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- 1961 1961 issue and sale of $15,000,000 principal amount 5 3/8% sinking fund debentures due June 1, 1981
Aldens was established in 1889 under the name Chicago Mail Order and Millinery Company and was incorporated in Illinois on December 15, 1902. In 1906 the name of the business changed to Chicago Mail Order Company.
In the mid-1930s Aldens expanded its operations through acquisitions. It acquired the goodwill and mailing lists of M.W. Savage Company of Minneapolis in April 1935, Hamilton Garment of New York in May 1936, and D.T. Bohon of Kentucky in June 1936.
In 1936 Aldens began selling goods to its mail-order customers on a monthly payment plan. Besides its principal activity as a mail-order business, Aldens established offices for placing orders and began operating retail stores on an experimental basis. In 1938 sales totaled $24 million. The company initially specialized in the sale of apparel and accessories for women and men, especially fashion merchandise. Soon the company added curtains, sheets, pillowcases, tablecloths, fabrics, and book and toys. In 1938 these lines of goods were expanded to include home furnishings and house wares.
By 1943 Aldens had a main plant with 690,000 square feet of floor space in Chicago. The company extended its operations into the retail department store field in 1944 and over the next fifteen years opened sixteen stores, primarily in the Midwest. After World War II, apparel merchandise grew to represent a substantial portion of Alden's sales.
In 1946 the company changed its name to Aldens, Inc., and was the fourth-largest mail-order distributor in the United States. By 1957 sales for Aldens grew to $102.4 million as compared to $79.2 million in 1947. It employed 4,795 employees and now operated catalog telephone stores in 68 cities.
Beginning in 1961 the company began offering life insurance for sale through its catalog, operated by its wholly owned subsidiary, John Alden Life Insurance Company.


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Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed claims his poor form in front of goal has left him disgruntled with life at Real Madrid.
Since moving to the Spanish capital in 2009 the Portugal international has scored at least 25 LaLiga goals each season – including a phenomenal 48 in 2014-15.
This season his profile form has deserted him, though, Ronaldo scoring just once in seven league appearances as third-placed Madrid have slipped eight points behind leaders Barcelona.
Some reports have suggested Ronaldo's form is linked to his mood at the club and that he is unhappy, but the Portugal superstar insists he is feeling good in the Spanish capital.
"I don't agree with what people are saying about me," Ronaldo told an interview with L'Equipe.
"People don't know the difference between playing well, playing okay and not scoring goals.
"I'm looked at as a goal machine, like a guy who has to score all the time. If that isn't the case, nobody cares if I've played well or not, I'm only judged on scoring.
"I accept the criticism, but I don't agree with it. That's why I avoid reading or hearing what is said about me. But I have no choice but to accept it; I can't control the world."
Defeats to Girona and Real Betis have left Madrid with an uphill challenge to defend their league title this season, but Ronaldo is not worried.
He added: "The team? We're playing pretty well; not perfect, but good! I'm happy and I feel good. We dropped some points in the league but, in the Champions League, we're okay.
"It's only the start of the season and there are a lot of matches left to play. You have to stay calm and continue to work, because it's obvious we can do better.
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The illusion is seamless and the pleasure is boundless.
The movie rolls merrily along with slapstick action and whimsical characters.
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A funny and charming movie for the whole family.
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Parents need to know that the movie includes some mildly scary images of the were-rabbit's transformation -- first in shadow and then in person. These images follow the werewolf pattern, with teeth, fur, paws, and snout indicating the beast's emergence. The townsfolk and one hunter in particular pursue the were-rabbit, with guns and garden tools (again, following classic horror conventions, as in Frankenstein). Characters drink at a party, and make occasional bawdy, Benny-Hillish sexual references, most of which will go over little ones' heads.
Messages: Greedy villain is comedic and blustery, gets his comeuppance.
Violence and scariness: Cartoon shooting and chasing (on foot, in vehicles).
Sexy stuff: Wallace has a crush; minor (British) sexual references in language.
Language: One character says, "arsing around."
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By Michael Silver, Yahoo! Sports Oct 15, 11:08 am EDT
When the 2010 NFL schedule came out in April, Sunday's matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings looked like a scintillating showdown in the making.
The Week 6 rematch of last January's divisional-round playoff clash, featuring two franchises long on star power and short on patience, figured to be a battle between high-riding title contenders.
It turns out neither team lived up to its share of the bargain. And that's what makes Sunday's game at the Metrodome even more compelling.
The Cowboys and Vikings are 1-3 teams which appear perilously close to outright crisis mode, and the loser of this game will be staring squarely into the abyss. While it's true that five 1-4 teams since 1990 have rebounded to win their respective divisions, it's also entirely plausible that Dallas (vs. the New York Giants) or Minnesota (at the Green Bay Packers) could lose the following week to drop to 1-5.
In other words, the loser is in deep cow manure, and that's what makes 'Boys vs. Vikes a gift to NFL fans – a virtual playoff game in October. Throw in the multitude of spicy storylines accompanying this win-or-go-into-the-tank duel in the dome, and you've got yourself some gripping television.
• The owners, Jerry Jones and Zygi Wilf, while similarly aggressive in a relentless pursuit of a spot in February's Super Bowl (which will take place in Jones' resplendent new stadium), do not like each other at all. I explored this enmity in my fifth annual NFL owner rankings last month; see Wilf's writeup under No. 13.
• The quarterbacks, Tony Romo and Brett Favre, are polarizing figures with Wisconsin ties (Romo grew up watching Favre, a Packers legend) and similarly risk-prone styles.
• Newly reacquired Vikings wideout Randy Moss still hasn't gotten over the Cowboys' draft snub 12 years ago and seems to take it out on the 'Boys every time he faces them.
• Cowboys linebacker Keith Brooking bristled after January's playoff defeat, accusing the Vikings of running up the score (he called it "classless"), prompting Minnesota defensive tackle Pat Williams(notes) to say that Brooking had cried "like a little baby."
I could go on and on, but I really don't need to hype this game any more than I already have. While October games between strong, functional teams are fun to watch, this matchup is far more interesting. When the whiff of desperation is already in the air, it brings an even greater sense of urgency to the proceedings.
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Yet again, MS, touting security is job one, has proven that they are all about lip service and not much else.
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Mail server flaw opens Exchange to spam
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Administrators of e-mail systems based on Microsoft's Exchange might have spammers using their servers to send unsolicited bulk e-mail under their noses, a consultant warned this week.
Aaron Greenspan, a Harvard University junior and president of consulting company Think Computer, published a white paper Thursday detailing the problem, discovered when a client's server was found to be sending spam. Greenspan's research concluded that Exchange 5.5 and 2000 can be used by spammers to send anonymous e-mail. He says even though software Microsoft provides on its site certifies that the server is secure, it's not.
"If the guest account is enabled (on Exchange 5.5 and 2000), even if your login fails, you can send mail, because the guest account is there as a catchall," he said. "Even if you think you've done everything (to secure the server), you are still open to spammers."
The guest account is a way for administrators to let visitors use a mail server anonymously, but because of security issues, the feature is generally not enabled. Exchange servers that had been infected by the Code Red worm and subsequently cleaned will still have the guest account enabled, Greenspan said.
There are dozens of messages--with subject lines such as "Open relay problem" and "We are sending spam?"--on Microsoft's Exchange Administration newsgroup, sent by information system managers who haven't been able to staunch the flow of spam from their servers.
Microsoft, however, said the problem is relatively minor and that the company hasn't had many complaints.
"This particular method of sending spam relies on specifically configured servers or is leveraging weaknesses in the protocol itself," the software giant said in a statement issued in response to questions from CNET News.com. "The fact is that Microsoft has not received a lot of calls from customers that have experienced problems detailed by Think Computer."
Moreover, the company said the issue doesn't affect the latest version of the software, Exchange Server 2003.
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WEST, Texas (AP) — As word spread of a spiraling fire at this Texas town s fertilizer plant, volunteers raced to protect families and elderly residents who lived nearby. Then came the deafening explosion.
Stores of ammonium nitrate exploded in a gigantic blast that registered as a small earthquake and sprayed debris miles away. Fifteen people were killed and more than 200 were injured by the blast, which caved in nearby homes and schools.
On Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the blast in West, hundreds of people crowded into a pavilion at the small town s fairgrounds. They held a moment of silence at 7:51 p.m., the exact time of the leveling blast at West Fertilizer Co., as photos of the 15 people killed were shown on a large screen.
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A choir sang Amazing Grace on a stage filled with ferns and flickering candles that had been decorated by middle school students with messages on posters including Rise Up, West and Pray for West.
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West was settled by Czech immigrants more than a century ago, and some of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren still call it home. Its Czech bakeries are well-known among drivers on Interstate 35 between Dallas and Austin. It s a place where even if residents don t know you from Adam, you re welcome with a handshake and a hello, said Brian Uptmor, whose brother, Buck, was killed in the blast.
The signs of physical progress are obvious: Gone are the dozens of wrecked homes with tongue-in-cheek For Sale! messages spray-painted on their walls, and about 70 homes are finished or in the process of construction. Two new schools and a nursing home to replace those destroyed by the explosion will soon give displaced students and elderly residents a better sense of normalcy.
But residents are clear-eyed about the challenges ahead.
Payments from the city s long-term recovery fund, which received about .6 million in donations, have been delayed as organizers deal with unforeseen paperwork and federal regulations. The city s go-to person for that sort of work, City Secretary Joey Pustejovsky, was a volunteer firefighter who died in the blast.
West Mayor Tommy Muska said he s closely watching the emotional toll the blast has taken on the city s 2,800 residents, especially victims who are still recovering.
Muska said Thursday afternoon that the town was considering rebuilding the plant, noting that West s economy revolved around the company — but he acknowledged it was a highly controversial idea. He also said he was negotiating with a flag manufacturer and a recycling company to set up operations in West.
Holly Harris lost her husband in the explosion, Dallas Fire-Rescue Capt. Kenneth Luckey Harris, who rushed to save other first responders when he saw smoke at the plant. She remains in their home outside West, where the fence now has a metal shield with her husband s initials above a fireman s hat.
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It s just a choice that we ve made that we re not going to be sad, she said before Thursday s ceremony. I mean, we are sad at times, but we re going to try to make everything a happy situation and try to get on with our lives.
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Armed police patrolled the area surrounding the court in Nairobi where crowds gathered Saturday afternoon to hear the decision. Tension mounted across Kenya in anticipation of the court's ruling. The judges could uphold or invalidate the victory of Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first president who faces serious charges at the International Criminal Court.
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It would be better if everyone uses and sticks with IMO rather than claiming canon pairings , that just leads to flaming and counter flaming . We dont know yet who is going to be with whom and even if they are going to be ...
|2008-05-20, 20:52
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gin and matsumoto... i mean kubo has done some MASSIVE foreshadowing with this pairing that cannot be ignored... i mean its not necessarily a future cannon pairing but more of a angsty and heart-wrenching kind of pairing that most likely began and ended in the past... kubo just still needs to reveal it...
and i am just going with logic when it comes to most action type story lines... romance usually does not happen directly between the main protagonists but with the smaller characters... especially when there are such huge battles between the two fanbases of the major "cannon pairings" Kubo must please you all and try to prevent massive uproar so i am sorry to say but i doubt that he is going to conclude anything when it comes to you ichihime and ichiruki shippers out there...
.... okay i am aware that there is a somewhat controversy between hitsumatsu and ginran.... my response to this argument: pedobear shall not prevail!
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You all know I am not a shipper (anymore) but for this poll to be fair the rest of the possible pairs should be added. Its as simple as asking an Anime Suki staff member to do it. After that happens this will be a considerably more interesting thread. IMHO.
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IchigoxRukia niether has shown any intrest in each other on a romantic level
IshidaxOrihime Ishida might have some intrest in Orihime but it was fairly vage and of course she sees him as nothing but a friend
UraharaxYoruichi possable lovers or just friends it's pretty hard to call this one
ShunsuixNanao hard to tell how much of what Shunsui is an act to get on her nervse and what is real. if anything nothing beyond some basic atraction
HitsugayaxHinamori Hitsugaya's in love for sure but Hinamori only sees hims as a little brother and is stuck on Azein
MatsumotoxGin They seem to be either ex lovers or they both regret what never was. Gin seems to care for her to the point he said he was sorry when he left with Azein and she does care deeply for him.
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lol, search thru this forums (cant remember the thread) but there was a pairing Unohana x Kenpachi and their love child is Mayuri...
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they seem to have this sort of understanding between each other as well as respect for the other. it seems like a deeper level than most of the other characters.
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Yoruichi and Urahara is what I picked because they are like the wonder twins, form of cat! They have been together since they were young, she even left her captain and commander position for him...I wonder how much her parents in SS hated Urahara, also I think it was Aaroniero and a shinigami that created Mayuri.
|2008-05-22, 02:20
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If we're really deciding between which one is more canon, then I can't really choose.
But with all the supporting arguments I'm reading in this thread, I'm inclined to believe that the topics name should be changed to something like "most intimate (or closest) pairing" as suppose to "Most canon pairing".
Now perhaps someone can help me understand this but based on what I thought the word "canon" meant, I struggle to understand how any of these pairings could be considered more "canon" than the other. But then again, I'm having trouble understanding how any fact within a story could be considered more canon than another fact within the same story unless we're dealing retcons, situations, and events that directly conflict with one another. Usually something that's canon isn't open for debate since it is what it is. Even with the famous Rukia/OrihimexIchigo pairing, both of these pairings are equally canon. It's the degree (or intimacy) of the pairings that seems to be debated more often than not.
|2008-05-22, 02:26
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I agree that its improper to use the term "Most Canon" as it doesn't work, as canon is canon. But, I think what this thread is asking is which pairing is "real?" or most likely to happen or has happened? At least thats what I got.
|2008-05-22, 10:46
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Orihime and Ichigo isn't an option? Even though she actually stated that she loved him? (Fine, this thread was made before that chapter came out, but it can't be that hard to add it, right?) I'd say that's the closest we're gonna get to a "canon pairing" in this series.
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I would have said renji and rukia were also a valid option...there is a lot of evidence to suggest that renji fancies Rukia a bit. The desire to impress her with his promotion to vice captain for example.
A lot of it is subject to opinion but yeah, this isn't a very fair poll if all the options arn't there.
Otherwise, i do agree with the majority...yoruichi and Urahara seem to have some kind of relationship. Does Yoruichi live with him in fact? At the very least she seems to stay in the Urahara shop at times which suggests something deeper than friendship.
There's also a scene i recall that got the cogs ticking. Yoruichi is sitting in her underwear in Uruhara's shop eating rice and Uruhara doesn't seem to react at all shocked or embarrased by this, suggesting (to me anyway) perhaps the sight of Yoruichi in her underwear is somethin he's used to seein
Their relationship strikes me like a couple that's been together for a long time. They seem to know everything about eachother. It's cute.
Gin and Matsumoto simply because of his parting words 'It would have been nice to have been captured a bit longer' to her when he left SS. They were touching, and suggest some kind of longing between the two.
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Clinton Calvin Estes Jr., 86 of Twisp passed away at his home on January 14, 2014. He was born in Okanogan, Wash. on Jan. 31, 1927, to Clint and Edna Estes. When he was four years old, his family moved from Paradise Hill to their new homestead up Twisp River. Clint attended school in Twisp.
As a young man growing up on a working farm, Clint helped bring the family's cows' milk into town to the Twisp Creamery.
He married Dolly Mae Graves of Okanogan, Wash. on August 17, 1950.
In his working career, he worked in the orchards, operated heavy equipment, and worked a pack string for the Forest Service. He also was a sawyer for Wagner Mill, dozer and loader operator and mill worker, a miner in mines in Washington, Idaho and California, and later worked the King Mini up Alder Creek. He worked for Lloyd Logging operating the crusher and operating heavy equipment, Surface Construction driving nails and as a driver. Clint and Dolly also owned and operated Estes and Son Concrete.
After his retirement, he returned to his roots and his love for horses and his beloved mountains where he enjoyed camping, fishing and many pack trips with his children and grandchildren.
Clint served as a volunteer on the local ambulance service, Twisp City council member, worked for Claude Miller as a wrangler driving a team of horses for the cowboy breakfasts and dinners at the Sun Mountain Lodge.
He loved to read, create horseshoe art, jigsaw puzzles and his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Clint is survived by his wife, Dolly of Twisp; daughters, Jane (Larry) Surface, Sally (Bill) Hofstrand, Susie (Bill) Smith; and son, Clint (Lina) Estes; 11 grandchildren, Jenelle (Dwayne) Allen, Chad (Stephanie) Surface, Ryan (Tiffany) Surface, Scott (Deanna Melton) Michelsen, Luke Michael, Seth Michael, Andrew (Katie May) Smith, Buck Estes, Levi (Meg) Estes, Addie (Nick) Grow, and Izzie Estes; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his only sister, Lillian Lemaster; and one granddaughter, Kristy Lea Mae Smith.
A celebration of Life will be held for Clint at the Twisp Community Center (old Twisp high school) on Saturday January 25, 2014, at noon. Family and friends are welcome to join the Estes family for a potluck, please bring your favorite side dish or salad.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Aero Methow Rescue Service, P.O. Box 66 Twisp, Wash. 98856 or at aeromethow.org.
Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel and the Okanogan Co. Crematory of Okanogan are caring for the arrangements
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I'm over at Michelle's site Lagniappe Academy today, hoping to show her readers that the art portion of a homeschool curriculum doesn't have to be stressful! When I first met Michelle, her daughter was in school and I was homeschooling. Now our situations are reversed and I admit I'm a little jealous, even though I know how challenging those days can sometimes be. When I sent my boys to school I naively thought that they'd get an opportunity to explore some new art materials and techniques, but the art teacher is constrained by time, budget, and most importantly (I think), space. So as you can see from this blog, I took responsibility for art.
If you are visiting from Lagniappe Academy, welcome! You can read more about me here, more of my philosophy of children and their art experiences can be found here, and the inspirations page may contain some resources that are new to you. I truly hope you find some ideas that appeal to you and your children!
My latest column is also up at Kidoinfo, where I show off the cool glue batik t-shirts the kids and I made last summer, inspired by an activity at That Artist Woman.
I love the look of batik fabric and thought it would be pretty cool to do with my kids, except, of course, for the burning hot wax bit. So last summer, after being inspired by a post on a (now-deleted) blog about reworking the glue batik project on That Artist Woman for t-shirts, I consulted with my kids and we decided to give it a try… I like this project because it allows complete creativity on the part of the artist and also results in some pretty cool wearable art.


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Mark T wrote:Definitely Capullo, as Goldilocks said - not too little, not too much.... just right!
Those new Onlyroots releases are great but it does seem odd to listen to Pablo on such clean vinyl.
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Something that is not quite Chippewa is something unwanted in a particular, typically coercive, social setting. Something that is not politically correct and therefore stamped on by any means necessary, typically by someone who selflessly has taken it upon themselves to decide what's best for everyone else, and smiles as they do it. From a line spoken by Camp Chippewa director (Peter MacNicol) in the 1993 movie "Addams Family Values".
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Like Tom Sawyer, Jeremy Ingham got to attend his own funeral.
Ingham died of cancer on Dec. 29 at the age of 22, a couple of months after he graduated from Acadia with a science degree and the university held a convocation ceremony just for him.
"There must have been 20 professors on stage, the president was there, the vice-chancellor, they all gave speeches. So Jeremy had his own convocation, the exact same as a real
convocation," said his mother Jennifer. "He considered that his funeral. We had a big reception and a dinner afterwards, and that was put on by Acadia. He felt privileged that he was there, and felt that was his sendoff."
Hundreds of people attended Jeremy's graduation ceremony, including his doctors from Halifax.
"The only dry eyes in that convocation hall were Jeremy's," said Wolfville mayor Jeff Cantwell. "What a standup guy."
When people start naming things after you while you're still alive, you must be somebody special.
Jeremy was 15 when then
Wolfville Tritons coach Chris Stone renamed the Triton of the Year award the Ingham Award, not because he was so fast (he wasn't), but because of his character.
"He always said 'If I had swimmers that worked as hard as Jeremy, had the heart of Jeremy, I'd have all Olympians,'" Jennifer Ingham remembers. "To be honest, he wasn't the greatest swimmer in the world. He swam competitively, but wasn't extremely fast. But he was probably the most dedicated swimmer that you could ever coach."
Jeremy was talented enough in
the pool to bounce back from a cancer-related hip replacement and copious amounts of chemotherapy to make the team at Acadia. He found a niche by discovering which events weren't filled, and entering those to earn a few points for Acadia in the team totals.
"The top eight swimmers score points, so if there were seven people in there, he would swim it just to get points. Even though swimming is more of an individual sport, he was totally about the team," said Jennifer Ingham, herself a former all-Canadian swimmer at Dalhousie. "He couldn't understand a weak swimmer entering a popular event, like the 50-free, and coming in 40th, when you could swim an unpopular event and get points for the team.
"He set a number of goals for himself when he knew he was terminal, and one of them was for the Acadia men's team to win the AUS (championship), and for him to be able to see that. We talked about him maybe not being here, but they all were working hard because they knew that's what Jeremy wanted. They were like, 'Dal has always reigned, but we're on their heels, and it's possible.' Jeremy wouldn't have believed it wasn't possible."
While swimming for Acadia, Jeremy noticed, as had others before him, that the men's locker room was the opposite of swanky. So he donated money to help refurbish it, Acadia kicked in some and the Tritons made a donation, and now the locker room is totally revamped.
Jeremy tried to talk Acadia athletic director Kevin Dickie out of putting up a plaque to note who was behind the project, but the plaque is there.
Shortly before he died, Jeremy made a donation to the IWK Foundation to establish a cancer research trust, so that undergraduate students could gain experience and exposure to research. While he was going through his own therapy, Jeremy continued to do research into cancer and its treatments.
"We spent a lot of time
travelling between Wolfville and Halifax over the last five years to the various hospitals, the IWK, the QEII and the Dickson Cancer Centre. A lot of those trips back and forth, I'd drive and hold his hand," said his father David. "Jeremy and I always had interesting conversations about politics and religion and sports and education, and mostly the health-care system. He noticed, I don't want to say deficiencies, but some of his doctors were impressed, even in his last month, that he was always looking at ways they could improve the situation.
"Because as a teenager diagnosed with cancer, sometimes you have to run between the children's system and the adult system. It's difficult because you're not really a child. At the IWK, people think of babies and toddlers, although there were several teenagers battling cancer at the same time Jeremy was. Then in the adult system, you walk in and people are wondering how does this happen to a 17-year-old, because he had bone cancer."
When he was told in July that there was nothing more doctors could do, Jeremy's parents took leaves from their jobs and brought him home. The family took a trip to England and then to the Toronto International Film Festival to see two films Jeremy was interested in. After that, his deteriorating lungs meant he couldn't fly, so there were day trips around the province.
He had helped design a couple of the brews made by the Wayfarer's Ale Society, so he and his dad tried craft beers wherever they travelled. "He never gave up hope, and that enabled Jennifer and I to be able to get up every day and put one foot in front of the other, and make him as comfortable as possible, and to carry on," David Ingham said. "If not for the way he handled things, it would have been much more difficult for Jen and I to cope."
Doctors noted Jeremy's lack of anger or self-pity. While he was in remission in 2015, one of his oncologists called and asked for Jeremy's help.
"They had a boy close to Jeremy's age who hadbone cancer as well. He had to make a decisionwhether to have his leg amputated or to try tosave his leg like they were able to with Jeremy,
using what's called limb salvaging surgery . . . he told him there's hope after cancer, and that he could get better. This young man ended up having to get his leg amputated, and Jeremy went in to visit him and his parents. I spoke to both the father and mother afterwards and this boy's parents said he was an inspiration to (their son)."
David and Jeremy skied and golfed together, once playing at Ken-Wo behind a foursome that included Sidney Crosby, with Jeremy cautioning his dad not to bother Sid while he was relaxing. One of the last things they did was watch the New England Patriots on TV.
Jeremy's funeral will be held at the Baptist church in New Minas on Wednesday. He spent Christmas at home, for which he had ordered gifts online for family and friends.
"He was able to order a lot of things from Amazon books," his dad said. "He wanted to give his physicians and nurses and close friends books. He was able to buy his mother a very special Christmas present. It's a charm bracelet that he had picked out, with a heart on it."
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Over the years, rap music has time and time again been overlooked by the Grammy Award organizers. The treatment of rappers has gotten significantly better in the last decade or so as the genre has flourished. But, the Grammy voters still don't always seem to have their finger on the pulse of what's truly "hot" in hip-hop. So, while acts like Kanye West have taken home multiple Grammy Award trophies, there are a whole bunch of rappers out there who don't have a single Grammy Award on their mantle at home. And, we're not talking about, like, acts who just started dropping albums a year or two ago. These are legends, people!
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I couldn`t breath in January was in the ER twice...all they could say is my soft tissue in my throat had swollen. Went to family doctor he couldn`t find anything. After 3 month my voice was still hoarse...like an up and down with my voice. So went back to my doctor to get refered to an ENT. Found out I have hpyothyriodism, multinodular goiter, acid reflux, and a esophageal hiatal hernia. They decided to do a scope to see my vocal cords last month...very red around the vocal cords and one small gray area near the vocal cord on the left side. They wanted to wait a month and view it again to see if it had improve with meds. So had the scope repeat this month the gray area is now black and tripled in size...they are going to biopsy the area because of the fast growth...what is it the black area? The ENT doctor is scratching his head.
Causes for voice issues are not always obvious. You list a few probable cause for your voice issues: hypothyroidism which should be easy to correct, and gastroesophageal reflux disease which is not always easy to diagnose and sometimes frustrating to treat.
In addition you describe a grey area on the vocal cord. Normally the vocal cords have a whitish pink even color. When they are irritated they can change color. The grey could represent an area where the surface is thickened which makes it look whitish or grayish. This could also be secondary to an area of healing covered with a scab. If the area looks bigger on a subsequent exam most often a biopsy is recommended to make sure we are not dealing with a growth. Laryngeal cancer is not very common, and is not a very common cause of voice changes but it needs to be ruled out. I believe your ENT is doing the right things.
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Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," featuring 100% new material, is available in stores and online here, and makes a lovely Christmas gift for the chronic masturbator in your life. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. Ocho: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. This is a very special day for everyone in the Ocho Cinco household. And, as I do every year, I would like to take a moment to tell you the story of the very first Thanksgiving. Now, we all know that Thanksgiving is when we celebrate Jesus' birthday…
Marvin: Excuse me, Chad? That's actually not correct. Christmas is the holiday we use to mark the birth of Jesus. Ocho: No, it isn't. That's Santa Claus' birthday. Marvin: No, it isn't. Ocho: Yes it is. If Christmas ain't Santa's birthday, then WHEN was Santa Claus born? Marvin: I don't know. Ocho: I rest my case. Marvin: He's a fictional character! He doesn't have a birthday because he doesn't exi… Ocho: GOD DAMMIT, WILL YOU LET ME TELL THE FUCKING STORY?! Maybe if you stopped interrupting and let me tell the whole story, you'd see where I was going with this shit! Marvin: Okay. By all means, go on. Ocho: Right. So now, we all know that, when he was a kid, Jesus had to spend most of his time fighting the dinosaurs. Now, the dinosaurs were real savages and shit. They ate airplanes and everything. But there was this one little girl dinosaur Jesus met one day that wasn't like the other dinosaurs. She was very kind and gentle. And she was sexy as all hell. So Jesus went to the head dinosaur and asked for a truce. He said, "Mr. Head Dinosaur, I cannot tell a lie. I love your little baby dinosaur daughter. I would like to marry her, so that we have little DinoJesus babies one day, and raise them to be cage fighters." But the head dinosaur wasn't hearing that shit. He was very racist against Jesus, and only wanted his daughter to marry other dinosaurs. So Jesus said, "All right, BITCH. You wanna play it like that? You gon PAY!" So then he went over to England and hooked up with the Pilgrims, who had these machine-gun musket type things. Then, they deaded ALL THEM FUCKING DINOS. Even the flying ones. POW! They just shot that shit right out of the air. Now, when the Indians heard about this, they got really fucking pissed, because they liked painting dinosaurs on their teepees and shit. So they sent out this giant smoke signal from America that said HEY YOU WHITE PEOPLE! COME GET A TASTE OF SQUANTO, BITCHES! Then they did that thing where they cover their mouths and go BA BA BA BA BA BA BA!!! Well, Jesus didn't like that too much. So he hopped on the pilgrims' boat and sailed on over with his little dinosaur baby momma. But they didn't know where to land, right? They needed to land somewhere where the little Indians couldn't wrestle them. But then, out in the middle of the ocean, this big turkey flew onto the front of their ship. And he said, "Follow me." Then he flew ahead. So Jesus and the pilgrims followed the turkey all the way to a Plymouth dealership. This was a long time ago, so they did have brokeass Plymouth Dusters back then. So Jesus thanked the turkey for leading them to the car dealer. But then he thought to himself, "Hey, you know turkey is a pretty good lunch meat. But I bet it would make a good dinner meat, too." So Jesus asked the Indians to help him catch the turkey. Only they had a Butterball already cooked and ready to go. So then they just all ate. Then Jesus deaded ALL THEM INDIANS. Then he banged that hot little stegosaurus. Then they drove off. And that's the true story of the first Thanksgiving. Legend has it, if you take a boat out into the ocean, there are still turkeys out there, ready to guide you. Isn't that right, Coach? Marvin: You're a fucking idiot. The Games All games in the Jamboroo are evaluated for sheer watchability on a scale of 1 to 5 Throwgasms.
Five Throwgasms Steelers at Patriots: The bounty on Matt Cassel's knee will now be set at $100. Christ, that team can even replace Dreamboats with Dreamier Boats! THAT'S BULLSHIT! Saints at Bucs: Drew Brees wins this year's award for "Fantasy Player You're Scared Shitless To Play Against." Going against him in fantasy is almost more terrifying than the fact that Ridley Scott is directing a movie version of Monopoly. It'll be just like There Will Be Blood, only with real estate. And dice. Ooh! Ooh! Will it have three endings? Giants at Redskins Bears at Vikings
Four Throwgasms Broncos at Jets
Three Throwgasms Cardinals at Eagles: I think Andy Reid gets fatter every time I see him. Before, he used to be just kind of jolly fat. Now looking at him can give you acid reflux. For real. He's reaching Mangino proportions. Even Wade Phillips thinks that guy is a big fat fuck. He may need to coach the rest of the year from a wheelbarrow. Side note: I got hit by a truck on Monday. I was sitting in a traffic jam, at a dead stop, when the truck in front of me decided to back up right into me. The truck then drove off. So I followed the fucker from the shoulder while dialing 911. The truck than backed into another truck, totaling it. Finally, the offending truck pulled over to the side of the road. The driver, an older fellow, told me he didn't even realize he had hit me (despite me honking and yelling out my window STOP FUCKING HITTING ME YOU FUCK), or that he was going backwards at the time. And what state might this gifted driver have hailed from? That's right: Pennsylvania. YOU FUCKING PENNSYLVANIA DRIVERS DON'T FUCKING DESERVE CARS. FUCK YOU. YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR FUCKING CARS REVOKED AND REPLACED WITH A GODDAMN TRICYCLE. FUCK YOU. CHOKE ON A FUCKING WISHBONE. Falcons at Chargers: You know, the Chargers may have a terrible record, but I'd still rather watch them over a good deal of other teams that have better records. Like the Eagles. God, are they fucking torture to sit through. I'll take Marmalard any day of the week over that shitshow. Panthers at Packers
Two Throwgasms 49ers at Bills: Fuck you, Berman Jaguars at Texans Colts at Browns
One Throwgasm Chiefs at Raiders: Guh. I'd rather watch the ad agency sex tape again. This never happened to me when I worked at DDB. Such bullshit. There's wayyy too much man ass in this video. I'd like to ban a whole host of standard porn movie shots, foremost among them the "extreme balls pounding close-up shot." You know the one. The one where you see the scrotum slam into the girl and blow up like a tennis ball. I don't need to see that in my porn movies. More of the woman, please. There's no need to go that tight from any angle. It's okay to show me more than just the butter churning. Dolphins at Rams: John Forte got pardoned! Phillips Exeter Academy ROOLZ! I talked to Forte a few times when we were at school together. One night, he was in my dorm talking to a couple of other guys about the struggles of being a black man. At one point in the conversation, for no real reason, I said, "Yeah, I hear that." Forte turned to me, glaring, and said, "No, I DON'T THINK YOU DO." He was probably right about that. I once hung out with two guys who roomed with Forte in New York. I asked them if Forte smoked a lot of weed in the apartment, which led to this exchange: Guy 1: You know, I don't think I ever saw John smoking weed. Guy 2: The fuck are you talking about? He SOLD us weed, asshole. Cheers to you, Forte. Titans at Lions: Hope you rented a good movie for the day. Ravens at Bengals Seahawks at Cowboys Pregame Song That Makes Me Want To Run Through A Goddamn Brick Wall
"Love Removal Machine," by The Cult. The Cult's original name was Southern Death Cult. I really, really wish they had kept that name. That is a fucking badass name for a band. Much better than Harry Pussy. It's so hard to find a decently named band these days. Peep the video. He kicks a can! That guy don't give a fuck about NOTHIN'! Also, go to the :50 mark, which features an extreme closeup of Billy Duffy's package. "We've got… armadillos in our trousers." If you can tell any difference between lead singer Ian Astbury here in his puffy shirt and 80's one-hit wonder Alannah Myles,, I'll give you a nickel. "Black velvet, if you pleeeeeease…" After The Cult broke up, Astbury was the guy who went on tour with the surviving members of The Doors. And frankly, I don't know which I find more offensive: the fact that Astbury tried to replace Jim Morrison, or that he subjected the world to more of The Doors music. Unless I'm watching the beginning of Apocalypse Now, I never need to hear another song from that fucking band as long as I live. Embarassing Mixtape Track I Once Owned That Will Not Fire You Up
"Silent Lucidity," by Queensryche. God, what a gay song. I understand rock bands having to do the occasional power ballad. Sometimes, you gotta do a song that pulls in the tail. But what I cannot abide by is a rock band doing a fucking lullaby. Let's go to the lyrics: It was all a bad dream Spinning in your head Your mind tricked you to feel the pain… Ride the whims of your mind Commanding in another world Suddenly, you hear and see This magic new dimension… I will be watching over you I am gonna help you see it through I will protect you in the night I am smiling next to you... in silent lucidity This is the kind of shit a Catholic priest says to an altar boy to help explain why they have to nap together in the same bed. Fantasy Player That Deserves To Die A Slow, Painful Death I finally dropped Willis McGahee this week. I don't give a fuck if he's owned in 95% of Yahoo's leagues. 95% of Yahoo's leagues are fucked. YOU CAN'T HURT ME ANYMORE, YOU LITTLE SHIT. Five Potential Key Injuries -Tony Gonzalez (knee) -Andy Reid (menopause) -Chad Ocho Cinco (phantom brain) -Clinton Portis ("Diddy overbite") -Kerry Collins (stewed liver) Suicide Pick Of The Week Last week's suicide pick of the Bucs was correct, which makes me 9-3 for the year. Off the board now are the Jets, the Giants, Tampa, Carolina, Arizona, Chicago, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Buffalo, and Detroit. We again choose both a team for your suicide pool and an actual way of committing suicide. This week's pick? Tennessee (still riding the Lions to victory!), and shooting yourself in the head after a particularly painful Thanksgiving dinner argument. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NICE TIME FOR EVERYONE, DAMMIT! BONUS SUICIDE: Leaving your space station without a space suit on. I'm surprised more astronauts don't commit suicide. You have to sit for weeks at a time in a goddamn coffee can. I imagine the thrill of just being up in space tends to dissipates by the time you realize that you can't get drunk, or go on a grocery run. If you didn't bring any cookies with you up in that shuttle, then you're not getting any fucking cookies for a long time. Nazi Shark's Vegas Lock Of The Week Lots of sports sites, to demonstrate the arbitrary nature of gambling, like to have animals like monkeys pick games to see if they can outwit their human counterparts. There's no reason we at Deadspin can't also get in on the fun. So we've asked National Socialist German Workers' Party member Rolf, who also happens to be a shark, to pick one game a week. Take it away, Nazi shark.
"This week, I like Dallas giving 13 points at home against the Seahawks. Hey, remora fish, stop clinging to my back and feeding off of my mealtime scraps. You assholes are the Jews of the high seas." 2008 Nazi Shark Record: 2-8 (Jesus, Nazi Shark is terrible at this. He's almost as bad at it as Simmons is. You know what this means, don't you? That's right. Bill Simmons is a fucking NAZI.) Great Moments In Sports Poop History I got enough great poop stories from the other week, that it seems foolish to waste them. So every week, I'll toss in a new and exciting poop story for your digestion. Take it away, fellow pooper! "Years ago, before I went to college, I had a summer job as a landscaper at the local golf course. I could feel the demon deuce brewing, so I drove my cart to the on-course outhouse. No dice, as there was a massive wasp's nest in the corner of the ceiling. "I reached in ever so slightly, grabbed as much t.p. as I could, and drove my cart to the only place where there wasn't golfers at the time...the 14th tee box. I blamed it on a rogue animal. Best, Tecmo" Ah, but did he poop from the men's tees or the ladies' tees? I imagine if you have a fairly unchallenging poop, you go with the ladies' tees. He should have tried to poop ON a tee. Fire This Asshole! Is there anything more exciting than a coach losing his job? All year long, we'll keep track of which coaches will almost certainly get fired at year's end or sooner. And now, your updated chopping block: Jim Haslett Tom Cable Mike Singletary Marvin Lewis Rod Marinelli Herm Edwards Norv Turner Romeo Crennel Andy Reid Gary Kubiak Jack Del Rio Mike McCarthy I still think Mike McCarthy looks like he's about 13 years old. He looks like he's about to come storming into your room with chocolate smeared all over his mouth and screaming out, "YOU GUYS! YOU GUYS! YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS! I JUST SAW A FOX TAKE A SHIT ON OLD MAN CRUMPET'S DOORSTEP!" Gametime Pie Of The Week
Pumpkin pie. But you gotta warm that shit up. So that the ice cream (or whipped cream, if you prefer) melts on top, and drips down into all the little cracks in the filling and commingles with all the nutmeggy goodness inside and WHOOPS! Just had a foodgasm there. Oh dear. The same thing always happens at dessert with my family on Thanksgiving. After we've had the turkey, my mom asks if we should have dessert immediately, or if we should wait for a second, to give ourselves time to digest. So then we all chill out for a second. Only everyone's stuffed, and has nothing to say, and would really like to just go watch TV. So one of us (usually me) stands up and says, "Fuck this. I'm having pie NOW." Waiting to digest is for suckers. One-Sentence Excerpt From Men With Balls "You'll be like a superhero, with bonus raping ability." Gametime Beer Of The Week
Newcastle! I spent a lot of time this week looking up beers that went well with Thanksgiving dinner, until I realized that doing that was gay. Listen, I love beer as much as the next guy, but if you're the sort of fellow who wants to arrange beer pairings with your food, you're a fucking douche. Anyway, during my browsing, I stumbled upon two interesting articles. The first was this press release from the National Beer Wholesalers Association lobbying group, which is notable mainly for its headline: "Beer Adds New Excitement to Traditional Thanksgiving Feast" Beer? On Thanksgiving? Well shit, I'd never thought of that. Those lobbying firms sure know how to craft a persuasive argument. And here's an article from 1983, from a site called Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter (you'd think it would be named Michael Jackson's KILF Hunter). It includes this sentence: Since the Pilgrims were Protestant, purists might object to a beer from a Catholic monastery. Again, if you're the sort of person who turns down a Duvel because it doesn't fit with the spirit of the holiday, you don't deserve beer, or turkey, or your balls. Die. Random FKS-Style Tidbit I read my kid a lot of nursery rhymes. First off, I can't read my kid any nursery rhyme without constantly making sure I don't veer off into the Dice Clay version of whatever rhyme I happen to be reading. "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean, so Jack ignored her flabby tits and licked her asshole clean! OH! Wait. Forget I said that, kid." Second of all, have you read some of these rhymes? They're kind of fucked. Peter the Pumpkin Eater keeps his wife in a pumpkin shell? What is this, Boxing Helena? Then there's the old woman who lived in a shoe, who sounds like a total cunt: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. (and her uterus fell out. OH!) She gave them some broth without any bread, Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed. Well lady, maybe if you had kept your thighs shut, you wouldn't have 30 kids frazzling the shit out of you. Starve the kids and whip them? This is exactly how things work in the Palin household. Robert Evans' MVP Watch! Time to start thinking about who the leaders are for the NFL's MVP award. So every week, legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans will join us to give us his assessment. Take it away, Mr. Evans.
"Baby, your front-runner for the NFL's MVP thus far is Peyton Manning of the Colts. I like the kid. Tough? You bet! Determined? Like Brando walking toward a craft services table. I tell ya, the kid just doesn't have any quit in him! He reminds me of a seventeen-year-old Katherine Ross. When I first met her, she begged me to sleep with her. Trying to seduce me, Ms. Robinson?! "But I said, SLOW DOWN BABY! Evans doesn't like 'working' with child stars, if you catch my drift. But damn if that little girl wasn't persistent! We ended up in each other's arms on a flight from Tunis to Buenos Aires. Sexy? You know it! Illegal? Not 10,000 feet over the Andes, it isn't. Few people know this, but I do like calling my penis the Sundance Kid. He's such a lovable scamp!" Sunday Afternoon Movie Of The Week For Lions Fans
Zodiac. I see very few movies that legitimately scare the shit out of me, and this is one of them. I will never go on a picnic again. One second, you're with your cute steady gal enjoying a lovely egg salad sandwich, the next second AHHHHH HOLY SHIT HE'S STABBING ME REPEATEDLY WITH A VERY SHARP KNIFE AHHHHHHH!!!! I saw this movie at home, when the only other person in my house was my kid, who was asleep. Bad idea. I watched that one scene where the lady was in the car with the killer, and he's all matter of factly like, "Before I kill you, I'm gonna throw your baby out the window." OH, FUCK. I spent the rest of the night lying in my bed with the TV on, clutching a five-iron, with my brain constantly psyching me the fuck out. You ever watch something that disturbs the shit out of you, so you then have to watch something happy to help take your mind off it, only your brain keeps fucking with you? That happened to me. "Oh, look! Letterman's on! Oh, that's nice. You know, they never did technically catch the Zodiac Killer. He could be right behind that door, ready to filet your family… FUCK!" Gratuitous Simpsons Quote "... and the fluffy kitten played with that ball of string all through the night. On a lighter note, a Kwik-E-Mart clerk was brutally murdered last night." Halftime Masturbation Kit -For the guys: Model Kitana Baker. You might remember Kitana as one of the chicks who got into the catfight in the Miller Lite ads. And that would appear to now represent the apex of her career. Unless my Thong Channel startup becomes a reality. -For the gals: Batman himself, Christian Bale, sans shirt. To his batpole, girls! Your Motivational Pregame Quote For The Weekend "I WILL EQUALIZE YOU!" -Brian Enjoy the games, everyone. And a very happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. Photoshop by 289.


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Yes, it's true that turbulent times can bring a fresh start. We're inspired by Fortune 500 companies that started with next to nothing. Whole Foods, launched by a college drop-out with money saved and borrowed from friends, posted $6.2 billion in revenues in 2008. Michael Dell ran Dell from his dorm room, until he decided to drop out of college to run his company full time. Apple was started by two friends in a garage. Nordstrom's, Starbucks, Ebay, and yes, Facebook are all astounding success stories of companies started by someone with a dream and very little else.
Perhaps you have a passion that you dream about translating into your own business – and now seems the right time. You may be asking, "Is entrepreneurship for me?" As exciting as charting a new path can be, it can be a daunting challenge as well.
According to Peter Drucker, generally considered an astute 'business thinker', entrepreneurship is about taking risk. The behavior of the entrepreneur reflects a kind of person willing to put his or her career and financial security on the line and take risks in the name of an idea, spending much time as well as capital on an uncertain venture. That is surely a sobering thought. And all the more reason to take the time and make the effort to carefully chart your course.
It's impossible to eliminate all the risks, but you can improve your chances for success. Most successful business owners have planned well. First, decide whether you are the type of person to create your own business. Are you a self-starter? How good are you at making decisions? Do you have the physical and emotional stamina to run a business? How will the business affect your family?
When you've answered these questions, consider what type of business you want to start – home-based, franchise, online? The next step is to develop a sound business plan. Help with your business plan can be found at www.sba.gov under the 'Starting and Managing a Business' tab.
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Fall Orientation festivities are about to start up, and as is customary for this time of year I've been overcome with waves of nostalgia. True, I am only going to be a junior and thereby far from my prime reminiscing years, but there's something about suiting up to crash the square dance that gets those fond memories a-stirring. Here, I offer just a few of my favorite Midd traditions.
The Hunt is an epic scavenger hunt that takes place during one week in January each year. I've never competed in the Hunt myself (mostly because I am afraid of letting my more competitive side run rampant at the expense of my personal health), but I think any event that causes five flash mobs in one week is worth mentioning on this list. You may not be able to view last year's submissions, but here's a link to The Hunt's webpage. The list of tasks itself is worth perusing if you ask me: http://thehunt.middlebury.edu/
Nothing says "I kind of, sort of, maybe had a Proctor crush on you for one month last year" quite like a wall-mounted, papier-mâché diorama of your feelings. Each semester before graduating seniors leave us, they sit down and list the names of all of the people they've had crushes on since the beginning of their freshman year and display them in the dining halls for the whole student body to see. Here's a link for the history of Crush Lists and for pictures of the best Crush Lists from 2011: http://midd-blog.com/2011/05/10/the-history-of-crush-lists/
My inspiration for writing this blog post: the orientation event voted "Most Likely to be Crashed by Angela Santee," and a not-so-subtle reminder that there are far too many plaid shirts on the face of this earth. Square-dancing is awkward; most of us can probably agree on that. But there's something magical about square-dancing with 500 equally-awkward-yet-carefree strangers. I give you photographic evidence of its magnificence:
Butch Varno hollering at the referees from a floor seat at a Middlebury basketball game is one of the best things I've ever seen. Don't understand? Check this out: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5757413
In February, Middlebury holds its annual Winter Carnival. The weekend is structured around the ski races that take place during this time on the Bread Loaf campus as well as the Snow Bowl, but there are a whole host of other mini-events taking place on the Middlebury campus itself. Each of these smaller activities deserve to be recognized as traditions in their own right—Orange Crush (an 80s cover band; because who doesn't enjoy gallivanting in technicolor spandex and off-the-shoulder sweaters?), the northern lights relay competition, or the Winter Carnival Ball. I, for one, have a particular soft spot for the snow sculpture competition having competed in the 2011 sculpt-a-thon with a handful of my closest friends. We actually won a cash prize for our sculpture of wine and cheese. Check it out: http://sites.middlebury.edu/middland/2011/02/23/winter-carnival-snow-sculptures/


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Roommate (non-smoking, female) wanted for fully furnished lakeside condo. We are two women looking for a third, from July 9-15. We are Simmons grad students (one graduating in the Fall and one graduated and working first job(Teen Services)), quiet but not boring. Condo is 45 minutes by bus to McCormick Center, but very inexpensive. Will email any one interested with particulars. Meg firstname.lastname@example.com
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With so many different ways to connect to the internet these days, traditional anti-virus programs have had to adapt not just protecting users against malware, but also providing a buffer between kids and the perils of the web.
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There's also password management, 10GB of included SafeSync cloud storage (5GB in the US and UK) for backing up your important documents and files safely.
The package comes with a license for five different devices in Australia (three in the US and UK), including Macs, PCs and Android devices.
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Getting the protection on your Mac or PC is a pretty painless process. Installation is fairly quick, and the user interface is simple to navigate for even the most novice user.
Navigation is broken up into five simple tabs: Overview, PC/Mobile, Privacy, Data and Family. Each section offers access to one of the key functions of the program, and is easy to work out what to do with each tab does.
You won't generally notice any big performance drops while the software downloads updates or scans your machine, although depending on your setup, putting the security suite into "Extra Security" mode might cause some performance hiccups.
The parental mode offers the ability to restrict usage based on age groups, as well as introducing your own blocked URLs. Should your child attempt to access a blocked webpage, they'll be prompted to enter a password.
The other element of parental controls is the Online Guardian, which gives parents a report of all a child's internet usage, from how long they're spending on Facebook, to what keywords they are searching for on Google. It also chronicles any attempts to access a blocked website.
For chronic Facebook users concerned about the social network's frequent changes to privacy settings, the software also has a mode to check that you aren't oversharing your personal information.
It holds your hand through the process of making all your information private, offering warnings for when you are sharing too much.
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The annual anti-virus update is far from the most exciting software purchase, but as far as it goes, Trend Micro's latest offering delivers a good selection of improvements and updates to make the purchase worthwhile.
Parents will like the included parental controls, although the fact that it only limits online usage rather than general computing use means it's not quite the complete package.
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For the Flyers, Operation Playoff Push needs to go into overdrive.
They have 13 games to climb over four teams in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt.
Physical left winger Jay Rosehill, acquired from Anaheim on Monday for speedy winger Harry Zolnierczyk, figures to play in some of those game, giving the Flyers their first heavyweight enforcer in nearly two months.
He's a player you hate to play against," captain Claude Giroux said after the Flyers practiced in Voorhees on Tuesday, preparing for Wednesday's game against visiting Montreal. "I remember when he was in Toronto and we were playing against him, you know when he's on the ice."
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Rosehill participated in his first practice with his new team Tuesday, but isn't expected to play until Thursday in Toronto. He was acquired because the Flyers have lost their two heavyweight enforcers during the season (an injured Jody Shelley and a waived Tom Sestito) and they don't want their skilled players fighting.
In Sunday's 5-4 win over Washington, Jake Voracek _ who is tied for the club's scoring lead _ got into his first career fight while protecting Giroux. Voracek won the fight against Steve Oleksy, but was accessed 19 minutes in penalties.
"He did good, but I would rather have Jake on the ice scoring some goals," said a smiling Giroux.
Rosehill, 27, is on the Flyers' roster and called it a "good opportunity" after spending the entire season with Anaheim's AHL team, Norfolk.
"I've played against this team and organization for a long time," said Rosehill, who spent parts of three seasons in Toronto. "I've always liked their style of play, and it's good to be in their jersey now and hopefully I get a chance to get in soon and play their style of hockey….That's kind of always been their tradition here and the way they like to go, and I'm happy to be one of those guys."
Flyers defenseman Luke Schenn, who has been a standout in the last two games, was Rosehill's teammate in Toronto.
"He's one of the best guys I've ever played with, as far as in the locker room and being a good character guy," Schenn said. "Obviously, losing Shelley and having Sestito picked up, he adds that element of toughness. He's a great fighter, but not only that, he's a good hitter and strong on the forecheck and he wins battles out there. And he used to be a defenseman, and you have to know how to pass a little bit if you're a defenseman.
"Every night, he'll do whatever it takes for the team," Schenn added. "He's definitely a welcome addition."
The Flyers entered Tuesday 12th in the Eastern Conference.
"We can't be thinking 'the Rangers have to lose' and that kind of stuff," Giroux said. "We just need to focus on what we have to do and be in control of our game. If we play good and start winning games, we're in control as to whether we make the playoffs or not."
The Flyers play Montreal on Wednesday, then face the Maple Leafs in Toronto on Thursday.
"It seems like every night we'll have a chance to tie a team or pass a team because it's such a close race," Hartnell said. "This is where you cipher between the boys and men."
Trade talk. The trade deadline ends at 3 p.m. Wednesday, and the Flyers are still pitching for San Jose winger Ryane Clowe.
Shortly before Jaromir Jagr was dealt from Dallas to Boston on Tuesday, Hartnell said the Flyers would welcome him back. "I think just his presence was especially missed _ his leadership, the guy that he is around the room. His smiles are infectious."
Breakaways. Based on practice, Tye McGinn will replace Max Talbot (broken leg) on a line with Sean Couturier and Zac Rinaldo as the Flyers aim for their first three-game winning streak of the season…….The Flyers waived spare defenseman Kurtis Foster, perhaps indicating Nick Grossmann is close to returning from an upper-body injury. Grossmann practiced in a non-contact jersey Tuesday …..Montreal handed the Flyers and Brian Boucher a 4-1 defeat (including an empty-netter) Feb. 16 in the teams' only meeting this year……Coach Peter Laviolette on Zolnierczyk: "Harry was a good soldier here; he brought a lot of energy and a positive attitude to our lineup when he was up here."
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Screenwriter, Wharton award winner Julian Fellowes visits The Mount
LENOX -- As he sauntered from room to room in Edith Wharton's home, The Mount, on Friday, director and screenwriter Lord Julian Fellowes' admiration for both the novelist and her home was evident.
"The scale of this place is so charming," Fellowes mused after finally sitting down with a small goblet of water.
He so admired the grounds that he was even hesitant to set his goblet of water down on a table next to his chair without a coaster, lest it leave a water mark on the antique piece.
Wharton's storytelling has influenced some of Fellowes' own work, including the wildly successful, award-winning TV show "Downton Abbey," a PBS anthology miniseries created by Fellowes about an English family and their servants living on an estate circa 1900s.
Fellowes, who lives just outside of London, will receive the 2012 Edith Wharton Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston today, but he extended his first trip to Massachusetts by one day to have time to visit The Mount for the first time
"You come to get more of a handle on someone," Fellowes told The Eagle. "Just reading their work doesn't give you that sort of modesty."
During a tour of The Mount guided by Executive Director Susan Wissler, Fellowes admired the extra space in the house, the minute details in the architecture, and even took extra notice of the servant quarters. Servants are featured prominently in "Downton Abbey."
Several times during the tour, Fellowes said "The essence of luxury is wasted space," according to Rebecka McDougall, The Mount's marketing and communications director.
"He was so charming and knowledgeable," Wissler said. "It's another star in the sky that celebrates Wharton's 150th birthday."
The estate is a "survivor," according to Fellowes, because it's managed to stick around even though it's weathered previous generations that weren't as keen on historical preservation.
Fellowes kept Wharton's library, full of reporters, photographers, and estate officials laughing with the same cheeky wit often found in some of his other popular screenplays like "Gosford Park," "Vanity Fair," "The Young Victoria" and "The Tourist."
While sitting in the library among books annotated by Wharton herself, Fellowes referenced "The House of Mirth" and "The Custom of the Country" several times. He became acquainted with her work on his own, and wasn't taught it in school, he said.
"She had the ability to judge the society from which she came from, but not condemn it," Fellowes said. "It's simply an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of society."
Fellowes was too modest to compare his writings to Wharton's, but it's hard to let the similarities and themes go unnoticed.
His 2004 book "Snobs" and 2005 film "Separate Lies" were set in a more modern, middle-class setting. However, Fellowes has become "the go-to guy," he said, when filmmakers need a script for TV and movies referred to in the industry as "costume dramas," which depict a long-gone era using elaborate dresses draped upon well-spoken, affluent debutantes and large Victorian mansions that would still be hard to afford even by today's standards.
But not unlike Wharton, Fellowes takes what's a superficially attractive lifestyle, like the ones seen in his screenplays for "The Young Victoria," "Gosford Park" and "Downton Abbey," and then observing and deconstructing it with fleshed-out characters.
"I don't think anyone's completely good or completely bad," Fellowes said. "It's much more fun when an author doesn't dictate to you how you should feel about a character."
In "Downton Abbey," for example, characters like Thom as and O'Brien may seem unsympathetic at first, but Fellowes adds back stories and humanity to the characters to gain sympathy should the viewers decide to give it.
"Thomas is gay in an era that you can be put in jail for it," Fellowes said. "O'Brien had a very unhappy childhood."
The level of fandom for "Downton Abbey" among employees at The Mount ranged from casual fans to those who watched the pilot when it aired in 2010.
"I was like I giddy kid when I saw him here," said Megan Lamarre-Smith, the group tour coordinator at The Mountwho started watching the show at its beginning.
Because of Fellowes' known brand of historical drama, The Mount wouldn't look out of place in a Lord Julian Fellowes' screenplay. Wissler entertained such a possibility of having it featured in a possible "Downton Abbey" prequel, during the time of the Buccaneers.
"A starting point in the Berkshires isn't out of the possibility," Wissler said.
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Helping others get in the game
Edward Failor and Tyler Campbell became buddies while playing youth sports in their hometown of Muscatine. They learned how to tackle problems on and off the field, how to strike a balance between sports and schoolwork, and how to cheer on each other and their team. The boys' parents were able to pay the sign-up fees and the costs for equipment and team travel. The two friends learned, however, that many parents cannot.
Nearly 30 students are members of UNI 4 Kids. The group combines their various talents to plan, publicize and put on events that will raise money for youth that want to participate in activities they may not be able to participate in due to financial limitations.
This realization stayed with the two friends throughout the years. As UNI students, Failor and Campbell co-founded UNI 4 Kids, an organization that helps Cedar Valley youth participate in activities they may not be able to participate in due to financial limitations. These activities include sports, as well as music, dance and art.
"We don't want any child to be turned away from activities they're interested in joining, which is one reason the organization was started," said Failor, UNI 4 Kids president. Kids don't have to fill out an application, and the names of those who receive need-based scholarships are kept confidential. Children who receive scholarships are chosen by their teachers in the Waterloo School District. UNI 4 Kids also partnered with the Boys & Girls Club in Waterloo so counselors and mentors at this organization can identify kids who could benefit from financial support.
"By partnering with well-established organizations and gaining sponsorship from prominent businesses and community members throughout the Cedar Valley, we're able to grant need-based scholarships and establish programs to guide and mentor kids in hopes of ensuring their long-term success," said Campbell.
Campbell also said the organization's objective is not only to support kids financially, but to become ongoing mentors to ensure kids have every opportunity to remain involved. This broad-ranging commitment reflects the four pillars that support the mission of UNI 4 Kids: Partnership, Sponsorship, Scholarship and Mentorship.
In addition to financial donations from area businesses, UNI 4 Kids sponsors campus and community events. In September, the group held a 5K, which raised $800. A raffle will be held in January. Amateur Athletic Union and 3-on-3 basketball tournaments are in the works.
Nearly 30 students are members of UNI 4 Kids. These UNI students combine their various talents to plan, publicize and put on these events. "No matter what their major, UNI students can join the organization and benefit from it," said Failor. "It gives them an avenue to see that they're making an impact on someone's life."
The organization also has a mentorship program where UNI students facilitate skill-development camps and talk with kids about the benefits of participating in extracurricular activities. UNI 4 Kids members also meet with K through 12th-graders on a regular basis in group settings to discuss the importance of giving their best on the field and in the classroom.
"Studies show that participation in extracurricular activities correlates strongly with improved academic success, positive behavior and high self-esteem, all which impact the graduation rate," said Campbell.
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May 05. 2013 10:06PM
Employee pay, dump trucks key Sanbornton warrant
By DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
SANBORNTON - Residents will be presented with a proposed $3.8 million town operating budget, an increase of a little more than 3 percent, when they gather for Town Meeting this week.
Polls are open for the annual town election on May 14 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Old Town Hall.
Town Meeting will be held on May 15 at 7 p.m. at Sanbornton Central School.
The selectmen have proposed a $3,776,638 budget. The budget committee has recommended a budget figure of $3,790,452. Last year's approved budget was $3,648.473.
Among the budget items that may draw discussion at the meeting are police salaries and an article dealing with Blackbrook Watershed Protection, said David Nickerson, chairman of the board of selectmen.
Town officials have included a 2.5 percent raise for all town employees in the new budget.
The police department has asked for a higher percentage raise for police in order to keep officers from moving to higher-salaried positions in surrounding towns, Nickerson said.
Article 9 deals with the Blackbrook Watershed. Voters will be asked to approve $38,866 to build least two sediment traps on Kaulback Road, and for water testing of Lake Winnisquam.
If passed, most of the cost would be funded through a grant, but taypayers would have to pay an additional $13,406.
Selectmen have recommended Article 9, which is not recommended by the budget committee.
Article 6 asks voters for $34,000 for the purchase of a new police cruiser and related equipment.
Articles 7 and 8 present options for the acquisition of new town dump truck.
Article 7 calls for a lease/purchase agreement for a 10-wheel dump truck at a cost of $207,500 with a $43,100 first-year payment.
Article 8 offers an alternate plan for a $168,000 six-wheel c