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BELLAWOOD 5/16" x 2-1/4" Cumaru Prefinished Solid Hardwood Flooring
Unsurpassed Beauty, Generation after Generation. Each Bellawood Prefinished Hardwood floor now comes with a Certified 100 Year Transferable Warranty. Sure, we know few people stay in their home for a century. But isn't nice to see a company so confident in their flooring's finish they're willing to guarantee it for that long?
Beautiful Cumaru offers an array of colors, with rich honey browns, to light creams and subtle reds dispersed throughout. And true to natures's design, its dynamic grain flows from straight to wavy for a truly one-of-a-kind floor. Better yet, Cumaru sits near the top of the durability scale, which means its extraordinary beauty stands the test of time.This product is proudly finished in the USA.
About "Select Grade" FlooringSelect Grade has the most uniform color with no large knots and the longest average lenght of planks. Also referred to as First Grade.
Crafted to a Higher Standard. Every board is milled to precise specifications to ensure ease of install and topped with our industry-leading scratch-resistant finish. In fact, quality control engineers walk over 12 miles a day inspecting each board, before and after the finishing process.
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Love it!
By Jae
from San Antonio
About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about BELLAWOOD 5/16" x 2-1/4" Select Brazilian Teak:
I love the look. I have many antiques in my home, all a different type of wood. This flooring is perfect since it has multiple shades. Very sturdy, already had a friend drop a glass of wine and it cleaned up beautifully
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Beautiful once installed
By Billy
from Redding, CA
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
After many hours of investigation on proper installment, it still proved to be rather difficult. However, once layed it's a beautiful floor
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Great floor, Installation nightmarish
By emily
from syracuse, ny
I wish I could give 2 different ratings for appearance and installation. The floor looks stunning. It gets more beautiful with time too, after about 6 months the grain has become more apparent and looks gorgeous. The wood is quite varied in color which could be considered a plus or a minus. I love it because it matches almost any other wood we have in the house (trim, furniture, decor). This floor is also quite durable. We have a 100 lb dog, a cat with a penchant for knockings things to the ground and a clumsy cook (me). There really are no scratches anywhere but the kitchen and even those are few and aren't noticeable unless you really look for them. HOWEVER, the installation gets a negative star rating. To be fair i was warned glue-down would be a mess but i went ahead anyway. It was the most exasperating, stressful and messy thing I've ever done. I cannot express strongly enough how much i do not recommend people do this themselves. Either hire someone or buy different flooring. Despite how much i love the floor it was still not worth it.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Beautiful warm tones of wood!
By Judy from LI
from North Shore Suffolk County, NY
I had this flooring put down over a concrete slab in my foyer, living room, and dining room. The many different tones in the teak are absolutely beautiful. The floor was professionally installed - although a do-it-yourselfer, after watching the guys install the floor by glueing it down after various sealing and skim-coats, I am SO glad I did not attempt to install the floor myself.
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the rooms after the several seal coats
The finished product
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Easy to Install
By Kevin
from Arkansas
About Me Beginner
Easy to install and great for first timers installing it themselves. My wife and I installed this floor by ourselves and it looks great!
(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Absolutely Stunning
By Dale
from New York, NY
While the shiny surface shows beautifully for open houses, it shows smudges and shadows easily and requires regular cleaning with water and mild detergent. The Bona System does not work well on this surface.
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Absolutely Stunning!
By Car Guy
from Fort Lauderdale, FL
We were originally going to install carpet in our living and dining room areas. I am so glad we didn't. The color variations in this wood is stunning and looks very elegant. We constantly get compliments on the floor. We have a 2 year old son and the floor has held up well with the exception of a few superficial scratches which should be able to be buffed out. The only downside, as others have mentioned, is the install. It takes a little longer and the glue is a little messy, but the end result is worth it! Word to the wise, CLEAN THE GLUE AS YOU GO. The manufacturer of the glue makes a remover that works well, but it is VERY difficult to get off the wood once the glue has dried. However, it can be done with some patience and time.
This is an awesome floor
By Dave
from springfield, IL
About Me Professional
This floor is awesome in our dining room. Very attractive, a little difficult to install due to tounge splitting. Make sure you use a Powernail Model 200 and 1 1/4 cleats. Watch out for the splinters! I amy never lay carpet again, this floor is great!
Service and delivery comments:
Ordered online and arrived a week early, everything was in great condition. Customer service at lumber Liquidators is a great asset, I called three times and every time they were very helpfull.
A Nice Looking Floor
By Johnson
from Portland, OR
This looks like it will be a nice floor when I'm completed with my project. Barely got the boxes out of my truck before I got this review request, so my opinion could change. The varied grains and colors is very attractive and I'm getting anxious to get more down so that I can see the contrast. Overall, I'm happy with the product so far.
By Robyn the lawyer
from Houston Texas
I had this installed on the entire ground floor of my condo, except the bathroom and kitchen. It is breathtaking. One caveat- the narrowness of the boards make it a bit more labor intensive. My installers weren't the greatest, so i'll be rubbing off glue smudges for some time to come. it was glued directly to the foundation with an adhesive that also serves as a moisture barrier.I chose it because of the hardness of teak- much harder than oak. Caveat: I love the natural variation in color of the unstained wood. There is quite a range of coloration, so if you want more of an even tone, you will want something else. I love the idea that the color is solid through and through, and the finish seems to be very durable! Quite a gloss to the finish- more than I expected, but beautiful.
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Spanish foreign affairs minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, has reportedly agreed a meeting with his US counterpart, Condoleeza Rice, in Washington in the spring. His agenda will be to "advance the bilateral and regional agenda." They met briefly yesterday during a working lunch in Brussels where they were attending a NATO meeting of foreign affairs ministers.
Mr Moratinos was reluctant to commit to being able to organise a meeting between presidents Bush and Zapatero, but said that his conversation with Ms Rice had been "cordial and natural."
Relations between the two countries were damaged when president Zapatero announced the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq almost immediately after winning the general election last March.


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LV: Jemalle, what was the experience like to take part in a national forum like that?
JC: I was a great experience. I got the chance to go up to Washington D.C. which is the first time I've ever been in the area. I got to be around a lot of good-quality students and some good people involved with the NCAA. I sat on the opening panel and answered a lot of questions about violence and some of the things athletes go through in terms of the choices they have to make. I was a really good experience for me.
LV: What did you get out of it in terms of talking about student-athletes and violence and the issues as you see them?
JC: Basically it comes down to student-athletes handling the situations they're faced with and relying on the values that they have. I talked about Coach Meyer and how important that is to him that you have a set of core values that you live by and govern your choices. The more those student-athletes hear things like that and the more coaches emphasize it the more likely we'll see a decrease in violence by student-athletes.
LV: Do you feel you've seen a decrease in violence by Gator student-athletes in the last year or so?
JC: Oh yeah, if you look at our off-season compared to previous years it was great. We had an MVP program (Mentors in Violence Prevention) that I went to and they came and did a lot of scenarios of real-life situations. We had an opportunity to role play. It wasn't the single reason, but it probably was a springboard for us going into the off-season. Coach Meyer puts a great emphasis on that and tries to make it understood that we live our lives right not just on the field, but off the field. That was definitely a big change for us.
LV: Was there much conversation about the conflict in that you guys are taught to find physical solutions to problems on the field, but expected to find non-physical solutions to off the field issues?
JC: Definitely. I think it was Kareem McKenzie of the New York Giants who was there and speaking about how you train and work and pray to be tougher on the field. And it's tough for student-athletes to just turn that off. We train to be on the edge and, to be violent and in real life situations you can tend to revert back. We have to learn to practice a lot of self control and self discipline. That's definitely an issue as to why student-athletes react the way they do. It's a privilege to be a student-athlete but it's also a burden. When you go out and around sometimes guys get jealous because you're a student-athlete but you need to exercise self control in most situations.
LV: How do you go about sharing this experience with your teammates and other student-athletes?
JC: Well I talked to some of the guys and told them I bragged about how well we've been behaving off the field so don't you make me look bad. But I've talked to guys about being in the off-season and going out and having all this extra free time. We need to make sure nobody lets something sneak up on us and we have to handle our business in this area.
LV: I find it interesting that your panel involved violence and drugs. How much talk was there about how recreational and performance enhancing drugs can lead to violent behavior?
JC: There are similarities and connections with all of them. We had five people speak about their experiences and had questions and answers afterwards so everything we talked about was inter-related.
LV: What did it mean to you to be chosen for this panel?
JC: It meant a lot. When Dr.Carodine over at the Office of Student Life called and asked me to go I was really excited and there was no hesitation from me. It was a great honor and an experience I didn't want to pass up. I was amazed they asked me to go.
LV: Do you think people in the community view student-athletes a bit more positively as a result of what we've seen since Coach Meyer got here?
JC: I hope so with the way we carry ourselves. I know a lot of guys have been getting more involved in the community and things like that. I think last year when Coach Meyer went around and talked to the majority of the fraternities it changed the climate here at the University between student-athletes and the community that surrounds us. I think they are definitely looking at us in a more positive way right now.
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Concord, NH – New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas and Governor Maggie Hassan joined with the
State Committee on Aging and EngAGING NH to recognize this year's
recipients of the Vaughan Awards. These awards are presented annually to a
couple or individual from each county who are 60 or older and have
demonstrated outstanding leadership and volunteer service on behalf of
senior citizens across New Hampshire.
"New Hampshire citizens have a long tradition of coming together and
working with one another to improve our communities," said Governor Hassan.
"The Vaughan Award winners are a shining example of that tradition, proving
that when we care for each other, we all get stronger. On behalf of the
people of New Hampshire, I thank this year's winners for their service and
dedication to making the Granite State a great place to live and work."
"We are very fortunate here in New Hampshire to have so many seniors who
make volunteering a part of their lives," said DHHS Commissioner Toumpas.
"It is so important that we recognize efforts of the Vaughan Award
recipients and all of our senior volunteers. All that they do has helped
to strengthen our communities and the network of programs and services
available for seniors in our State."
This year's recipients are:
Belknap County: Jane Alden of Tilton
Carroll County: Don Litchko of Conway
Cheshire County: Theresa Johnson & Ernie Perham of Westmoreland
Coos County: Robert Loven of Dummer
Grafton County: Jodi Austin of Lebanon
Hillsborough County: Joyce Wilson of Manchester
Merrimack County: Irene Jewett of East Andover
Rockingham County: Barbara Coish of Windham
Strafford County: John Robicheau of Farmington
Sullivan County: Larry Eaton of Sunapee.
This year's awardees will be honored in a ceremony on May 6, 2013 at 1:30
PM in the Executive Council Chamber at the State House. This award was
initiated in 1962 to memorialize the Honorable Joseph D. Vaughan, who was
instrumental in creating a State agency dedicated to the well being of
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Heisler, M. Overview of peer support models to improve diabetes self-management and clinical outcomes. Diabetes Spectrum 2007; 20:214-221.
Heisler M, Halasyamani L, Resnicow K, Neaton M, Shanahan J, Brown S, Piette J. "I am not alone": the feasibility and acceptability of interactive voice response-facilitated telephone peer support among older adults with heart failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2007; 13(3): 149-157.
Heisler M, Piette JD. "I help you, and you help me." Facilitated telephone peer support among patients with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator 2005; 31 (6):869-879.
Heisler, M. Building Peer Support Programs to Manage Chronic Disease: Seven Models for Success. The California Health Care Foundation, 2006.
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Gure TR, Kabeto MU, Blaum CS, Langa KM. Degree of disability and patterns of caregiving among older Americans with congestive heart failure. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 23(1):70-6.
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Hollywood has backed Got Your 6 as a cause célèbre. The campaign has made some remarkable strides for veterans and their families as they celebrate their one-year anniversary with the release of a new PSA from musician Gavin DeGraw.
To celebrate this important milestone, the musician, a longtime supporter of the campaign, created a new PSA explaining the importance of the Got Your 6 campaign.
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Abandon yourself to the greatest romance of your life. This in-depth Bible Study gives women the inspiration to rethink their relationships with Christ, and to understand and surrender to Him in a fresh new way. Especially geared toward small group study, the Falling in Love with Jesus workbook and multi-media study offer humor, wisdom, and stories of women who've experienced a deeper, more passionate relationship with Christ. Ten lessons are divided into 50 days, five days per week, of Scriptures that focus on our love relationship with Jesus, deepening our confidence that we are the object of Christ's affection.
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A few years back the legislature changed state incorporation law and two more towns briefly existed in Northwest Pima County, Tortolita and Casas Adobes. After a lengthy court fight, the statute was ruled unconstitutional and both were dis-incorporated.
The change eliminated the power of an existing community to veto a new one if any part of it was within six miles of their border. This dated from 1961 and was lobbied for by the Arizona League of Cities and Towns as a classic example of "I got mine."
Oro Valley was gaga over hosting the recent meeting of the League there, an organization that constantly urges the expansion of local bureaucracies and their budgets. Their lobbyists — paid by you through the cities who fund the League — have much to do with why so many towns and cities are going broke. As an organization they benefit the average citizen about as much as OPEC.
Tortolita was finally suppressed by Tucson, Marana and Oro Valley. OV forgot their arguments for self-determination from the 1970s during their long court battle, primarily with Pima County. The 1990s Board of Supervisors supported Tortolita by a 3-2 vote with then Supervisors Bronson, Carroll and Eckstrom outvoting Boyd and Grijalva.
Greenies who swoon over now-Congressman Grijalva should remember his opposition to a "restrained growth" community he shared with his fellow neo-Marxist, then Tucson Mayor George Miller. Both claimed allowing local control over zoning matters "destroys central planning."
No one issue broke up partisan and philosophical alliances like this one. Land speculators howled "no growth" as we saw no need for shopping centers and high-density housing, a charge refuted by noting that under the existing zoning, the town's population would have quadrupled.
The big question was "what will be your tax base?" If we simply contracted with Pima County for the services we already had, we could cover it with state revenue sharing. That meant we would not be adding all the cookie cutter crap pitched by the Cities and Town folks.
We wouldn't need a parks department because we already lived in one and the idea was to keep it that way. Wouldn't need a human resources department for two employees, the city clerk and an assistant to be housed in a mobile home on donated land. Jobs like city attorney would be contracted out, while cops and major roads would be handled by Pima County. But here's the big one.
We had a lot of assessed value, and most were willing to pay a property tax just so the rest of you would leave us alone. No taxation without representation is fine, but having the representation may call for taxation.
Folks in Oro Valley should recognize that if you want your own library, pay for it. You don't get to weasel out of paying for the rest of the libraries in the county. Choosing to have your own cops doesn't mean you can stop paying for the sheriff. Same with roads and health care. Don't like how the county spends or acts? Then un-elect 'em.
One undiscussed item in the Oro Valley library debate is dirty pictures. OV has tighter controls than Pima County on library porn. I suspect many want it kept that way, as the present county supe majority believes there is a constitutional right to smut, and if you can't afford any it will be provided at taxpayer expense.
Libraries are a basic public service supplied by local governments. If OV residents want to control their own, they should pay for it by eliminating other things from their budget, not by asking the legislature for some Mickey Mouse new taxing district they aren't going to create.
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Is Odysseus A Good Leader
What is some evidence that Odysseus is a good or bad leader in Homer's Odyssey?
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Determining whether Odysseus is a "good" or "bad" leader is a difficult question. On the surface, he probably appears to have more lapses as a leader than successes.
In Odyssey 9, he refuses to leave the cave of the Cyclops, despite his men's urging to the contrary.
"At first my men begged me to take some cheeses and go, then to drive the lambs and kids from the pens down to the swift ship and set sail. But I would not listen, though it would have been best, wishing to see the giant himself, and test his hospitality" (A.S. Kline translation)
This choice results in the death of six of his men.
In Odyssey 10, Odysseus does not communicate with his men about the contents of the bag he receives from Aeolus. Odysseus falls asleep, his men become curious, open the bag just when their ship was in sight of their homeland, and then they are blown back to Aeolus' land.
In Odyssey 12, Odysseus does communicate about the dangers of eating Helios' cattle, but he again falls asleep. This gives his men the chance to eat some of the cattle, which results in their lives being lost.
On the other hand, Odysseus does seem to make the right choice in Odyssey 12 when faced with the Scylla and Charybdis. He sails nearer to the Scylla, which does result in the deaths of six more crewmen; but, if he had sailed closer to the Charybdis, the entire ship would have been lost.
Also, in Odyssey 12, Odysseus probably prevents a significant loss of life by having his men stuff their ears with wax while sailing past the island of the Sirens.
Odysseus' leadership choices seem to be better once he returns to Ithaca. He wipes out the suitors and all of his allies (Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Philoetius) survive the fight.
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Remote sensing can be defined as satellites in orbit taking pictures of the Earth's surface, but it has become more involved than that. Space agencies from around the world have used satellite imagery to detect trends in the weather or shifts in the environment.
"We see the geospatial imaging market being driven by improved efficiency and economy in imagery management, workflow optimization and growing demand for imagery to employ in everyday tasks," states Wendy Watson, vice president of product management and marketing for Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping LLC (Atlanta). "The market for geospatial imaging is expanding and responding to real-world demands for fast, accurate, detailed information."
Like so many other industries, satellite imaging companies such as ORBIMAGE Inc. (Dulles, VA) have resorted to outsourcing. "Why has this outsourcing trend occurred? In part, outsourcing allows the government to concentrate its personnel on core competencies, just as many corporations do, while taking advantage of the economic benefits and efficiencies that the commercial remote sensing industry has to offer," says Timothy Puckorius, ORBIMAGE's senior vice president, worldwide marketing and sales.
Over the past 12 months, ORBIMAGE received two contract awards from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA; Bethesda, MD). The first contract, dubbed the ClearView contract, awarded ORBIMAGE a minimum $27.5 million over two years to supply the NGA with high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and value-added products from its OrbView-3 satellite. The second contract, called NextView, is a second-vendor four-year deal worth about $500 million -- provided ORBIMAGE with its Orbview-5 next-generation high-resolution satellite.
"With the policy changes that resulted in the implementation of NGA's ClearView program and subsequently the NextView program, we now see a greater partnership with the U.S. government in meeting its global mapping needs," Puckorius says. "We also see parallel growth opportunities from the international marketplace. While the war on terror following the 9/11 attacks was a significant factor that led to the change in policy, which seeks greater support from the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry, it is also important to realize that our industry has now matured to the point where it can effectively support such critical needs -- now and for decades to come."


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A grass fire that was threatening homes in Melbourne's north west has been brought under control.
The blaze began in Craigieburn near Whites Lane about 4.30pm, and was charging towards residential parts of Craigieburn, Mickleham and Yuroke.
CFA spokesman Gerard Scholten said the five-hectare fire had been out of control and slowly spreading, prompting a "watch and act" warning.
He said 30 vehicles and an aircraft had rushed to battle the blaze, that was burning near farming sheds but posed a threat to homes.
Firefighters have also controlled a grassfire burning in Cowarr to Melbourne's east.
It was not related to the nearby Aberfeldy bush fire.
Mr Scholten said 15 trucks and two aircraft were on the scene and controlled the blaze by 4.30pm.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Gerhard Schroeder: Anglo-Saxons Are to Blame, Boo-Hoo-HooChancellor Gerhard Schroeder, showing the temper and reasoning ability of a kindergartener, lashed out at George Bush's handling of Katrina today, apparently hoping to distract attention from the fact that his professional and private lives are utter disasters.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has led Germany since 1998, said for the first time on Wednesday he would not play a role in the next government, in an emotional farewell including broadsides at the United States and Britain.My paternal ancestors were German. They came to America and thrived under "Anglo-Saxon economics." Apparently Schroeder believes modern-day Germans have none of my ancestors' fine qualities.
...He quickly composed himself, hitting his stride in a passionate defense of a strong German state and lashing out at 'Anglo-Saxon' economic policies favored in Britain and the United States, which he said had 'no chance' in Europe. In an apparent reference to Hurricane Katrina, Schroeder castigated Washington for liberal, hands-off policies that left it exposed in times of crisis. The Bush administration was widely criticised for its response to the devastating storm. 'I do not want to name any catastrophes where you can see what happens if organized state action is absent. I could name countries, but the position I still hold forbids it, but everyone knows I mean America,' he said to loud applause.
Ralph Peters has a nice pre-buttal to Schroeder and others in "Old Europe" ("We thought you were adults, but, from across the Atlantic, you look like spoiled children.") circa May 2003.
Germany, wake up. The world likes your money, but if you don't get your work ethic back, you'll lose even the friends you bought.
Addendum: Ace of Spaces wasn't as kind to Schroeder as I was.
Addendum #2, 10/13: Debra Saunders has a look at "our betters" in Europe on Townhall.com, while David's Medienkritik zings Schroeder from up close.
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GENEALOGY-DNA-L ArchivesArchiver > GENEALOGY-DNA > 2006-08 > 1154646829
From: Rick Arnold <>
Subject: Re: Fast markers (was: [DNA] research strategy for genealogists)
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi Belinda, If the 29 for dys447 is correct, then your cousin won't find many close matches, at least on that one. The modal value in R1b for dys 447 is actually 25, and the highest reported value is 27, at least among the 1376 cases Whit Athey used in his SWAMH analysis of this marker.
Cheers, Rick Arnold
Belinda Dettmann <> wrote: ...my cousin is in an analogous situation. He's R1b1 and matches the
WAMH for his first 12 markers, but after that things get weird. He's had 37
markers tested by FTDNA and has rare values for two slow markers in
particular: 12 for DYS455, where the modal is 11, and 29 for DYS447, where
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Valley stars Harris, McNabb part of 2013 Alle-Kiski Valley class
One of the most popular and accomplished teams in local history is the 1979 Valley boys basketball team.
It marked the first time a No. 5 seed from the WPIAL won a PIAA tournament championship.
Two members of that historic team are headed for the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame.
Ron "Mac" McNabb and Chipper Harris will be two of the eight inductees at the organization's 45th annual banquet May 17 at the Clarion Hotel in New Kensington.
Valley was eliminated by Burrell in the WPIAL quarterfinals, then emerged victorious in a four-team tournament consisting of the four quarterfinal losers.
The Vikings then worked their way through a difficult bracket that consisted of Altoona, Pittsburgh South Hills, defending state champion Schenley, Beaver Falls and, finally, the state title game over Allentown's William Allen High School.
McNabb, the team's point guard, was third-team all-state and played four years at IUP, where he still ranks among the all-time leaders in assists.
Now a coach with Knoch, McNabb has piloted the Knights, Valley and Burrell to WPIAL playoff berths.
Harris went on to star at Robert Morris, leading the Colonials to their first two NCAA Tournament berths.
Also, Harris led the nation in steals twice while at Robert Morris.
The other 2014 inductees:
• Frank B. Fuhrer III. After a great golf career at Fox Chapel, Fuhrer III had an outstanding run at North Carolina, helping end Wake Forest's ACC dominance.
Since 2002, the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association honors the region's top collegiate golfer with the Frank Fuhrer III award.
• Kelly Morda. The first local girls basketball player to attain 2,000 career points, Morda helped Ford City make it to the PIAA semifinals in 1998. She went on to become St. Vincent College's second all-time scorer and now teaches and coaches at Riverview.
• N.W. "Skip" Cady. A 1970 Oakmont High School graduate, Cady was an all-state selection in football and played high school baseball for the Oaks and the community's American Legion program before heading to Clarion University.
Cady is Vice President of Consolidated Resorts in Las Vegas and Maui.
• Jay Kumar. In 1977, Kumar led Riverview to the first conference title in school history and led the WPIAL in rushing yards with 1,580. In 1980, he was a member of the Clarion team that won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Kumar caught a TD pass in the 15-14 win over Kutztown in the title game.
• Dave Szlachetka. A Burrell and Shippensburg graduate, Szlachetka is associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Shady Side Academy. In the last eight seasons, his defensive units have never given up more than 17.2 ppg.
• A posthumous selection will be Jim Marino, who coached Arnold High School to the 1965 WPIAL baseball title. He also coached football and won three American Legion section titles in Springdale.
Marino died in 2010.
Also scheduled to be honored at the banquet are Valley News Dispatch offensive football Player of the Year, Jesse Zelonka of Apollo-Ridge, defensive Player of the Year Allan Cratsenberg of Highlands, boys soccer Player of the Year Tom Spagnolo of Burrell and girls soccer Player of the Year Aaliyah Odom of Plum.
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By Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK Long before he became famous for such tunes as Blowin' in the Wind, Bob Dylan's social consciousness and artistry were evident in a poem he penned about a little dog who met a tragic end.
Dylan was just 16 — and still going by his given name Bob Zimmerman — when he wrote Little Buddy in the summer of 1957 for the newspaper at
Now the poem is being offered for sale at a Christie's auction, where it is expected to sell for $10,000 to $15,000 on June 23.
Fellow camper and editor of the Herzl Herald, Lisa Heilicher, has decided to sell the poem to help support the camp's $8 million capital campaign.
"I kept it with all of my stuff that I collected from camp," Heilicher said in a telephone interview from her home in
Written on both sides of a single page, the poem tells the poignant story of Little Buddy, who is killed at the hands of a drunkard, and the boy who mourns him.
"He was such a lovely doggy/ And to me he was such fun/ But today as we played by the way/ A drunken man got mad at him/ Because he barked in joy/ He beat him and he's dying here today," the poem reads.
"It's a very early example of his brilliance," Simeon Lipman, Christie's pop culture specialist, said. "It comes from the mind of a teenager (with) some very interesting thoughts kind of percolating in his brain."
Besides the summer they spent at the 120-acre camp, Heilicher and Dylan both attended the University of
Dylan, who turns 68 on Sunday, told camp officials, "Do what you want with it," said Holly Guncheon, Herzl's development director.
Several other pieces of Dylan writing are being offered at the pop culture sale, including his working lyrics for "
Dylan's 1958 yearbook from Hibbing (Minn.) high school is expected to bring $6,000 to $8,000, and contains a typical high school inscription to a classmate. It says in part: "Dear Brenda, Well, I didn't see you too much this year but you know what went on in study hall was just kidding ..."
Lipman said there is very little Bob Dylan ephemera available from the years before the singer-song writer came to
Of that summer in 1957, Heilicher recalled Dylan "banging on the piano instead of going to the (camp) sessions." He pays tribute to those days on his 2008 CD, Tell Tale Signs, which features a photograph of the 16-year-old Dylan holding a guitar surrounded by other campers.
"He was different," she said. "He was way before his time."
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Full body massage can produce multiple benefits for your health. These benefits go far beyond an hour spent in relaxing quietly, escaping the day. An increasing amount of evidence indicates that stress and tension form the root causes of many diseases and illnesses. Hence, if you able to find ways to alleviate or relieve your stress, you are preventing health problems from emerging or becoming worse.
Going for a full body massage on a regular basis is one excellent way to help you fight off tensions. Full body massage stimulates the production of endorphins that promotes relaxation and drowsiness.
When you go for full body massage, your head to your toes and feet are massaged both front and back. A variety of strokes that includes kneading, pulling, wringing, hacking and gliding are used on various parts of the body.
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Twelve Bridge City grapplers place at state tourney
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Twelve Mobridge wrestlers earned their way to the medal stand at the South Dakota Wrestling Coaches Association State Wrestling Tournament in Rapid City over the weekend.
Brookelynn Vogel, the only Bridge City girl in the tournament, led all of the local wrestlers by finishing second in state at Girls Novice 95 pounds. She earned to trip to the finals by pinning Madeline Horse Looking of Crow Creek in 53 seconds, but lost a hard-fought 4-0 match to Kennedi Landis of Colman.
Isaac Olson grappled to third place at Schoolboy 130 pounds. Olson opened by pinning Landon Freeman of Tri-Valley at 1:23 and then won a 12-2 major decision over Jaredon Dosch of Belle Fourche. Olson was beaten 8-2 by Jack Konechne of Garretson in the semifinals. He rallied back to earn a 6-3 decision over Wyatt Larsen of Huron in the consolation semifinals before pinning Jacob Kargaes of Milbank at 2:52 in the third-place match.
Ethan Black Fox earned third place at Novice heavyweight. Black Fox eked out a 2-0 win over Robbie Lester of Deadwood in the first round and then pinned Rhoss Oliver of Gregory at 2:06 in the quarterfinals. Payton Johnson of Groton got the best of Black Fox in the semifinals with a pin at 4:25. He came back with a pair of pins, putting Braden Peters of Flandreau away at 2:33 and then sticking Caleb Brink of Rapid City at 1:36 for third place.
Caden Lenz had to fight back in the wrestlebacks to take third place at Novice 95 pounds. Lenz opened with a pin at 3:00 over Derek Webster of Spearfish, but was defeated 8-0 by Cade Entwisle of McCook Central-Montrose in the quarterfinals. Lenz started his road back with an 8-2 win over Logan Lemmel of Sturgis and then beat Ryan McGinnis of Mitchell 7-0. He won a dominant 15-0 tech fall over Frank Even of Burke in the consolation semis before meeting Derek Webster for a second time in the third-place match. Lenz secured his fourth straight win by beating Webster 6-3.
Kyler Pearman was one of three future Tigers to take fifth place. Pearman turned the trick at Novice 140 pounds. Pearman won his first two matches, pinning Jared Grimmius of Aberdeen at 3:55 and edging Tyler John Eddy of Wessington Springs 6-5. Raygen Randall of McCook Central-Montrose pinned Pearman in the semis before he was edged 7-6 in a tie-breaker by Ryker Trevett of Milbank. He won another tight match by beating Daniel Esche of Canton 4-3 in the fifth-place match.
After suffering a first-round loss, Braden Goehring fought all the way back for fifth place at Novice 65 pounds. Goehring was beaten 8-0 by Andy Meyer of Harrisburg in the first round. He then won three straight matches, beating Dylan Schimke of Wessington Springs 7-3, pinned Samuel Olson of Madison at 5:14 and beating Kaleb Osborn of Winner 6-0. Riley Genzlinger nipped him 4-3 in the consolation semifinals, but Goehring turned around and won a 5-0 match over Xander McWilliams of Rapid City in the fifth-place match.
Carter Lenz went 4-2 to take fifth place at Midgets 75 pounds. He won a 4-2 decision over Bryan Roselles of Rapid City in his opener, but was beaten 8-1 by Sabren Bortnem of Brandon in the second round. Lenz won a 15-0 tech fall over Payton DeWitt of Douglas and pinned Lucas Hueser of Elk Point-Jefferson at 3:32. He was pinned at 2:50 by Jackson Remmers of McCook Central-Montrose in the consolation semfinals. In the fifth-place match, Lenz turned an earlier defeat around, beating Bortnem 4-2.
Five wrestlers earned eighth-place finishes with 2-3 records.
Mason Schoenhard took eighth place at Schoolboy 110 pounds. He picked up his wins by beating Kutter Rogers of Lyman 6-1 and Dallas Fuerst of Scotland 4-2.
Britten Vogel finished eighth at Schoolboy 80 pounds. Vogel won with a bye and an 8-2 win over Landen Fischer of Rapid City.
Bryston Goehring picked up eight place at Novice 75 pounds. Goehring pinned Dragr Monson of Groton at :21 and earned a 9-4 victory over Dawson Janke of Deadwood.
Aiden Schoenhard finished eighth at Midgets 90 pounds. He won a 12-8 decision over Dylan Anderson of Chester and a 7-0 decision over Trey Murray of Gregory.
Gage Nickels earned eighth place at Bantam 75 pounds. Nickels pinned Kade Olinger of Wessington Springs at 1:46 and Collin Wendt of Lennox at 2:19.
Eleven more Mobridge wrestlers competed at the tournament. Taylon Carmody, Jacob Steiger, Keene Schlomer and Stone Jensen all went 1-2, while Brady Bauer, Kegan Pearman, Tucker Holzer, Dakota Nickels, Craig Walking Elk, Jaden Schilling and Nathan Bauer suffered through 0-2 weekends.
Area wrestlers
Wrestlers from McLaughlin and Dupree competed at state, and had some success.
Six wrestlers from McLaughlin made the podium. Two girls finished first in state, but did not have to wrestle as they were the only girls in their weight class (girls had a lot of unopposed state champions). Elsie Henry won the Girls Bantam 90 pounds, while Nuchalawoy Henry won the Girls Bantam heavyweight. Sahmiah Archambault took second in Girls Novice heavyweight and Lakeita Weasel finished fourth in Girls Bantam 55 pounds.
Three McLaughlin boys placed. Emmit Maher took third place at Bantam 90 pounds, Trent Scheichel took seventh at Midgets 112 pounds and Zoey Weasel took eighth at Midgets heavyweight.
Two Dupree wrestlers placed. Hunter Stambach took sixth at Novice 130 pounds and Cruz Birkeland took eighth at Tots 45 pounds.


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text: So you're an essentially shallow and superficial person for whom appearances matter far more than other qualities He's not the only one. I "dated" a girl that was really not my equal in terms of dress and appearance, for many of the same reasons as he started dating pussycat. I'm almost embarassed about it now. It didn't go on for anything close to three years, but still... My worst dating disaster was when a guy from school hooked me up with a blind date. I'm not sure where he knew the girl from but (and i haven't spoken to him since heh) she was described as cute, thin, blonde, and eastern european. I don't do completely blind dates so I asked for photos. The pics looked really good, we exchanged emails and I agreed to accompany her to a company xmas dinner. We were going to meet at a nice hotel bar so that we could talk first and then make our way to the dinner. At the last minute she changed the plans because her friends wanted bon jovi tickets and there was a giveaway at the hard rock cafe. I now had to meet her and four friends at the hard rock cafe. So I got there and started to look around for her. Unfortunately, she spotted me first or I honestly would have bolted and made up some excuse. I almost cried when I saw her. I recognized her from the picture except she was about 20lbs heavier and had major skin problems on her face, which there was no sign of in the pics. I was horrified. She almost ran over to me in her excitement of seeing me and started saying how elegant I looked. I have to admit, I did look good Anyway, she grabbed me by the arm and said I had to register so that I could help them in the draw. This delayed sitting down at a table with her so I agreed. What's worse, they were filming the giveaway and I was to be right in the center. I angled my chair as much as possible away from the announcer and the film crews. The whole time I was thinking "god I hope nobody I know sees this." Then her friend won a ticket... I just wanted it to be over. After her friends took off I had to tell her that I wasn't going to be up for dinner and that I'd developed a sudden headache. I was embarassed to even be standing beside her. If she was even average looking I could have dealt with it but she was fugly. Based on that experience alone, I will never even consider internet dating. Low-res camera phones are going to make things even worse.


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COLUMBUS The State Controlling Board will decide whether a Guernsey County-based company will get more than $1 million in a state loan to help purchase machinery and equipment.
The State Development Financing Advisory Council voted Monday to approve a request from Encore Plastics Corp. in Guernsey County for a $1.3 million state loan. The councils recommendation will now go to the controlling board.
If approved by the controlling board, the loan to the company would be for 7 years at a 3 percent interest rate.
The project would create 90 jobs, if approved. The company makes injected molder plastic products, the state said.
A date for controlling board consideration has not yet been set.


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BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Samiya Wright's jumper with less than a second remaining lifted Winthrop over Campbell in overtime 67-66 in Big South women's basketball action Saturday afternoon in Gilbert Craig Gore Arena.
Winthrop improves to 16-11 on the season and 10-5 in Big South games with its fifth straight win. Campbell dips to 15-11 overall and 8-7 in league play, ending a three game winning streak.
Down six with 5:36 to play in regulation, the Lady Camels clawed back within two on a Jazmine Cooper bucket with 1:06 on the clock. After a Winthrop misfire, Tonisha Baker knotted the game and forced overtime with her short jumper in the lane, tying the score at 58-all with 9 seconds remaining.
In the overtime period, freshman Kiera Gaines gave Campbell its first lead since 1:15 in the first half with a runner in the paint. After Katelyn Bass' layup gave the Lady Camels a three points lead at 62-59, Winthrop's Dequesha McClanahan connected on a basket, and-one, tying the contest for the eighth time on the afternoon.
With 2:33 to play in overtime, Kate Cloxton found Jazmine Cooper under the basket for two, giving the Lady Camels the lead again, 64-62. McClanahan then put Winthrop back on top, hitting both of her free throw attempts.
With 22 seconds to play, Katelyn Bass tossed in a layup, pushing Campbell into the lead, 66-65. On the next possession, Winthrop missed its initial attempt, but the ball skipped out of bounds off a Campbell player, giving the Eagles one last attempt with 3 seconds on the clock. Off the inbound, Samiya Wright caught the ball on the left side, just in front of the three point line, and knocked in the game-winning jumper for Winthrop, 67-66.
Wright finished with 14 in the game, adding three steals. Diana Choibekova led all scorers with 22 points, posting 19 in the first half alone. The junior guard also posted seven boards in the win. McClanahan tallied 21, including six in the extra period, with 13 rebounds and eight assists.
Jazmine Cooper led Campbell with 18 points, tying a career high, while chipping in seven boards and three steals. Tonisha Baker posted 13 points and 11 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the year, adding five assists, two steals and two blocks. Senior forward Katelyn Bass also notched a double-double, her second in a row and third this season, with 10 points and 16 rebounds.
Kiera Gaines and Roslyn Presley both recorded nine points off the bench, with Gaines adding four rebounds and three steals on the day.
Campbell outscored Winthrop 42-20 in the paint and 20-4 in bench points, also converting 19 Eagle turnovers into 15 points.
The Lady Camels led by as many as 11 in the first half after holding Winthrop to just 13-of-41 (31.7 percent) in the opening stanza. The Eagles, however, closed the last eight minutes of the half with a 20-7 run, taking a 35-33 lead into the break after two Choibekova free throws.
The Eagles led by as many as seven in the second, allowing Campbell to tie it twice, including Baker's jumper at the end of regulation, but never relinquished the lead through the frame.
The Lady Camels will wrap up the home portion of their schedule on Monday, hosting Presbyterian at 7 p.m. The game will be recognized as Senior Night, and will be the final home game for Katelyn Bass, Kate Cloxton and Amanda O'Neill.


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Last weekend I headed down to Razlog once again. Here are some snapshots from the weekend. Enjoy!
|Grandma, people just keep giving me money.
|International Kukeri Festival.
Razlog, Bulgaria.
|Babas. The hardest working and
most awesome people in Bulgaria.
|Catching a breather. I think those masks and costumes can be heavy.
|More babas.
|Entering the parade ground (the city center).
|A huge Kukeri mask.
|I see you.
|Some of the cooler Kukeri masks.
|This guy was part of the Macedonia Kukeri troupe.
Theirs was more like carnivale, but really great nonetheless.
Hopefully I am headed to Macedonia with some volunteers in mid-March.
|The award for most intricate and most colorful costumes goes to Yambol.
|гайда (gaida): bagpipe
|More from Yambol.
|Every Kukeri member wears bells. When they jump together it sounds great, like a chorus.
When they jump independent of one another it sounds like the cacophony
of cow bells at a cyclocross race.
|That night we went out and happened upon a men's volleyball match between
Plovdiv (guests) and Pirin (home). Pirin won in comeback fashion three games to two.
I think it is safe to say that we got the best seats in the house. What a view.
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I think I'd rather take the days as they come. Of course, I do like looking ahead to see what the weather is going to do. Not that the weather people always get it right. Maybe that's part of the fun of watching the weather - to see if the forecasts happen. Sometimes they don't get it right any better than the wooly worms. I saw this little worm last fall and wasn't sure if it was forecasting a cold winter (all black) or a warm winter (all brown).
The weather forecasters did get it right Friday. We had snow. Lovely snow. Great snowman making snow for the kids and the young at heart. I'll claim being young at heart for making a little snowman when I went out to clear off my front deck. Turned out to look more like a snow teddy bear, but still fun. I put a picture of it on my Facebook author page. I like a little snow each year. Fun for walking with the dogs, Oscar and Roxie who both like the snow. Fun for taking pictures like the one up top that surprised me with the sun glow.
So I'll just step forward into 2013 taking one day at a time. That's the way we're having to do it with Mom. We never know how she'll be each day. She hasn't felt well this week and it's bothering her sleep. Sometimes she's ready to get up at midnight. Needless to say, I'm not. So I guess we're taking it one night at a time too. Maybe even one hour at a time.
But a new year is a time of promise and hope no matter how you look to the future. And I promised to reveal the winners of my Christmas giveaway today. So drum roll please. I've already contacted them all and have heard back from all but the winner of the first prize. That's Nancy. I know she's in the south, but don't yet know which state or which book she's going to want as her prize. She will get the bookends and that book of her choice. Kristina of VA was the second prize winner. She picked my book, Angel Sister, and two other autographed books - Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins and Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson. The winner of the "never won before" drawing is Dianne C. of Georgia. She gets the cute cat magnets (luckily she says she's a cat lover) and my book, Angel Sister. Then just because, I picked an extra winner, Peggy C. of Iowa. She wants Angel Sister too and I'm throwing in a surprise book for her too. Not sure which one yet, so we may both be surprised. Looks as if Angel Sister was the winner in this giveaway. :) Thanks to all of you who entered the Christmas giveaway contest and especially to those of you who shared your Christmas joys and memories with me. I loved reading about your Christmases. We'll do it again in 2013. I'll be celebrating the re-issue of Scent of Lilacs in March, so watch for a new contest then. If you're signed up for my newsletter, you'll hear about it first. If you're not signed up for the newsletter, you can get on the list by clicking on the newsletter link on my website.
Wishing you a very happy 2013 with a hopeful forecast of blessings each and every day. Thanks for reading!
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce.


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Call For Papers - Eastern New York TenthAnnual Subregional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
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Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran Poems
A Lover's Call Xxvii
Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little
Paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you
As infants look upon the breast of their mothers?
Or are you in your chamber where the shrine of
Virtue has been placed in your honor, and upon
Which you offer my heart and soul as sacrifice?
Or amongst the books, seeking human knowledge,
While you are replete with heavenly wisdom?
Oh companion of my soul, where are you? Are you
Praying in the temple? Or calling Nature in the
Field, haven of your dreams?
Are you in the ...
Good And Evil Xxii
And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil."
And he answered:
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?
Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters.


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Function meets form with this dual-purpose smartphone case that offers instant phone access while the case is still closed.
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Change the way that you use your phone with functioning dot matrix design, and change your view with a retro look that's worthy of the all new HTC One M9.


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Hoyts Belconnen and Woden, Limelight Tuggeranong & Greater Union Manuka
Reviewer: CRIS KENNEDY
My second favourite thing to do, after judging people, is judging movies. When I saw that Safe Haven was from a Nicholas Sparks book I rolled my eyes and passed judgment. Trite, I though. The Last Song trite. Nights in Rodanthe trite.
Then I saw Safe Haven was directed by Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom, of My Life as a Dog and The Cider House Rules fame and I forced myself to swallow that sagacity and give it the benefit of the doubt.
Mistake. This romantic thriller owes a debt to Sleeping with the Enemy, a guilty pleasure, and just when it started to suck me in with the whole Nicholas Sparks-ness of it, with a couple overcoming a dark secret to be together, it ruined it by throwing in a little bit of unnecessary magic realism.
The girl with the dark past is Katie (Julianne Hough), a cute but reserved blonde who shows up in the sleepy North Carolina town of Southport. Immediately charmed by her is widower Alex (Josh Duhamel) who has his job cut out for him breaking through her reserve. Katie confides in her neighbour Jo (Cobie Smulders) and begins to get on well with Alex's kids Josh (Noah Lomax) and Lexie (Mimi Kirkland). Just when she begins to feel safe, of course her past catches up with her.
Until the hokum of the hocus-pocus ending, Safe Haven was a perfectly fine movie of the week, with a photogenic cast and location and a decent budget.
Duhamel is good, a solid leading man, and Hough is perfectly fine. They make a sweet cookie-cutter couple for a Valentine's Day movie.
Aussie actor David Lyons does a fine acting job in an appalling paint-by-numbers bad guy role. As the abusive man from Katie's past, his character is pure pantomime. Sweat stains around his armpits, bloodshot eyes, drinking in public, his every scene is laugh-out-loud funny, which is obviously not the intent.
Hallstrom may be slumming it but having a director of this calibre gives a sense of invention and movement to some predictable plotting. He certainly knows how to get his producers to splash out on dolly and crane shots, and while the result is a beautiful-looking film, it has a certain amnesiac quality to it - meaning I'll have forgotten everything about it by tomorrow.
Until it got silly, though, it was perfectly charming. Girls who loved how much Edward loved Bella will love this.


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With the 150th anniversary of composer Giacomo Puccini's birth coming next week, Lyric Opera of Chicago would have been remiss in not adding a few candles to the music world's giant birthday cake. It did so Saturday night when it revived its still-handsome, kabuki-meets-Broadway production of "Madama Butterfly" for the first time this season at the Civic Opera House.
Patricia Racette, in her first Lyric assumption of the title role, is the latest in a long and distinguished line of divas who have impersonated the 15-year-old former geisha of the title here, and she is unquestionably one of the best. The sincere pathos this thoughtful singing actress brings to one of her signature roles makes this a "Butterfly" not to be missed.


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Local schools can rest easy as the state Board of Education has eased up on requirements to make up lost days.
Board members approved a measure Thursday allowing Georgia districts to forgo making up as many as nine days lost to the ice and snow at the end of January and in mid-February.
"(Thursday's) action from the state board is much appreciated," Hall County Superintendent Will Schofield said. "Considering the amount of school many districts have missed, local (boards) need the flexibility to weigh multiple factors when deciding how and when to make up lost instructional time."
Georgia schools are normally required to be open to students at least 180 days a year, although some districts receive special waivers to have a shorter school year.
The county school district missed four days in January, not including Jan. 28 when students were released early ahead of winter weather. More recently, schools were closed Feb. 11-14 because of snow and icy conditions.
To make up some of the missed time, county students were back in class this past Monday, which was originally scheduled as a holiday. Also, May 27-28 have since been restored as teacher work days.
County teachers worked from home during two of the four missed February days.
"These (state) resolutions will provide us the option of considering the development of some nontraditional learning time options," Schofield added, referencing how many teachers used online connections to continue education even when students were stuck at home in mid-February.
"We have not discussed time and the second storm," he added.
The resolution does not impact Gainesville City Schools, though school leaders have still tried to restore as much missed time as possible.
"We are already waived from attendance requirements for students (as a charter system)," Superintendent Merrianne Dyer said. "The decision of our board to make up instructional days is an effort to ensure that we teach the critical standards."
Classes were canceled Jan. 6-7 and Jan. 29-30 for extreme cold and winter weather. City schools were closed alongside county schools in February.
To make up the time lost, Gainesville students were also in class this past Monday; at their Monday meeting, school board members changed March 17 from a vacation day to a full instructional day. April 4 is another vacation date that might change to a full school day.
"Our employees are completing work hours to reconcile the salary compensation," Dyer added. "They are making up the time missed with online learning modules and certified staff working added hours."
Thursday's action by the state board doesn't impact testing dates of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests for students. Districts can give the standardized tests anytime from March 30 through May 2.
"I would say that we gave the local districts, the local boards, the authority to make decisions and to make those days up as they see fit," said Kevin Boyd, who represents the 9th District on the state Board of Education. Hall County is in Boyd's district.
"That's what we're all about, is local control, and they have that opportunity now to exercise those rights and do it as they see fit."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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It's not uncommon in TV news for the reporter to be part of the story.
Mary Nickles, morning anchor for KUTV Channel 2, became part of a story even more than she intended and it may have saved her life.
On the air Thursday morning, Nickles told the KUTV audience that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and received a lumpectomy about a week before Christmas.
The diagnosis followed a story Nickles reported in October, in which she had a mammogram to show viewers how easy the procedure is.
"We shot the whole story and they took a second look at one little area," Nickles reported. "I've had dense tissue looked at a second time before and I thought, 'OK, no big deal.' "
A biopsy found malignant cancer cells that wouldn't have shown up on a mammogram just a year before, Nickles said.
After the lumpectomy, doctors also checked her lymph nodes, in case the cancer had spread. Those results were negative.
All the same, Nickles told viewers she will undergo radiation and chemotherapy for the next few months to ensure the cancer doesn't return. She plans to schedule her medical treatments so they won't interfere with her TV schedule, but that will depend on how well her body handles radiation and chemo.
KUTV news director Jennifer Dahl said the anchor wrestled with the decision of whether to announce her diagnosis publicly. One factor was that viewers might notice the effects of radiation and chemotherapy. "We don't know if she will lose her hair," Dahl said. "Mary is a bit of a public figure. [She's] on TV every day and in everybody's living room."
"I don't like being the story," Nickles told The Tribune Thursday afternoon. "The hardest part for me is not to be emotional on the air. I'm a really ugly crier."
For Nickles, going public is the right thing to do journalistically: "This started as a story, and now it's a more powerful story. This is why you want people to get mammograms."
She said she is confident she will overcome cancer. "It doesn't scare me so much, because I've met so many people who have done so well," she said. "I really do feel like I am going to kick its butt."
A cancer story
KUTV anchor Mary Nickles has started a blog, maryscancerstory.blogspot.com, to keep viewers informed of her progress through breast cancer treatments.


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Love Knots - Belt by Lisa Richardson
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Love Knots - Belt
Knit these cute knitted plaited strips, to be worn as a belt, in Belle Organic Aran.
Gauge Note:
Laid flat, each cord measure approximately 2.5 cm wide using 6mm (US10) needles with yarn held DOUBLE.
Finished dimensions:
Excluding "tassels" beyond knots, belt is 70cm (27.5 inches) long.
Yarn Information:
A - Rose 205
2 skeins
262 yards
B - Poppy 206
2 skeins
262 yards
C - Dahlia 218
2 skeins
262 yards
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Human memory has been a major topic for research studies for thousands of years and it has been a fascinating subject within cognitive psychology too. The most important processes of memory are encoding, storage and retrieval. The process of encoding will change the information into a usable form and once the encoding process is over, it ought to be stored in memory to use it later. Most of this stored memory will be stored outside the awareness zone and with the help of retrieval process; the necessary information will be brought into conscious awareness.
There are ways to improve memory. Our memory like the rest of our body needs regular exercise to stay in good condition, as the
6 Ways to Increase Memory
athlete must train to permit the body to respond to difficult times, the same is true the memory needs its very own special training in order to stay in "shape" and improve.
Your brain works by sending electrical impulses along neural pathways called axons. When these pathways are covered in a fatty coating, the messages can travel faster. When you eat the right foods, you can help to coat theseaxon pathways in the fats they need to communicate more efficiently, thereby improving your memory. Some excellent brain foods include fish with Omega-3 fatty acids, leafy greens and fruits and vegetables. However, foods full of saturated fats, like red meat, cheese and ice cream, can actually work against the improvement of the memory.
Although many people who have had a rough Saturday night can attest to alcohol having adverse effects on their own memory, the opposite can actually be true when alcohol can be used in moderation. Studies done by Matthew During, professor of molecular virology and cancer genetics at Pitt University, have shown that light to moderate alcohol consumption can improve cognitive abilities and memory in the short term. In regards to long-term memory, a separate study done in the University of Bordeaux in France followed 3,777 people over the age of 65 and found that light to moderate drinkers — one to two glasses of wine per day — suffered from Alzheimer's, an illness relating to the loss of memory, 45 percent under those who didn't drink at all.
It's a well-known fact that exercise can improve the body, but it can also improve the mind. The brain, just like the rest of the body, needs blood flow and oxygen to work properly. Should you gain too much weight or let your cholesterol build up, the same kind of plaque that inhibits proper heart function will hinder your brain's functionality. Exercising can remedy this situation, removing plaque buildup and increasing oxygen to the brain, which can ultimately help to increase your memory.
Depression isn't just a mental disease that makes people sad. It also inhibits the memory. In fact, all negative stressors hurt the memory, including anxiety and stress. Depression, in particular, floods the brain with cortisol, which inhibits the hippocampus. The hippocampus is the part of the brain that's specifically designated for communicating involving the memories and the rest of your brain. Essentially, its main function would be to store and retrieve your memories. By inhibiting the hippocampus's abilities, depression impairs your memory. If you think that you have depression, seek medical attention. There are medications and exercises that can help you improve your overall mental health, including your memory.
Exercise your mind with games
The greater you use the features of the brain, the greater you help your memory remain in shape. There are many games that arouse your intellectual capabilities but could also contribute to a better sociability. Backgammon, chess, puzzles and lots of other board games, offer you entertainment as well as help you improve memory.
Sleep is an incredibly essential process for that brain. During sleep, the brain processes the data that it acquired throughout the day. You might have experienced this yourself. Maybe you found a task to be difficult — for example learning a song on the piano. However, after a good night's sleep, you discover the song much easier to take part in the following day. On the other hand, you may have discovered that a lack of a good night's sleep enables you to feel dazed and fuzzy, making things harder to remember and concentrate on. Sleeping seven to eight hours every evening will work to increase your memory.


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The five riders named in the Mark French drugs hearing were included today in Cycling Australia's (CA) Olympic nominations.
That was no surprise, given all five are former world champions and had satisfied selection criteria.
But the Australian Olympic Committee must ratify the 25 nominations and it has said it will not pick any cyclists it is not satisfied are clean.
The fate of the five riders will become clearer later today when retired judge Robert Anderson releases the findings of his week-long inquiry.
Anderson has been investigating allegations raised in French's hearing, which led to the former world champion receiving a two-year ban from competition and a lifetime Olympic suspension.
The five riders whom French named are Graeme Brown, Jobie Dajka, Sean Eadie, Shane Kelly and Brett Lancaster.