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In recent weeks conflicting reports have been made over the current state of LUSFiber's finances as well as projections of the government-run fiberoptic network's future.
Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel along with LUS Direct of Utilities Terry Huval stopped by "Mornings with Ken and Bernie" for our weekly "Lafayette Live" segment to clear up the confusion surrounding LUSFiber's finances.
Director of Utilities Terry Huval revealed that despite a tough start, LUSFiber is finally beginning to reflect the kind of revenue numbers promised when the fiberoptic program was first discussed nearly a decade ago.
It was tough beginning because when you spend money wiring the whole city it takes awhile to get enough customers to make everything come together financially.
Last year our revenue increased by 40% and our expenses increased by less than 7%. That's always a good sign. – Terry Huval
Huval admitted that because of entry costs, the first five years were never expect to be profitable, but the investments made at the beginning are now staring to pay off.
The first thing is we had when we announced was $3 million in lawsuits. Second we had to buy all the channels for the system. That was a huge obstacle; something lesser communities would have crashed the concept over, but we made it through. Now we're part of a coop that we wanted to be in from the beginning and we'll be able to reduce costs going forward. – Terry Huval
LUSFiber is now in, as Huval termed it, "making money mode", turning in a net profit for the first time last year and showing signs of growth moving forward.
We had enough cash after we paid back our bills and our debt service payment that we had about $1.5 million extra to go against our cumulated depreciation, and that's going to continue to grow. In fact, in 6 months alone this year, we're at $1.8 million, so clearly we're moving forward with the numbers getting better and better. – Terry Huval
Better numbers moving forward is a good sign for Lafayette tax payers as profit from LUSFiber is used to keep taxes from going up.
LUSFiber's initial success for the city of Lafayette has resulted in citizens from neighboring cities wondering if LUSFiber will ever extend to other areas of Lafayette Parish. City-Parish President Joey Durel explained that while it's not impossible to bring LUSFiber outside of the city of Lafayette, it's not currently in the plans for the near future.
It is a city owned utility, it is a city asset, and it was voted upon by the city of Lafayette. We have the license to expand, and we have the technology to expand, but it would require a vote, and it would require passing a tax for the town to build the basic infrastructure. The day could come, but as of right now it is a city only asset. – Joey Durel
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Dating Amelia: Everyone's Got Advice
Lately I've been getting a lot of advice. Solicited, unsolicited, much of it from female friends, most of it contradictory. Many of my female friends are in relationships, including my four closest girl friends, two of whom are married and two who are headed in that direction. They all are living vicariously through my "dating adventures," though I've tried to tell them that it's about as exciting as a bowl of oatmeal.
People give advice based on their own experiences. What works for them has got to work for you too, right? Like following a cake recipe, if you follow the right steps, you'll get the end result you want. Except dating is nothing like baking and there's no "right" way when it comes to matters of the heart. I watched "He's Just Not That Into You" this weekend (out tomorrow on DVD) and if there's a takeaway from that movies it's this: everyone has a dating tale that is an exception to another person's rule. Which is why all of the advice I've been getting has been making my head spin.ADVICE: Don't Hook Up Casually
My friend Lindsay is a bit old-fashioned. After hearing about my first date with the Sneakerhead, she said, "I think you should stop inviting guys up to your apartment. Wait until the second date to kiss — outside on the street — and then at least the fourth date to invite them up to your place." She thinks this will allow a guy to get to know me personally first, rather than physically, and that it will build respect. After all, this has worked for her.
My friend Eva* agreed. She didn't sleep with her husband until, like, a month into their relationship and after they'd said the L word. She said that if they had had sex earlier, they probably wouldn't be married. See! Waiting to hook up WORKS.
ADVICE: Hook Up Whenever You Want
"F**k that s**t," said my other friend Kellie*. "Hook up, have sex whenever you want, including on the first date. If a guy likes you, he'll want to keep seeing you whether you screw him right away or not." Kellie*, you see, has always had boyfriends and has never paid attention to dating rules. She said her relaxed attitude about dating is the reason why she's been so successful with men. She doesn't need or expect to be wooed.
ADVICE: Just Don't Give A Crap
Like Justin Long's character in "He's Just Not That Into You," my friend Lori* doesn't let herself get attached when she's dating. If a guy likes her, great, but if not, there's plenty of other guys like him out there. When you don't care that much, you can't project any kind of vibe that might scare a dude off, she said. Sure, they still may not end up being interested in you, but at least your feelings won't be hurt.
ADVICE: Be Upfront About Your Feelings
Lindsay once told a prospective boyfriend point blank that she wanted to wait to have sex until she was sure they were both on the same page and felt the same about each other. He told her later — after they were in a full-on relationship — that this made him respect her even more. "Being honest about my feelings, while still taking things slow physically, really made him interested," Lindsay said. "Trust me. It works."
ADVICE: Don't Be That Upfront About Your Feelings
"Yeah, I wouldn't tell a guy that much about how I was feeling," said Eva, upon hearing Lindsay's advice.
See what I mean about this advice getting confusing?
ADVICE: Don't Listen To Us. We Don't Know What We're Talking About.
My friend Elle* been married for two years and with her husband for over seven. "Amelia," she said, "Don't listen to what anyone says. I haven't dated in years. I don't know what it's like to date now, and even if I did, what works for me, may not work for you. Just do what feels right."
She did have one piece of advice that finally made sense. "Dating is tough," she said. "When things don't work out, don't put the blame on yourself." Now those are some wise words that apply to both the exceptions and the rules.
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PRINCETON – Former US President Bill Clinton gave one of the best speeches of his life at the recent Democratic National Convention. One of the biggest rounds of applause came when he said that President Barack Obama's appointment of Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State after she had been his principal political rival proved that "democracy does not have to be a blood sport."
That applause reflected the view of the majority of American voters that US politics has become much too partisan, and that rivals are more interested in attacking each other – "drawing blood" – than they are in focusing on political issues. But what President Clinton was really saying was that Secretary Clinton's ability to go to other countries and work with her former political rival in pursuit of the national interest is a powerful example of the way democracy is supposed to work.
That is an important point to make, because in far too many countries democracy remains – literally – a blood sport. The value of the ballot is to seize power and then harass, detain, or even kill your opponents. As the slogan goes: "One man, one vote, one time." Indeed, the National Endowment for Democracy in the US describes some countries as "electoral dictatorships."
Many fear precisely such an outcome for the Arab awakening, with popular movements toppling despots, only to install new dictators via elections. The only way to avoid it is to be more committed to the process of electing a government freely and fairly than to the leader or party that is elected, even when the victor is frankly inimical to your interests.


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- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011, Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011, Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Bill 2011, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011
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Senator SHERRY (Tasmania—Minister Assisting on Deregulation and Public Sector Superannuation, Minister for Small Business and Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism) (12:53): I move:
That these bills be now read a second time.
I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The speeches read as follows—
Today I am proud to be introducing the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill.
This is a world-first initiative, designed to remove the last vestige of glamour from tobacco products. The Bill will require that tobacco products be sold in plain, drab dark brown packets.
The Gillard Government is absolutely committed to reducing death and disease brought about by smoking. We want to help protect Australians. That's why we're prepared to lead the world on tackling smoking. Once enacted, these plain packaging laws will be the world's toughest laws on tobacco promotion.
We are taking this action because tobacco is not like any other legal product. When used as intended - it is lethal. Despite Australia's success in reducing smoking rates over recent decades, tobacco remains one of the leading causes of preventable death and disease among Australians, killing over 15,000 Australians each and every year. It is therefore incumbent on us to do all we can to stamp it out.
Take the story of Luke Elliot from Western Australia, who features in one of our most recent anti-smoking TV campaigns.
Luke's story is about his father Neil. Neil was a pack a day smoker - who developed lung cancer as a result. Neil was very sick from his cancer, determined to live to see the birth of his first grandson James. But sadly, Neil passed away one month before James was born.
Luke's story is heartbreaking. But sadder still is that Luke's story is only one of 15,000 such stories that play out in families and communities around Australia every year - because that is how many people still die each year in Australia from smoking-related diseases. That's 15,000 people who don't get to see their son or daughter married, or their first grandchild born. That is 15,000 reasons to act, because by not acting, we are killing people. If we don't do all we can to tackle a known killer, we'd be ashamed of ourselves.
Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that nearly 6 million people die from tobacco-related illness each year, most of them in low- and middle-income countries. About 3 million Australians continue to smoke every.
That is why in April 2010 the Government announced a comprehensive Anti Smoking Action package aimed at delivering on our commitments to reduce the smoking rate to 10 per cent by 2018, and to halve the rate of smoking among Indigenous Australians over time.
The Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill is part of this important package. Other elements of the package include:
The 25% tobacco excise increase introduced on 29 April 2010. This has seen tobacco clearances fall by 8.8% over the last 11 months;
Additional funding for Quitline;
Record investments in anti-smoking social marketing campaigns - more than $87 million, including tough new advertisements linking smokers' cough with lung cancer and the first ever national indigenous anti-smoking advertisement;
Legislation to prohibit the advertising of tobacco products on the internet - which we hope will pass the Senate this week; and
Since February this year, we have provided subsidies for nicotine replacement therapies on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, to provide that all-important support for people trying to quit - with nearly 100,000 scripts issued so far.
The Plain Packaging Bill is the latest step in the Government's fight to reduce the toll on families from smoking related illness and death.
There is very clear research that supports this approach. The peer-reviewed research shows that plain packaging will:
reduce the attractiveness and appeal of tobacco products to consumers, particularly young people;
increase the noticeability and effectiveness of mandated health warnings; and
reduce the ability of the tobacco product to mislead consumers about the harms of smoking.
Plain packaging will remove one of the last remaining forms of tobacco advertising in Australia.
It will restrict tobacco industry logos, brand imagery, colours and promotional text. The packaging will be mandated to appear in a standard drab dark brown colour, which has been chosen based on research for the lowest appeal to smokers.
The only thing to distinguish one brand from another will be the brand and variant name in a standard colour, standard position and standard font size and style.
The Bill will make it an offence to sell, supply, purchase, package, or manufacture tobacco products for retail sale in Australia in anything other than the plain packaging requirements set out in the Bill and regulations. The maximum penalty for committing a fault-based criminal offence - that is, for persons who intentionally or recklessly break the rules - for an individual will be 2,000 penalty units (currently $220,000), and for a body corporate, 10,000 penalty units (currently $1.1 million). The maximum penalty amount for a strict-liability criminal offence committed by an individual is 60 penalty units ($6,600) and by a body corporate is 300 penalty units ($33,000). The offences will not apply to people who purchase cigarettes for their personal use.
An update to the current graphic health warnings to increase the coverage on the front of the pack from the current 30 per cent to 75 per cent, along with updated imagery and warnings, will accompany the introduction of plain packaging. So that rather than being a marketing tool, the pack will only serve as a stark reminder of the devastating health effects of smoking.
We know packaging is a very powerful marketing tool for tobacco companies - particularly for recruiting new smokers to their deadly products. There is ample research to support this approach. But the evidence in support of it is not only in the 24 (and counting) peer-reviewed journal articles; compelling evidence that packaging is a powerful marketing tool for promoting tobacco smoking can also be found in Big Tobacco's reaction to this very initiative itself. Big Tobacco is fighting so vigorously against this legislation for one very simple reason - because they know, as we do, that it will work.
Tobacco companies are fighting to protect their profits; but we are fighting to protect lives.
I'm delighted that some of the public health experts who have fought so hard over many decades to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco products are in the public gallery watching the introduction of this historic legislation into the Parliament today.
Some of these experts sat on the National Preventative Health Taskforce - just one of the national health bodies who have joined the World Health Organisation in recommending plain packaging of tobacco as a means of reducing smoking rates.
The Preventative Health Taskforce was commissioned by the Australian Government in 2008. Its report, released in September 2009, concluded that "there can be no justification for allowing any form of promotion for this uniquely dangerous and addictive product " - including on the packaging.
In line with the international evidence, the Taskforce said plain packaging would:
increase the impact of health warning messages;
reduce the ability of tobacco companies to mislead consumers into believing that some cigarettes are less harmful than others;
make cigarettes look less attractive, and
reduce the appeal and desirability of smoking generally.
But it's not just our national taskforce which believes this. Plain packaging has been discussed in various international forums over the past 25 years.
Our legislation will give effect to commitments under the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which recommends that plain packaging be considered as part of comprehensive bans on tobacco advertising and as a way of ensuring that consumers are not misled about the dangers of smoking.
Australia is the first signatory to the Framework and the first country in the world to commit to implementing these recommendations on plain packaging - cementing our reputation as a world leader in tobacco control.
As well as being based on ample evidence and careful advice of the experts, this Bill is the result of wide-ranging consultation:
the Preventative Health Taskforce undertook detailed consultations on tobacco control reforms in the preparation of their report;
since the Government announced its intention to introduce plain packaging, the Department of Health and Ageing has undertaken targeted consultations with organisations representing large and small retailers, with cigarette and cigar importers and with the major tobacco manufacturers; and
the Government held a 60 day public consultation period on an Exposure Draft of this Bill.
Consultation on the exposure draft of the Bill showed overwhelming support for the measures we are proposing, from public health groups both within Australia and internationally.
In addition, we have listened to concerns raised with our proposals during these consultations - and legitimate concerns have now been taken up in the final Bill.
For example, to assist in identification of illicit tobacco products, manufacturers will be permitted to include certain design features that do not run counter to the public health objectives of the measure.
The brand name will be permitted on the top, front and bottom of cigarette packs to assist retailers in handling tobacco products.
All product manufactured in Australia will need to comply with plain packaging as of the 20th May 2012. This will allow retailers plenty of time to restock and ensure that they have disposed of non-compliant product before 1 July 2012.
To assist small-scale importers and small business with compliance, imported tobacco products will be able to be re-packaged after importation into Australia.
Of course, despite the sound evidence on which these measures are based and wide-ranging consultation prior to the Bill's introduction, our plain packaging plans have met with fierce opposition from Big Tobacco companies.
Since April 2010, Big Tobacco has been doing everything in their power to fight the Government politically and legally on this issue - and we know they'll stop at virtually nothing.
They were quick to establish a group to front their activities - The Alliance of Australian Retailers.
The Alliance ran a multi-million dollar advertising campaign against the Government during the last federal election campaign.
Now the industry has ramped up its campaign, including through invoking the "Nanny state". The campaign is the latest in a decades long fight against what is good for its consumers, what is good for the community.
They've claimed plain packaging "won't work" - but if it won't work, why are they pouring millions of dollars and throwing all their corporate might into opposing it?
Since April 2010, the Department of Health and Ageing has had to handle over 40 Freedom of Information requests generated by two of the global Big Tobacco giants. Let's be clear the intention of these requests is to disrupt the Department's business and resources.
The most recent ad campaign aims to scare the public into believing that plain packaging will cost taxpayers and the government billions of dollars in legal action, that it will increase the availability of illegal tobacco in the community, and will increase the number of cigarettes sold to children.
One video available on the internet claims a link between plain packaging, murder, heroin, prostitution and the Russian mafia! Their claims are becoming increasingly hysterical and increasingly desperate. Because not only do they know plain packaging will work, Big Tobacco also knows that if we are successful in implementing these measures in Australia, other countries will follow.
I conclude by saying again that the Gillard Government is determined to do all we can to tackle the harm caused by smoking.
The Gillard Government is proud to be leading the world in the fight against tobacco by introducing the world's toughest tobacco promotion laws.
We want to ensure that in the future, people like Luke Elliot's Dad Neil never start smoking in the first place, and as a result, live to see their first grandchild born.
Today I also introduce a consequential amendment bill, the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill.
The Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill includes restrictions on the use of trademarks on tobacco products and retail packaging of those products.
This Bill, the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill, is being introduced to amend the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Trade Marks Act) so that, if necessary in the future, the government can quickly remedy any unintended interaction between the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and the Trade Marks Act that can't be dealt with under the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011.
This Bill amends the Trade Marks Act to allow regulations to be made in relation to the operation of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011. The objective of any such regulations would be to ensure that the practical operation of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 does not prevent businesses from registering new trade marks, or from protecting registered trade marks against infringement.
Senator Carr, who is responsible for the Trade Marks Act has indicated his strong support for the intent of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill.
Senator Carr also supports the amendments to the Trade Marks Act that will result from this consequential amendments bill passing. He and I share the view that the health, economic and social costs to Australia of tobacco use justify the amendments to the Trade Marks Act.
Debate adjourned.


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If given the option between a big ass diamond and a creative ring your artsy boyfriend designed, we'd definitely consider the latter. (Well, maybe … ) Artist Luke Jerram created this silver engagement ring for his fianceé, which has space for a tiny photo slide at one side, and a projection glass at the other. When light passes through, the picture is blown up and projected onto nearby surfaces. He outfitted the ring with a picture of himself and his wife, but made the feature interchangeable so the couple can switch in meaningful photos as their family grows. Talk about romantic, clever, and sentimental! [Luke Jerram via UO Blog]


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John Tyler Community College's Fall Nursing Graduate Candidates Honored
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Released on December 21, 2010
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- 40 nursing students honored during pinning ceremony
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CHESTER and MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – John Tyler Community College recognized its fall nursing graduate candidates on December 15, 2010, during a pinning ceremony held at the Holiday Inn Koger Center in Chesterfield. Nancy L. McCain, DSN, RN, FAAN, who is a professor of nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Nursing, delivered the keynote address.
The nursing graduate candidates are as follows: (Zip codes appear in parentheses.)
Dana Allen (23112)
Meredith Ames (23114)
Nancy Andrello (22407)
Shannon Aronson (23236)
Farrah Bichsel (23139)
Jamie Brantley (22407)
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Pinning dates back to the 1880s. The pin, given to graduate candidates, symbolizes the school of nursing where the students earned their clinical experience, achieved academic credentials and began their socialization into the profession. The ceremony marks the completion of that rigorous training and is often viewed with the same importance as commencement.
John Tyler Community College is a two-year, public institution of higher education and is the fifth largest of the 23 community colleges in Virginia. With campuses in Chester and Midlothian and off-campus classrooms throughout the area, John Tyler offers quality and economical opportunities for students who want to earn a degree or certificate, transfer to a four-year college or university, train for the workforce, or switch careers. The College, which served more than 13,690 students during the 2009 – 10 academic year, offers 17 associate degrees, seven certificates and 35 career studies certificates. The institution also serves 20,000 non-credit students and more than 1,000 companies and government agencies annually through the Community College Workforce Alliance. The College also is committed to sustainability. In July 2010, it received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification for its Midlothian Campus Science Building, becoming the first in the Virginia Community College System to receive such recognition. John Tyler Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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Often a flagged player in the non-Battleground world will find themselves the ganking victim of a surprise attack by a Rogue. Although all classes gank at all level differences, people take exceptional note of Rogues due to their stealth, high damage output and escape abilities.
A Rogue's Perspective on Ganking Edit
For 80 levels of the game, a Rogue learns to strike at the most opportune time. This often entails waiting for enemies to path away from a desired mob, or tediously tiptoeing through a cave of elites to assassinate a heavily guarded target and sap their bodyguards. Against players who attack and succeed at killing a Rogue, the same mentality will come into play. Be wary of performing an excessive act in PvP - repeated emoting, corpse-camping or reinforcement overkill will only serve to help the Rogue remember who you are and what you did to them.
Though this emotional response is not unique to a Rogue, however, they have a strong advantage with their class mechanics to lie in wait and prepare an ambush unaided.
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There is much satisfaction in harbouring a grudge and patiently waiting for an enemy to become vulnerable, killing them, then repeating, after waiting sufficient time for them to let their guard down again. In many situations, a Rogue can wait for you and escape from you if they suspect a trap. Stealth allows a Rogue to enter and exit most safe refuges of their enemies (capital cities, towns and groups) while remaining undetected and where others would require an entire raid to assault. Deterrents, such as class abilities or the size of your defense can often be negated by patient observation.
For example, some common class-specific wisdom is:
- Shadowmeld is negated by simply watching where a player stands.
- A non-stealthing pet alerts to a Hunter in the area, but not necessarily next to the pet.
- Perception cast by an unflagged player is negated by monitoring the combat log.
- An unflagged player's flare or AoE will not unstealth a Rogue.
- Enemy guards will aid a flagged player under attack if that player runs into them. A patient Rogue will wait until their prey is in a secluded area.
- A message on LocalDefense or a dead NPC may only be a ruse to draw enemies to a certain area, or keep them away from another.
- Just because there is a enemy visible does not mean a Rogue will attack them. They have time to scout the area or simply wait for reinforcements to become bored and abandon the player.
- A Rogue will rarely face impossible odds, even as a matter of pride. If you cannot imagine yourself attacking eight flagged people clustered in a group, why should a solitary Rogue?
- If a Rogue finds themselves in a situation where death is highly undesirable (a long graveyard run, slain players respawning while the Rogue is dead, et al.), expect them to avoid dying at all costs. Rogues are used to escaping where others cannot, and there is a certain sense of failure if they are hampered.
- For the above reasons and more, setting an obvious trap for a Rogue may not work as you expect. A Rogue has time to scout, confer with other players or simply wait until the situation is in their favour. The Rogue most certainly wants to kill someone and will wait for it, but you may not have the patience or the motivation to do so yourself.
Keep in mind that what may anger you in a fight depends heavily upon the class that you play. A Warlock may detest being stunned or kicked, but fail to realize that a Rogue loathes being Deathcoiled out of stealth just as much, since stealth is as major component in most Rogues' PvP playstyles as fear is in a Warlock's.
To this effect, a Rogue (or any class for that matter) may expect you to cast certain abilities or play in a certain style based on your emotions. An angry hunter might immediately activate The Beast Within or line up for an Aimed Shot, the latter being vulnerable to a long cast time. An angry paladin may blow Divine Protection and Hammer of Justice at the same, leaving them vulnerable to heal interrupts and Evasion after the effects have worn off, and so on.
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Some people will find themselves being camped for an inordinate amount of time, or in some manner of perceived injustice. The victims often post threads on the offical Blizzard forums, detailing the encounter; the core question often being "Why me? And why in excess?".
Players on a PvP server should expect to be killed at any time. Playing on a PvP server entails that most leveling spots will leave you flagged and open to combat. Choosing the most heavily populated areas, such as Stranglethorn Vale and the Western Plaguelands, will almost certainly result in someone higher level killing you. A player who creates and levels a Rogue on a PvP server mostly like does so for a reason: they wish to kill the opposite faction at any time they please. Isolated low-level players should especially be wary.
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Malibu, Calif. - Tuesday's regular-season home finale between Pepperdine and USC can be viewed live on the Internet at www.ESPN360.com, ESPN's customized broadband service that provides users with live games, access to highlights, inside analysis from ESPN commentators and extended SportsCenter interviews. The Waves and Trojans will meet at Eddy D. Field Stadium beginning at 3 p.m.
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Events Queensland, through its regional development program (EQRDP) has stepped in to rescue the Chinchilla Melon Festival, scheduled for February 17 to 20, after floods wiped out the region's normally huge melon crop. Donated melons from other states will stand in for the local produce.
Chinchilla, described as the melon capital of Australia, attracts more than 10,000 people to the festival, held every two years.
"The good news is that the full program of events can now go ahead," Premier
Also resuscitated will be the Gympie Heart of Gold Film Festival, which normally attracts 4000 people to Australia's only film festival dedicated to family-oriented short films.
With flood-hit Gympie businesses constrained in their normal support, the state government will help out the film festival organisers.
The EQRDP has extended its deadline for funding applications under its next round of funding by three weeks, to March 4.
The Queensland government has tipped in $350,000 for a marketing campaign to proclaim that most of its prized Whitsundays tourism resorts escaped serious cyclone damage.
The usual incentives, such as lower air fares and three nights accommodation for the price of two, are being co-ordinated by Tourism Queensland with the support of Tourism Whitsundays and Virgin Blue.
"The Whitsundays quickly got back to business following the cyclone, but it is one of the destinations suffering from the perception that all of Queensland was affected by the weather," Premier Bligh said, in Airlie Beach for Community Cabinet. The new 74 Island Wonders campaign is aimed at Sydney and Melbourne residents.
"We're letting people know the Whitsundays is looking fantastic and is ready to welcome visitors," she said. "The tactical retail campaign incorporates eye-catching, high-impact posters in more than 500 outdoor locations in southern states along with online advertising, Facebook and Twitter."
Travellers will be directed to www.thewhitsundays.com.au where they will be able to choose from a range of holiday deals.
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"A range of holiday packages from 15 Whitsundays tourism operators have been incorporated into the campaign to cater for visitors on any budget," he said.
In the 12 months to September last year, 498,000 Australians visited the area, a 20 per cent increase on the year before. That brought over $250 million into the local economy, employing about 3000 people.
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LEBANON -- Funeral services for Mrs. Cutrell are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Rev. Lisa Oliver officiating.
Interment will follow at the Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Monday from 4-8 p.m. at Ligon & Bobo.
Mrs. Cutrell, age 83, of Lebanon passed away Friday, August 8, 2008, at the Tidewell Hospice in Arcadia, Florida.
Born November 25, 1924, in Wilson County, she was the daughter of the late Earl Russell and Lily May Estes Lehew.
She was a homemaker and a member of the New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Ford Cutrell on April 23, 1986, and two brothers, Ester Lehew and William Russell Lehew.
She is survived by three daughters, Betty Louise (Bob) Buhler of Rotunda West, Florida; Ellen O'Neal of Nashville and Sue (Benny) Reynolds of Summershade, Kentucky; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
By JENNIFER HORTON
Think Murphy's Law in that "if things can go wrong, they will."
Such was the case Thursday night, Aug. 7 at the Wilson County Election Commission as a technical glitch meant rather than feeding vote totals into a computer through a special cartridge, Election Commission workers had to resort to reading numbers off paper ballots and inputting them by hand into the computer to get vote totals. The election finally wrapped up shortly after midnight.
"Our Election Night Reporting System failed us," said Martha Ann Sutherland, assistant administrator of elections. She said later the cartridge system they use somehow became corrupt causing the delay. It had worked fine earlier in the day when she ran a test on it, she noted.
It took a while, but Election Commission workers persevered and winners were determined. Of course, all vote totals are unofficial until certified in the next few days.
There were three Wilson County Board of Education seats up this time. In Zone 1, newcomer Vikki Adkins won with 453 votes. Challengers Jeff D. Brown received 269 votes, Stanley Spicer received 222 and Dorinda D. Wolentarski received 138.
Political newcomer Jack Pratt unseated incumbent Jimmy Locke for Wilson County Assessor of Property in Thursday's general election.
In the other county-wide race John Gwin slid past two other candidates to be elected Division III General Sessions Judge.
Gwin, who served as Municipal Judge for the city of Mt. Juliet for over 15 years, polled 3,620 votes while Haywood Barry totalled 3,181.
E. Marie Farley finished third with 1,875 votes.
Pratt, who was employed for just over three years in the property Assessor's office in a previous administration, polled just under 50% of the votes cast.
Locke was voted out of office after serving just one four-year term after having defeated then-incumbent Jimmy Carter Martin in 2004.
A computer glitch at the Wilson County Election Commission headquarters delayed the final tabulations until well after midnight.All told, Pratt was credited with 4,379 votes while Locke collected 3,751 votes.
Steve Nixon finished third with 762 votes.
"It's been a long hot summer," Pratt said, "we've had some supporters who carried me through.
"I'm deeply humbled by the vote tonight. It's going to be my high honor to serve the people of Wilson County."
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Poverty eradication: The role of youth participation as a catalyst for social change
Youth are becoming the frontiers and catalysts of positive social changes through their participation. This paper examines youth involvement in the society to get a better understanding of the process of youth participation in development programs, and to investigate the perceptions of youth regarding the poverty issue in the world. Two different methods were applied in the study: a critical in-depth literature review was conducted followed by a validation process to better elaborate the process of youth participation in development programs. Questionnaires and an analysis of the findings were also used. The results show that the youth who live in poor countries are more used to poverty and consider it as an inevitable part of their lives. Besides, the more that youth think about and are aware of poverty in the world, the more responsible they feel towards it. Also, those youth who believed in the important role of holding conferences and events in making young people aware of the necessary actions to eradicate poverty had also taken more actions to tackle it.
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Guest Author - Amy Romine
November is here. Break out the shopping lists, the dreaded crowds, delectable food and your favorite holiday shows. There are so many to choose from but lets start with the classics.
Miracle on 34th Street - (1947 Twentieth Century Fox) the original holiday classic, airs Thanksgiving Day. Starring Maureen OHara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn and of course the delightful Natalie Wood. This classic tales invokes the spirit of the season in its message of love, giving and belief in the impossible despite what the world tells you. A great movie to hand down through the generations, it is relatable and engaging for all. Airing Thanksgiving Day on NBC (check local listings for specific airtime)
Its a Wonderful Life - (1946 Liberty Films) The story of a man who in his darkest hours wishes he was never born, comes to realize that he has made a difference in the lives of his friends and family. Starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Henry Travers as Clarence. If you have never taken the time to watch this classic please do. It took me years to watch it, having convinced myself there was no point in watching the original when every show has done their own rendition. I was wrong. There is just something about the original that touches the heart like no other. You may know the story but the movie is an experience in itself. Airing November 30th on TBS (check local listings for specific airtime)
A Christmas Story - (1983 - Warner Brothers)- This is the only movie to ever make my mother laugh out loud. The story of a family surviving the holidays, from the burlesque lamp from 'fragile', to the fluffy pink bunny suit. Moment after moment I guarantee you will laugh aloud at least once. Begins Christmas Eve and airs all day Christmas on TBS. Sit down, digest your fruitcake, and watch it. You will love it!
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer - (1964 - TV) - Narrated by the legendary Burt Ives this stop motion classic is a must see for anyone under the age of 40. We all know the song and we have all seen the movie. Tape it and watch it Christmas Eve while hanging the stockings (or putting the finishing touches on that special gift). (check local listings for specific airtime)
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966-TV) - This book turned Christmas movie must-have is narrated by Boris Karloff, his is the only voice you need. The simple animation of this tale is timeless. The story of a grumpy Grinch who thinks that Christmas is all about presents. (Nah, really?). And how he is determined to destroy the holiday for all so he can get some sleep. Airing November 19th on TBS (check local listings for specific airtime)
There are many, many choices but these will give you a good foundation. Look for more of favorite holiday picks coming soon!


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PHILADELPHIA - The Quakers will take part in the inaugural United States Collegiate Squad Fencing Championships hosted by New York University on Sunday.
These Championships include some of the nation's top talent and provide a new format for the fencers to test their skill. This format features a relay-scoring structure to 45, rather than the typical protocol of regular NCAA fencing competitions. The scoring accumulates over nine rounds, and the team with the most touches or 45 total touches, whichever happens first after the nine rounds, wins.
Among the nine women's programs that will attend the competition, seven are either ranked in the top 10 in the most recent Coaches Poll or are receiving votes. Notre Dame will enter its sabre squad from the top-ranked Irish team, while No. 6 Columbia University will send all three weapons teams to the Championships.
NYU, Yale and North Carolina, which all earned votes toward the Coaches Poll, will fence all three weapons on Sunday, as will Haverford. Brown will send its foil and epee squads while Farleigh Dickinson plans to only compete in epee.
Penn's epee squad has been nearly perfect this year, amassing a record of 20-2, including a perfect 6-0 mark at the Ivy Championships. The Quakers are led by a trio of fencers with over 30 victories. Freshman Gabby Foor has a team-high 36 while sophomore Amrit Bhinder (35-11) and Stephanie Wheeler (31-17) have also surpassed the 30-win total.
Sabre has fenced to a 13-9 record this year, led by its duo of senior Danielle Kamis and junior Dominika Franciszkowicz. Kamis is 55-11 on the season and has 180 victories during her career, while Franciszkowicz is 34-16 on the year. Foil is 11-11 this year with Laura Paragano posting the team's best record at 30-22.


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Section 2AA Track: Trojans' Abella takes third in girls shot put
ST. PETER -- The Worthington Trojans finished off the final day of the Section 2AA Track and Field events at Gustavus Adolphus with two athletes just missing a trip to the state meet Friday.
"We have a really tough section, so it is not an easy thing to make it to state," WHS coach Ken Henkels said. "We had a lot of kids do a good job today."
Maer Abella came in third in the girls shot put, just three feet behind the second place finisher. In the boys long jump, Jessie Guerra finished fifth by a little under an inch.
"Maer and Jessie both did really well," Henkels said. "Jessie jumped a pretty good distance and Maer was just one place out of making it to state in the shot put."
After advancing to the finals in the 400 meter dash on Wednesday, Ethan Spittle finished eighth Friday, less than one second behind the seventh place finisher. In the girls 300 meter hurdles, Whitney Coriolan took seventh, less than one second out of fourth place.
"Whitney ran pretty well today," Henkels said. "But her time just didn't come in under the time she needed to have to advance to state."
The Worthington boys 4 x 200 meter relay team (including Guerra, Troy Ektnitphong, Will Dudley and Ethan Spittle) finished sixth out of 14 teams, while the boys 4 x 400 team (Peter Scholtes, Nathan Landwehr, Oliver Wolyniec and Spittle) took twelfth. The Trojan boys' 4 x 800 team (Ian Stewart, Gordy Moore, Landwehr and Wolyniec) took eleventh with the girls 4 x 200 team (Allison Kremer, Mary Chan, Emma Thuringer and Meydee Okello) also finished eleventh.
"We face some really big schools in sections and that makes it tough," Henkels said. "But overall, we did pretty well the Section meet as a whole."
Will Dudley will represent the Trojans at state next Friday when he competes in the boys pole vault at 9 a.m. Friday at Hamline University in St. Paul.


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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the $600 gorilla of Wall Street that dares you to bet against it.
It has a forward P/E of 11.2 based on 2013 earnings. It just announced a massive dividend and buyback plan worth $10 billion. It is surely going to launch another impressive iteration of the iPhone this summer as the device celebrates its fifth birthday and utter dominance over the competition, and there are rumors of a $299 iPad mini that will debut before Christmas to completely squash the Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle and give Apple a strangehold on the tablet market.
And then there are the great earnings and great history of share appreciation – the stock is up 70% or so in the last 12 months, and 300% in the last three years. If you want proof that expensive stocks can serve you well, look no further than Apple. But if you're looking to get in, then circle Tuesday, July 24, on your calendar, when Apple's earnings report is expected to thrill Wall Street. (Disclaimer: I personally own shares of Apple).


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Cool story from this week. Mason Raymond worked a shift at Dairy Queen yesterday, to help out with Miracle Treat Day. Proceeds of all Blizzards sold on Miracle Treat Day go to help the Children's Hospital. Apparently this wasn't a planned event, Raymond just happened to visit the DQ in Yaletown to get Kyle Wellwood a Peanut Buster Parfait, and was asked if he could help out this week. Raymond obliged, and gave a few fans a pleasant surprise on Thursday. I've had the chance to meet Raymond briefly once, and he seemed like a real down to earth guy. Lets hope he can take the next step this season, a very important one for his career.
I checked out icethics.info for a sneak peak at the Team Canada jerseys to be unveiled on Monday. Not a huge difference (you'll notice the logo is different as they were forced by the IOC to remove the Hockey Canada logo. I'm not really a fan of the design (I liked the Salt Lake 2002 design the best), but I think I like the logo better. It's simpler and I think it works. Below is a sneak peak at the leaked jerseys:


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The Rockford Masonic Lodge, in coordination with Minnesota Masonic Charities, will match funds donated to the Masonic Food Shelf Fund now through Feb. 27.
This means for every dollar donated, the RiverWorks Food Shelf will receive two.
The Rockford Masonic Lodge has been part of the Rockford community since 1857 and recognizes that the need to serve the community and support our local food shelf has never been greater, which has prompted the organization to take action with this initiative.
Donations must be sent to BankWest in Rockford, in care of: "Masonic Food Shelf Fund", and must be received by Feb. 27.
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- Sofia Vergara's boyfriend was in a serious car accident. I, uh, hope he pulls through. *puts on cologne* [Popeater]
- Thoughts on Sally Draper. [Lainey Gossip]
- Lourdes Leon has marijuana on her clothes! Alert the Prime Minister! [Dlisted]
- Beyonce in a bikini. Theoretically. [Hollywood Tuna]
- Hilary Duff has "rough hockey sex." I'll allow it. [DrunkenStepfather: Site is News]
- Lucy Pinder has breasts, everybody. [IDLYITW]
- Irina Shayk can't be a real person. Can't be. [Popoholic]
- Dave Chappelle Took My Camcorder [BuzzFeed]
- Jenna Jameson sets the record straight on sex tapes. [The Fab Life]
- Ali Larter is pregnant.. er. [Egotastic]
- Uma Thurman in a bikini. [PopSugar]
- Samantha Ronson is an angry little man. [Huffington Post]
- Taylor Momsen loves Rihanna now. [Amy Grindhouse]
- Brian Pumper is basically Montana Fishburne's pimp. Let's call it as it is. [Bossip]
- Danielle Staub allegedly "sings and dances." [Socialite Life]
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I can't tell you how many times I've had a Swede use the word "lagom" and then tell me in reverent tones that there is no word that means the same thing in any other language. Hmmm…I don't know…"Just the right amount" seems to get the job done but I guess what they mean is that it is just a single word in Swedish.
"Lagom" is the concept of taking the "middle way" with "everything in moderation."
I read an interesting book called "Modern Day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes" by Christina Johansson Robinowitz and Lisa Werner Carr (2001). In the book, the authors discuss the concept of lagom. They write that "Unlike in the United States, however, where moderation is most frequently applied to indulgences such as food or drink, lagom in Sweden applies to life in general: how much one eats, drinks, works, spends, owns. One should eat enough, but not too much; work hard, but not too hard: have enough, but not too much."
Wikipedia describes Lagom like this… "In a single word, lagom is said to describe the basis of the Swedish national psyche, one of consensus and equality. In recent times Sweden has developed greater tolerance for risk and failure as a result of severe recession in the early 1990s. Nonetheless, it is still widely considered ideal to be modest and avoid extremes"
"Modern Day Vikings" is about the cultural differences between Sweden and other countries, particularly the US. It talks a lot about the differences in business cultures, as well. The authors write that in Sweden the lagom concept is applied to life in general, including work. "Unlike in the United States, where the expression "everything in moderation" is typically applied to areas of hedonistic overindulgence (e.g., eating, drinking, smoking, sex), With the Swedes' basic belief that "lagom is best," potential is rife for misunderstandings among international colleagues. Swedes generally believe if you must work overtime then you probably didn't plan correctly or had too much work to start with. It's a negative to work late. because then you are sacrificing other parts of your life (family, leisure, etc.) Whereas in other business cultures, workers are applauded for working overtime and neglecting other parts of your life.
Lagom makes sense to the Swedes but can be chafing for Americans, raised in a culture where "too much is never enough. – Modern Day Vikings
For my part, I do see the practice of lagom in Sweden. From a work perspective, I appreciate that Sweden acknowledges that having a "whole" life is important and that being consumed by work is discouraged.
In my next post, I'll write about "Jantelagen."


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Bacon - it's the icecream of the meat world, high in Vitamin-G (grease) and bound to make the food police crazy! This side of fat douple-dipped in fat then fried in fat & served with a side of fat (cream gravy) recipe comes from Sodolak's Original Country Inn restaurant in Snook, Texas. Cream gravy is my own recipe. I do not admit to ever making fried bacon so prep time is a guesstimate ;)
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there is nothing more beautiful than bacon (fat) wrapped in carbohydrates and cooked in fat in the world of food. Some will say "that will clog your arteries". I say that this elegant dish is not only an inspiration to mankind but the epitome and symbol of manliness and awesomeness. Eat it.

Seriously though, this is the best (and best tasting) idea that ever saw light. Bravo, says I, for being awesome.
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Fried Bacon
- 1 lb thick sliced bacon, cut in half
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 cup milk (or cream or half & half)
- 1⁄2 cup flour
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- oil (for frying)
Cream Gravy
- 3 tablespoons drippings or 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream (whipping)
- salt and pepper, heavy on the pepper
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oil in a frying pan over med-high heat.
- Whisk egg and milk together in a bowl.
- Place flour in another bowl - season it if you'd like (garlic, pepper, salt, lemon, cajun, etc.).
- Double dip - first in the egg mixture, then into the flour and repeat.
- Fry in oil until golden brown.
- Serve with cream gravy for dipping; also good served with steak.
- To make cream gravy:.
- Put drippings or butter in a sauce pan over med-high heat. Whisk in the flour until well blended; cook over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbly. Remove from heat and gradually add milk whisking constantly; return to heat & whisk until the gravy thickens; Whisk in the cream, salt & pepper.


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Yellow Pages for iPhone Review
All of us received those thick yellow page books via ordinary mail. Nowadays it's much more convenient to search for the needed organization in Google, but when it comes to iPhone, there's even an easier way. Meet Yellow Pages, a freeware app created by Avantar.
The app offers a large database of organizations and businesses for the US, Canada, and Western European countries. All database elements are neatly organized and broken down into categories. You can either search by categories or type in the search keyword. The search results are arranged from the closest to the farthest ones, and contain names, addresses, contact info, websites and sometimes even a Citysearch star rating.
When you tap on the search result, it will take you to a Google Map with the organizations location displayed. You can even get guidelines how to get there. The app also enables you to add the organizations phone number to your contacts list. Other options include:
- adding the organization to the Favorites list,
- sending the info via e-mail,
- posting the info to a Facebook account.
Yellow Pages is an ideal solution for business people that want to quickly locate and organize their contacts, whereas its simple and convenient interface will save lots of time.
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No Sar, We Can't Trade!
The front of the trade card is a drawn color illustration of an African American woman holding a box of coffee and an African American man holding a dead chicken while a boy in red and white striped pants, black jacket and tan hat listens as he sits on a wooden box. On the bottom, there are a few lines stating "No sar, we can't trade! My package of McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee is better'n a dozen your old chickens." The back of the trade card begins at the top with the word "Why" and continues with five different sections of reasons to buy the product all beginning with the word "Because." At the very bottom, the publisher is listed in black lettering.
Donor: Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Endowment Fund
Brand Name: McLaughlin's Coffee
Publisher: W.F. McLaughlin & Co. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; Chicago, Ill. ; Santos, Columbia)
1890 (ca.)
8.6 x 5.7 cm
Trade Cards
Language: English
Key Terms:
Copyright: This item is in the public domain.
Citation: No Sar, We Can't Trade!. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=6865


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PROTEAS star JP Duminy may be out of action on the pitch because of injury, but he is being kept busy with a new addition to the family.
Duminy and his wife, Sue, have adopted a rescued puppy named Dimples.
The cricketer, out of the game for six months after an injury to an Achilles tendon, adopted the puppy from the NGO African Tails. He was introduced to Dimples by his wife, who does volunteer work with the SPCA.
African Tails takes in stray dogs or those at risk, rescues dogs and performs sterilisations in poor communities.
Speaking of Dimples, he said: "She has got quite a unique story."
African Tails rescued Dimples from the streets of Eerste River when she was 10 weeks old.
The dog was unable to use her legs and was infected with hookworm parasites.
Sue said they had nursed Dimples back to health.
"At the moment Dimples seems happy and healthy, despite her difficulty running," she said.
Speaking from their Plattekloof home yesterday, JP also commented on the Proteas' performance in the Test series in Australia, saying he was "over the moon" about his stand-in, Francois du Plessis, popularly known as Faf.
Du Plessis played impressively in the second Test in Adelaide, batting for a day and a half to prevent an Aussie triumph.
"Faf and I have come a long way; I am over the moon for him.
"All the praise he is getting, he is making the country proud. Hopefully along the line I will get another opportunity once I am fully healed to get back in the game. It's the first time that I have had an injury of this nature, so it will take some getting used to."
Based on yesterday's Test, the all-rounder feels the Proteas can win the third Test, saying that they can gain a lot of confidence from their latest performance.


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Juan Alcala
Juan Francisco Alcala
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 160 lb.
- Born April 15, 1978 in San Pedro de Macoris Dominican Republic
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Catcher Juan Alcala played in the Seattle Mariners organization from 1995 to 2002.
He spent his first professional season with the DSL Mariners, hitting only .164. He improved to .261 in a return engagement with the club in 1996. Coming stateside in 1997, he split time between the AZL Mariners and the Everett AquaSox, hitting a combined .208 in 38 games; in 1998, he played for the AquaSox again and batted only .163/.202/.231 in 109 at-bats. He did not play defense well either - despite being a backup (to Carlos Maldonado, he led the Northwest League with 19 passed balls.
The following year, he played for Everett, the Lancaster JetHawks and the Tacoma Rainiers (only one game) and put together a .178 average while striking out 24 times and walking only once in 73 at-bats. His average jumped to .273 in 2000 as he played in 28 games for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, New Haven Ravens and Tacoma Rainiers, and in 2001, he drove in a career-high 24 RBI as he hit .254/.296/.302 in 72 games with the San Bernardino Stampede (backing up Ryan Christianson). Following the 2001 season, he was granted free-agency by the Mariners, but he was re-signed before 2002. He played for San Bernardino and the San Antonio Missions that year, hitting .200/.227/.238 in 31 games, with 14 passed balls in 28 games at catcher. On February 12, 2003, he voluntarily retired from baseball.
In total, Juan Alcala hit .220 with five home runs and 71 RBI in 224 US minor league games. In 727 at-bats, he walked only 29 times while whiffing 189 times - he never walked more than nine times in a season.


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I only had a week to plan for the run so I ended up forgetting to ask about recovery... As I am now walking around like a zombie that missed Halloween. Mostly it feels like swollen ankles, yet as someone new to distance running I'm not sure how to recover other than rest & elevation.
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The Central Texas Business Resource Center is offering a 12-week class for entrepreneurs looking to launch their own startup.
First Step Business Planning Program is a course designed to teach owners and operators what is needed for startups and new business ventures, stated a news release from the organization.
"It is kind of like a college class where you will go out with completed information," said Aimeé Nesse, a business resource counselor.
The resource center offers workshops on similar topics spread throughout the year, but in this 12-week course, people are learning and leaving with a finished project that can lead to their starting a business, she said. "Usually, we just give people an outline, but we are going to help you finish it, and help you get the information together."
There is a great deal of mentorship offered by the instructors in this program, stated the release.
The course, which meets twice a week, details a practical, hands-on business planning program meant to hone the skills to create, manage and grow a business.
Those who enroll in the course will:
- Develop a network of business startup and growth resources.
- Complete a startup business plan to evaluate its concept to include an executive summary, product and services, market analysis, price and profitability analysis and plan for action.
- Conduct market research, competitor analysis and learn ways to turn a business idea profitable.
The goal of this course is to provide a full course of work in teaching someone how to launch a business.
"It is more of a commitment than our normal workshops," Nesse said.


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Check out the new post by Gen X Mom Sarah Krause here. Sarah worked at The Packer back in 1992-1993 and is a popular contributor to the Fresh Talk blog and also a freelance correspondent for The Packer.
So, are U.S. and Mexican tomato interests still on a collision course or not? One source I talked with a couple of weeks ago with said that U.S. tomato interests have suggested a minimum price of 38 cents per pound for Mexican imported tomatoes, compared with the current suspension agreement levels near 21.5 cents per pound. The higher minimum would translate to a per carton price of about $9.50 per box, up from about $6 per carton under the most recent suspension agreement.
The source I visited with said that Mexican tomato interests weren't keen on the large increase in the minimum price. In October, the New York Times reported that Mexico had then offered an increase in the 25 to 27 cent per pound range and also proposed that 100% of Mexican tomato exports were be covered, rather than the current minimum of 85%.
Meanwhile, politicians in Arizona are lobbying for a negotiated peace.
There is more work to be done, but the source I talked with thought it possible that a new, higher minimum price could be negotiated by late spring. At this point, that may be the best outcome to cool the growing trade friction between the U.S. and Mexico.
On a related note, the USDA reports that January through November 2012 U.S. imports of Mexican tomatoes totaled $1.43 billion, down from the whole-year total of $1.8 billion in 2011. Find the month to month totals below.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NextGxDx, a healthcare information technology company, today announced the release of its online genetic testing platform that curates information on the more than 10,000 genetic testing products currently offered by FDA and CLIA certified labs in the U.S. According to NextGxDx's research, the database is the most comprehensive catalog of all the genetic testing products available to U.S. healthcare providers. The company also found the number of available tests is tenfold greater than previously estimated by industry experts.
The company intends to help implement strategies that further clinical integration of genetic testing. The goal of the platform is to speed the process of diagnosing, and thus treating, patients with genetic diseases. The NextGxDx platform allows healthcare providers and hospitals to easily identify the appropriate genetic tests for their patients by searching the database by symptoms or browsing by clinical specialty. The platform also allows side-by-side comparison of tests, and the company's partnerships with laboratories across the country enable physicians to order tests directly from the NextGxDx website.
"Our research shows there are nearly ten times more genetic tests available today than commonly thought, and yet there has not been a centralized, well-curated, user-friendly platform to help healthcare providers find the right test for a patient. Our platform brings together all the disparate information about available genetic tests to help physicians find and order the best test the first time," said Mark Harris, Ph.D., founder and CEO of NextGxDx. "In addition to facilitating the diagnosis process, the technology we have developed will allow us to maintain the most accurate catalog of genetic testing products available."
NextGxDx explores the factors informing and shaping the industry in "The Genetic Testing Landscape: Finding the Needle in the Haystack" a white paper released today. The paper provides a comprehensive overview of the genetic testing industry, including the size of the industry, how genetic tests are used and how genetic information is communicated. It also outlines key strategies for the future of clinical integration of genetic testing and personalized medicine.
Among the paper's key findings:
"This report is designed to establish a robust analysis of genetic testing as it relates to the products currently available for clinical use," said Jud Schneider, Ph.D., scientific director of NextGxDx and author of the white paper. "As personalized medicine becomes a clinical reality, we think it's important for physicians to understand the scope and trajectory of the genetic testing industry and how it may impact their practices in the years ahead."
The white paper is currently available for free download on the NextGxDx website, www.NextGxDx.com.
About NextGxDx
NextGxDx is a healthcare information technology company that provides a web-based genetic diagnostics platform allowing hospitals and physicians to quickly and efficiently identify appropriate genetic tests and cross-reference multiple test providers. With the ability to research tests based on patient symptoms, instantly compare tests across laboratories, and determine existing institutional relationships, NextGxDx provides physicians with a single destination for discovering, comparing and ordering genetic tests. For more information, visit www.NextGxDx.com.
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VISAS Y PASAPORTES MEXICANOS: Consulado Mexicano Sobre Ruedas en Los Angeles visita El Monte y So...
There are 15 comments on the Impacto USA story from Feb 6, 2013, titled VISAS Y PASAPORTES MEXICANOS: Consulado Mexicano Sobre Ruedas en Los Angeles visita El Monte y So.... In it, Impacto USA reports that:El Consulado General de Mexico en Los Angeles anuncia a la comunidad mexicana que el programa Consulado sobre Ruedas visitara la ciudad de El Monte y la ciudad de South Gate durante el mes de febrero, de miercoles a domingo en el horario comprendido entre las 10:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m., en las siguientes direcciones: Las ciudades cercanas a la Unidad 1 ... (more)
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#1 Feb 23, 2013
abemos personas que no tenemos nunguna identificasion de mexico menos de aqui y tenemos hijos nacidos en california que documentos devo yebar?
#2 Apr 14, 2013
cuando viene el consulado mexicano en new yersey
#3 Apr 16, 2013
Seriously you know the consulado on ruedas has a quarter million overhead budget yet manages only to help a select few. Why is that? CEO salaries?
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#4 Apr 23, 2013
I sure wish I knew Korean so I could understand what all these Chinese people are saying in Greek. But do you have to write everything in Arabic? Give a Pole a break, you Hebrews!
#5 Apr 23, 2013
Cuando van a estar en Indio ca. O en Palm Springs ca.????
#7 Apr 25, 2013
We should relocate you back to Appalachia so you can be reunited with your mother and sister. Who coincidently are both your wives. Do us a favor go back to Utah and take a Texan with you. Mr.Bring-em-young university. We need people with brains here in California.
#8 Apr 25, 2013
First of all Einstein, prior to insinuating that I am lacking of intelligences ("brains"). You may want to learn to spell correctly. Example: "Coincidentally". In addition, ignorant illegal Mexicans, as yourself, are in fact criminals and are subject to deportation back to your lawless corrupt country of cesspool Mexico. Just remember this Mexican, I am a law-abiding proud American from California. And you are a illegal alien from Mexico and a criminal...
#9 Apr 26, 2013
My goodness now who is presumptuous. You should not be angry because you baby boomers ruined this country. You get high ib the 60's and and then sell out in the 70's and 80's if the laws are the way they are is because old fools like you destroyed America while you drank your pansy blue ribbon. Dont blame the gays, minorities, and immigration laws because now you decide to give a schit in your electric powered wheelchair. Kick rocks Utah!
#10 Apr 26, 2013
Looks as if someone learned a new word ("presumptuous"). Very impressive. You are definitely are true intellect. Unfortunately, I am a bit young to be considered a "baby boomer". But, I do despise gays and illegal aliens, especially, but not limited too, ones from Mexico. And I do enjoy "Pabst Blue Ribbon" beer. I have never seen any one over 30 drinking PBR. But you sound a bit delusional,confused and disenfranchised in regards to my country. You should self-deport before you are deported by immigration. You do not need to be as old as a baby boomer, to hate illegals. Are you aware of skin heads?...Screw your La Raza propaganda nonsense.
#11 Apr 29, 2013
You certainly are delusional. You paint a utopian picture in your mind that is homogeneously white but it does match reality. The hatred you have is of yourself and the fear you have is that someone with less resources than you will achieve a better financial status than you. Let's talk facts my bumpkin vermin friend. Your family has been here for generations. Yet you still don't have a college degree or a phd let alone a high school diploma. You rent and don't own a house. You are a total slothful waste of a human being. You stand on an ideological pillar of greatness that is actually constructed out of your own fecal matter. Wake up! Life is passing you by. Your better years are behind you. Put the bong down and get a job or learn a trade, you are wasting your life hating and becoming a Pawn of Alex Jones and infowars.
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#12 May 16, 2013
Su servicio no sierve nada estamos en estados unidos y no se actulizan es MAs rapido en la enbajada de Los estados unidos americanos
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#13 May 16, 2013
Mi padre es el general brigadier Antonio rivielo vasan se tiene que enterar de Su servicio es pesimo el consulado de Los Angeles California
#15 Nov 20, 2014
en el mes de noviebre cuando estara disponible en El Monte Ca
#16 Oct 27, 2016
No te equivoques se sabe que dan un mal sevicio pero hay mucha gente que se a podido veneficiar de la tarjeta consular y en la enbajada de U S A como dices o en los consulados americanos son igual o peores de malos los servicios que brindan.
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Lets vote D Trump for President people!
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About the Book
Startup Best Practices, contains in-depth conversations with Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs who share a wealth of business experience and lessons learned that could help newbie entrepreneurs focus on the important issues.
Their practical guidance in business fields such as finance, marketing & sales, and management & organization is directed at the key challenges that start- ups typically face.
Cees J. Quirijns gets these startup wizards to share their entertaining, informative, and invaluable insights and devises the common thread.
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Cardinal hosts 'town hall meeting' on religious freedom
Panelists discuss religious freedom at a town hall meeting held at the CatholicTV studios in Watertown, June 25. The town hall meeting was part of the "Fortnight for Freedom," a campaign promoted by the U.S. Bishops to defend religious freedom. Pilot photo/ George Martell, Pilot Media Group
WATERTOWN -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley and the Archdiocese of Boston brought the defense of religious freedom to the people of the archdiocese and beyond at a live, interactive "town hall meeting" on CatholicTV on June 25.
Broadcast on CatholicTV Network, 1060AM WQOM, Relevant Radio Network, and CatholicTV.com, the cardinal drove the multi-media discussion with the coordinator for CatholicVoices USA and an attorney focused on religious-liberty issues Kim Daniels, the president of the Catholic University of America John Garvey, and writer and educator on Catholic teachings on family and contraception Angela Franks. Carl A. Anderson, the Supreme Knight and chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Knights of Columbus, joined the discussion via satellite. The evening was moderated by John Monahan, host of "ClearVoice" on Catholic TV Network
The experts spoke as part of the "Fortnight for Freedom," a campaign promoted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to defend religious freedom. The campaign comes on the heels of the decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to require most Catholic organizations and employers to provide health plan coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-inducing drugs or face stiff fines. The fortnight began on June 21 and ends on July 4.


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He just won the Galaxie Rising Star award as part of the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Young Performers Program, but Norwood musician Adam Hanney isn't letting the honour go to his head.
"It's nice to be recognized but I was just happy to be part of it all," Hanney, 20, said last week.
'It all' is the festival's program for young musicians, which has run for 15 years and developed to the point at which 42 musicians between the ages of 14 and 24 -- including Hanney, WCMA nominee Cassidy Mann, Sc Mira and more – took over the Shady Grove stage at the festival's Birds Hill Park site on Friday, July 11, to perform in five different workshops.
The YPP was launched as a way of exposing young artists and giving them an opportunity to hone their performance skills and, of course, play at the festival. In the days prior to their shows, they are mentored by pros actually booked to play the Folk Fest. Chad VanGaalen, Dave Bidini, James Keelaghan, John K Samson and Oh My Darling have served as mentors in past years, and this year's group included Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Alexa Dirks, Andrina Turenne, Annick Bremault and Sacha Daoud of Chic Gamine.
Past participants in the YPP, such as Kacy & Clayton, Sweet Alibi, Del Barber, Jordan McConnell, Karla Adolphe and Brandy Zdan have all returned to the festival as mainstage and workshop performers who were booked on their own merits.
"The mentors always come away from the experience talking about how much they enjoyed it," said Chris Frayer, artistic director of the Folk Festival. "It gives them an opportunity to learn how to relate to and teach younger performers, which can mean adding another option to the things they are able to do as part of their ongoing careers.
"And the performers, well… the fact we end up booking a lot of them on their own speaks for itself."
Galaxie, the Canadian streaming music service (familiar to most as part of their cable TV packages), came on board as a sponsor of the Young Performers Program in 2010 and Frayer said its support has enabled the program to expand.
Hanney, who has been performing since he was 16 and just completed his fifth year as part of the festival's YPP, says that, while taking possession of a Yamaha electric/acoustic guitar (the prize for being named Rising Star) was nice, his focus for the rest of this year remains on finishing his first album.
"I set myself a goal in 2012 of writing a song a month, which I did, and since then I've been working on turning it into a full album, which is nearly finished," he said.


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800 Million Heartbeats Inside the City Gallery This August
800 Million Heartbeats Inside the City Gallery This August
NZTRIO: ART³ - Heartbeats
NZTrio invites you back in 2013 to enjoy more sublime music at City Gallery Wellington as part of its popular Art³. Staying true to NZTrio style, Heartbeats explores extraordinary New Zealand works at the heart of the programme.
"NZTrio could easily, un-facetiously be dubbed the rockstars of the New Zealand classical music scene" – Craccum 2013
2013 is an incredibly busy time for the trio; having opened the year with a myriad of festival concerts including Auckland Arts Festival and recently completing a nationwide tour for Chamber Music New Zealand, the group will once again reprise their metropolitan chic Loft Series at Auckland's Loft @ Q before embarking on another tour of regional centres with Arts on Tour NZ and performances at both the Taranaki and Tauranga Arts Festival.
Returning to City Gallery Wellington for the 2013 Art³ concert audiences will be surrounded by the powerful artworks of Shane Cotton, and drawing on cultures from both the Old and New Worlds, will bask in the sumptuous sounds of unashamedly colourful and emotional music from Russia and Australia.
Heartbearts derives its name from a work crafted by Australian composer Stuart Greenbaum – 800 Million Heartbeats. A metaphor for a life, measured in heartbeats, and the journeys that fill its course, 800 Million Heartbeats was first created in 2007 and subsequently recorded at the Melbourne Recital Centre by NZTrio as part of their collaboration with Greenbaum to record all his works for piano trio.
The CD 800 Million Heartbeats will be released this year under the ABC Classics label. Regional audiences will also have the chance to hear Greenbaum's work as part of the Arts on Tour NZ performances throughout September.
Heartbeats also features a recent work by hallowed composer (and Wellington local) John Psathas, with Corybas receiving its Wellington premiere as part of this performance. Psathas had the distinct honour of writing much of the ceremonial music for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (as documented on the CD/DVD project View From Olympus) and despite the complexity of his music has engaged a wide range of listeners.
Auckland based composer Samuel Holloway also returns to NZTrio's repertoire with his work stapes. Penned in 2005, stapes saw Holloway travel to the World Music Days festival in Hong Kong in 2007 and earning him the Asian Composers' League Young Composers' Award.
Heartbeats is rounded off by the music of Russian composer Anton Arensky, whose timeless work has become very much a standard within the realms of Romantic chamber music repertoire – and influenced by one of the greatest composers in history, Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
Programme for NZTrio: Art³ -
v Stuart Greenbaum (Australia) - 800 Million Heartbeats
v Samuel Holloway (NZ) - stapes
v John Psathas (NZ) – Corybas
v Anton Arensky (Russia) – Piano Trio in d minor, Opus 32
NZTrio: Art³ - Heatbeats
Tuesday 27th August, 7:00pm
Tickets: Adult $40, Student $20
Seating General Admission
Bookings: firstname.lastname@example.com or (04) 801 3017
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From Bean to Cup: Get the Full Scoop on Boquete Coffee
One of the best coffee houses in Panama, your coffee expert at Café Ruiz will guide you the wonderful world of coffee in Boquete. You will learn about the history of coffee in the region and its importance to its people, take a look at coffee trees and what is required to make a Café Ruiz coffee, and finish up with a tour of the roasting plant and a professional coffee tasting. The 3-hour tour ends as you sit back and enjoy pairings with Café Ruiz's best brands and explore the Casa's coffee shop.
Includes: bilingual coffee guide, hotel pick-up/drop-off, tour and tasting
*Prices reflect current low season rates and are subject to change. The price you are quoted by our sales representatives will be 100% accurate based on the exact time of your inquiry. Price is per person, double occupancy accommodation and includes: all taxes, domestic transportation, tours and hotels. Price does not include international airfare, optional travel insurance, or credit card payment service fee.


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