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Charles and Mary Susan Tomlin will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary June 22, 2009.
The couple was married by Bro. Thomas Baker at Mussel Shoals Baptist Church in Owenton.
In observance of their wedding anniversary, a party will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. June 20 in the community room of the Dry Ridge Housing Authority.
The Tomlins have two children; Billy Tomlin of Owenton and Lisa Tomlin-McDaniel of Georgetown; and four grandchildren.
Charlie is the son of the late Henry and Amanda Tomlin of Owenton.
Standing amid brilliant yet subdued waterfalls, daffodils, children and animals, a soft, country accent from Cecil Scott wraps around words like "aperture," "f-stop" and "exposure."
Scott has been taking pictures since 1980. He is the May/June Grant County Artist of the Month featured at the Grant County Tourism Office in the Dry Ridge Outlet Mall where is digital photography is on display.
From an eagle at the Louisville Zoo to a 1947 tractor rusting to a farm on KY 36, Scott enjoys photography.
Henry and Imogene Colson McAdams of Dry Ridge will celebrate their 60th anniversary June 5.
Bro. Hank and Imogene were married by Ralph L. Records at Clinton Church of Christ in Clinton, Ohio.
In observance of their anniversary, a party will be held June 6 at Sherman Church of Christ. The party is given by family and friends.
Hank and Imogene have three children. Their names are; Sherry Johnson of Kalkaska, Mich., Michael McAdams of Oxford, Mich .,and Shawn Flennor of Fishers, Ind. The couple has five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The 2008 Jim Claypool Conservation Art Contest (grades 1-5) and the 2008 Conservation Writing Contest (grades 6-12) entitled: "Working Trees: Kentucky's Renewable Future" was sponsored by the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts and the Kentucky Farm Bureau.
Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" has been brought to life by a Dry Ridge artist.
Fourteen pieces of art by Kathleen Piercefield, a printmaker and painter, is being shown in the exhibit, Moby Dick: Heart of the Sea, at the Rockford Art Museum in Rockford, Ill.
She is joined in the exhibit, which runs through July 5, by two other artists whose work was inspired by the book.
Royce and Rita Adams of Dry Ridge will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary June 12, 2009. The couple will be honored at a reception from 2:30 to 5 p.m. June 14 at the Grant County Extension Office in Williamstown.
The couple met at church camp and were married at Corinth Christian Church on June 12, 1959. They have two children; Carmen Hickerson of Pewee Valley and Melinda Lloyd of Union. They have three grandchildren; Noah Hickerson, Taylor Lloyd and Benjamin Lloyd.
Gary and Pam Hutchinson of Dry Ridge would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Krystal Kay Hutchinson to Bradley Gerald Borggren, son of Jerry and Helen Borggren of Little Rock, Ark.
The wedding took place April 4, 2009 on Tybee Island in Georgia. A reception is being planned from 2 to 5 p.m. May 23 at the Grant County Farm Bureau in Williamstown.
The bride is a 2000 graduate from Grant County High School and a 2004 graduate from Campbellsville University. She has recently served as a journeymen missionary in Mali, West Africa.
On May 31, Woodrow and Viola Cook will be celebrating 63 years of marriage. They were married in 1946.
They have three children; daughters, Shirley Wilson and Brenda Fornash, both of Dry Ridge and son, James Kenneth Cook of Pinellas Park, Fla. They have six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Cards and letters are welcome to help them celebrate. No gifts, please. Send cards to 107 Falmouth Street, Williamstown, Ky. 41097.
Every year, the U.S. Postal Service and Bass Pro Shops sponsor the National Wildlife Service's Junior Duck Stamp Contest. It is an opportunity for all students, from kindergarten to 12 grade, to design a postage stamp featuring a duck, swan, or goose in the hopes of being chosen as the next collectible federal Junior Duck Stamp. Not only do students get to practice their artistic skills, but they also learn about wetlands, waterfowl and land conservation.
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So we all know my motto as an haute-gourmand right ?
"Fake it 'til you make it". This also gives me an out ~ if it doesn't work for you ~ it's not my fault . The best advice I can give you is watch your oven ~ mine is vindictive.
So here are some kibble recipes. BUT, please note while I have made these recipes I have not used them on an extended basis without additional supplements. And I have NO idea whether they are nutritionally balanced per the AAFCO. But, if you get stuck without a kibble you can live with or you simply get stuck without kibble and have these ingredients on hand then you will have very happy dawgies.
Fishy Kibble
Makes about 18 cups
4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups oats
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 cup milk powder
2 eggs (reserve shells)
2 eggshells (bake in toaster oven or microwave until crumbly, then grind in food processor)
1 cup shredded/pureed 3 colours of veggies (ie. red pepper, carrots, green peas)
4 cups salmon or tuna (canned in water, drain & reserve the water)
6 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons Bragg's (or low-sodium soy sauce if you can't find Bragg's)
water (as needed )
Preparation & Cooking
Pre-heat oven to 175 C. (350) and grease a large high-sided baking pan. Combine flour, oats, rice, milk powder and eggshells in a large mixing bowl. In a smaller bowl, mix eggs, olive oil, and Bragg's. Add the tuna or salmon and combine well. Mix the reserved tuna or salmon water into the dry mixture and then add the egg/fish mixture. Combine everything well. The consistency of the "dough" should be like pancake batter. If needed, thin with more water. Put the batter into the baking pan or pans spreading evenly to about 3/4 inch thickness. Bake for about 45 minutes. Cool when done. Then, break into small pieces. Store in covered container inside the refrigerator, or place inside freezer bags and store in freezer.
Meat Kibble
Makes about 10 cups
4 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rye flour
2 cups non fat milk powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs (reserve shells)
4 eggshells (bake in toaster oven or microwave until crumbly, then grind in food processor)
1/2 cup olive oil
4 cloves minced garlic
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup 3 colour-veggies (ie. courgettes, squash, cauliflower)
4 cups cooked beef or pork shredded/ pureed
Reserved liquid from meat
Preparation & Cooking
I buy large inexpensive cut (s) of beef or pork and put them in a covered slowcooker with enough water to cover on low for 6 hours. If you don't have a slowcooker, sear your meat first in a hot frying pan then put it in a large pot with enough water to cover, bring to a rapid boil then simmer for two hours covered . Reserve the liquid.
Pre- heat oven to 175 C. (350 F) and grease a large high-sided baking pan. Combine whole wheat flour, rye flour, milk powder, egg shells, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Beat the eggs, and blend them in with the oil in a smaller mixing bowl. Add in the garlic, shredded/pureed veggies and tomato paste. Next, add in enough of the reserved liquid from meat to the flour mix to make it smooth. Fold in the egg mixture and combine it all evenly. Add more of the reserved liquid from meat if needed. Add in the meat , press it into the dough to combine thoroughly. If the "dough" is too stiff, add in more of the reserved liquid from meat. In terms of consistency, it should be not quite pour-able ~ it should be ploppable.
Put the mixture on the baking pan or pans. Spread it out with a spatula to 3/4" thickness. Bake for 45 minutes and then cool. Once cool, break into pieces and refrigerate in sealed container or freeze in freezer bags.
Ah, well, see now I could go 100% homemade. I make my own wet food now, but I give her kibble because I want to keep those teethies clean and her jaw working. Hhhhhmmm it's a thought.... I assume you can freeze it too.
Thanks Mum.
If you learn one new thing from each person you meet, you will be a fountain of knowledge and your life complete. --Me
(less grains, more meat and protein)
but otherwise it looks ok.... question though. if you take the time to make home food... why try to imitate commercial kibble? kibble does nothing to clean teeth, that's a myth. give a raw bone to chew on, or nylabones, or kongs, or... ok just my again!
"Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine"
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
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Well, she does get her weekly raw bone, and Kong, and balls, and hard cookies, etc.
If you learn one new thing from each person you meet, you will be a fountain of knowledge and your life complete. --Me
yay for pearly whites!
"Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine"
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
:love: ~Akitas Are Love~ :love:
just an fyi... Frenchy was looking for kibble recipes and I promised I would post some recipes.
But, as for kibble and teeth ~ I only have to look at Declan's teeth compared to the Grrrrl's. Even though the grrrls are eating kibble now, their teeth are still good and after they have had their bi-monthly gnaw~ they are back to being pearly white. Not nearly as good as when they had a natural diet of course but compared to Dec's ~ blech.
ah, thanks for the heads' up
i learned (thanks to prin and other peeps here!) that tooth genetics has more to do with teeth & gum condition than just food... although feeding a better kibble seems to help too! dakotah has weak teeth... i have to be careful with him, monitor his gums, watch for chips and breaks, etc. Maika has normal teethies - one thing going for the little street rat, LOL!
"Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine"
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
:love: ~Akitas Are Love~ :love:
I guess I would be one of those who agree (periodontal problems are generally hereditary) and disagree ~ "bad" genes can be overcome with proper nutrition and care. Sometimes it's the difference between using a straight vitamin C and Ester C.
i have been giving both kids a daily 500mg dose of ester-C since they're pups... is that ok?
"Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine"
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
:love: ~Akitas Are Love~ :love:
Dogs tend to digest and absorb the good effects of C via different sources dependent upon existing health problems and their own digestion rates.
Ester-C is better than Ascorbic Acid (your drugstore "Vitamin C") because being neutral PH & non-acidic)it is less like to cause indigestion or diarrhea and because it is time released. But then there's the ongoing question, if your dawg completely digests-to-waste a meal within eight hours, how much of this very soluable form of C which is generally not stored is actually taken up ?
Calcium Ascorbate is better for dogs who are prone to indigestion and diahrrea as it is completely water soluable and flushes through their systems quickly, however that means adding it to each meal.
Sodium Ascorbate on the other hand sticks around and is easily absorbed.
So, in answer to your question ~ it depends on the dawg.
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Hope you don't mind a couple suggestions for future releases. Presumably minor tweaks.
1. I know lame and basic, but I personally would like an "OK" button on the focus pane after selecting my perimeters to close the focus box rather than having to click outside it to close. Same number of clicks and I can't say why I'd like it, just seems a "finishing touch" .
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It may have been a chilly day outside, but inside New Bern Riverfront Convention Center on Saturday it was warm and inviting with countless antiques.
It may have been a chilly day outside, but inside New Bern Riverfront Convention Center on Saturday it was warm and inviting with countless antiques.
The New Bern Antique Show and Sale is in its 25th year and the New Bern Preservation Foundation presents it.
At least 42 vendors were on hand with treasures to show and sell.
The show continues Sunday from 11 a.m.until 4:30 p.m.Tickets are required.
Sylvia Rowell of Isle of Palms, S.C., has been in the antique jewelry business for 32 years. She gets her good from estate sales and from England, she said. Her business is known as Windsor House Antiques.
�I do 20 shows a year,� she said.
She travels with her jewelry and cases in her SUV.
�Meeting the people is my favorite part of the business,� she said.
Janet Caroon handles gentry Antiques from Norfolk, Va. She and her husband have been in the antique business for 40 years. Caroon said her mother started the business and she continues it this day going to about 12 shows per years. She buys merchandise from pickers she has been associated with for years.
�They know what I want and they call me when they find a good piece that I might be interested in,� she said. Some of her specialized items are heavy gold bracelets. �I love it,� she said.
Caroon said the promoters with the Preservation Foundation are wonderful to work with.
�We do it for fun,� she said. It takes her and her husband Jeff Jasmin about two hours to load the items, including cases in their mini-van.
Jasmin said in 40 years that they have been given only one bad check.
For linen items and quilts Claziena Borlick, known as the Linen Lady of Mt. Airy, Md. has been in the business for 30 years. She attends 15 shows per year. The hardest part is not loading her fine materials, but washing and ironing all the linen items. She goes to show in N.Y., Maine, Texas and New Bern.
Local historian Richard Parsons was selling some of New Bern on Saturday. His book with photographs called Discover New Bern was published and he received the first copies Thursday. It's a coffee table book with photographs of historic homes both inside and outside.
Phyllis Hoffman, the event chairperson, said the show is larger each year.
�We begin planning before the event ends. The show improves each year,� she said.
Executive coordinators Carolyn and Charles Peterson said there was a year's worth of work at the event Saturday. �But it is wonderful to bring people together. Often many of the items available here are not available in New Bern or the surrounding areas,� Carolyn Peterson said.


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No what I meant is keep the class just like it is an just call it pro masters that way we get all the free stuff an it would give mike more pros for the pro am team shoots Just saying
No announcement yet.
Senior Known
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I think they have a senior hunter class that is 1/2 an1/2 will that not do r could u b saying only a master class all know an 71 years old an over 6 ft an min weight of 225 lb an right handed ? R what would u think we need to have for the class just asking
Originally posted by Older View PostI think they have a senior hunter class that is 1/2 an1/2 will that not do r could u b saying only a master class all know an 71 years old an over 6 ft an min weight of 225 lb an right handed ? R what would u think we need to have for the class just asking
Not me man I am happier than a hog at slopping time the last time I almost didn't cry was when I got an owie on my finger . now I don't no about u phil but I have seen some mighty big men in the master class so I ain't saying nothin about shooting with the big boys by the way u ain't said nothin about the pro master class r u scared . I want all that free stuff:-) but seriously have u got any one else that wants that class if so get a petition with their names an we can show mike how many more shooters it will add I will help if u want . R u can do it I think if u can show him it will help Asa attendance he will sure study it also he will have to try. An fig where to put them let me know if u want me to help
I'd settle for Pro Masters Class and I bet the sponsors who would be giving out all the free stuff would go for it too. Are there any Senior Pros 70 or over? I'm sure they would love it also. Sponsors would never have to cut their programs, natural attrition would take care of it for them. Maybe you were just trying to be humorous Older, but if you really think on it. ....... By Golly, for a peeled orange, I think you got a pretty good idea. Let's get the petition started Older and I'll be the second to sign it right after you. This might actually be something Mike would be open too.
Originally posted by jacoserv View PostWhy in gods name would you vote no for a new class?? You don't have to shoot in it if you don't want too. We're talking about a new class not changing any existing classes.
I understand that all the guys that have spent years shooting only yardage guessing 3D (most of us) don't support Known distance 3D. If you are successful in yardage guessing classes and aren't concerned with the growth of 3D there is NO reason to support Known distance 3D in a senior class. Unless you care about the health of archery in general.
From a business stand point ignoring empty nesters that have more disposal income and time than any other demographic seems foolish.
From the stand point of supporting and growing archery in general it seems foolish to ignore a popular and growing segment of 3D and that is the Known distance classes.
The folks currently in the Known classes are aging. There WILL be a Senior Known class and I bet it will exist not too far into the future.
I think known seniors would draw from seniors who currently shoot known distances. They may be in other classes like C or known 45 or known 50. I don't think many would change from Senior Open, Super Seniors or Masters.
I think it is a good idea and would probably get more participation than many on this forum might be willing to admit.
But mss this what we r saying how do u think this will help draw more shooters that r not currently shooting we would like to bring more shooters in not Duluth classes I am sure if you can show where it will bring more shooters mike will look at it just saying


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Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy plays a vital role in large-scale carbon-free electric power generation.
Plasma Physics
Understanding the behavior of high temperature plasma is key to developing nuclear fusion power plants.
Nuclear Policy
UMERC, together with the Center for International Securities Studies, looks at the changing nuclear energy landscape, the security issues, and the safety concerns.


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Last month, in the first of this two-part series, I asked if our health club model is out of date. This month, I question whether our practice of membership sales is antiquated as well.
By most industry-expert determinations, we have sold about 150 million memberships in the last 15 years. Even though we can't determine how many of those memberships were actually "new" rather than repeat members, for the sake of argument, let's assume that as high as 75 percent or 112.5 million were truly new memberships. Today, we enjoy a nationwide membership of about 41 million. So, if membership is the model, why have we lost 71.5 million members?
The average length of a membership has dropped since 2000 from 5.7 years to 4.6 years, according to an Oct. 12, 2006, Associated Press article that quoted statistics from the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association. While I challenge the idea that an average membership lasts nearly five years, let's go with that assumption. Why has the average membership declined by nearly 20 percent in slightly more than half a decade?
Most of our industry's consultants state that clubs no longer make money on new memberships. They cite the going-in costs of advertising, marketing, sales commissions, administration, initial training and miscellaneous costs as more than $100 per new member nationally. Based on that number, the less than $40 average monthly membership price at most clubs and the pre-tax profit margin of about 8 percent, it takes the average club almost three years to recoup the cost of a new membership. Most clubs earn about 20 percent of their total revenues from other sources, so even at that rate and with average ancillary spending by a member, it takes two years to recoup the cost of a new membership.
Is membership a wise business model for the future? By holding onto this model, are clubs dooming themselves to economic failure at a more accelerated pace?
When I informally asked nearly a dozen industry experts at the Club Industry 2006 show what they thought the average attrition of memberships was annually over the past decade, most said 40 percent. At that continued rate of attrition, and with the current growth of clubs combined with the membership replacement factor, we are destined to run out of new memberships to sell by the year 2012.
Should we begin to investigate alternatives to the high-attrition membership model? Perhaps program sales, which incorporate a built-in profit margin into every sale?
By my calculations, at the current rate of club growth combined with the attrition statistics and eligible available membership market (about 70 percent of the U.S. population of 300 million, which equates to 210 million), with the people we have already lost through the cracks, the potential real membership market is the remainder times the 14 percent penetration ratio.
Simple math says that there are probably 35 million people still left in the "potential joiner" category, and that's allowing that a significant percentage of that 71.5 million that we've already lost in the past 15 years decides to return. If they don't, the number is substantially smaller.
Is membership actually a deterrent to possible health-club users? Is the greater marketplace telling us that we need alternatives to membership-only clubs if we are to thrive or perhaps even survive?
A study published in 2005 by Della Vigna (University of California Berkeley) and Malmendier (Stanford University) found that actual membership usage was far different than fitness proponents thought it was and than members thought it would be when they joined. The average member in a higher price club uses his or her club less than 60 times per year. In mid-price and lower-price facilities, average member use is slightly higher. This evidence leads me to believe that a consumer value proposition points to the downside and that consumers may not want memberships as a whole in the near future. Instead, they may opt for facilities that allow program usage or limited-time-commitment affiliations that more readily fit their busy lifestyles.
Membership is not what it used to be. Coupled with possibly outmoded facility design and consumer-use capabilities, we may be at the cusp of something entirely new in this business.
Michael Scott Scudder owns and operates MSS FitBiz Connection, an online-based club consulting and training service. Scudder can be reached at 505-690-5974 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On display until July 6 in New Bern
NEW BERN � New Bern ArtWorks Fine Art Gallery opened a new exhibit Saturday entitled �Coastal Views,� a body of works by landscape painters, Barbara Hesketh, Ken Wallin and Karen Crenshaw.
The exhibit will be on display through July 6 at the Pollock Street gallery.
Painting landscapes in oil has become a main focus for artist Hesketh, with an interest in beach scenes, skyscapes and seascapes. She has expanded her subject matter to include scenes from around North Carolina.
Emotion, sunlight and passion are frequent observations made by people observing the oil work of artist Wallin. With his life on the coast, Wallin captures the beauty of the ocean and the marine life of coastal areas.
Crenshaw�s painting palette shows the influence of the Impressionists with her use of high-keyed hues � soft cobalt and cerulean blues and deep, rich greens and violets. The play of light is reminiscent of Edward Hopper, yet the mood and image are warm and comfortable.
Crenshaw said she is fascinated with open spaces and vast water vistas. She is particularly intrigued by the pinkish-blue tones of the early morning and the amber light of late afternoon. When the sun is low on the horizon, it creates wonderful contrasts of forms and oblique angles and shapes.
Hesketh has lived in New Bern since 2001. She is originally from Long Island, N.Y., where she works as an art director for an advertising agency for 25 years.
After retirement she still works on a freelance basis. She started painting in watercolor in 1998. She has won awards in both New York and North Carolina. Her work can be seen and purchased in the Carolina Artists Studio Gallery in Morehead City; the Mattie King Gallery in Beaufort; The Craven Arts Council and Gallery; and Ballantyne�s Frame Shop and Artworks in New Bern.
She is a member of the Twin Rivers Artists Association, a signature member of the North Carolina Watercolor Society and the Southern Watercolor Society.
Wallin�s oil paintings reflect his passion for life as seen through his many travels throughout the U.S., Europe and other destinations of interest. He and his photographer wife, Judy, have taken many travel adventures and captured their experiences on canvas.
With his life on the coast, Wallin said he tries to captures the beauty of the ocean, living on a small island and the marine life of coastal areas. His travels in France and Italy have inspired a series of bright, cheerful views of vineyards, villages and the people.
Ken began his career in the fourth grade painting dinosaurs on the classroom mural. Since then, he has pursued training in the U.S. and France through many workshops, college experiences and individual study. Parallel with his art, he obtained a Ph.D in psychology and has worked with adults and children who experience conflict and adjustment problems. He combined his work in art and creativity to develop therapeutic teaching materials in anger control, positive thinking and conflict resolution.
He now operates his own gallery on St. Simon�s Island, Ga.
Crenshaw was born in South Dakota and reared in West Virginia, where she obtained a B.S. in Art Education from Concord University. After teaching in Rockbridge County, Va., she returned to her studies at George Washington University. She now maintains her studio and resides in Jacksonville with her husband and children.
Her paintings have been exhibited and have won awards throughout West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, along with, Washington, D.C.
�Having grown up in a sheltered valley in the mountains of West Virginia, I am fascinated with open spaces and vast water vistas,� she said.
New Bern ArtWorks & Company, 323 Pollock Street, has exhibit hours of 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.on Saturdays. For more information, call 252-634-9002, or on the web at newbernartworks.com.


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WWL-TV, CBS New Orleans anchor Angela Hill visits the ladies of THE TALK and showers them with special New Orleans- themed gifts on THE TALK in New Orleans, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from CBS Super Bowl Park at Jackson Square in the heart of the historic French Quarter. Sheryl Underwood, from left, Sara Gilbert, Pat Monahan, Angela Hill, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Julie Chen, shown. Photo: Heather Wines/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved


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In addition to providing automotive interiors and batteries, Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) offers building efficiency and power solutions to customers worldwide. So when the Fortune 100 company decided to expand and remodel its Glendale, Wis.-based headquarters, the firm showcased its "green" expertise by constructing the first LEED Platinum-certified facility in the state — and the only campus in the country to include multiple LEED Platinum-certified buildings (four in all).
A major part of the $75-million project included the addition of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system to help power the company's 33-acre campus. Prominently situated on the property's main access road, the 31, 115-sq-ft array is comprised of 1,452 panels, each measuring 5 ft long by 32 in. wide and generating 33VDC of power.
"The ground-mount system is a very visible sign of JCI's commitment to sustainable building," says Steve Griffith, field coordinator for Waukesha, Wis.-headquartered Venture Electric, the contractor that performed the solar PV installation. "As far as we know, it is the largest ground-mounted solar field in Wisconsin."
According to Griffith, the 254kW system has the capability of powering the corporate north building, which equates to the load of 40 average homes. This means that, on an after-tax basis, the solar field should have a four- to five-year payback.
"Better yet, the system is virtually maintenance-free," observes Marty Schultz, Venture Electric field foreman. "The rain and snow melt washes the panels off."
Perhaps what made this project most unique — not to mention challenging — for Venture Electric is the geothermal heating and cooling system, consisting of 272 wells located directly beneath the solar array.
"The geothermal system, which is basically constructed of PVC pipe, was put in place before the solar PV array," says Venture Electric Project Manager Jim Seefeldt. "Marty and his crew had to be very careful not to hit any of those pipe wells when installing the rack system."
Furthermore, each panel of the solar PV array had to face exactly due south at a 30° angle to achieve maximum sunlight and prevent snow from accumulating on them.
"Certain distances had to be maintained between each rack, which was approximately 15-ft clearance for shading purposes," notes Schultz. "The system is set up so that it can produce electricity on cloudy days or even if it's snowing."
The snow and bitter cold also presented a challenge to the workers involved in the installation.
"We began the project on October 9 and finished on December 31," says Griffith. "During that time, there were 10 consecutive days of snow and below-freezing temperatures. The solar array is an intricate maze of pipe work that required approximately 12,000 nuts and bolts to construct. Doing this while wearing gloves was difficult at best."
Thanks in large part to the solar PV field and geothermal system, Griffith says JCI's energy usage will only increase 25%, despite almost doubling in size. Moreover, surplus energy generated by the two systems can be placed back onto the electric utility's grid.
"It's been an honor to work with JCI," adds Jeff Robertson, Venture Electric president. "The experience and knowledge we gained from being involved in this project has cast our company into the forefront of the green movement in Wisconsin. It is a leadership role we relish."


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TRACER/Bus Service
The City of Tracy offers bus services to its residents with the TRACER bus system. Riders can enjoy the benefits of using public transportation and travel to most major destinations throughout Tracy. We offer both Fixed Route and Paratransit Services.
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|Tracy Transit Station
50 E. 6th Street, Tracy 95376
Our TRACER Fixed Route service offers five routes to that connect riders to places like Downtown Tracy, Prime Outlets, West Valley Mall, Wal-Mart, and most middle and high schools. Service runs from 7am to 8pm Monday through Friday and from 9am to 7pm on Saturdays. Check out our map to find the stop nearest you.
Paratransit Service
Our Paratransit Service is a door to door service available for ADA/Medicare passengers and Tracy Residents age 65 and older. The service is available during the normal operating hours of the Fixed Route service. All riders must complete a TRACER Paratransit Certification Process to be eligible for the service. For additional information or to apply for service please call (209) 831-4BUS (4287), or visit the Tracy Transit Station. Click here to view our Paratransit Brochure.
Visitors to the City of Tracy
Subsidized Taxi Service
Did you know that if you are a registered paratransit rider, you can utilize taxi services for half price! The subsidized taxi is a service available to senior and ADA/disabled residents who are unable to ride the established fixed route bus system due to certain limitations.
Those utilizing the subsidized taxi service must be registered as either senior or ADA/disabled with the TRACER paratransit system, which residents can qualify for by completing the TRACER Paratransit Application.
Upon approval of their application a TRACER paratransit identification card is issued to the resident, at no charge, after which time they can purchase taxi tickets from the Finance Department at City Hall. Taxi tickets are sold to residents at a rate of $10 for a ticket valued at $20 in regular fares.
Subsidized taxi service is available during the non-operating hours for the TRACER paratransit service, Monday – Friday prior to 7:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m., Saturday prior to 9:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m., and all day on Sunday's and certain holidays. Currently, Yellow Cab of Tracy, (209) 830-9999, is the only taxi company authorized to use the subsidized tickets.
Any additional questions can be answered by calling TRACER at (209) 831-4287.
Regional Transit Service
Connections to other cities in San Joaquin County can be made at the Tracy Transit Station via the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) buses. Click here to see their current bus schedules.


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When World War II began in 1939, devastation from the Great Depression began to recede, and the U.S. economy found new life. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States entered the war. This immediately turned the nation into an industrial war production machine, putting hordes of Americans back to work in munitions factories and uniting them for a common cause. According to the IEEE History Center, the war economy brought new opportunities for all. It reports that virtually all Americans had an opportunity for employment, longer workweeks, and higher earnings (despite wage controls). Unions gained members and negotiated unprecedented benefits. Women and minorities found new opportunities in the wartime economy. Labor scarcity created work for more than six million women, and many minorities who had been unemployed in the '30s also found work.
Changes in instruments of war had a large impact on the electrical industry. Unlike World War I, this would be a war of technology, putting tremendous pressure on electrical engineers. "The years from 1939 to 1945 saw a radical change in the way that the world perceived electrical engineers and how they perceived themselves," reports the IEEE History Center. "Their field was transformed from a specialty with well-defined applications, primarily in power and communications, into the source for the most powerful and pervasive technologies of the 20th Century."
According to EC&M archives, the war began to create new business for electrical men at a staggering pace. Factories needed modernizing. Commercial and residential buildings demanded more capacity. Highway safety lighting forged ahead. Rural wiring repair and modernization took off. New concepts in fluorescent lighting changed illumination standards. And despite material shortages, construction continued to boom.
The war ended in 1945 after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski, Japan. Spurred by technological advancements like sonar, radar, semiconductors, and infrared technology developed during the war, the age of electronics had begun and would dominate the decades to come.
Metering Separate Departments
By 1940, departmental metering was gaining popularity in many industrial plants. Why is this practice necessary? According to an Electrical Contracting article, when a plant needs to allocate electrical energy between many departments, it's impossible to come up with accurate usage costs without the help of watt-hour meters. These units have standardized ratings, and owners can install them wherever they desire definite kilowatt consumption.
There are several advantages to this type of metering. For example, the total of all the meter readings is less than the main meter readings obtained by the utility supplying the current. This difference is due to the fact that there are some line and transformer losses that are ahead of the department meters. The slight difference can be charged to overhead distribution. However, the total does provide a check on the power bill. Furthermore, if any department has an increase in power consumption without an adequate reason, an investigation will be conducted to determine the cause. For some machines, power consumption also increases when certain parts become worn. By checking on the power, it is possible to determine with a fair degree of accuracy just when renewals should be made. By taking a reading every day on the watt-hour meter, the daily power consumption can be obtained. By timing the revolution of the meter disk and using the proper constants, the power demand of the department can be determined at any time. "Thus, the electrician can spot any unusual demands when a particular machine is in operation and when large group drives are used. In either case, it may be that the demand can be reduced by operating on a slightly different schedule."
Business Agent, New York Union,
and Contractors Indicted
In a 1940 news brief, we see that the magazine didn't always bring positive news to its readers. Editors report that Michael J. Boyle, business agent of Chicago's Local 134 and vice president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by preventing the shipment of electrical fixtures from other states into Chicago. Boyle was charged with five other business agents of the union and five fixture manufacturers. The union was charged with "organizing fixture workers, employed by the defendant manufacturers, and the manufacturers into working agreements under which the union would only install fixtures stamped with the union label."
In a separate story, the magazine reported Local No. 3, IBEW, an AFL affiliate, 12 of its officers and representatives, five contractors' associations, and six of their present or former officers were also indicted in 1940 by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to violate the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. According to an Electrical Contracting article, "The charge was embodied in four indictments and obtained by Thurman Arnold's associates in their nationwide campaign to stamp out what they consider illegal restraints in the building and construction industry."
Know Your Code
Just as EC&M covers readers' most pressing National Electrical Code questions and concerns today, Electrical Contracting analyzed Code changes that affected wiring systems in commercial, industrial, and residential buildings in 1940. In the October edition of Code Chats, John M. Turnbull, service engineer for the United Electric Light Co., Springfield, Mass., highlights the most important changes to the 1940 NEC. By printing these changes in the magazine along with an explanation for practical application of the Code rules, journeymen and helpers could use this article as a handy reference tool.
Protective Lighting: a Reviving Market
In an article from August 1940, Glenn G. Bobst, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., covers the basic principles of fence, area, and emergency lighting. "The great influx of government orders for vital materials, together with the spreading world conflict, has made private industry acutely conscious that it must use every means available to protect itself from sabotage and espionage," he writes. "The need for this protection increases daily, especially now that the government has launched its national defense program." He insists a variety of the following defense strategies provides the most protection: high barriers constructed around plant areas; elaborate alarm systems; adequate police forces; and employees on alert for any signs that might indicate undercover work. However, all of these must be supported by adequate lighting. "Even the most vigilant police force will lose much of its efficiency during the hours of darkness if they are unable to observe the areas which they are to protect."
Our Job in '42
In January 1942, Editor W. T. Stuart reviews the electrical construction industry's stake in the troubled days ahead in World War II. "Markets are delineated in terms of war needs along a scale running from munitions at the top to nonessential civilian wants at the bottom. Outlining the prospects for electrical construction, alteration, and repairs along a similar scale, therefore, gives a more nearly accurate picture of the task ahead," he writes. The munitions industries (producing guns, shells, and bombs) accounted for an important part of 1941 construction. Stuart predicts war needs will accelerate production soon. For example, military equipment industries have set out on a huge building program. He says the bulk of electrical work on the tank and plane plants will come in 1942, as new construction plans are superimposed on those already underway. "The pressure of 24-hour operation at full capacity is accelerating depreciation in electrical equipment in industrial plants," he writes. "There is, consequently, more interest than ever before in preventive maintenance and ready repair facilities to hold production schedules." Therefore, he says it's safe to expect a new high for skilled electrical maintenance and repairs in 1942.
On Alert
A 1942 article in Electrical Contracting summarizes what electrical men can do for emergency alerts and blackouts. It also outlines their responsibilities before and after air raids. "Now that war is here, everyone's responsibilities are altered. Everyone is on the alert. All activity must be directed to the war effort. And time is important." The article suggests current conditions are helping to increase electrical contractors' peacetime activities in new plant construction, existing plant reconditioning, and housing and general electrical system maintenance. His wartime job is installing and maintaining emergency air-raid and blackout equipment and organizing an emergency service to keep plants operating under all conditions. What does an electrical contractor need to know in these times? The article indicates his first responsibility is to be familiar with blackout methods and overall operation of the air-raid signal systems. Alarm systems are also needed at strategic points throughout a city, town, or plant to warn inhabitants of an impending raid. Communications systems are necessary between spotter positions and central air-raid control offices. Specially adapted intercommunicating telephone systems can be used in plants to assure all calls go through the central control office. This system might also be extended to raid shelters. Light control of a centralized nature is essential for blackouts. "Lights should be dimmed or extinguished entirely depending upon the emergency at hand and the strategy of the military and civilian defense units," the article says.
Conversion Program
"When the word went out to American industry to turn their plants into munitions factories, or else, the most complex wiring job of all time was dumped into our collective lap," writes Editor W.T. Stuart in 1942. Although the full extent of conversion cannot be accurately estimated, Stuart characterizes it as tremendous. "These days, it is idle to discuss claims of relative importance among the hundreds of industries serving the nation at war. But in the tremendously significant conversion program, where every sinew is stretched for speed in turning widgets into machine guns, there are three outstanding demands — machines, electrical equipment and wiring." Although the conversion program is a nationwide project, it is most prevalent in Detroit. The major automobile plants as well as the hundreds of smaller factories feeding the assembly lines with parts and gadgets are converting existing plants to war work on a scale of baffling proportions, he writes. In an effort to bring Electrical Contracting readers up to speed on this development, the editors traveled to Detroit and talked to plant engineers, chief electricians, contractors, and motor shops.
Contractor Prices under Special Regulations
A new regulation providing specialized price control for the American construction industry was issued in October 1942 by Price Administrator Leon Henderson, reports Electrical Contracting. Formulated by union, contractor, association, and government representatives, this regulation covers all construction and maintenance services/sales in which contractors, builders, and installers furnish building or industrial equipment or materials as well as the labor or services required for actual construction, installation, or service. Broad in scope, this regulation extends from the single repair of a leaky roof to a huge project like building Boulder Dam.
NEC Adopts War Rules
A supplement to the 1940 National Electrical Code revealed new amendments to help electrical men interpret existing Code rules in light of the materials shortage during the war. In the November 1942 issue, John M. Turnbull, service engineer for the United Electric Light Co., Springfield, Mass., reviews these new provisions and illustrates important changes. He starts with the scarcity of rubber. "Rubber is too precious to be put onto 'white' wires intended for general use, and government orders now prohibit the use of rubber on grounded neutral conductors," he writes. The NEC permits the use of AC systems, weatherproof braided wires, and emergency insulation as grounded conductors in any of the 0V to 600V Code wiring methods. This means wiremen can use them in cables, run them exposed as in open wiring, or pull them into raceways. The Code has approved bare conductors for use in open individual service drops. The shortage of copper will inevitably force the electrical industry to use whatever materials it can to transmit the maximum amount of power over minimum-sized conductors.
Women Wire Liberty Ships
In 1943, women electricians were doing all types of electrical wiring and maintenance work at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. in Portland. In fact, the company had 138 women doing the marine electrical work and 54 women in the electrical maintenance department. According to Electrical Contracting, most of the women were trained in electrical work at the National Defense Workers Training schools, and many held journeymen electrician ratings. What was their objective? Assemble lights and handle maintenance and temporary wiring.
Electrical Work on Draft Deferred List
Manpower requirements, not only in the Armed Services but also in essential industries, have been the primary considerations in the new Selective Service System classifications, Electrical Contracting reports in 1943. "The criterion is no longer dependency (except in certain hardship cases) but essential to the war effort." The electrical construction and maintenance industry is still on the list of essential activities issued by the War Manpower Commission. In addition to a series of changes in the rules for inducting men into the services, control has been placed on the transfer of workers to war industry and for holding necessary workers in war production. There are 149 occupations listed in the new critical list. "Men with those skills who are not in essential industry at present should register with their local employment office and make themselves available to take essential jobs. If they do not agree to transfer when called, they will be subject to reclassification so that they will be available to the military forces which also need skilled men."
Lighting During Wartime
In a 1943 exclusive to Electrical Contracting, editors take a look at the state of the lighting industry during the war years and beyond. They identify two main goals for the industry. First, factories must continue to increase production. This means illuminating engineers must improve lighting efficiency and quality in line with material conservatism. The industry's second responsibility is to plan for tomorrow. This involves studying materials and methods for the time when limitations are no longer mandated and the lights go on again. Because most illuminating engineers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors, industrial plant owners, and engineers want to know the War Production Board's policy on relighting, Electrical Contracting extended this lighting profile to include an overview by Berlon C. Cooper, chief, Lighting & Fixtures Section, Building Materials Division, War Production Board. He says the board recognizes the fact that adequate lighting means increased production, better workmanship, reduced spoilage, fewer accidents, and less absenteeism. "To achieve top production, it is necessary to keep plants working around the clock. With more and more of the young men and women going into the armed services, it is also recognized that more light is required for equal seeing ability by the growing proportion of older workers," he writes. That's why any plant whose major facilities are devoted to war work must permit installations that produce maximum average intensity not to exceed the minimum footcandle intensities of the "American Recommended Practice of Industrial Lighting" approved by the American Standards Association and sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society for Illumination Design.
Industrial Electronics
In the first of a series on the fundamentals of industrial electronics and their application, Editor W. T. Stuart discusses the new opportunities and responsibilities created by the advance of electronics into the electrical industry in 1943. "Electronics is a great new industry, growing by leaps and bounds under the enormous pressure of war," Stuart writes. "It will have a profound effect on electric wiring and apparatus in the years to come." He predicts the market will see more tubes replacing conventional electrical devices in industrial processes, commercial facilities, and home gadgets. "Our industry will have to absorb these new developments and the new techniques they bring by continued study, observation and ready adaptability," he writes. "Electronics introduces new complexities, new problems, new responsibilities. But it also throws open the gates to a vast new world of opportunity." Stuart says industrial electronics is now a $4 billion market — even greater than the automobile business at its peak. While the great bulk of that volume is in communications and secret military devices, he reports electronic apparatus has already found a substantial place in industry and promises to go much further in the postwar era.
Fifty Years of Safety Service
In 1944, Underwriters' Laboratories (UL) completed a half century of safety service to the public. According to Electrical Contracting, the UL's "know by test" philosophy and scientific development of safety standards had fostered public confidence and acceptance of electricity. After William Henry Merrill organized UL in 1894, the first edition of the National Electrical Code was introduced three years later and approved by the Laboratories. The article states that "the combination of these media provided a set of standards that correlated the few scattered regulations then existing and provided manufacturers with a single set of test specifications which their equipment must meet to be considered safe. Without these, public reaction to a potential hazard may never have permitted the electrical industry to attain its present-day position."
Digest of Wartime
Electrical Maintenance
According to this special 22-page section of Electrical Contracting in the mid-'40s, electrical maintenance is the "guardian of continuous war production." It not only demands the same careful organization and operation as the production on assembly lines, it also requires competent management. "Unless the energy lifelines to operating equipment are kept in A-1 condition, efficiency cannot be maintained and production will suffer." The article documents that ailing electrical systems constitute more than a mere liability. "They are, in effect, the equivalent of internal sabotage." Under wartime operation, factories must reduce the possibility of breakdown to a minimum. That's where the importance of "preventive" maintenance comes into play. "It embodies a planned program to anticipate trouble; to keep electrical systems and equipment operating; and to make existing equipment last for the duration." This comprehensive supplement outlines the planning, priorities, and know-how of electrical maintenance for the men who must keep circuits and equipment at top efficiency and reliability for war production.
Automotive Plant Reconversion
According to an article in the January 1946 issue of Electrical Contracting, reconversion of General Motors plants in Flint, Mich., to peacetime production involved extensive remodeling of electrical systems. Written by August Eckel, the article outlines what the reconversion process entails. To the layman, he writes, peacetime reconversion implied a simple shift from the production of war material to the assembly of cars, washers, ranges, appliances, and hundreds of other commodities. However, this process represents one of the most challenging tasks industrialists and their engineers have faced in years. The transition involved more than a simple substitution of automobile assembly lines for the tank production lines of 1941-45. "It meant a virtual reshuffling of many department and building operations; development of plans incorporating necessary expansion of facilities; and a general rehabilitation of usable equipment," he writes. "The electrical system — the lifeline of both war and peace production — had to be thoroughly revamped to meet future demands and conform to prewar standards of efficiency and safety."
Relighting America
In a 1946 editorial, A. F. Wakefield, president of the Illuminating Engineering Society, looks back on the past, assesses the nation's current lighting situation, and makes a pitch for relighting America. "Forty years ago, when the Illuminating Engineering Society was started, we were able to secure with carbon filament lamps and gas mantles general illumination of the order of perhaps two or three footcandles of artificial lighting," writes Wakefield. "That sounds pitifully small today, but considering the limited means then available it wasn't bad." For similar reasons, he finds all prewar lighting out of date, citing a statistic for reinforcement. Nearly 30,000 traffic fatalities occurred in 1945 — two-thirds of which happened at night. That means twice the fatalities occurred during a period when there was 50% less traffic! He proceeds to make a plea to readers to accept the association's new Recommended Practice for Street and Highway Lighting. According to Wakefield, improved lighting also results in increased production in factories, reduced spoilage, diminished accidents, and better health/improved morale among workers. "We believe that the inadequate lighting of yesterday is costing the public each day vast sums, thousands of lives, and quantities of much-needed production — all of which could be saved by intelligent relighting."


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My Letter to HIV: A Letter From Patrick T. Perkins
Dear HIV,
Let me start by saying it's been awhile since I've thought about you in such a deep matter since you entered my life three years ago. We have never had the best relationship together but we work things out in the end. You have shaped me into the man I am today. Even though we do have our good and bad days; just like any other relationship. We definitely do have this love and hate relationship down to a T!
I was only eighteen when you crept into the tiny cracks in my doorway to my temple. You weren't welcomed here, but rather brought upon me, from dumb, naive mistakes made in my past. I don't know why you were brought upon me but maybe it could be to make me a better man. I have come to terms of some issues between you and me but not all of the issues as a whole. I figure I have more important issues in life to figure out than just besides you.
My schooling and health and just well being as a person. Sadly that includes you too. I've matured more rapidly than any of my fellow peers my age. If you hadn't snuck into the wounds left open from my past relationships and abuse, I'd probably be off worse than I am today.
You did take a part of me that I will never get back. Even if I fought and tore at the seams for hours without an end in sight, I will never get that part of my life back. It's almost impossible to put into words what you stole from me but I will give it a try anyways. You stole my innocence from me, first off. My inner child, not being scared of anyone or anything, laughter that couldn't stop, and compassion that overflowed. You took my courage to fight my own battles. Always feeling that I will fail and make a fool of myself. You broke up past and even present, love interest and lovers. You are like the gravity to my earth. You keep me grounded to the world, weather I agree to it or not.
Just leave me alone, please!
I put on this front for my friends and family. That why they don't know and understand what I really think of you. I'm really not too proud of having you in my life and you're my biggest disappointment. But yet you will always be there to remind me of those stupid ass mistakes I made right out of high school. Thinking I was so grown but in reality I was still so young and you didn't care to take advantage of that matter.
As much disappointment you have brought to my life there have been some successes in my life thanks to you too. I've become more responsible with love and life. I just don't let anyone and everyone walk all over me. I'm slowly beginning to find myself once again, in this world.
And, Oh God! I'm loving it!
It's like finding the door knob in a pitch black room. Locked up once and now free.
You have not just hurt me but those around me in my life. My friends and family. But I've been blessed to have them supporting me for the most part. Some days they just don't know how to pick me up on my darkest days.
You have broken up a family.
Emotionally, mentally and financially.
You don't keep your nose out of any aspect of my life, and it's a shame. Can I just get a break from you for one day? I think that's a little impossible but I will find a way to banish you for life.
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The Harrington Public Affairs Fellowship Program for Undergraduates
The Harrington Public Affairs Fellowship Program is funded by the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund. In 1963, Mr. Harrington gave a generous gift to Clark University to support lectures, seminars, fellowships and other special programs related to public affairs. The Harrington Fund supports distinguished Lecturer Series, guest speakers for Political Science classes and other Clark community events and research expenses of Political Science faculty and students in the Honors Program.
The Harrington Public Affairs Fellowship Program for undergraduates encourage and support the pursuit original research on politics and public policy as well as service projects.
The Harrington Fellows share highlights of their projects with the wider intellectual community at Clark by participating in either Fall Fest or Academic Spree Day.
Approximately five Harrington Fellowship awards are made each year, ranging
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In addition, smaller amounts may be available to support student participation and attendance at academic conferences. Please speak to your faculty advisor if you are interested in this opportunity.
Students may apply if (1) they have declared a major or minor in Political Science (2) they have completed at least two semesters at Clark and expect to return to Clark the following year as an undergraduate student so they will be able to participate in Fellowship community events; (3) they have a cumulative GPA of 3.25.
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There are two rounds of applications: Fall and Spring. A student who is granted a Harrington Fellowship in the Fall application round can use the Fellowship during the following Spring semester. A student who is granted a Harrington Fellowship in the Spring application round can use the Fellowship during the following Summer break or Fall semester.
Applications for Fellowships to support Spring Semester projects are
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explains where/when/how the idea for the project originated and why the project is
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- A copy of their academic transcript (an unofficial academic grade report, printed from the online Clark Intranet site, will suffice).
- Two letters of recommendation: one from the Clark Political Science Department faculty mentor and one from another Clark faculty member (who can be from another Department). These two letters should comment on the applicant's abilities and potential for intellectual growth and evaluate the feasibility of the proposed project.
Completed applications should be sent directly to the Harrington Fellowship Program, c/o Chair of the Department of Political Science, no later than noon on April 16th and noon on November 16th.
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Criteria for selection will include the originality of the proposed project; the significance of the proposed project for understanding politics, the role of public service, or the importance of engagement in the public life of citizenship; the applicant's potential for successfully completing the project; and the likely contribution of the project to the intellectual growth of other members of the community of Harrington Fellows.
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Taylor Swift Helps Grieving Town With Donation to Newtown Auction
The tragedy of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings is still heavy on the hearts of so many, and there is nothing that can ease the horror of what happened in December 2012. However, there are several celebrities who are stepping out to continue supporting the families of the young victims, with donations to the Music for Newtown Auction. The lovely Taylor Swift has shown her support, donating an autographed electric guitar.
ABC News reports that there are several other generous stars in addition to the 'Begin Again' hitmaker who have sent signed memorabilia to the auction, such as the Eagles, fun., Colbie Caillat, Gotye, Jessie J, Jewel and Five for Fighting.
Lots of terrific albums are up for grabs, as fun. donated a signed copy of 'Some Nights' and Gotye contributed a signed vinyl limited edition of his album 'Making Mirrors.' Additionally, some musicians have donated instruments, including a guitar signed by all four members of the Eagles. If auctioners want something a bit different, Caillat has offered an autographed copy of the 'Archie' comic book she was featured in and a signed copy of the 'Breakthrough' songbook. Four tickets to a May 27 taping of 'The Voice' in Los Angeles have also been donated to the auction.
The Music for Newtown Auction runs from March 25-27 at MusicforNewtown.org. with all proceeds benefiting the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.


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