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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A north-central Washington sheriff issued an urgent evacuation notice late Thursday for the wildfire-threatened small town of Pateros and officials were also evacuating a hospital in a nearby town, authorities said.
Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers issued the evacuation notice for the town of Pateros and a hospital in nearby Brewster, county sheriff's dispatchers confirmed. Pateros has a population of about 650 people and Brewster is home to about 2,400.
The area is threatened by a fast-growing cluster of wildfires known as the Carlton Complex, which has burned across at least 28 square miles of the scenic Methow Valley.
Scott Miller, the county's emergency manager, said homes have been lost. Authorities earlier Thursday confirmed the fire had burned at least two homes.
No deaths or injuries have been reported, Miller said.
Fire spokesman Tim Perciful said Thursday night he had no new acreage figures for the fire complex.
"Our personnel have been so busy they're not able to get back to us quickly," he said from an incident command post where the electricity was out Thursday night due to the fire.
For Friday's fire fight, "We're trying to get more state resources," Perciful said.
There is zero containment on the fire complex growing in high temperatures and gusty winds.
Several highways in the area were closed late Thursday, including a portion of U.S. Highway 97.
Meanwhile, another wildfire about 100 miles south chased people from nearly 900 homes as it burned near the Bavarian-themed village of Leavenworth.
The Chiwaukum Creek Fire sent a light dusting of ash over Leavenworth, where the German-style motif provides a backdrop to Oktoberfest and a Christmas tree lighting festival.
The fire's smoke plume rose 25,000 feet into the air. The blaze closed 15 miles of U.S. Highway 2 in the area.
"There's a huge cloud of smoke above us," Don Hurst, a retired firefighter who lives just outside of Leavenworth, said Thursday morning. "The winds started to pick up a little. It's just like snowfall here with the ash coming down. It's fine ash. We're getting all this ash fall."
Residents of 860 homes have been told they should leave immediately, fire officials said. Another 800 homes were less seriously threatened.
Authorities said Thursday that the Chiwaukum Creek Fire has grown to more than 10 square miles. It was first detected Tuesday.
"The weather and winds are not in our favor," said fire spokeswoman Mary Bean. Temperatures have been in the triple digits with winds gusting as high as 30 mph.
She said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
About 1,000 firefighters were fighting blazes around the state that included the Mills Canyon Fire, the state's largest at 35 square miles.
Worsening wildfire activity has prompted the governor's offices in both Washington and Oregon to declare states of emergency, a move that allows state officials to call up the National Guard.
Elsewhere across the West:
— OREGON: Two different lightning-sparked wildfires grew quickly in hot and dry conditions in central Oregon on Thursday, prompting evacuation alerts.
Authorities said the Bridge 99 fire in the Cascade Range 20 miles north of Sisters tripled in size and threatened rural homes along the Metolius River. A top-level evacuation advisory urged residents to leave their homes immediately.
In the Ochoco Mountains about 20 miles east of Prineville, the Bailey Butte Fire grew after getting into heavy timber in a wilderness area, prompting the Crook County Sheriff's office to advise residents of 27 homes to leave. The evacuation area included the Mount Bachelor Academy, which was shut down by the state in 2009 amid allegations it mistreated troubled teens. U.S. Highway 26 remained closed at the Ochoco Summit near Mitchell.
They were among 13 large fires burning across Oregon.
— UTAH: A wildfire encroaching on homes in the Tooele County town of Stockton had burned about 200 acres. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry said the fire burned part of a water tower but it's believed no homes have been destroyed. A 27-year-old Tooele man has been arrested on charges that he ignited the fire with matches. Police said the suspect, Timothy West, was a volunteer firefighter for the town several years ago, Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry told The Salt Lake Tribune.
— IDAHO: In central Idaho, the lightning-caused Preacher Fire has scorched more than 50 square miles, burning quickly through grass and brush. More than 300 personnel have been called in to suppress a wildfire inside the Boise National Forest that tripled in size overnight and is steadily spreading. The lightning-caused Whiskey Complex Fire consumed 7 square miles of forest land as of Thursday.
— CALIFORNIA: Evacuation orders have been called off for several rural homes in Northern California as firefighters took advantage of cool, moist conditions. Some residents near the destructive fire in Shasta County have been advised they may need to evacuate again. The blaze has burned more than 10,000 acres, or nearly 17 square miles. Marijuana-growing activity led to the fire starting Friday, authorities have said. California fire officials say a body has been found in the area. Authorities say it looks like the victim was trying to flee the fire. No other details about the victim were immediately available.


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Savor The Savior
We actually completed the comic on stage, a process Gabriel assures me is terror itself, but he's at the doctor for a kind of pain I had never heard of, so getting ahold of the strip is difficult. It does feature the Messiah, and I hear some of you are into that. At some future point, this link will connect you to the strip in question, which I have entitled "Savor The Savior." It's not about holy communion, but I can understand why you'd be confused.
It's only been this morning that I can even remember discrete events from the last three days. I've long assumed that it was the crush of humanity and my manifold neuroses that dilated my perception of time, but I'm realizing now that it's the various means of consciousness extension I employ to maintain vigor. I don't even know if I'd call it consciousness. Your brain just shivers in there, and the body moves on its tether. My mind feels like it is slowly emerging from a vat of warm honey.
It is getting harder and harder not to shape PAX attendees into an regular fighting force and take Bellevue city hall. It's right there. Plus, regular fighting forces are sweet. If we print the PAX 2006 shirts on kevlar, I think we'd basically be ready to go. Last I heard there were about 7000 people there, which seems more than sufficient to take that town - Bellevue, a place that has perfected a kind of lethargy that actually intense. You don't want to congratulate them, but at the same time you do want to recognize it.
I would really like to thank our noble Enforcers for taking on the black and enabling an unbelievable weekend. I will come and help you lift heavy things as soon as I finish this post. The OmegaTechs who ran the Omegathon ran their asses off setting up the ultimate videogame competition, and they have my respect. What's more, this year's batch of Omeganauts was amazing - we congratulate Coreside on his victory, and we welcome back LeRoy as an Omeganaut next year. More than that, the attendees catalyzed the best convention I've ever been to and very probably created a kind of social movement. Thank you so much.
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Plymouth State University names Manchester Memorial High's Schieding new wrestling coach
June 03. 2013 11:01PM
Plymouth State University's gain is Manchester Memorial's loss. PSU on Monday announced the hiring of Ryan Schieding as its new head wrestling coach. Schieding had been Memorial's coach since 2009.
Schieding is a former standout wrestler at PSU who previously served one season as an assistant coach for the Panthers.
"I am very excited about being selected for the coaching position at Plymouth State," said Schieding. "I'd like to thank my two college coaches, Jason Holder and especially Tommy Prairie for helping me get here. I'm excited for the season and the challenge of taking over a new team, as well as bringing Plymouth wrestling back to being a conference contending team. Being a former Plymouth State wrestler myself it's a great feeling to come back to my former school and be in the position that I am. We have a young team with a lot of promise and should make for a fun season."
A native of Manchester, N.H./Memorial H.S., Schieding was a four-year wrestler and two-year co-captain for the Panthers from 2004-08, posting a 62-47 overall record. He was 17-13 in the 157-pound weight class as a junior, and went 23-10 at 174 pounds as a senior, earning All-New England honors with a fifth-place performance at the New England Championships. Schieding was also an assistant coach for the Panthers under Tommy Prairie in 2008-09.
"We are excited to name Ryan Schieding as our new wrestling coach," said PSU Director of Athletics John P. Clark. "We know Ryan takes great pride in returning to his alma mater, and we look forward to watching him and working with him to build our wrestling program. He has great knowledge of the sport and a lot of positive energy and enthusiasm, and we know our student-athletes are now in good hands."
Crisp is top rookie
Keene State College freshman pitcher Mariah Crisp of Greenland on Monday was named the 2013 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Softball Rookie of the Year.
In her rookie campaign, Crisp, who was also selected to the All-ECAC first-team, set a school record for strikeouts (202) while compiling a 1.32 ERA with a 17-5 record. On the season, Crisp had six shutouts and reached double figures in strikeouts 10 times, tying a KSC record with 15 punchouts against UMass-Dartmouth on April 6.
Crisp, the New Hampshire Union Leader's co-Athlete of the Month for April, already boasts of being the Little East Rookie and Pitcher of the year. She was also named to the NFCA All-New England team.


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Salmon with Fennel and Mint
The distinctive, licorice flavor of fennel is a delicious base for this moist and tender fillet of salmon. A refreshing mint sauce finishes the dish.
1 1⁄2 cups butter
6 bulbs fennel, trimmed, sliced lengthwise
1 1⁄2 cups fresh mint, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
12 Alaska salmon fillets, seasoned
3 cups chicken stock
1 1⁄2 cups dry white wine
1 1⁄2 cups fish fumet or bottled clam juice
1. In a skillet over medium heat, melt 1⁄2 cup butter, add fennel and cook, stirring occasionally, 5-8 min. or until crisp-tender.
2. Add about 1⁄3 cup mint. Season, then reserve and keep warm.
3. In same skillet, melt 6 tbsp. butter; add salmon and cook 1 min. Turn, cook 1 min. Transfer skillet to preheated 425° F. oven for about 5 min., until salmon is cooked through. Transfer to holding pan, reserve warm.
4. In same skillet, combine stock, wine, fish fumet, and 3⁄4 cup mint. Reduce to 3⁄4 cup; about 5 min. Strain mixture and return liquid to skillet. Whisk in remaining butter and mint.
5. On a plate, top fennel with 1 fillet and drizzle with sauce. Serve.


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|2011-02-14, 03:50
|Link #221
Swordy Turkey
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Where turkeys can actually fly
Age: 25
Did you draw that? Or was it a friend?
He's just a useless engineer who isn't even in the ISA.
Also, I would like to make a suggestion:
Since we have an OC index, why not make a fanfiction index?
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|2011-02-14, 04:07
|Link #222
A random-man
Join Date: Aug 2009
Spoiler for My character:
Finally done...I might included more weapon pack(We need MISSILES and LASER)in the future
Added some lacking information(Not important,but it's needed to make him a 100% trap...)because I forgot
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|2011-02-14, 06:41
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|2011-02-14, 06:48
|Link #224
Swordy Turkey
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Where turkeys can actually fly
Age: 25
I wouldn't know how to deal with a harem anyway.
And who is Lamby?
|2011-02-14, 06:49
|Link #225
~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
Pahlawan is very close to what I had in mind, but Askari too. At this point, I guess Askari Battle Armor may be a better idea.
The Real Karon is closer to Tsukasa from Amagami. She has a calm and confident demeanor which is bothersome as people often see it as cold and calculative. Karon has come to suppress it and let Imouto handle her interpersonal communications.
Once you factor that into the conversation and enter mindspace, this is what you see:
Karon Imouto: ...B is not flat. It's not flat!
The Real Karon: Ara, that is not in character.
Imouto: Heh?! But Onee-chan...
Real: It should have been (changes voice to Imouto's pitch) 'A flat chest is a rarity and a symbol of great demand!' (changes back to usual deadpan) You have much to learn before you are a true Imouto.
*boing boing*
Erika: W-wait...!
Karon: I see! It really works!!
(btw, I was hoping that Erika and Karon become close friends eventually. Someone needs to break her illusion that her true self is unsightly.)
(also, not game about a NSF who uses a sword )
(ie, I see what you did thar)
Otherwise, Camille Bidan looks okay.
|2011-02-14, 08:02
|Link #226
http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=220 Her. Mysterious "Counter Guardian" and resident stalker, who pwn5 the scrubs usually in dazzling 100+ hit combos.
How she does it is plain to see, considering her IS is on the level of Silver Gospel, except specialized purely as an Anti-IS unit, for Zero Shifting Gates of *** stabbity-stab action.
"Remarks: know your place, WORMFOOD. OBLITERATE. DIE. DIE. DIE. DIE the DEATH. DEATH is the great EQUALIZER."
|2011-02-14, 09:28
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~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
"Remarks: know your place, WORMFOOD. OBLITERATE. DIE. DIE. DIE. DIE the DEATH."
The last blade lance through Merlion's chest and dug into the hull of the IS. Karon screamed red blood.
"Kha!!" Saji hollered and dove at the tactical console again, but was held back by Three Diagram and Sherry.
"DEATH is the great EQUALIZER!!" She cackled as the hulk of an IS fell on her knees.
Lambda switched to a delighted sneer. "Oh, so you still can move, Shooting Star Girl."
Gou spat out some bloodied dirt. "Oh yes, I can. What a waste of breath this has been..."
"'Rules'... 'Order'... 'Punishment'..." Karon laughed. "They are excuses used by those too weak to lead on their own."
"What did you say?!"
"Yes, I want power... Yes, I want to bring order and justice to this twisted world..."
Merlion creaked to her feet.
The IS frame grasped the blade cruxifying pilot to armor.
"I never doubted my friends to come through in the end!!" Gou roared as she yanked the weapon free in a shower of blood.
"I believe in myself who believes in them!!!" Karon cast Ea away. "As long as I do that, I, no, we cannot be defeated!"
Karon pulled out her control yolk, barely remaining conscious as the IS kept her body out of shock. "Let's go, Imouto!"
The AI materialized her silver self beside her pilot, grasping a similar device. "Yes, Onee-chan!"
"Third Shift, set up!" They screamed with their entire beings, thrusting their cores into the air. "APPRIPOISE!!"
The twin drives resonated and exploded into brilliant pink, shockwaves washing out in all directions, striking Lambda with such force that even Ea had to struggle to remain in one spot.
"They have achieved Third Shift?!"
The Merlion jettisoned its shattered armor and absorbed the blades, remolding and reforming the debris anew. Starting with the overhead claws, the triplet Yggdra Engines washed rainbows over the wounded body, heralding its second birth. The Matador bazookas exploded and reformed as Strike Cannons; the Leopards claws became adorned with brilliant gold. And Karon's shredded inner suit dissolved into golden butterflies.
"Dazzling the stage!" A lavish skirt rolled down the girl's hips in a tumble of shining stars.
"The Galactic Pretty Boy!!" An equally-Baroque blouse blinked around her small frame.
"A girl can be a Galactic Pretty Boy?!" Rachel exclaimed.
"Since you insist on this false path," the AI and pilot of Merlion Reborns shouted in unison. "I'll just have to shatter that illusion of yours with my claws!!"
Karon woke with a start. Another weird magical girl dream?!
"That's the last time we're having Rin's mudpies before lights out!!"
"Heeeh!!" Imouto groaned.
(OOC: Heh... Too much crack for one night)
|2011-02-14, 10:52
|Link #229
Loveable Jerk
|2011-02-14, 11:24
|Link #230
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 29
Spoiler for future spoilers:
I tried drawing Helena, but it wasn't as good with pencil marks and smudges all over the place.
Spoiler for Helena:
I created a mess of the pic because I could not decide on her hairstyle and hair-decs. Her wolf ears hairband is a little hard to draw....maybe I'll give up for now and draw Kari first.
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|2011-02-14, 12:06
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: On the front lines, fighting for inderpendence.
|2011-02-14, 13:16
|Link #232
Archangelic Demon Vampire
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mauritius
Age: 25
Blargh, characters popping up here and there. Woot, omg!
Time to REVISE The OC Chart... with lots more details!
So I was tired of having to link to different posts every single time.
When someone thinks his OC is complete, could he either compact everything in one post or put it up on google docs?
Here's the new and updated OC Character List. Of course, as it is Alex Hikari that's writing it, the Omega Division's stamp is on it. :P
Infinite Stratos Canon Universe Character List!
Silver Maiden and Lumine are still stronger than your generic IS, but I'd suggest you guys to see them like "late level" units. The pilots themselves might appear early (if Houki getting Aka Tsubaki is early in your fic), but should mostly not be using their IS because either they're "Somewhere else" or "Busy doing other stuff".
The same would go for Alex, although as I did say before, stick him into the trainer IS for his early appearances. Belial should show up later perhaps.
JE's Gilgamesh-tan is kinda balanced in the way that she isn't always your "nice guy". She's the wild card, attacking allies and foes alike, so we might get her to fight us at one time.
*Imagines epic fight between Gilgamesh-tan and the three Omega Division members.*
Of course, hilarity would ensue as Haruka would STILL be acting like the Onee-san to Alex, yelling orders at him (well, she's higher ranked technically, being a Captain vs Alex being a Lieutenant).
Meister, I don't think Imouto could handle Ea alone... if ever you plan on fighting her in your story, you should have quite a lot of people to handle her... being made by JE, she DOES border on SRW limits. XD
I then played the Infinite Stratos Vids in HQ, screenshotted parts where the girls or Ichika did a nice pose, and proceeded into shooping everything together.
Also, to the other authors: About the relationship developments for my chars outside of the circle between them, here's the sum up of my ideas (some are old):
- Alex becomes a good friend with Edward. Often does a complaint chorus with Saji about the girls. Befriends Monori as well (he keeps his somewhat cold and stoic personality though)
- Sarah becomes friends very fast with Charlottes (French Woman). She perhaps gets along very well with Erika as both are the "kind hearted" type. Gets along the Karon/Rachel/Helena group and joins it when she's not with Haruka and Alex perhaps?
- Haruka, being Haruka, mostly cares about Sarah and Alex... She's sociable with everyone else, but doesn't seem to like bother talking to them too often.
If we get a Yamato Nadesico, she might befriend her (Lyn was of that type).
As for James, feel free to use the two chars. They do have a dark background that you can exploit in your alternate universe if you want.
P.S: If guys think that the power levels for your IS is wrong, just tell me, I'll adjust it.
Also, came up with the fan-fic index!
Infinite Stratos Fan-Fiction List!
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|2011-02-14, 16:25
|Link #233
OC Belka Scriptor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Germany
Age: 34
Ok or his stealth systems are actually good enough to fool her "hardened sensor suite intended to defeat all manner of stealth systems and ECM".
Blame my incompetence in creating good stories and characters... but I totaly ran against a wall here... it makes my character feel somewaht obsolete, as he should be there as something threatening that could just appear out of nowhere.
And... Well... we have Lambda for this role now, have we?
Well at least both don't need to excist in the same universe. ^^
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|2011-02-14, 18:30
|Link #234
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: On the front lines, fighting for inderpendence.
Okay, so it has come to my attention that Alice's personality is quite bland. I edited it a tad, but I still find it unappealing and uninteresting. Someone, please help me out. I'm no good with this kind of thing (or really anything here for that matter ).
Spoiler for My OC:
Terminator, this Omega division you keep using, can you elaborate on it for me? It sounds like an interesting concept, and I've been thinking of making my own original organization for Alice to be associated with, and further her history, but I'm blank, and would like something to work around; that something being an idea-skeleton of your Omega Division's.
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|2011-02-14, 21:14
|Link #235
Archangelic Demon Vampire
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mauritius
Age: 25
Reaper would make a fine villain as he is. It's not Reaper that's the problem, James's Ea is actually the overpowered lady here.
But as Ea's seems to be quite the "wild card", she isn't under control, and often acts as both good and bad guy.
We can always remember that not everything boils down to IS combat when you're a villain. Reaper could easily sabotage like half of the school's IS or activate an "IS Activation Inhibitor" just to get his plan done. Or some other evil plan to get his objectives achieved.
By the way Kyral, I would advise you to check Alex's Hikari biography, scroll down to the info on his IS, and look at Sovreign's Cousin. XD
A fight between the two Stealth residents would be fun!
As for Omega Division, details on the company are spread around in my three characters biographies. Here are the excerpts of the info from Alex's and Haruka's documents:
Spoiler for Omega Division Information:
As you can see, it's some form of "in the shadow" organization that meddles around, being "good" and "bad" guys at the same time. Alex's and Haruka's background story in their biography docs might enlighten you up on how it looks like.
The organization ranges from Lawful Neutral to Chaotic Evil characters.
I'm eventually planning for one last guy that might be quite an assistance to Reaper...
|2011-02-14, 21:22
|Link #236
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: On the front lines, fighting for inderpendence.
I was pretty much intending an onee-san at this point, but -being me- I have little ability to describe such a character.
Damn, Omega nearly covers everything I'd intend in an organization of my own. :\
Not only is it associated with America, it's underground, meaning that any other secretive groups wouldn't be too secret after all. And like in the old West, one town can sometimes be too small for the two of us.
|2011-02-14, 21:24
|Link #237
Loveable Jerk
Honestly if this was say a One Year War thread like half the cast would be new types piloting custom gundams or something. I don't mind people having there own assigned IS, I'm not looking to be a Nazi, but Gen 3 is NEW. Units of that level are still rare and most models should be customized mass production units of late Gen 2 at most. Instead everyone and there mother is busting out one off Gen 3 or even higher super prototypes and crap. I can perfectly understand wanting to stand out a bit and tailor your fighting style, but there's a fine line between that and just ignoring the setting and becoming overpowered and unrealistic.
|2011-02-14, 21:32
|Link #238
Archangelic Demon Vampire
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mauritius
Age: 25
Yukihura can manage one hit kills... it just needs to score a correct slash/hit. Same goes for my own units.
The tech beyond Belial's mysterious abilities is what I'll explore in my fan-fic. It's been explained pretty much that Belial is a one of a kind experiment that yielded very high end weapons.
Take in account that when screwing around with multiple units, Belial will fail, as it was made for short terms engagements.
Other than that... as I listed in my list, I don't see so many "god" units. Mind giving us a complete list of what you think is overpowered?
edit: Btw... Every single IS has an I-Field. XD
|2011-02-14, 21:40
|Link #240
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: On the front lines, fighting for inderpendence.
He meant that it was strange that the cloak could also serve as an I-Field, not that it was strange that an I-Field was present.
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Angelina Jolie: American Society of Cinematographers Awards!
Angelina Jolie looks stunning while attending the 2013 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards on Sunday (February 10) at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
The 37-year-old actress wore an Atelier Versace dress on the red carpet.
Angelina presented the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to Dean Semler, who was the director of photography on her film In the Land of Blood and Honey. We love that she is supporting her crew!
The Top Feature-Film Award that evening went to cinematographer Roger Deakins for his film Skyfall!


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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Firefighters lost ground Monday to two large wildfires burning through parched pine forests in northern and southern Nevada, including a nearly 24-square-mile blaze that forced more than 500 people out of homes in woodsy Mount Charleston enclaves near Las Vegas and a more than 27-square-mile fire in the Pine Nut Mountains southwest of Reno.
Homes were threatened, but more than 750 firefighters, including 18 elite Hotshot crews, were battling the Carpenter 1 Fire some 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Jay Nichols, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.
Gov. Brian Sandoval toured the fire area, visited an incident command post in Pahrump on Sunday, and applied for federal disaster aid. The Federal Emergency Management Agency promised Monday to reimburse the state for 75 percent of the cost of fire suppression efforts.
The Carpenter 1 was declared a top priority nationwide due to its size and the value of homes and structures at risk, said Suzanne Shelp, a Forest Service spokeswoman.
An influx of firefighters and equipment including bulldozers, seven helicopters, four air tankers and a DC-10 jet fire retardant bomber came as crews in Arizona neared containment of a deadly blaze that killed 19 Hotshot firefighters near Yarnell on June 30.
No injuries were reported and no structures burned in the fire, which started July 1 on the west side of Mount Charleston near Pahrump and quickly spread east into rugged terrain reachable only on foot. Officials said Monday that some $2.4 million had already been spent fighting the fire.
Smoke from the blaze created a towering white cloud that stretched northeast, visible from downtown Las Vegas. The Clark County Department of Air Quality issued a health advisory that officials said would remain in effect today through Sunday.
More than 400 homes in Trout, Kyle, Lee, Harris Springs and Lovell canyons were evacuated during the weekend, along with a Clark County-run youth correctional camp that houses 98 teenagers at a mountain elevation of almost 8,500 feet above sea level. State highways 156 and 157 were closed into the canyons, and evacuation shelters were set up at schools in Las Vegas and Pahrump.
Crews were also working to protect about 100 non-residential structures including barns, sheds and corrals, Nichols said.
Mount Charleston is a popular weekend getaway, where summer temperatures can be 15 to 20 degrees cooler than in Las Vegas, which has sizzled in the triple digits for more than 10 days.
Daytime high temperatures on the mountain were expected to decrease over the next few days after peaking at 90 degrees on Saturday, but firefighters were hampered by gusty winds and humidity levels in the single digits.
"This fire, these last few days and going forward, is going to depend on the weather," Shelp said.
In northern Nevada, the Bison Fire in the Pine Nut Mountains straddling the Douglas and Lyon county lines nearly doubled in size Monday from a day earlier as it burned through tinder-dry brush, dead trees and pinion-juniper forests.
The mountain range also stretches into Carson City. Late in the day, fire officials closed popular back-country roads leading from the state capital into the mountains because of the fire's path.
By afternoon the fire was estimated at 17,500 acres, or more than 27 square miles.
The blaze broke out July 4 and firefighters initially hoped to have it contained Monday. But those ambitions were dashed Sunday when strong winds fanned the fire into an inferno that pushed to the northeast and created a towering, swirling smoke plume seen for miles.
No homes have been lost, but officials said several old structures burned in the Slater Mine area.
More than 700 firefighters battled winds, low humidity and steep terrain to clear fire breaks through grass, pinion and juniper.
The Carpenter and Bison fires were each about 15 percent contained, with fire managers expecting crews to spend a week on both fire lines. Both blazes were sparked by lightning.
Associated Press writer Sandra Chereb in Carson City contributed to this report.
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Hazel Mell Williams died on Wednesday, November 21, 2012.
A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Obie Mell and Huldie Leigh (Duffel) Kidd. Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her husband, Sequard Nash Williams; and a son, Jimmy Sequard Williams.
Survivors include four children, Donnie Williams, Carolyn (Sherman) Hawkes, Brenda (Shorty) Arrendale, and Jerry Nash Williams; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, November 25, at Union Baptist Church with the Revs. Billy Owensby and Ben Smith officiating. Interment was in the Church Cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville, was in charge of the arrangements.
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NYC Mayoral Race
NEW YORK, NY- October 4, 2013 - CCI- Corporate Communication International at Baruch College is hosting a panel discussion,"Run It Like a Campaign -What Political Strategists Can Teach Corporate Communicators" on October 17. The discussion, featuring George Arzt and Peter Peyser, will focus on insights regarding the New York City mayoral race and what corporate communicators can learn from the crises and strategies that took place during campaigning.
George Arzt is President of George Arzt Communications, Inc. He has been actively involved in the politics and public affairs of New York City and the nation for decades. As a journalist, television news producer, mayoral press secretary, and public relations consultant, George Arzt has been an active participant in the American political debate.
Peter A. Peyser,Principal of Peyser Associates LLC, is an innovative strategist who employs his network of contacts in the federal government, in statehouses and city halls, and in the financial sector. Peter has served as staff in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York; and has worked in public affairs and lobbying for various firms, two of which he founded.
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Hey guys,
It's barely spring, but we're already gearing up for convention season here at Crunchyroll!
Kicking off with our first con, we'll be attending Sakura-Con from March 29-31 in Seattle, Washington! With an impressive Sword Art Online guest list, Crunchyroll will be there to join in on the festivities!
Stop by our booth and sign up for your free, 30-day Premium Anime Membership trial and receive an exclusive Crunchyroll t-shirt that we only give out to convention goers, as well as a raffle ticket for a chance to win fabulous prizes! If you're already a Premium Member, stop by and sign into your account for a t-shirt as well! We will be in the exhibitor's hall in booths 325 and 224 all three days of the convention, and will also be joined by some of our lovely Crunchyroll Ambassadors who are helping out at our booth, so come by, say hi, hang out on our livestream, and have fun!
From left to right: AmaRobot 2.0 Cosplay, MangaFreak150, Meepy-Gal, Shaynii
Crunchyroll will also be hosting two panels this year at Sakuracon:
The first on Friday, March 29, at 1:00pm with SailorBee running our very own Crunchyroll Sword Art Online Cosplay Contest! Bring your very best Sword Art Online cosplay and compete for a chance to win tickets to the super exclusive autograph session with Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara!
Our second panel will be our industry panel on Saturday, March 30 at 5:00pm! Join Crunchyroll's very own marketing managers Lugiamania and SailorBee as they talk about what's new and exciting at Crunchyroll! Learn about our titles, new Cruncnhyroll Apps, our Ambassador Program and much more! Want to know what we actually do at the Crunchyroll offices every day!? Make sure you stop by! There might even be sneak peeks at our upcoming shows for the next season, as well as raffle prizes and games, so be sure not to miss it!
As of now rooms have not been assigned, but we will be updating as soon as we know! For more information on Sakura-Con, please visit their website at: www.sakuracon.org.
We hope to see you all there!
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What about Kawaii-Kon?
I looked on the site and it looks like there's only one panel through out the weekend. "/
I will be attending my very first Sakura-con this year, looking forward to checking out the Crunchyroll booth. I have also just started watching SAO, up to episode 16 so far, in preparation for this con
Hello I was wondering. Is there a job that lets me travel to different conventions with you guys ? I'm multi-talented and soon I'm going for trilingual Any info would be great!
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What about Kawaii-Kon?
I looked on the site and it looks like there's only one panel through out the weekend. "/
We will be having our very own Keikawa with a panel at Kawaii-Kon, but unfortunately, we will not be having a booth there.
I wish i could go to seattle!!!! x____x
wow its been a LONG time
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I wish i could go to seattle!!!! x____x
Lets run away together
You got to stand for something or you will fall for everything
I've been waiting for CR to show up at Sakura-con.. I'm so happy!!
Only DEATH can cure STUPIDITY!!
Why not california?
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Why not california?
We ARE in California ~ !
We will be at AX this year too guys, and many many many cons all over the US ~ ! This is just the FIRST.
♥ Streaming at the speed of Japan, DATEBAYO~ !
i'm so happy!! last year crunchyroll wasn't like there there, i was just a little sad.
i'm so glad crunchyroll is coming this year.
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I was planning on going to Sakura-Con for the first time this year, but my plans changed. So, I won't make it.
Konnichiwa, minna! Watashi wa Audrii-desu. Hajimimashite~!
I'm not attending, partially because I'm MEGA BROKE, the other is--too far. Maybe SOMEDAY I can attend a convention again. To everyone going, have a great time!
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Of course, David, the cause is not skin color, we all know that. I don't recall ever using the word "cause" in this thread, and I wish people would stop equating correlation to cause. But as it has been pointed out,David N. Snyder wrote: That is fine, but you can't make the cause sound as if it is skin color when it clearly is not. It is obviously culture, socioeconomic status and other factors, nothing to do with color.
strong correlation between skin color and ethnicity
strong correlation between ethnicity and X
automatically implies a strong correlation between skin color and X.
I'll repeat again so that everyone understands: correlation does not imply causation, and correlation has nothing to do with cause. Drop the mental association between the words "correlation" and "cause".


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CHICAGO – Pop quiz, smartypants.
Name the sports franchise in this town that has had a winning record every season for the past 20 years. Name the team that has won four championships and played in more than 1,500 regular-season games without a single sub-.500 record.
Hint: It's not the Cubs. They've had 12 losing seasons since 1994.
Hint: It's not the Bears. They've had 10.
Hint: It's not the Blackhawks. They've had nine.
Hint: It's not the White Sox. They've had eight.
Hint: It's not the Bulls. They've had seven.
Have you figured it out yet?
The answer is the Wolves, who quietly and consistently have put up winning season after winning season at the highest levels of minor league hockey. The franchise started during the 1994-95 season in the International Hockey League and switched to the American Hockey League in 2001-02, winning two titles apiece in each league.
Obviously, the Wolves' formula for success is incredibly complicated.
"It's actually pretty simple," Wolves owner Don Levin said. "As long as you're doing it, you might as well win. As long as you're doing it, why not do it well?"
Aiming high is one thing. Hitting the target is another.
Hockey can be wildly unpredictable, with games often decided by a funny bounce or a quick deflection or a hot goaltender. The degree of uncertainty is even greater in the AHL, where rosters frequently are in flux as players are called up to the NHL or shuffled back to the minors.
As the top minor-league affiliate of the St. Louis Blues, the Wolves are expected to help develop young talent while chasing as many victories as possible. Levin made both goals possible, Wolves coach John Anderson said, by signing talented veterans with NHL experience to play alongside the Blues' young prospects.
One of those veterans is Keith Aucoin, a 35-year-old center who spent parts of eight seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals and New York Islanders.
Go ahead. Try to tell him that a minor league team's win-loss record doesn't matter.
"Yeah, it does matter," Aucoin said. "I think the best way you're going to develop a player is by winning. You thrive off of those experiences and you learn from them.
"When you're in a losing atmosphere, you're not going to develop. I've been on a lot of teams that have been bad, and people don't like each other and it's just not fun going to the rink.
"Winning is everything, really. And this organization has done it for a long time."
They're doing it again.
At 31-17-4-2, the Wolves are in the thick of a crowded playoff race with 22 games to go in the regular season. Five games remain against the rival Rockford IceHogs, whose home rink is about 70 miles west of where the Wolves play at Allstate Arena.
So while the Blackhawks take aim at another Stanley Cup championship this spring, the Wolves will pursue their third Calder Cup title since 2002.
"It's not as much about having a winning record," Anderson said. "It's about winning outright.
"I believe we can win a championship here this year. I believe in the guys we have out there. We work hard and we have great goaltending."
They also have a Wolves emblem on their sweaters.
After 20 years, that stands for something.
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The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 90 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 4 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the federal government will offer as much help as it can to Connecticut homeowners and business owners affected by the Superstorm Sandy. She toured the state's storm-battered shoreline by helicopter Thursday with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other government officials. Deaths: 3. Power outages: 270,000, down from a peak of 625,000.
Governor lifts state of emergency and authorizes National Guard to continue cleanup support. Shelters close. Deaths: none. Power outages: 550, down from more than 45,000.
The last remnants of Sandy drop more snow in the mountains on top of a foot that already fell. Deaths: none. Power outages: none.
Amtrak's Downeaster resumes service. Governor sends forest rangers to New York City to help with recovery there. Deaths: none. Power outages: none, down from more than 90,000.
Residents return to polls after storm forced cancellation of early voting for two days. Deaths: 3. Power outages: 22,000, down from 365,700.
Storm shifted a dead whale that had been left to rot on the shoreline to a spot where scientists can now recover the bones before it is buried. Deaths: none. Power outages: 7,200, down from 400,000.
Cargo shipping on the Great Lakes resumes after high waves subside. Deaths: none. Power outages: 5,000, down from 154,000.
Surprise "microburst" from vestiges of storm topples pines onto lake cottages. Trick-or-treating postponed to Sunday. Deaths: 1. Power outages: 2,600, down from 210,000.
Motorists across New Jersey were in long lines at gas stations for a second stressful day on Thursday. Many stations were closed because of a lack of electricity or supplies, or both. At a Gulf station in Newark, a police officer directed traffic as a line of vehicles stretched for about two miles. Deaths: 14. Power outages: 1.6 million, down from 2.7 million.
Police say the bodies of two missing New York City boys have been found. The 2- and 4-year-olds disappeared Monday night when waves crashed into an SUV being driven by their mother in Staten Island. The U.S. Coast Guard opened the Port of New York and New Jersey on a restricted basis to get gasoline and fuel to the areas hit hardest. Deaths: 46, including 39 in New York City. Power outages: 1.51 million, down from 2.2 million.
Sea search continues for the captain of a tall ship that sank. Deaths: 2. Power outages: mostly restored.
Cleanup begins after another day of steady rains and gusty winds that led to flood warnings along Lake Erie. Deaths: 2. Power outages: 89,000, down from more than 250,000.
Utility crews struggle to restore power in state where most damage was driven by wind, not water. Deaths: 12. Power outages: 384,000, down from 1.2 million.
Officials say Federal Emergency Management Agency crews are assessing storm damage in Rhode Island. That's one of the first steps that must occur before the president can declare the state a disaster area, which would allow governments and homeowners to apply for federal assistance. About half of Newport's 3.5-mile Cliff Walk has been closed because of extensive damage. Deaths: none. Power outages: 25,000, down from more than 122,000.
Elizabethton businesses close off a street and cover sidewalks for trick-or-treaters as snow falls in mountainous areas. Deaths: none. Power outages: minimal.
Amtrak works to restore service to the state after tracks were damaged in other areas. Deaths: none. Power outages: mostly restored, down from more than 10,000.
National Guard winds down most recovery operations. U.S. Navy sends three Virginia-based ships toward the Northeast in case they're needed. Deaths: 2. Power outages: 6,100, down from more than 180,000.
Early voting resumes after being shut down for two days, and hours are extended. Federal workers return, National Mall reopens. Deaths: none. Power outages: mostly restored, down from 25,000.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin plans to ask President Barack Obama for a federal disaster declaration to help residents and businesses in the hardest-hit areas of the state. Some areas have seen nearly 3 feet of snow. Deaths: 6. Power outages: 136,875, down from about 271,000.


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Continued decline in cow numbers surprises analysts
By Carol Ryan Dumas
Capital Press
Total U.S. milk production, at 16.4 billion pounds, was up 1.0 percent in October, an increase well within the trend line analysts expected.
A continued decline in cow numbers, however, raises a few question marks, said Eric Meyer, president of HighGround Dairy, a division of Chicago-based HighGround Trading Group, a brokerage and consulting firm.
U.S. dairy cow numbers in October, at 9.2 million head, were down 3,000 head from September after having dropped 27,000 head in September and 10,000 head in August, month over month.
Given the increase in milk prices and decrease in feed costs, Meyer had expected the decline in cow numbers to stop. But the report shows cow numbers have not yet turned the corner, he said.
He predicts they will.
"It's not a question of if; it's a question of when," he said.
The income over feed cost margin is increasing, and higher year-over-year cow numbers could start showing up as early as this month or as late as January, he said.
Income over feed cost margins were strong last month and are even stronger now, he said. The margin based on the all-milk price hit $7.86 per hundredweight of milk in August and rose to $9.43 in September and $10.57 in October, said Jerry Dryer, chief market analyst for Rice Dairy, a Chicago trading brokerage.
An income over feed margin of more than $7 typically points toward an increase in milk production, he said.
Lower feed costs are trickling onto the farm as dairymen use up their older, pricier feed, Meyer said.
"It depends on where you are and your purchasing decisions months ago," he said.
Corn prices have fallen this fall from about $7 a bushel to less than $5 a bushel, taking the price of other feed down with it.
Prices for Class IV milk will be over $20 per hundredweight for October and November, and Class III milk prices continue to increase. Class III prices were $18.14 per hundredweight in September, $18.22 in October and will settle in the high $18s in November, he said.
"While October data suggests the return to monthly cow number growth has not yet occurred, history has proven that projected on-farm margins this large will spark herd expansion and milk-per-cow growth in the near future," he said.
The overall cost of milk production is coming down, and for dairymen who buy a lot of corn, that cost is coming down, too, said Robin Schmahl, commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
The decrease in cow numbers in October was a little surprising, but USDA reports are a month behind, and those numbers could be increasing, he said.
AgDairy's customers are indicating an intention to push production and keep their stalls full. While that's just a cross-section of the industry, the same intention may come into play across the industry in the near future, he said.
While production came in close to what analysts had expected and production reports aren't normally a big market mover, they do give the industry market direction. The continued production increase in October shows the industry is moving ahead with production increases, he said.


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Report signals urgent need for reform, investment in alternate, effective responses
The rate of youth incarceration in the United States decreased by 40 percent over the past 15-year period, according to "Reducing Youth Incarceration in the United States," a new KIDS COUNT data snapshot from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This report, scheduled for release on February 27, shows that despite the decline in the national rate, Nebraska is among just six states that have seen an increase in youth incarceration.
Between 1997 and 2010, youth incarceration grew 8 percent in Nebraska, contrary to the national trend. In 2010, a total of 750 Nebraska youth were incarcerated. With almost one of every 250 youth incarcerated, Nebraska's rate of incarceration is the fourth highest in the entire nation. Rates of incarceration in our state are even more troubling for youth of color. In 2010, almost one of every 50 black youth and one of every 100 Native American youth were incarcerated in Nebraska.
The new KIDS COUNT data snapshot reports that the number of young people in correctional facilities on a single day fell to 70,792 in 2010, from a high of 107,637 in 1995. This downward trend, documented in data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, has accelerated in recent years.
Despite the nation-wide decline, the United States still leads the industrialized world in locking up its young people. And the majority of this country's incarcerated youth are held for nonviolent offenses — such as truancy, low-level property offenses and technical probation violations — that are not clear public-safety threats.
"Locking up young people has lifelong consequences, as incarcerated youth experience lower educational achievement, more unemployment, higher alcohol and substance abuse rates and greater chances of run-ins with the law as adults," said Bart Lubow, director of the Foundation's Juvenile Justice Strategy Group.
"This report reveals the urgent need for reform to the systems that serve our youth in Nebraska," said Carolyn Rooker, Executive Director of Voices for Children in Nebraska. "Incarcerating youth is harmful, ineffective, and extremely costly. As our state looks at juvenile justice reform this legislative session, we must focus on reducing our use of incarceration and building community-based alternatives that put our youth on a path to a bright future."
Among the report's recommendations for policymakers are:
· Restricting incarceration to youth posing a clear risk to public safety;· Investing in alternatives that supervise, sanction and treat youth in their homes and communities; and· Encouraging states — which often have policies that provide unintended financial incentives for cities and counties to use incarceration — to seek community-based alternatives to locking up kids.
"Reducing Youth Incarceration in the United States" features the latest data for states, the District of Columbia and the nation, as does the KIDS COUNT Data Center, home to comprehensive national, state and local statistics on child well-being. The Data Center allows users to create rankings, maps and graphs for use in publications and on websites, and to view real-time information on mobile devices.


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2010-03-03 / Obituaries
Charles Taylor: longtime resident of Massapequa, decorated Army Veteran
Longtime Massapequa resident and Nassau County Parks employee, Charles D. Taylor, Sr., died Jan. 16, 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. He was 77. He was born Sept. 19, 1932 in Birmington, Alabama to Thomas and Mary Francis (Baughn) Bolognese. He had lived in Florida before moving to Elmont, then Ann Rose Street in Massapequa where he lived for 49 years.
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Though the elegant, urbane and sophisticated director would recoil in horror at the comparison, Mitchell Leisen is the Rodney Dangerfield of golden age Hollywood directors. He simply can't get no respect.
That's not for lack of people trying. Every few years, almost on cue, a melancholy critic will write an essay bemoaning the fact that a filmmaker this gifted has been forgotten, or an adventurous institution will put on a comprehensive and enjoyable retrospective, such as the UCLA Film & Television Archive's 16-film "The Signature Style: The Films of Mitchell Leisen" that begins on Friday at the Hammer Museum in Westwood.
But though library shelves and film school syllabuses groan under the weight of books and courses about such acknowledged auteurs as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles, there is but one slim volume (written by David Chierichetti) with this man's name on it. And though boxed sets of Leisen's films are available in French, Italian and even Spanish editions, nothing of the kind exists over here.
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This is all the more remarkable because, both as a group and individually, his films "Midnight," "Easy Living," "Death Takes a Holiday" and "Remember the Night" are as reliably — and stylishly — entertaining as anything made by the director's contemporaries.


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Jan. 18, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Complete Results
Sunday afternoon at Coxe Cage, the men's track team gave a formidable showing in their first Ivy League meet of the season. They trounced the competition, out-scoring Dartmouth by 34 points, and doubling Columbia's score to win the meet handily with 86 points. Twelve events were won by the Bulldogs en route to their victory, while five athletes and both relays made the qualifying marks for the IC4A Championships.
The Bulldogs saw plenty of success in the sprints, winning all five events. The winners were junior Ted Galligan (60-meter hurdles, 8.56), senior Brandon Giles (60-meter dash, 6.94), sophomore Marty Evans (200-meter dash, 22.40), freshman Matthew Beiszard (400-meter dash, 49.71) and junior David Soiles (500-meter dash, 1:04.25). Giles and Soiles both qualified for the IC4A-championships with their times.
Junior Remi Ray, who usually sticks to the sprints, stepped up in distance this weekend, winning the 800-meter run in 1:55.68. Fellow junior Kevin Brown placed second in the event, crossing the line 1:57.47.
Continuing the success in the middle-distance events, Senior Murat Kayali earned second-place in the mile with an impressive time of 4:10.59. He came back later in the day to complete a successful double, placing second in the 1,000-meter run with time of 2:27.87 and qualifying for IC4As in both events.
In the relays, the 4x400-meter team of Evans, Bieszard, Galligan, Soiles won in 3:18.39 with an exciting finish: Soiles chased down Columbia's anchor leg in the final stretch to win the race amidst cheering teammates and spectators.
While the 4x800-meter relay team was outpaced by Columbia and Dartmouth by mere seconds, they still managed to surpass the IC4A-qualifying mark with their time of 7:45.94.
In the field events, Yale won nearly every event, garnering first-place finishes from senior Jeffrey Lachman, who won both the weight throw (17.35m) and the shot put (15.72m), senior Sam Fox (high jump, 2.05m), junior Reynolds Holmes (long jump, 6.99m) and junior Eric DePalo (pole vault, 4.50m). Fox and Lachman both qualified for IC4As.
Next weekend, the Bulldogs will travel to Boston to face off against a plethora of Northeastern teams at the Boston University Terrier Invitational.
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The Old Barn is currently closed and will not be opening in 2019.
A converted barn providing four star Bed and Breakfast accommodation in Middleton in Teesdale, Barnard Castle, County Durham. This B&B has been renovated to a very high standard and your host, Lynda, aims to make your stay as pleasant and relaxing as possible with a friendly atmosphere, comfortable rooms and good home cooked food.
- The Old Barn rated "excellent" by 28 travellers
The Old Barn is located next to the Tourist Information Office in the middle of Middleton in Teesdale. It was originally built in the early 1800s and recently converted with great care to provide a homely feel with farmhouse style decor. We have made sure the bedrooms are really comfortable with pocket sprung mattresses and goose down/feather duvets. We have three bedrooms, two double rooms and one twin room, all with en suite facilities. There is a small patio and some private off road parking to the rear of the property.
This is an ideal base to explore Tessdale with it's outstanding waterfalls, natural beauty and wildlife. A beautiful dale yet little known, ideal for touring, walking, cycling or other outdoor activities here in the North Pennines, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
We particularly cater for walkers and cyclists. We are situated only 300 metres from the Pennine Way, Waingwrigtht's Pennine Journey and the Teesdale Way. Lifts to and from walk starts can be arranged as far as Tan Hill, Bowes, Langden Beck, Dufton or Garrigill so you can stay in one place but still walk the most beautiful part of the Pennine Way. We have clothes drying facilities in our drying room, provide a laundry service and can provide packed lunches upon request. Secure storage is also available for cyclists. The Old Barn is within easy access of Durham City, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland and the Lake District.
If you want to keep in touch while staying here, free Wi-Fi access is available. All rooms have flatscreen TVs with all freeview channels. Guests from overseas are also very welcome and German and Spanish are spoken.


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View a slideshow of images from Latvia, with photographs by Akim Aginsky and captions by Kristina Rizga.
Riga, Latvia
Despite his 33 years, Valdis Novikovs still radiates teenage energy and a hunger for adventure. Latvia is a small country (population: 2.2 million), and like a lot of young people who felt suffocated and needed to get out, Novikovs left for England in 2005. He worked as a sous-chef at the Hard Rock Cafe in Birmingham and shared a studio apartment with a Polish roommate. When he went back to Latvia two years later, he barely recognized his own country. The moderately ticking postcommunist economy he'd left behind had turned into a booming engine, propelling rapid changes almost everywhere he looked.
"I come back and everyone around me is buying and selling properties," Novikovs says. "People have two luxury cars. They are traveling all over the world. I'm laboring overtime like a fool in England, but I can't do any of that." Sitting in his apartment in Riga, Novikovs speaks animatedly: "I felt like something gigantic was happening in Latvia, and the train was leaving without me!"
In fact, "something gigantic" was happening in Latvia: sweeping across the country was the biggest real estate (and luxury car) bubble in Europe. Less than a year after Latvia joined the European Union in 2004, its growth rate topped all of Europe. As global stock markets overheated and competition for investment opportunities intensified, Scandinavian banks showered Latvia with cheap credit. Eighteen years ago, when Latvia was under Soviet rule, the vast majority of the population had no experience with banking, investments or credit; no one owned property. But by 2005 Latvians could buy everything they ever dreamed of on credit–from teakettles to Bentleys to luxury apartments. As hundreds of office and apartment towers reached skyward, some construction workers started earning more than doctors. Novikovs, who had no experience in construction, got a job as a "plumber's assistant," in addition to managing a Jamaican-inspired restaurant, Coco Loco, at night. He was making more than $2,800 a month in construction alone, twice what he made in England.
Increased earnings and easy credit fueled a hunger for owning property. Oskars Kurdeko felt anxious that by 2007 he still didn't own a home. "All of my friends had already bought their apartments," Kurdeko explains. A percussionist for two local pop-rock bands, Putnu Balle and Tumsa, Kurdeko saw his income shoot up 70 percent that year, fueled by corporate gigs. He took out a $272,000 mortgage on a two-bedroom apartment in Riga with no down payment.


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When it comes to dressing modestly some things are better left unsaid. An explicit list of dos and don'ts isn't necessary in polite society where I speak with you here. I want you to know, however, that I am all for it.
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How appropriate! For about 3 weeks, in our Together Time, we've been memorizing Matthew 6:28-34 - the passage about the lilies of the field, and Solomon, and God supplying our needs.
And I've been mulling over that and my propensity for worrying about things like clothing and meals.
Thank you for this encouraging post!
I can testify so many times to God's provision of well, everything! But recently my dear hubby has surprised me with a dream trip to Israel!! He got a good deal on the ticket as it was with faculty from the Bible college where he teaches, but still it was a splurge. Living in England I have almost no use for summer weight clothes and don't tend to bother buying any most years. I only had one or two things and was going to be gone for over a week with no washing facilities. I prayed and God supplied - beautifully! Over the two months I was looking I found stunning things that went with the few that I had to make a full wardrobe by the time I left! They all cost just pennies compared with full prices new, and I new I was dressed in a way that made my husband proud of me. God is no man's debtor and does supply bountifully!ReplyDelete
A beautiful and thoughtful post, Karen. I, too, enjoy the writings of Edith Schaeffer. I would also mention that your insights, as seen through Carol's eyes in A Pocketful of Pinecones and Lessons at Blackberry Inn, encourage the reader to notice natural beauty all around, as you do in this post. I plan to re-read both books as homeschooling inspiration for the upcoming school year. Thank you for sharing your gifts!ReplyDelete
I'm thankful to have found your blog...I still remember receiving Lupine seeds from you at a home school conference years ago. Your encouragement is refreshing.
I have been thoroughly inspired Karen. I left for a bit, especially the idea of dressing like the flowers, then I came across this wonderfully encouraging post, and I am now looking at clothing with the same love as before.
Thank you.
Mrs. Schaeffer's clothing chapter is a marvelous one! She has such good common sense mingle with an amazing eye for beauty.
Our youngest child will be heading to college this fall, so I won't need to visit Appleton and its environs for homeschooling inspiration (though I have done just that for several years now). However, I will be visiting Appleton anyway. Re-reading these delightful stories helps keep me motivated to truly make a home.
Thank you for a lovely post, Karen.
This is a great post. Sometimes we tend to give the idea that modest equals dull. Not so! We can be modest and lovely like the flower's of the field. Thanks for this encouragement.ReplyDelete
Hello Ladies,
I appreciate all your comments.
Yes, dressing tastefully doesn't have to be expensive. I've seen what my youngest daughter Yolanda (married) can do with thrift shop finds. The nicest wool tweed vest my husband has purchased (and the only one) was found in a thrift shop.
It's neat that you remember picking up a seed packet at the conference, Jenna, so many years ago. Lupines produce an abundance of seeds. I remember decorating the packets with a rubber stamp to encourage those (tangibly) who attended my nature study talk. I've wondered what became of them. Now I know where one went. How fun.
I don't think I would have uncovered this gem of an idea from Mathew 6 myself. Edith Schaeffer was obviously meditating on scripture when she wrote her book and made the connection - the way we are supposed to slow down, and calm down, long enough to do. I'm convicted.
It gladdens me, Ladies, that you enjoy seeing nature through Carol's eyes in my stories. Thank you for sharing your enjoyment with me.
Karen A.
Thank you for this! Mrs. Schaeffer's book is in the mail, and I can't wait to read it. I have appreciated your books too.ReplyDelete
This is a wonderful post. I love Edith's book - and have started it again.
I love to dress in a feminine way, no matter what task is at hand.
Your skirt is wonderful. What pattern did you use if you don't mind my asking. The girls would like it alot, too!
This is my first visit, and I was so encouraged by your post. I have re-read The Hidden Art of Homemaking every year since I purchased it 12 years ago! I have been known to describe the exact passage that you are referring to here... I think it is so important! We are not only called to modesty, we are expected beauty... It is modeled by our Creator God!
Your skirt is so lovely. Perfect fabric!
Blessings, Debbie
Gracious! Karen, I only just saw your name on the blog after I posted my last comment. The other book I have reread for the last 12 years is my Charlotte Mason Companion!
So although this is my first visit to this blog I've been visiting you for years!
Debbie :)
What a beautiful post. I never thought of the verse in this way but it really does fit. I need to pull out my The Hidden Art of Homemaking book and read the chapter now. Thank you so much for the reminder. I loved looking at all your flowers and your skirts are so pretty. I really hope to try my hand at sewing this summer. Hopefully really soon. PS... your dd and grandson look wonderful in their picture.
Blessings and ((HUGS))!
Lovely post. I also loved Tasha Tudor's idea of how fortunate we are to be women, how she just could not imagine wearing manly attire.Your skirt is so cheery,I love it with the red blouse. I have just arrived home from 9 days in Strasburg Pa. I purchased lots of fabric as I do each year for projects I hope to work on throughout the year. I love shopping for fabric, I love all things frilly, I have an ankle length dress with a petticoat sewn into the dress. When I wear it, I get many stares, but i love it, it is so modest.Thank you for this likening to Scripture. I do not dwell enough on what all The Word is saying when reading it.I need and desire to reap a greater blessing in studying and meditating on His Holy Word. Thanks again , Dawn E. Brown ps........I thought about you and your family while we were in your area recently, would have loved to have met for tea. My daughter and daughter-in-law both plan to home-school,and that would have been a treasured visit, perhaps someday...thanks also for sharing your dear daughter and grandsons picture,that is sweet...ReplyDelete
God's timing is so perfect! Just today I was having this discussion with someone about modesty and dressing in a feminine way and felt I really must have blundered my words, because I was warned to be careful of legalism, and that was so far from my point. One day I will word things in your calm, sweet way. The Lord so encouraged me to then read this very post today, written so well. I was also encouraged to see so many young faces in your comments who affirm your writing. And I apologize for struggling to focus on the flowers and your daughter's blouse, as your grandbaby was just all I could see! So precious. Can't wait to get your CD. You are a blessing!
How blessed I am to have such kind ladies reading my posts who are also fellow readers of Hidden Art. (Mrs. Schaeffer's daughter, Susan, once shared that this was to be the title of her mother's book initially.)
Dawn, you were indeed nearby. Isn't it easy to dally in the fabric shops of Lancaster? Email if you like.
Keep offering your opinion when asked, Claudia. Little blunders (I've made them) can cause us to be so carefully guarded that we do not kindly offer an opinion or toss a seed in any direction. I'm glad to see that this isn't the case with you.
My Regards,
Karen A.


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During the "I Quit" match that opened the 1/27 Edison show for Ring of Honor, Jimmy Rave did a tilt-a-whirl into crossface on Nigel McGuinness. Rave was screaming at the top of his lungs demanding Nigel say "I quit!" Then Rave began to vomit. Seriously. One fan who was at the show said Mary-Kate Grosso, who does essentially the official photography for ROH, was grossed out and could've been on the verge of losing her lunch herself. It would be another six-seven minutes before the match ended, with ref stopping the match as Rave looked like he was about to break Nigel's leg.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures of this one.


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Firefighters fight 3-alarm Pittsfield fire
April 25. 2013 11:33AM
PITTSFIELD - Firefighters from several communities fought a three-alarm fire in a house near Globe Manufacturing Co. in Pittsfield Thursday morning.
Firefighters doused hotspots after putting out the fire in a house at 9 Shackford Court.
The owner of the house was treated at the scene for superficial burns to his face. Early reports from Pittsfield Chief Nicholas Abell indicated the fire started on a porch and then climbed to the second floor and attic.
A metal roof on the house trapped the flames and heat inside, making it more difficult to control.
Responding to the three-alarm fire were units from Pittsfield, Allenstown, Pembroke, Hooksett, Bow, Canterbury, Concord, Chichester, Epsom, Northwood, Alton, Gilmanton and Barnstead.
A wrecker had to be called in to pull out a Concord aerial truck stuck in soft ground nearby.


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September 7, 2010
This article was provided by the National Minority AIDS Council; Paul Kawata is the organization's executive director.
It was 1983 and I was just a little queen from Seattle when I read an article in the New York Native by Larry Kramer that began my path as an AIDS activist.
1,112 and Counting
By Larry Kramer
March 14, 1983
"If this article doesn't scare the shit out of you, we're in real trouble. If this article doesn't rouse you to anger, fury, rage, and action, gay men may have no future on this earth. Our continued existence depends on just how angry you can get." He went further to say ...
"There are now 1,112 cases of serious Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. When we first became worried, there were only 41. In only twenty-eight days, from January 13th to February 9th [1983], there were 164 new cases -- and 73 more dead. The total death tally is now 418. Twenty percent of all cases were registered this January alone. There have been 195 dead in New York City from among 526 victims. Of all serious AIDS cases, 47.3 percent are in the New York metropolitan area.
These are the serious cases of AIDS, which means Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and other deadly infections. These numbers do not include the thousands of us walking around with what is also being called AIDS: various forms of swollen lymph glands and fatigues that doctors don't know what to label or what they might portend.
The rise in these numbers is terrifying. Whatever is spreading is now spreading faster as more and more people come down with AIDS.
And, for the first time in this epidemic, leading doctors and researchers are finally admitting they don't know what's going on. I find this terrifying too -- as terrifying as the alarming rise in numbers. For the first time, doctors are saying out loud and up front, 'I don't know.'" Later in the article he notes ...
"After almost two years of an epidemic, there still are no answers. After almost two years of an epidemic, the cause of AIDS remains unknown. After almost two years of an epidemic, there is no cure.
Hospitals are now so filled with AIDS patients that there is often a waiting period of up to a month before admission, no matter how sick you are. And, once in, patients are now more and more being treated like lepers as hospital staffs become increasingly worried that AIDS is infectious.
Suicides are now being reported of men who would rather die than face such medical uncertainty, such uncertain therapies, such hospital treatment, and the appalling statistic that 86 percent of all serious AIDS cases die after three years' time.
If all of this had been happening to any other community for two long years, there would have been, long ago, such an outcry from that community and all its members that the government of this city and this country would not know what had hit them.
Why isn't every gay man in this city so scared shitless that he is screaming for action? Does every gay man in New York want to die?"
He closed the article by saying "I am going to close by doing what Dr. Ron Grossman did at GMHC's second Open Forum last November at Julia Richman High School. He listed the names of the patients he had lost to AIDS. Here is a list of twenty dead men I knew:
Nick Rock
Rick Wellikoff
Jack Nau
Donald Krintzman
Jerry Green
Michael Maletta
Paul Graham
Harry Blumenthal
Stephen Sperry
Brian O'Hara
Jeffrey Croland
David Jackson
Tony Rappa
Robert Christian
Ron Doud
And one more, who will be dead by the time these words appear in print. If we don't act immediately, then we face our approaching doom."
To read the article, please go to: http://tinyurl.com/27nxs9j.
I share Larry's words with you because we've moved pass 3000* people on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists.
3,558 and counting ...
I wonder why we aren't more angry? Why it doesn't scare the s*** out of us that we have this many Americas on waiting lists. When did this become OK? What is the number that is going to wake us up? Just tell me that number and I will stop writing until we reach it. We will reach it soon.
I am hardly a radical activist. I've always believed that we need to work within the system, I still do. But sometimes you need to speak up and speak out. Join me at this year's United States Conference on AIDS so we can learn the latest issues, discuss options and a plan how to move forward.
Larry closed his article by listing his 20 friends who had died. I used to keep a list, but when it passed 300 friends, it became unbearable. I don't want to start another list with my friends who are on an ADAP waiting list. It's just too unbearable.
* From National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: ADAPs with Waiting Lists (3,558 individuals in 11 states*, as of September 2, 2010):
Florida: 1,506 individuals; Georgia: 508 individuals; Hawaii: 12 individuals; Iowa: 125 individuals; Kentucky: 265 individuals; Louisiana: 339 individuals** Montana: 10 individuals; North Carolina: 202 individuals; Ohio: 156 individuals; South Carolina: 290 individuals; Utah: 145 individuals.
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Actress Dianna Agron has thanked her fans for their generosity after they raised more than $5,000 (£3,333) in her honour for an animal sanctuary in Los Angeles.
The Glee star recently visited the Wildlife WayStation, a non-profit organisation which houses native, wild and exotic animals, and was stunned to learn their funding was running low.
Her fans set up an online fundraising page with a goal of $5,000 - and Agron was overjoyed to learn that they had smashed the target.
The actress uploaded photos of her stroking a horse to her blog on Tuesday (04Sep12), and wrote in the accompanying post, "This is incredible! A huge thank you, and must say I'm speechless. In honour of your hard work, here are a couple of photos from the weekend with some of my new French friends. Animals can't ask us for what they need by way of words, but you can see it in their eyes... if you truly look."