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Snow Hunters
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A North Korean war refugee seeking a new life in a port town on the coast of Brazil longs to connect with four people who slip in and out of his life, but must confront his traumatic past so he might let go and move on.
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That winter, during a rainfall, he arrived in Brazil.
He came by sea. On the cargo ship he was their only passenger. In the last days of the ship's journey it had grown warm and when he remarked that there was no snow, the crew members laughed. They had been throwing fish overboard, as they always did, for luck, and he watched as the birds twisted their bodies in the wind and dove. He had never seen the ocean before, had never journeyed so far as he had in this month alone. He was called Yohan and he was twenty-five years old.
He was dressed in an old gray suit that was too large for him and wore a hat with a short brim. They were not his clothes. They had been given to him at the camp and after he had changed, the young nurse, an American, took the military shirt he had worn for all those years and folded it with care even though it was torn and stale, no longer recognizable.
The nurse had thin shoulders, he remembered, and her neck had darkened from the sun. She had been kind to him. Through all the days at the camp there had been that. But he did not tell her so and he said his farewells to the guards and the doctors who stood in a line under the tent in that long field where the sky was always low and vast and where there was always a wind that carried the smell of the soil and sickness and the sound of animals from a nearby farm.
He was escorted into the back of a UN truck. It had snowed the night before but the day was clear as he left. From a tower someone waved. He shut his eyes and thought of castles.
He had also been given a rucksack with a spare shirt and trousers. A letter confirming his residence and his employment was in his jacket pocket, tucked behind a folded handkerchief.
It was close to dawn, and the ship was near land, when the rain began to fall. The rain was slow and light and they all remained on deck. Yohan felt the drops tap the brim of his hat and vanish along his shoulders. His eyes were dry and red from the wind. The night before, facing a mirror in a cabin, he had clipped his hair short, the way the nurses had often cut his hair in the camp, checking for lice. He had also shaved, unsure at first whether he remembered how, hesitating before pressing the razor against his skin.
He could see now the coast. It resembled a cloud at first. Then it changed and the line broke into segments and he saw the tiles of rooftops and the stone and the whitewashed walls following the slope of a tall hill. The port grew visible. Then the sails and the masts of ships. He gripped the railing and followed the smoke from the steamers rising above the town. Near the peak he could make out a church spire and higher, on the open ridge, a single large tree. Farther up the coast, to the north, a plantation house stood in a long field. And farther still, on a headland, a lighthouse was flashing.
They entered the harbor. As the ship approached a pier they were surrounded by a low fog and the sudden echo of voices and engines and the strains of ropes against pulleys. Merchants were looking up at them, motioning their arms and lifting the goods that they were selling. Fishermen were cleaning their boats; landowners were preparing to journey farther west, to visit their farms and their tenants.
He said the name of this country and then said it again.
The ship docked and he helped the men unload their shipment. He kept his eyes focused on the ship, on the crates sliding down the gangplank. He felt movement behind him, heard a slow hammering. He caught the scent of blood but was unsure whether it was his imagination or from all the fishing nets moving through the air.
The rain had not stopped and one of the sailors, the oldest of them, offered him an umbrella. It was blue with a wooden handle.
The sailor shrugged and grinned and said, — From the child, and pointed up at the ship where Yohan thought he saw a crown of hair and the length of a pale scarf gliding along the sky. A young boy was running after her, waving, and from that distance Yohan caught the voice of the girl, its delicacy and assuredness, the way it rose like a kite, the foreign cadence of words in another language.
He paused, as though expecting something. But then they were gone and he was unsure whether he had seen or heard them at all, unsure whether he had understood the sailor correctly. There were no other passengers, he was told.
— To a good life, the sailor said now, and Yohan shook hands with them all, catching the fatigue in their oil-stained faces, these men whom he had lived with for over a month and who had made an effort to keep him company on that ship, teaching him card games, sharing their cigarettes, telling him what little they knew of the country where they had just arrived.
The sailors were South Korean. In the war they had been in the navy and there had been times during the trip when they gathered on the deck in the evenings as the weather grew warm and they passed around a bottle and told him of the fighting at sea. But then they looked at one another and then at Yohan and grew silent.
They spoke instead of their lives now and the families they started, how they had been shipping cargo for a year and how they had moved to Japan, where there was more work to be found.
— And wives, one of the sailors had said, approaching the edge of the deck.
In his hand he held the bottle they had been drinking from, a long wick slipped into it, then the spark of a match. His hand aglow as he threw the bottle into the night, the momentary flare in the sky, then that brief explosion and Yohan hiding his body's reaction to the noise and the sailors shouting up at that vast dark they traveled through.
From Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon. Copyright 2013 by Paul Yoon. Excerpted by permission of Simon & Schuster.


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Top city pay, 2011
- Chief Operating Officer $252,024
- Independent Budget Analyst $220,765
- Chief Financial Officer $216,840
- Assistant Chief Operating Officer $203,677
- Police Chief $198,911
- City Attorney $198,148
- Fire Battalion Chief $197,762
- Retirement General Counsel $194,959
- Retirement Administrator $187,102
- Fire Captain $180,609
Source: Office of City Councilman Carl DeMaio
Some 1,359 of San Diego's 10,000 city employees made $100,000 or more in 2011, an increase of 9 percent, according to a report from City Councilman Carl DeMaio.
City employees have not received across-the-board raises for the past three years — in fact, most have taken pay cuts. Pay has gone up for some as a result of promotions or overtime incurred among budget cuts.
"This raises a number of troubling issues the mayor and the council needs to resolve," DeMaio said. "We've made some progress in terms of pay and benefits, and that's commendable, but there's a lot that still needs to get done."
The report said the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department was expected to run $4.8 million over budget due to overtime pay and other personnel expenses.
Frank De Clercq, who heads the city's firefighter union, said the additional overtime was necessary given the city's reduction in fire personnel.
"We have cut our workforce down more than 10 percent, but we still need to have constant staffing," De Clercq said. "We have to have people on these trucks to respond when people need our help."
DeMaio is spearheading a ballot initiative that would eliminate pensions for all new hires except police and provide them with 401(k)-style retirement plans.
Amy Thoma, a spokeswoman for mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher, issued a statement dismissing the report by his rival.
"It's ironic that Carl DeMaio is yet again issuing a shrill report on city compensation when during a budget crisis that forced cuts to police, fire, parks and libraries, DeMaio refused to take a 6-percent pay cut applied to City Council members," she said.
Sanders urged the council to take the pay cut in 2009 after city employees were forced to take a similar cut, but DeMaio declined. He has opted out of the city's pension system, which equals a 22 percent reduction in pay.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Catwoman/Bane >>> Venom/Sandman
TDKR had a superior script and better characterizations of the regulars.
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Both films have good points and both films have serious flaws. Bane was horrible IMO, but I found Sandman to be a compelling character. I'll agree with you on Venom, but Catwoman wasn't that interesting, at least not near as interesting as Michelle Pfeiffer's character.
I do give the edge to TDKR but not for the reasons you state. As far as a superior script, at least Spider-man 3 was intentionally corny in parts, I don't think Nolan wanted Bane to come off as some weird circus freak with a fast food drive through speaker for a voice.
Spider-man 3's problam was as I mentioned above, way too much going on that's not interconnected. TDKR had a solid plot line, but it's execution was sloppy. By far it was the worst of the Nolan trillogy, IMO.
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Polyamory is having its pop-culture/mainstreaming moment and sex writer, speaker, researcher and polyamory advocate Andrea Zanin, a.k.a. Sex Geek, isn't impressed:
Polyamory is resolutely presented in the media as a thing heterosexuals do, except sometimes for bisexual women who have a primary male partner and secondary female partners. It is exceedingly rare for lesbian, gay or queer poly configurations to be included in mainstream representations of polyamory, even though LGBQ circles are absolute hotbeds of polyamorous activity, and LGBQ people have a long and illustrious history of non-monogamy, recent enthusiasm about marriage notwithstanding. Go to just about any LGBQ gathering—even the most mainstream—and you can't swing a cat without hitting at least half a dozen people who are doing some sort of non-monogamy, from regular "monogamish" bathhouse adventures to full-on poly families. It's so common that it feels (gasp!) normal.
But if the mainstream media were to give too many column inches to LGBQ polyamory, then people might think poly is a gay thing, and that wouldn't sell nearly as many magazines. So the typical polynormative hype article goes something like, "Meet Bob and Sue. They're a poly couple. They're primary partners and they date women together." Or "they each date women on the side" or "they have sex parties in their basement" or sometimes, though more rarely, "Bob dates women and Sue dates men." Mainstream representations rarely break the "one penis per party" rule, which is exactly as offensive as it sounds. You don't get Bob dating Dave, or Sue dating Tim and Jim and John while Bob stays home with a movie. Because whoa! That's just going too far. I mean, playing around with women is one thing, but if you bring a second man into the picture, don't the two guys need to, like, duke it out? Prove who's manlier? Because evolutionary psychology! Because nature! Because when there is a penis (and only one penis) involved it is real sex and that means a real relationship and we must have a real relationship to have a primary-secondary structure and we must have a primary-secondary structure to be a poly couple! (Hmm. So maybe this part does relate to my other three points after all.)
All of this creates a situation where polyamory is presented as a hip new trend that edgy straight folks are trying out, and boy, are they ever proud of it. Needless to say this whole framing varies from clueless about queers to downright offensive.
Andrea has lots of other insights into the way polyamorous relationships are being packaged and presented for the mainstream. Go read the whole thing.


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The increasing complexity of modern applications and new, agile approaches to software development are both driving the need for more efficient and effective performance testing. Unfortunately, simulating real-user activity and behavior is a constant struggle for performance engineers.
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OCEANSIDE -- The city Planning Commission's approval of plans to build the Quarry Creek shopping center on College Boulevard south of Highway 78 has been appealed by a nearby shopping center.
Attorneys for the Tri-City Crossroads center contend that the environmental report on the Quarry Creek project did not adequately examine potential loss of business at their center, as well as traffic and environmental concerns.
Tri-City Crossroads contains an Albertson's, Sizzler and perhaps 12 other businesses, said Betty Graff, city planner. It is about a quarter-mile from the proposed Quarry Creek center, which would include a Home Depot, supermarket, restaurants and a carwash.
Earlier, a group of residents, citing traffic concerns, appealed the Planning Commission's July approval of the Quarry Creek center. Both appeals likely will be heard by the City Council in September, Graff said.
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Wow! What great photo entries from our Tri-City Americans Fans! Keep 'em comin'!
Congrats to Barbara Chaudhary for being this week's winner! She gets a pair of tickets to an upcoming contest AND her name goes into the season-end drawing for a pair of tickets to every Americans home playoff game–as far as they go into the playoffs. Keep sending your entries and remember, if you've entered, each week you are still eligible (unless you have already won). You don't have to re-enter. But if you want to send another entry, fire away! Thanks from the Americans and Newstalk 870!
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Salt Lake (Utah) Cottowood four-star fullback Stanley Havili visited Arizona State, BYU, Iowa and USC and had plenty of other national suitors like Cal, Nebraska, Oregon and Boise State. But after taking a final trip to BYU last weekend, the wait is about to be over for the 6-foot, 208-pounder.
He has narrowed his choices down to two with an official announcement being made on local television this evening. The decision will be carried at 10:30 p.m. local time on KUTV Channel 2's Talking Sports Show.
"It's down between USC and Arizona State," Havili said as he was walking out the door for the television station. "I'm not sure which school I'm going to pick, but I have an idea. I'll be making my announcement on a local television station tonight at 10:30."
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Arrests reported at Carbon parade
Jim Thorpe police reported on several arrests that were made at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade held on Sunday, March 13.
At about 4:40 p.m. officers were dispatched to Molly Maguire's Pub and Steakhouse, located at 5 Hazard Square, for two intoxicated females who were denied entry into the establishment and refused to leave.
Upon arrival officers were met by the business security who identified Sheree Ann Harvan, of 440 Center Ave., Jim Thorpe, as one of the females who refused to leave. As police began to speak with Harvan she displayed signs of intoxication and refused to leave after being asked several times.
Harvan was informed she was being placed under arrest and became combative. While she was placed in the police cruiser she kicked an officer in the face. Harvan was arrested for aggravated and simple assault, resisting arrest, persistent disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. She was arraigned and later placed in the county prison in Nesquehoning after failing to post $10,000 straight cash bail.
Three persons were cited for disorderly conduct. Douglas K. Miller, of 143 Forest Hill Rd., Mifflinburg, Union County, was cited about 4:10 p.m. after urinating in public; Joey Freundt, of Harrity Rd., Lehighton, was cited about 4:10 p.m.; and Janell Lyn Borusky, of 1939-1 Old Reading Rd., Catawissa, Columbia County, was cited about 4:15 p.m. at Molly's for refusing to leave the business and allegedly spit in the face of a security officer.
Two persons were cited for public drunkenness. John B. Lapp, of 18 W. Main Ave., Myerstown, Lebanon County, was cited about 4:15 p.m. and Todd Skakuper, of 1106 Yverdon Dr, Apt. 6, Camp Hill, Dauphin County, was cited about 3 p.m. Police said Lapp was also cited for disorderly conduct.


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- Tales of Xillia 2
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- 2013
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- Anime Expo 2014
- FanimeCon 2013
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Hot mess lol. It's a dress shirt with not so hard designs, but then came the details, took a bit longer than I expected. But hahaha it's good for a trial run. Might fix up a few things next time. |D
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- Hand sewn black wefts and styled by me. It was pretty fast but I forgot to use heat and spray as much as I wanted lol. Will do again next time. :D
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Apr. 25, 2009
Homage to Roy Orbison
If I can touch the voice of Roy Orbison
singing "only in dreams" and if I can
swallow the sweet pudding of his song
then why shouldn't a piece of music
fill in for human contact? Maybe it does
for a second or two, but life is long, or we are,
in our minds, and the singing we do gives us
a taste and not a meal. And what would
happen without it? Would we reconcile
since there would be no contrast, no lift of
Roy's dulcet tones to guide us up to immense
heights of one-pointed ecstasy? So why not sing
as hard and deep as we can? Why not feel out
the song-nerve and trace its trajectory?
I think that in the voice's rise
and wail we finally wake and hear the voice
of an angel. "Sweet dreams baby" Roy throbs.
If so, we go past abrasions and promontories
of broken stony sounds, and emerge up here
where the guitar is a guru, and where Roy's
sweetness is the rule and his sense of form
shapes up this shard-filled life. "Move on
down the line." So there, do it, dance in
a strange way and who cares. When the
listeners judge by their sweetness gauge
and their sucked-in breath at "crying over
you," will anyone care that he dyed his
black hair and had false teeth? I thrash
and shout like a teenage girl for the duration
of the song. "I got a woman mean as she
can be." (I think that's me.) He told me
that anything I wanted he would
give it to me, and you know? He did.
It's the birthday of Padgett Powell, (Books by this author.) born in Gainesville, Florida (1952). He's the author of many novels, including Edisto (1984), A Woman Named Drown (1987), and Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men (2000).
It's the birthday of the poet and journalist James Fenton, (Books by this author.) born in Lincoln, England (1949). He wrote many collections of poetry, and his journalism has been collected in All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of Asia (1989).
It was on this day in 1953 that Watson and Crick published the article in which they proposed the structure of DNA. The article appeared in Nature magazine, and it was only about a page long. It began, "We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest." Their hypothesis about the double-helix structure of DNA revolutionized biology and paved the way for the field of genetics. Some science historians rank their feat with Newton describing the laws of physics.
Watson and Crick's discovery was actually the result of synthesizing many other people's ideas and research. They spent relatively little time in the laboratory doing experiments. They relied on the research of others, especially Rosalind Franklin, who had taken X-ray photographs of DNA samples. Their initial failure to acknowledge their huge debt to her caused a great debate in the scientific world. Many people felt that she should have shared the Nobel Prize, which Watson and Crick won in 1962.
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Waccamaw Library: School district works on land swap for branch
By Charles Swenson
The Georgetown County School District is looking at a land swap if it provides additional acreage for the new Waccamaw Neck library. Superintendent Randy Dozier said this week he would like additional land at the county's Retreat Park to allow future expansion of Waccamaw Intermediate School.
The school board agreed in 2008 to provide an acre on Willbrook Boulevard for the library in exchange for road improvements by the county to facilitate the opening of the intermediate school. The district bought 4 acres on Willbrook Boulevard in 2006 for $1.75 million to gain access to the intermediate school.
The board agreed to provide another acre for parking, which the school could share.
Dwight McInvaill, the county library director, asked the school district this year for two more acres. Plans for the 17,000-square-foot library were revised from two stories to one as a way to cut costs.
The county has committed $3.2 million and the library is trying to raise $1 million to provide and equip an additional 4,000 square feet.
"What I'm looking for is a possible land swap," Dozier said. "That's a fairly big chunk of property."
He is talking with County Administrator Sel Hemingway and plans to make a formal recommendation to the school board on Nov. 15.
The school board has been supportive of the concept, which would be the second county library located next to a public school. The Carvers Bay library adjoins a middle and high school.
McInvaill said getting 4 acres on Willbrook Boulevard would give the library enough room to build and provide for future expansion.
"We don't want to be hemmed in like we are at the current site," he said.
The school district doesn't want to be hemmed in either. Dozier noted that the ballfields at Waccamaw Intermediate now straddle the property line with Retreat Park.
"Those playing fields were going to be used jointly with the county," he said, so there isn't a boundary issue.
But the district would need more land to expand the school. Dozier said he doesn't necessarily expect to swap acre-for-acre, since there will be shared parking.
"We wouldn't have been able to build Waccamaw Intermediate where it is if we hadn't traded property," he said.
The Waccamaw intermediate and middle schools are on property Georgetown County acquired from Brookgreen Gardens in an uncontested condemnation. The school district shared the cost and got the middle school site. The balance was planned for a county park.
But the park hadn't been started when the district sought land for the intermediate school. It got 20.5 acres in exchange for property around the county and long-term leases that allow the county to use school sports facilities.
With the library, the expected restrictions on traffic adopted when the intermediate school opened will be lifted, notably the ban on left turns for eastbound traffic on Willbrook Boulevard.


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Make a Clean, Safe Cup From a Wine Bottle
Make your own tumblers from wine bottles using a simple tool which you can purchase online for under $50. I'm sure there are all kinds of applications for this, starting with some awesome tumbler cups. All you have to do is score the area you would like to cut in a straight line using a special tool, immerse the bottle in alternately hot and cold water, and the wine bottle cuts where you scored it. More info after the jump!
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text: Fetze 720 Report post Posted December 23, 2013 Hey guys, as some of you might know I'm working on this game engine called Duality, and this thread aims to be a mixture of occasional devblog and discussion platform for anything related to it. There's been a lot of progress in the past months, and I'm slowly beginning to think that this project can be of actual use to others, so... let's find out! What is Duality? It's a 2D game engine that comes with a visual editor. Both engine and editor are Open Source (MIT license). It's all based on C# and OpenTK. The frameworks architecture incorporates a plugin system with hotswap support. It is highly extensible, even without touching the original source code. Work on this project began somewhere around November 2011. It's still in active development. Why does it exist? My initial goal was to stop writing a new engine for every game I made, and instead create one framework that can serve as a basis for all of my future projects, regardless of genre or gameplay elements. This would allow me to spend less time on engine coding and more time on making games. Ironically, where I ended up at first is doing even more engine coding for quite a while - but by now, Duality has grown to be pretty usable, and I've developed a lot of projects just using it. Duality exists, because I've always wanted a C# framework like this, but there was none that "had it all": Focused on 2D games, fast iteration times and visual editing, but at the same time free, Open Source and designed to be vastly extensible. While there are a lot of products on the engine market that do a really great job, most of them are still closed systems: Something that you might buy in a shop and use regularly, but wouldn't bother modifying, because it is generally a bad idea or downright impossible. On the other hand, Duality is kind of a construction kit. Also, I have always been a fan of modding, i.e. being able to take an existing game as a player, and add my own stuff. One of the core ideas behind Duality is, that you, the developer, will use it to build your game and extend it wherever necessary. It's visual editor can serve as level editor, content database, sandbox and testing environment. When releasing your game - just leave the editor in there. It doesn't cost you anything, but your players get to use the same editing system you had: Duality, tailored exactly to fit your game. What can it do? Content and Resource ManagementSerialization, Importing and Updating Content, Custom Resource format using Binary or XML data, Friendly to Version Control systems, Robust in case of errors and old data Scene Graph and Object ManagementComponent based GameObjects, Parent-child relations and transformation, Shared extensible Component interfaces, Scene queries AudioPlaying and configuring sound effects and music, Streaming, Randomized sounds, 3D audio RenderingCamera based, Multiple Renderpasses, Postprocessing, Automated Batching and Z Sorting, Fake perspective using parallax scaling and scrolling PhysicsBased on a custom OpenTK version of Farseer Physics, Collision Detection, Rigidbody Physics, Visual Shape Editing User InputKeyboard, Mouse, Joysticks, Gamepads, Open to Custom Input methods Visual EditorWhat-You-See-Is-What-You-Get, Resource Hotswap, Plugin Hotswap, User Advice based on XML code comments, Extensive Dragdrop support, Multiple Views, Docking based on WeifenLuo library A lot of other fancy stuffProfiling, Logging, Text Formatting, Animation, Prefabs, Cloning, etc. Where can I find more information? You can get a quick overview on the framework on the > main info page <, or one of several > other info pages <. There is a lot of Q&A going on in the > community forums <. Take a look at the > project Wiki < on GitHub. Listen to BatCat Games talking about why they use Duality in > this .Net Rocks! podcast <, starting roughly at 13:00. Read the article on how to get started > here on GameDev <. Watch some old videoblog entries about Duality in my > YouTube channel <. What now? Well, I guess that's up to you. Maybe take a closer look on Duality? Use it for your upcoming project? Or even contribute to the project yourself? Whatever it is, feedback is always welcome and I'm looking forward to versatile discussions and constructive criticism. Let me know what you think! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Bank of Israel Governor David Klein did good yesterday when he announced his intention to ask the government to guarantee accounts at the troubled Trade Bank. The move is a good one not just because of the personal losses at the bank, but also because of the need to restore the public's confidence in the Israeli banking system.
Bank of Israel Governor David Klein did good yesterday when he announced his intention to ask the government to guarantee accounts at the troubled Trade Bank.
The move is a good one not just because of the personal losses at the bank, but also because of the need to restore the public's confidence in the Israeli banking system. In the absence of formal account insurance, the only way to safeguard public savings from the collapse of a bank is through such state guarantee.
In some way, Klein's announcement also shows that the central bank accepts a certain degree of responsibility for the embezzlement. The failure may lie first and foremost with Trade Bank's management, its board of directors and its accountants, but it is equally clear that the supervisor of the banks has lessons to learn.
A very palpable danger fluttered before the eyes of Klein and the banking supervisor, Yitzhak Tal, yesterday: Despite the fact that Trade Bank's collapse would not seriously impact on any other bank, the fall of one small player could have significant, indirect ramifications for the entire banking system. If the public comes to the conclusion that the state will not guarantee its savings accounts, then it will lose faith in the banking system at large and panic could ensue, as individuals rush to withdraw their savings. Such a scenario would create immediate liquidity problems; and the road from there to true financial turbulence is but a short step.
While the central bank was prevaricating yesterday morning, saying we should all learn lessons from the case and take the necessary steps, prior to any government intervention on behalf of Trade Bank's clients, the reports that came in from other banks, along with the stock exchange falling, convinced the central bank that now, while the public is jittery, is not the time to dilly-dally over decisions.
The Bank of Israel was not facing an easy dilemma. On one end of the scales sat the possibility that the state would be bailing out accounts at a bank at which a serious scam had taken place, possibly with the involvement of some of the bank's clients. Had it been clear from the start that there was no connection between the bank and its clients, then this decision could have been made much sooner. On the other end, however, sat the central bank's fear of making guarantees "automatic", thereby only motivating managers of other banks to take riskier steps, knowing that at the end of the day, the state will sign a blank check in any case.
The solution is to withhold guarantees from any deposits belonging to those involved with the fraud, as well as the deposits of the major shareholders in the bank.
In the coming months, the Bank of Israel will be drawing up the lessons it has learned from the Trade Bank case. We can expect a beefing up of the banks' internal checking system, with an emphasis on deeds of deception and fraud. Members of the banking supervisor's office whose role was to keep an eye on Trade Bank may come in for special investigation. Tough personal conclusions may be drawn against Trade Bank's management and directors. Its accountants will come under scrutiny too. And while all this is going on, the entire mechanism of insuring bank deposits should get another look over.
To establish such a mechanism, the central bank should rank banks according to their standing and charge premiums according to their levels of risk. If a higher interest rate tempts a customer to deposit money in a bank that does not have a checking system, or has ties to some shady characters, then he may do so, but he should pay the insurance for it. Otherwise, we will all end up paying for those customers and their financial adventures.
Remember, their profits are our risk.
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Each year several homes are chosen and filled with Christmas decorating ideas, nativity displays and a shopper's boutique.
"Chances for Charity" raffle tickets will also be available for purchase. Winners will be drawn just before 4 p.m. Prizes this year include one of 17 burgeoning gift baskets plus two Christmas throws or wall hangings.
This year's charity event will feature five decorated homes: three in Bountiful, one in Centerville and one in Farmington.
Tour homes include:
-Michelle and Carl Rasmusen, 3925 Glade Hollow Way, Bountiful, decor by Robert McArthur
-Anna and Damon Kirchmeier, 3855 Brindlewood, Bountiful
-Jamie and Adrian Vande Merwe, 1926 E. Mueller Park Rd., Bountiful
-Donna and Gary Lund, 275 E. Balsam Dr., Centerville
-Jan and Carlos Litster, 647 S. 350 East, Farmington
The Vande Merwe home will sponsor the boutique items, gift baskets and "yummy Christmas goodies." The Litster home will feature more than 130 nativity sets from around the world, some several generations old.
Tours are $5 per person with proceeds going to Safe Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter, the Children's Justice Center, Davis County Food Banks, Youth Volunteer Awards, Tuition Assistance and many other worthy causes.
Patrons are also encouraged to bring a commercially canned or boxed item to contribute to the food bank. Donation boxes will be set out at each home.
Tickets are available at the homes and at the following businesses Advanced Therapeu- tic Massage, Bountiful Music, Cambridge House, Carr Stationery, Diane's of Bounti-ful, Heartland Paper, LACE by Louise, Jennifer Bassarear's State Farm Insurance, Lynn's Oak Shoppe, Pace's Dairy Ann, Rice & Strand, Robintino's and the Clipper office.


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Algeria to benefit from new financing program
Algeria is listed among six countries to benefit from the new financing program the U.S. will found in keeping with the "Middle East Partnership Initiative" (MEPI) and lanched 18 months ago in favor of the North African and Middle East countries, announced Friday Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs, J. Adam Ereli.
This new program, estimated at $18.5 million, will be raised by the U.S. to finance partnership projects with Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, West Bank and Gaza Strip in educational fields, university, including improvement courses and specific programs for the promotion of women in the six countries, APS reported.
The universities situated in these states received a global amount of $700.000 to contribute for the imporvement of education, research and to buy the necessary material.
For Algeria, the cooperation program in keeping with MEPI will be centred on the educational system and universities, judiciary reform and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Scott Carpenter told APS during a round table organised Friday by the U.S. Department with the representatives of the Arab press in Washington, on the occasion of the launching of this new program. (menareport.com)
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Wawona build
Well you guy's have gone and done it,
I have been building boats & ship sence the 50's most of them have been static, and a lot of copys for frinds and family, I've only been building R/C's for about 5 years, and I love it, because I get to play with them when they are built.
So where am I going with this, I've started getting things to gether to buil the Wawona Schooner, so you will need to forgive me for some fuzzy pic's now and then,And spelling airers, I still do not have any prints of decks and all of the above, mast rigging, ballard sets, belay pin stations, so I will get the hull worked up and go from there. She will be built out of mohageny, I get the wood from old palets that are thrown away by shipping outfits. There's alot of nice wood out there if you keep your eyes open.
Thus far I have cut the side planks & keel, worked up a set of drawings I got from Historic American engineering records, not complete but what I have will do for know.
I am not to sure about how to R/C the rigging yet, it looks like it will be a test of what I've found on here from all of you that have built a sail rig, I have built a 36/600, and she sails like a dream for me any way.
With out further ado, some pic's
Rop- Looks like you're using the HAER drawings:
Between the photos there, their sail plan, and just "typical" practice, you should be able to sort out everything on top.
But don't put off thinking about the R/C! You may well need to construct a lot of gear inside the hull that will be inaccessible later. Even a simple schooner sail plan can take some big gear.
I've only built one R/C schooner, a Robbe kit:
so I don't know all the techniques in use out there... but this one had a big chain drive unit (think about a garage door opener!) for the main and schooner sheets... had to be built and installed under the deck before the deck was permanently attached to hull, yikes:
And, even though Wawona carries her sails relatively low, I'll wager the model will enjoy a false keel... need to plan for that now too.
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HAER has THAYER too!
Great subject, Ro! was sad to hear about the recent end of the Wawona... Thayer recently came out of a major restoration and looks fantastic. When I last saw it about a year ago it had not been rigged yet but the hull looked good as new (probably better)
Looking forward to watching your project!
I got the keel,rudder set, billethead, cut out and filed to fit, I will need to make another keel though this one has a slite twist I did not see.
yes they are HAER plans, I read/looked at the pic's of your schooner build, I need to go over again for it's been a wile sence I looked there, I had planed on installing lead ballast as low in the hull as posible, I have 36" X 4" of room to place it, plus I chose Mahogeny to give the hull the exstra whight, because I didn't wont to add a bulb to the bottom of the boat witch by the way is 44' X 9 1/2" X 5 1/4" did not calculate the scale just blow up the plans.
I found the C.A. Thayer plans as well but when you try to print them they are ditorted ( by the program ) to the point that I can't get good mesurements from them, I see no where to buy these plans, those are the plans I was going to use because they are so complete.
I was a bit distraut about her going under the hammer my self, And I think some one shoud go to jail, there was a lot of time and money that went in to her restoration that is gone, I don't know the entire story as to why they made that dissetion, but it chaps my hide that they did. Hope this project comes along well, I've built ships in the past that I wonted to put in the water because I know thay they would have sailed like the real thing, but that was before I found R/C
I just finnish planeing down some mahogeny for the ribs, I posted the pic to show you can find in those FREE wood bins on the road way now and then, this was part of a old pallet I pic up a wile back in one of those bins.
The steel ruler at the side is 24".
Got some of the stantions laid out to be cut today,
Built a soaking tube for the planking wood,
It's a 4" pvc tube 36" long, with a cap glued to the bottom and the top sanded so I can get it off. throw in some planks, add some ammonia put the top on so it don't smell up the shop.
With that done now I can start on the build board, get ready to start laying wood.
Using good wood (as opposed to plywood, MDF, etc), you might consider built up frames. You get more strength, a lot less waste, and generally make better use of the wood.
What I attached is only a rough sketch, it could be made up of more futtocks which would run the grain even better and use even shorter pieces (even less waste) - both reason why real boats are built in that manner.
Hey Ropanach,
I've been working on the Thayer for a few months now. I'm currently designing a mechanism to allow the booms to swing. Rather than feeding line out from one side while taking it up on the other, I was thinking of simplifying the whole set-up to just feed out line to the booms. They would swing freely from one side to the other as the ship tacked only the tension on the boom could be adjusted as needed. Anyway, here's my progress so far.
She looks good, That is how I am going to set sails as well, I will be running the line through a copper tube from the servo to the deck, that way it will be inclosed, it doen't snag on any thing when your line becomes loose when tacking, I'v done this on other boats and it works very well and the line seems to last longer.
It looks like your thayer is about 40" long or is it?
43" hull loa to be exact. As far as her hull construction, I found an interesting technique from another website. I built a "buck" representing the inside dimensions of the hull. The buck was then covered with foil and packing tape. 1/4" by 1/16" pine strips were then stapled and glued to the buck. After the entire buck is covered and the glue has dried, the staples are removed and the whole thing is sanded smooth. Then a second ply of pine, staples and glue is applied. Staples removed and sanded again. Finally, a third ply of pine in the area of the hull that will be painted black and a ply of mahogany where I'll be painting the hull with transparent red was applied. Once dry, all the staples are again removed (I didn't use staples in the mahogany). Sand smooth and then carfully pry the whole thing off the buck. Peel out the tape and foil and "viola" you have a very strong yet light weight hull. I then fiberglassed the hull to waterproof it and it awaits further work before I paint it.
that is a good way to build a hull, I have used foam insulation before, too make doubble hulled ships, cut it to the size you need lay the inside planks with about 1/6" gap and glue in place the stantions over the inside hull, then nail and glue your strips onto the stantions, after the glue has setup, remove the nails, replace by glueing in round tooth (wooden) picks, after glue is set up cut off tooth pics and sand. Remove the foam It's the way I was shown to do this so the hull would stay stright, and it makes one strong hull.
Your hull looks like it turned out nice.
Your stearn looks to be 90 to the water line, my prints show it to be about 45 to the water line, or is it my eye's?
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Beckett sharp for Red Sox in 7-4 win over Orioles
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Josh Beckett hopes to help himself out with his glove.
Beckett helped turn a double play and earned the win Saturday as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 in a split-squad game.
''It's something I've always tried to take pride in,'' Beckett said of his defense and pickoff move to first base. ''But the priority is going to be to get the guy at the plate out. That's never going to change. If I feel like something else is going to take away from that, whether it's controlling the base runners, I'm probably not going to worry about the base.''
Beckett allowed one run and two hits in five innings with two strikeouts and a walk. He has a 1.29 ERA.
''Josh is as professional a player as I've been around when it comes to pitching,'' new Boston manager Bobby Valentine said.
New Red Sox outfielder Cody Ross went 2-for-3 with a double and a fifth-inning solo homer off reliever Brad Bergeson.
''Cody is very aggressive,'' Valentine said. ''He's fitting in well with his new teammates. It seems like he has been around a long time. He has a power stroke. I like his defense.''
Baltimore starter Armando Galarraga gave up four runs and six hits in four innings, lifting his ERA to 7.88.
With manager Buck Showalter in Sarasota with the other half of the split squad for a 3-3, 10-inning tie, bench coach John Russell - Pittsburgh's manager from 2008-10 - ran the Fort Myers half of the Orioles. Russell oversaw the first spring training start of shortstop prospect Manny Machado, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2010 amateur draft out of Miami Brito High.
The 19-year-old went 0-for-1 with two walks and said he enjoyed facing Beckett. Machado rooted for Beckett when the pitcher helped the 2003 Florida Marlins win the World Series.
''He's got good stuff. Hopefully I'll be facing him soon,'' Machado said. ''I was 14,15-years-old and watching him pitch. Now I'm facing him at a young age now. It's definitely exciting. Hopefully I will see him down the road.''
Beckett is now 31.
''That just means I'm getting old,'' he said.
Machado hit a combined .256 with 11 homers, 50 RBIs and 11 steals last season at Class A levels.
''It felt good getting out there,'' Machado said. ''I felt like I had good, quality at-bats and had a good quality game overall''
Baltimore brought over mostly bench players and minor leaguers. Chris Davis went 1-for-3.
NOTES: The Red Sox released RHP Carlos Silva, who had entered camp with lingering shoulder soreness and was not able to overcome it in time to be in the mix for the fifth spot in the starting rotation. Silva spent all of last season in the minor leagues with the New York Yankees. He went 10-6 with a 4.22 ERA for the Chicago Cubs in 2010. ... Red Sox C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, recovering from a hip injury, went 2 for 5 with a single, double and walk in a minor league game. He is expected to start at catcher Sunday against Tampa Bay. ... SS prospect Jose Iglesias, who has right groin injury, went 1 for 5 in a minor league game.


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Wings of Prey Coming to North America
February 17, 2010 - Wings of Prey is the gorgeous new World War II PC flight-simulation title from Moscow based developer Gaijin Entertainment and is based around large-scale, historical aerial combat and land-based military operations of World War II. Players can participate in some of the war's most famous battles piloting fighters, attack planes and bombers across a wide range of thrilling missions. There are six theatres of war to engage in - The Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Ardennes, Berlin, Sicily and Korsun representing the main airborne battles of World War II in Europe.
Wings of Prey Review
January 7, 2010 - Despite the unfortunate and confusing title of the game, Wings of Prey is surprisingly attractive both to arcade action junkies and to the hardcore TrackIR crowd. Naturally, in trying to please both camps, the game contains a fair number of compromises and concessions that are sure to cause aggravation at either end of the spectrum, but the flexibility and fidelity of the different flight models allows players of all skill levels to enjoy the game.


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After a promising Texas swing, the Bucks find themselves reeling after a loss that saw the Bucks squander a 12 point lead early on against a Jazz team that refused to give up. What do we have afterwards? We have the news that Brandon Jennings fractured a bone in his left foot, and will miss approximately 4-6 weeks. Corey Maggette did not travel with the team out west battling concussive symptoms. We also have Buck Hits.
Weekend Recap
To read more about the Bucks loss against the Jazz, read the Bucksketball, Brew Hoop, and JSOnline recaps.
Looking Ahead
The Bucks are in Portland tonight, facing an equally banged up team. Jeremy's optimistic read can be found here, while Brew Hoop provides another perspective on tonight's game.
Additional Coverage
In case you'd like to read more about how banged up the Bucks are, the Sydney Morning Herald has a lengthy piece reminding us how banged up our beloved Aussie Andrew Bogut still is.
After Jennings recovers from his foot injury, AND after this season, AND if there's a lockout next season, Jennings will probably play overseas. Very conditional statement, but interesting to hear Jennings doesn't want to wait around for the NBA if an opportunity to play elsewhere arises.
Power Rankings
Marc Stein leaves the Bucks at 17 in the power rankings. While Hollinger's rating scale has the Bucks ranked all the way up to 16th.
Bucks remain ranked 20th at NBA.com.
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Ponzi may have been a charlatan, but he was also a wonderfully likable man. His intentions were noble, his manners impeccable, his sales pitch enchanting. Born to a genteel Italian family, he immigrated to the United States with big dreams but no money. Only after he became hopelessly enamored of a stenographer named Rose Gnecco and persuaded her to marry him did Ponzi light on the means to make his dreams come true. His true motive was not greed but love.
With rich narrative skill, Mitchell Zuckoff conjures up the feverish atmosphere of Boston during the weeks when Ponzi's bubble grew bigger and bigger. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was taking in more than $2 million a week. And then his house of cards came crashing down, thanks in large part to the relentless investigative reporting of Richard Grozier's Boston Post.
In Zuckoff's hands, Ponzi is no mere swindler; instead he is appealing and magnetic, a colorful and poignant figure, someone who struggled his whole life to attain great wealth and who sincerely believed, to the very end, that he could have made good on his investment promises if only he'd had enough time. Ponzi is a classic American tale of immigrant life and the dream of success, and the unexpectedly moving story of a man who, for a fleeting, illusory moment, attained it all.
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"Zuckoff...tells Ponzi's story amicably and briskly, and keeps the complicated financial intricacies understandable." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Zuckoff's biography of Ponzi is meticulously accurate, based on memoirs and newspaper accounts of the day, weaving the story of the rise of this small-time Italian immigrant with that of Richard Grozier, second-generation editor of the Boston Post." (Booklist)
"very engaging book"
This is a very interesting account of Ponzi's scheme and his life before he became famous. You learn a lot about the times and the Boston banking setting. The chapters about the Boston Post newspaper family, the Groziers, are omitted from this abridged version. I wish I had picked the nonabridged version because these sections would add perspective to the biography by showing a slice of the establishment to contrast to the immigrant schemer.
But the abridged version doensn't suffer from any feeling of gaps or omissions. I only know about the missing parts from reading more about the book later. You might like this four hour version if you just want the Ponzi story. The narrator is quite good.
"Ponzi's Scheme"
Great book, I liked the story line and how it was presented. Ponzi was quite a magician with money. He could make it disapear in a flash. I have to wonder about the scheme itself and if at any point in his life he ever reconciled that he would be caught and put in jail? Anyway, a great read (listen) especially with the current financial happenings. Enjoy it for what it is..cheers.
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I enjoyed this book very much. It keeps you engrossed in the story. Ponzi was a very interesting gentleman. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Rural Associations Commend FCC for Taking Near-Term Steps to Address Certain Concerns With USF Reforms, Eager for Continuing Dialogue and Resolution of Outstanding Concerns
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WASHINGTON (February 27, 2013) – The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) and the Western Telecommunications Alliance (WTA) welcome steps taken by the FCC today to address certain of the concerns that rural telcos have voiced regarding Universal Service Fund (USF) reforms.
In a sixth order on reconsideration of its 2011 USF/intercarrier compensation reform order, the commission responded to feedback from the rural associations and their members surrounding the statistical models used to cap USF support for some telcos. In numerous filings and ex parte meetings with the FCC since early 2012, rural stakeholders have expressed repeated concern about the transparency, accuracy, and predictability of these statistical models and the resulting caps.
The FCC's sixth order on reconsideration takes several important steps to respond to some of these concerns. In particular, the reconsideration order combines separate caps on capital expenditures and operating expenditures into a single overall cap in 2013, and contemplates some similar means of recognizing common-sense business tradeoffs by carriers between investments and operational costs starting in 2014. The reconsideration order also modifies the phase-in of the caps so that any telco capped by the statistical models will not lose more than 15% of its USF support for the remainder of 2013 as a result. Finally, the FCC eliminated the requirement that the caps change every year, taking the important step of directing the staff to examine ways of addressing concerns about predictability and providing sufficient certainty in the models going forward.
The FCC further noted in the reconsideration order its desire to pursue a data-driven, transparent process as it considers any further USF or intercarrier compensation reforms. The rural associations are encouraged by the commission's professed commitment to take true and accurate account of the impacts of those reforms that have already been adopted and are still being implemented on consumers and carriers of last resort as part of considering any next steps.
"We appreciate the work of all five commissioners and the FCC staff in taking note of, and taking steps to address concerns raised by rural telcos in making these changes," said NTCA Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield. "While there's more to be done to address questions surrounding the transparency, accuracy, and predictability of these models and to assess the true effects of reforms to date on consumers and broadband deployment, we hope that the near-term changes adopted in this reconsideration order will serve as a springboard for productive discussions with policymakers moving forward about how to fulfill the statutory mandate for sufficient and predictable universal service in a broadband-oriented, IP-enabled world."
"The changes being made today in this 6th Order on Reconsideration are an encouraging step in the process of making sure the transition to a reformed USF and ICC system doesn't threaten the gains rural America has already achieved in broadband," said WTA Executive Vice President Kelly Worthington. "But there is more to be done. We appreciate all the time the Commissioners, their staff and the bureau staff have spent listening to the concerns of rural broadband providers in this process and we hope this cooperative relationship will continue as this process moves forward."
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is the premier association representing more than 580 locally owned and controlled telecommunications cooperatives and commercial companies throughout rural and small-town America. NTCA provides its members with legislative, regulatory and industry representation; meetings; publications and educational programs; and an array of employee benefit programs. Visit us at www.ntca.org.
The Western Telecommunications Alliance (WTA) is a trade association whose membership is comprised of approximately 250 rural telecommunications carriers providing high-quality voice, video and data services throughout rural areas in the 24 states west of the Mississippi River. On average, WTA member companies serve fewer than 3,000 access lines with fewer than 500 customers in each exchange. WTA's members serve some of the most rural and hard-to-serve communities in the country and are on the forefront of bringing 21st Century telecommunications services to rural America. Visit us at www.w-t-a.org.


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Photo Of The Day: Young Obasanjo In Congo Back In 1961
Feb 7, 2014 – Photo Of The Day: Young Olusegun Obasanjo In Congo Back In 1961
This is young Olusegun Obasanjo back in 1961. In the above picture, he was being congratulated for completing his tour of duty in Congo.
Before travelling to Congo, OBJ had finished the Short Service Commission course (a six months program) at the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England.
He initially trained at the Regular Officers Special Training School in Teshie Ghana before he was selected for the SSC course in England.
Obasanjo joined the Nigerian Army in 1958 at age 21. He later became the Military Head of States after the murder of Gen. Murtala Ramat Muhammed in February 1976.


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Family Gardening: Grow A Salad Garden!
Leslie Stevens, UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener
Location: Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St, Dover, NH
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2015
Time: 10:15 – 11 am
The Children's Museum of NH is offering families the unique opportunity to learn to grow their own organic fruits and vegetables this spring. Join us to learn how to plant and grow your own garden salad and what you need to do to have a successful vegetable garden at home. We will plant radishes, lettuce, spinach, kale and Swiss chard. Everyone will be able sample a few of these leaves to see what they like best to plant at home. Meet an "Easter Egg" chicken and see her colored eggs.
UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Leslie Stevens, owner of Sidewalk Farms in Portsmouth, will present a series of six free workshops on Saturday mornings at 10:15 am in the Children's Museum gardens. This is the fifth year that the museum and Stevens have partnered to bring gardening information and hands-on experience to families.
Please call 603-742-2002 to pre-register to ensure we have enough supplies for all.
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im driving to the grand canyon through kansas and southern colorado also on the way back through southern utah and nebraska. does anyone have any good ideas of things to do along highway 70 in kansas, or highway 80 in nebraska?
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driving through kansas on i 70 and nebraska on i80 any good things to see?
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I've made these drives more than once -- I regret to say that I wouldn't losing any vacation days to stop along the way UNLESS (1) you want to stop anyway, because you can't drive for ten hours or (2) you are fascinated by aspects of American history. If the latter then:
Abilene was a major cattle town during the days of the cowboy
Scotts Bluff National Monument records how this was an important trail marker
Harold Warps Pioneer Village in Minden NE has a lot of memorabilia
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There are a variety of things along the way. The Buffalo Bill ranch outside North Platte. This is where the Wild West Show wintered and trained. The rail yards in North Platte are something else if you are into railroading. The TI at the I-80 exit will have directions. The ARCH at Kearney is well done gives an overview of the history and wagon trails. Ft. Kearney at Kearney. Pioneer Village mentioned earlier is very nice but some distance from i_80. There is a Pony Express museum ih Gotenberg between North Platte and Kearney. SAC museum between Lincoln and Omaha. The Amana Colonies in Iowa around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Great food.
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The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument near Kearney, Neb.:
During the spring and fall, five hundred thousand migrating sandhill cranes stop over to rest along the Platte River between Grand Island and Kearney Nebraska during their migration:
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If you get even a few miles off I-70 in Kansas, there many facinating attractions and good unique local restaurants. What type of things are you looking for?
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well im looking anything to entertain kids we are driving for 10 hours two days in a row. so the second day were looking for a place to see to give us a break from the driving.
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were only looking for things to do for a few hours so we dont lose driving time.
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In Abilene you can make a hour or so visit to the Eisenhower Presidental Library and Musuem. Just outside of Hays ias the old Fort Hays site for history buffs.
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Coming home along I-80 in Nebraska, you would go right past the Strategic Air Command Museum near Ashland (between Lincon and Omaha) and it would be well worth a stop, especially for the ages your kids are. At the same exit is Mahoney State Park which would provide a nice break...get lunch or a snack at the snack bar by the little lake, paddle boat around or take a walk; there is horseback riding if you have more time. It's really quite pretty.
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There is a beautiful medium sized zoo, just west of Salina - Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure. It is only about 3 miles off the freeway.
In addition to the fossils which might or might not interest them, the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays has life size displays recreating the seas of Kansas and what might have been found near the shore 70 million years ago. Some of the dinosaurs move. You can see the building from I-70.
But I strongly recommend that you drive a bit farther off of I-70 and visit either the Castle Rock Badlands or Monument Rocks. The chalk formations are striking and unexpected. They sit on private range land (you are welcome) and are undeveloped so it almost feels like you have discovered them.
If you chose Monument Rocks, I would also stop at the Keystone Gallery a couple of miles away. It is a fun combination of art gallery, fossil museum and souvenir shop.
Food wise, I think they would like the Cozy Inn in Salina which sells hamburgers by the sack. The tiny burgers are prepared on an 88 year old grill that is only used to cook burgers. Or the Brookville Hotel in Abeline which serves only family style chicken dinners. They do every item of the large meal extremely well. Since they serve the same food to everyone, the food is very quick.
There are lots of other possibilities. Such as Wamego with the OZ Museum and Friendship House Bakery, or Manhattan with the Insect Zoo and Call Hall Dairy Bar serving ice cream and other dairy products made at Kansas State University.
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In Lawrence Kansas there is an Indian museum.
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In Lawrence Kansas there is an Indian museum.
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The Buffalo Bill grave site and a museum dedicated to his life and times are just a couple of miles off I-70, a few miles west of Denver. Take the Lookout Mountain exit and follow the signs.
The first capitol of Colorado Territory, Georgetown, is located a few miles farther west. It is filled with old Victorian homes and a main street out of the pioneer west.
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I don't know how old your kids are, but my kids LOVED the Sternberg Museum in Hays, KS when they about 5 to 10 years old. It has lots of fossils and such, but the big draw was the animatronic dinosaurs. They loved those!
Also as mentioned above, the Rolling Hills Zoo is nice. Close to the interstate and not too big. Good for a break to get out of the car for an hour or so.
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Lawrence Haskell Indian nation school
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thanks for all the help guys
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Georgetown was never a seat of government for either the Territory or the state. Colorado City near Colorado Springs was the first Territory capitol in 1861. The capitol moved to Denver in 1867 and became a state in 1876 -- the Centennial state. Georgetown was founded in 1859 so it wasn't big enough to be the capital in 61. It is, however, the only city in Colorado that still functions under a charter granted by the Territorial government. It is worth a visit and there are a couple of very good ice cream shops. And the old railroad would be great for the kids but it is a half day activity.
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I stand corrected. I lived briefly nearby and the "fact" that Georgetown was the first territorial capitol has been part of my historical lore for some reason. Thank you for the correction.
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It doesn't hold to reason since the earliest settlements were along the Platte and the front range. What is probably being confused is that Georgetown is the only city of any size, type,in Colorado that is still operating under the Territorial charter which was granted to all towns, etc. prior to 1876. That is unique in itself. And it is still the county seat having taken it away from Idaho Springs in about 1861 or 2 when I Springs was considerably bigger at the time.
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Before it was in the Colorado Territory, The state was split between the Utah, Nebraska and Colorado Territories. The largest chunk of what became Colorado was in the Kansas Territory with Fort Leavenworth as the provisional Territorial Capital for the first few months and LeCompton, Kansas being the Territorial Capital from the spring of 1855 until Kansas became a state in 186
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I thought of another quick stop that might be a hit. The Russell Stover Outlet Store at the factory in Abilene is right of I-35. http://www.kansastravel.org/russellstover.htm
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NPH Gets Spirited in First Image from 'Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas' (Updated with Trailer!)
UPDATE: The trailer has been unveiled, too! Scroll down to watch.
What made the first Harold & Kumar so good was the simplicity of its predicate: they were going to White Castle. The contrast between the uncomplicated conquest and the resultant madness (as well as the overtones of racism) was an effective formula. The sequel made the mistake of giving the characters outright goals with serious complexity: Harold wants to fly to Amsterdam to seek out a girl he barely knows in order to declare his love for her (despite the fact that she'll be back in his building within a week), and Kumar wants to travel to Texas in order to stop the wedding of a girl he used to love and a guy he has come to hate — a guy, by the way, who has ties to the government and arranges for his old friends to be sent to Guantanamo Bay as penalty for their impositions on his marital affairs.
But the upcoming A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, while cashing in on three big sellers with the title alone, looks like it will bring things back to the original format. As far as the new twist is concerned, Harold and Kumar are separated; the two have not spent time together in six years. However, Kumar shows up back in Harold's life and ruins his father-in-law's Christmas tree. Thus, Harold and Kumar set out through New York City to replace the tree; as is the series' bread-and-butter, there are roadblocks. Now, this may not be as simple as getting something to eat, but it's got some flare to it. And, as you can see below, we'll be getting another visit from the series' most iconic character come November 4.
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Letter: Recognize foster families this month
May is National Foster Care Month and Stevens County Human Services would like to take this opportunity to thank our child foster care families for the work they do. They open their homes, share their hearts, and give hope to children and families. Often foster care is needed during times of crisis, and foster care parents often play a vital role in helping children and families heal from the ordeal.
Foster parenting can be both a challenging and rewarding experience. Helping vulnerable children through difficult times can be a very gratifying experience. These youth need stable, loving care until they can either safely reunite with their families or establish other lifelong relationships. Foster care parents strive to offer the best care possible for children in need, not only during Foster Care Month, but on a day to day basis.
Each year, more than 400,000 American youth reside in foster care. Here in Stevens County, developing an adequate number of foster care homes to meet the varied backgrounds of children in crisis continues to be a need within our community.
For some families, opening their home to foster care can feel like too much of a commitment but would still like to help children in some way. For these families respite care can be the perfect fit. Respite care homes provide short term care ranging from a few hours to a few days a month. Children in need of respite care live at home with their families and respite care helps support the child's continued placement at home. As with foster homes, there is always a local need for respite care homes.
Please take time this month to consider making an investment in a child's future by becoming a foster or respite care home. For more information about becoming a respite home or a licensed foster parent, contact Stevens County Human Services at 320-208-6600.
If you know a family providing respite or foster care, thank them for making a difference in the life of a child in our community. Their hard work often goes unacknowledged, but is greatly appreciated by all those involved in that one child's life.


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ISN'T it time to lay off the Logies?
Year after year the TV critics line-up to savage it.
They moan that it's too long. That we invite too many international guests. That the trophies are ugly. And that the voting is rigged.
Well, duh. It's always been that way people. And if you don't like it, watch MKR. Or better still, try voting yourself.
But that's not the Aussie way is it? Logie bashing has become an annual event.
And Twitter has only amplified the abuse lavished upon TV's night of nights.
From the safety of their couches at home, people heap venom in 140 characters or less on the hosting skills, the worthiness of the award recipients and, of course, the frocks worn.
Gretel Killeen was so scarred from her experience hosting in 2009 that she retreated from show business for years.
"It made me question those who were hurling the slings and arrows, some of whom were people that I had shared my footpath of life with. They might be television commentators or other performers ... it was so hard and so difficult and so isolating," Killeen has admitted.
Now, the celebrities themselves have a few wines in the ballroom and start critiquing the show as it unfolds on their iPhones.
This year even national treasure Kylie Minogue fell victim to our feverish desire to pick faults in the Logies.
It has been decades since a young fresh-faced bogan Kylie took home a coveted gold statuette for her iconic role on Neighbours. We have watched as she used that golden Logie as a stepping stone to super-stardom and lived in hope that she would one day return to the annual TV awards show.
So what do we do when she does return? Knock her, of course.
Dancing With the Stars judge Todd McKenney accused the pop princess of miming.
Myf Warhurst stuck the boot into her backing dancers. Our Kyles was forced to defend herself on Twitter the next day.
Come on. Does it matter? Who cares if she was lip-synching anyway? She's our Kylie. She was the star of the show and she should have been able to enjoy her glittering return without all the negativity.
I, for one, love the Logies. I always have.
The predictability of it is soothing in these uncertain times. It is great to be able to tune in year after year and know that Rhonda Burchmore will be twirling on the carpet in a sequined mermaid frock. Patti and Lauren Newton will arrive hand-in-hand and joke about Bert watching at home. Suzie Elelman will have her boobs out. An international guest and/or host will disappoint us.
Like Kath and Kim, the Logies is also a celebration of bogan culture.
Where else could two guys in thongs, flanked by girls in flannel shirts and bikini bottoms be named the best comedians in the land?
When the jubilant boys behind SBS comedy Housos took out best light entertainment program this year they declared it a "win for the true people of Australia."
"Not the fake stuff that's out there, but the real battlers ... you supported us for all these years, and this win is for you, and I love you all," creator Paul Fenech enthused.
"The w-----s and the rich people and the clowns who run everything, they didn't win ... the real Aussies won something."
I was also happy to see former chippie Scott Cam win the Gold this year.
Is he the most talented man on TV? Maybe not. But he is definitely one of the most down-to-earth and likable people on the small screen these days.
And that is what the Gold is all about. Popularity. Cam is likable and hosts one of the most loved shows on TV. And for those reasons he is an apt and deserving winner.
If this were the Oscars there'd be a scriptwriter already putting pen to paper to turn Cam's Cinderella transformation from tradie to most celebrated man in the land into a blockbuster.
I don't know why we can't be as enthusiastic.
Honestly, I think it's time we stopped taking the Logies so seriously and just enjoy it for what it is.
1. When Kylie aka mechanic Charlene Robinson won Gold in 1988.
2. Host Andrew Denton sitting on media mogul James Packer's knee.
3. Bert Newton hosting (countless times)
4. Tina Arena singing and playing piano Only Lonely for the In Memorandum
5. PJ Lane singing a tribute to TV legend Don Lane.
1. Bert Newton calling international guest Muhammad Ali "boy''.
2. Host Gretel Killeen
3. Melissa George making a statement in medieval-inspired diaper garb.
4. Cashed-up bogans Bec and Lleyton Hewitt arriving in matching outfits with new baby Mia.
5. Mod Squad star Michael Cole saying "s---" on Australian television for the first time.


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Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 | 5:38 p.m.
The visitor had been at C.T. Sewell Elementary School only once earlier this year, but the students instantly recognized him as he walked in the door Friday.
"Good morning Mr. Petrie," they said in unison, as Jim Petrie, owner of H-Town Racing and president of its nonprofit arm, Race to Success, walked to the front of Helene Monahan's fifth grade class.
The nonprofit group was his reason for the visit that day. He was making his first trip of the school year to hand out prizes to students who had met reading goals since his last time at the school.
Nine students, all girls, had managed to read more than 500 pages to earn their first prize: an autographed photo from H-Town Racing and a T-shirt.
Petrie expects that number to grow.
"Kids that don't want to read at all, by the third trip they're starting to get excited," Petrie said.
Accepting their prizes were Kayla Clark, Kelci Mitchelltree-Cassas, Leizel Malicdem, Maricela Mayorga, Caitlynn Miller, Sebrina Orozco, Autumn Springer, Shannon Spruce and Mikayla Strickland.
Autumn had read the most pages, completing 1,600 in the first month. She groaned audibly as the announcement was made.
"I hate being first," she said. "I feel so selfish."
With all of the prize winners being girls, Petrie took the opportunity to encourage a bit of boy-versus-girl competition. After all, what fifth-grade boy would let himself be beat by a group of girls, he asked?
This is the second year Race to Success has been held. By the end of the program last year, every student had received at least the first prize. Different prizes are offered at different marks, from the T-shirts to free tickets for the family to attend a race later in the year.
If they can get the sponsorship, Petrie would like to expand the program to eight schools in the next year and every school in the district within the next few. The program depends on sponsors, but he has requirements for who can contribute: the product has to be kid-friendly and not lewd in any way.
"We made a commitment to the kids and we're not going to break that," Petrie said.
This year, the program is at three schools: Sewell, Owen Roundy and newcomer James E. and A. Rae Smalley Elementary. At the end of the school year, the students will be invited to a Race to Success night at the Las Vegas Raceway, which includes the presentation of $500 to each school to go toward the library.
For more info on the program, visit www.htownspeed.com/id20.html or call Petrie at 378-2363.
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In Reply to: MY OLD DUTCH posted by Keith S. Rawkins on March 04, 2009 at 15:14:
: With regards to your meaning of MY OLD DUTCH, it DOES rhyme and IS cockney rhyming slang as it comes from Duchess of Fife, not just duchess!!!!!!
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