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Five Ways to Celebrate College Savings Day!
Today is National College Savings Day!
You can find out what activities might be planned for your community, but, even if there aren't any organized events where you are, AEDI has ideas for how you can mark the day. Let us know in the comments--how will you celebrate this National College Savings Day?
- Open a college savings account--for yourself, your children, or a child you care about.
- Write a letter to the editor about why children's assets matter for educational attainment. You can use some of AEDI's resources to help you make your case. We'd even be happy to help you craft your communication!
- Contact a policymaker in support of children's asset-building policy. Ask your member of Congress to support children's savings policy. Make sure that your state legislators understand why starting a Children's Savings Account makes sense for your state. Talk with local policymakers about CSA innovations in places like San Francisco, California.
- Make a deposit in a child's savings account. The CSA effort in Wabash County, Indiana leverages the contributions of community champions to cultivate a college savings culture and send children the message that college is in their future. You can help to cultivate a college-saver identity in a child in your life; AEDI research suggests that even small-dollar accounts can build educational expectations and improve outcomes.
- Connect with others who care about children's savings. Sign up for advocacy alerts, support promising programs, learn about emerging research. There is a movement building, and you can be part of it!
AEDI will keep working to communicate the importance of children's assets for educational attainment. We'll be here on May 30th, too, and every day after that. We want to hear about your College Savings Day efforts, and we look forward to working with you to make every day a day for college savings!


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Feb. 22, 2014
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--Using a complete team effort in all facets of the game, the Western Kentucky University softball team (7-4-1) shut out Miami (OH) (3-4) by a score of 7-0 in day two of the Holiday Inn Hilltopper Spring Fling on Saturday.
Behind the arm of Hannah Miniard (3-0), the freshman and the defense held the Red Hawks to just one hit in the fourth inning. Miniard had three walks and six strikeouts in the complete-game performance.
WKU recorded a season-high 13 hits in the game, led by junior Shawna Sadler's 3-for-4 effort. The Illinois native also added a pair of RBIs. Senior Amanda Thomas, junior Preslie Cruce and sophomore Bethany Oglesby had two hits apiece.
The Lady Toppers took a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Sadler was the first to cross home plate off of a senior Kelsie Mattox RBI single. Mattox and Oglesby then scored after Cruce powered a double to left center.
One more run came on the board in the fourth frame, as Oglesby opened the inning by reaching base on a Red Hawk miscue. The sophomore would move to third on another Cruce double before scoring on senior Olivia Watkins' single up the middle.
WKU capped the 7-0 score in the sixth with a trio of runs, as freshman Amber Williams brought in the first from Thomas' RBI single. Senior Tiffany Gooch and freshman India Steward then rounded the bases on Sadler's two-base hit.
WKU concludes this home tourney on Sunday at 10 a.m. CT versus Canisius before facing Bradley at 3 p.m. CT.
Gametracker for each game can be found on the tournament central page on WKUSports.com.
For more information on WKU softball, visit WKUSports.com or follow the team on Twitter via @WKUSoftball.
How to follow the Lady Toppers: For complete information on WKU Softball, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUSoftball.

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Trib HS Insider Q&A: Zach Schademan, Thomas Jefferson
Zach Schademan had a breakout season in 2011 with 49 receptions for 807 yards and eight touchdowns. The thing is, because Thomas Jefferson is traditionally a run-first team with gaudy ground numbers, college coaches didn't really give the 5-foot-11, 170-pound receiver a second glance.
He proved last week that, despite the fact he's not a prototypical receiver, he can certainly get open as he pulled down five passes for 96 yards and two scores in a 41-6 rout of Ringgold.
Q: What are the expectations you had for yourself coming into the year?
A: My cousin, Johnny Schademan, I want to keep up with him. He caught eight touchdowns in his junior year (at Bethel Park), and I had eight touchdowns. I don't know what he did his senior year, but I want to keep up with him.
Q: How have you developed your game over the last couple of years in a run-oriented offense?
A: At practice, our coaches really know what they're talking about so I just listen to them, use the repetition and just get better every day.
Q: What did you think when you heard coach Bill Cherpak say your team was going to throw the ball more this year?
A: That was enjoyable for me because I like to catch the ball, and I like to make plays and do those things like all receivers do.
Q: What do you like better, making a catch for a touchdown or laying a hit on a receiver when you're playing defensive back?
A: That's a hard question. I guess I like receiver better, so I would say catch a touchdown.
Q: Considering your numbers are comparable to WPIAL Division I recruits, are you surprised you're not getting more looks or offers?
A: It doesn't bother me, but I'm just looking for something to come to me. I'd be happy with whatever I get as long as I like it and it's a good fit for me.
Q: What do you like to do when you're not playing football?
A: I like to cook. I like cooking lemon pepper chicken. It's one of my favorites.
Q: Is that something you want to pursue as a career?
A: No. My dad taught me how to cook, and I just kind of make up my own things.
Q: Do you have any particular pregame rituals?
A: A bunch of guys on the team go to Subway after school. I get the chicken teriyaki, go over to a friend's house, then go to the locker room and get ready.
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I have a 2010 Jeep Wrangler and I trying to look for a good tuner for it, any ideas?
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Yes, that's right. Feed me. No, I will not leave you alone. I will not let you sleep. I will not let you read. I will not let you play whatever silly game, computerized or otherwise, it is that you may be playing.
Not until you feed me.
Come to think of it, I'm not even really hungry. I just like having food there, in case I -get- hungry later. You humans don't know how lucky you are to be able to provide your own late-night snacks.
Me? I have to rely on you.
So, in conclusion,
Feed me.
Why do my humans give me catnip mice?
They smell good and all, don't get me wrong. But they don't look anything like mice. Mice aren't purple. Or blue. Or green. You get the picture. If you want to get me a present, buy me a -real- mouse sometime. Nothing says "I love you, kitty!" like my very own warm, furry, live mouse to play with.
Perhaps if I am a "good kitty", they will bring me a mouse. A real one.
Usually, when they bring me little toy mice, I just humor them by playing with the pseudomice for a little bit, and then conveniently "lose" it. Oops! Either that, or I chew the little felt tails off of them. Then they just have to wonder when they'll step in a pile of wet felt. It's almost as much fun as leaving a hairball right in front of the bedroom door at 2am!
Now -that's- entertainment.
^. .^
I'll never understand why humans insist on sleeping at night. But hey, it gets them out of my way, so I'll not attempt to break them of the habit.
Night time is my time! I tear around the house at 2AM, stopping to thoroughly maul a couple of catnip mice along the way. Making noise in the middle of the night is my way of telling the humans that I care about them. After all, I'm taking time out of my busy schedule to wake them up in the middle of the night!
Of course, sometimes I deign to grace them with my presence, and will snooze in the bed with them. At these times, I try to position myself so that I'm laying across an ankle, or a belly, or curled around a head. It keeps them on their toes, you see, when they have to lie there very still, for fear of me getting up and leaving.
These little games are so much fun. :)
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Ozarks to host statewide math competition
Release Date: 1/26/2007
College students can compete for cash prizes
CLARKSVILLE, ARK. (January 26, 2007) -- Students from across Arkansas will match math skills February 24 at 10 a.m. when Ozarks hosts the Arkansas Undergraduate Math Competition.
Teams of two, three or four students will complete a three-hour written exam of math problems. The winning team will receive $50 per team member, while second and third place teams will receive $30 and $20 per team member, respectively.
The exam will be preceded by a continental breakfast and followed by a pizza lunch.
Those interested in participating or seeking more information should contact Dr. Jeff Sykes at Ouachita Baptist University by February 20 at (870) 245-5328 or via email.
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Kaysen Favors Gradual Pay Increases
Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says he's in favor if implementing a pay increase for city employees recommended by a consultant, but says it may have to happen over several years.
On Wednesday, Phillip Robertson, Senior Vice President of the North Carolina-based Mercer Group, presented the city council with a draft report on city employee pay and classification. The report recommended increasing city employee pay by a total amount of roughly $653,000.
Kaysen said Thursday that while he supports the proposed pay increases, the city can't afford the " overnight fix of bringing everybody up to minimum levels " as proposed by the consultant..
Kaysen says that if the council decides to go along with the increases, it will be up to an Implementation Team to recommend how to go about it, adding it may be a "multi year movement forward to try to bring those positions to minimum".
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The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, will attend a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by the prime minister on Afghanistan, Syria and Iran. Government officials insisted the invitation to Tuesday's meeting was not an attempt to persuade a sceptical Miliband to back the export of arms to the Syrian opposition.
Labour has not yet explicitly opposed the export of UK arms to the divided opposition, but has repeatedly indicated it is not yet persuaded of the wisdom of such a course.
It will be the second time David Cameron has asked Miliband to attend a meeting of the NSC, with a previous invitation in 2011 at the time of the Franco-UK action in Libya. In 2010 Cameron asked the temporary Labour leader, Harriet Harman, to a similar meeting.
Cameron regards it as important to try to build a cross-party consensus on foreign policy as much as possible.
Downing Street said no significance should be read into the timing of Miliband's meeting, or that it was a specific attempt to persuade Labour to back the arming of the rebels.
The prime minister's spokesman said the discussions at the meeting would be private, and Miliband would be free to raise any issue he likes, including the ministerial oversight of the security services in the light of allegations made by Edward Snowden in the Guardian that the security services were involved in a more widespread surveillance operation than has previously been admitted.
The prime minister's spokesman said there was no evidence that the security services had overstepped the mark, or had in any way breached the rules on parliamentary oversight.
He said the prime minister was still waiting for a report from the intelligence and security committee chaired by Sir Malcolm Rifkind.


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Canpotex Reaches Potash Deal with India for $370 per Ton
Canpotext (the potash 'cartel') struck a deal with India Friday for $370 per ton. Quite a far cry from the good ole days of 2008. [Mar 27, 2008: Canpotex Potash Contracts Secured with India @ $625] But hopefully the market has bottomed out
Via Reuters:
- Canpotex, the export arm of Canadian potash producers, said on Friday it has signed a deal to sell 600,000 tonnes of potash to Indian buyers at a delivered price of $370 a tonne. The pricing of the deal is consistent with most analysts' expectations, but it is an incremental positive for producers, as it indicates that potash pricing has bottomed out and demand has begun to rebound from the dismal levels of 2009.
- Canpotex said the new supply contract with India covers shipments through June 2010.
- We are encouraged to see physical product flow of potash, which confirms both an improvement in go-forward inventory levels and resumed offshore demand, TD Newcrest analyst Paul D'Amico said in a note to clients. Many analysts speculated that the price of that contract settled at around $350 to $360 per tonne, which is roughly in line with the $350 price that China agreed to with BPC in December.
- Canpotex, which is jointly owned by Potash Corp (POT), Mosaic Co (MOS) and Agrium Inc (AGU), said the deal was reached with a consortium of Indian buyers including Coromandel International and Tata Chemicals Ltd.. Potash Corp, the world's largest producer of the crop nutrient, supplies Canpotex with almost 54 percent of the consortium's potash requirements, with Mosaic and Agrium contributing about 37 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
- Last week, Canpotex signed a deal to sell 350,000 tonnes of potash to China's Sinofert at an undisclosed price.
- Potash emerged from obscurity a few years ago when high grain prices, tight supplies and strong demand drove prices above $1,000 a tonne from below $150. Potash emerged from obscurity a few years ago when high grain prices, tight supplies and strong demand drove prices above $1,000 a tonne from below $150.
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Dewalt D55146 & Impact Wrench
I have the above referenced compressor and want to get some air tools. ATM, I need an impact wrench for removing wheel lug nuts for repairs & tire rotation on my 3/4 ton truck. Will this dewalt handle an impact wrench without constantly waiting to pressure up? Thanks, Bob
It's a joke. Good for nailers.
The only way it will work is if you were to connect it to a surge tank, and have it pressurized. Then use it for tools.
Tools like CFM almost better than pressure. That thing ain't got none.
I have 96 gall compressor and it sometimes runs out of steam.
I'm sorry to hear that. So 4 tires once in a while, on and off won't be viable?
That unit can product 5 CFM on a good day brand new.
Even a 1/2 impact uses 4-5 CFM.
A 1" will take far more.
Will it do the job? Yes.
Just going to take longer.
I have a Ridgid compressor with almost the same specs and a cheap 1/2" drive Harbor Freight impact. Works fine for the occasional rotation and such. You'll be ok, just don't expect it to keep up with prolonged use.
Edit: I suppose I should mention that I never install lug nuts with the impact. I always hand tighten, then finish with a torque wrench. That might explain why, with almost 400k miles, my '97 'Yota still has all its original studs and bearings in good condition.
Thanks for all of the responses. Good to know that it will be ok for my limited purposes. I really don't need it to speed on and off...as long as it's faster (and less effort) than a lug wrench, I'm good to go. Again, thanks!
Big difference between a Toyota and 3/4 ton truck wheels lugs. Your compressor will turn the impact wrench, but you will still need to break them free by hand. 4-way lug wrenches are almost as fast.
Whoops...I'm sorry, my old feeble mind missed the 3/4 ton part...47 47 is absolutely right. My gear is pushing the limit to break 80-85 ft-lbs.
Thanks to all. Disapponting, but better than wasting time and money. Buying a large enough compressor isn't really practical for just that occasional use.
What type of lug wrench are you using ? The one that came with the truck or something else ?
I've carried a large cross arm wrench for years. After you learn to use them, you will never want to use a factory lug wrench again.
If you use the dewalt 18V tools, you could buy an 18V impact wrench (not a impact driver) from dewalt.
The DC820B is a 1/2 impact wrench that claims 143 ft lbs (1720 inch lbs).
The DW059B is a 1/2 impact wrench that claims 300 ft lbs.
Both are available thru Amazon. As bare tools (no battery or charger) they are $89 and $129. Add the right impact socket and you would be in business.
You could also take a look at corded impact wrenches if you are only thinking home use.
The dealt impact isn't too bad. Milwaukee's is really good about the best non tool truck cordless impact in my opinion. Very good break away torque. I have a snap on and a coworker bought a Milwaukee and at half the price it is just as good
Thanks for the pointers. I'm surprised that a cordless impact wrench will do the job. Keeping in mind that I'd be using it on a 3/4 ton vehicle, how much could I expect to pay for an adequate CIW? I see that Craftsman has a 19.2v (all my cordless tools are craftsman). It's right under $100 though, which makes me skeptical.
Also, could one battery get me though 4 wheels on and off?
I haven't used a craftsman but I could do quite a few sets of tires with mine on a charge. Just always do the final torque by hand to know for sure how right you got them.
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Researching the relationship between Canyon Ridge Christian Church and the Willow Creek Association, I corresponded briefly with WCA's Executive Vice President, Steve Bell. I reported the initial statement provided by Mr. Bell regarding their relationship with Canyon Ridge in Salon on July 2:The 10,000 churches that belong to Willow Creek Association are aligned by their mutual agreement with a statement of faith that reflects a historic, orthodox understanding of biblical Christianity. WCA m … [Read more...]
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NPR reports on Canyon Ridge Christian Church and Martin Ssempa
Barbara Bradley Hagerty reported today on the ties between Canyon Ridge Christian Church and Martin Ssempa. The audio will be up at 7:00 pm but the transcript and a bit more is up now on their website.Hagerty provides the facts: Canyon Ridge has supported Ssempa since 2007 and Ssempa has become the face of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. She also has interviews with Change.org's Michael Jones, Canyon Ridge pastor Kevin Odor and me. The interview with Rev. Odor is important for those following … [Read more...]
Salon article: Canyon Ridge, Willow Creek Association and Martin Ssempa
This morning Salon published my article reporting on the evolving relationships between Canyon Ridge Christian Church, the Willow Creek Association and Uganda's Martin Ssempa.Canyon Ridge is a member of the Willow Creek Association of churches and continues to see Martin Ssempa as being misrepresented by the media. Willow Creek apparently disagrees to the point that they would not have given him a 2007 award had they known his views. The Willow Creek folks apparently understand the nature of … [Read more...]


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After so much going on here in the US, millions of people are so hurt, fearful, jobless and concern about our situation, God made it possible for me to find great comfort on this song and I want you to listen to it. Give your self the opportunity to meditate in God while you hear it... He sees it all and He loves You. Hang on to God and the present ride will be better. His promises are written and we can depend on them.
Its great pleasure for me to introduce to you Willie Bedell, a Christian Music Minister from Liberia, Africa. He is the writer and singer of this awesome Praising song, please visit him on Facebook where he shares his heart.
Here is the song, Be one of the first ones to test it... Willies' first album will soon be out, I will notify you. Pass it around, Bless others...
We ask for your Prayers so that God favors this young man while he thinks on how to encourage us. Blessings to you Willie.


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With the filming of Ted and Sylvia at Shepperton studios not wrapping until 23 December, Gwyneth Paltrow is being forced to spend her first Christmas in London. But she won't be kissing Chris Martin of Coldplay under the mistletoe of her £10,000-a-month South Kensington flat because Gwyneth has moved. Although she loved her cosy Victorian two-bedroom South Ken flat - so much that back in May she made an offer of £1.25 million to buy it - Gwynnie is no longer a Chelsea Girl.
The security-conscious 30-yearold actress is now ensconced in a much grander house in the heart of Belgravia. The Georgian house - which estate agents say would rent for around £15,000 a month - is decorated in a chintzy, City banker's wife Colefax and Fowler style, a contrast from the chrome and pine look of her old flat.
Did somebody say Belgravia? Surely not. The area has long been regarded as one of the most sterile postcodes in London, but the arrival of Gwynnie - her new neighbours include Lady Helen Windsor, Jimmy Choo CEO Tamara Mellon, Albert Finney and Tania Bryer - suggests that the once glamorous street, where in the Fifties the Countess of Mountbatten used to entertain on a lavish scale, is making a comeback.
The star now has the ultra-chic Berkeley Hotel as her local. Her mother, the actress Blythe Danner, stayed there over Thanksgiving weekend. Although her squeaky-clean boyfriend doesn't drink, the couple have been spotted in the hotel's Blue Bar. Like her friend Madonna, she prefers to "sit up at the bar with her back turned so that nobody can see her", according to a source. Paltrow has become such a good customer that the hotel is giving her a copy of The Blue Bar Album CD as a Christmas pressie.
Gwynnie has just placed an order for a truck-load of festive decorations, seasonal flowers, armloads of mistletoe and holly to be put up all over her new house - including in all three of her bathrooms - by her favourite London florist, Kally Ellis of McQueen's in Clerkenwell.
No stranger to the A-list, Kally has been flying out to LA from London to do the Vanity Fair Oscar party flowers for the past seven years. "She is going for the traditional English Christmas look, with a wreath on the door.
In my experience, it's what Americans love. She has lovely taste: big, blousy pink roses and hydrangeas; she hates the minimalist, architectural look. I'd rather not quote how much she's spending," adds Ellis, but admits the bill will be at least four figures.
BUT what about a tree? Like Madonna, Miss Paltrow will order her blue pine from Nordman in Norway from the The Flower Stand on the corner of Fulham Road and Selwood Terrace. Last year prices fluctuated wildly - topping out at £200 - according to the amount of Gucci or Prada customers were wearing.
As she doesn't eat red meat. Quintessentially, the concierge service run by Ben Elliot, is providing her with a "bronzed" organic turkey from Lidgates in Holland Park by its in-house food specialist, Tom Parker Bowles. The company has also ordered her personalised Christmas cards and bespoke stockings (£250 each) for her closest friends, who include Plum Sykes and Nicola Formby. Christmas shopping won't be a problem. Gwynnie recently bought a crystal-encrusted £15,000 mobile Virtu phone from Nokia with a hotline to an assistant who can do it for her.
Since Tamara Mellon is a friend, she will probably order a pair of knee-high boots for her fashion conscious buddy, Kate Moss. Should she actually brave the shops herself, there's
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Gwynnie adores good chocolate from Maison Blanc on the Fulham Road. Hand-made santas on chocolate hearts, French mini chocolate buttons and white-chocolate snowmen will all be on the Paltrow tree.
She might have a Christmas Eve tipple at the Grenadier pub just around the corner on Wilton Row, which is where Guy Ritchie held his stag night. She's a regular, and is a big fan of the pub's famous Bloody Marys.
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floor leveling
I live in an old Victorian home in which the old cold pantry was opened up several years ago to become part of the kitchen. It is not on the foundation that the rest of the house is and is sloping down probably 3 or 4 inches. Understandably there were several cracks in the drywall that I have since patched. At some point I am planning on crawling under the back porch to try to brace things to prevent any further sag. (footers, posts etc). I'm not looking to jack up the floor/walls considering all the patching I've done to the drywall since I know jacking it would cause it to crack all over again. Since I am going to be putting down some new linoleum in the kitchen, I just want to level it out after bracing it. I am in hopes of just leveling the part of the floor that has dropped so that it matches the rest of the kitchen which is over the foundation and level. Any suggestions on the best way to do that? Firring strips etc???
Here is a link to another thread about leaving a floor with cement typle levaling material
Depending on your situation this may be the easist. I am not counting out shims or other means, just a sugestion:D
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"A Classic"
This is really a good book. A good plot. Well etched characters. The book is superbly read.
If you like a good mystery with thrills...do not think too much..use your credit on this.
"Great Pace"
You know right away in this book what the crime was, and who committed it. From that point on, the reader is led to walk with the main character as his walls start closing in on him, and it really is a nerve-wrecking walk! I liked getting to know all of the characters as well, and thought the story was all around, well written & exciting! Recommended for anyone who likes a good suspense story - this one is set against the personal life of a corporate CEO.
"Mixed feelings"
Very good description of the issues facing the CEO of a modern company. All of the references to technology, accounting, corporate law, board meetings, etc. are very believeable. I have some experience running modern companies so I do know whereof I speak. I don't pretend to know about police procedures, but they seem to have been well researched too. Also the description of the dire effects of outsourcing and downsizing are presented fairly. The author did his research and did it well. The way the book ends is perhaps just a bit too pat. But that's a minor carp.
"Great Entertainment"
I am amazed by the number of bad reviews on this book. I have 2 hr to go on this one and it is one of the best listens to date for me. If you liked Paranoia, you can't help but like this one. I was immediatly engaged and stayed that way through the entire book.
Highly recommended!!!
"Not Too Bad!"
The end was a dead give-away before the story ended. That was the disappointing part. The book kept you paced, with a few twists here and there. I can't honestly say that the ending give-away would have given the book a better rating.
"Excellent Read"
Being a reader of mysteries and supense novels I find I can usually figure out the ending long before it ends, but Company Man had me totally confused as to who the culprit was. Once it got started I couldn't stop listening. I found it to be a enjoyable and very satisfying read. I look forward with anticipation to seeing more of Finder's books on Audible.
I have listened to over 250 books in the last 10 years. I tend to listen to certain authors and try to read all their books. I listen while exercising and driving which makes the time past enjoyable.
"Good story; good reader"
The combination of Joseph Finder and Scott Brick makes for an excellent listen. Scott Brick is the best reader around. It is hard to turn the book off.
"Liked Paranoia, ...but this was awful"
I really liked Paranoia and looked forward to another book by Finder. This, however proved to be an anticlimax. The plot is simplistic-- like the author have read a bunch of mediocre books and cut and pasted the story together. The characters are unbelievably bland and full of cliches. Every thought or action is drawn out and overdone. It seems like things are described at least three times- when they actually happen, when someone finds out what happened, and when he or she tells another character about what they found out. The 'twists' are transparent and predictable, you can not believe that the people did not see them coming. The strong language would not have bothered me had there been some purpose behind the words, but of course there was none.
All in all a bad investment. I went to the bookstore and checked out the end (no suprises) and saved myself the agony of having to listen to the entire book.
"Suspenseful, moving, and moral"
This was an outstanding book. The suspense is continually ratcheted up to the nail-biting climax. Even when some plot points become clear, how all the threads will be resolved remains a mystery to the very end. And what a refreshing change to have a hero who, although seriously flawed, is moral and good. Character-wise, I can only criticize Detective Rhimes, who is a bit too perfect. But that's a minor quibble.
Scott Brick's narration is, as always, perfect. Off to download "Paranoia" now.
"Dragged Out Action...Cliched Characters"
Finder?s first book, Paranoia, was set in a corporation filled with one-dimensional reptilian characters who screw themselves with their own greed. Fun! Anyone who works in a corporation can appreciate the situations and irony. Company Man is more ambitious. It reaches for characters that have deeper emotional motivations, back-stories, and development?mostly unsuccessfully. Do you ever cringe when you listen to books because the dialogue is painfully clich?d? Or peeved because the writing is so predictable you feel talked down to? Well, Company Man may make you feel this way more than once. The characters are not believable and often offensively simplistic. Stock players include ?the religious baptist?, ?the crazy?, ?the jock?, ?the stoner?. I found myself wincing and fast forwarding. The plot was also very simple and transparent?you know who did what very early on, and you can?t believe the main character wouldn?t have seen it, too. I never thought I'd say this, but the abridged version might be better!


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The season of white fluffy powder is near us. And while Missoula hasn't yet been fully covered in tufts of ice crystals, a few area hills certainly have.
Just last week, Lookout Pass opened its doors to ski and snowboard revelers on what's been dubbed as one of its earliest opening days. As of Sun., Nov. 15, a total of 12 trails are open for your carving pleasure. So, to start your week, I'd recommend heading west on I-90 on Thu., Nov. 19 to the hill—which sits at the Montana/Idaho state line—in order to shred it up before the weekend starts. The hill is open Thu.–Mon. from 9 AM–4 PM on weekdays and 8:30 AM–4 PM on weekends, and costs $31 for a full day of skiing for an adult. For updated trail and snow conditions, click over to skilookout.com or call 208-744-1227.
Once you get back to Missoula on Thursday night, relax your legs by plopping in front of the big screen at the Wilma Theatre at 7 PM in order to watch Confluence Films' Rise, a fly fishing film which follows the experiences of six fly fishers located in places like Idaho and Venezuela. Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 in advance at The Kingfisher, River Otter, Grizzly Hackle, Kesel's 4 Rivers and the Missoulian Angler. All proceeds benefit Project Healing Waters, an organization that aims to help disabled military vets heal through fly-fishing activities. Visit confluencefilms.tv and projecthealingwaters.org.
If you're not so hot on anglers, skip the movie and head over to Room 326 in UM's University Center at 7 PM so you can glean the good word from Janet Rose of the International Wildlife Film Festival and Media Center as she discusses "Wildlife Filmmakers: Heroes and Heroines on the Frontlines of the Conservation Battle." The lecture is free, but call Jeanne Loftus at 243-6865 with any burning questions.
On Friday, speed through your workday and relax that night, but be sure to rest up to secure a spot to shred at the Great Divide ski area on Sat., Nov. 21 and Sun., Nov. 22. The mountain, located near Helena, will be open for your skiing/snowboarding pleasure from 10 AM–4 PM both days and lift tickets are $19 each day. So if you're eager to rock some indie grabs, click to skigd.com for updated snow and trail conditions. Also, call 449-3746 for the main office and 447-1310 for the snow report line.
Maybe you'd rather spend Saturday a little closer to Missoula. If that's the case, enjoy it in the company of canines during the Montana Natural History Center's (MNHC) Working Dogs Field Trip, which starts at 9 AM at the MNHC headquarters, 120 Hickory St. Once gathered, you'll head up to the Blackfoot Valley and spend the day learning about wildlife detection methods used by the organization Working Dogs for Conservation (WDC). Experts with WDC will whisk you through an array of demonstrations on how their detection dogs can do things like establish territorial boundaries for grizzly bears, and more. $35/$30 for MNHC members. Space is also limited, so RSVP by calling 327-0405.
Those with kids under their wing might wanna skip the dog trip. If so, set your sights Saturday on scooting over to the MNHC's headquarters at 2 PM for the kid-oriented, pre-Thanksgiving program Totally Turkeys!. Once there, kids soak up turkey facts, play games centered on the domesticated fowl, and then finish off the afternoon by flexing their creative muscles during an art project. Parents should plan to shell out a mere $2 for the activity, which is tailored for youngsters ages 5 and up.
Later on Sat., Nov. 21, satisfy your urge to watch others commit freakish feats on a pair of skis during 4:30 and 7:30 PM screenings of Warren Miller's Dynasty at the Wilma Theatre. If you're unfamiliar with the flick, it showcases Miller's dexterity with a camera and features six decades worth of extreme ski footage. Tickets for the 4:30 show are $8/$6 advance, and tickets for the 7:30 screening are $10/$8 advance. Grab tickets at The Trail Head, UM's Outdoor Program, Gull Ski or Rockin Rudy's. All cash gained from the event goes to the West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation, a non-profit that disseminates avalanche safety info in our hood. Visit missoulaavalanche.org.
As the rest of your weekend flies by in a drunken blur, you'll probably be in lighter spirits on Monday due to the shortened workweek and your insatiable appetite for turkey.
But before you gorge on Thu., Nov. 26, burn off any excess flab by sprinting or walking the Kim Williams Trail during Run Wild Missoula's Turkey Day 8K race, which starts at 9:30 AM at the Boone and Crockett Club, 250 Station Drive. The race is open to the public and costs $15/$12 for Run Wild Missoula members. Visit runwildmissoula.org to register.
Also, if you don't mind taking a trip on your day of being thankful, note that Discovery Ski Area and Big Sky Resort are both slated to open on Thanksgiving Day. At Discovery, lifts normally start running at 9:30 AM and an adult full-day pass is $35. At Big Sky, lifts begin at 9 AM and an adult day pass is $79. However, hours could change due to conditions and because of the holiday. So if you're aiming for Discovery, be sure to visit skidiscovery.com and call 563-2184. Or, if you're set on Big Sky, visit bigskyresort.com and call 995-5900.
Now that you probably have snowdrifts dancing in your dreams, be sure to watch your bank account so you don't blow all your cash on a Turkey Day ski trek. I offer this advice because we've got more powder-coated hills opening up shop for the season next week. So be sure to save up.


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So, you've decided to give a puppy a new home and are thinking about getting a puppy from a Freeads.co.uk member. But, how can you ensure that you don't buy from an irresponsible breeder or puppy farmer and end up having to deal with the emotional and financial turmoil that they can cause?
To help you avoid puppy farmers the RSPCA recommend calling the breeder before visiting with a prepared list of questions to help you assess the quality of a breeder. We've drawn up a selection of questions that you should try to ask as soon as possible:
- Can you see the puppy's parents? It may not be possible to meet the father but you should at least see the puppy's mother.
- Will the breeder take the puppy back if you are no longer able to take care of it.
- How many dogs does the breeder own and how often are they bred?
- Is the breeder KC registered? If they are ask to see their certificate when you visit.
- Have the puppies been socialized with other dogs and animals?
- Have the puppies been brought up around, or socialized with, young children
- Does the breeder provide a health guarantee their puppies? If so for how long?
- What tests have been carried out on the puppies and on the parents? This is particularly important for pedigree dogs which can suffer from a range of health problems.
- Have the puppies been wormed and vaccinated? Make sure to check the veterinary records when you visit.
- Arrange a visit. If the breeder is reluctant for you to visit the puppies this should be a concern. Most responsible breeders should insist upon you visiting and should also have questions for you to make sure you are capable of looking after the dog.
A phone call is still no substitute for a visit and you should always visit the breeder's home before agreeing to purchase a puppy. If possible you should visit the puppy more than once before taking it home.
Remember; never buy a puppy because you feel sorry for it. Buying a puppy out of pity will only lead to more animals suffering. If you are concerned for an animal's welfare please contact the RSPCA.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Case Of Baker Who Refused Gay Couple
United States Celebrates Two Years Of Marriage Equality
Turkish Police Enforce Ban On LGBT Pride March
Poll: More Than 10% Of American LGBT Adults Married To Same-Sex Spouse
Charlie Carver: Existing Is Resisting For Queer People
93-Year-Old Woman Carries 'I Adore My Lesbian Daughters' Sign To NYC LGBT Pride Parade
Ten states have joined in filing an
amicus brief in support of gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and
The states are urging the 7th
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Lower court rulings handed down in June
led to brief windows of marriage equality in each state.
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by reducing marriage to a "status symbol."
"The only question before the court
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certificate, could damage the institution's longstanding and
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I've seen so many FB posts of parents complaining of having LSS (the definition of which is actually in the Urban Dictionary!) from Let It Go, almost 2 months after seeing the movie Frozen. The song really just sticks to our hippocampus (what a geek).
However, when I listen to the lyrics and match it with the #BetterMe lessons from Coach Pia, it actually makes sense. It's speaking to me about my OC ways. Here are the lyrics along with the things that go on in my head.
Don't let them in, don't let them see (That the back of my refrigerator hasn't been cleaned ever)
Be the good girl you always have to be (Perfect is the expectation)
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know (That that cushion has some ube ice cream that N spilled from yesterday and can't be removed.)
Well now they know (Did my husband Instagram something??)
Let it go (Play Doh colors mixed together) let it go (You forgot N's bowl and spoon at home.)
Can't hold it back any more (Sorry, I really can't stand the wrong grammar of that billboard on EDSA!)
Let it go (M touched the escalator handle) let it go (the car seat has crumbs)
Turn away and slam the door (I don't want to see those toys sorted in the wrong bins)
I don't care what they're going to say (Well, I'm really my biggest critic)
Let the storm rage on (Everyday I tell ya)
The cold never bothered me anyway (Cold, who has a cold?)
I'm not making fun of OCD, really, and sometimes, I do think I have it (do I Polly??) but these are actual things that I think of and humor is my way of coping. Seriously though, in one of our sessions, Coach Pia said we have to let go of things that deplete our energy — energy that could have gone to our children. More often than not, I admit that being OC makes me lose sight of the big picture. Focusing on perfecting details gives me a lot of stress, some of which are directed at the kids.
So I'm glad I've been having #BetterMe sessions, in line with my Quaker Supermoms goal of emotional health, because they are my OC therapy (A year from now, I might have to change my blog name!) and I'd have to thank Idina Menzel for implanting that mp3 in my head to remind me to …
Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand
In the light of day
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway!
I'm still bothered by people who have colds though
To end, I'll leave you with this Beki version to help change your LSS to some other lyrics.


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Ballmer, 57, has said his father worked for Ford for more than 30 years. And Mulally and Ballmer are friends. Ballmer even spoke with Mulally over coffee about a wide-ranging reorganization that Microsoft announced in July.
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I can wait I have waiting to get my badge for a while now, I get to add to my collection oh yeah. I wonder when it will go live!
Fellow cat looks good! Me haz jealousy for collar.
glossycat said
Fellow cat looks good! Me haz jealousy for collar.
That is one awesome avatar you got there!
More badges = always better Feel like a bit of a boy scout collecting them, but what the heck, they're great!
SiamJai said
Cool! After the 'featured in a podcast' badge, now people will be recognized for appearing in other media as well. You guys might want to adjust the transparency of the new badge background though: on the badges png spritesheet the new icon has a solid background color, unlike the fully transparent backgrounds of the rest. Since that background is a bit darker than the page background, it kinda sticks out on John's page too.
Agreed, the transparency should be adjusted.
where can I reclaim my badge?
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where can I reclaim my badge?
But, really, where?
awesome the badges have gone live!
Yay! Got my new badge! Thank you Envato!


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If you have questions about providing input on DRW priorities or would like help completing the form below, call 206-324-1521 (Seattle), 800-562-2702 (elsewhere).
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When: Will return in the fall!
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Who: You and your friends!
Why: Do you have a history research paper on New Deal America? Maybe a lab report for BIO 103? An ENG 101 documented essay? Maybe a literary analysis of A Raisin in the Sun? Are you finding it difficult just to sit down and get started? Do you need moral support in a room full of others working on papers? Do you like comfortable couches and free food?
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Black Forest recovery meeting tonight
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn is hosting a Black Forest Fire Long Range Recovery Planning Committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting is happening at The Tent at New Life Church, 11035 Voyager Parkway, in Colorado Springs.
This committee provides policy guidance for all assigned subcommittees established for the recovery process. El Paso County residents are encouraged to attend these monthly meetings to receive information relating to recovery activities and policy direction. The following recovery subcommittees are scheduled to provide a monthly update:
A. Land Development Code/Code Enforcement
B. Clean Up/Recovery Process
C. Community Support
D. Citizen Preparedness/Lessons Learned
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After teaching for over fifty years I thought my experience had made me aware of every possible student complaint about failures on the part of teachers and schools in the lives of students, but a claim by a Dutch girl certainly deserves a place in the Hall of Fame of school excuses. She sued in court for compensation because her former school failed to prevent her entering the occupation of being a prostitute! According to this woman, pimps contacted her while a high school student and persuaded this young girl to become a prostitute. For some reason, her teachers took no action to prevent these pimps from gaining access to her. At least her teachers should have been watching over her twenty-four hours a day to prevent pimp access.
The court rejected her claim insisting it was the responsibility of individuals and their families if they became a prostitute or criminal or God knows what else. What next for schools, assuming blame for cancer and heart attacks!


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This Week: The Ferris State University football team continues its two-game season opening homestand by taking on the Mercyhurst Lakers in its 2007 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) opener this Saturday, Sept. 8, at Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids, Mich. Kickoff for the Community & Fireworks Night contest is set for 7 p.m. (EDT) with the annual fireworks show taking place following the game. Tickets for all home games will be available at the gate or may be purchased in advance by contacting the FSU Athletics Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888. In addition, tickets can be bought online at www.starticketsplus.com.
Media Coverage: Saturday's game will be carried live locally by WYBR (102.3 FM) with Jason DaDay handling the play-by-play duties. A live video and audio webcast will be available through B2 Networks for a charge of $6 on FSU's Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports (Click on B2 Networks icon). Live internet statistics via "GameTracker" will also be available during the game via FSU's athletics website.
Opening Day Win: Ferris State opened the 2007 campaign with a 42-19 non-league victory over Kentucky State before a crowd of 2,359 this past Saturday (Sept. 1) evening at FSU's Top Taggart Field. Ferris scored its six touchdowns in the game over a stretch of seven-straight drives after trailing 12-7 following the opening frame. Senior quarterback C.J. Van Wieren (Holland/West Ottawa) helped account for five of the Bulldogs' six touchdowns in the win.
Player Of The Week: FSU's C.J. Van Wieren was named this week's D2Football.com Co-National Offensive Player of the Week in addition to being the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week after helping account for five of the Bulldogs' six touchdowns in the win over KSU. Van Wieren completed seven-of-eight passes for a personal career-high 294 yards and two touchdowns. He also added a team-best 118 rushing yards on 17 carries along with three TD's running the ball. Van Wieren's performance included a 79-yard scoring toss to senior receiver Mike Guevara (Manteca, Calif). He ran for two scores and threw for two more as the Bulldogs scored four consecutive touchdowns in the second and third quarters to take the lead for good.
Preseason Recognition: The Bulldogs earned preseason recognition this summer as the nation's 18th-ranked squad in the 2007 Lindy's College Football Preview Division II Preseason Top 25 Poll. Ferris was 8-3-0 overall in 2006, which represented the program's most single-season victories since 1996. The Bulldogs also finished the year ranked 17th in Don Hansen's Football Gazette's final Division II Top 40 poll and 22nd nationally in D2Football.com's final Top 25 poll.
2006 Records: Ferris State registered a 8-3-0 overall record and placed third in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) with a 7-3-0 mark. The Bulldogs were 3-2 at home and 5-1 on the road a season ago. Mercyhurst is currently 1-1-0 overall in the 2007 season after losing its league opener at Northwood Saturday (Sept. 1) by a score of 28-10 in Midland, Mich. The Lakers defeated Kentucky State 21-6 on the road in their season opener (Aug. 25) at Frankfort, Ky. Last season, the Lakers compiled both a 3-7-0 overall and GLIAC record while placing tied for 10th in the league standings. MC was 3-2 at home, 0-5 on the road, and 0-0 at neutral sites last fall.
The Coaches: Ferris State – Jeff Pierce (Ferris State, 1979), 13th season, 78-55-0 (.586) – (5-2-0 vs. Mercyhurst). Pierce has compiled a 40-24-0 (.625) coaching mark in home encounters and is 30-20-0 (.600) in September contests to date. Pierce, who played at Ferris (defensive back) from 1974-77, is the 12th head coach in Ferris State's history.
Mercyhurst – Marty Schaetzle (Bucknell, 1983), 6th season, 17-38-0 (.309) – (0-5-0 vs. Ferris State). Schaetzle spent five seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I-AA Bucknell before coming to MC.
Ferris State Versus Pennsylvania Schools: Ferris State is 15-13-2 (.533) all-time against Pennsylvania-based colleges, which includes a 5-6-2 (.462) road ledger and a 10-7-0 (.588) home mark. The Bulldogs' most common opponent from Pennsylvania other than MC and fellow league member Gannon is the Indiana (Pa.) Indians, who are 5-1-0 versus the Bulldogs.
Did You Know?: Ferris has had a winning season in 12 of its last 18 seasons and in seven of head coach Jeff Pierce's 12 years at FSU. The Bulldogs won five consecutive conference championship titles from 1992-96 and were league co-champions with Northwood in the 1999 season.
More Preseason Honors: FSU senior guard Bill Bourdlais (Newberry) and junior defensive tackle Jake Visser (Coopersville) were both named to the 2007 Don Hansen's Football Gazette NCAA-II Preseason All-America Team. A total of 153 players representing four geographic regions were named to the annual preseason listing.
Preseason All-Americans: Senior defensive tackle Kurt Hout (Arvada, Colo./West) and Jake Visser have been chosen as 2007 preseason All-Americans by D2football.com. Hout was recognized as one of 12 first-team defensive selections while Visser earned second-team preseason laurels. Visser earlier this summer was tabbed as both a 2007 Street & Smith's Division II Preseason All-America First Team selection along with being named to the 2007 Lindy's College Football Preview All-Division II Preseason All-America Second Team.
Winning First: The Bulldogs have now won 11 of their last 19 season openers to date following Saturday's victory over KSU. This year marks the second consecutive season the Bulldogs have opened the year with a win over the Thorobreds after a 31-13 road victory a year ago in Frankfort, Ky.
Key Game Stats: Junior defensive back Terrell Heggins (Lansing/Everett), who transferred from Grand Rapids Community College, had an interception in his first game with the Bulldogs versus Kentucky State . . . . . Mike Guevara had three catches for 160 yards in the game, including a 79-yard touchdown reception ........... Jake Visser netted a team-high 11 tackles, including eight solo stops in the Bulldogs' victory over KSU. The consensus Preseason All-America selection also had two quarterback hurries and assisted on a tackle for loss. His performance helped the Bulldog defense limit the Thorobreds, who scored only a single touchdown in the final three quarters of the contest.
Great Stretch: Ferris scored its six touchdowns in the game against Kentucky State over a stretch of seven-straight drives. The Bulldogs scored back-to-back on their final drive of the first period and initial drive of the second quarter. Following a punt, FSU found the endzone on its final drive of the opening half and then began the second half by scoring on four consecutive drives.
More Game Notes: The win over Kentucky State was Ferris' fourth victory in its last six non-league outings. The game versus the Thorobreds was only FSU's second non-conference game at home dating back to 1990 ......... Saturday's triumph gave Ferris State its ninth victory in its last 15 home-opening encounters. This year represented the first time since 2004 the Bulldogs' first game of the year was at home ........ The Bulldogs improved to 40-39-4 (.506) in home openers dating back to 1920, which includes a 10-8-0 mark since 1990. The Bulldogs are now 9-6 in their last 12 home-opening encounters.
More Job Duties: Junior kicker-punter Jim Yates (Goshen, Ind.) has added to his job duties this fall. The 6-1 Yates converted all five of his PAT tries versus Kentucky State. He also tallied a 48-yard punt in the contest and averaged 58.3 yards along with two touchbacks on kickoffs. Yates kicked off seven times for 408 total yards. His two punts went for 74 total yards as he averaged 37 yards per punt. Yates, who was FSU's primary punter in 2006, had never place kicked in a game for the Bulldogs prior to Saturday's contest.
Conference Openers: Ferris State is 9-17-1 (.352) in conference openers since 1980 and sports a 4-10-0 (.286) home mark in those outings during that period. The Bulldogs posted a 28-7 win at Mercyhurst last season (9/9) after suffering a 30-10 road loss at Grand Valley State in the 2005 season opener (8/27). The last time FSU won its conference opener at home was in 2001 (9/8) with a 33-10 triumph over Findlay at Top Taggart Field.
Training Camp Notes: Ferris' officially opened fall camp Wednesday, Aug. 8, as the squad's freshmen reported to campus for the first time. The Bulldogs' returning veterans reported Thursday, Aug. 9, with the squad's first official practice held Friday, Aug. 10. Prior to the Kentucky State game, FSU held 25 total workouts along with two scrimmages. Ferris' three-week training camp period not only has featured practices and scrimmages, but also meetings, lifting, conditioning, testing and various orientation sessions. FSU held its final preseason scrimmage on Aug. 24 at Top Taggart Field. Classes at Ferris State University began last Monday (Aug. 27).
New Rules To Watch: The biggest rule change this season has come on kickoffs, as the ball is now placed five yards back at the 30-yard line rather than the previous spot at the 35-yard line. Other rule changes this year were geared toward adding plays to the game that were eliminated by rule changes last year. The clock now stops on possession changes and won't start on kickoffs until the receiving team touches the ball.
Pro Hopefuls: Defensive tackle Kurt Hout was regarded as one of the top 15 NCAA Division II players being considered by National Football League scouts, according to the 2007 D2football.com Pro Hopefuls List. The Pro Hopefuls List, which was put together by D2football.com Pro Prospects correspondant Josh Buchanan, listed the top 15 prospects overall. In addition, 35 other players were ranked behind them with offensive guard Bill Bourdlais found as the 35th-best D2 prospect coming out this year. Buchanan also posted a 53-man team roster of Division II prospective players and the list included Hout, Bourdlais and Bulldog senior safety Patrick Wells (Miamisburg, Ohio).
Welcome Back Troops: The Bulldogs took a break from their 2007 preseason camp schedule on Aug. 17 to help welcome home and honor a unit which recently finished serving a greater purpose. The Bulldog players and coaching staff were among the first to greet three buses full of local national guard members, who returned home from a 14-month tour of duty in Iraq. After the second of two practice sessions, the Ferris players, coaches and staff helped form a human tunnel as the 148 members of the 125th Infantry Battalion of E Company came off the bus in Mecosta County and entered FSU's Jim Wink Arena, where a large celebration was held in front of family and friends before a near capacity crowd of 1,900 people.
Game Day Promotions: Ferris will have a special game day promotion for each of its final five home contests at Top Taggart Field. Community Night will be held in conjunction with FSU's second home tilt versus Mercyhurst (Sept. 8) with the annual Fireworks Night to take place after the contest. FSU's game against Hillsdale (Sept. 22) will represent Community Health Day while the Northern Michigan (Sept. 29) matchup will mark the school's eighth-annual Hall of Fame Day contest. Homecoming is set for Oct. 20 when the Bulldogs host Ashland with the Senior Day activities taking place Nov. 3 during FSU's regular-season home finale against Northwood.
Rankings Info: Ferris was listed 28th in the 2007 College Sports Report Division II preseason rankings (www.collegesportsreport.com). Ferris placed fourth among the GLIAC schools featured in the College Sports Report rankings ....... D2football.com columnist Tony Nicolette, who will cover the GLIAC for the online service this fall, had the Bulldogs picked second in his preseason league listing this year behind Grand Valley State ........ FSU was not ranked, but was listed among other schools receiving votes in the 2007 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II poll.
FSU Among 2006 NCAA Division II Leaders: Ferris ranked among the top 100 NCAA-II teams in 10 statistical categories last season, including: 20th in team sacks (2.64 spg.), 21st in rushing offense (182.8 ypg.), 31st in pass efficiency (139.8 avg.), 37th in sacks allowed (1.55 spg.), and 46th in total offense (343.6 ypg.). Individually, Jake Visser led the GLIAC and was ninth nationally in sacks (1.0 spg.) along with 30th in solo tackles (4.7 avg.).
New Starters Up Front: Three of the Bulldogs' five offensive linemen made their initial collegiate starts versus Kentucky State. Redshirt freshman Matt Wellman (Portland) earned the starting nod at left tackle with sophomore Joe Doman (Ann Arbor/Whitmore Lake) lined up at center with sophomore Brad Bammert (Flushing) found at right tackle. In addition, senior left guard Cory Jones (Hicksville, Ohio) made only his second appearance ever in the starting lineup as a Bulldog player. The fifth offensive line starter, right guard Bill Bourdlais, picked up All-GLIAC honors last year.
Tough Unit: Ferris returns all four starters from a year ago on its defensive line, which could be one of the league's if not the nation's top units. While both Jake Visser and Kurt Hout have earned numerous preseason honors at the interior tackle spots, the squad's two starting defensive ends have plenty of experience as well. Senior Erik Schumacher (Lake Isabella/Beal City) was an honorable mention All-GLIAC pick a year ago and junior Kyle Walker (Grand Haven) started all 11 contests in 2006.
Up Next: Ferris hits the road for the first time this season as the Bulldogs venture two hours east to battle the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals Saturday, Sept. 15, in GLIAC action at SVSU's Wickes Memorial Stadium in University Center, Mich. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. (EDT). The game represents the Bulldogs' only road encounter in their initial five outings this campaign.
Bulldog Gameday: Complete information on every Bulldog home and road contest this year can be found by visiting the Bulldog Gameday page on the FSU Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports (click on football and then Bulldog Gameday). The Gameday information, which will be updated several days prior to each game, includes links to all pertinent notes and statistics for both teams as well as links for the respective broadcast and internet media coverage available for the contest.
Yearbook Available Online: The 2007 Ferris State University Football Yearbook is available to view online in a PDF format. The 68-page publication contains information for all Bulldog football fans. The publication features such information as 2007 player rosters, season outlook, player biographies, coaching staff information, 2006 season statistics, career and season statistical records, series records, game records, etc. Visit the FSU athletics website at www.ferris.edu/sports to find the publication online.
Follow The Bulldogs: Bulldog fans now have the ability to catch Ferris State in action even when they can't be at the stadium. A live video and audio webcast is slated to be offered for all 2007 Bulldog home football games via an agreement with B2 Networks. In addition, selected road games at B2 partner schools will also be available. For more information, visit the FSU Athletics Website (www.ferris.edu/sports) and click on the B2 broadcast icon.
Team Captains: The team captains for the 2007 season are senior quarterback C.J. Van Wieren and senior guard Bill Bourdlais on offense. Junior defensive tackle Jake Visser and senior end Erik Schumacher will be the defensive captains. None of the four individuals served as a team captain last season.
Did You Know?: The Bulldogs' 8-3-0 overall mark last season (2006) represented the program's best mark since Ferris recorded a 10-2-0 overall record and reached the NCAA-II National Quarterfinals in 1996.
Postgame Reception: The Ferris State Gridiron Club will be hosting a post-game "After Glow" reception following each Bulldog home game this season at "The Gate", the new family entertainment complex located on Perry Street in Big Rapids.


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Hutton's department reverses climate and energy policy in six minutes and four words
A pillar of the government's climate and energy policy collapsed in the face of a single email from German utility giant E.ON, according to Whitehall documents obtained by Greenpeace.
The email – written two weeks ago - demanded that the Department for Business radically alter the conditions attached to building the UK's first new coal-fired power station in 30 years. Originally the government had asked that the new plant – proposed for Kingsnorth in Kent – be fitted with so-called 'carbon capture and storage' technology. But when E.ON wrote to the officials admitting the technology will not work and demanding the company be allowed to build a conventional high-emission coal-fired power station instead, it took the government just six minutes to reply agreeing to the request.
As a result the government's climate and energy policy – based on a faith in the potential of carbon capture technology to deliver 'clean coal' – has been exposed as hollow, with huge implications for the UK's carbon emissions targets.
In the E.ON email, sent at 8.16am on January 16th, the company says CCS technology at Kingsnorth 'obviously... has no current reference for viability at any scale.' Astonishingly, the email then goes on to insist that cabinet minister John Hutton has 'no right' to withhold approval for a conventional, highly polluting plant and that 'we [E.ON] want to build from summer 2008.'
Six minutes after the E.ON email was sent, the Department for Business replies: 'Thanks. I won't include [the previous conditions].'
If the plant is built this summer it will emit 8 million tonnes of Co2 every year – the same as the 30 least polluting countries in the world combined.
Reacting to the revelations in the emails, released under the Freedom of Information Act, Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said:
"Now we know who writes policy in the Department for Business. These Whitehall documents reveal a pillar of the government's climate and energy strategy evaporating in six minutes under the pressure of a single email from a German coal company. We now face the prospect of Britain building conventional coal-fired power stations without even the pretence that carbon capture technology can play a role in the short term. The implications for our emissions targets are enormous."
Both E.ON executives and government ministers have claimed that burning coal – the dirtiest of all fossil fuels – is compatible with fighting climate change. On January 3rd E.ON chief executive Paul Golby told the Today Programme that he intended Kingsnorth to be the UK's first clean carbon demonstration plant, with carbon captured from it and stored in depleted oil fields under the North Sea. Golby and others in both industry and government use terms like 'clean coal' and 'green coal' as justification for a new generation of power stations. Now the Whitehall email exchange shows how the company and the government are concerned only with pressing ahead with a conventional, polluting plant as soon as possible.
On January 23rd the government accepted a European target to generate 20% of Britain's total energy use from renewables by 2020. Gordon Brown has accepted that the target translates to 30-40% of our electricity from renewables within 12 years.
Sauven continued:
"A week after this email was written ministers were telling the public we'd be generating between 30 and 40% of our electricity from renewables by 2020. We now stand at an energy crossroads. What will it be, a renewables revolution or a renaissance for the single most climate wrecking form of energy generation in use anywhere in the world?"
In an indication of the extent to which the government is minded to approve a conventional coal plant at Kingsnorth, civil servants have already drawn up a 13 page list of highly detailed conditions for new build which doesn't even mention climate change but does discuss protection for the area's water voles and great crested newts.
For more contact Greenpeace on 0207 865 8255 / 07801 212967
Notes to editors
Download the FOI documents:
Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
Document 4
Document 5
Kingsnorth power station is just the first in a series of coal fired plants in the pipeline. The following sites are all being proposed by various power companies – none would use CCS technology at the outset:
Hatfield, Kingsnorth ,Tilbury, Blyth, Ferrybridge, Fiddler's Ferry, Longannet, Cockenzie, and High Marnham.


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By Kaitlynn Riely and Michael A. Fuoco / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dubbed the "tartan terrorist," Adam Busby has used different methods, but his aim has long been the same -- to send a message to British leaders that his native Scotland deserves independence.
Why, then, did the Dublin resident, who was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for emailing a series of 40 false bomb threats last spring, target the University of Pittsburgh?
Officials here won't discuss a motive, and it's unclear whether Mr. Busby, a 64-year-old who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, will face trial in the United States.
U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton refused to say Friday whether his office has begun extradition proceedings against Mr. Busby or even whether it plans to do so.
There are a number of reasons extradition from Ireland might not be sought, not the least of which is the apparent difficulty in being successful there.
The Irish Times reported in March that a judge denied a U.S. extradition request on the grounds that crimes committed in Ireland but affecting other countries should be prosecuted in Ireland.
The ruling, denying the extradition of Sean Garland, an Irish man charged in a conspiracy to forge U.S. dollars, will likely make extradition difficult in cybercrimes such as the emailed bomb threats affecting Pitt.
The newspaper reported that an unidentified extradition law expert said the effect of the "Garland ruling" was that extradition no longer can be based on a whole slew of crimes that are also criminal offenses under Irish law.
"Julian Assange could not be extradited to the U.S. from Ireland," the paper quoted the expert as saying, referring to the controversial founder of WikiLeaks.
Adding more complications is the fact that the United States is not the only country interested in extraditing Mr. Busby to face hoax charges. So is his native Scotland.
According to a July Daily Mirror article, Mr. Busby made calls and sent text messages in late 2009 to media and social support groups in Scotland threatening to contaminate drinking water supplies in England and to send packages containing dangerous substances to then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
A spokeswoman for Scotland's Crown Office said in an email that Mr. Busby, who was detained in Dublin last month on a European arrest warrant, is the subject of extradition proceedings, but she would not comment further.
His legal problems in Scotland will likely factor into a decision here whether to seek extradition, said Jules Lobel, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
"If they thought the most likely place he would be extradited and tried would be Scotland and they're reasonably confident in their legal system, the likelihood would be they wouldn't extradite him," he said.
In addition to that, Mr. Busby's age and health would be issues arguing against extradition, said Wes Oliver, a Duquesne University law professor.
On the other hand, Mr. Oliver said, an argument to seek extradition might be to send a message about such crimes.
For now, Mr. Busby is being held at Wheatfield Prison, a medium-security facility for adult males, as he awaits a hearing on the European arrest warrant, according to a statement emailed Friday from the Irish Prison Service's press office.
The prison is in Dublin, across the Irish Sea from Scotland, where Mr. Busby took an early interest in fringe movements for Scottish independence and eventually formed the Scottish National Liberation Army, a separatist movement.
Mr. Busby was born into a middle-class family in the Scottish county of Dunbartonshire, according a study of the SNLA written by David Leslie, a freelance journalist and true-crime author who worked for News of the World for more than 40 years.
Mr. Busby and the SNLA committed "low-level violence" against English people in Scotland in the 1970s and early 1980s, according to a 2002 BBC News report. The violence reached its apex with letter-bombs sent to English officials, including then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1983. The same year as the letter-writing campaign, Mr. Busby fled to Dublin, the BBC News article said.
Since then, Mr. Busby has directed numerous hoax threats at a wide range of targets and has been in and out of Irish prisons on the charges.
According to a July article in the Daily Record, Mr. Busby contacted Scottish media groups in 2010 to make threats about contaminating drinking water supplies in English towns.
Most recently, Mr. Busby was sentenced in 2010 for sending hoax bomb threat emails to Heathrow airport, according to The Irish Times article. Investigators showed that he sent the emails from computers in a public library in Dublin.
Mr. Busby served 18 months of his 2-year sentence and was released from a Dublin prison in January, according to an emailed statement from the Irish Prison Service.
He was remanded to prison in July for the European arrest warrant issued by Scotland and is awaiting an Oct. 2 hearing before the High Court in Dublin, according to Ireland's Courts Service media office.
Mr. Busby is being represented by the Dublin law firm of Michael J. Staines & Co. Other than to confirm their representation of Mr. Busby, the firm declined any further comment Friday.
The conclusion to the bomb threat mystery -- with a suspect indicted here but imprisoned across the Atlantic Ocean -- may have raised more questions than it answered.
In a strange way, however, it is "a perfect cap" to the spring saga, said Ben Livingston, a rising Pitt senior who described the weeks of false bomb threats, and the idea that a university could be so disrupted by them, as baffling.
"It almost seemed like there couldn't be a logical conclusion to it. It had to be far-fetched."


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Re: Centering of graphics
I don't know that the notebook stores any information about the width
of a printed page. If that is the case, any centering you obtain will
be derived from you implicitly constructing the layout so that the
picture has enough padding on its left hand side.
Maybe one guess would be to make a gridbox with 1 row and three
columns and then set the options for the other two columns until the
picture would be in the middle of a printed page (change your screen
environment to printout).
On 6/7/05, wossmer <1107-209 at online.de> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> I am just writing a technical text with a lot of imported and Mathematica
> generated pictures/graphics. I wonder how to center them automatically. Or
> is there no solution for this "simple" problem? The contribution in the
> MathGroup Archive 1999 "centering a figure" from P.J. Hinton did not work:
> the picture keeps more at the left side than in the center of the page. I
> use Mathematica 5.1.
> Any suggestions?
> Best regards
> Markus
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3. Re: Surfing…aside from Colorados, help me with these spots?
Jul 16, 2014, 5:21 PM
What would be the best way to get to Gran Pacifica without a car? How about getting to sjds from gran pacifica?
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4. Re: Surfing…aside from Colorados, help me with these spots?
Jul 16, 2014, 6:06 PM
Greetings mike m: If flying into MGA with boards, a rental car is preferred. If you are staying at G.P., they can arrange transportation for you. If you need to go by bus, taxi to Mercado Israel Lewites and take a bus to Pochomil. Before getting to Masachapa/Pochomil, get off at km 49 and you can probably hitch a ride or eventually a taxi will pass by on the highway and you can negotiate from there.
I've taken Farmstay guests there on daytrips before too. There are surf guides that can do this too. My friends at NicaSurfing.com are headquartered in Managua and could get you on a run to G.P.
Now to get to SJdS from G.P. on bus, you can take a bus to Jinotepe, and from there a bus to Rivas, and then to SJdS. Alternatively, you can go back to Managua, get to Mercado Huembes, and take an expresso to San Juan del Sur.
Check out http://thebusschedule.com/EN/ni/index.php for bus schedules.
Cheers, Mike @ Farmstay El Porton Verde, Managua
via Surfing…aside from Colorados, help me with these spots? – Tola Forum – TripAdvisor.
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Just tryin' to help a bruther out hahaha. Trying to get around to get to the various surf spots is not that easy without a rental car,that's for sure! You had better have more time then money available. 🙂


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Subject: General Tech | June 10, 2009 - 01:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Driverheaven got their mitts on the console version of the new Ghostbusters game and posted a quick review of the gameplay along with some trailers. If you can't wait for the PC version, the Playstation seems to be the better choice as it has content which is not included in the Xbox version. Along with the single player storyline comes multiplayer support with several different game types to try. Interestingly, one of the big features on the PC version seems to be missing from this conso
AMD grabs the mobility market from under Intel
Subject: General Tech | June 10, 2009 - 12:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Even with the Atom powering netbooks all over the planet, Intel has lost a chunk of their market share and it seems to have gone directly to AMD. AMD's growth was spread out over all its various processors, which is a bit of good news in and of its self. The extra growth in the mobile sector is icing on the cake, as Intel's Atom was a big concern. Read more about AMDs low power, low heat and high payback move in the mobility market at The Inquirer.
VIA and ArcSoft Bring Full HD Audio to Home Theatre PCs
Subject: General Tech | June 10, 2009 - 11:15 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Taipei, Taiwan, June 10, 2009 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced that the recently launched VIA Vinyl HD Audio codecs, the VIA Vinyl VT1818S and 1828S, are now supported by ArcSoft's universal multimedia player, ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre.
With the rising demand for a realistic cinema experience in the comfort of the home, along with the growth in adoption of the Blu-ray Disc video format, VIA and ArcSo
Tips for the preoccupied
Subject: General Tech | June 9, 2009 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
As a gamer, you don't necessarily want to read through a 15 page article on tweaking the Windows 7 RC from boot to shutdown. Some of the tips do help, but a lot have to do with usability, security or other mundane improvements; what you want is tips on making your games go faster and you want them quick. ExtremeTech has what you need in a quick three pager on getting the most from your gaming experience on Windows 7. Little gems like the return of msconfig will trim the background tasks to
Open Patent Alliance Expands 4G WiMAX with Addition of Beceem, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans, UQ Commun
Subject: General Tech | June 9, 2009 - 11:19 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2009 – Building on worldwide 4G WiMAX technology momentum, Beceem Communications, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans Communications and UQ Communications have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA).
Formed in June 2008, the OPA is dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and widespread adoption of WiMAX around the globe, further boosting the open industry standard approach to 4G wireless broadband.
ASUS usually has one of the larger display areas at Computex and this year was no exception. On hand they were displaying new Eee PC designs, motherboards coming later this year and some of the most innovative new graphics cards we have seen in a long time. Stop by and see what ASUS is cooking up for the rest of 2009 and 2010!
GIGABYTE Announces GO OC 2009 Champions
Subject: General Tech | June 8, 2009 - 03:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Taipei, Taiwan, June 4, 2009 - The GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship (GO OC) 2009, the world's largest Overclocking competition, successfully took place June 3, 2009.
Onboard isn't always enough
Subject: General Tech | June 8, 2009 - 01:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you have a good ear, the difference between onboard audio and audio from a high def source over a high end sound card stands out enough that the entrance price is worth it. Others might not hear much of a difference, but that may also be because they've never heard high def audio. A Blu-ray disk is capable of providing incredible audio quality, assuming the sound card is Advanced Access Content System compliant, otherwise it downgrades the signal to quality even onboard sound can handle.
The near future for Global Foundries
Subject: General Tech | June 8, 2009 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The ground breaking for Fab 2 is scheduled for next month and once it is completed in 2011 it will be the lead on 28nm process and smaller. This leaves Fab 1 to handle current 45nm and 32nm process based chips, with it's main focus being on ramping up production. If Fab 1 can get a solid amount of production coming out to finance their R&D, then Tom Sonderman's plan to beat Intel into sub 45nm processes may become reality. You can see some of the planned timetable at DigiTimes.
Intel Capital Invests $43 Million in UQ Communications
Subject: General Tech | June 8, 2009 - 11:21 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2009 - Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, invested $43 million (JP4.15 billion) in Japan-based UQ Communications, a provider of WiMAX mobile services.
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i'm thinking that this should be simple...I'd like the left side of my web interface to continuously show (and refresh) the custom browse display of each song that plays. Currently i can only get this display after I click on the CB button next to a song on the right side and it doesn't refresh when a new song plays.
Is this just a setting change?
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refresh of left side web interface-simple or not?
2008-11-11, 11:37 #2
It's not possible in the current Custom Browse version, it's a good idea though.Erland Isaksson (My homepage)
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perhaps a feature addition down the road then?


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Basketball helped Lithuanians survive Soviet gulag
By Nerijus Adomaitis
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Forced labor camps were meant to crush opponents to the regime of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, but basketball helped them to survive, an exhibition in former Soviet state Lithuania shows.
Around 150,000 Lithuanians were sent to the camps, known as gulags after their Russian acronym, and another 132,000 were deported to live in far-flung parts of the former Soviet empire by 1953. About 50,000 perished due to lack of food, illness, harsh weather and hard labor.
"In a place where everyone was forced to fight for himself, it was necessary to find something that could unite people and preserve their pride. Basketball became such a thing," said Vilma Juozeviciute, the curator of the exhibition.
The show opened Wednesday at the former headquarters of the feared KGB secret police, which is now a museum, in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
The exhibition has been timed to coincide with Lithuania's hosting of the European basketball championships, which begin at the end of August.
Pictures displayed on a green wooden wall with a basketball board and a barbed-wire fence on top depict political prisoners and deportees playing basketball or proudly showing their team jerseys with Lithuanian names, such as Zalgiris, now a famous club from Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city.
Some pictures captured fans absorbed by the game and cheering their side, and who, it seems, had forgotten for a moment about their hardships.
"To be able to play basketball at the gulag allowed us to feel human again, not only like a slave, and to survive the captivity," Juozas Butrimas, 84, told Reuters at the exhibition. Continued...