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J. Michael Williams, J.D., Ph.D., is an alumnus of the University of San Diego (1992) and has been a member of the faculty since 1999. He currently serves as the chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Williams offers undergraduate courses on introduction to political science, comparative politics, politics in sub-Saharan Africa, and politics in South Africa. His research focuses on African politics, with special interests in democratization, indigenous political structures, local governance, rule of law, the courts and constitutionalism. He has published numerous articles and one book on the chieftaincy in South Africa - Chieftaincy, the State, and Democracy: Political Legitimacy in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Indiana University Press, 2010).
Williams'' research has focused on the politics of South Africa, with a specific focus on the processes of democratization in rural South Africa since 1994. His book The Chieftaincy, the State, and Democracy: Political Legitimacy in Post-Apartheid South Africa examines how so-called "traditional" chiefs have sought to establish and maintain political legitimacy in South Africa since the end of apartheid. His publications, "Leading from behind: democratic consolidation and the chieftaincy in South Africa" and "Legislating 'Tradition' in South Africa" examine the role of chiefs in the electoral process as well as the way in which they lobbied the government for recognition and protection. His current research focuses on rule of law and constitutionalism in sub-Saharan Africa with a specific focus on South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, and Uganda.
Williams has taught a variety of courses at USD, including an introduction to political science class as a freshmen preceptorial as well as upper division courses and graduate seminars in comparative, African, and South African politics. In addition to teaching departmental classes, Williams has participated in team-taught courses for the Honors Program on South Africa and religious and political identities. As the faculty advisor for the Washington Center Internship and Seminar Program, Williams takes students to Washington, D.C. each January for a two-week intersession course on American politics. Williams is also the 2009 recipient of USD's Davies Award for Faculty Achievement.
Educational Background
- PhD, Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- JD, Washington College of Law at the American University
- BA, Political Science, University of San Diego


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THE celebrated international counter-tenor Nicholas Clapton will be performing at a fundraising concert for Malvern Friends of ChildLine next month.
Clapton's professional career began with a concert at Wigmore Hall in 1984, and since then he has sung in opera houses and concert halls from Santiago to Singapore, given more than thirty world premières, and made recordings ranging from early to contemporary music.
His song recital
Music for a Summer's Evening
A Song Recital by
Nicholas Clapton
Accompanied by
Jennifer Partridge
One of Britain's Foremost Piano Accompanists
Featuring music by Henry Purcell, Joseph Haydn,
Franz Schubert & Roger Quilter
Saturday July 19th 2014 at 8p.m.
At Holy Trinity Church, 2 North Malvern Road,
Great Malvern, WR14 4LR
Tickets £14.95 (including a glass of wine)
Available from Colin on 01684 560219
or Tom on 01684 562883 (or at the door)
(All proceeds to ChildLine)
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May 13, 2013
The Exceptional Teen Center: Monthly Chess - Norwalk Public Library
May 13, 2013 - Norwalk
The winner of each tournament will receive a certificate and a prize. For more information or to register, contact Brian Highland, librarian, at ext. 15147. Time-permitting, Mr. Highland is available by appointment to registrants in need of 20-minute coaching sessions prior to tournament.
Literary Littles - Wilton Library
May 13, 2013 - Wilton
Independent listeners ages 4-6 years come for stories, short films, songs and crafts. No registration necessary.
Teen Advisory Board Meeting - Wilton Library
May 13, 2013 - Wilton
Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to join the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting. TAB is a group of teens who work with the library by helping select materials for the teen collection, planning teen events, and more. Applications are available online or at the meeting for first time attendees. Newcomers always welcome. Registration is recommended.
downUNDER Money Quest - Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Through May 16, 2013 - Fairfield
Learn about the stock market. "Invest" with no money and no risk; have fun playing as you learn in the DownUnder Teen Center. Grades 6-12.
The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames - Hudson River Museum
Through May 19, 2013 - Yonkers
In the late 18th century, British artists developed the large-scale panorama, which became a popular form of entertainment in Europe and the United States. The Hudson River Museum's exhibition, "The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames," explores the panoramic vista as the ideal expression for a new, all-embracing way of seeing the landscape that influenced how the public and artists perceived it as well. By the early 19th century, painters such as Robert Havell Jr. worked to express this panoramic perspective in their choice and depiction of vistas. Havell and other artists in the exhibition such as Thomas Cole, Jasper Cropsey, and John Kensett, favored the chain of cities, suburbs, and countryside along these two rivers, where horizontal planes and historical associations gave form to both artistic and cultural expression.
"The Panoramic River" features loans from museums, galleries, and private collections. Museums lending paintings include: Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fenimore Art Museum, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College; Maryland State Archives; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The New-York Historical Society; and Princeton University Art Museum.
"The Panoramic River" is organized by Hudson River Museum co-curators Bartholomew Bland, Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Laura Vookles, Chief Curator of Collections. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with additional essays by Pat Hardy, Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Museum of London, and Geoff Snell, Doctoral Student, University of Sussex and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
The exhibition and the accompanying catalogue have been made possible by a generous grant from the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc. On view through May 19, 2013.
Playland Pre-Season - Rye Playland
Through May 23, 2013 - Rye
Get ready to zoom, spin, splash, swing, and soar your way through acres of amusement park rides from the cooling log flume, to the famous Dragon Coaster, and all your other favorites!
Admission Prices:
- $15 Weekends: May 11, 12, 18 and 19: $15 unlimited rides; $15 Junior (under 48")
- Starting Friday, May 24: $30 unlimited rides; $20 Junior (under 48") Spectator admission (no rides) is free for Westchester County residents and $10 for non-residents.
Season Passes:
- $95 for unlimited rides all season, with a $15 discount for Westchester residents.
- $35 for spectator admission all season (no rides), for non-residents of Westchester County.
Acceptable proof of Westchester residency is a Westchester County Park Pass; New York State driver's license or non-driver ID; or a photo ID or report card from a Westchester County school.
Playland's pre-season schedule is 12-7pm, Saturdays and Sundays until Memorial Day weekend, after which the spring schedule begins. For the season schedule go to ryeplayland.org or call the park at 914-813-7000. Use the website link to join the Playland E-Club and receive valuable discounts all season long.
Manolo Valdes Monumental Sculptures - The New York Botanical Garden
Through May 26, 2013 - Bronx
Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the Botanical Garden, seven towering sculptures by acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdes showcase the relationship between art and nature.
NIGHTWATCH: The Art of Greg Mort - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through May 27, 2013 - Stamford
Greg Mort, a Maryland artist with a well-established national reputation, has his eyes firmly in the sky in this selection of original artworks. Mort conveys his awe, respect, and love of nature in his artworks, which can be found at the White House, the Smithsonian Institution and in the collection of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA). February 16 - May 27, 2013.
THE PRINTS OF ETIENNE LEOPOLD TROUVELOT - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through May 27, 2013 - Stamford
Etienne Leopold Trouvelot (1827 ? 1895) had a career as an astronomical artist, after a disastrous career as an entomologist. He introduced the Gypsy Moth to North America accidentally, in 1869. Trouvelot?s exacting details and nuanced shading produced imagery that rivaled even the finest and most technologically advanced photographic images of the time. Today, Trouvelot?s works endure as the most detailed and meticulous illustrations of celestial phenomena ever complied. Included in the exhibition will be images as varied as the Planet Jupiter, The Great Comet of 1881 and the Partial Eclipse of the Moon.
Lure of the Ocean: The Art of Stanley Meltzoff - Bruce Museum
Through June 02, 2013 - Greenwich
This new art and science exhibition features approximately 30 paintings by Stanley Meltzoff, the master of portraying fish in their environments -– from the New Jersey shore to the shallows of the Caribbean and the deep Atlantic waters. February 9-June 2, 2013.
Italian artist Francesco Clemente - Yale School of Art 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery
Through June 02, 2013 - New Haven
Enjoy 30 paintings by the artist made during extended trips to Brazil between 2006 and 2008. April 1-June 2, 2013.
Beyond the Bed: The American Quilt Evolution - Katonah Museum of Art
Through June 16, 2013 - Katonah
Quilts have evolved dramatically in form, fashion, and function during their long and distinguished history. In this exhibition Jean Burks, senior curator at the Shelburne Museum, will explore the wide range of quilts intended as bed coverings, articles of clothing, furniture accessories, wall decoration, and finally, three-dimensional room sculpture. Illustrating a variety of techniques, designs, and cultural styles, the pieces selected will showcase the work of North American quilters working from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. February 24 through June 16, 2013.
Major funding for this exhibition was generously provided by The Coby Foundation.
Born to Be Wild - Maritime Aquarium
Through June 20, 2013 - Norwalk
Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman lends his voice to this film which follows orphaned baby orangutans and elephants, and the people who rescue and raise them for eventual release back into the wild. Through June 20, 2013.
The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through June 20, 2013 - Norwalk
Coral reefs are considered exotic, distant places with little or no connection to our everyday world. Yet every reef is a living city beneath the sea, with a parallel existence to ours. Maritime Aquarium audiences will recognize scenes from New York City as the film compares reef communities to human communities. The film?s imagery immerses audiences in reef communities, among familiar dolphins, sharks and rays but also lesser-known species, such as crocodile fish, colorful nudibranchs and delicate flatworms. January 18-June 20, 2013.
Sharks - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through June 20, 2013 - Norwalk
This film offers an unflinching look at the ocean's ultimate predator with an emphasis on why shark populations are dropping. A sea turtle with a British accent help make this a family-friendly show, even for the youngest members. January 18-June 20, 2013.
Stag Kids Reading Club - Fairfield University Bookstore
Through July 14, 2013 - Fairfield
Students in grades 1-8 are invited to join this incentive based reading program in partnership with the Bridgeport Bluefish and Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Read a minimum of 5 books and write one original book review between April 14 - July 14, 2013 and receive one free ticket to the Bridgeport Bluefish game on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 1:05pm. Additional tickets are available for purchase for $10. The Stag Kids Reading group will meet the players before the game for a private autograph session, run the bases after the game and a public announcement will acknowledge the students' reading success. One lucky member chosen at random will get to throw out the first pitch. Other raffle prizes include two free tickets to any Quick Center Performance Series Event (no expiration date) and a $25 Gift Card to the Fairfield University Bookstore (no expiration date).
IMAGES 2013 - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through July 21, 2013 - Fairfield
Fairfield Museum and History Center's fifth annual juried photography exhibition features a solo photography exhibition by internationally renowned photographer and Connecticut native, Phil Trager. May 3-July 21, 2013.
IMAGES 2013 and Solo Exhibition by Philip Trager - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through July 21, 2013 - Fairfield
Fairfield Museum and History Center's fifth annual juried photography exhibition features a solo photography exhibition by internationally renowned photographer and Connecticut native, Phil Trager. IMAGES has become a highly-regarded exhibition to celebrate the exceptional work of 60 talented photographers from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. May 3-July 21, 2013.
Meerkats - Maritime Aquarium
Through September 02, 2013 - Norwalk
Meerkats are members of the mongoose family that live in social �mobs� in the Kalahari Desert, in the southern African nations of Botswana and South Africa. No mere cats, meerkats are fascinating for living in structured but cooperative societies, including a foraging strategy where adults take turns standing guard upright on their hind feet, watching for predators, while the others eat.
The meerkats� exhibit offers opportunities for climbing, digging and exploring, with several feeding locations to keep them on the alert for incoming crickets. A viewing bubble lets visitors pop up right among the meerkats. Through September 2, 2013.
Sensory Bounce - BounceU
Through September 28, 2013 - Stratford
This is a program for children and adults with sensory integration dysfunction, autism, and other disabilities with a sensory component. Teachers work on balance and coordination, auditory and tactile sensitivity, strength building, motor coordination, cooperative play, turn-taking, and social and verbal skills. Through September 28, 2013.
What Is It? Technologies and Discoveries of the Victorian Era - Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
Through October 06, 2013 - Norwalk
Victorian era gadgets, technologies and breakthroughs will be on display to introduce visitors to mid-to-late 19th century inventions and discoveries in many diverse areas including communication, transportation, manufacturing, medicine, food and recreation. Audiences might be surprised at how some of the historic breakthroughs are still relevant today. April 17 2013-October 6, 2013.
Eggs-hibition: Unscrambling Their History - Bruce Museum
Through October 20, 2013 - Greenwich
This new exhibition will delight visitors with an array of eggs. From food to children's fairy tales, Fabergé eggs to pharmacology, Eggs-hibition explores the evolution of the egg, its prominent inclusion in creation myths worldwide, the complex simplicity of its design, and the inspiration it imparts to artists who have painted, bejeweled, photographed, and written about them. March 23-October 20, 2013.
Tours - Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate
Through November 11, 2013 - Sleepy Hollow
Kykuit, the six-story stone house and rolling hilltop estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, is open to visitors beginning Saturday, May 4, through Sunday, Sep. 30, and Nov. 1-11. Open daily Oct 1-31. Kykuit's modern and classical art collection, architecture, and expansive gardens are consistently rated the top attraction in the lower Hudson Valley, and draw tens of thousands of visitors annually. Kykuit, which means "lookout" in Dutch, includes a six-story stone house, multiple terraced gardens, art galleries, outdoor classical and modern sculpture, and commanding Hudson River views. Its hilltop location overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades is 500 feet above sea level. Visitors to Kykuit learn the story of the Rockefellers, beginning with John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, whose business acumen made him the richest man in America in his day. He later became the country's first great philanthropist. By his death in 1937, he had given away more than half his fortune through various philanthropic programs. Visitors can choose from four tours: Classic, Grand, Timesaver, and Selected Highlights. The Classic, ideal for first-time visitors, is a shorter experience than the comprehensive, three-hour Grand. Besides the mansion, both of these tours include time in Kykuit's art galleries, gardens, and Coach Barn, with its collection of horse-drawn carriages, vintage automobiles, and equestrian equipment. The 90-minute Timesaver is ideal for those on tighter schedules, while Selected Highlights maximizes time in the gardens. Visitors can buy tickets online in advance, choosing the exact tour, time, and date they want to visit. Tickets are on sale at hudsonvalley.org. Historic Hudson Valley recommends advanced ticket buying, particularly for weekend tours, which fill up quickly. Besides online, tickets may be purchased by calling 914-631-8200 (service charge additional) or at the Kykuit Visitor Center at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow. All tours start at the Kykuit Visitor Center; doors open at 9am.
Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharoahs - Yale Peabody Museum
Through January 04, 2014 - New Haven
This exhibition will take you on a journey through two thousand years of fascination with ancient Egypt, the land of the pharaohs. Visitors will enter through a reproduction of the Egyptianizing gateway that is the entrance to New Haven's Grove Street Cemetery (designed by Henry Austin in 1839), and then discover how a culture that flourished thousands of years ago has impacted our own world. Echoes of ancient Egypt appear in art, architecture, and literature around the world from ancient Africa to medieval Europe and the Middle East, to modern North America. April 13, 2013-January 4, 2014.
Exhibition: Six Ladders - Katonah Museum of Art
Through April 21, 2014 - Katonah
Bright swaths of vibrant colors transform the Katonah Museum of Art's exterior in its newest outdoor exhibition, "Six Ladders," by artist Andrea Lilienthal. Lilienthal created a series of giant bamboo ladders for the Museum's stately Sculpture Garden that are whimsical and enigmatic; their brilliant colors electrify the natural surroundings.
Five ladders, with their cheerful colors and playful patterns, lean against the Museum's enormous spruce trees in various positions and at different angles. On the building's facade, a sixth, 30-foot ladder extends just short of the roofline - its form and ribbons of color energizing the wall and lending sculptural dimension to the flat expanse. Each of the ladders are hand-constructed from sturdy commercial bamboo, harvested in China, and painted with high-gloss outdoor enamel paint from Holland. Their surfaces are smooth and reflective, in contrast to the course-textured tree bark.
According to Katonah Museum of Art Curator Ellen Keiter, "These are not functional structures - their bottom rungs are too high to mount and the ladders fail to reach the top of their intended destinations. These are instead beautiful works of art; Andrea Lilienthal responds to the inherent geometry of ladders and the repetitive rhythm of their rungs. She finds beauty in their simple, minimalist construction."
"Lilienthal's ladders instill a sense of wonder and suggest that seemingly unreachable goals can be attained," she says.
Keiter explains that bamboo is a hollow-stemmed, woody plant that "bows, sways, and splits, so slight imperfections, even substantial cracks, add distinctive character to each ladder. No two ladders are painted the same, yet their similarly saturated hues coalesce into a lively visual harmony."
She adds, "The bands of luscious color wrap around the bamboo like candy confections, and bright confetti patterns alternate with stark black-and-white designs. A causal link exists between the artificial colors and the natural bamboo. On one ladder, Lilienthal painted white rings around the growth nodes of the bamboo; on another, the nodes demarcate the lengths of painted blue and orange sections."
Says Lilienthal: "These magnificent and mysterious trees [at the Katonah Museum of Art], whose tops are not even visible, dwarf the people and furniture below. In response to their super scale, I chose the ladder, a form with human scale and multiple readings: utilitarian ancient, mythic, and universal. The severe and stately trees support the bamboo ladders in an implied partnership; rooted and stable, the trees assist the ladders in their attempt to ascend. But ultimately, how do you mount an 80-foot Norwegian spruce tree? My answer was to climb it with imagination, affirming our connection to the natural world."
Lilienthal has used bamboo in her artistic practice for several years. In earlier installations, she aligned multiple painted, wrapped, or taped bamboo poles along a wall - works awash in color, but still relatable in size. However, her current exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art is in keeping with the majesty, diameter, and spacing of the giant spruce trees.
Adding to the intrigue of this exhibition are enlarged photographs of the Garden's spruce trees displayed in the Museum's two west windows adjacent to the lone 30-foot ladder. On first impression, the images appear as reflections. In this way, Lilienthal reinforces the relationship between the ladders and the trees while further playing with the viewers' perceptions and expectations.
Historically, ladders carry rich and universal associations. In many faiths and fables, ladders are a symbol of ascent, of travel, of reaching upward. In modern times, they represent progress and growth, allowing us to reach higher than we would otherwise be able to go. Ladders symbolize elevation: from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge, and from the material to the spiritual. They are featured in art from prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary times. Jacob's Ladder, the metaphysical passage between heaven and earth, is mentioned in the first book of the Bible, and is represented in such disparate media as Renaissance paintings and popular
video games. There is a popular African-American spiritual, "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder," Eric Carl's beloved children's picture book, "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me," and innumerable colloquialisms regarding "the ladder of success."
On view through April 21, 2014 during Museum hours: Sundays: 12-5pm; Tuesdays through Saturdays: 10am-5pm. Closed Mondays.
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IT MIGHT be two years since the London 2012 Olympics, but the legacy of the Games lives on this summer.
Community Games, an England-wide project, is back for 2014 with plenty of sports and cultural activities planned across Somerset over the coming months.
The programme will also be honouring a stand-out volunteer whose hard work has been keeping the London 2012 Olympic spirit alive in our local community.
Gillian Payne, from Brompton Regis, has been named as the Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership's Shining Light.
She was handed over a speciallycommissioned Somerset willow baton, made by Wicked Willow worker Jules Doncaster from Dulverton.
Gillian was passed the title from last year's Shining Light, Jonathan Smith from Burnham-on-Sea.
Gillian said: "I became involved in Community Games three years ago, they are wonderful events.
"Living as I do in this remote area of Exmoor, it is important to get people of the community, young and old, to come together for such activities.
"I feel very honoured to be Somerset's Shining Light for Community Games."
Gillian will be organising another event at Wimbleball Lake on Bank Holiday Monday, August 25.
For more information on Community Games, visit www.communitygames.org.uk


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The Longest Day Of Play!
Today marks the beginning of Summer and it's the longest day of the year! The UK Cooperative Extension Office, in conjunction with Owensboro Parks and Recreation, are celebrating with THE LONGEST DAY OF PLAY!! The fun gets underway at 4pm this afternoon at Moreland Park in Owensboro! And there is truly something for everyone! Check out the list of FREE activities for the entire family!


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Did you know?
Most public health institutes in South Africa now provide medication preventing mother-to-child transmission.
HIV/AIDS volunteering can be tremendously uplifting and rewarding for you and the patient. But it is not for everyone. Volunteers need to be aware that sufferers are vulnerable on a number of levels, and that babies and children, traumatised by the loss of a parent or parents to the disease, need special care. As a volunteer, you will assist caretakers and work in HIV/AIDS support groups. Working with people living with HIV/AIDS, volunteers will gain experience in a number of areas, and interact closely with the community.
Edge of Africa hosts medical and humanitarian volunteer work with HIV/AIDS patients in Knysna and Mossel Bay on the Garden Route. The Knysna HAART clinic cares for 900 HIV-positive adults and children on anti-retroviral therapy. Volunteers will gain experience working with hospitals, counselling and HIV testing, and Hospice staff. Volunteers are not required to have a medical background, and could assist with administrative duties, business plans for fund generation, establishing community vegetable gardens and offering support to HIV-positive pregnant women and children.
You may want to help families affected by HIV/AIDS, and children orphaned by the virus, through Sizanani Home-Base Care Givers in Soweto, Gauteng. Dwindling family and community support bases due to poverty and unemployment, means that without volunteer programmes like Sizanani, these children literally have nowhere to go. Volunteers can assist with home-based care, and participate in after-school programmes, feeding schemes, community education and extra mural activities. No experience is necessary. All that is needed is compassion, resilience and a positive mental attitude.
Calabash Tours, based in Port Elizabeth runs a Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) certified HIV community-support programme through the Emmanuel Advice and Care Centre (EACC). The community-operated centre cares for up to 600 adults and 700 children, from four Port Elizabeth townships. AT EACC you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the care-givers, most of whom are unpaid volunteers themselves. Volunteers with experience in nursing, nutrition, early childhood development, or big hearts and broad shoulders will find a rewarding experience here.
Because working in the HIV/AIDS environment can be physically and emotionally draining, make the most of your free time and recreational excursions so you stay refreshed and focused throughout your stay.
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Your tour operator will generally arrange airport transfers to the project.
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Most programmes run year-round.
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Most organisations working with HIV/AIDS sufferers prefer volunteers to stay a minimum of four weeks, but there are exceptions.
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HOUSTON - Every year, several big-name stars take the stage at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. This year, the rodeo wants to give some local talent a chance to be a rodeo rockstar.
The competition is for non-professional musicians to showcase their talent.
The idea was to get more young people involved at the HLSR.
"What better way to grab on to social media and the opportunity for these kids to showcase their talent," said Elizabeth Greer, executive director of exhibits and attractions. "We thought we'll roll it all into one and give the kids an opportunity to perform and post to YouTube."
Many young musicians posted their videos online, and there is a wide range of talent.
"We have everything from mini Rebas to the Black Eyed Peas to kids who can get up there with a fiddle and amaze you with their talents," Greer said.
The competition is split into two age divisions. The top 10 in each division will advance to a preliminary round based on voting from the public. Voting ends at noon Feb. 20.
Contestants advancing to the preliminary round will be notified by Feb. 22. Finalists will perform at Reliant Park on March 13.
The first place winner in each division will receive $500 and the title for 2012 Rodeo Rockstar. The second-place winner will get $250 and the third-place winner will receive $100.
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Dr. Michael Spikes
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- B.A., English and German, Mississippi State University, 1977
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- Understanding Contemporary American Literary Theory, Revised Edition, 2003
- "Willie Morris and the Power of Memory" Arkansas Review, 2004
- "Lee Durkee's Rides of the Midway and Barry Harrah's Geronimo Rex," Mississippi Quarterly, 2002
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COLLEGE PARK - In a back-and-forth battle to start the 2013 season, the University of Pennsylvania volleyball team was edged by LIU Brooklyn in five sets, 3-2 (25-20, 28-30, 22-25, 25-20, 15-5). The match opened the University of Maryland Invitational and took place Friday night.
With a five-point run being the highest total of points scored in a row -- that didn't happen until set five, for LIU Brooklyn (2-2) -- the competition between the Quakers and Blackbirds was fierce.
In the first set, the Red and Blue were able to take the lead after an attack error by LIU's Mirjana Rajic and then kills from senior Kristen Etterbeek and junior Trina Ohms. However, they soon fell behind; after being on top 7-6, Penn could not reclaim the lead and fell, 25-20.
Penn came back in set two with more fight, scoring three points in a row to win 30-28 -- the last point coming via an attack error by Blackbird Tamara Ignjic. The Quakers produced 20 kills, their highest for a set in the night. Sophomore Jasmine DeSilva had six kills in the set and senior Dani Shepherd contributed seven digs.
The win provided momentum for the team, and the Red and Blue took the lead in the match with a third-set win. The 25-22 victory was sealed by a kill from Etterbeek, one of her four in the set, and Penn hit .341 as a team in the game.
The momentum was not sustained in the fourth set, however, as Penn fell behind by as many as nine. Despite back-to-back three-point runs after that deficit, it was not enough to catch the Blackbirds, who won 25-20.
Tied at 2-2, the match was won by LIU Brooklyn which started the set on a five-point run and ended it on another five-point streak. The Quakers struggled to regain control and ended the night with 37 attack errors, while LIU Brooklyn only committed 22.
Penn head coach Kerry Carr used this first match to test the team's new strengths and saw aggressive play in the heat of the moment. Three players -- DeSilva, Etterbeek, and sophomore Michellie McDonald-O'Brien -- ended the night with double digits in kills with 16, 14 and 12 respectively. Etterbeek also posted 13 digs and sophomore Alex Caldwell added 14. Shepherd topped the leader board in digs for Penn with 22.
Penn will continue to play in the University of Maryland Invitational on Saturday, taking on UMKC at 11 a.m. and playing the host Terps at 7:30 p.m.
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HOUSTON - The man who prompted a nationwide search for a 14-year-old girl is now facing more felony charges in connection to his relationship with the teen and his run from the law.
Jacob West, 33, was hit with felony charges just days after disappearing with the daughter of his northwest Harris County neighbors.
"You can't imagine what it's like until it happens to you," said the girl's father, who Local 2 is not identifying.
For six days, the teen's parents agonized over the disappearance their daughter. All they knew is that she had taken off with West, a married father of two. The parents said they became friends with West when they moved into their home and even took him into their house when he had trouble with his wife. The family said the teen was even close friends with one of West's own daughters.
"We thought we were giving back to somebody that needed the help," said the teen's mother. "We never thought … I mean, he was so good with his children."
"Little did we know that while we were sleeping he was taking advantage of our daughter," said the teen's father.
The family then started noticing West was paying a little too close attention to their daughter.
"We sat him down on the couch and said, 'Hey, is there anything going on? We need to know about it right here and now, we'll put an end to it,'" the father said. "Guess what, from here on out I'm calling the authorities."
The family cut off contact with West, but investigators said he continued to see the teen. Sheriff's officials said the pair was caught together on Jan. 15. West was later charged with a felony stemming from that incident, but by that time he had taken off with the teen.
Investigators said during their six-day odyssey, West took the teen through several states, even driving all the way up to New York before heading back down to Florida. Investigators finally tracked down the pair when they turned on the OnStar system in West's SUV.
"I broke down. I was crying. I was happy. I was shaken," said the teen's mother.
Investigators found the pair at a motel in Fort Pierce, Fla. Sheriff's officials said West also had a stolen gun with him. Sources involved in the case also told Local 2 that West apparently funded part of his run from police with stolen credit and gas cards.
West has also been charged in Florida with having a stolen gun and other crimes.
"There's a strong possibility of federal charges coming from this incident," said Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Ron Hickman, citing that the teen was taken across state lines.
West is being held without bond in a Florida jail. The 14-year-old girl is back home with her parents and gave Local 2 a hand-written note which reads, "Dear Harris County, Sgt. Blackledge, Constable Hickman, Chuck Forman, my family and friends. I want to thank you for spending your time looking for me. It is because of you all that I am not in danger and safe at home with the people I love."
Forman is a Houston area private investigator who offered his services for free to the family after hearing about the case.
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2013 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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JASON GILLESPIE has hailed the rapid development of York CC star Jack Leaning after his maiden hundred for Yorkshire in Monday's Royal London one-day Cup defeat to Essex at Scarborough.
Although the 20-year-old Leaning debuted in all forms of first-team cricket prior to 2014, he has cemented a place in the County Championship and one-day teams through a weight of runs this summer.
He has scored 304 runs from six Championship matches with three fifties, including a 99 against Sussex at Arundel, and has added 219 from six one-day matches ahead of today's Group A clash against Derbyshire at Scarborough.
Leaning, who also bowls useful off-spinners, is the Vikings' leading run-scorer in that competition thanks to one fifty and Monday's ton, a 99-ball unbeaten 111.
This has all come after a winter spent playing for Australian grade side Sutherland under the watchful eye of Phil Jaques, a man who earned the nickname of Pro during his playing career in Australia and England.
"At the start of the season, I had an idea of what the team was going to be, and Jack has demanded his selection through his performances in the second team," said coach Gillespie.
"He's got his opportunity, grabbed it with both hands, and that's all you can ask of players. He's been fantastic, and hopefully he'll continue to improve and learn every time he goes out in the middle.
"I think it really helped that he spent the winter playing for Sutherland, and he spent a lot of time with Phil Jaques. So much so, the boys call him Pro now.
"There is pressure being the overseas player and being expected to score runs. Although he actually didn't score that many, he was getting wickets."
Leaning's innings was the main positive out of the five-wicket defeat against the Eagles as he helped his side recover from 55-3 in the 15th over to post 290-6. Unfortunately, Essex also recovered from 68-4 in the 14th to win with 25 balls to spare.
"He's becoming more aware and understanding situations and reading situations," said Gillespie.
"Andrew Gale spoke about that after the game. They were out in the middle talking, and they would acknowledge that maybe they could have had a bit more intent. That's coming from a 20-year-old. He's acknowledging that, so he's learning. It's fantastic and great for the club.
"He can at times look a bit scruffy. I don't mean to be negative about him, but he's a real scrapper. You get some other players that people say look elegant, and I wouldn't say that is a word you'd use for Jack because he can be quite brutal and punishing.
"When Galey left himself out at Middlesex, he played a second-team game against Lancashire at Headingley. It was on a green, seaming pitch that was doing a lot, and Jack fought and got a good score in tough conditions. That really impressed the captain.
"He said he toughed it out in a difficult situation, and that's probably a real strength of Jack's."
Meanwhile, York-based Jonny Bairstow will be rested today after England Lions duty, meaning Andrew Hodd will retain the gloves as Yorkshire search for the win that will secure a quarter-final berth.


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You want a simple chatserver. You might just want it for easy family chatting, you might want it just to start.
'Just to start' has few requirements, so you can do something with no authentication or control or privileged users or special commands, and no client more involved than netcat. This solution is more useful than you'd think: in Erlang given such a kernel server, you can -- without dropping even your first connections -- rapidly build up in functionality.
-module(chatserver). -export([start/1]). -export([init/1,loop/1,accepter/2,client/2,client_loop/2]). -record(chat,{socket,accepter,clients}). -record(client,{socket,name,pid}). start(Port) -> spawn(?MODULE, init, [Port]). init(Port) -> {ok,S} = gen_tcp:listen(Port, [{packet,0},{active,false}]), A = spawn_link(?MODULE, accepter, [S, self()]), loop(#chat{socket=S, accepter=A, clients=[]}). loop(Chat=#chat{accepter=A,clients=Cs}) -> receive {'new client', Client} -> erlang:monitor(process,Client#client.pid), Cs1 = [Client|Cs], broadcast(Cs1,["new connection from ~s\r\n", Client#client.name]), loop(Chat#chat{clients=Cs1}); {'DOWN', _, process, Pid, _Info} -> case lists:keysearch(Pid, #client.pid, Cs) of false -> loop(Chat); {value,Client} -> self() ! {'lost client', Client}, loop(Chat) end; {'lost client', Client} -> broadcast(Cs,["lost connection from ~s\r\n", Client#client.name]), gen_tcp:close(Client#client.socket), loop(Chat#chat{clients=lists:delete(Client,Cs)}); {message,Client,Msg} -> broadcast(Cs,["<~s> ~s\r\n", Client#client.name, Msg]), loop(Chat); refresh -> A ! refresh, lists:foreach(fun (#client{pid=CP}) -> CP ! refresh end, Cs), ?MODULE:loop(Chat) end. accepter(Sock, Server) -> {ok, Client} = gen_tcp:accept(Sock), spawn(?MODULE, client, [Client, Server]), receive refresh -> ?MODULE:accepter(Sock, Server) after 0 -> accepter(Sock, Server) end. client(Sock, Server) -> gen_tcp:send(Sock, "Please respond with a sensible name.\r\n"), {ok,N} = gen_tcp:recv(Sock,0), case string:tokens(N,"\r\n") of [Name] -> Client = #client{socket=Sock, name=Name, pid=self()}, Server ! {'new client', Client}, client_loop(Client, Server); _ -> gen_tcp:send(Sock, "That wasn't sensible, sorry."), gen_tcp:close(Sock) end. client_loop(Client, Server) -> {ok,Recv} = gen_tcp:recv(Client#client.socket,0), lists:foreach(fun (S) -> Server ! {message,Client,S} end, string:tokens(Recv,"\r\n")), receive refresh -> ?MODULE:client_loop(Client, Server) after 0 -> client_loop(Client, Server) end. broadcast(Clients, [Fmt|Args]) -> S = lists:flatten(io_lib:fwrite(Fmt,Args)), lists:foreach(fun (#client{socket=Sock}) -> gen_tcp:send(Sock,S) end, Clients).
Phew! That gets the job done, with optimistic hooks for improvement (the checks for 'refresh') and the tiniest bit of supervisorship (the erlang:monitor/2 and 'DOWN' business in loop/1). There's lots of room for improvement, and there are a few bits which may annoy you -- but that's the point.
A quick test of hackability: have the server log all chatter to a file. First, compile this module, start the server and get a few connections.
1> c(chatserver). {ok,chatserver} 2> Server = chatserver:start(4125). <0.1866.0> 3> % wait for connections...
and then redefine broadcast/2, adding a call to log/2.
broadcast(Clients, [Fmt|Args]) -> S = lists:flatten(io_lib:fwrite(Fmt,Args)), lists:foreach(fun (#client{socket=Sock}) -> gen_tcp:send(Sock,S) end, Clients), log(get(logfile),S). log(undefined,S) -> {ok,F} = file:open("/var/chat/log",[write,append]), put(logfile,F), log(F,S); log(F,S) -> io:fwrite(F,S).
This tries to limit changes by only adding one line to broadcast/1, but it works by storing the filehandle in the process dictionary, bad for various reasons, and it also lacks a way to explicitly close that file. A better solution might open the file as the server starts, and also pass the filehandle in Chat -- this might seem harder to do with a running server, but with a slightly improved refreshing mechanism (one which can be easily added, using the existing mechanism), even this kind of update would be easy.
For now, use this. You can always change your mind.
3> c(chatserver). 4> Server ! refresh. 5> % wait for activity, and the check the logs.


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UCLA - Champs despite losing tons of talent
Congrats to the UCLA Bruins, for winning the school's first NCAA championship. What is amazing to me is how many outstanding high school players the Bruins have lost to the MLB draft, kids who never stepped foot on campus. This year they lost more incoming players to the draft, including Tracy HS lefthander Jonah Wesley but the Bruins will keep on going.
Last year they lost incoming righthander Joe Ross and 3rd baseman Tyler Goeddel. A few years back they lost catcher Max Stassi to the draft. Those are just some of the Northern California players who never got to school... the number of outstanding Southern California high school players who never made it to Westwood, well, it's a lot more and players like catcher Austin Hedges certainly would have been missed by most programs. The same year they lost Stassi they also lost INF David Nick. There are MANY more but those are just some kids I remember.
On the current roster are three former BAWS/NWS players, OF Christoph Bono from Palo Alto HS, RHP Nick Vander Tuig from Oakdale HS, and INF Chris Keck from Amador Valley HS. Bono as you might surmise, is the son of former NFL quarterback Steve Bono. Vander Tuig was drafted in the 6th round by the Giants and was the winning pitcher in the championship game.
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Performing for votes
ONWARD TO VICTORY: The Gothenburg Swede band, which included junior high members, performed its school's fight song in front of a KNOP-TV camera Tuesday morning in their quest to be chosen as the area's best band. Coltin Bebensee leads the band. Holly Carlini, who filmed the band, said the Swedes are one of eight bands filmed by the network which will be aired during the 6 and 10 p.m. news program next week and will also be available for viewing on the network's Web site. People are asked to vote for their favorite band on the site at www.knopnews2.com. The top four favorites will advance to the next round of competition. Brady's High School band was also filmed Tuesday.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Bill Schnittman had big dreams of competing in the Olympic games one day.
The 25-year-old former University of Michigan rower was captain of his college team.
However, on Thursday night Schnittman was shot and killed in Oklahoma City after a domestic violence dispute involving his girlfriend and her estranged husband. Schnittman, a Bloomfield Hills native, had moved to Oklahoma a few years ago to train for the Olympics.
"He was totally immersed in rowing, as any athlete is, I guess, with the sport that they are doing. Bill sort of took it to a different level, though," said a friend. "He was involved with a woman who had a crazy, soon-to-be ex."
Police say his killer was Darrell Wilson, who later took his own life. Before doing that, Wilson led police on a high-speed chase with his wife, Schnittman's girlfriend, held hostage.
Officers were able to convince Wilson to let the woman go just before he crashed and shot himself in the head.
Friends say Wilson had made several threats to Schnittman who, just weeks prior to the deadly shooting, had tried to get a personal protection order against Wilson. However, police say a judge denied the PPO.
"I'm sure that he stuck up for himself and this woman, and her children. And, this guy took it as a challenge, I am guessing ... and went off the deep end," said a friend.
Schnittman's friends and family are remembering him as a gentle giant with a passion for rowing. He also is a graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School.
Funeral services and a memorial will be held at the high school later this week.
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within a short ten to fifteen minutes drive from Phuket town. Newly
renovated, this is a hotel with a difference; following a new trend
that is becoming more and more preferred around the world, each room
makes the most of its surroundings, breaking away from the traditional
"standard" hotel room design to offer you a unique hotel experience.
Kantary Bay Hotel offers spacious, fully furnished studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom suites. Each room type is furnished with a living room, kitchenette and private terrace. You will find terra cotta tiles and wooden floors instead of the usual carpet. We also provide our guests with full facilities including a fitness room, swimming pools, scenic gardens, reading lounges and more.
And of course the service is impeccable, after all The Kantary Bay Hotel is the sister hotel of the world renowned Cape Panwa hotel and Spa.
A total of 105 rooms, consisting of 56 studio suites, 44 one - bedroom
and 5 two - bedroom, each with a private balcony overlooking Panwa Bay.
Each room has a fully equipped kitchenette, a dinning and living area, individual air - conditional, bath tub and shower, color television with cable and satellite, radio and cassette player, IDD telephone refrigerator, daily maid service, plus rice cooker, toaster, hair dryer and iron on request.
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Uncle Nan's Italian Restaurant
This inviting Italian restaurant, located at the Bay Hotel, is renowned for its classic Italian cuisine and warm and relaxing atmosphere. Sit back on the beautiful outdoor terrace and take in the panoramic views of the bay.
Seating capacity: 50 inside, 40 in the terrace
Opening hours: 18:30 - 23:00 hrs.
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Our outdoor seafood restaurant is famous on the island for its succulent and fresh seafood BBQ featuring delicious fish, king prawns, crab and much more at local prices!
Seating capacity: 80
Opening hours: 17:00 - 23:00 hrs.
Dolphin Bar
The perfect place for a pre-dinner cocktail before dining at Uncle Nan's Italian restaurant. Extensive drinks list and cocktails are available.
Seating capacity: 20
Opening hours: 18:00 - 23:00 hrs.
Happy Hour: 18:30 - 19:30 hrs.
Cafe Kantary
Featuring stylish yet comfortable indoor and outdoor seating, premium coffee and a host of delectable treats and beverages, Cafe Kantary is the ideal setting to share a delicious dessert with buddies or relax with a coffee and good book or work on your laptop – anytime of the day.
Opening hours: 18:00 - 24:00 hrs.
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|The Kantary Bay Hotel is located at the southern tip of The East coast of Phuket Island, at the bottom of the hill leading to Cape Panwa Hotel and Spa and next door to the Marine Biology institute and Aquarium. Overlooking the picturesque Panwa Bay, this seaside village contains the Bay Inn wing and Bayside wing. Panwa Bay Village, a shopping arcade with a wide variety of goods, and some delightful restaurants and bars in an open courtyard. Guest at the Kantary Bay Hotel can use all the facilities of the Cape Panwa Hotel, and a free shuttle bus service covers the one - minute between the hotel and the village.


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LAGUNA BEACH – On a recent morning, Nancy Caruso rolled backward – Jacques Cousteau-style – off a fishing boat, splashing into the ocean water 100 yards from the shoreline.
Carrying a clipboard, Caruso, a marine biologist, surveyed 1,000 square meters of a quarter-mile-sized reef searching for abalone. For an hour she swam against surge through low visibility in 58 degree water to collect data on invertebrates such as starfish, crabs, anemones and algae. She mapped the reef, making note of cracks and crevices.
She found randomly spread teenaged abalone clinging to rocks. Abalone need to be within three feet of each other to reproduce. They forage on kelp and clean the ocean floor of dead kelp debris. Green abalone is a federally listed species of interest and is critical to the marine ecosystem. Ocean experts like Caruso worldwide are working to keep it thriving. Caruso's restoration project focuses on Southern California, where it is illegal to remove abalone from the ocean.
On Saturday, Caruso will hold the fourth annual Kelpfest at Main Beach in Laguna Beach to keep people informed of the ocean's biodiversity and the reason the ocean environment, including abalone and kelp, needs to be preserved.
The reef off Laguna Beach is a control site where abalone and kelp thrive. Caruso is using it as a model for a reef off Newport Beach where she will restock abalone thanks to a permit she acquired from California Department of Fish and Wildlife after a three year effort.
Since 1997, it is illegal to take and sell abalone from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco south to the Mexican border. Illegally taking abalone can mean up to a year in jail, fines in the thousands of dollars, permanent loss of fishing licenses and confiscation of fishing and diving gear.
Caruso's abalone are grown by students studying marine biology at University High in Irvine, Edison High in Huntington Beach and Southgate Middle School in Los Angeles County. Abalone are grown in small classroom nurseries and students mix their own ocean water. The project at the schools is designed by Caruso, who works with teachers to create awareness among students of the threatened species and vulnerability of the ocean's ecosystem.
Caruso started Get Inspired, a nonprofit group centered on ocean restoration. The abalone program began a year ago with 11 schools that included Dana Hills in Dana Point, Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach and Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita.
The abalone project is modeled after a successful kelp restoration project Caruso launched with 37 Orange County schools in 2002. Schools in the kelp project included Dana Hills, Thurston Middle School, St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, Warner Middle School in Westminster and Pacifica High School in Garden Grove. In the project, students grew kelp attached to tiles. Divers planted tens of thousands of the quarter-inch plants into five acres of underwater habitat off Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. By 2009, the kelp was lush and thriving for the first time in 30 years.
"Before this there were no kelp beds," Caruso said. "They were depleted by human-caused factors. First, it was extinction of the otter, overfishing of lobster and sheephead and urban runoff. Lastly, there was an El Nino event in 1998. Everything disappeared after that. Now there's more kelp in Orange County than there's been in 30 years."
The success of the kelp project led to Caruso founding the first Kelpfest at Main Beach in Laguna in 2010.
"All of a sudden our kelp was growing and we thought we'd have a party," she said. "Laguna had kelp washing on the beach, which it hadn't had in 25 years. Residents were upset because they had to pay for it to be removed. We started Kelpfest to foster an appreciation for kelp."
After the success of kelp restoration, Caruso spent three years getting permits from the state agency to replenish abalone. The tiny marine gastropod is related to the snail and has a history of being hunted in California.
From the 1800s until 1997, abalone hunters searched reefs in Southern California for the marine animal. When scuba diving became popular, abalone harvests reached 1,440 per day per diver, Caruso said. Harvesting went to almost 3 million pounds in 1970.
In 1997, state wardens cracked down on abalone fishermen. Left alone, abalone began returning, and game wardens are now seeing more poaching violations, said Assistant Chief Dan Sforza, who oversees the Southern California region for the Fish and Wildlife agency.
A huge black market trade remains where abalone sells for $80 a pound. Last week, two Southern California men pleaded no contest in Los Angeles Superior Court to a Fish and Game code fine for taking abalone. They received three years probation, will pay $2,405 in fines in addition to $1,000 to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. They were also forced to forfeit their dive and fishing gear.
In January, state lifeguards at Crystal Cove State Beach stopped two fishermen who carried abalone out of the sea in their game bags. When lifeguards asked the fishermen what they had, they said nothing and pointed to the big, iridescent shells. They had no idea that the shells were abalone and were illegal to take, Caruso said.
"The awareness is just not there," Caruso said.
It's that lack of knowledge that inspired Katherine Levensailor, a science teacher at University High, to apply for grant funding so she could participate in Caruso's program.
Levensailor, who last year received the Irvine Unified School District "Teacher of Promise" award, collects kelp at the beach so her students have food for the abalone they are raising in the Irvine school classroom. She applied for grant funding to pay for the two abalone the students are studying.
"For these guys it makes it real, because they learn they can make a difference," she said. "I hope they learn that no matter how small or insignificant, it plays a role in the greater picture of our ecosystem. This generation is very aware. They want to make a difference."
Eli Dolati, 16, is one of several students in Levensailor's class taking care of the two abalone. Each weekend she and her family go to Aliso Creek Beach in Laguna Beach.
Since she's been learning about the abalone, she has a new level of appreciation of marine life. Where she once tossed litter on the ground, she now wouldn't think of doing it.
"I feel like I'm helping out because I don't want them to go extinct," she said. "Every animal is an important part of the ecosystem. If one goes extinct, multiple numbers of animals would be threatened. This class has made me much more aware. I never knew about the vast number of animals in the sand and on shore. I just knew about crabs and sharks. Now I appreciate wildlife and the environment more."
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A STOURBRIDGE paramedic was among a host of ambulance service stars recognised for going above and beyond the call of duty.
Advanced paramedic Jon Cobb picked up an outstanding achievement award at the West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Long Service and Excellence Awards.
Mr Cobb, who is based in Stourbridge, was recognised for his 'outstanding' community work at a ceremony at the Best Western PLUS Stoke-on-Trent Moat House, Staffordshire, on Thursday March 20.
The dedicated lifesaver was praised in particular for the development of school education packs, which he has also progressed with colleagues in West Midlands Fire Service.
He has also worked with the National Trust on safety projects and regularly attends schools and fetes in his own time to spread the word.
A spokesman for the Trust said: "Jon is well-respected in his local community for his significant achievements in that area."
The team responsible for the Trust's NHS 111 service were also commended with an outstanding achievement accolade at the ceremony which saw Ian Dudson CBE, the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, making presentations on behalf of the Queen.
Call centre manager Liz Parker, 111 project manager Phil Smith, and 111 clinical deployment lead Matt Ward were recognised for going beyond their normal duties to get the 111 service back on track after it was taken over by West Midlands Ambulance Service – which is based at The Waterfront, Brierley Hill.
A spokesman for the Trust said the team "took charge of the facility and helped transform it into an extremely successful patient centred service currently meeting all its targets".
Trust chief executive Anthony Marsh praised the hard work and dedication of the staff and said he was "proud and grateful" for their efforts.


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This Hobo style handbag is the perfect size shoulder bag. Features multiple pockets for keeping the essentials in order and a wide comfortable shoulder strap.
Approximate Dimensions: 16"W x 12"H x 5"D 17" Strap
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Which President?Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Grover Cleveland was the 22nd president of the United States. He was succeeded by Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland was then elected the 24th president, succeeding Harrison. Therefore, Cleveland, on his second election, succeeded his own successor. Which was the only other United States president to succeed his own successor?
HintThis is in Logic, not Trivia!
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Families of boys and girls in grades K-5 are invited to participate in special activities based on Dr. Seuss books in honor of his birthday. Please register your family online or call Youth Services at 232-1115. Come try some green eggs and ham and get your picture taken with the Cat in the Hat! Co-Sponsored by the Friends of the Vigo County Public Library and the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana. Giveaways and Girl Scout membership information will also be available.


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2 Strikes- Now What?Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
The baseball whipped by Ned twice. Each time, a strike was counted, but Ned knew that it was impossible for him to get out with the next pitch. How is this possible?
Hint3 strikes- you're out, except when the strikes are...
AnswerNed is in the field, not at bat. The batter has hit two foul balls, which count as strikes. Ned was trying to catch the foul balls to get an out, but did not succeed.
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This article was published 6/11/2012 (1749 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
NEW YORK -- Silence never sounded so good to hockey fans.
On the 52nd day of this interminable lockout the caustic cacophony ended and the men in charge of our game began to whisper among themselves in search of solutions.
No grandstanding, no players on Twitter calling Gary Bettman bad names, no agents and media sniping at one another. Just bargaining between the two parties.
What a novelty. Sitting down in a room and going round and round looking for positions to agree upon as if it mattered. Reality was the background music to this dance -- not arguments rooted in rhetoric.
The NHL and NHLPA met for several hours on Tuesday at an undisclosed location in New York. While there was little talk coming out of the meeting, its length and the promise of another meeting today suggests progress is finally being made.
While no one would go on the record, reports indicated Tuesday's talks centred on player contracting, while today's talks will focus on the "make-whole" provision.
"Collective bargaining negotiations between the National Hockey League and representatives of the National Hockey League's Players' Association recessed Tuesday night at 10:15 p.m. (EST). With meetings scheduled to resume Wednesday, the League will not characterize the substance or detail of the discussions until their conclusion," said deputy commissioner Bill Daly in a statement.
The two sides have done little but carp at one another to this point, but with the potential of a lost season growing larger as each wasted day turns into the next, it appears there is now an impetus to move forward.
Finally, it appears the two sides are willing to trade and pass concepts back and forth across the table. The posturing has been significantly downgraded. We've all been waiting for them to negotiate.
It started on Tuesday.
Where those negotiations lead from here remains to be seen, but many observers agree the two sides are now in a two-week window to reach an agreement or face dire consequences.
Hardliners on the ownership side are not interested in playing a 50-game season beginning in January. They want 62 games at a minimum and would prefer 70. They'd need to start Dec. 1 to get in 70 games, leaving two weeks to conclude a deal and another week to get teams ready to hit the ice.
Union leader Don Fehr spoke with the media Tuesday afternoon prior to heading into negotiations.
"The players' view has always been that we ought to keep negotiating until we find a way to get an agreement," said Fehr. "You sort of stay at it day by day -- so it's very good to be getting back to the table. We hope that this time it produces more progress than we've seen in the past and we can figure out a way to make an agreement and to get the game back on the ice as soon as possible."
Fehr also tipped the union's hand on a number of issues they consider troubling at this stage.
"The player contracting rights are very important to them obviously," said Fehr, before adding that the "make-whole" proposition the league has indicated they would alter is not the only issue needing to be solved.
The sides have agreed to split hockey related revenue down the middle but the players want contracts signed under their previous share of 57 per cent to be paid to the full dollar amount. The league originally proposed a mechanism that guaranteed those dollars through a deferment program that would eventually take those funds from the earning potential of future players.
Last week as the league cancelled the Winter Classic it also leaked the news they would be willing to fund the make-whole mostly out of their end.
"It depends on what (make-whole) appears to be," said Fehr. "Obviously, to the extent that the players can achieve the not going backwards that will be significant. It doesn't end the matter, there are still other things that are important."
Fehr would not characterize the meetings last weekend between his brother and NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr and Daly.
"Sometimes you've got to get together in a forum and figure out logistically how to go forward," said Fehr. "We think it was a productive discussion in that regard.
"I'm not going to comment on signs, I'm not going to prognosticate, I'm not going to predict. It's not something which in my experience is a productive thing to do. We'll just wait."
The two sides had not met since talks broke down on Oct. 18, following the NHLPA tabling three offers the league shot down in a matter of minutes. The ensuing rhetoric centred around ownership claiming there was no reason to meet and the union chiding the league for not wanting to sit down.
Fehr can jab with the best of them, but on Tuesday he was conciliatory.
"We're hopeful that we'll start bargaining and we'll continue bargaining until we find a way to make a deal," he said.
Tuesday was about real talk and not cheap shots. Hope for more of the same today.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Getting Bad Reviews
The fourth and latest installment in the Disney money machine known as Pirates of the Caribbean is being released today. No doubt it'll blow up the box office. But it hasn't been a hit with the critics. Seems everything I've read has panned it as a "cash grab by Disney".


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When the stock market stumbles, smart investors look for alternatives. These alternatives can be different asset classes like commodities or bonds. The idea is to select a non-correlated asset so that when stocks aren't performing well, something else will. Another alternative can be shorting the market. Two weeks ago, we highlighted one of those shorts with Proshares Ultrashort S&P 500 (SDS) [1]. Investors in SDS have watched their investment appreciate since that time, while other investors lost their lunch money holding stocks long.
We don't think the market is turning around in the near term. In fact, there will probably be more volatility in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, Treasury yields fell hard amid economic concerns. The yield on the two-year note fell to an all-time low [2] while the 10-year note yield found its way back to April 2009 levels. This is a bearish sign as investors look for safe havens. Add to that anxiety about weakened growth in China and the slump in consumer confidence, and you have a skittish market. Stocks are taking it on the chin.
However, it's not always best to short a market in times like these. A better move is to look for a non-correlated asset to help you weather the storm. Find alternatives outside of stocks that tend to do better in periods of uncertainty.
There are two reasons we think the US Dollar is the safe-haven of choice right now. For one, the European sovereign debt crisis is far from over. Ongoing worries about European liquidity capabilities continue to plague the market. This is causing even more traders to bail on the Euro. The big winner turns out to be the Euro's biggest competitor: the Dollar.
Secondly, the Dollar has been a traditional shelter in times of market uncertainty. As the market was reeling from the credit crisis in 2008 and 2009, the Dollar surged. Conversely, when the market rallied starting in March 2009, the Dollar began its fall. Right now, the Dollar is in a long-term and intermediate-term uptrend. This up-pattern in the Dollar, as in the past, is inversely correlated to the market.
The best way to go long the Dollar is with PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP). This ETF is composed of futures contracts "designed to replicate the performance of being long the US Dollar against the Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc." You won't get rich with UUP, but you should find some shelter from the headwinds of a down trending market. Though longer term trends are positive for the market, the short-term isn't inspiring. That makes this a buying opportunity for the US Dollar. To seek stability in a shifting market, buy the Dollar with UUP.
Disclosure covering writer, editor, publisher, and affiliates: No positions in any of the securities mentioned. No positions in any of the companies or ETF sponsors mentioned. No income, revenue, or other compensation (either directly or indirectly) received from, or on behalf of, any of the companies or ETF sponsors mentioned.


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Before Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive were established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic response to the Great Depression, hundreds of families called these mountains "home." My Fraziers (3G and 4G grandparents) were among them. Their presence is recorded in land records from the 1700s, but in the 1930s, the last of the Frazier families moved away from what became park land.
At one time Miley Frazier, my 3G grand uncle, owned over 1,000 acres of land on what was once called Frazier Mountain, now Loft Mountain. At his death he gave each of his children 200 acres. Over time, those children divided the land further among their own children. By the 1930s only 8 Frazier families actually had deeds to property on Loft Mountain, but more Frazier families were there tending other landowners' farms in exchange for living on the land.
In the 1960s Loft Mountain Campground and The Deadening Nature Trail were built.
|Scanned from Frazier Discovery Trail brochure
The trail was so named because at the time, the trees still showed signs of having been "deadened" by the mountain people, that is, girdled with an axe in order to kill the trees quickly so that they could plant orchards and cultivate fields for cattle. With new growth, the signs of deadening disappeared, and so the name made no sense. The trail was renamed Frazier Discovery Trail in 1999 to honor the long history between this family and this mountain.
The trail is a short and easy hike, only 1.3 miles. Two noteworthy features are the overhanging rock cliff
|from Google Images
and the overlook where the Frazier trail joins the Appalachian Trail for a short distance.
|from Google Images
Two more features are more personal. Right off the trail are the ruins of the Frazier cabin dating from the early 1800s (which I posted about HERE)
|Photo by Kevin Frazier
and a family cemetery.
|Family cemetery behind the cabin
Photo by Kevin Frazier
There are at least 50 graves behind the Frazier cabin. Only the tombstones of Jackson and Fannie Morris Frazier remain (1st cousin 4 times removed and his wife). I believe my 2G grandmother Lucy Ann Shiflett Jollett could be buried there. She and James Franklin Jollett were living near her mother and her Frazier uncles and cousins in the 1880 Greene County, Virginia census. She died four years later, so it is likely she is one of the 50. It is equally likely that her father Burton Shiflett is there. Maybe even the notorious LelandFrazier is there.
The mind races contemplating the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins that might be buried not far from this popular hiking trail.


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This article was published 10/5/2013 (1565 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
IN the first minute of this film, keep your eyes open for the logo of director Baz Luhrmann's company Bazmark Films. It includes the excellent motto, lifted from his 1992 film Strictly Ballroom: "A life lived in fear is a life half-lived."
So, if nothing else, expect fearlessness in Luhrmann's film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In translating the book to film, Luhrmann boldly turns it into a 3D spectacle: Fitzgerald's timeless prose is transposed to an outsized, gaudy, pop-up storybook.
Luhrmann, who also co-scripted with Craig Pearce, quickly shakes things up with a framing device placing the book's narrator, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), in a sanitorium where he is recovering from a condition of sleeplessness and debilitating alcoholism, suggesting that Carraway is a stand-in for Fitzgerald himself.
Instead of the "talking cure," Carraway is prescribed a writing cure by his wise old therapist (Jack Thompson) and out tumbles the story of how Carraway, in New York to make a killing in the bonds business, finds himself whisked into the lives of the rich and capricious.
The introduction comes via his cousin Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan), married to the heel Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton), a polo-playing scion of entitled wealth. Nick is drafted as a kind of accomplice when Tom takes him to an apartment in New York City where he keeps his assignations with his sexy mistress, Myrtle Wilson (Isla Fisher), the wife of a pathetic garage mechanic, George (Jason Clarke).
In his own humble Long Island cabin, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) through the lavish parties he throws on the estate next door. Gatsby is a mysterious figure, rumoured to have "killed a man." When Gatsby discovers Nick is Daisy's cousin, a friendship is struck. Gatsby employs Nick as a go-between in an effort to win the heart of Daisy, with whom he fell in love five years earlier.
Gatsby's actual history is a mystery to be solved. "This house and everything in it is an elaborate disguise," says a wise freeloader living in Gatsby's home. But otherwise, this is a straightforward story subject to insane stylistic embellishment by Luhrmann, including a contemporary soundtrack produced by Jay-Z and outright cartoonish visual effects. (Gatsby's famous yellow car zooms around like an automotive escapee from Speed Racer.)
It is aggressively stylish, and unnecessary. In a key scene in the movie, when Gatsby, Nick, the Buchanans and Nick's worldly girlfriend Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki) converge at a suite in the Plaza Hotel where Gatsby makes his play for Daisy, Luhrmann plays it straight, with nary a single computergenerated doodad in sight nor a rapper on the soundtrack. And the actors hold their own quite well, thank you, especially Di Caprio, who brings a deeper romance and a sense of danger to the role that was wholly absent when Robert Redford played him in 1974. Edgerton likewise succeeds as the despicable Tom, and Mulligan does subtle work as a romantic heroine fatally lacking in the departments of both romance and heroism.
But the dynamics of the novel — how the wealthy tend to make pawns of the impoverished — is lost in the movie's noisy, coloursaturated flash. In the wake of this movie, Luhrmann might consider another company motto, from another line of dialogue courtesy of Gatsby, when he fills Nick's rustic house with flowers as a means to impress Daisy prior to her anticipated visit: "Do you think it's too much?"


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The owners of a new floating cafe on the Kennet and Avon Canal are hoping to tempt people from the towpath with their array of homemade treats.
Husband and wife Alfie and Jan Windsor opened The Boat Cafe, situated between Bradford on Avon and Avoncliff, two weeks ago.
They came up with the idea of a floating cafe after seeing their son, Will, work on The Coal Boat for the past three years, delivering fuel to other boats on the canal.
Mr Windsor, 64, said: "We realised there was a gap in the market. People always look into the windows of the boats and we thought it would be nice to have a boat where people could come in and sit down."
The couple, who have lived in Bradford on Avon since 1972, gutted Will's old canal boat and after getting planning permission they transformed it into a permanent cafe, serving cakes, sandwiches and drinks to walkers, cyclists and tourists on the canal.
Mr Windsor, a former IT troubleshooter, added: "Business has been very good and we are very pleased with how it has gone. We have had so many customers comment about the cake and people have been surprised by how big the boat is.
"We have already had return customers and people bringing their friends.
"Word has spread. It is not just people coming from Bradford on Avon, they are from Melksham, Trowbridge and people coming out of Bath."
The 70ft boat seats 18 people inside, two on the deck outside and eight on the canal bank.
It will be open seven days a week, all year round from 9am-5pm, except when it is closed on Christmas Day.
Mr Windsor said: "There are always people walking on the towpath so we are confident the business will be successful. We want people to know this is a permanent mooring and a place they can return to."
He also said he wanted to encourage small groups to use the space and added: "If people are looking for a small venue, we are happy to accommodate that. Mornings are better, because they are usually quiet."
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Did you know?
The ancient Khoi name for Table Mountain is Hoerikwaggo, which means 'mountain in the sea'.
No matter where you go in Cape Town, nature is all around you, from the chain of mountains that includes the iconic Table Mountain, to the ocean that surrounds the city.
Gazing towards Antarctica as you stand on the high cliffs of Cape Point in Table Mountain National Park, buffeted by the cleanest air you've ever inhaled, it is easy to believe you are at the southernmost tip of Africa.
It is an emotional and visual illusion - the southernmost tip of Africa lies a few hundred kilometres away to the south-east. You are simply standing on the long beckoning finger that is the Cape Peninsula.
Linked by a mountain range, it leads to the instantly recognisable Table Mountain, flanked by the smaller mountains, Devil's Peak and Lion's Head. Interwoven between the sandstone massif that is Table Mountain and Cape Point is the sprawl of Cape Town itself. Yet both these natural icons - and substantial chunks of wild land in between – form part of the Table Mountain National Park.
This must surely be the world's most biodiverse and dramatically beautiful national park set entirely within a metropolitan area. An ambitious project, it has been a wild success.
Most of the park is free to the public, with only four sections where entrance fees are paid.
One is at Boulders, a sheltered cove between Cape Point and Simon's Town. Here you can see thousands of charming, endangered African penguins that have made their home in this suburban area, or you can even choose to swim with them in the comparatively warm waters of False Bay.
You'll also pay a modest fee to enter the Silvermine section, which is great for its variety of walks, and at Cape Point, about a 40-minute drive from the city centre. Along this remarkable peninsula with its hidden bays and two lighthouses, you'll find mountain zebra, bontebok, steenbok, eland, and many bold baboons. Also look out for the smaller creatures like otters, lizards, snakes, tortoises and insects, all adapted to live in this hotspot of biodiversity.
Between June and November you'll be perfectly placed to see southern right whales on their annual break from the icy Antarctic.
You'll also pay a modest entrance fee for the cool and lush Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, where you can picnic or pause awhile to admire and photograph some of the 9000 species or so of fynbos, which comprises one of the world's 6 floral kingdoms all on its own. Fynbos is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa, and is the reason for the declaration of the Cape Floral Kingdom World Heritage Site, of which Table Mountain National Park is a part.
The most dramatic of the fynbos species are the protea, including South Africa's national flower, the king protea (Protea cynaroides).
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Table Mountain National Park
Tel: +27 (0)21 712 2337
Mountain Club of South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)21 465 3412
Email: email@example.com
Best time to visit
The park is attractive most of the year, with a short period in the hot, dry summer when little is in flower.
Around the area
For a deeper understanding of the Table Mountain National Park's ecology, visit the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
What will it cost
Entrance is mostly free except for 4 sites.
What to pack
There are excellent field guide books on Table Mountain National Park, usually on sale in shops at Cape Point, Kirstenbosch and Boulders Beach.
Where to stay
Apart from staying in Cape Town, there are some special options within the national park. Cape Point offers family cottages and a guest house. On Table Mountain itself are two superb options, and in Tokai Forest, you could stay in a restored forester's cottage.


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Snoop Dogg Endorses Ron Paul
Ron Paul might want to peel back the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and basically turn the United States into a boner-inducing fiefdom for rich, gun-toting white property owners, but he also wants to legalize weed so, really, how hard can that other shit make it for brotha? Mediaite reports:
Snoop Dogg — the undisputed voice of the people — has voiced his support for a GOP candidate. On Sunday, the rapper and actor posted an image of Ron Paul to Facebook, accompanied by the gentle suggestion to "Smoke Weed Everyday." Snoop captioned the image with a simple "because I said so."
"He's always high," responded one commenter. "That's why he makes so much sense."
"Substance," replied another. "What Ron Paul speaks and Snoop Dog smokes!!! Ron Paul/Snoop Dog in 2012!"
But before everyone rags on Snoop Dogg, keep in mind, there are actually liberals going apeshit for Ron Paul because despite envisioning a U.S. free of any and all social services, stop lights (True Story: Libertarians hate traffic signs.) or laws against using your cellphone while driving because if our forefathers didn't want us texting they would've put it in the Constitution 200 years ago, he said some legitimate things about 9/11 and is against the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. So, wants to take us back to the Wild West where you're basically fucked unless you own land, but hey man, he's against drone missiles and lets you smoke the sticky icky, so how bad can it be? The current state of American politics, ladies and gentlemen.
Adding… Ayn Rand enrolled in Medicare and Social Security after she got lung cancer. Eat a dick.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Two Jacksonville residents are among 25 recognized by the state this week for having no safety or sanitary violations within the past year.
The Orange Tree Hot Dogs location at 13r00 Beach Boulevard and Papa Murphy's Pizza on Hodges Boulevard were among those acknowledged by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
"Although inspection reports only offer a snapshot of the conditions at the time, the department is recognizing the results as outstanding," according to the DBPR.
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Kanal 35, 18 January 2009
Adnan Oktar: Underthe leadership of Turkey, an establishment of a great Islamic Union, willcontain all the Turkic states and all the Islamic states. That is to say, THE LIFTING OF PASSPORTS AND VISAS, OPENING BORDERS AND ESTABLISHING A COMBINED MILITARY FORCE AND POLITICAL ALLIANCE. Just as the European Union has accomplished it, just as theSoviets accomplished it, we can also accomplish it. This will bring peace and love to the world, it will solidify our feelings of brotherhood. Both Jews and Christians will have an environment of peace that they desire to see. An utter environment of peace comes into existence. They will be able to perform their worship as they wish, and they will live in peace as they wish. In order to form this union as soon as possible, everyone, of course, has to put this on the agenda and demand it.
Türkiye, 7 February 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan stressed that the friendship between
Turkey and Syria is constructed upon a strong foundation.


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Family Resource Festival set for Saturday
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 6:15 p.m.
The inaugural Family Resource Festival on Saturday will offer parents hands-on support from a number of agencies all under one roof.
The event will be held at City College, 7001 NW Fourth Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with registration starting at 9:15 a.m.
Those who attend with young children will be given free diapers and formula, along with an organizer for their documentation in order to become eligible for various government services.
Agencies that are involved in the festival, which is coordinated by the Gator Exchange Club, include the Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County, WIC, Healthy Families, Healthy Start and Florida Kid Care/Medicaid and Head Start.
Festival organizers will help families handle the complexities of documentation requirements for eligibility. Ronald McDonald will be making an appearance, the Junior League will be giving books to children and O2B Kids has fun activities planned for kids.
Agencies will provide direct assistance with application processes and offer face-to-face advice on the services and programs they provide. Assistance with documentation and intakes will be ongoing between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
"This is a fantastic opportunity that is new, unique and will give real help to people in need, and not just handout information," said Gordon Tremaine, the executive director of the Early Learning Coalition.
Individual sessions will be presented by Partnership for Strong Families, Healthy Families, Healthy Start, Guardian Ad Litem, Meridian and Child Support from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These classes will focus on how various agencies work together while instructing parents on how to navigate the legal/social service system.
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Don't worry; I'm pretty good at whining about injury.
Me too. I cried when I lost my last toe nail.
Cool! You have no toenails?!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away...(unkown) • Go With The Flow • Thyroid Support Group
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make your own
Yes! And, my toes a GREAT!
You should have at least four on each foot and 1/2 of them should be blackened.
I have all of them and not even so much as a little redness. I need to run more!
Well, maybe you do, but also you're probably more careful and less foolish than I am.
speaking of running, what's on tap for your weekend, Shan?
Are you still having calf pains?
It's worth a shot and it can go one of two ways, I suppose. Maybe you'll have pent up energy/stress tor release after the work days, and you'll run well. Or, you'll be beat down and tired from teaching, and won't have the energy to give to it.
Because I sit at a desk all day and am generally frustrated with my job, I tend to be more than excited to get out there and run at the end of the work day.


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Acrobat XI (Acrobat 11) is the latest version of Acrobat. With each new release, Adobe makes improvements to the product.
You can read about the general improvements in the product on the Acrobat XI product page.
In this article, I'll discuss a few features which I think are particularly applicable to bio-pharma and life sciences.
Read on for more info.