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Ted Nugent Dubs Next Tour 'Black Power 2013'
That's one way to mark Black History Month: When Ted Nugent hits the road this year, he's calling his tour "Ted Nugent Black Power 2013," he writes on the conservative website World Net Daily.
In a column that describes "dirty Democrat politicians" as the enemies of black Americans, the right-wing rocker reels off a string of statistics he says demonstrate how ineffective Democratic policies, including Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, have been at helping African-Americans overcome poverty, crime and a lack of education.
"There is no doubt that my 2013 tour will be the best of my life," he writes. "With world-class virtuosos paying tribute to our black heroes nightly, it is only fitting that this year's tour is aptly titled, 'Ted Nugent Black Power 2013.' Say it loud: my music is black and I'm proud!
The rocker credited the president's re-election last year to "pimps, whores and welfare brats," and met with the Secret Service last year after describing his opposition to the president in violent terms.
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Some context for this disgusting little stunt by Ted Nugent: he has appeared on the openly white supremacist radio show Political Cesspool not once, but several times.


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What's cool about these is that they have tapered brush heads, meaning you use them for nail art – the odd dot here, the odd swirl – so easy to use too!
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Did I say latex? I meant LUREX. Still, nice to see who the kinky people are. Wink
Having attended many Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans I didn't even pay attention to your remark. Latex would be a tame costume at Mardi Gras
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The slobbering of moose and reindeer as they eat may be big, wet countermeasures against the chemical defenses of grasses.
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Living on NST – Nomadic Standard Time
Asking us about our upcoming travel plans is akin to asking for a weather forecast. We may have a fairly accurate idea of what the next few hours may hold, and that there is a chance of some snow in the winter. But the details in between are hard to pin down, particularly more than a few days in advance.
We do set intentions for things we want to do and places we want to be, but we intentionally avoid holding ourselves to a fixed schedule or itinerary for most things.
By and large, we wake up in the morning without knowing where we'll be that very evening. And we love it.
It didn't happen overnight
Before I became full time nomadic, I was very much a planner. On the Myers-Briggs Personality scale I'm an INFJ, with a moderate J leaning (which means I'm definitely more inclined to be a schedule oriented planning personality type). When Chris and I first set off on our journey together, I would become quite anxious if we didn't have a plan for the coming weeks, let alone the day. And I'd become more frustrated when I couldn't give people a reliable arrival date and time. Chris (an ENFP) humored me.
But two years of full time travel has definitely been the cure to this pesky personality quirk. I've moderated out and come to appreciate the benefits on setting intentions but embracing what we find ahead of us.
Nomadic Serendipity
When you allow the adventure to unfold in front of you, instead of trying to stick to a plan no matter what, wonderful things can happen. This is something we've come to call Nomadic Serendipity. Aren't those fabulous words?
Whether it be allowing for chance encounters with amazing people, finding an unexpected scenic route, arriving just in time to help someone out, capturing that perfect picture, stumbling into an introduction to a potential business opportunity, finding a favorite rare treat in a little rural town or finding respite when you need it most…
Trusting in nomadic serendipity has yet to fail us.
But trying to stick to a plan has a remarkably high failure rate. Despite our best efforts and intentions, several times we've set in motion plans to meet up with someone, or visit somewhere – and had those plans fall through for various reasons.
I've found that I'd much rather live in a constant state of delight with the things that serendipity brings me, than the frequent frustration of missed plans disappointing me.
Nomadic Standard Time
The downside to living a life without a firm itinerary is that it's awfully difficult to convey arrival times and destinations. When we don't know where we'll be even tonight, how can I tell our next rendezvous or host when to expect us? At first, this caused me a great deal of stress. Either we were rushing to meet a plan we conveyed, or we were afraid of leaving friends and family in a state of limbo.
It actually once contributed to a pretty major highway scare for us because we were pushing too hard to make an arrival date. Spinning down the interstate jack-knifed while towing a trailer was a wake-up call. Never again.
And thus now when conveying potential plans I always prefaces all dates and times being on NST – or Nomadic Standard Time.
A nomad, like a wizard, always arrives precisely when they are meant to.
This let's folks know our general intentions, but also not to plan dinner around our arrival. Even our travel planning calendar is on NST, and it's constantly in flux as serendipity lays things out for us.
NST doesn't mean being a flake
However, just because we don't normally prefer to follow a plan or set firm intenaries, doesn't mean we can't.
There are indeed times that having a firm arrival time is imperative. Such as when we have a work commitment to be onsite for a client, or a speaking engagement at a conference. Events we really want to attend, like Burning Man, also become firm destinations in our schedule. And we'll even make firm intentions of rendezvousing with loved ones, and being there for important occasions.
And we're darn reliable too when we need to be. If we tell you we will be there, we will be. Probably right on the dot, as I am by inclination a scheduler. It's just, we're very picky about the things that merit setting a fixed arrival date and time.
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There are downsides to living a life on NST with Nomadic Serendipity being your pilot – you will indeed miss things.
For instance, there was an event a couple weeks ago on the east coast that we were quite interested in attending. However the ticketing process was definitely not nomad friendly and required quite a bit of advanced planning and logistical coordination. Yet we didn't even know for sure we'd be in the vicinity until after ticket sales had closed. While we set intentions to manifest tickets, it just didn't happen.
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By KATHRYN FLAGG
ADDISON COUNTY — For years, Lincoln resident Christian Schider traveled all the way to New York City for his Thanksgiving meal, sitting down for what could be the year's most-talked-about meal not with family, but with strangers from all over the world.
Schider was in his late teens when he struck up this nontraditional tradition, making the trek to sit at a community table at the well-known vegan restaurant Angelica Kitchen. At the time, he said, he was a fairly militant vegan, someone who has chosen to eat no foods containing animal products.
After his animal-free Thanksgiving meal he'd travel to Long Island to visit with tryptophan-drugged family, but his sit-down supper with strangers was a longtime holiday highlight.
Schider gave up his vegan diet recently, during his wife's pregnancy, and this year, the produce buyer at Bristol's Mountain Greens Market and Deli plans to stay a bit closer to home for the holiday.
But what Schider's memories of Thanksgivings in New York suggest is that "Turkey Day" for vegans and vegetarians is about everything but the turkey.
Take one of Schider's co-workers at Mountain Greens, 24-year-old Courtney Lucia. Lucia is planning for her seventh vegetarian Thanksgiving. Leaning over the deli counter, where Lucia works, she said that her family doesn't do any of the "fake stuff" — "tofurkeys," for instance, or "smart bacon," both vegetable-based products designed to mimic meat dishes.
That's not to say there isn't plenty at her family's table she can happily gobble up.
"I always bring something that I've made that I know I can eat," she said. It's hard, sometimes, to turn down dishes that she knows her family has worked hard to make. But does politely declining a serving of white meat change the holiday for her?
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Late last week Vergennes interim city manager Mel Hawley had one word removed from his title — interim.
Mayor Michael Daniels said Hawley, 55, who previously served from 1981 to 1998 as the city's manager, was the unanimous pick as the city's new manager by a hiring committee that included Vergennes aldermen, City Clerk Joan Devine, planning commission chairman Neil Curtis, and city resident and American Legion Post 14 official Henry Broughton.
Aldermen accepted the committee's recommendation at a Nov. 18 executive session, and Daniels made the choice of Hawley official on Thursday, after Hawley's employer since he left the city's employ in 1998 — Vergennes outdoor equipment manufacturer Country Home Products — had been notified.
Daniels said there were several strong candidates for the post, including one other finalist besides Hawley. Hawley's familiarity with the city's operations and his track record made him stand out, the mayor said.
"With Mel's knowledge of the city's working operations as it is, he was the better fit of the two," he said. "We feel that the transition ... will be smoother and a lot faster because he is so near to the pulse of our city."
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Directors of the Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow (VSCC) are working aggressively to raise money to help the 37-year-old, nonprofit arts organization navigate some choppy financial waters heading into its key holiday sales period.
The VSCC currently hosts galleries and a wide range of arts education programs at its locations off Mill Street in Middlebury and Church Street in Burlington. But this year has been tough for Frog Hollow, which this summer closed its Manchester branch in reaction to sagging revenues and a slumping economy. And the economy has only gotten worse this fall.
"We are finding ourselves in the same situation that a lot of retail and sales-based businesses are finding themselves in," said VCSS Executive Director Deidre Healey. "We've been hit as hard as any Main Street business and our focus right now is finishing the 2008 season as best as we possibly can."
With that in mind, the VCSS is seeking to raise $50,000 in donations before the end of January. That effort could be greatly boosted by the potential offer of an anonymous, $100,000 matching grant the VCSS is now trying to secure.
Frog Hollow leaders met last week with local legislators and state and county economic development officials. Healey said she and her colleagues made a request for $75,000 in state aid. They were told it's unlikely such a request could be honored, in part due to the fact that the state's economic aid programs are geared toward for-profit businesses.
"We are looking for any support the state can give us," Healey said. "But we have not be able to secure any of the financial support we have needed from the state."
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CHICAGO, March 28, 2011 – Jones Lang LaSalle, the global financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate, has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2011.
This is the fourth consecutive year that Jones Lang LaSalle has been named to the list by Ethisphere, a think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability.
"Our people take great pride in this honor," said Colin Dyer, Chief Executive Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle. "They know that our commitment to integrity is critical to our clients, for whom the confidence that they can trust their advisors has become paramount. Our Board of Directors and Global Executive Committee applaud the efforts of our worldwide team of Ethics Officers and the dedication of all of our colleagues, who make our culture the best in the real estate business."
Ethisphere determined its 2011 list, which features 110 companies in 38 industries and includes 43 companies headquartered outside the United States, by reviewing thousands of companies and evaluating a record number of applications. Ethisphere's proprietary methodology includes reviewing codes of ethics, litigation and regulatory infraction histories; evaluating the investment in innovation and sustainable business practices; considering activities designed to improve corporate citizenship; and studying nominations from senior executives, industry peers, suppliers and customers.
"As companies strive to maintain a competitive advantage, good ethics translate into better business, and better business means better bottom lines. Ethical companies recognize the important role that principled practices play in brand reputation, which ultimately is the most valuable asset for a corporation," said Alex Brigham, Executive Director of the Ethisphere Institute. "Ethisphere congratulates Jones Lang LaSalle on being one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2011."
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Timothy Peters wins NASCAR Trucks race at Iowa
Timothy Peters' trophy from his NASCAR Trucks Series victory at Iowa last year sits in a foyer in his house. It's just to the left as you enter. You can't miss it, he said.
After Saturday night's race at Iowa, Peters said he'd have to build in some more space in that foyer for his second Iowa trophy.
Peters claimed the lead after a restart on lap 195 to win the NASCAR Trucks Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night.
The win was Peters' first of the 2013 Trucks season and the sixth of his career. He also became first Trucks driver to win twice at Iowa, edging out 17-year-old Erik Jones by .225 seconds.
"Our main goal coming here was to fill our bucket up with points," Peters said. "We started off the season this year a little rocky, but we're turning that around."
James Buescher came in third and Ron Hornaday Jr. was fourth.
"I'm happy with our third-place run," Buescher said. "Couple of mistakes bit us at the end . Those late-race restarts can get pretty crazy anyways."
Chase Elliot, another 17-year-old, finished fifth in only his third start in the series.
Pole-sitter German Quiroga Jr. -- the first Mexican-born driver to win a pole in the Trucks Series -- led the first 56 laps before finishing 14th. Ty Dillon, who led a race-high 57 laps, was 16th.
Quiroga Jr. led from the start until a caution was called on Lap 55 because of debris on the track at Turn 2. Dillon came out of the pits in front of Quiroga, Peters, and Brendan Gaughan.
Dillon held a commanding lead -- at one point, he led then-second-place Peters by 1.761 seconds -- until the race's second caution on lap 112 when Johnny Sauter, who finished 11th, hit the wall and sustained some tire rub.
Peters and defending Trucks Series champion Buescher beat Dillon out of pit road, with Jones and Joey Coulter behind at the restart on lap 118.
But two short laps later, Jeb Burton, sitting sixth at the time, was spun out by Coulter and backed into the wall, calling for the night's third caution. There were a total of six in the race.
Peters briefly grabbed the lead coming out of pit road, but Buescher and Jones passed him to after a three-wide restart on lap 127. Peters then dropped to fifth by lap 133 before making a comeback after the night's fifth restart on lap 174.
"We're going to shine through the summer months," Peters said. "We're going to get that championship that was oh so close last year."
The win moves Peters from 10th to eighth in the Trucks Series standings, 76 points off the lead. Matt Crafton, who finished sixth, remains on top with 357 points.
Burton remained in second with 319 points after a 22nd-place finish. Buescher jumped Dillon for third and now has 317. Dillon sits fourth with 309, and Sauter is fifth with 305.


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Britney Spears' New Album, 'B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2,' Scheduled for October 11 Release
With her latest album, 'Femme Fatale,' certified platinum and three more top 10 singles under her belt, Britney Spears is having a very good year — and she's showing no signs of slowing down before the end of the year.
Britney's second remix collection, titled 'B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2,' is scheduled for an October 11 release, and will gather new versions of songs from the last four years of her career, including 'Gimme More,' 'Radar,' and 'I Wanna Go.'
Spears broke the news on Twitter, telling her followers, "Exciting news tweeps… new remix album is coming out on 10/11! Pumped for you to hear these tracks – I love them."
The 10-track collection follows the first 'B in the Mix' album, released in 2005, and includes remix work from Tiësto, Kaskade, and Benny Bennassi. In the meantime, Spears continues to release singles from 'Femme Fatale,' with a video for the fourth one, 'Criminal,' due out soon.
'B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2′ Tracklisting
Gimme More (Kaskade Club Mix)
Piece Of Me (Tiësto Club Mix)
Radar (Tonal Club Remix)
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Jumbled thoughts. Long post. Bear with me.
Let us start with the basics. I am a registered voter. Yes, finally! It took me only three minutes and I was done. Unsure whether I will vote though but as my pal told me, why deny my future the opportunity?
*image courtesy of Google*
I was out and about and managed to get snapshots of word on the street:
When getting my weekly haircut I listened in on very interesting conversations at the barbershop. Folk are planning on voting for CORD so as to ensure that Jubilee has no chance of winning the presidency. Their reckoning is that Jubilee is BAD for Kenya and voters should do all they can to ensure that it does not get to State House. Martha Karua is not liked while Peter Kenneth is liked but seen as a future president.
Left the barbershop and went to the kibanda. They have amazing Ugali Matumbo! Again listened in on conversations. The electoral process has disillusioned young people who also believe elections are rigged always and winners are pre-arranged for voters to rubber-stamp. Thus there is no point of voting.
The alliances make one dizzy. Lemme try drawing the picture:
CORD is the alliance for Raila-Kalonzo-Wetangula and motley of other hangers-on who also include ex-Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Its been fronted as the coalition of reforms and democracy. The irony in this statement is tragi-comic
Jubilee is the alliance for Uhuru-Ruto-Mudavadi and other hangers-on like Ngilu and Balala. It originally was Uhuru-Ruto but somehow they have roped in Musalia and attracted the hangers-on. It's the coalition of the accused and their back-up plan.
Pambazuko is an alliance of has-beens, never-beens and unknowns. It brings together Eugene Wamalwa, Cyrus Jirongo, Nicholas Biwott. How the three found themselves together is baffling.
Kenneth-Tuju are in an alliance which to the best of my knowledge does not have a name. They are selling themselves as the face of new Kenya. Whether their gentleman mien and American-style of politics will resonate in Kenya is a matter of conjecture.
Surprisingly even Kingwa Kamencu, her of tears and no underwear also has a coalition with several other parties.
Martha Karua is a lone ranger as is James Ole Kiyapi.
This is the political landscape roughly 12 weeks to the general election.
Kenyan politics makes one disgusted. Little wonder voter apathy is so high. But it is what it is.
Lemme try dissecting the alliances and candidates.
Kingwa Kamencu's alliance, I have nothing to say. James ole Kiyapi is a non-entity for me. All I know is he is an ex-civil servant who is running for president most likely to put it on his CV and tick something off his bucket list. Pambazuko alliance is a group of people trying to position themselves to pick up the crumbs from the high table where Kenya is been shared.
Martha Karua has fizzled out. She was once the candidate for the chattering classes on the social media but after Peter Kenneth launched his bid she got eclipsed. My feeling on her is she has not connected with people. You vote for someone you like. Martha Karua does not inspire liking. I can hear her logic but I do not relate to her. Her campaign team has tried really hard to work on this but it has not worked.
She is also too stubborn to work with anyone so most likely she will end up on the ballot on principle but even in her heart of hearts she knows winning is a reach too far.
Kenneth-Tuju is the non-tribal and development-focused ticket. They have captured the imagination of the young and a lot of those on social media. I keep hearing the statement, "I will vote for Kenneth even if I know he will not win". They however have not managed to transform their appeal to tangible support. I have a problem with their communication teams who I feel are sleeping on the job. Also the fact that Peter Kenneth was willing to jump into bed with the Mudavadi, Jirongo and Gideon Moi has rubbed off some of his innocence even though he bailed on them at the last minute.
They are the face of Kenyan politics of the future.
That Uhuru, notwithstanding his status as an ICC suspect and the fact that Kenya is coming from a Kikuyu presidency has managed to make Jubilee a strong force in the elections is a statement about our politics. Make no mistake. Jubilee is Uhuru and Uhuru is Jubilee. Ruto is a commoner who has by association managed to eat with the Kings. Musalia is a son of a former Minister who appears to me to be a puppet of the powers that be who is been fronted by ALL means and been forced down our throats via all means to succeed Kibaki.
Jubilee coalition is very fragile and all its members do not trust each other. How they will remain together until elections is beyond my comprehension.
CORD is a coalition of the unlikely. It is also five years late. If Raila and Kalonzo had stuck together five years ago, they would have won with a landslide. They did not. And Kenya was plunged to post-election violence. Also if you had told someone a month ago Raila and Kalonzo would be a joint ticket they would have thought you are mad.
They are now together and the actions coupled with the presumed implications of the Jubilee ticket are pushing many towards this CORD ticket if only to frustrate Jubilee.
Ladies and gentlemen, that is the menu. What will you have for dinner?
PS: The two-horse race is bound to be bloody with the stakes so high. Uhuru v Raila is CORD V Jubilee is personal, family, tribal and generational scores getting settled. The fight has been on-going since the 1960s and this elections may be the climax. Pray for Kenya.


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When you assist the sensei, you should do four things: (1) try your best; (2) do as instructed; (3) ask if you are not sure; and (4) ask before you do anything else.
The first item speaks for itself.
The second is very important. If your sensei asks you to teach a student the first five movements of Pinan Shodan, teach those movements and those movements only. Do not teach the entire kata or another kata. Teach those five movements.
If the student learns very quickly or by chance already knew those movements, ask your sensei what he would like you to do. Don't assume that you should move on.
The sensei might want the student to concentrate on those five movements. He might want to limit to the student to those five movements so that he can work with another group (who had already learned those movements) in the next session.
Also, a student might do well learning five movements. But if you teach him 20 movements, he might get confused, forget the movements, or form bad habits. It is better to learn a few movements well than to learn many movements poorly.
As for the third item, the student might ask you questions that you cannot answer. Don't make up answers. Tell the student that you will ask the sensei or a senior. None of us know everything. In my dojo, I am the sensei. But there are many things that I do not know. If I don't know the answer, I will consult with my seniors or other sensei.
When you have done what the sensei has asked, you should ask him what he would like you to do next. This might be a good opportunity for the sensei to look over the student to see if he understood what you taught or has any questions.
In my dojo, I intend for all students to eventually become teachers. As a result, I want students to learn to teach. A student does not have to be a black belt to teach. I remember running classes all by myself before I was a black belt.
The main rule when you are assisting is to ask the sensei before doing anything beyond what you were asked to do.
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Assisting Your Sensei
When you assist the sensei, you should do four things: (1) try your best; (2) do as instructed; (3) ask if you are not sure; and (4) ask before you do anything else.
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YORK, Pa. - The York College softball team bounced back into action on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon in York, celebrating Senior Day with two wins against the Shorewomen of Washington College, 4-3 and 7-2 respectively. Senior pitcher Brittany Therres and senior shortstop Brittany Schlorff, proved key in the Spartans' doubleheader triumph as York improves to 13-21 overall while the Shorewomen fall to 18-17.
Game one was a heated battle all the way to the end. Washington was on the board first in the second inning with a Brittany Walter single to bring teammate Kristin Cooper to the plate. York answered back in the bottom of the frame with a double from Vanessa Mendez that brought in Erin O'Leary to tie it up at 1-1 through two.
After a quiet third, fourth, and fifth, big plays erupted later in the game. In the top of the sixth inning with a Washington runner on third and one out, Shaelan Nottingham ripped a liner toward right that would have brought in the go-ahead run. However, alert second baseman Katie Wickert snagged the liner before it flew into right field to keep the score level. Following Wickert's play, with a runner still on third and now two outs, Mendez made a tremendous lunging grab coming toward the plate on a pop-up in foul territory to corral the third out of the inning.
The game was extended into one extra frame with the eighth inning being more than enough. In the top of the eighth, Washington put two runs on the board courtesy of a Kylie Nottingham double. With two outs and runners on first and second, Lauren Dockrill knocked a liner toward short. A tremendous leap from Schlorff at short snagged the liner and kept the Shorewomen from creating more damage in the eighth – a play that would prove vital to the Spartan victory.
Taking the game to the bottom of the eight, York would put together a three-run effort to capture the win. With runners at second and third and nobody out, Therres knocked a single to right center to plate Schlorff and move Cara Rubinaccio to third. After pinch runner Sarah Harris swiped second, O'Leary followed Therres' effort with a right centerfield single of her own to bring in Rubinaccio and push Harris over to third. After two Spartan outs, Mendez proved the hero as she singled down the left field line to bring home Harris for the game's winning run.
Brittany Therres collected the win with 8 innings pitched giving up nine hits and three runs after facing 33 batters.
Mendez led the Spartans in hitting for the game after going 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
Game two saw York register a 7-2 triumph. The Spartans hit the board first with a run in the bottom of the second as a ground out by O'Leary to brought Harris to the dish. They struck again in the bottom of the third inning with a single by Rubinaccio to drive in Hannah Hugel, making it 2-0 Spartans.
Washington got on the board in the fifth, slicing York's lead in half, after a single by Nottingham to left center brought in Christine Anderson. York had a solid answer in the bottom of the frame however, tallying three more runs to take a 5-1 advantage after five complete.
York continued to put more runs on the board into the sixth inning, adding two more off hits from Sara Thacker and Rubinaccio.
With the 7-2 victory, Therres added another win to her pitching career making her 12-13 for the season. The senior hurler pitched 5.1 innings allowing six hits and two runs with three strikeouts.
Therres also continued her great performance on Senior Day with a solid 4-4 at bat with one RBI.
York returns to action on Friday at Shenandoah for a double header with the Horents. Game one first pitch is slated for 5:00 pm.
Game story written by Kyle Gurganious - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications Practicum Student.
PHOTO: Brittany Therres (left) and Brittany Schlorff (right) pose for photo prior to taking on Washington College on Senior Day. Courtesy of Brent Duffy - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications Intern.


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Victoria Davenport
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2001 Materials Camp Graduate
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Early one Thursday morning on a conference call at work, I listen intently to engineers with their thick French accents from Mauritius, Dutch accents from the Netherlands, and southern accents from Texas, as they explain to me why they think we are seeing low production yields of our medical devices. "It appears that our issues are due to some abnormal rheological characteristics of the silicone that we are using" one colleague says. I reflect back upon my time at the Materials Camp at the University of Washington in 2001 and think about all of the helpful information that I learned about material properties. I also think "wow, I would have never thought back then that I'd be where I am now – a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer for Johnson & Johnson medical devices…how awesome is that!"
I originally thought that at the end of the Materials Camp I would be a subject matter expert at materials but it turns out that something unexpected ended up being the most valuable. What I gained was the ability to problem solve with a diverse group of people from all across the globe – which was exactly what we did back in 2001 and what I'm doing every day now. Eleven years after the camp, I have graduated with honors from Texas A&M with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, completed a leadership development program with the most comprehensive health care company in the world, Johnson & Johnson, and have successfully lead teams to solve problems which ultimately provide the doctors and patients we serve with a better quality of life. If I can help one patient gain their life and health back, I consider that success!


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This list consists of a small number of candidates for zoo keeping roles at Zoos Victoria.
Short-term contracts are offered to this list and can range from a few weeks to 12 months, either in a part-time or full-time capacity.
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What do I need to do to be considered for a zoo keeping role and the preferred keeping list?
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How do I get animal husbandry experience?
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2017 growth drivers
SAS' investment in risk management is paying off, as new sales in this area grew by 35 percent – an indicator that more companies see value in creating a risk-aware culture to meet regulatory demands and anticipate the impact of their investments. SAS expected credit loss and stress testing solutions go beyond compliance to help companies orchestrate and manage models and analytics for business benefit.
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Paul D. Shumaker, 54, Warsaw, died at 3:45 a.m. Friday, May 24, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was born in Huntington, on Oct. 19, 1958 to Billy G. and Jacqueline L. (Collins) Shumaker.
On Oct. 24, 2004 he married Jenny L. (Meade) Geiger. She survives. Also surviving are his father, Billy G. Shumaker, North Manchester, two step sons; Glenn M. Geiger and Richrad A. Geiger, both of Warsaw; two grandsons, Adrian I. Geiger and Kamran K. Geiger, both of Warsaw; a brother, Frank (Sharon) Shumaker, Columbia City; two sisters, Peggy (Vaughn) Callahan, Huntington and Betty Gressley, North Manchester. He was preceded in death by his mother and a brother, Jan Shepherd.
Paul was a 1977 graduate of Manchester High School and was employed at R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co., Warsaw. He enjoyed spending time with his grandsons and family, gardening, fishing, watching wildlife and watching wrestling on TV.
Services will be held Wednesday, May 29, at 10 a.m., at McKee Mortuary, with Pastor Kent Harting officiating the service and burial will follow in Laketon Cemetery. Callings hours are 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday. May 28, at McKee Mortuary.
For those who wish to honor the memory of Paul D. Shumaker, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 6100 W. 96th Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46278 or American Diabetes Association, 6415 Castleway W. Drive, Suite 114, Indianapolis, IN 46250.


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Now two albums old, Bridport-based rockers Secondsmile have established themselves as one of the most underrated bands on the domestic touring circus, with a steadily building fanbase holding them closely to their hearts and outsiders looking in growing increasingly interested. With songs both heavily intricate yet instantly accessible, theirs is a sound well-schooled in past post-punk ways, but incorporating melodies ripe for mainstream absorption. Fans of Minus The Bear and Biffy Clyro, step right up.
2006's debut album Walk Into The Light And Reach For The Sky (review) got tastebuds tuned to the fivesome's furious riffing and progressive instrumentation, but it was this year's sophomore, Years, that saw the band truly recognised as up-and-comers to be taken seriously – a prospect with a real future, rather than just another below-the-radar combo sure to wind up on the fanzine scrapheap. Rock publications weekly and monthly, widely available in all good newsagents, have been won over by the band's charms, and DiS is no different – find Years given an excellent appraisal here.
On August 30 the five-piece – Ross (vocals, guitar), Fiann (drums), Phillip (bass), Thomas (guitar, vocals) and G (guitar, keys) – play DiS's monthly DiScover Club at the Notting Hill Arts Club in London; they're billed between newcomers Brontide (ex-I Was A Cub Scout) and Birmingham quirk-poppers Envy & Other Sins. Get all details on the free-entry afternoon show here. DiScover questions answered by vocalist Ross.
Video: Secondsmile, 'Astronauts'
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Hola Secondsmile – please introduce yourselves and give us a quick run through of your history to date.
Hello. We are Secondsmile from Bridport in West Dorset. Yes, we speak like farmers, but no, we are not inbred. Myself, Tom and Phil started the band when we were 12 and 13 years old, playing covers by the likes of Stiltskin. Twelve years on we are still plugging away with the help from Thomas James Gale and my brother, Fiann. We have released one EP and two albums and have had the most fun in the whole wide world. We have been all over the world and seen a million faces. We love it.
Your latest album, Years – how do you feel it progresses the band's sound and technical abilities since your debut, Walk Into The Light…?
I feel that is a real album, with real songs that are all very different from each other. That is what an album should be in my opinion. Who wants to listen to songs that sound the same? Not me. The last record was written and recorded in under a year. With this one we spent time making sure we were happy with every song, shaping it over and over.
The new album's been well received too, with many a critic referring to you as one of the country's most underrated acts – is it good to be playing the underdog, or would you really rather the talk transferred into sales and you were able to take things up a few steps?
It's nice to be recognised as an underrated band, but we have been doing this for so long now it would be much nicer to have a stable place in the 'scene'. We want to do this for the rest of our days and we have been touring the toilets for too long. It's time to step it up, to be quite honest. But, with the arrival of new 'buzz' bands every week, it seems we sometimes get left behind. That's only natural though. We take inspiration from bands like Modest Mouse and Sonic Youth, who were doing it for years and years before they hit the big time. I've started writing for the next record already so we not stopping any time soon.
Are you in a situation presently where 'normal' work needs juggling with live dates and recording time? How easy is it to get a tour organised, and do you find yourselves counting pennies after certain shows?
Yes it is a struggle sometimes, and we literally are, after ever show, counting up our earnings, which doesn't amount to anything after fuel costs. We drove six hours to Cambridge for a show the other day to find it hadn't been promoted, and to play in front of two paying people. We got paid eight pounds. It cost us 80 pounds to get there and back. We have always wanted to do this full time, so we will keep trying 'til it happens.
You'll be touring the continent soon – have you any prior experience of playing overseas, and how does an alt-rock band from Dorset go down amongst our French-speaking neighbours? Are there territories you're really keen to tour that you haven't reached yet, and if so what are you doing to make that dream a reality?
Touring in Europe is amazing. We've been to mainland Europe twice before and Eastern Europe once. The people are so nice over there and the kids just want to watch live music and have a good time. The promoters treat you with respect and everyone is just generally lovely. We have met some amazing people and I can't wait to get back out there! We haven't played in Germany yet, so I'm very keen to do that, and the US would be a dream come true if that were to happen. We are trying to get an American label for Years, so if that happens maybe we can get some shows to promote it. Who knows? We need a nice big American band to take us out. Any offers!?
Video: Secondsmile, 'Our Great And Secret Show'
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Years is your second LP for Big Scary Monsters (BSM), a label that's been a launch pad for a few acts in the past – does the association fill you with pride, and do you harbour any hopes that maybe it'll get you into enough ears to take that next step. What reservations would you have about signing to a major in the current industry climate, what with album sales on the slide? Is the increasing cost of fuel affecting your ability to play live yet?
BSM is the best indie label in the UK so we are very happy to be a part of the family. We are almost the grandfathers of the family, I guess, as we have been with (label founder) Kevin for about five years now. It has got our music out to people all over the world and has opened so many doors for us for which we are truly thankful. Of course we want to step things up, but like you say, the industry is going through some hard times and we would have to think long and hard if any offers ever did come our way. And yeah, like I said before, touring the UK now is getting much harder because of the fuel prices. The promoters still pay the same so we have to make sure all routes are worked out properly, which sometimes doesn't happen and we lose money.
What can fans of the records who're yet to see you live – but may do so on August 30 – expect from the Secondsmile live experience? Everything set to eleven?
They can expect energy, passion and a whole lot of fun. And ringing in the ears for days after.
I've noted you're handy footballers, via the BSM five-a-side tournament (DiS got thrashed in the annual punk-rock kick-about) – what other non-band pursuits keep Secondsmile entertained when riffs aren't rocking through your brains?
Me and Fiann have a boat and try to get out on the ocean as often as possible. The weather this summer though has been truly awful, so we haven't been out as much as we hoped. We have two lobster pots which we check every couple of days. No lobsters as of yet, though. When we are not playing, we hang out pretty much every day. This town doesn't offer a lot in entertainment so we do go out and paint it red a lot.
If Secondsmile curated an ATP-style festival, who'd you pick as your headliners, and why? Who'd you love to be picked by?
Ahh, good one... Well this is just me, as the others will all have their favourites... Do they have to be alive? If not then there are a couple who would definitely be up there. Jimi Hendrix or Jeff Buckley. Jimi because he is pretty much the best guitarist who ever stepped foot on this planet, and Jeff Buckley as he could have done great, great things if he had lived on. The first time I heard him was a life-changing experience as far as music goes. I would love to be picked by Radiohead, or Smashing Pumpkins. It would be great to hang out in our rusty Transit van with old Yorkey and Corgan, play a round of the Rizla game or something.
A young man passes two nuns and a puppy on the way to his local shops. Both nuns are carrying bags, full of oranges, too many to count, while the puppy has a red leash and yaps in time to Maps & Atlases. How many bananas are there in the whole of Columbia?
I hate bananas, so I don't care.
Video: Secondsmile, 'Tell Me A Story'
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See Secondsmile live, for free, on August 30 at the Notting Hill Arts Club, London; doors at 4pm and the show's open to over-18s only (so bring ID if need be!). Details here. Find the band – to hear songs and check out future tour dates – on MySpace here. Years is out now on Big Scary Monsters.


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If Amazon is the Big Bad Wolf, I'm Little Red Riding Hood
As previously published on the JA Konrath blog at (this link) where you can see comments from other authors. Illustration below by Tanya Gleadall.
I self-published before self-publishing was cool.
Just like many wanna-be published writers years ago, I had queried literary agents to represent my memoir and received nothing but rejections. But tenacity is a long-ingrained trait and I was not to be deterred. I self-published my memoir in 2009.
Luckily, because I'd been active in online communities and had somewhat of a reputation in my field, within a few weeks, my memoir titled Silent Tears gained traction in the top 300 of all Amazon e-books. There it garnered the attention of Amazon Publishing and they offered to make me one of their very first published authors.
At first I was skeptical because I was unaware that Amazon had a publishing side. When I educated myself that it was legitimate, I was still unsure if it would benefit me long term. I reached out to a well-known agent for confirmation, then signed with her to negotiate my contract. Through her experiences in the business, I realized that Amazon Publishing was offering a fair royalty split, the perk of a marketing manager, and use of a top notch designer team for packaging. Even back then I also understood that Amazon was a machine that could reach thousands more readers than I ever could hope to on my own.
My memoir, Silent Tears; A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage, was re-launched by AmazonEncore in 2010 and even held spots in the Top 50 of Amazon's Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store lists in Amazon US and UK. Eventually, the print rights were sub-licensed by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt and the books have even made it into a few bookstores and hundreds of libraries across the nation and sold well over 60,000 copies.
As I worked hard to keep the buzz going on my book, I received a reality jolt when my local bookstore owner called and asked me to remove the first editions of my book from her store. She'd read about my re-launch by the Big Bad Wolf, a.k.a. Amazon Publishing, and basically said I was sleeping with the enemy.
Moving on, I spent a few years promoting Silent Tears and over time, with the increase of more websites and bloggers drawing attention to my memoir, I noticed my platform getting bigger and my sales increasing substantially. To continue building my readership, I made sure during that time (and still do) to respond to every reader email, letter, statement, or request. I also began speaking at different venues about my experiences in China.
A few years later, I wrote my first fiction book and submitted it to Amazon Publishing. I was excited about launching a novel with them, as they'd begun to really make a name for their publishing arm. They were introducing new imprints at a rapid fire rate, and I was sure with their power, they'd make my book a success. So far, they'd proved to be just what they'd offered—a partnership with me. I was impressed and wanted more. When they declined the novel, I spiraled into an abyss of self-doubt.
But only for a few minutes.
At that time, the self-publishing stigma was starting to fade and a new breed of authors calling themselves Indies were suddenly releasing new material and even work they'd always hoped to see published, but hadn't been successful with placing. Again, I self-published the book, titled Chasing China.
At that time, Indie publishing was taking off and authors were hitting what they called the Indie Gold Rush. Determined to prove I could write something else Amazon Publishing would want to represent, I penned another book and again submitted it to Amazon. This one, A Thread Unbroken, was a novel woven around the tragedy of child-bride trafficking in China that required months of research. But my self-confidence was restored when my Amazon editor offered me a contract. In 2012, the book launched, and by then I'd already submitted yet another title to Amazon Publishing, this time a novella of shorter length. Because of the length, I thought for sure they'd decline it, and again planned to immediately self-pub upon their rejection.
Instead, my Amazon editor said he loved the novella but wanted me to dig deeper and expand it to novel length. With his words of encouragement, I was more excited than I'd ever been about any project. He gave me ideas on how to take the story from good to great, and I hung up and got to work.
Four months later when I submitted not just one expanded novel for review, but two—with an outline for a third in the series. He took a few weeks to review my proposed series, then came back with the good news that Amazon Publishing would like to offer me a 3-book deal and a very healthy advance for my series titled The Tales of The Scavenger's Daughters.
Shocked speechless at first, I accepted their deal, then immediately left my corporate position to focus full time on advocating for children and writing.
When I finished the rough drafts of all three novels, I rewarded myself and my husband with a few days of sun on a balmy Mexican beach. There I sat back and realized that for the first time in my life, royalties as well as a boost from my advances had brought me in well over six-figures for the year. I'd been slogging at it for more than half a decade, writing guest posts, articles, sending out review copies, tweeting, Face-booking, speaking events, blogging and basically doing anything and everything to widen my audience, or as they say in the business—build my platform. I was receiving decent royalty checks all along, but I'll admit, passing those magical digits made me feel like I was on top of the world.
Between drafts of the series, I've started work on book four for the series. I also have a rough draft of book one of a new series I've kept under wraps. I'll submit both to Amazon Publishing and if the so-called Big Bad Wolf wants a bite, I'll gladly don a little red cape and hand them over. After all, Amazon Publishing might be getting a piece of the pie, but there's plenty left over to satisfy my appetite. In other words, I can't imagine that I'd have been happier with any other publisher than I've been with Amazon Publishing. They've done all they've promised me as an author and more.
For other struggling authors out there, I would give this piece of advice: Find something you're passionate about and make that your niche/genre. Be an expert in your subject. Do research, take field trips, and learn all you can about it. They always say write what you know….but I'll take that a step farther and say write what you love. Communicate in depth with your readers, and if you don't find success with your first book(s), just keep writing until you get there.
And good luck! Please connect with me on www.kaybratt.com
*For those who have made it this far on my Pro-Amazon rant, I'd like to acknowledge that the first book in The Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters was released on August 13 and along with my own aggressive launching campaign I had some help from my team at Amazon. Compliments of a snazzy banner on their Kindle book landing page, plus a GoodReads ad and giveaway, some Kindle screen-saver action, and probably multiple email blasts, by the end of day three the book reached a ranking of 55 in all Kindle books and hovered in the Top 100 the entire post-launch week.
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dirt poor
This term is American in origin and dates to at least 1937. The exact reference is uncertain, but it is most likely to be evocative of the dust bowl and the extreme poverty and unclean conditions in which many had to live during the Depression.
From a Time magazine review of the Boris Karloff movie Night Key in the 26 April 1937 issue:
Nearly blind and dirt-poor, Inventor Dave Mallory (Karloff) devises a burglar alarm worked by electric eyes.
The bit of internet lore about Life in the 1500s claims that dirt poor dates to Shakespearian England where finished floors were rare. This is utterly false.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
Copyright 1997-2019, by David Wilton


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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
In the spirt of birthday's and cake I did this LARGE painting for an upcoming show. It is 18 x 24 inches on thick canvas.
I wanted the colors on this one to be very mellow and "shabby chic". Yummy cake colors.
20 comments:
- Karin Grow said...
I really love this! You're an amazing artist. Karin
- September 17, 2008 at 11:52 PM
- LuLu said...
Bonjour Tascha! You are very lucky to still have one of your nanas. I miss both mine who passed away the same year I was pregnant with my son. I loved them so ... and miss them so ... This large painting is my favorite so far, it is exquisite! Take care, LuLu
- September 18, 2008 at 12:02 AM
- quitethecrow said...
Hi Tascha...Love your family photo and the precious birthday painting! Did you partake in the cake, or is it off limits with your new regimen? I'd have to indulge. Your Nana looks like a doll and sounds quite spunky! Thanks for sharing.
- September 18, 2008 at 1:21 AM
- tascha said...
Haha! I actually didn't have any cake. I don't really like that kind of cake. Too rich for me.
I don't consider cake off limits though. Just chocolates and candy. I still haven't had any of those! YAY!
- September 18, 2008 at 1:25 AM
- Laura said...
And I love your unique style. I saw your pieces on etsy and I discover your great great blog today! I'll come back...
Have a nive day
- September 18, 2008 at 1:35 AM
- *~Niki~* said...
Happy Birthday for your Grandma! Beautiful painting, I just love it.
- September 18, 2008 at 7:13 AM
- Diane Duda said...
The painting is just gorgeous, Tascha!
And Happy birthday to your Nana. :)
- September 18, 2008 at 7:55 AM
- Theresa said...
This is AMAZING Tascha!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- September 18, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- aliceinparis said...
Hey Tascha! Happy photo!
My parents were both only children too. So no cousins, aunts and uncles for me BUT I do have two brothers.
I have always wanted a sister.
LOVE your new painting!
- September 18, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- suze said...
Still no candy? I admire you so!Love the new big painting and give Nana a big birthday hug from me.
xo suze
- September 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM
What is the wonderful technique that you use Tascha to get that antique feel on some paintings? It makes it look slightly old and cracked. Whatever it is, I have to try it on some of my work!
- September 18, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Whimsies & Folksies said...
Happy Birthday to Nana! Beautiful painting!
- September 19, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- bLu eYd YoGi said...
sweet sweet! you are blessed to still have your nana! LOVE the painting~ beautiful!
p.s. i'm somewhere in SPECIAL...look at my photos & see if you can figure it out!
- September 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM
- Walk in the Woods said...
Happy Birthday Nana!!! That's wonderful!
(my mom is *shhh* 90, living on her own - dazzling!)
- September 19, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- sMacThoughts said...
OH Happy Birthday Nana, and what a beautiful painting!
- September 20, 2008 at 6:59 AM
- Dada's place said...
Beautiful painting! Your colours are amazing! Awesome!
- September 22, 2008 at 7:02 AM
- vintagepaletteart said...
From one Nana to another....Happy Birthday!
I Love this painting Tascha! You always pic just the right colors that blend beautifully together! So soft & sweet!
- September 23, 2008 at 5:05 PM
- Denise Leavens said...
Bellisima, Tascha!
Beautiful Nana and exquisite painting. Mellow gold gown, perfect pink toned cake and table cloth paired with the delicate balance of both these colors in the face against the soft blue is absolutely poetic. This will be quite a presence at the upcoming show.
- October 1, 2008 at 3:04 AM
- Alice said...
Cette image est magnifique ! Vraiment !
- October 8, 2008 at 5:50 PM
- jenny holiday said...
What a cute family!!! And ooh How fab is Nana!!! :)
This painting is WONDERFUL!!!
WIll you have prints of it??
xoxo Jenny
- October 12, 2008 at 10:24 PM