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| 24 June 2010 | Issue 484
Next edition of LU Text will be published on Thursday 1st July 2010. Deadline for contributions required by 10.00am on the Thursday.
› Contents: news; Lancaster in the news; people; notices; what's on; ads
Scientists Dig Deep for Carbon Solution
Lake District grasslands could be playing an important role in the fight against global warming. Grasslands cover a vast area of the UK, forming the backbone of the livestock industry. However, they also play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle, storing vast amounts of carbon beneath them in their soils. New research is being carried out by scientists from the Lancaster Environment Centre to work out how much carbon is being stored in UK grasslands and find out if it could potentially store even more. This would contribute to climate change mitigation, because carbon locked in soils isn't being released into the atmosphere where it contributes to global warming. › To view full story
Scottish football fans more patriotic than English
Scots are more likely than the English to see supporting their national football team as a patriotic duty. This is one of the findings of a study by Dr Jackie Abell from Lancaster University published online this week, Monday 21st June 2010, in the British Psychological Society's Journal of Social Psychology. The study set out to understand the differences between how the Scottish and the English demonstrate their nationalism via support for the national football team.› To view full story
Pupils to experience world-leading Science and Technology at Lancaster
More than 180 students from schools across the region will be at Lancaster University next week (July 1) for a Science and Technology taster day. The year 12s will be meeting scientists, attending lectures and getting hands on in sessions across campus designed to give students a flavour of some of the current research and teaching happening at Lancaster. › To view full story
Lancaster in the news
Lancaster in the news - The Press Office monitors all media coverage and this is a selection of stories from the past week including Professor Richard Bardgett, (LEC), on the Science Daily website about grasslands and the global carbon cycle.
Professor David Sugarman, Law, gave the Keynote Lecture at an International Conference on "Critique du droit et la question de l'enseignement juridique: regards croisés" at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, École Normale Supérieure, Paris on June 11 and the Inaugural Lecture launching the Centre for Legal History, University of Exeter on June 23. This follows a recent period at Boston University Law School as Visiting Professor and at Harvard Law School, where he delivered lectures on the globalisation of the legal profession, responses to massive violations of human rights and on legal history.
Energy Lancaster
A new research centre, Energy Lancaster , will be launched in September directed by Professor Colin Boxall. Energy Lancaster, based in the Faculty of Science & Technology but with a remit to reach out across the institution, aims to bring together existing strengths in energy research at Lancaster and promote interdisciplinary links across the University. Energy Lancaster's steering committee would like the centre launch event and the centre itself to be as inclusive as possible. If you are currently researching in or have intentions to be researching in the broad area of energy, and would like to be part of the centre, please email email@example.com with your name and a few words about your areas of interest. We will then add you to the mailing list to keep you informed of the centre's activities.
Parents required for Online Child Protection Focus Group
Isis Forensics, a university spinout based in InfoLab21, is seeking parents of children aged 8-16 who use social networking sites to take part in a focus group mid July. The aim is to find out from parents their concerns about how their children use (mobile) social networking in order to help develop the next generation of online child protection solutions. For parents it's a chance to share their views and concerns about this sensitive area with other parents and help shape the online child protection technology of the future. The focus groups will take place at InfoLab21 and refreshments will be provided. Visit www.isis-forensics.com/childprotection to register your interest.
Updated information on University Working Groups now available
The new website providing information on University working groups (UWG) has been updated to include outcomes, proposals and other information useful to University staff. The UWG site can be found here. The site is intended as an information point for all staff and provides an online working space for group members. The Sharepoint service is accessible on and off campus – when accessing off-campus, a VPN connection will be necessary (details at www.lancs.ac.uk/iss/remote_access/vpn/). For any questions, on the site or any working groups, contact Jackie Hughes in the Secretariat on tel 92987 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Temporary car parking space closures - Thursday 1st to Saturday 3rd July 2010
Road improvement works will be carried out on the North-West Drive, South-East Drive, South Drive and outside the Pre-School Centre. Car parking spaces on North-West Drive (Staff Preference Zone up to Bailrigg Lane) and South-East Drive (Staff Standard Zone outside the new ISS Building and Infolab21) will be closed on Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd July. Traffic management will be in place to ensure a safe flow of traffic can continue in these areas throughout the duration of the works. There are sufficient car parking spaces on campus to cope with this temporary loss of parking. In some cases it may mean parking on Alexandra Park. Parking will be reinstated as soon as it is possible to do so. If you have any questions about the work please contact John Lee, Assistant Project Manager on 01524 593333.
Sports Centre – service on field
As part of the construction for the new sports centre the services to connect it to the university infrastructure need to be added. From next week (28th June) a 10m wide trench will be dug in the field behind the sports centre to the edge of the wooded area on North West drive (opposite LICA road). This will be cordoned off to enable the work to be carried out safely. Access will be maintained throughout and it will not disrupt any services. For more information about the construction of the new sports centre visit the Facilities Projects website.
Alexandra Square Window Replacement - Update
The Alexandra Square window replacement project is progressing well. The hoarding will be moved next week as the scaffolding will be erected over the Learning Zone. Please note the Learning Zone will remain open during these works. The majority of the steps will be out of use to allow for safe movement and erecting of the scaffold. If you have any questions or queries, please contact Susan Palmer, Assistant Project Manager, Facilities – Project Delivery, t: 01524 592438 m: 07968469443 For more information on Facilities Projects visit the Facilities website.
Power Washing
Power washing started today across the campus and will be completed by 7th July ready for Graduation. They will be working 7 days a week with the route leading from Pendle residencies and finishing at the Great Hall. Interference to walkways and entrances to buildings will kept to a minimum. Some noise will be generated from the equipment but this will be minimised as much as possible. For any questions about the work please contact Ian Sturzaker on 01524 93333.
Change in Key Cutting Requests
It is no longer possible to raise an Internal Requisition (IR) to have a key cut. All requests are now to be created using the Facilities Online Helpdesk, Planon. To do this visit https://facilities.lancs.ac.uk/facilitieshelpdesk/ and click on 'Building Fabric' – 'Key Cutting' and fill in the relevant information ensuring you include a contact phone number. Alternatively you can contact the Facilities help desk – ext. 93333.
Survey Works
An internal visual maintenance inspection survey is being carried out across the campus to update maintenance records. The work is being conducted by a company called AEC and only requires the team to access each room for 5 minutes. Facilities apologise if the survey causes you any inconvenience but it is crucial it is carried out to maintain high health and safety standards at the University. You will be contacted by a member of the Facilities maintenance team in advance of the work being carried out to arrange access. If you have any questions about the work please contact one of the following depending on your campus location: Anthony Emmess – Facilities Co-ordinator for the Faculty of Science and Technology 01524 594388 or Alastair Brock - Facilities Co-ordinator the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences 01524 510863. All other parts of campus - Gordon Chapman-Fox Planned Maintenance Co-ordinator, Facilities Maintenance 01524 593510.
Physics Relay
The 33rd annual Physics Relay took place on Monday 21st June. The results can be seen here
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Saturday 3rd July, 12 noon - 5pm (leading onto Smooth Running Music event – 7pm-12am) A Fun Day Out for all students, staff and their families. The day includes lots of stalls, a flea market, children's area, face painting, henna tattoos, bouncy castles and other amusements. There will also be an ice cream parlour and bagel bar. Free Admission.
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by Kristen Chase, the Mominatrix [1]
Just because you endure your own form of S&M on a daily basis doesn't mean you should avoid it in the bedroom. You might actually find that playing with the idea of control can be pretty damn sexy. And don't think you need to invest in a latex suit and spiky heels or remodel your basement into the form of a dungeon. Rather, just play around with who's the boss and see where it leads you.
It's only natural that you'd be turned on by the idea of control. Even if you share the household duties with equally with your partner, your kids are probably the ones in control of when you wake up, when you pee, and when you don't get more than a few hours of sleep in a row. Basically, your life is being run by a bunch of little people. So if you need to exercise your big-person status, put yourself back in charge and call the shots in the bedroom.
On the other hand, maybe letting your partner take over could be the welcome break you need. You don't necessarily need someone to bark orders at your while tugging a leash around your neck, but relinquishing responsibility and letting go while someone else takes care of business, without your input for once, could be pretty damn hot.
Whichever role you decide to take, it's important to start slowly and gently. So purchase a set of handcuffs and then let your imagination run wild.
Here are some ideas:
The Mominatrix's Top Five Fun Things to Enjoy While Handcuffed
1. Candles. Who said hot wax was just for hair removal? Grab a couple of special candles, light them up, and drip the melted wax on a few strategic areas, particularly the super -sensitive nipples. Don't worry - it only burns for a few seconds.
2. Feather dusters. While dusters aren't the most effective way to clean your house, they can certainly do a number on your inner thighs. Brush lightly over your partner's skin and watch your significant other wriggle in delight. Just avoid the feet if you've got a super ticklish partner.
3. Blindfolds. Take away the ability to see and you're forced to rely on all your other senses, thus heightening your overall sexual experience. Make sure to stimulate with sounds, touch, and even smell. Good ones, that is.
4. Chocolate syrup and other edibles. Playing around with food in the bedroom can be satisfying for both parties. While any old items you have in the fridge will work, you might try ones that are made specifically for skin application. A case of hives is never really sexy. And depending on how well your kids sleep, you can extend your exciting evening with a shower in case you weren't able to get all that syrup off with your tongue.
5. Body paints. Let your inner Leonardo da Vinci out and go to town with your partner. The combination of the cool paint along with the soft swirl of the brush is sure to satisfy. For extra fun, track down edible body paints. Just make sure you put down a towel or keep an extra set of sheets close by.
Moaning for more? Purchase The Mominatrix's Guide to Sex: A No-Surrender Advice Book for Naughty Moms [2]

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Celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across AmericaMeredith Carroll
March 2nd was the birthday of Dr. Seuss, and for the 14th consecutive year, the National Education Association has declared today Read Across America Day, in which libraries, schools and community centers celebrate the legacy of one of the most dynamic children's authors of all time. Read Across America is spotlighted today, but it's actually a year-round reading and motivation awareness program.
There's no better time than the present to make sure your kids are caught up on some of the most classic Dr. Seuss books.
And chances are, Dr. Seuss might be celebrated in your community today. In Washington DC, First Lady Michelle Obama will read the Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham at 9 a.m. EST at the Library of Congress along with other notable figures.
But the best place to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America Day? Springfield, Mass. The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Garden is located in Springfield, and the town is also where Theodor Seuss Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) was born. There are life-size bronze statues of the Cat in the Hat and Horton the elephant, and a 10-foot-tall version of Oh, The Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss' birthday celebration will continue at the Springfield museum on Saturday.
How will you celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday?
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This is the last frame I shot before I was attacked by a group of drunken revelers who pushed my head underwater (my camera was around my neck) while I was photographing the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Bombay. Remarkably, the roll of film still had images on it despite being submersed. You can still see the water marks on it. My camera and all of my equipment was destroyed in this incident.
I was photographing this amazing event on the last evening of the festival about twenty minutes after sunset, illuminating the scene with my flash and standing in chest-deep water. Suddenly out of nowhere, a group of drunken revelers came over and started pounding me, grabbed my camera which was around my neck and pulled the camera and my head under water. I stopped worrying about my camera, and started thinking about the possibility of drowning. My assistant, who was in the water nearby, had virtually all the rest of my equipment. He was also thrown under the water and beaten up. To add to my misfortune, I had borrowed a lens from a friend, Hoshi Jal, who is a Senior Assistant Photo Editor at the Times of India and who has photographed this festival over many years. His lens was also lost.
Eventually, one man came to my rescue and helped escort me back to the beach. I felt lucky to be alive at that point. I got back to my hotel room and tried to dry off my equipment with the hair dryer and called the National Geographic technical department. They told me not to bother drying it off, just to throw it away because unlike fresh water, salt water destroys lenses and camera bodies.
I've always had bad luck with water, having survived a plane crash in a frigid alpine lake in Slovenia. The saving grace of all of this was that I had kept my film in those plastic canisters so all my film was safe except for the roll that was in the camera. The last frame of that roll is shown at top with the water marks still on it.
I recently spoke to Hoshi Jal who explained that one of the reasons some people get agitated out in the water at the moment they submerse the image, is that they don't want photographs taken of those idols broken or disfigured in the sea. Many of these images are made of plaster of paris and they break apart rather quickly.
This festival is one of the most amazing events I have witnessed in India. People all over the region take part, but the most impressive place is the gathering at Chowpatty beach. Literally millions of people converge on this one small beach every year, usually between August 20th and September 15th, to honor the Hindu deity Ganesha, the half elephant, half human son of Shiva and Parvati.
One of the wonderful things about Hinduism is the amazing inconography from Ganesha to the monkey-god Hanuman to the ten-armed Durga. During the months leading up to the festival, craftsmen all over Bombay create images of Ganesha which virtually every Hindu in the city will use to take part in a ceremony in which they take the images to the sea. People sometimes walk for miles with huge 20-foot statues to eventually immerse the icons into the India Ocean. This goes on for some days culminating in the final day known as the Anant Chaturdashi. The object is to walk the idol into the sea, often on top their head, and when the water gets too deep, to lower the icon into the ocean and let it float away.
Bombay is one of the greatest cities in the world to photograph. I've always loved working there. In many ways, it reminds me of New York, but I think next time I'll photograph the festival from the beach.
Addendum, August 28, 2009:
I've traveled to India (and entire South Asia) more than 80 times over the years. There's no safer place on the planet to work or just walk around with or without your camera. There's no neighborhood in Mumbai or Calcutta that I don't feel I could go into any time during the day or night. Sadly, the same thing can't be said for other parts of the world.


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Lea Michele: Flare Magazine's January Cover Girl
Glee star Lea Michele nabs the striking black and white cover of Flare's January issue and ET Canada has your exclusive first look!
Having been a Broadway veteran at a very young age, it's no surprise that Ryan Murphy decided to give Lea's Glee alter-ego Rachel Barry a storyline of her own in the big apple. It's a win-win for the actress as she speaks out on her character's liberation from not only small town Ohio, but also her dorky schoolgirl outfits. "I think the days of knee-high socks are definitely done," Lea tells the magazine.
Rachel's new look is more sophisticated, fashion forward and body conscious "her clothes are closer now to what I would wear," the 26-year-old says elaborating further, " It's really nice to see her in a different light and it makes sense that she would move to NY and transition."
The amazing part of Rachel's on screen makeover? It was done by none other than New York style icon Sarah Jessica Parker, who played the infamous fashion lover Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City. In the new season of Glee, Sarah plays an editor of a fashion magazine where Rachel's old classmate/new New York room-mate Kurt, played by Chris Colfer, has landed an internship.
"It was amazing," the New York native marvels "to have a makeover done by the Miss Carrie Bradshaw."
Speaking of style, with flawless skin, and caterpillar thick lashes it's easy to see why L'Oreal would choose Lea as one of their newest spokeswomen. Lea who's very style conscious tells the magazine that she's a favourite of going au natural in the makeup department. "I really feel like I'm the only girl who will do a photo shoot and want to take all the hair and makeup off," she says, "I like to let my skin breathe."
Taking a moment to gush about real life boyfriend Cory Monteith, Lea also has some heartfelt things to say about his home country, Canada. "Canadian stereotypes?...I don't know what they are, but Canada makes some great dudes, and he's definitely one of them." And Lea's well aware of the benefits of dating a Canadian, first and foremost being able to visit our beautiful country. "It's great, I've gotten to go to Victoria and Vancouver a lot - it's so beautiful."
For more on Lea Michele's style evolution check out the rest of her article in Flare magazine, hitting newsstands November 29!


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Websites about Corbin BleuFormer Disney star Corbin Bleu
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Submit sites about the young British actor who has starred as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series.Young British actor, born 22 September 1987, London, England. He has been acting since he was eight-years-old. Film roles include Draco Malfoy in the 'Harry Potter' films.
Sites containing information about Selena Gomez.Selena Gomez is a Disney star, and has started branching out into music.
Websites about Ashley GreeneTwilight star Ashley Greene
Sites about Taylor LautnerTwilight star Taylor Lautner
Sites with information about teen star Demi Lovato.Disney star Demi Lovato.
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Submit sites about Haley Joel Osment.Young actor born 1988, and has appeared in the following films; Second Hand Lions, AI, Pay it Forward, and The Sixth Sense.
Submit sites about child actress Raven-Symoné.Young actress who began her career on the Bill Cosby show, and currently stars on her own show, That's so Raven. Her real name is Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman.
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Sites with information about Lucas Till.Lucas Till is a rising star in young Hollywood.
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Submit sites about the young actress who portrays Buffy''s sister, Dawn, on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."Young actress, born 11 October 1985, in New York. Roles include Dawn Summers in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". She has also appeared in the films, Inspector Gadget and Harriet the Spy.
Submit sites and articles about Emma Watson, the child actress who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films.UK child actress, born 15 April 1990, Oxford, England, England. She plays the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films.
Submit sites about young US actor, Elijah Wood.Young child actor from Iowa who has appeared in the film The Lord of the Rings; The Ice Storm; Deep Impact; Flipper; North; Forever Young; Paradise; Radio Flyer; Avalon; and The Good Son. Beside films he has appeared on television, video games, and animated features.


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Carlsbad woman closing in on 110
Born in 1903, Florence Boggs says longevity runs in her family
CARLSBAD Next month, Florence Boggs will be treated to cake, wine and a violinist at a party to celebrate her entry into one of the most selective "clubs" on earth. On Nov. 16, the Carlsbad resident will become a "supercentenarian," joining just 62 other people worldwide who are 110 years or older.
Although Boggs has slowed down quite a bit this past year, she still enjoys a glass of red wine (or two) each night, dines out regularly at local restaurants, and never misses an episode of the TV show "NCIS," starring her favorite actor Mark Harmon.
When asked her secret to longevity, the Brooklyn native just laughs and shakes her head. Many of the women in her family had long lives, though she has outlived all three of her sisters.
"I think what has helped Florence is that she has always been very independent and active, and she's very even-tempered. She never gets upset about anything," said Jack Evans, 80, a close family friend from Vancouver, B.C.
Although she missed a year of high school because of a near-death bout with rheumatic fever and she suffered a fall a few years ago that broke her left arm, Boggs has been lucky to enjoy excellent health over the years.
Her daughter Joanne Oswald — who has cared for Boggs in a home the've share in Carrillo Ranch for the past 13 years — said that up until this past year, her mother was playing bridge with friends every morning, painting oils each week and traveling the globe on 66-day cruises. In an interview at her home on Thursday, Boggs spoke very little. Oswald said her mother was always a quiet person, though she's less talkative now than she used to be.
"She's a positive person," said Oswald, 82, a retired General Motors shipping clerk who moved from Michigan to Carlsbad in 1985 to be closer to her parents. After her father, Clifton Boggs, died in 1992 at the age of 87, Oswald devoted herself full-time to her mother's care.
"It helps that she's such an agreeable person," Oswald said of their life together. "If she was difficult, it might not have worked out so well."
Although Boggs now has a hard time remembering details from her long life, Oswald and Evans got her to tell her life story in a home video five years ago. While watching the hourlong video, Boggs nodded her head and laughed uproariously at some of her stories from childhood.
Born in 1903 to Navy chief petty officer Robert Ross and his seamstress wife, Leona, Florence said in the video that she was a mischievous child. As a 2-year-old, she tossed her mother's precious teacups and saucers out the window, and in grade school, she watched the world pass by from a precariously perched rocking chair that she dragged on to the second-story roof of the family's home.
She got her first kiss at age 7 (she beat up the boy who administered the unwelcome peck), and at age 8, her favorite pastime was following the man who lit the gas streetlamps on their block each night. A horse-drawn cart brought coal to heat the house each week, and during one particularly brutal winter, she remembered fetching on foot a pitcher of milk from a nearby dairy.
"The flies loved to swim around in the milk, and I remember when I got home, we just scooped the flies off the top and drank it," she said.
As a teen, she worked in one of New York's Carnegie libraries, where she was paid 10 cents an hour to wash the pages of the books with soap and water (people didn't wash their hands as often then).


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Boulder Acadia–A photographic essay showcasing the beauty and outstanding quality of the rock climbing in Acadia National Park.
Kory Cooper-Fenske is a freelance photographer based out of Cincinnati Ohio. He holds a bachelor of Arts from the College of the Atlantic and has spent time abroad studying at Waseda University in Tokyo. Kory has worked in the photography industry in New York City and his portfolio includes a wide variety of subject matter. His artistic and professional experience ranges from street photography, weddings and architectural work to environmental portraiture and sports photography.
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"Dear Steve,
My father owns his own small law firm (him a secretary and a para legal) his income was about $200,000 a year when I was 17 but it included running his business (rent, paying employee salaries, health care, taxes.. etc). The government said we made to much $ for me qualify for federal loans so he was forced to take out private loans for me. I have $130,000 in private student loans. I currently have a 25 year loan with sallie mae and my payments are $1000 a month. I currently make 63,000 a year and this is about 20% of my income a year. I am now 25 years old. and receive no assistance in paying these loans off.
Is there anyway to lower my payments, reduce my debt, or receive any type of government assistance (like the recently announced forgiveness for federal loans after 20 years) for private loans or am I just going to be screwed and piled under a mountain of debt for the next 25 years of my life?
Dear Mike,
SallieMae loans are not government backed loans and thus have none of the benefits of current programs like the Income Based Repayment program or IBR that are available to government backed loans. SallieMae has taken a very hard stance and basically said "tough luck" to people that took out their loans.
I'm afraid that even a potential Obama Student Loan Forgiveness program will not be of any help with SallieMae loans.
Student loans are a trap. They've always been a trap. People took out massive loans never thinking about repayment and of all the loans and student loans are among the worst being essentially unable to be included in bankruptcy.
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Small Cool 2009: Lane's Style on a Budget
Small Division #02
Who Lives There: Lane (plus one!)
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Size: 1100 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The open floor plan of our home allows us to host large gatherings of people comfortably in a small space.
Thumbs Up Voting is only activated for 48 Hours — so don't delay!
What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your small home? As students, living in Iowa, we have trouble finding furniture that fits our style and budget. In addition to spending lots of money on shipping and frequently making the four hour drive to Chicago, we attend a local auction nearly every week which usually has some under appreciated mid century furnishings from local estates.
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Esther McArtor - August 22, 2013
Esther McArtor was born on March 25, 1914 at Naponee, Neb. She was the eighth of nine children born to Charles and Mary Rolland Frates. Esther grew up in Lexington, Neb. where she graduated from Lexington High School in 1932 with normal training for her teaching career. Esther moved with her family to rural Brule, Neb.where she began teaching.
It was here where she met the love of her life, Vance McArtor. They were married on Sept. 24, 1936 in Grant, Neb. They made their first farm home south of Brule and later moved northwest of Grant. In 1949 they moved into Grant so their children could attend school in town.
In addition to raising her children, Esther enjoyed working in the elementary school cafeteria. She retired after 17 years with the lunch program.
Esther was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist Church at an early age and continued her faith as a member of the Grant United Methodist Church. She served as a Sunday School teacher and was a member of the Unity Circle with the U.M.W.
When her children were growing up she served as a den mother with the Scouts and helped with the Grant Rainbow Girls.
Esther continued to maintain her home in Grant after Vance died in 1984. She moved to the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in 2006 and was admitted to the Perkins County Community Hospital the end of July where she passed away on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. She had reached the age of 99.
In addition to her parents and husband, Esther was preceded in death by seven sisters, Jennie Kirkpatrick, Grace Enochs, Mable Halligan, Mary Frates, Florence Margritz, Edna Frates, and Elva Jean Onken; her brother, Virly Frates; a daughter-in-law, Jeanne McArtor, an infant grandson, Neil McArtor; three infant great-grandchildren, Angel, Brandon, and Brenda Cook.
She is survived by those she dearly loved: two sons, Jerry and wife Carolyn of rural Grant and Bill of Park Hills Mo.; one daughter, Kathleen Hartman of Sidney; seven grandchildren, Brad and wife Dana McArtor of Grant, Kelly and wife Bridgett Hartman of Ogallala, Neb., Christy and husband Marty Stratman of Brush Colo., Marci and husband Rob Paup of Grand Island, Neb., Jon McArtor, stationed with the U.S. Navy in Maryland, Marla and husband Chris Lambert of Park Hills, Mo., Kim and husband Dan Schildhauer of Kimball, Neb.; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy McArtor and JoLettah Brestel; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Aug. 21, 2013 at the Grant United Methodist Church with Pastor Nora Mendyk officiating. Burial was in the Grant Fairview Cemetery.
A memorial has been established.
Bullock-Long Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.


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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — A conversation with her dying husband has led one local woman on a remarkable journey to raise awareness about the disorder that killed him.
Jennifer Hovatter met her husband Thomas in 1998 after his father played matchmaker with the pair. The two spoke on the phone for a week before they actually met.
When they did meet, it was the classic love-at-first-sight story.
The pair would marry a year and a half after meeting and would be happily married for seven years until a medical disorder known as lymphedema tore them apart.
When Thomas only had a few months left to live, the couple had a conversation that would forever alter the course of Jennifer's life.
"Six months before he passed away, he was looking at the treatment on the computer," Jennifer said. "He said, 'Dear, you need to learn the treatment, start your own business and treat me.' Six months later, he passed away. That night in the hospital when he passed away, I made that decision to start that business and that business is going to be the lymphedema clinic."
Lymphedema occurs when the lymph system is damaged or blocked. The lymph system carries white blood cells which fight infections and the growth of tumors and when it is working as it should, lymph will flow through the body and return to the blood stream.
When the system isn't working properly, fluid will build up in soft body tissue and cause swelling. It may be caused by cancer and cancer treatment and usually affects an arm or a leg, but can affect other body parts, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Jennifer and Thomas first noticed something was wrong in 2003. He was diagnosed with Type II diabetes that year, but something was still wrong.
For years, Thomas could not get properly diagnosed with lymphedema. The couple's primary care physician would only talk to him about getting a gastric bypass. Thomas was 538 pounds when he died, but Jennifer said most of that weight was due to the lymphedema.
He was finally diagnosed with lymphedema by a dermatologist, who pressed on his leg and it pitted or dented. By the time he was diagnosed, it was too late.
"It was shutting his body down," Jennifer said. "It was shutting his liver and kidneys down. It just took over and killed him."
When he passed away on June 18, 2007, Jennifer gave herself a few months to grieve then she got busy on her dream of opening that lymphedema clinic.
She enrolled at East Tennessee State University in 2008 to get a degree in lymphatic therapy. Before Thomas passed away, Jennifer had thought about going back to school but had never pursued it. When he died, things changed.
She also attended a lymphedema conference in Atlanta that same year.
She attended the conference by herself and admits she was terrified. But she took an important idea from the conference, starting a lymphedema awareness day.
Starting in 2008, Jennifer has conducted a Thomas Hovatter lymphedema awareness day every year around June 18. If the 18th falls on a weekday, she tries to have it on the weekend closest to that day. The state of Tennessee has also designated the third week in June lymphedema awareness week.
This year's Thomas Hovatter lymphedema awareness day will take place on June 21 at Harvest Time Baptist Church, 2404 Roseberry Lane, Johnson City, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Jennifer graduated from ETSU in December of 2013 with a degree in public health. While in school, she changed her mind about what she wanted to do after she attended another conference in Atlanta.
At the conference three years ago, she heard the story of a lymphedema patient who tried to commit suicide. The story broke her heart. It also changed her career path.
She is now pursuing a doctorate degree in psychology so she can help the mental state of those affected by lymphedema and their families.
"I feel that the lymphedema patients need somebody they can talk to about having the disease," she said. "Not just the patients, but also the patients' family members and friends and caretaker of the patients."
Besides pursuing her dream of opening up a lymphedema clinic, Jennifer is very active in other ways to raise awareness about lymphedema.
She started a support group for lymphedema patients and she is on the lymphedema treatment act advocacy board, which lobbies lawmakers in Washington to have insurance companies pay for the treatment of lymphedema.
Even as the years have helped Jennifer heal, her passion lies in helping fight and raise awareness about this disorder.
"I want to do whatever I can to help lymphedema patients," she said. "I want to do whatever I can to help in any way."


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As I mentioned the other day in discussing CSX's (NYSE:CSX) earnings, good companies show their qualities when times get a little tougher. With that in mind, there's little to suggest that Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) ought to be dethroned as the best railroad at the moment. While the company's pricing and operating expense control is laudable, it's worth asking how much of a premium investors should pay for a best-in-class operator facing some near-term macroeconomic challenges.
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Solid Third Quarter Results in a Tough Environment
Between the monthly traffic reports from the American Association of Railroads and the earnings warning from Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC), it was hardly surprising that Union Pacific saw some operating challenges this quarter. Even still, the company basically delivered the goods once again. Revenue rose almost 5%, as the company offset a slight decline in carloads (down less than 1%) with better yields. Overall revenue growth was quite a bit better than at CSX, and Union Pacific also saw its intermodal business grow another 8% (and it makes up about 20% of freight revenue). Union Pacific also did quite well with its expenses. Average cost per employee declined 2%, while the company's fuel consumption declined at a faster rate than traffic (down 4%). As a result, the company posted a 250 basis point improvement in operating margin and 13% operating income growth.
Familiar Trends in Traffic
There weren't many surprises in Union Pacific's traffic numbers. Like CSX, and the industry in general, coal continues to be especially weak - down about 12% in carloads this quarter. Union Pacific has done a pretty good job of offsetting this with strong pricing, so coal revenue only declined 5% for the quarter. Elsewhere, auto traffic remains strong, as does carload volume for chemicals (which for Union Pacific was helped by a near-doubling of petroleum traffic from the Bakken). "Industrial" carload growth was a little light at negative 2%, while overall ex-coal traffic was up more than 3%.
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Management isn't looking for a huge recovery in the fourth quarter, either. It sounds like volume will be flat to down slightly, though ongoing strength in price realizations should offset some of that. What's more, if you listen to the guidance offered by large banks like U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) this quarter, you'll hear talk of slowing loan growth in the fourth quarter as businesses pull back on concerns regarding the election and upcoming "fiscal cliff." Perhaps the biggest question is whether Union Pacific can maintain such strong operating ratios - management guided to a sub-70 number for the fourth quarter (as the inverse of operating margin, lower is better), and this is probably the largest unknown for near-term performance.
How Much Better Can It Get?
Union Pacific has done a good job of improving its financial performance over the past few years, as the company has benefited from the expiration of unfavorable long-term contracts, improved equipment, and ongoing improvements in performance metrics. The question is how much is left in the tank. I don't think cheap gasoline/diesel is coming back, and if it does it will come with a major caveat (namely, I believe fuel prices are only heading meaningfully lower if economic activity slows).
Consequently, the cost-based shift from truckload carriers like Swift (NYSE:SWFT) and Werner (Nasdaq:WERN) (or, more specifically, even smaller and less efficient national operators) is unlikely to change. Likewise, I still believe there's room for intermodal growth at the rails, but I'm not sure if Union Pacific will benefit as much as Eastern rails such as CSX and Norfolk Southern.
Therefore, at the risk of underestimating or underappreciating management, Union Pacific looks more like a volume story. If the economy strengthens (and if trade with Asia picks back up), traffic should improve and so should revenue and profits. A rebound in coal demand would be welcome, but I don't expect it and investors should realize that Bakken rail volume will eventually be replaced by pipelines.
The Bottom Line
If Union Pacific gets the same long-term industry-wide average multiple of seven times next year's EBITDA, fair value is more or less bang in line with today's price. Give the company a half-point premium and the target moves to the low $130s, while a full point premium (eight times) pushes the target into the low $140s. Given Union Pacific's demonstrated strength and its unique pure-play on Western traffic (as Burlington Northern is part of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A, BRK.B)), I wouldn't quibble with a half-point premium, but even a full extra point doesn't really make the shares cheap. As a result, I'd probably look elsewhere in transportation for a stock to buy today, but if rails sell off again I'd revisit this name.
At the time of writing, Stephen D. Simpson did not own any shares in any company mentioned in this article.


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Vlaams Belang, a far-right party known for its nationalism and anti-immigrant position, lost one seat in Belgium's parliament in the June 10 national elections. Laura Barker examines the party's use of the immigration issue and reactions to its politics.
Macedonia avoided the interethnic conflict that ripped through the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. It was the only state to emerge with its independence (in 1991) and no loss of blood.
Since 2003, the Netherlands has instituted a variety of integration-related reforms to make sure new immigrants speak Dutch and understand Dutch society. But the political climate changed in 2006, and the new government is taking a broader approach as Chavi Keeney Nana explains.
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While policymakers are under increasing pressure to reduce illegal immigration, the estimated population of unauthorized immigrants in EU-15 countries has declined since 2002. European governments are collaborating on the management of their external borders, as this report details, discussing the detected and estimated scope of irregular migration in the European Union.
Though contentious, regularization (referred to in the U.S. context as legalization) remains a frequently utilized policy tool to address the European Union's unauthorized immigrant population. Since 1996, more than 5 million people have been regularized through a variety of methods, as this Insight details.
This volume from MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration aims to fill the analytical gap regarding the question of what greater global cooperation on governing the flow of international migrants could achieve. The book focuses on a set of fundamental questions: What are the key steps to building a better, more cooperative system of governance? What are the goals that can be achieved through greater international cooperation? And, most fundamentally, who (or what) is to be governed?
The impact of climate change as a driver of human migration is expected by many to dwarf all others. Still, certain frequently repeated forecasts of the number of people who stand to be displaced by climate change are not informed by a complete understanding of migration dynamics, as this report explains.
European dominance in U.S. immigration flows has decreased significantly since World War II, a result of economic, demographic, and policy trends on both sides of the Atlantic. Today, migration from European Union Member States to the United States, while small, is characterized by a substantial numbers of European scientists, professionals, and businesspeople.


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Recently we've had an employee leave permanently in an unexpected way. They had been with us for almost a decade so that box has gigs of old but still possibly relevant mail. This has exposed to me what seems like an odd way of handling mailboxes in terms of accessing them and how they are counted against the license. For the record we're running the top end Network Edition.
Currently we're right at our user license cap, with a new employee on the way. I had figured that by closing the account of this past employee that it would reduce the license usage, prevent future inbound mail, but still allow a logged in administrator to view old messages. Basically archive the account. However the behavior I see and read in the documentation shows me that's not the case at all.
With the account closed, no inbound mail for it is accepted, which is good. However even an administrator logged in via the web admin console can't view a closed account, it tosses back a 'session ended' error. So.. that sucks. The final problem is that it doesn't reduce the number of used accounts.
To me it would seem that when an account is changed to a closed state it can't be utilized by an end user, so why should it count against the license cap as if it were active? It's left me in the weird position of having to set up a completely standalone mail server and migrate gigs of mail onto that. It seems like a less than enterprise solution.


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Interquartile Range
There are many steps to graphing a box and whisker plot, including finding the interquartile range of the data set!
Box and Whisker Plot Practice
Help your middle school student get a grasp on box and whisker plots with these practice problems that he can graph on a separate piece of paper.
Box and Whisker Plot: Data
Challenge your student to analyze these data sets with a box and whiskers plot! He'll practice calculating the median and interquartile range.
How to Find the Upper Quartile
Build graphing and data analysis skills with this activity about finding the upper quartile. Your child will see an example, and practice a few on his own.
Box and Whisker Plot
Here's a handy cheat-sheet for creating box and whisker plots! You'll get step by step instructions followed by some practice problems to graph.
How to Find the Lower Quartile
Learn the basics of creating a box and whisker plot with this worksheet about finding the lower quartile of a data set.
How to Find the Median
Get some practice finding the median (the middle number) of a data set that has an even amount of numbers in it.
Finding the Median
Introduce your math student to the basics of a box and whisker plot with this worksheet about finding the median.
Finding the Interquartile Range
For middle schoolers learning about box and whisker plots, here's a great worksheet all about finding the interquartile range of a data set.
How to Make a Box and Whisker Plot
Here's a great "how to" sheet to help your child learn how to make a box and whisker plot! He'll see examples with both even and odd sets of numbers.
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The position is that where a person is not named on the registered title to a property then you can generally only claim an interest in the property if you have made either a capital contribution to it (ie. financing the purchase or pay for significant works which materially increase the value of the property) or have maintained the mortgage payments/paid rent or bills/foof to a total that is more than you would otherwise have paid in private rented accommodation in the area.
Provided she has not contributed more money in payment for food than she would have otherwise paid in private rented accommodation for rent/bills/food then she would not be advised to make a claim against your property. I assume that she has not been buying extremely expensive food!
This will remain the case until you marry.
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(To be read in conjunction with Part II of the EC Guide to GMP.)
From 30 October 2005, new Community requirements obliged manufacturing authorisation holders to use as starting materials only active substances that have been manufactured in accordance with GMP.
This includes both total and partial manufacture, as well as any repackaging or re-labelling activities carried out by a distributor or broker. Herb APIs used as active substances for traditional herbal medicinal products as defined in Directive 2004/24/EC will also be required to comply with the new requirements.
The amending legislation gives powers to the competent authorities in Member States to carry out inspections at the premises of manufacturers of such materials, the marketing authorisation (MA) holder and any laboratories employed by the MA holder. These inspections will be conducted by the competent authority, may be unannounced and may be carried out at the request of an API manufacturer, another Member State, the Commission, or the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). The competent authority will be empowered to inspect premises, take samples and examine documents.
The responsibility for confirming that the active substances in use have been manufactured in accordance with GMP rests with the holder of the manufacturing authorisation in the EU. The primary means by which EU regulatory authorities will supervise compliance with the requirement for active substances to be manufactured in accordance with GMP will be through review of audit reports during inspections of manufacturing authorisation holders.
Audits of API manufacturers should be performed by suitably trained auditors. During inspections the competence of auditors will be assessed and if not deemed appropriate this will be raised as an issue.
The new Community requirements do not require licensing of API manufacturers. However, a report will be provided to the manufacturer or MA holder who has undergone the inspection and, where relevant, a certificate of GMP compliance issued. Certificates will be entered on a central Community database, as will be any failures in compliance.


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The first season of ABC's "Nashville" saw the winds of change blow for several of its main characters.
Avery Barkley (played by Jonathan Jackson) ditched his bandmates and blew off his girlfriend Scarlett in a bid towards country fame. When record label head Dominic King (played by Wyclef Jean) tried to change his sound to incorporate dubstep, Avery destroyed the demos they had just recorded, and ended up back on the bottom of the heap. Avery then seemed to gain some humility as he toiled as a roadie. He even turned down advances from a very drunk Juliette Barnes, which his former self arguably may not have done.
Rayna Jaymes' husband Teddy Conrad also seemed to have a change of heart. The season started with Teddy Boy running for mayor of Nashville assisted by Rayna's father Lamar (more on him in a minute), and he and Lamar played dirty against fellow candidate Coleman Carlisle (played by Robert Wisdom). Teddy also had shadowy dealings with a woman from his past named Peggy, who ended up blackmailing him.
Rayna (played by Connie Britton) and Teddy got a divorce, and it was revealed to the audience that their oldest daughter was actually fathered by Deacon Claybourne. Despite the turmoil of the divorce, we saw Teddy trying to reconnect with daughter Maddie, and he was attacked by a drunk Deacon on the season finale. Speakin' of Deacon…
Deacon Claybourne (played by Charles Esten)was introduced as a guitarist for hire who had a professional and personal history with Rayna. He joined Juliette's touring band and helped the singer's mother in her rehab. Deacon had started dating a veterinarian and seemed ready to leave the road and start a life with her, but Deacon and Rayna both dumped their paramores in favor of each other. When Deacon found out he was Maddie's father, he went on an incredible bender that included getting physical with Teddy and Coleman (Deacon's sponsor). Why finding out he had a daughter made him so angry still baffles me.
And then there's Lamar, played by national treasure Powers Boothe. Boothe has made a career of playing slimy bad guys, and Lamar seemed no different as he pulled the strings in Teddy's mayorial campaign. However, Boothe reconnected with Rayna after a heart attack and Teddy went against his plans for a new baseball stadium. His other daughter Tandy, Teddy and Coleman seemed ready to take him down as the season wound down.
What was the cause of these character shifts? The show was reportedly in a creative tug of war as the season went on. There was tension between co-producers and ABC Studios and Lionsgate, and between the show's writers in Los Angeles and the crew on the ground filming in Nashville. When one hand doesn't know what the other is doing, contradictory storylines and character developments can happen. It is possible that these developments were in the plans all along, however. They just seemed to happen in rapid-fire succession at the season's end.


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American Chemistry Council Launches New Group Dedicated to Increasing Recycling of Plastic Film
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 6, 2012) – The recycling of post-consumer plastic bags and wraps—a category known as plastic film—reached a record high of nearly 972 million pounds in 2010, according to a national report developed by Moore Recycling Associates, Inc. on behalf of the American Chemistry Council (ACC).
This represents an increase of more than 117 million pounds, or 14 percent, over 2009 and an increase of 50 percent since 2005, when Moore Recycling began tracking this category of plastics recycling. Over past five years, the recycling of plastic film grew seven times faster than recycling overall, according to data from EPA.
ACC attributes the recent uptick in plastics film recycling to a combination of increased access to collection points via grocery and retail chains, better labeling on bags, and a rise in consumer awareness. Recovered polyethylene film is used to make durable plastic and composite lumber for outdoor decks and fencing, home building products, garden products, crates, piping, and new film packaging like plastic bags.
To continue building on the growth of plastics film recycling, ACC has formed a new Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG). The new group includes members representing the full plastics film value chain, from resin suppliers to film manufacturers, brand owners and recyclers.
"We're excited to see strong growth in the recycling of plastic bags and wraps and even more excited about opportunities for increased recycling in the near future," said Steve Russell, Vice President of Plastics for the American Chemistry Council. "The FFRG looks forward to working with all parts of the polyethylene film value chain to make it even simpler to recover and recycle this valuable plastic material," Russell added.
Initially, the FFRG will focus on increasing plastics film recycling by improving consumer awareness and promoting the growth of recycling infrastructure, particularly among smaller and mid-sized retailers, dry cleaners and other outlets.
The FFRG plans to expand the "A Bag's Life," consumer education campaign to include other plastic product wraps and to partner with the Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers and other allied trade groups to bolster the recovery of plastic film.
Founding members of FFRG include Avanguard, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, SC Johnson, Sealed Air, and Trex.
For more on recycling plastic bags and film, please visit http://www.plasticbagrecycling.org/plasticbag/index.html.
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Slow Start Dooms Howard against Boston U.
Howard University missed its first nine shots of the game, falling behind the Boston University (BU) Terriers early and never recovering en route to a 71-44 loss in the consolation round of the UCF Holiday Classic on Dec. 29 at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Fla.
The Terriers (6-7) jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first five minutes and continued to build their advantage. Junior forward Dom Morris finished with 17 points, doing most of his damage inside, while freshman guard Maurice Watson Jr. added 11 points with his penetration. Howard aided BU's cause by missing several shots around the basket.
Boston University shot 60 percent (15 of 25) in the first 20 minutes, including 5 of 8 from beyond the arc, to claim a comfortable 40-21 halftime lead.
The Bison (3-12) were never unable to get on track, missing 23 of their shots and getting just a single point from their bench, compared to 16 for BU. Senior guards Mike Phillips and Calvin Thompson were the only Howard players able to score in the first half, combining for 19 of the team's 21 points. The senior duo connected on 8 of 18 shots from the floor while the rest of the team had a dismal 0-for-13.
Howard was able to scrap its way back to within 15 early in the second half, but BU junior guard D.J. Irving made sure that they would get no closer, tallying 13 of his 14 points after intermission.
Thompson led all scorers with 19 points while Phillips' 10 points all came in the first half. Sophomore center Theodore Boyomo, who started his second straight game for the Bison, pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds.
BU was led by Morris' 17 points, and Irving's 14 points. Watson and sophomore guard/forward Malik Thomas each contributed 11 points.
NEXT UP: Howard resumes MEAC play on Jan. 5 at Coppin State at 4 p.m.
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Dan McCarney Talks Recovery After Stroke - Sports News Story - KCCI Des Moines
Sounds like he is alright and getting back at the coaching stuff!
I went to college thinking I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted paychecks.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
Good to hear. Glad it wasn't worse
Sounds positive about it. Sounds like he was putting hellacious hours in.
Heard him on the radio. He sounds good and expects to be back at 100%, but he will need to slow down.
Strokes are really scary.
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TF3CL has started his activity in Reykjavík, during the beginning of July 2010, with some fun also from Hrìsey Island, on the north coast, and later from Grìmsey Island, on the Arctic Circle.
Since the end of August 2011, often moving to Akranes, TF2CL call is in use.
From June 2014, when in Iceland, I will continue to operate from zone 2, on the south-west of the country, a few kilometers away from the locator that I regurarly used until now to specific my position: more details will come, during the operations.
Also IC8BNR, IQ8UC and KJ4MLX.
Some little note about me, Claudio: after long periods as SWL and a continued interest in the propagation and its application to Amateur Radio, years ago I decided to be an active part of the "game".
I am an Italian freelance, specialized in tourism and tourism marketing.
Hobbies, beyond Our: travelling, music, reading, sport.
Returning to the Radio: grateful for the friendly support to National Association of Icelandic radio amateurs (www.ira.is) and to Post and Telecom Administration in Iceland (www.pta.is), as well as to QRZ for the pleasant service.
Glad to be the 1st UltraBeam user in TF land. Mine is the new 2 el. 6-40M, with 1el. on 30 and 40M. Special thanks to Enzo IK1DYS, accurate, competent and extremely helpful UltraBeam boss. In the pic below You can see my dear friend Sal IC8SQS struggling with the antenna, before strengthening supports and raise the structure approximately 10/12 meters above the ground or until more, if WX is ok. Then it is me, in the other pics.
Sometimes I like to operate on QRP, mostly on Digi Modes, where I can do a variety of experiments and comparisons related to the study of propagation, that-as noted earlier-is one of my interest and passion in this world, especially in the different experiences between locators and countries. Most of times I go with the UltraBeam or with an enjoyable Magnetic Loop 20-10M that You can see here just above a Tonna 5el. in use during the summertime for the Magic Band, often in /P.
Other antennas are ready in the workroom to be tested and used: propagation, weather, time and space permitting, of course.
When I can, I also like to have fun in portable, enjoying the wonderful icelandic nature.
Here-from left to the right-me with IC8SQS and DJØCL, during a nice trip to the Ira Club, in Skeljanes (August 2012).
Direct-from Jan 2014 no Direct to Iceland, due to the fact that I will spend most of time in the next 2/3 years in Italy for personal reasons: so please, contact me via @mail if You need a TF QSL or use electronic and faster methods of confirmation.
Bureau-concerning to the Bureau, I will reply to all cards received in the same way, only 1 time at the end of year. Be very patient, because this is a nice service but very slow and also, as mentioned, I will not be often in Iceland in the coming months, so better to use other methods of confirmation.
LoTW-usually updated weekly. For TF3CL, all QSOs are in a single file, no /P, /5 or /2.
eQSL-AG for valid contacts and without unnecessary requests, idem for TF3CL.
HRDLog-automatic confirmation of each QSO.
QRZ-frequently checked.
SWL report-always appreciated and welcome, following the rules above.
*** For contacts made from Grimsey island-IOTA EU-168-please, refer only to Sal IC8SQS for all infos and requests.***
In case of any question,problem or doubt, feel free to ask using the @mail.
I am grateful for Your attention, understanding and cooperation.
My Log is generated by HRD and often updated on ClubLog, where You can find the TF3CL Log as well.
(QSL TF2CL, TF3CL, TF2CL/5 and then Akranes: courtesy of Web)
Great pleasure to have You here, visiting this page.
I really hope to meet You soon-and maybe again-on Air!
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University of Tennessee refines its focus on future of logistics management
August 01, 2012
In its ongoing quest to help U.S. multinationals remain competitive in the global marketplace, the University of Tennessee's Global Supply Chain Institute recently convened its private sector "advisory board" in Chicago for a one-day forum.
"UT's supply chain faculty was recently ranked number one in research productivity," noted Ted Stank, UT supply chain management professor and Bruce Chair of Excellence. "We think it's important that this research be applicable in business, to help in the process of separating truth from hype."
The purpose of the forum was twofold, said Stank. First, to make sure the Institute was "focused" on the right issues. Secondly, we must determine if the structure is in place to conduct the most meaningful research.
"There is a value to partnering with an academic institution," said Stank, "because we bring a certain objectivity in terms of talent management – our students are your future employees."
In his presentation, "Demand and Supply Chain Integration (DSI): Thought Leadership Benchmarking Research," Stank outlined three key initiatives.
*New product development and innovation: How the supply chain can help speed product to market.
*Shopper-oriented marketing.
*Supply Chain functional integration – integrating within supply chain functions, itself.
"What would the processes look like in each of these areas if decisions were made based on what would create the best end-to-end supply chain?" asked Stank.
More than 20 supply chain vice presidents and business leaders attending the forum at Chicago's Intercontinental O'Hare Hotel, may have come up with a collective answer. Industry "sponsors" also suggested that there be also be three levels of interaction with UT:
*The Forums (50 member firms)
*Demand & Supply Integration (DSI) research associates
*Leadership council (comprising a small group of 10-20 firms) to work with industry in setting up benchmarking research agenda.
"The other main value proposition here," said Stank, "is talent management and development."
He explained that industry partners will have "preferred access" to UT undergraduate and MBA students who are well prepared to take on management opportunities once they are recruited.
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Cal Honors David Stenger on His Retirement
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BERKELEY – To be chaired off a rugby pitch upon players' shoulders is an honor typically reserved for captains, a gesture of thanks for dedicated seasons and collegiate careers. But the Golden Bears behaved differently in June after they won the first 7s title in program history at the Collegiate Rugby Championship, where NBC cameras showed California's athletic trainer, David Stenger, being raised onto the shoulders of his student-athletes as coaches and fans cheered them on.
Prior to the national championships, Stenger had announced that he would retire after the tournament, concluding 40 years of service to the University of California in Intercollegiate Athletics, where he cared for every Bears rugby team since 1973. On a team whose history includes only six head coaches over 132 years of existence, Stenger was a stalwart presence with Cal rugby and a man who personified the program's culture of longevity.
"Dave's retirement is a true milestone in the long history of Cal rugby," said Jack Clark, who depended on Stenger's skills when Clark was a player in the 1970s, an assistant coach in 1982-83 and, for the previous 30 years, head coach. "No individual has been with the team longer and contributed more on a daily basis. Every day that I have been in the Cal rugby program as a player and coach, Dave Stenger has been there for us. It is hard to put into words what he has meant to us and how much he will be missed."
The University of California and Cal rugby program have welcomed Brynn Lewis, MS ATC, as Stenger's successor. Lewis assumed the full-time role as team athletic trainer this summer after serving in 2012-13 as a certified intern athletic trainer with responsibilities to rugby as well as men's soccer and track & field.
"Brynn proved in working with us last season that she has the chops for the position," coach Clark said. "She is skilled at all the parts of the job where competency is required."
Ms. Lewis, who hails from Seattle, arrived in Berkeley from New York, where she was an athletic training student at Long Island University in Brooklyn and also completed rotations at Columbia University and Wagner College. She received her Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees, both in Athletic Training and Sport Science, from LIU-Brooklyn, where she also competed as a varsity scholarship student-athlete in softball.
"I am so thankful to be able to continue my career with the University of California and the Cal rugby program," said Lewis. "Being able to dedicate my time to the team this past spring and learn from Dave Stenger was an amazing experience. I am looking forward to continuing to uphold the high standard of medical care that he set."
Four decades prior to the start of Lewis's Cal career, David Stenger arrived in Berkeley after receiving his Master in Education from the University of Arizona, preceded by a Bachelor of Science in Education from Ohio University. Born in Cleveland and raised in the suburbs of Lyndhurst and Moreland Hills, Stenger graduated from Orange High School in Orange Village, Ohio, where he gained his first experience as the student manager and athletic trainer for the football and basketball teams, continuing to hone those skills as an athletic trainer at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dave married Patricia Kiplinger of Wheat Ridge, Colo., in 1981. Mrs. Stenger, an architect with The Dahlin Group in Pleasanton, and Dave have raised two daughters: Meghan, who earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Psychology from Claremont McKenna College in 2010 and is in her first year of the MBA program at the Haas School of Business; and Elizabeth, who received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Linfield College in 2012 and is now enrolled in the Master's program in Zoo Conservation & Biology and Plymouth University in England.
Stenger served at Cal under six Chancellors, five Directors of Athletics and three head rugby coaches, with Jack Clark preceded by two Cal Athletic Hall of Famers in Ned Anderson and, during Stenger's first two years, Miles "Doc" Hudson. In addition to rugby, Stenger cared for student-athletes across a wide range of Cal's intercollegiate teams, including football, basketball, baseball, soccer, track & field, gymnastics and water polo.
Among all his teams, only one remained Stenger's responsibility throughout his entire 40-year career at Cal: rugby.
A Certified Athletic Trainer and member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and College Athletic Trainers' Society, Stenger also helped to develop and supervise the Student-Athlete Clinics at the University Health Service. Before the age of computers, he took charge of scheduling for student-athletes with Sports Medicine Physicians, authorizing special testing and surgeries. "The real pleasure in this," he said, "was that I was involved with the entire student-athlete population at both Harmon Gym, now Haas Pavilion, and Memorial Stadium, now the Simpson Center for Student-Athlete High Performance."
Following a retirement party for him this summer at Memorial Stadium hosted by the Department of Sports Medicine, Stenger will be honored again at the upcoming Cal Rugby Reunion Dinner on Sept. 13, when multiple generations of Rugby Bears will gather to celebrate his career and friendship.
"I have been truly privileged to spend my career as an athletic trainer at Cal," said Stenger. "Privileged to be associated with such a fine University and privileged to be associated with all the great teams, from my first year in 1973 with men's water polo's national championship, football's Pac-8 Co-Championship in 1975, men's soccer's Pac-10 Championship on 2006 and '07, and then there are the 27 rugby collegiate national championships."
Those titles, Stenger added, are not the reasons he treasures those teams: "Regardless of the success of the teams, the most rewarding part of my career has been the individual athletes I have had the privilege of working with. From champions, to Olympians, to walk-ons, they are the ones I will remember the most. I have always been most gratified to 'keep them playing.' And they have always responded with commitment and passion. Thank you for allowing me the privilege."
Cal rugby will always treasure David Stenger. For more information about the Cal Rugby Reunion Dinner in Stenger's honor on Sept. 13, please email email@example.com or call 510-643-1971.


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It's been several days now and I still can't get to sleep at night. I feel like a kid going to bed on Christmas Eve - tossing, turning, anxiously waiting for the morning light.
This type of feeling hasn't been felt since I was a much younger man in my teens and early 20s.
Back then, I was still going through my progressions as a fly fisherman, and, at that time, all I wanted to do was travel around the Rocky Mountain West and chase big trout around.
More often than not, that meant fishing tailwater streams like the Green, San Juan, Bighorn, North Platte, South Platte, Blue and Taylor rivers.
Somehow, though, my journeys always brought me back to the Fryingpan River in Basalt.
Throughout the '80s and up until the mid-'90s, the Fryingpan produced fish of epic sizes and proportions, including a massive rainbow trout, estimated at around 26 pounds, that sits adorned on the wall at Taylor Creek Fly Shop in Basalt.
Fish of over 10 pounds were somewhat common, with very few specimens reaching that magic 20-pound mark.
To most anglers, a five-pound trout is exceedingly large, a 10-pound trout is huge, a 15-pound fish is the fish of a lifetime and any trout over 20 pounds is seemingly unthinkable without having to travel to Alaska, Russia or Tierra del Fuego.
As a youth corrupted with big-fish-on-the-fly syndrome, I was fortunate to catch many big trout over 10 pounds, including a very select few fish that tipped the scales at 15-25 pounds.
Now, as an older and wiser angler, I prefer to fish for the visuals and generally dry fly, streamer or sight nymph fish.
On mysis shrimp tailwaters like the Fryingpan, Blue and Taylor rivers, rainbow trout account for the vast majority of big fish that are caught every year.
Large brown trout are uncommon on these rivers and why that is, I don't really know.
This past Monday, as temperatures were in the single digits outside, I decided to take a drive up the Fryingpan and go fishing for a few hours.
Mile after mile, pool after pool, the entire river was devoid of anglers.
I'm no longer the guy that fishes the "Toilet Bowl" pool immediately below the dam, but when the opportunity presented itself with an empty river, I thought, "What the hell?" and gave it a go.
Twenty minutes into my adventure, and several fish later, I hooked the king of the river - a 20-pound plus brown trout.
I've played this big fish scenario in my dreams several times - how to do everything right and nothing wrong.
Never before has my focus been so intense.
I thought about every move, every action and reaction, and was lucky enough to not only hook this beast but land it by myself on an empty Fryingpan River.
The fly that fooled the beast was a classic, Tim Heng's mysis shrimp in a size 16.
The size of the fish will go down in Fryingpan and Colorado lore as one of the largest brown trout ever landed, with an estimated weight of between 21 and 23 pounds.
What makes this fish special is the girth at 24 inches plus, and a length of more than 29 inches.
With some incredibly large fish to my name at such an early age, I thought for sure that I had already caught the biggest brown trout of my career, only to once again experience and hold in my frigid and shaking hands the fish and experience of a lifetime.
In the time since, I've still been laying in bed, deprived of sleep, restless, reliving my fish, and answering the now frequent emails, phone calls and social media "friend requests."
The now viral pictures of the fish spread like wildfire over the web this past week and I am ultimately just thankful to admire briefly and release this wonderful fish back into the Fryingpan River so another angler can have the same opportunity that I had.
Merry Fishmas.
- This report is provided every week by Taylor Creek Fly Shops in Aspen and Basalt. Taylor Creek can be reached at (970) 927-4374 or taylorcreek.com.