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I am only a likkle kitten......
Tamara K. Walker 8/23/2007 4:22:49 AMFantastic light, such a cutie. #721197
Dominick M. Dimacale 8/23/2007 4:23:26 AMThis is so cute Dominic...Dominick #4687095
Amanda Chapman 8/23/2007 4:31:49 AMGreat timing Dominic!!
I love the position of its paw and the expression!!! #4687148
Nick Lagos 8/23/2007 4:39:41 AMTop pic Dominic...congrats #4687192
Sharon King 8/23/2007 5:10:40 AMNice lighting, adorable shot! #4687367
Cyn Valentine 8/23/2007 5:11:26 AMAwesome lighting..adorable!!! #4687368
Claudia Kuhn 8/23/2007 6:54:44 AMWhat a sweet capture Dominic! #4687848
Daniel Siddlington 8/23/2007 9:11:19 AMThanks to all for such great comments, I really do appreciate it!! The kitten was hiding from the big black clicky thing (camera) under the shelves, I bounced flash off the ceiling only to illuminate the front leaving the back in shade! Thanks again.
Kimi A. Phillips 8/23/2007 10:42:00 AMLOVE THIS!!!!! The expression and position are perfect! #4688830
Anne M. Young 8/23/2007 3:51:54 PMDominic - this is such a wow shot! Really grabs you! #4689724
Michelle Mick 8/24/2007 9:36:02 PMI'm in love! What a cutie. The position you caught him in is great. What a wonderful photo!!! #4694525
Holly Hitchcock 9/10/2007 7:07:43 PMWONDERFUL. You captured the timidness and a combo of fear and curiosity so well. Great lighting and you got the whole package, I'd say!! #4774657
Meg Voyzey 9/16/2007 7:38:45 PMAbsolutely adorable. What a way to capture such expression from this little thing. Wonderfully done! #4800406
Sam Britt 9/16/2007 7:55:01 PMAdorable kitty portrait. Great lighting & composition. #4800448
Melissa Malisia 10/5/2007 5:01:17 PMADORABLE capture, Dominic!! Congrats on your EFP! #4887639
Colleen Farrell 10/24/2007 9:57:15 PMHey I get to be the first to congratulate you on your finalist, Dominic! This is sensational!! Thanks for the info on how you did it, too. Beautiful work! #4975587
Steven E. Ray 10/25/2007 2:49:01 AMOutstanding work on this one. Wow! The lighting illuminates the kitten's staggered stance... incredible capture and well earned finalist Dominic! #4976545
Cyn Valentine 10/25/2007 4:46:41 AMAwesome! Big congratulations!! #4977236
Joan Kocak 10/25/2007 5:57:25 AMwhoa! how did I miss this one...CONGRATS, hope it goes gold because it deserves to!!!! #4977752
Melissa Malisia 10/25/2007 8:21:40 AMCongrats on your finalist!!! #4979118
Daniella Puente 10/25/2007 9:48:15 AMExcellent cat portrait! #4979720
Teresa Norris 10/25/2007 11:23:45 AMWow, the shadow and light are wonderful, Dominic...congratulations on this wonderful finalist! #4980369
Sam Britt 10/25/2007 12:09:03 PMCongratulations Dominic! #4980594
Amy Weiland 10/25/2007 1:48:56 PMLove the lighting on this one. Great expression on the kitten, as well. #4981084
Amy Weiland 10/25/2007 1:48:59 PMLove the lighting on this one. Great expression on the kitten, as well. #4981085
Amy Weiland 10/25/2007 1:49:01 PMLove the lighting on this one. Great expression on the kitten, as well. #4981086
Laurie Daily 10/25/2007 2:43:03 PMCongratulations on this great finalist, Dominic! #4981334
Margie Hurwich 10/25/2007 8:28:49 PMLOVE IT! CONGRATS!!! #4983148
Gail Vitikacs 10/26/2007 1:34:19 PMWonderful! Congratulations! #4986532
Cyn Valentine 10/26/2007 3:44:33 PMAwesome image..congratulations on this great winner!! #4987311
Lorri Shank 10/26/2007 4:18:55 PMCongratulations, Dominick. What a sweet animal!! #4987489
Jill Flynn 10/26/2007 6:11:03 PMSo happy to see this little fellow here Dominic! One of my favorites of yours. It is fantastic! Congratulations on your WIN! #4987903
Joan Kocak 10/26/2007 7:02:32 PMthis is really deserving of a win!!! a favorite, CONGRATULATIONS! #4988166
"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar 10/26/2007 10:25:51 PMCONGRATS!!!Awesome image. #4988802
Nadya Johnson 10/26/2007 11:50:23 PMThis is so stunning! Congratulations on your wonderful winner! #4988937
Mary K. Robison 10/27/2007 12:34:07 AMLovely B&W capture, Dominic!
Jeff Robinson 10/27/2007 4:33:39 AMCongrats Dominic on this terrific 2nd Place Win! Jeff #4989401
Donna W. Neal 10/27/2007 6:10:45 AMVery very cute!
Maria Zammit 10/27/2007 8:50:10 AMOutstanding capture Dominic. the expression awesome. Congratulations on your win. #4990708
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 10/28/2007 9:28:39 PMCongratulations on your win!!! A big smile from me, this is so cute!! Great work! #4997220
Emile Abbott 10/29/2007 8:32:57 AMToo Cute and congrats on a winner, Dominic #4999618
Pamela A. MacBean 11/6/2007 11:29:22 AMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!!!!!
What an amazingly cute shot & so well done.
---Pam :) #5035892
Nancy Grace Chen 3/25/2009 7:06:27 PMprecious kitten and perfect pose!! so huggable. wonderful shot. #7331837
Crystal Young 3/23/2010 12:46:08 PMAdorable! Great shot! Congrats! #8475407
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My favorite part was when she talked about how she was back in California and how she had eighty degree Christmas days. I think this book is pretty entertaining because it tells you how to have fun while babysitting. Like playing board games and doing things they liked to do. This story reminded me of a time when I helped my Mom babysit my nephew. We played games and I had a fun time helping my Mom.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Finally....It's NOHAN !
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I'm so glad you were finally able to draw this! What an Amazin' moment.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes! AMAZIN! CONGRATS!Delete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2012 at 1:09 AM
Love this one ... One of the BEST moments in NY Mets history ... Thanks to Johan Santana !!! Let's Go Mets 2012 !!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for this. Just an incredible feeling after all the stuff we've gone through. And I was so glad it was against the Cardinals, and Wainwright, and Beltran, and Molina. That 2006 demon was exorcised last night, thank you Johan!ReplyDelete
Unbelievable!! I would love to purchase this print...will you make it available for purchase?ReplyDelete
YES! And I agree with Eric — a print of this would be spectacular to frame with my ticket and scorecard!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2012 at 8:35 AM
I couldn't wait to see today's post after seeing last night's game!ReplyDelete
Fantastic, sir!ReplyDelete
you MUST offer this as a print!ReplyDelete
It's brilliant and I can't believe you made it so quickly! (though you must have been just as pumped as the rest of us)
*So* awesome.ReplyDelete
- AL ArauzJune 2, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Let us know if you can offer this as a print.. i'm making room on my wall for NoHan!ReplyDelete
Awesome. Love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Awesome Baby!!!ReplyDelete
It's a great day to be a Mets fan!!!ReplyDelete
What an awesome moment!! Like a dream! How Amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Awesome drawing...agree with the comments above, can you make this available for purchase?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Dean PolskyJune 11, 2012 at 8:44 AM
I agree with you, Christy!Delete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2012 at 12:33 PM
When I was watching the 9th last night, I started thinkin' "what's tomorrow's cartoon going to be like?". You didn't disappoint. I remember a week or two ago, you mentioned that maybe this year the Amazin's will get their 1st no-hitter after Dickey proved to be nearly unhittable again. Who knew it would happen... so soon? Awesome game last night. So exciting!ReplyDelete
Joe: Please put this on a t-shirt. I will order four immediately!!!ReplyDelete
- Dean PolskyJune 2, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Wow. Prints for sale? T-shirts for sale? Keep us posted !!!ReplyDelete
Like Devon, One of my first thoughts after the game was what will the cartoon look like. It looks amazin. For a truely amazin moment. Thanks joe. I want one!ReplyDelete


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Cherish those good days
A couple enjoys yesterday's sunny conditions for a stroll along the beach at City Park. While Hurricane Sandy stripped park trees of their leaves, the beach was left largely intact thanks to work, it would appear, by city crews following Tropical Storm Irene last year. (Warwick Beacon photo by John Howell)
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Kelly Richardson's 'Legion' sends a distress signal from the future
A disquieting mixture of fear, awe and nervous energy pours from the video work of Kelly Richardson, the Canadian artist who has turned her preoccupation with the future of the planet into a series of stunning and sometimes terrifying landscapes.
"Kelly Richardson: Legion," a midcareer survey of the artist's technically pristine work, is on view in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery through June 9.
As visitors step into the large east gallery of the Albright-Knox's 1905 building, they will encounter what is likely the largest and most overwhelming video installation they have seen outside of an IMAX theater.
"Mariner 9," on view in the United States for the first time and recently acquired by the Albright-Knox, extends a full 43 feet across the gallery's longest wall. The living painting, named after NASA's 1971 space orbiter, presents an imagined vision of the surface of Mars 200 years hence. Its craggy and windswept landscape is littered with the blinking and whirring detritus of NASA's exploratory missions of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Those abandoned rovers and rudimentary installations amid the swirling Martian dust, Richardson has suggested, may well be transmitting signals back to a dead planet that has exhausted its own ability to support life.
In other rooms, similarly immense and unsettling video projections show animated scenes of breathing primordial swamps, desolate moonscapes with eerie holographic trees flickering in and out of view, enchanted wildlife prowling across otherwise empty forests and cars perpetually spinning their wheels in midair.
The universe Richardson has constructed for this show is bleak and devoid of all but the strangest forms of life. It has precedents, as Albright-Knox curator Holly E. Hughes writes in her illuminating catalog essay, in sources as seemingly disparate as the sweeping romantic landscape paintings of the late 18th century to the B-horror and science-fiction films of the 1970s and '80s.
The handsome catalog that accompanies the show features a range of intriguing theories about how Richardson's work explores the notion of the sublime, that strange mixture of hope and fear that reveals something uncomfortable about the depth and darkness of human desire.
But far beyond a mere exploration of a fascinating historical concept, her work strikes me as a fairly straightforward warning – albeit a mysterious and beautiful one – that our planet is on an accelerating path toward destruction.
"I'm interested in that contradiction at this critical time in human history when current predictions for our future are not just unsettling, but terrifying," she told The News in a February interview.
In another installation, "The Erudition," we see a strange moonscape (or possibly post-apocalyptic Earthscape) on which tall, undulating pines appear and disappear like the holographic projection of Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars."
As in all of Richardson's living paintings, we're meant to write our own narratives for this unsettling scene, which could be humanity's last desperate attempt at palliative care for a ruined planet. But even though she leaves the questions unanswered, it's clear that she is prodding us to project our minds farther into the future than we're comfortable doing. Richardson's major gift – in addition to her technical facility and her embrace of beauty as a way to prime us the disturbing undercurrents snaking through her otherwise sumptuous work – is the way she seems to look back from the future.
For frequent visitors to the Albright-Knox, Richardson's work can be seen as an obvious outgrowth of the concerns of other artists the gallery has recently exhibited. The stunning landscapes of photographer Victoria Sambunaris, for instance, are preoccupied, as Richardson's work is, with the ways humans have perforated the natural landscape.
The data-driven projections of Jennifer Steinkamp, the subject of a 2008 survey in the gallery, are an antecedent to Richardson's work, which has been technically polished to the point that most viewers are unable to distinguish what is real and what is computer-generated.
In the end, that distinction isn't nearly as important as what the work says about the path we're on. Some curators and experts might balk at the notion that Richardson is one of her generation's most ingenious environmental activists, allergic as they are to art that seems to endorse a specific political message.
But Richardson's haunting glimpses of the future – more than Earth Day slogans, more than the photographs of Sandy's aftermath and perhaps even more than documentaries such as "An Inconvenient Truth" – may be the images that stay with us the longest.
What: "Kelly Richardson: Legion"
When: Through June 9
Where: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave.
Admission: $5 to $12
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Lily Allen Suffers Miscarriage
Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage after nearly six months of pregnancy.
The 25-year-old British singer and her beau, Sam Cooper, had shared the news of her pregnancy after she was given the go-ahead after the third month.
"It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Lily Allen and Sam Cooper have lost their baby," her rep said to the UKPA. "The couple ask that their privacy be respected and that they be left alone at this deeply distressing time. No further comment will be made."
Lily miscarried back in January of 2008 after conceiving with partner Ed Simons.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lily and Sam during this difficult time.


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And yes that cover looks great too. The images were taken by ace photographer Dean Chalkley who has lots of images of contemporary mods (and a film too – see the bottom of the page) on his site here.
Anyway back to the book. There have been plenty of Mod books before, but this looks like being a fairly definitive one for a number of reasons.
Firstly, it looks like it is going to properly tackle Mod history and its greater influence on popular culture in a way that other books haven't. It is a moot point, for example, whether the real inheritors of the Mod tradition in the 1980s were the Acid House mob at the end of the decade (they took pills and danced all night), the C86ers (they had the bowl cuts and loved the 60s music) or the Casuals (whose clothes were more in keeping with traditional sharp mod values and tended to be more working class like the original Mods).
Without pre-guessing what Weight is going to write in his book I think he will make the case that Mod influenced them all. And that's a story that hasn't really been written in any depth.
Besides the Mod movement is very diverse at the moment – as this 'What Type of Mod are you?' post illustrates.
The second reason why the book looks great is that Richard Weight is a very accomplished author. I read his Patriots book over a decade ago, and although I don't remember too much about it now, I recall being impressed by both the depth of his research, and also the way he wasn't afraid to fire off his opinions. The book looks at national identity in Britain between 1940 and 2000 and the decline of British-ness in favour of stronger associations of being English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish. It really needs an update too and I'd be fascinated to read his views on the way that The Olympics, the popularity of The Monarchy and immigration have all fueled a revival of Britishness. Yet at the same time we could be just years away from Scotland leaving the Union.
In many ways too there hasn't been a better time for the Mod book. Bradley Wiggins is still everywhere, heritage brands like Ben Sherman and Fred Perry are back in the limelight and there are plenty of bands who are creating music that has 60s influences at their heart.
The Who touring Quadrophenia a few months after the book launch should help too.
Anyhow, I am very excited by the book's arrival and if you want to know more here's the blurb from the publishers.
It is published at the end of March and will cost £25 for a hardback edition.
Welcome to the world of the sharp-suited 'faces'. The Italianistas. The scooter-riding, all-night-dancing instigators of what became, from its myriad sources, a very British phenomenon.
Mod began life as the quintessential working-class movement of a newly affluent nation – a uniquely British amalgam of American music and European fashions that mixed modern jazz with modernist design in an attempt to escape the drab conformity, snobbery and prudery of life in 1950s Britain. But what started as a popular cult became a mainstream culture, and a style became a revolution.
In Mod, Richard Weight tells the story of Britain's biggest and most influential youth cult. He charts the origins of Mod in the Soho jazz scene of the 1950s, set to the cool sounds of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. He explores Mod's heyday in Swinging London in the mid-60s – to a new soundtrack courtesy of the Small Faces, the Who and the Kinks. He takes us to the Mod-Rocker riots at Margate and Brighton, and into the world of fashion and design dominated by Twiggy, Mary Quant and Terence Conran.
But Mod did not end in the 1960s. Richard Weight not only brings us up to the cult's revival in the late 70s – played out against its own soundtrack of Quadrophenia and the Jam – but reveals Mod to be the DNA of British youth culture, leaving its mark on glam and Northern Soul, punk and Two Tone, Britpop and rave.
This is the story of Britain's biggest and brassiest youth movement – and of its legacy. Music, film, fashion, art, architecture and design – nothing was untouched by the eclectic, frenetic, irresistible energy of Mod.


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I didn't find anything about this so I'm making it.
What are some songs you know that have been copied or is similar?
Just want to see what people find.
Here's a band that has been known for copying Koreans.. the person who made the video put the audio of Seven Days' LUV, and the video of the Wonder Girls' song Nobody. I Don't hate Seven Days because I don't know them. Also I'm not trying to trash their reputation.
"Seven Days Copy"
Dineyra's Raqsga Tushgin Wasn't really copied, but was sold to make Girls' Generation's Genie
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
(On the Thailand side is Seven Days)
Update: Wow.. these people claimed to be copying 2NE1.. I guess people will do anything to get famous (More Thai people )
Also people seem to love to copy SNSD these days..
The 'Idol Girls' are from China.. not only do they have the same costumes on as SNSD
they have 9 members (and have "Girl" in their name) too.. and if you look at each one of them you will see then the
person in Yuri's spot has the same hair style as Yuri, the person in Jessica's spot has the same hair color as Jessica
and the person in Hyo Yeon's spot has the same stripped shirt.. as Hyo Yeon.
better yet.. they have the same everything.. (They even have the same skin tone o.o..)
So, what are some songs you know (or think) that have been copied or is similar??
Lock if Duplicate.
I hate how Jason DeRulo took Imogen Heap's
"what did she say?
Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did.
Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmmm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is."
To be honest, the American music nowadays is just taking music from back then especially Flo Rida, I don't know how much more I can be pissed off at him even though his hits were like last year
"You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down"
I think that came from a REALLY old song, not sure.
Then there's that Sugar song.
"da boo dee da boo da" freaking chant that came from Eiffell 65 "I'm Blue"
Moosic :]
Already Gone by Kelly Clarkson and Halo by Beyonce sound similar.
just updated her status.
saiful apek's aspalela is copied from terang bulan - a classic malay song...
Wa kenal mak lu...
Shut up and Drive by Rhianna, Boys and Girls by Pixie Lot
You'll Leave Me Alone In This Darkness - Left Alone To Hold Out Against The Tide
LikeOmgIts_Anna wrote:
Already Gone by Kelly Clarkson and Halo by Beyonce sound similar.
Bu then agani they were produced and written by the same person...i think it was some guy in one republic
i love my pink dolphin!
musicash wrote:
LikeOmgIts_Anna wrote:
Already Gone by Kelly Clarkson and Halo by Beyonce sound similar.
Bu then agani they were produced and written by the same person...i think it was some guy in one republic
oh i see... i did not know that.
just updated her status.
most viet songs are kinda copy from china or catonese. lik bao thy or whoever
Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou. Anyone know where the sub is? Please Help!!
Well that sucks but with these, you can say that the original is really and very popular.
The Cardigans-Lovefool & Justin Bieber-Love me
Well JB just took their song and remade it in sort of his own


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E-Trade swings to Q1 profit, beating estimates
(7:06 PM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- E-Trade Financial Corp. ETFC, -1.47% reported on Wednesday its first-quarter net income was $97 million, or 33 cents a share, compared to $35 million, or 12 cents a share in the same period a year ago. Revenue was up 13% to $475 million, compared to $420 million a year ago. Analysts had expected net income of 23 cents a share on revenue of $455 million, according to FactSet. The online broker said daily average revenue trades, known as DARTs, were up 33% in the quarter, from the same quarter the year before and up 24% from the previous quarter. The company had a total of 3.1 million brokerage accounts, an increase of 72,000 from the prior quarter. Brokerage account attrition for the quarter was a record low for the Company at 7.1 percent annualized. "During the quarter we took an opportunity to sell the bulk of our one- to four-family TDR portfolio and completed the transaction in April at a slight gain. This transaction significantly reduces risk on the legacy loan portfolio, while also serving as a net positive for our forward earnings profile through the reduction in future associated costs," said Matthew Audette, E-Trade's chief financial officer. Shares in E-Trade were fell 0.1% in after market trading.
CORRECT: Qualcomm beats EPS view, misses on sales
(4:51 PM ET) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, +1.16% said late Wednesday that second-quarter net income was $1.96 billion, or $1.14 a share, compared with $1.87 billion, or $1.06 a share, for the same period a year ago. Sales for the San Diego, Calif.-based wireless technology firm were $6.37 billion against last year's $6.12 billion. Adjusted earnings of $1.31 were ahead of the $1.23-per-share forecast from analysts polled by FactSet, but sales for the quarter were expected to come in at $6.49 billion. Qualcomm upped its own forecast for full-year earnings to a range of $5.05-$5.25 a share from $5-$5.20, but left sales projections at $26 billion to $27.5 billion. Shares were down 4% in after-hours trading. (Corrected to note company's home base.)
Apple beats estimates; sets 7-for-1 stock split
(4:38 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.61% on Wednesday reported a fiscal second-quarter profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 a share, on revenue of $45.6 billion. During the year-ago period, Apple earned $9.5 billion, or $10.09 a share, on $43.6 billion in sales. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast Apple to earn $10.19 a share on revenue of $43.67 billion. Apple also said it will expand its capital return program to more than $130 billion, will increase its share buyback plan to $90 billion from $60 billion and announced a seven-for-one stock split effective June 9.
Zynga swings to a loss
(4:35 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- FarmVille creator Zynga Inc. ZNGA, +1.50% reported late Wednesday a first-quarter net loss of $61.2 million, or 7 cents a share, reversing a year-ago profit of $4.1 million, which broke even on a per-share basis. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, the company posted a 1-cent loss for the quarter, reversing a 1-cent profit a year ago. Revenue for the San Francisco-based social games developer fell to $168 million from $263 million. Analysts polled by FactSet had predicted the company would lose 1 cent a share on $196 million in revenue. The company said it sees a 2014 net loss of $65 million to $75 million on revenue of between $140 million and $160 million. Zynga also said founder Mark Pincus has stepped down as chief product officer to focus on his continued role as chairman of the board, and Alex Garden has been appointed president of Zynga Studios, reporting directly to CEO Don Mattrick. Zynga shares were up as much as 5% in after-hours trade.
Angie's List narrows quarterly loss; shares up 3.5% after hours
(4:17 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Angie's List Inc. ANGI, -0.41% late Wednesday reported a first-quarter loss of 6 cents a share, in line with expectations and compared with a loss of 14 cents a share in the year-ago period. The online provider of professional services reviews and recommendations said its revenue for the quarter hit $72.7 million, an increase of 39% from $52.2 million in the prior-year period. Angie's List shares have lost 21% in the past three months, and 37% in the past 12 months. Revenue from paid memberships rose 25% to $18.3 million in the quarter, the company said. Shares of Angie's List rose 3.5% to $13.27 in after-hours trading.
Facebook crushes estimates, stock rises
(4:09 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Facebook Inc. FB, +0.47% on Wednesday reported a first-quarter profit of $642 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with a profit of $219 million, or 9 cents a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue soared to $2.5 billion from $1.46 billion. Adjusted profit was 34 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet on average were expecting the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company to report a profit of 24 cents a share, on revenue of $2.36 billion. Facebook shares were up more than 2% after hours. The company also announced that Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman was stepping down. He will be replaced by David Wehner, currently vice president for corporate finance.
Apple, Facebook, Amazon get attention among tech stocks
(12:47 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks remained mostly in the red as trading progressed Wednesday, with Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.61% Facebook Inc. FB, +0.47% and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.43% getting noticed by investors. Apple and Facebook both dipped into negative territory in advance of those companies' quarterly results, due after the close of trading. Amazon was off by 1.4% after it announced a deal to be the exclusive online-only subscription service for many HBO series such as "The Sopranos" and "Boardwalk Empire." The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.26% fell 22 points to 4,139.
TD Ameritrade beats earnings and revenue expectations
(8:34 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- TD Ameritrade AMTD, -1.21% said Wednesday its second-quarter earnings were $194 million, or 35 cents a share, compared to $144 million, or 26 cents a share in the same period the year before. Revenue was up 16% to $812 million, from $679 million the year before. Analysts expected net income of 34 cents a share on revenue of $800 million. The online broker said the quarter had record average client trades per day of approximately 492,000, up from 378,000 from the year before. "We continue to see strong asset gathering and demand for our guidance-based offerings. We remain focused on giving our clients access to a wide range of products, tools and education to help them pursue their goals," said Fred Tomczyk, president and chief executive officer of TD Ameritrade. The company also declared a 12 cents-a-share quarterly cash dividend, payable on May 16, 2014 to all holders of record of common stock as of May 2, 2014. Shares were flat in premarket earnings.
Boeing shares rise after earnings topping forecast
(8:00 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Boeing Co. BA, -0.08% reported its first-quarter profit fell 13% to $965 million, or $1.28 a share, from $1.11 billion, or $1.44 a share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings per share rose to $1.76 from $1.73 in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue rose to $20.47 billion, from $18.89 billion a year earlier, the aircraft maker said Wednesday. Analysts had expected adjusted earnings of $1.57 a share on revenue of $20.24 billion, according to FactSet. The firm attributed its rise in revenue to higher commercial volume. The company said it sees full-year adjusted earnings per share in a range between $7.15 and $7.35. Shares in Boeing were up 2.3% in premarket trading.
Delta shares take off after adjusted earnings beat
(7:47 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL, +1.59% said Wednesday its first-quarter profit jumped to $213 million, or 25 cents a share, from $7 million, or 1 cent a share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were $281 million, or 33 cents a share. Total operating revenue rose 5% to $8.92 billion, the airline company said. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 29 cents a share on revenue of $10.31 billion. Delta said it cancelled more than 17,000 flights in January and February due to the extreme winter weather, decreasing revenue by $90 million and pre-tax income by $55 million. Passenger revenue rose 5% in the quarter from a year ago. The company said it expects second-quarter operating margins of 14% to 16%. Shares rose 2.3% in premarket trade.
Dow Chemical first-quarter earnings rise, sales edge up
(7:26 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Dow Chemical Inc. DOW, -0.42% on Wednesday said first-quarter net earnings were $964 million, or 79 cents a share, compared with $550 million, or 46 cents a share, from the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings were 79 cents a share. Sales at Dow Chemical were $14.46 billion, up from $14.38 billion in the year-earlier period. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected adjusted earnings of 70 cents a share on sales of $14.71 billion. Dow Chemical shares in premarket trading rose 1.2% to $49.52 following the quarterly results.
Procter & Gamble core profit rises 5% in third quarter
(7:19 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Procter & Gamble Co. PG, -0.80% said on Wednesday revenue and profit rose in the third quarter, but that both were negatively impacted by currency headwinds. Net profit for the quarter rose 2% to $2.61 billion, or 90 cents a share, from $2.57 billion, or 88 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings improved 5% to $1.04 a share, although on a currency-neutral basis earnings increased 17%, the company said. Sales came in at $20.56 billion compared with $20.60 billion in the same quarter last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of $1.01 a share on revenue of $20.65 billion. P&G said sales for the period were negatively impacted by foreign-exchange fluctuations. For the full year, the consumer-goods firm said it expects total sales to grow 1%, including a negative foreign-exchange impact of 2% to 3%. P&G shares rose 0.7% ahead of the open.


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10 Discussion Questions
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45
by Max Hastings
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How did the Allies achieve victory in the Pacific in World War II? Max Hastings tells the story of the cataclysmic events leading to V-J Day in his latest work of military history, Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 (Knopf, 615 pp., $35) www.aaknopf.com. Here are some starter questions about the book for history book clubs and others.
Discussion Questions
1. You could argue that, as used in the title of this book, the word "retribution" has more than one meaning. What are some of them? Which do you see as the most important?
2. The War in the Pacific differed from the War in Europe in many ways, including in its scale. "In the Pacific there were no great battles resembling Normandy, the Bulge, the Vistula and Oder crossings, exploiting mass and maneuver. Instead, there was a series of violently intense miniatures, rendered all the more vivid in the minds of participants because they were so concentrated in space." [Page 119] This reality of the War in the Pacific poses an obvious challenge for military historians who need to create drama in order to maintain interest a long book. How does Hastings create that drama?
3. Hastings tries to debunk a number of myths about World War II, one of which involves the American decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some people believe that this act caused a needless loss of life because the Japanese would have surrendered if warned about the bomb. Hastings disagrees. "The myth that the Japanese were ready to surrender anyway has been so comprehensively discredited by modern research that it is astonishing some writers continue to give it credence," he writes. "Japanese intransigence does not of itself validate the use of atomic bombs, but it should frame the context of debate." [Page xix] How – and how well — does he make the case for this point of view?
4. What myths about the war does Hastings try to banish? How effective are his attempts?
5. Parts of Retribution may be controversial. In some of these, Hastings compares the nature if not the scope of Japanese atrocities to those of the Nazis, who used some similar methods of torture or death, such as vivisection of unanesthetized prisoners. "In the face of evidence from so many different times, places, units and circumstances, it became impossible for Japan's leaders credibly to deny systematic inhumanity as gross as that of the Nazis," Hastings writes. [Page 236] Based on the evidence in Retribution, is this comparison justifiable?
6. Hastings is British journalist born a few months after World War II ended. Apart from the British spellings retained in the American edition of Retribution, do you see any evidence that his nationality affected his telling of the story? Given the current political climate in the U.S., would an American writer have spoken so bluntly about the reluctance of the Japanese to come to terms with the atrocities committed in World War II?
7. The former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw has called those who lived through World War II "the greatest generation." Hastings challenges this view. "The phrase 'the greatest generation' is sometimes used in the U.S. to describe those who lived through those times," he writes. "This seems inapt. The people of World War II may have adopted different fashions and danced to different music from us, but human behavior, aspirations and fears do not alter much. It is more appropriate to call them, without jealousy, 'the generation to which the greatest things happened.'" [Page xx] Some American writers have also faulted Brokaw's view as romanticized. How, if at all, did Retribution affect your view the phrase "the greatest generation"?
8. Hastings explores in some depth the motives of kamikaze pilots who crashed their planes into American aircraft carriers and other ships in the last days of World War II. "Suicide attack offered a prospect of redressing the balance of forces, circumventing the fact that Japanese pilots were no longer capable of challenging their American counterparts on conventional terms," he writes. "Instead, their astonishing willingness for self-sacrifice might be exploited. Here was a concept which struck a chord in the Japanese psyche, and caught the Imperial Navy's mood of the moment. Officers cherished a saying: 'When a commander is uncertain whether to steer to port or starboard, he should steer towards death.' An alternative aphorism held that 'One should take care to make one's own dying as meaningful as possible.' The suicide concept appeared to satisfy both requirements." What parallels do you see between the tactics and motives kamikaze pilots and those of contemporary suicide bombers in the Middle East and elsewhere? [Pages 164–65]
9. In reviewing Retribution for the Wall Street Journal, Peter Kann responds to Hastings's view that only total war enabled the U.S. exploit weapons of mass destruction. "As we have repeatedly discovered since – World War II – in Korea, Vietnam and now Iraq – limited war is much more likely to favor belligerents of limited means," Kann writes. What, if any, implications does Retribution have for wars like the one we are fighting in Iraq? ["Total War in the Pacific," by Peter R. Kann, the Wall Street Journal, March 15-16, 2008, page W10.]
10. Hastings says that he didn't want to write another history of the war in the Pacific so much to describe 'a massive and terrible experience, set in a chronological framework.' Did he succeed? How does Retribution benefit or suffer from the approach he chose?
Your book group may also want to read: The Railway Man, a memoir by Eric Lomax of working as a prisoner of war on the Burma-Siam railroad, and Hiroshima, John Hersey's classic report on six Hiroshimans who survived when the atomic bomb fell on their city.
This guide may be expanded soon. If you have read Retribution, please feel free to suggest additional questions. A review of the book appeared on One-Minute Book Reviews on May 19, 2008 www.oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/05/19. One-Minute Book Reviews is a site for people who like to read but dislike hype and review inflation.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights recovered.


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40 CFR 1602.8 - Preservation of records.
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The CSB will preserve all correspondence pertaining to the requests that it receives under this part, as well as copies of all requested records, until disposition or destruction is authorized by Title 44 of the United States Code or the National Archives and Records Administration's General Records Schedule 14. Records will not be disposed of while they are the subject of a pending request, appeal, or lawsuit under the Privacy Act.


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Discover the best of Africa, from Kenya to South Africa
Want Africa with the lot? That's exactly what you'll get on this epic adventure across ten countries. Get breathtakingly close to animals more often seen in zoos and nature documentaries, from endangered mountain gorillas and lumbering elephants to ferocious lions and tiny dik-dik antelope. Along the way, meet people from a range of cultures and communities: Zanzibar spice growers, friendly Lake Malawi fishermen and fascinating San Bushmen. This trip will leave you humbled and amazed by the breadth of life and culture, and the beauty of nature, on this ancient and spectacular continent.
In 2019 this trip will no longer visit Marangu or visit the Mshiri Village in this area. Instead this trip will go directly from Mto Wa Mbu to Usambara Mountains. Further there will be an additional night in Stone Town after visiting the northern beaches of Zanzibar. The length of the itinerary will not change.
With gorilla permits included in the price of the trip, seek out the rare mountain gorilla on a trek through Uganda's steamy forests and spend an unforgettable hour in their presence
The chance to spot and get close to all of the Big Five in Masai Mara National Reserve
Experience the two sides of Jinja, a riverside retreat at the source of the Nile but also the adventure capital of Uganda
Explore the stunning Serengeti and discover animals unlike any you have ever seen
Embark on a safari across the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater in an open roof safari 4x4 for a chance to see a Black Rhino.
Chill out on the northern beaches of Zanzibar enjoying white sand and sparkling blue sea of the Indian Ocean
Discover the largest ruins in sub-Saharan Africa. A Unesco World Heritage site, the ruined city was first constructed in the 11th century and is thought to be a royal palace for the Zimbabwean monarch.
Feel the power of mighty Victoria Falls as view them from the Zimbabwe side
Camp out in the lush Okavango Delta and enjoy mokoro rides and bushwalks
Learn about the hunter-gatherer traditions of the San Bushmen outside of Grootfontein
Slide down a hot sand dune in Sesriem
Tracking gorillas in the dense forest can sometimes be wet, muddy and uncomfortable. The terrain is by no means easy either, so it can be pretty strenuous and often humid. But the sheer thrill in coming across a habituated group of gorillas, dominated by a great male silverback, more than outweighs any difficulty. You need to be prepared and fit enough to walk up to 4 hours - up and down hill. A top tip is to pack some gardening gloves to assist in any up-hill climbs.
Camp in the Serengeti National Park itself without fences between you and the animals. Your leader will brief you on the safety measures the group will need to take for the 2 nights spent in the park.
At Usambara Mountains the group will do a an easy hike to the beautiful Irente viewpoint.
We use mokoros (small dugout canoes) to pass through the shallow waterways of the Okavango Delta to get to our campsite for the night.
We use our purpose-built overland vehicles for the duration of this trip. This multi-purpose truck allows for great game viewing with large sliding windows. This means the trucks do not have air-conditioning and conditions can get dusty and hot.
The overland vehicle is large enough to seat up to 22 passengers and carries all the camping equipment needed for the duration of this trip. Therefore the going can be slow over the long distances and often bumpy roads.
This is a participatory camping trip. You will be expected to set up and take down you own tent as well as assist with food preparation and cleaning. This makes it quicker, easier, more fun and will bring the group closer together.
As the early bird catches the worm, the early camper sights the animals. There will be many early starts either to make use of the better safari time or to beat the morning traffic on long travel days.
This itinerary is valid for departures from 01 January 2018 to 20 December 2018. View the itinerary for departures between 21 December 2018 - 31 December 2019
1.This trip requires a higher non-refundable deposit (AUD1000, USD1000, EUR800, NZD1250, GBP650, CAD1000, ZAR8000, CHF900) in order to secure the included gorilla permit. We also require full passport details at time of booking. Please note that we need to confirm availability of a gorilla permit if you are booking within 45 days of departure. The additional deposit paid at time of booking will be credited to the final balance of your booking.
2. A single supplement is available on this trip. Please speak to your booking agent for further information. Please note, the single supplement doesn't apply to nights 55-57 in Swakopmund.
3. Optional sunrise balloon rides in the Serengeti National Park and Masai Mara National Reserve are possible on this itinerary. Please see the itinerary above for full details of this activity. As the balloon only holds 16 people, places are limited and we recommend you book in advance. Please inquire when booking your trip to book this optional activity.
4. This is a combination trip made up of 4 shorter trips. This means the composition of your group may change in Nairobi, Stone Town and Victoria Falls as some group members leave and new ones join you.
5. The Zanzibar portion of your itinerary may have a few more passengers than the maximum group size of 22 as we have a crossover of trips starting and finishing in Zanzibar.
6. This trip finishes upon arrival at our finish point hotel in Cape Town on Day 63. Please do not book any flights until after 7pm this evening.
In 2019 this trip will no longer visit Marangu or visit the Mshiri Village in this area. Instead this trip will go directly from Mto Wa Mbu to Usambara Mountains. Further there will be an additional night in Stone Town after visiting the northern beaches of Zanzibar. The length of the itinerary will not change.
Our Africa Encompassed Southbound trips score an average of 4.91 out of 5 based on 11 reviews in the last year.
Excellent trip to take. Great way to see the heart of Africa
Review submitted 20 Aug 2018
Be prepared for an amazing holiday. Everyday is a new adventure Read the trip noted before leaving, its essential for planning of extra activities , You can make the trop as expensive or cheap as you like.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A judge Friday granted prosecutors permission to exhume the body of a Chicago lottery winner who was fatally poisoned with cyanide just as he was about to collect his $425,000 payout.
Authorities want to do a fuller autopsy on Urooj Khan to confirm earlier but less-thorough toxicology tests, as well as to rule out that natural causes contributed to the 46-year-old's sudden death, according to documents filed with the motion for an exhumation.
Facing dozens of reporters and TV cameras crowded around her outside court after a judge signed off on the request, Khan's sister said the thought of her brother's body being unearthed and reexamined was disturbing — but that the procedure was essential.
"It's very hard," a tearful Meraj Khan said. "I wanted my brother to rest in peace, but we have to have justice served." She added about the exhumation, "It has to be done."
Khan's July 20 death was initially ruled a result of natural causes. But a relative asked authorities to look deeper, triggering more exams that led to the conclusion in November that the businessman was intentionally poisoned.
Cook County's Medical Examiner's Office didn't initially perform a comprehensive autopsy because there were no outward signs of physical trauma and it was thought he died of a cardiac arrest, the state's attorney's motion said.
Khan's sister told reporters Friday that she had received a call from her brother's phone number at 4 a.m. on the day he eventually died. The person on the line was so distraught that she isn't sure who it was.
"I couldn't understand what was happening," she said. "I heard screaming. That's all."
A specific date wasn't immediately set for the exhumation, though medical examiner spokeswoman Mary Paleologos said it should occur by the end of next week. The autopsy would most likely be done the next day, and results would be released two weeks later, she said.
The man's wife, Shabana Ansari, has said she can't believe her husband had any enemies, and she said that she was not involved in his death.
One of Ansari's lawyers said before Friday's hearing that she doesn't oppose the exhumation. But Al-Haroon Husain said she wants to ensure Islamic religious practices are adhered to, though he didn't elaborate.
Al-Haroon Husain said he would also ask authorities to carefully document the exhumation and autopsy, including by taking photographs, to ensure the procedures are carried out properly.
Police have released few details about the investigation; they have not announced any suspects or a possible motive or said which relative asked for the more thorough inquiry.
Meraj Khan and her husband, Mohammed Zaman, said neither could fathom that someone might have killed Urooj Khan.
Zaman said he wasn't sure if the lottery winnings might have played a role and he noted that his brother-in-law was already comparatively wealthy before.
Khan's reaction to winning the lottery, his sister said, was that he'd be even better positioned to help charities, including orphanages.
"It's hard to believe," she said, pausing. "Who would do this to him?" She added, "He was a very, very good man."
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The Siena Heights University women's basketball team took a 78-66 loss to Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference opponent Northwestern Ohio on Saturday night after struggling in the second half.
The Saints (3-2, 2-2 WHAC) lived and died by the 3-pointer in the game, which gave them the lead at halftime, but ultimately hurt them down the stretch. While the Saints went 6-for-10 from downtown in the first half, they shot just 5-for-18 (28 percent) in the second half from 3-point land.
The first half started out rough for the Saints, as they could not find an offensive rhythm, falling behind 21-16 in the first 10 minutes. However, after a timeout, the Saints came back firing, going on an 8-0 run and finding their shot from behind the arc.
"We went smaller today and had some good shooters on the court," said Siena Heights coach Sue Syljebeck. "As we got down late, we had to sit some post players and try to get back in the game with some deep shots. Unfortunately we just couldn't knock them down."
The Saints closed out the first half with back-to-back 3-pointers from Grace Howrigon and Najee Brazzle, but then let Northwestern Ohio (5-1, 3-0) go down court on a fast transition for an old fashioned 3-point play with six seconds left. The Saints went into the locker room with a 38-37 lead at half.
As the second half began, the Saints gave up some easy looks on defense and had sloppy turnovers on the offensive end. Northwestern Ohio opened the half with a 7-0 run and never looked back.
"They just had more grit and fight than us today," said Syljebeck. "They played more as a team then we did. They moved the ball and found good open shots, while we just made one pass and jacked up a shot."
As the second-half clock kept ticking down, Northwestern Ohio kept building a larger lead. That is until Brazzle came in off the bench to spark the Saints offense, hitting three 3-pointers and giving the Saints a chance at a comeback. However, Northwestern Ohio had their own answer from behind the arc, hitting back-to-back open 3s to open the lead up once again.
The Saints began forcing 3-pointers and turning the ball over in the final minutes. A few late 3-point makes made the score look a little better, but as the Saints intentionally fouled, Northwestern Ohio made its free throws and closed out the game.
Siena Heights was outrebounded 41-26 in the contest.
The Saints had four players in double digits on the night. Howrigon finished with a team-high 18 points as well as six rebounds and six assists. Sierra Calhoun finished with 15 points and five assists, while Brazzle came off the bench to score 12 points as she went 4-for-6 from behind the arc. Alexxis Knannlein, who also came off the bench, scored 11 points.
"We need to get back to work and get the mindset to defend," said Syljebeck. "Our offense is playing fine, but giving up 78 points is way too much. We need to learn that we need to defend to win basketball games."
Siena Heights women's basketball falls to Northwestern Ohio
The Siena Heights University women's basketball team took a 78-66 loss to Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference opponent Northwestern Ohio on Saturday night after struggling in the second half.


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Throughout the year, the Office of Admissions receives
notices of scholarships that are offered through external
organizations. Information about the scholarship awards
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You may also find information on other outside scholarship
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NEW! The Morton and Shirley Kessler Kessler Award
Application Deadline: October 26, 2012
Richard N. Kessler, `82, and his wife Lesley, established this award in honor of Rick�s parents, Morton and Shirley Kessler, who have instilled in them the importance of helping others. Morton and Shirley are role models by living their lives giving unconditional love for family, having deep faith and exhibiting a strong work ethic. The Morton and Shirley Kessler Award will be made to a continuing law student of good academic standing who has demonstrated significant need for financial assistance for law school expenses. This scholarship will be awarded in spring 2013. To apply for this $2500 scholarship, applicants should forward a letter of interest, financial statement, and current resume to the Office of Admissions, ATTN: Karla Davis, email@example.com.
NEW! The Roddy Scholarship
Joseph V. Roddy, a 1962 Chicago-Kent graduate, established this fund to provide financial assistance to evening division students currently working in law enforcement. Preference for this scholarhip is given to first year students and the award amounts range from $1,500 to $3,000. This scholarship will be awarded in spring 2013. To apply, applicants should forward a letter of interest and current resume to the Office of Admissions, ATTN: Karla Davis, email@example.com.
Apply now for the College Prowler Chicago Student Scholarship
Application deadline: December 31, 2012
College Prowler has introduced a $1,000 Chicago Student Scholarship for Chicago area students. Since 2002, College Prowler has been a leading resource for assisting students in their college search as well as finding scholarships to help finance their education. With over $50,000 awarded annually in College Prowler scholarships, we could be a great, free resource for your students – especially with this new scholarship just for them.
To apply for the $1,000 Chicago Student Scholarship, students need to log in or register for a free account at CollegeProwler.com and answer why they think Chicago is a great city for students and young adults. The winner will be determined based on the quality of his or her response. The application can be found here - https://collegeprowler.com/scholarship/chicago.
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Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. is pleased to offer the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. This scholarship is part of Banner & Witcofis continuing commitment to fostering the development of intellectual property lawyers from diverse backgrounds.
The Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship is open to all students currently enrolled in an American Bar Association accredited law school and pursuing a career in intellectual property law. The applicant must be a member of a historically under represented group (including race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability) and must have exemplary Writing and oral communication skills. To apply, submit the scholarship application by January 7, 2013.
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Application deadline: October 20, 2012
The McLean County Bar Association (MCBA) is announcing a $1,000 scholarship for eligible second or third year law school students with strong ties to McLean County, Illinois. To be considered, scholarship applications should be received electronically
by October 20, 2012, and the recipient will be selected on or before November 20, 2012. A formal presentation will be made December 18, 2012 at the Bar Association�s annual holiday luncheon. Additional information regarding the McLean County Bar Association may be found at www.mcleancountybarassociation.com and the for the scholarship application, click here. Applicants for the MCBA law school scholarship should demonstrate a commitment to McLean County, Bloomington-Normal and/or its surrounding communities through residency in the county, through academic ties to local schools or through past or future employment. Prime candidates will express and demonstrate a commitment to legal aid work, pro bono activities and/or community service. Applications should be emailed to Judge Kevin Fitzgerald at email@example.com.
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CustomMade.com announces two new scholarships available to students. CustomMade is a marketplace that allows you to commission custom projects from over 3,000 talented, independent makers. Following are the links to the scholarships:
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Application deadline: March 13, 2013
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Application deadline:�October 15, 2012
The SBAA is an organization of Serbian American attorneys, judges, paralegals and law students that has been in existence for nearly twenty years. The SBAA represents a valuable asset to Serbian American law students by offering them the opportunity to network with the greater Serbian American legal community and affording them career placement opportunities.
The SBAA is hosting a scholarship gala on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at the Park Ridge Country Club in Park Ridge, Illinois. Five scholarships will be awarded; one in the amount of $2,500, two in the amount of $2,000, one in the amount of $1,000 and one in the amount of $500.�
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LITTLE FALLS � Mr. Kevin P. Farrell, age 63, of Cramer Road, Little Falls (town of Danube), died on Friday evening, Jan. 17, 2014 at his home after a short but tough fight with cancer. He was surrounded with an abundant amount of love offered by family and close friends.
He was born on Sept. 30, 1950 in Winchester, Mass. Kevin moved to New York in the mid-1970s and worked as a machine mechanic for Redco (Salada Tea) in Little Falls until 2007. While there, he was active in his local union and held many positions including union president. When he left Redco in the mid-2000s, in fact right up until his passing, he worked at Feldmeier Equipment, Inc. in Little Falls as a welder. He took great pride in his ability to work at a high level of production and was admired by many co-workers and friends for his performance. When he was not hard at work, Kevin so much loved the outdoors. He had a passion for hunting and being outside with friends. Kevin was also an avid reader and resident expert on many aspects of American history. He had a great passion for learning and teaching about the American Revolution, the American Civil War and how it shaped his beloved Mohawk Valley.
Kevin is survived by his siblings: brother, John J. Farrell; a sister, Grace Marie (Farrell) Balestrieri; brothers, Francis E. Farrell and Michael J. Farrell; along with many nieces and nephews. Kevin was predeceased by his parents, John Joseph and Julia Marie (Connor) Farrell.
Kevin had selected the Enea Family Funeral Home, 24 W. Monroe St. in Little Falls to handle all of his full service funeral and burial arrangements. Calling hours at the funeral home will be on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. from the Enea Family Funeral Home where a prayer service will be held and at 11 a.m. from Holy Family Parish Church, East Main Street (corner of John Street), Little Falls, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Terrance Healey. Interment will take place in the spring of 2014 at Salisbury Rural Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made in Kevin�s name to Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc., 4277 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, NY 13413. Envelopes will be available at the Enea Family Funeral Home, Little Falls, for this purpose. Kevin�s family would also like to give a special thanks to Eric and Helen Kennedy, Matthew Hoose and all of the friends, family and Angels who helped Kevin through his fight with cancer. Those who knew and loved Kevin truly understood he was a special and generous soul. He will be greatly missed.
To leave an online note of sympathy please visit www.eneafamily.com. Funeral Directors Harry and Kevin Enea, 823-2424.
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LITTLE FALLS � Mr. Kevin P. Farrell, age 63, of Cramer Road, Little Falls (town of Danube), died on Friday evening, Jan. 17, 2014 at his home after a short but tough fight with cancer. He was surrounded with an abundant amount of love offered by family and close friends.


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Tracing activities develop a child control of the small muscles of the hands (fine motor skills) improving hand/eye coordination. Learning shapes and colors allows children to group or classify items -- children develop their ability to make logical connections -- a precursor to both math and language arts.
Take breaks, when necessary. Choose a time of day when you and the child are relaxed. Provide rewards (verbal encouragement, gold stars on "chore chart" checklists or awards for tasks that have been mastered) and change up the rewards when needed. Dont underestimate the "reward value" of one-on-one time with a loved grown up! Ten minutes of "homework time" with daddy after work can become a special ritual for both father and child
This month our family goal has been to cut back on worry, but it's not easy. As new school groups form and back-to-school sign ups start piling up, so do the expectations and concerns. Are we teaching our kids by modeling that more stress equals success? How do we slow down and get off the merry-go-round? No sooner did I ask this than a package arrived from Colorit, the makers of adult coloring books. Excited to start creating, I made a coffee date with a friend who has been there through play dates and preschool day. Finally, our long-awaited moment had come. We get to actually sit and just catch up.
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"Tuesday's piece on Ninjawords was really about two stories. The small story is that of a clever $2 iPhone dictionary app, the developers of which removed 'objectionable' words from its dictionary so as to get it published in the App Store. The big story is about the App Store itself, and whether Apple's management is attempting to correct its course. Yesterday afternoon I received a thoughtful email from Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller regarding Ninjawords and the App Store, and I think it bodes well for both stories."


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Every school is receiving several Elmo document camera setups. These setups include an Elmo document camera, projector, and cart.
So what is an Elmo document camera and how can I use it in my classroom?
An Elmo document camera, along with the included projector, allows you to project anything you put underneath it onto a wall or whiteboard. It is similar to the old transparency projectors, but without the need to use transparency sheets. Anything you put under the Elmo will be projected, whether it be student work, science experiment, a worksheet you are completing in class, and more.
You can hook the Elmo up to a computer and project what is on the computer as well, but you don't even need a computer for the Elmo to work. So if you haven't seen the Elmo setups in your school (all should be delivered by the end of November), try and track one down to see how it can benefit the instruction in your classroom.


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The following is what our readers sounded off about this week:
Don't block the river
I agree that the area along the Fox River in St. Charles on South First Street should become an open park, not a multi-storied building blocking the river view. A beautiful park with benches, fountains, landscaped walkways and, perhaps, acoustic music on a summer night would be an asset to the downtown and whole community. We need to keep our treasured river view open to all.
Impressive at Otter Cove
I wanted to take a moment and call out how impressed I am by the staff at Otter Cove in the St. Charles Park District. I don't think that I've ever seen a more engaged, attentive group of lifeguards in one place. The pool itself is always busy, with a significant number of small children in and out of the pool, with varied skill level of swimming and parental supervision. These guards seem to approach their role with the seriousness that it demands. Having watched a guard rescue a distressed swimmer first hand, I was amazed by how quickly the guard whistled the distress call and was in the pool, emerging seconds later with a very scared – but now safe – young girl. As the guard and the rescued swimmer climbed out of the pool, at least four staff members were waiting there with a backboard and other rescue gear, not needed in this case, but apparently well practiced.
Just show up at church
This is in response to the Sound Off, "Show some respect." I would just like to say that I think God would actually prefer for His children to show up in church. It doesn't really matter whether they are dressed formally or not.
Conflict of interest
In Wednesday's Chronicle, there is a story about an ordinance to allow a person who sells liquor to run for City Council. While I applaud Mr. Olesen's attempt to serve the city in that capacity, it doesn't take much thought to see a possible conflict of interest, even if he can't vote on the issues. I've come to the conclusion that, living in Illinois, if you don't voice your opinion and vote, you get the government you deserve.
Send a questionnaire
Why doesn't St. Charles send a questionnaire to its residents for input on the future of the Charlestowne Mall and the types of stores they would patronize there? Many residents have suggestions for the mall but are unable to attend city meetings.
Don't tax seniors
It's really sad that Illinois is in such a sad financial situation. Quinn's not doing much to help it. The best thing he could probably do is take a flat 10 percent off of everybody's budget, including schools. That would help things out. He can't take away from the seniors. Those are the ones who helped get everybody where they are at right now. They need everything the most. And it's really sad to take away their programs.
Thanks, Apple
My iPod broke, and I was sad because I knew I would have to pay to get it fixed. My dad said I would have to take the money out of my savings account to get it fixed. We made an appointment, and they said for $99 they will replace the one I have. I was so ecstatic because I thought I would have to pay $199, but I only paid $100 less than what I expected. Thanks Apple, and I will be much more careful with it now.
Stop talking
There are many things I don't understand. Why do people require the availability of a telephone at all times? The use of cellphones while driving is against the law in most states, but some folks still do it. It's one of the reasons that many nice people have lost their lives. Why is it that so many of us feel it necessary to always be in constant touch with someone or other? Has it become impossible for us to be alone with our thoughts? Of course, if you do work that has to do with emergencies, fine. But most of us aren't police, fire or other emergency workers. But most of the ones we are dealing with here aren't. Because they are often laughing and having a good old time on their telephones as I try to pass them to let them weave back and forth on the highway behind me instead of in front. Why is it that they must always be connected? Have they forgotten how to be alone? Once all of the personal news has been exchanged, I find little pleasure in small talk merely to stay connected. I don't understand those who stay on the phone long enough to observe summer change to winter. What can anybody talk about for over an hour? I guess it's called socializing. Am I anti-social, a loner? Good heavens, what will become of me? Incidentally, I also don't understand why we have no qualms about wearing dungarees, sweats and the like to places of worship now. But that's for another time. There's so much I don't understand.
Clean up the park
North Aurora park needs to get rid of all the foliage along the river banks. They hired animal control to chase the ducks away, but they just come right back. The high weeds and fallen trees and limbs are good hiding places from their predators. All that foliage also draws mosquitoes and bugs, which also are a health concern to picnickers and children who come to the playground. I live along the Fox River, and I have seen all sorts of behavior, and the park district needs to clean it up so it's safer for the public and not so attractive to animals and the homeless.
Nothing is free
Barack Obama has given millions of women special free health care for birth control and some other women's issue. And the emphasis that has been placed on it is F-R-E-E. I have news for all of you women out there, and all of you men and all of you taxpayers. There is absolutely nothing that is free from the government. You pay through your tax dollars for anything that any government does, regardless of whether it's state, local, federal or municipal. We, the people, pay for everything that every government does through our tax dollars and through our sales taxes. There is nothing free. If you want your taxes lowered, then stop government spending.
Mall security is good
In today's paper, someone called in about the St. Charles mall. They don't know what they are talking about. They said that security was bad, but that's the only thing that has stayed secure and doing what they are supposed to do. Everything else, the stores are closing and the ... people who bought it aren't interested and never come look at it. The city isn't doing anything. The security is the only thing that's going right. What's wrong with that person?
Talking a good game
The GOP-controlled House passed the extension of the current tax rates, which will affect [about] 99 percent of the taxpayers. Obama and the Democratic-controlled Senate will not even bring the extension of the current tax rates to vote because they want the missing 1 percent. The 1 percent that the Democrats do not like, just like themselves, are wealthy and educated individuals who can think on their feet and use private money to start and expand business and design things like software and buildings, defend the poor in court, purchase homes and other hard goods that also employ people. And these 1 percent also send their children to higher education. Democrats talk a good game about being interested in the 99 percent, but only if they become dependent on the federal government, and dislike the 1 percent because they do not.
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