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Welcome to Scarborough Elementary. What a privilege it is to be the principal of this beautiful school in such a great community as I begin my 29th year in NISD. A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, my husband and I found ourselves to be Texans right after we married.
I was fortunate to earn my Masters of Education from Trinity University here in San Antonio. I joined Northside in the fall of 1985 as a teacher at the brand new Knowlton Elementary. After three years at Knowlton I served as assistant principal at Carlos Coon and Timberwilde elementaries followed by my vice principalship at Leon Valley and Thornton Elementaries. In the fall of 1991 I was moved to Helotes Elementary as principal where I proudly served that community until spring 2008. Opening a new school as a principal has always been a dream and a goal of mine.
My husband, is also from Nebraska. We are proud parents of two sons; one a senior in college, and our youngest a junior in high school. I look forward to working with all of our returning students and learning all about our new students and their families as we continue the great tradition here at Scarborough Elementary.


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Steamboat Springs When Shannon Miller was Teagann Yeager's age, there wasn't a women's hockey camp like this anywhere around.
Miller, fresh off her fourth national championship as coach of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, can remember having to play with the older girls when she was young. That's why the three-time world champion and Olympic coach runs hockey camps - like the one that's taking place at Howelsen Ice Arena this week. The camps are designed not only for 11-year-olds such as Teagann, but for any girl interested in playing hockey.
The camp, which started Monday and concludes today, brings girls 8 to 16 years old together for four days of intensive work with Miller and USA Olympic team member Julie Chu.
"We want them to be exposed to female role models," Miller said after Wednesday's session. "Myself as a coach or Julie as an Olympian. This gives them some different coaching that's not just volunteer coaches."
In addition to on-ice work, girls are versed in dry-land training, nutrition, teamwork and hockey philosophy.
"It's really fun," said Teagann, who also attended the camp last year. "Since they've coached really good teams that have won championships, they know what they are doing."
Miller said at the camp, she stresses fundamentals such as skating and handling the puck. She said the girls get a lot of time working with coaches and playing with girls from surrounding areas.
"The nice thing about a camp this size is you can put girls relatively close in age and level in one group," Miller said.
For 16-year-old Sam Kenney from Montrose, skating on the same ice as Miller and Chu was a dream come true.
"It's so cool," said Kenney, who hopes to parlay some of the skills she learned at camp to a spot on a AAA team. "At first, I was star-struck. I couldn't focus. Now I listen to every little thing they say. You can always relearn the basics, and Shannon Miller and Julie Chu are two of the biggest names in women's hockey."
Miller said the camps are a nice break from the rigors of the college season. She said it's refreshing to work with younger girls with a different skill set than she is used to working with.
She said it's also nice to see a town such as Steamboat Springs embracing women's hockey.
"It's great the city of Steamboat supports the development of girls hockey," she said. "It's important to have a community support female athletics."
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Taking Language Seriously: The Narrative Foundations of Public Administration Research
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Dezember 2001
BeschreibungThe logic of research in public administration, argues Jay D. White, may be more like that of storytelling than of conventional social science research. In this book, he examines the linguistic, discursive, and narrative foundations of public administration research and develops a narrative theory of knowledge development and use for the field.White builds his case for this narrative theory by showing how research on complex problems is grounded in language and discourse. He then explains how a variety of recent developments in philosophy and the humanities -- positivism, postpositivism, hermeneutics, critical and legal theory, postmodernism, and poststructuralism -- can contribute to our understanding of public administration research.This comprehensive yet clear discussion of the philosophical foundations of research in public administration advances an alternative theory of knowledge development that will be valuable for everyone in fields seeking to affect social, political, economic, and organizational change.
1. A Narrative Theory of Knowledge for Public Administration Research Knowledge as Storytelling The Nature of the Arguments A Few Words about Positivism A Preview
2. Knowledge as Storytelling, Interpretation, and Critique Applied Research as Storytelling Public Administration's Dissatisfaction with Explanation What Is Going on in Other Fields? A Turn to Interpretation? Critical Research Summary
3. Three Modes of Research Explanatory Research Interpretive Research Critical Research Foundations Summary
4. Administrative and Legal Reasoning: Understanding Explanatory, Interpretive, and Critical Rationality Instrumental Reasoning The Structural Limits of the Rational Model Legal Reasoning Interpretive and Critical Reasoning Implications for Knowledge Development and Use Summary
5. From Positivism to Postpositivism: The Linguistic Turn in the Philosophy of Science Philosophy and Science The Cartesian Anxiety The Myth of the Given The Correspondence Theory of Truth The Critique of Explanation The Critique of Interpretation The Linguistic Foundation of Knowledge The Practical Rationality of Theory Choice Summary
6. The Action Movement in Administrative Research: Examples of Interpretive and Critical Research Action Theory A Case Study of Action Theory Action Research Action Science Summary
7. Social Action, Administrative Research, and Literary Interpretation: The Logic of Interpretation and Critique Literary Interpretation Positions in Interpretation The Relevance of the Author or Actor Meaning and Significance The Canons of Interpretation Criteria for Validation Summary: A Melding of Genres
8. Taking Language Seriously: Some Postmodern Themes The Loss of Grand Narratives Knowledge and the Linguistic Basis of Local Narratives Poststructuralism Knowledge as Conversation The Local Narratives of Public Administration Implications
9. Language, Discourse, and Rationality: The Foundations of a Narrative Theory of Knowledge References Index
PortraitJay D. White is a professor of public administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and coeditor of Research in Public Administration: Reflections on Theory and Practice (Sage Publications, 1994). He is editor of the annual, Research in Public Administration.
Pressestimmen"This serious, demanding book provides a valuable service to advanced students of public administration and their professors... [Jay D. White's] success is due primarily to his impressive command of the literature in [public administration and the philosophy of science] and his skillful integration of this literature into his overall argument." -- American Political Science Review
Untertitel: 'Narrative Foundations of Publi'. Empfohlen ab 22 Jahre. Revised. Sprache: Englisch.
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The goal of this project was to build a MIDI Organ Controller to play and control the Native Instruments B4 (II) virtual organ software. Just like the software this project attempts to replicate the 'real thing'—the classic Hammond B3—as much as possible. All of the software's functionality known from the original instrument can be controlled from this controller. There is no need to take a look at the computer display or to control the software with the mouse or computer keyboard at any time.
Over time the controller has also been adapted to fully work with the GSi VB3 virtual organ software and EVB3 virtual organ which is part of Logic Studio from Apple.
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Unopened Taylor Swift Fan Mail Found in Nashville Dumpster [VIDEO]
TAYLOR SWIFT fans aren't going to be too happy to hear some of their fan mail has been unread. Hundreds of letters to Taylor were found in a dumpster, unopened.
A Tennessee woman named Kylee Francescan, was recycling newspapers and found hundreds of fan mail addressed to Taylor Swift in the recycling dumpster, and many were unopened. She Nashville's WKRN-TV, 'I didn't know if they were stolen, discarded. So I threw them in a box. And I'm like, 'Somebody needs to let Taylor know."
The letters. from all over the world, were delivered to a P.O. box where Taylor's people pick up her mail and take it to her management office where it's opened, read and recycled. Nobody knows why the unopened letters were accidentally tossed out, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone loses their job over it.
WKRN-TV contacted Taylor's people and her P.R. flak issued this statement:
'Taylor gets thousands of fan letters every day and they are delivered to her management office. After the letters are opened and read, they are recycled. The only explanation for any letters being unopened would be that a small batch of mail that was supposed to be delivered to Taylor was accidentally put with letters headed for the recycling center.'
The woman who found the letters says she wants them returned to the Taylor so they can be 'responded to properly.'
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The Lover's Waltz: 1st Violin
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1st Violin. Arranged by Andrew H. Dabczynski. Instructional. Part. 2 pages. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0000590_VN1).
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Your audience will fall in love with this beautiful waltz arranged for your string orchestra. Perfect for teaching section independence, each part is unique and important, from the violin melody to the rich-sounding sonorities and counter-melodies in the lower strings. Ideal for teaching legato phrasing and dynamic contrast. May be performed with optional harp.
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7/25/2008 [Pianos & Keyboards]11 Year-Old Pianist Performs Highly Successful Concert at The Breakers
Alice Burla, Yamaha's youngest piano endorsee, made her debut appearance at the world-renowned Newport Music Festival. The 11 year-old performed before a capacity audience at The Breakers mansion. Her rendition of two Shostokovich preludes, the complete Goldberg Variations by Bach, along with Rachmaninoff's Kreisler and Polka, elicited a standing ovation and raucous cheers. Numerous well-wishers dropped by the post-concert reception. When asked for her take on her debut, Alice replied that it was "Very hot! But luckily that breeze came in!"


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Short circuit?
While in the attic performing some repairs, I reached to hang my droplight from an attic fan frame, near the attic fan motor. The droplight shield is metal, and when it came in contact with motor pully, I was surprised by a significant arc between the light and the motor pulley. Made a nice burn mark on both items (light and pulley). The real surprise is that I can't find the short. The short did not trip the droplight circuit nor the attic fan motor circuit. I can't recreate it and I can't find any problems in either the fan motor or the droplight. Very puzzling. Any ideas?
which of them (droplight or fan frame) is grounded or are both?
Both are grounded...although I did not fully confirm that with the attic fan motor.
If the fan was not grounded, it could actually have a short right to the frame and not cause a problem. If the light was grounded, by touching the fan with the light, it then grounded the fan frame and viola` you have an arc.
if it was a loose wire, it may have burned it to the point it no longer makes contact with the metal frame. I would turn off the power to the fan and open up any junction box on the fan and check for a missing wire nut loose wire that may have touched the ungrounded metal frame.
Thanks...I agree. I failed to mention that an additional attic light was turned on. This light is on the same curcuit as the attic fan. My initial assumption was that if the fan frame or motor frame was energized (and not properly grounded) then I would have tripped the breaker feeding the fan motor when the droplight frame closed the short. Since the attic light stayed on (and no subsequent breakers were found to be tripped), then either the breaker failed, or something else is happening. By the way, the droplight stayed on as well.
unless the circuit the drop light was on was the one shorted, it would not trip as if never experienced high current flow.
and you could have a failed breaker but that would not cause the arc.
the breaker should have tripped if there was much of any arc
One thing most people do not do but should is exercise your breakers at least once per year. Just flip them off and on a dozen times each to keep them free. The manufacturers recommend this.
anyway, I would think the circuit in the attic is not grounded. You still need to look for what ever shorted though. Like I said, I would think what ever it was simply burned the connection to clear the short. That would help with finding it at least.:eek:
If the light bounced around a bit then it might not have made contact long enough to trip any breakers.
Get a voltmeter and measure the voltage (voltage difference) between the light and the fan. Also measure between the light and ground (try it with the plug reversed too if it fits) and between the fan and ground.
A long single conductor wire connected to a known ground downstairs and strung up into the attic or wherever you are can come in handy for measurement purposes.
>>> ... flip them off a dozen ...
Really? The manufacturers recommend that? I would think that would put excessive wear and tear on breakers.
I would flip the breakers off and on manually just once or, if you insist, twice for the annual test. Do not create a short circuit to test breakers with.
Do 6 then, or 3 or what ever you want but it needs to be done and no, flipping a breaker 12 times is not going to damage the breaker.
and this is not a test. It is intended to prevent the breaker from becoming stiff or actually stuck due to lack of use. It is called "exercising" for a reason. Just as a person exercises to maintain flexibility, your breakers need it too.
the last thing you want is a breaker that is stiff not opening when it is called upon to do so. I think we are all familiar with stab lok breakers and what a breaker that does not trip can lead to.
and if you happen to have SWD rated breakers, they are actually designed to be used as switches if desired (plus the obvious use as a breaker) where a breaker that does not have the SWD rating is just a breaker.
and most definitely, do no create a short circuit to check a breaker., manufacturers actually recommend replacing a breaker after a short circuit trip. It is thought more as a means to absolve them of liability but in reality, depending on how great the trip current is, there could be actual damage and replacing the breaker could actually be prudent.
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My PC was a dual boot PC, i mean i configured it to run two OS by installing two Windows on it which i always select which OS to use on start-up either Windows 7 or Windows 8 but one day i mistakenly set Windows 7 as my default OS which i don't fancy the boot screen layout, so i changed the default OS to Windows 8 from Windows 7 which i will be showing you here how i did it.
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1. Click on the Start menu > Control Panel.
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The Auckland Council is today voting on a bylaw which could see beggars, illegal windscreen washers and buskers banned from the streets.
Auckland City Mission's Diane Robertson says the bylaw is welcome, providing it is not misused.
She says the bylaw is about ensuring everyone feels safe.
"Everybody has the right to walk down the street and feel safe.
"I think on the same part, homeless people, people who are begging (and) people who are different are a part of our community, and so they have a right to do what they're doing.''
Robertson hopes the bylaw is applied fairly.
"If people are causing a nuisance or are affecting public safety, then they can be moved on.
"But if they are just begging quietly, then this bylaw should not apply to them.''
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A West Coast man has been sentenced to community work after he burgled the mothballed Black Reef Mine, near Dunollie.
Darryl Ivan Sampson, 58, vacated his not guilty plea at the outset of his defended hearing in Greymouth District Court yesterday.
The court heard that Sampson and his son walked to the deserted mine site armed with a hacksaw and large knife, breaking into a storeroom.
They broke into a locked toolbox and stacked the tools near a window before placing copper wire and piping into a backpack.
Other heavy duty wire was hidden outside in some shrubbery before they were interrupted by the owner of the mine, and ran off.
The son was caught nearby, but Sampson was not located for some time.
Judge John Strettell said Sampson had a "significant" criminal history but his offending since 2007 had been minimal.
He sentenced Sampson to 180 hours' community work.
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. Lisa Lewis, Austin Peay State University associate professor of Health and Human Performance, has spent much of her life in a pair of tap shoes. As a young dancer, she trained under tap legends such as Gregory and Maurice Hines and Al Gilbert, and she later traveled the country during her career as a professional dancer.
But it wasn't until Lewis started teaching tap that she realized something was missing. There were no beginner-level textbooks on tap dancing for high school or college students. That is no longer the case. In June, Human Kinetics published Lewis' new book, "Beginning Tap Dance," as part of its interactive dance series.
"It's the very first tap textbook that a university can pick up and use," Lewis said.
The book is unique because it is based on the online tap dance classes she previously taught at Middle Tennessee State University. Those classes included online videos demonstrating dance moves.
"When I proposed this book to Human Kinetics, I proposed the online component," Lewis said. "This book allows users to go online and watch my videos, so it's very interactive."
The book demonstrates basic tap dance techniques, while also discussing the history of the art form and the science behind the movements. The accompanying online videos give beginners a visual reference when learning to dance.
"This book is geared for university dance programs that would want to incorporate tap," Lewis said. "It's for high school dance programs or anyone who wanted to just teach themselves to dance. You could pick up this book, and with the videos teach yourself to tap dance."
"Beginning Tap Dance" is available now at amazon.com. For more information, contact Lewis at email@example.com.


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Cerrone Foster and Dr. John Laffan, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
The immune system is a complex and varied defense mechanism used to fight disease and infection. One way the body recognizes infection is through recognition of Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs). Two known PAMPs, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and glucan, are microbial products that can activate the immune system. However, the intracellular signaling pathways of the immune system are not clearly defined. It has recently been found that Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are involved in this signaling process. Stimulation of these receptors by PAMPs can initiate a signaling cascade, resulting in activation of genes needed to illicit an immune response. We therefore investigated the quantitative regulation of TLR2 and TLR4 in the presence of LPS and glucan. Using a mouse macrophage cell line (J774a.1 cells), LPS and glucan were added (1 ug/ml) to the cells or equal volume of carrier was added as a control. RNA was isolated at 1,4, and 24 hour time intervals. The RNA as reversed transcribed using a oligo dT primer and that cDNA was quantified using Quantitative PCR. Primer sets specific for TLR2 and TLR4 were designed and the reactions were run in a BioRad iCylcer real-time PCR machine. In the presence of LPS, TLR2 and TLR4 decreased during the early time intervals and dramatically increased at the 24-hour interval. In the presence of glucan, there was no significant change in TLR2 and TLR4 mRNA over time. Results of this work identified an early down regulation as well as late up regulation of TLR2 and TLR4 mRNA in the presence of LPS. This work will be a useful tool in understanding the roles of TLR2 and TLR4 in the immune response. Understanding the role of these TLRs during immune response can lead to the development of novel drugs to treat disease and infection.


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Carrie's Road to the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon - Part 3
Follow Olympian Carrie Tollefson as she trains for the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, her first marathon! Find out how she plans to squeeze her training into twelve weeks while working full time and raising two kids. For more info and to follow along with Carrie, check out www.ctollerun.com!


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Researchers at the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH) have launched a five-year study to see whether a therapy using transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells, blood stem cells found in bone marrow, can produce long-term remission for patients with severe, treatment-resistant systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus), a rheumatic autoimmune disease that can affect the body's major organs. The study will include a basic research component to examine the roles of B and T cells, white blood cells in the immune system, in triggering lupus symptoms.
In this pilot study, 14 patients from ages 15 to 40 will receive stem cell transplantation therapy, during which their stem cells will be removed from their bone marrow. These cells, which will become different kinds of blood and immune system cells in the body, will then be harvested and cleaned. After the patient's bone marrow is treated with immunosuppressant drugs to destroy the disease-causing immune cells, the stem cells will be returned to the bone marrow. The stem cells will then repopulate the marrow and body to establish a more properly functioning immune system.
The initial treatment requires several outpatient visits followed by a two-week hospital stay. Patients then have monthly medical visits for six months, quarterly visits for two years, and annual visits for the remainder of the study. Following therapy, researchers will assess whether this treatment produces sustained, relapse-free disease remission for 24 months.
"Many patients with severe forms of lupus have limited treatment options that may offer only temporary relief of symptoms and no disease regression. For these patients, stem cell transplantation therapy may offer hope for a normal functioning immune system," said Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., director of NIH's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
Severe forms of lupus can devastate patients, causing pain, fatigue, depression, and in some cases, premature death. Patients who enter this study must have been treated, to no avail, with high doses of immunosuppressant drugs, which decrease immune function. Researchers believe that by combining immunosuppressant treatment with stem cell transplantation, they can create a new immune system that doesn't attack the body's healthy cells.
"Advances in cancer therapy can yield advances in treatment of autoimmune diseases," said Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., director of the NIH's National Cancer Institute. "Cyclophosphamide used as a cancer therapy suppresses the immune system. This discovery led to improvements for lupus patients. Similarly, altering the immune system through progenitor cell transplantation, a cancer treatment, may also benefit lupus patients."
"Lupus is different from cancer," he added. "However, we have found that both diseases can benefit from treatment that modulates the immune system."
In addition to the clinical study, researchers will look at how B and T cells function in the immune systems of lupus patients. Previous studies have shown that the dysfunctioning T cells, which normally regulate the immune response, coupled with overactive B cells, which target both foreign and healthy cells, are responsible for the destructive autoimmune process that takes place in lupus. Researchers will compare the activity of B and T cells extracted from patients before stem cell transplant therapy with those that repopulate in the "new" immune system after therapy. They will be looking for cell properties that may contribute to the faulty immune response found in lupus. B cell studies will be conducted by scientists at NIAMS, while T cell studies will be conducted by scientists at NCI.
Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will join this collaborative effort, investigating the central nervous system and kidney involvement, respectively, of lupus patients. "This study is an example of what can be accomplished when scientists from various disciplines combine resources and experience to create better outcomes for patients," said Dr. Katz.
Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease that mainly affects women of child-bearing age. Its symptoms range from unexplained fever, swollen joints and skin rashes to severe damage of the kidneys, lungs or central nervous system. Lupus is three times more common — and is frequently more severe — in African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos. Studies show these groups also experience more complications of lupus, including kidney failure for both and neurological problems for African Americans.
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For those of you who have been following the continuing saga of Joe "thumb on the trigger of rifle" Morrissey, more and more interesting facts are coming out. Apparently Morrissey's little attention whoring stunt on the House floor has backfired, with some unwanted information coming to light.
We already know that the violent thug was disbarred in 1999 for threatening to kill a man, and nearly doing so – with his own bare "assault hands."
But DC Caller reminds us that this assmonkey was denied a law license in Australia after having been disbarred in the US and lying about it.
Nicholas Cowdery, then the director of public prosecutions for New South Wales, told The Sydney Morning Herald in a front-page article that "Appropriate inquiries were made before [Mr Morrissey] was engaged and … [his] disbarments were not reported."
In an affidavit to the New South Wales Supreme Court, Tedeschi would later write that Morrissey gave him "some vague reason[s] about wanting to do other things and see the world" instead of remaining in the U.S. "On no occasion did he mention to me that he had been disbarred in the United States."
But it gets even worse than that, boys and girls. The DC Caller also reports that Joey "Thumbs" Morrissey also apparently "lost or misplaced" two of four of those scary "assault" weapons, one of which – an Uzi submachine gun – somehow wound up in the greedy little paws of an arrested heroin dealer.
That gun, along with two other semiautomatic weapons — a TEC-9 capable of firing 72 rounds without reloading, and another unspecified rifle — were among four weapons Morrissey used as props when he discussed drugs and violence at schools, and during civic meetings.
The suspected drug dealer "was arrested in Richmond … and the gentleman had a storage locker rented to himself in Chesterfield County," State Police Special Agent Anita Derby told the Times-Dispatch then. "A search warrant was conducted on the storage locker and that's where the gun was found."
The Uzi and the TEC-9 disappeared after police loaned them to Morrissey in May 1991. He said in 1994 that the firearms had been missing since at least December 1992,when Virginia Department of Forensic Science director Paul Ferrara asked for their safe return.
So Thumbs borrows four assault rifles from State Police, apparently in order to warn children of the dangers of these evil weapons, and somehow wound up equipping drug dealers instead.
Thumbs claims the weapons were stolen from his office, but apparently, he never reported them missing.
Sound familiar? **cough**FastandFurious**cough**
So while Thumbs is trying to disarm the law abiding citizens of Virginia, he's apparently equipping the criminals.
And we won't even start on the corruption charges, where Morrissey was accused of allowing a rapist's father to pay $50,000 — half to the victim and half to a list of charities Morrissey chose — in exchange for reducing the criminal charge to a misdemeanor. And those "charities?" According to press, they were churches in African-American communities where Morrissey was trying to build up support.
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Five reasons you have been making fewer salads than you might expect at this time of year: 1. Really good ones require something like seven hours to prepare. 2. There is seldom a time when all 43 ingredients you deem necessary are actually on hand at home. 3. Certain members of the household are saladaphobic. 4. You found something in the lettuce back in May. Say no more. 5. Still waiting for the whole listening to jazz/reading thought-provoking novels/sipping perfect iced tea while wearing elegant natural fibers summer lifestyle to kick in.
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Dinner was over in the dull old dining-room. The Archduchess Annunciata lighted a
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Rovair rents out pre-activated wireless broadband modems. We used it for coverage of CES in Vegas. Apart from the general lack of available bandwidth at the modem-infested show, the service worked perfectly and we'll be sure to use it again.
It works like this: you tell Rovair the dates you need them for, then select the exact model you want. We opted for the broad compatibility of Novatel's U727 USB modems, but there's plenty to choose from. Rovair mails you the gear, which arrives on the specified date.
When you're done, you use a pre-paid envelope to overnight it back to them. Staff were pleasant and personal whenever contacted.
There are a few things to bear in mind. First, you're billed until the time the return envelope is scanned by the mail people. So it's best not to dump it in an airport mailbox, which might not be checked frequently or on weekends. Find a person to hand it to, like a FedEx worker, hotel concierge or clerk at Kinkos.
Remember the stick's phone number, too. You'll need it in a pinch: Verizon's Access Manager download page is guarded by a form that requires it, and Sprint won't even talk to you if you don't know it.
Finally, a WiMax offering is a must this year: EVDO used to be the secret to effective CES coverage, but now everyone's got it, it's as slow as dial-up!


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This guy hit the nail on the head. And said to say this is my life also ..
A winter's tale: cold homes, poor lives in wealthy Japan.
The country is still rich, so why do the Japanese people live like they're not?
By GIANNI SIMONE
Question: What am I doing outside my home at 6 a.m. with a gas can, a pump, and stalactites under my nose?
Answer: I'm swearing.
I know, this is only half the answer, but at zero degrees Celsius my brain has the tendency to freeze up. Give me a minute to thaw out and I'll elaborate later . . .
According to some people, Japan is already living in the future. I beg to differ. While Japan is a technological giant and our rabbit-hutch houses are bursting with the latest electronic gadgets, the quality of life in this country could be much better if we enjoyed the same basic services people take for granted in the West. Even in Italy where I come from the seemingly never-ending recession rarely prevents many people from enjoying rather high living standards. After all, the average Italian lives in a well-built house, with plenty of space to stretch out and relax, and plenty of free time to actually enjoy it.
Japan, on the other hand, may still be the world's No. 3 economic power, but all too often its people seem to lead relatively poor lives, spending their whole day stressing out on the job, getting drunk afterwards, then going back to houses so small that the washing machine has to sit on the balcony or outside the front door.
Take house heating: In Italy, most houses have central heating; here, so-called "space heating" is the norm. This does not mean we are living in the Space Age, but rather the Stone Age.
Space heating or, as I prefer to call it, "tactical heating" entails warming up only the room where you spend most of the time i.e. the living room while leaving the rest of the house out in the cold. This, of course, cannot but cause some collateral damage, namely: 1) When you go to bed and slide under the ice-cold sheets, you suffer hypothermic shock and risk dying of exposure (anybody remember the movie "The Red Tent"?); and 2) When you have to answer the call of nature in the middle of the night, you have to haul on a coat.
Now you know why the Japanese had to invent the WC with a heated seat.
On the plus side, the entrance "hall" is so cold that it can be used (and, in many cases,
used) as a refrigerator to store fruit, vegetables and the like.
Tactical heating used to be organized around the infamous
, a piece of furniture that only the Japanese those masters of thrift and simplicity could have dreamt up.
As I'm sure most people know, a kotatsu is basically a low table with a small electric heater screwed to its underside and topped with a quilt. On cold winter evenings, denizens of the house would slip their legs under the table, cover their lower bodies with the quilt, and spend the night watching TV, eating tangerines and getting drunk. And, more often than not, someone would end up dozing off with their upper body exposed, only to wake up in the morning with nasal stalactites, a nasty cold and a throbbing head.
The kotatsu is still going strong among the Japanese (and those weird foreigners who either can't afford something better or have a mistaken idea of what "embracing Japan" actually means) but there are now trendier (though only slightly better) ways to keep warm.
Take the air conditioner, the weapon of choice for the majority of households in their battle against both the summer heat and winter chill. As well as consuming an awful lot of electricity, these devices are criminally inefficient in our barely insulated homes, turn our throats to sandpaper, and reduce those with dust allergies to sniveling wrecks.
Another popular heating tool among the horizontally inclined is the electric carpet, a seemingly innocuous beast that lulls its prey into a warm (probably drunk) torpor while lightly toasting them on one side with 130-160 milligauss of electromagnetic waves.
According to architectural adviser Keiji Ashizawa (interviewed on this subject by Japan Times columnist Jean Snow for ubertrendy website Neojaponisme), "Only in Hokkaido is there such a thing as the Law on Cold Residences, and the Government Housing Loan Corp. gives financial assistance to homes protected against the cold. They say that people from Hokkaido catch colds when they come to Tokyo, because they traditionally live in houses insulated and warmed through central heating."
For those who don't live in Hokkaido, the most effective piece of technology out there seems to be the kerosene heater which, if you think about it, is the sensible choice if you live in a highly inflammable wooden prefab house. Which brings me neatly back to my story . . .
So what the hell am I doing outside my home at six in the morning?
Why, I'm filling the gas can, of course!
"And why didn't you do it the day before?" I'm sure you will ask.
Alright, let's check the videotape . . .
22:00, the day before: The stove goes beep-beep and the magic number 50 flashes on the screen, which means there's only 50 minutes' worth of kerosene left. I've just come back home from work and I'm dead tired. So I look at the clock, look at my wife, then look at the stove and say: "Let's switch this off and use the electric stove, so we have enough fuel for tomorrow morning." The Boss says nothing, which means she doesn't despise my idea.
5:45, today: I'm woken up by the Boss screaming and railing against Buddha, Confucius and, especially, me.
"I told you to put the kerosene in!!!"
"Now only 10 minutes are left . . . You know this stove sometimes pulls such tricks."
"Bloody tricks!" says I.
"OK, you go back to sleep," says She. "I'll manage somehow. . ."
This is obviously a trap. I used to fall for it, but not anymore. As soon as I hear those words I jump out of bed, scramble to get dressed and head out to fill the gas can.
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise . . . and stink of kerosene.
Not only does the Japanese house often fail to protect us from the cold, but the place itself can even be dangerous for our health and I'm not talking about earthquakes. Many buildings, in fact, are affected by so-called sick house syndrome. A "sick house" can trigger health problems such as allergies, atopic dermatitis and respiratory problems due to the emission of synthetic chemical materials (e.g. formaldehyde, asbestos) that until a few years ago were used liberally in construction.
Sick building syndrome, as it is also known, is not only a Japanese problem, but it seems that abroad the health hazards are mainly due to natural causes, such as mold, algae, bacteria, etc., while in Japan the problems tend to be man-made.
Another thing that leaves me scratching my head are those huge gas cylinders chained to the side of my house. As I live in Kanagawa, I don't enjoy the relative convenience of Tokyo Gas and have to rely on propane. This means that each family gets a couple of long, fat cylinders the moment they move into a new house.
These cylinders are literally chained to the wall, checked periodically and replaced once they run empty. The gas guy assured me they are safe, and that even if they exploded our house would not be damaged. Still, they look like a couple of bombs to me.
But what really left me speechless the first time I saw it was communal sewer cleaning. I'm sure (I hope) that the many of you lucky enough to live in less backward areas have never heard about it, but in some places (mine included) you are expected to join your neighbors once a year to get down and dirty in the local sewer. Not only is this a disgusting thing to have to do, but something surely stinks if all the local taxes we pay don't at least cover this most basic of services.
And how about
, the summer custom of sprinkling water in the street to cool the area? My friends back in Italy saw it on YouTube and asked me why they don't just go around with a tanker truck fitted with sprinklers.
Of course they missed its real meaning, the amused
who lives near my house told me. Why, such customs as uchimizu and sewer cleaning bring out our national values, as they combine utilitarian, courteous and dutiful ends. Take that, you selfish gaijin!
Returning to heating, after years of trying to survive the Japanese winter I've found a couple of simple ways to keep my blood from freezing solid while deploying tactical heating in the home. The first is putting on several layers of clothes until I begin to resemble a less cute version of Bibendum, the Michelin Man. I usually opt for a T-shirt/wool underwear/pajama/tracksuit/hooded sweatshirt combo. Plus two pairs of socks, of course.
Another winner is putting an insulating sheet the one that looks like thick aluminum foil in your bed between the sheets and the mattress. That really works miracles, I guarantee.
Now I can finally enjoy reading in bed again although my hands still go numb after a while.
My favorite books recently are Antony Beevor's histories, especially "Stalingrad" and its sequel, "Berlin: The Downfall 1945." Reading about all those frostbitten soldiers crossing the steppes at 30 degrees below helps to convince me that here in Japan we don't have it so bad after all.
Gasoline?! That is
last century!
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Very interesting! I have used kerosene space heaters and many of them are made in Japan and some may have been developed there, such as the first ones I bought from Kero-Sun almost 35 years ago. They are very efficient and safe if used properly.
I am fortunate to have a large supply of dead wood on my 2.5 acre property and I have a good size woodstove that keeps most of my house comfortable. I also use an electric blanket and I've become used to dealing with some parts of my house being cold.
IMHO the obvious way to increase the comfort level and standard of living for individuals is to reduce per-capita expenditure on natural resources, particularly energy, by sharing resources and responsibility and expenses. I am a great fan of cooperative or communal living as are practiced in many intentional communities, which can be found on
. I think it is also healthier for people to live and interact with many other individuals and families, but it does take a lot of individual commitment and acceptance of the resulting lifestyle.
But that's perhaps another topic that is quite a bit removed from electric vehicles, although the intent of reducing waste and improving efficiency and protecting our environment are prime motivators for EVs.
Thanks for a glimpse at some of the daily lives of people in another culture.
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5:45, today: I'm woken up by the Boss screaming and railing against Buddha, Confucius and, especially, me.
Caught this while skimming over, and had to go back to read the whole thing.
In this part of canada, houses are not even be built with 2x4 exterior walls anymore. Its not a structural issue but has to do with the amount of insulation needed to satisfy the "R" rating. Everything uses 2x6 exterior walls now. Newer standards will supposedly require builders to bridge the insulating gap caused by the studs themselves
I knew what kind of vehicle I wanted to drive since before I was old enough to drive,
All I had to do was build it..
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I am lucky that I have city gas and do not need to join in cleaning sewers, so a little better off than the author of the above letter.
My place is about 70 years old and like the traditional Japanese houses
There is no insulation in the place I have at the moment, so in winter the walls have water on them because it is that cold that your breath hits the walls and turns to water.
The heater I have is a space heater that runs off the city gas, it heats up a room and if lucky a joining room, but walk in to the kitchen in winter and you turn blue in seconds, go to the toilet and you pass ice cubes.
The bedroom has a heater/cooler system which the heater system is as useless as tits on a bull.
The hot water system here in the apartment I am in now dates back to Edo I say and you would have better luck boiling a pot of water to bath then trying to use the shower. In winter showers are as fast as humanly possible if not you run the risk of dropping dead from hyperthermia and I am not joking.
Summer which we have now is the reverse. The heater/cooler system is only in the bedroom and can only cool the bedroom, you can leave the bedroom door open to try and cool the living room, but you have better luck buying a bucket of dry ice and have a fan running to cool the living room. At night you are sleeping and need to get up and leave the bedroom and walk in to the other rooms you are struck down with heat stroke and just about pass out.
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Wow, I guess Japan really is a country of contrasts. I wouldn't mind seeing more of the world but the more I learn about other places, the more I want to stay put. Not that its perfect here either, but I guess I'm just used to the vices we have to deal with.
In fairness, the first house I lived in as a kid was in Alberta, and there was no insulation in that place despite the -40C winters. Stucco walls on the inside and outside along with old growth timber frame meant that it could have probably suvived a zombie apocalypse, but it wasn't unusual to see frost on the inside in the dead of winter.
The open hearth fireplace kept the livingroom warm, but the draft was so strong that it would pull cold air into the house through gaps in the windows (single pane of course), door seals (LOL, what door seals!?), siding, gaps in the shake roof, etc. So the rest likely got slightly cooler no matter how hot the fire was.
That was over 20 years ago and the house likely has plenty of updates since then. Google street view confims its still standing. No idea when it was built but it was old when my parents bought it. Really old...
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's state-run radio and television stations have announced that the country's president has granted amnesty to more than 6,300 prisoners.
The broadcast on Tuesday's midday news said the releases would begin Wednesday but did not specify how many political detainees would be among those receiving an amnesty from President Thein Sein.
The release of political prisoners has been hotly anticipated as a crucial step in liberalizing measures implemented by the military-backed but elected government that took power in March.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's tightly controlled state newspapers published an appeal Tuesday for a political amnesty, indicating that a release of some of the country's 2,000 political prisoners may be imminent.
The appeal in the three state newspapers, which closely reflect government positions, was an open letter from the government-appointed National Human Rights Commission calling on President Thein Sein to grant an amnesty as a gesture of magnanimity.
Some officials have been saying privately that such a release is expected within days.
Myanmar's long-ruling military government handed power in March to an elected administration, which is seen as remaining closely aligned with the military but which has declared its intention to liberalize the country's hardline policies.
The United States believes Myanmar's elections were flawed but has been encouraged by its liberalizing trend since the civilian administration took power, the highest-ranking American diplomat for Asia said Monday.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell, speaking at a lecture in the Thai capital, Bangkok, cited "dramatic developments under way" in Myanmar and said Washington may soon take steps to improve its relationship with the country.
"I think it would be fair to say that we will match their steps with comparable steps and we are looking forward in the course of the next several weeks to continuing a dialogue that has really stepped up in recent months," he said.
Campbell cited a "very consequential dialogue" between Thein Sein and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a major positive development. In public speeches Thein Sein also has appeared conciliatory about easing limits on freedom of speech and holding talks with ethnic rebels.
The United States has long ostracized Myanmar with political and economic sanctions because the failure of the former military government to hand over power to a democratically elected government and poor human rights record.
The U.S. could ease restrictions on financial transactions and travel by top Myanmar officials, and also unblock aid by some multilateral agencies as well as resume its own assistance.
Thein Sein instituted an amnesty soon after taking office, but it included just a few dozen political prisoners.
The letter published Tuesday called for freeing "prisoners who were convicted for breach of the existing laws and who do not pose a threat to the stability of state and public tranquility in the interest of national races." It noted that other countries and the U.N. have called for such a release.
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Playten began her acting career playing Baby Louise in the original production of Gypsy. She later told of studying Ethel Merman's performance of "Rose's Turn" from the wings. (She studied her subject well; later in her career she would be compared to Merman.) In 1963, she was Bet, Nancy's younger sister, singing "I'd Do Anything" in the Charles Dickens-inspired show Oliver! The next year, she created the role of Ermengarde, Horace Vandergelder's tearful niece, in Hello, Dolly!. She seized the spotlight in 1967, winning a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for her work in the short-lived Bob Merrill musical Henry, Sweet Henry.
In film, she cut her most memorable figure in the 1985 sci-fi curiosity "Legend," where she put her pixie-like persona to work playing Blixx, a pointy-eared goblin who serves Tim Curry's "Lord of Darkness".
Ms. Playten acted in Peter Parnell's play The Sorrow of Stephen at the Public Theater in 1979; was Eve in Up From Paradise, a musical version of Arthur Miller's Garden of Eden play The Creation of the World and Other Business, in 1983. Ms. Playten won a second Obie Award playing Lady Bird Johnson and Mamie Eisenhower in Michael John LaChiusa's First Lady Suite, and was in Bill Irwin's production of Georges Feydeau's 1907 classic, A Flea in Her Ear at the Roundabout Theatre Company in 1998. Though the plays and productions got smaller, Ms. Playten continued to act. She starred with Richard Masur in The Flea Theater's The Oldsmobiles in fall 2009. Other Broadway credits include Seussical and Caroline or Change. Her final stage appearance was the Off-Broadway comedy with music, It Must Be Him, in late summer 2010.
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Dr. Yves Joanette to lead international board coordinating global efforts to tackle dementia
March 1, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
On February 25, the World Dementia Council officially named Dr. Yves Joanette, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Aging, as its new Chair. The World Dementia Council stems from a G8 (now G7) Summit on Dementia commitment in 2013. It has since expanded to include more country representation. As Chair, Dr. Joanette will oversee the work of the Council in coordinating global efforts and helping find tangible solutions to the challenge of dementia.
In Canada, it is estimated that 6-15 percent of individuals over 65 years old are living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. Around the world, that number is estimated at 47.5 million. This shows how dementia knows no boundaries and why Council members will work together to fast track the development and commercialization of life enhancing drugs, treatments and care for people around the world living with dementia.
As Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Aging, and professor at the University of Montreal, Dr. Joanette has closely contributed to dementia research efforts in Canada and internationally. He currently co-leads the CIHR Dementia Research Strategy, through which the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (or CCNA) is supported. The CCNA brings together over 350 Canadian researchers to improve diagnosis, treatments, and quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers. With Dr. Joanette's expertise, combined with the significant Canadian footprint in dementia research, Canada will contribute greatly to the work of the World Dementia Council.
"It is impressive to see the will and dedication of all the members on the Council. With the size of the challenge before us, only through a concerted effort across all sectors and countries, will we be able to make a difference in the lives of those living with this devastating disease. Over the coming months and years, we will work tirelessly for people living with dementia, their families and caregivers."
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"Dementia and other neurological diseases have significant impacts on the lives of individuals and caregivers. On behalf of the Government of Canada, I want to congratulate Dr. Joanette on his appointment as Chair of the World Dementia Council. I am always impressed by Canadian researchers' contribution to improving human health both nationally and globally."
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It's an absolute monster. Though, with Battlefield 4, running 3 monitors (not stretched, just 2 monitors for browsing/shows and movies and whatnot.) it can get a bit choppy with everything maxed out (though still above 30 frames no issue. Though, this only happens when I'm watching something that's high resolution on the other screen. I haven't overclocked it yet, though later on I might, should I feel the need. Battlefield 4 is the only game that gives this card any hassle. I can play 3 copies of EVE online simultaneously on fully maxed settings at 1080p and maintain 45+ FPS on each window, no fps drop spikes or lag that could be considered on the fault of the card.
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Jul 15, 2012 - By Steven R. PeckBiggest fears for county budget planners didn't pan out this year
Fremont County's budget planners got two pieces of good news as they finalized the county's 2013 fiscal year budget. The worry now is that neither happy circumstance will repeat itself.
First, our county saw its assessed valuation top the $1 billion mark again, confounding most predictions. We're one of the big boys, so to speak, and our revenues will reflect it thanks to high oil output and prices that counteracted the effects of falling natural gas prices that had the number crunchers doubting a return to the magical "b word."
Second, the county learned that its biggest funding fear won't materialize, at least not this year. County commissioners were deeply concerned that more than $1 million in federal money through a long-standing program called payment in lieu of taxes, or PILT, would be allocated to Wyoming after all, and passed on to county governments.
Most of Wyoming is comprised of land owned by the federal government and administered through the Bureau of Land Management. All those millions of acres aren't subject to Wyoming property taxes and, consequently, don't contribute to the assessed valuation of the counties.
There is a lot of BLM land in Fremont County, but it does us no good when it comes time to calculate the county's tax base. So, the federal government for many years has compensated the state through PILT -- money which would contribute to state revenues if only the state or private landowners controlled it.
As federal programs go, this is a popular one even in Wyoming, where citizens are encouraged to despise the federal government. That's easier to do in principle when a hot-headed TV commentator is telling us to do it, but it's a bit harder to swallow when it means 5 percent to 10 percent of our county's budget might go begging because the feds suddenly decide PILT needs to be cut back in the name of federal deficit reduction.
The feds shouldn't have it both ways. They shouldn't prevent Wyoming from collecting property taxes on lands within its borders while also denying fair compensation for that lost revenue.
That's how federal authorities saw it too, and a good chunk of PILT money is coming Fremont County's way after all.
The county is to be commended as well for its decision to provide ongoing assistance to important non-county entities such as our sole commercial airport and smaller social service organizations that benefit mightily from a taste of county cash in a good revenue year.
Fremont County's budget process turned out to be much more relaxed that many were expecting. Having some well-deserved wealth will do that. Now if we could only get the high natural gas value and the high oil value in the same assessment. Oh, well. Wait'll next year.
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My cake submission printed in Cake Central Magazine's December Issue- Volume 4 Issue 12. I'm very proud to be ending the year with two submissions in this magazine. It was an was amazing to be asked and an honour to be chosen. The themed photo they gave me to gather inspiration from was a big reindeer and trees, birds and ribbons. I thought I'd create something that I probably would never get asked to do and added in some of my fave signature ruffles to the cake. As usual, it was a tight deadline and I'm happy with the result given my time frame. Special thanks to Paolo Cristante, who is a talented photographer and amazing at his craft..he always makes my cakes look good! Thanks Paolo!
Hope you all enjoy this one…festive for the season! xo ~Daniela
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"Hey, I Did That!"
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"I started working as a STEP Student at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge almost by pure luck. I had been working in a restaurant when the Wildlife Refuge Manager came in one day and became a regular costumer, naturally my family got to know her. One day we were talking about getting a job with the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) where she got her start and since the great outdoors is my passion and favorite place to be I applied for the YCC. Unfortunately I was not selected then she told me about a program called the Student Temporary Employment Program. She told me I could still be outdoors (which was great) but also since I was a natural Spanish and English speaker I could make a huge impact on our attempts at translation/interpretation and Latino community outreach. Since then I've been "hooked" on this job and wouldn't trade it for the world.
I'll never forget the time that I got to spend with our YCC Crew especially when we all got to go out on airboats and catch Canada Geese with our bare hands and then later, put information bands on their legs so scientists and state officials could tell how old they were, where they came from, etc.
Working with the Fish and Wildlife Service has taught me so many things and helped me accomplish so many of my current goals. I love the feeling of looking back on a project, paper, or assignment and think "Hey I did that" or "I helped with that". It's always satisfying to me when I can look back and know that I made a difference.
Next I hope to go to college at Oregon State or Utah State University and after that join either the USFWS and become a Law Enforcement Conservation Officer or become a Park Ranger with the U.S. Forest Service."
- Ruben
Thanks, Ruben, for all your hard work this summer and making conservation your passion, and sharing that passion with the Refuge and all our visitors and friends.
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Margie-May Hockey - On the road to discovery
23/10/2012 , 11:00 AM by Liz Hedge
She may be just a girl from Guerie, but Margie-May Hockey could be on the verge of taking the country music scene by storm.
We first spoke to Margie-May Hockey (pictured - courtesy Margie-May) as a 13 year old girl from Geurie. Even then it seemed she was destined for an impressive future in music.
Three years on she's just won the Australian National Field Days heat for the "Road to Discovery" competition held recently at Borenore.
The Road to Discovery is a program that's been supporting emerging musicians for the past ten years, with a 12 month music mentoring program up for grabs.
The Semi final wil be held at the Queenscliff Music Festival in Victoria on November 24.
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Hospice of Wichita Falls Holds Reindeer Relay
Some employees at Hospice of Wichita Falls left the office today and hit the streets all to support their cause.
The wellness program employees ran and walked around their facility for two hours this afternoon during their reindeer relay.
Nine different teams competed one for each of Santa's reindeer.
The event was all to promote fitness and raise funds for their annual tree of lights campaign.
"The community supports us so greatly and we want to show the community that we also support the mission and that this doesn't go towards our operations it goes towards taking care of those patients don't have a funding source so that they get the care that they deserve," said Rob Propp, from Hospice of Wichita Falls Human Resources.
As of about 30 minutes ago hospice is 42 thousand dollars shy of its goal for the Tree of Lights Campaign.
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In July 2012, Chopra became the first Indian woman posing nude for the official Playboy magazine. She was then selected to host the sixth season of the show MTV Splitsvilla. In December 2013, she released her music single titled "Bad Girl". In 2014, she played the lead protagonist in the unreleased erotic film, Kamasutra 3D directed by Rupesh Paul.
Sherlyn Chopra's father was a doctor. She attended Stanley Girls High School and Saint Ann's College for Women in Secunderabad.
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Canadian dollar firms on China rate cut, but Fed weighs
By Jon Cook
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's dollar advanced for a fourth straight session against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, boosted by China's surprising interest rate cut, but momentum was curbed when the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled further monetary stimulus was not imminent.
The U.S. dollar gained against the euro after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke dampened expectations that the central bank will embark sometime soon on further measures to boost the U.S. economy.
China's rate cut to shore up its flagging economy boosted global stocks and lifted growth-linked currencies in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The Australian dollar hit a three-week high, while the Canadian dollar climbed to C$1.0210 against the greenback, or 97.94 U.S. cents, its strongest level since May 29.
"The China news certainly helps and suggests that they will do whatever they can to maintain decent growth, and that's solid for commodity prices and the Canadian dollar," said Benjamin Reitzes, senior economist and foreign exchange strategist at BMO Capital Markets.
"If Bernanke had signaled more easing it would have wet risk appetite and weakened the U.S. dollar, but we didn't quite get that far."
Hopes of more stimulus were offset somewhat by positive U.S. data on Thursday that showed the number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits fell last week for the first time since April.
At 1:05 p.m. EDT (1705 GMT), the Canadian dollar was at C$1.0243 against the U.S. currency, or 97.63 U.S. cents, up from Wednesday's close at C$1.0279 against the U.S. dollar, or 97.29 U.S. cents.
News in Europe was also upbeat, as Spain soothed fears that it is being cut off from financial markets by raising more than 2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) at a bond auction, although it had to pay dearly. Continued...