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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (110 votes).
In short: First organised run of any sort and has inspired me to sign up to an off road 10k and a full marathon.Date of review: October 26, 2011
In short: Well organised race with a very challenging hill!Date of review: October 26, 2011
In short: A huge improvement on last year!In full: Organisation was perfect. Marshalls and support was ace. High fives on the pashmore rd and little bottles were appreciated. Can do with a more scenic route but thats just me being spoiled...Date of review: October 26, 2011
In full: I've done a lot of smaller races, but this was my first really big event. I was apprehensive, not being a fan of such events usually, but the organisation for so many runners was phenomenal - everything went like clockwork from start to finish. Support en route was great - genius idea to put our names on the labels - hard to describe just how encouraging it is to hear your name being shouted out! Loads of drinks en route (and amazing volunteers). Minor suggestion is I'd prefer a running tshirt rather than ordinary tshirt, but otherwise, really impressed with everything.Date of review: October 25, 2011
In short: better than beforeIn full: My second Birmingham Half Marathon. The last 2 miles was a killer. otherwise fantastic...and I ran in Haile Gebrselassie's footsteps.Date of review: October 25, 2011
In short: greatDate of review: October 25, 2011
In short: Excellent from start to finishIn full: Fantastic organisation & great atmosphere. Brilliant support from the brummies. Hills towards the end were tough but still managed to knock12 mins off my GNR time.Highlight was being passed by Gebrselassie....going in opposite directions....he was at 7 miles, I was at 4!Date of review: October 25, 2011
In short: First time participaction - Superb event. Looking forward to 2012 ;)Date of review: October 25, 2011
In short: what a difference from last year!In full: the difference from last years race to this years was incredible! The great run people certainly know how to organise a race! Same course as last year, so i knew when the hill was coming at 10 miles, but it didn't seem as bad! Thank you Great Run People for saving our local half marathon. Hope you'll be back next year! (i will if you will!)Date of review: October 25, 2011
In short: Wow! My second ever half-marathon and clocked a PB (beat my last time by 9 mins) got 1:45!! I loved every second, from trailing such elite athletes, to clocking Gebresalasie as I ran down Pershore Road - Amazing XX In full: What stood out: the woman at 8 miles holding out cookies for all us runners to take, all the supporters banging saucepans and singing, residents standing out the front of their houses holding water bottles, waving at Sam and Mark in Cannon Hill Park (!!), people shouting my name as I sprinted (far too early down Broad Street!!) and little kids holding boxes of sweets - how amazing?? I loved every second of this race, only wish is that I could of started with the Orange wave, I put 1:45 finish on application but started at back of white wave and had to do a lot of weaving in and out to overtake. Still, fantastic to get a PB!Date of review: October 25, 2011
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The Economist: The World in 2010
In 2010, Obama will have a miserable year, NATO may lose in Afghanistan, the UK gets a regime change, China needs to chill, India's factories will overtake its farms, Europe risks becoming an irrelevant museum, the stimulus will need an exit strategy, the G20 will see a challenge from the "G2", African football will unite Korea, conflict over natural resources will grow, Sarkozy will be unloved and unrivalled, the kids will come together to solve the world's problems (because their elders are unable), technology will grow ever more ubiquitous, we'll all charge our phones via USB, MBAs will be uncool, the Space Shuttle will be put to rest, and Somalia will be the worst country in the world. And so the Tens begin.
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Lawrie makes history with third POW honor
OKLAHOMA CITY – Washington's Danielle Lawrie (Langley, B.C.) became the first athlete in history to win three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week awards in a season today when the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America awarded her the Player of the Week honor for May 3-9. She won the first Player of the Week honor of the season for the week of Feb. 8-14 and also claimed the honor during week nine, April 5-11.
Lawrie went 3-0 over the weekend against Stanford to give UW its first conference title since 2000, firing two shutouts including her fourth no-hitter of the season. She allowed just one run and six hits in 20 innings pitched, with the lone run of the weekend coming on a solo home run off the bat of USA Women's National Team player Ashley Hansen.
Lawrie struck out at least 11 in each game and walked just three combined all weekend as she moved just 11 strikeouts shy of Alicia Hollowell's Pac-10 career record. She also had a big weekend at the plate, going 4-for-9 with four RBI, including a dramatic two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh Saturday to give UW a 2-1 win.
On Friday, Lawrie did not allow a hit in five innings of work, striking out 11 and walking just one in an 8-0 win. She also went 2-for-3 with two RBI in the game. On Saturday, she allowed just one run on five hits and struck out 13 with no walks but her biggest contribution was her first career walk-off home run, her 12 of the year that snapped a 21-game homerless drought. Then on Sunday, she allowed just one hit in eight innings and struck out 10 for her nation-leading 19th shutout of the year. She allowed a single in the first then did not allow a hit over the final seven innings.
"It's a great honor for Danielle to be named USA Softball Player of the Week. What Danielle accomplished for us this weekend against a tough Stanford line-up was awesome, especially knowing that the Pac-10 title was within our reach," said Washington Head Coach Heather Tarr. "Our program hasn't won a conference title in 10 years, so what Danielle and our team has done so far this year is pretty special."
The final Player of the Week honor for the 2010 season will be announced next week.
About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed three World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com.


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It's easy to find someone to buy your gold, silver and platinum, but how do you know if you're getting the most money for your collection?
That's also easy — take it to Gemco Coins & Jewelry, as people have been doing for nearly 25 years, and see for yourself.
"Someone came in the other day and I offered him double what another place was offering," said Greg Martin, owner of Gemco. "I really dislike it when people in this business try to take advantage of others, and that's something I never do," he said. "I decided a long time ago that I was going to do business the right way."
When you bring in your gold, silver, jewelry or even flatware to sell, Martin tells you what it's worth and shows you what he will sell it for. There's no guesswork involved, no wondering if you are getting a fair price — Martin is happy to show you.
"I don't need to be greedy, and I am usually offering 20 to 30 percent more than others," Martin said.
Examples of jewelry Gemco buys include rings — especially class rings — necklaces, earrings, chains and bracelets — new or broken, used or unwanted. Martin is interested in your gold, silver, platinum, palladium, sterling-silver flatware and costume jewelry.
Martin also is looking for silver dollars dated 1935 and older and pre-1965 silver coins,
including dimes, quarters and half-dollars. Gemco is also interested in any paper money, U.S. or
foreign. The prices you see in the blue box are what Martin is currently offering, but that could
"The exact price will change based on market fluctuations," Martin said. "If you come into the store, you will get the exact, up-to-the-minute prices."
Buyers open and close all the time, and they also run through towns on weekends and set up shop in hotels, Martin said. But Gemco is staying put and growing. Martin recently hired professional numismatist Mark Kleinlein and has increased Gemco's hours of operation.
"We continue to grow because we have built up a level of trust in central Ohio," Martin said. " We get repeat customers and they tell others about us and then they become repeat customers, because we are always fair."
Gemco Coins & Jewelry is located at 5311 W. Broad St., in the Saxton Real Estate building, just west of Norton Road. The new hours are Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (614) 878-COIN (2646).
The prices for gold and silver may change, but not the level of trust or the tremendous service you receive from Gemco.


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Topic: efficient hash manipulation?
How can i mask a key value in a hash efficiently without modifying the orignal hash and producing a new hash?
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How can i mask a key value in a hash efficiently without modifying the orignal hash and producing a new hash?
I'm not sure how it would be possible to do this without modifying the original hash or creating a new one. Can you be more descriptive in your question?
I meant how could i do it succintly
Are you just trying to remove a certain key/value from a hash? If so then there's this.
i meant masking. For example the value for password key should be replaced by 'XXXXXXX'
h[:password] = 'xxxx'
I was thinking something liek this:
h = {}
org.each { |key,val| } do
if val.include? "PWD"
h[:key] = 'xxxx'
h[:key] = val
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Insertion into a hashtable already happens in constant time so insertion + removal, both O(1), is the fastest way to do it.
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Here are some of the best – and worst – of the week:
NCCYHA TOURNEY – Last weekend created plenty of action at Steele Hall at SUNY Fredonia. But it wasn't the college players gathering all the headlines. It was the home of the 28th annual Northern Chautauqua County Youth Hockey Association tournament. Many parents and coaches spent countless hours at the tournament, which provides a competitive opportunity for youth hockey players. It was a tournament to remember.
SCHOOL SPIRIT – On Friday, March 15, the Silver Creek Black Knights high school varsity basketball team was playing in Glens Falls as part of the state championships. The game was broadcast, but it was during school. Silver Creek administrators, realizing that many students would want to watch the game, rearranged the school schedule to let students in Silver Creek see the contest. The Black Knights may not have prevailed, but they knew they had plenty of supporters back home.
FINAL MATH BATTLE – It was a bitter sweet week at Ripley Central School as the middle and high schools likely celebrated their last Pi Day math week competition. For the last six years, Ripley students have been holding various math competitions during the week of March 14 (3.14) and with the students likely to attend Chautauqua Lake in the fall, Ripley's Math Week will be no more. Perhaps it's a tradition the Chautauqua Lake School District can start next year.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE – Chautauqua County's unemployment rate hit double digits in January, reaching 10.1 percent. What makes these numbers even scarier is that the layoffs for Petri's and Carriage House won't take affect until April. The economy needs to be the focus of all our elected officials local, county and state. The national economy may be rebounding, but we're going in the opposite direction.


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These are the moments you DIDN'T see on TV.
Oscar viewers saw the year's greatest awards drama. But just offstage was an unseen hive of pre-presentation nerves and post-trophy joy. USA TODAY's Bryan Alexander relays unscripted gems from the wings of the Dolby Theatre.
Look who's talking
Jennifer Lawrence spots Sally Field across the hall, and the two run into each other's arms, yelling, "Jen!" "Sally!" "Jen!" "Sally!" "You look gorgeous." "No, you look gorgeous." They repeat the lines until Field finally says, "You win, you look more gorgeous."
Lawrence walks past host Ellen DeGeneres as she pops her head out of her dressing room and yells, "Hey!"
"Hey!" Lawrence says. "Oh, you are talking to me, right?"
"Yes, of course," DeGeneres tells her.
"Oh, thank God," Lawrence says, holding her heart.
"Hello, well, it's time to start," DeGeneres tells her.
"Yes, I know, I have to go find my seat," Lawrence says, then scoots off.
Everyone breaks out in applause as DeGeneres leaves her dressing room. With a big smile, she walks onto stage right.
STORY: '12 Years a Slave' takes top prize at Oscars
WINNERS: A full list of stars who took home 2014 Oscar trophies
RED CARPET: Looks from the 2014 Academy Awards
A host of preparations
Even before the evening begins, DeGeneres receives her first standing ovation.
At the end of the final run-through, a crowd of extras and stand-ins applaud as DeGeneres signs off. Wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and running shoes with yellow stripes, she smiles and waves her hands to request an end to the ovation.
With the buzz of power tools still going for last-minute stage changes, she intently talks with producer Craig Zadan.
Then she accepts a sparkling black jacket from an aide. She slides it on and stares at herself in the monitor.
Satisfied, she puts her sweatshirt back on and walks off.
Bring in the statues
A media cart filled with Oscars rolls by as John Travolta and Kelly Preston walk into the Architectural Digest Greenroom. "Wow, look at this!" Preston exclaims as she looks around at the décor.
Moments later, a bearded Harrison Ford, who is wearing a gold earring, leads in Calista Flockhart, putting his hand on the small of her back.
The Oscars are rolled backstage. An academy employee wears white gloves as he polishes each Oscar. He loops a paper tag with the serial number around each statuette's neck and carefully places them on the shelf next to the stage.
A couple of famous couples
Samuel L. Jackson joins Travolta and Ford in the greenroom. Robert De Niro enters with his wife, Grace Hightower. "You just missed Robert De Niro," Kim Novak tells a friend.
Not a problem, because moments later, Novak and her husband, Robert Malloy, meet De Niro in front of the restroom.
A traffic jam ensues as Jackson gives De Niro a hug. Preston approaches the De Niros and exclaims, "How is this fabulous couple?"
While Preston shares iPhone photos of son Benjamin, an obviously pregnant Kerry Washington high-fives De Niro's wife. "You can do whatever you want when you're pregnant," Hightower tells Washington. "Don't let anybody tell you any different."
Family meeting
Jared Leto, wearing a white jacket, is waiting with his brother (and Thirty Seconds to Mars bandmate) Shannon as Lupita Nyong'o approaches, carrying the train of her aquamarine dress. The two open their arms wide for a big hug. "It's so good to see you, and I want you to meet my brother," he tells her after saying hello to her brother, Peter.
Leto later points out that his white jacket has caused "some raised eyebrows." He tells his brother, "Kevin Spacey was telling me he got (grief) for wearing a white jacket. People say white jackets are only for daytime."
Give that speech an Oscar
Anne Hathaway holds hands with husband Adam Shulman. They kiss on the cheek and exchange "I love yous." Then Hathaway giggles and looks in his eyes before handing him her clutch.
Supporting-actor winner Leto's speech about dreamers and discrimination goes over famously backstage. Jamie Foxx starts yelling, "Bravo!" even before the applause starts. Washington raises both hands in salutation in front of the monitor. As Leto walks by, Foxx calls out, "Fantastic, fantastic. Chills."
Leto re-meets Hathaway, who gave him his Oscar, in the hallway. "That was so beautiful," she tells him. "That was so great what you said about your mother."
A pinch for good luck
Having given the award for best animated film, Matthew McConaughey is very animated backstage, sneaking up on Channing Tatum and his wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, and pinching Tatum on the backside.
Tatum gives him a massive bear hug, literally lifting McConaughey in the air.
Tatum (correctly) predicts a McConaughey victory for best actor in Dallas Buyers Club. "We're just a chip shot away," he says, imitating a short golf shot. "We're this close to the hole."
The newest member of U2?
After introducing U2's nominated song, Ordinary Love (from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Brad Pitt walks off, then turns around when he hears applause for The Edge, who is exiting the stage following the band's performance.
"I was coming back for you," Pitt tells him as they give each other a strong embrace. Bono follows Edge out, hugging Pitt, too.
"There's a tambourine waiting for you anytime," Bono says. "Are you here with the missus?"
Front-row delivery!
DeGeneres truly does everything as host. "Get back to your seats, pizza is coming," she says as she appears stage right. She waits for supporting-actress winner Nyong'o in the stage hall. "Oh, my God, you won an Oscar," says DeGeneres, hugging a crying Nyong'o. "It was such a beautiful speech. You were so composed. Go share it with the world."
DeGeneres turns and deals with the Big Mama's & Papa's pizza delivery guy, who has shown up. "What kind is it?" she asks. "Is it still hot? Let's go."
Moments later, she's onstage handing out pizza — much to the dismay of Benedict Cumberbatch, who is backstage about to present an award.
"Damn, I missed the pizza," he says to Jennifer Garner.
Post-performance highs
Consider Zac Efron's night made. He runs into Daniel Day-Lewis backstage and pumps his hand vigorously. "It's so nice to have someone like you to look up to," Efron stammers.
After singing Over the Rainbow, Pink strides backstage in heels and denim. "Look at me, I'm already in jeans," she says. "I was sooooo nervous. I told my husband (Carey Hart) I was going to pass out, and he said, 'Well, it will make the highlight reel.'"
No one is more excited about Wind Beneath My Wings than Bette Midler. She waltzes offstage and grabs Glenn Close for a hug. "I loved it, I loved it," she repeats.
Before getting on the freight elevator, she takes deep breaths with one hand on the wall.
"Party, party," Midler says with a huge smile. One problem, she realizes as the elevator door opens: "Oh, these shoes!"
'Hardest song in history'
Frozen songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez run smack into Idina Menzel, who has just sung Let It Go.
"Let me see those," says Menzel, hugging the couple as they hand her their trophies.
"You sang the hardest song in Oscar history, and you rocked it," says Anderson-Lopez. "See you at the after-party. We are going to do some drinking."
The home stretch
Cate Blanchett and Day-Lewis stand backstage together for an Oscar eternity, watching the monitor. As McConaughey wins best actor, Day-Lewis proclaims, "That was an extraordinary peformance."
Day-Lewis hugs McConaughey vigorously when he arrives backstage, and Blanchett rubs Lawrence's bare arms. "She just said I was super-soft," Lawrence announces. "You can print that."
DeGeneres is ebullient as the show credits rolls. She hand-slaps stars and show staffers at a sprint. "You are a genius, amazing" producer, she tells Zadan as he hugs her.
"It was fantastic," she says, beaming. "I had so much fun."


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Storm causes widespread closures
HOUGHTON – Winter has been working to make up for its slow start this year recently, and a system which moved through the Keweenaw starting Monday has added several inches of snow to the season totals.
Jason Alumbaugh, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township, said the system which moved into the western Upper Peninsula Monday pulled cold air from Canada and caused a lake effect snowfall.
Although he didn't have reports from all the NWS spotters this morning, Alumbaugh said in a 24-hour period beginning Tuesday morning, 2.5 inches fell in Jacobsville and 11 inches fell in Calumet.
The weather system also caused strong wind gusts, which Alumbaugh said led to deep snow drifts in some areas. Gusts at the Houghton County Memorial Airport peaked at 52 mph Tuesday, and 43 mph at Copper Harbor.
The weather caused school closings Tuesday and today in Houghton and Keweenaw counties. Michigan Technological University closed at noon Tuesday and is closed today. Finlandia University initially delayed classes, then cancelled them altogether.
Despite the weather, hundreds of Tech students packed the Student Development Complex Multipurpose Room Tuesday afternoon for the "spring" Career Fair. Classes were cancelled after noon due to severe weather, but the fair continued through 6 p.m.
"We have a record number of companies here (about 230) for our Spring Career Fair, but then we got hit with the snowstorm and the school is closed. We're still going, which is a major plus," said Jim Turnquist, director of Career Services at Tech, who estimated only a half-dozen companies cancelled due to weather.
The City of Houghton provided transit up the hill to the SDC for students. Many related events, such as informational meetings and dinner gatherings were cancelled or postponed. Hotels were booked in the area as far south as Baraga, and space was available in residence halls for company representatives stranded by the storm.
There were strong winds Tuesday and today on Lake Superior, also, Alumbaugh said. At Stannard Rock, which is about 24 miles south of Manitou Island, winds of 59 mph were recorded. Waves on the lake ranged from 15 to 20 feet caused by a north wind, which could have an effect on the beaches.
"It's going to pile (ice) up on the shore," he said.
Alumbaugh said the system, which is passing through the Keweenaw, should subside through today. There will still be wind gusts of up to 40 mph this morning, diminishing to 30 mph tonight. The high today should be about 10 degrees, with lows tonight ranging from 0 to -10 degrees.
Local law enforcement agencies reported no major incidents Tuesday.
Winds should calm down Thursday with rising temperatures to 20 to 25 degrees.
"Tomorrow looks pretty nice," he said. "By tomorrow, the winds will be fairly light."
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After Hours
Sonja Thompson
// October 27, 2011, 3:26 AM PST
BlizzCon 2011 was held in Anaheim, CA, on Oct. 21-22. It offered gamers a chance to meet their guilds IRL (in real life) and enjoy tournaments, discussion panels, and a peek at Blizzard's upcoming games. Here are some photos from this year's event. This particular costume is of Troll Death Knight.
For details about the announcements at BlizzCon 2011, read Wally Bahny's TechRepublic Geekend post BlizzCon 2011 photos and news about World of Warcraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II.
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StarCraft II / Adjutant
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World of Warcraft
Queen of Bugs
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Night Elf Hunter
Priestest and World of Warcraft
Human Rogue
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Alliance Rogue
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Demon Hunter
Blood Elf
Lady Deathwing
Tyrande Whisperwind
Warcraft Dryad
Warcraft Rogue
High Inquisitor Whitemane
Ghost and Demon Hunter
Jo-Jo Chen Tyrael
Starcraft Ghost
Diablo III / Mistress of Pain
Night Elf Druid
Lady Blaumeux
Female Draenei Mage
Deathwing Aspect of Death
Illidan Stormrage
Twin Valkyr
Professor Putricide and Festergut
Diablo III / Witch Doctor
Lady Vashj
Diablo III / Female Monk
Blood Queen Lanathel
Tier 4 Warrior
Tier 6 Draenei Mage
Female Undead
Female Warlock
Arthas The Lich King
Draenei Sharman and Turtle Mount
Eredar Twins
Starcraft Marines
Sally Whitemane
Night Elf Druids
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Marietta Klein
KLEIN, Marietta Belle, 81, of Ossineke died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at home.
She is survived by four children, Susan (Terry) Marek of Ossineke, Gloria Souva of Alpena, William Jr. (Robin) of Alpena, and Anita (Garry) Dewar of Florida; son-in-law, Ernie McEwen of Alpena; 13 grandchildren; 21 great- grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Chester (Bridgette) Shepard, Raymond Shepard, and James Shepard; three sisters, Susie Smith, Linda (Greg) Gilbert, and Betty (Phil) Pesotski; two sisters-in-law, Beverly Shepard and Marilyn (Allen) Riley.
Cremation services have been handled by the Bannan Funeral Home. A private graveside service will take place. Inurnment will be at Spratt Cemetery.


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I develop on Mac and I like TextMate, I think it is a good tool: easy to use yet powerful but it doesn't provide debugging and sometimes it will be easier to have the option to debug. So which tool do you suggest me? Which one provide a good yet easy debugging system? Aptana Studio?
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Religious News Briefs
Spaghetti dinner to help World Vision
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at SUNY Fredonia is fundraising for World Vision's caregiver kit building project. These kits are filled with medical supplies to enable caregivers to tend to those living with AIDS in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
To do this project, InterVarsity needs to order at least 50 kits at $22 each. A spaghetti dinner will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Harvest Chapel. The dinner costs $7 and includes a beverage, spaghetti, salad, and a roll. Children ages 4-10 can eat for $4 per plate and children under 3 eat for free.
Church announces recital performers
Performers scheduled for the Marsh Memorial Lenten Recital Series are as follows:
Feb. 20 – James Wright, baritone, and Jannis Peterson, pianist.
Feb. 27 – F. Sean Duggan, pianist; David Rose, violist; Brian Walnicki, violist.
March 6 – Brian Boget, organist.
March 13 – Thomas Gestwicki, guitarist.
March 20 – To be announced.
Each recital is held at noon at the First United Presbyterian Church, 19 W. Fourth St., Dunkirk. For more information, call the church at 366-2421.


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Moderator: Mike
chris wrote:allow me to salute paul fan for being either the only honest one here...or at least being the only one to remove his rose colored glasses. this movie...is crap. i was one of seven people to see this flick on opening day at the theater. that was on a friday. by sunday...it was no longer playing at the theater.
the live performances were fine. even good. but the dialogue...and the acting? come on people...you know this movie sucks big time. admit it. i can even put up with the eleanor rigby scene.
here is the plot. paul makes record. tapes get lost. they have to be found by deadline. sound familiar? this movie was much, much better when it was titled a hard days night...and it was ringo that had to be found, not the missing tape.
it was made during arguably his worst phase in his career. this followed pipes of peice, did it not? even paul said he would have made massive changes to the film.
and at least people can still purchase howard the duck. know why? because more people liked that flick than this one. if i really concentrate...i can still recall the stench that this movie left on my clothes as i left the theater that dreary night.
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I'm an old school wrestler from back in 80"s. I would like to see STO cover the Toughest High School
Wrestling Meet in the USA. I would like to see more than just the state matches,like Ironman,Brecksville and
Medina. These are some of the best wrestling meets the country bar none. I hope there are more people like me and maybe STO mite hear us!!!!


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Fed Stress Tests Show Cracks in Fortress Balance Sheets
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- A year after having their initial 2012 capital plans were rejected by the Federal Reserve , Citigroup(C) and Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) appear to be among the best capitalized banks, according to the regulator.
In stress test results released on Thursday, Citigroup and Fifth Third now are projected by the Fed to have common capital ratios in excess of 8% in a stressed economic scenario of a deep recession, 12%-plus unemployment, a 20% slump in housing prices, and a 52% drop in U.S. stock markets.
Notably, while Citigroup and Fifth Third have emerged with the Fed's imprimatur on the heels of Thursday's results, lenders such as JPMorgan(JPM) , Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) now appear more vulnerable to a deep economic crisis, on a relative basis.
Wells Fargo's Tier 1 common equity ratio under the Federal Reserve's "severely adverse scenario" would fall to just 7%, well below those of Citigroup and Fifth Third, but still significantly above the 5% minimum threshold to pass stress tests.
Bank of America would whether the Fed's severe scenario with a projected minimum 6.8% Tier 1 common ratio, while JPMorgan's minimum stressed ratio of 6.3% indicates it's the most vulnerable of the "big four" U.S. banks to an economic downturn.
JPMorgan's underperformance under the severely adverse scenario may reflect the hit the bank took in 2012 when it recorded a trading loss in excess of $6 billion, which caused the nation's largest bank by assets to suspend a $15 billion share repurchase plan.
"Ironically (or maybe not ironically) the Whale trade had been great in the stress tests the way it was designed, and maybe that is why JPM did worse this time around," Tchir wrote, referencing a failed credit derivative trade known as the 'London Whale.'
The bank's stress-test bill of health also may signal the cost of having extensive trading and investment banking operations, where high amounts of capital are now mandated by regulators.
In a stressed scenario, Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) would have capital ratios below 6%, but above the minimum 5% threshold. A press releases by Morgan Stanley shows the bank calculated 1% more capital than the Federal Reserve, a 6.7% common equity ratio, in a stressed scenario.
Roughly a quarter of overall losses in a stressed scenario would come from counterparty exposures and trading losses. Overall, in a stressed scenario, Wall Street would post roughly $194 billion in losses, according to the Fed's calculations, with Bank of America leading the way with a $51.8 billion loss.


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Campus starting farmers' market
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Examples of the locally produced food that will be available at the Farmer's Market at St. Cloud State.
St. Cloud, Minn. – St. Cloud State University will launch a weekly Atwood Memorial Center Community Farmers' Market beginning Aug. 31.
The collaboration between the university and local growers will promote sustainability by making locally grown foods available to students, employees and the community.
Vendor application info
There is no vendor fee. The application deadline is Aug. 17.
Application form (PDF)
The Atwood Farmers Market is seeking food vendors for the upcoming season. The market will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays on these dates: Aug. 31, Sept. 14, 21, 28 and Oct. 5.
Organizers are seeking farms and companies that grow fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers. Other green items such as holistic and organic products may be sold. The university will provide tables and chairs for vendors.
Among the growers committed to selling produce is the St. Cloud Community Garden, a campus-community food plot on Fifth Avenue next to the Women's Center.
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This blog is getting a bit decrepit. I started writing on a feminist gamer group blog called Border House. I'll probably post most of my videogame related writing there in the near future because I'm into doing a group project. As always, my general science fiction related writing goes on Feminist SF – The Blog!
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Skip to comments.Former Obama Official, Daily Show Writer Mock Newtown Killer's Slain Mother
Posted on 12/16/2012 8:45:05 AM PST by kristinn
Andrew McLaughlin a former member of President Obama's senior White House staff, who served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States, mocked Nancy Lanza, the murdered mother of the Newtown, CT massacre killer Adam Lanza, on Twitter Saturday evening:
"The ever-brilliant Jo Miller nails it: "Thank god Nancy Lanza had a personal arsenal for her protection, or she might not be alive today.""
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Liberal wit, how it shines, like a diamond in a goats ass.
You see they are making fun of our incessant refrain of "if only XXXXXX had a gun".
We have to remember it's not a cure-all. Things don't always go by our ideal scenarios. Personally I think having a decent German Shepherd is the best for preventing crimes at all, but even I know that a nut bent on destruction would probably chance the alarm and the bites and just shoot the dog.
Thank God we got liberals wanting to ban guns because when all guns are banned that will stop mass murder like this....
What kind of audience are pr#%@ks like this playing to? 'Cause disgusting comments like this aren't winning any converts.
That is a good point!
Tremendous pic and let us not forget that friends of the unconstitutionally elected admitted foreign born communist currently posing as our President are already calling for citizens to be locked up who oppose him.
The single mistake people make when it comes to tyranny is thinking "Oh it can't happen here". They ignore all the signs until it is too late, and lately we have been getting one hell of a lot of those signs. Even today, I live in New York city and Despot Bloomberg announced he is banning smoking in apartments. A legal product in the privacy of your own residence, the state dictates how you will conduct yourself. I don't smoke, but that is just one more example of how it starts very small, very tiny changes, then it moves onto bigger things once they see what they can get away with.
Well she should have kept her personal arsenal away from her unstable son at least. She and 26 others would be alive today if she had (or at least until he turned 21 and could buy a gun for himself).
No doubt about that at all.
AFAIK, at 18 you can buy a long rifle. That was the main weapon used; or so I heard on the radio last night at 2 a.m.
Every time a liberal idiot tells me that we should ban guns, my response is "you mean like the War on Drugs"? That usually shuts them up pretty quickly.
Has anyone wondered just why that shooting in the Oregon mall only resulted in 2 deaths?? Well, there was a hero involved who does NOT meet the agenda of the Drive By's:
It frustrates me to not have seen this story until now.
Thank you very much for posting the article.
The Left keeps it simple and shallow, reducing everything to the urgent need for action (preferably whatever will enrich them financially and give them more power).
Articles circulating today are saying she took him to shooting ranges and taught him how to shoot.
We still don't know exactly what his mental issues were, but certainly Mrs. Lanza is not coming off as the brightest bulb here.
Still doing my best to give her the benefit of the doubt.
She is not able to explain her story - to defend herself.
We do know he was very intelligent.
She may have had everything locked up - but he was a 20 year old adult and perfectly capable of searching around for keys.
When news of that shooting hit the airwaves I admit I wondered, "why only 2 deaths?".
This news really needs to be spread. The fact that a CC holder confronted the perp, stopping his little moment of infamy without having to ever fire a shot should be common knowledge. The media is a sad joke.
He was also perfectly capable of purchasing his own guns at 20 years old and with no criminal record. He bought body armor didn't he?
Anyway why isn't dear ole' remarried dad with the new life getting any slack for not being there more for his emotionally disturbed son? I read that the father and the older brother did not talk with the shooter, Adam Lanza, in a few years. So both older males left the house and isolated him with his ma when he was having all these issues? Interesting.
The Diamond I can take, this guy IS a goats ass.
...and thanks to a liberal/progressive media that turns young people into trash.
She treated a lunatic as if he were a responsible adult.
She had every material advantage - her ex-husband was paying her hundreds of thousands of dollars a year just for existing.
She had one earthly responsibility and her failure is something that many families are now paying for.
I'm betting this ninny didn't complain about the armed protection he enjoyed in the Executive Branch, or likely in the building he worked in when on the daily show.
"Former Obama Official, Daily Show Writer"
Always thought the Obama white house was a joke and this proves it. Might as well add a laugh track to Obama.
- Two comments :
- Journalism is a crucial element of leftism, and it promotes the rest of leftism.
- they "reduce everything to the urgent need for action
preferably whateverwhich will promote their influence. Surprisingly enough </sarcasm> the urgent need for action which journalists promote is never against the interests of journalism in particular or leftism generally.
He did try to purchase a gun at Dick's and they denied him.
It sounds like he got pi$$y when they informed him of the waiting period.
Who knows, maybe there is something in his background relating to his emotional/mental issues that may have triggered a red flag - but I don't really know how the law works there.
Are there legal restrictions on the purchase of body armor?
yes - it is being reported that both Dad and brother had shut Adam out for 2 years.
He certainly was very generous with the money.
However - it is being reported that neither the father nor the brother had had contact with Adam for 2 years.
Do you find this odd?
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Missing: No reason for Hancock-area man's disappearance
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We would like to give a big thank you to some of the local businesses that have made a contribution to our trip to Grand Rapids for a basketball competition recently.
The basketball competition was a great experience for both of us and it is something we will never forget.
We would like to thank the following businesses for their generous contributions that allowed us to attend this event: Econo Foods, Copper Country Ford, U.P. Financial and The Nicholas Insurance Agency, U.P. Engineers & Architects, Surplus Outlet, Cyberia Cafe, and any others we may have forgot to mention who made this trip unforgettable.
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Mortgage insurance leader MGIC recently presented Merchants Bank with its Partnership Award, which recognizes a business partner for loyalty, superior business quality and leadership in the mortgage industry.
Merchants Bank's Vice President of Mortgage Operations Robert Dougherty accepted the award from MGIC's Senior Vice President of Field Operations Cheryl Webb and Lead Account Manager Elyse Mitchell. MGIC is based in Milwaukee and provides mortgage insurance for about 1 million homes.
"It means a lot to our organization that we rose to the top of what MGIC was looking for in a partner. The award really celebrates the work of our entire company, including our exceptional sales force, as well as the operations area," Dougherty said. "It's been a great partnership for both of us. We really appreciate their continued work in educating our operations and sales teams."
Merchants Bank's Mortgage Operations area provides service and support for the mortgages written by Merchants Bank employees at the Bank's 21 locations, as well correspondent mortgage services for about 210 community banks across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. More than 45 Merchants Bank employees support the Mortgage Operations area.


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Scott Durchslag, chief operating officer of Skype, a wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay and a leading provider of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) services, said in an interview that WiMAX wireless broadband popularization is very important for the company.
Mr. Durchslag said in an interview with DigiTimes web-site that further development of Skype services at the traditional mobile telecommunications market is limited since VoIP providers will inevitably conflict with existing mobile telecom service carriers who earn the vast majority of money on voice communications. However, WiMAX is a different case and there would be new applications for potential cooperation.
Even though there are Skype clients for some mobile phones, the company is not working hard on promoting its services in order to avoid potential conflicts between carriers, phone makers and itself. Since WiMAX providers capitalize on data transfer, which is why there will be no conflicts between network operators and VoIP service providers.


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The games are the first Sunday of each month. There are two pump and pistol days left this season:
Sunday October 7
Sunday November 4
While we're basically treated as a private game, the registration is open to anyone and we do get our own ref. Just ask for "pump and pistol" at the registration trailer.
It's normal HSI session times:
AM Session: Registration + chrono opens at 9am. Games run from 10-1
PM Session: Registration + chrono opens at 2pm. Games run from 3-6 pm
November is "winter hours" where they just run a single session:
Registration + chrono opens at 9am. Games run from 10-2 (an hour longer)
Some more info is in the HSI thread here. (do note the shake and bake games aren't happeneing anymore that I'm aware of).
Having attended most of these, I can truly say they're some of best games I've attended in quite some time. I look forward to the games every month. It's just some fun and friendly play with a growing group of friends. Just show up with a pump and a good attitude and you'll have a great time.
Feel free to drop me a note if you have any questions.
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Green Kiwi Backpacker Hostel
Owned & run by a New Zealander ('kiwi') :) If you are looking for a friendly place to stay in Singapore, in the central city area convenient to public transport and getting around, this is it! We are a small laid back place to stay where you'll some meet great people and get some sleep!
Our staff will let you in on all the local knowledge of what to see and do. From Chinatown and Little India, the big city lights of Marina Bay/Raffles Place/Clarke Quay river area, the shopping of Orchard Road, as well as the lesser known areas, we'll make sure you leave feeling you really know one of the world's most unique cities!
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- Bar
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- Board Games
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- Free Breakfast
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- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Free City Maps
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- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
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- House Keeping
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- Iron / Ironing Board
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- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
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- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
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From airport take MRT (runs til midnight, buy a $15 stored value EZ-link card, partly refundable if you don't use it all) to Lavender station, and walk 10mins along Lavender Street to 280A. Detailed walking directions:
- after the MRT turnstiles turn left to 'Exit B', then at top of escalator turn left to face the road (bus stop 01319)
- turn left along the road, cross Horne Road, cross Lavender St at the traffic lights, to Tai Pei Buddhist centre and turn left.
- It's 8mins straight walk along Lavender St from here, you pass some construction, then the Pek Chuan building, cross Kallang Bahru street and there's more construction, then pass the Esso petrol station.
- At bus stop #07359 you can see our rooftop sign already :) Cross Bendemeer Road and you're there!
- alternatively, at bus stop 01319 (see above, at exit from Lavender MRT), take bus 133 or 145, 3 stops to alight at 'Eminent Plaza', Green Kiwi is diagonally across the intersection, look for the sign on our roof (cross Lavender St to the open air carpark and cross Bendemeer Road)
If coming by bus from Malaysia:
- try to get a bus which terminates at Lavender Street terminal, because that's just across the road.
- if arriving at Harbourfront, take the MRT 7 stops to Boon Keng MRT, take exit C, walk down Serangoon Road against the one-way traffic to Lavender Street, turn left along Lavender Street, we are 280a, the last shophouse before Bendemeer Road, in the same block as Toyo Tyres.
- if arriving at Golden Mile, either walk 20mins (Beach Road, turn left on Crawford Street, which becomes Lavender Street, follow the walking directions above from Tai Pei Buddhist Centre)
- or from bus stop 01421 opposite golden mile, take bus 961 2 stops to Lavender Street (bus stop 07371), then bus 13, 67, 133 or 145 2 stops to Eminent Plaza (bus stop 07351), see walking directions above.
- if coming by KTMB train or other bus terminal, take the MRT to either Lavender MRT or Boon Keng MRT, then follow the walking directions as above.
If taking a taxi (the only option after midnight, but only about S$25), tell the driver: the last shophouse on the right of Bendemeer Road, alight at the Lavender Street traffic lights. Street address is 280a Lavender Street, our door is on Lavender Street, but if coming from the airport it's easier to drive down Bendemeer Road and alight on Bendemeer Road, at the Lavender Street traffic lights.
It's a good idea to print these directions.
We look forward to welcoming you! :)
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Singapore is a fantastic city - we're in the central city part, with easy access to everything you want to see via the island's famed fantastic public transport :)
We have two MRT stations nearby: Lavender MRT is best to/from the airport; and Boon Keng MRT is best for getting around the city.


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Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
- 7 ounces medium rice stick noodles
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons palm sugar or dark brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate, optional
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil
- 12 ounces medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 cup diced firm tofu
- 1 cup sliced shiitake mushroom caps
- 1 cup mung bean sprouts
- 2 large carrots, cut into matchstick-sized strips
- 1/2 cup matchstick-sized red bell pepper strips
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup diagonally sliced green onions
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- Sriracha (Thai hot sauce), for serving
Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Place noodles in a large bowl and cover with the boiling water. Allow noodles to soak for 5 minutes, drain, and rinse with cold, running water for 30 seconds. Drain well and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce, vinegar, sugar, red pepper, coconut milk, and if desired, the tamarind concentrate, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
Heat the sesame and peanut oils in a wok or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Just before the oil is smoking, add the shrimp and cook until pink, stirring constantly. Add the tofu, mushrooms, bean sprouts, carrots, red bell pepper, garlic, and reserved noodles, and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.
Pour the sauce mixture into the wok and toss until combined. Cook until the mixture is steaming and most of the liquid has evaporated. Add the peanuts and green onions and cook an additional 30 seconds.
Remove the wok from the heat and season with the lime juice and cilantro. Serve hot with Sriracha, if desired.
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse, 2005
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Play In the Park - Free program: Supervised summertime activities for children ages 6 - 14 years of age. An adult must accompany children.
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Zur grateful for 2nd chance after spinal injury
BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) His neck broken and his body nearly paralyzed, Rami Zur didn't know if he ever would be able to kayak again - let alone get another shot at racing in the Olympics.
Four years later, though, the top American sprint kayaker has not only returned to the sport he loves, but has two chances to medal at the Beijing Games.
Zur has reached the semifinals of both his kayak single (K-1) events at the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park. He qualified for the 500-meter race on Tuesday with a third-place finish in his heat, one day after clinching a spot in the 1,000 semifinals.
"This is the position I want to be in, and I just hope I have enough left to get to the finals," he said.
Few athletes at the Beijing Games might be as grateful for their spot as Zur.
Zur reached the semifinals in the same events four years ago in the Athens Games, his second Olympics after competing for Israel in Sydney. After competition ended, Zur decided to relax with a dip in the pool.
When he went to jump, he slipped on the wet surface and gashed his head in the shallow end of the pool. He was stitched up, felt nothing but a headache and thought everything was fine.
Then his neck stiffened a day or so later. Three days later, he couldn't lift his head off the pillow and had trouble getting out of bed. Zur even went and saw a chiropractor for relief, with no improvement.
An Israeli doctor Zur knew saw the Olympian gingerly walking around with stitches in his head.
"What did the X-rays say?" the doctor asked.
Zur hadn't had any X-rays, but he did soon after.
"Then," Zur said, "I find out my neck was broken."
Zur had a disk that herniated into his spinal cord. Doctors told him he could have been paralyzed.
He was extremely lucky to have bumped into the doctor for a second opinion. And that one wrong crack by the chiropractor didn't leave him crippled.
"That's the scarier part, that something didn't happen then," he said.
After a trip back to California and some time for the swelling to subside, Zur needed screws and a titanium plate to fuse two of his vertebrae.
Turns out, the kayak was exactly what he needed. The rapid motion was perfect for rehabilitation and he was back out on the flatwater months after the accident.
"It's not that it limits me, but I am aware of it," Zur said. "I don't recover as quick. I need more physical therapy. It takes longer to move on to the next training session."
U.S. coach Nathan Luce started working with Zur in 2005 and said there are few signs his career has been adversely affected.
"I've kind of forgotten he's had the injury the last couple of years," Luce said. "The first year in '05, he could only do a lot of things gingerly, he couldn't run, we had to taper training."
Zur earned the U.S. a position in the Olympics with his top 5 finish at last year's world championships. He finished third in his heat Tuesday at 1:39.037, losing out on first place to an Israeli friend and former teammate. Michael Kolganov won the heat in 1:38.396.
His 1,000-meter semi is Wednesday and the 500 is Thursday.
Zur was born in the United States, but was quickly put up for adoption. The brother of his biological mother flew him to a waiting family in Israel where he spent most of his life.
His family would briefly move to America and Zur spent second and third grade in a public school near Los Angeles before they moved back to Israel. Zur was raised near the Sea of Galilee and developed a love of the water from sailing outings with his father.
The 31-year-old Zur served three years in the Israeli Defense Forces as a pharmaceutical technician and competed for his country in the Sydney Games, reaching the 500-meter and 1,000-meter K-1 semifinals. Zur moved to California once his funding was cut back home and used his dual citizenship to compete for the United States in the last two Olympics.
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HANOVER – The Hanover Town Board was recently asked if it would consider hosting the weigh-ins for the Southtowns Walleye Association Tournament held June 8-16.
The Councilman Kenneth Cross and Supervisor Todd Johnson said they were contacted by the association and asked if the town would host the weigh-ins at the town boat launch. The association said it would provide the town with proof of insurance for the event.
Johnson asked Boat Launch Manager Cindy Sheedy if the boat launch could accommodate the weigh-in trailer and provide electricity for the scale. She said there are 76 parking spots in the lot and it can also provide electricity.
The board approved the request.
"I think this is a great idea," Johnson said. "It's a great way to promote our boat launch, the fish cleaning station and our local restaurants and businesses."
The board also left the boat launch fees unchanged from last year at $7 per launch or $80 for a season pass ($45 after July 31).
The board also approved the purchase of a commercial grade grinder pump for the fish cleaning station. Highway Superintendent Steve D'Angelo said the grinder now has served the town since 1991 when the boat launch was opened and has been rebuilt twice. He said a replacement grinder would cost $3,900 or a commercial grade grinder, which may last longer, would cost $4,900. On his recommendation, the town approved the purchase of the commercial grade grinder from Dunkirk Electric Motor.
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For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 240854.
For a Microsoft Word 97 version of this article, see 157085.
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The WordPerfect 5.x converter included with Microsoft Word 2002 is designed to take advantage of features and conversion capabilities specifically available in Word 2002. For best results converting to and from Word 2002, use the WordPerfect 5.x converter shipped with Word 2002.
Converting a file from Word format to WordPerfect format and back again maycause the loss of some formatting (for example, fonts, justification,styles, and mail merge) unless you load, paginate, and save the convertedfile in WordPerfect before converting it back to Word.
The following table lists features that are not completely converted, that are not supported on one product or the other, or that require some comment.
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Yes The feature is converted from one product to the other. N/S The feature is not supported in one of the products or not completely converted from one product to the other. See the Comment for more information. Word 2002 WordPerfect to 5.x to Features WordPerfect 5.x Word 2002 Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All caps Yes N/S All caps formatting becomes all capital letters. Hidden Yes N/S Hidden text in Word becomes WordPerfect comment text. Strikethrough Yes Yes WordPerfect strikeout becomes strikethrough formatting in Word and vice versa; WordPerfect redlining becomes tracked changes in Word and vice versa. Underlining Yes Yes Underlining format is preserved, but the type of underlining may be changed. Spacing N/S N/S (condensed, expanded) Kerning Yes Yes Alignment Yes Yes Centering codes may have to be individually repositioned in WordPerfect after conversion. First-line Yes Yes First-line indents are Indents created with tabs in WordPerfect Page Break Yes N/S Approximated with a page Before break in WordPerfect. Space before Yes N/S Approximated with blank /after paragraphs lines in WordPerfect. Tab leaders Yes Yes From WordPerfect to Word, the dot, dash, and underscore tab leaders convert to the same in Word. All other WordPerfect tab leaders convert to dot leaders in Word. Leading/baselines N/S N/S Lines/baselines [Center]/[Flsh Rgt] N/S Yes From WordPerfect to codes Word, Center and Flush Right codes convert to center- and right- aligned tab stops. Widow control Yes Yes Margins Yes Yes Word margins are measured from paper's edge to body text; WordPerfect margins are measured from the edge to the header. The conversion adjusts the margins as needed to preserve page layout. Newspaper columns Yes Yes Parallel columns N/S Yes From WordPerfect to Word, parallel columns convert to tables. If a parallel column layout contains a page-anchored box, the entire parallel column layout is converted to newspaper columns. Tables Yes Yes Vertical merging of cells is not converted. Table formulas N/S N/S /math Decimal table N/S Yes From WordPerfect to cell alignment Word, decimal table cell alignment is converted to right paragraph alignment. Default tab stops N/S Yes Footnotes Yes Yes Endnotes placed at the end of sections in Word are placed at the end of the document in WordPerfect because WordPerfect doesn't have sections. Restarted numbers and separators are not converted. Custom footnote marks in Word are added to automatic numbering in WordPerfect. Gutter margins, Yes Yes paper size Comments Yes N/S Word comments become WordPerfect comment text. Outline, paragraph Yes Yes WordPerfect paragraph numbers, Word 7.0 numbers convert to Lists Word sequence fields by default. In Word, automatically numbered lists convert to paragraph numbers. To convert WordPerfect paragraph numbers to plain text, set this option in the registry FavourSequenceFields=No using the EditConversionOptions macro. Print merge commands Yes Yes Word data source documents can be either tab- or comma-delimited or in table format to convert to WordPerfect. Word automatically converts WordPerfect secondary files to Word data source document format. Conditional print merge constructs and macros are lost when converting to Word. Date/time stamps Yes Yes Default formats only. Subdocuments Yes Yes (INCLUDE field) Equations N/S No Extended characters Yes Yes From WordPerfect to Word, not all extended characters are converted. Text boxes, lines Yes Yes Some text boxes and lines convert to Word drawing layer objects. Drawing layer objects are visible only in page layout view, in print preview, and when printed. Drawing layer objects do not appear in normal view. Line draw Yes Yes WordPerfect line draw characters are converted; however, Word line spacing causes gaps to appear between line draw characters on successive lines. To correct this problem for printing, set line spacing to equal the current font point size. Macros N/S No PRIVATE field codes N/S Yes From WordPerfect to Word, PRIVATE fields are inserted by the converter to preserve information needed to accurately save the file back to WordPerfect format. These fields should not be edited and have no effect on the document. Styles Yes Yes From WordPerfect to Word, styles containing paragraph formatting codes convert to paragraph styles. WordPerfect styles containing only character formatting convert to character styles in Word. Text contained in a style is converted as normal text. Other features, such as tables, graphics, and so on, are retained in documents but are not given Word styles. Document Titles See Comment See Comment WordPerfect can assign \Descriptive a Descriptive Name to a Names file; much like Word can assign a Title. Word imports the Descriptive Name into the document Title property and exports the document Title property into a Descriptive Name.
For more information about converting WordPerfect files, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type convert between Word and WordPerfect in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
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Triste has lived in the Salt Creek area and is moving to a new location in the neighborhood, the sheriff's office said.
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As we track the slow but steady recovery of our economy and the gradually falling unemployment rate, one thing we may not have noticed is the changing composition of our workforce — it's getting a lot older. And that's largely because aging Baby Boomers are staying in the workforce longer and crowding out younger persons. One of the key reasons for this is that our population is getting older. We added 28 million people to our population between 2000 and 2010. The age 55 or older population increased by 17 million over this decade.
Moving forward, it's even more extreme: The U.S. Census Bureau projects that we'll add 24 million persons in total to our population between 2010 and 2020 and that the age 55 or older population will grow by 23 million.
These aging Baby Boomers — by 2020 the entire Baby Boom generation will be at least 55 years old — are healthy, expecting to live longer and increasingly concerned about how they will fund their extended retirement years. For these reasons, a growing share is staying in the labor force. In 2000, 13.1 percent of our national labor force was age 55 or older. By 2010, that share rose to 19.5 percent, and it is projected to be over 25 percent by 2020.
This dramatic increase of the 55 plus population in the workforce is much more than just an increase in the number of Baby Boomers in these age ranges. A lot of it has to do with the fact that these Baby Boomers are working longer. In 2000, under a third of the age 55 plus population was in the workforce (either working or actively looking for work). By 2010, this share was more than 40 percent, and by 2020 43 percent of the age 55 or older population is projected to still be in the workforce. A significant portion of this group is expected to remain in the workforce well into their 70s.
One outcome of Baby Boomers staying in the workforce longer is that it has limited opportunities for younger persons looking for employment. There are still fewer jobs in our economy currently than there were before the recession, which has made it difficult for younger persons without much experience to find employment. For the first quarter of this year, for example, the national unemployment rate was 7.7 percent. For the age 55 and older population it was 5.8 percent, while for 20 to 25 year olds, it was 13.5 percent.
What does all this mean for the floor covering industry? Should you be concerned that more of your employees have gray hair than they did 10 or 20 years ago? In all likelihood, your workforce is just lining up with your customer base. Older households continue to be a key consumer segment in many markets in our economy, and floor covering is one of them. We've already seen that older households have lower unemployment rates and are working longer. They also generally came though the Great Recession in better financial shape than younger households.
While their home values declined sharply like everyone else's, older owners generally have owned their homes longer, and therefore benefitted from many years of house price appreciation in addition to a few years of losses, so they typically have more home equity to spend on improving their homes. A recent Joint Center report of the home improvement industry: The U.S. Housing Stock — Ready for Renewal showed that owners age 55 and older accounted for less than a third of national home improvement expenditures in 2001. A decade later, their share of total spending had increased to over 45 percent. So, the Gray Panthers are alive and well and spending on home improvements. Your customer base is aging. It makes sense that your workforce is, too.
Kermit Baker is the senior research fellow for the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University. He may be reached via email at email@example.com.


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Many say they're amazed with the new tone in Tallahassee.
By RON MATUS
Published January 30, 2007
TALLAHASSEE — To an outsider, last week's proceedings probably didn't look unusual.
The Senate education committee was considering legislation that might help Florida better recruit and retain teachers. And lined up in front of the committee to offer their 2 cents was — who else? — a handful of teachers.
But Sen. Larcenia Bullard found the situation so odd she thanked the committee chair for making it happen.
"This is probably the first time I've seen so many teachers and administrators come and speak before us," Bullard, a Miami Democrat, told Sen. Don Gaetz, a Panhandle Republican.
In the seat of Florida power, these are strange days for education policy.
Or, depending on your point of view, maybe the strange days have come to an end.
Lawmakers, lobbyists and political observers say a new tone — more cordial, more cooperative, maybe even bipartisan — has emerged in the days following the inauguration of Gov. Charlie Crist and preceding the first legislative session in nine years that won't be dominated by former Gov. Jeb Bush.
The new tone was front and center during the special session on insurance, where Crist, a Republican, set general goals and then let lawmakers, including Democrats, share a leading role. But it also has found its way into debates over education.
Though Republicans remain firmly in charge of education committees, it appears from early meetings that Democratic lawmakers will shape and shepherd major legislation, including a teacher-incentive package in the Senate.
"I was just at a committee meeting and the chair said, 'If you have some good ideas and want to file some bills …" said Rep. Shelley Vana, D-Lantana, a member of the K-12 committee. "I never heard that in my life, in four years here."
Meanwhile, stakeholders who complained of being frozen out during the Bush era — school boards, superintendents, the teachers union, among others — are being asked for input.
"Some say, 'My goodness, you all are fluffing this too much, you all are looking through rose-colored glasses,' " said Bullard, a former teacher first elected in 2002. But new legislative leadership has "sent a clear message that they're going to come together and work more on issues than party lines."
Bush, allies are gone
For eight years, Bush, a policy wonk with attitude, set the state's education agenda. He pushed through a school grading system, private school vouchers and performance pay for teachers. He showed little tolerance for opposition, as evidenced by his successful drive to abolish the state Board of Regents, which for decades had operated as an independent voice on higher education.
Now Bush is gone. And so are key allies.
Phil Handy, a Bush confidante made chairman of the Board of Education, had his appointment for a second term recalled by Crist. And Education Commissioner John Winn, who Bush picked to run the Department of Education, is retiring Feb. 28, six days before the start of the legislative session.
In education circles, the collective changes have some people giddy.
Vana said Winn's announcement made her want to skip through the Capitol. A teachers union official said after a Senate hearing he almost had to pinch himself.
The hearing featured a panel of superintendents who blasted the state's new performance-pay plan for teachers — which Bush supported — and was punctuated when Gaetz, a former superintendent, criticized a high-ranking Department of Education official who said the plan would attract teachers to Florida.
Unlike recent years, people are "not afraid to express their opinion," said Wayne Blanton, executive director of the Florida School Boards Association. "And if they disagree, they're not afraid of being punished."
Crist gets credit
Blanton credited legislative leaders for the change. Marshall Ogletree, lobbyist for the Florida Education Association, the state's teachers union, credited Crist.
"Our president has had a number of conversations with Gov. Crist" since the election, Ogletree said. Crist "didn't have to do that … He could have said, "You didn't support my campaign.' "
Not everyone is convinced things are that different.
Rep. Trey Traviesa, R-Tampa, said House leaders decided this year to put members on fewer committees, so they can digest more information. Last week, for example, a new education panel, the Committee on 21st Century Competitiveness, discussed teacher performance pay for seven hours and took input from teachers, district officials and union leaders.
"The tone that's been changed is we want members to dig much deeper into issues," said Traviesa, vice chair of the House Schools & Learning Council and a member of the competitiveness committee. "But it's not a change in attitude."
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