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Like mountaineers reaching a false summit, most human capital leaders find that when they think they have reached the point where they can make a strategic difference to their organizations, in fact they have far to go. This research effort from The Conference Board and McKinsey & Company highlights the most significant trends, challenges, and opportunities identified by HC executives, and it also examines four ways they can better manage the global talent pool in an unpredictable business environment. This session offers insights for Human Capital professionals interested in leveraging these research findings to drive better business performance.
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No matter how hot it got, or how many records fell, or athletes tumbled, the bottom line in the 2015 Alaska School Activities Association state track and field championships was fun in the sun.
Thunder Mountain High School junior Naomi Welling was a star in the heat, winning state championships in the triple jump, 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles.
If there is a problem with being a great athlete it is that you are always in demand.
The Thunder Mountain High School Falcons girls lost their second game in a row at the 2015 Alaska School Activities Association March Madness state basketball championships, falling on Friday morning to the Wasilla 57-52 in a consolation semifinal despite storming back from three double-digit leads by the Warriors.
"It was a great game," TMHS coach Tanya Nizich said. "I do believe we left it all on the court."
On Friday night at the Thunder Mountain High School football field, it wasn't offense that started the onslaught against the Sitka Wolves, it was what ended it. TMHS' first score came on the defensive side of the ball with a 52-yard fumble recovery return by lineman Mason Kullander.
The six touchdowns that followed were all scored by the Falcons' offense.
The Thunder Mountain High School girls soccer team took control of the Juneau-Douglas pitch Tuesday night, earning a 2-0 win and making a strong statement for a repeat trip to state.
"It is a nice place to be," Thunder Mountain coach Kris Coffee said. "We can't get complacent though. We have to play every game like it is the first."
Falcons sophomore Amber White scored two goals on the night, hitting the first at the 31-minute mark of the first half from 35 yards out on a free kick off a JDHS hand ball. The drifting shot went over the JDHS keeper's head.
The 2013 Crimson Bear Youth Football Camp begins today at Adair Kennedy Field. The camp runs from June 10-14, from 1-5 p.m.
Athletes should bring comfortable clothing and dress for the weather. Bring comfortable shoes, cleats are best but not required, and bring a lunch and/or snack (please label everything).
The cost of the camp is $125 and includes T-shirt and water bottle. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7-13.
Just weeks after guiding the Thunder Mountain High School baseball team to their first ever win over Juneau-Douglas High School and nearly gaining entry into the state championships, Falcons' co-head coach Matt Greely has accepted a position to coach in Washington State.
The final score of Tuesday night's Juneau-Douglas High School softball win over Thunder Mountain was the least important moment of the night.
In fact, it did not matter at all.
The score could have been 2-1 or 20-1.
The Crimson Bears could have lost and the Falcons could have won.
To put the game into perspective, one only had to see the color of the opposing uniforms:
Pink for JDHS.
Pink for TMHS.
The Crimson Bears' Pink Out Game for Cancer Awareness.
The Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High School baseball teams open Region V tournament play at Ketchikan tomorrow in a double-elimination format that lends itself to who has the bigger guns, as in arms.
As in fastball throwing, corner catching, curve and slider bending, sub/side/top armed pitchers who can command an inning from the mound.
Dylan Taylor was chosen the Thunder Mountain High School wrestlng team's MVP in season-ending ceremonies recently.
An email provided by the Falcons' wrestling team listed the 2012-2013 letter winners as:
Dylan Taylor, Hunter Boyer, Rick Johnson, Edwin Meyer, Brylie Yadao, Blake Phillips, Dante taylor, Austin Drueckhammer, Tyler Cole, and Lianno Vejard. Manager was Lena Strickling.
Participation award winners:
Brandon Aguilar, Wesley Brinkerhoff, William Bearclark, Bradley Gile and Ron Hansen.
Juneau-Douglas High School clinched the conference regular season baseball title last weekend and the Thunder Mountain Falcons tumbled from third to fourth as the Region V teams gathered at Adair Kennedy Field for a preview of next weekend's southeast tournament.
For the Crimson Bears (11-1 in conference), the regular season conference title required continuing their winning streak started at Sitka last week. In that trip, JDHS opened with a 9-5 loss to the Wolves and then beat Ketchikan 8-5 and Sitka 11-3. They then stopped Thunder Mountain 2-1 on Tuesday and 13-3 on Thursday.
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The bride was given in marriage by her father, Joseph A. Chambless. She wore a fitted white gown with shimmering lace and cap sleeves and carried white and yellow daisies.
The church was decorated with daisies, other flowers and greenery. Music for the ceremony was provided by Mary Ellen Thoms on the piano and Linda Ray on the violin. Selections included "Storybook Love" – the theme from The Princess Bride – and "Ava Maria" on the violin.
The matron of honor was Marie I. Jackson of Everett, Wash., sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Noemi Aldape, Stacy Stevenson and Julie Edlin. The attendants carried carnations and wore gowns alternating of canary yellow and clover green.
The flower girl was Lauren Elizabeth Chambless. She wore a yellow dress with sparkles. Ring bearers were Kyle Edward Chambless and Theodore A. Jackson.
Best man was Charles Dent Burnette Jr. of New Jersey, and groomsmen were Micau J. Chambless of Round Rock, John J. Chambless of La Grange and Francis R. Chambless of Round Rock. John J. Chambless Jr. of La Grange served as usher.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the First Methodist Church fellowship hall, which was adorned in green and yellow and Doctor Who-themed decorations.
A rehearsal dinner was given by Charles and Carol Burnette at The Lodge at Shorty's Place on Friday evening, July 19. Forty guests attended.
The bride is the daughter of Joseph A. and Elizabeth A. Chambless. She is a 1993 graduate of A.C. Jones High School and a 2010 graduate of Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, where she received a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice.
The groom is the son of Charles D. and Carol Burnette of Santa Claus, Ind. He graduated high school in 1984 in Richardson and attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, earning a bachelor of science degree in 1989. He also attended the University of Kentucky, earning a master's degree in library science. He is currently employed at Southeastern Oklahoma University.
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Good reaction to a tough loss in Chi Town, Bulls had no problem laying down to die @ Raptors.
Magic number for 2ND now down to one, and it's the Pacers in our house Sunday.
Damn can't wait for the playoffs to start, comical how many so called 'experts" are convinced Knicks have little chance against Celtics and Pacers.


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Winger, Former Owen Manager, Dies
February 25, 2008-- Home Textiles Today,
Industry veteran Stephen Winger died Jan. 24 at age 60 of cancer.
Winger was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied with the Lacoste Institute in Paris, France. He began his career at Dan River, moving on to Beacon Manufacturing in Dallas, Bibb in Chicago and then Owen Manufacturing in Swannanoa, N.C., where he spent 15 years and managed the Wal-Mart and Kmart accounts.
In addition to his parents, Maurice Winger Jr. and Virginia McNabb Winger of Asheville, N.C., he is survived by his two children, Caroline Elizabeth "Carly" Winger and Daniel Winger of Asheville; his former wife, Teresa Murphy Winger of Asheville; a brother, Eric "Rick" Winger and his wife, Linda, of Savannah, Georgia; two nephews and two cousins.
A memorial service was held Jan. 27 at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian, N.C.
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Peace Corps has proposed a PeaceWiki site, which will be an internal tool for Volunteers to collaborate on their projects. Currently this all that known about this.....--Willd 08:25, 22 March 2008 (PDT)
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The legislation would mandate better promotion of electronic communication among Volunteers, such as password protected websites & e-mail links that they can use to discuss development strategies, funding sources, etc. The agency is already in the process of making the Peace Corps digitally streamlined for the 21st century. There are several projects underway. These include a pilot program to enable each post to have its own website and an online program called "PeaceWiki," which will allow Volunteers to share their best practices with other Volunteers around the world.
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Starting promptly at 8 a.m. Saturday at the city equipment yard on South Washington Street, City of Beeville crews will be taking loads of discards for this year's annual Spring Clean event.
In past years, vehicles and trailers started lining up before 7:30 a.m.
There will be no charge for residents who have a copy of a paid city utility bill.
And residents will be able to bring in as many loads as they can deliver to the yard that day.
Republic Services, the city's solid waste disposal company, will have huge, roll-off dumpsters at the yard to receive the trash.
No household garbage, old tires, used oil or any paints or insecticides will be accepted. But most other large, bulky items will be accepted during the day.
That will include old furniture, old barbecue pits, old bicycles and other bulky items not normally picked up at curbside by Republic trucks.
Ronald "Buddy" Hardy has been looking for volunteer groups to help collect discarded items at the homes of elderly and disabled residents.
At the city yard, employees with the City of Beeville will be on hand with front end loaders to help residents get their discarded items into the dumpsters.


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- Title
- Ion-assisted surface modification by plasma immersion ion implantation
- Author(s)
- Collins, G. A.; Hutchings, R.; Short, K. T.; Tendys, J.
- Abstract
- Plasma immersion ion implantation can add high-energy ion bombardment to almost any plasma-based surface treatment. It can be used as a non-line-of-sight alternative to ion-beam implantation, for high-energy ion nitriding or high-energy ion-assisted deposition. This paper describes its use for the treatment of steels at temperatures in the range 200 to 450 degrees celsius, where it can be considered as a hybrid of ion nitriding and ion implantation. It has been particularly successful in the treatment of austenitic stainless steels, although the results presented in this paper indicate that the high-energy ion bombardment is not always essential (although often desirable) to achieve satisfactory results. While it is shown that the process can open new parts of parameter space and extend known processes to a wider range of materials, the limitations on its use are also discussed.
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- 1998
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- Austenitic stainless steel; Cutting blades; Cutting tools; Deposition; High energy ion bombardment; Hybrid ion nitriding; Ion assisted surface modification; Ion beams; Ion bombardment; Ion implantation; Ion-assisted deposition; Nitriding; Plasma applications; Plasma immersion ion implantation; Stainless steel; Surface treatment
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- 0257-8972
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Fending off tax certiorari; Ya gotta spend money to save money
October 16, 2013 —
There are a number of property owners in Sullivan County who think that their tax assessments are higher than they should be and therefore they are paying more than their fair share of property taxes. Among those are the owners of Kohls Distribution Center in Wurtsboro; Walmart and Kutshers Resort in the Town of Thompson; and Eagle Creek Companies, which owns the system of reservoirs in Bethel, Lumberland and Forestburgh.
Some of the reductions being sought by the property owners are significant, and, in fact, if all of the reductions in tax assessments being sought this year were granted—and they are many—the tax assessment of the county would be reduced by $70 million.
The assessed values of all properties are set by the town assessors, and it is the towns that are charged with defending an assessment when challenged by a certiorari, or a request for judicial review. But the towns don't always have the resources they would like to defend a challenge as well as they might like, and thus a couple of the towns have welcomed an offer by the county to become involved.
But that involvement will cost some money, and in a time when legislators are not seeing light at the end of the recession-created tunnel, getting them to agree to pay for anything not planned for these days is more difficult than it might be.
At a meeting at the government center on October 10, county treasurer Ira Cohen and county attorney Sam Yasgur asked the legislature for the authority to spend enough money to get appraisals for three or four of the larger assessment-challenged properties.
Cohen said, "Sometimes the towns are deficient because they try to defend or settle litigation without even spending money to get an appraisal. We want to spend money to pay for a retainer for an appraiser so we have a better idea if a case should be settled, and if so, for how much; or if they should be litigated, and if so what are the chances for success."
Yasgur warned lawmakers that there was not a line item in the 2013 budget to support the request, and there would be no money returning to the county even if the cases were successful, but any cases that were successful would prevent the county tax base from being decreased.
Yasgur pointed out that towns received roughly 22% of property tax revenues, the county receives another 22% and school districts receive roughly 56%. He said, "What we would ultimately like to see is that when there is a significant tax cert, which we believe can properly be defended, that all three jurisdictions participate."


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Each year in the U.S., window-related falls account for approximately eight deaths and 3,300 injuries in children age 5 and younger. In Hawaii, the numbers are three higher than the national average.
Local health care providers are hoping to change those statistics.
Four-year-old Evan English was smart and active, but his curiosity and a window ledge low enough for him to climb onto was a deadly combination.
He and his family had just moved into military housing back in 2011.
"Mom was there with them and she was pregnant," said Dr. Stacey Quintero Wolfe, director of neurotrauma at Tripler Army Medical Center. "She stepped out just for a minute and in that time there was a window that was close enough for him to get up on to it."
According to Quintero Wolfe, the window ledge was wide.
"He was able to get on to that and the screen was not sufficient to hold him in. He fell onto a concrete driveway and sustained a massive head injury," said Quintero Wolfe.
Evan's death was just one of nine in Hawaii over the past 20 years, all window-related falls.
The number of injuries are even more startling -- from 2005 to 2011, 416 children in Hawaii fell from windows and required hospital services, 71 in 2011 alone.
Part of the problem: the widespread use of open windows to take advantage of our natural tradewinds.
But, Quintero Wolfe says Hawaii's minimal window safety laws may also be to blame.
By law, any window under 42 inches from the floor is required to have a window safety device, unless it has an insect screen.
"The problem with that mandate is that we have since found, when you look in the literature, almost all falls are happening through screens. The vast majority of them. So we know that insect screens are a very poor way of protecting children," said Quintero Wolfe.
Hawaii law also requires safety rails on windows and lanais to be no more than four inches apart, but it only applies to newer buildings.
The state Health Department, Kapiolani Medical Center, Queens Medical Center and Tripler together are working on raising awareness of window-related falls recommending window safety devices like window guards or window stops, educate children about playing around windows, avoid placing furniture under or near windows and consider planting grass or shrubs underneath windows to break falls.
"Before I became a parent and before I started seeing head injuries from this, I really wouldn't have imagined that kids fell out of windows. But it is something that happens and with serious consequences," said Quintero Wolfe.
A report on window-related falls by Quintero-Wolfe in conjuction with Kapiolani and Queen's Medical Center is being submitted for publication in the Hawaii Medical Journal.


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Amateur Radio Club Field Day this weekend
The Marietta Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Field Day exercise this Saturday and Sunday.
During the exercise the club will set up portable stations and communicate with other Ham Radio groups around the nation. Sponsored by the American Radio Relay League, the national organization of Amateur Radio operators, the event is designed to give operators an experience of operating under less than ideal conditions in a field situation. These stations operate on emergency power, use temporary antennas, and are required to set up and operate for a 24-hour period.
The public is welcome to visit Jackson Park in Marietta between 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday to observe the Field Day activity. Last year the group made contact with more than 1,400 other stations during the operation, and about a dozen local amateurs were involved.
In addition to the Marietta group, the Parkersburg Amateur Radio Club will be active in Fort Boreman Park in Parkersburg and Wood County Emergency Services will hold its Field Day at Rising Sun Ridge. A Field Day locator is available at arrl.org.
For information on Amateur Radio Field Day visit aarl.org or contact Ralph Matheny at 374-8637.


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Derek didn't swat the dog, Linda Egstrom said Wednesday evening as she sat with Derek Malcom and Destiny Achilles.
Egstrom said she was the one who corrected the five-year-old male. And she did not hit the dog hard when he looked like he was going to relieve himself on a sofa in the living room. Egstrom was propped up in that same living room as she spoke. Bandages covered both arms. Malcom sat nearby, his right arm in a sling and a cast on his hand.
"Derek didn't lose his finger," Egstrom said. "He has four pins in it."
Malcom said he was rushed to a hospital in Corpus Christi for surgery to save his badly damaged finger.
Although complete recovery from their injuries will take some time, Egstrom said her biggest loss is Kalevra, her 85-pound canine buddy.
Egstrom said the name, Kalevra, is Hebrew for awesome dog.
She was completely stunned when the animal attacked without real provocation. The dog had never been aggressive with anyone in the house before that incident.
When Kalevra was finally taken out of the house that day, he had been stabbed several times with a steak knife, tranquilized by Animal Control Officer Lupe Valdez and was led by a group of armed police officers. Egstrom authorized the animal control staff to destroy the dog, fearful of what he might do in the future after such an attack.
"I just tapped him with two fingers, like you would with a two-year-old," Egstrom said. The response sent her and then Malcom into a self-defense fight for their lives.
Kalevra latched onto Egstrom's arm and, in typical pit bull style, the dog hung on, ripping flesh and muscle.
As Egstrom screamed for help, Malcom grabbed the knife and went after the dog. Then Kalevra turned on him.
The two were finally able to get out the door and call for help. But inside, the living room was splattered with blood and tissue.
"He was loved," Egstrom said of Kalevra. "He was very loved." She said she'd had the dog from the time he was a puppy.
When asked if she would advise pet owners to think first before bringing a pit bulldog home, she shook her head and said she would.
"I can't explain it. But if you've got a pit bull and a child, I'd definitely think that over," Egstrom said.
She said the breed normally makes for a safe and friendly companion. But after that experience, she was not sure she could trust another pit bulldog.
"It was like a bad dream," she said of the experience. "But Derek saved me. I have no doubt that Derek saved me."
Egstrom said 30 minutes before the attack, she was sitting feeding the dog powdered sugar donuts.
"They were his favorite," Egstrom said. "I lost my best friend the other day."
"I just want to tell people that he was never bad. He was never mean. I just never would've thought he would do that. I would caution people," Egstrom said.
"It was horrible on all levels," said Destiny Achilles. When she returned to the home and saw the damage that the attack had caused, she said she was shocked.
"It's just very heartbreaking to see your loved ones like that." She said Kalevra was more than 80 pounds of solid muscle.
Now the victims are concerned about recovering physically and financially from the freak incident. The two adults will face considerable physical therapy to maintain normal use of their injured limbs.
Both victims were rushed to Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville where they were treated for their injuries.
Egstrom said doctors were unable to stitch up her wounds because they had been so deep.
Malcom was taken to Corpus Christi for surgery, also by ambulance. They fear the medical bills will be staggering.
"You would not believe what rolled gauze costs," Achilles said.
The family is planning a benefit dinner at the Roadside Tavern at 2503 S. Washington St., where Egstrom works. Volunteers will sell barbecue brisket and carne guisada plates for $7 each at the business starting at 2 p.m. Saturday to raise money to help cover the medical bills.
Achilles said the family is thankful for all the help they have received from neighbors and friends since the incident.
Most of all, they wanted to thank the first officer at the scene, Greg Baron.
The victims also wanted to thank the Estrada family and everyone else who pitched in to help them at the scene and at the hospital.
Egstrom also thanked Gary and Loretta Pearson, the owners of the Roadside Tavern.
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Syracuse Orange Football Returns To Fort Drum
The Syracuse University football team is setting up shop at Fort Drum again this year.
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Southern Season is the premier destination for specialty food and gifts. Since its creation in 1975, Southern Season has been known for the breadth and quality of its gourmet foods, wines, housewares, and cookware. A food lover's paradise with exciting and innovative products from vendors local to international, Southern Season offers over 70,000 items sold in-store and online. With a belief in southern hospitality and a passion for the art of entertaining, Southern Season prides itself upon great tasting and distinct products offered by a knowledgeable and friendly staff ready to help you find exactly what you're looking for. The store is led by General Manager and VP of Store Operations Jay White, a twenty year veteran of Southern Season and man about town in Chapel Hill.
Known as a "culinary Mecca," the store features specialty food products, chocolate and candy, wine & beer, coffee & tea, prepared foods, kitchen tools, home items, gifts and much more. Guests, however, don't come to Southern Season solely for the food. A visit to the store often includes exclusive samplings from featured vendors, a hand-crafted java from the full service coffee & tea bar, an ice cream cone from the old-fashioned soda fountain, a glass of wine from full service wine & beer tasting bar, or a cooking class taught by a celebrity chef. Southern Season also has a full service indoor / outdoor restaurant showcasing a menu of creative, seasonal fare that highlights local ingredients also available in the store.
Southern Season has been featured in publications by Travel + Leisure, Southern Living, Gourmet Retailer, and on the Food Network. It was honored by the National Association for Specialty Food as its Outstanding Retailer of the Year and by Gourmet News with its Retail Achievement Award for its success in the area of food education. The late New York Times food critic Craig Claiborne once described Southern Season as "wall to wall and floor to ceiling…a visual and gustatory delight!"
Whether you are a professional chef or burgeoning foodie, a loyal guest or a first time visitor, we invite you to indulge your senses with all of Southern Season's culinary offerings. Come see us today at our Chapel Hill, NC location.
Southern Season has been serving extraordinary food, wine, gifts, and food education to guests from the North Carolina community and beyond since 1975. Exuding southern hospitality and a passion for the art of entertaining, Southern Season has always prided itself on unique, high-quality products delivered to guests by a cordial staff well versed in the trends and techniques shaping the culinary world.
Southern Season's initial location was opened with a desire to treat customers to a unique gourmet products shopping experience. Posted hours during the first year were 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., but the shop never closed until the last customer was served, sometimes staying open until midnight. Michael Barefoot, who founded Southern Season, sums it up best with, "It was always about the food. Nothing like this existed at the time. We wanted to provide extraordinary food and service for our customers."
By 1978, Southern Season had outgrown its initial 800 square foot location and moved to a larger space nearby. In 2003, Southern Season moved again to its current location – a 60,000 square foot retail store in Chapel Hill's University Mall, just around the corner from the original storefront. In the 39 years since the inspiration took root, Southern Season has continued to specialize in local and international fine food, wine, specialty gifts & cookware.


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The North American International Auto Show, held each January at Cobo Center in Detroit, is the largest new car show in America and arguably the most important event of its kind in the world. Naturally, Dodge has been a key part of the show throughout its history.
The 14-day event begins on January 13, 2014, with a two-day preview held exclusively for the international news media, followed by another two preview days for auto industry personnel and a one-day show just for charity. The show opens…Read More


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"I've been a podcast listener for over two years. It's really been a blessing and helped me grow from a cafeteria Catholic to a real one."
"Without Thy presence, nought, O Lord, is sweet,No pleasure to our lips can aught supply.Whether 'tis wine we drink or food we eat, Till Grace divine and Faith shall sanctify."


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Inauguration Week: First Lady's Ice Cream Social
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: area between Gibbons Hall (D-hall) and Carrier Library
Time: 11:00-1:00pm
This event is for JMU students.
Dolley Madison introduced ice
cream to the White House and served it at James Madison's second inaugural ball
in 1813. Come enjoy ice cream floats
and learn more about the connection with Dolley Madison and ice cream. Stations
of "ice cream through the ages" from Dolley Madison's to Mary Ann Alger's
favorite flavors.
This event will start the week-long celebration of the Inauguration and Madison Week.


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|Download Miroslav Cincura Thesis (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 3 MB)
- Title
- Beyond profit-centric: transcendent business modelling
- Author(s)
- Cincura, Miroslav
- Abstract
- It is widely recognised that there is an increased need for business modellers to understand businesses do not exist in isolation, but are part of a complex interconnected and interactive system (e.g. local communities, national and global societies, natural environment settings, local and global economies). There is an increased pressure on businesses to think beyond self-interests and focussing on maximising their profits. Many now argue that every business needs to take a transcendent responsibility for its actions and decisions. Moreover, there are increasing numbers of stakeholders (e.g. employees, customers, suppliers), besides shareholders, who want to have their say and influence on how businesses do the business. There are also calls for transcendent business education, with the claim that it has not been shown clearly enough how businesses could achieve their objectives with transcendent responsibilities. A transcendent business is one that goes beyond self-interest and generating profit; it is a business that simultaneously accounts for multiple typological groupings when developing business objectives, and leaves behind a better world for the next generation. This thesis presents a Transcendent Reference Model and Methodology (TRM+) of a business modelling approach that goes beyond self-interest and generating profit. The TRM+ is a set of repeatable steps/phases that have been developed to assist future business entrepreneurs /modellers to design business models for their transcendent businesses around their selected innovations/patents. The TRM+ consists of a number of problem solving and decision-making methods (heuristics), and interpretations. These can assist business entrepreneurs/modellers to make decisions during the process of designing business models of their transcendent businesses – businesses that simultaneously account for multiple typological groupings (e.g. social, environmental, economic) when developing business opportunities from post-incubation innovations/patents. The TRM+ is exercised by developing a detailed business model for a hypothetical transcendent business around a selected patent, and by extracting knowledge from multiple expert groups (Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) experts, Solar Thermal Power (STP) experts with expertise relative to a selected patent, and business entrepreneurs). Whilst the TRM+ has been shown to be conceptually viable, it is no more than a theoretical reference model and methodology at this stage. There is a need for its practical testing as well as a need for feedback from business modellers who will use it as a guide for developing business models of their transcendent businesses. The TRM+ is a first step toward development of a reusable methodology for transcendent business modelling and measurement. It provides a foundation for future research and refinement of the TRM+.
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Higher Education, Lilydale
- Publication year
- 2012
- Keyword(s)
- Beyond-profit performance; Business measurement; Business modelling; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR; Egalitarian approaches; Entrepreneurial businesses; Global responsibility; Global sustainability; Responsibility; Social performance; Stakeholders; Sustainability; Transcendent businesses
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 Miroslav Cincura.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [Bruce Calway]
- Thesis Note
- [A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2012.]
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Burkart An Alternative Start to skyrim
|Jan 31, 2012
|[[Description]] Burkart is a hunter living in one of skyrims many forests He has never lived in one place for more then a week and has been hunting since he was 10 He is currently living just outside a Shack With an Old man and an eleven year old kid named Hamming (From Helgan) Burkart has been saving up some money From selling pelts to merchants. [[Installation]] For windows 7/Vista users Click on the Start icon down in the bottom left, Click on Documents, My games, Skyrim, Then click on the...
XCE - Xenius Character Enhancement
|Mar 22, 2012
|XCE is a compilation of all my work on the enhancement of the characters in Skyrim. The latest version also includes content based on the work of other authors. What it does: - Adds more detail to skin of faces and bodies - Gets rid of angular shapes caused by compressed normal maps - Adds a lot more detail to the eyes - Makes the fingernails more visible - Removes jagged edges from the lips - Adds more detailed, healed scars - Makes the warpaint look more weathered - Makes the face dirt more...
Skyrim Profile Manager
|Nov 19, 2011
|This is a simple launcher that manages individual save profiles. Skyrim natively doesn't organize your saves very well, this allows you to have multiple characters with multiple autosaves, etc.
Graphical Perk Planner AND in-game Perk/Stat Respec
|Nov 27, 2011
|If this doesn't save your bat files right (Run program as administrator) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html New Smaller File size, Easier install (can now run as administrator) .Net Framework MUST be installed for this to work. Version 1.12 Complete Respec Mode! (or cheat mode if you're into that) Will help you keep track of just how many and what perk points you can spend From in-game Console ' bat remove (gets all perks ready for changing) bat add (sets all...
Igna - Savegame
|Nov 19, 2011
|---------------- Igna - Savegame by pLAN_S ---------------- Female Nord. Screenshot included. Enjoy. /pLAN_S exclusively on skyrimforge.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UPLOAD THIS ON THE NEXUS-NETWORK, THIS INCLUDES SKYRIMNEXUS, NEWVEGASNEXUS, OR ANY OTHER OF THEIR SITES. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nanine - Savegame
|Nov 19, 2011
|—————————— Nanine – Savegame by pLAN_S —————————— Female redguard. Screenshot included. Enjoy. /pLAN_S exclusively on skyrimforge.com ———————————————————————————————————————————- YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UPLOAD THIS ON THE NEXUS-NETWORK, THIS INCLUDES SKYRIMNEXUS, NEWVEGASNEXUS, OR ANY OTHER OF THEIR SITES. ———————————————————————————————————————————-
Aurane + Sonja - Savegames
|Nov 18, 2011
|---------------------------- Aurane + Sonja - Savegames by pLAN_S ( former zipfile ) ---------------------------- 2 female characters. Screenshots included. Enjoy. /pLAN_S exclusively on skyrimforge.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UPLOAD THIS ON THE NEXUS-NETWORK, THIS INCLUDES SKYRIMNEXUS, NEWVEGASNEXUS, OR ANY OTHER OF THEIR SITES. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
William Wallace Save Game
|Nov 21, 2011
|William Wallace Look-A-Like Character. I took the time to make it look as physically correct to Mel Gibson's character in the movie Braveheart, William Wallace. I was nice enough to make the save point right after Hagvar breaks your bindings, so you don't have to run through the whole dragon scene. Copy & Paste "Save 56 - William Wallace..." into your Skyrim/Saves directory. Windows Vista & 7: C:\Users\[UserName]\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves Windows XP: C:\Documents and...
Maxis - Savegame
|Dec 09, 2011
|Maxis is my level 43 Nord warrior heavy armour def spec. I have been playing on adapt, but with the amount of potions and gear this character has id suggest a higher difficulty. You will start the game in your solitude house by the bed. PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS SAVE! IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST PM ME!
Skyrim Online
|Dec 17, 2011
|Skyrim Online turns your single experience into an online experience, play with your friends, chat with people worldwide, trade with other players... Currently in the alpha stage you can see other players (appearing as naked prisoners), you can also chat with everybody. The mod also includes an Arena to fight with waves of creeps. Offcial website : http://skyrim-online.com/ Installation 0) Back up your config files, this mod will rewrite them !!! 1) Unrar the file in your Skyrim root folder....


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Livingston Manor man found dead behind the wheel
July 10, 2012 —
July 10, 2012 — On Saturady July 7, 2012 at approximately 10:15 PM, the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of a 1 car fatal motor vehicle accident on Murphy Road in Swan Lake.
At the scene deputies found Glenn LaPolt, 44, of Livingstone Manor, dead behind the wheel. LaPolt had apparently been traveling north bound on Murphy Road in his Ford Ranger pickup truck when he failed to negotiate a curve and struck a tree.
He was pronounce dead at the scene by Sullivan County Cioroner Tom Warren. Deputies are still investigating the cause of the accident. Swan lake Fire Department, Bethel Ambulance and Mobile Medic assisted at the scene.


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It isn't easy being green
All in all, a busy few days, interspersed with great music, new venues, community spirit in abundance and a slightly misbehavin' dog, who managed to get my Irish up (while dancing a jig) before the weekend drew to a close. With a little help from my friends and coworkers, it turns out that it is easy, after all, being green.
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You may be surprised to learn that I cut my teeth in the food industry, because having a degree in accounting makes me as valuable to society as anal polyps. The one industry everyone can get a job in, however, is the food service industry. I have washed dishes for the best and for the worst, and sometimes I served the best and worst food to the best and worst customers in the world. It was a wild ride, and I hated every minute of it.
I did learn, however, in my days slopping food and washing it off plates, that a lot of restaurant owners may be clinically insane or suffering from a kind of middle-aged shaken baby syndrome. There's a reason 60 percent of restaurants fail in their first year, if Robert Irvine from Restaurant: Impossible is to be believed, and that's because at least 60 percent of restaurant owners may not know their own assholes from grape jelly. And if that's what you're putting on toast, you deserve to fail.
If you've ever wondered why it is that so many restaurants seem to fall into a shithole of failure and loserdom, it's not a big mystery. There are a few tried and true ups one can fuck to ensure massive-scale failure. So if you're wondering what happened to Jimmy's Burger Dump, or you're Jimmy and want to dump burgers on people, this oughta help you figure out what's what.
4 You Have a Shit Location
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When I was a kid, there was a ghetto doughnut shop down the street from me called Paul's Doughnuts. Fuckin' stellar name, Paul. Paul's Doughnuts was a dive that smelled like sugar and tobacco, and the people inside it were probably already dead and condemned to stay there for all time along with the decrepit old bear claws and jelly doughnuts that were filled with liquid ennui.
It was no surprise that eventually Paul's Doughnuts failed. It was soon replaced by a place called Space Doughnuts. The sign had cartoon planets on it, and Saturn was ringed by a doughnut. Do you get it? Like a doughnut but in space, get it? Fuck.
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Why is this a stock photo that exists? What is this nightmare?
Space Doughnuts was mercifully killed in about six months. Guess what moved in next. I'll give you a hint: It was a failure of a doughnut shop.
The fact that there was a major chain doughnut shop literally two blocks away did nothing to shatter the ill-formed dreams of at least three different deluded business owners who saw a total lack of demand for a service and said "Me do dis ting!" It was a shitshow that lasted several years before someone finally turned the building into a porno shop, which lasted a solid seven years or more. The reason was that this was an OK location for a porn store and a terrible location for a doughnut shop.
This same issue affects restaurants like you wouldn't believe. A great place for a fast food restaurant is on a main road, especially one that connects to a highway somewhere. Major traffic, major customers. A more family friendly sit-down restaurant really works just beyond a residential neighborhood getting into a commercial district. Put an Applebee's near a giant mall in the suburbs and it'll be full to the brim with people who have no taste buds every week. But if you build a buffet restaurant that seats 500 near the pork rendering plant 30 miles out of town, don't be surprised if your only customers are serial killers and their future and sometimes past victims.
Researching locations is more than just finding a place for rent, which seems to be what 90 percent of restaurant owners do. If you're opening a pizza place, you want it near the college campus, not near Amish country. Also, if there are 100 pizza places within 10 minutes already, just stop, because your plan is going to work out more poorly than That '80s Show. Remember that? Of course not. No one does. Not even me.
You need a location where you won't get lost among 100 other guys selling the same thing and you can actually have a customer base. This seems obvious, but, you know, a 60 percent failure rate says it's not that obvious.
3 You Are Everyone Else
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Along with finding a good location, a big part of being successful in the restaurant business is being unique, or at least unique enough that anyone, anyone in the world, gives a shit to eat at your restaurant instead of someone else's. Why do we tolerate both Burger King and McDonald's in the same world? Burger King sells itself on flame-broiled burgers. McDonald's sells itself much more heavily as a family restaurant, with emphasis on appealing to kids. McD's really pushes its drinks and unique offerings -- the McRib and the Shamrock Shake. Burger King uses a lifeless plastic-headed soul reaper as a mascot. You can compare and contrast all sorts of things, but the point is, while they're both burger joints, they've carved out niche identities, and, as with Pepsi vs. Coke, both have their stalwart adherents. You want adherents at your restaurant, too, but you'll never get them if your best dish is boiled chicken on a bed of limp fuckery.
Any good restaurant needs to give people a reason to want to go there. You need your own Big Mac. You need the best wings in town, or the sloppiest Joe. You need to find a way to infuse beer into a salad. That's some stone-cold clever shit right there.
Far too often, new restaurants show up and offer you a hamburger that tastes like it was cooked with the heat that came off the chef's ass as he sat on the patty and the bun was made with yeast that came from a place I dare not mention. (A yeast infection. Shhh.) If you're just going to feed people shit on a shingle, maybe you can make it a hobby instead of a business and save yourself the trouble of losing your life savings to showcase your failure in a massive building.
This isn't to say there's anything wrong with opening another burger joint in the world, or an Italian restaurant. It's just that you need to not suck at it and, again, research. I'm sometimes afraid restaurant owners research their businesses by making sure no one in town used the name they want to use yet, and if that works, they just open the damn thing. You need to go to literally every Italian restaurant in your town if you're opening one and order a meal. Then take pictures of the menu with your phone like a poor man's James Bond and make up a database of information when you get home. Does everyone offer lasagna? What do they put in it? What is everyone else in the restaurant eating? Do they have free bread sticks? What kinds of drinks do they offer? Do the waiters wear thongs? Is there a guy in the bathroom who will watch you with a salacious smirk on his face while you pee?
If you can't improve on at least three things that every other restaurant has and come up with three more things no one has, then on opening day you should just position your spread-open ass at the door so people can jam odd-shaped fruit like pineapples and canary melons up in there. Just having great food or great service means nothing. My grandma makes great food, and she's pretty polite, but no one pays her shit. You need an edge, man.


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Richard Childress Racing
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From the Pit Box: Chicagoland Speedway
September 12, 2013
Gil Martin, crew chief for the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, started his NASCAR career as co-owner and crew chief of the No. 81 FILMAR Racing team with Filbert Martocci in 1989. In 1999, Martin went to work with Bill Davis Racing and driver Dave Blaney before making his way to RCR in 2000 as a NASCAR Nationwide Series crew chief. Throughout the years, the Nashville native has worked with current and former drivers Clint Bowyer, Mike Dillon, Kerry Earnhardt, Robby Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series.
So far this season, Martin has led Harvick and the No. 29 team to two victories, six top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. The No. 29 team is currently tied for the fourth seed heading into the first event of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Chicagoland Speedway.
Q: How do you set the car up for Chicagoland Speedway?
A: "Chicagoland (Speedway) is a mile-and-a-half, so it has the same characteristics as the other 1.5-mile tracks expect that it's a little bumpier. We have to make certain that the car has a good ride and the tires don't bounce off of the track, so it is different than going to Kansas (Speedway) or Charlotte (Motor Speedway) because it has so many bumps in the track, and that's what we really worry about at Chicago."
Q: How does the track change during the race?
A: "Chicagoland (Speedway) doesn't really change a lot during the race, what's going to change things will depend on where you're at as far as track position. The aerodynamic affect at this track is pretty high, because the speeds are high. Fortunately, Chicago doesn't go through a lot of change, just as long as the weather doesn't change during the course of the race."
Q: What is the key to success at Chicagoland Speedway?
A: "The biggest thing is being able to run the top of the race track. You carry so much momentum down the back straightaway, you need to be able to get off of turn two and carry a lot of speed down the back. The front straightaway takes care of itself because it's a dog-leg track, but off of turn two you need to be able to run high to carry that momentum."
Q: What is your favorite race memory at Chicagoland Speedway?
A: "Obviously, it's the 2001 and 2002 back-to-back NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins we had with Kevin Harvick. I'm hoping we can do that again when we go back this weekend."


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W. Lloyd Graunke
Class Year:1940
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 1973
W. Lloyd Graunke was appointed superintendent of the Tennessee School for the Deaf in 1957. Graunke was a member of several national speech and hearing associations. He was associate editor of "American Annals of the Deaf" and was a lecturer and consultant at many universities and public schools. Graunke received his B.A. from North Central College in 1940, his M.S. from Gallaudet College in 1940, his M.S. from Gallaudet College in 1942 and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1952.


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5-1-10 Progressive Field
I wasn't sure if I was going to go to today's game at Progressive Field. After continuously checking the weather forecast throughout the morning, it looks like rain that had been moving through Cleveland would be gone.
I left my house a little before 1PM and was first in line at 3PM. When I peeked through the gates, I saw this:
That was my seventh and final ball of BP.
Afterwards, Zack, Nick, Bryan and I went to Heritage Park to see if any balls had landed in the trees there. There was nothing to be found, but we did take a few photo opportunities:
Showing the Target Field balls:
and an even better picture, with a clear view of the Target Field Balls:
Afterwards, we would all go our separate ways. I chose to go to the Twins bullpen area. I had noticed a ball laying in the bullpen.
It was a little too far out to do the glove trick, so I elected to wait and see if I could get the ball tossed up to me.
Pitching coach Rick Anderson made his way into the bullpen,
and tossed me up ball #8 of the day.
During the game, I started in left field foul territory,
but eventually started playing the outfield for home run balls.
For lefties, I sat over in right field.
And I stayed on the home run porch occasionally for righties.
I stayed until the very end of the game – the 11th inning.
And watched the Indians win in exciting walk off fashion:
Also, this was likely the last game that I'll have the #1 game on mygameballs.com, as Zack Hample is poised to remove me from the top spot on Monday.
Here are today's baseballs:
And the sweet spots:
Game: 8 balls (5 hit, 3 thrown)
Season: 69 balls (43 hit, 13 thrown, 7 device, 6 found)
Games: 10 games
Average: 6.90 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 647 balls
Streak: 106 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 13,832
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Hey Erik,
Last year I started reading the blog of fellow ballhawk, Zack Hample. I then began to focus on ballhawking and turn my attention away from autographs. I actually snagged my first ever ball at PNC last year. I will be much more serious about it this year. I just made an account on the ballhawk league website and I am extremely impressed. It is teriffically run and is just awesome. I'll be following you're blog along with Zack's this year. Keep up the good work and good luck in the league this year.


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Election 2016: Who has dropped out
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John Kasich became the latest 2016 presidential candidate to leave the race. Here's a look at him and the other former candidates who have also ended their campaigns.
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Michigan in June
I am thinking about going to MIS in June for the whole weekend. Does anyone know the best and least expensive way to get tickets for all the races, or at least the NNS and Cup races, plus pit passes? Also, how do you plan getting autographs? I haven't been there before so I don't want to go into planning it totally blind.
Go Ryan!
( OK, Tony & Danica too )
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The little boy loved taking rides on tractors and mowers. Maybe that's why he was standing there, in the worst possible place, where his neighbor couldn't see him.
Maybe Joe Joe just wanted a ride.
What happened that horrifying moment altered both of their lives. Four-year-old Joseph Loughry will never be the same. Neighbor Robin Coccia, the mower driver, became so choked with grief that his fiancee would call for two ambulances — one for the boy and one for the man.
Through it all, 23-year-old Kate Loughry found a way to keep calm. She locked eyes with her son as they waited for the medical helicopter, his lower body mangled by the mower blade, the extent of his injuries as yet unknown.
Everything would be OK, she told him. She needed to believe that, too.
"You can't reassure a child if you're freaking out," she said later.
Before all of this, before that Oct. 15 encounter in Licking County's Harrison Township, Joseph was just a little boy with a big smile and his mom's eyes. Tiny as he was, he played on a basketball team and could swing an adult softball bat. He spent hours coloring pictures.
"He's just an amazing, amazing child," said Sherry Lally, Coccia's girlfriend of 16 years.
Coccia and Lally had lived next door to Joseph's grandmother for 11 years, and the families were so close that they considered Joe Joe one of their own. Coccia, 43, and Joseph were particularly tight, Lally said. It was no surprise that the boy might have crossed the lawn to see his buddy.
"Whenever Robin is out on the mower, (Joseph) always goes for rides," said the boy's father, Ben Foley, 24. "That's what we think he was doing."
Loughry, who lives with Foley and their son in Blacklick, was visiting her mother that Monday on Cavalcade Lane in Harrison Township, near Pataskala. Joseph was playing outside. Sometime before 6 p.m., he stepped into Coccia's yard, where the neighbor was riding his lawnmower.
Coccia never saw him.
He put the tractor in reverse. Joseph was right behind. No one was more horrified than Coccia after he lifted the mower and saw what had happened. His call to 911 was so incoherent that the dispatcher ordered him to breathe.
"I need you to calm down," she said. "I can't understand anything you're saying."
Lally had never seen him like this. Even she, his fiancee, the woman who had helped him through the death of his grandparents, couldn't get him to calm down. Coccia didn't respond to a request for an interview, and Lally didn't expect he'd want to talk about the accident. But she said he's doing better. He's not shutting down. He visits Joseph in the hospital nearly every day.
For Coccia, the pain of that day is still there, Lally said. "And it'll probably be there the rest of his life."
Joseph doesn't like to talk about what happened either, Foley said. The mower blade severed his right foot, and doctors eventually had to amputate some of his right leg. They used skin from that to help patch a gash on his left thigh that stretched from his knee to his hip, Foley said.
He might be released from Nationwide Children's Hospital this week, but his recovery from those and other injuries will be long. He'll need several prosthetics as he continues to grow.Loughry and Foley are trying to absorb it all — the arcane medical terms, the worry of recovery, the uncertainty of the future — without panicking.
"We try to keep things as normal as possible," Loughry said. "We have to be positive to get through this and make it work."
Joseph continues to color. His room at the hospital is covered with his works of art. He plays, too. Pictures on the Facebook page dedicated to his recovery show him cuddling stuffed animals and assembling Mr. Potato Heads and poking his head into a bag filled with cards from well-wishers.
In one photo, a man leans over his bed, pointing to a page in a book. It's Coccia. Joe Joe is smiling.
The Red Oak Pub, 250 Goosepond Rd., Newark, will donate 15 percent of customer sales to Joseph Loughry and his family from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. For more information on Joseph and how to help, visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PrayersForJoeJoe.


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Lisa R. Gray
Lisa Renee' Gray, 46, of Martinsburg, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013, at her residence.
Born June 22, 1966, in Martinsburg, she is the daughter of Gloria J. Scott Johnson and the late Homer I. Gray.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by one son, Kenneth Scott Gray, of Martinsburg; two grandsons, Dominic and Marion Gray, of Fayetteville, N.C.; one sister, Donna McMahan, of Martinsburg; three brothers, Ronald and David Gray, of Martinsburg and Gary Henley, of Pasadena, Md.; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a brother, Sonny Gray.
Memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. Pablo Lopez officiating. Interment will be private.
Online condolences may be offered at www.BrownFuneralHomesWV.com.


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ok, I took my daughter to the dr. today for her 4 month appointment. Everything is great except she is not growing very quickly. She actually dropped from the 25th percentile to the 5th in all areas. I feed on breastfeed on demand and she seems to be satisfied after she eats. During the day she goes about 2 hours between feedings and cluster feeds at night. She still wakes up 3-4 times at night to eat.
Due to her slow growth the dr. suggested that I start rice cereal mixed with breastmilk. She did not tell me to introduce any other solids. Is this ok? I know that waiting until 6 months is best but will it really make a difference if I do cereal now?


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BENNINGTON Nancy Ann Paquin, 73, of Gaithersburg, Md., died Dec. 29, 2012, at Shady Grove Hospital, from complications of COPD.
Born Nov. 3, 1939, she graduated in 1957 from Bennington High School, in 1961 from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in mathematics, and earned an M.S. in public administration at American University in 1965.
Ms. Paquin was employed by the U.S. Public Health Service from 1961 until retirement in 1999. She served at the Bureau of Radiological Health and later, at the Bureau of Health Manpower, where she was appointed agency chief information officer in 1996.
She was a member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Pi Beta Phi Sorority and many professional organizations.
She enjoyed photography, the Washington Redskins, gardening, home projects and time spent at Lake Raponda in Wilmington.
Survivors include a brother, Raymond Paquin Jr. of Port Charlotte, Fla.; three sisters, Jean Maillet of Punta Gorda, Fla., Barbara French of Montrose, Colo., and Patricia Surdam of Bennington; numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Ms. Paquin was predeceased by a brother, John Paquin.
The memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, at Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales Church, followed by a reception in the parish hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, American Lung Association, or a charity of your choice, in care of Mahar and Son Funeral Home, 628 Main St., Bennington, VT 05201.
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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
School Years: 2001-2002 • 2002-2003 • 2003-2004 • 2004-2005 • 2005-2006 • 2007-2008 • 2013-2014
District employment decisions are affected by NCLB
- Paraprofessionals employed after NCLB was enacted (January 8, 2002) to work in a program funded by Title I must meet the federal definition of qualified. This does not include individuals who serve only as interpreters, who are personal care providers, who are parent involvement contacts or who serve in other non-instructional roles. A qualified paraprofessional is someone who:
School Improvement Status is determined for high-poverty, low-performing schools
- The spring 2001 assessment results were used to determine which Title I funded schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and which will be in "school improvement" status for 2002-03 because they have not made AYP for two or more consecutive years.
NCLB grant requirements must be used
- Noncompetitive grants, such as Title I, must be used in accord with the new law as of the beginning of the school year. Grant applications for Titles I, II, IV and V were available in March 2002. Program operations in school districts in 2002-2003 must follow the requirements as delineated in the grant applications and instructions.
Annual achievement targets are established
- The April 2002 ISAT and PSAE results will be used to determine the Adequate Yearly Progress needed to ensure schools reach the goal of 100% of students meeting standards by 2013-2014.
School Improvement status consequences begin
- Title I schools that are in "school improvement I" status and have not made AYP for two consecutive years must offer parents the option for their students to attend a better-performing public school within the district.
- Title I schools that are in a "school improvement II" status and have not made AYP for three consecutive years must offer parents the choice option as well as provide Supplemental Education Services for their students in the school.
- The State Board of Education is required to define the criteria and then solicit, evaluate, select and distribute a list of approved providers of supplemental education services.
School Improvement Planning underway for the 2003-04 school year for schools in "school improvement" or "corrective action" status regarding how to apply for and allocate their Title I funds
Reporting requirements begin for districts and states
- States and districts must begin reporting their progress toward ensuring all teachers are "highly qualified."
- ISBE must report annually to USDE the progress in meeting measurable objectives at the district and school level, and other data.
- The state must prepare and disseminate an annual state, district and school report card. (Illinois currently does so with report cards distributed no later than October 31st).
- The state must prepare and disseminate an annual report that includes professional qualification of teachers, the percentage of teachers with emergency or provisional credentials, and the percentage of classes in the state not taught by highly qualified teachers (may or may not be a separate report, given the information in the state report card).
ISAT, PSAE remain unchanged, other assessment requirements begin to expand
- Illinois schools selected by the National Center for Education Statistics to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress for reading, math or writing in grades 4 and 8 are required to do so.
- Districts must do an annual assessment of English proficiency of all English Language Learners.
Districts, states must meet new notification requirements
- LEAs must notify parents of children who attend Title I schools that they may request information about the professional qualifications of all classroom teachers.
- Schools that receive Title I funds must provide timely notice to a parent whose child has been taught for four or more weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.
- The state must prepare and disseminate an annual report that includes professional qualification of teachers, the percentage of teachers with emergency or provisional credentials, and the percentage of classes in the state not taught by highly qualified teachers (may or may not be a separate report, given the information in the state report card).
Districts must adopt new policies based on NCLB
- Policies on choice, supplemental services, and unsafe school choice (from persistently dangerous schools) should be in place.
- Local policies on parental rights and student privacy should be in place at the beginning of the year, e.g., notices to be given at the beginning of the year, including expected dates of surveys and information.
- A local school district must certify that it doesn't prohibit constitutionally protected school prayer in the buildings.
The state must plan and implement new accountability processes
- A single system of accountability must be proposed and initiated by May 2003.
- ISBE must submit a plan that includes steps it will take to ensure poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, uncertified or out of field teachers.
School Improvement status sanctions continue for Title I schools.
- ISBE must ensure that public school choice is offered for those schools/districts which are in "school improvement I" status for the first time.
- ISBE must ensure that public school choice and supplemental education services are offered by schools/districts that are in "school improvement II" or "corrective action" status.
School Improvement status sanctions continue for Title I schools.
2005-06 School Year
All Grades 3-8 and Grade 11 must be tested by the end of the 2005-06 school year.
Existing Title I paraprofessionals must be "qualified" by June 30, 2006.
All teachers must be "highly qualified" by the end of the 2005-06 school year. (New HQT Plan - veteran teachers may use HOUSSE)
States must have annual state assessments for reading and mathematics in grades 3-8 for the 2006 assessment.
States must have standards for science (Illinois already does), and an assessment, by 2007-08.
States must test science in at least one of each of the following grade spans -- 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12 (Illinois already does).
All schools must have made AYP toward having all students meet or exceed the standards in reading and mathematics by the end of the 2013-14 school year.


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Noctilio leporinus catches and consumes fish. It is one of about six bat species that regularly eat fish. It will also eat aquatic crustaceans, stinkbugs, crickets, scarab beetles, moths, winged ants, and other insects, but primarily, it is a piscivore (fish-eater).
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Rowed at the University of Connecticut 1986-1989, Coached UCONN 1992-1996, Assistant Coach at Brown 1999 to present.
After a stint of coaching men and woman at the University of Connecticut (and subsequently lobbying to promote women's rowing to a varsity sport there) Steven Ouellette spent a few years away from coaching to focus on taking over a small classic car company. In the summer of 1999 he was invited to assist Brown Men's Crew and has been doing so ever since.
Working under the previous head coach Scott Roop, now Paul Cooke and the freshman coaches of Matt Carlson, Luke McGee and Joe Donahue, Steven spends the bulk of his time coaching novices, walk-ons, and other athletes helping them progress physically and technically into faster boats.


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The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. It is a collaborative effort led by W3C with participation from a large number of researchers and industrial partners. It is based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF).
The Semantic Web is about two things. It is about common formats for integration and combination of data drawn from diverse sources, where on the original Web mainly concentrated on the interchange of documents. It is also about language for recording how the data relates to real world objects. That allows a person, or a machine, to start off in one database, and then move through an unending set of databases which are connected not by wires but by being about the same thing.
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I BF my oldest DD until she self weaned at 3 1/2. Maybe because I was pregnant and my milk was slowing and changing. But now my youngest DD is past 3 1/2 and showing no signs of weaning. I am getting tired of BF. I still love those quiet moments, but she never learned how to not nick me with her teeth and some days its just too much.
In October I will be leaving on my 1st trip without my youngest and the second since my 1st was born. I don't want to force her to wean, but I am worried that this trip will deplete my milk or the shock of me being gone and no BM for 10 days will scar her in some way. (Am I too attched or what!)
I have been able to wean her of the morning feedings. She's not happy, but getting resigned to it. I did this right before a trip to Disney becasue she said she would wean by then completely. So I started getting her ready for that by skippping the AM times. It wasn't too bad since I could distract her with breakfast. We still BF down for nap and night sleeping.
Has anyone had this situation before? Should I force weaning now or just let the trip come and hope my milk supply remains. I don't plan on pumping on this trip--I can't carry much luggage and it hurts me to pump way too much.
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Your Turn: Your Feedback On Trumpeter, Fluoride & Canadians
Should fluoride be added to the water supply? A local woman says no and wants the Watertown to stop:
All water should have it. Those who don't like it can always buy their water from a store.
Why would you ban tasteful music that can raise sales and help a very worthy cause?
It's not fair to the local community to have to wait in line behind Canadians. If they're not a U.S. citizen, they shouldn't be allowed to get their mail shipped to the U.S.
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Phillies vs Yankees – It Was In The Cards
After a few days of waiting to find out who would be the Phillies' World Series opponent, the Yankees sent the Angels back home, defeating them in Game 6 of the ALCS. I was kind of hoping they'd go to Game 7, so the winner would only have one day off, they'd be nice and tired, and hopefully CC would not be available the first game or so. No such luck.
Nonetheless, destiny was fulfilled, and I will not have to hear those freakin' thunder sticks booming out of my TV any more.
So why do I say "destiny"?
If you're a regular reader of Jane Heller's Confessions of a She-Fan, you may recall an entry she wrote back in February, after consulting a tarot card reader on the fortunes of the Yankees this season. Here's an excerpt from the tarot card reader's comment clarifying the results of her reading:
… So, for all of you fans out there that would really like to see the Yankees win the championship, keep your thoughts and feelings positive and in this way we can co-create a resonant field of success that energetically supports their win. It's just quantum physics.
So Jane, does this mean that if Jenn and I concentrate hard enough, we can get the Phillies back to the WS? A Phillies-Yankees series would be cool!
Loved the article – it was really funny!
Glad you liked the article, Sue. Yes, we must concentrate and we will "manifest" our guys to victory! A Yankees-Phillies WS would work for me.
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Oh my – I don't know – messing with mystic forces is never a good thing! lol!
Sue, I have to tell you….I was in a panic yesterday about Patricia's tarot reading. I called her to see if she'd give me another one and it turns out she's away on a "silent retreat" and can't be reached! So we're on our own. I'll be in my house "manifesting" and you'll be in yours doing the same, and may the forces be with us!
Hehehe what a great post, I love it! Well I'm not sure if this will work but as I've mentioned in my newest post, I've jumped on the Phillies band-wagon so hopefully some diamond girl luck will give the Phillies some oomph!!!! xoxo http://diamondgirl55.mlblogs.com
hehehe. I'lll just sit back and watch this manifastation.
Hey Sue, I had forgotten about Bako being with the Phillies and I overlooked Milt Thompson. Thanks! That is a lot of ex-Dodgers in your team.
Good luck!
Good luck to the Phillies. I'll be rooting for them and Pedro!!!
Red Sox Ramblings: http://thevendahhh.mlblogs.com
Congrats on last night's game, Sue. The Yankees were dispatched by Mr. Cool As A Cucumber!


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Home List of Titles Handling recoverable temporal violations in scientific workflow systems: a workflow rescheduling based strategy
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/90097
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- Title
- Handling recoverable temporal violations in scientific workflow systems: a workflow rescheduling based strategy
- Author(s)
- Liu, Xiao; Chen, Jinjun; Wu, Zhangjun; Ni, Zhiwei; Yuan, Dong; Yang, Yun
- Abstract
- Due to the complex nature of scientific workflow systems, the violations of temporal QoS constraints often take place and may severely affect the usefulness of the execution's results. Therefore, to deliver satisfactory QoS, temporal violations need to be recovered effectively. However, such an issue has so far not been well addressed. In this paper, we first propose a probability based temporal consistency model to define the temporal violations which are statistically recoverable by light-weight exception handling strategies. Afterwards, a novel Ant Colony Optimisation based two-stage workflow local rescheduling strategy (ACOWR) is proposed to handle detected recoverable temporal violations in an automatic and cost-effective fashion. The simulation results demonstrate the excellent performance of our handling strategy in reducing both local and global temporal violation rates.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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- Proceedings of the 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2010), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17-20 May 2010 / Manish Parashar and Rajkumar Buyya (eds.), pp. 534-537
- Publication year
- 2010
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- Exception handling; Scientific workflow systems; Temporal violations; Workflow rescheduling
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- 9781424469871, 1424469872
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Harvest time is nearing again on the Big Island, after two consecutive years of vandals chopping down thousands of papaya trees.
"I couldn't say anything. I just cried. We're still trying, even though it's really hard on us," said Big Island papaya farmers Erlinda Bernardo.
"It was all cut down like this, as low as this," said Bernardo, pointing to a mangled tree about 2-feet-tall.
In 2011, vandals cut down half of her and her husband Jimmy's 10 acres of their genetically modified papaya trees, and those tall stalks and golden fruit meant money in the bank.
Because of the vandalism, the Bernardos said they lost well over $10,000 last year, and they said much of what's growing back is just not good enough.
"Look at that, no more fruit," said Bernardo, pointing to new growth on the stunted trees. "We were hoping this farm would support the education of my two kids, who are in college."
It's been about a year since the vandals chopped down the Bernardo's trees.
"We were just kind of worried what would happen to the other farmers," said Bernardo.
Elizabeth Julian joined the Bernardos to talk to KITV reporter Lara Yamada.
Last year, vandals chopped down more than 8,000 of her family's trees.
Her husband Laureto died last month, not knowing who did this and why.
"It's just really sad, because it takes a lot of risk and a lot of labor to be a farmer, and we don't have any solutions," said Hawaii County's DayDay Hopkins, who works closely with farmers.
Hopkins said the few leads investigators had over damage done to the crop, which other industries rely on, have since fallen through.
"You can't find any other crop that can grow that quick and provide you with that volume," said Hopkins.
She said the fast-growing, high-volume papayas are needed to fill up cargo containers.
Without it, she said, it wouldn't be worth the fuel for shippers to come to Hawaii or cheap enough for companies to pay for it.
But with it, lighter, valuable loads, such as flowers, can go too.
"It has a strategic importance to the development of agriculture on this island," said Hopkins.
"We're getting close to July and everybody is panicking," said Bernardo.
But what's on the minds of Big Island farmers is what's left in their fields.
No one, not Hopkins, the Bernardos, or investigators know for sure if this was an anti-GMO hit, a disgruntled neighbor or someone else, but they all know it's a precious commodity they can't afford to lose again.
"Why, and what did we do wrong?" said Bernardo.
Hopkins said she is working with prosecutors to, hopefully, one day stiffen penalties for agricultural vandalism.
In the meantime, a $30,000 reward for critical information to solve these cases still stands.


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Very emotional people on this thread. Ronorinas and Kiyasman aside.
I can tell you are a follower, not a leader. Let your papa Metrocard take the reigns on this.
Knowledge is power, and I landed a 1-2-3 crippling comb here.
And I am a Melo hater, and I'm proud of it. My haterade is based off of fact, logic, reality. Melo has a punk personality, has punked several teams, coaches, and teammates...including the Knicks, which I take offense too.
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East Mills' balanced offense put up 55 first-half points in a 62-6 defeat of South Page on Friday in Eight Man, District 8.
"It was a very fun bus ride home," said Glenwood coach Kara Huisman.
Defeating Harlan as the Rams did Tuesday night in a 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-22 victory on the Cyclones' home court is liable to do that.
Don and Vicki Boehmer of St. Charles, Mo., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Abby, to Aaron Eich, son of Bill and Kay Eich of Glenwood.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Central Missouri State University and is employed by KDR Designer Showroom in Kansas City as a sales associate. Her fiance is also a graduate of Central Missouri State University and is employed by Great Lakes Airline as a pilot.
An Oct. 23, 2010, wedding is planned at St. Joachim and Ann Catholic Church in St. Charles.
Amanda Mulholland and Andrew DeGroote were united in marriage on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Norwalk United Methodist Church in Norwalk.
The nuptials were officiated by the Rev. Kiboko Kiboko. A reception followed at the Blank Golf Course in Des Moines.
The bride is the daughter of Tom and Deanne Mulholland of Malvern and granddaughter of Don and Suzanne Simmons of Thurman, and Nancy Mulholland of Glenwood.
The groom is the son of Don and Val DeGroote of New Hartford and the grandson of Clara DeGroote of Parkersburg and Marian Bundy of Cedar Falls.
An Omaha man arrested last spring for the abuse and neglect of more than 20 pit bulls on a property near Pacific Junction has agreed to a plea bargain with the Mills County Attorney's Office.
Michael J. Simet, 56, pleaded guilty on Sept. 21 to animal torture and animal neglect, both aggravated misdemeanors.
If the sentencing judge agrees to the deal, Simet will receive a suspended jail sentence of four years, placed on supervised probation for a year and serve a week in the Mills County Jail. Simet will also not be allowed to own any animals during his supervised probation.
PACIFIC JUNCTION - By a slim 3-2 margin, the Pacific Junction City Council passed a controversial resolution at last Monday's regular meeting aimed at condemning derogatory remarks by elected city officials.
Resolution 2010-17, dubbed "Resolution on Equality and Conduct," was drafted following comments made by council member Rodney Bents at an Aug. 16 meeting that Mayor Jim Lovely and city attorney T.J. Patterman felt disparaged Mexicans.
In a tape recorded discussion at the Aug. 16 meeting, Bents can be heard saying, "Well, then don't be getting hit by a Mexican up in Omaha."
The driver involved in an August crash on Interstate 29 that killed four motorcyclists returning from a rally in Sturgis, S.D., had a blood-alcohol level of 0.373, more than four times the legal limit in the state of Iowa.
The annual Glenwood Homecoming Parade will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. Registration for the parade will be at the American Legion on Thursday night from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday morning from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. All participants must register. Kindergarten through 12th grade and class reunion floats can pre-register by calling Lori McGoldrick at 527-9973.
Lorilee Fleming of Glenwood and Tyson Conn of Sioux Falls, S.D., have announced their engagement and approaching wedding.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Eileen Fleming and the late Bill Fleming. Her fiance is the son of Dan and Pam Conn of Sioux Falls.
The couple met at and graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls.
An Oct. 23, 2010, wedding is planned at Heartland Community Church in Sioux Falls.
The Mills County Assessor's Office is currently in the process of a county-wide reappraisal.
When all is said and done, the assessor's office, with the assistance of an outside contractor, will have reappraised more than 17,000 parcels in the county sometime next year.
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Yes, finals week has finals.
But, it also has no class, and FAB Finals Events to get you through to break!
The classic FAB events, the big three, are Midnight Breakfast, Ben & Jerry's Bingo, and the Midnight Cheesesteak Run.
Midnight breakfast- Sunday, Dec 16th @ 11:30 pm in the DC
Get your own tots.
B&J Bingo- Monday, Dec 17th @ 8:30 pm in the DC
Prizes and free pints.
MCR- Dec Wednesday, 19th, departing Campus Center @ 11:30 pm
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Showerhead Best Ways to Save and Drought Tips
To maximize showering efficiency make sure that you have installed a low-flow showerhead in all of your bathrooms. All showerheads manufactured in the U.S. must restrict flow to 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm) or less. Some models are designed to use even less water.
If you aren't sure about the flow rate of your showerhead you can test it using a 5 gallon bucket and a wrist watch or clock. Turn the shower on full blast (hot and cold). Put the 5 gallon bucket under the shower and capture all of the flow at the same time you start keeping time. Fill the bucket for exactly 2 minutes. If your showerhead uses 2.5 gpm or less, the bucket will not overflow during the 2 minute test. If the bucket overflows during the 2 minute test, you do not have a low-flow showerhead.
During a drought emergency you could be asked to reduce your water use substantially. While shower water usage is typically less than toilet and clothes washer usage, it is an area where water reductions can be made. Here are some tips for maximizing shower use efficiency.


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Announcing Craft Beer Selections for First-Ever Island Brew Festival in Charleston, SC
Calling all craft beer connoisseurs! We're excited to share the participating breweries and beer selections for the inaugural Island Brews and Chews Craft Beer Festival happening October 12, 2013 at Palm Cove here at Charleston's Island Resort!
This Columbus Day weekend, sip on a variety of local, regional and national craft beers in Charleston from the following breweries:
Holy City Brewing (Charleston, SC):
• Holy City Pilsner
• Holy City Pluff Mud Porter
Palmetto Brewing (Charleston, SC):
• Palmetto Amber
• Palmetto Espresso Porter
Frothy Beard Brewing (Charleston, SC):
• Frothy Beard Zinigiber Pale Ale
• Frothy Beard Boardslide Rye
Westbrook Brewing (Mt. Pleasant, SC):
• Westbrook White Tai
• Westbrook IPA
Thomas Creek Brewery (Greenville, SC):
• Thomas Creek Appalachian Amber
• Thomas Creek Castaway Chocolate Orange IPA
Coastal Empire Brewing Co. (Savannah, GA):
• Coastal Empire Savannah Brown Ale
• Coastal Empire Tybee Island Blonde
Highland Brewing Co. (Asheville, NC):
• Highland Oatmeal Porter
• Highland Gaelic Ale
Lonerider Brewing Co. (Raleigh, NC):
• Lonerider Sweet Josie Brown Ale
• Lonerider Shotgun Betty Hefeweizen
Brooklyn Brewery (Brooklyn, NY):
• Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale
• Brooklyn Oktoberfest
Come for the day, or turn the beer festival into a long holiday weekend with our Charleston, SC Island Brews and Chews Craft Beer Festival Package starting at $219 per night.
Call 888.778.1876 to purchase tickets + overnight package.
For-up-to-date event news and previews, visit our Wild Dunes Resort Blog, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Join the festival social conversation with the event hashtag #islandbrewfest.