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When it comes to covering the news of the local K-12 public schools, we are reporting on decisions adults make that affect children in the classroom. Sometimes, we are covering the schools for the sake of moms and dads who want to see their little darlings' adorable faces in print, which I'd probably want too if I had some cute little spawn of my own. Either way, this often involves talking to the children themselves, which means people who are under the legal age of adulthood (that is, under 18 years old).
The Washoe County School District requires its students to get their parents to sign permission slips before being photographed for the news. While I am not sure this "requirement" would stand up to a First Amendment challenge, I bring it up simply to make the point that we often photograph children without their faces showing so we can still have a visual to go with some stories. One such visual was used in a story in the Tribune this past Monday, though I am sure no permission would have been given for it if the parent knew.
The story was about a grant for a health program in the schools to combat such risks as smoking and obesity. As is often the case, this article didn't have a particular event associated with it to photograph and taking a picture of a school district office worker's talking head would have been boring, so we used some photos to illustrate the above-mentioned health risks. The image for obesity was a knees-to-neck shot of a young girl, probably between sixth and eighth grade, with some very pronounced bulge. There is no way for a general reader to identify her, and even her clothing was generic enough that it would be difficult even for someone who might think they recognize her. I know she is a local student only because the picture was taken here by our photographer, but she could be from anywhere if you didn't know.
Despite her anonymity, a little part of me felt badly for her. Maybe she has a genetic issue that is making her overweight, or perhaps she was ill. Maybe she has irresponsible parents who feed her fast food all the time and never encourage her to be active. That is where the problem lies anyway — with the parents. Sure, I played some video games as a kid, but I had to cry and cry to my parents for a Nintendo. They wouldn't get me one and finally I had to cajole my gift-giving grandma into buying one for me. Money was probably my parents' main reason, but long before that they signed me up for baseball and had us outside riding bikes and playing all the time. Besides, I played with that Nintendo for about a year before I got bored with it and returned to my outdoor activities. Man, I sure wish I had that Nintendo back, though. I bet I could still beat Mike Tyson.
And fast food? No way, except as an occasional special treat (Arctic Circle hamburgers, it was). Candy? I do remember the occasional candy bar and visits to the local confectioner, but sweet treats were certainly not part of my everyday diet and my parents certainly didn't encourage it.
But if my parents had given me the Nintendo or piled my plate with junk food, would I have gladly partaken? Most likely. I was a kid, and kids don't know any better. They want what is fun and what tastes good. It's not that they don't want what is healthy and good for them, it's that they don't care. They don't have a sense of mortality yet. Parents need to lead by example in their own lifestyles and not take the easy route by buying whatever food is cheap with no thought of the consequences on their kids' health. And of course it is easier to plop a kid in front of a TV than to get up and take them to the park and (gasp!) maybe even run around with them.
But we have turned the schools from a place to learn about the Declaration of Independence and the Pythagorean theorem into wholesale babysitters responsible for everything from how our kids learn to how they eat and play to how they have sex. If parents stepped up and did those jobs they're supposed to do anyway, maybe that grant money could be directed to saving some jobs or programs that teach kids art or music instead of teaching them how to not get fat or why it's bad to smoke. That can be done at home for free.
So, next time we print an anonymous picture of an overweight child, I will find their parents and print their mugshots alongside the image of their child so people know who the real responsible party is.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go walk the dog. We need the exercise.
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SAVANNAH, GA – Despite scoring in each of the last four innings on Sunday, the North Georgia baseball was unable to avoid a series sweep falling 7-6 to Armstrong in Peach Belt Conference action at Pirate Field.
The road woes continue for the Saints (11-8, 3-6 PBC) who dropped their fifth straight game away from the friendly confines of Bob Stein Stadium, while Armstrong (14-5, 5-4 PBC) won their fifth straight home contest.
With the series sweep, the Pirates have taken five of the last six contests between the two teams dating back to 2009 when they last met.
The Pirates jumped on the Saints early once again scoring in the first inning for the third straight game when Zach Taylor hit a solo homer to right field.
Armstrong would add two more runs in the third and another run in the fourth thanks to a sac fly by Cody Powell and RBI singles from Taylor and R.J. Dennard.
The Saints would get on the scoreboard in the top of sixth when Travis Naraine led off the inning with a walk and later came around to score on an error by Pirates first basemen Chris Zittrouer.
North Georgia would add another run in the seventh to cut the deficit in half when Tremayne Toorie led off the inning with a single and later came around to score on a Brad Barto sac fly to right center.
The Pirates responded in the bottom half of the frame with three runs to steal back the momentum and take the wind out of the Saints' sails.
North Georgia would answer back in the top in the eighth when Matthew Black smacked a run scoring single to left center to pull the Saints within four runs.
The Saints ninth inning rally began as the first three batters reached base as Derek Hooper walked, Dustin Carpenter singled to center, and Eason Spivey was hit by a pitch. Senior Jordan Erisman followed with a rope to shortstop that Armstrong's Aex Frederick couldn't handle and Hooper came charging home.
One batter later, Terrell Jones hit a sac fly to left scoring Spivey and after a Kenny Bellavance walk Black was hit by an errant pitch pulling the Saints within one. Armstrong's closer Powell would settle down and retire Torrie to end the threat and send the Saints home with a bitter taste in their mouth.
Taylor Keinat picked up the loss for the Saints falling to 1-2 on the season as he tossed 6.1 innings allowing five runs and giving up seven hits, while Scott Strickland got the win for the Pirates running his record to 5-0 on the season. Powell picked up his first save of the season holding the Saints at bay in ninth as they left the bases loaded.
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Walking briskly for an hour every day can cut the effect of genetic tendencies toward obesity in half.
Study researcher Qibin Qi, Ph.D., a post-doctorate research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health, said in a statement, "In our study, a brisk one-hour daily walk reduced the genetic influence towards obesity, measured by differences in BMI by half." "On the other hand, a sedentary lifestyle marked by watching television four hours a day increased the genetic influence by 50 percent."
Qi and colleagues analyzed data from thousands of men and women who were part of the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. They looked at the study participants' physical activity and television habits two years before they examined their body mass indexes. Researchers also scored each subject on their genetic predisposition toward obesity, based on 32 established genetic variants.
Research published last year in the journal PLoS Medicine also showed that just 30 minutes of exercise for five days during the week can counteract obesity genes.
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This annual report provides an insight into the vulnerabilities of today's technology that is rapidly becoming interconnected and "smart." Unfortunately, the new technology being embraced may give more opportunities for criminals to thrive, as they evolve their cyber-attacks and endanger business, including online banks and retailers, while moving closer to homes and individuals through mobile technology.
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The Office of the First and deputy First Minister is seeking your views on the consultation document "Active Ageing Strategy 2014-2020". The purpose of the strategy is to transform attitudes to and services for older people. It will help provide direction for Departmental Policies, make connections between Strategies and ultimately lead to the improvement of services to older people. Please see pdf below for details about consultation events taking place from 28 Apri l- 16 May.
On Thursday, June 12th 2014, the National Centre for the Protection of Older People (NCPOP), University College Dublin, in collaboration with the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) will host a national conference to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). WEAAD was first established by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) in 2006 and ratified by the United Nations in 2011.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) does not disappear with age, new research shows. A study at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, finds that ADHD affects about three percent of over-60s.
Older individuals who have apathy - a lack of interest or emotion - are more likely to have smaller brain volumes than people who are not apathetic, according to new research published in the journal Neurology.
The Northern Ireland Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister is seeking your views on the draft Active Ageing Strategy. You can download the consultation by clicking HERE.
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The Northern Ireland Department for Social Development is consulting on its proposal to introduce a new Achieving Affordable Warmth Scheme. The new scheme will aim to improve domestic energy efficiency and, therefore, reduce energy consumption in eligible private housing by targeting households most at risk of fuel poverty. The Department intends to introduce the Affordable Warmth Scheme in June 2014.
From 17 April at the Tate Modern in London will host a spectacular exhibition of the works of artist Henri Matisse. The exhibition will feature a collection of cut-out artworks in a kaleidoscope of colours including some of the artist's most well known works the Blue Nude and Icarus. Nicola Donnelly, CARDI Communications Officer, looks at the great artist's late life burst of creativity:
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The world's population is getting older. Across the globe, people are living longer thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and technology. This population shift brings with it incredible possibilities, but also a new set of challenges. How do we care for our elderly? In this TED talk, US science writer, Jared Diamond looks at the contrasting attitudes to ageing and ageing policy across the world.
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Thousands of spectators lined the streets of downtown Denver on March 17th to watch the bagpipes, leprechauns and shamrocks in the 2012 Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Over two hundred entries helped celebrate the parade's 50th anniversary. Two of those groups, representing the LGBT community were celebrating milestones of their own.
The Mile High Freedom Band made their 28th consecutive appearance in this year's Golden Jubilee. The band first appeared in the parade in 1985. For a time, the group was placed as the last unit in line after organizers learned of their sexual orientation. Not to be dissuaded, the band played on!
The LGBT Community Color Guard made their inaugural appearance in this year's parade. The unit has previously marched in the 2011 PrideFest Parade. Then, after several rejections and the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", the Color Guard was permitted to march in last November's Veterans Day Parade.
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This page describes the Dell Firmware Repository. For more information about the Dell Linux repositories, go to the main repository start page.
The firmware repository is BETA SOFTWARE, and has only community support.
The dell firmware repository is based on the firmware-tools codebase. It relies on firmware-addon-dell and was created using dell-repo-tools. See the recent firmware-tools announcement here: Firmware Tools Announcement
An admin-oriented overview is here: Admin Guide
We presented a paper at OLS 2006. The draft is here: OLS 2006 Presentation
firmware repository
Dell's firmware-tools project and dell software repository provide a mechanism which can be used to update the BIOS and other firmware on our systems. We used the mkbiosrepo.sh script in the dell-repo-tools package to build a repository of all the BIOS and firmware images available on http://support.dell.com (only the latest version for each system is in the repository). Now our systems' BIOS and firmware stays up to date automatically by the same method our operating system software stays up to date.
You can browse our repository.
N.B.: BIOS firmware is handled at present. As the firmware-tools project makes new firmware types available (PERC, Embedded Systems Management, DRAC, ...), we'll post those here too.
Repo-Users mailing list
If you have systems that download updates from this site, please consider joining our firmware-tools-devel mailing list. This list is for people who have systems that download updates from the repositories hosted on here. This is a way for the site admins to communicate important issues out to the site users, and for site users to discuss amongst themselves.
This site is COMMUNITY SUPPORT ONLY
This *only* support for firmware updates that you get from this site is via the mailing list. If you call dell phone support, it is unlikely that they will even know this exists, and under no circumstances would they be able to fix any problems with it. On the other hand, the developers of this software are on the mailing list, and will likely be able to look at and fix your problem.
This webpage is for informational purposes only, may contain typographical errors, technical inaccuracies, and information about configurations which are not officially supported by anyone. The content is provided as is, without express or implied warranties of any kind.
We presume that the firmware-tools software, and related applications, work as expected. However, the act of flashing firmware into a device can occasionally go unexpectedly wrong, and recovery from such errors may be difficult. You've been warned.
Repository Layering
This repository consists of stand-alone RPMs which contain firmware payloads. As such, and alone, this repository can do nothing. However, when combined with the dell-software repository, and that of each handled operating system, allows easy updating of our system firmware.
[ OS Base ] [ OS Updates ] [ dell-community ] [ dell-firmware ]
Supported Distributions
Specific instructions for Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, and Ubuntu are below. In addition, we have instructions for using this with Novell Zenworks.
Important: You must complete some pre-setup tasks before using this repository, as outlined below.
- Update System: Fully update your system, using yum, up2date, yast, apt-get or aptitude.
- Set up system for dell-community (firmware-tools, libsmbios and more).
Set Up
To set up your system to pull from the firmware repository, run the following command as root:
wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash
This will install the libsmbios and Dell GPG keys, and installs the dell-firmware-repository package which configures yum, up2date, and apt to pull from the repository.
- N.B.: This doesn't configure for SuSE SLES9 systems yet.
Downloading firmware
On Fedora and CentOS systems:
# install BIOS payload yum install $(bootstrap_firmware)
On RHEL systems:
# install BIOS payload up2date --solvedeps=$(bootstrap_firmware -u)
On SLES10 systems:
# install BIOS payload # this may take a long time to execute (1-10 mins depending on system) rug install $( bootstrap_firmware | xargs -n1 -r rug --terse wp | cut -d'|' -f3 | grep -v "No matches" | sort | uniq )
On Ubuntu systems, be sure the Universe section is enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list, then do:
aptitude install firmware-addon-dell aptitude install $(bootstrap_firmware -a)
Flashing the firmware
This will install the most recent firmware for your system found in /usr/share/firmware/bios/. This is not necessarily what yum just installed, but most often will be. Because the actual flash occurs during system POST, you've got to reboot your system for this to take effect. update_firmware just stages the flash to occur, but doesn't trigger a system reboot. The next time your system reboots, the flash update will occur.
On some systems, update_firmware may require up to 2MB of physically contiguous RAM, which may not be available if your system has been running for a while and available physical memory has become fragmented. If update_firmware fails because of insufficient memory, simply reboot and run update_firmware soon after reboot.
Notebook systems must be plugged in to A/C power for the flash to happen. Please ensure your system is plugged in prior to running update_firmware.
Note that prior to firmware-tools 1.1, the "update_firmware" command was named "apply_updates".
Putting it all together
For Fedora and CentOS:
# set up repos wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/bootstrap.cgi | bash wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash # install firmware tools yum -y install firmware-addon-dell # install BIOS update yum -y install $(bootstrap_firmware) update_firmware
For RHEL:
# set up repos wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/bootstrap.cgi | bash wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash # install firmware tools up2date -i firmware-addon-dell # install BIOS update up2date --solvedeps=$(bootstrap_firmware -u) update_firmware
For SLES10:
# set up repos wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/bootstrap.cgi | bash wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash # install firmware tools rug install firmware-addon-dell # install BIOS update rug install $( bootstrap_firmware | xargs -n1 -r rug --terse wp | cut -d'|' -f3 | grep -v "No matches" | sort | uniq ) update_firmware
For Ubuntu systems, be sure the Universe section is enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list, then do:
# set up repos wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash aptitude install firmware-addon-dell aptitude install $(bootstrap_firmware -a) update_firmware
Automatic installation of new firmwares
Many people configure their system to update to any new RPMs daily. The above configuration will update firmware RPMs at that time too, but that only affects the file system, not the actual flash part. You can have your system automatically flash the new firmware by setting rpm_mode=auto in /etc/firmware/firmware.conf:
perl -p -i -e 's/^#rpm_mode=.*/rpm_mode=auto/' /etc/firmware/firmware.conf
N.B.: a reboot is still required to actually flash the BIOS.
Troubleshooting when it doesnt work
See the Troubleshooting page for details.
Local mirrors
If you wish to mirror the Dell repositories to a local mirror, rsync is available. rsync://linux.dell.com/repo.
Known Issues
- Systems Missing RBU lists systems known to not support BIOS updates via firmware-tools at this time.
- BMC Firmware packages are posted. The flash tool is also posted, but it is currently disabled.
Adding other operating systems / Linux distributions
If you're interested in porting the firmware-tools project software, or enabling non-RPM package formats (say Gentoo or Debian), please send an email to the firmware-tools project public mailing list http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/firmware-tools-devel. We'd welcome expert assistance.
Adding other system types/peripherals
We welcome developers to create plugins for their system types and peripherals. Discussion should happen on the firmware-tools-devel mailing list. While this site today hosts only materials for Dell systems, we would consider hosting materials for other system types and peripherals.
This is the firmware package repository. For support questions related to this package repository, please use the appropriate mailing list:
- For firmware-tools related questions: http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/firmware-tools-devel
- For libsmbios related questions: http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/libsmbios-devel. All other software in this repository is unofficial. For libsmbios questions, please use the mailing list.
- For other questions: http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
Do not call Dell Technical support with questions about this repository, or software installed from this repository, as they will not be able to help you! For all questions, please use the mailing lists above.


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Wanted to respond again and update, about 20 minutes later, I checked the pipe with my thermal gun and it is 65 degrees. So the pipes aren't staying hot.
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Hi! I'm having a ton of issues.. I'm a renter and won't being DIYing this, but I'd like to learn more about it so here goes...
I'm calling my landlady tomorrow. I live in a 2-flat, landlady lives downstairs. We have a natural gas fired boiler with hot water baseboard heat. Our apartment is appx 1100sq feet. My thermostat is turned to 80... yet it is 53 degrees in my house. Windows aren't leaking, insulation isn't THAT bad... honestly this is frustrating. Now, landlady has HVAC people that come to fix our stuff (there's a sticker on the boiler), Guth's in Chicago. Don't know how reputable they are.. but yeah.
So anyways- I went down there tonight because I was curious about it- maybe the pump wasn't functioning.. I don't know. But it's OLD. The pump, the boiler...
Ideally I'd like someone here to just let me know what you see- how old are these units? Any other observations? Can you basically tell me what all of these things are and what their purpose is? What should I see if they are fully functioning? Are they dangerous at all? Should the be replaced? Here are photos...
Standard cylindrical hot water boiler- I don't know if this is ours or not, but I assume it's for our hot tap water and such?
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The setup. (The forced air system in the back is the landlady's.)
Setup shot 2
Setup shot 3
The 'ol boiler herself.
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The pump, I'm guessing?
I noticed this thing on the ceiling... what is it?
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And this thingamabob. I believe it read 39psi and 220 degrees? (click the link, I could only add 4 images into the post)
So... what are all these things. how do they work?
I wanted to add- to the touch (checked with a thermal gun) the pipes in the baseboard heaters never go above 80 degrees. Once I caught one at 100 degrees. Right now, the connected set that are in my dining room and run through the bathroom are ice cold. *EDITED to add... they just turned on. Apparently water circulated through them, and they're registering at 110 degrees F on my thermal gun.
There's a problem here.. I really hope they get it fixed! Anything I should be vigilant of? Sorry for so many questions.. but this stinks. I have two small children and we are freezing.
Wanted to respond again and update, about 20 minutes later, I checked the pipe with my thermal gun and it is 65 degrees. So the pipes aren't staying hot.
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The big tank is an expansion tank. When you heat water, it expands, so since the boiler and piping is generally totally full of water, when it gets heated and bigger (expands), it needs somewhere to to...an expansion tank is where that happens. That tank is 'old school', but can work. It can get waterlogged, and need to be drained and there's a special air valve on it that can get rusted up and stop working. If it is waterlogged, when the water expands, there's no place for that 'extra' water to go, so it usually opens a safety valve. Then, when it cools off, it might sense it is short on water, and add some, creating a viscious cycle.
When the thermostat calls for heat, the boiler should turn on if the water isn't already hot, heat the water to maybe somewhere in the 180-degree range and turn on the circulating pump to move that hot water through the pipes to the radiators. If the pipes near the boiler are hot, but the radiators aren't getting hot, the pipes may have some air in them, and the pump generally won't be able to circulate water. It might be as simple as letting the air out. This is normally done at a valve high up in the system, since the air wants to rise.
If the boiler isn't turning on, or staying on, it could be all sorts of things. Near the boiler, there's usually both a pressure gauge and at least one thermometer, maybe more. When an old one like this is working, the pressure is normally somewhere in the 15# range and the temp may cycle from 180-190 down to 150-160. The circulator can run while the burner is off, but the burner should cycle to maintain the temp in the design range. Exactly what yours is, can't tell you.
This also assumes that the thermostat in the apartment is actually working and calling for heat. If it has batteries, you may want to replace them.
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It should be dead-obvious if that monster-red pump is turning on. If it's not pumping the boiler may still fire up and get hot, trip it's high-temp limit, and refire when it has cooled off a bit, but if the boiler is hot and the room thermostat is calling for heat, that pump should be turning constantly. The pump itself may be fine (or not), and the problem may be upstream in the controls (a 60 year old relay that has finally given up, or something.) But you'd be able to feel the vibration of the motor with your hand on the motor housing (or pipe, if it's not too hot.)
Sometimes the pump motor can be running an the impeller has corroded to the point where it doesn't move much water, but that would usually be a slow decline rather than one day it works, then next day it doesn't. Air in the system can keep flow from occuring in some loops, but air doesn't suddenly appear in the heating system either, unless the heating plumbing has been opened up.
Very often you can get some minor flow to the baseboards simply by convection, which might be consistent with your low temp readings on the baseboard. Pointing the gun right at bare copper pipes will always give you a lower-than reality reading (the emissivity of bare copper is pretty low, so the infra-red sensor in the gun reads it as colder than it is.) Painted surfaces will give you a more consistent reading.
Either way, this system isn't working and needs to be debugged by a competent tech. To stay warm in the meantime a single $35-$50 oil-filled radiator type electric space heater is enough to keep at least one decent sized room up to temp if you keep the door closed. These are much less of a fire-hazard than radiant type space heaters, and are more comfortable & quiet than the crummy little hot-air blower types.
At full bore you won't want your kids to put their hands on it, just like they shouldn't be putting their fingers in the baseboards, but it's safe to place it against a wall as long as you don't then box it in and stack all your coats on top of it or something. If you have incandescent light bulbs, turning all of them on (and leaving them on) will make a difference the room temp too.


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No. Upward Bound provides students with the knowledge, advising, and support needed to make a healthy transition to the college of their choice. The program wants students to attend a college/university that meets their specific needs and provides them with the support to be successful. It is a requirement that Upward Bound seniors apply to at least three colleges/universities.
No. Upward Bound does not give participants scholarships. The program provides students with advising and guidance about how to make college affordable. Students receive information, resources, and skills that will help them with the financial aid and scholarship application processes.
Students that would like to continue in a TRiO program while in college should like for a SSS(Student Support Services) program at universities they are considering.
All field trips during the academic-year and summer components are sponsored by Upward Bound; all expenses are paid by the program. Students may bring extra "spending money" for novelty items and souvenirs from the gift shops, college bookstores, etc. visited during the field trips.
Yes. Upward Bound provides transportation for scheduled field trips (college tours, museums, career fairs, etc.) during the academic-year and summer components. Parents/guardians must bring their son/daughter to campus for field trips that take place during the academic year, and summer component.
All drivers (independently contracted or reserved through UW-Stout) are trained, professionals that hold a commercial driver's license (CDL) and are certified to operate 15-passenger vans, charter buses, and other large motor vehicles.
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Welcome to Chenango County! Every season offers something unique and special. Whether you're here for a special weekend, to attend one of our annual events, or just passing through, once you visit, be assured that Chenango County will always be "home".
Fall and winter offer boundless opportunities for fun. When the last autumn leaf has fallen, winter is on its way, and Chenango becomes the perfect place for playing in the snow and enjoying warm hospitality.
Harvest events, ice festivals, hunting, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing are all among the fall and winter pastimes that bring visitors and residents alike out into the great outdoors.
Chenango County plays host to numerous annual events and festivals drawing thousands of spectators. The speed of the World Championship Motocross, or the endurance of the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, top notch entertainment at the Chenango Blues Festival, the color and pageantry of the Sherburne Pageant of Bands, and the beauty and talent shown at the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival . Imagine if you will, over 30 basketball courts up and down the main streets of town for the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tourney. These are all a part of Chenango's legacy.
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Senior Bowl 2013 will be kicking off in the down town historic area of Mobile Alabama at Ladd Peebles Stadium on Saturday January 26, 2013 at 3:00pm.
Ladd Peebles Stadium is located at 1621 Virginia Street Mobile Alabama 36606 in the historic down town area.
Tickets prices for the Senior Bowl 2012 football game will be $10.00, $20.00, and $30.00. Tickets can be found at the Senior Bowl Headquarters, Food For Less Stores, Regions Bank locations, Pine Brook, Tillman's Corner, University Oaks, Foley, and Malbis.
You can also call 1-888-736-2695 for information about buying tickets for the Senior Bowl 2012 football game.
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You need to hurry to Food For Less if you want a free Tailgate Party Pass because they have only a limited number of free Tailgate Party Passes available.
The Senior Bowl is an annual event in Mobile Alabama at Ladd Peebles Stadium were the North and South can come together to feature their best players to get a chance to play on a NFL football team.
The Senior Bowl 2013 will have plenty of NFL recruiting scouts at the game to watch these top senior football stars play for a spot to become a NFL player.
Mobile will also be hosting the NFL Coaches Convention that will last the entire week while the players are preparing for their chance to become a nationally recognized player in the NFL.
Click on the web link below to view the official Senior Bowl website.
Click on the Ladd Peebles Stadium website link below to view this event, schedules and ticket prices for the Senior Bowl and other events that Ladd Peebles Stadium will host.http://www.laddpeeblesstadium.com/stadiumpolicies.asp
The GoDaddy.com Bowl will be held in its usual place at Ladd Peebles Stadium in the heart of historic Downtown Mobile. Kickoff time for the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be at 8pm Sunday evening on the 8th of January 2012.
Northern Illinois will be playing Arkansas State at Ladd Peebles Stadium for all the bragging rights.
Ladd Peebles Stadium is located at 1621 Virginia Street, Mobile, AL 36606 in the Downtown Mobile area. If you need directions to Ladd Peebles Stadium click on the link below. http://www.laddpeeblesstadium.com/directions.asp
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You can contact the Ladd Peebles Stadium manager Paul Christopher at P.O. Box 66721, 1621 Virginia Street Mobile, AL 36604 or by phone at 251-208-2500 or by Fax at 251-208-2514.
You can also contact Ladd Peebles Stadium manager Paul Christopher by clicking on the link below.
For another article about the Go Daddy Bowl click on the link below.http://www.examiner.com/city-buzz-in-mobile/12th-annual-godaddy-bowl-at-ladd-peebles-stadium-jan-6-2011
Christmas is that time of year everyone likes to gather together and spend time with family members and celebrate Jesus, life, love, and companionship for each other.
Sometimes Christmas for those who have chosen to be firefighters are not able to spend Christmas Eve or Christmas Day with family and friends because they have to be on-duty on Christmas Eve for their 24 hour shift and then get mandatory overtime and have to work Christmas Day.
This Christmas Eve the third shift was on-duty to celebrate the holiday and to respond to any emergency that may occur during 24 hour time period of Christmas Eve.
This year like in years past Santa Claus came by and visited all the fire stations in Mobile Alabama to bring a little joy, give each firefighter a candy cane, and with everyone a merry Christmas.
Firefighters become like brothers and sisters around the fire house and each firefighter has their way of expressing their comradeship with one another during the Christmas holiday season.
Firefighters at Tapia Fire Station on the third shift are a close knit group and this year like in years past each crew member of Ladder Truck 5 brought in a Christmas gift to give to other members assigned to Ladder Truck 5.
Firefighter Darrell Farmer received a subway gift card from the driver, a RE:SOLVE multifunctional tool from the captain, and a bag of chocolate candy from the firefighter crew who are assigned to Ladder Truck 5 third shift.
Firefighter Darrell Farmer gave each member on Ladder Truck 5 a HDX 23 piece 1/4in Drive Set multifunctional tool as a Christmas gift as his way of expressing his comradeship with the members on Ladder Truck 5 third shift at Tapia Fire Station.
This Christmas will also be the last Christmas the crew members of Ladder Truck 5 will celebrate Christmas with their captain at Tapia Fire Station because he will begin retirement after January 2013.
The night before Christmas and all through the fire house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The bunker gear was hung by the fire truck with care
In hopes that they would not have to go out nowhere
Firefighters were nestled all snug in their beds
With visions of three alarms dancing in their heads
And the chiefs in their kerchiefs and captains in caps
Were all settled down for a nice winters nap
When out in the engine room there arose such a clatter
Firefighters sprang from their beds to see what was the matter
Away to the window firefighters flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash
When, what to firefighters wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature fire truck , and eight tiny , fire flies
And firefighters heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight-
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.


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SALEM - Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 at Greenford Christian Church, 11767 Lisbon Road, Greenford for Gladys Plastow, 91, of Salem who died Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Essex II.
Gladys was born June 10, 1921 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a daughter of the late John Edward and Gladys Gertrude Dunton Farnan and came to this area in 1954.
Gladys was a homemaker and former member of Holy Trinity Church, Salem. She enjoyed listening to music and dancing.
Her husband, John Warner Plastow whom she married June 29, 1947, died Sept. 1, 2005.
She leaves her daughter, Susan Stoddard of Salem; a son, Doug Plastow of Odessa, Fla.; two grandsons, Steven and Ron Plastow; a great granddaughter, Sydney Plastow and a great-grandson, Sam Plastow. Gladys also leaves a brother, George Farnan of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and a sister, Marjorie Ireland of Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada.
Arrangements are being handled by Lane Family Funeral, Canfield Chapel.
The family requests material tributes take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield 44406 or to the Holy Trinity Church, 1089 E. State St. Salem, OH 44460.
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Older people in China remember the Great Famine of 1958-61, when 15 million to 45 million people died of hunger and related causes.
Today, nearly every street corner in Beijing and many other cities seems to boast a McDonald's. There are KFC outlets in almost every Chinese city, 3,700 in all. Meanwhile, newly minted members of the Chinese middle class have rushed to buy cars, leaving bicycles that were once a major source of exercise rusting on the street. Pizza Hut is considered a fancy date-night restaurant, T.G.I. Friday's has several branches in Beijing, and cans of Coca-Cola are sold at every corner stand.
With fast food and rising affluence, a country only a generation removed from hunger is getting fat. How fat? According to the World Health Organization, the percentage of adults who are overweight and obese rose from rose from 25 percent in 2002 to 38.5 percent in 2010 in a population of 1.37 billion. Urban dwellers account for much of this. WHO projects that 50 to 57 percent of the Chinese population will be too heavy by 2015. (By comparison, 69 percent of Americans age 20 and older are overweight or obese.)
There's a standing joke, notes Lyn Wren, a physician with International SOS Beijing Clinic, that "Chinese waistlines are growing faster than the GDP."
Given how impoverished the country was not long ago and how impoverished parts of it still are, "having a problem where people are eating too much - it can seem a little churlish to complain about that," says Paul French, the Shanghai-based author of "Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation." French and co-author Matthew Crabbe found that even as recently as five years ago, obesity wasn't recognized as a problem by health professionals in China.
The Chinese Health Ministry has said it encourages healthful eating programs in schools and the construction of more playgrounds to promote exercise. And the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention makes vague references to "health promotion" and providing "scientific guidance for healthy diets," but nationwide campaigns about eating healthfully and exercising are not evident.
In fact, pushing the population to lose weight, exercise and cut back on unhealthful foods seems to strike a discordant note to some inside the government, French says. "When I talked to government officials, their argument was: Right now we're trying to tell them to do and not do a lot of things," such as not spitting on the street, not dropping trash everywhere and not driving "like complete idiots."
"They know they can only tell people to do some things . . . before they get fed up."
Although the era of famine is long past, many grandparents and parents still push their children to eat a lot.
Setsuko Hosoda, a family doctor at Beijing United Family Hospital, says the parents and grandparents she sees are "always worried that their child is not eating enough." A 2012 Penn State study of 176 Chinese children ages 6 to 18 found that 72 percent of mothers of overweight children thought their children were normal or underweight.
Sissi Zhong, a 26-year-old Beijing secretary, recalls that her grandparents got angry if she left food on her plate when she was a child. "They said, 'Do you know, in my time of food shortages, people didn't have food, so how can you waste your food?' " Zhong says. So she cleaned her plate even if she was very full.
When her father came home from business trips with boxes of a Chinese soft drink called Jianlibao, she started to put on weight. Drinking four and five cans a day made her weight jump to 143 pounds by the time she was 18. At 5-foot-3, that would put her barely into the "overweight" category by U.S. standards, but she was miserable, getting kicked off her school's dance team for being too fat and being teased by boys who liked her skinnier pals. Today, Zhong says she spends many hours at the gym to stay slim.
Obesity has tended to be an issue that grows along with affluence. Prosperity means bigger paychecks, which can mean more meat, fast foods and bigger meals. Meanwhile, long hours at desk or factory jobs instead of agricultural ones mean less physical activity. The obesity problem is primarily an urban one in a population that is rapidly urbanizing.
China also has particular problems, French says, that can promote obesity. A survey he did found that recent scares about contaminated milk, fruit and vegetables have made consumers feel more safe buying and eating packaged foods. "It's perceived to be less tainted," he says. "If it's packaged and done by Nestle, they're thinking and hoping that there is not going to be poison" in the food. Yet, the fat and sugar content of many packaged foods is often much higher than that of fresh food.
Contradictory impulses are apparent here, much as in the United States. Chinese editions of Vogue display models who are bone-thin. When popular singer A-Mei suddenly seemed to gain weight, online commentators wondered what had happened, until she gave an interview attributing her extra pounds to a love of high-calorie green teas made with tapioca balls, coconut jelly and sugar.
At the same time, China seems oddly fascinated by obesity. Two years ago, a shopping mall in the city of Shenyang held an obesity competition to celebrate International Women's Day. Contestants stood onstage in frilly white wedding dresses.
Chinese are turning to surgical solutions for weight loss. Huiqi Yang, a general surgeon at Beijing United Family Hospital, has just started offering an operation in which an adjustable band is surgically tied around the stomach to constrict it, leading patients to eat less. Chinese doctors have been doing such bariatric surgeries for 15 years, but Yang says there is growing interest. She said she performed about 100 gastric-band surgeries in recent years at her previous hospital, in the city of Tianjin.
Meanwhile, as obesity, rises so do the ills associated with it.
A recent World Bank report said diabetes, heart disease and hypertension are among several noncommunicable diseases threatening China and other countries. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that there are 92.3 million diabetics in China. No other country has as many diabetics - not surprising, given that China is the most populous country in the world - and even China's outgoing president, Hu Jintao, is rumored to have diabetes.
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Affirmative action ruling challenges colleges seeking diversity
The U.S. Supreme Court's support of Michigan's ban on race-based affirmative action in university admissions may spur colleges to find new ways to achieve diversity without using racial preferences.
A 'wearable robot' helps her walk again
Science is about facts, numbers, laws and formulas. To be really good at it, you need to spend a lot of time in school. But science is also about something more: dreaming big and helping people.
Cuba is running out of condoms
The newest item on Cuba's list of dwindling commodities is condoms, which are now reportedly in short supply. In response, the Cuban government has approved the sale of expired condoms.
The waffle taco's biggest enemy isn't McDonald's. It's consumer habits.
Gesturing to Taco Bell, Thompson said McDonald's had "not seen an impact relative to the most recent competitor that entered the [breakfast] space," and that new competition would only make McDonald's pursue breakfast more aggressively.
VIDEO: Leopard attacks crowd in India
A leopard caused panic in the city of Chandrapur when it sprung from the roof of a house and charged at rescue workers.
The top 12 government programs ever
Which federal programs and policies succeed in being cost-effective and targeting those who need them most? These two tests are obvious: After all, why would we spend taxpayers' money on a program that isn't worth what it costs or helps those who do not need help?
'Warlock' in West Virginia accused of sexual assault
Police in West Virginia say a man claiming to be a "warlock" used promises of magical spells to lure children into committing sexual acts with him.
Cats outsmart the researchers
I knew a lot had been written about dogs, and I assumed there must be at least a handful of studies on cats. But after weeks of scouring the scientific world for someone - anyone - who studied how cats think, all I was left with was this statement, laughed over the phone to me by one of the world's top animal cognition experts, a Hungarian scientist named Ádám Miklósi.
House Republicans are more active on Twitter than Democrats
Your representative in the House is almost certainly on Twitter. Your senator definitely is. But how are they using the social network? Are Democrats more active than Republicans, or vice versa? Who has the most followers on the Hill?
Do your genes make you procrastinate?
Procrastinators, in my experience, like nothing better than explaining away their procrastination: General busyness, fear of failure, and simple laziness are just a handful of the excuses and theories often tossed around. Now researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have added another option to the list: genetics.
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