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Top Ten on 10 Scholarship Winners Announced
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and WTHI-TV announce that Emma Bird and Heather Ennis of West Terre Haute, Tiffany Marshall of Kingman and Kirstin Strow of Paris, Ill., have been chosen as recipients of the Top Ten on 10 Scholarship.
Emma Bird is in the top 10 percent of her class at West Vigo High School, where she's been on the honor roll and is a member of National Honor Society. She's also a member of the Vikings' band and varsity swim team.
Bird believes that successful leaders have three characteristics in common: being responsible, dedicated and courageous. Bird says she is inspired by the work of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of SMWC, who exhibited all three characteristics. Bird plans to study history at SMWC and become a history teacher. "I hope I will have her courage when the time comes and I need to show it," Bird said about Guerin.
Heather Ennis has a passion for history and art history that is evident in her scholarship application essay on leadership. In the essay she explained leaders must have fierce determination, an ability to inspire and make others sacrifice something of themselves, the ability to articulate ideas clearly and be able to transform abstract ideas into concrete actions. To support her points, she used examples from the work of Winston Churchill, Tony Blair, Elizabeth I of England, and members of the Victorian-era art movement, the Pre-Raphaelites.
Ennis regularly volunteered at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, not far from Ennis' home. She helped plant and harvest the organic garden at White Violet as well as care for the bees and work with fiber from the center's alpacas. She says the experience made her feel like she was doing something worthwhile rather than simply reading about it.
Ennis, who is home-schooled, is interested in studying history, English and humanities at SMWC. She wants to pursue a graduate degree in art history and go into museum work or teaching.
A three-year National Honor Society member at Turkey Run High School, Tiffany Marshall not only works hard academically but also on the basketball court and through volunteering. She's a four-year varsity letter winner in basketball, a peer tutor and volunteers at her church, basketball camps and at the Covered Bridge Festival. She's also a member of her school's science club.
Marshall is a strong believer in community. "Being a part of a community is a huge responsibility. It is about being there for your neighbors and about rallying behind others when they need it the most," Marshall said. "It is about donating your time and caring about others."
Marshall plans to study public relations with a possible minor in science. A career she's considering is as a physical therapist.
At Paris High School, Kirstin Strow is treasurer of the school's National Honor Society. She's on the school's Renaissance Gold High Honor Roll, which acknowledges students who earn a 4.4 grade point average and a 5.0 scale.
Strow is considering majoring in education. She says one of her main focuses in the classroom would be to teach children how to become leaders. "The number one priority of a leader should be to improve the current status of the community in which he or she lives," Strow wrote in an essay about leadership. "By becoming a teacher I will encourage all students to become involved in at least one activity that will help to improve the community in which we live today."
Interested in the Top Ten on 10 Scholarship?
The Top Ten on 10 Scholarship Competition, sponsored by Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and WTHI-TV, is open to any female student enrolled in grade 12 in a public, private or parochial school in the WTHI viewing area. Female students in grade 12 who are homeschooled are also encouraged to apply.
Through February, 10 students will be chosen to receive a $13,000 renewable SMWC scholarship. Winners are chosen based on academic records, leadership and community service roles, high school/community references and a written essay. From the 10 winners, two students are chosen to receive $20,000 renewable SMWC scholarships.
To be considered for the competition, students must submit a completed application, a high school transcript, SAT or ACT scores, two recommendation forms accompanied by letters of recommendation (one from a school official and one from a community member), and a written essay. The application can be submitted online at www.smwc.edu, and the additional application materials can be submitted by mail or in person.
Deadline for receipt of all application materials is 4:30 p.m. on the first Friday of every month. Materials received after the deadline will be considered for the following month's competition. Once a student has applied for the award, she does not need to reapply. If she is not named a scholarship recipient during the month in which she applies, her application will be considered for the award during the following months.
For more information about the Top Ten on 10 Scholarship Competition or Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, contact the SMWC Office of Admission by e-mail at or by phone at (812) 535-5106 or 1-800-926-SMWC.
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I recently made a huge blooper. One that caused a gigantic, wet mess and me having to borrow my sister's Volkswagen Beetle to drive to work – I hate the slug bug.
I discovered this mistake a couple Mondays ago when I was running late for work, per usual. I rushed out the door, attempted to shield myself from the downpour rain as I ran across the yard, unlocked my vehicle, opened the door, was about to plant myself into the driver's seat, when I noticed puddles of water everywhere.
There were little pools of water in the two front seats, the cup holders were filled to the brim, the steering wheel looked as if someone had sprayed it with a hose and loose papers were floating in water on top of my dashboard.
The scene was overwhelming and painful to take in as my mind rushed to try to reason what had happened. My windows were closed; my car had not been left open; the windows were still intact. Then it hit me as my eyes gazed slowly to the top of my vehicle where my sun roof — which I consider the selling point of my Jeep — was wide open. Entirely open, like flapping in the wind open.
My stomach dropped as I stared in shame. I rushed back into the house and grabbed the nearest towel by the door. I ran back outside, out of breath, and sopped up what I could on the driver's seat and steering wheel and also attempted to dip the towel into the cup holders to mop up as much water the towel corners could handle.
While I was wiping everything down, trying to stay as dry as possible, I noticed the water in the front seats had begun seeping onto the floor of the vehicle's back area. Everything on the floor in my back seat area was, of course, soaked.
Lets just say, it was an unpleasant ride to work. It was only a little bit after 8 a.m. on a Monday, and my mood was set for the rest of the week. I couldn't believe I had decided to leave the sunroof open on the night a rainstorm swept into town. The whole incident was so maddening that I tried to point the blame at the sunroof. Deep down, today, after everything has been dried out and clean, I'm slowly coming to terms that it was my fault for leaving it open. I hate when life turns on you like that.
To sum up a very dramatic story, I had to surrender my poor Jeep to the garage for a day and a half, where three fans worked their hardest to dry it out. Luckily, my little sister is friendly enough that she let me borrow her light blue miniature vehicle that includes National Rifle Association bumper stickers and hippie peace signs in the back windows.
I'm sure more than one reader has left their window open once or twice in their lifetime. I can now say I feel for you, and if you ever want to share your story I'd be grateful — knowing I'm not the only forgetful person in town. I hope this story sticks with the people who haven't yet experienced this terrible happening in life, and it reminds them to keep on remembering to check their windows and sunroofs before the next storm blows in to town.
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Many people and organizations are working with this prevention approach. Please share examples from your work around engaging bystanders.
Welcome to the Proud Moments in Engaged Bystander History topic!
Where have you seen engaged bystanders in your community? How does your work support them?
I've been reading the successful bystander intervention stories for the Successful Bystander Intervention Stories project.
I'm especially impressed with the mother of a 10 year old activist post. Amazing that children can distinguish an issue and assert their changes! I hope adults can be inspired to make the same changes in the face of peer pressure.
I think resources like that are so important. Too often it is only the bystanders who don't step in who make the news headlines. If we are going to change norms so that helping is more supported, we need the positive stories!
I was reminded recently about one of the dynamics that helped shift the norm around smoking. Children were educated about the consequences of smoking and they began pressuring their parents and other adults to quit. I certainly don't want to put responsibility on children to prevent sexual violence - but just want to acknowledge that social change happens from many directions and across generations in both directions.
In the early, early days of Men Stopping Rape, Inc. - 1983 probably - some (male) group members went to picket the showing of a Porn film on The University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus.
Women allies from a feminist group were also there - and had picketed (unsuccessfully seemingly) previously.
When several of the men - in our group engaged some of the men, they did respond and a number of them then chose Not to attend the movie. It clearly showed to all of us how effective we could potentially be with peers - and how women had a similar disadvantage.
Have you ever heard of a group of children (almost like a flash mob) gathering in a public place and having a portion of them "drop" to the ground, to show how many people experience negative health impacts from smoking? I've always wanted to see that happen with sexual violence. Have a group of students build a pyramid (to show working together, and rising up from the pain through healing) in the middle of a college quad or something? Anyone ever see something like that?
Rebecca Harrington at SUNY Oneonta is doing something for sexual assault awareness week where she has students walking around campus wearing t-shirts with messages meant to provoke discussion. I'm sad to say that the exact message is now escaping me but I remember that it is a really creative project. So folks might want to look online to see if she has anything about that work posted.
I've seen a red zone campaign that was pretty amazing happen, when Gap's Project (Red) was really big, students, faculty, staff and community members purchased (red) zone tshirts to wear on a day of solidarity to raise awareness. Proceeds went to the local women's resource center. It was AMAZING to see everyone wearing their shirts!
Thank you everyone for your questions and comments. The Live xCHANGE will be ending at 3:30 PM EST. Continued discussion on bystander intervention will occur through the xCHANGE forum through April 15, 2011. At this time, the forum will not be a real time discussion but the forum will be open for questions, responses and comments. The NSVRC will respond daily to posts.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
By LOU SCHACHTER
Remember Twister, the game where you spin a dial and get instructions to put your left foot on red and your right hand on green? Before long everyone is tangled together and dropping in a heap, laughing hysterically.
Unfortunately, a lot of direction that salespeople receive today is much like, "Put your left hand on yellow. Now place your right foot on blue." As a result, salespeople are overwhelmed, confused, and quite frankly, tangled – and no one is happy.
I've been fortunate to work with many of the leading sales forces in the world, and I've noticed a new single-minded focus that differentiates the best from the rest.
Leading sales forces today have recognized that their markets are changing. Customers won't pay more than rock-bottom prices for basic products, and they are becoming increasingly skeptical about the added value in so-called "packaged solutions." Instead, what customers seek are suppliers who will help them accelerate their desired business results.
What does this new outcomes-oriented role look like?
Historically, most salespeople have not needed to scratch below the surface in understanding their customers' businesses. Today, they have to know what the customer's goals are, what metrics they use to measure success, and what business challenges they face. Only then can they help accelerate the customer's results.
Top salespeople are learning new ways to ask questions that get at what the customer is trying to achieve, and they are quantifying the end-game value their offerings can provide.
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Lou Schachter is managing director of the sales management practice at BTS, a $100 million business simulation and strategy execution consultancy, and author of the highly-ranked book "The Mind of the Customer."


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1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon coarse salt (kosher or sea)
1 tablespoon black pepper
Mix well and rub on baby backs, spare ribs, or pork shoulder.
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If I were a 72-year-old billionaire with interests in three Los Angeles sports teams and venues from the Californian city's Staples Center to London's O2 Arena, I might be inclined to relax, put my feet up and count on enjoying another 15, even 20, years of guaranteed VIP seating at the best live events in the world. But I am not Philip Anschutz, the Denver-based billionaire who has just put Anschutz Entertainment Group, his sport, music and entertainment company on the block.
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Anyways...2 questions.
With the ground always wet I have started carrying 2 towels, but even then I still have problems with the disc slipping from my hand. What should I do? Different plastic?
Last Wednesday I got caught in one of the storms and we waited it out. I literally would have been no more soaked if I had jumped into a pool. After standing in a downpour for a half hour it cleared up. However, there was a puddle(more like a pond) surrounding the basket, and my putter(which is not a floater) was sitting on top of the water floating around in the puddle about 8 ft from the basket. It was not stationary at any point due to the wind, so what is the official ruling there? Where should I mark it?


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Dunnies cafe in Otley may have served its last cup of tea, but the town's MP is trying to ensure a replacement is built nearby.
The riverside Wharfe View Cafe, as it was officially called, closed for the last time on Sunday to make way for a new 48-flat care home.
However, Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) has written to the head of Gladman Care Homes to ask if a cafe can be incorporated into its development.
In his letter to David Gladman, Mr Mulholland, following up on an earlier proposal he put to the company, says: "With the size of the site, it would be perfectly possible for you to incorporate into the development a cafe, with a paved area outside, so that this important part of Otley's riverside appeal to tourists and visitors could be retained and enjoyed by many generations, as the Wharfe View Cafe has been."
The MP goes on to ask for a representative from Gladman to meet him and some residents in Otley to discuss the idea further.
He says: "We would love the opportunity to have a dialogue with you about how Otley can gain a new, attractive care home and an attractive cafe on the site of Dunnies, both serving the town, its residents and the local economy for many future generations."
The care home will be built on the long-derelict site of the former All Saints Middle School, off Bridge Street. Both Dunnies and the adjacent Wharfe View News building will be demolished to accommodate the development.


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Teaching with Textbooks: Questioning Textbook Authority
Do you teach your students to read documents carefully, but then watch as they fail to apply these skills while reading their textbooks? Former high school teacher, Robert Bain, now at the University of Michigan, discusses his experiences, "The problem was greater than sharpening their tools for critical reading, but rather involved transformation in my students' relationships to the books, to the historical content in the books, and to the authors who wrote them." More...
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National test scores show that middle and high school students struggle with analytic reading. After elementary school, however, reading instruction is not seen as the province of any particular teacher. The authors of this study see a place for reading instruction in all classrooms, arguing that students need to continue to develop their reading abilities while also learning subject-specific reading skills. Continue reading here.
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In Clark County, Nevada, an elementary school Teaching American History (TAH) project called Inside American History utilized digital storytelling techniques to study the Civil War era and Abraham Lincoln. Christy Keeler, Ph.D., Clark County's pedagogy scholar, explains the roles of the teachers, "Their assignment was to script a digital story using a Role-Audience-Format-Topic strategy, record it with an iTalk attachment to their video iPods, and edit/embellish their stories using Audacity." Read more here.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - In just her second collegiate meet, freshman Theresa Picciallo set the school record in the shot put to help the University of Pennsylvania women's track and field team to a second-place team finish at College Night at the Armory on Saturday in New York City.
Penn finished second among the 13 teams that scored at the meet. The Quakers accumulated 105.5 points which was well ahead of Lafayette's third-place total of 52. Connecticut won the meet with 204 points.
Picciallo posted the fourth-best toss in school history in the season-opening meet last month. She topped that effort and set a new school standard with her final throw of the night at the Armory. It landed at 14.11 meters (46 feet, 3 1/2 inches) to break a 15-year-old Penn record. Lauana Botelho had held the top spot at 14.08 (46-02.50 ft.) since 1998. That mark placed her second among collegians and just in front of teammate Charlotte Pope, who also set a personal best and moved up in the record books. Pope's toss of 13.46 meters (44-02 ft.) is fifth-best all-time at Penn.
In addition to Picciallo, the 4x800-meter relay team and freshman Elyssa Gensib also posted victories for the Quakers. Gensib, who was also the lead leg for the 4x800 relay team, was tops in the mile during her first indoor collegiate meet. She distanced herself from the field of 17 with a six-second victory of 5:07.16. Also in the mile, Nicole Ghazarian, Kersie Jhabvala, Amy Darlington and Margaret Diacont each found a spot in the scoring. Gensib then combined with Shannon McCarthy, Mia Spinelli and Chelsea Delaney to finish the 3,200 meters in 9:39.72 for a comfortable 10-second victory.
Senior Nony Onyeador matched a career-best in the 60 meters. She raced to a second-place finish with a time of 7.69 which tied her mark as the fifth-fastest in Penn history. Junior Gabrielle Piper also scored in the event with an eighth-place showing of 7.85 and was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.98.
Senior Davielle Brown qualified for the ECAC Championships in the pole vault. She was the runner-up when she cleared 3.60 meters (11-09.75 ft.). She had just one miss through that point and came up just short of matching her collegiate best at 3.70 meters. Senior Jillian Hart and junior Brooke Hamscher also scored for the Quakers in the event with a fourth and eighth-place finish, respectively.
Three Quakers scored in the 1,000 meters, led by sophomore Pauline Dabrowski's sixth-place finish of 3:08.20. McCarthy was seventh at 3:09.24 and Spinelli was eighth at 3:10.53.
Sophomore Annie Holland was sixth in the high jump. She cleared 1.62 meters (5-03.75 ft.) without a miss, while senior Morgan Wheeler passed the same height on her final attempt to finish seventh.
Freshman Gillian Berger scored in both horizontal jumps for the Quakers. She was eighth in the long jump with a leap of 5.29 meters (17-04.25 ft.) and was seventh in the triple jump at 10.98 meters (36-00.25 ft.).
Its back to Lehigh, the site of the season opener in December, on Saturday. The Quakers will compete at the Moutain Hawk Invite in Bethlehem, Pa.


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Is Fort Monmouth An Option For Sandy Evacuees? [AUDIO]
Thousands are still living in emergency evacuation shelters after the Super S torm Sandy blew through our communities and the question becomes where can the residents find permanent housing.
With so many in need of reliable semi permanent to permanent housing, there have been speculation over whether Fort Monmouth could be the solution.
With over eleven hundreds of acres available, the closed military base that encompasses the municipalities of Oceanport, Eatontown, and Tinton Falls and still has the remains of an infrastructure that house thousands of civilian and government employees.
Thirteenth District Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon put the request directly into the Secretary of Homeland Security about the possibility of utilizing Fort Monmouth to house evacuees.
"We know it's a great facility there, we know there's shelter there," Says O'Scanlon.
The Department of Defense still technically owns the property since the closing hasn't happened yet, that's why O'Scanlon says the request with federal Government had to be put in.
The Assemblyman says the other issue is the condition of the utilities, HVAC, and electric in the residency facilities; especially after the base was in mothballs for over a year.
He warns even then, Fort Monmouth isn't the quick and easy fix that many hope.
"I don't want to get anybody's hopes up prematurely, we're not sure exactly sure what conditions those facilities are in. I ask the question is there HVAC still present, is the equipment still there or did they rip out a lot of there. Also draining the pipes and things like that. Moving residents in might be not practical in a lot of those facilities."
However he says they're exploring every option, because winter is approaching and people will need stable and warm lodging.
"We are really proactive between the federal government, state government, and county government, we're looking at every option and Fort Monmouth is one of them."
Though they don't want to waste time, and that is the advantages hotels have over Fort Monmouth.
"It's not an option if you put people into a facility that's substandard and it's going to be torturous to be in long term, we don't want to do that."
However he says they realize it's better to have a slightly substandard physical building than a way substandard tent.
Currently FEMA is placing displaced residents in hotel rooms, however there is a finite amount of hotel rooms available and it often doesn't present a permanent solution. However O'Scanlon says there are opportunities in using hotels because people who were originally placed are leaving as there power comes back on.
"That's another avenue that's ready made, it has showers hot water and heat. So as many people as we can get in to the facilities we want to and FEMA will compensate folks for those costs."
Though he acknowledges hotels aren't the ideal solution for anyone who's home was destroyed completely by the flooding and winds of Sandy and in need of a middle to long term solution.


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If there is one word to describe my personal style, it would have to be comfortable. If I'm not happy with what I'm wearing I'll be miserable.
This past weekend is a great example of that. The weather was beautiful here in L.A. and I was happy to pull out the sandals. The scarf you see was a lucky purchase on a Saturday morning shopping spree. A definite bargainista find!
As you can see in the pic, my fave piece of clothing right now is a pair of leggings. I adore leggings! Seriously, my husband asked me if I wear real pants anymore. Lol. I am also in love with the long and soft tees from Old Navy. They are a great price and I can wear them long, with a belt, or tuck them in if I want.
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"Adventure Camping Program" Coming to Texas State Parks This Spring
AUSTIN — The increasingly popular Texas Outdoor Family program is branching out to deliver adventurous programs for families who are looking for something more than an introductory how-to camping experience.
Four Texas state parks, including Big Bend Ranch, this spring will host Texas Outdoor Family Adventure workshops designed to familiarize families with the outdoors and teach them how to tent camp, cook outdoors and get the most out of their outdoor experience. These events will occur in some of the Texas State Park System's larger, more remote sites.
Texas Outdoor Family adventure campouts dates are March 25-28 at Big Bend Ranch, April 17-18 at Palo Duro Canyon, April 24-25 at Lost Maples State Natural Area and May 15-16 at Colorado Bend State Park.
The Big Bend Ranch adventure camp will include a guided canoe trip down the Rio Grande and a two-day desert camping program in the interior of Texas' largest state park that encompasses more than 300,000 acres near Presidio. The cost for the Big Bend Ranch camp is $86, plus $53 for canoe rental.
Highlighting the Palo Duro Canyon campout will be a three-hour guided hike through the "Grand Canyon of Texas" to its famous geologic wonder known as The Lighthouse. The theme of the Lost Maples adventure camp will be an introduction to backpacking in which state park rangers will teach families the basics of successful backpacking. Participants in the Colorado Bend adventure campout will experience cave exploration, guided hikes to scenic Gorman Falls and river canoeing.
"These new programs are aimed at families who are looking for more adventurous camping experiences," explains Chris Holmes, Texas State Parks outdoor education coordinator. "We recognize that many families want to expand their outdoor recreation knowledge, but are uncomfortable going alone to a remote site with limited facilities. This series of adventure camping allows the families to be in a safe environment with knowledgeable rangers to guide and assist at any time."
TPWD's Texas Outdoor Family program launched in the summer of 2008 has taught hundreds of families throughout the state, most of them from urban environments, how to safely enjoy the great outdoors.
The outdoor family workshops are designed to combat "Nature Deficit Disorder," a phrase coined by Richard Louv in his 2005 book, "Last Child in the Woods." Louv cites studies that show that playing outdoors strengthens a young person's mind and body, leading to better performance in school and interactions with others. The first-of-its-kind Texas program has gained national attention from such national organizations as Leave No Trace and the National Association of Interpretation, spurring spinoff programs in other states.
The program was begun to try to eliminate barriers to families wishing to share the outdoor experience together. The campouts are designed for persons who have never camped before or may not have camped for many years, as well as for those who don't have the necessary equipment or see the outdoors as being boring or dangerous. By providing quality gear to be used for the overnight stay and park-specific programs and activities, TOF's outdoor specialists show how anyone can enjoy camping with no hassles. Texas state parks, with ample campsites and a law enforcement presence, prove the ideal setting for the structured campouts.
During a typical outdoor family workshop, participants are welcomed on Saturday morning to the host state park, where they have reserved a campsite and receive assistance with pitching camp and operating propane lanterns and other camping equipment. After an afternoon filled with fun outdoor activities, such as geocaching and cooking an outdoor meal, participants enjoy an evening presentation on night sounds to prepare them for what they might hear while snuggled in their tent.
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Mission Viejo residents Ronny Mohtar, Nathan Hagihara, Michael Salvanera, Robert Voccola and Alberto Sanchez are planning to shave their heads on March 17 to raise funds for the St. Baldrick's Foundation to help find a cure for childhood cancer. Other Mission Viejo residents who help out at the head shaving event at Tesoro High School are barber Anne Marie Serafini and volunteer Michelle McKovich. Since Coto de Caza residents Mayra and Nicky Northen started the event in 2008, more than 1,185 heads have been shaved and more than $440,000 has been raised, organizers said. To participate, visit stbaldricks.org/events/search then type in Rancho Santa Margarita CA and click on the Tesoro High event. Anyone can participate, volunteer or make a donation.
Mission Viejo/Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge's Ladies 38th annual Fashion Show raised more than $5,000 for Elk Charities. Chairman of the show was Jinnae Wessling, with help from Stephanie Bongartz, Pat Ohman, Barbara Martino, Sandy Jacobs, Carol Glover, Mary Holohan, Rosemary Miller and Donna Wild. The lunches were served by Leeora Beck and Girl Scout Troop 261. Elks Ladies modeling the fashions included: Carol Bryan, Sandy Jacobs, Judy Longi, Georgine Pickering, Pat Ohman, Laura Lumley, Mary Ann Alvarez, Kyra Ytzen, Norma de Lerma and Linda Hauxhurst. The models were escorted to the runway by Past Exalted Rulers Mike Holohan, Jim Humphrey and Leading Knight Jason Spence.
Five local high school students competed for the honor of representing the Rotary Club of Mission Viejo at the Rotary District 5320 Youth Speech Area Contest on March 23. The competitors in the annual youth speech contest were: Chi Nguyen, who took first place, Mutahira Rana, who won second place, Evette Jahangiri, Tiffany Arman and Annemarie Kibbe. All five were awarded a scholarship check from the Rotary Club of Mission Viejo.
Fourteen seniors from the Capistrano Unified School District have been selected as National Merit Scholarship finalists. This spring, they are among the students competing for some 8,300 financial awards worth more than $34 million. The finalists are: Amanda Buckingham, Rohit Kolar, Katherine McGauley, Andrew Pham, and Devin Trabant from Dana Hills High School; Christopher Healy and Nicholas Burakoff from Capistrano Valley High School; Vicki Lau, Ryan Song, and Jamasb Sayadi from Aliso Niguel High School; and Clay Coleman, Alexandra Ivanov, Brian Le, and Ryan Yoo from Tesoro High School.
Christopher Healy from Capistrano Valley High School is among the four district seniors who have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. Other seniors are Amanda Buckingham from Dana Hills High School, Michael Traub from Aliso Niguel High School and Anna Vivian from San Clemente High School. They are eligible to be one of 560 semifinalists across the nation. In the end, up to 121 Academic Scholars and 20 Arts Scholars will be selected by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
Trabuco Hills High School students Elizabeth Elder of Rancho Santa Margarita and Sarah Martinez of Foothill Ranch have won the Tobacco Use and Prevention Education poster contest for their school. Elder's fine arts poster won first place and Martinez' media arts poster won first place. Both students will be awarded an iPod and their posters will compete against artwork from other high school students in the district.
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Samuel de Champlain, an explorer and master cartographer from France, explored the Kennebec with a group of men in 1605. The map he drew shows the areas of Phippsburg and Georgetown at the mouth of the Kennebec River.
He and his men were the first Europeans to set foot on the Kennebec. Champlain made a very detailed map of the "Quinibequy" (Kennebec) because he thought that the area would be suitable for colonization.
Sabino Head, the location of Fort St. George, which was built by the first English colonists in 1607, is just below the "E" on this map.


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Rock & Republic Will Never Die! It Now Lives at Kohl's: MB Fashion Week Fall 2012
Rock N' Republic delivers rockstar cool at Kohl's. Yes, Kohl's!
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There was a time when you'd pay $300 for a pair of Rock & Republic jeans. You more than likely held your breath, praying that the few times you wore them nothing bad would happen to the jeans. Rock & Republic's still got that Cali rocker vibe. However, now you afford to eat after buying one of their jeans for only $80 af Kohl's.
Friday night, they held an intimate runway show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Beneath speakers blaring AC/DC, Joan Jett, remixed Doors and other rock anthems, male and female models strutted the stage in head to toe Rock & Republic.
Read Richard Chai Love Made the Cutest Dress: MB Fashion Week Fall 2012
Um, a couple of the male models couldn't exactly pull of the bad boy vibe that their clothes were giving off, however, the new line, which includes dresses and shoes (and shoes—say that with me!) retains that head-turning styling that originally put the brand on the map.
Look for the line this spring at Kohl's. Strats, amps, drums and groupies not included.
Update: The line is available now!
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Python 3.3.3 installation issues mac osx 10.8.5 missing folders after installation could be the cause of all my problems?
I am a complete beginner to programming, with absolutely no prior experience.
I got John Zelle's Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, second edition
I didn't think there were any issues installing (I'll get to that in a second)
Only being on chapter 3 so far I haven't run into any material I don't understand or any exercises I couldn't complete. (I do like the book and how it teaches so far).
Getting to chapter 4 it asked me to install graphics.py to teach me how to use a (GUI) The chapter is called Objects and Graphics.
After downloading the file, and I didn't know where to put it. I looked around online and saw it should most likely go into a folder called pkgconfig in the lib folder of Python.
Look at the images and see that its missing in my python 3.3.3 installation. I tried to re-install a few times and no difference. I moved the python 3.3 folder to the frameworks folder where python 2.7 that came installed on my mac was just because I thought thats where it was supposed to be.
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This first image shows where everything is in my system folder.
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This second images shows all the files in my 2.7 folder, (which came installed on my mac)
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In this image you can see that my lib, bin, extras... all those folders are not in my 3.3 folder, why I dont know. According to what I have already read i should have all these things.
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This is the final image showing the error I see when i try to import the graphics module with the instructions I have.
I'm guessing the reason is its not where its supposed to be, but I don't know where it should be, and I don't know why the folder I think it's supposed to be in is missing.
I was wondering where python is importing the math module from as well, since that works for me, and I thought I might install graphics.py there, but I couldn't find that either.
Please help me figure all this out, I really want to continue to learn the subject, but I have been spending hours trying to figure simple things out, (which might not be a good sign) and getting very frustrated that I cant continue because I'm stuck on something like this.
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BASINGSTOKE RFC rugby player Chris May-Miller fulfilled a long-held ambition when he played at Twickenham Stadium, the home of English rugby.
In his first term at Cambridge University, the 20-year-old was part of the winning team in the under-21 varsity match against Oxford University.
The game is the annual curtain raiser to the Blues Varsity match.
May-Miller started his career in Basingstoke at the age of five and made his Basingstoke first team debut a week after turning 18 in December 2011.
The former Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College and Queen Mary's College student then spent a year as a volunteer, teaching English in Honduras and Nicaragua, countries not known for their rugby.
A vital part of getting his rugby head back on was the welcome he received from Basingstoke RFC on his return and he trained with them before going to Jesus College, Cambridge to begin his degree in Natural Sciences.
He was therefore particularly pleased to be selected for the university's under-21 squad, despite his year's break.
The under-21s played a variety of teams in the two months building up to the big match, with May-Miller finding a very regular place in the team.
In the Varsity Match he started on the bench, playing number 22, and came on early in the second half, playing on the wing.
Despite breaking a finger with 15 minutes left, May-Miller saw out the rest of the match.
Although he did not see much of the ball he was called on to make several important tackles.
He also played a covering role when the Cambridge outside centre was sin-binned with eight minutes of the match remaining.
Cambridge won the game 30-19 and after the game May-Miller climbed the steps to the royal box to receive his commemorative tankard.
Talking about the whole experience May-Miller said: "It was a surreal experience. It was amazing walking out of the tunnel and looking around Twickenham.
"I was able to soak up the atmosphere sitting on the bench and hearing the cheers as I came on especially from family and friends.
"By the end of our game the whole of the first tier was full.
"I can now say I won a game at Twickenham. Next year I will hope to return and score a try."
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TAMPA - A Florida couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba were handed over to the United States and imprisoned, and their children were returned to their maternal grandparents, who have official custody, authorities said Wednesday.
Joshua Michael Hakken and his wife, Sharyn, were shackled at the ankles and the wrists as they arrived at the Hillsborough County Jail just before 4 a.m. They were booked on charges of kidnapping, child neglect, and interference with custody, according to the jail's website.
Joshua Hakken also was charged with false imprisonment. His bond was set at $154,000. No bond information was listed for Sharyn Hakken.
Both are expected to make their first appearance Thursday in Hillsborough County Court, the sheriff's office said in a statement. A call and email to the public defender's office was not immediately returned. The couple will not face federal charges, said David Couvertier, a spokesman for the FBI in Tampa.
"Our grandchildren are safe," the grandfather, Bob Hauser, told a news conference with the sheriff's office late Tuesday. "We had an opportunity to talk with them before they left Cuba."
Hauser and his wife, Patricia, asked the news media to give them at least 24 hours alone with the boys, the sheriff's department said in a statement. They planned to make a public statement possibly by Thursday.
Friends of the couple said nothing in their past hinted at the bizarre accusations, saying the Hakkens appeared to have it all, with successful engineering careers, a house in sunny southwest Florida and two children they doted on.
Darrell Hanecki, who employed Sharyn for nearly a decade, said she was an easygoing and relaxed employee who worked from home so she could spend more time with the kids. She brought the boys into the office a few times to show them off to her colleagues.
"The kids were really well-behaved. From everything I could tell, she was a great mom. Her kids were definitely her priority," said Hanecki, president of Hanecki Consulting Engineers.
He said Sharyn Hakken was pragmatic and responsible, graduating from the University of South Florida in 2008. She occasionally gave advice to Hanecki's daughter, an aspiring engineer, and encouraged her to stay in school and finish her degree.
She resigned in 2011, saying it was too difficult to juggle work with caring for her infant and toddler boys.
"I never once heard of any kind of marital issues. This is a train that went completely off the tracks, and I don't have any explanation for how it can go off the track that badly basically in a year and a half. It's very bizarre," he said.
Sharyn Hakken's husband, Joshua, also seemed to be on the fast track to success. He attended the U.S. Air Force Academy from 1996 to 1998 but did not graduate, according to academy spokesman Sgt. Vann Miller, who declined to provide further details.
Joshua also worked as an engineer, employed at one point by Hahn Engineering, Inc. A woman who answered the company's phone on Wednesday declined comment. Last year, the couple started their own company, listing Sharyn as the president and Joshua as the vice president, but it's unclear what type of business it was. State records also show the couple's state engineering licenses lapsed in February.
They bought their home in Tampa in 2004 for $205,000, according to property records, and showed no signs of trouble until a bizarre incident in Louisiana last year.
The Hakkens were found inside a hotel room in that state last year, acting strangely, talking about 'completing their ultimate journey' and saying they were traveling across the country to 'take a journey to the Armageddon,'" Daniel Seuzeneau, a spokesman for Slidell Police, said in a news release. Their two children were in the room at the time, along with drugs and weapons, Seuzeneau said.
Joshua Hakken later tried to take the children from a foster home at gunpoint, authorities said. A warrant was issued for his arrest on kidnapping and other charges.
Joshua Hakken and his wife Sharyn Hakken arrive in Tampa to face charges including kidnapping, interference with custody and child neglect.
Hakken entered his mother-in-law's Florida house last Wednesday, tied her up and fled with his sons, the sheriff's department has said. Federal, state and local authorities searched by air and sea for a boat named Salty that Hakken had recently bought.
Associated Press and CNN reporters spotted the couple and the children beside their boat at the Hemingway Marina in Havana on Tuesday. A man who resembled photographs of Joshua Hakken yelled "Stop! Stay back!" as the reporter approached, but there was no outward sign of tension or distress between the family members.
The family showed no sign they knew a decision about their fate had been made. The four strolled by an outdoor restaurant as security officials kept reporters at a distance. The youngest child was seated in a stroller and the elder boy sat down on a curb.
But Cuban officials tipped the State Department off to the Hakkens' presence on Sunday and ultimately turned the family over to U.S. authorities.
Although the children's grandparents had been granted custody before the children were taken, child welfare officials in Louisiana will review the case again to make a final decision on where the children will live.
"We are relieved the children are back in Tampa with their grandparents after the last few hectic days ... our main concern is returning these kids to a stable and loving environment," said Terri Durdaller, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Children and Families.
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text: tmarques4 189 Report post Posted October 26, 2011 I'm testing an implementation which comprises a linked list of objects, each called Geometry, which stores information about vertices, UVcoordinates and normals in a GeometryData array. The problem is that a geometry object can be either one of the primitive types: points, lines, triangles and quads so; in essence, the data structure is a list of objects which contain one of the aforementioned types, not following any precondition to linking objects. The workaround implemented by me for this would have generic pointers and a type variable which specifies what type it is so proper cast is done. [code] struct point{...}; struct line{...}; struct triangle{...}; struct quad{...}; class Geometry { short type; //POINT, LINE, TRIANGLE OR QUAD void *geometryData; //Pointer to structure of type specified. Geometry *next; } [/code] Is this a good approach or is there a better one for working with polymorphism, maybe using templates? Appreciate all help given. Best regards! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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LG GSA-4120B: High Speed Multi-format Championby Kristopher Kubicki on 6/17/2004 6:05 PM EST
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MysticMan1 - Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - linkUpdate: I see in another review that the reviewer was able to burn 2 DL disc and play them back successfully. Reply
MysticMan1 - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkWhat I find odd is that on the LG web site it says that the LG GSA-4120B "supports" DL disc, but it doesn't say you can burn a DL disc with this the GSA-4120B burner, maybe that's why all the test on DL media ended with coasters :P Reply
mino - Sunday, June 27, 2004 - linkKris: 3x RAM media would suffice as ViRGE allready pointed out.
You also benchmarked DVD+R 8x and didn't skip these tests just because no 12x media were present. Reply
AtaStrumf - Sunday, June 20, 2004 - linkMissing images here as well!
As for LG's DVD burners. I and a friend both have LG GSA-4081Bs and we're quite happy with them. It writes quickly, reads quickly, the only complaint is that it sucks for burning CDRs. Very slow, very picky with media, simply no good. I put my TEAC 24x CD-RW and friend's LiteOn 48x CD-RW back in after a week or so.
As for the need for DVD burners that araczynski was asking about. How do you suppose I burned 105 GB I downloaded last month? This month I'm already at 72 GB and there are still 10 days to go. I'd go crazy if I didn't have a DVD burner. Reply
ViRGE - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkKris: Are you asking where the 5x DVD-RAM media is, or just DVD-RAM media in general? Newegg carries DVD-RAM discs, although a 5-pack is $20.
PS I'm getting the same missing image problem as MadAd Reply
MadAd - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkI have 2 images missing on page 1, nero_identify.gif and dvdinfo.gif Reply
ZORAX - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkI wonder why LG keeps using Z-CLV for burning... Reply
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KristopherKubicki - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkmino: Where is the DVD RAM media?
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mino - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkhmm, where is DVD-RAM test boys ?? Reply
araczynski - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link...err, ARE? Reply
araczynski - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkthe 7 movies in my collection, IS my collection. Reply
araczynski - Friday, June 18, 2004 - linkSomebody help me out here, what am i forgetting that I can't find a single reason to actually put down even $60 on a DVD burner?
Any movie I actually would want to see more then once I will buy an original of(very cheaply) somewhere on the net. I have about 7 movies in my 'collection' of movies i consider worth watching more then once.
I have no data that i consider worth wasting time on backing up (other then my bookmarks which i make multiple copies of on my multiple system drives).
Heck, I haven't had a use for my CD burner (other then being a second CDRom in my system) in almost a year.
My MP3 collection is stored on a car hd, i would admit that would suck to recreate off of the original CD's (another thing I haven't found anything worthy in in over 2 years i kid you not to buy OR rip).
What am I missing?? Am I somehow immune to the marketing machines of these companies or something?? What other uses for these burners should I be thinking of??
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KristopherKubicki - Thursday, June 17, 2004 - linkNothing like the sound of wet noodle hitting pasty editor flesh....
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Bozo Galora - Thursday, June 17, 2004 - linkimages worked fine here
i must say that your reviews have been much more timely and pertinent as of late.
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Amazing Service Makes a HUGE difference!: Norwegian Star Cruise Review by TrayceeJ
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Amazing Service Makes a HUGE difference!
Destination: Mexican Riviera
Embarkation: Los Angeles
Group Info: Husband & Wife (age 50) and Daughter (age 12)
Cabin Info: BA Balcony Cabin #10612 Mid Ship Deck10
Day 1
We arrived at the Berth 92 around 11:45 a.m., which is about an hour drive from our home in Chino Hills, CA. We hit a lot of traffic trying to disembark from the previous week's cruises. It wasn't too terrible and we were parked and walking into the Norwegian Cruise Terminal in less than 20 minutes. This was our 2nd cruise with Norwegian, so we were able to check in through a MUCH shorter line. We were checked in and on the Star before 12:30 p.m. We knew from previous cruises that the buffet is always the most crowded place to eat your first meal, so we opted for lunch at Versailles. We already knew that this is our favorite restaurant onboard and happens to be one of the two Main Dining Rooms. There was a good selection of items on the lunch menu. I enjoyed the fried calamari More rings, my daughter really liked the eggplant that was presented much like Hummus, for our appetizers. Lunch was good and filling and the best part...it was peaceful and the service was awesome. By the time we finished we were able to go to our cabin, which was about 1:45 p.m. We love the balcony cabins midship on deck 10, so we were not disappointed. We were greeted by our Room Steward, Shaik, who was always close by for whatever we needed, most times before we got the chance to ask. Our luggage arrived soon after. We went exploring, registered our daughter in the Kids Club and returned to our cabin to change for dinner. We arrived about 5:45 p.m. at Versailles for dinner and were seated immediately at a table next to one of the large picture windows at the back of the ship. I enjoyed a baby shrimp cocktail (which is always available), a mixed endive salad, Grilled Mahi Mahi and Apricot Cream Cake and a taste of Chocolate Amaretto Bavarian Cream Cake. Both delicious. The service was great! Our ice tea and water glasses never went empty. Our waiter, Ernesto, was very friendly and attentive. After dinner, we dropped off our daughter at the Kids Club and went to explore some more, until we went to the Stardust Theater to see Band On the Run. The two key dancers, Luke and a very blonde girl, that I later learned was the dance captain, were very good. The rest looked tired and unrehearsed.
Now let me break down the rest of the week by category:
Embarkation: Painless and very quick. Being a Latitudes Member this time certainly helped. It is a shame that NCL will no longer be sailing to the Mexican Riviera out of Los Angeles after this next week.
Cabin: Balcony Cabin midship on Deck 10. The cabin is laid out very well with plenty of storage for 3 people, if everyone picks up after themselves ;-). The bathroom is quite roomy with a separate door for the toilet and shower area. This speeds up getting ready in the morning and at night. The balcony has 2 large chairs, one reclining and a small table. I spent most nights out there reading at the end of the day. The bed and roll out couch were very comfy and I LOVE the crisp white sheets and duvets. There is safe that held ALL of our electronics and valuables. A small refrigerator is useful when you ask your Room Steward to empty it when you embark. There is a small vanity table with ample lighting, powerful blow dryer and extra plug for charging electronics. Each side of the large bed has a very bright light. A table and chair sit near the balcony under the TV. shelf. All in all the layout and amenities were great.
Food: We really enjoy the service and ambience of Versailles for dinner, so we ate there every night. We had extremely attentive and friendly service from everyone, but we became very fond of Marjorie. Even if we weren't seated in her section, she would go out of her way to talk to us and bring us ice tea and apple juice for our daughter. I don't remember what I ate each night, but here are some of my favorite; (appetizers) Cauliflower Cheese Soup, Pear and Walnut Salad, Tortilla Soup, Nicoise Salad, Mozzarella & Tomato Salad, Fatoush; (entrees) Rock Lobster with Red Snapper, Grilled Mahi Mahi, Pan Seared Chicken, Grilled Flounder; (dessert) Apricot Cream Cake, German Chocolate Cake, Bavarian Cream Cake, Citrus Mouse and Raspberry Ice Cream. All of those items were served in Versailles. The Market Cafe has plenty of food to fill you up and keep you satisfied. We stopped there between meals for snacks. We LOVED the fresh French Fries at the poolside grill! And my husband enjoyed the burgers BBQ'd on deck each day, weather permitting. This cruise we ordered Room Service to be delivered every morning. You set out your order the night before and schedule it for the time you want it delivered between 6:30-10:00 a.m. You can choose from a variety of things; fresh fruit, cold cereals, hot cereals, dry or buttered toast, rolls, muffins, pastries, regular or decaf coffee, hot tea, regular or low fat milk and hot chocolate. We tipped the waiter that delivered it $2.00 and it was awesome to sit out on the balcony and enjoy breakfast each day.
Pool: There is really only one main pool and it is set up very well with a stadium arrangement of lounge chairs and tables and chairs. Of course there are people that throw towels on several lounge chairs whether they need them or not. We had three people, but with a 12 year old busy on the water slides and in the pool most of the time, I didn't find it necessary to save a lounge chair for her. The pool has a "wave" pool action, which I really enjoyed and the water slides were kept open all day and the kids never tired of using them. We had great service from a waiter named, Dek, who not only was quick to bring us our bucket of cold beer, continue to refill the ice and lime, but when other waiters were hard to locate when we needed a bottle of beer opened, Dek gave us our own bottle opener to keep. Those small things really make a difference. We enjoyed two long days at the pool. One on the first day and then the second day in Cabo, we opted to stay on the ship and stay by the pool, which was great. The last two days of the cruise were very cold and windy, so we skipped the pool on those days, but others braved it out.
Entertainment: The first night we saw Band on the Run. As I mentioned before there were only two reasons to stay and watch this entire show...the two lead dancers, Luke and the very blonde dance captain. The next show we saw was a combination of magic and aerial acrobatics. It was more entertaining, but not amazing. They debuted a new show called Angels, which we enjoyed very much and Elements on the last night of the cruise was a cross between Cirque Du Soleil and a magic show. It was my favorite!
Excursions: Since we skipped Mazatlan, we spent two days in Cabo. The first day we went to the Cabo Adventuras for the Dolphin Encounter. Our daughter LOVED swimming with the dolphins. The next day in Cabo, we enjoyed the view of Cabo from the pool deck on the ship...AWESOME!!! FYI...the prices on souvenirs in Cabo are out of control. Prices are higher than Southern California. In Puerto Vallarta, we had booked the Mahahuitas & Yelapas excursion. Our first stop was a short snorkeling and kayaking trip to Mahahuitas. The plant life was so overgrown it was very difficult to see the marine life and it was a really short stop. When we returned to the catamaran lunch was served and the bar opened. The next stop was Yelapa. You could get off the boat in town and take a walk to the waterfall or you could stay on the boat and take the catamaran over to the beach. We chose to go to the beach. We were told which restaurant we could sit in front of for free and have access to the beach, chairs, umbrellas and bathrooms. Food and beverages were of course at our expense. What they don't tell you is that if you don't order food or drinks you are moved to less desirable spots on the beach and your umbrella is moved to someone buying food and drinks. My husband found out that if you go directly to the bartender to order beers it is $3.00 US each, but if you order them from the VERY aggressive waiters on the beach it is $4.00 US. The waiters are supposed to split the difference with the bartender but that doesn't happen. On the ride back to Puerto Vallarta the crew put on a show for us and they made sure we all had drinks. We have gone on the Las Caletas excursion before and should have stuck with that excursion this time.
Kids Club: The staff in the Kids Club is great! The group our daughter was in, for ages 10-12, had a very small room in the Kids Club, so they were kept busy with activities around the ship. They played on the Sports Court, did scavenger hunts, had a pajama party, Easter Egg hunt and more.
Disembarkation: We had picked up luggage tags that would give us a 9:30 exit time. We went to Versailles for breakfast went back to our cabin until about 9:00 a.m. and then waited on deck 7 until our color was called. It took us about an hour to get off the ship, get our luggage, go through customs and get out of the parking lot. Not bad!
All in all, we enjoyed our 2nd cruise on the Norwegian Star. It is truly the staff that makes the ship/cruise so special. It makes us sad that Norwegian will no longer be doing the Mexican Riviera itinerary. But we would definitely cruise again with Norwegian wherever they are. Less
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I was feeling a bit burgery last weekend so I defrosted 3 pounds of ground beef and made some burgers on Sunday.
Lunch was mushroom-stuffed burgers from a recipe I received from a mailing list I subscribe to. The mustard and Worcestershire sauce were mixed into the meat; they weren't used for the stuffing. Everything else was sliced, chopped, and sauteed in butter.
These were pretty good as the stuffing helped keep the burger moist and added some nice flavor and texture. The recipe actually calls for ground pork but since I have an abundance of ground beef that's what I used. I didn't do a very good job of matching the size of the burgers to the buns, though.
I enjoy the PBS TV series Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef and a recent episode featured his Burger au Poivre recipe. Of course, anything "au poivre" will feature pepper and he adds coriander seeds for a different flavor.
I felt that a grainy, country-style mustard would be a better fit than a smooth mustard.
Instead of cooking the burgers on the stove or in the oven I used an iron skillet and grilled them with charcoal, oak chunks, and a closed lid to trap the smoke. I started the skillet in the kitchen since I don't have an outdoor burner and when the oil was hot I added the meat and then hauled butt 100 feet down the driveway to the grill. They really puffed up as they cooked and when they were done I grilled a couple of small baguettes.
French cooking just isn't French without a sauce and these burgers are no exception. After they were done there were a lot of crispy brown bits in the pan, just as Chef Keller had predicted there would be! I followed the recipe and wound up with a very tasty brown sauce.
I would've preferred a thinner burger but nonetheless these were outstanding. The recipe calls for sirloin or ribeye and I'm sure either would've made them even better, but I still thought they turned out great and the sauce is the difference as it really complemented the peppercorns and mustard.


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Social media has set up camp in the professional world and is there to stay.
Social media sites are no longer just places to reconnect with childhood friends or college roommates. Companies now use social media websites to do unofficial background checks on potential employees.
A Cross-Tab Marketing Service study, released earlier this year, reveals that 70 percent of companies have rejected a candidate based on an inappropriate social media website posting.
This is a scary reality for everyone who uses these sites as a harmless way to catch up with friends, but may have crossed the line by uploading funny, yet work-inappropriate pictures. In today's world, a world inextricably tied to the Internet, anything posted on a public page can and will be found by potential employers, says Lew Clark, an attorney with Squire, Sanders and Dempsey.
However, there are ways to prevent shooting yourself in the social media foot and, if you're smart, work the system.
There are a few obvious things not to have on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube or other social media websites — including inappropriate photos or conversations. Poor grammar, spelling or writing skills, use of profanity, and poor people skills also can turn off a potential employer, Clark says.
"One of the huge no-nos that we discuss with folks … is to never, ever post anything negative about a former boss, co-worker, employer. It creates the wrong image. No matter if it's true, valid, anything else, you just do not want to go there," says Cindy Jones, vice president of human resources at Synergy Seven.
Don't despair. Companies aren't just looking for reasons to disqualify you. They're also looking for reasons why you're perfect for the job, Jones says. Especially on professional social media sites, such as Linkedin, companies look to see prospective employees' connections.
If used properly, social media can be an effective marketing tool, Jones adds, providing a real-world example of how to use social media as an advantage.
When a woman decided to switch careers from Realtor to sommelier, she changed both her professional — Linkedin — and personal — Facebook — social media pages to reflect her new career path. She posted her excitement about passing tests toward receiving sommelier certification and changed her main picture to one of her toasting with a glass of wine.
While this type of online makeover won't work for all fields, Jones says it's an example of using social media to one's advantage.
"There's nothing at all improper with a prospective employer (looking) on someone's public Facebook page, their public Twitter page, or any other online networking website that you can access publicly," Clark says.
However, accessing a potential employee's private page by figuring out the password, accessing it through someone else's page or by pretending to be someone else is illegal, he adds.
Aside from accessing a page illegally, employers can find themselves in other sticky situations.
Employers may find information about a person's religion, health, age or personal life that they wouldn't otherwise learn and can't legally take into consideration in the hiring process, Clark and Jones say.
"The risk to the employer is that someone could allege that you used information that is legally protected to decide whether to hire somebody or not," Jones says. "Our guidance with most companies starts at the place of there's nothing illegal about it, but be careful."
Clark adds: "Employers are looking for whatever resource they can to try to get information about candidates so they can make a good hire."
Background checks, including checking social media websites, can reduce costs, encourage honesty among employees and ensure the best person gets the job, says Marcia Rhodes from WorldatWork, a global human resource association.
Although using social media in the hiring process offers many perks, Jones and Rhodes say they've seen a trend in which companies are limiting social media background checks on possible employees, contrary to the report previously cited.
Kim Magyar, an attorney with Snell and Wilmer, says she doesn't see the number of companies using social media decreasing, but companies are being more targeted and cautious with their searches.
Some companies wait until they've already interviewed a candidate to check social media, while others check before they conduct an interview, says Magyar, who has given presentations on social networking and the workplace.
Many companies believe social media can be a treasure trove of information; information that might not always be accurate, Magyar says.
"There's nothing to prevent an employer from making decisions based upon what they see (on social media sites)," Clark says.
Nothing, except the awareness that public social media pages are fair game and the preparedness of prospective employees to maintain their pages in a way that represents them in a respectable, hire-able way.


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Something about this song gets me going every time I hear it. It makes me just want to bob my head up and down and start jumping around. It also reminds me of that Cher song she put out years ago hmmm..... Anyway, here's another song I don't mind playing in my head This song is great for spinning classes and doing ab exercises or other repetitive floor work


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Ghaibat Nomani: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Hamam from Muhammad bin Hasan bin Jamhur together from Hasan bin Muhammad bin Jamhur from his father from Samaa from Abul Jarud from Qasim bin Walid from Hamadani from Harith Awar Hamadani that he said:
Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said from the pulpit:
"Imam of the age [before the appearance of Mahdi] and the hearts begin to turn here and there; some fertile and some barren, then the ill- wishers will perish, the vanishers will vanish and the believers will remain and how few they will be; 300 or a little more! A group (of angels) that has fought with the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) in the battle of Badr, that none of them has been killed or has died, will fight with them (with the Imam [Mahdi] and his followers)."
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Brevard County and Seminole County school boards are both working with their budgets in hopes of not cutting schools, but the difference between the two is a tax increase that passed in one county and failed in the other, leading to dire consequences.
In Brevard County, parents and teachers are fighting to save their schools and its programs with their "Marching for Education" event on Thursday, aimed to have the district call for a special election for a quarter-cent tax.
Dozens of parents marched to the board offices, hoping to have their concerns heard by board members at a public forum. The group was met with a surprise Thursday night when the school board members with whom they wanted to speak weren't there.
They want the board to delay a vote that would close four school, which are being considered to save $30 million. The superintendent has also suggested cutting 400 district jobs and increasing class sizes.
The parents told Local 6 they think a special election in November could be they answer. They said they believe voters would approve a quarter-cent sales tax increase, even though a similar measure recently failed. However, in order to have a special election, the board would have to spend about $800,000. Parents want time to help raise that money.
"Local businesses, local people are willing to come up with some of those funds," said Amber Prine.
"It is worth taking the $800,000 out of the contingency fund to pay for a special election in November because it will pass," said Christine McClure.
Some parents said if the district doesn't listen, they will have to move in order to keep their children in A-rated schools.
A meeting on Thursday was scheduled to look at school boundary changes if the schools are actually closed. The board will vote on closing the schools at a meeting on January 22 to make the necessary changes before the 2013-2014 year.
Although Seminole County residents remain divided about the recently passed property tax increase that will add $25 million for schools, proponents believe it puts their district in a better position than their neighbor Brevard County, which shot down a proposed sales tax increase and is facing a budget crisis in their schools.
Seminole County passed a a 1-mil tax hike with 56 percent of the vote in November to ensure the county won't have to close schools.
"It enhances some of the programs that they already have," said lobbyist Stephen Baker. "It allows them to maintain the programs that were going to be cut."
The superintendent in Seminole County says the extra money from the tax increase will go to help students get set up for computerized testing and toward school repairs, such as a roof and air conditioning.
Laureen Lacerra, a grandmother of two toddlers about to enter school, voted for the tax, hoping that it will go to better maintenance and security for schools.
"I'm concerned for their future when they're coming up in a few years," Lacerra said. "Where are they going to go?"
Baker worked with former Magic coach Stan Van Gundy to garner support for the tax, which passed in November with 56 percent of county residents' votes.
Opponents of the tax question how the money will be spent, and whether school districts should try to cut the budget instead of depending on government taxes.
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