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John Markese is the former president of AAII.
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Transitions: AAII's president of 25 years, John Markese, steps down.
September 2010 | Journal
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Nine Timeless Rules for Investing in Mutual Funds (and ETFs)
Articles that propose some arbitrary number of rules for doing something can be surprisingly seductive. This article focuses on the arbitrary number of 9--but the underlying rules themselves are critical if you invest in mutual funds or exchange-traded funds, or are contemplating investing in them.
November 2009 | Journal
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Taking Aim at Your Retirement: A Look at Target Date Mutual Funds
There is an appealing simplicity in the concept of target date funds, but making the right choice among the many offerings and understanding how the funds work is not quite as simple as it appears at first glance.
June 2009 | Journal
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Taking Aim at Your Retirement: A Look at Target Date Mutual Funds
There is an appealing simplicity in the concept of target date funds, but making the right choice among the many offerings and understanding how the funds work is not quite as simple as it appears at first glance.
June 2009 | Evergreen
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The Dividend Yield: Stock Mutual Funds and ETFs That Generate Income
Looking for an investment that has the potential to produce a growing income stream and long-term capital appreciation along with reasonable risk? A closer look at stock mutual funds and ETFs with relatively high dividend yields.
November 2008 | Journal
Portfolio Strategies »
Your Portfolio: Maintaining Perspective
Financial turmoil can prompt an emotional response that causes investors to flee stock holdings. But this can cause long-term harm to your portfolio. Instead, you need to put things in perspective and stick to the fundamental rules of investing.
November 2008 | Journal
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Rolling the Currency Dice: Investing in International Bond Funds
The search for yield and the weak U.S. dollar have prompted investors to consider investing in foreign bond mutual funds. However, these funds have unique risks that are magnified by the ebb and flow of the currency markets. A careful look is in order before you let your money travel overseas.
June 2008 | Journal
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Peerless Performers: The Top Funds Over 5 Years
To be rated tops, a mutual fund must beat a benchmark, and the crucial benchmark is peer group performance over five years. Who are the current top performers, and how did they outperform their peers? A look at the top funds and how they managed to distinguish themselves.
April 2008 | Journal
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A Performance Tape Measure: How to Benchmark Your Portfolio
Is your fund portfolio on the right track to achieve your goals? Benchmarking provides a performance tape measure to see how well your funds have done individually and as a whole.
November 2007 | Journal
Mutual Funds »
Face Off: Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
Exchange-traded funds are America's "financial idol." But what do ETFs have that index mutual funds don't--and vice versa? A side-by-side comparison reveals little difference.
June 2007 | Journal
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Mutual Fund Marathon: The Top Funds Over Five Years: 2002-2006
Mutual funds are judged by their track records, and for long-term investors it is the five-year marathon that is key. Who were the top performers, and what allowed them to survive the marathon run and come out on top? A look at the winners--and how they did it.
April 2007 | Journal
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Developing a Withdrawal Strategy for Your Fund Portfolio
Mutual funds hold one advantage for retirees living off of their retirement savings - their structure makes the withdrawal process easier. However, mutual funds do not eliminate all the challenges or automatically answer all portfolio questions. How to develop a withdrawal strategy for a typical mutual fund portfolio.
November 2006 | Journal
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Hedging Your Portfolio With Mutual Funds
Hedge funds have an exotic allure, but also an unsettling side. Mutual funds, in contrast, have a more accessible structure for all investors. Are there any mutual funds that also have that siren song of hedge funds? It turns out some do, and mutual funds that have hedge fund traits may have a place in your portfolio.
June 2006 | Journal
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The Top Funds Over Five Years: 2001-2005 Survival of the Fittest
The last five years provided the ultimate financial stress test for mutual funds and investors. Some funds flunked, and a few proved to be in top shape. What made these top performers so fit? A look at who survived--and how they did it.
April 2006 | Journal
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Capitalizing on the Index Fund Advantage
Stock index funds offer rock-bottom expense ratios, tax efficiency, diversification and simplicity. But how do you sort through the myriad stock index funds and the numerous stock indexes they follow? An investor's guide to indexes and index funds.
November 2005 | Journal


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Kim Kardashian Gets Ready For Halloween In A Risque See-Through Leopard Costume
Kim Kardashian showed some serious skin while Halloween costume shopping on Sunday. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians tried on a sexy leopard suit with a mesh front, exposing plenty of cleavage and her belly.
"Rawwwr!!! Halloween Costume shopping," she wrote on her instagram page with the picture.
Kim's been getting very risque with her outfits lately, two weeks ago the star wore a sheer red dress with no bra underneath, leaving little to the imagination; and over the weekend she was spotted out with boyfriend Kanye West wearing a see-through skirt which revealed that she wasn't wearing any underwear.
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Former foster child helping others like him
Chris Patterson works with kids at Breakthrough, a behavioral rehabilitation service (BRS).
"We take very extreme kids. They could be dual diagnosed (like) bi-polar, autistic, Down syndrome. (They have) very high needs, a very high IQ, are very manipulative and can be very behavioral at times," said Patterson.
Breakthrough runs six group homes, five in Spokane and one in Kennewick. They can treat up to 30 teenagers at a time.
"Every kid who walks through has a different on what they have to do to survive. It's always on a survival mode," said Patterson.
Patterson knows a thing our two about survival, as he grew up in the system.
He went into foster care when he was 2 and was adopted by a local family at age 4. After some family issues when he was 12 years old, he went back into foster care. He then went to a group home, a receiving foster home and then lived with a foster family until adulthood.
"I had typical issues. I definitely had my problems," said Patterson.
He said he doesn't harbor any ill will against his adoptive parents or even his biological parents.
"You can have heart. You can have faith. You can have all the belief in the world but you really have to know what you're going to put yourself into," said Patterson.
He says that's a problem with many people whose hearts are in the right place, in helping kids, but really aren't prepared. He said what young people need to heal is someone who won't give up on them.
"You want to know you're safe. You want to know you're not going to be victimized or abused or taken advantage of," said Patterson.
They also need families who won't be too soft.
"You have to be able to set boundaries. You have to be able to show consistency. Everything else comes into play once you set the structure," said Patterson.
He hope to set that structure through his leadership at Breakthrough and the community.
He's impressed a lot of people. He's taken a role in leadership in Spokane, on a number of boards of directors and has even been recognized in this article in Spokane's Business Catalyst Magazine.
Patterson admits that he's not a real emotional person, which is probably why he's so good at his job.
"I definitely have hot spots about things that I'm very passionate about, and that's the kids," said Patterson.
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Marianne Faithfull & Marc Ribot - Special Acoustic duo show
Mar 16, 2012 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
"I don't really do conventional..." 47 years of creative public life and Marianne Faithfull remains one of the most unique, bewitching and indeed unconventional musical artists Britain has ever produced. In 47 years she's grown from the quiver-voiced ingénue of her debut single 'As Tears Go By' (1964, the first song ever written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) to her peerless position as profoundly distinctive scorched-earth torch-singer and richly emotive song-writer - as evidenced today on her 23rd solo album, the sonically stunning 'Horses And High Heels'.
Marc Ribot, who the New York Times describes as "a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device," has released 19 albums under his own name over a 25-year career, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez. His latest solo release, Silent Movies (Pi Recording 2010) has been described as a "down-inmouth-near master piece" by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board.
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Thursday-Friday, April 12-13, 2007 ~ The Hilton Hotel - Jackson, Mississippi
The tenth annual "Breastfeeding: The Gold Standard" conference is an opportunity to learn the latest evidence-based practices in the field of lactation to better serve the breastfeeding mothers and babies in your community.
This year's speakers include: Brian Palmer, DDS, member of the Health Advisory Council for La Leche League International; well-known author Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC; and Rebecca Saenz, MD, IBCLC, FABM, director of Mississippi's first and only breastfeeding clinic.
We are also offering a pre-conference seminar on Wednesday, April 11, featuring Dr. Christina Smilie, who will speak on baby-led latch and mother-baby communication.
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HP this week demonstrated for the first time its Zeen slate-type device that will be bundled with its future printers and will allow to easily control them. The product features HP's own TouchSmart interface, but does not support a number of crucial features that would allow to use it separately from printer.
The Zeen tablet PC from HP features 7" display and some kind of ARM-based system-on-chip inside. The product does not support Gmail, multimedia playback and, perhaps, some other functions that could let end-users to utilize the device as a standalone slate-type personal computer, reports DigiTimes web-site. The most weird thing about HP Zeen is that it reportedly still runs Google Android, the operating system HP decided to drop after acquisition of Palm.
Based on the photograph of the device, it should be pretty comfortable and easy to control the work of a printer using graphics interface. Considering the fact that copy or scan jobs can get pretty complex, convenient touch-based graphics interface can be a pretty useful thing. Still, it is definitely not a market changer: proper software bundled with printers allows to tailor almost any work. Moreover, without ability to access Gmail directly from the pad, it will be impossible to print-out needed emails.
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Bill has been a member of the StormTeam at News 8 since March of 1998 when he first started as the weekend meteorologist. He's been waking up "dark and early" to give us our daily weather forecast on News 8 This Morning and News 8 At Noon since June of 1999. More than 10 of those years have been with co-anchor Jennifer Livingston. Believe it or not, they still like each other... at least most of the time. Bill jokes the best thing about getting up at 2:30 in the morning is that there's no traffic for his morning commute.
Bill grew up in Denver, Colorado. He has a degree in Meteorology/Climatology/Physical Geography from the University of Colorado. He also has a second degree in Technical Journalism/TV Broadcasting from Colorado State University.
Favorite band?
My favorite band is U2. I saw U2 a couple years ago in Milwaukee and more recently in Chicago. They were two of the best concerts I've ever seen. I also like The Dave Matthews Band, The Samples and Big Head Todd and the Monsters.
Favorite movie?
Believe it or not it's not Twister. My favorite movies (in order of release date) are: Weird Science, The Fugitive, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Hangover.
Do you have a personal motto or quote that inspires you?
Not really, but there is something that is said to me all the time that inspires me. I'm sure you've heard it, or maybe even said it. When people find out I'm a TV meteorologist they'll say something like "Oh you do something where you can be wrong 50% of the time and still keep your job." First I laugh (a little), then correct them in saying my accuracy rate is more like 85-90%. People always remember those 1 or 2 times when we say it's going to rain or snow and it doesn't. They don't remember the other 8 or 9 times when the forecast was correct.
If you could interview one person, living or deceased, who would it be?
Would Mother Nature count for this? I'd sure like to sit down and talk with her each year to see what she has planned for the region. This would make it so much easier for me to forecast our weather.
Favorite way to spend a day off?
Taking naps, golf, traveling and just spending time with my wife and kids.
What sports team are you a big fan of?
I was born in Denver and lived there for over 25 years. So... of course I am a huge fan of the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and my alma mater Colorado Buffaloes.
Favorite food?
My favorite food is any Mexican food, any breakfast food, filet mignon and seafood (especially lobster, crab legs and scallops). And with my early morning shift, of course I love coffee and white chocolate mochas.
What do you like about your job?
I like that I have an important job, since weather affects us all. I like that I live in and forecast the weather for a place that has all four seasons. The weather is different each and every day and keeps me on my toes. Forecasting the weather is a tough job. I'm always the first to admit that Meteorology is an inexact science and Mother Nature will always be a step ahead of us. But I enjoy the challenge of predicting her next move and getting my forecast as accurate as possible every day. I embrace the responsibility of keeping people informed and safe whenever severe or dangerous weather threatens the region.
I met my wife, Christy, back in Colorado when we both worked at an outdoor adventure park that had an alpine slide and bungee jumping tower. Won't that be a good story to tell our grandkids? We have been married for 11 years. We have 3 kids: a son who is 8, and two daughters who are 6 and 4. We also have a yellow lab named Morgan, a bernese mountain dog puppy named Brody, and a cat named Hayden. Needless to say, we run a pretty busy household.


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ONU to present 'Capitol Steps'
Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present "Capitol Steps" in the Stambaugh Theatre on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m.
Thirty years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Although not all of the current Steps members are former Capitol Hill staffers, collectively, the performers have worked in a total of 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.
Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded more than 30 albums, including their latest, "Desperate Housemembers," and their special holiday release, "Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree." They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS, and can be heard four times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their "Politics Takes a Holiday" radio specials.
Tickets are $25 for general admission and $13 for students and children. The Freed Center box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone orders are accepted with American Express, MasterCard, VISA or Discover by calling 419-772-1900. Tickets also are available online at www.onu.edu/freed
The performance of "Capitol Steps" is underwritten in part by Quest Federal Credit Union, The Lima News, and Courtyard Marriott in Lima.
A pre-show dinner special will be offered from 4 to 7 p.m. at Padrone's Pizza at 219 North Main Street in Ada. "Capital Steps" ticketholders will receive a 20 percent discount on any regularly priced menu item.


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In Luke's Gospel, Chapter 15, Jesus gives a trilogy of parables that ended up in celebrations describing the everlasting love of God, and how He looks at lostness. The first began after a shepherd found a sheep he'd lost. He had 99 others. He could have been content to write this one off as a loss. But shepherds don't think like businessmen. So he searched for it. When he found the sheep, he carried it back to the flock, cut the best grass for the sheep to eat and had a party to celebrate.
The second party was held in front of a house. A housewife had lost a coin. It wasn't her only coin, but you would have thought it was by the way she acted. She lights a candle to chase the darkness from the room and sweeps the floor diligently not to exclude turning over furniture to find that one coin which was lost. And when she did, she ran shouting into the cul-de-sac and invited her neighbors over for a party to celebrate.
Then, there is the story of the lost son. The boy who broke his father's heart by taking his inheritance and taking off. He refuses to wait until his father dies but demands his part to be given to him at this very moment. He trades his dignity for a whisky bottle and his self-respect for a pigpen. Then comes the son's sorrow and his decision to go home with hopes that his dad will give him a job in the field and a room in the stables. However, what he finds is a father who has kept his absent son's place set at the table and the porch light on every night. When the son finally arrives home admitting his mistakes, you'll never guess what the father does. That's right! He throws a party!
Party-loving prodigals love what the father does, but the older is furious. Perhaps saying within himself, "This is how I get treated? He goes out and wastes his inheritance and is rewarded as I have stayed home and been faithful!" So, as the party for his lost-yet-found, dead-yet-alive brother was going on he sat outside the house and pouted. This depicts many who boasts about their faithfulness in religion, and longevity within the body of Christ as they develop amnesia that they have not always been blood-bought, blood-washed and spirit-filled. Jesus has always been benevolent to the banished, dedicated to the despised and responsive to the repulsive. It appears that both sons spent time in the pigpen. One in the pen of rebellion, the other in the pen of self-pity. The younger son has come home, and the older son has not. The younger son wandered off into a far country getting lost while the older son is inside the house and can't seem to find his way.
As Jesus tells these three celebratory parables, He is accused of eating and drinking with sinners. Notice who throws these accusations: the overly-religious Pharisees and scribes. The sinners gravitated to Him as the religious are abhorred with Him. Jesus says, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." (St. Luke 19:10) As the party was going on for his brother; the inquisitive, insolence and ingratitude of the older brother was visible, but it didn't destroy the party. As long as there is the preaching of the gospel, there is hope of many to experience the saving power of God. However, it is important to God that we who are already in the house share in the celebration when one comes to the house.
"There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents." (St. Luke 15:10) My friends, if there is joy in the presence of the angels when a sinner is saved, we must know who is in their presence. If God can be excited and throw a party for one who has turned their life around, then certainly we can become participators in His divine plan.


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ROSEANN ELIZABETH PALILLA, AGE 83 OF INDIANA, DIED JAN.21ST AT COMMNITIES AT INDIAN HAVEN. A mass of Christian Burial for Roseann Palilla will be celebrated Saturday Jan. 26th at 1 p.m. at the Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church in Indiana. Interment in the St. Bernard Cemetery will be private. The John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home in Indiana is in charge of arraingements.
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I know that, in general, fathers don't visit here, but I've been concerned, and my wife is too busy feeding our son (more on that in a moment) to check or post, so I thought I'd post my anxieties here in the hopes that someone could help us out.
Our son is 3 weeks old and up until yesterday has pretty much exclusively breastfed (I say "pretty much" because we did give him some supplemental bottles, but if you totaled all the supplemental bottles we gave before yesterday, it'd probably come out to 6 or 7). However his habits have been abnormal. My wife, lately can - and has - feed him round the clock. Literally. I don't mean feed for 45 minutes, then he sleeps for 30, then he feeds again. I mean that the other day he was on the breast for over 6 hours. He'd doze, she'd put him down, he'd cry immediately. She'd pick him up, he'd suck two or three times, then fall asleep, etc. etc.
I should add that he regained his birth weight (and then some) by two weeks, but my wife's nursing sessions were unusually long. Like 2+ hours sometimes. Often, I'd say. Maybe longer.
It was getting to the point where my wife couldn't sleep or eat properly. Add that to the fact that over the past week it got worse. My son would start screaming (not crying; SCREAMING!) when he'd poop, and that he was having green, leafy looking stools, and we were mightily concerned.
We brought our DS to his pediatrician yesterday who listened patiently, and then nodded and said, "This is normal. He's not getting enough to eat. He falls asleep because he fills with air, and then wakes up as soon as it's expelled. The green, leafy stools are - and please don't be alarmed when you hear the term - called 'starvation stools.'" He advised my wife to start every feeding of my son at the breast for 5 minutes. Then switch to the other breast for 15 minutes. His logic was that 80-90% of the quantity of the milk is received in the first 4-7 minutes of a feed at the breast. So any more, and the baby is gulping air. After feeding at both breasts, the pediatrician advised that we feed our DS a supplemental bottle of formula, and to do this every time she (my wife) feeds our son. He added that we should call him to follow up on Sunday or Monday.
Now, the formula pacified my son. There's no doubt about it. He's a completely different child. He's calm. He seems content. He sleeps during the day, whereas he never slept during the day before. But I'm concerned (as is my wife) that while we do this, her supply is dwindling, and that 'recovering' will be that much more difficult. When I asked the pediatrician about her pumping, he kind of shrugged it off and said it wasn't necessary.
We would like to go back to exclusively BF'ing if we can. But I'm afraid if we do, we will recreate the situation we had on our hands for the past few weeks - an uncomfortable papa (but I can deal with that), a VERY uncomfortable mama (which I can deal less with) and a VERY, VERY angry and uncomfortable little boy (which breaks my heart).
I'm desperate for advice. I don't want to keep supplementing if we can avoid it. I want this little boy to learn how to suck!


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5 Towns Where Records Still Rule
Don't get us wrong, vinyl is still a thin sliver of the much larger recording industry. Of the 316 million albums sold last year, a scant 4.6 million were on vinyl. Yet Nielsen Soundscan
It's no fluke, either. Since 2009, sales of vinyl records have grown by nearly 2.1 million albums and by nearly 15% each year. During that same time, total album sales have dropped from 376 million, while combined physical album sales have fallen below 200 million for the first time ever.
That's not enough to undo all the damage vinyl and its purveyors have suffered throughout the years. Record stores saw their revenue tumble by 76% since 2000 to $2 billion, according to market research firm IBISWorld. That group estimates that record stores will lose another 40% of sales by 2016. Vinyl's still a large, cumbersome, decidedly nonportable music format in a digital world with little use for those traits.
Those recent sales spikes elevated vinyl from a thrift-store find to an honored portion of music collections throughout the U.S., though. You may buy a $1.99 digital single of the moment or download the full $8 to $10 album if you're really into it, but record buyers save that honor for the albums they truly praise or the ephemera they just can't find online. That's prompted labels such as Warner
So where should you be if you want to get your hands on a Mark Lanegan/Moby single, a Black Keys/The Stooges 7" version of No Fun or any of the other special-edition releases headed to record stores that day? If your town is trapped in a sea of discs and downloads, let us recommend five places across the country where record stores not only live, but thrive:


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Thursday, March 20th, 2014 Mill Valley Public LibraryCreekside Room7 PM (doors open at 6:45)Introduction to Keynote | March 20th, 7:00pm Learn how to make a digital slide presentation using Apple's slide presentation software, Keynote. Class will cover how to use Keynote's interface, organize a presentation, how to customize presentations with images, animations and multimedia elements. At the end of this class you will have completed your first Keynote presentation.
Instructor: Lynne WatenpaughLynne Watenpaugh has been a public school teacher for over twenty years. During her career she has taught both children and adults. She currently teaches technology classes at Mill Valley Middle School. She sees technology as a tool to manipulate in order to express one's ideas. She has an undergraduate degree in English from UCLA, a Master Degree in Instructional Technology from San Francisco State University, is a California Writing Project Fellow, and a Google Certified Teacher.
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Lenovo's Horizon will start at $1,700
We have seen large, multi-touch table PC concepts in the past from
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Now, Lenovo is looking to expand its presence in your living room with the 27" IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC. The Horizon can lay on a flat surface (like a table or floor) where multiple users can gather around and interact with the touch interface.
Horizon supports simultaneous 10-finger touch, and even comes with a few cool peripherals to use including E-dice for card-based games and four joysticks (Lenovo currently has backing from Electronic Arts and Ubisoft for games with Horizon support).
When not being used in table mode, the Horizon can easily convert into a regular 27" desktop PC (1920x1080 resolution).
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Thankfully, the Horizon includes an integrated battery so that families can gather around and interact with the device and not trip over wires. However, don't expect to go cordless for too long -- the integrated battery is only good for a maximum of two hours before you have to go scrambling to find the power cord.
"We've seen technology shifts across the four screens, from the desktop to the laptop, tablet and smartphone, and yet, while people have more computing power than ever before, there is still room for technologies like Horizon that bring people together," said Peter Hortensius, president, Product Group, Lenovo. "Horizon makes personal computing interpersonal computing with shared, collaborative experiences among several people,"
Lenovo's Horizon Table PC will not launch until early summer, and will feature a price tag starting at $1,699.
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Peace Corps/Micronesia serves two countries: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of Palau, comprising a total population of approximately 170,000. The combined land mass, with its extraordinary reefs and rain forests, includes over 900 islands of which about 600 century 21 broker properti jual beli sewa rumah Indonesia are inhabited. While the combined land mass is less than the size of Rhode Island, the geographic span is over 3,000 miles in the northwestern Pacific. The Peace Corps/Micronesia program began in November 1966.
Peace Corps History
Main article: History of the Peace Corps in Micronesia
The Peace Corps program in Micronesia began in 1966. At the program's peak size in 1968, 700 Volunteers were assigned to Micronesia, which included the Republic of Palau, FSM, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands. The first group of Volunteers taught English at all educational levels, and a cadre of Volunteer legal advisors soon followed. The Volunteer legal advisors assisted the then U.S. trust century 21 broker properti jual beli sewa rumah Indonesia territory in its quest for independence. In the 1970s, the Peace Corps moved into agriculture, health, community development, and cooperative management projects. The early 1980s saw Volunteers working in water and sanitation, forestry, and fisheries.
The formation of FSM in 1986 resulted in a reassessment of Peace Corps programming, and Volunteer activities were consolidated. Dual assignments were developed, and all Volunteers taught English in primary schools and also worked in other activities specified by their sponsoring state government agency. In the 1990s, the programming strategy moved from state-specific to national projects. Concurrently, programming shifted from being focused on English as a second language to projects in a wide range of technical areas, such as library development, health education, sports development, youth group development, marine resource management, environmental education, watershed management, and small business development.
Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyle
Main article: Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in Micronesia
Volunteers in Micronesia are required to live with a host family for training and for the entire two years of service. Many Volunteers find it a challenge to adjust from the independent living they are used to. Household rules, especially for women, are likely to feel very restrictive compared to life in the United States. Yet the rewards tend to be immense. Almost all life in Micronesia revolves around the family, and being "adopted" into a family gives a Volunteer a vehicle to becoming part of the local community. Micronesians live with extended family, and find it extremely odd for anyone to live alone. Living with a family makes it easier to learn the language, provides unique opportunities to become part of the culture, and ensures a safer and more secure environment. Much of a Volunteer's life in Micronesia is based on interactions with the host family, and these interactions help facilitate community entry. Married couples also live with a family for their entire service.
If you serve on a main island, you will likely live with a family in a small village. On main islands host family sites range from a two-hour drive to the capital to right near the city. Peace Corps/Micronesia is committed to focusing on rural communities. Living in the more rural villages is a very different experience from living in one very close to the capital town. On main islands, you may be surprised by how spread-out houses in a village tend to be. On outer islands, space and land is more limited.
Main article: Training in Micronesia
When you first join us in Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia, you will participate in approximately nine weeks of pre-service training (PST). PST will help you to learn about your host country and island, learn about what it will be like to be a Peace Corps Volunteer in FSM/Palau, and learn about yourself.
The goals of Peace Corps/Micronesia's training program are to give you a "jump start" in learning about the culture and language of your host island, to help prepare you for community entry into the community in which you will serve, and to train you to be an effective observer/cultural student. PST helps prepare Volunteers to be development facilitators who can help their community prioritize local needs and desires and help initiate efforts to address these needs. During PST, you will learn some skills that will help you begin to get comfortable in a classroom environment. You will be introduced to the concepts of capacity building and sustainable development; you will have the opportunity to learn about local organizations, institutions, and leaders; and you will start to meet community partners. The goal of pre-service training is to help you successfully start a learning process that will continue throughout your service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Micronesia.
Health Care and Safety
Main article: Health care and safety in Micronesia
The Peace Corps' highest priority is maintaining the good health and safety of every Volunteer. Because medical services may be inadequate or unavailable in some host countries, Peace Corps medical programs emphasize the preventive, rather than the curative, approach to disease.
Peace Corps/Micronesia maintains its own health unit in Kolonia, Pohnpei, with a physician's assistant and a full-time nurse. These medical officers provide or manage Volunteer healthcare. If you are assigned to another state or Palau, healthcare will be provided by professionals in the capital center or at remote sites.
Volunteers must be prepared to use these providers and facilities for initial and follow-up care. Local hospitals, clinics, or other healthcare facilities are typically very basic—smaller, older, and less well-kept and maintained than the U.S. norm. There are fewer supplies and equipment. Providers are typically a Micronesian medical officer or another foreign national trained in Fiji in basic medicine. Trained specialists are generally limited. Local care, including basic dental and gynecological care, will be accessed and utilized by Volunteers whenever possible.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and cross-cultural issues in Micronesia
In Micronesia, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs will be judged in a cultural context very different from our own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Micronesia.
In Micronesia, residents of lagoon and outer islands have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. Micronesians are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
- Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers with Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in Micronesia
- How much luggage will I be allowed to bring to Micronesia?
- What is the electric current in Micronesia?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Micronesian friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training, and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Can I call home from Micronesia?
- Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
Packing List
Main article: Packing list for Micronesia
This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in Micronesia and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight limit on baggage. Although you can get almost everything you need in Micronesia, it is advisable to bring some essentials, find out what you really need once you are in-country, and then write home to have things sent to you. Having your family or friends buy what you need may be a little cheaper than buying things locally.
- General Clothing
- Men
- Women
- Personal Hygiene and Toiletry Items
- What Not To Bring:
- Suggestions for gifts for Host Families
Peace Corps News
Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by country of service or your home state
The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.
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Country Fund
Contributions to the Micronesia Country Fund will support Volunteer and community projects that will take place in Micronesia. These projects include water and sanitation, agricultural development, and youth programs.
See Also
- Friends of Micronesia
- List of resources for Micronesia
- Pre-Departure Checklist
- Inspector General Reports


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Region - The wild turkey is native to North America. According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), turkeys were widespread when the Europeans arrived in the United States and may have predated the earliest human inhabitants.
In New York State, the spread of farmland in New York and the loss of forests due to logging led to a steep decline in wild turkey populations during the 1800s. Without forests, there are no roosting places for wild turkeys and they can't survive.
Also, there were no hunting regulations regarding wild turkeys early on, and they were heavily hunted. According to the DEC there was a 100-year period, beginning in the 1840s, during which there were no wild turkeys in New York State.
By the early 1900s, however, farming began to decline, and many of the farms began to revert to the kind of land that could once again support wild turkeys. The DEC says, "Around 1948, wild turkeys from a small remnant population in northern Pennsylvania crossed the border into western New York. These were the first birds in the state after an absence of 100 years."
In 1959, the New York State Conservation Department started a program to trap turkeys in places where they were thriving and move them to other areas of the state; that program proved to be very successful. Today, there are an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 in the state.
The story of wild turkeys in Pennsylvania followed essentially the same path, with over-hunting and loss of habitat leading to a shrinking population, But at the lowest level of population, there were still a few thousand wild turkeys in the central part of the state around 1900. The Pennsylvania Game Commission was formed in 1897, and shortly thereafter began serious conservation efforts, which increased over time and continue today. Additionally, as in New York, farming declined in Pennsylvania, and the land reverted to the type that could support wild turkeys.
The commission reports, "The current success of wild turkey management in the Commonwealth is directly related to increased protection in the early 1900s; the restoration of forested habitat over the past century; aggressive range expansion fostered by trap and transfer work; and conservative fall harvest management strategies that protected the wild turkey population's breeding base." The commission estimates the wild turkey population to be 250,000 to 300,000.


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The Muslim Brotherhood condemned what appeared to be a coordinated attack across the city involving several bombs.
CAIRO — Twenty people died and more than 100 were wounded as blasts and protests rocked Cairo on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Shortly after sunrise, a truck bomb exploded as it tried to get into police headquarters in the Egyptian capital, killing five and wounding 76, government officials said.
"Traitors and dogs," onlookers yelled in an apparent reference to the assailants, according to Reuters.
Several police officers sat on the sidewalk, weeping as ambulances rushed in, Reuters reported. A crowd of distraught-looking residents looked on as A body lay on the ground, covered by a sheet.
State television quoted witnesses as saying that gunmen opened fire on buildings after the blast. The police headquarters building and nearby 19th-century Museum of Islamic Art, which was recently renovated in a multimillion-dollar project, were badly damaged.
With smoke still rising over the city center from the blast, a second explosion next to a subway station again shook Cairo. A Ministry of Health spokesperson said one person died and another four were wounded in the second explosion.
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Damage outside the Islamic museum after a car bomb explosion outside the police headquarters in Cairo.
Egyptian TV later reported a third explosion from an improvised explosive device next to a police station near the Pyramids district of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo.
According to the health ministry, 14 people later died in fierce clashes that later broke out between thousands of supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and Egyptian security forces, who fired teargas at the Molotov cocktail-hurling demonstrators.
The militant group Ansar Beit al Maqdis released a statement claiming responsibility for the near-simultaneous bombings, which came a day before the third anniversary of the uprising that toppled Mubarak.
They were the first attacks in central Cairo since the surge of militant attacks that followed Morsi's ouster in July.
Shortly before the referendum on the new constitution 10 days ago, an explosion struck a courthouse in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba in northern Giza although no casualties were reported.
Calling them "heinous terrorist attacks" the U.S. Embassy in Cairo condemned those responsible for the explosions and said they would fully support the Egyptian government's efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice.
"The Embassy extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and we hope for the quick and full recovery of the injured," the statement added.
Since Morsi's removal, there has been a fierce crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood organization, which has been banned by the interim government.
Henry Austin reported from London. Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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- Women's rights top agenda as Egyptians vote on draft constitution
- News organizations call for release of journalists detained in Egypt
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Monroe County budget studied
WOODSFIELD – General fund requests received for the 2014 budget from Monroe County departments were up $300,000 in comparison with this year's figures, according to discussion Monday at the county commissioners' meeting.
The requests totaled $5,564,568.68, and the estimated revenue for the general fund for 2014 is $4,779,064.85.
All other requests in addition to the general fund amounted to $15,959,527.13 while the estimated revenue in that area is $15,963,387.71.
Jeanette Harter, who handles finances for the commissioners, presented the departments' requests for the 2014 tax budget.
Commissioners approved a motion to accept the requests of $21,524,095.78.
In other matters, Prosecuting Attorney James L. Peters was at the meeting concerning a $34,952 grant for the victim witness advocate program, and it was signed by commissioners. The funds will be used basically in the prosecuting attorney's office for personnel, supplies and utilities.
Three representatives from the Monroe County Care Center were present, and Greg Johnson gave a financial update concerning the center for May.
The care center administrator, reporting on personnel and other matters, said the center has a new medical director, and he is Dr. Ron Williamson of Woodsfield.
Commissioners received an estimate from Rossiter Painting for painting their offices. Sheila Turner, the commissioners' clerk, is to check with that company in regard to times and dates which will be convenient for this work to be done. Commissioners also discussed times when it would be convenient for this work in regard to their schedule.
A letter has been sent by commissioners to Lou Jannazo, chief of project development for the Ohio Rail Development Commission, expressing the county's support of the grant application made by Hannibal Real Estate LLC for track rehabilitation at the Hannibal Industrial Park.
Noting the county is absolutely delighted that rail service has been restored to Monroe County through the collaborative efforts of Hannibal Real Estate LLC, the Ohio Terminal Railway Co. and the Ormet Railroad Corp., commissioners added, "We believe that the restoration of freight rail service into Monroe County is a strong driver for economic growth and will both sustain and create new jobs in Monroe County.
"The railway provides Monroe County with a viable transportation hub/port at Hannibal, and Monroe County believes that there is strong evidence to show that robust logistics lead to robust economic growth."
Commissioners went on to note that county hasn't received any funds from the Ohio Rail Development Commission, and they are aware that significant private capital has been injected to restore railroad service. "We therefore believe that providing grant funds to restore and rebuild side tracks at the Hannibal Industrial Park will be beneficial to the economic development within Monroe County."


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"It belonged to Missus Eventide. She gave it to me as a gift before she went away, but it's too big for me. I wanted you to have it, on 'count that it's Midwinter, and we give gifts to folks."
|Stilgar Fulgrum
Stilgar frowns guiltily, well aware that his leave of absence had been unannounced. The mention of Grundar renders him a little uneasy, but he nods at Chandler's words.
"My apologies, Speaker. I had promised to carry out an errand for one of my superiors. Admittedly, the timing of my departure was not exactly impeccable..." he says, thinking back to the last festival.
"Has anything of note happened since then?"
|Magnus Thunderf00t
Is the Thane's Festival held on the same date as that of the civilian's? In either case, I will accept the invitation, but I may be fashionably late to the Thane's party if my human friends are also celebrating.
The dwarves' celebration is held the same night.
|Gaius Gracci
Gaius Keeps his eyes fixed on the sky.
"That can't be good."
Paying little attention to the village around him Gaius walks along a line taking him neither nearer or farther to the odd light.
Any parallax? Is it twinkeling like the other stars? Trying to get an idea of distance. If there is any parallax then it likely only miles away. If it does not twinkle then it is in the thousands/millions of miles range, likely in the same solar system.
|Magnus Thunderf00t
Magnus perks up a bit, but tries not to seem too interested. "Sounds like important business. I would love to hear more if you know it. I'm always interested in the ways of our governance. What sort of rebels were they looking for? deserters, traders of illegal goods, perhaps... blasphemers? "
Tarrana regards the bracelet carefully before saying anything. The mention of the woman from before is alarming but she has no particular desire to hurt the girls feelings without a full understanding of what she is looking at.
Detect Magic on the bracelet.
|Gaius Gracci
It is the last place Gaius saw them headed...
Tarrana casts her spell, and the girl gasps, a wide-eyed look of anticipation on her face. However, as you take the time to concentrate, her look turns to disappointment. You detect no magic from the bracelet.
"I thought maybe you were gonna do magic. Ms. Eventide used to do magic. This one time, I saw her burn a bunch of barbarians," she says, sniffing and rubbing her nose with one of her mittens.
|Stilgar Fulgrum
"Such ceaseless violence, it's a shame it must go on," Stilgar says, his tone somber, "But if that is the price that must be paid, well... has anything else gone on as of late...?"
Catching sight of Gaius, he would nod towards him, wondering if he has finally decided to join the festivities.
|Magnus Thunderf00t
"Indeed, we have been a bit out of the loop about the goings on here as of late. What news have you? " Seeing Gaius, Magnus will acknowledge him with a nod before turning back to Chandler. "It appears we are needed for another audience, friend. Thank you kindly and we shall see you again. " Dismissively, Magnus forms a small circle with his allies and makes small talk, waiting for the Chandler to move off before starting the "real" conversation.
Chandler stands uncomfortably for a moment, adjusting his rich robes and smoothing his hair. Then, realizing he's been summarily dismissed, frowns and strides off attempting to look as if he has other places to be. He flicks a glance over his shoulder and spares Magnus a scowl before becoming lost in the crowd.
Tarrana looks up at the girl and gives a small smile. "I'm sorry to say I have nothing to give you. I've never had anyone to gift anything too. But, what can you tell me about Ms. Eventide?"
|Stilgar Fulgrum
Stilgar frowns as he watches the Speaker move away and shakes his head.
"A man with wounded pride can be a dangerous thing. Perhaps it would have been better to humor him for a while longer; I would rather us be on his good side."
"At any rate, is something the matter Gaius? I confess, I had been under the impression that the festivities weren't to your liking. I didn't expect to see you around."
Tarrana looks up at the girl and gives a small smile. "I'm sorry to say I have nothing to give you. I've never had anyone to gift anything too. But, what can you tell me about Ms. Eventide?"
"Well...could you show me some magic? I like magic. That'd be a good gift. An' I can tell you all about Ms. Eventide, if you like." She scuffs a hole in the dirt revealed by the heat of the fire with the toe of her boot.
|Gaius Gracci
Stilgar frowns as he watches the Speaker move away and shakes his head.
"A man with wounded pride can be a dangerous thing. Perhaps it would have been better to humor him for a while longer; I would rather us be on his good side."
"At any rate, is something the matter Gaius? I confess, I had been under the impression that the festivities weren't to your liking. I didn't expect to see you around."
Gaius is clearly concerned about something."Stilgar, Magnus. There is something outside you need to see."
"Look there. Start with the shutter on that grocer's shop, Follow the line up to the chimey. No imagine a still collum of smoke and follow that line up. Do you see where that line crosses Baal's belt?
Good now back down a bit. Do you see that bright star about a third of the way back to the grocer's roof?"
"That star was not there last night."
"I do not know what it means but I very much doubt it is good news."
|Stilgar Fulgrum
Stilgar's eyes follow Gaius' instructions, a frown passing over his face as they find the star in question.
"Hm. That is quite strange, but..." he comments, knowing next to nothing about the particulars of astrology. Not quite understanding Gaius' concern, he contemplates the religious implications of the event, or the relation of stars to Baal in general.
Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
He shakes his head, looking back to Gaius.
|Magnus Thunderf00t
k(any) 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
"Are you certain of this?" Magnus contemplates what this may mean, and considers the pertinence of this information as compared to his social faux-pas a moment ago. "Gaius, you have a powerful connection to the skies, and I tend to defer to you in this situation, but I wonder if this wouldn't be a trick of the eye? perhaps it is a particularly clear night and the star was obscured previously? " Magnus is attempting to evade the inevitable conclusion that this discovery will lead to. He certainly wants to know the truth about this event, but getting caught up now could close other, more immediate windows of opportunity for him with the local political circles.
Tarrana looks about nervously before attempting anything. After a moment she points to one of the burning coals in the fireplace and makes it lift up and dance every so slightly. It makes a tingling noise before the fire eventually engulfs the coal and she lets it disintegrate back into the fire.
Stilgar: Stars aren't normally part of the theology surrounding Baal, though a common myth is that they are sparks sent up into the sky by the blows of his hammer when at work in the forge.
Magnus: You think back to your knowledge of constellations while observing Gaius' discovery and realize that, yes, this is a new star. It should not be there, and it is outshining the rest of the heavenly bodies visible in the night sky.
Tarrana: The girl gives a smile and a wink, mouthing the words "Thank you." Then she takes your hand and pulls you over to an area where there is a pot of hot cider keeping warm over banked coals. After getting each of you a mug, she says "Ms. Eventide was the wife of the man that used to run our store. She says she came from somewhere else. I liked her because she used to paint pictures. She did one of me once. She could do magic too. Once, when the Narok came and started killing people and taking our stuff, she turned into a monster and burned them with fire."
|Magnus Thunderf00t
"hmm... intriguing, but what would you have us do about it, Gaius? Should we just fly up and paint the star out? although intriguing, it isn't necessarily dangerous. "
|Gaius Gracci
"I don't see there is anything to do about it. But it cannot be there. This means something."
Gaius looks again at the impossible sky.
"Loath as I am to draw the attention of the iron-workers they might know something. Perhaps you of more favored height could find out what they know. I would hate to abuse our big headed friend's hospitality if there is another way."
|Stilgar Fulgrum
Stilgar scratches his beard, still puzzled by the supposed significance of the star.
"I am sure Grundar would be willing to tell Magnus what he knows about it, if anything. From the sound of things, he has taken quite the liking to him. However, unless I'm mistaken, I believe the Grand Archive would be of more use for this end. Unfortunately, I can only imagine how much more difficult it would be to reach now that winter is in full..."
|Magnus Thunderf00t
"I have another idea. It may not tell us everything, but it will at least tell us if the star itself is what it claims to be."
Magnus semi-jogs to one end of town and sends senses as far as he can, taking a few moments to ponder and memorize what he has seen. He then moves to the opposite side of town and does the same thing.
k(engineering?)-mathematics 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Magnus is using relative star positions and triangulation to determine if the star is an actual celestial body, or if it is actually closer to the planet than first suspected.
|Magnus Thunderf00t
...worth a shot...
Magnus turns back to the group. Well, let's not cause undue panic. This could be a good sign as well. Perhaps the birth of a star means new life? In any case, I think it wise to let the celebrations here continue. I shall commence more research once the Mid-winter festival has finished. I will however, make mention of it to the Thane and see what he thinks. "
Magnus then suggests that everyone stay close together for the time being, in case we must move out quickly.
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"I am sure she is in one of her usual whereabout locations. " Magnus gestures to Gaius to lead the way. Assuming he obliges, Magnus will follow, keeping up a conversation. "Friend Stilgar, I remember that some time ago you showed us a scroll tube that contained various pieces of important information, and that one of those pertained to a raid at midwinter. Do you think we should expect such a thing again as five years ago? It seems we have a nasty tendency to fall right into the footsteps of the past. "
As the trio stands in front of the hall, Stilgar notes others nearby, apparently waiting for room to pass inside. However, as he moves and indicates the others should follow, he realizes that they seem somehow familiar. A tall human man, his close-cropped hair and beard salted with gray, but his lined face leaves his exact age vague. He wears a rich brocaded robe, fur-lined against the winter chill. On his arm is a tall woman, her face hidden beneath a voluminous fur-lined hood. Behind them is a barrel-chested gnome bearing a backpack as large as he is, as well as a great canvas sack in his arms.
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The older man gives a slight bow and a faint smile. "We've seen each other in passing, I believe. The Harvest Festival. With everyone masked, it can be difficult to remember folks," he says, reaching back to fumble in the sack the gnome carries. "Gaius was kind enough to make our acquaintance during our short visit then. However, you are Stilgar, the priest of the local church, are you not?" Without waiting for an affirmative reply, he pulls a small bag, decorated with a cloth ribbon, from the sack. With a smile, he hands it to Stilgar. "Happy Midwinter."
"I see." Tarrana says a troubled look coming over her eyes. "And then the dwarves came?"
The young girl nods. "They came and at first they were just chasing the rest of the Narok and taking bodies away. Then they started pounding on the door of the shop. When no one answered, they broke it down. Ms. Eventide turned into a monster again and fought them, but they won and took her and her husband away. Now Mister Chandler owns their shop. He used to be just the candlemaker across the way. Now he's village speaker too."
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"I am indeed," Stilgar says with a smile, somewhat relieved over the recognition. Surprise passes over his face when the man offers him the bag. Not usually taken to receive holiday gifts, he hesitates briefly before accepting it.
"Why, thank you kindly. Happy Midwinter to the three of you as well," he says warmly as he examines the present, before looking to the trio again, "But might I trouble you for your name? It would be wrong of me to accept your generosity otherwise."
"Well, as I recall I was going by Wolf at High Harvest, but you may call me Wayland, since I no longer have the mask." He turns to the woman on his arm. "What is it you are going by these days?" he asks. Enough of her angular face and pointed chin are revealed beneath the hood for those assembled to see her smile.
"Astarte," she replies. You note that Wayland makes no offer to give you the gnome's name, ignoring him for now as he stamps his hobnail boots in an attempt to warm up.
Inside the bag is a string of prayer beads, each bead crafted of some metal or stone that holds significance to the Baalite religion. Attached to it is a miniature iron hammer bearing the mark of Baal's eye upon it. The are normally worn about the waist.
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Would the beads work as a holy symbol?
And Knowledge (religion) for any additional insight on them: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Stilgar runs the beads through his hands, admiring their craftsmanship before returning them to the bag for the time being.
"It is a fine gift, Wayland. Though regretfully, I have nothing to give you in return."
Yes, the beads would work as a divine focus. They're fairly common among those just entering the faith, used as mnemonic devices to learn scripture, each bead having a common prayer to go with it.
"I doubt that. Not all gifts are material. While it is usually up to the giver to decide on a gift, I'd like to bend tradition a bit and make a request. Should you, in your travels, meet a queen, tell her this for me: 'Your sister requests that travelers be allowed to use the road freely.' Grant me this, and your Midwinter gift is given and well received."
"Now then, I believe I have something in here for Magnus,as well..." Wayland begins digging into the sack the gnome carries. "You too, Gaius. Don't run off. Then we can find Tessara so she can receive her gift as well."
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Magnus watches the group closely. Something about them reminds him of a story he once heard... "Ah! Now, I remember you." Magnus blurts. "I thank you for your gifts, and indeed I have a gift now to share with you, but not here. I bring the gift of private information. "
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"Well met friends, and a special midwinter greeting to you Mule."
On Waylands mention of gifts.
"A gift among friends, freely given and accepted with warmth, is one of the fine and unexpected boons of this world."
Sense motive on Wayland. There are strings attached to these "gifts". 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 Hmmm might find something.
"Well then, Magnus...here we are," says Wayland, producing a bundle of cloth tied with a ribbon.
Digging into the sack again, he produces a small envelope of folded parchment that hardly seems to weigh anything. This he hands to Gaius. "Happy Midwinter, and may this serve you well."
That said, he turns off toward the town center. "Let's find Tarrana, shall we?" As he starts off, he stumbles over a keg left outside the hall, though it is in plain sight. Astarte takes his arm again and guides him around the obstacle as if he couldn't see it.
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Magnus turns to his allies, pausing for a moment and looking at the gift he has received "Shall we follow? We were looking for Tarrana anyways."
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Tarrana nods meaningfully still in conversation with the little girl. "Why didn't she go away when the dwarves come? Wouldn't have been easier than trying to fight them?"
Tarrana: The girl chews on her bottom lip for a moment, and then shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe she thought people would be on her side, since she killed the Narok. Maybe she figured she could just kill the dwarves like she did the raiders."
As the others approach, the girl seems reluctant to continue the conversation, slipping to interpose Tarrana between herself and the arriving folks.
Wayland and Astarte stop beside the fire and the older man digs through the sack again. "Yes, here we are... For you, Tarrana," he says, as he pulls out a cloth bundle and hands it to her.
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Magnus approaches the group. Noting the little girl, he nods towards her and smiles before turning back to the adults in the group. "Very good, now that we are all assembled, I think it important that we speak at length, and I won't take no for an answer. " Magnus will gesture to the doorway and lead the group to the most secluded place he knows.


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Proposal would open National Forest roads
The West Virginia Open Trails Association has been working with the management of the Monongahela National Forest to open existing forest service roads to all motor vehicles including off highway vehicles, such as ATVs and UTVs and snowmobiles.
Our last meeting on April 15 with the Monongahela Forest Service in Elkins included a local ATV dealer, several senior citizens, disabled veterans, a Randolph County commissioner and two aides from Sen. Joe Manchin's office.
Our proposal was to open all existing forest service roads for off highway vehicles recreation that are presently open for motor vehicle access. This proposal was submitted with a support letter from Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito and resolutions from five county commissions supporting ATVs access to the Mon Forest. Their resolutions stated it will allow many people to see parts of the Mountain State that are currently not accessible to them, including senior citizens and the disabled.
The five county commissioners were from Randolph, Webster, Tucker, Pendleton and Pocahontas counties. They represent more than 62,000 citizens that live in and around our Mon Forest. Several of our disabled senior citizens who attended the meeting pointed out that the forest service roads should be under the same laws that govern secondary West Virginia state and county roads, which allow ATVs and UTVs to travel them.
Our proposal was rejected because forest service officials expressed concerns that organizations like the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Coalition would object. The National Forest Service is mandated by law to develop a Land Management Plan with public input. Our last management plan was submitted in 2006. It must provide areas accessible to motor vehicles and also a motor vehicle usage map. This map designates forest service roads open to motor vehicles.
There is nowhere in the Land Management Plan or the motor vehicles usage map that restricts ATVs or UTVs from using existing forest roads. The order that does prohibit off-highway vehicle access came from Clyde Thompson, our Monongahela Forest supervisor, in a document named Vehicle Use Restrictions Order 21-91 issued Dec. 17, 2008. In my opinion, this order seems to have come from his own ideology because it is not mandated by the Land Management Plan.
I would like to thank Congresswoman Capito and the five county commissioners for their support on this worthwhile proposal. A special thanks to Mike Taylor, Randolph County commissioner, for his interest and leadership. He realized that this is very important to our senior citizens and disabled. We are still looking to Sen. Manchin to bring some reason to this unreasonable situation.
Why have all the other national forests provided off-highway vehicle recreation and our Mon Forest refuses to do so?
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Sorry Joker, I just can't put a smile on my face. The Pirates dropped their 6th in a row and looked overmatched. More overmatched than a high school baseball team taking on the Yankees. I would say you guys, the Pirates but I honestly am not sure if you could beat a high school team. The Pirates have been outscored 27-4 from the seventh inning on in the past 10 games. Its no surprise that the Bucs are 2-6 in those last 10 games. The 10 game mark has been the number of contests since Pittsburgh unleashed their trades and showcased their new lineup. At first glance I loved the look and believed in the Bucs. With Lastings Milledge, Garrett Jones and Ronny Cedeno. I thought it was a decent core that would stop at nothing to compete in these last few months of the season- I was surely mistaken. I feel embarrased that the Pirates have been destroyed the way they have over this past week. WHile they still can turn it around and win a few games-it just wont mean anything. I would like to see them develop and fuse into the team I want to watch in the future but they way they have been playing gives me little hope for the future.
I know the organization will not go out and spend money on free agents so it looks like I'm stuck with this team for at least the next year. While I do like the players, don't get me wrong, I just don't think they have it in them now to give the Pirates a winning season in 2010. I understand the rebuilding plan better than anyone. We are definately in better shape than we would be with the players we traded away. I enjoy the future and know we will succeed- I just want to be shown something I can believe in.
Now there is something I do believe in. LETS GOOOO MOUNTAINEERS
The USA Today poll was released for the college football season and the Mountaineers are not in the top 25. You would think I would be a little upset about this but I am not. In past few seasons the Mountaineers have been ranked in the top ten and have underachieved. With expectations lowered and the national eye focused on other teams I'm sure WVU will fly under the radar and surprise some people.
In the fall I will be covering the women's soccer team for the school newspaper. The women are coming off the Big East regular season chamapionship and a strong showing in the NCAA tournament. This season they have reloaded and maintain a strong offense that is sure to put the ball in the net. While I'm not the biggest soccer fan I am so excited to cover the team and develop a greater appreciation for this fine sport. While baseball is the national pastime, there no question that soccer is the world's pastime.
-Now back to baseball.
Charlie Morton takes the hill against a strong Adam Wainwright. Wainwright is 12-7 and Morton is 2-4. I am a huge fan of Mortons (he has potential to be my next Ian Snell) I hope he can recover from his last two mediocre starts. It will be tough though against a team like the Cardinals. It will also be tough for a team like the Pirates. The need to get out of the doldrums and get their bats to wake up. PNC Park will be packed tonight in anticipation of a Fireworks night. The band O.A.R is also going to be playing after the game and the stadium will be filled with young kids and college kids like myself. I think I will be the only one there going for the baseball game, everyone else is pumped for fireworks and OAR. I do enjoy OAR I have two of their CDs and even though I am a bigger fan of rap and country music, their genre appeals to me and I really dig their sound. Nontheless it will be a great atmosphere and the Pirates need to show the community that they know what their doing and these are the guys to shape the future.
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The Pirates ALWAYS win on SkyBlast nights. It never fails. I think it's rigged actually… because they lose Friday/Sunday and win Saturday EVERY TIME they have skyblast and a concert.
Hope you have fun covering the soccer in the fall, your right about it being the world's pastime….As for the Pirates, I think it will take them time, your playing a lot of clubs in the hunt, so it's tough for the new guys to really get into it and try to resolve the mess they inherited…
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Hopefully The Pirates (& Tribe) can get things going in the right direction. The Indians seem to always win in the second half, but waste the first half and bury them selves to where they can't recover. http://clevelandbaseball.mlblogs.com/
Don't give up. There always is a Cinderella team that comes from behind. And you have our ex Dodger Delwyn. Those teams that start out so strong seem to end up with injjuries and simply poop out. My Dodgers seem to be pooping out lately.
I still fee you guys are really going to like Ronny Cedeno once he gets used to the style of play in Pittsburgh.
The guy was clutch in Seattle, and is a menace on the base paths.
You might miss Sanchez, but this guy is just as athletic, and he is growing into being a more powerful guy at the plate. Might not seem like it now, but the guy is going to be so good for you in 2010.
I am still hoping you guys can pop up to .500 and lose the "losing season" moniker. Your team is so much better than their record.
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Very cool that you'll be covering women's soccer for the newspaper. And don't get too down about the Pirates. I know it's easy for me to say as a Yankee fan, but Cat is right: Cinderella stories are everywhere in baseball and the Pirates could be next year's example.
Tough Loss for the Pirates. That's cool that you are going to be writing about women's soccer in the school newspaper!
Matt: I like that you will be covering women's soccer. That's cool. I got my tickets renewed for the Renegade's game, and I'll be going again tomorrow. And I don't think it will rain tomorrow, which means the game will start on time!
My Yankees are sure playing well. They took the first 2 games, and are 1 out away from nailing the 3rd. I hope they can sweep tomorrow. I wish your Pirates luck! -Virginia
Oh, Ortiz just struck out. Yay! We win game 3!
Hey man, just got back from camp and wanted to check out your blog. COngrats on the new job in your newspaper, sounds fun to me. Good luck to your boys in the rest of the season, even if things are grim. Keep your head up!
thats awesome that your going to west virginia, lots o good football their. Pat white, Steve Slaton. You know what else is awesome, andrew McCutchen. he is amazing
The Pirates are going to have a winning season again, I think next season. I believe 1993 was their last winning season, this streak of 16 straight loosing seasons is going to be over quite soon.


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By Bob Huber
When I started high school, no one warned me that students danced cheek to cheek every day during lunch hour in the gymnasium. Had I known, I would have stayed in the eighth grade until Mr. Roosevelt drafted me or Social Security kicked in, whichever came first.
What happened was, I sat one day on the school steps with some other ninth-grade guys, pondering rocket science as I recall, and someone proposed we check out the gym. "What for?" I asked.
A vague answer came back, because my friends had no more idea what went on in the gym than I did. The only clue was a rumor about mystic rites of manhood and wailing primitive music.
The truth was, "noon dancing" was all the rage at my school, a ploy by officials to keep us nailed down each day instead of wandering the city streets. But there was a problem: Nobody reckoned with freshmen who didn't know how to dance and were not emotionally equipped to be terrorized that way.
You see, back then guys matured slowly and didn't reach a pinnacle of adolescent tomfoolery until the day their bikes suddenly appeared infantile. When that happened, they reached for the nearest female for support, usually in the ninth grade.
That was when a fellow couldn't wait to be caught up in weird conventions like ogling girls and talking to them. Holding hands didn't come until the 10th grade.
So anyway, on that particular day we stalwart guys strolled nonchalantly to the gym where we came face to face with a worst case nightmare — couples dancing there, touching each other, smiling, talking, just like a horror movie. It was gruesome.
I huddled with my friends, our backs to the wall, our hands deep in our pockets, our mouths hanging open and our eyes bugging out. Some upperclassmen role models were actually out there on the gym floor — MAKING OUT!
The term "making out" in those days consisted of finding a girl who would let you take two steps forward and one back while holding her right hand with your left and resting your other hand lightly on her rib cage. What followed was a heady feeling fostered by the lilting refrain from "Chattanooga Choo Choo" mixed with witty remarks such as, "Obviously night crawlers are superior bait over your garden-variety worm."
So I asked my sister, Gazelda the Fifth Columnist, to teach me to dance. "How much is it worth to you?" she said.
I retreated and sat on the back porch, my genes boiling away. I had the world by the tail, but didn't know how to tie a knot in it. My mother took that moment to step around me and said, in her kind Nebraska manner, "What's eating you, sour puss?"
"I don't know how to dance," I said.
"Is that all?" she said. "Follow me to the kitchen, and I'll show you. But I warn you, there's more to dancing than moving your feet. You have to learn that on your own."
The next day at noon I stood anxiously in the gym, my feet tapping to the rhythm of the music, and my eyes taking in the full bloom of Beulah Crotchmire, a girl I'd hunted rats with at the county dump back in the sixth grade. I took a deep breath and approached her.
That night my mother doctored my bruised eye and asked me what I said to warrant my wound.
"Hey, Beulah, want to dance?" I said. "It ain't as much fun as shooting rats, but it beats standing around looking stupid."
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Democratic process imperiled by billMarch 30,2014
I have missed very few of my local town meetings in the last 30 years. Of course, being an elected member of the Whiting School Board the last 21 years is a good reason to be there. But in Whiting, everyone who wants a say in the town, and school, business must come to town meeting.
All budgets and elections are done on the floor. Elections are most often uncontested, but if there are any rumors of a competition, the hall is packed. I have never seen a town budget defeated and have only seen a school budget defeated once. It is common practice for both the School Board and Select Board to present responsible budgets.
Occasionally, budgets are reduced on the floor, but if a budget is amended, it is most likely increased. Voters come in with their annual report and a pencil sometimes with knitting or children in tow and discussion begins.
What we need to teach our children and the skills they need may have changed in the last 100 years, but what we need to instill in them has not. Who wouldnt want more and better educational opportunities for our children? We all want our children to thrive and succeed in the world. We want our children to grow up feeling valued, accepted for who they are, proud of where they live and to be responsible citizens who contribute to their communities.
Vermonts town meetings are crucial to this outcome and to our way of life. It is the connection to our local towns and schools that is the foundation of civic responsibility.
H.883 will drastically change school governance, Vermonts town meetings and ultimately the democratic process that we cherish as citizens in Vermont. The bill eliminates supervisory unions by July 2020 and creates new K-12 regional education districts. The governing bodies will be farther from the student and farther from the people. Large regional budgets will be hard to understand and harder to pass, no amending on the floor.
There is no guarantee of increased student learning opportunities with consolidation of governance. The question remains will consolidation of governance save money at any level.
There are many school board members in Vermont, and I challenge you to work in your local communities while you still have a chance. Informing and engaging our citizens is our duty. Please consider holding special public meetings to educate your communities on H.883 as it moves forward.
There is strong political will in the House to move this through, and I wish I could say it is all about our students. We need to find the why in this bill and what is the will of the people. We can work together to find solutions to our educational needs and challenges. Committee rooms in Montpelier are not the only place for this discussion. It is Vermonts discussion.
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It will be very interesting to see how the lane changes slated for Woodstock Avenue actually play out. For more years than I can count, I have called city authorities with deep concern over the safety of pedestrian traffic in and around Woodstock Avenue and Stratton Road.
Why arent there signs on Woodstock Avenue from either east or west that warn of a school zone? Has anyone within city government ever witnessed how fast cars and tractor trailers zip through that intersection? The very tiny sign for the pedestrians to walk coupled with the sign for drivers not to proceed right on red through the intersection are either difficult to see or totally ignored. A day does not go by that a student or adult hasnt experienced a near miss when they have the light.
As a previous writer pointed out, crossing Woodstock Avenue by Beauchamp and ORourkes is tenuous at best. There have been serious accidents at that crossing, as well as the Stratton Road crossing. It boggles my mind that the school intersection is not even labeled as a school zone. There is no signage, in either direction, warning of this school crossing. Other high traffic areas in Rutland do have signs, as well as flashing lights and speed reduction. Furthermore, the lines painted to tell traffic to stop behind it, so the crosswalk remains clear, are virtually invisible. Twice a year, before school starts and as school ends, I have requested they paint the crosswalks with paint that would remain longer than a week, as well as would be reflective. I am told they will look into it and that they have had trouble with their paint vendor. And we are OK with paying for a product that has not worked for years? Amazingly, communities surrounding ours have clear, visible lines painted that have borne the test of seasons and still remain clearly visible.
These safety issues along with the very poor quality of the Stratton Road sidewalk, overgrowth, holes, cars on the sidewalk, etc., do not help the image of Rutland City, nor do any of these situations encourage our citizens to walk, thus improving mental and physical well-being.
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