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The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) announces the launch of the Military Paper Check Conversion (MPCC) prototype to afloat and shore Navy and Marine Corps activities.
Using scanning technology, MPCC converts paper checks into electronic debits to the check writer's account, thus eliminating work associated with processing hard copy checks. The MPCC package consists of a scanner unit, a pin serial data cable, and an AC adapter power pack.
MPCC is a joint initiative by NAVSUP's Disbursing Division, the U.S. Treasury Departments Financial Management Service, the Combined Fleet Forces Command, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and the Marine Corps.
This system will eliminate manual work in preparing and mailing checks for clearing, reduce the volume of check records to maintain, and significantly reduce check clearing time from two weeks to as few as 24 hours. MPCC will also reduce the time spent by disbursing officers to process bounced checks.
To date, 22 of 29 proposed sites have been outfitted with the new check cashing system. The following shore installations have received MPCC scanners: Camp Lejuene, N.C.; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; Personnel Support Detachments in Yokosuka, Japan and Naples, Italy; Customer Service Desks in Guam, Diego Garcia; in Agnano, Gaeta, and Allied Forces Southern Europe, Italy; and at the 3rd Marine Force Service Support Group, Okinawa, Japan.
Prototype MPCC installation is complete onboard USS Stennis (CVN 74), USS Cole (DDG 67), USS Peleliu (LHA 5), USS Comstock (LSD 45) and in seven Marine Expeditionary Units.
As of August 27, 2003, the Navy processed 5,007 checks valued at about $4.4 million with a 100% success rate; the Marines processed 3,709 checks valued at about $424,000 with a 99.7% success rate.
"As an integral part of the Navy CashTM offering, MPCC will enhance the quality of life for our Sailors and greatly improve our disbursing processes at sea and ashore," said Rear Admiral Justin D. McCarthy, SC, USN, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command. "This pilot program is a significant part of NAVSUP's ongoing effort to transform this enterprise by improving our business practices that support our warfighters."
The prototype program is slated to last one year, and MPCC will be installed onboard ships that will receive the Navy CashTM system.
NAVSUP offers worldwide technical support for MPCC through the Integrated Call Center. Users can dial 1-877-4-1-TOUCH or DSN 510-4-2-TOUCH from anywhere in the world toll free and get technical support for MPCC by hitting Option 6-4. The MPCC point of contact for NAVSUP is DKCS (SW/AW) Rey Mayo, commercial 717 605-6941 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NAVSUP's primary mission is to provide U.S. Naval forces with quality supplies and services. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and employing a worldwide workforce of more than 24,000 military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP oversees logistics programs in the areas of supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, and security assistance. In addition, NAVSUP is responsible for quality of life issues for our Naval forces, including food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges, and movement of household goods.
For more information contact:
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...you just might wonder; do I not know it's only october and we do not sing christmas carols in october... Well, the thing is, I DO know it's october, BUT I'm really just thinking about christmas and all the things I want to do before then. Making christmas cards is one of those things, and what better month but october do we have, to start making those holiday cards you normally do last minute? Why not just get it done now, and have more time to do all those other things you need to do? For this very reason, I made a bunch of cards to show on the MLS blog. SO if you want to get some ideas or just some inspiration, please go ahead and take a look. My favorite products from this project must be the Toga Scrapbooking letter stickers. You get both black and white squares in one package and LOTS! of stickers. They really go a LONG way (and they stick bether than other similar stickers, not mentioning any names....). AND I'm loving the craft (cardstock). And the Hambly rub-ons, and.... Here's an example of what I made:
Wednesday, October 8
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.....
5 comments:
- almadr said...
love your cards. I'm a big fan of cardboard myself but never thought it'll look so great at Christmas cards!
and just want to add that I like your blog - you've got awesome banner!
I bookmarked this site so I'll pop in more often ;-)
- 12:02 AM, October 09, 2008
- Rachael said...
I am in your blogging class and i just dropped by to take a look at your blog. I am in love with your banner! So cool!
- 3:42 AM, October 09, 2008
- Ashley M said...
in the blog class as well... popped in to say hi! LOVE your cards! they are too cute! and loving your design so far! looks great!
- 7:59 AM, October 09, 2008
- Carolyn said...
great cards, and i like your blog - so many cool features. :)
- 6:29 PM, October 09, 2008
- Romy said...
Wat een prachtige kaarten! Heel mooie kleurencombinaties en superstijlvol! Chapeau.
- 7:11 PM, October 10, 2008
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Beauty School Instructor Allegedly Forced Students To Trim Her Pubic Hair & Walnuts Are Good For Your Nuts
- Students are suing a Montana beauty school for sexual harassment. One of the complaints was that an instructor would force students to trim her pubic hair and then use the dirty trimmers on customers. NO. Ewwww! [Huffington Post]
- Here's a guide to the polite way to give directions while receiving oral sex. Or the unpolite way, if that's what you prefer. [Em & Lo]
- A new study says women ogle breasts just as much as men do. [The Stir]
- Hey guys, science discovered that walnuts can help repair and rejuvenate your sperm. You now have a new favorite snack. [Your Tango]
- Here are some signs that your one night stand was a good one. Number one: Your roommates started applauding when you came out of your bedroom the next morning. [The Date Report]
- Adam & Eve's 2012 sex survey says that the position of the year is woman on top. Thoughts? [LA Weekly]
- My new favorite tumblr is Twerking it to Indie Music. It's booty shaking and ass dropping videos set to music like Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver. You must watch. [Twerking It To Indie Music]
- In NYC, there now exists a "Who's Your Daddy?" mobile DNA testing truck. I hope they park next to the Mister Softee truck so that if he is the daddy he can take the kid out for ice cream immediately following the results. [Consumerist]
- See some of the weirder responses to the #NameATurnOn hashtag that was trending on Twitter. Someone actually said, "socks with crocs," which IMO falls under the #NameATurnOff hashtag. [Buzzfeed]
- Jackmeoff Mudd was arrested in Florida. That's it. That's the news. His name is Jackmeoff Mudd. [Huffington Post]


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As we have seen in this issue, many "mainstream" churches are
opening their doors to gays and lesbians. This action is undoubtedly being
blessed by God as evidenced by the growth and other miracles these churches
have experienced.
It's good to see these churches finally taking a stand and welcoming our community into their congregations. But long before their doors opened, Rev. Troy Perry founded the Metropolitan Community Church ... an organization aimed at getting gays and lesbians back into the pews. Today, there are MCC churches all around the world, ministering to the outcasts of every culture.
One of the biggest success stories of the MCC is the Cathedral of Hope. The Dallas church is what is commonly referred to as a "mega-church." These types of churches are known chiefly for their size. The Cathedral boasts a membership of 1900 people, with 30,000 people on a regular mailing list. On any given Sunday, 1700 people will pack into the Dallas sanctuary for services.
While many MCC churches around the country struggle to hit 100 members, the congregation in Dallas has grown by leaps and bounds, and has lost more members to AIDS (1100) than many MCC churches have ever seen come through their doors.
What is their secret? What makes this church different from any other MCC in the world? Whosoever had a chance to talk with the Cathedral's Senior Pastor Michael Piazza about his church's success, and the future that lies before it.
WHOSOEVER: How do you explain your church's phenomenal growth?
PIAZZA: Some reports have suggested that it's because Dallas is in the Bible Belt, but there are a lot of cities in the Bible Belt with large gay and lesbian communities that do not have churches as large. People do value church here, but because this is the Bible Belt, people who come here, like school teachers, risk losing their jobs. Some teachers sing in the choir every week and our services are televised. They literally risk their jobs to be able to sing in the choir. We have had people lose their jobs because they go to church here. So the Bible Belt cuts both ways.
People give me a lot of credit for it, but I'm not sure that's it either. Except, in as much as, it has been a good marriage between a church and a pastor. We share common core values and common passions. This is a church that wants to reach the world and to let every gay and lesbian person know that they can be gay and lesbian and Christian and that is a huge ambition. That's my value. I won't be satisfied until everyone has heard that while the fundamentalists have their version of Christianity, it's not the only version.
W: You say your church's services are televised. What a blessing to have a gay and lesbian church on TV!
P: We actually are just about to launch a whole new TV ministry. We are on in more than 30 cities now, but beginning the first of the year we hope to be on nationwide. We're negotiating now with the networks. That's the next phase.
To some extent there is no lower form of life than a television preacher. It's not my ambition, but I don't know any other way to reach gay teenagers or lesbian and gay people in small towns. Those are the people that I have a passion for this church reaching.
W: You also have a great site on the World Wide Web.
P: Our next goal for that is for people to be able to access the website and be able to see the worship service live. I don't know of any churches who are doing this. It makes sense that a church like ours should be on the cutting edge.
W: So many churches have trouble maintaining memberships under 100 people. What is the key to keeping 1900 people members in one place?
P: I don't think that a mega-church is the only model for doing church, it's just the model that this church feels called to. I think there needs to be mega-churches because with a church this size, other churches can't ignore us or pretend we're just a cult or sect. Because of our church's growth and size we're doing what other churches say they ought to be doing. We are really reaching the unchurched, we are converting people and baptizing people. It's hard for them to point a finger at us and say we're wrong when we're doing what they say they should be doing but aren't. There needs to be some mega-churches to give our movement a different sort of visibility and, to some extent, some credibility.
So many people in the lesbian and gay community come out of broken families. When they get to church they discover a new family there. Growth really threatens that feeling of family. One of things we try to do is create a sense of family for people. Our church is divided into hundreds of small groups called "Circles of Hope." In those circles they have an experience of family. Their sense of family isn't lost as the church grows. On Sunday morning, we come together for a big celebration of life and faith and worship. As with any celebration, the more the merrier. We're able to experience the joy of having a lot of people in a giant celebration and still retain the intimacy and sense of family.
W: Tell me about your latest book, Rainbow Family Values.
P: The basic premise of the book is that the current idea of the nuclear family is one of the most disfunctional concepts to come along. It doesn't work for heterosexuals so it is a mistake for gays and lesbians to try to emulate a failed model. What we really need to do is to claim some more ancient and basic models of family. The idea of tribes, of clans, of extended families and communities is what we really need to be working on, not finding a mate and settling down to live in a suburb. That's not working for heterosexuals, why should we think it would work for us?
W: Your church is currently building a new church, tell us about that.
P: Ultimately it will be a 20 acre site. We are all very clear that we're not building a palace or something grand and extravagant. What we're really doing is building a 20 million dollar billboard on which we will communicate our passion and belief that God's love includes lesbian and gay people. The attention that this building is getting has enabled us to do our mission. The building is really very secondary compared to what it allows us to accomplish. I've done interviews around the world on just the very idea of doing this building. It's such a unique building that it will appear in every architectural journal and book for the next few decades. Everyone who sees this building will have to grapple with, on some level, our message; these are gay and lesbian people and this is a church.
W: What's your response to those who say you can't be gay and Christian?
P: I rarely have to say anything, because we are. Here is a church that functions in every way as a church in terms of the number of needy people we care for and the number of people being reconciled to God. By every measure we're simply doing it. It is our most powerful message, here we are. You have to argue with our existence, not our theology.


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|91% of NEA Delegates Endorse Clinton for President
The nearly 9,000 delegates to the annual convention of the National Education Association passed their usual series of pro-big-spending, anti-parent, pro-feminist, and pro-gay-rights resolutions. Many resolutions put the NEA on record for federal funding to be "substantially increased."
The convention was held in Washington, D.C. over the Fourth of July weekend. The 2.2 million member union employs 550 staff members who work at the NEA headquarters in Washington and six regional offices.
The NEA wants to abolish "deleterious programs." This doesn't mean eliminating explicit sex education curricula or R-rated videos. It means eliminating such "detrimental" programs as "privatization, performance contracting, tax credits for tuition to private and parochial schools, voucher plans, and evaluations by private groups."
The attitude of the NEA toward any competition for public schools is indicated by the comment of delegate Richard Malizia of Union City, NJ, who told the press, "Privatization is a disease that rots school buildings." The NEA is now in court trying to kill state-approved voucher programs in Milwaukee and Cleveland.
Since the NEA is a union, its prime goal is not education but more jobs and more schools that require more tax funding. To create more jobs, the NEA not only supports "mandatory kindergarten with compulsory attendance," but also "early childhood education programs in the public schools for children from birth through age eight." This would not be simple baby-sitting; it would feature "diversity-based curricula and appropriate bias-free screening devices."
The NEA is adamantly opposed to home schooling unless the parents are licensed and use a curriculum approved by the state department of education. The NEA wants a say in how private schools are run as well. According to newly rewritten Resolution A-1, individuals should be free to choose private education only so long as the school is "accredited under uniform standards established by the appropriate agency in collaboration with the National Education Association and its affiliates."
The NEA swallowed a lot of bad PR and some loss of membership because of last year's resolution endorsing a Lesbian and Gay History Month, known as Resolution B-9. This year's convention omitted that one line, but continued to endorse all other gay-lesbian demands, including rewriting curriculum, textbooks, and activities.
The NEA's answer to the problem of teen pregnancy is not to teach abstinence or self-discipline, but to teach self-esteem, making sure that it is "anti-biased, culturally sensitive." The NEA also demands that schools set up "on-site child care services."
The NEA is enthusiastic about sex education so long as it includes "diversity of sexual orientation, incest, and sexual harassment." The NEA resolution follows the SIECUS-Planned Parenthood dogma that "it is the right of every individual [i.e., every child, without parental consent] to live in an environment [i.e., the school] of freely available information, knowledge, and wisdom [i.e., as defined by the school] about sexuality."
The NEA wants every child to have "direct and confidential [i.e., without parental knowledge or consent] access to comprehensive [i.e., K-12] health, social, and psychological programs and services [i.e., contraceptives]." The NEA wants guidance and counseling programs to be "integrated into the entire education system [i.e., so parents can't opt out their children] beginning at the prekindergarten level."
The NEA endorses all the trendy liberal fads: multicultural ed, global ed, AIDS ed, environmental ed, bilingual ed, self-esteem ed, suicide ed, and school based sex clinics. However, the some 300 resolutions passed by the convention made no mention of phonics education or teaching children to read.
The NEA is strongly on record as wanting to continue admitting illegal aliens into tax-supported public schools, even though this reduces the funds available to schoolchildren who are citizens. The California Teachers Association bitterly fought Proposition 187, which was overwhelmingly passed by the California voters in 1994, and is now trying to overturn it in the courts.
In recognition of the fact that semi-literate public school graduates must take high school courses all over again in college, the NEA went on record against denying taxpayer funds to college students enrolled in "remedial" courses.
In regard to accountability, the NEA resolutions make clear that the union "opposes standardized testing" and "the use of these tests to compare one student, staff member, school, or district with another." The NEA opposes "competency testing" as a condition of employment, evaluation, placement, ranking or promotion.


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Apple's [AAPL] fast expansion of its US-based data centers in conjunction with its purchase of indoor mapping service firm, WifiSLAM together suggest plans for new breeds of connected service as it seeks to differentiate itself from consistently imitative competitors.
[ABOVE: Nokia's Stephen Elop throws toys out the pram.]
Software is design
The promotion of hardware designer, Jony Ive, to oversee user interfaces in Apple software also suggests a new path in which Apple will use software and services to provide distinctive innovations within the smartphone market.
That's easily understood against the backdrop of recent legal cases in which the company has attempted to sue rivals for "imitating" its products. These cases have demonstrated how challenging it is to convince courts of hardware patent abuse. Software patents may turn out easier to protect.
Thus it makes sense for Apple to focus its innovation on software -- competitors will find it far more challenging to protect themselves should they reverse-engineer or blatantly copy Apple's software designs.
Following this logic it becomes strategically evident that the company will seek to differentiate its products by offering software-based features and services that will be unique to its platforms.
These unique offerings, in conjunction with its best-in-class hardware designs and off-the-charts reputation for consumer satisfaction should help the company consolidate its current position at the leading edge of the smartphone industry.
iCloud at the center
The focus on iCloud is clear. Apple has been building a vast network of the world's greenest servers across the US, and is rumoured to be investing in similar facilities in other key territories, such as Europe.
Speaking during the Q1 2012 fiscal call, Apple CEO Tim Cook described iCloud as a "fundamental shift" that "recognizes people had numerous devices, and they wanted the bulk of their content in the cloud…It's not just a product. It is a strategy for the next decade."
Apple has been quietly developing iCloud services. Eddy Cue's iTunes team is thought to be negotiating to offer streaming music and movie services. Its recent acquisition of UI technologies from Maya-Systems suggests better file system navigation for iCloud, potentially delivering a similar file browsing experience on any device, including the Mac.
Siri and Maps development continues, and while the company has problems getting its messages across given the increasingly snide nature of Apple reporting, it seems clear these two services will eventually form part of the company's unique service offerings. It interests me that many reports this morning discuss speculation as to Apple's quarterly results, but completely miss JD Power's factual report naming the iPhone as the most satisfying smartphone for consumers for the ninth successive year.
Setting the scene for M2M
Apple's newly acquired WifiSLAM technology lets mobile apps detect a phone user's location in a building using WiFi signals. It's being described as a service that supports "indoor mapping and new forms of retail and social networking apps."
To my mind the technology may also form a strong building block for Apple's potential future adventures in the provision of multiple connected household electrical devices.
The focus isn't just on software as the company continues to develop new hardware configurations. For example, weekend reports suggest the firm may introduce an iPhone equipped with the capacity to accept pen (rather than stylus) as it deploys new display technologies many times more sensitive than what's available today.
These many shreds of evidence suggests Apple intends a quantum leap in innovation within future iPhones, hinting that while it sees competing devices as threats, its response will be to hit them -- hard -- with new features that cannot easily be matched or imitated.
This matches the current consensus among Apple-focused analysts that the company needs to deliver major innovation in order to maintain its smartphone advantage.
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Most of the people choose modifications in their automobiles, which can be quite an obvious step being taken by those whose cars I've got old, as well as their parts, are completely damaged. However, when going for a motorcycle LED headlight bulb, be guaranteed to purchase that which is suitable for your model. The superior durability and quality assure a lengthier lifespan with the led light bars.
The player takes control of Petty Officer Master Chief (AKA John 117) to prevent the Covenant from with all the Halo. Removal of the existing headlight assemblies and mounting bracket should be done according to instructions found in your owners manual, and instructions for replacing new housing components will likely be shown, accompanied by diagrams, on headlight packaging. Perhaps one of the most convincing reason is stilettos make the illusion of longer, thinner legs about the wearer.
Xenon is the fragrance-free and monochrome gas that is seen in small amounts inside earth's atmosphere and is also filled in these headlights. One new feature that raised eyebrows was the application of 'dynamic lighting' in Forge. Otherwise, switch your camera to manual mode and
adjust your white setting to support the lighting colors. There are two mounting choices for channel letters, the raceway or even the direct mount.


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The National Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our National Guard team and serve your nation, your State and your community!
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is an excepted position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the North Carolina Air National Guard. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted position constitutes concurrence with the requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants must be current members of the North Carolina Air National Guard.
WHO CAN APPLY: The area of consideration for this position is STATEWIDE. Applications will only be accepted from current military members of the North Carolina Air National Guard.
POSITION INFORMATION: Full-time Excepted Service (Permanent)
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**Commissioning Opportunity: Start date of appointment would be contingent upon graduating from AMS. Must be able to complete Academy of Military Science before 35th birthday (possibility of an age waiver, up to age 40). Must be a college graduate with a minimum of a Bachelors Degree from an accredited school. No record of conviction by a civilian court for offences involving larceny, robbery, wrongful appropriation, burglary or fraud. Never received non-judicial punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) or convicted by military courts-martial for offenses involving acts of larceny, wrongful appropriation, robbery, burglary, or fraud as defined in UCMJ Articles 121, 122, 129 and 132. AFQT scores must meet minimum verbal score of 15 and minimum quantitative score of 10. Submit current scores, but a new test may be required prior to being offered the position.
Operates the Resource Management System, a network of commanders, resource advisors, cost center managers, and technical advisors aligned to the Wing/GSU organizational structure towards the management of appropriated funds and workdays for the accomplishment of unit missions. Provides senior leadership and top management personnel resource managers with necessary guidance, information, knowledge, and training to accomplish mission goals and objectives. Designs materials for, briefs, and documents the quarterly Financial Management Meetings. Conducts and documents resource management training for all personnel responsible for the management and expenditure of appropriated funds and workdays. Interprets guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Air Forces and Joint Services, the National Guard Bureau (NGB), and NGB/FMA and issues supplementary authoritative budget guidance. Reviews, consolidates, approves, modifies, or disapproves budgetary data and reports submitted for consistency with goals, objectives for reasonableness, and accuracy. Examines various options or scenarios related to budgetary issues that may adversely affect the organization. Exercises technical authority and discretion in distributing appropriated funds and workdays, approving or disapproving expenditures/unfunded requirements submissions, and determining the required degree of funds control measures. Oversees budget formulation, validation, compilation, and submission, requiring the frequent contact with commanders, resource advisors, higher headquarters (ANG/FMA), and field counterparts. Issues the annual financial plan call ensuring timely notification, clear and concise instructions, and achievable suspenses for all required actions. Validates, edits, consolidates, and submits baseline information, programmatic changes, unfunded requirements, and external worksheets to ANG/FMA. Reviews initial funding and carries out apportionment to base organizations ensuring financial continuity between fiscal years. Issues call for annual spend plans to commanders and resource advisors, ensuring timely notifications, clear and concise instructions, and suspenses for all required actions. Reviews, validates, approves, and/or adjusts unit spend plans ensuring provision for baseline organizational expenses. Promptly reviews, validates, adjusts, and finalizes unit rephasing and reprogramming requests. Reviews, analyzes, and projects quarterly requirements for all programs and takes action as necessary to ensure the accuracy of allotments as defined on funding documents issued by ANG/FMA. Quarterly, reviews spend plans and allocates residual funding ensuring financial continuity between fiscal quarters. Ensures the summary fund targets in the accounting records match the annual and quarterly amounts on ANG/FMA funding documents as well as the Standard Base Supply System (SBSS). Reviews financial documents initiated by organizations to verify appropriation data, and ensure expenses are compatible with unit apportionments prior to the funds certification. Compares actual obligations and expenditures against planned budgets and determines the reasons for deviations outside acceptable ranges. Reports unusual findings to the Comptroller and recommends actions to improve the overall operation of the budget function. Prepares written reports regarding findings and recommends required corrective actions. Monitors the execution of the overall annual operating budget. Holds separate budget meetings with commanders and resource advisors, outside the FWG/FMB, to review budget execution for optimal use of resources. Performs other duties as assigned.
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I invite you to become a member of Shockers for Higher Education (SHE).
The purpose of the SHE Committee is to complement and assist WSU President John W. Bardo, and WSU director of government relations Andy Schlapp, in their mission to inform Kansas state and national legislators of our exemplary University, and the University's need to be considered when legislation affecting higher education is being debated.
You may be involved as much or as little as you wish. Even a few phone calls can be beneficial. If you have time to assist in this significant work for Wichita State, your name will be added to an alumni e-mail tree. You will receive regular e-mails concerning legislative issues and directions on how you may assist. Normally, it is no more than a phone call or letter to selected legislators.
Alumni volunteers are often the best people to make the University's case to decision- makers. Former students are natural spokespeople. As an alumnus, you are in the unique position of being able to spread the good news about WSU. When contacting a legislator, simply relating what your education at Wichita State has done for you, the difference it has made in your life, is extremely effective. You are a living testimonial, and as such, your contribution cannot be overemphasized.
Your time is valuable. However, please consider joining a great number of us who are loyal and faithful to Wichita State in this cooperative effort to support excellence in higher education at Wichita State. Please fill out the form below to indicate how you would like to be involved.
Together for WSU,
Jackie Williams,
Chairperson, Shockers for Higher Education
Please fill out the form below if you would like more information on how you can be involved.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – The Dooley Planetarium on the campus of Francis Marion University will present a program titled "Last Days of Earth," Sunday, July 10.
The program will begin at 3 p.m. and admission is free. The planetarium, located on the second floor of the Cauthen Educational Media Center, will open its doors at 2:30 p.m., and no admittance will be allowed once viewing begins.
This program will examine the cycle of life that applies to people, animals, plants, and stars. It will discuss what will happen when the sun moves out of adolescence and begins to age. Will the sun explode? Will the Earth still be here? Will we still be here? When will this all happen? These and additional questions will be answered by this show. However, the sun isn't going to do anything major for at least 5 billion years.
Since its opening in 1978, the planetarium has regularly shown public programs on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. The program on July 24 will be "The Evening Sky."
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How To Paint A Skateboard Deck
Creating your own skateboard tricks may not be enough for you, so you may want to learn how to paint a skateboard deck. Creativity is not the easiest for some people, and for others its like breathing. No worries just follow this step by step guide on how to paint a skateboard deck.
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- How do you want it to look? Whether you want it to be one solid color, several colors, or have a special design you should decide on that. What may be cool today may not necessarily be cool tomorrow. It is better to come up with your design based on your own specific tastes, rather than what someone likes.
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INDIAN LAND – It happened one Sunday while Elissa Boyet was looking for something to eat.
The Belair resident was on the hunt for a restaurant in Indian Land, but with so many Lancaster County establishments closed on Sunday, she finally gave up.
After a little research, Boyet found that since the county prohibits the sale or serving of alcohol on Sundays, many business owners take the day off.
Police have recovered several stolen pieces of expensive lawn care equipment, but are still looking for a person of interest in the thefts.
On July 2, two zero-turn lawnmowers, each valued at $9,000, were reported stolen from the Lancaster County Parks and Recreation building on 15th Street. The street is in the Lancaster Police Department's jurisdiction. A pickup truck was also stolen at the time.
The county has approved a bond resolution that could eventually lead to lower costs for natural gas customers in the county.
Patriots Energy Group, a public body created by the Natural Gas Authorities of Chester, York and Lancaster counties, recently asked Lancaster County Council to allocate a benefit from the federal stimulus bill to their organization.
Patriots requested a bond allocation that could help fund its construction of an almost 40-mile natural gas pipeline.
Lancaster City Council made some changes to its hospitality tax committee last week.
Council members have sparred recently over which projects to fund with the city's hospitality tax funds, which are generated by the sale of prepared food and hotel stays in the city limits. The money, by statute, can only be spent on projects that will bring in tourism to the city.
Disney Channel's smash hit musical hits the Community Playhouse stage starting this weekend.
Thirty-five area young people, ages 12 to 20, will sing and dance through class in "High School Musical," the latest production by the Community Playhouse of Lancaster County.
Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and July 30 and 31, and at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 128 Providence Road.
Due to recent shootings at a local restaurant and apartment complex, the Lancaster Police Department had extra officers, including Police Chief Hugh White, patrolling city streets over the weekend.
There were no shootings reported, but another kind of crime occurred, even with extra officers on watch.
Residents of Woodhaven Apartments on Colonial Avenue called police late Saturday night to report that their cars had been egged.
In all, 21 cars at the apartment complex had been hit with eggs, which can damage a car's paint finish.
GREAT FALLS – It's been a hot summer and many people have been using fans to keep comfortable.
But in one location, 105 fans were turned on at the same time.
Dr. Anne Cope, director of research at the Institute for Business and Home Safety, spoke with Chester County Chamber of Commerce members and guests Wednesday about the new institute's new test center on S.C. 99.
A 25-year-old Lancaster man told police that he was shot at Pardue Street Apartments early Tuesday.
According to a Lancaster Police Department incident report, officers responded to the complex at 2:12 a.m. after dispatchers received several calls about gunshots in the area.
After arriving at the apartments, the victim flagged down officers. He had a gunshot wound to his lower right calf, the report said.
The man told police that he was behind an apartment in the 700 block and heard several women say, "Who is that?"
County Council wants to fine tune a priorities list before it finalizes it.
Council recently discussed making changes to a recommended priority list gathered from the U.S. 521/S.C. 9 corridor study.
The study made recommendations about every thing from public transportation to traffic signals in the area of U.S. 521 from Lancaster north to the state line and from S.C. 9 from the city of Lancaster west to the Catawba River. The study was conducted by URG, an urban and development planning firm.
County officials are looking at options for replacing thousands of street signs before the county must comply with a federal sign mandate.
County Administrator Steve Willis recently asked County Council to allocate funds in its 2010-11 budget for replacing signs on streets throughout the county, though council chose to wait until it had further cost information.
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According to senior company representative, engineering giant BHEL is planning to establish a manufacturing plant in Latur in the state of Maharashtra.
Executive Director of BHEL (Tiruchy complex) AV Krishnan stated, "The Maharashtra government has evinced interest to offer adequate land for the project. The product would be something allied to thermal power generation."
Mr. Krishnan also said that the company board was yet to settle on the precise product variety, mass and investment for the novel project that he showed would fall under the influence of BHEL.
BHEL complex consists of high pressure boiler facility and seamless steel tube facility in Tiruchirappalli, piping centre in the state of Chennai and industrial valve facility at Goindwal in Punjab.
In addition, the construction plant in the state of Maharashtra, talks were going on with Maharashtra Power Generation Corporation to set up a 660 mw thermal power station in the state.
BHEL is also making plans to establish a two mw solar power generating facility in its complex with a total investment of Rs 17 crore.
"A detailed project report had been submitted to the BHEL Board for the formal approval," he said, adding it would become functional in a time period of 11 months once the panel gave its green signal.


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Stingray Pups!
January 19, 2012
Babies have been born to two new Stingrays which arrived at Bristol Zoo last summer. Nine Ocellated Freshwater Stingray pups were born last week after two new females were introduced to the Zoo's male stingray last year. The new females, sisters named Catalina & Genevieve, arrived at Bristol Zoo from Weston Seaquarium and have wasted little time in breeding. Catalina has produced six pups and three pups are from Genevieve.
The babies, six females and three males, are around just 12cm (4.7 inches) long and will eventually grow to the size of a car tyre. They have now been moved into a separate, off-show tank to keep them safe from larger predators in the display tank. In the coming months they will be re-homed, once they are bigger and stronger.
Jonny Rudd, assistant curator of the aquarium at Bristol Zoo, said: "I'm really pleased that the new pairings of our stingrays has led to the birth of these pups. Our male, called Gamma, is still relatively young and smaller than the females but that obviously hasn't had any adverse effects."
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A first-time Canadian novelist is hoping that Lucy Maud Montgomery is as intriguing a character as that red-headed orphan girl.
Melanie Fishbane has been commissioned to write a young adult novel for Penguin Canada based on the teen years of the creator of Anne of Green Gables.
The book, scheduled for publication in 2015, will explore the "dizzying, romantic highs and agonizing lows of finding one's place in the world," according to representatives of the Montgomery family after the idea of the novel was hatched during a lunch with Penguin editors.
Travellers to the Netherlands invariably discover that Dutch people have a powerful affinity for bikes.
Former Winnipegger Colleen Geske, a University of Manitoba commerce graduate who lives in Holland and works as a communications consultant, combines that observation with others from her years in the low-lying land in her self-published book Stuff Dutch People Like.
Patterned after the well-known website and book Stuff White People Like, Geske's book contains short mini-essays on bikes, tulips, German jokes, the colour orange and other aspects of life in her adopted country. Geske returns to Winnipeg for a book launch Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers.
A Vancouver publishing house with a long record of publishing gay and lesbian titles hit the jackpot in 2012 by acquiring the worldwide English-language rights to the graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Colour.
In an interview with the trade magazine Quill & Quire, Brian Lam of Arsenal Pulp Press said he bought the English rights in 2012 without even knowing that a film version was in the works. The lesbian-love film went on to win the Cannes Palme d'Or and pick up a Golden Globe nomination, stimulating sales for the graphic novel.
Now the Vancouver publisher is looking for another hit with Skandalon, the followup graphic novel by French writer and artist Julie Maroh, to be released next fall.
The new year has barely begun and Arianna Huffington, founder of the Internet news organ Huffington Post, already looks like a lock for the worst book title of 2014 award.
Crown Books will publish Huffington's 13th book this March, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being. Apparently, How to Make a Fortune by Convincing People to Write for You for Free didn't do too well in the focus groups.
If "publish that book" is at the top of your list of New Year's resolutions, the first Manitoba Writers' Guild workshop of the year may help to get you started.
The guild is putting on a workshop on self-publishing Jan. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m., featuring self-published author MaryAnne Appleby (Winnie the Bear) and representatives from Friesens printing and McNally Robinson Booksellers, who can discuss a few services to help writers get their words in print.
The session takes place in room 218 of the Artspace Building (100 Arthur St.) and costs $35 for non-members. For information or registration see mbwriter.mb.ca.
The rugged beauty of the lakes and forests of Northern Manitoba provides a setting for a new novel by Calgary writer Kim McCullough.
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Exercise: How to Get Going
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Is joining a gym, buying expensive workout clothes, and climbing onto a machine the only way to get fit? No way. Whatever gets you up and moving will get you on the right track. On April 1, 2004, we talked about fitness in the real world, and learned about fun, inexpensive options with exercise guru Pamela Santin.
The opinions expressed herein are the guests' alone and have not been reviewed by a WebMD physician. If you have questions about your health, you should consult your personal physician. This event is meant for informational purposes only.
For people working, I recommend taking a 15 or 20 minute walking break at lunch. It's a perfect way to fit in exercise and it totally recharges your batteries for the afternoon.
Aerobic exercise, the cardiovascular portion, should be the foundation of your exercise program. So, if you're doing 30 to 45 minutes of aerobics at the gym, supplement that with strength training every other day. Strength training doesn't have to take a long time; you can get a good strength training workout in 20 minutes.
Yoga is fantastic for flexibility and for relaxation. You certainly can do yoga every day of the week, if you have time, because you'll see benefits every day of the week. If you find you don't have time, then three days a week is great.
The other thing you may want to think of, if you've been doing the same workout for two years, is that it may be time to fine tune that workout. If there's a personal trainer or exercise physiologist ask them to walk through your strength training routine with you, because you're spending the time and effort and you want to get the maximum results.


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|2004-03-16, 20:08
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Gantz Survivor
I heard rumors that they are doing an American version of Battle Royale or something that follows the basic storyline. Has anyone heard anything like this? Im sure it would be crap and that it would star "teens" who are really in their late 20's but still it would be cool to go laugh at how crappy it is compared to the real one. Ugh...can you imagine what it would become once Hollywood got its hands on it?
|2004-03-16, 22:41
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Actually, they have it at amazon.com (I just checked)
|2004-03-16, 22:56
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One Piece fan
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
i've noticed parents get worked up on letal enforcers and grand theft auto 3... which are only videogames... i could just imagine the outrage if they made battle royale a hollywood movie...
|2004-03-17, 14:46
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Gantz Survivor
I agree it would be quite shocking and that there would be alot of outrage because of it, but the shock value would sell tickets. Take for example the new movie The Passion of the Christ with its supossed anti-Semitism. I wonder how many people went just to judge for themselves whether it was or not. In my case, the controversy surrounding Battle Royale is what drew me in. I had heard that it was quite controversial in Japan and I heard the premise and I just had to see it for myself. The same goes for Ichi the Killer. But in the end I doubt anyone would have the balls to do the movie unless they tweak the story so its adults on the island instead of kids.
|2004-03-17, 15:12
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I think Battle Royale would loss it's edge if they tweaked the story
and made all the characters adults. The main controversy over Battle
Royale was the premise of the movie; a class of ninth graders are
stuck on an island and have to kill each other off. This is because, in
most societies, the thought of a group of fourteen and fifteen year
olds being able to commit such acts (much less enjoy them) is simply
impossible. No parent would want to see a movie where it showed
that their child is perfectly able to kill if 'motivated' correctly. The
very concept of the movie challenged many preconceived social rules
about how we look at young adults.
If you were to make all the characters into adults, that element would
be lost. It would become just another over-budget, Hollywood slasher
flick and I'm sick of those (how many Jason movies are there again?).
On side note, Ichi the Killer is a great movie but I didn't care for the
OVAs that much. The soundtrack and dailogue consist primarily of
the main character screaming over and over and over and .... you
get the idea.
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|2004-03-18, 13:39
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Location: Canada
Age: 33
I wish I could agree but the second movie BLOWS HARD!!!... IMO
I was rooting for missiles to destroy that island before any of them could escape. I was also hoping for the first Teacher's daughter to pull the trigger on Shuya.
|2004-03-19, 01:34
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Join Date: Mar 2004
If you were rooting for Kitano's daughter to kill Shuya then whats the point in the movie? The point in the movie was that Shuya was waging war against the adults for commiting a crime on them. They killed students because they were bad. So he made the Wild Seven to fight back against them... So I'd say I wanted to see Shuya blow the fuck out of Kitano's daughter and that other guy who looks like Kiriyama.
|2004-03-19, 03:29
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Iw as a bit elt down by the movie.. haven't read the manga.. but I LOVED the book.... and so much from the book was missing in the movie... alot of the relationship between the 3 main characetrs was lost.... the real point to the main villain (being compeltely emotionless.... which is a REAL psychological disorder, my sister has a BA is psyhcology and was discussing the book with me... she read my copy when she was bored) was completely lost..
certain key action scenes were sadly missing (like hiroki fighting the bad kid)....
shinji wasn;t nearlya s cool as he was in the book....
I just felt it was a major let down...
the only scene they did just nearly perfect was the lighthouse scene.. and then they rushed past everything that followed the destruction
|2004-03-19, 15:20
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Well I never really got to read the book. Because it was either to expensive to buy or I just don't want to waste my cash on it. But i'll borrow my friends book to find out the whole story in BR. All I know is that in BR 1 that was teh best. And Kiriyama's psychoness was a psychological disorder? I thought it was because he joined for the killing... And Kawada, Shuya, and Noriko. Whats between them? And does it explain why Kawada was in the first one? lol..
|2004-03-20, 04:00
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Join Date: Mar 2004
So wait.. Kiriyama had a gang.. But based on a coin toss.. He chose to play throughout that game and kill everyone? What the.. Lol.. Sort of insane if you ask me.. And that whole thing about his frontal lobe damage.. Could that really happen.. Cause if it can I wanna test it.. >=) Become the next Kiriyama. BWAHAHA Lol but possibility of death? 90% >_<! Oh well overall.. I read half of the book.. Hehehe.. Good book but gets boring after 2 hours of nonstop reading.. Oh well I rate it 7/10 so far
|2004-03-21, 11:55
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Actually you can get a legit copy with subs in most European countries and there is an NTSC version that you can find pretty easily in North America as well.
These links may be of interest to you
I have teh NTSC version though this page reports that Tartan has stopped producing it.
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USC running backs coach Todd McNair has been the main contact for most of the prospects from the SouthEast section of the country in the past, and he's one of Smith's main contacts at USC, but McNair isn't Smith's only contact at the school.
"I actually talk to two coaches, Coach T-Mac (Todd McNair) and Coach (Jethro) Franklin," said Smith. "They are real cool dudes and are just real down to earth. They aren't Hollywood type people like a lot of people like to stereotype those who live out in California."
Smith was asked if he plans on visiting USC in the future?
"Oh, yeah, oh yeah, that's a big trip and I gotta go see what it's like in California," said Smith. "I heard it never rains in southern California, just like the song says (laughter)."
Many of the elite prospects in the country attend summer camps or unofficially visit some of the school they have interest in, but Smith said he doesn't believe that's going to be possible for him.
"I've got myself a summer job I'm going to focus on and I'll focus on working out and working with my football team," Smith said. "That's my main focus."
And focusing on narrowing his list of schools he's is interested hasn't been a topic Smith has thought much about.
"I'm just looking at all the schools and seeing what they have to offer," said Smith. "I like all the schools (50+ offers) and I wasn't expecting all of this to happen with recruiting, and have so many amazing opportunities. I'm just real thankful for everything and I'm just going to check out all the schools. God has been good to me."
Often times USC is simply too far from home for an elite prospect from a state thousands of miles away. Many times family members want the kids to stay closer to home so they will have an opportunity to see them play during their college careers. But Smith said he has the support of his family no matter where he decides to go to college.
"They told me they are there for me and have been ever since I started playing football, so they will always be there for me and support me no matter where I go to school," said Smith. "That's what family is all about, so they're going to support me no matter where I go." Smith talked about a few aspects of a school he's specifically looking for.
"I'm looking for a good academic school because there's life after football and you can't play football forever," said Smith. "One day everyone has to hang their cleats up, put the shoulder pads up ,so you have to have something to fall back on. The FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) is also really important to me. Every team has good coaches who are going to make you into the best player you can be, so if you take care of the small things, everything will work out for you."
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Subject: [DNA] Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: First Neolithic Y-DNA published
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:31:00 -0600
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I'm not the statistician to critique the Myres study thoroughly. I
would appreciate your evaluation and commentary on any of these.
'A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for European Paternal Lineages' by
Balaresque et al - 2010. http://tiny.cc/22rhi
'A major Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b Holocene era founder effect in
Central and Western Europe' by Myres et al - 2010.
'Strong intra- and inter-continental differentiation revealed by Y
chromosome SNPs M269, U106 and U152' by Cruciani et al. - 2010.
'A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing' by
the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium - 2010 http://tiny.cc/kms02
Their is a consistent theme in this studies related to R-M269. I'll
quote 1000 Genomes, "A striking pattern indicative of a recent rapid
expansion specific to haplogroup R1b was observed, consistent with the
postulated Neolithic origin of this haplogroup in Europe."
Their use of the word "striking" is appropriate. Just by looking at
haplogroup projects it is pretty easy to see, even for the unwashed
masses like myself, that the Super Western Modal Haplotype is real and
that for R-P312, R-U106 and R-L11 in general.... it's all the same...
very little difference across 67 markers for these clade modals. R-L11
"all" seems to have a very high frequency across Western Europe and
I'm told low relative variance, so I think this is significant.
Regards, Mike
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[[ Perhaps it is being very familar and comfortable with numbers, but
i am staring right now at the underlying table from which the
interpolated graphic is produced. I feel on much firmer ground with
the data (and can see the numbers which drive the graphic), although I
think there are serious limitations to it including incorrect
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Similarly, Dodd-Frank financial reforms impose regulatory costs so onerous that small banks are selling out to bigger ones. In the bargain, small business loans and mortgages are tougher to obtain, and grandma can't get a decent rate on CDs. Bank executives pull down huge bonuses but also make generous contributions to political candidates.
ObamaCare has effectively monopolized many local markets for health insurance and hospital care, and reinforces pharmaceutical companies' ability to charge higher drug prices than prevail in other wealthy countries like Germany and Holland.
To salve the masses, Washington politicians exempt nearly 50% of voters from income taxes, and offer subsidized health care, food stamps and the earned income tax credit for lower-income Americans.
All are great vote-buying schemes financed by heavy taxes on most upper-income Americans.
But those politicians skillfully exclude from those high taxes the very top of the one percent -- the oligarchs in communications, finance and other industries are often paid in stock options, which are subject to much lower capital-gains tax rates.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll found the majority of Americans view the economic and political system stacked against them, and most are dissatisfied with Obama's handling of the economy.
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Meanwhile, the economics profession -- composed mostly of left leaning academics -- is enamored with French economist and author Thomas Piketty's thesis, in the new bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, that growing inequality is the natural outcome of capitalism and confiscatory taxes are the answer.
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Chiara De Blasio Wore A Witch's Hat To Her Dad's Swearing In As NYC's New Mayor
Everything I know about Chiara de Blasio, the 19-year-old daughter of New York City's new mayor Bill de Blasio, has led me to conclude that she is smart, brave and a total fashion risk taker. I admire both her decision to be upfront about battling substance abuse and to don tricky accessories, like a conical witch's hat she wore to her father's swearing in on New Year's Day. I'm not saying I will be wearing one anytime soon, but Chiara? You keep doing you, girl. [Photo: Getty Images]


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THE family of former Mayor Jim Campbell, credited with saving Marlow's regatta, gathered to see a new road named in his honour.
Mr Campbell was instrumental in setting up the town regatta after the traditional event moved in 2001 to Dorney Lake. He died in 2011.
Campbell Road is one of the new street names as part of the housing development by Great Marlow School.
Youngest daughter Anna Campbell, in her mid 20s, from London, said: "I was incredibly moved when I heard about the opening of Campbell Road.
"It is fantastic and very fitting that dad's hard work and commitment to Marlow has been and will continue to be recognised."
Sarah Campbell, in her 40s, from Marlow, said: "This is a truly deserved honour and the perfect tribute to dad. He would be extremely touched and moved to know that his legacy will live on in Marlow."
Eldest son Nick Campbell, in his 40s, from Maidenhead, said: "Campbell Road is a physical reminder that every time we pass it, it will remind us of Dad/Grandad and what a great man he was."
Youngest son Chris Campbell, in his 40s, from Maidenhead, agreed it was fitting and a great honour.
Mayor Jocelyn Towns and Deputy Mayor Suzanne Brown also attended.
Cllr Towns said: "We cracked open a bottle of bubbly to mark the occasion, in very miserable, but truly Scottish weather. Jim was a great man and I am glad we have been able to have a road named after him, he loved the Town and did an enormous amount for it."


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Type of Document Dissertation Author Gelpi Jr., Carey George Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-04202012-133757 Title Function and Diversity of the Ship, Trinity, and Tiger Shoal Complex, with Emphasis on Macrofauna and Spawning Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2012-02-15 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe ecological and economic value of sandy shoals off the Louisiana coast is not well understood. During three years of comprehensive benthic sampling and environmental measurements I studied the Ship, Trinity, Tiger Shoal Complex (STTSC), which comprises changing and discrete benthic habitats including high relief sandy shoals, and muddier, mostly deeper off-shoal areas, prone to hypoxia. Benthic macrofaunal assemblages of shoals included endemic species, and shoal communities were significantly different from each other and the muddier offshoal habitat, contributing to northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) regional biodiversity. Sand percentage was the most influential environmental parameter shaping macrofaunal community composition across the region. My study revealed several more potential shoal-based functions such as providing a conduit for GoM sandy-habitat metapopulations, serving as an oxygenated benthic refuge from seasonal bottom water hypoxia, and functioning as offshore blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) spawning grounds. I discovered unexpectedly high concentrations of spawning female blue crabs, greatly expanding what was previously understood about blue crab reproductive migrations. Blue crab abundances were significantly higher on Ship and Trinity Shoals than the surrounding muddier and deeper seafloor. STTSC blue crabs compared favorably with those from nationally recognized spawning grounds in terms of condition factor (an index of health), abundance, and fecundity. This work is the first to use an ecological field study to predict the number of days (~21) between successive spawns for blue crabs, suggesting STTSC blue crabs produce at least seven broods per spawning season (~April– October). My morphometric predictors of crab weight were 12 to 16% better than the traditionally used method. In addition, I used natural abundance isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) to link blue crabs from the STTSC to the inshore blue crab fishery. I analyzed isotopic variations in crab muscle and ovary tissue and found relationships with salinity and proximity to the Atchafalaya River, indicating that crabs predominately migrate directly offshore from their home estuary, including from low salinity environments. Isotopic analysis also suggests that crabs utilize offshore prey resources and do not re-enter inshore estuaries during the spawning season but rather remain offshore for the season, continually spawning and hatching their eggs. Files
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SEWARD, Ill. (AP) An ammonia leak at an agriculture plant left this small town mostly empty Tuesday morning after hundreds of residents were ordered to evacuate and at least 10 people became sick from the fumes, authorities said.
Workers had been transferring anhydrous ammonia from a 9,000-gallon storage tank at Seward Agricultural Supply Inc. to a tanker truck late Monday when the hose burst, State Police Sgt. Mark Nytko said.
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Emergency crews noticed a white cloud drifting from the area, and residents said the air smelled strongly of ammonia.
The leak was stopped early Tuesday, but an evacuation order remained in effect for Seward's fewer than 1,000 residents, said Sgt. Aaron Booker of the Winnebago County sheriff's department.
Dozens of Seward residents evacuated to the nearby village of Pecatonica only to find themselves under a voluntary evacuation there later Monday, officials said. It wasn't until early Tuesday that residents of Pecatonica and nearby Winnebago, also under a voluntary evacuation, were told it was safe to return, Booker said.
Kurt Ditzler, chief deputy of the sheriff's department, said authorities were monitoring weather conditions Tuesday morning to determine when all of Seward's residents could return.
Larry Johnson, assistant manager of Seward Agricultural Supply Inc., said Tuesday that the company would investigate as soon as the fumes dissipated.
"At this point we can't get close enough to the transport to determine what happened," Johnson said.
Ten people, including at least one firefighter, were treated for respiratory problems, a Rockford Memorial Hospital spokesman said. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, he said. One woman was kept overnight for observation, said Steve Sternickle, the hospital's clinical resource coordinator.
Anhydrous ammonia can be extremely toxic. Its vapor is irritating and corrosive, according to the federal Emergency Response Guidebook.
Seward is about 100 miles northwest of Chicago.
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October 2005
As Hurricane Katrina closed in on the Gulf Coast, modelers and meteorologists weren't the only people at NCAR in a heightened state of alert. Sylvia Murphy, a Web applications programmer in ACD who is also a battalion commander in
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"As soon as the extent of the damage became known, the National Guard bureau in Washington, D.C., started mobilizing units from around the country," Sylvia says. "Neither the country nor Colorado had ever mobilized on the scale that we did."
As a battalion commander, Sylvia oversees about 500 members of the National Guard, divided among five different companies, as well as a personal staff of 20. She went on duty at the Denver Armory during the first week of September to handle the logistics of mobilizing about 120 soldiers and 36 vehicles from a military police company, 8 public affairs officers, 14 communications specialists with 6 trucks, and 3 members of her personal staff.
"It was like they were going to the moon," she says. "We had to find literally truckloads of water, meals-ready-to-eat, mosquito nets, bug spray, waders, gloves, and personal protective equipment."
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While Sylvia remained in Denver to oversee logistics, the group traveled to Louisiana in the company of an artillery task force and was put under the command of the Louisiana National Guard. The soldiers were assigned to duty in St. Bernard Parish, where they guarded a refinery and a nursing home, conducted search and rescue for humans and animals, and cleaned up debris.
Sylvia planned to fly down to Louisiana to visit the group, but the soldiers were evacuated in advance of Hurricane Rita on the very day her flight was scheduled. "I would have liked to have been down there," she says. Incidentally, she owns a house near the Louisiana coast that was probably wiped out. "To my knowledge, it's toast."
In all, about 750 guardsmen from Colorado were deployed to Louisiana. Sylvia says that the Guard may rotate soldiers back and forth for some time.
Sylvia was formerly an active-duty member of the military, beginning her career as a naval officer. She's been part of the Colorado National Guard for five years.
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soccerchic - I bet all the covers will come in handy. You nearly never hear someone say "I had too many covers". It's usually the opposite!
What do you sell at holiday bazaars?
Bri helpmeet to Chaise mama to K(2/07) M(3/09) & A(2/11)
DH has a consult next week for a vasectomy. Is it strange I am more excited about the consult than I am my (almost) 30 week ultrasound that happens the next day?!?
I called all around and it seems almost all Urologists were booked until December and I started freaking CRYING on the phone even!! (After the vasectomy you have to DTD 10-20 times in 6-8 weeks, and where is the appeal in that when 9.5m pregnant and PP?)
My to do list is slowly getting shorter, thanks to my teenage boys who took it upon themselves to surprise me by cleaning the garage!! I am also about 50% done with the baby quilt I am making, and I still have a ton of cleaning, building, arranging, and organizing, which I am hopeful hubby can help me with when he gets home Friday.
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macandcheese - Curious about what CDs you got if you'd like to share.
I have a Happy Heiney that I purchased gently used and I really like it. No velcro issues like BumGenius!
soccerchic - I bet all the covers will come in handy. You nearly never hear someone say "I had too many covers". It's usually the opposite!
What do you sell at holiday bazaars?
I'm contemplating sewing myself a maternity shirt. It's a wrap style shirt and could turn out really adorable or it'll be a waste of a ton of fabric! If any sewing mamas are interested, I have a pdf for the pattern (limited sizing S-L only). It was originally free but the lady who wrote it is now charging for it. I'm pretty new at sewing so it's my inexperience that is making it such an intimidating task rather than the pattern!
I will have to let DH know someone else thinks you can't have too many covers.
For the bazaars I sell the yarn that I dye for my Etsy shop. I also knit up a bunch of snowman baby hats. I used to make tree ornaments so I bring those too just to get rid of extra stock. I used to knit baby sweaters but I get too many "oh I don't know if it will fit so and so's baby" or "I don't know what they are having" that I stopped wasting my time on that.
I think I overbought on PFs, but I figure we can always use the extras as burp cloths, etc.
4 dozen infant PFs
2 dozen small PFs
2 BumGenius 3.0 OS pockets (for relatives, babysitters, etc.)
I think I might also invest in more pockets or maybe AIOs—we are out and about a lot at festivals, camping, hiking, etc., and it seems like they would be easier to deal with on the go...
How far of a drive is it? I have driven with a 6 week old and a 6 month old (1200 miles each way) and for me it was LESS stressful than flying with an infant. Now driving with her when she was 2, that was MUCH different. I have never flown with an itty itty bitty though.
Lisa, married and mama to 3 kids-ds (7yo), dd (6yo), & ds (2yo)
So...it's totally un-MDC but I'm thinking that I'm going to buy a bunch of paper plates/bowls to use for those first few weeks PP. SCREW MY CARBON FOOTPRINT! It will just be one less thing to worry about!
Question: How young is the youngest you'd take on a plane? We want to visit my grandparents after this one is born but we'd have to do it around March-April (they're in Arizona...I'm not going there after April!) We'd fly (because I'm not driving that far with an infant)
I don't blame you for the paper plates. Not a terrible idea really....
While I'm hoping to cloth diaper from an earlier age than with my first, I did take advantage of a really good deal on a pack of newborn sized disposables.
I don't think I'd want to take an infant younger than 6 weeks on a plane due to immune issues. I'm not one to hide in the house till 6 weeks but on a plane, you deal with recycled air for quite some time.
I'm jealous of the mamas putting food in the freezer. My freezer isn't very big and the nonfunctional ice maker takes up space needlessly. Add in that hubby buys ice when we have company over because of said nonfunctional ice maker and then leaves whatever remains in the bag for a long time, well, there's not much space.
I did sposies with DS for the first MONTH and plan to do so again. Even at 2 months he was peeing every hour so I was constantly changing him...I can't imagine doing that in the first few weeks PP!
I'm thinking we'll take this new baby on the plane at 3 months. Nursing should be really well established by then and whatnot so recycled air shouldn't be AS big a deal.
I haven't put anything away either. Our icemaker works but it's still a space sucker!
Same for me with the swelling. If I am really good about my water intake I don't notice it too much. I am not totally swelling like crazy but I do notice a difference.
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When the tornado hit Cumberland County, we were told to go to the big basement room with 8-foot concrete walls.
That's what we did. I was just about to put on my nightgown. No, they said, forget the gowns, so that's what I did, but I was surprised at the folks who came in their night clothes. One man had short shorts on and several hadn't got ready for bed yet.
Ryan Reddick has joined the Roane Medical Center staff and pharmacy department.
As a clinical pharmacist, Reddick will work closely with Roane Medical Center physicians, advising them on the prescription of correct drug dosages and possible side effects.
In addition, he also will assist patients with any concerns regarding drugs prescribed.
Reddick also will work with the medical staff in choosing the safest, most efficacious and most cost-effective medications to ensure positive patient outcomes.
Most people in the area are aware of the U.S. Department of Energy's efforts to clean up legacy contamination, much of it dating back to World War II and the Cold War.
DOE wants the work done in an environmentally friendly way, such as by using products and materials that use less energy and that can be recycled, thus generating less waste.
The DOE Office of Sustainability Support helps DOE sites such as East Tennessee Technology Park set goals and recognizes sites and contractors that achieve them.
Roane State Community College's Tennessee Small Business Development Center and the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce will offer a free workshop for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want a better understanding of starting a new business.
The workshop will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 26 in the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce offices at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
Helping welcome Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to Kingston during a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration last week are, front row from left, Darrell Williams of the Roane County Chamber of Commerce; Kingston Mayor Troy Beets; Wells Fargo employees Fred Washington, Brenda Sullivan, LeAnne Grigsby, and Cindy Greene; Johnny Griffin, Jan Treadway, Brenda Murphy; and back row, Mike Barkley and Kent Calfee.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is at 900 N. Kentucky St. Call 376-4235 for details.
Our first trip to the Strawberry Festival in Dayton was a fun adventure. As Kingston Jaycee president (1959-60), along with my wife, Carol, we chauffeured Nancy Henry, our candidate for Strawberry Queen, to the Festival.
Harriman Ford let us borrow a new convertible for Nancy's ride in the Strawberry Festival's parade.
Nancy is the sister of Kingston's Jim Henry, former Tennessee state representative and currently Tennessee's Commissioner for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
The Midway Lady Green Waves picked up a pair of home wins against Clinton Wednesday and Greenback Thursday.
Midway now has a three-game winning streak and the Lady Waves are 2-1 in District 3-A.
The Kingston Lady Yellow Jackets picked up a huge District 4-AA win Thursday evening with a thrilling 5-4 10-inning victory over Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK).
Kingston 3B Jacob Caquelin has enjoyed some unseasonably warm weather for much of his senior season with the Yellow Jackets.
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Is there a shopping center anywhere in America as gangsta-riffic as our own Sharpstown Mall? Each of the mall's entrance halls is lined with jewelry stalls or bling counters, as we like to call them. Of course, there's the Johnny Dang/Paul Wall joint venture TV Jewelry, which now has multiple outlets in Sharpstown Mall alone, and there are about a dozen competitors. All the clothing stores sell throwbacks and other hip-hop gear. The rock and country bins are afterthoughts in the mall's FYE Music store, but the rap bins are stuffed to the gills. Every local rapper from the underground to the top of the charts has a section brimming full of not just all their official releases, but many of their street mixtapes as well. And where most malls would have kiosks offering up scented candles, Sharpstown's have silk-screened Bun B T-shirts and hats that say "Southwest Side" and "Fifth Ward Posse."
There are few adulthood joys that compare to the childhood experience of walking into a Toys-R-Us. But walking into Spec's Liquor gives grown-ups that same feeling of wonder. You immediately find yourself running down the aisles going, "Oh, wow! I can't believe they have this stuff, too!" Wanna down some New Orleans Voodoo Lager that you never thought you'd find in Texas? Spec's has you covered. Need to impress snooty friends with a Scotch so fine it would make Dominique Sachse jealous? Check. Need to be romantic in a pinch and pick up a rare red wine from Oregon that your girlfriend loves? They've got your back. And this playground isn't just confined to the world of alcoholics. Cigar aficionados, cheese buffs and people who love to eat rare foods will all enjoy the libationary wonderland that is Spec's Liquor.
Although having something dry-cleaned sounds like it should be a straightforward task, it can sometimes be a horrific experience: You drop off your most expensive piece of clothing and it comes back destroyed, with a terse reminder of the cleaner's liability disclaimer. A former member of Faith No More once went so far as to purposefully puke all over his dry cleaner's counter after those folks ruined his favorite shirt. Fortunately, there's no need for puking at Montrose Dry Cleaners they're always happy to take your stuff, and they always manage to return it to you safe, clean and sound. As simple as that seems, it's woefully rare.
The company's Web site says the typical DSW store carries more than 30,000 pairs of shoes in more than 2,000 styles. Sounds about right. The two Houston locations are huge yet easy-to-navigate churches of footwear. They've got everything from dress shoes to flip-flops at prices that will make your wallet as happy as your feet. And the staff isn't pushy, so you'll never have salespeople on your heels while you test out that pair of Pumas. This is shoe-shopping made easy and affordable. That should soothe anybody's sole. (Sorry, we couldn't resist.)
That's right, Megaplexxx. With three Xs, you know you're getting the real deal. We're talking a purported 100,000 movies, eight private viewing rooms and nine 63-channel arcades. We're talking a cornucopia of porn a "pornucopia," if you will. They've got hot new releases, cheap used videos and classics, and there's always a good sale going on. You like amateur videos? They've got 'em. MILFs? Check. Tranny delight? You betcha. Interracial? Don't even get us started. Basically, if it's legal, it's for sale, along with a nice little selection of toys and lingerie. It's one-stop shopping! Fun for the whole family! Er, wait, scratch that...
Whodunit? Murder by the Book, that's who. The 26-year-old Inner Loop book nook has retained a loyal following despite the proliferation of enormous chains in its immediate neighborhood. Many patrons of the indie store are die-hard mystery fans who go to see and hear the parade of prestigious and up-and-coming mystery authors who give readings there several times a week. Some go in search of the stacks of signed first editions, the abundance of rare and collector books, the award-winning bimonthly magazine The Dead Beat or to attend the monthly mystery book club. Still others have been clued in to the genuinely good service and informed recommendations of its staff and have switched to reading mysteries as a matter of principle. It doesn't take a detective to see why Houston readers have made this place their favorite for decades.