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Or – "Sure, He's Shazam Now, But Back In Nineteen-Forty?"
There has been some consternation amongst DC fans that the new 52 revival of the character formerly known as Captain Marvel has been redubbed 'Shazam' by the publisher, ostensibly because the character is better known by that name to the general public. Given the Golden Age origins of the character, though, it may be that it's not just the NAME that needed the update. Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review awaits!
Writer: Bill Parker
Penciler: C.C. Beck/Pete Costanza/Greg Duncan/Bob Kingett
Inker: C.C. Beck/Pete Costanza/Greg Duncan/Bob Kingett
Colorist: Bill Parker
Editor: Bill Parker
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Previously, in Whiz Comics: The interesting thing about Whiz Comics #2 is that it's actually Whiz Comics #1. There was a make-ready issue (an "ashcan" copy used to secure copyright) of #1 that appeared under TWO titles, Thrill Comics and Flash Comics, featuring the adventures of one Captain… Thunder? Of course, by the time they got to print in the post-Superman comic book boom, all THREE of those names were in use by other companies, and thus was born Captain Marvel, and the legendary Whiz Comics. Of course, the numbering snafu was less of an issue than you might think, as Fawcett followed this issue with #3, then ANOTHER #3, which (intentionally or not) fixed the number issue for them, as #4 was actually #4, and the numbering was correct for the rest of the series run, until it's cancellation in 1953. (Also, my copy of this book isn't a super-valuable original, but instead a Famous First Edition reprint from '75…) So, how did Captain Marvel come to be?
Because of Billy Batson's reckless and foolhardy nature, of course! When this story was retold in the 90's by Jerry Ordway, there was a pointed moment wherein they revealed that young Billy followed the stranger because he seemed familiar, and turned out to be the spirit of Billy's dead father. Of course, none of that folderal held in the Golden Age, where nobody had any real sense, and strangers held the secrets of super-powers around every corner. Of course, Billy's journey also prefaces that of one Harry Potter, to wit…
Billy and the mysterious man in black have no problem finding Platform 9 3/4 (or the Shazam equivalent thereof) and travel into the depths of the world, finally disembarking at the Rock of Eternity. Passing through the hall of the Seven Deadly Sins, Billy finally stands before an elderly man in a robe, who introduces himself as the wizard Shazam!
It's interesting to see this early artwork by C.C. Beck, who hadn't yet gotten all the kinks out of what would become the iconic Captain Marvel art style. The use of color is interesting, especially as several of the panels have no background save for the color fills. The Wizard explains that orphan Billy has a more important destiny, a deeper purpose in his life…
Billy is teleported away just as the giant granite block falls and crushes the Wizard, and Billy returns to the life of a homeless newsboy, until he hears of a phantom mad scientist threatening the city. He tries to convince Mr. Morris, the manager of radio station W.H.I.Z. of the scientist's plot to force radio stations off the air, but Morris doesn't believe him. Billy leaps into action to set things right…
Yep, this is ALSO the first appearance of Captain Marvel's nemesis, Doctor Sivana, as well. (It's worth noting that Sivana pretty much looks exactly like Sivana would always look, even in his very first appearance.) Of course, Thaddeus Bodog's beautifully crafted evil scheme is no match for the swift and blinding violence that can be unleashed with the one-two punch that is the strength of Hercules and the power of Atlas…
With Sivana's machine wrecked, Billy calls Mr. Morris in to verify that Billy single-handedly saved radio, and also to call the old man's bluff…
First time out, and Billy nearly spills the beans on his secret identity already? That's got to be some sort of record. But, you have to give Mr. Morris credit, as he is true to his word, even when his word seemed to be nothing but a flippant remark to a strange kid who showed up in his office one day. It's also worth nothing that Whiz #2 is not just the first appearance of The Big Red Cheese, though, as it's a Golden Age comic, which is shorthand for a thick anthology issue, chock-full of unbridled creativity/weirdness. It's the first appearance of Egyptian mystic Ibis The Invincible…
…the first appearance of pretty-much-unheard-of western hero The Golden Arrow…
…the first appearance of the two-fisted awesomeness that is the original Spy-Smasher…
…the debut of the newsroom antics of Scoop Smith…
…the mystery files of ace detective Dan Dare (not to be confused with British comics ace space pilot)…
…and freakish seaman Lance O'Casey, with his awesome pet monkey. (Lance actually made an appearance in 'Power of Shazam' in the 90s, though I don't remember whether or not his monkey was with him or not.)
After re-reading this issue, I kind of regret that there aren't more big old anthology titles anymore, filled with half a dozen different characters in various adventures and talking monkeys and the like. Either way, this comic stands as very much historically significant as the debut of the most popular superhero of his time (some might say the most popular of all time, at least in terms of units sold) and holds up relatively well, given it's vintage and pedigree. Yeah, there are some inexplicable moments throughout (such as Mr. Morris hiring a 12-year-old homeless boy as his newest announcer) and Captain Marvel isn't yet his awesome squinty-eyed self, but overall there's a lot of entertainment packed into this issue. Whiz Comics #2 reminds me of what's fun about the Golden Age of comics, earning 3.5 out of 5 stars overall. Even if you absolutely hate the idea of calling him Shazam, you can always drag out these old comics and pretend that the New 52 never happened…
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Love the Retro Review columns. I've always wanted to go back and read these but have no clue how I could do that. So, how does someone who doesn't have $100k to spend and/or work in an LCS ever get to read these? Have these ever been collected and/or reprinted? I've always wondered if these books are forever out of reach of anyone but the folks who can afford to buy them.
Just curious…
Whiz Comics #2 is generally considered by be public domain. Scans of it are fairly easily available online.
The entire issue was also reprinted as a Millenium Edition #14 back in 2000.
Who drew the Dan Dare stuff ? It looks very good.
I picked up the MicroColour microfiche copies of Whiz Comics back in the day. I got them for the Captain Marvel stories, but I really grew to appreciate the Golden Arrow and Spy Smasher.
I don't think I bought every available Fawcett on microfich, but I have the first 50 issues of Whiz and the first 20 of Captain Marvel. The DC Archives are very nice, but nothing beats seeing the entire issue.
I can understand why they are no longer available, but it was cool to get them while they were.
You can get them at either digitalcomicmuseum.com or comic book+


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Functional macromolecules synthesized from acetylenic monomers
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|Advancements in technology are directly associated with the developments of new materials and exploration of new polymerization reactions for the synthesis of new polymers with novel structures is a fundamentally important area in macromolecular science. Polymerizations of acetylenic monomers afford electronically unsaturated polymers that are difficult to obtain by the conventional vinyl polymerization. In other words, the acetylenic monomers are a group of versatile building blocks for the construction of functional polymers and the acetylenic polymerizations are useful tools for the development of specialty materials. In this thesis, new methodologies for the construction of linear and hyperbranched acetylenic polymers with unique properties are explored. Homo- and co-polycyclotrimerizations of arylene bipropiolates proceed regioselectively in reflux N,N-dimethylformamide, giving hyperbranched poly[1,3,5-tri(aroxycarbonyl)henylene]s (hb-PTACPs) with high molecular weights (Mw up to ~8.3 x 105) in high yields (up to 82%). The resulting polymers possess perfect 1,3,5-regiostructures and high degrees of branching (DB ~88%). They exhibit high thermal stability with little weight losts when heated to 390 ℃. The polymers are highly transparent and show high refractive indices (RI = 1.6225−1.681) with very low optical dispersion (D' = 0.00097). The polymer films can be readily cross-linked by UV irradiation, enabling readily generation of negative photoresist patterns. Incorporation of ferrocene unit in the polymer structure can further enhance the RI value and ceramization of the organometallic hb-PTACPs at high temperature under nitrogen furnishes magnetoceramics and patterns with high magnetization and resolution. Alkyne polyhydrothiolations of dithiol and arylene bipropiolates mediated by amine proceed smoothly at room temperature in a regioselective fashion, furnishing sole anti-Markovnikov products of poly(vinylenesulfide)s with high molecular weights (Mw up to 32300) and high stereoregularities (Z content up to 81.4%). The polymers are optically transparent, allowing almost all visible and near IR lights to transmit through. The high sulphur contents of the polymers endow them with high refractive indices in the wavelength region of 500−1700 nm as well as high Abbé number and low optical dispersions. The RI values can be further enhanced by metal complexation. UV irradiation of the polymer films cross-links the polymers, generating fluorescent photopatterns. Homopolymerizations of tetraphenylethene-containing diacetylenes catalyzed by CuCl in o-dichlorobenzene produce linear polyyne in high yields. The polymers are soluble and enjoy high thermal stability. They are practically non-emissive when molecularly dissolved in good solvents, and become highly emissive when aggregated as nanoparticle suspensions in poor solvents or fabricated into thin films in the solid state, demonstrating a novel phenomenon of aggregation-induced emission. The refractivities of the polymer films can be modulated and their thin films can be cross-linked by UV irradiation which give fluorescent patterns with high resolutions. Ferrocene-functionalized disubstituted polyacetylenes are obtained in high yields by Cu-catalyzed click reaction of azide-carrying polyacetylenes with ethynylferrocene. Pyrolysis of the polymers under nitrogen furnish magnetic ceramics with high magnetizability. Poly(diacetylene)s carrying menthyl pendant groups are obtained in high yields with high molecular weights using WCl6−Ph4Sn. The polymers show strong CD backbone absorptions in both solution and aggregate states, suggesting that the chiral menthyl groups have induced the polymer strands to rotate in a predominant screw sense. Photopatterns can be obtained by photooxidation of the polymer films by UV light in air. Finally a series of acetylenic polymers containing AIE luminogens are synthesized and their emission and light refractivity are investigated.
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Giles Debenham, Lisa Cross and Tim Bartlam have all practised in the Lynn area for many years and are well known for their expertise and ability in the provision of criminal law advice and assistance. Giles and Tim will be supported by Les Gent who has worked in criminal law for 30 years. Don Wigginton has also joined the team having worked in Norwich for the past 13 years and specialises in police station matters.
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text: Scatterings Near-IR Tool May Enable Brain Mapping Valerie C. Coffey Mohanty and his team working in the lab. Physicists are developing a new tool that could help map out neurons and track their interactions in different areas of the brain. Samarendra Mohanty from University of Texas at Arlington (U.S.A.) hopes that the technology would be useful in understanding how the brain responds to stimulation. In the journal Optics Letters, Mohanty describes the development of a two-photon, fiber-optic optogenetic stimulator and its testing on human cells. In previous work, Mohanty used a tiny near-infrared (NIR) tool to stimulate a light-sensitive protein in living cells and neurons of the brain. The new method may someday enable low-energy probing of brain signals that would help us better understand human behavior. The technology would be useful in U.S. President Barack Obama's Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) program, a recently proposed brain mapping initiative. The BRAIN program will earmark $100 million for government-funded research. "Scientists have focused on studying the physical connections between different regions of the brain," says Mohanty. "But that information is insufficient unless we know how those connections function. The two-photon optogenetics tool controls the neuronal activity and helps us understand how the brain works." The two-photon optogenetic stimulation method introduces the gene for ChR2, a protein responsive to light, into a sample of excitable tissue cells. Scientists then use a fiber-optic NIR beam of light to precisely excite a neuronal circuit in the tissue. Researchers then can observe responses in the excited area and other parts of the neural circuit. If the method can be applied to living subjects, says Mohanty, we could observe the behavioral outcome. The use of NIR light replaces the historical use of electric pulses to study the brain, which means less damage to living tissue. The low-energy method using light also improves precision and enables deeper focus than blue or green light sources. Furthermore, the use of fiber optics is an improvement on previous methods, which used bulky microscopes and complex scanning beams. Publish Date: 22 May 2013


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June 13, 2013
Hoping to tap into the wave of anti-SOPA Internet activism that flooded Congress last year, Mozilla has joined with a variety of activist groups to found an anti-spying coalition called StopWatching.Us.
The just-launched website's first order of business will be to gather signatures for a petition that demands Congress "reveal the full extent of the NSA's spying programs."
"When users fear government surveillance… a free and open Web becomes untenable," said Mozilla Privacy Chief Alex Fowler on a hastily arranged press call today. "We don't want an Internet where everything we do is secretly tracked or logged by companies or governments."
Mozilla, which makes the popular Firefox Web browser, has taken the extraordinary step of putting a link to Stopwatching.us right on the default Firefox homepage. That means millions of Mozilla users who boot up their browsers in the coming days will become aware of the coalition. In a blog post announcing the move, the company says it "hasn't received any such order [to share information] to date, but it could happen to us as we build new server-based services in the future."
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After earning a key road victory to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, the Tennessee Titans still need to win both of their remaining games and get some help to qualify for postseason play.
They'll try to take the first step Sunday when they host the struggling New York Jets.
Oddsmakers from Bodog have made Tennessee -9 point spread favorites (View NFL Football odds) for Sunday's game, the over/under has been set at 37 total points (Game Matchup). Current public betting information shows that 57% of bets for this game have been placed on Tennessee -9 (View NFL Football bet percentages).
The Titans (8-6) seemed to be a lock for the playoffs after a 6-2 start, but now find themselves needing a home win over the Jets (3-11) and a victory at Indianapolis on Dec. 30 - coupled with help from other teams - in order to earn a wild-card spot.
"We've just got to take care of our own business," Titans defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said.
The Titans did that last week, winning 26-17 at Kansas City behind a pair of touchdown passes from Vince Young to Roydell Williams and four field goals from Rob Bironas.
Young completed 16 of 26 passes for 191 yards and the two scores, a week after going 13-for-21 for 121 yards and two interceptions in a 23-17 loss to San Diego. That was Tennessee's fourth defeat in five games.
The Titans desperately need another solid outing from Young, who has struggled in his second season with nine TDs and 16 picks.
He'll have to contend with a Jets secondary that has shown vast improvement. New York is allowing an average of 172.3 passing yards with five touchdowns and eight interceptions over the last six games, after a dismal first half of the season in which it gave up 245.9 passing yards per game with 12 TDs and six picks.
The pass defense was solid again last week, holding New England's Tom Brady to 14-of-27 for 140 yards along with an interception, although the Jets lost 20-10 at Gillette Stadium.
Facing a resurgent Jets secondary, a shaky Young and the Titans may continue to depend on a ground game led by LenDale White, who has rushed for 206 yards during the last two games. He ran for 93 yards against the Chiefs and has 960 on the year.
The Jets' run defense is ranked 30th in the league at 141.1 yards allowed per game, better than only Oakland (143.8) and Miami (155.9).
While Tennessee's offensive problems have contributed to the team's slide, the defense has been a constant. The unit is ranked fifth in the league, yielding an average of 298.2 yards per game - 97.4 on the ground. Tennessee is tied with Seattle for second overall with 20 interceptions, and nine Titans have picked off passes. Linebacker Keith Bulluck leads the team with four.
The Titans could get a further boost on defense if tackle Albert Haynesworth can go after not playing last week due to a nagging hamstring injury.
"Albert just had a difficult time getting loose, I think because of the weather conditions," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "He didn't have any setbacks. We've kind of been optimistic about the potential for him to practice."
Haynesworth, elected to his first Pro Bowl on Tuesday, is one of Tennessee's top run stoppers and second on the team with six sacks, three behind Vanden Bosch. He didn't practice Wednesday, but was optimistic he would be able to start Sunday after visiting an Atlanta chiropractor.
Tennessee, though, won't have middle linebacker Ryan Fowler, who was placed on injured reserve Wednesday after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder. He'll be replaced by Stephen Tulloch.
``Ryan Fowler's shoulder was such it would not allow him to play,'' Fisher said.
The Titans defense will try to take advantage of a shaky New York offensive line that has permitted 44 sacks, among the most in the league.
That poor protection resulted in an injury to Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens last week, as he hurt his ribs after being slammed to the turf by Richard Seymour on his first pass attempt, which was intercepted.
Clemens' status for Sunday is uncertain, which could give Chad Pennington his first start since an Oct. 28 loss to Buffalo.
``It's really health-related,'' said Mangini, who added that Clemens would start if he recovers in time and is mentally and physically prepared. ``We've got to see where Kellen is, see what he can do in terms of practice throughout the course of the week, where he is at the end of the week with his ability to function effectively. So, all of that stuff will go into the equation when we are deciding.''
Pennington, who completed 25 of 38 passes for 186 yards in relief last week, struggled this season before being supplanted as the starter by Clemens. Pennington completed 67.4 percent of his passes for 1,317 yards, nine touchdowns and seven interceptions in his first seven games before Mangini made the switch.
Clemens has shown promise at times, leading New York to a 19-16 overtime win over Pittsburgh on Nov. 18. The second-year player, though, has exhibited the inconsistency of a young quarterback, throwing four TDs with eight INTs.
"I think Kellen has done a lot of good things and there's a lot of things that he's still growing into and learning about with experience," Mangini said. "That's common with any young player."
The Jets have won their last three games against the Titans, including a 23-16 victory Sept. 10, 2006. They last lost to the Tennessee franchise Dec. 1, 1996, falling 35-10 to the Houston Oilers.
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A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy has been hailed a hero after saving his grandfather's life.
Adam Smith stayed calm and dialled 999 when his 76-year-old grandfather and babysitter, Bob Donkin, collapsed in Pennywell, Sunderland, on January 2.
His younger sister Amy helped Mr Donkin to lie down while Adam fetched his grandfather's medicine to show paramedics, and locked their dog in another room to avoid disrupting the crew's work.
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Mr Donkin, a retired dockworker, was looking after the siblings while daughter Andrea Smith, 40, and her husband James, 31, went out for a meal.
Mrs Smith said police contacted the couple at 7:15pm to tell them what had happened.
She said: "My dad was OK when my husband left. He then went into the kitchen because of getting a pain in his chest.
"Adam and Amy helped him back into the sitting room and helped him get down on to the settee before Adam rang 999.
"I'm so immensely proud of Adam. You can't put it into words. My dad wouldn't be here if he hadn't done what he did," she added.
Mr Donkin is currently recovering at home following an operation at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.
The North East Ambulance Service plan to reward the pair with certificates of merit for their bravery.
A spokeswoman from the Service said: "Given their ages, Adam and Amy did remarkably well to keep such cool heads.
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SAN JOSE -- Attempting to play catch up in the market, the SigmaRAM Consortium next month will finally unveil its roadmap and first wave of SRAM products for high-performance networking applications.
On June 18, the members of consortium--GSI Technology, ISSI, Mitsubishi, Sony, and Toshiba--will each present detailed technical specifications for three common I/O and three separate I/O SRAM memories conforming to the SigmaRAM specification.
SigmaRAM devices are JEDEC-approved static random access memories designed to provide sustained throughput rates of 24-gigabits-per-second in both SDRAM anddouble data rate SDRAM formats. The memories will come in 209-contact ball-grid array (BGA) packages.
The SigmaRAM group won standardization last year from the Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC). But a competing camp of memory makers is also pushing its standard--the Quad Data Rate (QDR) SRAM--for networking applications. The QDR format has gotten a head start in the market with the availability of chips offering 8 megabits of storage.
The QDR camp includes Cypress, Integrated Device Technology, Micron, NEC, and Samsung, which joined the group last month (see April 2 story).
The QDR and SigmaRAM groups differ in their approaches. The SigmaRAM group supports a larger package that could accept 18-Mbit, 32-Mbit and larger densities. The QDR group supports a less aggressive package that is adequate for the 8/9-Mbit, and 6/18-Mbit densities.


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Windsor Plaza Hotel offers daily shuttle service to Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City's historic Chinatown.
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A recent review of the SEND dept by Challenge Partners stated that the school has worked hard to improve the outcomes of students with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). The special needs coordinator has implemented a series of measures including training all staff in how to work with students with SEND, highly effective deployment of teaching assistants and extremely robust monitoring and evaluation of the impact of any initiative or support. This has led to students with SEND significantly improving their attainment and progress in a very short time.
The SEND Department are pleased to inform you of the following with regard to our KS3 Literacy and Numeracy Interventions:
1. 89% of students improved in Literacy Intervention
2. 43% of students improved in Numeracy Intervention
3. With 29.4% doubling their rate of progress and returning to class.
Special Educational Needs Intervention Success Rate Autumn 1 & 2:
60% of students receiving additional literacy doubled their rate of progress last term.
63% of students receiving additional Maths doubled their rate of progress last term.
At Sexey's School, we are committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all of our pupils whatever their needs or abilities. Not all pupils with disabilities have special educational needs and not all pupils with SEND meet the definition of disability but this policy covers all of these pupils.
At Sexey's School the emphasis is on a whole school approach. All staff accept responsibility for providing all children with realistic learning goals in a broad-based, appropriate curriculum. We believe in nurturing and developing the educational, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual aspects by curriculum design and teaching approaches. The National Curriculum Council stated that participation in the National Curriculum by pupils with special educational needs is most likely to be achieved by encouraging good practice for all pupils and that the majority of pupils with learning difficulties simply require work to be suitably presented and differentiated to match their need.
Key SEND Information for Parents
- Mrs P Howes – Special Educational Needs & Disabilty Coordinator
- Mrs J Budd – Emotional and Social Support Teaching Assistant & English Support
- Mrs J Bowtell – Humanities Teaching Assistant
- Mrs D Day - Science Teaching Assistant
- Ms J How - Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Additional Interventions and Resources:
Sexey's offers the following additional interventions to student who meet the county set criteria:
- Small Group Literacy Support
- Emotional and Social 1:1 Sessions
- S3 - a room dedicated to the support of our more vulnerable students. Students are welcomed before school, break and lunch time to work with our teaching assistants and 6th form support team.
- Prep @S3 Tuesday – Thursday 4.00pm - 5.00pm.
Exam Successes:
- 60% of SEND students achieved 5 x A*-C at GCSE in 2015
- 53% of SEND students achieved A*-C in English & Maths in 2015
- 66.7% of Pupil Premium students achieved 5 x A*-C Grades at GCSE
- 55.6% of Pupil Premium students achieved 5 A*-C including English & Maths
- SEND students achieved 100% A*- C at A Level
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Dear Editor:
I recently asked several community leaders what is holding them back from progress on community projects. They are names you would quickly recognize, working on things we need and can achieve.
In response to my question, each of them said that it is an attitude that is pervasive in our community that we are not deserving of community improvements and progress toward vitality. So what is vitality? A vital community has community capacity — the ability to effectively plan, make decisions, and act together — and realize positive social, economic, and environmental outcomes.
In contrast, the "poverty mentality" means we think, focus on and obsess over what we think we can't do, don't have, or can't afford.
The attitude can persist — certainly among the many who do struggle to make ends meet — but oddly, even among those with means. The poverty mentality in our community is pervasive and is a mindset — an attitude — that is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Making decisions based on fear of loss or failure never leads toward prosperity. In fact, fear-based decision-making can rob us of any success.
This mentality is apparent in all of the emotional, wildly speculative and desperate controversy surrounding the proposed Town Recreation Center. Many are confused or are twisting and misrepresenting numbers in a desperate attempt to confuse the issue.
Some are fearful and believe we are aspiring beyond our means, even though other communities our size have successfully built and managed recreation centers and have had a positive experience. We have learned from them the keys to success. What's more, we will be able to finance it with a self-funding revenue bond, taking advantage of historically low interest rates which will likely soon be gone.
Let's take stock of the actual growth of our sales tax revenue over time. We now have 20 years of actual data, including data through the latest deep recession and the tax revenues have steadily grown every year. Tractor Supply will definitely add to the sales tax collection base, as will Wal-Mart if they follow through with plans. But none of that has been included in financial projections and yet they still come out positive.
Is our future really so dark and dire that it will be worse than the recent recession? I think not. So the poverty mentality is at play in the doom and gloom forecast of economic peril.
Another rumor is that the cost is $45 million. The cost is really $18 million with another $1.5 million in reserve to get a better bond rating, a lower interest rate and cover operating expenses if we have a sales tax shortfall, rather than dipping into any general fund revenue,
Why can't Pagosa move into the future of healthy communities that offer their residents more? I believe we deserve more.
Self-belief, acknowledging the resources we actually do have, aspiring to a realistic goal we can achieve, feeling a sense of empowerment and taking action is what it takes to overcome the poverty mentality.
Muriel Eason
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If you enjoy trucking history, you need to get acquainted with the American Truck Historical Society, for a couple of solid reasons. First off, the ATHS publishes an excellent magazine, Wheels of Time. And also, they organize a remarkable national show, the trucking world's equivalent of Hers ... Read more
Form a mental image of touring on the remaining, historic sections of U.S. Route 66 and the players might include Fifties iron with Continental kits, full-dress Harleys or hot rods. We're here to inform you that trucks belong, too. In fact, Route 66 was first laid out as a route for heavy in ... Read more
A gathering of some of coolest-looking vintage commercial trucks we've seen took place July 21-22 on the Maine coast. This was the annual meet of the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Truck Historical Society and the Maine Antique Tractor Club that is held at the wonderful Owls Head Transport ... Read more
Northeast truck enthusiasts are gearing up for the American Truck Historical Society's 2012 National Convention at the Eastern States Exposition, in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Typically, these events draw upwards of 10,000 attendees and a huge variety of light- and heavy-duty trucks. E ... Read more
The biggest hoedown, bar none, in the world of truck collecting is the annual National Convention and Antique Truck Show organized by the American Truck Historical Society. Each gathering has been followed up by a professionally produced DVD that not only depicts old trucks on a show field, but goe ... Read more
While searching for a few parts last week, I spoke to my friend Mike at Mike's Auto Parts in Ridgeland, Mississippi, who filled me in on the ATHS national convention and meet in Huntsville, Alabama, on the last weekend in May. More than 500 trucks attended the show, slightly down from the 550 ... Read more
Big trucks tend to be a little outside the field of interest for most classic car/truck enthusiasts, but go to any ATHS show, and half the field is heavy-duty trucks. The guys at BigLorryBlog would be the guys drooling over that half of the field. While they normally cover Euro and modern big rigs, ... Read more
Went down to Hudson, Massachusetts, yesterday for the American Truck Historical Society's New England chapter show. The ATCA's Rutland truck show, which would have been closer, also took place yesterday, but I already went there last year and Bill Miles recommended the Hudson show. I ... Read more
Two neighboring chapters of the American Truck Historical Society are staging a show near Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday If you're going to do a truck show, you could do a lot worse than doing it along Interstate 80, right smack in the nation's breadbasket. That's the strategy snagg ... Read more
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We've been gallivanting again.... I've made a few other cubes.... Figuring out how to display them is a challenge.... Really pleased you noticed them... Thanks so much, Whattie.... :) :)
Hi SMor. This is a great 'this and that' puzzle. I love the butterfly cubes :)))
G'day, Robbie... I've been admiring your father's shell collection, haven't left many comments as you are always inundated with them... Thanks again for taking the time to stop and let me know your enjoyed this one.... :) :)
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Il Chapütschin is a mountain at the end of Val Roseg (Roseg-valley) south of Pontresina in the Bernina-Alps in Graubünden/Switzerland. It can be seen as the point of intersection of the Sella-ridge (main-summit Piz Glüschaint) and Corvatsch-crest. »The Capuchin« got it's name from its north-side appearance. From Pontresina the alternating of rocks and ice sometimes lets the mountain look like a monk with a white cowl.
The mountain is glaciated to all directions. The great Vadret da Roseg (Roseg-glacier) extends to the south and east. The Vadret dal Chapütschin and the Vadrettin dal Chapütschin flow to the north. A nameless little ice-field covers the mountain on its western side.
You can easily reach the summit of Il Chapütschin, when you are familiar with ice and snow in high mountain-chains. Because Coaz-hut (2.610 m) is an optimal starting point near the summit, Il Chapütschin is often visited by mountaineers.
Getting There
The mountain-range of Bernina-alps lies south-east of St. Moritz (San Murezzan), the well-known winter sports centre of Switzerland. From the north (Chur ) it is best reached over the Julier-mountain-pass.
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When using the Corvatsch-Ropeway from Silvaplana / Surlej south of St.Moritz Coaz-hut at the bottom of Il Chapütschin can be reached very fast. From middle-station Murtel over Fuorcla Surlej to the hut you will need a hike of 2 or maybe 2,5 hours.
If you asend from Pontresina (ca. 1.800m, some km east of St. Moritz) you can reach Coaz-hut by ascending Roseg-valley over Hotel Roseggletscher in about 4,5 hours.
Red Tape
Pontresina has a chargeable parking place for longtime-stays (ca. 5 Sfr. a day).
When To Climb
The mountain is usually visited in the summer months from end of june to September. It can also be ascended on the normal route in winter by ski.
There are camping-places in St. Moritz, Silvaplana and Pontresina.
In the mountain-range of the Bernina Alps camping is not allowed. But there are several huts to stay over night.
- Chamanna Coaz (Coaz-hut), 2.610 m
SAC section Rätia, 7000 Chur
Optimal starting point for Il Chapütschin.
2,5 hours from middlestation Murtel of Corvatsch-Ropeway from Silvaplana.
4 - 5 hours from Pontresina over Hotel Roseggletscher
80 places
Opened in summer from mid of June until mid of October,
Winter: from beginning of March until mid of May and as agreed
Tel. +41 81 842 62 78
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Surlej-hut, 2.755 m
at Fuorcla da Surlej near middle-station of Corvatsch-Ropeway
20 beds, 40 couches
Opened mid / end of June to mid of October and during winter-season
Tel. +41 (0)81 842 63 03
- Chamanna da Tschierva (Tschierva-hut), 2.573 m
SAC Section Bernina, 7500 St. Moritz
100 places
Opened mid / end of June to mid of October,
in spring adress a question to one of the following tel-numbers:
Tel. +41 81 842 63 91 (hut),
Tel. +41 81 833 02 64 ,
mobile +41 79 307 57 87
- Hotel Roseggletscher, 1.998 m
Val Roseg CH-7504 Pontresina
Opened from Whitsunday to October and from Christmas to Easter.
Double and single rooms, family rooms (26 beds).
Group camps (90 couches).
Tel +41 081 842 64 45
Fax +41 081 842 68 86
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Guides and maps
Guides in German language:
- Berninagruppe, "Gebietsführer für Wanderer, Bergsteiger und Hochalpinisten" (German language)
author: Günter Flaig
Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1997
not available at the time (2005)
- Pierino Guiliani: Bündner Alpen, Band 5, Bernina
SAC-guide (SAC = Alpine Club of Switzerland). Comprehensive presentation of all routes in the region of Bernina and Valposhiavo.
new edition is to be published. ISBN: 3-85902-212-1
- Landeskarte der Schweiz, Blatt 1277, Piz Bernina, 1:25.000.
Published by Bundesamt für Landestopographie, Seftigenstrasse 264, Postfach, 3084 Wabern
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Hackers are in high demand as cyberwarfare — once the stuff of science fiction — becomes an increasing threat to the data of individuals and companies, and to the United States, including nuclear plants, power grids, trains, water plants and satellites. In 2012, there were 190,000 cyber incidents. There have been more than 214,000 so far this year.
Private security firms and the government are competing for the same talent pool of hackers to try and prevent cyber attacks. David Kushner reports for Rolling Stone on their various recruiting strategies.
Attracting talent can be difficult when the demand for hackers far surpasses the number of qualified geeks. And while patriotism influences some to work for the fed, most decide to work in the private sector where they're paid more and deal with less hassle, according to the article.
Jayson Street, whose title is "Chief Chaos Coordinator" told Kushner that he would never work for the government.
"The American government has to understand that to get someone who thinks outside the box to work for you, you can't immediately put them in a box … And that's the problem."
U.S. Government, Industry Fed up with Chinese Cyber Theft; What's Being Done? | July 8, 2013
CyberWar Over Spam Slows Access for Internet Users | March 27, 2013
- Napolitano says Iran, Russia and China are biggest threats for cyberattacks | Feb. 15, 2013
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Kennedy gymnastics program offers new summer activity for students
JANESVILLE — Keeping kids active can be a challenge during summer months.
Marianne McGuire believes she may have found a new way to keep kids who are enrolled in summer school at Kennedy Elementary not only active but occupied.
She formed the first tumbling and gymnastics class offered at the school.
"I wanted to do something different," McGuire said. "So I created a course proposal for a tumbling and gymnastics class."
McGuire is a special education teacher at Marshall Middle School and has been an instructor at Walworth County Gymnastics Center in Elkhorn since 2003.
"This is a different side of me not too many get to see," McGuire said. "What my goal is with the class is to introduce them to gymnastics. It gives them an opportunity to do something physically active and try something new. A lot of kids sit around during the summer, and this gets them up and moving."
On a recent day, students stretched, balanced and flipped on mats lining the gym at Kennedy.
The course began for second- through fifth-graders June 16. McGuire teaches two sessions of the class. Each averages 15 to 20 students, she said.
"I think the students are enjoying the class," McGuire said. "They seem happy, excited and eager to learn."
Kennedy summer school Principal Brent Corey said he has noticed the kids having a great time whenever he has walked by the class.
"The biggest thing for Kennedy is that the kids get to choose what they want to take," Corey said. "Kennedy is unique in that way compared to some of the other schools. Most of our classes—gymnastics included—are at capacity."
Maddie Viles, 10, is a fifth-grader at Roosevelt Elementary. She has been doing gymnastics for almost three years and acts as an assistant in McGuire's class.
"I just like that it's fun and still a workout," Maddie said.
She thinks her classmates will benefit most from being active and doing something they may not have done before.
"I think the other kids like learning new skills," Maddie said.
McGuire said she is hopeful the students will continue in gymnastics in future years but hopes the skills they learn will build a foundation for other sports.
"It's a way to expose kids to the world of gymnastics in a fun, safe environment that's not stressful," McGuire said. "At the very least, it teaches them body coordination, strength training, discipline, balance, dedication and commitment. It teaches them how to handle fear and push through things when faced with a challenge."
Students in the class are constantly required to follow directions and stay safe, McGuire said.
"One thing I can definitely say is the kids are very engaged," McGuire said. "I try to maintain a very structured class to make sure it's safe. I feel like I've been able to manage the class with structure, but the kids are still able to have fun and learn new skills."
The gymnastics and tumbling class joins physical education classes such as a triathlon course already available at Kennedy.
"I'm seeing in this class that kids are walking in with not a lot of experience and showing joy when they do a cartwheel for the first time or can hold a hand stand," McGuire said. "It's been fun. I think the kids have enjoyed it."


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Social Question
Do you do anything to inconvenience or make life hard for the police?
Recently, since police started abusing protesters more and more often, I have noticed that a lot of people have started to boycott the police, and make life hard for those who work as police.
I was called out today to fix a computer for someone at their house. When I went round, I sat at the computer, and started to see what was wrong with it, when I noticed a photo of my client wearing a police officers hat.
I asked him if it was a Halloween photo or something, he replied no, that he is a plain clothes police man, and it was a photo of him with some other officers.
At this point I told him I could not fix his computer. When he asked why, I told him it was because he is a police man, and that I refused to do anything to help police. I told him I would not help him install a pirate version of windows on his computer, so that he could be a hypocrite who comes home and uses illegal things after he is finished beating up innocent protesters. I called him a bastard, a whore of the state, and left to the sound of him yelling angry things at me.
There is also a shop here, that refuses to sell goods to people who are known police officers. They have a big sign saying they reserve the right to not serve people if they chose to.
Also, since the local taxi drivers were assaulted by police for protesting new heavy taxation on cab drivers, the police officers in my town have found it hard to get a taxi to show up.
Finally, I also know lots of people, who just refuse to be friends with anyone who becomes a police officer, or shows interest in that kind of thing.
I think this is a good thing, that it is a good way to discourage people from earning a living as thugs and whores for the state, and would like to see more things like this happening.
I think this is an interesting way of legally fighting the system they protect, and think it is a good and peaceful way of discouraging people from taking that kind of path in life.
So I was wondering, if there is anything you do to make it hard for people to be police officers? Such as refusing to be friends with them, or help them with their day to day life, or anything else?


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Michael Buckland
Michael Keeble Buckland (born 1941) is an emeritus professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information and co-director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative.
Buckland was born and grew up in England. He entered library work as a trainee at the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford after studying history at that university. After taking his professional qualification in librarianship from the University of Sheffield in 1965, he joined the staff at the Lancaster University Library in 1965, one year after it was founded. From 1967 to 1972 he was responsible on a day-to-day basis for the University of Lancaster Library Research Unit where a series of studies were undertaken concerning book usage, book availability, and library management games. In the meanwhile he received his PhD from Sheffield University. His doctoral dissertation was published as Book Availability and the Library User (Pergamon, 1975).
In 1972 he moved to the United States to Purdue University Libraries, where he was assistant director of libraries for Technical Services, before becoming dean of the School of Library and Information Studies at Berkeley, 1976–84. From 1983 to 1987 he served as assistant vice president for library plans and policies for the nine campuses of the University of California. He has been a visiting professor in Austria and in Australia.
His writings include Library Services in Theory and Context (Pergamon, 1983; 2nd ed. 1988, ISBN 0-08-035754-7), Information and Information Systems (Praeger, 1991, ISBN 0-275-93851-4), Redesigning Library Services (American Library Association, 1992, ISBN 0-8389-0590-0), and Emanuel Goldberg and his Knowledge machine (Libraries Unlimited, 2006, ISBN 0-313-31332-6).
Buckland's interests include library services, information retrieval, cultural heritages, and the historical development of information management. He is co-director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative and is the principal investigator, with Fredric Gey and Ray Larson, of three funded projects Search Support for Unfamiliar Metadata Vocabularies, a three-year project to make the searching of subject indexes easier and more reliable; Translingual Information Management Using Domain Ontologies, for improved translingual search support, and Seamless Searching of Numeric and Textual Resources, to facilitate searching across different kinds of databases. He was president of the American Society for Information Science and Technology in 1998.
External linksEdit
- Michael Buckland's home page
- Works by or about Michael Buckland in libraries (WorldCat catalog)


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9.2 package management
I'm new to package management and I've got a few things maybe someone could clarify for me!
First, what is RPM hell?
Second, should I install another package manager alongside of YAST, maybe apt-get, emerge, or yum? If so, what are some advanages and disadvantages of each?
And lastly, are there any non-SuSE YAST installation source repositories that I could add as an installation source within YAST? (I have all the packages on all 5 cd's installed so another library of software to point YAST at would be nice...)
Thank you in advance.
I don't think using another package manager alongside does do you any good. Except if you use the apt-version that uses rpms instead of debs.
There is a list of Yast-Sources in the sticky Yast-Update-Sources.
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Daily Archives: July 10, 2012
Northern Michigan Events: This Week's Performances at Bay View
Northern Michigan Events: Visit the Bay View Music Festival this week
to enjoy chamber music, youth theater and folk. Just a short drive
from Traverse City!
Northern Michigan: Vacation Trailer Park Kayak & Canoe on Betsie River
Benzonia's Vacation Trailer Park in Northern Michigan offers RV and tent camping plus prime kayak or canoe trips down the Betsie River, near Traverse City.
Video: Pearl's New Orleans Kitchen in Elk Rapids
Northern Michigan Restaurants: Whet your appetite for Southern comfort food with this video of Pearl's New Orleans Kitchen in Elk Rapids, near Traverse City
Traverse City National Cherry Festival: Top 5 Favorite Festival Picks
Traverse City National Cherry Festival: The National Cherry Festival has more than 150 activities running this week, but here are our top 5 picks.
Traverse City Events: Farmers Market and Horses By The Bay
Traverse City Events: Visit the Farmers Market and stock up on some fresh summer produce then head out to Horseshows By The Bay.


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Copenhagen - A scientist from Portugal designing large-scale experiments to uncover the processes behind patterns of species distribution is the 2013 winner of the prestigious Ebbe Nielsen Prize, awarded annually by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Miguel Bastos Araújo will use the €30,000 prize towards developing an 'Ecotron' experimental facility to test predictions for how environmental change will affect the combination of species found in different locations - helping to inform conservation decisions.
The 2013 GBIF Young Researchers Award goes to a PhD student from Mexico, Emma Gomez-Ruiz, looking at bat 'nectar corridors' and a master's student from France, Nathan Ranc, identifying data gaps to help target mobilization of new data through GBIF.
Araújo is a research scientist at the Spanish Research Council's National Museum of Natural Sciences, and visiting professor at the University of Évora, Portugal, and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
In making the selection, the GBIF Science Committee recognized Araújo's groundbreaking research in deploying biodiversity informatics to model and forecast environmental phenomena, specifically the effects of different climate change scenarios on regional and global biodiversity patterns.
Araújo believes the next step in improving our understanding impacts of climate change is to design ambitious experiments to test the predictions from theoretical models - observing how species actually respond to environmental change under controlled conditions.
He is currently creating a 'mesocosm' of 120 artificial ponds in various parts of Portugal and Spain to observe how species interact in various contrasting environments. These ponds will be exposed to different stresses like heat and drought to see how the species communities respond - simulating the impacts of climate change.
With the help of the GBIF prize, Araújo will develop a proposal for the €3m 'Ecotron', an artificial landscape designed to test mathematical models about the distribution of lizard species and how they may respond to change. It will consist of 48 chambers connected by corridors, in a fully controlled environment that will enable experiments on how lizards would distribute under different conditions. As well as climate, factors such as competition from other species and the presence of predators can be brought into these experiments.
Miguel Araújo believes ecologists have been thinking too small in the science they are doing. "In order to answer these big questions that we are facing, and that society is demanding us to answer, we need to think bigger. We need to work collaboratively, with big networks, and the budgets that we need to be aiming for are comparable to what the physicists and astrophysicists are getting.
"It's difficult to understand why so much money has been given to try to figure out if there is life on other planets, and so little money has been spent to understand life on our own planet."
The Science Committee also announced the two winners of the €4,000 Young Researchers Award, which fosters innovative research and discovery by graduate students at universities in countries participating in the GBIF network.
Emma Gomez-Ruiz, a Mexican PhD student currently based at Texas A&M University in the United States, plans to map the 'nectar corridor', the migratory path of the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis), using models derived from GBIF-mediated data. The nectar-feeding bats follow agave blooms during their annual migration from central Mexico to the southern United States, and are important pollinators for several plant species. Gomez-Ruiz aims to improve understanding of the corridor including the effects of climate change, to support conservation of the species.
Nathan Ranc, a French master's student at Stockholm University in Sweden, will assess biases in GBIF-mediated data by comparing records for 269 mammal species in the Mediterranean region, available through the GBIF network, with a database that he plans to draw up independently. Ranc's project, in association with La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, will help design data mobilization strategies by identifying species and areas for which there is little available data.
The Ebbe Nielsen Prize was established by the GBIF Governing Board to honour the memory of Dr Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen, who was an inspirational leader in the fields of biosystematics and biodiversity informatics.The prize is awarded annually to a promising researcher, usually in the early stages of his/her career, who is combining biosystematics and biodiversity informatics research in an exciting and novel way.The nominations are submitted by GBIF Participants to the GBIF Science Committee, which selects the recipient. The prize is awarded each year at the GBIF Governing Board meeting. It consists of 30,000 Euros, to be used by the recipient to further his/her research. For past winners, see http://www.
The Young Researchers Award (YRA) is an annual award aimed at graduate students from countries participating in the GBIF network. The objective of the award is to foster innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics, and to stimulate use of the data made accessible through GBIF. For past winners, see http://www.
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility was founded in 2001 as an intergovernmental scientific infrastructure aimed at providing free and open access to biodiversity data, via the Internet. It currently offers a single online access point to 400 million biodiversity records from over 10,000 datasets published by nearly 500 institutions, ranging from museum specimens collected from the earliest days of natural history exploration, to current observations by 'citizen scientists' and monitoring from research expeditions. GBIF operates through a network of national and thematic 'nodes', and a secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
For more information including requests for interviews with Miguel Araújo, please contact:
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Hrithik Roshan, for the first time will be seen doing 3 roles in a same movie! Rohit, Krishna and Krrish – in Raksesh Roshan's upcoming directorial venture, Krrish 3. The actor in an interview said that anyone can find a superhero within.
"I have always strived to imbibe good qualities and values from all the characters I have essayed through the years. It has been a constant search, a mission to grow into a stronger and better human being. The values that define Krrish have had the biggest impact on my life," he says.
The actor adds, "A superhero uses all his powers to serve others. He believes that life is less about you and more about the people who love you… these are qualities I live by. Any one of us can find that superhero inside of us. Anyone can choose to be a superhero once we recognise the values he lives by. All we have to do is decide. I keep his symbol to remind me of those values, to remind me in times of despair that I can overcome anything. This symbol has empowered me to rise each time and create the greatest story ever told."
"Let's make it our mission to live the best life possible… take our weaknesses and use them to fuel our strengths. I believe in the Krrish inside all of us. It's time now for you to find him inside of you." Hrithik concludes.
Meanwhile the franchisee of Krrish picks up after five years after the end of Krrish, Hrithik wanted a healthier, yet a mature look for Rohit's character. He hired the services of Mike Stringer, a prosthetic expert, with whom he had worked earlier. Apparently, Rohit's character required heavy make-up which would take close to three hours to get done with all the make-up. During this entire process, Hrithik had to sit still for long hours and this has taken a toll on his back!
Krrish 3 which is produced by FilmKraft Production will be releasing on November 1st. Hopefully the super-hero recovers on time to be present at the opening day of Krrish 3!
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Most 17-year-olds celebrating their birthday expect to receive cards with good wishes, and perhaps a few bucks tucked inside. However, Isabella Weems, who likes to be referred to as "Bella," celebrated her 17th birthday by donating money to charities that were close to her heart, including the Ahwatukee Children's Theater (ACT).
According to ACT Operations Director Lori Olawski, Bella donated $1,717 to the local theater and announced her ongoing commitment to help young children achieve their goals by pledging an additional monthly donation of $617.96 over the next six months.
"We are so grateful for her contribution, and her generous donations will go towards reaching out to our community at-large and providing the children with educational and entertaining opportunities that they may not have had without generous donations."
In fact, the donation was immediately put to good use, allowing the theater to purchase the rights for an upcoming production of "Annie."
"The rights and licensing of many popular shows are costly, and (Bella) was able to ease our expenses for such a wonderful show," said Olawski, pointing out that the senior community in Ahwatukee frequently attends and especially enjoys these kinds of productions. The donation also went towards a costly air-conditioning repair.
The theater thanked Bella by revealing a special box seat in her honor.
"Ms. Weems is a very talented young woman who has a natural attraction and love of the arts, including theater," explained Olawski after being asked about the relationship between Bella and ACT.
During her last visit, Bella "performed a very touching and moving song that she composed, and it was very inspiring to our students," Olawski added. "She was a natural with the kids."
So who is Bella Weems? She is an extraordinary teenager who is the founder of Chandler-based Origami Owl, a social-selling custom jewelry business. The company's philosophy is to make a difference in the lives of others, being a force for good, and an inspiration to women of all ages. Remaining true to this philosophy, Bella continues to give back to her community. Besides donating to local charities, she visits schools and gives inspirational speeches to young children about her creative vision for jewelry and her own entrepreneurial journey. To learn more about Origami Owl and Bella's vision, visit www.origamiowl.com.
ACT is a nonprofit organization that offers family-friendly entertainment to the community at large, providing local children and adults education in, appreciation for, and opportunities to participate in all aspects of the performing arts. To find out about upcoming productions, visit www.azact.org or call (480) 705-9319.
• Jeremy Bush is a senior at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He is interning this semester for the AFN.


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Blake Costanzo LB FA 3 years ago
49ers signed LB Blake Costanzo, formerly of the Bears.
Costanzo, 30, played for the 49ers in 2011, racking up 12 tackles across 16 games. The pure special teamer has played just 61 defensive snaps the past three seasons.
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Bears LB Blake Costanzo has undergone thumb surgery, but expects to be ready following Chicago's Week 6 bye.
A core special teamer, Costanzo has four tackles in five games. An absence of any sort would make him a candidate for injured reserve, but it sounds like he won't miss any time.
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Bears signed LB Blake Costanzo, formerly of the 49ers, to a two-year contract.
A special teams ace, Costanzo helped anchor one of the league's most dominant units in 2011. He should fit right in with Bears special teams coordinator Dave Toub. Costanzo has never had a meaningful role on defense since entering the league in 2007, and that's unlikely to change next season.
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CSN Bay Area's Matt Maiocco reports free agent LB Blake Costanzo "will not be back with the 49ers."
A special teams ace, Costanzo has reportedly already drawn two offers. He's made just 55 tackles in 61 career games, however, and is unlikely to land major defensive snaps wherever he ends up.
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The player rep for free agent LB Blake Costanzo says he had a "positive dialogue" with the 49ers, but there have been "no contract negotiations whatsoever."
"Blake would love a chance to go back and play for San Francisco," agent David Canter said. A favorite of special teams coordinator Brad Seely, Costanzo ranked second with 17 tackles on one of the most dominant special-teams units of the past decade.
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Free agent LB Blake Costanzo is visiting the 49ers Wednesday.
New special teams coordinator Brad Seely had Costanzo as one of his star pupils in Cleveland last year.


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08 July 2014
Category: News, Asia, China, Global
By Hui Ching-hoo
China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) granted a total of US$830 million in QFII allocations to eight foreign institutions in June, extending the total quotas awarded under the scheme to 252 entities and $56.5 billion.
New QFII participant Oppenheimer Funds received a quota of $200 million, while the other two newcomers, Overlook Investments and Taishin International Bank, were awarded a quota of $100 million each.
Existing players William Blair & Company, Prudential Financial Securities Investment Trust Enterprise, and Neuberger Berman Europe, were handed out quotas of $100 million, $50 million, and $75 million, respectively.
Meanwhile, Safe awarded Aberdeen Asset Management Asia and Platinum Investment Company quotas of $55 million and $150 million, respectively.
Separately, Safe dished out a total of 4.4 billion RMB ($704 million) in RQFII quotas to five new institutions in June. Nikko Asset management Asia, CMS Asset Management and Yue Xiu Asset Management each received an allocation of one billion RMB. Fullerton Fund Management and Pureheart Asset Management were awarded quotas of 1.2 billion RMB and 200 million RMB, respectively.
Up to the end of June, Safe had granted a total of 250.3 billion RMB in RQFII quotas to 71 financial entities.
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SALT LAKE CITY — You didn't imagine it: It does cost more to raise a child to 18 than in the past, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new annual estimate on what a middle-income family with a child born in 2012 can expect to spend.
The price tag — $241,080 in 2012 dollars or an inflation-adjusted $301,970 by the time adulthood arrives — includes food, shelter and other necessities associated with child rearing for 17 years. College is an expensive add-on not included in the report.
The 2013 USDA Cost of Raising a Child report says the expected expense is a 2.6 percent increase over the cost associated with a 2011 birth. It includes larger increases in how much one will spend on child care, education, health care and clothing, with smaller increases for housing, food, transportation and various other expenses.
Still, it's a smaller increase than usual. From 1960, the average increase has been about 4.4 percent each year.
The cost report is not trivial, according to USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon. "As the economy continues to recover, families are naturally cost conscious," he said in a written statement. "This report gives families with children a greater awareness of the expenses they are likely to face. The report is also a valuable resource for courts and state governments in determining child support guidelines and foster care payments."
If the sticker shock has you reeling, remind yourself that a 2012 study in Psychological Science showed parents are happier and find more meaning in their lives than non-parents. The research, by psychologists at University of British Columbia, University of California Riverside and Stanford, found parents are happier caring for children than they are during other daily activities. That appeared to be especially true for men, and older and married parents.
As Dr. Peter Zafirides wrote for The Healthy Mind at the time, "The findings are among a new wave of research that suggests that parenthood comes with relatively more positives than negatives, despite the added responsibilities." Even evolutionists suspect "parenting may be a fundamental human need," he added.
Then, as now, cost per child drops as a family has more children. The report says families with three or more children spend 22 percent less per child than those with two children. The kids end up sharing bedrooms, clothing and toys passed down to younger ones. Food is purchased in bulk and schools and child-care centers sometimes offer sibling discounts.
Crunching numbers
But about that cost...
It's based on data from the federal Consumer Expenditure Survey, which found that in the year 2012, annual child-rearing expenses per child for a two-parent, middle-income family ranged from $12,600 to $14,700. It was a range because costs vary depending on how old a child is. There's a fair amount of difference, for instance, in feeding a teenager and a toddler and what it costs.
The report also offers an income range and variable cost estimate. A family earning less than $60,640 a year can expect to spend $173,490 in 2012 dollars over 17 years. A family earning more than $105,000 can expect to spend just shy of $400,000. The middle-income group that's center stage in the report earns between $60,640 and $105,000.
There's other bad news, according to the USDA blog discussing the cost: "This next generation faces a unique challenge that threatens their future health and well being: a growing health crisis, in the form of diet- and obesity-related diseases. And despite encouraging recent reports on declining rates of early childhood obesity, nearly a third of our nation's young people are at risk for preventable diseases like type-2 diabetes and heart disease. Preventable diseases have serious consequences — which is why health experts tell us that our current generation of children may well have a shorter lifespan than their parents."
Then the USDA adds some good news: Resources abound, on its site and elsewhere, that provide practical advice, cost-cutting ideas and tips to improve health. Something as simple as making sure children have a healthy diet packed with fruits and vegetables, whole grains and other nutrients they need can help counter the bad news.
Food is one of the biggest expenses for middle-income families, and the USDA offers tips on how to save money while preparing nutritious meals. The advice includes a 10-Tips Nutrition Series and "The Thrifty Food Plan." The USDA also emphasizes its "My Plate," which replaced the food pyramid of old as a guide to healthy eating. A "SuperTracker" lets one keep track of calories and exercise.
In breaking down the cost estimate, housing was singled out as the largest expenditure, accounting for about 30 percent of the total over the 17 years. Child care and education (not college) came in at about 18 percent, while food was 16 percent.
There are geographic variations, with higher costs in the Northeast, then the urban West and urban Midwest. Families living in the urban South and in rural areas have lower costs, driven primarily by lower housing costs, according to the study's author, economist Mark Lino: "Families in rural areas also saw lower child-care and education expenses."
Blast from the past
According to the new report, in 1960 a middle-income family could have expected to spend $25,230 (that would be $195,690 in 2012 dollars). Housing was the big expense then, too. Health care expenses have doubled compared to back then. And some current costs, like child care, were "negligible" in 1960.
Overall, the cost of raising a child, adjusted for inflation, has shot up 23 percent since that first 1960 report.
Joe Burgo, a psychologist in Chapel Hill, N.C., and author of "Why Do I Do That?", told USA Today he's not surprised by the higher cost of raising kids. It's partly driven, he said, by the "more" mentality — more sports, more extracurricular activities, more musical instruments, more educational summer camps. "Musical instruction, tutors, private sports club leagues — all cost a lot of money."7 comments on this story
He suggested that parents shouldn't focus on what they can buy their children. Instead, "allowing a child to discover his passions and then helping him to pursue them will go much further toward building genuine self-confidence," he said.
"Sharing quality time doing things you enjoy with your children — preferably activities that don't involve spending a lot money — will help them grow up happy and well-adjusted much more than footing the bill for them to be one of the cool kids."
For new parents or people thinking of expanding their families, the USDA's Cost of Raising a Child calculator lets someone plug in variables like household size, income and geographic region to get a more accurate estimate of expected costs.
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Monday evening I grabbed my purse from under my desk and headed out the door for home. I strategically balanced a plate with a fluffy little cupcake on it and stepped off the curb into the sunlight. I had bought the cupcake at the charity bake sale that morning and I was super psyched to take it home and feed it to the Jude, because superior mothers occasionally bring home ridiculous treats and then give themselves a high-five.
As I crossed the parking lot out of the corner of my right eye I sensed a big truck creeping along in my shadow. Since I'm always at least vaguely paranoid about being followed in all parking lots I tsked myself and chocked it up to hey jamie, you're being crazy again, cut that shit out. But I wasn't being crazy again, because just as I arrived at my car the truck pulled up next to me and rolled down the closest window.
Fortunately vs. unfortunately, it was someone I recognized and he eagerly leaned across the passenger seat and shouted out the window, "BETTER WATCH YOUR CALORIES, HA HA. HA."
Without blinking I set the cupcake down on top of the car and advanced upon his vehicle with flaming hot lazers spraying out of my eyes. I'm not sure exactly what my intention was, but my fat ass eats trucks for breakfast, buddy, so I suggest you step out of your truck and take a lesson in why you shouldn't fuck with me. He sank back into his seat in fear and sped away. I guarantee that was the only smart thing he did all day.
I expelled my rage out into the universe via twitter, declared, "Huh! Idiot jerk!" and put it firmly behind me, or so I thought until this morning when I found myself standing in front of the coffee maker declining half a cookie because I probably really shouldn't, I mean, look at me, I don't need half a cookie, someone like me shouldn't have treats.
What's more depressing there, that the dude's comment got into my head, that he thought that was a funny joke in the first place, or that our society is so focused on "skinny" that an average woman can be torn down with just four words? It kind of makes me want to cry.
I guarantee that the guy (and I haven't seen him since, though boy am I ever looking forward to THAT awkward elevator ride) thought it was a harmless joke. First things first, I'mma let you finish but that's the lamest joke of all time. Go back to clown school and fail yourself with a kick to the face. More importantly I'm sure he's completely oblivious to the mental dominoes he set in motion.
The inner workings of the female psyche are a vast and unending mystery box and god, when it comes to weight/eating/body image who knows what's going on in there. I am not usually "sensitive," quite the opposite in fact, but HELL YES I take issue with a man following me to my car to offer his "hilarious" judgment on whether or his view needed less padding. (Oh man does it sound a lot creepier when I put it that way. Yay. Hork.)
When Jon started eating healthy and running miles in January out of marital commiseration I also went on a healthy-foods diet. I didn't particularly need to lose any weight, but regardless I'm about ten pounds shy of where I was at Christmas. It's not noticeable to the average viewer (EVIDENTLY, wow) but I have been feeling pretty good about the tops of my muffins.
You'd think that would be a cause for celebration, but instead I just keep thinking it's not enough. Then I think about what an idiot I am for thinking it's not enough– Would it ever be enough? Would something like this still happen if I were better ie thinner? (Undoubtedly the answer to that is yes.) I tell myself if I were smarter I would be able to shake myself out of it and just be happy, but I can't seem to break free from the cycle and the world spins 'round and 'round.
Congratulations, that guy, you're a real jerk.
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Editor: My wife, Lynn, and I recently read your wonderful editorial supporting Ebbie LeMaster's name for our new high school here in Ponte Vedra and Palm Valley. We support your view 100 percent.
Second only to Ebbie's family, preserving, protecting, and enhancing our community was always foremost in Ebbie's efforts.
Ebbie's dominant character in all of his Ponte Vedra and Palm Valley activities was exemplified with knowledge, strength, and integrity; the same qualities we want as the structure and foundation of our new high school.
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Police have advised people not to approach a man who breached his prison licence and has Thetford and Brandon connections
Norfolk police say Scott Wilgos, 26, is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his licence.
Wilgos is described as white, around 5ft 10in tall, of slim build, with brown hair and speaks with an East Anglian accent. He has numerous tattoos, including a distinctive one on the right side of his neck which reads 'loved by few hated by many' and a full length 'tribal' design on his left arm.
Police advise that he should not be approached and that members of the public with information about his whereabouts should contact police as soon as possible on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Saturday, September 11, 1999 Published at 20:01 GMT 21:01 UK
World: Asia-Pacific
US and China ease tensions
The presidents met for an hour and half to ease tensions
The United States and China have agreed to resume talks immediately on Beijing's entry to the World Trade Organisation.
It was the first time the two presidents had met since official contacts between the two countries were suspended after the Nato bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in May.
Mr Clinton said he was eager to strike a new trade deal with China, and to conclude an agreement for China to join the WTO.
A senior US trade official said negotiators from both countries had been asked "to start meeting as early as tomorrow".
'Back on track'
Speaking after the session, US National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, said that relations with China were "back on track", and described the talks as "very productive, very friendly, quite comprehensive".
"As long as the US side adopts a pragmatic as well as flexible approach to China's accession to the WTO, I do not think that accession will be that difficult," he said.
But he warned the US not to persist with its "high demands".
The two leaders also discussed Taiwan during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum (Apec).
Mr Clinton told the Chinese president that the US would maintain its "one China policy", which does not recognise Taiwan as an independent nation. "We favour a peaceful approach to working out the differences".
For his part, President Jiang repeated that while China hoped for the "peaceful unification" of Taiwan, Beijing would not rule out the use of force to prevent any move toward Taiwanese independence.
Improving ties
Correspondents say that while US-China ties are clearly fragile, the two presidents seemed at ease with each other, smiling and shaking hands as they posed for photographers.
The strains that developed in relations between the two countries after the embassy bombing showed signs of easing earlier this month when China proposed discussions on a resumption in WTO accession talks.
Those discussions were suspended in April when Mr Clinton rejected a package of Chinese concessions as insufficient.
China and the US have been trying to secure a WTO deal in time for the next round of multilateral trade talks, due to start 10 weeks from now in Seattle.