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Siena Heights University recently announced Dalila Beard has accepted the position of Alcohol or Other Drugs coordinator. Beard began her new position at Siena Heights in December 2007.
As the AOD Coordinator, Beard will be responsible for ensuring the task force carries out goals and objectives as outlined by the strategic plan. The Siena Heights University Substance Task Force was established by the Dean for Students during the 2004-2005 academic year. This organization, supported by the Lenawee Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, is a collaboration with SHU faculty, staff, students, and community members who are dedicated to addressing substance abuse issues. The mission of the taskforce is to prevent and reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug misuse and abuse among SHU students.
"The primary goal of this organization is to develop and carry out campus-wide alcohol and other drug prevention programs that foster students' academic and social development and promote campus and community safety," Beard said. "The task force implements multiple prevention strategies that affect the campus environment that include alternative activities, educational programming, policy enforcement, substance abuse training, research and information dissemination."
Beard has a master's degree in social work and experience in substance abuse treatment, working as an intake worker and counselor in an adult outpatient treatment program. She also serves as the Substance Abuse Treatment coordinator at Adrian Training School, where she has been responsible for the implementation and oversight of their comprehensive substance abuse treatment program.


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One of the staff of the drama production stated, "Thanks to them, the amicable atmosphere became even more relaxed."
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I bought this add on about two months ago, but due to some trouble in finding the serial number, I wasn't able to download it until last night. The program cost $20. Included in the program is a patch for FS2000 aircraft so you can use these in FS2k2 (it was made for FS2000 obviously ). Also included, of course are the aircraft. Despite the title of the game, it's not just one American Airlines 757, but two. The regular paint, and Retrojet aircraft are on the game, as is a Douglas DC-3 (DST). I decided to go ahead and try out the DC-3 on a short scenic flight around Chicago.
I pulled the DC-3 up on the active runway, and without any communication with ATC fired up the twin props and started to roll. The first thing I noticed was the realism of the sound on the props, they sounded very different from any other prop aircraft I'd ever seen on flight sim. The roar of them was awesome though, and I fell in love immediately. Becoming airborne, I retracted the gear, and began a slow climb over the city. About 20 miles from Midway I was only 1,800 feet in the air, and by the time O'Hare became visible ahead around 2,300 feet. Besides the climb rate I was impressed with the aircraft's performance. I'm guessing the DC-3 didn't have the most amazing climb performance, so I won't take anything away from the WAS aircraft for this. Anyways, I slowed the engine power, and lowered the gear after descending to 2,000 feet. I was heading straight at the opposite end of the active runway, and didn't feel like messing with ATC here at O'Hare either, so I turned in to another runway approach just as a newly airborne 747 roared above me. I set the flaps to full, and I must say the flap noise was fairly realistic here too (at least what I think the DC-3's flaps must have sounded like since I'm only 15, and probably won't ever fly on one). Slowing to 110 knots I roared over the runway threshold and made a perfect touchdown. Slowing to 20 knots took a relatively short distance, and soon I was pulling off the runway onto the taxiway, retracting the flaps. Instead of taxiing to GA parking, I simply shut the engines down on the spot, eager to try out the 757s. I'd give the DC-3 10/10.
I started with the Retrojet 757, at terminal C. After pushing away from the gate I tried to find the light switches. I don't know if it is meant to be this way, but I was lacking an overhead panel, so I simply turned on the strobes, and forgot about the nav and beacon lights. The exterior of the 757 was superb, the flaps worked and looked beautiful. One thing I was disappointed in was the spoiler/reverser performance. I reversed the engines, but only when I raised the spoiler panels did the reverser cascades open. I also noticed that when moving the ailerons the spoilers rose and the reverser cascades opened on the side I turned towards. This was disappointing, taking away 2 points from the overall score here. Other than that, the overall appearance of the plane was perfect in every aspect. I taxied out behind two DHC-8s, and awaited for them to take off, and an MD-80 and another DHC-8 to land before I was given clearance for takeoff. After pulling onto the runway and centering up I sat for a moment, to let the frame rates work better. (On the 757s the frame rates are a tiny bit slower than usual but it's not noticeable unless you really look for it) Bringing the throttles forward, I began to move forward rapidly, and in 40 seconds I was climbing sharply skyward with my gear and flaps retracted. I climbed to 5,000 feet and headed towards midway at 250 knots. The throttles performed beautifully. I tried a few small turns, the first thing I noticed was how easy it was to fly the plane. I flew by Midway parallel to the active, about 2 miles to the East, setting my flaps, slowing the engines and opening the gear. After being cleared to land I made a sharp descending turn, lining up perfectly with the runway. Seconds later I touched down, the autobrakes went to work, my spoilers opened and the reversers roared to life. I slowed and turned off the runway, pleased with every aspect of the flight except for the reverser cascades and spoilers. In the end I give the 757s 8/10. The turn performance was better than the smaller 737-400s I'm used to flying, and overall beats the 777-300, 747-400, 737-400s, and even meets that of the Learjet. I'm very pleased with the program in general and would certainly recommend it to those with FS2k, and FS2k2. Thanks for reading and happy flying!
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After falling to the rear of the field because of a loose lug nut on an early pit stop, Carl Edwards rallied from 30th to finish eighth Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway.
And he did it without the benefit of a caution flag.
But that was not the most impressive performance of the weekend for Edwards. That came Friday afternoon when he had to face questions about the tell-all book written by ex-girlfriend Amanda Beard.
The memoir by the former Olympic swimmer outlines details and secrets about her 2005-06 relationship with Edwards, and her comments about the NASCAR star were not flattering.
Beard called Edwards controlling, jealous and self-absorbed and details incidents she claims demonstrate Edward's manipulative personality.
Beard's book, In The Water They Can't See You Cry, focused on her battles with depression, bulimia and with cutting herself. She writes about her relationships with other ex-boyfriends but is particularly critical of Edwards and the NASCAR lifestyle.
Edwards, who was on vacation with his wife and family when the book was released, was shocked and perplexed by Beard's claims and criticism.
"It really caught me off-guard," he said. "It was kind of sad in a way for me to read that. It made me feel a little bit sad for Amanda that she was going through all that."
Though one of NASCAR's biggest stars and most outgoing personalities, Edwards is a very private person who tries to keep details of his personal life as quiet as possible.
As a result, he was troubled by Beard's book and his portrayal in it. He was equally troubled by the media attention it attracted and was not looking forward to being asked about it at Texas Motor Speedway.
But Edwards could not have handled the situation any better. As he has throughout most of his career, he was professional and forthright in addressing the book and Beard's comments about him.
Though NASCAR was preparing for a big race in one of its biggest markets, the Beard/Edwards development had gained widespread attention, both with the media and in the NASCAR community, as any story involving drivers' personal lives are want to do.
Though perplexed by the attention, Edwards didn't dodge questions about the book and refused to lash out at Beard or criticize her for airing her perceptions of their relationship.
Most athletes, including some of NASCAR's top stars, likely wouldn't have been so kind. Some would have publicly trashed Beard and tried hard to discredit her.
Instead, Edward took the high road, coming off as sympathetic and—whether intentional or not—making Beard look like the tragic, disturbed figure that she appears to be.
Instead of lending credence to her claims with his own personal attack, Edwards discredited her and earned a great deal of respect for his restraint and empathy.
He even offered an olive branch and support to his former girlfriend.
"I want to be very clear: I'm not going to bash her," Edwards said. "I'm not going to say bad things about her because I didn't know all that stuff was going on. She's a mother. She's a wife. And she's someone that I cared about.
"I considered us friends, and I didn't realize she had all those problems. I would have done anything in the world to help her with those.
"As always, regardless of what she writes in her books and things like that, if she ever needs something from me, I'd be there to help her out."
When Edwards first burst onto the NASCAR scene, he charmed fans with backflips and a broad smile. But he quickly drew the ire of other competitors, struggling to control his temper and engaging in ugly confrontations with other drivers, including one with his own teammate.
With rivals taking verbal jabs at him and some calling him "phony," Edwards went from the fresh-faced All-American boy to a complex character that the media and fans sometimes struggled to understand.
But to his credit, he has worked hard in the past few years to harness his intensity and improve his public image. He has been cooperative and engaging with the media and has won over fans with his creative postrace celebrations.
He has shied away from confrontation and drew high praise last year for the way he carried himself after his devastating loss to Tony Stewart in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Edwards has become a fan favorite, as evidenced by the cheers that greeted him during driver introductions at Texas, and earned the sympathy of fans and the media for being a gracious loser last year.
At Texas, in the midst of a dust-up that could have turned into a scandalous affair, he was again gracious and professional.
And for that, he also deserves high praise.


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Pocket generals, your army awaits as Hudson Entertainment revives the classic Military Madness strategy game for the iPhone and iPod touch as Military Madness: Neo Nectaris. Based on the same turn-based strategy gameplay of the original TurboGrafx-16 title and available now, Military Madness: Neo Nectaris features updated visuals, re-imagined cut scenes and full touch screen gameplay capabilities all for $4.99 on the App Store.
"Tactical gamers now have a chance to be strategic generals on the go with Military Madness: Neo Nectaris," said Yoko Tsumagari, vice president of mobile games at Hudson Entertainment. "As a classic Hudson franchise and one of the first turn-based strategy games, Military Madness is a perfect title to upgrade for iPhone and iPod touch users looking for a new challenge."
Within a year of its original release on the TurboGrafx-16 in 1989, Military Madness won awards for "Best Military Strategy Game" and "Best War Game." The game features two opposing forces with near-future military equipment battling it out on the Moon. Each level is a distinct map with a hex grid, on which players take turns moving their units in an effort to win by destroying all enemy units or taking over the enemy headquarters. Like the original title, the cornerstone of the addictive gameplay in Military Madness: Neo Nectaris is understanding the strengths and limitations of each unit. With the new touch screen controls, players can zip across the screen and select units with ease. As an adaptation of Military Madness 2, which was previously released for traditional mobile devices, Military Madness: Neo Nectaris upgrades every facet of the original along with an all new musical score and 48 new levels of tactical gameplay.
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Construction workers tear down the old part of Shephards Beach Resort on Feb. 2 to make room for an expansion project.
CLEARWATER The machines have moved in and the reformation of Shephards Beach Resort on Clearwater Beach has begun. When it is finished, the facility will be transformed, growing over twice its current size.
Gerri Shephard, director of operations at the resort, says it was time for an upgrade.
The older section was getting to the point where it was too costly to remodel, she said. We just needed to make a move and upgrade, and it is time to expand. Weve been developing plans for many years and we just had to find a comfort zone regarding the economy.
The expansion is quite an undertaking. They are building 93 new hotel rooms, a new parking garage, a new tequila bar and tap room, a new 7,000 square foot pool and deck with VIP accommodations.
Were going up six stories with two levels of parking, she said. What is coming down now is the original Lagoon Motel; it is the same two-story structure that was the original.
Shephards father, Bill, purchased the old Lagoon Motel back in 1977. He is still active in the business along with Gerri and brother Billy.
Already completed this summer, as part of the expansion, was an 11,000 square foot Tiki Bar. That also includes a concert stage.
During the 11-month construction period Shephard says they will continue to operate with 47 hotel rooms. The restaurants and clubs will remain open.
Were trying to minimize inconvenience, she said. We have extra valets on duty during construction to get people in as quickly as possible. As for noise during the demolition, well that is separated from the hotel site so it wont be too bad for guests.
The family has had experience with expansion. Back in 2001, the resort added more hotel rooms and a parking garage. It was then the name changed from the Lagoon to Shephards Beach Resort.
When we did our first big addition in 2001, our business stayed really well, she said. Were hoping it will stay the same this time.
Just as hopeful is Darlene Kole, president of the Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce. She says the business community is excited with the Shephards expansion.
It is just another indication of the growth and expansion that our beach is going through, she said. We do have a lot of hotel and motel rooms on our beach, but we can always use more. Now that we have been named Floridas number one beach town by USA Today, there is all the more reason to have places to stay when they get here.
Kole said Clearwater Beach broke records in 2012 on the amount of visitors who came to the beach and the tax dollars that were generated.
We had an increase of 12 percent over the previous year, she said. There was more bed tax than ever before and the number 1 designation is expected to get peoples attention.
Kole said that is all one indication that the economy is on an upswing, and Shephards is another indication of that.
Shephards commitment to expand and improve their resort is another indication of the confidence and commitment that many developers have out here on the beach, she said.
Kole added that there is more to come.
There is a Hampton Inn coming, Walgreens is building a brand new store on the north end, there is another 220-room hotel going to break ground this year, were on fire and were very grateful, she said.
For now though, Shephards is first off the mark. Shephard said their own records as well as the overall economy spurred them on for this year.
We feel things are starting to come back a little bit, she said. With the new things that are coming to the beach, more people will be coming here and that will be good for all of us. The last three or four years have been good for us and this last year was the best ever. We always look for growth every year, it is hard but we cant complain. When this is finished well need more staff, especially in the hotel end.
Shephard said during construction, nearby hotels are helping out.
The Holiday Inn next door is letting our guests use their pool. We helped them out when they had construction going on, so it is kind of reciprocal, she said.
Shephard says the expansion should be finished by Christmas 2013 and when it is, guests will be in for something special.
Were expanding the pool to three times its present size, she said. That will allow us to bring in Miami-type pool parties that no one here has seen before.
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Hi, I'm having a little trouble with this here...
Before I submit the form with JS I update an input field with js like this:
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The problem is that the updated value is not sent along with the post data. Instead the old value is sent along.
When i submit the form with a button afterwards though (not auto submit after the value is set), then the value is sent along fine.
But that's not how I want it to work...
Can anyone tell me how I can send the value that I'm setting with JS along with the post data like this?
Philip over at codingforums helped me with this, here's the solution:
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Almost all motor homes have thermopane-type dual glazed windows that act as insulation and prevent interior condensation. Between these pieces of glass is a dry air that will not form moisture when subjected to temperature changes. However, all that changes when the seal between these two glass pieces become compromised and develops a leak. I use the term "When" in lieu of "If" because over time most, if not all, will suffer this failure. Over time it is subjected to movement, vibration, altitude pressure variances and of course, the harsh temperature changes and environment conditions. There are 4 or 5 glass manufacturers that all the RV builders use, so no matter which brand of RV you have, all will eventually fail.
So, what do you do when foggy windows strike? You could replace them at the RV maker's factory or authorized dealer. But that can be very costly. The preferred method, however, is to have them repaired or actually refurbished. There are several companies that offer this type of service and may well do a good job. One such company, located in Hudson, Florida, SunCoast Designers, specializes in this field. They offer a number of 50 amp, water equipped RV sites as well as an on-site dump station.
The process is far more involved than I had imagined. They remove the window(s) from the coaches while they are sitting in the serviced lots and then plastic seal the hole(s) temporarily while the window refurbishing takes place. Inside the plant, the window assemblies are dismantled and inspected. The separated glass pieces are then feed into an automatic washer. The washer first expose the glass to a static charger then subjects them to several water fed brushes that scrub the surfaces thoroughly. Next the pieces enter an air dryer followed by a static diffuser. The static portion of the process aids in the flash drying of the finished product.
Continuing from the washer, the glass rolls over an illuminated inspection area where the operator can confirm the clarity of each piece. It then arrives onto an air table where a new seal is made and fitted to meet the specifications required by that piece's design. Here they are united with their matching half and loaded into the next processor, the Heat Press. The machines press clearance is preset for each assembly which is dictated by the design's specifications. The glass reaches temperatures of about 150 degrees F. while it is pressed and travels through the processor. Upon its cycle through the press, dry air pressure is fed into the cavity through a small opening that was left by the assembler for that purpose, after which it is sealed immediately. The completed assemblies are then put on a rack and allowed to cool. Once cooled and further inspected, the assemblies are mounted into, or on, the window frames, again subject to their individual design characteristics. When all is finished, the sparkling new looking assemblies are destined to return outside and be re-installed in the coach.


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BloodyElbow.com posted a story today, and I wanted to share it with you guys and gals.
Now, there aren't many MMA fighters who are as polarizing (and as vexing, to their opponents) as Mister Chael P. Sonnen. If you like him, you really like him. And if you hate him, you literally wish a plague on him and his family.
… okay, maybe it's not THAT severe. But his detractors are pretty darn stern about their distaste for "The Bad Guy". And that's normal. People who are as opinionated, as loud, and as in-your-face as Sonnen is will always have to deal with their fair share of hate mail.
But, even the strictest of Sonnen-bashers can't help but appreciate what he did for onetime Olympic hopeful, Andy Hrovat, back in 2009.
In 2008, there was an Olympic freestyle wrestler named Andy Hrovat. He was competing in the Beijing Olympics, after beating out "King" Mo Lawal in the 2008 Olympic trials. And – like many Olympic competitors before him, attempting to bring home the gold – Hrovat's lifelong dream was taken away from him in a matter of seconds. He had made a small error in his match with Cuba's Reineris Salas Perez, exposed his back, and lost the match. And in the Olympic realm, there is no room for second chances.
(BloodyElbow.com Story is as follows – Credit Mike Riordan)
North Ossetia, nestled in the North Caucasus on Russia's southern border with Georgia, produced one fifth of the Olympic men's freestyle wrestling medals in the 2008 Games. It only has a size and population comparable to Cyprus, and as part of the Russian Federation, isn't even an independent nation. 700,000 people live in North Ossetia, and seven of the 2008 men's freestyle medalists were North Ossetian. Take a second to do that math. Then think about how the continents of North America, South America, Africa and Australia produced a grand total of one medal in freestyle wrestling in 2008.
Hrovat determined that he wanted to drink from the waters of wrestling greatness at their source. He made up his mind that he would go train in North Ossetia's capital city of Vladikavkaz. In 2009, he first went over a couple times for short, month-long trips, and impressed the coaches there. The coaches asked that he visit for a longer period. Hrovat made plans for an extended stay in Russia, and ended up staying well over a year.
I sat down and interviewed Hrovat about his experience in Russia, Eventually I got around to asking him how he managed to afford to spend so long living in the Caucasus. He revealed that funding came from an unlikely source:
Like a month and a half before I was leaving, Chael Sonnen after his first fight with Anderson Silva…I thought it was a joke, I thought the Paulson brothers were messing with me, cause we were watching the fight, and I've wrestled so many people in the UFC, you know, like Sonnen, Munoz, Jon Fitch, Mo Lawal, I've wrestled Cormier, Aaron Simpson. I've wrestled so many of these guys. So yeah, I've wrestled [Sonnen] once, it was at University Nationals, it was my freshman year in college, I didn't even think he'd remember it…
So after the fight, I get an email from him saying 'Hey, I want to send you some money, it's going to be in an envelope that looks like junk mail, because it was from his bank, his bank just cut a check and sent it and they send them in unmarked envelopes so people don't steal the mail.
He sent me three or four thousand dollars, and for me every thousand dollars was a month's pay. Room and board were a thousand dollars a month.
I asked Hrovat how Sonnen even knew to send him money, and how he discovered Hrovat's desire to travel to Russia in the first place. He told me that Sonnen watched a recorded interview of him after he failed to make the world team in 2009, a low point for Hrovat.
Chael is a big wrestling fan, and I had a rough year in 2009, I had a staph infection in my ankle so i wasn't able to wrestle. I was up a weight at the [World Team] trials, and lost only one match, in the clinch, and it really hurt me. [Sonnen] said he saw an interview afterward where I said I wanted to go to Russia for a year and train, and he said he thought that was a really great idea and he wanted to help contribute, get me over there, and help me out along the way.
After I was already there, I won three tournaments, I beat the number three wrestler in Russia from the year before. [Sonnen] ended up sending me another 2 or 3 thousand dollars, he told me to enjoy myself over there.
He would send me emails every once in a while and check up on me, see how I was doing, and I was doing the same with him. He was just following up and seeing how training was going. We talked about the experience over there.
I had no existing relationship with him before this, but now we still keep in touch.
Sonnen, unsolicited, saw to it that Hrovat had the means to stay in Russia to learn and sharpen his skills on the mat. While in the Caucasus, however, Hrovat didn't just improve his wrestling, he made friends. In the Ossetians, who became his teammates, he found warm and generous spirits. In particular, he befriended Besik Kudukhov, one of the greatest wrestlers to ever live. Earlier this month, traveling to a nearby city to take part in the Olympic torch relay for the Sochi Games, Kudukhov died in an auto accident. He was 27.
Hrovat didn't make the London Olympic team; the Olympic Trials in 2012 were not kind to him. However, he returned from Russia equipped with the blueprint for the most effective wrestler development system in the world, as he now knew the Ossetian way. These days, he applies the lessons he learned in Russia as the head coach of the Cliff Keen wrestling club, one of the nation's top Regional Training Centers for Olympic-level wrestlers.
While Andy Hrovat's dreams of a second Olympics and an Olympic medal did not come true, he now occupies an important coaching position while in possession of unique knowledge which can help him realize the Olympic aspirations of wrestlers to come.
And, in a way, I guess we have Chael Sonnen to thank for this.Tags: Aaron Simpson, Andy Hrovat, Beijing, Chael Sonnen, daniel cormier, Jon Fitch, king mo, Mark Muñoz, mma, MMA NEWS, Mo Lawal, Olympic Wrestling, Olympics, ufc, ufc news


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Coloradans help pass renewable energy funds
While the news on our economic recovery has not been great, clean energy has been doing its part to create jobs and clean our environment. Despite this success, a critical federal incentive for renewable energy such as wind and solar, an incentive that helped over 90 job-creating projects get off the ground in Colorado, was nearly dropped this year.
Thanks to the leadership and hard work of both Colorado senators and Reps, Diana DeGette, John Salazar, Jared Polis and Betsy Markey, this program was extended for a year in the tax package. We will see more projects like the Mor-Storage project in Grand Junction that received over $107,000.
In order to continue the growth of clean, renewable energy and to maintain and create tens of thousands of jobs, the renewable energy industries, environmental community, labor movement and others joined champions in the House and Senate, including both Colorado's senators and four representatives, in a tremendous push to extend these wind and solar incentives.
Coloradans were lucky this month to have true renewable-energy champions looking out for their clean air, environment and their jobs.
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Arms treaty more proof of Obama's intentions
I must respoond to New York Times columnist Gail Collins' recent column. She thinks a nuclear arms treaty with the Soviets is deserving of highest praise. She and other utopians still do not see any danger or evil in the world.
When have the Russians ever abided by an arms treaty? Isn't this the same regime that supplies Iran with weapons and nuclear materials?
She says that President Obama knows exactly what he is doing. I couldn't agree more. He is determined to wipe out a generation of patriots, the generation that grew up in an America they knew and loved.
Yes, he removed the death counselors from the health care bill, but he has slipped it into Medicare. Since our youth are already under the thumb of the National Education Association, the rest should be easy.
Yes, indeed, get rid of senior citizens so their Social Security can be given to illegals who will vote with the socialists. Make this entire country into a nation of sheep who will bow down to Big Daddy government.
Gloat, Gail, gloat!
CAROL ABBOTT Parachute
Salazar's rule will protect important wildlife habitat
Seven years ago, former Interior Secretary Gale Norton used an unprecedented interpretation of federal law (dubbed the "no more wilderness" policy) to remove federal protections from 500,000 acres of BLM lands in Colorado and millions more across the West that were under consideration for wilderness designation, making them vulnerable to activities such as mining and drilling. These generally low-elevation public lands are important winter range for mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep and other species.
Recently, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reversed Norton's flawed policy. Sportsmen's groups such as the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and others support Salazar's action because it will help protect dwindling big-game and other wildlife habitat that's being decimated by oil and gas drilling on public lands across the West.
The BLM oversees about 8.4 million acres in Colorado, so there are plenty of other public lands that could be leased for mining, oil and gas drilling, or used for off-road recreation. The same is true of other states, where the proportion of land available for such uses far outstrips the acreage that could be protected.
BLM holdings are often considered the "land that nobody wanted." During the great homestead period, settlers took choice valley bottoms and ignored the ridges and mountain slopes. Today these ridges and slopes are superb big game country. Let's keep it that way.
DAVID A. LIEN, Co-chairman Colorado Backcountry
Hunters & Anglers
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Bawra Man Dekhne Chala Ek Sapna – IIPosted: February 23rd, 2011 | Author: Sudhir Upadhyay | Filed under: Musings | 20 Comments »
To continue the string left at "when" in part I of this post, lets talk about other "Ws" here, in part II
I started my SAP career 5 years back and the journey has been more than interesting. One thing which fascinates me about SAP is that there is so much to learn every day that you are always on your toes. Having said that, as you might know, that even though India is most favored offshore destination, sometimes the scope of work can be limiting. It can be to an extent that your learning can get over shadowed by the monotonous work which serves no real value or no new learning to your career.
After working for almost 3 years, I realized that the work I was doing had limited scope, as a result, I was unable to challenge my limits. Learning also took a hit because of the same reason. It is a fact that once you get comfortable in your job it gets very boring, if you are thrown a challenge then you realize that you are rusted. To challenge my limits and also to venture into unknown territories of SAP, I switched company.
Joining a new company is almost like writing on a clean board. You might have certain experience with you, but still you need to prove yourself, among your peers. You could be an achiever in your previous organization, but in the new organization you have to start from zero. I enjoyed this initial phase after the switch. After that the story used to be like regular Bollywood masala (minus the masala :-)). There was no fun because the work was more or less the same and sometimes I felt that I was not doing anything meaningful, although it was valuable to the company/project.
On the other hand, I had started joining sessions about start ups and was reading loads of stuff about entrepreneurship (as I've written earlier). So, it was facet time for me. I was not finding my regular work enticing & challenging enough and at the same time I had developed heavy interest in start ups. My interest in start up was supported by the projects that started flowing in for my brother's startup, which I helped him setup.It was like an icing on the cake.
So, here I was, on a crossroad of life, where I'm in a well paying job with sufficient experience in certain technology, 'settled' as they would call it but still something unsettling about the job and on other hand a non-walked, challenging, adventurous but might satisfy the unresting something in me with a feeling of starting something from scratch.
I chose the latter.
I'm joining GenXsource, as a co-founder. We plan to make awesome looking websites, web apps that should & would change our client's world for better. Apart from this, some really interesting ideas are brewing in our minds, which are raring to be live. I am joining this venture full time starting this month.
As of now, we are based at Agra because that is my hometown. Starting up in Agra isn't easy because finding potential resources with vision is a lot of problem. But considering the proximity to Delhi, it should work as an advantage for us. There are some other advantages as well, like infrastructure and recurring cost, which is low as compared to metro/tier-1 cities. The man power cost is low (if you can find them).
Also, while starting up it's very important that you be emotionally strong to deal with daily hiccups of your venture. Being with your family certainly helps so you hold your ground for good and for sure.
I know it's not going to be a smooth sail. I might stumble in this effort of starting up, in romancing the idea of doing something meaningful, in being my own boss.
But what I do know is, I will not dread Mondays, I will not do something which I don't like, I will not hate my job and still keep working because I have to pay that car or home loan EMI.
I'm Escaping From Cubicle Nation, I am Changing Status-Quo, I'm Trying, I'm Starting Up.
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ISTANBUL (Oct. 17)
Two Jewish members of the dissolved Parliament appeared this weekend in a special court at Yassiada Island near here, along with former President Celal Bayar, former Premier Adnan Menderes and other members of the Cabinet and Parliament, on charges of having violated the Constitution. The two Jews, Isaac Altabev and Joseph Salmona, who appeared in public for the first time since their arrest shortly after a military coup overthrew the Menderes Government, have been ill and hospitalized during their detention.
If found guilty, all 400 deputies face penalties ranging from five to 15 years imprisonment. Members of the Cabinet, who face possible death sentences are being charged with responsibility for inciting the anti-Greek riots of September 1955, which were turned against all minorities, including Jews. Jewish-owned stores and properties suffered heavy damage.


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Review: 'Lilith 2010'
This year's lackluster performance can also be seen as proof of Lilith's success.
This year's lackluster performance can also be seen as proof of Lilith's success.
The 90-minute performance ran according to Carey's clock.
Casual was the byword for Chris Cornell's solo acoustic turn at the Troubadour Friday night.
These are not the best days for California. Our one-time Golden State is starting to tarnish.
It's not that there's any tension on stage, but it was quite apparent that Swell Season is now more than ever Hansard's band.
Show was a frustrating exercise in both how -- and how not to -- rework material.
The band played their new album in full with short animated films to accompany the tunes.
Performance gave the audience a chance to check out four very different musicians.
Immensely enjoyable perf at the Avalon on Thursday night showed why the band has endured.
There was a friskiness to his performance that kept things from turning maudlin.
The music, performed by the Radiohead frontman with an all-star band, had a propulsive energy.


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What to expect in a class with Jessica
Jessica teaches fun, power-based flow classes that get you energized while using breath and movement for self-discovery, inspiration and yoga bliss!
About Jessica
Jessica is passionate about motivating others to use their inner wisdom to uncover their greatest health potential. Her career as a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist allows her to nurture her fascination about how food can affect our bodies and feed our souls, while motivating others to lead healthier lives. Her further studies for a Master of Science in Integrative Health and Wellness, as well as her own yoga practice, have highlighted how valuable the mind-body connection is.
Jessica deepened her own practice by completing her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Liz Heffernan. As an instructor, she uses dynamic movements, creative sequencing and breath work to help you uncover inner strength and keep you grounded.
We asked Jessica
Why do you practice yoga?
Yoga keeps me sane! I love how much balance yoga brings to life both on and off the mat. You can find harmony between strength and flexibility, focus and surrender, deep reflection and letting go.
What fuels you?
Quiet nights at home with my husband, cooking (and eating!) a delicious meal, a relaxing cup of tea, cuddles from my dog, exploring new places, sunshine and uncontrollable laughs with friends.
Jessica's favorite piece of wisdom:
"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop." – Rumi


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Schneider Electric Makes Offer for Invensys
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Jul 12, 2013
The Guardian newspaper reported this morning that the French automation giant, Schneider Electric, has made a GBP3.3 billion offer for Invensys. The Guardian also reported that the Invensys board has told Schneider that it would look favorably on this bid.
The Guardian also quoted analysts from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs saying that the merger has benefit for Schneider, since Schneider has very little presence in process automation. This despite Schneider's purchase of several process automation and SCADA companies including Citect several years ago.
It is not clear from the offer how Schneider would operate the business, nor is it clear whether Invensys' releasing this information isn't simply a ploy to engender a bidding war. The Guardian commented that Invensys' other competitors such as ABB or Emerson, or Siemens, might very well make counter offers.
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- An individually-tailored smoking cessation intervention for rural Veterans: a pilot randomized trialMark W Vander Weg
Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation CADRE Center, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Mail Stop 152, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA, 52246, USA
BMC Public Health 16:811. 2016..Telephone-based interventions that simultaneously address these issues may help to increase treatment access and improve outcomes...
- Variability in veterans' alcohol use by place of residenceMark W Vander Weg
Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation CADRE Center, Iowa City VA Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
Am J Addict 21:31-7. 2012..001). In addition, veterans living in the Midwest were significantly more likely than those from the South to report drinking and driving (p = .017). No differences in heavy alcohol use were observed based on location of residence. ..
- Tobacco use and exposure in rural areas: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemMark W Vander Weg
Veterans Rural Health Resource Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
Addict Behav 36:231-6. 2011..These findings suggest that those living in rural areas are at increased risk for tobacco-related illness due to both their own tobacco use and exposure to others' cigarette smoke...
- Adverse childhood experiences and cigarette smoking: the 2009 Arkansas and Louisiana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemsMark W Vander Weg
Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation Center, Iowa City VA Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:616-22. 2011..Although there is evidence that ACEs are related to an increased risk for cigarette smoking, additional studies in more diverse samples are needed...
- Use of routine clinical preventive services among daily smokers, non-daily smokers, former smokers, and never-smokersMark W Vander Weg
Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation Center, Iowa City VA Health Care Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Mail Stop 152, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 14:123-30. 2012....
- Smoking, parent smoking, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation in teensJason M Hockenberry
Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:235-42. 2010..We address whether smoking is related to suicidal ideation in teens and whether there is evidence of a causal pathway...
- A cluster-randomized effectiveness trial of a physician-pharmacist collaborative model to improve blood pressure controlBarry L Carter
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:418-23. 2010..The results of this study should provide information on whether this model can be implemented in large numbers of diverse offices, if it is effective in diverse populations, and whether BP control can be sustained long term...
- The effect of speed-of-processing training on depressive symptoms in ACTIVEFredric D Wolinsky
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J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:468-72. 2009..We evaluated the effects of three cognitive training interventions on depressive symptoms at 1 and 5 years...
- Speed of processing training protects self-rated health in older adults: enduring effects observed in the multi-site ACTIVE randomized controlled trialFredric D Wolinsky
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Int Psychogeriatr 22:470-8. 2010..We evaluated the effects of cognitive training on self-rated health at 1, 2, 3, and 5 years post-baseline...
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Center for Research on the Implementation of Innovative Strategies into Practice, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:591-8. 2010....
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Head Neck 32:905-12. 2010..The effect of posttreatment alcohol consumption on health-related quality of life (QOL) and factors predicting overall QOL and continued alcohol consumption were examined in patients with head and neck cancer...
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Lakeshore municipal staff have been barred from attending ward meetings that aren't official town events.
Lakeshore staff can only attend town-sponsored events
Lakeshore municipal staff have been barred from attending ward meetings that aren't official town events.
The new policy was adopted by council last week after Coun. Steven Bezaire asked CAO Kirk Foran to attend a ward meeting he is holding Feb. 19. Coun. Linda McKinley objected to the request.
"I wasn't comfortable with it," McKinley said. "Ward meetings are meet and greets. It's me having an organized meeting with voters."
Staff time should be used only at events that involve the town as a whole, said McKinley, who holds annual ward meetings in November and invites the mayor and deputy mayor to attend because they are elected at large.
"I had no problem with staff attending (the ward meeting), if council had approved it," Deputy Mayor Al Fazio said. "When I did my meeting, I wanted ideas from the people. I could answer questions, but I made sure my wife was there writing down questions I didn't know the answers to and I got back to them."
Bezaire said he invited the CAO to his first ward meeting because he thought that was standard practice.
"He has so much more information at his fingertips," Bezaire said. He thought it would be easier to have the CAO present so that Foran could answer questions Bezaire didn't know the answers to.
Normally managers are not compensated for attending night meetings or town events held to administer municipal affairs, Foran said. As part of a manager's compensation package they are given an extra week of vacation for time in lieu of overtime for almost weekly work done outside of regular business hours, he said.
Since Bezaire's ward meeting wasn't a council-sanctioned event, it wasn't subject to the compensation protocol. Bezaire said Foran was going to take time off for attending the ward meeting.
McKinley said she didn't think Foran or other town staff should be put on the spot, confronted with having to accept or decline a councillor's request. If a councillor doesn't know the answer to a question, "say I don't know the answer but I'll find the answer," she said.
At the City of Windsor, senior staff is not precluded from attending ward events. Treasurer Onorio Colucci said senior administrators also get an extra week of vacation to cover unpaid overtime.
"It's a fraction of the time they put in," he said. "For directors, department heads, the CAO, it's a daily thing. The 40-hour week is theoretical."
Senior managers will attend any event that is appropriate, whether it's a ward meeting or citywide event, he said. Lower-level managers, though, are eligible for overtime or flex time where they may come in late or leave earlier.
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To illustrate the concept I'm going to do an exclusive Melody Stone Media edition of Small/Medium/Large with my very favorite item --- The Cami-Bra!
Small/Medium/Large: Cami-Bra
The concept of the cami-bra is a strip of lace across the bosoms too prevent copious cleavage. Simple enough concept. The lace not only obscures your lovelies, keeping them private and personal, it also keep them nicely in place. This bra provides the support, style and modesty of a camisole, without added bulk. Brilliant!
SmallAt a wedding I recently brides-maided some of the other brides-maids set about making their own lace boobie coverage. There were a couple plunging necklines needing some taming. So they hopped over to a fabric store and picked up some black lace, then sewed the lace to the front of a black bra.
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Now as nifty of a DIY cami-bra is, a store bought version holds everything in better and doesn't move around as much during wear. I really love my Soma brand cami-bras. They hold-up great and fit me perfectly (bras fit everyone differently, so I can only attest to my experience)
Soma has an online store and as well as locations in malls. Right now they're having a massive sale, so that's always a plus. I have three cami-bras in three different colors. I wear the black and cream the most.
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This is the bra that started it all. I went over to my friend's house and she presented me with the Nordstrom's catalog claiming we needed this bra immediately. I was a little skeptical, after all, it looked like some weird lacey sports bra. The next week we went to the mall and tried on these bras. I liked it, but not $60 like. So my friend purchased hers and we walked down the hall only to find Soma! Where they had the same style bra, cheaper and buy one get one half off!
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Just think what we wouldve gotten and the team we wouldve had if we traded him instead of Brad Miller....This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Just think what we wouldve gotten and the team we wouldve had if we traded him instead of Brad Miller....
So....are you guys telling me that you think that Artest was better than JO?
I beg to differ, I guess.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
Oh no...I honestly liked both JO and Artest. And if it sounds like I'm a JO apologist, and that he did no wrong, I hope to quell that misconception. My whole argument was that I felt that many here is blaming JO (or, at least, feel he's more the big part of the Pacer's "problem" during that time frame), and it seems many forget how crazy the WHOLE team was. JO did whine, and was a diva....but, everyone else had their part in that demise of a "could-of-been" championship. Someone mentioned that an authority figure would've quelled the fuse, and the brawl wouldn't of happened (at least, that's how I read it), but I'm trying to say that even if West was on that team, there would still be problems. He wouldn't of stopped the brawl. That was, in so many words, destined to happened. No one would've stopped it, at least, not a Pacer. Only the refs and Ben Wallace could've stopped it before it began.
I'm also reading that some here feel that Artest was the better player. Now I understand everybody has their different preferences and to each his own.....but, to me, the way I'm reading a lot of posts here are like: "JO sucks, and if we had a competent PF, we could've won...." and that could be the case, although I disagree. The same could be said that if we replaced Ron with a competent SF we could've won, which I also disagree. But to say JO was a waste of money, at least at the time of the signing, I fully disagree. He was one of the top PF's in league at that time. Averaging 20-10 and had decent defense. And I'm willing to bet that if JO would've left for another team, and we tried to build a squad around Artest, Jackson, Tinsley, Baby Al, and Fred Jones, that would've been an epic fail. They needed each other, and Larry knew it. That's why Bird waited about two years and the brawl to figure out it wasn't working and it wasn't going to work. Also, it wasn't like any decent PF's were lining up to come to Indy.
And I also disagree with those who didn't feel that that team, on paper, had championship aspirations. We had a double-double power forward, a defensive player of the year with an unorthodox, yet hard to to block shot, and a shooting guard that, even though he was inconsistent, could go off for 20 at any point and still play good defense....with some role players that also played good defense and throw in a future Hall-of-Famer in his twilight years wanting to win one as his personal swan song. It's just that our main pieces couldn't get their heads straight.
But, I also feel they realized later in their careers what-could-of-been. As I mentioned before with how JO speaks about Indy, and with Ron's postgame interview after the Laker championship. They knew we had a championship squad, but their immaturity ruined it and our franchise for a long time.
Now after saying that, and even though I really did like that squad before the big blowup, I feel it created a domino effect that now gives us this squad, which wouldn't of happened without the chain of events that put us through a period of despair.
The Pacers even didn't draft Rawle. He was a throw in during a trade to make salaries match, when the Pacers dumped Anthony Johnson for Darrell Armstrong.
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The good news is that the franchise learned a valuable lesson. You can't build a team without considering how the locker room works and that means looking beyond talent and athleticism and considering the people themselves.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
THis is the first time I ever heard that Marshall was a problem. Or maybe I forgot when better players made dumber choices.
You're talking about discipline issues with players (Marshall/White) that didn't have ANY discipline issues with with the Pacers. James White didn't even make the regular roster, and was cut at the end of training camp. Maybe if you'd say they wasted picks, like White, or should have held out for more known commodiities during trades, like Marshall.
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Panthers RB Williams out again; Saints CBs return
Published: November 7th, 2010 | Tags: Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Week 9 inactives
Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams will miss another game, this time against the Saints, because of a sprained foot.
Williams hasn't played or practiced since being hurt during the final minute of an Oct. 24 victory over the 49ers.
The Saints' secondary will receive a boost, as CBs Tracy Porter and Jabari Greer will return to action. They both fully participated in practice this week and were listed as probable.
Porter had missed the last four games with a knee injury. Greer had missed two weeks with a shoulder injury.
Full inactives list:
RB Pierre Thomas
RB Reggie Bush
S Pierson Prioleau
CB Patrick Robinson
LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar
OT Charles Brown
TE Tory Humphrey
DE Junior Galette
Tony Pike (No. 3 QB)
WR Armanti Edwards
CB C.J. Wilson
RB DeAngelo Williams
LB Jason Williams
DT Andre Neblett
OT Jeff Otah
WR Devin Thomas
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Anderson Fabrics Workroom celebrates 30 years of business
As Steve Cochems, the president of the Anderson Fabrics Workroom, walks by each of the factory's 232 employees, he says hello to them -- by name. That personal level, which is important to Cochems, makes up the desirable work atmosphere the company developed 30 years ago and continues today.
According to the company's official website, Anderson Fabrics is a nationally known customer's own material workroom that has been making custom products for interior designers and decorators since 1980.
Ron and D'Ann Anderson started the business making custom-fit, pinch-pleated draperies with a half-dozen people and seven sewing machines in the basement of an old bowling alley. The designer would ship fabric to the workroom and the completed order would be shipped back to them in a timely manner.
"We're the first and the largest workroom of this kind," Cochems said of the 135,000 square feet plant. "We have a good standing reputation here."
The company is no longer owned by the Anderson family and is now an employee owned company and has been since 2002.
"We take good care of our employees," Cochems said. "We appreciate the hard, quality work they do. If they're here for 15 years or more, they even get a reserved parking space in our parking lot."
Cochems explained that the company runs into a lot of confusion on the fact that Anderson Fabrics doesn't actually produce and manufacture the fabrics on site.
"Decorators, designers or other customers send us the fabric with the order of what they want done with it," he said. "We see orders come in from families like the Clintons and the Bidens. We used to get a lot from Tiger Woods and his wife but we haven't lately."
He explained that the company changed their logo only a few years ago to help avoid further confusion.
"We're a custom workroom with very, very skilled people," he said. "Our new logo lets people know that we are a workroom with their fabric, their designs, their creations and its done on time. We've worked very hard over the past five years to improve how to get out products faster to our customers."
He said that an important key to the company's business is the communication it has with customers.
"We have people here who can communicate effectively on some very complicated treatments," he explained.
The workroom has a very technical computer draft area that produces templates to cut out the fabric. The customer will tell an Anderson Fabrics associate what they want and that will then be translated into the program which sends out directions to the production floor.
As listed on their website, Anderson Fabrics offers a wide variety of custom draperies, swags, shades, cornices, specialty valances, bolsters, bench seats, futon cushion covers, ottomans, trunks, folding screens, table skirts, table cloths, napkins, squares, runners, blinds, shades and drapery hardware, bedding of all types -- quilted and unquilted bedspreads, comforters, coverlets, canopies, duvet covers, dust ruffles, crib bedding, headboards and pillow shams.
"For our quilted bedding product, we have people who will do an outline by hand or we can enter it into the computer," Cochems said. "It is whatever the customer wants."
Everything is made on the production floor and designed by the customer using fabrics of all different textures, shapes, designs and colors. The employees put in a great amount of time and effort to stand behind the quality product the company promises.
The motto of the Anderson Fabrics Workroom is "if you can design it, we can create it."
"I know that I'm very proud to be a part of this company and it is my hope that the rest of our staff is, too," Cochems said.


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A Putnam County teacher has died from a head injury she sustained after falling at her home Tuesday morning.
According to a report in the Herald-Citizen, Susan Kirkpatrick was getting ready for school when she fell in her home's bathroom, striking her head on the tile floor.
The newspaper reported the 37-year-old Burks School teacher was able to call a neighbor for help, who in turned called for emergency responders.
"She was taken to the hospital and died in the emergency room, and the coroner called the police on the case due to the short time from the injury to her death," Lt. Carl Sells told the newspaper, adding, "He called and told us that she had died quickly after being taken to the hospital."
Authorities said Kirkpatrick's death was "a freak accident" and that there were no signs of criminal activity.
An autopsy is scheduled to be performed.
Kirkpatrick, who lived in Cookeville, taught physical education at Burks School in Monterey.
She was engaged to be married next month and is survived by her fiancé Patrick Elmore and parents Neil and Janie Kirkpatrick.
*The Herald-Citizen contributed to this report.


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Application Software
Getting Started with Swift, For NON-Apple Devs
By Adron Hall on June 26, 2014
This past weekend I attempted to get started with Swift coding. Since I have not been an Apple Developer for a while, it wasn't immediately obvious how to get started. But once I fumbled around a few minutes I realized I needed a developer account to get the latest XCode. Jeez, it really shows how […]
Posted in Application Software | Tagged Apple, Apple Programming, beta, c#, how-to, iOS, ios 8, os-x, os-x yosemite, preview, Swift, xamarin, yosemite
Excel-based reporting and ERP
By John Donagher on May 28, 2014
Excel-based reporting solutions are becoming a bigger feature of the suite of Business Intelligence (BI) tools offered by midrange ERP vendors. It's a trend that seems to make sense given the ubiquity of Excel, but could there be a downside? The rise of Excel-based reporting tools I've recently attended system demos for MS Dynamics NAV […]
Posted in Application Software, Your POV | Tagged Analytics, biznet, enterprise applications, Epicor, erp, excel, jet reports, microsoft | 1 Response
People Analytics; Coming to a Workplace Near You!
By Jacob Morgan on May 9, 2014
Imagine you're going in for a job interview. You put on a nice suit, polish your shoes, print out a copy of your resume which lists your many accomplishments and head out the door. You even arrive at the office thirty minutes before your interview just to help make a good impression, you really want […]
Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged Gamification, guy halfteck, knack, people analytics
Epicor reinvigorates its ERP offerings
By Michael Krigsman on May 7, 2014
Historically, ERP software has been uninteresting and stodgy, the playground of a few dominant on-premise players. Today, a variety of innovative vendors have taken hold in this market, pushing ERP into the cloud while attempting to pull business away from large companies like SAP and Oracle. Some examples among many: FinancialForce announced a $50 million investment […]
Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged Epicor, erp | 1 Response
Product Vision: Make A Trailer And Not A Movie
By Chirag Mehta on May 1, 2014
I have worked with many product managers on a product vision exercise. In my observation the place where the product managers get hung up the most is when they confuse product vision for product definition. To use an analogy, product vision is a trailer and product definition is a movie. When you're watching a movie […]
Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged design thinking, Product design, Product Management
Infor and 'No Fugly Software': Design as a competitive weapon
By Michael Krigsman on April 28, 2014
Located in a prominent position on the wall of Infor's New York headquarters, is a large graphic that says, "No Fugly Software." It is a summary statement of the company's ongoing effort to define a unique cultural identity that links design to improved outcomes and experiences for customers. Infor is a sleeping giant among enterprise […]
Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged Charles Phillips, infor
The Promise of SaaS Customer Success Metrics
By Joel York on April 24, 2014
Over the past few years, the SaaS community has gained a solid understanding of SaaS financial metrics, as well as many of the operational principles required to achieve them. However, there has always been an obvious gap between what happens on the top line and what happens on the ground. It's one thing to claim […]
Posted in Application Software, Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bluenose analytics, chaotic flow, Customer Success, customer success metrics, joel york, saas, SaaS Customer Success, SaaS Metrics | 1 Response
Breaking Up Again, OneNote and I Must Go Separate Ways
By Adron Hall on April 15, 2014
Ok, psychologically one is supposed to tell the good news last and the bad news first. Well, I'm doing that backwards with this article. First things first, all the awesome about Microsoft's OneNote App. Microsoft OneNote The cool thing is, after more than a few years, OneNote runs on pretty much runs on most mobile and desktop […]
Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged evernote, microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft OneNote, office suite, onenote, reviews, windows | 1 Response
Bluenose Enables the Metrics-driven SaaS Business
By Joel York on April 8, 2014
We are witnessing a dramatic change in the way SaaS businesses are managed. While SaaS financial metrics, such as recurring revenue, acquisition cost, service cost, churn, growth and lifetime value have dramatically increased our understanding of the economics of SaaS businesses, they have proven inadequate for managing them. As useful as they may be, SaaS […]
Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged bluenose, bluenose analytics, chaotic flow, Customer Success, google analytics, metrics, saas, SaaS News | 1 Response
Joining the dots with travel data
By Paul Miller on April 7, 2014
The travel industry has much to gain — and much to offer us, its customers — through smarter use of the data it already collects. This shouldn't, as I've argued before, be a substitute for employing, training and empowering good people. But as an adjunct to what they can do, it has the potential to deliver experiences that […]
Posted in Application Software | Tagged big data, British Airways, travel
How to Deliver More Software Projects On Time
By Mark Suster on April 2, 2014
There's an old joke in software development, "How much time does it take to design software?" Answer: As long as you have scheduled for the design phase. I know. Not funny, "ha, ha" but pretty apropos. If you've been involved with a number of software projects you already have an intuitive sense for this. We've […]
Posted in Application Software, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneurship, leadership, startup lessons, startups, vc funding, venture capital
Acknowledgement matters
By Paul Miller on March 31, 2014
In face to face interactions we are programmed to recognise the importance of feedback. As we move many previously physical interactions online, are we in danger of forgetting just how important it is? When you walk into a shop and buy something, a plethora of tangible and intangible signals reassure you that all is proceeding […]
Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Small business | Tagged bill.com, cloud computing, e-commerce, freeagent, invoice, Payment, saas
In-memory Orchestrate Local Development Database
By Adron Hall on March 28, 2014
I was talking with Tory Adams @BEZEI2K about working with Orchestrate's Services. We're totally sold on what they offer and are looking forward to a lot of the technology that is in the works. The day to day building against Orchestrate is super easy, and setting up collections for dev or test or whatever are so easy […]
Posted in Application Software | Tagged c#, data, data store, database, databases, development, fake, ideas, in memory database, In-Memory, java, Javascript, mock, My Updates, orchestrate, Orchestrate.io, orchestrateio, polyglot, projects, swap shop, wrapper
How do I Really Feel About Anonymous Apps Like Secret?
By Mark Suster on March 16, 2014
By now you likely know that Marc Andreessen weighed in on anonymous apps in a 12-part Twitter diatribe. Anonymity. As the old joke goes, "on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog." I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post […]
Posted in Application Software, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneurship, startups, Tech Market Analysis, vc funding, venture capital
Recruiting End Users For Enterprise Software Applications
By Chirag Mehta on March 3, 2014
As I work with a few enterprise software start-ups I often get asked about how to find early customers to validate and refine early design prototypes. The answer is surprisingly not that complicated. The following is my response to a recent question on…
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Budding engineers will be hoping their Popsicle stick bridges will hold up when they visit Oklahoma State University-Tulsa on Friday for the Tulsa Alliance for Engineering's annual summer camp.
During the camp, eighth- and ninth-grade students from across the Tulsa area will use their engineering knowledge to construct Popsicle bridges. The students will then compete to see which bridge will hold the most weight before collapsing.
The camp caps a week of activities at the six educational intuitions that make up the alliance – Tulsa Technology Center, Tulsa Community College, OSU-Tulsa, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Oral Roberts University and University of Tulsa.
While at OSU-Tulsa, students will tour the Helmerich Research and learn about the university's engineering programs. Wallace Engineering is partnering with OSU-Tulsa for the event and will take the students on a tour of some recently completed construction projects in the Brady Arts District, including Guthrie Green and the Hardesty Arts Center.
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- 2-3 pound pork loin roast, boneless
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Pat surfaces of pork roast with paper toweling. Blend well all seasonings and rub evenly over sufaces of pork roast. Place roast in shallow pan and roast at 350 degrees F. for 45-60 minutes (20 minutes per pound), until internal temperature on a thermometer reads 145 degrees F. Remove roast from oven; let rest for 10 minutes. Slice to serve immediately or cool slightly, slice and wrap well to refrigerate.
Serves 6
PORK HEROES: Thinly slice cold pork roast and portion about 2 ounces of meat per sandwich. Choose your favorite sandwich wrapper: Kaiser rolls, onion buns, rye bread, challah. Decide on toppers: sliced tomato, red onion, thinly sliced cucumber, spicy sprouts, lettuce leaves, green pepper rings, shredded carrot. Offer spicy no-fat spreads: fruit chutney, spicy mustard, nonfat yogurt mixed with grated horseradish, bottled hot sauces, salsa.
HOT HOT BBQ SANDWICHES: Thinly slice pork roast and heat in a shallow saucepan with your favorite barbecue sauce--doctor the sauce with a splash or two of hot pepper sauce. Serve on sandwich buns.
SPICY LATIN ROLLUPS: Thinly slice cold pork roast. Mix together 1 8-ounce container fat-free cream cheese with two chopped green onions and 2 teaspoons chili powder. Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture on an 8-inch flour tortilla, top with spicy sprouts and sliced pork. Roll up tightly and eat out of hand, dipping in your favorite salsa.
We've included three "planover" sandwich ideas with this roast. Serve the roast for supper with baked sweet potatoes and buttered corn. Have the kids help make the rollups for their lunches, make the BBQ sandwiches for a spur-of-the-moment picnic, or create hero sandwiches for game day.
Calories: 250 calories
Protein: 37 grams
Fat: 9 grams
Sodium: 264 milligrams
Cholesterol: 94 milligrams
Saturated Fat: 3 grams
Carbohydrates: 3 grams
Fiber: 1 grams


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Chevrolet Repair Questions? Ask a Chevy Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Hello! Do you by chance know what the fault code was for? Did they write that on the invoice at all or mention it? Without knowing exactly what code was set, its hard to give any type of advice.
Traction control is mostly a function of the Anti-Lock Brake System, with some engine interaction. Shouldn't have anything to do with the transmission, so I suspect its not related to the traction even you experienced, but more of a coincidence.
If you could find out what code was set (maybe find a new mechanic!) I would be able to give you more assistance.


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The Red Book by Deborah Kogan
Is there a reunion in your future? You might just enjoy the Deborah Kogan's zany novel, The Red Book, focusing on the antics at a 20th anniversary re-union of the 1989 graduating class at Harvard. The book's title comes from Harvard's class reports that have been continuously published for each class prior to their every 5 year reunions. The real 'red book' has been published for at least 150 years. The assignment? Please tell your classmates, in a paragraph or two, what you would like them to know about your activities, interests, family life, career, etc., concentrating on the past five years. No résumés, please, and first-person narratives only. Kogan deftly intersperses her characters' red book reports between the events culminating with the reunion weekend. The Red Book would make a great chick flic. To find an interview with the author click here. Class reunions are frequently featured in fiction. If you enjoy this title, try any of the other 16 titles here. Family reunions are even more frequently fictional topics. Browse this list of 40 titles here.
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Ask Mac Questions and Get Answers from Experts ASAP
Hi, are you still there? I had to go to bed as it was late, UK time. Jackie
Hi Dustin,
thank you for replying. In the meantime, I have managed to contact a couple of people (one a Mac expert) and explained the problem. My son also spoke to Microsoft in the US and it would appear that as his autosave icon was not on and that he was forced to quit, he has lost that information. We are in a situation of very little time left as he is due to hand in his essay today at 4pm Uk time. He has been concentrating on rewriting in view of all this.
The original document was saved but whatever he worked on yesterday was not. So I feel that unless you know of a possible quick fix which no-one has mentioned before, we are out of time.
Let me know your thoughts. Jackie
Thanks for your input and help. If anything, this will be something he will never repeat again! Save, save save!
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A look at the highlights from our media team's coverage of the final days of SXSW.
SXSW Music In Photos: Day 3 & 4
March 18, 2013
April 2, 2012
Check out the adorable new video for Little Boxes by Walk Off The Earth, one of KXT's Summer Cut artists. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
March 5, 2012
In all of your KXT Summer Cut preparations and cyber-stalking of bands, don't leave Walk Off The Earth off your list. Their Gotye cover of Somebody That I Used To Know (uh. 67 MILLION+ hits and counting) is what put them on the map, but it seems as if everything they do is *just* as […]