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ISLE DU BOIS – Saturday December 6, 2014 – Pilot Point, Texas
The course itself contains a short segment of wooded double-wide paved trail before you get dirty on some muscle varied single-track within the mostly wooded terrain. You will experience sections of trail that allow you to kick it up a notch as you flow along some well groomed trail, and others that will required focused concentration as you work a short yet fun leg-awakening climb, or dance over and around sections of scattered rocks that will bite if you aren't careful.
Midway through the clock-wise loop, you will enjoy some great views of Ray Roberts Lake and you may even see some white-tailed deer that often scamper throughout the park.
What the Tribe is Saying about Isle du Bois…
Great race! You always do an excellent job! Thank you. Can't wait for the next one.
I sure appreciate you and your ideals! Thank you for putting these great runs together. I enjoy the cozy atmosphere and good sportsmanship it fosters. I look forward to more of your events.
Thanks for a great race! Location awesome, trails rocked, people the best!
New for 2014!
- ***We have added a 5 mile scamper!
- Isle du Bois is part of the new EBA series challenges. Check out the dirty details here.
- All 5 EBA races will be part of the 2014 Texas Trail Running Championship Series.
DATE: Saturday December 6, 2014
DISTANCE: 55 km, 36 km, 18 km, 5 mile (*new for 2014)
Yep, our race distances are odd and we kind of like it that way! While the distances may be wacky, they are measured with a professional measuring wheel = pretty darn accurate.
LOCATION: Pilot Point, Texas ( Isle du Bois Unit of Ray Roberts Lake State Park)
Pilot Point is located 55 miles north of downtown Dallas.
Park entrance is off of FM 455 on the southern shores of Ray Roberts Lake.
STARTING TIME: 55 km / 36 km – 7:30 AM, 18 km / 5 mile – 8:00 AM, Free Trail Tikes Fun Run (12 and under) – 8:05 AM
TIME LIMIT: 9 hour time limit! This is based on the 55 km start time. The entire course will be officially closed at 4:30 PM. See cutoff times in the Course section below.
REGISTER: All-Inclusive Pricing. No Surprises.
Reserve your ticket for this trail running party and register at Webscorer.com.
After registering:
- Verify you are on the IDB Confirmation List
- Tweet out the exciting news! - Simply Click to Tweet - I just registered for the Isle du Bois Trail Run by @ebuzzadventures! Join in the dirty fun @ http://ctt.ec/772mU+
The event will have a 400 runner limit.
Registration closes on Monday December 1. After Monday, no race week/day registration.
***Our trail event pricing includes ALL the following***:
- Groovy premium Organic Cotton and Bamboo event shirt. May be the most comfy shirt you ever wear. Must register by November 9 to receive an event shirt or to save some coin with the no-shirt option.
- Onsite professional medical support.
- Online registration fees and any applicable taxes.
- Any land ownership event fees.
- Park entry for runner on race day.
- Post-race tummy happiness.
- A cool and usable finisher's gift.
- Rockin' aid stations with fluids and assortment of sugary/salty items.
- A passionately well-marked course.
- LIVE race day updates and results both online and/or directly to an iPhone (free Webscorer results app – download here) where connectivity available.
- Loads of fun in a natural environment with some amazing people.
* Entrance fee covers race participant only. Non-race participants will follow standard Texas State park entry guidelines: Children 12-and-under – free. Texas state park pass – All in car in free. If you are not a race participant and don't fall into one of the above criteria – $7 per person.
Do you have any questions about the race? The course? Trail running? Size of the deer you will see?
On Thursday, November 20th from 8:00pm – 9:00pm, I will host a live IDB Q&A session on Twitter @ebuzzadventures.
Feel free to ask any questions you might have.
The Isle du Bois state park has a bunch of great camping sites and facilities.
If not interested in the camping option…
The Lantana Resort (room rate $85-$95) is about 10 minutes away from Isle du Bois State Park.
Mention "IDB trail race" if you plan on staying there and if we get 10 or more rooms booked, you all will get $5 off. Also, you also get free entry to Isle du Bois State Park during your stay. (Racers will already have free entry to the park on race day but family and friends could then get in free.)
CUP-FREE AID STATIONS: We are very excited to be a cup-free racing event! In an effort to reduce our environmental impact (garbage creation, volunteer garbage pickup, etc), all aid stations will be cup-free. Please bring your own water bottle or hydration system. Yeah Earth!
See Cup-Free Racing Support for a list of hydrous options to support this transition.
PACKET PICK-UP / CHECK-IN: Race morning! We will be excitedly waiting.
ACCOMODATIONS: The Isle du Bois Unit has nice campsites that include showers, bathrooms, electric, and water hookups.
Dear Ridge camping area would be within walking distance to race start and has nice facilities (bathroom, shower, etc) in the area.
Neighboring cities with hotels include Gainesville (~35 miles) and Sherman (~35 miles) to the north, and Denton (~21 miles), Frisco (~31 miles), and McKinney (~36 miles) to the south.
Interested in a FREE EBA adventure for you, friend, or that unknown dude or dudette over by that big tree? Check out the Volunteer page on how you can support fellow runners and take home some completely transferable EBA discounts.
Be part of the EBA Volunteer tribe! We are extremely grateful for your support!
FINISHER'S GIFT and AWARDS:
All finishers will receive a finisher's gift. To keep within the mission of EBA, the gift will be a cool local item and will not be a medal. Maybe something sweet like this…
Fast Feet gift awards for the 5 mile, 18 km, 36 km, and 55 km race:
We are bringing More Cowbell to north Texas in 2014!
- Top 3 male and female finishers
- Top male and female in age group 29-and-under
- Top male and female in age group 30-39
- Top male and female in age group 40-49
- Top male and female in age group 50-59
- Top male and female in age group 60+
*No stacking of awards. Overall awards will be assigned first, then age group awards. The gift award would roll down to the next person.
- All refunds will deduct a $10 processing fee.
- Entry fees are non-refundable after Sunday, November 9.
- Entry fees are non-refundable, including the event of inclement weather.
- If something occurs that threatens the safety of the event, the event will be altered if reasonable possible, or the event may be delayed or canceled.
- Entries cannot be rolled to another year.
- Entries cannot be transferred to another person.
- Event shirts not picked up on race day will not be mailed.
MORE INFO: Course Info and Map | Results/Media | Volunteer | Race Doc
Be sure to enjoy some post-adventure food. Then hang out, cheer on fellow runners, and share trail stories!
And don't forget to bring your rubber ducky, the ice bath is waiting.


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1610 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77002
Sat, Nov 29, 2014 1:30am to 4:30am
Amenities Included:
Upon arrival, please show the ParkWhiz parking pass to the attendant for validation. If no attendant present, please place the ParkWhiz parking pass face up on your dashboard.
9 People Recommend Parking Here
6 Left Comments
"Good! no problem at all"
"Perfect parking lot!"
"I had an issue with this lot but it ended up working out after I called the number on the receipt. The lot has no signage and was therefore difficult to identify. The receipt had good directions but knowing for sure which lot was LAZ was a bit confusing. I called the number and the person told me I was in the right lot already. I would suggest a sign for this lot."
"Very convenient parking some blocks away from the Toyota Center. Nice to stretch the legs a bit after the concert"
This is a small surface lot only 3 blocks from the Toyota Center which allows for easy in and out parking.
This location is a commercial parking lot.
Nearby destinations: Toyota Center, House of Blues (Houston), South Texas College of Law.
This lot is south east of the intersection at Leeland and Caroline. The entrance is on caroline right next to the Uhaul Place. The are two Surface lots on the corner of Leeland and Caroline this lot is on the left side of the two lots.

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For years I thought this bear cub was the inspiration for Smokey Bear but since learned the character was introduced in 1942, about 22 years after this photo was taken.
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Ronnie Powe, Jr., sits at the defense table during the first day of testimony in Judge Barry Steelman's courtroom Tuesday in his trial on charges of statutory rape.
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They barely look a day over 11,000! The cast and crew of NBC's Days of Our Lives gathered on Friday, Sept. 28 to celebrate a remarkable TV milestone — the filming of the soap's 12,000th episode. Days icons Deidre Hall (Marlena) and Drake Hogestyn (John), seen here, were among those on hand, along with executive producer Ken Corday whose late dad, Ted Corday, was a cocreator of the show. Episode 12,000 will air on Jan. 11, 2013. In the meantime, check out TV Guide Magazine's exclusive photo gallery from the big day here!
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Ramona Scouts play Amazing Race — with a twist
Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 8009 participated in the third annual Girl Scout Amazing Race in San Diego's Balboa Park.
San Diego Girl Scout Council staff members coordinated the event. Troops were organized into teams to
compete in physical challenges, solve puzzles, and find historical landmarks — "all of which led them in an exciting exploration of the museums and gardens of Balboa Park," said Danielle Shaw, the Ramona troop's leader.
Girls had to put their teamwork skills to action to solve these puzzles —and they learned a little about San Diego's history along the way, noted Shaw.
Race teams met at the starting point to receive a clue to send them to the first station. Each station thereafter provided a clue to get them to the next station (much like the CBS's Amazing Race).
"It was fun to watch the girls work through the challenges as a team," said Shaw. "The girls enjoyed the adventure, which took them to little known places within Balboa Park.
Sample Amazing Race Clues"
•This instrument has 4,530 pipes ranging from the size of a pencil to 32 feet in length
•These tall tropical trees sway in the breeze over a deep gorge.
•Movies like "Gnomeo & Juliet," "She's the Man," and "The Lion King" are adaptations of this famous English Authors plays. Find this playhouse
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Lobby Day
This is Riley Quinlan and I serve as the Student Government External Vice-President. I'm writing to you to promote the annual University of Illinois Lobby-Day at the Capitol event on Wednesday, April 9th. All U-of-I schools will be present along with their student governments and other active students on campus. This is an event to advocate as students on behalf of the University of Illinois, in which all students will be affected by the outcomes of the state legislature. ALL STUDENTS are invited and HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to attend and participate; no previous political advocacy work or background in lobbying is necessary.
The day will range from 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM in downtown Springfield. Professional dress attire is strongly encouraged. Transportation will be provided to those that don't have cars and need rides. For those that need rides, meet at PAC Teardrop at 10:45 AM. After lunch and the group photo at the Capitol, the vans will make a trip back to UIS campus for those who can't stay the full time. Students that have morning classes and can't attend the am session can be picked up by the returning van at 1:45 PM at the PAC Teardrop. The event is free and students can register at https://www.cvent.com/events/university-of-illinois-student-advocacy-day-at-the-capitol/registration-ad35229edac54cc1a0bae18aa44ebb62.aspx.
Now for the reward! The student organization that brings the largest number of attendees will receive a $250 GIFT-CARD TO BUFFALO WILD WINGS. Students must check in with me once we're at the Capitol Complex and I will take a photo of the organization's attendees. In addition, students need to indicate which group they're representing in the online registration.
Thank you all for your service to this campus and the UIS community! I'm looking forward to this and I hope to see you there!
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Manchester City vs West Ham Player Ratings
Goals from Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure lifted Manchester City to a routine 2-1 win over West Ham on Saturday.
By FOX Sports Staff
After relinquishing their Premier League title to Manchester United earlier in the week, there was a subdued atmosphere at the Etihad.
City did their best to get the crowd going to the home fans were rocking when a clever one-two between Samir Nasri and David Silva set-up Aguero for the opener.
Toure then doubled City's lead with a terrific long range effort in the second half before West Ham scored a consolation goal through Andy Carroll's stoppage time strike.
Manchester City
Hart - 5.5
The Manchester City goalkeeper's biggest contribution to the match in the opening 45 minutes was to stand, hands on hips, outside his goal as West Ham hardly mustered up any chances.
The second half was a bit of a different story but it did take up until past he 75th minute before the England international made his first meaningful save - a good reflex stop to deny Carroll on the goal-line. Hart appeared to injure his back making the save and maybe that had something to do with him letting Carroll's fiercely hit shot go through him and bobble into goal in stoppage time.
Zabaleta - 6.5
Will have been disappointed at the number of times Jarvis was able to beat him and get crosses into the box for West Ham, but Zabaleta was brilliant going forward. Needlessly got himself booked after reacting angrily to O'Brien's challenge from behind late in the game by pushing the West Ham man in the chest.
Kompany -7
Had a good game and covered for Zabaleta excellently whenever the attacking full-back was caught out of position.
Lescott - 7
Defended against Carroll intelligently. The City defender loses out on height to the West Ham so he made sure he defended him with a low stance and denied him space to get on the end of West Ham crosses.
Clichy - 6
Could have got forward more often especially in the first half when West Ham just didn't turn up.
Yaya Toure - 7
Didn't have his usually dominant game but scored a cracking goal to seal the points for Man City. When the ball arrived to him on the right hand side of the box, there didn't look like there was too much danger but he dribble the ball across the box before drilling it into the far corner.
Barry - 6.5
Connected with his short passes well but wasn't needed as an extra holding midfielder because West Ham offered very little in direct play.
Silva (Off 78') - 7.5
Pulled the strings for Man City in midfield. He always seemed to pick out the right pass and his link-up play with Aguero and Tevez was very good.
Tevez (Off 83') - 7
His movement and hard work was a bonus for City. Might have been more clinical in front of goal especially when Aguero found him in space in front of goal, but he stabbed it straight at Collins.
Nasri (Off 87') - 7.5
It remains to be seen whether Nasri has a future at City next season following a campaign dogged by public criticism from his manager. The France international at least performed well in Saturday's 2-1 win over West Ham, dragging defenders out of position and combining well with team-mates. Set-up Aguero for City's opener.
Aguero - 8
Best player on the park for City although how he only finished the match with only one goal is incredible. He definitely showed good finishing for his first goal from close range but he was guilty of missing two very easy chances later in the match with only the goalkeeper to beat.
Milner (On 78') - 6.5
Came on for the excellent Silva and could not replicate the range and timing of his team-mate's passing.
Kolo Toure (On 87') - N/A
Garcia (On 83') - N/A
West Ham
Jaaskelainen - 7
Made some decent saves no doubt but nothing spectacular.
Demel - 6.5
Got caught out of position too many times but did make some good last ditch blocks to save certain situations from getting worse including in the 87th minute to deny Aguero a shot in front of goal.
Reid - 7
A physical presence at the back which City - and in particularly Silva - felt the full force of. Won his fair share of headers in the box and made some crucial tackles on Aguero to stop the scoreboard from ticking over.
Collins - 7
Had to be alert at all times and did especially well when West Ham were chasing the game at 1-0 down. Collins stepped in on numerous occasions to deny City good counter attacking opportunities.
O'Brien - 5
Was never able to stamp his authority on the match which was a shame for West Ham as they did enjoy some success down the left flank through Jarvis. Perhaps, if O'Brien had offered more support the Hammers could've delivered more quality crosses from that flank for Carroll to feed on. Was booked for a late challenge on Zabaleta as well.
O'Neil - 7
Created a couple of chances for West Ham and provided a consistent passing option in midfield for West Ham who only managed 38% of the ball during the game.
Nolan - 6.5
Never seemed to be on the same page with Carroll and the pair wasted a few good West Ham chances when they failed to link-up successfully.
Diame - 6.5
Showed coolness and calmness on the ball and his physicality also troubled Yaya Toure a little bit. He needed to get more involved in the build-up play for West Ham to really get at City.
Jarvis - 7.5
Surprisingly, Jarvis had plenty of joy down the left as he gave Zabaleta all he could handle. Some of his crosses were not as accurate as he would've liked but he pretty much beat his man every time in the one-v-one situation.
Vaz Te (Off 66') - 6
Forgettable performance with the only highlight a couple of good crosses from the right. Hauled off by 'Big Sam' on 66 minutes.
Carroll - 7.5
You have to give Carroll credit. He worked his socks off and went for every ball. His goal was well taken too. He managed to bring the ball down in a crowded box and surprised Hart in goal with a quickly taken shot.
Collison (On 66') - 6
Got himself booked under silly circumstances by stopping Aguero from taking a quick throw-in.
Taylor (On 81') - 6
Came on and had a very good chance to put some pressure on City immediately with a free-kick delivery. However, it was so poor City went straight down the other end of the pitch and almost scored on the counter.
C.Cole (On 81') - N/A


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When the Komets waived popular defenseman Colten Hayes in November, they said it was because he asked out of the team.
It made sense at the time; his style of play seemed to be more fitting for Missouri of the CHL, even though the Komets seemed to need a player of his ilk.
Personally, I thought it was a big loss for the Komets.
But now Hayes has left the Mavericks so he can come back to the ECHL. South Carolina had Hayes' rights and dealt him to Stockton, where he's going to now play.
In other moves of note, Patrick Knowlton, a player I thought should have made the Komets' roster out of training camp, has been signed by Toledo. He had been playing for former Komets assistant coach Gary Graham with Pensacola of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The Walleye also signed Tyler Miller from Pensacola. He played for the Komets last season.
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text: Marseille face Monaco test as PSG look to pick up steam Print article Send a Tip AFP 8/31/2013 4:30:10 AM Reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain will be strongly fancied to see off promoted Guingamp on Saturday but the game of the weekend in Ligue 1 comes 24 hours later when leaders Marseille take on second-placed Monaco.Laurent Blanc's PSG have flattered to deceive during the early stages of the new season but the coach received the backing of his Qatari paymasters this week after the capital club followed up two draws by recording their first win of the campaign at Nantes last Sunday."In any case, it's better than last season when we only had three points after three matches," said PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, before veiled criticism of Blanc's predecessor Carlo Ancelotti, who has since departed for Real Madrid."Of course, Carlo did a great job here but today even if there are many things to improve, we are playing better football than last season. And that is very important in my eyes," he continued before confirming his confidence in 1998 World Cup winner Blanc."To recruit him was an excellent decision. His work is even better than what we expected of him."Blanc has a near full-strength squad at his disposal for the visit of the Bretons, with Jeremy Menez the only absentee as he works his way back to fitness after a back operation.While most pundits expected PSG's principle challenge to emerge from Claudio Ranieri's expensively-assembled Monaco side, it has been the mild-mannered Elie Baup who has fashioned three straight wins to lead 2010 champions Marseille to the summit.The club are embroiled in an unsavoury dispute with Lille over the potential transfer of talented 20-year-old winger Florian Thauvin, who has caused uproar at the northern club after boycotting training in midweek in an attempt to force a move to the Stade Velodrome.Lille have rejected a 10 million-euro ($13.2m) offer for the under-20 world champion - who only arrived from Bastia in the close season - and threatened to relegate Thauvin to the reserves if he continues to hold out for a transfer."It is a gesture that is unacceptable, even deplorable with regard to Lille and French football," fumed Lille general director Frederic Paquet.Monaco got off to a flying start with six goals and two wins in their opening matches against Bordeaux and Montpellier before a tame 0-0 draw at home to Toulouse, played behind closed doors as punishment for crowd trouble after they won promotion last season.A win at their southern rivals would see them go a point clear at the top regardless of other results.Lyon, champions seven years in a row in the last decade, have seen their season badly compromised already after crashing out of the Champions League at the play-off stage in midweek, outclassed 4-0 on aggregate by Spanish side Real Sociedad.That will cost the club at least 20 million euros in lost revenue while their only consolation is a place in the less lucrative Europa League. This weekend, OL make the short trip to bottom-of-the-table Evian.It was a bad week all round for French clubs in Europe, with Saint-Etienne and Nice both exiting the Europa League at the play-off stage.Les Verts will look to put their disappointment behind them when they face Bordeaux on Sunday, before Nice entertain 2012 champions Montpellier in what will be the last game to be played at their old Stade du Ray before they move to their new 35,000-seat Allianz Riviera ground.Among the other games, Italian coach Fabrizio Ravanelli goes in search of his first victory in charge of Ajaccio away to Sochaux, while Rennes play host to Lille.Fixtures (all times 18h00 GMT unless stated)Saturday:Evian v Lyon (1200), Paris Saint-Germain v Guingamp (1500), Bastia v Toulouse, Lorient v Valenciennes, Reims v Nantes, Rennes v Lille, Sochaux v AjaccioSunday:Saint-Etienne v Bordeaux (1200), Nice v Montpellier (1500), Marseille v Monaco (1900)


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Welcome to the Electronic Network for Arab-West Understanding (ENAWU), an ambitious project to establish a self-sustaining, specialized information network that will link together, through a multi-lingual web-based portal, a worldwide network of knowledge institutes and information repositories, with the following purposes:
Through the ENAWU project and its strong Egyptian, Arab, European and other partnerships, we hope to develop powerful tools that will lead to a well informed public in Arab countries whose populations are often ill-informed or misled about Western and Judeo-Christian cultural traditions, and Western publics who are ill-informed or misled about Arab and Muslim cultural traditions, especially through articles and reports that are biased or based on inaccurate reporting or misinterpretation of facts.
The ENAWU Project is a collaborative activity involving a growing number of organizations in the Arab world and Europe, coordinated by the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation in Cairo, Egypt.
As you explore this website we encourage you to consider how you, your university or organisation could benefit from connecting with us to share the resources that are becoming available through the ENAWU project and/or how you could participate, in particular by helping us grow the network of organisations involved.
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Academy of Veterinary Consultants, Pfizer Animal Health Announce Booker Consultant of the Year
Dr. Calvin Booker of Feedlot Health Management Services nominated by peers
MADISON, N.J. Jan. 17, 2011 The Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC) named Calvin Booker, DVM, M.Vet.Sc., of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, the 2010 AVC Consultant of the Year at the Winter Conference in Denver, Colo., on Dec. 2. The award is sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health.
Pfizer Animal Health is honored to sponsor this award and to recognize our peers, says Gerald Stokka, DVM, president of AVC and senior veterinarian with Pfizer Animal Health. Dr. Booker is a deserving recipient who has contributed in many different areas of our profession.
Members of AVC nominate their peers based on outstanding contributions to the field, and the winner is selected by a committee of past honorees at the winter meeting each year. The first AVC Consultant of the Year award was given in 1986.
Im honored to have been nominated and humbled to have been selected as the recipient, Dr. Booker says. Im fortunate that Ive worked with some great people and had some great mentors people Ive got to work with at our company, with our clients and with my peers in Canada and elsewhere. I always look for the opportunity to learn.
For the past 18 years, Dr. Booker has been a part of Feedlot Health Management Services Ltd., where he is now a managing partner and a key member of the professional consultant team that provides services to the feedlot sector of the beef cattle industries in Canada and the United States. Dr. Booker leads the organizations research department that includes collaborative initiatives with academic institutions, government agencies, independent research firms and individual feedlots.
His involvement in the industry only begins with AVC. Dr. Booker also is involved in the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Alberta Veterinary Medical Association, the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics and others. Dr. Booker received his veterinary degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
As part of the award, Dr. Booker will contribute $2,000 to the scholarship fund at his alma mater, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, to assist senior students who are passionate and interested in beef cattle production.
Sponsorship of the AVC Consultant of the Year award is part of Pfizer Animal Healths Commitment to Veterinarians, an initiative supporting veterinarians through training and education, research and development, and investment in the future of the veterinary profession.
About Pfizer Animal Health
Pfizer Animal Health, a business of Pfizer Inc., is a world leader in discovering and developing innovative animal vaccines and prescription medicines, investing an estimated $300 million annually in animal health product research and development. For more information about how Pfizer Animal Health works to ensure a safe, sustainable global food supply from healthy livestock and poultry; or helps companion animals and horses to live longer, healthier lives, visit www.PfizerAH.com.
About the AVC
The AVC is an association of veterinarians involved in beef cattle medicine, herd health programs and consultation. Our mission is to provide continuing education, member support and leadership among various entities of the beef cattle industry. The AVC goal strives for optimum productivity of a safe, high-quality product.
Photo Cutline: Dale Grotelueschen, DVM, Veterinary Operations, Pfizer Animal Health presents Calvin Booker, DVM, M.Vet.Sc., of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, with the 2010 AVC Consultant of the Year at the Winter Conference in Denver, Colo., on Dec. 2. Photo taken by Geni Wren and courtesy of AVC.
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The latest version of Aspera's high-speed transfer platform and SDK for extreme datasets now available for enterprise and on demand deployments
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world's large data at maximum speed, today announced the immediate availability of the latest version of its core high-speed transfer products and SDK, for both on-premise and Aspera On Demand cloud-based subscription service.
These latest enterprise software and On Demand versions build upon fasp 3, the most universal and open core transport technology available today, with the following new capabilities:
- Extreme scalability - support for passing an arbitrarily large number of individual source items to an ascp transfer session, allowing all Aspera client and plugin products, ascp command line usage, and 3rd party SDK usage to pass even billions of unique individual files and directories to a fasp session for transfer.
- The ability to uniquely rename each source item at the destination and to secure the session with the Aspera token authorization independent of number of items.
- First ever high-speed direct-to-cloud transport now enhanced with fully integrated support for browsing and transfer with Aspera On Demand servers for Microsoft Azure and Azure Blob storage.
- Line-speed transfers of tiny files – multiple advanced features in the new a3 transfer binary, which allow for line speed transfers of even the smallest files through its new inline metadata transmission and multi-I/O architecture, and incorporating fast inline compression.
- Updated Windows runtime allowing for full compatibility with Windows 8 and future Windows environments.
The latest version of Aspera's popular high-speed Web browser plug-in now supports simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, and Spanish in addition to English. The transfer plug-in automatically sets the language based on your system's language settings and is fully compatible with the Connect 3.0 APIs for embedding fasp transport in modern web apps and all Aspera web applications including faspex™ and Shares.
A major new release of Aspera's SDK, version 3.1, is now available on the Aspera Developer Network, with many new features, enhancements, and sample code across the entire SDK product line:
- The faspmanager SDK for embedding Aspera fasp client and server capability in 3rd party applications has new Java and .NET versions that support all Aspera ascp options of the fasp 3 generation
- New and enhanced sample applications for Java and .NET documenting best practices and targeting distributions for all of the latest Visual Studio and .NET frameworks
- For the radical new Node API, multiple additional samples and documentation. The Node API provides secure and authenticated fasp session setup, authorization, and file browsing, across all storage types (local, SAN/NAS, or cloud) through a REST interface.
- A new consolidated web service API combining all Web services for fasp transfer management.
- The Aspera Stats Collector, a powerful service for querying transfer status across multiple Aspera transfer nodes including support for DNS round-robin server clusters.
- For secure token-based authorization, new token generation libraries for Java and .NET.
- Multiple new real world samples for pre and post transfer processing using web services and custom scripting for running custom actions before and after Aspera transfer sessions.
- The new faspex 3.0 automation API for creating and sending new packages, querying status, and discovering and downloading new items via the faspex REST API.
- Fully functioning Web application and multiple samples for using the Connect 3.1 JSON APIs including extensive JavaScript references and samples for using secure authorization and integrating high-speed transfers .
Availability – All 3.1 transfer software and SDK is now shipping and available via download from downloads.asperasoft.com. For more information visit www.asperasoft.com
About Aspera
Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world's data at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented fasp™ protocol, Aspera software fully utilizes existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file-transfer experience. Aspera's core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromising reliability. More than 1,800 organizations across a variety of industries on six continents rely on Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets. Please visit www.asperasoft.com and follow us on Twitter @asperasoft for more information.
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Emergency Food and Shelter Program
United Way of Central Minnesota facilitates the local board of the Emergency Food and Shelter program (EFSP) for Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne Counties. The local board, run by committed volunteers, reviews funding proposals for federal EFSP dollars and makes allocation recommendations to the national board. Local priority areas are emergency rent/mortgage and emergency shelters.
Benton, Stearns and Sherburne counties will receive $214,014 this year, a 35% increase from last year. The Emergency Food & Shelter Program National Board allocated an additional $102,072 in federal funding for Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These funds were allocated by the local EFSP board to local organizations experienced greater needs to emergency rent/mortgage and homeless shelters due to heightened levels of job loss.
Last year, the area board allocated $159,008 in funding to six organizations that provide direct assistance to people in need: The Housing Coalition of St. Cloud Area, The Salvation Army, Tri-County Action Program, Place of Hope, Anna Marie's Alliance and CAER Center in Elk River. These funds helped provide 113 low-income households with emergency rent/mortgage payments that helped people stay in their current housing. In addition, 7,527 nights of stay were provided at emergency shelters for men, women, and children.


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The Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, hosted an event in Parliament Buildings today to investigate payday lending and specifically, regulation of payday lending schemes.
Guests at the event included representatives from the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Citizens Advice, Advice NI, the Consumer Council, DETI's Consumer Affairs Branch, the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) and the Ulster Federation of Credit Unions (UFCU).
Committee Chairperson, Patsy McGlone MLA said, "The responsibility of the regulation of consumer credit is moving from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority when it replaces the FSA in the very near future. In light of this, the Committee is ensuring that the FSA is fully aware of the key issues with the current regulatory regime and that nothing is overlooked during the transition. This includes issues relating to irresponsible lending such as credit checks not being undertaken and high levels of interest on loans, which can often exceed 4,000% APR.
"I am delighted to have engaged with these key stakeholders to obtain their expert views on the issue and to discuss solutions; specifically their views on what needs to be put in place in future regulation to ensure that similar problems do not arise for consumers in the future."
The Chairperson concluded: "Payday lending schemes are becoming more and more popular and utilisation of such schemes is steadily increasing. As such, it is important that the appropriate regulations and levels of regulation are in place to protect the consumer; the Committee is keen to work with local stakeholders to ensure this outcome is achieved."
From L-R: Sinéad Campbell, Advice NI; Aodhan O'Donnell, Consumer Council; Robin Newton MLA, Committee Member; Patsy McGlone MLA, Chairperson of Committee; Steven Agnew MLA, Committee Member; Neil Dhot, FSA; Rachael Gray, Citizens Advice.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be the new regulator whose vision it is to make markets work well so consumers get a fair deal. The FCA will start work in 2013, when it will receive new powers from the Financial Services Bill that is currently going through parliament.
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I was originally born in Manchester and have worked in the Hotel industry for the last 25 years. In that time I have worked in a number of hotels and restaurants, which also included three years aboard HMV QE2 as a Grill Waiter. This position enabled me to gain invaluable experience and also to travel to some amazing destinations, as I was fortunate to be on-board for three full World Cruises. A safari in Mombasa, docking by Sydney Harbour Bridge and I still maintain Aruba has one of the best beaches in the world.
It was whilst on-board I met Alison, now my wife and after leaving the ship in 1995 we both worked for Jack De Sousa at the Bridgewater Hotel in Solihull.
In 1997 we both came to Rowton Castle and settled, just on the Welsh border where we live with our two children, Josh and Ella.
Our departments key role is over-seeing the smooth day-to-day running of all aspect's of the F+B service of the hotel, but most notably the many Weddings held here at Rowton, and during the 16 years I have worked here I still consider it a privilege to play a small part in what is, quite possibly one of the biggest day's of their lives.
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It's your chance to help tweak the plan for what Topeka and Shawnee County should look like in 20 or 25 years.
The draft plan created by the Heartland Visioning task force is almost ready for public critique. Once it's made available August 25th, visioning leaders want to know what you like, and what you want to see changed.
Heartland Visioning executive director William Beteta says it will much like the process used to create the draft, with community meetings being used to modify the present draft.
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text: <chuckle> Yeah-I can embroider, and I can couch-stitch quite nicely, I think. But please, do not ask me to hand-sew a straight seam. IT doesn't stay straight for long. <G> That is why I prefer a machine for my long seams. <G> I am a neat-seam freak! Good luck on your hunt! Roz -----Original Message----- From: Auna Oncay [mailto:indiauna at cox-internet.com] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 02:46 PM To: Historic Needlework Subject: RE: [HNW] Laurels, Beads, and the Nature of Knowledge That is true. As far as I am concerned when I judge if it sounds iffy then I question the parts that sound so. But things like beading or some of the more obscure embroidery (if there is such) and I know that there is not a lot of documentation out there then I judge on the quality of the research/documentation and the work itself. If I were to judge something like what you described, I would be so interested to see the documentation. I like to hand sew some but like for the project that I am about to start now on velvet I had much rather sew with a machine just so that I would feel secure that the project would not fall apart. But I will be trying my best for it to be done well with my hand sewing. I to am friends with the Laurel that walked away but she has been very helpful in guiding me to look in a different direction on some of my research that I never would have even thought of. The part of them opening something to look at the backs and the stitches drives me crazy...it is just a personal thing and I can prove that they had knots and other oopsies on the back as well. But anyway I will not go there. Good luck on your research. Auriana "So long as we love we serve; So long as we are loved by others, We are indispensable; And no man is useless while he has a friend." Unknown.


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News International is looking to promote the newest member in its fold in order that it keeps up and around 38% of the market share of tabloid and mid-range newspapers.
Rupert Murdoch wants The Sun on Sunday to hover around the 40% sales mark in the tabloid and mid-range Sunday newspaper market and will sanction a marketing campaign focusing on content rather than the brand.
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Twitter has roughly 200 million users making it the perfect platform to market your business but this isn't the only way to up your web presence via social media.
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At least one Russian movie critic was taken in by a pirated copy of the film The Iron Lady which has been marketed across the Russian Federation.
The film made about Margaret Thatcher's life including her stint as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has taken on a political slant in Russia following the promotion of a pirated copy.
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Duplicate Sites with Different Names?
With it being 2012 most people (and most businesses) are now socially active on a number of different networking sites. Most will be on Facebook or Twitter, but then the more savvy will also have a profile on Linkedin, Youtube, Foursquare and Google+.
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Britain has the largest internet economy of all the G20 countries.
A quarter of people in the UK would give up sex in order to maintain their internet connection, according to new research designed to show how much consumers value the web.
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DENVER (AP) - Ian Stewart hit two home runs, including a two-out, go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied past the San Diego Padres 10-8 on Friday
night for their fifth straight win.
Stewart's third career slam and fourth multihomer game gave him a career-best six RBIs and helped the second-place Rockies pull within two games of the NL West-leading Padres.
Continuing an offensive roll that has seen them generate at least 11 hits in eight consecutive games, the Rockies also got a two-run homer from Carlos Gonzalez.
Reliever Luke Gregerson (2-5) gave up the grand slam that gave the Rockies the lead.
Matt Belisle (4-3) allowed one run and one hit in the seventh for the victory. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
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Brainerd's Jabari Evans shoots over Howard's Antonio Smith Friday evening at Brainerd.
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A connoisseur kitchen w/ 48in Dacor range, stainless steel appliances, granite counter/& island w/bar. Pull-out custom cabinets. Sub-Zero built in refrigerated wine cellar. Reclaimed wood floors & travertine throughout. Master suite jetted spa tub w/ private exit. Too much to mention!
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Join us for our first annual FrankenFest 5K and Family Bash! The event will take place on Sunday, October 27th, 8 AM to 12 PM at Collison Field on Pumphouse Rd, Truxtun Park. A shotgun start to the race will be at 9 AM. All proceeds will benefit the Annapolis Boys and Girls Scholarship Trust and The Annapolis Recreation and Parks Scholarship Fund.
Together, we are improving the community one mile at a time!
The FrankenFest 5K will kick off at 8 AM from Collison Field. The course will take you through the backwoods paths of Truxtun Park and back around to the field where the Family Bash will ensue. Be prepared to escape creeping tree branches and the occasional spooky stump as a portion of the run will be on trails and will not be paved. Upon completion, healthy post-race sustenance and hydration will be provided to all participants.
We invite race spectators, family, friends and neighbors to enjoy the Family Bash and all its happenings. Help to cheer on our racers as they cross the finish line!
A donation of $10/ per person will be collected at the gate.
For those with monster appetites… Stan and Joe's Saloon will be on site serving up delicious delicacies and non-alcoholic beverages for purchase.
Strollers and pets welcome!
Family Bash Activities Include:
• DJ provided by Off The Hook Entertainment
• Zombie instructed Zumba!
• Corn hole
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• Pie in the face
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Early Bird Racer's – register by October 4th:
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Some busy reviewer may not be able to even click the link and decline the review request. A one-click decline link in e-mail would help better track reviewer status.
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These flavorful breaded and baked oysters, served with a zippy jalapeno mayonnaise, were created by Marie Rizzio of Interlochen, Michigan. "I entered this recipe in a seafood contest and took first place in the hors d'oeuvres category," Marie says. "They make an interesting appetizer for entertaining." —Marie Rizzio, Interlochen, Michigan
30 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 eggs
1 cup dry bread crumbs
2/3 cup grated Romano cheese
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 pint shucked oysters
2 cans (8 ounces
) whole oysters, drained
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
2 medium jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper. In another
shallow bowl, whisk eggs. In a third bowl, combine the bread crumbs,
cheese, parsley and garlic salt.
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Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen (about 2/3 cup jalapeno mayonnaise).
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Located in the heart of Del Mar at Flower Hill with Chef Matt Gordon at the helm, Sea & Smoke explores modern and fresh interpretations of American dishes that celebrate simplicity and wholesome integrity. Keeping true to Chef Matt's principles and commitment to healthful living, Sea & Smoke serves responsibly sourced meats, seafood and vegetables.
Inspired by the centrally located wood-fired oven, Sea & Smoke's menu features unique preparations of a variety of dishes – vegetables, meats and seafoods. A light and airy brasserie-style dining room and sprawling patio space offers an inviting experience for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The warmly lit, low-ceiling bar creates a charming ambiance, where drinks are served with modern twists of classic American cocktails.


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The Challenge
In most organizations, information is collected independently in silos. Different standards make this information subjective, inhibiting effective communication and coordination. A lack of transparency makes risk, performance and compliance information hard to discover, collect and maintain. Misalignment of stakeholder priorities to organizational goals makes it hard to know if the right risks are covered adequately. A holistic view of governance over risk, performance and compliance is required, not separate ad hoc activities.
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LogicManager enterprise risk management software makes it easy to identify your critical processes and resources. With LogicManager, all of your risk, goal, and compliance assessment information is in one place and linked together, through simple drag-and-drop exercises. The benefits are reduced costs and direct connection to performance management from the adoption of standards, reuse of information and collaboration across the enterprise. LogicManager will automatically discover from your assessments which risks, controls and business metrics drive your organization's strategic imperatives. LogicManager will also uncover upstream and downstream dependencies automatically. Redundant or overlapping activities are identified automatically in the same way. You'll see exactly where duplicated work can be eliminated. This is achieved using LogicManager's pre–built root cause library of best practice risk, compliance and balanced scorecard indicators. You can add to your library over time, as well as receive updates on emerging risks or new standards.
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To make effective ERM risk management techniques simple and practical, you need to take complex material, break it down, and make it accessible for anyone in your organization. First, LogicManager enables you to create a holistic profile for each critical resource in your enterprise, including vendors, IT applications, and physical assets. Next, LogicManager, through simple drag-and-drop, links these critical resources to the business processes they support. The result is the identification of critical business processes based on score that includes these key supply chain and infrastructure dependencies. Through easy–to–use wizards, LogicManager engages process owners to assess their key risks, goals, and standards within their processes, without the requirement for training. Standardized scoring criteria ensures results are comparable and repeatable across the enterprise. LogicManager's robust analysis tools–including voting, weighting of factors, and what–if scenarios–help managers understand the value of the information collected.


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Why Race is Important
I assume that race has been and is the variable that matters
most in the United States. A view predicated on the belief
that race is perhaps the most visible of all cultural differences
and on America's history of racial segregation and racism.
In addition, race has been and continues to be the ultimate
measure of social exclusion and inclusion, because it is a
visible factor that historically and currently determines
the rules and bounds of social and cultural interaction When
race, in North America, is used as a social classification
system, physical characteristics of different human groups
are believed to reflect emotional, cognitive, psychological,
intellectual, and moral qualities. The qualities, both external
and internal, are presumed to be inheritable unlike ethnicity
or culture which are fluid and flexible and subject to change.
Strongly infused with the notion of race is the conviction
and unsupported belief that nature or God has made racial
differences as fixed and unalterable. The differences between
racial groups could never be bridged or transcended. So the
idea goes.
Race is defined as a sociopolitical designation in which
individuals are assigned to a particular racial group based
on presumed biological or visible characteristics such as
skin color, physical features, and in some cases, language.
For example, Hispanic is a sociopolitical racial category
assigned to a group of people who share a language and some
common cultural and historical elements. In fact, Hispanics
vary in terms of skin color and physical features, and therefore
do not constitute a distinct racial group on the basis of
visible characteristics alone. Nevertheless, White people
are designated White non-Hispanic to separate the groups.
For historically disenfranchised Americans, including Blacks,
American Indians, Asia Americans, and people of Latin descent,
racial classification is thought to reflect individual members'
and the group's psychological social status. The reader
would be careful not to confuse genetics or biology with race
as noted by many scholars.
As one scholar writes "it [Race] was the cultural invention
of arbitrary meaning applied to what appeared to be natural
divisions within the human species. The meanings has social
value but no intrinsic relationship to the biological diversity
itself. Race has a reality created in the human mind, not
a reflection of objective truths. It was fabricated as an
existential reality out of a combination of recognizable physical
differences and some incontrovertible social facts: the conquest
of indigenous peoples, their domination and exploitation,
and the importation of a vulnerable and controllable population
from Africa to service the insatiable greed of some European
entrepreneurs. The physical differences were a major tool
by which the dominant whites constructed and maintained social
barriers and economic inequalities: that is they consciously
sought to create social stratification based on visible differences.
(Smedley, 1993, p. 22)
Racial Socialization and racial identity
In this country, racial segregation has been the norm, and
as communities and families serve as powerful socializing
forces, race is an integral component of our socialization
experiences. Who we see and do not see on a day-to-day basis,
the roles we see people assume, and importantly, how people
from particular racial groups appear and are treated in comparison
to others communicates powerful and lasting messages about
who we are and are not.
Racial socialization can inspire self-pride among racial group
members and help equip them with strategies to cope with the
forces hostile to their physical and mental well being. In
the private lives of Americans, socio-racial forces have the
potential to constrain individual self-expression for persons
of certain racial groups and to falsely inflate feelings of
self-worth in others. For all racial beings, racial socialization
can lead to the experiencing of conflict as well as the outcomes
that arise from having to reckon with a painful reality of
racial oppression. Instructive to an awareness of self is
an understanding of race's meaning in one's life. Racial
socializattion provides daily unstated rules and guidelins
about how to interact with others in one's own racial
group and not in one's racial group.
Through racial socialization, individuals are imbued with
messages that determine the appropriateness of inappropriateness
of their roles as racial beings. Racial socialization intersects
with other socializing forces, such as social class, gender,
and ethnicity. In addition, religiosity, maturational factors,
skin color, and the quality of relationships one has with
those of similar and different races contribute to differences
in how people experience race and to their development of
internalized views of who they are as racial beings. Race
socialization is also influenced by the racial themes of one's
generation. The range and compexity of racial influences and
forces make the experience of race deeply contextualized and
not readily recognized or even acknowledged. Remarkably, emerging
from these contextualized experiences in race is a pattern
of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that form the basis of
racial identity, that is, how people view themselves
and the world through racialized lenses.


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State Farm Insurance Gives WiSE Generous Donation
State Farm's Regional Office donated a generous sum of $25,000 to the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (WiSE) on Saturday, February 25, at the 2012 Severe Weather Awareness Day at Lubbock's Science Spectrum. The event is focused on raising awareness of severe weather events.
The financial support will be used to assist in making valuable scientific measurements from thunderstorms and hurricanes, as well as supporting outreach activities and the development of WiSE graduate students.
(Above photo L-R): Dr. Brian Ancell, Assistant Professor in ATMO, stands with our State Farm representative whilst Rich Kruper III, WiSE Ph.D. student, stands by.


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August 4, 2010
Family-owned Minnesota Coaches, a school bus and motorcoach operator, welcomed its first Volvo 9700 in June, with a second one scheduled for delivery soon. The new additions to the company's fleet of 13 Prevost H Series XL2 and X3-45 coaches mark its first foray into Volvo ownership.
Affordability and fuel efficiency were key factors in Minnesota Coaches' purchase decision, according to Joe Krois, head of motor coach operations for the company. "The 9700 is rated at eight mpg. Over 750,000 miles at current fuel prices, that works out to around $100,000 less in fuel costs. Even with variations due to real-life driving conditions, that's a pretty convincing argument," he said.
Other features that also attracted Minnesota Coaches' attention, included extensive on-board amenities, excellent passenger visibility, and full three-point seat belts - a plus for the school and college market given growing safety concerns among school boards and lawmakers, according to Krois.
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As they prepared for graduation, the Class of 2011 generously began a new tradition for Marymount University. The students on this year's Senior Class Gift Committee challenged their classmates to raise funds to create scholarships for incoming freshmen, dubbing the initiative "Pay it Forward."
More than a third of the graduating class contributed to the campaign, surpassing the established dollar goal by 32%. Their generosity will provide scholarships for six members of Marymount's Class of 2015.
A committee of rising seniors has already met to discuss next year's Senior Class Gift effort; they are looking forward to helping to "Pay it Forward" for the Class of 2016.


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News from the Center of the WorldCompassion interviews Padre Ciro Benedettini, C.P. who serves as Deputy Director of the Vatican Press Office.
Would you please give us some information about an ordinary workday at the Vatican Press Office — or is everyday extraordinary?
Deputy Director of the Vatican Press Office
I reach the office shortly after 8 o'clock, and the staff dealing with the press review updates me on any important news from the night before. As soon as the Director arrives, we examine any relevant news together and the daily schedule. I oversee any briefings and pools of journalists who take part in Vatican events, check the midday bulletin with the Papal appointments, receive the staff, and meet any journalists, guests, or diplomats.
At 11.30 a.m., we often have a press conference. At 2.00 p.m. the phone starts to ring with calls from the other side of the globe. Later in the afternoon, I go back home for lunch, but I stay available by mobile phone 24 hours a day. Unexpected events can potentially make any day extraordinary. Anything is enough to create an emergency, even a sentence said by the Pope in an ordinary speech. Then we need to explain, clarify, correct, by voice or by email, sometimes with a press release.
What are some of the most moving events which you have covered in your fourteen years with this Vatican department?
Without doubt, that would be the events that followed the sickness and death of John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI.
The day of the funeral (perhaps the greatest media event in Church history) we had 6,600 media operators accredited. The journalists, some in tears, came to us with their condolences, as if we were the Pope's relatives.
I was moved by the faith of the people of Rome, who welcomed the new Pope, Benedict XVI, with joy, trust and enthusiasm. Two other events come to mind. On the "Day of Forgiveness" (March 12, 2000), the Church asked forgiveness from God and humankind for all the wrongs done by Christians in the past and present. I treasure the memory of the pleading eyes of Pope John Paul II when he was looking at the Crucifix. It seemed that all the sins of the Church were on his shoulders.
On May 7, 2000 at the Colosseum, the Church celebrated the day of the witnesses of faith, revealing an aspect of cruelty that ran through the 20th century, the one with the highest number of Christian martyrs, more than in all previous nineteen centuries together.
When have you traveled with Pope Benedict XVI on his journeys and what impresses you about these events?
As Deputy Director, I accompany the Holy Father on his journeys through Italy. Abroad, I followed John Paul II to Cuba and Nigeria. John Paul II had an enormous charisma in addressing the crowds. I remember his homily at Havana on January 25, 1998 in Revolution Square (until then reserved to the celebrations of the Communist Party.) One million people listened to the Pope, with Fidel Castro in the front row. The homily became a dialogue between the Pope and the crowd, who acted as one person, repeating with one voice the words "freedom" and "Cuba libre," every time these words were uttered by the Pope.
But every journey of the Pope stirs enthusiasm. I am always surprised by the people's attention to the words of Benedict XVI, which are always challenging. People desperately seek values, meaning, and sure spiritual guidance. The Pope is a leader who inspires hope, courage, and commitment.
Next: "the power of the Cross in action"
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Dealplumber: a community-driven bargain site
As the first post in the dealplumber blog states, one of their main goals is to act as a unifying location for all deals on the web, instead of leaving the job to what they feel (and I agree) is a segmented toolbox of sites that don't seem to communicate or cooperate with each other, which ends in a lose-lose situation for everyone.
Being that they went public just this past Monday, I think they're already off to a great start. A click on their 'latest coupons' section gives me a list comprised of a laptop rebate, a Dreamhost discount, a deal on Adidas shoes and even an AVON bargain. I honestly never thought I'd see beauty product discounts next to rock-bottom RAM deals. Still, during my initial signup and browsing through the site, I find myself wishing for a couple of features, specifically: RSS feeds for all tags, as well as a more concrete system that tells the shopper who a deal is offered by. But hey: they can't reveal their entire hand this early in the game, right?
Like I said though: all things considered, dealplumber is off to a rockin' start, and they have already earned themselves a place at the top of my list of shopping sites. It'll be interesting to see how this social-bargain site evolves in the months to come.