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INTAR Announces The Cast For LUCY LOVES ME
INTAR (Lou Moreno, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) today announced the cast for the first of the two plays for its Winter/Spring 2013 season: Lucy Loves Me, written by Migdalia Cruz, directed by Lou Moreno, will star Annie Henk, Bertha Leal, and Gerardo Rodriguez.
Lucy Loves Me will begin performances Off-Broadway Friday February 22nd continuing through March 24th. Lucy Loves Me will have scenic design by Raul Abrego, lighting design by Nicole Pearce, costume design by Meghan E. Healey, sound design by Marios Aristopoulos and tattoo art by Ian Rotundo. Opening Night is set for Monday February 25th. Lucy Loves Me runs 90 minutes. Please note: Contains Brief Nudity.
Lucy Loves Me was developed as part of INTAR's legendary Maria Irene Fornés Hispanic Playwrights-in-Residence Laboratory (MIF HPRL). Migdalia Cruz's coming of age story, Lucy Loves Me, will kick off INTAR's 2013 season. Lucy dreams of not having to deliver pizza, Cookie dreams of a cabaret career, and Milton dreams of bleeding. Lucy delivers a pizza to Milton. Milton randomly calls Cookie. And when Cookie invites him over, Lucy answers the door. Is this a recipe for love?
Migdalia Cruz was trained by Fornés at INTAR between 1984 and 1991. Cruz credits Fornés for inspiring her to write Lucy Loves Me. "Irene gave us an exercise in class where we were to remember a song that we associated with a memory of water," says Cruz, "and Only Tell Me - a dark piece by Béla Bartók in a deadly minor key - was the song I not only recalled, but re-lived as I sang it in my mind. Somehow that song came to symbolize all that was horrible and awkward - danger, poverty, trapped by circumstance, and a yearning for love. That's when the character Lucy was born. "In 1981 Maria Irene Fornés, the master dramatist/director and influential teacher launched the HPRL at INTAR to develop the work of Latino theater artists and to examine Hispanic American cultural heritage. Many of the students Fornés trained -- including Migdalia Cruz, Cherrie Moraga, Eduardo Machado, Nilo Cruz and Caridad Svich -- became the most widely produced Latino/a playwrights in the US, prompting recognition of Fornés as the inspiration of a generation of new voices in the American theater.
Fornés led the HPRL until 1994. In 2011, the lab was renamed in her honor. Today the MIF HPRL continues to focus on developing its participants' playwriting skills, building resources to further their pursuit of playwriting, and providing an integrated support for theater artists participating in HPRL along with INTAR's Actors' Collective and Main Stage production series. Caridad Svich is the current director of the lab.
Annie Henk's New York credits include Purple Rep, Red Fern, ReEntry with American Records, Clubbed Thumb, INTAR, Mabou Mines, Nibras, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Resonance Ensemble, Foundry Theater, Working Theater, New Georges, Collaboration Town, and 52nd Street Project. Film/Web: That's What She Said, White, East WillyB, Thin Air, Entre Nos. Narration: Starbound, The Madonnas of Echo Park, Sunstroke, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, and others. Member: INTAR Actor's Collective, Packawallop's The Pack, proud LARKee. www.AnnieHenk.com.
Bertha Leal is making her Off-Broadway debut. Off-Off-Broadway she has been seen in Knee Deep In Snow and Augustine's Confessions. Her regional credits include Oleanna (Pinecrest Theatre Rep), Sexual Perversity in Chicago (ALLIANCE THEATRE Lab), Katharine Hepburn: The Best Man for the Job; References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (Unhinged Theatre Company), El Cepillo de Dientes (AlterNative Theatre Festival), Pericles (Wertheim Performing Arts Center), Sunday on the Rocks (Distinguished Monkey Company). She would like to dedicate this performance to the love of her life, her mom. www.berthaleal.com
Gerardo Rodriguez is a stage, film, television and voice-over actor; fight/movement director. Theater: Elemeno Pea (Humana Festival - ATL); Night Over Erzinga (The Lark); Dramatis Personae (Playwrights Realm); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Mixed Blood Theater); American Jornalero (Working Theater); Kingdom (Old Globe); The Leak (INTAR); Milk-N-Honey (Lightbox Th.); Kingdom (NYMF, Public Theater/QTIP); The Cherry Orchard (Atlantic Theater Company); Instructions for Breathing (Passage Theater); With Love Gabe (INTAR); Lobster Face (Calpulli/Immediate Theater Co.); President Harding is a Rock Star (Les FreresCorbussier); Three Farces and a Funeral (A.R.T.); Rope (Stoneham Th.); TV/Film: "Person of Interest", "Gossip Girl"; "One Life To Live"; "Conviction"; "Law & Order," "CI" & "SVU;" "Jonny Zero;" Cruzando; Winter of Frozen Dreams; Don't Let Me Drown; Last Night at Angelo's; Brothers, Dogs and God.www.gerardorodriguezonline.com
Lou Moreno directed Drawn and Quartered by Maggie Bofill, which was developed in INTAR's NewWorks Lab, and was INTAR's inaugural production under his leadership. Other directing credits include Trying by Erin Browne (The Bushwick Starr); Minotaur a Romance and Beautiful by David Anzuelo (LAByrinth Theater Company at The Public Theater); MCC Youth Festival (Manhattan Class Company); Kingdom (NYMF); End of the Line (MCC Youth Company); Rock/Paper/Scissors (NY Hip-Hop Theater Festival at The Public Theater); The Bigger Man (Partial Comfort); and Blues for a Gray Sun by Nilaja Sun (INTAR). He also serves as an Associate Producer with The 24-Hour Company (Athens, Greece and Broadway). Moreno won the 2005 Princess Grace Award for Directing.
Migdalia Cruz, born and raised in the Bronx, is an award-winning playwright of more than fifty plays, operas, screenplays, and musicals including Fur, Miriam's Flowers, Frida, Dreams of Home, Cigarettes & Moby-Dick, El Grito Del Bronx, and Another Part of the House, produced in venues as diverse as National Theater of Greece/Athens, Old Red Lion/London, Houston Grand Opera, Classic Stage Company, AteneoPuertorriqueño, San Francisco's campoSanto and Latino Chicago Theater Company where she was writer-in-residence.Her plays produced at INTAR include Not Time's Fool, Welcome Back to Salamanca, The Have-Little, & Miriam's Flowers. She also translated three plays by Mexican playwrights through the Lark's Mexico/US Word Exchange. She is an alumna of New Dramatists and was mentored by Maria Irene Fornés at INTAR. TWO ROBERTS: a Pirate-Blues Project commissioned by the Lark with a NYSCA grant received a studio workshop last year. She is currently at work on Satyricoño at INTAR and an annotated translation of Chekhov's Three Sisters. Her latest collection of plays published by NoPassport Press, entitled El Grito DelBronx, features: El Grito Del Bronx, Yellow Eyes, Salt, and Da Bronx Rocks-a part of "Song For New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting" presented by Mabou Mines.


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APS/AIP Relationship
(Adopted by Council on November 12, 1989)
The American Physical Society (APS), founded in l899, is the oldest and largest society of professional physicists in the United States. It currently has over 40,000 members, who are engaged in basic and applied physics research and in the teaching of physics.
The objective of the APS is the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. To achieve this objective, the APS engages in various activities, including the publication of scientific journals, the sponsorship of professional meetings, and numerous functions relating to issues of importance to physics and society; these functions are carried out by the officers, the Council, standing committees, task forces, and other groups of members.
As a result of its large professional membership and its activities in the physics community and in the general society, the APS is the preeminent and the recognized voice of physics in such matters as:
- present and future opportunities in physics,
- physics planning activities,
- past, present, and future circumstances of physicists,
- issues relating to physics and society.
The voice of the APS extends to professional members of the physics community, to students of physics at all levels, to the general public, and to scientific policy makers. In order to maintain its preeminent position, the APS hereby affirms its commitment to its prominent activities in education, outreach, and the study of issues of public importance.
To aid the APS in its functions, the APS relies upon the American Institute of Physics (AIP) for such services as:
- activities relating to the publication and distribution of some of the APS journals,
- compilation of education and employment statistics,
- maintenance of the archives of the history of physics,
- career placement services at APS meetings.
The AIP has broader objectives which were published in the June l989 issue of Physics Today. Those stated objectives include i) To identify and address problems in the public understanding of physics; ii) To promote full communication of ideas and opinions among members of the national and international physics community; and iii) To develop full and reliable information on the past, present, and projected future circumstances of physics, physicists, and their environment, and provide this information to the physics community and to science policy makers and others in the public whose actions are likely to affect the physics community. A number of these objectives now coincide with those of the APS. Because of its active professional membership and its ongoing activities both internal and external to the profession, the APS believes that it is the natural body to act for physics in these areas.

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No major flooding is predicted this spring, though minor to moderate flooding is possible across a large swath of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest stretching to New England.
According to federal forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the risk of flooding remains minor to moderate over roughly half of the country. The highest threat of exceeding flood levels this spring is the southern Great Lakes region due to a deep layer of frozen ground and above-average snowpack.
"This year's spring flood potential is widespread and includes rivers in highly populated areas putting millions of Americans at risk," said Louis Uccellini, Ph.D., director, NOAA's National Weather Service. "Although widespread major river flooding is not expected, an abrupt warming or heavy rainfall event could lead to isolated major flooding."
California, however, is left high and dry after experiencing its third warmest and third driest winter on record. Drought is likely to persist or intensify in California and other areas in the West because of below-average precipitation this winter and the onset of the dry season in April.
Forecasters warn that if drought conditions persist as expect, it could result in continued stress on crops and livestock, expansion of water conservation measures and an active wildfire season.
California's drought has also tilted in the odds towards a warmer-than-average spring for much of the West Coast.
"When the ground is dry, the sun's energy goes directly into heating the air rather than evaporating moisture," Mike Halpert with Climate Prediction Center explained in a Spring Outlook, embedded above. Qx_flL4dEwY
The greatest chance of a warmer spring also extend through the southern Plains and the Gulf Coast. However, with the exception of an increased likelihood of a dry spring along the West Coast, the majority of the country has an equal chance of a dry – or wet – spring.


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You need to download the feed appealing before being able to take good thing about Google Maps offline. This is what we mean when we say things must be done "proactively". The feed must be downloaded before leaving the safety of your city's strong interconnection. Thankfully, the area you can download is fairly large (I can refuge all of Hillcrest and the LA area with a single download. Normally, there is a significant amount of information when downloading practically two urban centers and everything in between them. Be ready to sacrifice plenty of safe-keeping space for your feed.


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Keighley MP Kris Hopkins has offered his support to calls for a plaque to be erected in Woolwich in memory of soldier Lee Rigby, who was murdered in May last year.
A campaign for a permanent memorial to be installed has received the support of Fusilier Rigby's family but the local council in Woolwich, where he was killed, and local Labour MP Nick Raynsford have expressed their opposition.
Mr Hopkins – who served in Kenya, Germany and Northern Ireland with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment – said he believed it was "right and proper" for Lee Rigby to be honoured by way of an appropriate memorial.
He said: "I simply do not accept the argument that a permanent memorial would encourage further acts of extremism. We cannot let the terrorists win and, by giving into this point of view, that is precisely what we will be doing."


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The only thing more difficult than pitching to Dominique Jackson would be to choose her most impressive feat this season.
Was it when she tied a state record with three triples in a game?
How about at Chico High when she hit a no-doubt home run and then crushed another pitch that rocked the outfield fence on a line drive?
Maybe when she homered in three straight games in the Shasta High tournament?
Of course, it could have been when a hand injury prompted her to hit left-handed, something she hadn't done since joining the Pleasant Valley High softball team midway through her freshman season, and all she did was rip two triples among three hits.
"She's probably the strongest player I've coached," Vikings coach Tony Tallerico said. "She had one of those amazing, crazy years."
She led the Northern Section with 10 triples, 12 homers and a 1.051 slugging percentage. She led the section with 69 RBIs as well, but she went further — she led the state and was 11th in the nation.
All that made her an all-too-easy choice as the most valuable player of the Northern Section.
Not bad for a sophomore.
Joining her on the All-Northern Section softball team were three of her Pleasant Valley teammates as the Division II champions also had third baseman Kaylie Hull as the first-team third baseman for the second straight season, and on the second team were Jessica Gallaway at first base and Mimi Williams at second.
Paradise, the Division III champion, had three first-teamers in Jessie Salsbury at pitcher, Taylor Peters, who was chosen as an outfielder, and Danielle Kelm, who was put at the utility spot. Adding to the Bobcats' haul was Lennie Dean being named the coach of the year.
Chico's Brooke Barney and Durham's Kayla Killingsworth were chosen for the second team as outfielders.
The team, as voted on by various north state media, included the Redding Record Searchlight, Marysville Appeal-Democrat, MaxPreps and Chico Enterprise-Record.
The Vikings went 31-4 this season, powered by a lineup with Jackson at the center but with so many hitters that teams simply couldn't pitch around her.
Hull, a third baseman who is headed to Saint Martin's University, a Division II school in Lacey, Wash., provided the Vikings with a hitter that seemed to be always on, always hitting, always making plays.
"She's so steady," Tallerico said. "A big hit, good defensively. She's worked her way into being a very skilled ballplayer."
Paradise's Salsbury has nearly everything at her disposal when she's in the circle, that is except an overpowering fastball.
"She has that real good drop ball," Dean said. "She's got a lot of movement to her ball."
So much so that she never was tagged with a loss this season as she went 15-0.
Kelm was a second-team selection last year at pitcher, but her offensive game was much improved this season, Dean said.
"She's been playing for me since she was 9 or 10 years old," Dean said. "She loves the game of softball and it shows. She's a heck of a competitor."
Peters, Paradise's shortstop, sparked the offense. She was 3 for 3 in the final against Red Bluff.
"It's the baseball and softball saying, 'As you go, we go.' That's Taylor," Dean said.
The second team went with more area players as well.
Gallaway, who played mostly catcher but also her share at first base, provided PV with plenty of leadership, delivering when the Vikings needed her like when she had the game-winning hit at rival Chico, despite little sleep after watching the NCAA Women's Final Four in New Orleans earlier in the week.
"She just has that presence," Tallerico said of the senior who was a first-team selection in basketball as well.
Williams set up all of PV's power hitters as she ended up taking over the leadoff spot during the season.
"She seemed to reach a whole other level of confidence," Tallerico said. "She's one of my favorites. She's a vocal leader. She'll you let you know what she's thinking at all times."
Barney, a junior for Chico, provided outstanding defense in center field and a productive bat, leading the Panthers in hitting with a .387 average.
"She's very aware of the game," said Chico coach Randi Salado, noting that Barney was always where she needed to be and doing the same. "She really stepped up as a leader from the beginning of the season."
Durham coach Brian Glover said similar things about Killingsworth, who played first base for Durham this season as the Trojans won the Division V title with road victories against higher-seeded opponents.
"She's both a vocal leader, and she sets a good example," he said. "Defensively at first base, she made everyone better. And when she hit the ball, she hit the ball real hard."
Dean, in his first year back after a season away from the program, did the same thing he did two years ago — guide the Bobcats to a section title.
The award, though, doesn't belong with him, he said.
"It's a reflection of my team," Dean said, before adding, "I've always surrounded myself with good coaches."
Also of note were that Kelm, Peters and Salsbury are all playing softball at the next level with Kelm going to Sonoma State and Peters earning a partial academic scholarship and partial athletic scholarship to Cal State San Marcos, and Salsbury planning on playing at Butte College.
But the most noteworthy achievements of the season belonged to Jackson, who is already thinking bigger and better for her junior year.
"I think I can improve next season," she said. "I have to work with my dad and learn to hit those pitches I couldn't this year."
Pitchers, consider yourself warned.
Connect with Sports Writer Joseph Shufelberger at www.twitter.com/JShufelberger.
First Team
P — Jessie Salsbury, Paradise
P — Randi May, Wheatland
P — Alex Silva, Shasta
C — Chelsey Holley, Anderson
1B — Mia Camuso, Shasta
2B — Hayley Harris, Red Bluff
3B — Kaylie Hull, Pleasant Valley
SS — Tara McIntyre, Wheatland
OF — Dominique Jackson, Pleasant Valley
OF — Samantha Jones, Red Bluff
OF — Taylor Peters, Paradise
UT — Danielle Kelm, Paradise
Second Team
P — Amanda Taylor, East Nicolaus
P — Sophie Garcia, Colusa
P — Sara Stephenson, Sutter
C — Mikayla McClanahan, Wheatland
1B — Jessica Gallaway, Pleasant Valley
2B — Mimi Williams, Pleasant Valley
3B — Sara Seely, Foothill
SS — Ashley Long, West Valley
OF — Brooke Barney, Chico
OF — Kayla Killingsworth, Durham
OF — Taylor Knecht, Lassen
UT — Taylor Pack, Sutter
Coach of the Year — Lennie Dean, Paradise
MVP — Dominique Jackson, Pleasant Valley


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Plus North Philly (where this dumbass is camped out) is almost all black - just confirmed this with a co-worker from PhillyMembers of the original Black Panther Party have insisted that the newer party is illegitimate and have firmly declared that "there is no new Black Panther Party".
Maybe he's out to intimidate the African Americans for Romeny Caucus?
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Socializing Data—The Game Changer in Direct Marketing
Socializing Data—The Game Changer in Direct Marketing
Companies are facing tough challenges in direct marketing effectiveness. Automation technologies have caused message saturation, and marketing ROI is being compromised across multiple channels. Everyone is talking about Big Data and social influence as the new Promised Land, but finding and proving the value is difficult. So what can direct marketers do to deliver the expected sales results?
It starts with customer and prospect data, but not where you think. Marketers only looking at individual actions and keystrokes are missing out. By combining Big Data techniques with factual evidence of social influence, marketers can map meaningful relationships between people in their databases and unleash the power of the social graph of real-world relationships to influence purchase decisions and enhance brand loyalty.
Social media presence doesn't equal influence
Identifying topic-based influencers is the best place to start. True influencers are not consumers with the largest Twitter following or the ones with 500+ Facebook friends, or even those who comment, like, repost, share, and tweet every product they purchase. In fact, social media rock stars likely don't have any influence over their 500 so-called friends. Social media activity doesn't mean anyone actually listens, and it certainly doesn't prove they are driving others to act or buy.
Social can drive sales when the approach relies on the power of real-world connections and purchase influence rather than stopping at online friendships. Put simply: People buy what their friends buy. Meaningful relationships with the power to turn prospects into customers and inactive customers into buyers are rooted in offline connections, not online interactions. Real-world relationships tend to involve more in-depth interactions, a heightened level of trust and intense similarities—from current interests, hobbies, and activities to salaries, education level, stage of life, etc. Combined, these factors make real-world relationships much more influential than online social circles when it comes to people's buying decisions.
For example, we've found that the higher the price of a product, the higher the influence prospects or customers can have on their social circle. For instance, if one of your prospect's influential friends purchases a high-end TV, his social circle is five times more likely to purchase that same TV within an eight-week window. Buyers typically try to justify their big, new purchase by actively advocating (think during a dinner party or while watching Monday Night Football with friends) its benefits.
Influence is topical
Purchase influence is topical. For instance, there may be one person to whom someone turns for advice on a new laptop purchase and another on everything fashion related. There is no magic bullet of influence across all product categories.
Identifying people with topic-based influence helps marketers better reach potential buyers who are more likely to act because their friends have already done so. Tapping a social graph that maps out powerful, real-word relationships based on concrete bonds (e.g. family, coworkers, college roommates, neighbors, teammates) lets marketers get more from existing prospect and customer data.
Unlocking potential
By knowing who in your database tends to create a domino effect of purchasing activity based on past transactional history and sales data, marketers can better determine the right audience, channel, and offer to reach and convert prospects. Thanks to advances in Big Data and analytics, marketers can now pinpoint and target purchase influencers—reaping the rewards of socializing data to drive sales. Two key examples for direct marketers are email marketing and direct mail campaigns such as seasonal catalog.
Let's face it: Many companies have spent the past few years spamming their prospects and customers with ineffective email campaigns. The power of the in-house list is quickly disappearing as consumers either opt out or simply ignore the vast majority of promotional emails in their inbox. By discovering who in your database can most likely drive sales and targeting them with special incentives, you can not only create better brand engagement and loyalty but also drive significant sales increases. Sony, for example, increased its response rate 300% by taking this approach.
Also, while many industries still rely on direct mail campaigns to reach and engage consumers, the sales return doesn't always justify the cost to design, produce, and mail pieces like catalogs.
Most consumers receive beautifully designed catalogs regularly, and while they may flip through the pages or leave them on their counter for a few weeks before tossing them into the recycling bin, the catalogs may not lead to purchases. And neither do the friends of these consumers. If retailers took the time to target only those prospects and customers with proven purchase influence, their sales would increase and they would be able to redirect the saved resources and budget to other marketing initiatives—further adding to the potential sales and ROI.
Ultimately, it simply makes sense to connect the dots of real-world relationships with sales and transactional data. Combining the power of Big Data with the value of the social graph, marketers are realizing a two- to five-time boost in ROI. It's the next logical step in an ongoing evolution, and it's already changing the game in acquisition, cross-sell, and retention across a variety of industries. Are you in the game?
Ran Shaul is founder and chief client officer of Pursway


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Today's state of Georgia was the last American colony established by the English crown, and the city of Savannah was its first town. The seeds for both were planted in 1732, when a group of Englishmen came together and formed The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. Their leader was General James Oglethorpe, a member of the House of Commons since 1722. While in the House, one of Oglethorpe's friends was jailed for debt and died of smallpox. Oglethorpe asked Parliament to appoint a committee which investigated the suffering of debtors in London jails. They formed the committee in 1728, naming Oglethorpe as chairman. This experience persuaded Oglethorpe and his fellow committee members that an American colony should be established for relief of the needy and those of modest means.
In 1733, Oglethorpe and his original band of 114 settlers arrived on the southeast Atlantic coast. He selected a site on a high bluff overlooking the Savannah River for the site of his new town. Oglethorpe directed the design and construction of the settlement, basing it on English city planning principles. The grid pattern of streets, wards, and "trustee lots" was interspersed regularly with park-like squares. As the city grew, the plan was repeated. Although architectural styles and building materials changed over the 18th and 19th centuries, the Oglethorpe plan continued to be the city's framework.


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Eric VandenBerg '09
At PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Eric VandenBerg performs various tax compliance, research, and planning projects for financial services clients.
"Being involved in various activities, from class work to varsity men's soccer, Student Association to Outcry helped me grow intellectually, occupationally, and spiritually. I became solidified as the person I am in Jesus Christ and gained a better understanding of how I am to use the gifts he has blessed me with to advance his kingdom work."
Craig Gallman '90
Trinity welcomed alumnus Craig Gallman '90 on September 24 as he met with a group of marketing/management students to share his successes and experiences working through multiple careers and how Trinity played a role in each career.
Gallman gave students practical and tested ideas on how to enter the job market and develop a professional network. He offered advice for interviewing and networking, discussed the fields he went into as well as ones students were interested in, and opened up the presentation for any questions they had.
Kevin Walker '05
Spring 2010 TRINITY Magazine, Career and Calling
Kevin Walker '05
Major: Business
Title: Account executive
Kevin Walker '05 has accomplished a lot in his five years since graduating from Trinity. His interest in business turned into his college major—a major that turned into an internship, into a job, into a career.
In just the past two years, Walker, in addition to his position as account executive at Euclid Insurance, has started two real estate investment companies and has helped plant a church. The companies, Business Excellence Group and William & Thomas, were started in 2008 by Walker who serves as president. Walker also serves as general manager of City Harvest Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a satellite church he started with a pastor and others from their home church.
It's no surprise that Walker's concentration of study in Trinity's business program was entrepreneurship. Recalling his time at the College, he notes three valuable learning experiences: a senior business project, his internship, and his role as student association president.
In his senior year, Walker's business class collaborated on a consulting project with the Village of Robbins. The village's goal was to re-develop land on which to establish an open market on the property, so the students helped develop a business plan. "This was not just an assignment about a concept," said Walker, "it was a real-life situation."
Real-life experience is what Walker advises Trinity students to acquire through internships. During his junior and senior years, he interned at Liberty Mutual, which offered him a permanent position after graduation. For recent grads on the job hunt, Walker advises this: "Be faithful in your job search and believe God is faithful. And don't be afraid of small beginnings." These, he said, bring experience, connections, and open doors.
Walker learned this first hand, not just through his internship, but also through serving as student association president. Today he is in his first year as president of Trinity's alumni board, which he has served on since his graduation in 2005.
Being in business has given him the opportunity to create professional relationships and personal friendships within which he carries out the call he said all Christians have—to share their faith through words and actions.
Chris Verstrate '96
For people like Chris Verstrate '96, Chicago, a hub of international business, provides an ideal place in which to practice corporate law.
"The type of business law that I am involved in as a partner with McGuireWoods, LLP, requires me to live in a major metropolitan area and business center," said Verstrate. "After attending both Trinity and Northwestern University School of Law, it was a natural fit to find a firm to work for in Chicago."
Osvaldo Montelongo '11
After graduation, Osvaldo Montelongo '11, a business and Spanish major, secured a position at the company where he interned during his Chicago Semester experience.
Montelongo enrolled in the Chicago Semester program with this exact goal in mind. "I wanted to finish my last semester at Trinity with an internship that opened doors to potential jobs in the Chicagoland area."
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In 1921, the right wing dissident newspaper columnist and magazine editor H.L. Mencken made a tongue in cheek "translation" of the Declaration of Independence into common American speech. He jokingly aruged that if ordinary Americans had been better able to understand the Declaration, they would have been less tolerant of the civil rights violations against radical leftists during and after World War I.–Chris Green
Mencken's preface is first followed by the "translation."
1. The Declaration of Independence in American
|[The following is my own translation, but I have had the aid of suggestions from various other scholars. It must be obvious that more than one section of the original is now quite unintelligible to the average American of the sort using the Common Speech. What would he make, for example, of such a sentence as this one: "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures"? Or of this: "He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise." Such Johnsonian periods are quite beyond his comprehension, and no doubt the fact is at least partly to blame for the neglect upon which the Declaration has fallen in recent years. When, during the Wilson-Palmer saturnalia of oppressions[1918-1920], specialists in liberty began protesting that the Declaration plainly gave the people the right to alter the goverment under which they lived and even to abolish it altogether, they encountered the utmost incredulity. On more than one occasion, in fact, such an exegete was tarred and feathered by the shocked members of the American Legion, even after the Declaration had been read to them. What ailed them was that they could not understand its eighteenth century English. I make the suggestion that its circulation among such patriotic men, translated into the language they use every day, would serve to prevent, or, at all events, to diminish that sort of terrorism.]
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When things get so balled up that the people of a country have to cut loose from some other country, and go it on their own hook, without asking no permission from nobody, excepting maybe God Almighty, then they ought to let everybody know why they done it, so that everybody can see they are on the level, and not trying to put nothing over on nobody.
|All we got to say on this proposition is this: first, you and me is as good as anybody else, and maybe a damn sight better; second, nobody ain't got no right to take away none of our rights; third, every man has got a right to live, to come and go as he pleases, and to have a good time however he likes, so long as he don't interfere with nobody else. That any government that don't give a man these rights ain't worth a damn; also, people ought to choose the kind of goverment they want themselves, and nobody else ought to have no say in the matter. That whenever any goverment don't do this, then the people have got a right to can it and put in one that will take care of their interests. Of course, that don't mean having a revolution every day like them South American coons and yellow-bellies and Bolsheviki, or every time some job-holder does something he ain't got no business to do. It is better to stand a little graft, etc., than to have revolutions all the time, like them coons and Bolsheviki, and any man that wasn't a anarchist or one of them I. W. W.'s would say the same. But when things get so bad that a man ain't hardly got no rights at all no more, but you might almost call him a slave, then everybody ought to get together and throw the grafters out, and put in new ones who won't carry on so high and steal so much, and then watch them. This is the proposition the people of these Colonies is up against, and they have got tired of it, and won't stand it no more. The administration of the present King, George III, has been rotten from the start, and when anybody kicked about it he always tried to get away with it by strong-arm work. Here is some of the rough stuff he has pulled:
|He vetoed bills in the Legislature that everybody was in favor of, and hardly nobody was against.
|He wouldn't allow no law to be passed without it was first put up to him, and then he stuck it in his pocket and let on he forgot about it, and didn't pay no attention to no kicks.
|When people went to work and gone to him and asked him to put through a law about this or that, he give them their choice: either they had to shut down the Legislature and let him pass it all by him-self, or they couldn't have it at all.
|He made the Legislature meet at one-horse thank-towns out in the alfalfa belt, so that hardly nobody could get there and most of the leaders would stay home and let him go to work and do things as he pleased.
|He give the Legislature the air, and sent the members home every time they stood up to him and give him a call-down.
|When a Legislature was busted up he wouldn't allow no new one to be elected, so that there wasn't nobody left to run things, but anybody could walk in and do whatever they pleased.
|He tried to scare people outen moving into these States, and made it so hard for a wop or one of them poor kikes to get his papers that he would rather stay home and not try it, and then, when he come in, he wouldn't let him have no land, and so he either went home again or never come.
|He monkeyed with the courts, and didn't hire enough judges to do the work, and so a person had to wait so long for his case to come up that he got sick of waiting, and went home, and so never got what was coming to him.
|He got the judges under his thumb by turning them out when they done anything he didn't like, or holding up their salaries, so that they had to cough up or not get no money.
|He made a lot of new jobs, and give them to loafers that nobody knowed nothing about, and the poor people had to pay the bill, whether they wanted to or not.
|Without no war going on, he kept an army loafing around the country, no matter how much people kicked about it.
|He let the army run things to suit theirself and never paid no attention whatsoever to nobody which didn't wear no uniform.
|He let grafters run loose, from God knows where, and give them the say in everything, and let them put over such things as the following:
|Making poor people board and lodge a lot of soldiers they ain't got no use for, and don't want to see loafing around.
|When the soldiers kill a man, framing it up so that they would get off.
|Interfering with business.
|Making us pay taxes without asking us whether we thought the things we had to pay taxes for was something that was worth paying taxes for or not.
|When a man was arrested and asked for a jury trial, not letting him have no jury trial.
|Chasing men out of the country, without being guilty of nothing, and trying them somewheres else for what they done here.
|In countries that border on us, he put in bum goverments, and then tried to spread them out, so that by and by they would take in this country too, or make our own goverment as bum as they was. He never paid no attention whatever to the Constitution, but he went to work and repealed laws that everybody was satisfied with and hardly nobody was against, and tried to fix the goverment so that he could do whatever he pleased.
|He busted up the Legislatures and let on he could do all the work better by himself.
|Now he washes his hands of us and even declares war on us, so we don't owe him nothing, and whatever authority he ever had he ain't got no more.
|He has burned down towns, shot down people like dogs, and raised hell against us out on the ocean.
|He hired whole regiments of Dutch, etc., to fight us, and told them they could have anything they wanted if they could take it away from us, and sicked these Dutch, etc., on us without paying no attention whatever to international law.
|He grabbed our own people when he found them in ships on the ocean, and shoved guns into their hands, and made them fight against us, no matter how much they didn't want to.
|He stirred up the Indians, and give them arms ammunition, and told them to go to it, and they have killed men, women and children, and don't care which.
|Every time he has went to work and pulled any of these things, we have went to work and put in a kick, but every time we have went to work and put in a kick he has went to work and did it again. When a man keeps on handing out such rough stuff all the time, all you can say is that he ain't got no class and ain't fitten to have no authority over people who have got any rights, and he ought to be kicked out.
|When we complained to the English we didn't get no more satisfaction. Almost every day we warned them that the politicians over there was doing things to us that they didn't have no right to do. We kept on reminding them who we were, and what we was doing here, and how we come to come here. We asked them to get us a square deal, and told them that if this thing kept on we'd have to do something about it and maybe they wouldn't like it. But the more we talked, the more they didn't pay no attention to us. Therefore, if they ain't for us they must be agin us, and we are ready to give them the fight of their lives, or to shake hands when it is over.
|Therefore be it resolved, That we, the representatives of the people of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, hereby declare as follows: That the United States, which was the United Colonies in former times, is now free and independent, and ought to be; that we have throwed out the English Kings and don't want to have nothing to do with him no more, and are not in England no more; and that,being as we are now free and independent, we can do anything that free and independent parties can do, especially declare war, make peace, sign treaties, go into business, etc. And we swear on the Bible on this proposition, one and all, and agree to stick to it no matter what happens, whether we win or we lose, and whether we get away with it or get the worst of it, no matter whether we lose all our property by it or even get hung for it.


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Wild Colorado: Study: Lynx habitat crosses path with recreation
October 6, 2012
Summit County has long been considered a primary recreation destination in the winter, but the effects of these activities on lynx in the area have been a contentious issue. Now a study is looking more closely at recreation that occurs within lynx habitat.
The U.S. Forest Service, partnering with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, began a study monitoring the effects of recreation and resource use of Canada lynx in the Vail Pass recreation area in the winter of 2009-2010 and will continue the study this season.
"The response of lynx to concentrated recreation and development is poorly understood," said Jake Ivan, a wildlife researcher involved in the study. "There is a need to study lynx habitat use and movement patterns, as well as snowshoe hare ecology, along the I-70 corridor, specifically within the vicinity of the Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area, Vail Ski Resort and Copper Mountain Resort."
Wildlife researchers have tracked lynx in the area with GPS and satellite collaring and have equipped people who recreate on snowmobiles, snowshoes or use local ski areas for skiing or snowboarding in the Copper Mountain and Vail Pass areas.
"It's a clever study," Ivan said. "We're capturing lynx and getting fixes on them frequently – about every 15 minutes or so. We have a pretty good handle on where they are."
The result of gathering data from recreators and collared lynx has provided Parks and Wildlife with location and time data. Though no formal analysis or final report of the data have been created, several points from lynx and recreators overlap, but are subject to differences in time.
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"What we're ending up with is these two layers of data that show where the lynx are and at the same time where all the recreation is happening," Ivan said. "People ski on Copper Mountain during the day and it's probably that lynx just move through the area at night – that's only an example, but that's the type of hypothesis we're working with while conducting this study."
Currently researchers are in the field-work stage of the study gathering data.
"You can plot all of those points on a map, but it's really hard to just look at that and go 'this is exactly what's going on.' There are so many points and without actually conducting a formal analysis, it is difficult to say if lynx and recreators travel the same areas at the same time," Ivan said.
In Summit County, five lynx have been collared. Surprisingly the population of the animal in this area is very small – Ivan estimates five or six lynx.
"We've captured and collared about five lynx for the study that live in Summit County, if I had to estimate their population, I'd say that's probably about what's there," Ivan said. "Maybe there's an extra animal or two unaccounted for, but the population of resident lynx here is certainly less than 10."
The low number can be attributed to the lynx's large home ranges and their propensity for traveling long distances.
"They have pretty big home ranges, generally you don't find a ton of them in a small area. The size of Copper Mountain looks like a big ski area to us, but to a lynx that's just a portion of their usual home range," he said.
Even reproductive females, which tend to have the smallest homes ranges, often travel about 75 square kilometers while males travel well over 100 square kilometers, according to Ivan.
"We've noticed that in the summer if they're not tied to a den and they don't have kittens, lynx often pick up and go on these walk-abouts," Ivan said. "They might pick up and go from the south part of the state to the north part of state or wander over to Utah. They usually make their way back to their original home range but they can make some huge movements during the summer months."
The Canada lynx was designated a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in March 2000 shortly after Colorado Parks and Wildlife began a Canada lynx reintroduction program in 1999, where Canada lynx were reintroduced in the southwest portion of the state in the San Juan Mountain Range, according to Eric Odell, species conservation coordinator for Parks and Wildlife.
Odell has worked closely with the recreation study to develop a predictive map of Canada lynx habitat use in Colorado.
Since the start of the program, 218 captured lynx from Alaska, Manitoba, Quebec, British Colombia and the Yukon have been released. Wildlife researchers have documented survival, movement patterns, reproduction and broad-scale habitat use through aerial and satellite tracking.
From the reintroduction, lynx have been documented residing and moving up into northwest Colorado near Copper Mountain, Vail Pass and Climax Mine.
Quick access to Summit County from the Front Range makes the White River National Forest the most visited national forest in the nation, with over 9.6 million annual visits, mostly for recreation.
"Winter recreation may be something that is impacting lynx or it could be that they are indifferent to it or that it doesn't register to them at all," Odell said.
"The ski areas were one of those activities that the fish and wildlife service identified as okay, so if we're going to expand a ski area or build more runs we should look at how that impacts lynx. A short answer to that is no one knows," Odell said.


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The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. The list comprises a wide range of genre and styles, including contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, horror, science fiction and novels in verse. In addition to the 102 books chosen for the Best Fiction for Young Adults list, the committee also selected a Top Ten which is listed below.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Greg and Earl are forced to spend time with a classmate recently diagnosed with leukemia. Will their lives change for the better or just stay the same as usual?
The Diviners by Libba Bray
New age, old magic.
Seraphina by Rachel Hartmen
Intriguingly, in this world, dragons can transform at will into the body of a human. Part human, part dragon, Seraphina must hide her heritage as the tenuous peace her country has with dragons seems likely to slip away as unknown elements are stirring up trouble that even Seraphina's music can't assuage.
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Sunday's child may be able to find her story with the help of ….a frog.
Every Day by David Levithan
How can love survive if each day you wake up as a different person?
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
Arn is taken from his home by the Khmer Rouge and forced to become a child soldier. What will he do to survive?
Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
A chronicle of grief paralleling Finley's silence and immersion in the repetition of basketball with Boy 21's belief that his murdered parents will return from space and take him to the cosmos.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
Aristotle and Dante could scarcely be more different, but through the years of growing up, they become more to each other than they ever imagined.
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent has been told her entire life that she will kill her true love. She stays away from boys, but when one boy's ghost shows up on the corpse road, which is a promise of death within a year, Blue understands that she can no longer avoid the Raven Boys. When she teams up with them to search for ley lines and lost kings, she knows that something has started and that her life will never be the same.
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Weyn
Verity and Maddie are friends working in the war effort. When the Gestapo captures Verity, she trades information for freedom. Meanwhile, Maddie tries to free her. This is their story.


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What's New in iHub 3?
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Actuate, iHub, BDPro, iHub 3
Actuate, iHub, BDPro, iHub 3
In December, Actuate released the latest generation of the BIRT iHub (iHub3) for distribution. The completely updated iHub 3 simplifies the design and deployment of personalized analytics and insights via a single platform that integrates BIRT based, visually appealing, interactive application services, predictive analytics services, and customer content services. This release promotes increased creativity, efficiency, and productivity for BIRT developers creating internal and customer-facing applications that can deliver personalized visualizations and analytics securely to millions of end users, on any device, at any time.
The BIRT iHub 3 release features the following:
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- HTML 5 based data visualizations that support any data source and any device
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So i finally got some vids on the tube of my form.
I have been reading the Maxing Out @ 300 feet (among many others in this forum) and tried to understand and incooperate the basics
to my throw. The two vids are from different angles, but i couldnt convert them to slow motion for a better view. Hope ppl can download
them at view the frame by frame.
I max out at 330 feet so every comment is very welcome and much appreciated.
Back view
Side view
(Dont get confused by the warp speed sound. It didnt add any length to the throw )


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Study: Coos Bay region in danger of megaquake
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Southern Oregon coast is in danger of a major earthquake in the next 50 years, scientists at Oregon State University said in a study released Wednesday.
The study, written by researchers at OSU and published by the U.S. Geological Survey, concludes there is a 40 percent chance of an earthquake in the Coos Bay, Ore. region that could be nearly as devastating as the earthquake in Japan in March of 2011.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone, off the Pacific Northwest Coast, has had many earthquakes over the past 10,000 years, according to Chris Goldfinger, who authored the study. He says the Southern Oregon coast may be the most vulnerable based on the history of recurring quakes in the region.
"The southern margin of Cascadia has a much higher recurrence level for major earthquakes than the northern end and, frankly, it is overdue for a rupture," said Goldfinger, who is also a professor in OSU's College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. "That doesn't mean that an earthquake couldn't strike first along the northern half, from Newport, Ore. to Vancouver Island."
The research may eventually lead to an update in Oregon's building codes, researchers said.
The study took four years to complete and is based on 13 years of research.
"Over the past 10,000 years, there have been 19 earthquakes that extended along most of the margin, stretching from southern Vancouver Island to the Oregon-California border," said Goldfinger. "These would typically be of a magnitude from about 8.7 to 9.2 - really huge earthquakes.
"We've also determined that there have been 22 additional earthquakes that involved just the southern end of the fault," he added. "We are assuming that these are slightly smaller - more like 8.0 - but not necessarily. They were still very large earthquakes that if they happened today could have a devastating impact."
Jay Patton, who co-authored the study, said the clock is ticking on when a major earthquake will strike next.
"By the year 2060, if we have not had a major earthquake, we will have exceeded 85 percent of all the known intervals of earthquake recurrence in 10,000 years," said Patton. "The interval between earthquakes ranges from a few decades to thousands of years, but we have already exceeded about three-fourths of them."
The last major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest struck on Jan. 26, 1700. According to Goldfinger, written records in Japan say an ensuing tsunami destroyed that year's rice crop that was stored in warehouses.
Patrick Corcoran, a hazards outreach specialist with OSU's Sea Grant Extension Program, says residents along the west coast need to be prepared for a devastating earthquake.
"Now that we understand our vulnerability to mega-quakes and tsunamis, we need to develop a culture that is prepared at a level commensurate with the risk," said Corcoran. "Unlike Japan, which has frequent earthquakes and thus is more culturally prepared for them, we in the Pacific Northwest have not had a mega-quake since European settlement. And since we have no culture of earthquakes, we have no culture of preparedness."


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One man was stabbed twice in the chest and another was bashed over the head on Feb. 3 in an altercation on E. San Francisco Avenue. Willits police are still trying to piece together the incident as one man remains in an out of area hospital recovering from surgery. No arrests have been made and the identities of the men are being withheld until police can complete their interviews with both parties.
Police were called to Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital as doctors treated the stabbed man, who told hospital staff he had been injured in an "ATV accident." The man was later transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for emergency surgery.
While officers were still at Howard Hospital a call came in from a Mendocino County sheriff's deputy about a second man being treated at the Ukiah Valley Medical Center for injuries received in Willits. The Ukiah patient was being stitched up for a substantial head wound. Officers learned the two cases were likely related and arrived at the E. San Francisco Avenue residence where they located substantial blood evidence at the possible crime scene.
Once the investigation is concluded, the case will be forwarded to the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office for disposition.


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New York -- Three female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in South Florida claiming the company discriminates against women in areas such as wages and promotion opportunities, the Associated Press reported.
The potential class-action lawsuit follows similar lawsuits recently filed in Tennessee, Texas and California. It also follows a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that tossed out a national gender bias lawsuit seeking to represent some 1.6 million female Wal-Mart workers.


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Brownsville Angles for Guinness World Record of Fishing
ATHENS—Las Huellas Fishing Kids and the City of Brownsville will attempt to set a record for the world's biggest fishing tournament on Saturday, May 21.
Event organizer David Mendez hopes at least 1,000 kids will show up to fish for catfish in the resaca adjacent to the Brownsville Event Center at 1 Event Center Blvd.
The first 800 youths to register will receive a free rod-and-reel combo and a T-shirt. Food, door prizes and goodie bags will be given out as long as the supply lasts. Registration will take place from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., and fishing will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 11:00 a.m.
Trophies will be awarded to first-, second- and third-place winners in age groups 6 and under, 7 to 11 and 12 to 16. Additional prizes will be awarded to those catching the first five tagged fish.
Major sponsors of the event include Las Huellas, City of Brownsville, Brownsville City Manager's Youth Fund, Brownsville Public Utilities Board, Sombrero Festival and Brownsville Herald. The event is free to all participants.
"Las Huellas is Spanish for 'The Tracks'—wildlife tracks," says David Mendez, event organizer. "The Las Huellas organization serves as an advocate for the benefit of South Texas wildlife and for the rights of South Texas wildlife managers, landowners and sportsmen in educational and wildlife habitat-related arenas."
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The Grand Hotel Bridgeport is pleased the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce has chosen our hotel to host their highly anticipated Business Showcase! The event will be held here on Thursday November 5 from 2-5pm.
The Business Showcase is a wonderful opportunity for local businesses to gather and connect with potential customers. Chamber members will have booths displaying their products and services. Retail sales will be allowed at the event so that businesses with products can sell them right there.
There will be door prizes and great giveaways. Admission to the public is FREE! You won't want to miss this opportunity to have your business seen. This event is not to be missed!
Schedule of Events: 2:00-Doors Open; 3:00-Host Sponsor Introduction, Raffle Prizes & Speaker Kevin O'Malley "How to Increase Sales by Using Social Networking; 4:00-Additional Sponsor Introductions & Raffle Prizes; 5:00-Wrap Up & Grand Raffle Prize Drawing!


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DUDLEY Council bosses approved plans to save a whopping £34million by 2016/17 but the authority's money man has warned the council faces a further £23million shortfall.
Members of the council's cabinet gave the go ahead on Wednesday to make the savings over the next three years which will see a raft of services scaled back.
The roads budget is among those being hit with £120,000 worth of savings needing to be made in 2014/15 – a move which cllr Khurshid Ahmed said would result in around 30 less roads and footpaths across the borough being resurfaced up until 2017.
Three youth centres are also set to close as a result of cuts to the children's services budget which will also lead to a much-talked about shake-up of the borough's children's centres.
The green waste collection period will also be shortened – from April to the end of October – to help save £100,000.
To help raise more money - the council will be looking to sell spare capacity at Dudley's Lister Road incinerator to bring in £313,000; and car parking charges are set to rise to bring in an extra £225,000 in 2014/15.
Councillor Pete Lowe, deputy leader of the council and cabinet member for finance, said: "The financial challenge is still enormous. We've taken every opportunity to argue for a fair deal for Dudley."
The authority estimated back in November that £26million worth of cuts would be needed by 2016/17 but that figure has since risen to £34million, with fears that a further £23million worth of cuts may have to be made over the next three years.
Cllr Lowe said since initial estimations were made the authority had been hit by further cuts to the revenue support grant and other funding streams for local government – which were only confirmed in December.
He added: "We've been taken aback by the extent of Government cuts."
The budget, which includes plans for a fourth successive council tax freeze, will be debated further and voted on at the next full council meeting taking place on Monday March 3.


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Quick: What's the most embarrassing number in your life?
Is it your age? Your weight? The ridiculous number of chocolates you sneak every day out of your co-worker's candy bowl?
If you're the average American, turns out the most mortifying number to have to admit could be the amount of your credit card debt.
A recent online poll by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that 37 percent of respondents say they're most embarrassed to admit their credit card debt to others. A close second on the shame-o-meter: a person's credit score.
"Since consumers revealed that the two facts they'd be most embarrassed to admit are related to credit, it is obvious that they are not comfortable with how they are currently managing their money," NFCC spokeswoman Gail Cunningham said in a statement.
The NFCC notes that "excessive credit card debt should be seen as a warning sign that a person is in the financial danger zone."
If you are one of those people who are more distressed about your credit than your waistline, then -- well, first, congratulations on having a great body image and/or svelte silhouette. But perhaps it's also time to consider taking steps to detoxify your finances. The NFCC has a three-step Sharpen Your Financial Focus program that could help.
Bankrate's credit card debt calculator can show you what your debt might add up to in the long run. You can also seek out a certified, nonprofit credit counselor for help. A counselor will go through your budget, help you find ways to cut expenses and even put you into a debt-management plan, if warranted.
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CHURCH members will be hitting the streets of Kingswinford on Ash Wednesday (March 5) - offering to say a prayer for the people they meet.
Archdeacons of Worcester and Dudley, Roger Morris and Nikki Groarke, and other clergy and lay people, will be out and about to ask the public for their prayer requests - which will be written on prayer cards to be prayed later at Ash Wednesday services.
They will be in Kingswinford town centre from 11.30am to 12.30pm as part of the 'Pray One For Me' national initiative - which originated in the Diocese of Worcester.
The team will also be out and about in Broadway, Malvern and Stourport - where they will be joined by the Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge, He said: "Each Ash Wednesday for the last five years we have been out on the streets of the diocese offering to pray for individuals and we've always found that people have really appreciated somebody taking the time and interest to pray for them and any problems or concerns that they're currently experiencing.
"Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, which is an important time in the Christian calendar and it's a good time to focus on the difference that prayer can make."
The 'Pray One For Me' initiative began after Bishop John collected prayers outside the Job Centre in Redditch on Ash Wednesday in 2009 to help those most badly affected by the economic downturn.
In 2010 it became a national initiative and many Church of England bishops now collect prayer requests in towns and cities across the country.
People can also post prayer requests on website www.prayoneforme.org which is supported by church groups and prayer communities across the Church of England who will pray the prayers.


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Olay ProX Advanced Cleansing System Reviews
Outstanding productI used to covet the Clairsonic Mia, but couldn't bring myself to spend the money. Then I heard about this Olay item that is very similar so I started researching. Reviews are all positive so I started watching for it. It's so popular it was sold out at my local Target the first couple times I tried to get it. Finally it was in stock and I fell in love after the first use. It exfoliates very nicely...read more, but gently and leaves my skin so very soft. It works great with any cleanser--I rotate, depending on the day and what my skin needs, between the sample scrub that came with it, my usual St. Ives scrub and my Fresh Soy face cleanser. My boyfriend has even used it with his Neutrogena for men face wash and he loves it, too. He probably uses it once a week and I use it 3 or 4 times a week and so far the battery seems to be lasting really well. It has two speeds, but I'm partial to the faster one. I definitely recommend this item, for what it costs compared to the Clairsonic version, it is most definitely worth it. — 5 years, 6 months agotallredamanda | 433 reviews
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Incredible!What a great product at a great price! It leaves my skin feeling velvety smooth, especially when used with the accompanying cleanser. It is like a mini spa in the shower. The bristles are nice and soft, while still being able to get the job done. The product is not too loud and has different speed settings. Excellent! — 6 years, 2 months agoTheLacqueredLady | 751 reviews
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Darn, I wish I didn't like this! ;)My mom bought one and loved it, so she bought one for me, too! Thanks, mom. :) I was hoping I wouldn't like it; I use the Olay mico kit and it is faaabulous. I also use Clinique 7 Day Scrub almost daily, so I know the importance of exfoliating and refining the skin/pores, in particular with oily/combo skin which is exactly what I have. However, since I have a good routine down and love my skin, I ...read morethought why would I need yet another product? I was wrong. After the first time I used this, I could feel a difference. My skin was smoother and looked both cleaner and clearer. However, it is still a bit of a pain in the butt to use a brush daily, if not 2x a day. Especially on mornings when I am in a hurry! I think I will start using in the evenings when I have more time for a little "me time." I also wasn't crazy about the cleanser that came with it (it had a strange smell and consistency), but my mom is using another cleanser all together and it works just fine, so I will do the same. I would definitely recommend, especially if you have oilier skin I think this will really help for those breakouts and blackheads, especially around the nose and chin. The brush is very gentle so no need to worry about scratching your skin; it is really made for all types of skin and you will be able to tell a difference. It is also a WAY better price point than Clarisonic, which is ridiculously overpriced. Olay often has coupons in the paper too, if you are on a budget like me. :) Happy exfoliating! Say "hello" to new skin. — 4 years, 4 months agopixie_dust | 492 reviews
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very niceThis small tool is very nice. The bristles are soft, yet effective. I like to use this with olay's definity scrub, the combo makes my skin really smooth and soft, works better than the scrub that came in the box. Also, pro-x works nice with cetaphil for those who's skin is too dry or sensitive to use harsher cleansers on. Moisturizers get absorb better and makeup goes on much smoother after I use pro-x cleansing system. — 5 years, 10 months agovenenumletalis | 176 reviews
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Why spend $200 when you can spend $25?Just ried it for the first time and I'm in love! I've been waiting to get this since Christmas time but it was only released in Canada about a month ago. Anyways I finally bought it because I got it for a great sale price and I'm so happy I did. I used this in conjunction with my Clinique facial soap with a full face of makeup on and the little brush got everything off! And it's so gentle to, the ...read morelittle head is nice and soft but super effective. This is such a great dupe of the Clarisonic because for people like me who are students and are trying to pay for school and an appartment just can't afford to go blow $200 on one little face brush. — 6 years, 5 months agoCliniqueLover | 297 reviews
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DisappointingI'm a huge fan of anything olay and didnt even consider not liking this item. I had been told my many that nothing beats the clarisonic, but this is OLAY...so I bought it. I didn't find it to really clean my face that well so I figured that maybe it was just gently and working even though I wan't feeling it. I didn't use it daily because I didn't want to irritate my non-sensitive skin...but after ...read morea few days, I noticed that for the first time in my life my skin was feeling a little bit dry around the cheeks and jaw. It didn't look more radiant and didn't really feel any better...maybe it was just getting worse? So i decided to ditch this item...and go back to my st ives scrub for smooth skin. That may be more abrasive, but my skin glows after that and I do feel like my moisturizers sink in...this one just didnt do anything for me and since then i lost all faith in "face brushes" I just don't buy the concept...I think there are better masks and scrubs that do the same thing and I'm sticking with them. — 4 years, 6 months agosprout117 | 221 reviews
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Skip the ClarisonicFor 1/10 the price this brush works just as well as the famed Clarisonic. I do wish they had additional types of brushes like Clarisonic offers, but the ones they do offer are very nice. I love that there is no rechargable battery or plug in cord with this. I am able to use our regular (and rechargeable) AA Energizer batteries. I thought for the price it wouldn't hurt to try this new brush from...read more Olay, and I am never going back! I can use any cleanser I like with this, and the brushes are easily and cheaply replaced every three months. I even got one for my husband and it has drastically cut down on ingrown hairs on his neck and chin from shaving every day. If you have ever considered a Clarisonic but balked at the price, this Olay brush is an amazing deal for $20.00 at your local Target. — 6 years, 7 months agoradar626 | 326 reviews
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Best Bang for Your BuckI love this! I bought this because I didn't feel like I was getting a good clean with the round scrubby pads you can get at the drugstore. This is a great battery operated brush with 2 speeds. Slow for general cleasing and the faster speed for deeper exfoliating. I've used it every day for 6 months so far and its been wonderful. My blemishes clear up faster, it buffs off any dry skin. My husband e...read moreven uses it, its helped the dry patches he sometimes gets on his cheeks. I'll be replacing the brush heads for the first time this month so they last quite a long time. The battery cap is a little difficult to remove but overall this brush is the best bang for your buck! Don't spend the extra cash on the Clairsonic when this Olay brush is just as good, if not better! — 5 years, 2 months agokimihavens | 74 reviews
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AMAZINGI Love it love it love it. I am not sure how it compares to the Clairsonic but I am so glad I bought this one instead. I bought it at Costco and it came with the soap and extra brush head. My face is finally acne free and glows! — 6 years, 4 months agomodinosaur | 47 reviews
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wonderful addition to my cleansing arsenal!This is fantastic for my sometimes dry (and flaky/peely) sensitive skin! I use it with my regular cleanser (not the cleanser that comes with the device) and my skin is very glowy. My face feels so smooth and moisturized and does not flake or peel anymore. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who feels like their cleanser alone doesn't quite cut it and wants a deeper clean with very gentle exfoliation. Also, it feels great to have your face massaged! — 6 years, 6 months agomlenaei | 33 reviews
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Benitez cool on title talk after winLiverpool
Published: January 1 2013 - 3:00AM
INTERIM coach Rafael Benitez says Chelsea has no thoughts about a title challenge despite closing on the Manchester clubs after a fourth-straight victory.
Chelsea's 2-1 win at Everton on Sunday moved it to within four points of second-placed Manchester City with a game in hand. But it remains 11 points adrift of leader Manchester United and, despite the progress being made at Stamford Bridge, Benitez says it is too soon to consider Chelsea as a potential challenger.
''We have a game in hand but we still have to win it,'' the Spaniard said. ''Our idea is to approach the competition thinking about one game at a time. We are not watching the table too much.''
Benitez was an unpopular appointment with fans following the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo, who guided Chelsea to the Champions League trophy last season.
But the manager feels Chelsea's unsuccessful trip to the Club World Cup in Japan has helped his players to adopt his ideas.
The Blues were beaten in the final by Brazilian outfit Corinthians but former Liverpool manager Benitez thinks the heavy training schedule has been key to improving performances.
That defeat was the only match Chelsea has not won in its past seven games in all competitions.
''There is a process of understanding each other and the players knowing what we want,'' he said. ''The trip to Japan was important because we were together for a long time, training. We could work on new things and you can see it working out.''
Everton pulled in front in the first minute at Goodison Park when Steven Pienaar scored.
But Frank Lampard pulled one back with a header just before half-time, before adding a decisive second with a close-range finish midway through the second half.
Benitez says captain John Terry is a chance of returning from a knee problem at Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday, but was unclear about the severity of the ankle problem that forced goalkeeper Petr Cech off at half-time at Everton.
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Get an overview of this hotelAdults-only hotel with 5 restaurants and marina
Popular property highlights
Situated near the airport, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Ameristar Casino East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Buffington Harbor and Lost Marsh Golf Course are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Along with 5 restaurants, this hotel has a marina and a casino. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Additionally, a 24-hour fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 288 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free WiFi and sitting areas. Refrigerators and microwaves are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago features a marina and a 24-hour fitness center. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 5 restaurants. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. 2 meeting rooms are available. This Art Deco hotel also offers a casino, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago has designated areas for smoking.
- Number of restaurants - 5
- 24-hour business center
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Total number of rooms - 288
- Number of floors - 15
- ATM/banking
- 24-hour front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Casino
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- Marina on site
- Meeting rooms 15
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Free self parking
- Free long-term parking
- Bar/lounge
- Wedding services
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free long-term parking, Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Free long-distance calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Heritage Buffet - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
Bugattis Steak and Pasta - This steakhouse serves dinner only. Open select days.
Burger Brothers - This diner serves lunch and dinner. Open daily.
Stadium Sports Bar - This theme restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 9 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children 21 and younger are not allowed at this adults-only property. All guests older than 21 are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
- Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: USD 11 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Ameristar Casino East Chicago
- Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago
- Hotel Ameristar
- Ameristar Casino Hotel
We should mention
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. Guests under 21 years old are not permitted at this adults-only property. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Photos of people standing in line have a funny way of summing up the human condition.
Today it was the pictures of people waiting for the iPhone 5 that pointed to the power of Apple and the draw of its devices. But throughout history we've been able to consistently turn to photos of people queued up as a way to see what's important.
Back in the 1930s the iconic photos of bread lines during the Great Depression demonstrated how deeply impoverished and desperate the United States had become after our financial system collapsed. The lines of immigrants queued up at Ellis Island say a lot about the foundations of our country, one of the most diverse on the planet. Photos of chain gangs help explain a penal system that often takes a pound of flesh as part of its punishment.
Images of lines also have a unique way of commenting on politics. It was the lines around Chick-fil-A that best summarized the spat between the restaurant's supporters and those who believed it shouldn't support anti-gay organizations. On Nov. 6 you can bet we'll see lines of people waiting to cast their ballots.
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Jeff Hayden wrote a sincere and insightful article on 9 Traits that Make Great Employees Outstanding for BNet.com. In his article he praises employees who are: a little bit "off, "eager to prove others wrong, ask questions for others; among other outstanding traits. I agree with a lot of what Jeff says about great employees.
Under "Tinker," Jeff writes, "…Great employees follow processes. Outstanding employees go a step farther and find ways to make those processes even better, not just because they are expected to but because they can't just help themselves."
In response to Jeff's article, I thought of what I consider nine traits that make colleagues outstanding.
1. Understand the value of time.
They don't bug me too often. Come on, if someone's trying to get some work done, take a hint. I enjoy a good conversation as much as the next guy, but when my eyes keep drifting to the computer screen, it's time to leave.
2. Are direct, to the point.
They answers close-ended question like, "Do you have a stapler I can borrow?" with a yes or no response. That's all I ask for. On the other hand, if I ask them how their weekend was, I don't expect a dissertation on a visit to the Boston Aquarium and the mating habits of penguins.
3. Don't watch the clock.
They don't ask me why I'm staying late if I've only been at my desk five minutes after quitting time. I don't work 14 hours days, but I don't watch the clock either. So if I'm doing a little extra work, I don't want to hear it from people who are rushing out the door.
4. Have fun.
They know how to play a practical prank better than Hawkeye Pierce from
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. One of the best tricks played on me was when a fellow teacher put a paper clip through the prongs of the plug of my radio, so when I plugged it into an outlet, sparks flew and scared the hell out of me. Priceless.
5. Are generous.
They give me a slice of their pizza without having to be asked. Some people just don't get it when I tell them I'm hungry. A great colleague can see the hunger on my face and slide a slice across the Formica-top table.
6. Contribute to a safe work environment.
They don't hit me with the company Nerf football as I'm walking down the hallway. When I was in marketing, Sales thought they were all Joe Montana and I was Jerry Rice. No, I was a MarCom writer and didn't appreciate getting a football in my ear.
7. Are reliable.
They don't show up at noon for the first day of a tradeshow when it begins at 9:00 a.m. I understand they like to hit every bar in Manhattan, but there are consequences for every action, even if their heads hit the pillow at 6:00 a.m.
8. Are considerate.
They don't hold a Biggest Loser contest when everyone, except me, has 5% body fat. "Come on, Bob, you can lose 40 pounds," they say. Yeah, all I'd have to do is eat celery every day for 10 years.
9. Pay attention.
They hear me the first 15 times when I tell them how to double-side one-sided documents. I'm generally patient, but when someone asks me to explain a procedure but expects me to actually do it, that ticks me off.
Do you feel the same way about great employees as I do? Do you look for a little fun in the workplace, coupled with productive co-workers who realize when you have an important project due and require concentration? At the end of Jeff's
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Community Lunch Series Focuses on Caring for Aging Adults
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
May 10, 2005
Community Lunch Series Focuses on Caring for Aging Adults
Fairfax County residents are invited to attend a panel discussion on "Caring for Aging Adults" on Wednesday, May 18, as part of the Community Lunch Series. The program will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 220 of the South County Center, 8350 Richmond Highway, Alexandria. Lunch and networking will take place from 11:30 a.m. to noon (brown bag lunches are welcome) with the discussion beginning at noon. The event is free, and reservations are not required.
The panel will be composed of Fairfax County agency representatives who will discuss local programs and resources for the elderly. There will be a question and answer session at the end. Panelists are Georgia Miller, Fairfax County Health Department; Betsy Pugin, Fairfax Area Agency on Aging; and Julie Ellis, Fairfax County Community and Recreation Services.
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