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"If you've grown up watching Westerns, you might think you know the whole story of the Wild West.
But a visit to Cochise County's Tombstone, a real town where Wyatt Earp lived and worked, will show you there's more to the story than the 30 seconds of bullet-flying action portrayed in the movies.
Get to know Tombstone and surrounding Cochise County, where the action of the Wild West lives on in the shoot 'em up, round 'em up and pony it up events of Southeastern Arizona.
Shoot 'Em Up: Cochise County Tough Guys
Every day actors and historians reenact the events of October 26, 1881, when Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday met the Clantons and McLaurys at the O.K. Corral.
It didn't turn out so well for the Clantons or McLaurys, but the Earp and Holliday names are now etched in Western history. In many ways, however, the truth of that day is a mystery.
Movie depictions show a bright, sunny scene, but it actually snowed that day. The staff at the O.K. Corral can tell you more facts to help you understand the full story.
Visit Tombstone Courthouse State Historical Park for insight into what the town was like leading up to the event. You'll soon see what has made Tombstone the "Town Too Tough to Die."
Speaking of too tough, the name John Slaughter may not mean a lot to you, but dig a little in to history, and you'll find a successful cattle rancher who became Cochise County sheriff in 1886.
Though diminutive in size, he was tough-as-nails. He cleaned up the county, meting swift justice to outlaws who dared break laws on his turf.
The museum at his ranch, which includes his house and restored structures, is dedicated to his story. East of Douglas, the ranch is a tranquil spot within the San Bernardino Wildlife Refuge perfect for an afternoon picnic and a stroll through Slaughter's homestead.
Pony Up: The Butterfield Overland Stage
Western expansion meant communication challenges. John Butterfield formed his Butterfield Overland Stage Company to negotiate treacherous Indian territories and get word from the East to the West.
Though it only ran for two years, the stage carried important news from relatives to the pioneers of the Western frontier.
The city of Benson remembers those days every October when it re-creates a Pony Express ride. The post office also creates an official Pony Express cancellation stamp so visitors can still send letters via Pony Express and have the cancellation stamp to prove it.
Another one of the Butterfield Stage stops, just east of Willcox near Fort Bowie, was the site of the Bascom Affair, an explosive incident involving the great leader, Cochise.
Falsely accused of kidnapping a child, Cochise was deceived by George Bascom, an inexperienced lieutenant. Bascom "invited" Cochise to talk inside his tent, which his fellow troops surrounded, waiting to pounce.
Cochise realized the trap and made a daring escape. This affair set the stage for a decade of Indian Wars in the West. You can learn more about these incidents at Fort Bowie National Historic Site.
The Indian Wars and other expansion of the West brought Buffalo Soldiers to the area, with Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista as their base. You can learn more about the all-black regiments who fought battles in Sierra Vista's Fort Huachuca Historical Museum.
Note: Fort Huachuca is an active military installation. Visitor passes are available at the front gate for US citizens with a valid driver's license, vehicle registration and proof of vehicle insurance (or rental agreement). All passengers 13 and older must also have photo IDs. International visitors are not permitted access unless they are sponsored and escorted by authorized personnel.
Round 'Em Up: Guest Ranches
If you're a hands-on person with a yen to experience the West for yourself, saddle up for a horseback-riding adventure at one of Cochise County's guest ranches.
Grapevine Canyon Ranch, Price Canyon Ranch and the new Apache Spirit Ranch offer horseback riding for their overnight guests. All three ranches give even the most "citified" rider lessons to make horseback riding an adventure you won't soon forget.
Grapevine Canyon will even give return guests the opportunity to help in one of their cattle round-ups. Enjoy excursions, ranch life and trail rides within the county's basin-and-range landscape.
Ghost Towns, Mining Tours & Military History
As the US expanded, towns sprang up, responding to the mining boom that brought so many prospectors to the West. Today, many of those towns are mere shells, with only foundations and adobe walls as evidence of their existence.
Two ghost towns that will give you a sense as to how populated the Western landscape was in those hardscrabble days are Fairbank and Gleeson.
Fairbank was built along the San Pedro River as a transportation hub and supplies depot close to Tombstone.
Its schoolhouse has been restored as a visitor center and bookstore. From fall through spring they hold monthly weekend events called "Fairbank Days" that feature hikes, reenactment of the Fairbank Train Robbery and other activities.
The owners of Gleeson's restored jailhouse hold monthly open-house events for visitors. You can imagine life in the once-bustling communities that ebbed when the mines in Tombstone flooded.
You can request a free vacation guide to help you explore all the history and adventure possible in the towns of Bisbee, Benson, Douglas, Sierra Vista, Tombstone and Willcox.
Start your visit to Cochise County's Wild West at our website, www.explorecochise.com.
(Brought to you by the Cochise County Tourism Council.)


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Offshore wind presents one of the country's most significant renewable energy resources, with a near-term potential to transform the Atlantic states' energy portfolio, create an entirely new clean energy industry sector, meet aggressive state renewable energy policy goals, and reduce carbon emissions at a significant scale. Offshore wind is a very large resource, is adjacent to major U.S. load centers (reducing transmission investment costs), can be deployed now, appears to pose minimal environmental risk, and has great potential for achieving cost reductions in a reasonable timeframe to achieve competitiveness with other energy resources.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pursuing a national work plan to deploy 10 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2020 and 54 GW by 2030. Development at this scale and timeframe would generate investments for significant manufacturing and project deployment, while displacing substantial fossil fuel generation.
Despite this vast potential, the progress on offshore wind development in the U.S. has been slow so far. While developers propose projects in states from North Carolina to Maine, siting difficulties, a lack of market demand due to initial high costs, and uncertainties in tax policy and financing have reduced deployment progress. As a result, the U.S. has not yet developed a robust infrastructure and supply chain for offshore wind, which in turn keeps cost high.
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Supporting Cooperation and Leadership between States, Federal Agencies, Industry, Local Communities, and Environmental Organizations to Advance Responsible Offshore Wind Development
The country is at a crossroads. While offshore wind presents a huge opportunity for environmental and economic progress, complex issues remain that require greater levels of state, federal, and private sector coordination and cooperation. To seize this opportunity, the Clean Energy States Alliance and Clean Energy Group, with support by leading private foundations, is assisting state and federal officials, industry representatives, and non-governmental organizations, to tackle the major barriers to offshore wind development through greater, focused collaboration, cooperation, and partnerships in an accelerated timeframe.
The objectives of the stakeholder initiative are to:
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NBC at the TCAs: new comedies, no 'Office' spin-off, DWTS diss
Press Tour is alive and well in Pasadena, and NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt and reality head Paul Telegdy took the stage alongside programming president Jennifer Salke, taking questions earlier today about the success of the network's fall season, breaking a nine-year sweeps losing streak. While much was learned of NBC's strategy for the next three months, in which the two series responsible for the network's huge autumn numbers, The Voice and Revolution, will be on the shelf, the big takeaway is that NBC is supremely confident.
Hell, they're bordering on cocky.
In response to Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly's recent assertion that "a lot of us have our head up our asses," Greenblatt went on the offensive. "That may be true of other places," the NBC entertainment chairman said. "I can guarantee you, we don't have our heads up our asses." He would go on to say, "I think last year I came right out and admitted that we'd had a bad fall." Given the failures of series like Free Agents, Prime Suspect, and The Playboy Club, he sure isn't kidding. However, Greenblatt remained optimistic. "Well, I'm not saying that this year."
Greenblatt has every right to boast. NBC finished first this fall in the key adults 18-49 demographic, touting a 24 percent improvement in a demo where all other major networks dropped. "…CBS is down 13 percent, ABC is down 4 percent and Fox is down 23 percent. We all know CBS still beats us among total viewers, but we're now a clear No. 2. We were a distant fourth a year ago."
However, Greenblatt acknowledged the risk in taking the two biggest shows of the fall off the air until March. He claimed that pairing Revolution with The Voice as a lead-in, and keeping it on the shelf for three months instead of parsing out the remaining episodes over the course of five months was "the safer play". It also helps that Revolution won't be left to wallow alone on Monday nights with the mammoth lead-in The Voice provides.
In keeping with their offensive against other networks, the trio called out ABC's Dancing With the Stars, which underperformed in the ratings to a degree not yet seen by the series, despite touting a fan favorite-studded "all stars" edition. "I was baffled why they went the all-star route on Dancing, most of the producers were, as well," said Telegdy. "That's a show where you're seeing someone who allegedly can't dance at the start of the show and whose performance improves over many weeks. That story seems to be removed from the all?star iteration."
Of course, this hasn't stopped NBC from launching an All-Star Celebrity Apprentice for on Sunday, March 3 at 9:00 p.m., with Marilu Henner, Trace Adkins, Stephen Baldwin, Omarosa, Gary Busey, Lil Jon and Lisa Rinna, among others. But I can't really blame NBC for going back to that well.
Other news and notes from press tour:
-Salke denied reports that writer/director David Lynch would be rebooting "Twin Peaks" on the Peacock network. "It sounds like an interesting idea," she said, "but we have not gotten a call."
-The reason NBC abandoned plans for an "Office" spin-off with Dwight Schrute? Greenblatt argued that it felt "like it was a move into an even more narrow — but probably beloved — world, instead of trying to stay loyal to the brand…". In addition, Greenblatt added that he doesn't expect Steve Carell back for "The Office" finale, given his satisfaction with his original exit.
-Concerning the forthcoming Michael J. Fox family sitcom launching this fall (and over which several networks engaged in a bidding war), Fox's real-life affliction with Parkinson's Disease will be integrated into the series, as Fox will play a newsman struggling with the illness. "The story of the pilot is actually him coming back into a seat at the [newscast] … and the family rallying around him," said Salke. "He approaches his life and his work with a lot of irreverence and he laughs at himself and his kids joke about him."
-NBC is intending to launch their aptly-titled Hannibal Lecter prequel series Hannibal in late spring/early summer, while the network is also eyeing a fall premiere for the Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starring Dracula. He's still Henry VIII to me, sorry. (This is not a bad thing, however)
-The network has given a 13-episode order to Camp, from Liz Heldens and Peter Elkoff of NBC's upcoming "Deception". The project is described as a "sly new drama series." It begins production in March, shooting in Australia even though, ostensibly, the series will have nothing to do with the country. The network is eyeing a summer premiere date, which will likely fit with the mood of the series, which NBC compares to films like "Meatballs" and "Dazed and Confused". The series revolves around the happenings at Little Hawk Family Camp, where "parents decompress with gin while teenagers make gleeful mischief and fall in and out of love."
Salke enthusiastically endorsed the project, stating, "In our desire to make summer an exciting place at NBC along with our signature unscripted shows like 'America's Got Talent,' 'The Voice' and 'American Ninja Warrior,' we developed a scripted dramedy we love with BermanBraun that has rich and dysfunctional characters in that great setting where millions of families and young people go each summer: camp. Most of us have had great experiences at camp, and this show — created by two of our favorite producers, Liz Heldens (creator of 'Deception') and Peter Elkoff (co-executive producer of 'Deception') — is sophisticated, funny, and emotional, and we think it will be the ideal summer series for us." Via: HitFix
NBC, Greenblatt in particular, seem to recognize that they won't be number one forever. From this standpoint, they've adopted a pretty rigorous strategy to retain as much of their audience as possible, while rolling out new series to snag whatever audiences are up-for-grabs. We'll see, soon enough, if the strategy works.


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11.6.10 | Cross Country
Wildcat runners capture HAAC women's title
Led by freshman Lauren Jaqua, Baker University placed seven runners in the top 20 and captured the Heart of America Athletic Conference women's cross country championship on Saturday at the Baldwin City Golf Course. With the team title, the Wildcats qualified for the NAIA national meet on Nov. 20 in Vancouver, Wash.
11.4.10 | Cross Country
Cross Country teams set to host HAAC Championships on Saturday
As the 2010 Heart of America Athletic Conference cross country meet approaches, the outcome of the race for individual titles and team titles looks to be up in the air. Many new runners have joined the scene, making the meet even more interesting.
10.24.10 | Cross Country
Cross country teams have strong showing at NAIA Mid-States
WINFIELD, Kan. - The Baker cross country teams ended the regular season on Saturday at the NAIA Mid-States Classic. The women's team finished third out of 23 teams and the men came in fifth out of 20 squads.
10.16.10 | Women's Cross Country
Jaqua leads Baker women at Fort Hays State
HAYS, Kan. – The Baker women didn't miss a beat after having a week off from competition. The Wildcats finished in sixth-place behind five NCAA squads this past weekend.
9.26.10 | Women's Cross Country
Baker women take fourth at OSU Jamboree, men take eighth
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Baker University cross country program turned in another successful weekend at the OSU Jamboree this past weekend. The Baker women took fourth-place out of 30 teams, the men took eighth-place out of 23 teams.
9.22.10 | Women's Cross Country
Freshman Lauren Jaqua named HAAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Freshman Lauren Jaqua was named HAAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.
Jaqua, a freshman out of Lansing, Kan., led the Baker women at the Southern Stampede with a time of 18:56 in the women's 5k race to finish 46th out of 302 runners.
Additionally, the Baker women's cross country team received 93 votes in the latest NAIA Top 25 poll, good enough for 26th nationally.
The Wildcats will be back in action on Sept. 25th when they travel to Stillwater, Okla., to participate in the OSU Jamboree.
9.19.10 | Cross Country
Baker men take 19th, women 13th at Southern Stampede
JOPLIN, Mo. – The Wildcats traveled to Joplin, Mo., this past weekend where they participated in the Southern Stampede at Missouri Southern University.
9.4.10 | Cross Country
Baker men and women take third-place at Maple Leaf Invitational
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – The Baker University women's cross country team took third-place Saturday afternoon at the Maple Leaf Invitational. Freshman Lauren Jaqua led the Baker women with a time of 15:35.80, good for seventh-place overall in the women's 4k run.


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Dollars and Sense: Market high, M&A up, earnings strong, and employment brightens
SOTU fails to stir. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has for the past couple of weeks settled above the technical and psychological resistance level of 14,000 and is now at its highest point since 2007. The Nasdaq, at 3,100, is at a 12-year high. The State of the Union address failed to scare the markets, not even the president's talk about raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 per hour. There are at least three reasons the president's proposal is a non-starter. First, lots of people believe raising the minimum wage will cost jobs, especially low-wage, low-skilled jobs, and that's where the economy is hurting the most. Secondly, and to prove the first reason, about a dozen states already have the minimum wage at or close to $9 per hour, and most of those states have high unemployment. So because of reasons one and two, there's simply not enough support in Congress for it. And that's reason number three.
M&A heats up. So the minimum wage is not going up any time soon, but one development we did see this week is increased activity on the merger and acquisition front. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it would buy food company Heinz, but the merger that got the most attention was the one between US Airways and American Airlines. US Airway's CEO Doug Parker will lead the combined entity, which will be the world's largest airline and will retain the American name. The Heinz acquisition is actually a much bigger deal. The airline merger is worth about $11 billion, but the Heinz deal is worth more than double that. These deals reiterate something we talked about a couple of weeks ago: Capital is moving off the sidelines and back into the game. If this trend continues, it will create many more jobs and much more wealth than anything the president proposed during his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Earnings finale. According to the latest Thomson Reuters data, of the 353 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported results, 70.3 percent have exceeded analysts' expectations. Analysts are usually pretty conservative, so companies exceed analyst expectations more often than not, but this 70.3 percent number has been a positive surprise, and that's one reason the markets have been up since the first of the year.
Jobs momentum continues. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits continued to fall. This week the Labor Department announced that first-time unemployment claims fell 27,000 last week to 341,000. Most analysts say that a level below 350,000 is consistent with steady job growth. California continues to be a trouble spot, though. Claims there were up 11,784. North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Michigan were the bright spots in this week's report.


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Alex da Kid sits down inside of a dining area at Los Angeles, California's House of Blues and appears to be relieved. When asked how he feels during this year's Grammy weekend, he says he's been a bit "tired," but it's only because it's been a busy one for the Kid.
"Imagine Dragons are performing with Kendrick so there have been a lot of rehearsals," Alex da Kid says, wearing a T-shirt with Bill Murray's portrait on it. "We've been rehearsing for months now. We've been doing a lot of technical things with the rehearsals and stuff. On top of that, we've been going to some of the parties and some of the meetings. It's been exhausting, but it's good. It's fun."
At least part of that fun, as he mentions, comes from his work with Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar, a pairing that may seem unlikely to some. For Alex da Kid, this is actually a collaborative performance that is "perfect."
"I think it's a perfect collaboration," Alex da Kid says in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. "They're both really representing the new school...a new form of music that I'm excited about. Kendrick is obviously like the new guy in Rap who is killin' it right now. We're like the new guys of Rock. I think it sums up where music is going. Kendrick is so eclectic with how he writes and what beats he picks that it's just effortless when they get together. He has no problem rhyming over Rock. The same goes for Imagine Dragons. My goal when I started them was to mix Hip Hop and Rock together. They both [represent] where music is going."
Alex da Kid Says Imagine Dragons Members Love Hip Hop
The mix of Rap and Rock at this year's Grammys is one that comes natural for Imagine Dragons, Alex da Kid says.
"It's real for the guys," he says to HipHopDX. "I never want to do anything that doesn't feel real. The lead singer, Dan [Reynolds], grew up on Eminem. They really love Hip Hop. They just happen to be Rock musicians. In the old days, I feel things were more segregated, but now, people listen to everything. You could listen to Kings of Leon and Wu-Tang [Clan]. That's what people do and I love that."
Alex da Kid sat at the House of Blues for this interview as part of BMI's How I Wrote That Song event, where the producer shared several stories behind many of his hits, including Eminem's Rihanna-assisted "Love The Way You Lie." During the session, which can be explored further here, Alex spoke about how Diddy's Dirty Money track "Coming Home" was originally meant for T.I. and how Jay Z wrote Diddy's verses for the selection.
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Debt settlement company Debt Relief USA has filed bankruptcy in Texas following recent investigations and suits by the attorney general of several states. The bankruptcy petition can be viewed here and shows the ownership of Debt Relief USA to be Kelly E. Reilly, Alvin B. Bell, and James F. Wojcik. What will be significantly up in the air is going ... Read More »
Illinois Attorney General Sues Two Debt Settlement Firms
Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Acting Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Michael T. McRaith warned consumers facing significant credit card debt about the risks of debt settlement offers as she announced two lawsuits filed against debt settlement firms. Attorney General Madigan s lawsuits allege that these companies engage in deceptive marketing practices, charge excessive ... Read More »
Debt Relief USA Ordered Out of Georgia and Must Pay Over Half a Million in Refunds and Fines
Joe Doyle, Administrator of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA), announced that the agency has entered into a settlement with Debt Relief USA, Inc., a debt adjustment company, over allegations that it violated Georgia's Debt Adjustment Act. The company agreed to refund all fees it has received from its Georgia clients, a total of $527,205.55, reimburse OCA for administrative ... Read More »


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If you want to Cry,
If you want to know your NOT alone,
If you want your STRESS explained,
If you want to know your HUMAN!
THAN this is the book for you!
I have a passion for writing, it SO soothes the soul, well mine anyway! I am a self proclaimed self-help guru who very rarely follows her own advice. I am a single mother of 2 beautiful, nearly grown daughters as well as raising a son who will is nearly 3 years old. I am extremely proud of my life, my independence, who I have become over the past few years and would {really} like to know where "she" has been hiding up to this point in my life. I guess that is why the writing will speak for itself. anything else? I think I have said enough =)
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Swine flu spreads in world; Mexico opens schools
MEXICO CITY Mexico welcomed millions of children back to school Monday with masks, thermometers and globs of hand sanitizer, as scientists estimated the new strain of swine flu could have sickened 23,000 people before anyone realized it was an epidemic.
At least 61 people have been killed by swine flu around the world, and the World Health Organization has confirmed 4,800 cases, including the first in mainland China. China scrambled Monday to find and quarantine more than 200 people on the infected man's flight from the U.S., though the University of Missouri campus where he had been studying planned no special precautions.
A study published Monday in the journal Science estimated Mexico alone may have had 23,000 cases by April 23, the day it announced the epidemic. The study estimates swine flu kills between 0.4 percent and 1.4 percent of its victims, but lead author Neil Ferguson of Imperial College, London, said the data remain incomplete.
"It's very difficult to quantify the human health impact at this stage," he said.
The reopening of kindergartens and primary and middle schools shut since April 24 was the latest step in Mexico's efforts to restore a sense of normality. Businesses, government services, high schools and universities reopened last week.
But six of Mexico's 31 states put off reopening schools for a week because of local rises in the number of cases, and a seventh ordered a one-day delay.
In Mexico City, children lined up outside the Ignacio L. Vallarta public elementary school so teachers could check students for flu symptoms. Some parents worried schools were opening too soon, but many were also relieved after spending two weeks trying to entertain bored children. Officials said any students with symptoms would be sent home.
"It's good that schools are reopening. Our children were getting lazy," said Eugenia Martinez as her 8-year-old son, Edgar, ran around in a white mask and Power Rangers T-shirt. "I think everything is under control."
The federal Education Department said Monday that all 250,000 schools – except some 30,000 in states that did not reopen Monday – had been cleaned and disinfected as 25 million children prepared to return to class.
"It's very important for families to know that the disease is curable; we have enough medicine to treat any cases that arise," Education Secretary Alonso Lujambio Irazabal said. "As soon as we suspect we have a case we are going to offer antivirals to that person, that teacher, that student."
Mexico also is trying to revive its economy after the epidemic pummeled tourism, the country's third-largest source of legal foreign income. Mexico provided details Monday of a 14 billion peso ($1.1 billion) package to help restaurants, hotels and other businesses.
At least 10 commercial banks are involved in the plan, promising three-month reprieves for small businesses with outstanding loans in Mexico City and two hard-hit states. Small businesses in beach resorts and other tourist destinations were promised a six-month grace period.
"We are not looking for magical or spectacular solutions – which would be illusory – only that businesses have the liquidity need to recover from this emergency," Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens said. "Mexico is facing a very complicated year that combines a flu outbreak with one of the most severe global recessions in the last 60 years."
Later in the day, Tourism Secretary Rodolfo Elizondo said the government would launch a 1.2 billion peso ($90 million) publicity campaign this week urging Mexicans to take vacations in their own country.
Noting several nations have issued travel warnings or restricted airline flights to Mexico, Elizondo said that for now trying to promote trips to Mexico by foreigners "would be like throwing money away." He said occupancy rates at Mexico's top beach resorts are averaging between 15 percent and 23 percent.


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In Memory of
Dorothy E. Simon
April 14, 1917 - July 10, 2013
Dorothy E. Simon, age 96, of Sheboygan, passed away Wednesday morning, July 10, 2013.
Dorothy was born April 14, 1917 in Madison, WI to Harry and Meta (Manthey) Simon. She attended grade school and high school in Baraboo, WI and was a graduate of Platteville Teachers College with a degree in Elementary Education, Class of 1939.
In September of 1939 she began her teaching career in Sheboygan at South Side Junior High School (now Farnsworth Middle School) teaching third grade. She later taught at Wilson Elementary School, retiring in 1980 after forty-one years of teaching. Her graduate work was done at Milwaukee State Teachers' College and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Through her life, she was deeply involved in her church, First United Lutheran, as a faithful worshiper, generous giver, weekday church school teacher, Senior Citizen group member, and a church office helper.
In addition, she was a member of Sheboygan Women's Club, Maywood –Ellwood H. May Environmental Park, Sheboygan County Audubon Society, Sheboygan Camera Club, Sheboygan County Retired Teachers' Association, and a life member of the Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association.
Dorothy (Dottie) had many varied interests. She was an avid lover of nature. She enjoyed gardening, bird-watching, biking, hiking and traveling, especially to the Teton Mountains in Wyoming. She was also the recipient of numerous awards for her photography.
She is survived by special friends, the Rocca and Clark families of Iowa, the Jeffrey Brunner family of Greenfield, Wisconsin, good neighbors and many other friends in the Sheboygan area and beyond.
Funeral services for Dorothy will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at First United Lutheran Church, 2401 Kohler Memorial Drive, Sheboygan. Pastor Todd Smith will be officiating. A time of visitation and support will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Entombment will follow at Garden Terrace Mausoleum.
A memorial fund has been established in her name for First United Lutheran Church.
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Apple Giving Away Free Snow Leopard to MobileMe Users
Apple's offering a free upgrade to Snow Leopard to any MobileMe users who are a little out of date.
Since MobileMe, Apple's subscription-based set of online services, is being discontinued by June of this year in favor of iCloud, Apple's offering a new deal for MobileMe subscribers. As iCloud is only supported in Snow Leopard and Lion, Apple is offering all current MobileMe subscribers a free hard copy of Snow Leopard.
If, for some reason, you still haven't upgraded to Snow Leopard yet and you've been using MobileMe before subscriptions closed last year, now's the perfect chance for you to save $29. This also means that you'll be able to update to Lion for half the price, as Lion's upgrade requires a download from the App Store, which only Snow Leopard is equipped to do.
So, if you still hold a MobileMe account and you're rocking Leopard (or something older), here's the chance to get caught up half a decade of OS upgrades for cheap.
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Photo Gallery: Weezer In Ski Masks
Wearing all white and ski masks, Weezer rocked the San Jose Event Center on October 13 with favorites "Undone – The Sweater Song," "Island in the Sun" and a few from their new release, Red Album including "Pork and Beans." Canadian indie rockers Tokyo Police Club opened.
Photo Gallery: Santogold at the Fillmore
Brooklyn-based, genre-bending Santogold performed to a sold out crowd at the Fillmore on October 7th. Mates of State, Alice Smith and Low v. Diamond opened. Check out the photos below:
David Byrne at Davies Symphony Hall
David Byrne rocked Davies Symphony Hall on Tuesday night, playing from his recent release with Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Check out the photos below.
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Gin Wigmore Performs at 330 Ritch
Gin Wigmore performed at 330 Ritch on Tuesday. Check out photos below.
Talib Kweli Photos from Hip Hop Live Tour
The Hip Hop Live Tour featured Talib Kweli, David Banner, and Little Brother at The Grand Ballroom.
Hollywood Moon Tour at Vessel
Hollywood Moon Tour, presented by Boost Mobile, featured Hollywood Holt with Million Dolla Mano at Vessel
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Journalism as a mission field
Media | Russ Pulliam
He was the most gifted reporter of his generation at The New York Times.
John McCandlish Phillips was remembered in his death last week for that rare ability to find a story everywhere and anywhere—in a sewage drain in New Jersey or a crime-ridden street in the Bronx.
For younger reporters like me, he offered practical wisdom as well as a sweeping vision of the Bible applied to news.
I had a lonely assignment to cover crime in New York for the Associated Press in the early 1970s, and I had a hard time seeing the Lordship of Jesus Christ on the police beat: dead bodies and broken families and robberies. When I asked Phillips about it, he started in Genesis and walked me through what I later realized was what came to be called a Christian worldview, applied to the crime beat.
Yet in contrast to mentors such as Francis Schaeffer or R.C. Sproul, Phillips was never self-consciously intellectual about these matters. I don't think he read big books on systematic theology.
He also never had formal journalistic training. So every assignment was a step of faith. Phillips had to pray for the Lord's guidance on each story because he had no deep background in news to fall back on.
A primary lesson I learned from him was the importance of trusting the Lord. It was such a simple idea. I had heard it preached from pulpits, but it took on a new weight when such wisdom was coming from the best of the best at The New York Times.
Another lesson: Journalism is a mission field. He put it this way once in a letter:
"Words are tremendously powerful things. They can, and very often do, so form conceptions in people's minds that they are affected in their thinking as well as their behavior. Let godless words go out and prevail, and the people will become godless in their behavior. Let godly words go out in sufficient volume and prevail, and the people will reflect a standard in their behavior. This is one great reason why I am so filled with the desire to see mature and truly committed Christians obtain much great degrees of influence and of editorial decision-power in the mass media, particularly in daily newspapers. We have let the wrong side run that potent machinery of public persuasion far too long! We are paying a price throughout our society for it."
Toward the end of his life he might have amended those thoughts to include news websites, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest.
One of his key verses was Habakkuk 2:2-3, to which he offered this commentary:
"The prophet was told to write something important, and to write it so plainly and so well, that reading it would be enough to spur or motivate others to run—to carry out the vision."
He's with the Lord now, but we will miss his gifted and splendid example.
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Any recommendations regarding the use of Invisalign instead of braces? I am 50 with an overbite that is getting worse and was told by the dentist that invisalign would work for my problem. But it also seems like the same money but less time for the dentist, so I am skeptical. Any feedback from your experience would be welcome. Thanks.
My dentist recommends Invisalign instead of braces, for me. Since this is a $5,500 commitment, I would really like to know of your experiences and any advice if I do it. I have overcrowded jaw pushing the top front teeth out. Also, do you agree that last impression should be used as a retainer afterwards? Thanks. Karen
You asked about wearing the last set as a retainer - yes, I think that's the plan. The last set is a computer generated rendition of how my teeth are supposed to be. I assume I'll be wearing these at night indefinitely, to prevent the teeth from moving back. (I assume it will be OK to skip nights occasionally too, although I have absolutely no problem wearing them every night forever if need be). I LOVE them and wish I had done this years ago. Fran
I'd like to get recommendations from anyone who has had success with Invisalign braces as an adult. I'm looking for a compassionate dentist who offers Invisalign. I'll consider most places in the Bay Area for the right person! Dr Joshua Bernstein in Piedmont has a very slick website and sounds expensive but perhaps it's worth it. Any comments on him also appreciated or other recommendations. Thanks. Need straightening out
I am considering Invisalign braces to correct shifting bottom teeth. Has anyone (adult) had recent experience with Invisalign? I especially want to hear about any negative sequelae (AFTER removal) to wearing Invisalign, before I make a decision to go ahead. (I am in my 60's.)
I've almost finished over a year and a half of Invisilign treatment and have been very happy with the results. My teeth were pretty crooked w/lots of crowding--I never had braces as a child--and they look great now. I've been very happy with the doctors at Berkeley Orthodontics (www.berkeleyorthodontics.com). They have an office off Solano and one on Colby near Alta Bates in Berkeley. I too do on camera work, and I've found it useful to be able to take off my braces for auditions or shoots, while straightening my teeth (I could leave them on, but they affect my speech a little bit so I usually take them off). Invisilign is great! Almost straight teeth
Has anyone ever tried Invisalign, a series of clear removable aligners to straighten your teeth without braces? They cost about the same as braces ($2000-$5000) and are fitted by a dentist. Apparently, you need to take them off when eating, drinking or brushing, which seems like a hassle. And you need to get regular 6-week dental check-ups to ensure that they are working properly. But the advantage is they are virtually invisible. I don't know anyone who has used these and wanted to know: are they worth it? Considering Invisalign
i have a little bit of discomfort for the first day or so of each new set, and i'm definitely aware that they're in my mouth, but i think they're a lot less uncomfortable than normal braces. my treatment is pretty long (32 aligners on the top, 42 on the bottom) and cost about $6000 (regular braces would have been only $200-400 cheaper). i go to nelson, meyer, etc. in berkeley and highly recommend them--all the dentists and staff are really great. --almost straight teeth
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My name is Tomek Borowski I would like to use this photo in my publication (I am collecting photos of medieval fortifications of Livonia), I am from Poland and the publucation will be in Polish as well, do you have anything against or do you agree?Please let me know as soom as possible
You can use this photo, with mentioning author's name. In case if material is published also in internet, please put it's link here
Once again thank you very much :) !! Obviously I will list you as an author in the "sources of photographs" section of the book, the book will appear in July 2010 - it will be in Polish bt if you want I can scan some pages - with your photo and with you listed as an author. If you have any more questions please contact me on firstname.lastname@example.com - this way I will also now your email so I will now where to sent the scans :) I did not noticed that so many so beautifull photos were from the same author, once again thank you very much!
Some (from altogether 128 medieval castles in Latvia territory) additional castles more / or less in "condition" Ēdole http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14486576 Alsunga http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14486699 Bauska http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26283282 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26283283 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2008252 Cesis http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26646014 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15144957 Krustpils http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7729707 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7729677 etc.
All my "Panoramio" pictures you can find under tag "castles" (unfortunately, mixed also with later manorhouse photos
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Two wings with one common lobby. Noordewier is a female hall; Vander Werp is a male hall.
Jacob Noordewier (1839-1938): This early Christian Reformed pastor was a leader in the young denomination; he also helped raise funds for the church's Theological School (now Calvin Seminary).
Douwe Vander Werp(1811-1875): The forerunner of all Calvin faculty, he informally educated young men to be Christian Reformed ministers. Several of his students became the first graduates of the CRC's Theological School (which became Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary).
Bison Day (you have to live in this hall to fully understand or appreciate this tradition!). An "annex" extends the women's floors by 4 suites. An ATM is located in the main lobby. NVW is one of the two original residence halls on the Knollcrest campus.
See NVW's current Resident Director and Resident Assistants
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Folding bikers, I'm often reminded, are unique. Are we? Personally I ended up with my folding bike after I ran out of other transportation options that actually worked. The electric scooter that I'd become so fond of riding died for the fourth time, after a piddling little touch of scooter-lethal rain and the folder was the last viable alternative.
Once I had my folding bike, its utility became more and more obvious and beyond re-igniting a passion for cycling I'd forgotten, I found myself using it to reconnect with an entire community and enjoying my _life more because of it. I guess that I found my bike by mistake. Or maybe it found me....
In reading the various posts of other folding bike users, I've noticed that the viewpoints of owners, even of the same model, are amazingly disparate. It seems to me that we all came to the folding bike with far different requirements, and wants, in mind.
Ultimately, it seems to me again, we share our experience on these boards to help others, less experienced than we, glean an avenue of consideration for their own wants and needs. They're interested in finding out about folders and they come here to learn what there is to know. The only way to do that well I propose, is to define how we all, us folder people, came to buy our bikes.
So, I'm interested.
Why did you all decide that a folder was for you?
What choice/choices did you make and why'd you buy what you bought?
What do you use it for?
Why'd you choose the wheelsize you chose?
Do you wish you'd bought a more expensive one, or a less expensive one?
Do you let anyone else ride your folding bike/bikes? Would you?
Do you have a 'regular' size bike too?
Are you happy with the utility of your new toy, car replacement, cruiser, or whatever you call it?
Did you find the thing life changing?
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Blackfoot Telecommunications announced Wednesday that it will acquire Cutthroat Communications.
Cutthroat is a Bozeman-based telecommunications provider that offers internet, data transport and voice services.
Blackfoot representatives tell us by incorporating Cutthroat they will be able to provide better service to customers statewide. They also tell NBC Montana because of the new integration they are currently hiring.
"We're known for very strong wages, very strong benefits and we're glad to be able to offer that same environment to Cutthroat Communications employees," said Bill Squires, Blackfoot's Chief Executive Officer.
Cutthroat and Blackfoot are currently implementing a transition plan for the benefit of all customers that will be implemented by the end of the year when the transaction is expected to close.


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"A game to go bananas over."
Following the success of their utility app, the award-winning game retailer, Gametraders, asked us to develop another app, but a game this time. It would be their first venture into game publishing, which they had identified as an opportunity to connect with gamers and differentiate themselves from other retailers.
We developed a puzzle adventure game, full of vengeance, monkeys, and more puns than you can throw an explosive pineapple at. Players grapple with physics, timing, strategy and skill, and literally carve their way to revenge through destructible terrain with an arsenal of explosive fruit.
Enabled conceptualised and developed all aspects of the game, from branding to gameplay. We also suggested Gametraders try something new to give the game a jump-start in the App Store, where it would be competing with over 350,000 other apps. The result is an in-built competition that offers Australians who complete the game, and collect all the coveted gold bananas, a chance to win $2000 in prizes. International entrants will have a chance to win an assortment of iTunes Gift Cards.


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This week I'm down in Orlando, FL for the WebSphere Portal Technical Conference. This is my first time attending this conference and I'm very impressed. Coming down from Boston, this is real treat for me as the weather has been great. The opening session with Larry Bowden and Chris Crummy set the stage for the week as we are going to see how the newly announced IBM Accelerators were going to accelerate the time to value across the Lotus portfolio of products.
The current set of IBM Accelerators consist of:
IBM Dashboard Accelerator
IBM Self-Service Accelerator
IBM Content Accelerator
IBM Collaboration Accelerator
IBM Enterprise Suite Accelerator
For me, I'm more focused on the IBM Collaboration Accelerator which consists of Sametime 7.5, Quickr, and Lotus Connections. I've already presented one session on "Delivering the Value of Social Software to Portal Users with Lotus Connections" and hosted a BoF on "Social Networking: Will it work in your organization?" Both were well attended and I was extremely surprised to see how many Portal customers wanted to bring social software solutions into their Portal environment. Many saw great value in using the content in Lotus Connections to build out personalization. For example, one customer had plans deploy Lotus Connections and use the personalization builder to better target employee content.
For example, John is an sales rep at Renovations. Currently when he logs into Portal, he receives sales related content. However, John is a sales rep that only focuses on kitchen designs. John uses Lotus Connections to blog about ideas and projects he has worked on related to kitchens. He also bookmarks may URL's related to kitchen renovations, has created a community related to that topic, and tagged himself with kitchen redesign. Using the personalization builder, Portal can now get more information about John so now when he logs into Portal, he receives sales related information related to kitchen redesigns.
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Decade: 1850-1859
Year: 1853
[Photograph of Lizzie Lamar George]
Date: 1853 - 1862
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Description: Photograph of Lizzie Lamar George. Lizzie was the third wife of Ezekiel George. The oval portrait shows Lizzie wearing a dark button front dress with a rounded, velvet collar. She has a floral corsage pinned on her right shoulder. She is wearing a long necklace and her hair is loosely pulled back into a bun. On bottom of substrate: "Kersting, Galveston".
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Ratings watch: Thunder's 11-game winning streak produces highest ratings week of season
The Thunder's 11-game winning streak boosted the team to its best ratings week of the season on Fox Sports Oklahoma, topped by an 11.1 for the San Antonio game Monday night, the network's second-highest rating this season. KWTV-9 scored with Dallas' 27-24 overtime victory over Pittsburgh (17.2), which also earned a 17.2 overnight rating for CBS. OU's 64-54 win over Texas A&M in the All-College Classic managed only an 1.6 on ESPNU, down 57 percent from a 3.7 for OU-Houston last year.
Sports events Dec. 11-17
1. Pittsburgh at Dallas, NFL, Sunday, KWTV-9, 17.2.
2. San Francisco at New England, NFL, Sunday, KFOR-4, 12.7.
3. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, NBA, Monday, FSOK, 11.1.
4. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, NBA, Friday, FSOK, 9.5.
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October 6, 2009
LimmudLA Reaches Out to Israelis
On Oct. 4, LimmudLA targeted the Israeli community, offering a sampling of what might be expected at the weekend-long learning conference to be held Feb. 12-15, 2010.
This "Israeli Taste" of Limmud was just one of a series held once or twice a month in private homes leading up to the conference, where volunteers teach a variety of brief courses related to Judaism.
The conference offerings include spirituality, religious practice, politics, comedy, cooking, movies, music and more. The taste event, however, focused on Israeli identity. Two of the sessions raised questions with vast similarities: "Why Be Jewish — Being Israeli Is Not Enough?" and "Israeli-Jewishness in the Diaspora — Can it Survive?"
Discussions encompassed a range of views, but overall the focus was on how to preserve the Israeli identity of children of Israeli parents who were born in the United States. There was an overwhelming agreement that while growing up in Israel there was little concern with having to identify as being Jewish, but this does not extend to the next generation.
The sessions offered a variety of Jewish learning topics, conducted through open discussions.
"Anyone can have the opportunity to bring something to the table," said Linda Fife, LimmudLA founder, adding that "everyone has something to learn and everyone has something to teach." LimmudLA had its first conference in Orange County in 2008; all-volunteer Limmud conferences take place each year in more than 40 cities worldwide.
Fife said she has long been concerned with how segregated the Jewish community is in Los Angeles, both by geography and in levels of observance. She believes it's important to do something to bring people together and break down stereotypes.
"These events show people what we are all about, and these are people who might not have Jewish learning throughout the year," said Wendy Jackler, deputy chair of the LimmudLA conference.
Referring to his involvement as a volunteer with LimmudLA, Joseph Shamash said, "I drank the Kool-Aid, and it was so sweet."
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We dicuss-ed opportunity loss last week and here is the second part of it. We continue the story of you having about Rs 10 lakh to invest. How do you then mitigate opportunity loss by minimising volatility factor? There are many theories here and we shall discuss a few.
Option 2: Just an FD investment.
Assume that fixed deposit gives you about 9 per cent returns which would translate into earnings of R 90,000 for the year. Deduct tax liability @30 per cent and you get about R 90,000 minus R 27,000 = R 63,000 as earnings. Over 10 years you make R 6. 3 lakh and if you were able to earn compounded return, you would earn about R 8.42 lakh. If you are in the 10 per cent tax bracket you would earn about R 11.8 lakh.
Option 2: Invest interest earned into equity mutual fund SIP.
From your interest of R 63,000 you invest via SIP of R 5,250. So at the end of 10 years you would have earned approximately R 10.23 lakh assuming SIP returns at just 9 per cent compounded. Normally equity funds are expected to generate 15 per cent or more. But just for sake of being ultra conservative and that investments are staggered over time, returns of SIP are assumed at 9 per cent. In this case you still make more than FD's as investments.
Returns in equity funds are tax free as per current rules. If we were to assume SIP returns @12 per cent we would make R 12.20 lakh. As you can see difference is significant if you are in 30 per cent tax bracket. Even if you are in 10 per cent tax bracket you would be better off with this option.
Option 3: Directly invest into equity funds. It would be incomplete to present options without considering the option of 100 per cent equity investment. In this case we can assume returns of about 15. Thus via this option your earnings would be approximately R 30.45 lakh. There is an 85 per cent or more certainty of this happening. There is however a caveat here, which is explained below.
The caveat
In option 3 many would argue that the last 5 years has shown zero or no performance for investment in equity funds. Equity is basically a long term investment and the reason it is said so is because business cycles have


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