedaling, I went backwards… while going downhill. We were burning 5,000 calories a day – and eating as much, though the trick is not to continue eating that much now that I'm home!
Things I learned for next year? I will pack half as much. Have I mentioned I will use a road bike? I will add hills, real hills, to my pre-ride training. I will get a waterproof tent (don't ask, but I can tell you the bus was very comfortable). Finally, I will remember there is no time clock that needs to be punched.
As I came into Clinton on Saturday, after riding that day's 75 miles, I was overwhelmed. The streets were lined with folks holding up signs welcoming us to town, kids with hands extended for high-fives and cheers of "great job." In that moment, I realized what it was that I had accomplished and I knew that I had arrived in town with way more than tired legs and a sore bum. From the first mile… to the very last, I had done RAGBRAI.
I didn't get here alone. I know there are a lot of people who have made sacrifices so I could make this week successful.
To My Mom - I simply could not have done this ride without saying a big THANK YOU to my Mom. Without her help and support I wouldn't have been able to train or take the week off as she watched my kiddos. My Mom is an incredibly brave and adventurous woman who is traveling the world one continent at a time. Though my travel destinations often make her cringe, I get it all from her.
To my boys, Ethan and Jacob - my (not so little anymore) bundles of energy whom I love dearly and protect fiercely. Who always asked, "how far today Mom?" My hopes for them? That they see if they work hard, they can accomplish anything.
For my brother, Ryan, his wife Karen and daughter Kayla - I would not have finished without their help. No, really. I used his bike. Without him, I'd have been walking. Their constant words of encouragement helped keep me going. They think I'm crazy, but that's ok.
To Sarah – my biking buddy who trained with me and laughed with me as we tried to figure out all the lingo and who ended up not being able to make it on our big adventure. I missed you! Get out that hand sanitizer girl – you're doing it with me next year!t


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Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Tuesday announced in a news release the appointment of Amy Dosik as chief executive officer.
She replaces Susan Thigpen, who had been serving as interim CEO since June, when then-CEO Marilyn Midyette left to pursue other interests.
Dosik's 20 years of nonprofit experience include serving as a principal at Ernst & Young, an attorney with international law firms and as a founding board member of It's the Journey, the organization responsible for operating the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer.
"Amy Dosik has the vision and experience needed to continue the great work our organization is delivering to our community," said Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta board Chairwoman Myra Bierria. "Her leadership is critical to ensure that Girl Scouts continues to address the evolving needs of young women in the Atlanta metro area."
Dosik assumes the CEO position at a key time for the organization, as it works to strengthen its role in raising awareness around the existing community and social barriers that prevent young girls from developing critical leadership skills.
"As a former Girl Scout, I am honored and humbled to join the leadership of the largest girl-serving organization in the world," she said. "Growing up, I was fortunate to have many adults who helped to make my world bigger by exposing me to new challenges, new experiences and new places. Today, I am privileged to have the opportunity to help cultivate, nurture and build the next century of female leaders."
Dosik plans to use her knowledge and commitment to youth development to help girls build courage, confidence and character and lead them to a successful path. In her new role as CEO, she is responsible for advancing the Girl Scout mission through membership retention and growth, philanthropic support and program innovation.
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BISD Superintendent Dr. Sue Thomas told trustees at their monthly meeting Tuesday evening that what caused her to reconsider the dress code was her buying school clothes for her grandchildren.
"I went shopping for solid-color shirts," she said. "It's almost impossible to find any in Beeville. I had to go to Victoria. Plaid seems to be the thing to wear today."
Principals she contacted said it was too late to change the dress code before school begins because notices about the code already have been sent to parents.
Thomas says she will form a committee this October consisting of teachers, parents and students to consider how to revise the code.
"I don't think any of the parents will revolt against us if we change it," Thomas said, noting that a more relaxed dress code had been in effect at the high school since before she became superintendent.
Trustee Matt Huie urged more commonality among the dress codes for elementary, middle and high school students.
"There's a big discrepancy between the third grade, the sixth grade and the 10th grade," he said. "Trying to explain to one of your kids why they have to wear something different from another one of your kids is pretty ridiculous."
Dee Dee Bernal, who moved as principal under the recent BISD restructuring from FMC Elementary to the high school, then told the board she favored fewer restrictions on student cellphone use.
She plans to grant "a little more latitude" by allowing students to use their phones during the lunch hour, for instance, but never in a formal teaching environment.
"It's a huge battle," she said. "These kids can text with their cellphones in their pockets. And, parents often call their kids while they are at school."
She told trustees that her generation was not as comfortable with high tech tools as the students. "I think they are born talking on a cellphone."
Students are fined $15 for each cellphone violation. "We had one student who paid $300 in fines," Bernal said.
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Thomas noted that state law only allowed a maximum fine of $15.
"Then fine them $15 when you confiscate the phone," suggested Trustee John Fish, "and another $15 to get it back."
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Tombstone Tuesday: Keyes, Mother and Son in Mt. Union Cemetery, Benton Co, OR
Susan Jane Ward Keyes (50 years, 5 mos, 6 days) died on February 20, 1881. Her youngest son, Alexander Doran Keyes (26 years, 5 months, 13 days) died just 3 days later. Both are buried beneath this old oak tree, as were the Keyes before and after, in the Mt. Union Cemetery, near Philomath, Oregon.
Susan Ward Keyes was the wife of David Lowery Keyes and the mother of my great-grandfather James Edward Leonardis Keyes.
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What a beautiful photo of the cemetery. I love their headstones. When deaths are so close together it really makes you wonder how they died. In these cases it was most likely an illness, right? So sad.ReplyDelete
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Susan and Alexander Keyes, most likely died of a diphtheria outbreak, or possibly influenza. I have been meaning to see if I could get a more definitive answer, but have been sidetracked on my McPherson saga.ReplyDelete
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Democrats were riding high in the polls in 2006 and 2008, and one of their big issues was health care. Then, after passing the president's health care law, the politics shifted, and the issue helped sweep the GOP to victory in the 2010 midterm elections. A few months later, Republicans had a 14-point advantage in terms of voter trust on the health care issue.
Then, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan introduced his health care plan, and the lead disappeared. Neither party has an advantage on the issue now.
President Obama's plan is unpopular, and most want to see it repealed. Ryan's plan is unpopular, and few want to see it enacted. Both plans are unpopular because neither one puts consumers in charge of their own health care decisions. More than anything else, that lack of consumer control is the root cause of the health care problems facing our nation today.
Americans now pay a smaller share of their disposable income on out-of-pocket medical care than they did in 1960. Nearly nine out of every 10 dollars spent on medical care coverage is paid by either an insurance company or the government. Since someone else is paying the bills, someone else ends up making the big decisions about things that affect every individual's health care.
That is precisely what most Americans want to change. No one wants their health care choices being made by government officials, insurance companies or their employer. People want to make those important decisions themselves.
Putting consumers in charge would require pretty radical change, but it's the type of change voters could support. For example, consider a fairly typical situation where a company provides health insurance coverage for its workers. Rather than letting the company choose the plan, 82 percent believe that each worker should be allowed to use that money to pick his or her own insurance plan. If that plan ends up costing less than the official company plan, most believe the worker should be allowed to keep the change.
But giving consumers control of the money doesn't mean much unless they have a variety of competing insurance plans to consider. Three out of four voters think it's time to end the antitrust exemption granted to health insurance companies. Why? By a three-to-one margin, voters believe that increased competition among insurance companies would do more to reduce costs than increased government regulation.
Voters also want to reign in the government bureaucrats. Rather than letting the government define a one-size-fits-all insurance plan, 77 percent think individuals should have the right to choose between plans with a mix of higher deductibles and lower premiums or the reverse. Seventy-eight percent believe everyone should have the choice between more expensive plans that cover every medical procedure and lower cost plans that cover only major medical procedures.
To insure adequate choices, voters overwhelmingly believe that everyone should be allowed to buy insurance policies across state lines and that everyone should be able to purchase the same insurance coverage provided for members of Congress. Recognizing the importance of consumer incentives, most also believe insurance companies should be allowed to offer discounts to those who take care of themselves by exercising, eating well and not smoking.
Putting consumers in charge threatens the status quo in Washington, but it will give Americans a more responsive, less expensive system of medical care.
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North Central took home another state championship, with seven runners finishing in the top-16. Mt. Spokane finished 5th overall, led by John Dressel, who finished 2nd overall.
3A Girls
Mt. Spokane finished 6th overall as a team, while North Central's Katie Knight came in 2nd place overall.
Deer Park finished 4th overall in the 2A boys competition, while Cheney finished 5th.
2A Girls
Cheney's Sanne Holland finished 2nd overall, while East Valley's Brittany Acquino finished 3rd. Deer Park finished 10th overall as a team.
1A Boys
Lakeside took home 2nd place, while Medical Lake was 3rd.
1A Girls
Riverside captured a state championship, while Lakeside finished 2nd as a team, and Medical Lake placed 8th.
1B/2B Boys
Northwest Christian finished 2nd, while Republic was 6th and Waitsburg-Prescott 9th overall.
1B/2B Girls
Northwest Christian finished 5th overall led by Anna Henry, who had the 2nd best overall time.
Garden Valley 32, Kootenai 8
Timberlake 15, Weiser 13
Salmon River 24, Deary 18
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About Moscone: early reviewCasey Londergan | February 20, 2010
The BPS meeting is a small-ish large meeting; nowhere near as large as the gargantuan (and very unwieldy) ACS meetings and much, much larger than a single-field meeting. So it fits pretty well into small-to-medium-sized convention centers. Moscone is not small, and so the BPS meeting feels a little bit like it is living in the corners of someone else's house. It is hard to get from room to room, especially from the 300s to anywhere else; this was not as much the case in Long Beach or the new Boston center, for example. BPS attendees are walled off from most of South Moscone due to the construction of another conference that starts later in the week, and we have to run back and forth through the underground cavern to get from small room to small room.
All of the posters and the exhibitors are all in the same room, so this will provide the same dynamic environment for posters that usually exists at BPS meetings. But aside from that setup, which is a big part of why I like to bring undergraduates here (more about that later), this place is not a great fit for our meeting.


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One wine shop just opened in downtown Bryson City, with a second one slated to open within the month.
The Cottage Wine Shop, run by the mother and daughter team of Susie Chambers and Trish Hipgrave, features North Carolina wines.
ŌĆ£We are doing the small vineyards that donŌĆÖt necessarily have distributors,ŌĆØ Chambers said. ŌĆ£Once a month we go travel around and go to these little tiny wineries and vineyards and get such good wine but nobody knows about them because they donŌĆÖt have distributors. It is great fun.ŌĆØ
Chambers said the Cottage Wine Shop apparently fits the definition of a ŌĆ£wine boutique.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£When we go to these wineries and they say ŌĆśHow many cases?ŌĆÖ and we say ŌĆśOne or two,ŌĆÖ they say ŌĆśOh, you are a boutique winery,ŌĆÖŌĆØ Chambers said.
The other wine shop, World of Wine and Antiques, is run by the owners of PasqualinoŌĆÖs Italian Restaurant. Nancy Bright Izquierdo said wine is one of their interests, especially with her husband being from Spain.
ŌĆ£I think he had wine in his baby bottle growing up in Spain,ŌĆØ Izquierdo said.
They hope to by open by the end of the month.
So what does the influx of wine shops say about the business climate in Swain County?
ŌĆ£I am feeling very good about that right now,ŌĆØ said Gwen Bushyhead, director of the Swain County Chamber of Commerce. ŌĆ£There are a lot of people in and around Swain County that appreciate good wine. ŌĆØNancy attributes the robust economy to both an increase in locals and tourism.
ŌĆ£We are going on our fourth year with the restaurant and each year has increased,ŌĆØ Izquierdo said. ŌĆ£I think a lot more people are moving here and the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad has brought in a lot more tourists than we had in the past.ŌĆØ


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WINONA, Minn. -- When you think of a teenager, the word volunteer isn't probably the first thing that comes to mind. But for this month's student making a difference, volunteering has become a way of life.
For nearly 5 years now, 16-year-old Theo Swagger has been giving his time at the Grace Place Market Square Thrift store in Winona.
Theo is homeschooled but he volunteers almost every week. He does everything from receiving donations and working the cash register to more recently, cleaning up the store at night and setting it up for the next day.
Theo says it just seems like the right thing to do. "It was part of my academic requirements at first, but after a while, it just seemed really fun to help the community, just to help the people of Winona to sell the product and all of the stuff," says Theo.
Theo says he doesn't volunteer for the recognition so he didn't expect it when he got word that he was being awarded this month's Student Making a Difference. Theo says, "it's really surprising to me because I didn't feel like I earned it, but it's just a big surprise to me that I got it."
Theo says he's even thinking about using his volunteering in the future maybe as a volunteer firefighter.


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Tue., 8:45pm: UPDATE-5 five injured, two seriously in Warren fire
WARREN — Five people have been taken to local hospitals and two later flown to the Akron Children's Hospital burn unit, the result of an apartment fire on Stewart Circle N.W.
When firefighters arrived around 7 p.m. flames were shooting from one of the units and a man was helping a woman escape.
EMTs from Med-Star Ambulance, and the Howland, Warren Township and Champion fire departments responded.
Stewart Circle is located near Parkman Road and Dexel, off Parkwood Street.
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by Anton Shilov
UPDATE: Extending commentary regarding Pixel Shader 3.0 and Vertex Shader 3.0 support by Microsoft DirectX 9 API.
A report over German web-site 3DCenter.de suggests that the next-generation graphics processors from ATI Technologies currently kept under wraps and due sometime in April or March will not sport Pixel Shaders 3.0 and Vertex Shaders 3.0 – features that many considered as the main innovation of this year's graphics chips.
Apparently, the Markham, Ontario-based graphics company decided to concentrate on delivering ultimate performance in applications that rely on Pixel and Vertex Shader 2.0 and lower. The source believes it is possible to expect R420/R423 visual processing units to deliver doubled geometry performance over the previous high-end products from ATI Technologies. Core-clock and architectural enhancements of the part are also projected to pump up the speed of the R420 heavily compared to the RADEON 9800-series offerings.
According to previously released information, the ATI code-named R420/R423 graphics processors will contain about 160 million of transistors and will be produced using low-k 0.13 micron technology at TSMC. The chips are projected to utilize the current R300 architecture, but with general improvements in performance. The upcoming VPUs' 8 rendering pipelines with unknown number of TMUs as well as 6 vertex shader engines along with new FSAA and anisotropic filtering patterns are said to be the key drivers of the speed upwards.
While the RADEON 9800-series contains a number of improvements in Pixel Shaders functionality over the RADEON 9700 family, dubbed F-Buffer technology, and it is possible to expect ATI to add support for some innovative features among Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader processing into the R420 and its successors, it is pretty clear that those capabilities will hardly be widely utilized.
Historically graphics chip companies put in additional capabilities exceeding DirectX specifications into their graphics processor not just in order to prolong the lifespan of the their products, but to implement a number of specific features not directly related to PC gaming.
ATI Technologies' arch-rival NVIDIA's upcoming NV40 GPU is projected to handle both Pixel and Vertex Shaders 3.0 functionality and also deliver significantly higher performance compared to the company's current offerings.
It is not clear whether Microsoft supports Pixel Shaders 3.0 and Vertex Shaders 3.0 by its HLSL compiler or not, but their functionality have been enabled since the initial DirectX 9.0 release; in any case, NVIDIA is very likely to promote the new capabilities among game and professional applications developers. Unofficial sources suggest that a new version of Microsoft HLSL supporting Shaders 3.0 capabilities will be out around mid-year. Given that both NV50 and R500 processors are most likely to support Pixel Shaders 4.0 and Vertex Shaders 4.0 as well as all previous versions of DirectX shaders, support for innovative capabilities may really prolong the lifespan of NVIDIA's next-generation NV40 graphics processing unit. However, there are no games announced that utilise Pixel Shaders 3.0 or Vertex Shaders 3.0 this year.
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This Is Not Acceptable!
In the seven-game homestand leading up to Monday night's Phillies lovefest (aka the annual Phillies Phestival), the Phils went a mediocre 3-4, mustering a mere five runs in the four losses. Yet we all came out Monday and dutifully waited in line for autographs and photos with our favorite Phillies, and no one beat any of the players over the head with a bat (though plenty of bats could be seen among the crowd, ostensibly to be signed).
Yet how has our support been rewarded? The Phils have been shut out two nights in a row by the (ugh!) New York Mets.
**UPDATE** make that three in a row (she types with a shudder).
The Phillies have now lost four in a row, three of them shutouts!
**UPDATE** five in a row, four of them shutouts (feeling apoplectic at the moment)
Someone please wake up this dormant offense! Preferably before tonight's game! I want to see somebody on fire!
Not literally. Just figuratively speaking.
Speaking of the (ugh!) Mets, could someone explain what is up with freakin' Rod Barajas? During his single season with the Phils in 2007, he left a less than indelible impression upon the Phaithful. If one were to think of the 2007 team as a single entity, Barajas would have been the superfluous third nipple.
Yet with the 2010 (ugh!) Mets, Barajas has gone 8 for 15 against the Phils, with 3 homeruns and 8 RBIs.
I hate when this happens.
And no, I can't write the word "Mets" without writing "(ugh!)" first (except in this sentence for the purpose of explanation).
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The Muts could actually lose tonight, I hope… Barajas has for some unexplained reason hit the Phillies well, don't know why, maybe someone should ding him with a ball, not on purpose, but sort of unintentionally, …… tonights the night, there was no sweep in the foreseeable future, probably jinxed it now, sorry…
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Ugh!! Storm clouds are gathering over Citi Field just in time for the game tonight. Ugh! If we do get this game in ~ Good luck! : P
uhhh…I spoke too soon. The rain just started to PHall. Ugh!!!
Sign stealers. : D
Peter – Seems like the start of the game has been delayed by rain. I certainly hope you haven't jinxed anything!
Mike – Sorry for all the ugh!-ing, sometimes I just can't help myself. Hmm, I should have had Billmeyer sign a pair of binoculars!
Barajas has been eating his Wheaties! Y'all can't be happy about the inability to score runs… I don't even know who I'm looking at watching the Phils of late. Of course, there's no chance this drought lasts much longer…and baseball always evens out so look for a few 10 spots to show up for the Phils soon.
Jeff – I sure hope you're right. I can't take much more of this! And my husband has sworn off watching them (again).
I'm with your husband. When the Yankees aren't scoring, I swear off (and swear) watching them, but always turn on the TV anyway. Can't help it. It's just so much more entertaining when they score runs! UGH.
LOL love it.
at least y'all broke the scoreless drought! That would have been trouble if that continued! Eek!
Unfortunately, only a 1-0 score. You still seem to need a few more bats to wake up!
I'm glad that Halladay isn't pitching for the Jays! I'm glad we beat him when we did!
Congratulations again, Halladay! Take care, Sue!🙂


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Ohio Northern University finishes second at LTU Innovation Encounter competition
The Ohio Northern University Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) team captured second place at the fourth annual Innovation Encounter competition at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., on Oct. 18-19.
ONU finished second among seven other schools at the event. In addition to ONU, the schools that competed were Lawrence Tech, Gonzaga University, Widener University, St. Louis University, Villanova University, Kettering University, and the University of Evansville.
The Innovation Encounter competition presented a business problem to student teams. They were charged with creating a solution and a business case for that solution in the two-day competition. The event connected entrepreneurial students from The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) schools in both competition and celebration of entrepreneurship. The competition was punctuated by social activities, educational components, networking with entrepreneurs, and obtaining valuable feedback on skills developed throughout the competition.
The ONU CEO team consisted of Nathan Brune, a junior civil engineering major from Decatur, Ind.; Jake Cooper; a sophomore management major from LaGrange, Ohio; Aaron Schnipke, a sophomore electrical engineering major from Fort Jennings, Ohio; and Brad Trentman, a junior marketing major from Fort Jennings, Ohio.
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How often do you get a chance to sit in on a class of an academic colleague or strike up a conversation with a peer about teaching and learning?
In this spirit of fostering peer to peer connections and reflection upon teaching and learning, we bring you the Open Classroom series. This initiative is offered every winter and builds upon the Teaching Squares Program offered in the fall. This series provides an opportunity for Laurier's teaching and learning community to experience being a student again from the perspective an experienced educator.
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I can squeeze out a tad of milk from both nipples and I leak from time to time...especially on my right side. So I'm not worried about building up my supply. But like I said, I don't want my son to go hungry during this process.
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Wow, the best race I have ever watched Danica race
This is one time I would hope she gets mad about it.
I actually thought he would hit her in that corner if given the chance & he did.
What a punk move.
Not much of a danica fan but was really happy to see her "racing" really well, & was hoping she would get by Sam before the 22 wrecked her. Well she did, but the 22 got her anyways.
I hope she doesnt give her PC answer of what happened! (I'm mad for her LOL) go get in the guys face. It is well deserved.


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This made me wonder: where are the gaps in coverage? Are there any differences between the leading phone companies prepaid cell phones?
Here are the coverage maps of the leading brands. The images are hyperlinked to interactive coverage maps by the company.
The Eastern half of the United States is pretty well covered though there are gaps in the remote regions of the Appalachian Mountain range. The Interior West is the consistent loser with desert, some Indian reservations, and rural lands not being covered. Alaska is a big loser. Only in the southern populated part the only section of the state covered. The majority of the biggest state is not covered.
The Extras are the true losers, though. Many of the prepaid cell phone maps do not even have Alaska, Hawaii, or even Puerto Rico. Good luck knowing if your prepaid cell phone will work if you live in the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or any of the other Extras.


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Ga. town stunned after woman killed at gas stationAP PHOTO
Frank Louis Reeves, of Macon, Ga. Police said in a statement that Reeves motorized wheelchair bumped into 65-year-old Linda Hunnicutts car Tuesday at a Murphy Express station, who exchanged words with the 73-year-old Reeves. Police say Hunnicutt got out of her Buick Lucerne, and Reeves drew a gun and shot her in the chest.
ATLANTA A chance encounter at a Georgia gas station left a 65-year-old woman dead and a 73-year-old man facing a murder charge after authorities say the womans car and his motorized wheelchair bumped and he opened fire, police said Wednesday.
Linda Hunnicutt, 65, had just pulled into the gas station in Macon shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday and stepped out of her Buick Lucerne when the man pulled a gun and fatally shot her, city police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet said.
The whole encounter, I can tell you, was very brief, Gaudet said. Everybody is just reeling from this.
Hunnicutt had driven into the gas pump bay when the two vehicles made contact, police say.
Hunnicutt, described as a homemaker who lived a few miles from the station, was shot once in the chest with a .38-caliber handgun, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.
The suspect, Frank Louis Reeves, was apprehended in the gas station parking lot. He was being held without bond on a murder charge at the Bibb County Jail, Gaudet said. She didnt know whether he had an attorney, and jail records do not list one.
Reeves made a brief appearance in Magistrate Court in Macon, and the judge set a Dec. 19 hearing, according to local news reports. Reeves, wearing an orange jumpsuit, was brought to the courtroom in a wheelchair.
Reeves lives among apartments behind the service station, Jones said. No one answered a phone number listed for the residence on Wednesday, and a family member declined comment when reached by phone.
The gas station is along busy Gray Highway, and the encounter was so brief that many of the customers pumping gas were not immediately aware of what had just happened in one corner of the lot, Gaudet said.
When police arrived, Hunnicutt was in cardiac arrest and officers began performing CPR. She was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia, where the trauma team pronounced her dead at 1:25 p.m., less than a half-hour after the shooting.
The man gave a statement to detectives, Gaudet said, but authorities are not revealing what he said. Meanwhile, police were asking for the publics help in identifying two men who may have witnessed the shooting.
Hunnicutt is married, and her husband was on the road for his job with a dental lab company when the shooting happened, Jones said.
Jones, who has been with the coroners office for 22 years, said he cant recall a case such as this in the central Georgia city 80 miles southeast of Atlanta.
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Four more junior college prospects have signed national letters of intent to play basketball next season at Eastern New Mexico University for Greyhounds coach Shawn Scanlan.
The players, all of whom will be juniors, are 6-foot-1 guards Aaron King of Los Angeles and Justin Reynolds of Danville, Va.; 6-6 foward Equus Darby of Lake City, S.C., and 6-2 forward Dannon Wafer of Galveston, Texas.
King averaged 10.3 points and just under one steal per game at Cerritos College in California. Reynolds was his team's second-leading scorer at 10.4 ppg, and also averaged more than four assists per contests.
Wafer shot 55 percent from the floor and averaged 10 1/2 points at Trinity Valley, while Darby scored 11.2 points per outing and also averaged eight rebounds, five assists and three steals en route to first-team All-Golden Valley Conference honors.


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Appreciate my paperNovember 14,2012
Appreciate my paper
In my not infrequent travels around the country, I always make a point of buying and reading local newspapers. The situation with American journalism is not good. To those who complain about this papers occasional typo or duplication or day-old news, I suggest you look around to see how much worse off we could be.
Many cities with populations 10 to 100 times that of central Vermont now have papers published only every other day or even weekly. Many formerly powerful papers are now full of poorly edited articles pulled off dubious parts of the Internet. Or they are owned by companies with no intention of giving a balanced presentation of news.
I dont excuse the infrequent mistakes made in this paper nor do I believe they go unnoticed by the editors and I, too, miss its former thickness and breadth, but I also very much appreciate the cohesive, well-organized approach theyve evolved and the devotion to a fine balance of local and international news. The local news coverage from the quirky police blotter to the fabulous photographs to the informative arts section to the editorials to the coverage of local politics is, I believe, really important to the community.
As for the news being day-old, I think our expectations have barely kept pace with the speed of the Internet. No print edition I know of can keep up with those unrealistic ideas. The Times Argus electronic edition is, by the way, a great option that not only helps the paper reduce their costs and improve their viability but also provide faster, more widely connected sources of news.
Im grateful to be able to get a daily, local paper still grounded in both national and world perspective that doesnt solely represent the point of view of a large corporation.
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Los Angeles Pet Adoption Made Easy
For many years, VCA Animal Hospitals has been actively serving the community. Supporting and promoting pet adoption from local animal shelter and rescue organizations is all part of our mission to help increase the number of adopted animals placed in good homes. By working together with shelter organizations, VCA is able to provide shelter pets with expert pet healthcare and the support to make a difference. Pets bring out the love in all of us.


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Who Will Be The Ultimate Survivor Of 'Survivor: Philippines' 2012?
CBS will air the two hour season finale of Survivor: Philippines 2012 on Sunday, December 16. The Final Four include Lisa Whelchel, Michael Skupin, Malcolm Freberg and Denise Stapley. Who will win the title of Ultimate Survivor?
The four most likeable players of the season have wrangled and wrestled their way to the finale. Evenly split, there are two males, and two females, two former Tandang members, and two former Matsing's.
Lisa Whelchel (48), was a teenaged TV star as "Blair" in "The Facts of Life." Lisa began the series as the older woman of the tribe, ostracized and ridiculed, and the following episodes all seemed to have at least one weeping scene, as she begged for advice from Jonathan Penner and Skupin. And yet, "the church lady" hatched plan after plan to oust Malcolm, a supporter, from the game. Lisa's claims to want to play a fair and honorable game were challenged when she chose to keep Abi over Carter, since she knew a win was more likely against the unlikable Abi.
Michael Skupin (50,) returning player (Survivor: The Australian Outback), has to have been the most consistently accident prone player of any season to date. Every episode has had its Skupin accident sighting, from Abi's coconut 'accidentally' smacking him in the face, to getting head-butted by an enormous whale shark. Skupin has been loyal to his allies, and played a consistent game.
Denise Stapley (41,) certified sex therapist and licensed mental health counselor, has kept a low profile, while displaying a strong physical game and being a hard-worker in the camp. Always fair and patient, the tiny bundle of energy and muscle is liked by everyone (except Abi), and has shown an uncanny ability to soldier through, even almost winning an Immunity Challenge despite a painful allergic reaction to a bite on her neck. For the win, it's almost certainly between Denise and Malcolm.
Strong and affable Malcolm Freberg (25,) is the only player who could conceivably beat Denise. Malcolm has the whole Survivor package; young, fit, long haired, and with a lovely smile, Malcolm has both the men and women on his side. He's been a strong contender for the title from the start. He dominates physically, has played a strong social game, and has made no enemies on the jury. If he loses the last immunity challenge, Denise will win the million dollars.
This could be the most exciting end game of Survivor in years, as these four worthy opponents battle their way to the end. It's either Malcolm or Denise for the win, with the other surely being a contender for Best Player of the Game.
Don't' miss the finale – this Sunday!


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Death By Medicine
Critics of "conventional" medicine delight in pointing out how much harm it causes. Carolyn Dean, Gary Null, and others have written extensively about "death by medicine." A typical statement (from Mercola.com) says:
A definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 million. Dr. Richard Besser, of the CDC, in 1995, said the number of unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections was 20 million. Dr. Besser, in 2003, now refers to tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics. The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million. The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually is 8.9 million. The total number of iatrogenic deaths shown in the following table is 783,936. It's evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the United States. The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is 699,697; the annual cancer death rate, 553,251.
To show what's wrong with this reasoning, let's substitute "food" for "medicine." (more…)
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visiting grandfather
(the conversations about why we fly fish and about the legacies of our grandfathers inspired me to dust this off and share it .....it is a few years old but still worth reading i hope....... sorry no pictures)
I stopped at the door steeling myself for what I knew would follow. I hate these big gatherings; it would be nice to see all of my family but the endless parade of people whose faces and names don't ring any bells and having to pretend to have meaningful conversations with them would be almost unbearable. Yet "you have to do what you have to do", better to get started and get it over. As I entered the door the rumble of loud conversations and the heat of the room washed over me like the wave of an explosion. I dodged through the crowd for a couple of feet and paused for a breath, my eyes caught the face of my grandfather. His profile brought back a welcome flood of memories, most of them centered on fishing and the outdoors.
I briefly reverted back to being an 8-year-old fishing for bream and catfish in small farm ponds throughout south central Oklahoma. Remembering the impatience of waiting in the yard as my Grandfather and the landowner stood kicking up red dust and making small talk which seemed to be the ritual for getting permission to fish. I remember the waiting as I watched my bobber and the excitement as it finally went under with a fish on. I will always remember the big catfish, it seems like it was bigger than me and pictures almost prove the point. I can also remember the pride as we stopped at the landowner's farmhouse to give them some of our hard fought fish for their evening meal.
My memories shifted to my front yard as a 12-year-old, my grandfather patiently teaching me how to cast my brand new, very own, fly rod. I remember how he made it look effortless as he shot line inexplicably across my front yard while I felt as if I were flailing away with a two by four and barley managing to get the line in front of me. I remember him making me hold a rolled up newspaper under my arm while I cast to the rhythmic cadence that he called out. It was almost like some weird new kind of dance. But I learned, ever so slowly I learned. Soon we were fishing the headwaters of the Rio Grande together. Instead of just practicing casting I was actually getting to fly fish. The years progressed, every time I thought I was getting pretty good at this my grandfather would introduce a new skill set or a new trick to try and help me become a better fisherman, or maybe just to rattle the cage of the overconfident smart *** jerk that I had become like most of my adolescent friends.
I remembered that magical time when I finally turned 16 and got to spend the entire summer with him at his cabin in Virginia City, Montana. I had visions of fishing every day and laying about sleeping when not on the water. But my 70-year-old depression era grandfather had far different plans, one day fishing and one day working. I have never worked so hard in my life. We cut hay with a hand scythes and built a brick wall by hand. We built out buildings and did general labor from sunrise to sunset. That 70-year old man worked rings around me and laughed at me as he did it. Ah but, the fishing was a just reward. At that age I had no idea of the importance of the hallowed names of the Madison, Bighorn or the Ruby. I had no idea that there even were such things as salmon flies, or that trout ever grew that big or would take so spectacularly. But I soon leaned and what an experience to learn. Yet the most important learning experience of that summer was that I learned a work ethic from a man and a generation that believed in such things. That work ethic has provided grounding and a focus that has served me well my entire life.
I remembered a fishing trip some years later to the smallmouth rivers of the Arkansas Ozarks. He had come to meet and visit with my future wife and to help me purchase an engagement ring, but we had somehow managed to slip off to the Kings River for a day of fishing. I marveled that at 76 he could still wade the relative fast water as long as he kept to the backwaters and how he still managed to catch more fish with his fly rod than I did with my spinning rod even though this was my home water and I was a spinner casting bass fishing fool at that time. His natural ability to find fish was uncanny. He would fish for an hour for one sighted 8-inch fish a battle of wills, his stubbornness against the wary nature of the fish. He was never a fancy polished fly fisherman his casts not long and gracefully but he always workman like and efficient. He had an uncanny knack for stealth, reading water, knowing where the fish were and for catching them no matter what the circumstances. As with any man who has had to fish and hunt to provide food for the table in desperate times he fished and hunted hard. In fact he did every thing in his life hard, with drive and intensity but with a twinkle in his eye and a wry laugh buried deep in his soul.
Some 7 years later I got an odd phone call late one evening asking me to accompany him to Montana for a week or so. I responded that with work commitments, married life and my kids I just couldn't take the time to go. He softly asked me to please reconsider and go with him. Something in his voice stopped me and I quickly agreed. As I hung up the phone, it dawned on me slowly that at 83 he might truly need some help on the roughly 1500-mile trip from his home in Oklahoma to his cabin in Montana. Suddenly the sobering thought surfaced that he needed help taking a trip he had taken every summer for the last 35 years. It also dawned on me how difficult it must be for the toughest most independent SOB on the face of the earth to have to ask anyone for help, even family.
The drive turned out to be a great time to talk with him about all of the wonderful things he had done in his life, his ranching career, banking career and private investment expertise. We talked about family history, American history and our own personal history together. I learned much about his philosophies and about him as a man, which was a very rewarding experience. The drive flew by and soon we were arriving in Virginia City. It took me a couple of days to get the cabin opened up and the grounds in order but soon everything was shipshape to his satisfaction and he suggested that we go fishing. He wanted to fish the Madison before I had to return to my home in Georgia. I truly yearned to get a day on the Madison as I hadn't been back since the summer when I was 16, but I remembered the big fast rushing waters and I looked at the 83 year old man in front of me and suggested maybe we should do the Ruby or some smaller stream that might be easier to wade. He just laughed and told me to mind my elders and do as I was told or he was going to box my ears and teach me some manners. Then he told me to be ready to go at first light in the morning.
The drive across the mountain to Ennis was beautiful as always. My mind was filled with some mixed emotions as I thought of the changes that 15 years must have brought to the Madison. I had heard the horror stories of the damages done by whirling disease and about the hordes of float and wade fishermen who descended on the water every year like locusts and I was prepared for the worst. Yet as we parked the car and walked to the water it was as beautiful as ever and only two other fishermen were within "sight" and in Montana on the Madison River "sight" is a **** of a lot of open distance for the eye to take in. I felt my excitement soar in spite of myself. As we strung our rods I reminded myself that I should stay very close to my grandfather and not let him wade much or get himself into any trouble. But I shouldn't have worried because he seemed content to stay close to the bank and fish the bank side riffles and runs that he could reach without wading much. Due to failing eyesight he had for the last 10 to 15 years become an exclusive "wet" fly fisherman as he called it. It was a unique experience watching him expertly high stick his traditional soft hackle through the limited seams and currents of the bank side runs and riffles. It was almost as if he were conjuring fish out of the depths of the dark water. He fished no indicator nor did my untrained eyes ever see any indication of a strike, suddenly without notice he would lift his rod tip and there would be a flash of light as a fish exploded in a mad rush to escape. I had for the last few years become a "purist" and decided that dry flies were the only way to fish for trout and that everything else wasn't dignified, yet as I watched him fish over the day, I had come to realize that there was magic in this type fishing as well. In some ways it might actually be more challenging (and maybe even as satisfying) as seeing a fish rise to my dry fly. From watching him I had vowed then and there I would learn to nymph fish as well as him, a vow that I haven't fully reached although I am still working on it, practice, practice, practice. (end part one)
Sadly at this stage of his life the reflexes and instincts werent enough to overcome the limitations and the fish had been uncooperative. So after a morning of hard fishing my grandfather said he was tired and wanted a nap, I assumed that meant the fishing for the day was done but he simply walked back into the willows a few feet from the riverbank and laid himself down covered his eyes with his hat and went fast asleep listening to the rhythm and beat of the river music. As any self-respecting fishermen would do I used that time to get some heavy-duty fishing of my own going. I was catching a lot of fish on a big dry and feeling pretty good. I was just landing and releasing a 12-inch brown when I felt his presence watching me. I dont really know how long he had been standing there but as I turned around I noticed a certain sadness in his eyes. As he made his way slowly down to the riverbank the bright afternoon light of a brilliant Montana sun forced me to clearly look at him and to see the age in his body and his face. I waded to shore and stood next to him remarking on what a wonderful afternoon of fishing I was having, he said in a soft voice that was almost carried away by the rush of the river that he had many such days on this river and on countless others throughout the country. He went on to describe what fly fishing meant to him. He described that it was a place and time to himself where he was free of stress and worry of earning a living and providing for his family. A place where he could let his practical financial and business brain rest, not trying to solve some problem or worrying about the outcome of some unknown event. It was a place where he could just be, at one with the river and the world, a small part of something so much greater that for once he did not have to be the one in control. He said fly-fishing had been the outlet for his soul.
As he finished speaking he reached his wrinkled hand out for my rod. As I handed it to him I looked at his face and saw the shadow of sadness covering his face disappear in a wave of decisive resolution. He simply said, All good things must eventually come to an end. Its time for you to help me catch one last trout. Not one last trout for the day but one last trout for my life. Very few people have the opportunity to fish as many years as I have and even less have the opportunity to know when they are going to make their last cast and catch their last fish, but I do . And today is it.
He said, Lets do it on a dry fly, thats how I started and thats how I want to end. You be my eyes and my support. So we waded out further than he had been all day, with him wedged upstream of me so he could lean back against me. The hole was a clearly defined pocket behind a large boulder that we both knew would hold fish. The first five or six casts were uneventful. But with the next cast the fly softly landed in a smooth slick of water directly behind the rock, I saw a flash of gold and saw a brown rise up to take the fly. I tightened my grip on my grandfathers shoulder and softly said, set. He instinctively raised the rod tip and tightened the line with his hand a movement ingrained in him by 50 or more years fly-fishing. I felt my breath catch as time suspended for that single splashing second waiting to see if we had a hook up. I heard my grandfathers breath rush out and I knew that he was fast to a struggling brown. The fight has been lost in the jumble of emotions that were running through my brain but I have a very clear memory of him bending down over that brown trout safely encased in the net. He deftly flicked the fly loose and almost reverently brushed the side of the fish with his wrinkled time worn hands and dropped the end of the net deeper into the water as the fish made one last dash out of the net and swam peacefully away. I watched his face; which was a conflict of emotions part sadness, part excitement and part contentment mold itself into a mask of self-control and resolve. He looked up at me with a twinkle in his eye and shook my hand in a firm handshake and softly said, lets go home. We slowly made our way to shore and walked wordlessly back to the car, bathed in the fading watercolors of the Montana sunset lost in our own thoughts and emotions.
The rumble of conversation from the people around me broke into my memories and brought me back to reality. I realized with a start that it has been almost ten years since that trip and this will be the first time I have seen him since. Work responsibilities and family obligations have prevented me from taking the long trip to Oklahoma even though he has never been far from my thoughts. My eyes seek out the reassuring profile of his face. I am suddenly drawn toward him as if to a magnet. As I approach I wait for that familiar spark of recognition to ignite his face and for his arms to fly around me in that crushing embrace I so fondly remember from my youth. Yet somewhere deep in my mind I know that it will never come again. He looks good dressed in his Sunday best but it seems strange to see a man who was always in motion lying down in a box of blue satin in the middle of a room full of people. As I get closer I realize that the flesh tones dont quite look right and the face appears to be more of a mask than a man but as I gaze down his body I see his hands which appear as natural as ever. I reach out and take one expecting a squeeze back but none comes. The final realization comes that he is truly gone and the spirit of the man I loved is not in this body lying in the open casket. He is truly gone, disappeared as a fly disappears in the white water of a riffle .. Yet he is still with me in my heart and will be forever.
I realize that finally my Grandfather is at peace. After a many year absence he is once again fishing the un-crowded disease free Madison of his memory, casting large salmon flies to rising trout with a long split bamboo rod and silk lines, able to fish and wade as he pleases.
Rest in peace, George Bailey but may your rod by bent and your line tight.
I Love You
wow powerful story
I can remember when the doctor told my grandfather it wasn't advisable for him to be "rock hoppin" anymore....know it had to be a sad time for him to accept that something that was so much a part of him was to be denied.....even after this was gone his passion remained....I would come by to stay after camping and when the talk got around to the water he always ask those specific questions about where, when and how as if he was getting ready to go the next day....while they say you can't take it with you I left him a brand new bi-visible on his lapel just in case ,,,
Memories of fishing with grandfather - priceless. Thanks for passing these memories on to us.
Very nice. The bond between a boy and his grandfather is a special thing.
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McGee Commends Staff, Makes Changes
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June 2, 2000
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"State Board staff are to be commended for substantially reducing the number of findings in the agency's annual audit, State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee told agency staff as he called on each of them to continue improving agency operations and services to schools and communities.
Findings in the agency's annual audit decreased from 45 in FY97 to 23 in FY98 to 8 in the latest audit (FY99).
"Agency staff pulled together to tackle these audit findings," McGee said. He asked staff members to similarly pull together to "provide nothing less than first-class service to schools and the students they serve.
"We want to be known for providing first-class service to help the 2 million students who depend on us for leadership and support."
McGee, whose goal is to make Illinois schools "Second to None," called on employees to "Step Up and Make it Happen" and he announced several changes in his office to involve employees in more effectively responding to the needs of schools and their students.
"We must listen better and respond quicker to our local schools and communities," McGee told his staff in agency meetings. "We are here to help students. Schools need our best efforts and support to enable students to meet or exceed the Illinois Learning Standards."
"The State Board will be synonymous with improvement and innovation," McGee emphasized.
McGee announced three major changes designed to help agency staff gather more firsthand knowledge of the needs of local schools:
· Establishing a Customer Services Field Team to provide direct liaisons to local districts;
· Establishing a "Student for a Day" program to allow all staff to get inside schools to "listen and learn," in order to more effectively contribute to services to schools; and
· Transforming the Information/Reception Centers into "Customer Service Centers" to serve as 'one-stop shops' for services from the agency.
A new Customer Services Field Team will serve as the State Board's network of liaisons in the field. The Team will interact with local schools, community leaders, employers and elected officials, making presentations and delivering materials from the State Board. Most important, McGee emphasized, Team members will listen and learn, serving as a conduit of information and feedback from the field to agency program staff.
"This firsthand information will enable us to better assist schools in their efforts to ensure that all students meet or exceed the rigorous Illinois Learning Standards. The Team will provide the grass-roots information and constant guidance necessary to accomplish our mission of better serving all students in the state."
The "Student for a Day" program will allow agency staff to go into a school for a day to observe, listen and learn. "The role of all agency staff is to help ensure that all schools are Second to None, but many rarely have the chance to see students in classrooms. The needs of schools and students have changed since most of us were in school." He said staff going into schools to gain firsthand knowledge of the challenges they face will enable them to "collaboratively develop innovative and effective solutions that really impact teaching and learning in our classrooms."
"All members of the agency staff will be actively involved in developing and delivering services to schools. This inside look will help all of us more effectively contribute to those processes," McGee said.
These staff visits will be informational and not regulatory, McGee emphasized. He pledged that by Thanksgiving all school districts would be visited by an ISBE "ambassador."
Creation of a "Customer Service Center," is another initiative McGee will implement to better serve schools and communities. The present "Information/Reception Centers" in the Springfield and Chicago offices will be equipped to provide "more innovative and responsive services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
"This agency is made up of a lot of dedicated, hard-working employees who are trying to meet the needs of schools. By expanding their knowledge of the needs of schools through direct interaction with local communities, this agency can be even more effective in helping schools prepare students for the challenges of tomorrow. Improving our services will help ensure that Illinois schools are Second to None."
McGee also announced the hiring of a new General Counsel in his office. Respicio F. Vasquez will start June 12, replacing Michael Hernandez who left for private practice. Vazquez is currently General Counsel for the City Colleges of Chicago.


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Gorgeous River Vu Room in Nice Riverside House Near Beach
Size25 m²
Floor No.0
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Pool
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Habgood St, 6158 PERTH, Australia
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
We would like to welcome you to our home, a large renovated modern spacious house just 3 minutes' walk to the river foreshore, restaurants and cafés. This is a very safe and affluent suburb 3.9 km from central Fremantle and 16 kms from Perth city and just minutes from the beach.
This RIVER VIEW ROOM is large bright and airy (2.8m ceilings with ornate cornices) with a very large window offering VIEWS to the river and overlooking the pool. It has a comfortable orthopedic queen bed, a large desk and office chair, digital flat screen TV (80cm) in room, drawers, ample robes, bedside table and lamps, large mirror/dressing table, and occasional chair for reading or other.
We mostly use separate areas of the house allowing you more space and privacy than in a conventional home.
There is a BUS STOP (3 min walk away) going to Fremantle or opposite direction to Perth City (which operates during the day) however another service is 12 mins walk which operates more frequently and later hours.
Included in your room booking is fair use of high speed WiFi, use of our separate LIVING AND DINING AREA, with a FLAT SCREEN TV (80 cm), DVD's, full sized guest FRIDGE, plus a separate food cupboard.
You are welcome to use our kitchen in the evening at normal meal time. There is a separate guest bench for tea/coffee, toast and snacks (for other times). Breakfast- strictly we are unable to supply but we could help you out.
BBQ, pergola and outdoor seating area and pool are also open to guests.
You'll also have access to a spacious bathroom with shower, which may be shared if there are other guests; use of Hair dryer/umbrella.
What makes this place special is the LOCATION alongside the beautiful Swan River which is home to DOLPHINS, PELICANS and BLACK SWANS amongst other bird life. There are native reserves between Fremantle and Bicton and it is very close to the beach. The area offers recreational foreshore areas, natural limestone cliff formations and a very large reserve area. Walking and cycling paths meander along the Swan River foreshore. Tennis Courts and Point Walter Public Golf Course is literally 'up the road', situated hilltop capturing sweeping views of the Swan River.
There are lovely walks along the river in a safe neighbourhood around yachts clubs, parks and native reserves and aboriginal track (The Niergarup Track). Just ask us and we will point you in the right direction.
Please ask for TRANSPORT instructions from Airport and I will send through to you.
There is a BUS SERVICE FROM THE AIRPORT
There are two airport shuttle services that operate to and from Fremantle that will DROP AND PICK UP AT THE DOOR
A Taxi from the airport is approximately $50AUD.
Please IF MAKING A BOOKING REQUEST USE ACTUAL NAME OF PERSON/S WANTING ACCOMMODATION AND A PHOTO. We would appreciate some general information about yourselves e.g. name, age, country of origin, (both guests) purpose of your trip.
We hope to meet you and hope you have a comfortable and pleasant stay.
House rules
Common sense and respect others and our home.
Clean up after yourself and LEAVE ALL THINGS AS YOU FIND THEM.
Smoking allowed in rear garden Pergola area only.
Only current guests allowed to or on the property.
Washing machine & clothes line available for stays of 3 days or more (fee of $2 inc. detergent).
There is an additional cleaning fee for each additional week or part thereof, to clean the room/change linen etc.
We require a copy of passport/ID on or before arrival.
|Weekly rate for 1 guest
|488 €
|Monthly rate for 1 guest
|1862 €
|Price for > 1 guests
|7 € per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
|1 month
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Great room and very nice hosts.
Tolles Zimmer und sehr nette Gastgeber.
Afin de rendre visite à notre petite fille étudiante à l'université de Perth nous avons séjourné à deux reprises chez Julia (du 8 au 13 octobre puis du 30 octobre au 6 novembre). C'est la première fois que nous utilisions votre site de réservation. Pas de reproches concernant la chambre qui est spacieuse et bien équipée. Par contre nous avons quelques reproches à signaler.
1) L'indication 1 salle de bain figurant sur votre site nous avait laissé penser que cette dernière nous était réservée. Or il n'en est rien puisqu'elle est à partager avec d'autres éventuels locataires (ce qui fut le cas pendant nos deux séjours)
2) L'accès à la machine à laver le linge s'est transformé en offre d'effectuer notre lessive moyennant paiement.
3) Seules deux places de parking sont disponibles, ce qui a conduit à des difficultés lorsque deux locataires sont présents (3 voitures avec celle des propriétaires). A chaque fois Julia a finalement retiré son propre véhicule non sans nous faire remarquer que cela posait un problème !
4) Enfin, et pour nous cela fut très désagréable, nous regrettons l'accueil glacial réservé à notre petite fille. Désirant consulter une adresse de restaurant, nous sommes passés avec notre petite fille que nous nous faisions un plaisir de présenter. Accueil glacial de Julia nous rappelant au règlement interdisant l'entrée de personnes autres que les locataires. Nous connaissons ce règlement mais de là à manifester une telle intransigeance.
5) Enfin nous aurions apprécié que les serviettes de bains soient changées au moins une fois lors de notre dernier séjour.
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Julie and her husband are absolutely lovely people, they surely care and live up to the role as hosts. I enjoyed our talks, Julie!
The room and other details are exactly as described. Room and bath are both spacious.
The location is really nice, near the river (I liked walking along the coastline). If you're using public transport, maybe check before if the connections and timetables suit your needs - in the evening the next bus is somewhat of a walk).
House rules may seem a little bit overdetailed, but most of them are easy enough to follow or logical anyway. Still, others may wonder that you get told to actually mop up after yourself, in case that you're the type who sets the bath under water after your shower. So, yes, that's a bit like family - also a result of living under one roof and even share certain spaces (kitchen).
So, I'd recommend this accomodation to everyone who - like me - doesn't have a problem with the added closeness/intimacy but caution those who don't feel comfortable under such circumstances.
Julie and Richard are very nice hosts. Their house is beautiful and clean. Thank you very much :) Merry Christmas !
Julie and Rick were two wonderful hosts and made my stay in Freemantle a memorable one.The house is in a great location and the accommodation is beautifully presented and looked after.
If I ever get the chance to visit the Perth Freemanle area again I would stay there again without hesitation.
Thanks for having me guys.
Very nice room, everything nice and spacious.
Car parking in front, ideally located between Perth and Fremantle beach.
Julie and her husband very friendly and helpful.
They have a lot of house rules that actually make sense, but that will be needed in Australia. Residential neighborhood, nice uitzichtjes.
Erg fijne kamer, alles lekker ruim van opzet.
Auto parkeren voor de deur, ideaal gelegen tussen Perth, Fremantle en strand.
Julie en haar man erg vriendelijk en behulpzaam.
Zij hebben veel huisregels die eigenlijk logisch zijn maar dat zal wel nodig zijn in Australië. Residentiële buurt, mooie uitzichtjes.
Thanks Julie, you made my stay in Perth very easy and comfortable. You've got a great house and can recommend you to anyone. Monique
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It's a wonderful life
December 6, 2012 —
My desk is cluttered more than usual this week. Flyers, cards, and scraps of paper litter my world as I attempt to unravel what I've accomplished over the last few daze and determine what lies ahead. As if I weren't dizzy enough, I'm sick. Right on schedule (or so it would seem) I have a cold that has socked me with a one-two punch that has forced me to slow down a bit and take care of myself. "No rest for the weary" echoes in my addled brain, as I heave my tired old bones out of bed and review my notes.
Mixing business with pleasure always appeals, and I did just that while attending the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) (www.artsalliancesite.org) "Marketing through the Arts" mixer at the Catskill Distilling Company (www.catskilldistillingcompany.com) in Bethel last Thursday. Although the invite was made out to me, Dharma (for something completely different) was the "belle of the ball," as she sashayed around the distillery, stopping for photo-ops in between speakers. DVAA Executive Director Elaine Giguerre gave her a pat before addressing the packed room along with Board of Directors President Jeffrey Allison and (lo and behold!) I learned a few things.
I've always been keenly aware of the importance of the tourism industry here in the Upper Delaware Valley, but the fact sheet given out at the event was illuminating. In part, I discovered that "Tourism in the Catskills is a billion-dollar business and provides nearly 17,000 jobs in the region." In addition, "traveler spending in the area grew 3.3% in 2011 and 8.7% in 2010 over the previous year." Good news to be sure, but as the speakers pointed out there is "always more work to be done" and the DVAA mission—"to advance arts in the region through innovative programming and building artistic and business alliances"—is an ongoing process.


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