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Who doesn't love a good Harlequin romance, am I right?! Well with Valentine's Day right around the corner, the lovely folks at Harlequin have offered one lucky Life With Two Boys reader the chance to win an awesome prize pack featuring:
One finished copy of each:
- The Devil Takes a Bride by Julia London
- Ace's Wild by Sarah McCarty
- Unfaded Glory by Sara Arden
- Game Play by Lynda Aicher
- Flirting With Disaster by Victoria Dahl
- Lone Star Valentine by Cathy Gillen Thacker
- Hometown Valentine by Lissa Manley
The Devil Takes a Bride by Julia London (Feb, HQN)
A plan born of desperation…
Once the toast of society, Grace Cabot and her sisters now await the shame of losing high status and fine luxuries upon the death of the Earl of Beckington. The dire circumstances are inevitable unless, of course, Grace's wicked plot to seduce a wealthy viscount into marriage goes off without a single hitch. But once a stolen embrace with the wrong man leads her to be discovered in the arms of Jeffrey, the Earl of Merryton, her plan takes a most unexpected—and scorching—twist.
…and altered by passion
Governed by routine and ruled by duty, Jeffrey had no desire for a wife before he succumbed to Grace's temptation. Though his golden-haired, in-name-only bride is the definition of disorder, he can't resist wanting her in every way. But once her secrets meet his, society might consider their lives to be ruined beyond repair…while Jeffrey might just see it as a new beginning.
Ace's Wild by Sarah McCarty (Feb, HQN)
When you gamble with desire, be prepared to risk everything…
Unlike the rest of the Hell's Eight brotherhood, Ace Parker's home isn't on the range. This restless cowboy craves the hustle of Simple, Texas, a lawless town where he can sate his darker appetites without guilt. At least he could, until Petunia Wayfield arrived. The prickly new teacher is insisting that Ace help her rid the town of drunkenness and card playing. For that kind of miracle, Ace demands a reward the spinster schoolmarm will surely never give.
But Petunia isn't backing down. Not when the intense passion Ace offers shatters her to the core. As soon as she can afford a ticket to California, she'll leave Simple behind for good. Until then, she'll match his sensual challenge with her own, daring him to give up his fiercely guarded self-control. And then real danger claims Petunia, forcing Ace to reveal the man he really is—even if it drives her away forever….
Unfaded Glory by Sara Arden (Feb, HQN)
In Glory, Kansas, a fairy-tale wedding has local tongues wagging. But through this false engagement, can a wounded warrior and the woman he's protecting find true love?
Byron Hawkins doesn't want to be responsible for anyone ever again. The former Black Ops soldier is better at taking lives than saving them. But on a mission in Tunisia to deliver a package to safety, Byron is dismayed to find that the precious cargo is actually a hostage rescue, and that his orders are to take Damara Petrakis back to US soil and hide her in plain sight—as his newlywed wife.
Back in Byron's hometown of Glory, Kansas, petite, fierce Damara keeps surprising him; she may be royalty, but she's fully trained in martial arts and will sacrifice anything for her country. As the town rallies around the returning hero and his bride-to-be, he's finding that it's way too easy to play the part, and after the hell he has seen, that terrifies him. Byron didn't want another life to save, but the passionate beauty he's sworn to protect might just turn the tables and save him instead.
Game Play by Lynda Aicher (e-original, Feb, HQN)
One night, one time, nothing more. That's all it was supposed to be. They'd agreed their first night together would be their only night together—and Minnesota Glaciers defenseman Dylan Rylie was fine with that. Giant hickeys and claw marks on his ass had never been his style, even if the very memory of Samantha Yates's merciless sexual energy gets him hard within seconds. He needs to focus on getting a better contract, not mind-blowing orgasms.
One night, one time, nothing more. Fresh off representing the US at the Games and with nowhere else to play, Samantha gave in to one night of frantic passion with the Glaciers' brawny hotshot. She couldn't get hurt—not if she controlled the outcome. And she planned to leave Minnesota soon, anyway. She didn't expect to be recruited to coach Dylan after they'd gotten down and dirty.
When brutal on-ice workouts lead to kinky locker room sessions and "one night" falls by the wayside, Samantha insists on keeping things casual, despite Dylan's quiet hope for more. But when Dylan goes down—hard—and his career is in jeopardy, Samantha is the first one by his side. What will it take to keep her there after he's healed?
Flirting With Disaster by Victoria Dahl (Feb, HQN)
There's no hiding from sizzling chemistry…
Artist Isabelle West has good reasons for preferring a solitary life. Tucked away in a cabin in the woods, she has everything she needs…except a red-hot love life. That is, until a hard-bodied US marshal threatens to unearth secrets she's spent years protecting. But giving in to the sparks flying between them can only lead to one thing…disaster.
Tom Duncan lives by the letter of the law. But no one has tempted him—or confused him—more than free-spirited Isabelle, who arouses his suspicion and his desire. As their connection grows, and their nights get hotter, they find their wild attraction might shake everything he stands for—and expose everything she has to hide.
Bonus Girls' Night Out novella, Fanning the Flames, included!
Lone Star Valentine by Cathy Gillen Thacker (American Romance, Feb.3)
The heart-stopping attraction's still there, but today Lily needs only one thing from old flame Gannon Montgomery—the best damn legal counsel ever. The stakes are high—custody of Lily's son, Lucas. And the rules are clear. Lily's not giving Gannon the chance to break her heart again. They can be friends. That's all.
Not enough, thinks Gannon. He's only in town to sell the family ranch, but Mayor Lily McCabe makes sticking around seem pretty attractive. He can see the desire in her eyes every time they're thrown together. And with the court case and the Texas chili cook-off he's been dragged into, that's a lot. As the stress grows, so does the attraction. But Lily won't compromise, and Gannon can't let go. Someone's gotta give!
Hometown Valentine by Lissa Manley (Love Inspired, Jan.20)
Two stories in one!
Finding Her Family: Lily Rogers is ready to follow her dreams. Now all she needs is funds. Taking a job as baby Peyton's temporary nanny seems like an easy way to earn cash for her plane ticket to LA. But there's nothing easy about how Lily feels for Peyton's uncle, coffee shop owner Blake Stonely. As Valentine's Day approaches, Lily's head fills with romantic notions of the handsome new daddy. She's falling for a family that isn't hers, and dreaming of a life with the blue-eyed barista and his adorable niece. Will Lily leave Blake and Peyton behind…or make a new future—and family—with them by her side?
Moonlight Cove, a beachside town where love and faith blossom: Lily Rogers is ready to follow her dreams. Now all she needs is funds. Taking a job as baby Peyton's temporary nanny seems like an easy way to earn cash for her plane ticket to LA. But there's nothing easy about how Lily feels for Peyton's uncle, coffee shop owner Blake Stonely. As Valentine's Day approaches, Lily's head fills with romantic notions of the handsome new daddy. She's falling for a family that isn't hers, and dreaming of a life with the blue-eyed barista and his adorable niece. Will Lily leave Blake and Peyton behind…or make a new future—and family—with them by her side?


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Commencement exercises
The class of 1912 graduated from the Anoka high school Friday evening and the armory was crowded to capacity and many did not try to get in because of the crush.
There were forty-two members in the class, the list having been published in the Union last week, as was also the program.
The music of the evening was a feature, both that given by the high school orchestra and the vocal music.
– 100 years ago, June 5, 1912
People line streets to see parade
Anoka observed Memorial Day with its usual parade, program, etc.
The program was carried out to the letter. Capt. Dan Caldwell acted as marshal of the day assisted by Sheriff Olson and Chief of Police Melberg. The parade formed as was announced last week.
Preceding the eleven o'clock parade a detail of American Legion, V. F. W., G. A. R. and D. U. V. and auxiliaries proceeded at 8:15 to Champlin where the D. U. V. conducted services.
– 75 years ago, June 2, 1937
St. Francis to elect mayor, village officials June 12
St. Francis village residents will elect their first mayor and village officials June 12. Landol Locher, attorney for the petitioners for incorporation announced today.
St. Francis was officially declared a village at 4 p.m. May 16 following an election for incorporation and the filing of the result with the secretary of state.
– 50 years ago, June 1, 1962
Anoka graduates largest class ever in 107 years
In its 107th commencement ceremonies Wednesday, Anoka High School graduated its largest class, with 810 students stepping out into the "real" world.
Dr. Dean Souter, principal, said this week that 1987 has been a good year for him, and he hopes that the students who graduated felt the same way. In his first year as principal of Anoka High School, Soutor called the year a challenge in making an adjustment to "a school this size"; a school somewhat bigger than the one he was at in Owatonna.
– 25 years ago, June 5, 1987
• Compiled by Kelly Johnson
Editor's note: "Looking Back" is reprinted exactly as the items first appeared.


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The curtains opened as a 7th grader from Jenn's school stepped out and began singing a slow song. Nolin took a few steps forward and looked back at us as if to say "catch me if you can". I was in auto pilot mode as I took a step forward to try and cut him of at the pass. Then the volume increased as the kick drum came in and the middle schooler started singing "make the world your dance floor".
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An overflow crowd turned out for The Cowboy and Hobo Show at the Coon Rapids Senior Center July 29.The dinner show drew some 190 people.
But they were not only entertained by three members of The Cowboy and Hobo Show, but also by a Cajun comedian from Louisiana, who was visiting one of the band members and gave an impromptu comedy set, according to Kris Niebler, Coon Rapids Senior Services program specialist.
This is not the first time that Boxcar Bob, Cactus Willie and The Drifter have performed at one of the Coon Rapids Senior Services dinner shows, but they have now shortened the group's name to The Cowboy and Hobo Show, Niebler said.
"They are very popular," she said.
In fact, reservations for the show had to be cutoff and there were 30 people left on a waiting list, Niebler said.
The Cowboy and Hobo Show featured hits from country, rock, cowboy and folk music plus original songs.
Performing at many venues from Minnesota to Texas, the group has earned a reputation for high quality musical entertainment, according to its website.
Recently the performers were awarded Valley Star Entertainer of the Year Award at Victoria Palms Resort, Donna, Texas.
The group has performed at many of the largest festivals and shows such as the Pendleton Rodeo Mainstreet Show in Oregon, Almelund Threshing Show in Minnesota and the Beldenville Old Car Club Show in Wisconsin as well as the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud, to name a few.
This weekend, Aug. 9-11, The Cowboy and Hobo Show will be performing at the second annual Minnesota Harvest Appletennial Hoedown in Jordan.
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by Robert Collier, MBA '14 (4/11/13)
SGE Immersion students visit Opower, a young startup that saves consumers' money and reduces carbon emissions through transparent energy bills.
In March, the SGE Immersion students visited a number of companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies in Washington, D.C including Honest Tea, The Department of Defense and IFC. Among these companies, the most significant for me was Opower. In a nutshell, Opower is a software startup company that intends to transform the relationship between customers and utility companies through innovative methods in data analytics, behavioral psychology, and gamefication.
According to Opower, most people spend just 6 minutes per year thinking about their home energy usage. Thus, it is no surprise that encouraging consumers to wade through the morass of a traditional utility bill appears to be a daunting challenge. For one, utility bills are confusing. Additionally, the per unit price of energy is so low compared to other commodities that many people do not take the time to worry about it. For years utility companies have futilely attempted to inform their customers about the potential environmental and financial savings that could be made when they pay more attention to their energy usage. Even CFL light bulb giveaways have yielded marginal results.
During our hour-long informational session we learned that Opower is trying to change this bleak reality. The premise of Opower's work is simple: empower consumers to make informed choices about their energy usage by making utility bills more comprehensible. Opower strives to achieve this transparency in energy bills through many different means.
At the core of Opower's value proposition is the use of behavioral psychology and social-normative messages to encourage people to actively engage with their energy usage. For instance, Opower contracts with utility companies to mail personalized home energy reports that not only contain individualized information about a customer's usage, but an energy-saving grade of that customer relative to neighbors expressed in smiley faces: two smiley faces is well above average, one smiley face is just above average, and no smiley faces is below average.
Though using smiley faces may seem childish, there are studies in behavioral science that justify its effectiveness. The results speak likewise: the method is proving to have a dramatic impact on energy savings. As of February 2013, Opower's products have enabled customers to reduce 3,170,710,000 pounds of CO2 emissions and to save $220,135,000 on their energy bills.
Now Opower is looking to expand beyond the home energy report to other products and services including an advanced programmable thermostat that incorporates a smartphone application.
Opower's innovative products were not the only aspect of the company that amazed us: the excitement and enthusiasm we could feel while walking through the office stood witness to the care that the company shows to its employees. With an open floor plan, complete with standing desks, couches, and large windows, we saw small groups of employees sharing and discussing ideas. We even passed by two massive kitchens, equipped with kegerators, that had fully stocked pantries. Employees receive weekly massages and had lunches catered to them on Fridays. It was clear that the company values its employees and puts a lot of effort to retain its top talent.
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A NEW exhibition at the National Railway Museum has seen visitors enjoy toys and games from generations of York residents.
The Big Fun With Little Trains exhibition, which explores the themes of railways and childhood, allows residents to vote for their favourite toys at the event, which runs at the NRM until Sunday.
John McGoldrick, Curator of Museum Collections added: "For lots of us our first introduction to railways would have been through books, toys, TV, clothing and furniture - our nurseries are full of railway characters and adventure. It's an important part of how we experience 'trains' and there are lots of things in the museum's stores which are familiar from our collective childhood."
Voting as also open online on Facebook, Twitter and nrm.org.uk and the nation's favourite railway toys will be collected for a major exhibition next year.


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"Giftdwarf" (this is a joke of words because "Gift" means "Poison" in German and the band name is a reference to the German expression "Giftzwerg" which means "Poison Dwarf" and which simply describes an angry little man) is a band that is like no other. A glimpse at the strange but original cover artwork underlines my thesis. This band is composed of the German comedian Gerd Knebel from the legendary "Badesalz" and a couple of well known heavy metal musicians like Uwe Lulis that has played in "Grave Digger" and "Rebellion" which happen to be two of my favourite bands.
This original mixture can also be found in the songs themselves. The music is straight and heavy and there are many catchy choruses, sharp riffs and traditional guitar solos to find on this record. A few trumpets and harps add some additional variety to this weird mixture in a couple of songs but they never get too dominant. The lyrics mind sound silly at some points but the music never does and would also work win a more serious context.
But the thing this album is really about are the lyrics that are really funny and request further attention. The album really rises and falls depending on how you judge the humour of the comedian Gerd Knebel and if you are open minded enough for this experiment. Even though this is a German band and there are some vocabulary jokes in the lyrics that only German speaking people might fully understand, this album might be a great gem for any fan from any country.
As this is a really particular and rare to find album, I would like to give a few examples for the hilarious lyrics in some of the songs. A first good example can be found in the musically outstanding and quite diversified killer track "Holiday" that starts as follows:
When the baby pukes on your favourite boots
When your daddy farts on his credit cards
When your sister's smashed and your car is trashed
Grandma lost her haire - yes-ter-day it was there
And the cheesy smell makes you think you've gone to hell
It's holiday, it's holiday, the best time of the year...
Another great example for the very particular humour can be found in "My mother looks like Lemmy" which is a song that sounds indeed a lot like "Motörhead":
She got an "Oberlippenbart" on each hairy cheek she got a big wart
She wears black leather and got tattoos
There ain't nobody gonna light her fuse
She really likes porno and big fast cars
She only drinks whisky and smokes cigars
Two bottles a day - keep you healthy for sure
And if you don't like it, honey, there's the door
She ain't no beauty with a microwave
And the best of all is she don't gotta shave
Cause she looks like Lemmy from Motörhead
In the end, let me suggest you to check out the band's video clip for the quite catchy track "Fritz" which made me discover this band. It's included on the enhanced part of the album and can also easily be found on the internet. This video clip gives you a good idea of what those guys do. The lyrics are very funny and the music is straight and catchy. Even if there are more varied tracks on the entire album, this funny song remains my favourite track on the record along side with "Holiday" and the opener "iPott". Phenomenons of the contemporary society are touched in a hilarious way in those tracks and softly criticize beneath the surface of humour if you open your ears and your mind for those details. This is way more than just funny party music and in fact a very intelligent album at some parts.
Even if there are some little fillers on this record towards the end, this experiment is worth to get discovered in the entire world. Musically, it's more or less of an average quality with a few nice experimental gimmicks but the lyrics are very funny and unique. You can laugh, drink and bang along too many killer tracks at the same time on this stunning record. In my opinion, those guys are at least as funny as "Spinal Tap" or "Edguy" when they decide to do some humorous stuff. I hope that this wasn't just an experiment and that this band will soon work together again and play a couple of shows.


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Dr Peter Exterkate, Department of Economics and Business; Aarhus University
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Kernel ridge regression is a technique to perform ridge regression with a potentially infinite number of nonlinear transformations of the independent variables as regressors. This makes it a powerful forecasting tool, which is applicable in many different contexts. However, it is usually applied only to independent and identically distributed observations. This paper introduces a variant of kernel ridge regression for time series with stochastic volatility. The conditional mean and volatility are both modelled as nonlinear functions of observed variables. We set up the estimation problem in a Bayesian manner and derive a Gibbs sampler to obtain draws from the predictive distribution. A simulation study and an application to forecasting the distribution of returns on the S\&P500 index are presented, and we find that our method outperforms most popular GARCH variants in terms of one-day-ahead predictive ability. Notably, most of this improvement comes from a more adequate approximation to the tails of the distribution.


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One of the highlights of last year's classical concert season was violinist Maria Bachmann's recital at the Museum of Fine Arts, where she brought virtuosic drama to sonatas by Brahms, Enescu and Ravel. Now the museum is bringing back Bachmann with her Trio Solisti, which also includes pianist Jon Klibonoff and cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach.
The piano trio has been together for eight years, and Bachmann finds that it is a good complement to her solo playing.
"We chose the name Trio Solisti partially because it means a trio of soloists, and all three of us do solo work,'' she said. "And there is a soloistic quality in the piano trio repertoire. You do, as a trio, have to come together and be a cohesive unit and blend together, but it's not blending in the same way that a string quartet would blend their sound because of the homogeneity of the instruments."
At the museum on Sunday, Trio Solisti will play Mendelssohn's Trio in C Minor, Beethoven's Archduke Trio and Paul Schoenfield's Cafe Music, which is on the group's latest CD.
Bachmann and the trio have a knack for getting involved with high-profile projects. They, along with clarinet player David Krakauer, premiered and made the first recording of Paul Moravec's Shakespeare-inspired Tempest Fantasy, which won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2004.
In February, Bachmann and Klibonoff premiered Philip Glass' Sonata for Violin and Piano, and they'll be recording it in October for the composer's Orange Mountain Music label. The three-movement, 23-minute work is a rarity for Glass, whose minimalist music is mainly heard in opera and film these days.
"He has never written a violin-piano sonata or even any violin-piano pieces, so it is kind of a new genre for him,'' Bachmann said. "He's really trying new things these days. He has very strong roots in the classical tradition and was influenced by sonatas that he grew up listening to like Brahms and Faure and Schubert.''
The trio has been busy this summer. It was featured at the Telluride MusicFest in Colorado. But Bachmann sees the recession starting to affect concert bookings.
"I haven't noticed big changes for myself personally, but have been told by my management that there are some presenters who are either cutting back on the number of concerts that they're doing in a season, or trying to negotiate fees at slightly lower rates than before,'' she said. "I think eventually everybody is going to feel the pinch.''
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"Each year in the past we have had our legislators in and have made a presentation of the items the board has seen fit to adopt as priorities but this year, we've decided to do things a little differently," said Newton County School System Superintendent Dr. Steve Whatley, with a smirk at Tuesday night's Board of Education work session.
"Instead of bringing the legislators in we are going to have approximately 20,000 brochures printed and given to students and mailed, and those will have the legislative priorities and the contact information about how you can get in touch with your legislator regarding these priorities," Whatley continued. "They will be posted on our Web site and we will use school messenger to call the parents and say 'please look at these priorities, they are important for your child's education,' as opposed to bringing someone in and making a presentation and hearing about the common plight we know we have. Let's move on from the common plight we have and do something about the issues."
After attending Georgia School Boards Associations meetings in both the summer and fall, board members decided on the top 10 issues that most affect Newton County in policies, procedures and funding as determined through legislative action.
One of the most important to the board is tax reform, policy and impact. According to the prepared priorities "a review is needed of tax exemptions from sales and use tax, income tax and other revenue producing state taxes as well as increasing revenues through targeted areas such as alcohol, tobacco, sodas, vehicles and business services… Until such recommendations are forthcoming, and realizing that the maintenance of a sound tax structure is necessary to ensure adequate revenue generation to support and improve Georgia's schools, the property tax should continue as the fundamental element in financing education."
"We feel that until a fair, sound tax policy is enacted by the state and they have reviewed it and decide what is necessary for operation of the state government and its local entities they not mess with us," said Whatley. "And that they leave the taxing authority and wealth support for the districts as it is. They need to be very cognizant of the actions that they take in the way of exemptions and credits that effect the revenue stream when in an economic downturn hurts all the state agencies, but more important, the services that are provided by those agencies."
The board also believes that revenue shortfalls, continuation of waivers of selected Title 20 and Title 50 laws and capital outlay are important to the system. The board supports the authorization of a legislative study to examine the governance issues in public education and opposes "any attempts to usurp the authority of local board to determine how local funds are allocated."
The appropriation of funds for education resources and textbooks is another concern since some books can run upwards of $200 and only $33.26 is provided (per weighted student FTE) for textbooks in grades one through three. Also, only $3.11 is allocated for equipment, such as copiers and instructional equipment, including computers.
Maintenance, operation and transportation funding is important to the board, especially in light of the furlough days that will effect transportation staff that the board was notified of in late Oct.
"…Now a further cut [is required] either to be taken by reducing the school year for these employees and thus reducing the student year or absorbing the cost of cuts by the local BOE by cutting elsewhere."
The board also supports waivers for acreage but opposes both the Charter Schools Commission and additions or amendments to HB 251 that will restrict local control of public schools.
"We have a great disconnection with the parents of our kids about what the legislature is doing with education," said BOE Vice-Chair Cathy Dobbs. "We are hoping that we can awaken a sleeping giant and that people can become aware of the decisions they are making about the local school systems.
"Georgia has one of the lowest tax rates of the nation and we can't attract industry if we're one of the lowest ranked in education," Dobbs continued. "You get what you pay for and we really need to think about how we can go about improving our educational system. I hope some leaders can step up and that we will see some real leadership come out of the gold dome this year."


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A book discussion group has sprung to life ex nihilo in my congregation.
That's why I've just read the classic 1960 novel by Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz, which is marinated in Catholicism. The plot has me imagining what Catholicism might look like 600 or 1,100 or 2,000 years from now.
There's no certain way to answer that, but the exercise is still worth the time. And Miller himself thought it profitable to make up plausible answers to the question as part of his semi-wild story about a world after nuclear war.
A quick plot summary: After a global nuclear war, a small band of surviving monks (followers of St. Leibowitz, a scientist who lived through the disaster) seeks to preserve what few books and other printed matter it can. The monks act in response to the profound anger among survivors at the scientists whose work led to this catastrophe. (Think nationwide book burning.)
The core of the material the monks save in the early years is scientific, but later, they save all the knowledge they can. They hope humanity will be able to use this material to reconstruct a world presumably saner than the one that incinerated itself.
In the novel, this now-rescued scientific knowledge helps rebuild the world but leads to a second nuclear war. But that doesn't change the fact that for long centuries, these monks are faithful to their task.
As I think about the future of Catholicism (and Christianity in general) with all that in mind, I'm taking a much longer view than one I took in an NCR column last summer, when I wrote that it looked to me as if "the current hierarchical institutional expression of the Catholic church is dying and will be essentially gone in a few generations -- certainly in the U.S."
Both the Catholic and Orthodox churches (essentially one body before the Great Schism of 1054) have an enviable record of protecting and preserving what Catholics call the profession of faith. And the various Protestant denominations have developed ways to maintain doctrines and teachings over the last 500 years, except that among us Protestants, there's a proclivity to create a new church whenever there's a doctrinal disagreement.
So I don't worry much that hundreds and even thousands of years from now, barring the Second Coming, Catholics will have remained faithful in their commitment to the profession of faith, though there may be some divisive arguments over what should be considered part of that profession.
What concerns me more than protection of the profession of faith is whether the church can be flexible enough to look more to the future than it does to the past. It is, after all, the future into which God is drawing us -- not coercively, and yet with persistence.
As Georgetown scholar John F. Haught explains in God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution, "reality is shaped by promise," meaning God continues to create, using us as partners. Indeed, although we're moving toward God's ultimate plan of redemption for the whole cosmos, God guides us gently toward that promise. Again Haught: "It is out of a longing to relate deeply to the world that God foregoes any annihilating 'presence' to the world." God, in other words, relates to the world "by selflessly allowing it to achieve ever deeper autonomy."
Living in such a world places on humanity the growing burden and opportunity of being discerning about the shape of the future into which God seeks to call us. It does not, of course, mean abandoning the past. The monks of St. Leibowitz Abbey sought, in fact, to preserve the past. And the church must do the same.
But preservation of the past must not overwhelm the church's responsibility to detect and be open to the promise God has for creation's future.
[Bill Tammeus, a Presbyterian elder and former award-winning Faith columnist for The Kansas City Star, writes the daily "Faith Matters" blog for the Star's website and a monthly column for The Presbyterian Outlook. His latest book, co-authored with Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn, is They Were Just People: Stories of Rescue in Poland During the Holocaust. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.]
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Lamar is a county in Alabama. It was formed in 1867 from the following county/ies: Marion/Fayette/Pickens(Jones) (Sanford). Lamar began keeping birth records in ——, marriage records in 1867, and death records in ——. It began keeping land records in 1867, probate records in 1867, and court records in ?. For more information, contact the county at Pond St./P.O. Box 338, Vernon 35592. On the attached map, Lamar is located at C2.


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ROME -- While victims of clerical abuse in the United States are blasting the beatification of Pope John Paul II for "rubbing more salt into the wounds" caused by the abuse crisis, two prelates who worked with the late pope, one a Slovakian and another an American, insisted that the crisis does not disqualify John Paul from sainthood.
A statement released today by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, the main victims' advocacy group in the United States, asserted that "in more than 25 years as the most powerful religious figure on the planet, John Paul II did almost nothing to safeguard kids across the world."
In Rome, however, prelates who knew the pope argued that a tight focus on the sexual abuse crisis misses the big picture of what John Paul II was all about.
"If you take his personality as a whole, you'll have the measure of the man," said Cardinal Jozef Tomko, who worked in the Vatican under John Paul II in various capacities throughout his entire papacy.
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John Paul II found revelations of priestly abuse "deplorable and painful," said Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul-Minneapolis, who worked in the Vatican's Secretariat of State during the John Paul years from 1980 to 1985.
Read the full report: Prelates defend John Paul II on abuse crisis
More NCR coverage of the beatification of John Paul II
- John L. Allen Jr.: Prelates defend John Paul II on abuse crisis
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- #3: Why make saints out of popes?
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Play the game that's too nice to remind St Kilda fans that Ross made the finals, you didn't.
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When New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter announced his retirement on February 13th, the result sent shock waves throughout Major League Baseball. A lot of people were surprised by Jeter's abrupt announcement, especially fans. Many realized that this would be their last chance to see the Captain play. Fans first reaction was, "I can't believe it" and their second was, "when is his last game at "Yankee Stadium?"
Once fans realized that the Yankee legend will be playing his last home game on September 25, 2014 vs. the Baltimore Orioles, ticket prices skyrocketed. Tickets originally listed on February 12, the day before Jeter's announcement were starting at around $25 per ticket. Those same tickets are currently listed at $217. The game saw an unusual rise in cost, post Jeter's retirement announcement. The highest ticket price for Jeter's farewell is currently, 244,202 for an 11th row seat in the Delta Suite. The problem started when resellers who posted pre Jeter's retirement, then reposted the day after. According to a report by ESPN's Darren Rovell, StubHub is policing the Jeter market and is watching prices very closely.
The site informed those who sold tickets, but then relisted them to try and get a higher price, that they will now have the choice of honoring the original sale or they can keep the current listing. But StubHub will find tickets at the current market price for the original buyer and charge the brokers credit card. Those who already sold the ticket at a relisted price will have to pay StubHub a fee to provide tickets to the original buyer for the game they had purchased.
When Jeter made his announcement there were only a few hundred seats for sale. Two hours later there were 1,600 tickets on StubHub for a 300% increase. 95% of ticket sales occurred on the day of the Captain's announcement. Last year when Mariano Rivera made his retirement announcement there was a spike in ticket prices. A Seatgeek.com representative said that tickets for Rivera's last game doubled after he made his retirement announcement on March 13, 2013. That was a huge increase in pricing, but nothing compared to the increase for Jeter. StubHub allows sellers to cancel sales, but not to the level in the case of Jeter. Tickets for Jeter's final game against the Red Sox in Boston have also seen a significant rise in cost.
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Among those new members -- Bella Abzug, Paul Sarbanes, Charles Rangel, Ron Dellums -- one man stood out from the start, the first priest elected to Congress, Jesuit Fr. Robert Drinan.
Raymond Schroth's biography portrays a man whose own life and concerns followed the trajectory of American life and the American Catholic church in the 20th century. NCR readers are no doubt familiar through his columns with the range and depth of Drinan's mind and the durable power of his faith. To those who might be less familiar with Drinan, the strength of Schroth's work is that it portrays Drinan's public life in the full context of his life as a Jesuit.
Read the full book review here: Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress.
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Mr. Legard died Oct. 28, 2013, in the comfort of his home. He was born April 27, 1940, in Billings, Mont.
After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Army. He proudly served his country for 20 years.
Mr. Legard married Ramona (Ginger) Miller on April 20, 1963. They were the proud parents of two children.
Mr. Legard loved playing cards at the Senior Center and at home on the computer. He also enjoyed fishing, going to Port Aransas and the beach.
He was a faithful member of Memorial Baptist Church who loved to attend Sunday school and Sunday services.
He was preceded in death by his father, Al Legard; his mother, Meldora Legard; and one brother, John Legard.
Survivors include his wife, Ramona (Ginger) Legard; a son, Kevin Legard; and a daughter, Dori Marie Legard; a brother, Jerry Legard and his wife, Margaret; and a sister, Linda Brooks; and several nieces and nephews.
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Katie Weeks joins ZELL Commercial
ZELL Commerical Real Estate Service Inc., a Phoenix-based full service shopping center management, leasing and brokerage firm, announced that Katie Weeks has joined its team. Weeks joins ZELL as a property manager. Her portfolio of retail properties consists of approximately 665,000 square-feet across Arizona. Prior to joining ZELL, Weeks worked in property management at Opus Property… Read More →
Survey: Phoenix Commercial Real Estate in Recovery
It's shaky, but improving. Experts say the Phoenix-area commercial real estate market is now officially in a slow recovery mode. A full 100 percent of the real estate brokers participating in a quarterly survey by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University indicate they feel "optimistic," and 84 percent believe the… Read More →
Jones Lang LaSalle Completes Sale of Camelback Arboleda
The Phoenix office of Jones Lang LaSalle completed the sale of Camelback Arboleda, a 179,751 SF, multi-tenant office building located at 16th St. and Camelback Rd., in the heart of Phoenix's Camelback Corridor. Jones Lang LaSalle's Senior Managing Director Dennis Desmond and Senior Vice President Brian Ackerman managed the sale to El Segundo, Calif.-based Westport Capital Partners LLC, a real estate investment firm… Read More →
Phoenix Market Is Affordable Again
The current state of the Phoenix commercial real estate market can be viewed from two sides. The reality is that we are still pushing through, so to speak, amidst a haze of foreclosures, bank take-backs and monetary defaults. But through the fog, there is a silver lining in the form of good old-fashioned opportunity. As… Read More →


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On tonight's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's "moonbat in chief", spent 10 minutes of his show pondering if President Bush used the news of a thwarted terror plot for political gain. Olbermann, who often refers to President Bush as "Mr. Bush", had "investigative reporter" Gerald Posner on as a guest tonight. Posner is just as liberal, if not more, as Olbermann and agreed with the host word for word as Keith played puppet master and controlled his strings. At one point during the interview, Posner charged that President Bush is "using terror as a political weapon" and constantly does this in a time when he needs to justify certain policies, such as, according to him, the Patriot Act.
The ironic thing in all of this is Keith agrees with him and thinks that no one should play politics with terror. Olbermann should have taken his own advice when he ran a piece called "The Nexus of Politics & Terror" late last year that was an attack on Bush's timing of "calling" terror alerts as if they weren't serious. If you are into liberal conspiracies, that segment was for you.


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Wives, do you wish your husbands were better communicators? Guys, do you wish your wives didn't read things into what you say that were never there? You know what I'm talking about.
"So honey, what do you think?"
"It's nice."
"What do you mean? what's wrong with it?"
"Nothing, I said it's nice..."
And it goes back and forth. I think that it is safe to say that none of us are perfect communicators. And you don't have to be married to know that. One message is sent. A completely different one is received. Somehow, our words don't always say what we want them to. I'll say it again. We are not perfect communicators.
But, we can thank God that he is. He has let us know perfectly everything we need to know about him. We might not have every detail we're curious about, but he has let us know perfectly what we need to know. Really, that's what Christmas is all about.
Look at how the apostle John starts his Gospel, under inspiration by the Holy Spirit:
In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men... He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Do you notice what John calls Jesus there? The word. Think about what a word does. A word is something I use to communicate something that is in my head and heart to yours. Without it, you wouldn't know what I'm thinking. You could only guess what I'm feeling. And, let's be honest, you'd probably usually be wrong.
Now apply that to God. By nature, we see that God is powerful. You can't look around at all that is and not realize that there is something bigger than us out there. By nature, our consciences tell us that we are less than perfect; they tell us that our failures deserve punishment. Put those two things together, and all we would ever guess from God is that we're in trouble.
We'd never guess his love and sacrifice for us.
So God sent the word -Jesus. John tells us he's the one that made all things and is over all things, yet when he was in the world, the world didn't see him. But he was God. He is God. He's the light that changes our darkness. He's the word that perfectly communicates to us something we would never know otherwise. When we celebrate Christmas, that's what we are celebrating. God has given us the perfect word. Jesus is how God communicates to us his love and his will.
The word became flesh. God became man, all so that we could understand his love for us, all so that we could understand that we are children of God. So Jesus came, born of that virgin, to show us what perfection looks like in how he loved everyone, and served them above himself. So Jesus came, and suffered our shame, was crucified for our sin, all because God loves us. And Jesus came, to rise again, to show us the victory over death God has in store for us.
Jesus came, the word made flesh. He came so that we could understand the love of God in our lives and for our eternity. So as we make our New Year's resolutions and look to start this year off right, resolve to spend more time with the word, that you may know God's love that much more. Resolve to get to church this year and understand the word better. Resolve to study the word, that daily, you might be reminded of your status: children of God.
If you've got a church family - get there and find out what ways your church is helping you grow in the word in 2013. If you don't, come check out Abiding Grace. On Jan. 20, we're having our "Christian Resolution" Sunday and considering how we can resolve to grow in our relationship with God all year long. The service is at 10:30 a.m. with a banquet following.
On the next day, Monday, Jan. 21, at 6:45 p.m., we're starting a new round of Bible Information Class. It's a 12-week commitment to spend an hour together on one key teaching of Scripture each week - studying God's word on it and how it applies to our lives. It's a commitment that bears such amazing fruit. Surely that's one New Year's resolution you could keep. Think about it. You all are welcome. And may God bless your New Year in his word.
Rev. Jonathan Scharf is pastor of Abiding Grace Lutheran Church in Covington. Worship every Sunday is at 10:30 a.m. Full sermons and more information can be found at abidinggrace.com.


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|Romantic Partners
|Peggy Olson
Stan Rizzo is the art director for Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Before coming to SCDP, Stan worked for the Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Presidential campaign.
Stan was often seen flirting with the office secretaries. Stan believed that Peggy was repressed, so both were not happy when Don forced them to both come up with new ideas for the Vicks campaign. After Ida Blankenship locks them in a hotel room, Peggy becomes annoyed with Stan's lack of work ethic. Stan claims that she is ashamed of her body, to which Peggy begins removing her clothes. She calls him lazy and after stripping down starts talking about work once again with Stan visibly uncomfortable. Later he puts his clothes back on and calls her "the smuggest bitch in the world". ("Waldorf Stories")
While working on the Samsonite account with Joey Baird and Danny Siegel, Joan Holloway remarks about the mess they've created. Joey jokingly remarks that "although I am paid less, I am still not a janitor" before shrugging and walking off, leaving Danny and Stan to clean up the mess. Later in the day both Stan and Danny take off before Don or Peggy can keep them late in the office and miss the Ali vs. Liston boxing match. ("The Suitcase")
Ken Cosgrove attempted to buy a candy bar from the vending machine, and while it was being dispensed, the candy got stuck. After Joey's failed attempt at reaching the stuck candy bar, Stan and Joey started to shake the vending machine violently, which made a loud ruckus. Joan was not happy with this and confronted the group. Stan was amused by Joey's characterization of Joan treating everyone as if she was their mothers. Later that day he was laughing along with Joey and others at a lewd picture of Joan giving fellatio to Lane. Joey was fired shortly after this. ("The Summer Man")
Joyce Ramsay stopped by Stan and Peggy's office to say hello. Upon entering the office, Stan playfully mocked her for being a lesbian. ("The Beautiful Girls")
Stan seemed less worried about the impending crisis with the loss of Lucky Strike but remained hard working. He joked that Pete said that "if anyone sends a resume out of here they will be executed." He later believed that Peggy was sexually frustrated, and confronted her in their office, ending when Peggy rejected him outright. He later took some enjoyment when she embarrassingly had lipstick on her teeth during a client meeting. ("Chinese Wall")
Stan and Peggy sit and watch as various SCDP employees are fired from the firm. On his way out, Bertram tells Peggy and Stan that "It's been a pleasure," to slightly confused faces, unaware that he just declared he was leaving the firm to the rest of the partners. ("Blowing Smoke")
In the final episode of the show, Stan confesses his love for Peggy, which she returns. The two kiss, and their final scenes hint at a happy, ongoing relationship. ("Person to Person")


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Toshiba Corp. said its profitability will improve in the next fiscal year as it scales back on products such as personal computers and home appliances.
Operating profit will be ¥120 billion ($1.1 billion) and revenue ¥4.9 trillion in fiscal 2016, the electronics maker said on Friday, in a presentation titled "A road map to a new Toshiba." Analysts were projecting, on average, a profit of ¥145.5 billion on sales of ¥5.77 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Toshiba, which makes everything from computers to nuclear power equipment, is seeking to revive profits by narrowing the scope of its business lines. An accounting scandal has left the Japanese conglomerate in tatters, facing record losses, job cuts and potential spinoffs. The company is selling its medical unit to Canon Inc., home-appliance business to China's Midea Group Co. and is considering letting go of its PC operations.
"The trust we've lost won't be regained overnight," President Masashi Muromachi said at a briefing at Toshiba's Tokyo headquarters. "We must transform into a company that can deliver consistent growth."
For the current fiscal year, which ends this month, Toshiba kept its operating loss forecast intact, at ¥430 billion, on revenue of ¥6.2 trillion. Still, the company is retesting the value of its nuclear power operations. That business is at the center of an investigation by the U.S. over allegations that it hid $1.3 billion in losses, according to two people familiar with the matter. Toshiba now expects the goodwill on its Westinghouse Electric Co. to be ¥351 billion, from an originally anticipated ¥385 billion.
Toshiba, which said it's cooperating with U.S. authorities, disclosed in November that the Westinghouse unit booked writedowns on new construction projects and automation services in fiscal 2012 and 2013. The value of Westinghouse wasn't impaired by the writedowns and the accounting was accurate, Yu Takase, a spokeswoman for the company, told Bloomberg News at the time of the disclosure.
Toshiba is also cutting back on hiring, and said it's on track to eliminate 1,300 jobs from its computer business.


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|As you admire the wonderful things God has made today, remember you're one of them - wonderful inside and out. You're blessed. You're special. You're loved!
|Love means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them asking in return only that you do not judge me for mine!
|Long distance relationship works. Have faith. Don't cheat.
Just love!
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In Maths: An equation;
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In Me: You!
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It's both a strength and a weakness!
|What makes people special is not the happiness you feel when you are with them;
But rather the pain you feel when they are away from you!
|If I get your smile, I don't need flowers.
If I get your voice, I don't need music.
If you speak to me, I don't need anybody.
If you are my love, I don't need the world!
|Some broken heart, may never mend;
Some memories may never end.
Some wet tears may never dry;
But my love for you will never die!
|Sometime love is for a moment and some time love is for life time;
But sometimes a moment with the one you love is enough to spend a life time!


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Salma Hayek's first role since the birth of her daughter Valentina Paloma in September 2007, has her sporting a beard for the supernatural thriller Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, in theatres October 23.
In a recent interview with Parade, the 43-year-old actress likens her bushy beard to the so-called pregnancy glow:
Everybody said, 'Oh, my God. You look so hot with the beard.' It's like when people tell you, 'You look gorgeous,' when you are pregnant. You are like a swollen whale and never looked worse in your life. And somebody goes, 'You're glowing.' They don't have the courage to tell you how bad you look.
"Valentina saw me with the beard and seemed to understand it was only makeup," adds Salma. "She was seven months old and she was not freaking out."
The Frida actress, who recently wed Valentina's French billionaire father François-Henri Pinault, loved being able to have her now 2-year-old daughter on the set with her during production: "I kept my daughter with me the whole time we were filming because otherwise I don't see her the whole day," she says. "She's an amazing child. At nine months old she was already walking and talking."
Though she may play a "freak" in The Vampire's Assistant, she believes it's the paparazzi who are the real freaks: "I think what's freaky is those guys with the cameras who are so desperate and so excited because they're seeing you walk into a supermarket and they want to get a picture," says Salma. "I think that's freaky. They're the freaks. I'm not a freak but, I'm being attacked by the freaks sometimes. That's the strange part."


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A fun tape dispenser for your desk or office. Who doesn't want to get their tape from Mr. P? Pull the tape from his mouth and it tears at his serrated feet. What a gentleman.
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As if the 10 million Samsung Galaxy S phones sold were not enough to please Samsung they will be releasing some smaller and lower powered devices which are similar to the Galaxy S. It is true that you will miss out on the true feeling of owning one of the amazing Galaxy S phones with it's Super AMOLED display, but when you are on a budget you make the most of what you can get. Samsung is releasing the Samsung Ace which most resembles the Galaxy S series in looks and power, the Samsung Fit, Samsung Gio, and Samsung Galaxy Mini. Aside from the Samsung Ace, which has a 800mhz processor, the Gio, fit, and Galaxy Mini all run on a 600mhz processor. All of these devices will have Android OS and Samsung TouchWiz UI. All of these phones may sound appealing to those of us on a budget, but it appears the release is mainly intended for the UK and Asia so we will be spared of the downgraded Galaxy phones.
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WV Wildland Fire Training Class Scheduled - Open to all County Departments
Welcome to the Mercer County Firefighters Association website. This association represents all fire service organizations in Mercer County, WV. We are made up of 9 all-volunteer departments and two municipal career departments. Mercer County is located in Southern West Virginia and has a population of 62,000 (2011). Our firefighters provide EMS, Firefighting, and Rescue services to an area of 421 square miles.


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Biola University's speech-language clinic operates during the fall and spring semesters. We see each client one time a week for a 50-minute session for a total of 12 sessions during the semester. Our sessions are conducted on a one-on-one basis, though at times we do run small groups.
If you are interested in receiving services you may call the clinic at (562) 777-4068 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please provide the following information:
Please tell us when would be the best time/day to call you back. We will get back to you within a week of receiving this information.
The Biola Speech and Language Clinic does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, disability, or genetic information in the treatment and services offered to the public.


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Excerpts from The New York Times:
Many dashboards already rely on LCD and OLED screens (rather than fixed, mechanical dials) to display fuel levels, mileage and other information.
Ford's 2011 Fusion Hybrid lets you change what information appears on the driver's display (and where it appears). The coming Chevrolet Volt has several options to display the car's vitals, such as battery and fuel levels. But what Cisco envisions is much more advanced: a fully customizable, upgradeable, personalized dashboard.
Using three large side-by-side touch-screens to demonstrate the idea, Dave Evans, whose job description at Cisco is "chief futurist," dragged and dropped items around an experimental car dashboard for me as if he were playing with an iPad.
To change the position of the fuel gauge, for example, he dragged it over from the screen directly in front of the driver to the center console screen, then adjusted its size with a pinching motion. To get a better look at what was playing on the sound system, he dragged that on-screen display from the far right screen to the center console.
"These are essentially widgets that you can add or move or change at will," he said.
Software companies could even add new applications, like weather widgets and traffic information, he explained. Nearly everything on the Cisco dashboard can be customized and personalized.
In another example, Mr. Evans used different key fobs to invoke differently themed dashboard displays: for her, pastel backgrounds and personalized Pandora stations; for him, a racing-themed black-and-red dashboard with an oversized tachometer and radio display. (One item you won't be able to change much is the speedometer. It's precise position and size are proscribed by various government regulations.)
Naturally, Cisco sees secure, high-speed connections to Internet-based services as critical to this new kind of dashboard. "The car will be connected," said Dirk Schlesinger, a senior director in Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group. He points out several advantages for carmakers, such as the ability to upgrade a vehicle's software remotely rather than having to bring cars into dealerships to adjust, for example, an electronic braking system.
Mr. Evans cautions that the Cisco dashboard is not a product destined for production, but rather a technical demonstration of "the art of the possible. It's a platform for discussion."
Many original equipment manufacturers and automakers are discussing how to implement many of the ideas presented by such technology. The first steps are smartphone apps that work with cars, but many companies expect that the customizable dashboard will definitely appear in future vehicles. They just aren't sure yet who will be in charge of it: customers, automakers or software developers.
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Meditation group
Buddhist Meditation Group meets at 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings for reading/discussion/sitting meditation at Lifespring Yoga, 1032 Quarrier St. Beginners are welcome and instructions are available. Contact Leesa at 304-415-2032.
Lunchtime hike
A lunchtime hike to see the West Side mural by Charly Jupiter Hamilton, in progress and up close, will begin at noon Wednesday at Charleston Montessori School, 805 Price St. The hike, part of Charleston Montessori's Life's a Hike program, will go down Washington Street to the mural and back to the school. This is the seventh of 10 hikes in the spring series. For more information, call 304-340-9000 or visit www.educatewv.com.
Business After Hours
Charleston Area Alliance and Four Points by Sheraton will host the next Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at 600 Kanawha Blvd. E. The cost is $15 for Alliance members and $25 for future members who register online by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Prices after Wednesday will increase to $25 for Alliance members and $35 for future members. Business After Hours offers opportunities to meet the region's leaders in a relaxed setting with food, drinks and entertainment. To register, call 304-340-4253.
Open Stage 4 Kids
The next Open Stage 4 Kids event will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Unity of Kanawha Valley, 804 Myrtle Road. The event is for youth performers ages 5-15 who want to share a talent such as playing an instrument, singing, dancing, telling a joke, showing a piece of art, magic or just talking into a microphone. Silly songs are welcome. Hosts will be Ron Sowell and Sky Kershner. There is no charge. Sign-ups begin at 6 p.m. For information, call 304-345-0021 or 304-346-1948; contact Sky at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com. Directions can be found at www.unitywv.org/directions. Visit the website at www.openstage4kids.info.
Support group
Gastroparesis support group will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month, beginning May 6, at the Kanawha County Public Library. Patients, family members, caregivers, educators, doctors and others who express interest in learning more about gastroparesis are welcome. The group will offer support, education, resources and referrals. Contact Debbie Kinder at 304-744-3263 or firstname.lastname@example.com with questions or for more information.
Items for Bulletin Board may be submitted by mail to The Charleston Gazette, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25301; faxed to 304-348-1233; or emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com. Notices will be run one time free. Please include a contact person's name and a daytime telephone number.


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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust leads applicants seeking increase in RAD money
More than 100 cultural and recreational groups are asking for $102.1 million in county money for next year, and some mid-size or big groups such as the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust are seeking double-digit increases from this year.
The trust's $1.3 million application for Regional Asset District money represents an increase of $300,000, or 30 percent, according to documents released on Monday. That's the highest dollar increase for operations among groups that ask for RAD money every year without a guarantee of funding.
With RAD funding, the trust would "continue to increase accessibility efforts in its programming and within trust venues, as well as expand free and low-cost programs targeted to special audiences," said J. Kevin McMahon, its president and CEO.
Trust programs bring millions of people and tens of millions of dollars of direct spending to the Pittsburgh region, he said.
RAD records show that 106 groups sought the tax dollars for their 2015 daily operations and maintenance, repairs and the purchase of equipment. That compares with 104 groups asking for $102.5 million for this year.
RAD supports parks, libraries, stadiums and cultural groups with half of the proceeds of an additional 1 percent sales tax in Allegheny County.
"I thought it would be about the same as prior years, and it was," said David Donahoe, executive director of RAD. "Last year, the August Wilson Center was included. If you added that back in, the number would be virtually the same."
RAD last year withheld the August Wilson Center's $300,000 grant for 2014 and $225,000 of its 2013 grant because of its failure to file an audit and subsequent concerns about its finances. A court-appointed receiver is recommending that an Allegheny County judge approve a $9.5 million offer from 980 Liberty Partners to buy the center. The center's mortgage-holder, Dollar Bank, set an Oct. 6 foreclosure date.
The Pittsburgh Opera asked RAD for $250,000, an increase of $105,000, or 72 percent, over this year.
"We feel our range of activity and educational outreach is so extensive, we respectfully request that they consider additional funding," said Christopher Hahn, general director of the opera.
Nine groups that are guaranteed some level of money from RAD over five years, called "contractual assets," asked for $65.1 million for daily operations. As is the norm, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh topped the list.
The Carnegie Library seeks $20.1 million for its operations, up 3 percent, and more than $3 million for the digital infrastructure for city and county libraries that allows patrons to check online books that are available and to reserve them.
If the trend holds, RAD may have a little more money than it had for this year's requests. Donahoe said tax collections through June are $44.1 million, or 3.3 percent ahead of the same period last year.
"In the last few months, car sales seem to have taken off," he said.


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Carlton's surprise elimination-final victory against Richmond was the stand-out moment for the club's supporters in 2013. It may now have a new rival: much-admired Kade Simpson winning his first best-and-fairest award.
The midfielder-cum-flanker went into this year's count having never finished higher than fourth in the John Nicholls Medal. This year, however, his unparalleled consistency at the Blues was recognised in him winning the award by 15 votes, with only 16 votes between runner-up Andrew Walker (77 votes) and 10th-placed Jeff Garlett (51).
Simpson, rated highly by fans and teammates alike, has just completed his 11th season at Carlton, a stint exceeded only among current players by Jarrad Waite. His lean start to the season, switching between midfield and forward, was promptly forgotten when new coach Mick Malthouse switched him to half-back, where he thrived in playing every match.
Long-time teammate Walker said he was rapt Simpson, 29, had finally been recognised in the club's best-and-fairest voting.
"For a bloke like 'Simmo' not to have gone first, second or third in that number of years is just unbelievable," Walker said. "His spirit out on the ground, the way he plays and what he brings to the table each week is just unbelievable, so I'm absolutely thrilled for 'Simmo'."
Simpson said the John Nicholls Medal win was the best individual moment of his career.
"I was hoping [to win] but never really thought it would happen, and then later on [in the count] the nerves built up when I saw the polling. I'm absolutely thrilled. It's definitely one of my highest achievements," he said.
Simpson paid tribute to coach Malthouse for his ability to help him recover from a flat start to 2013, when he was alternating between the Blues' forward line and midfield.
"We had some good conversations early when my form wasn't so great, which gave me a lot of confidence," he said. "He instils a lot of confidence in all the players. It's one of his biggest strengths, people management, and he knows how to get the best out of guys."
The results of this year's award heralded a drastic change in placings from recent years, with an entirely different top five to 2012 and six of the top seven vote-getters finishing with personal bests. The exception was Bryce Gibbs, who finished fifth.
Simpson said such a result was positive for Carlton.
"I don't know if it's a changing of the guard. It's great for the club because it's obviously building a lot more depth, it's not always left up to 'Juddy' [Chris Judd] and 'Murph' [Marc Murphy] and Bryce and these guys who have finished higher in the B&F," he said. "Hopefully next year we can get another three up here and just build the depth and a good, even spread across the board, because that's what good sides do. They don't leave it up to one or two guys."
The soaring importance of key-position swingman Lachie Henderson to the Blues was reflected in him finishing third in the voting, behind Simpson and Walker. The 23-year-old, who arrived from Brisbane at the end of 2009 as part of the Brendan Fevola deal, received two additional gongs, in the high achiever and most determined categories.
Henderson reckoned the dominance of defenders in the voting was a "great effort".
"Gavin Brown, the back-line coach, is probably the happiest out of everyone right now," he said.
Simpson, whose recent beard shave raised about $34,000 for Down Syndrome Victoria, lauded Henderson's improvement in the past four years.
"When he first came to the club he was a very young boy, very raw and got thrown into the deep end up forward in a struggling side. Since he's gone down back in the past couple of years he's been absolutely super and this year just took his game to the next level," he said of his teammate.
"The confidence he gained down back by playing on the best forwards gave him confidence to go forward and take marks and kick goals himself."
In Henderson's speech for finishing third, he joked about his new-found swingman status, typically in partnership with Waite, by declaring he never wanted to hear "swap with Waite, swap with Waite" ever again.
The top two were also feted beyond the voting. Simpson was named the Blues' most ruthless player while Walker, 27, won the Spirit of Carlton award.
As in Simpson's case, Malthouse was applauded by Walker for his influence this season, his first since taking over at the Blues. He argued his successful switch from half-forward was "an indication of how Mick's come to the club and been able to get the best out of players".
"I sat down with Mick at the start of the year and he said that we might need some run off the half-back line. As a forward you probably don't want to hear that but I just saw that as another challenge . . . and I absolutely enjoyed my time down on the half-back line," Walker said.
Tagger Ed Curnow was rewarded with both a fourth placing in the overall award and the best clubman award.
The other top-10 players to finish with personal bests were full-back Michael Jamison (sixth) and long-kicking defender Zach Tuohy (seventh).
Last year the Blues' top five were Heath Scotland, Eddie Betts, Chris Judd, Brock McLean and Marc Murphy. Judd and McLean shared eighth position this year.
For first-year captain Murphy, who struggled to overcome a broken jaw despite missing only one match because of it, it was the first time he had not finished in the top five – or 10 – since 2007. Simpson, however, was quick to defend his younger teammate, declaring his leadership had been "exceptional" and that he had been judged "too harshly" on this season's form.
Negating midfield Jaryd Cachia made the most of his second chance at the Blues – he was delisted in 2011 after not playing a game – by playing 14 matches, enough to earn him the best first-year player award.
Nick Duigan conspicuously spent most of the season out of the senior team – his four-goal haul against the Tigers was one of only five matches he played – was named the Blues' best ambassador.
1. Kade Simpson - 92 votes
2. Andrew Walker - 77
3. Lachie Henderson - 71
4. Ed Curnow - 67
5. Bryce Gibbs - 55
6. Michael Jamison - 54
7. Zach Tuohy - 53
Eq 8. Chris Judd - 52
Eq 8. Brock McLean - 52
10. Jeff Garlett - 51
Best clubman: Ed Curnow
Best first-year player: Jaryd Cachia
High achiever award: Lachie Henderson
Most determined award: Lachie Henderson
Spirit of Carlton award: Andrew Walker
Carlton ambassador award: Nick Duigan
Ruthless award: Kade Simpson