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The McKendree MetroRecPlex is a new, full-service, state-of-the-art sports complex. The complex offers two NHL-sized ice rinks, an aquatic center fit with a 10 lane championship swimming pool, a contemporary fitness area and many other amenities. Memberships and daily passes can be purchased for use of the facility and all its features.
Located the corner of Scott Troy Rd and Hwy 50, our address is 205 Rec Plex Drive, O'Fallon, IL 62269.
WAREHOUSE 300 is a new vintage marketplace opening soon in Trenton, IL Our retail will include home decor, rustic, shabby chic, and more!
Wine trail featuring several wineries throughout the Carlyle Lake region. More details coming soon.
New "Formula Blue" Design with indoor pool, exercise room, ExpressStart Breakfast.
The museum displays costumes, photographs, programs, letters, awards and mementos from Miss Dunhams career as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, writer and dance company owner. Admission is free and Hours Open by appointment.
The bright lights of Vegas have nothing on the Casino Queen, home of the loosest slots and the hottest table games in town. Hungry? The Queen has you covered from casual to fine dining. The best view is from the Casino Queen Hotel with available meeting space.
43 ft. Mississippi River overlook platform, picnic area, paved walkways, view of the Gateway Geyser.
The world's second tallest fountain is across from the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi riverfront. The 40 foot high Mississippi River Overlook platform provides a scenic view of the Geyser, the Mississippi River, and the Gateway Arch and skyline.
Harmony Park is a series of outdoor musical instruments, such as chimes and drums, that are each designed to make notes in harmony with each other when played. Harmony Park can be used by boys and girls, children and adults, and is accessible to those who may have disabilities. Harmony Park gives people of all ages the opportunity to work together to create something
This bridge is one of the world's longest pedestrian/bicycle bridges and offers commanding views of the Mississippi River and a great perch for American Eagle watching. Years ago the bridge became very popular as the Route 66 bridge with a 45 degree right curve in the middle. The Bridge is the site of Eagle Days in January and other events.
Find camping, fishing, picnic areas, playgrounds, volleyball and over three miles of hiking trails. Controlled hunting, including pheasant is allowed at specific times of the year.
This building has everything: cardio/weight room, indoor track, indoor acquatic center and a full-size gym for basketball or volleyball. Locker room and shower facilities available.
Four baseball/softball diamonds, five soccer fields or two football fields are featured. There is also a basketball court, skate park, concessions stand and a 2.7 mile walking trail.
The 1836 Weir House is filled with an amazing display of artifacts representing local and county history with the recent addition of a historic research library.
Built between 1820 and 1852, the building contains artifacts from that period. By appointment.
Celebrate world class art in October at this two-day juried exhibit and sale. This show features original works from 70+ artists in a wide range of art mediums. Enjoy demonstrations, food & drink and the Kids Kreations area.
Speed thrills at Gateway Motorsports Park! This flexible venue features regular activities on the 1/4 mile drag strip, 1.25 oval track, road racing course, Gateway Karting facility and so much more! A huge event schedule in 2017 includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in June, Indy Car in August and NHRA Midwest Nationals in September.
Connects Illinois and Missouri by Route 66
Have fun picking fruits and vegetables throughout the growing season.
1,080-acre park features the 18-hole Grand Marais Golf Course, fishing and picnicking facilities.
A state-of-the-art indoor facility that houses the Pro-Batter PX2 Professional Baseball System. It combines major-league quality pitching with life-size images of actual pitchers throwing realistic pitches with pin-point accuracy that is adjustable for all age ranges and skills. Lessons and rental packages available. Call for more information.
Built in the 1790's in the French vertical-log style, this is the oldest known residence in Illinois. By appointment.
Learn about the St. Louis area's storied history of aviation and see Gus Grissom's flight suit, a collection of TWA artifacts, and a 1941 bi-plane.
The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum was founded in 1982 and was originally located at Creve Coeur Airport in St. Louis. Today the museum offers educational programs to foster the spirit of flight in today's youth and in future generations.
The museum is open 10:00 am until 4:00 pm on Friday through Sunday.
For group information, please call.
Enjoy your favorite iconic American comfort food, made from scratch in-house, right here in the heart of Downtown Granite City.
Monday through Thursday: 11am – 9pm
Friday + Saturday: 11am – 11pm
Sunday: CLOSED
This 19-mile asphalt/oil & chip trail offers spectacular views of the Mississippi River and Clark Bridge while running along the river and canal, from Russel Commons Park in Alton to 20th Street in Granite City.
Locks 26 and 27 are the largest locks in the inland waterway system. Lock 26 in Alton has a visitor's center with river displays. Lock 27 located in Granite City is the only lock on the 8.4 mile, man made canal and is the most southerly located.
This venue is used by Alfresco Productions and Summerstage for performances during the year. Summerstage also performs at the Granite City High School for Performing Arts.
Cheer on the home team at GCS Stadium as the Gateway Grizzlies play. Games include theme nights, 7th Inning Stretch activities, Izzy the Grizzlie and lots more.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
As Israel marked the 44th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that Israel would never allow the city to be again divided.
"Forty-four years ago, IDF soldiers realized the prophets' vision and returned Jerusalem to its proper place," Netanyahu said, referring to the liberation of the eastern half of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War.
Speaking at Jerusalem's Merkaz Harav Yeshiva, which has long been at the forefront of religious Zionism, Netanyahu continued:
"Jerusalem will never be divided. There's nothing more holy to us than Jerusalem, we'll protect Jerusalem, it's unity, and we'll build and develop it."
US President Barack Obama and other Western leaders have been pushing hard to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks based on Arab demands that Israel return to its pre-1967 borders.
For its part, the Palestinian leadership insists it will never sign a peace deal with Israel that does not include the full surrender of the eastern half of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount.
But a Jerusalem Day poll revealed that a strong majority of Israelis remain firmly behind Netanyahu's policies, and do not agree to divide Jerusalem even as part of a comprehensive peace agreement.
Conducted by the Geocartography Knowledge Group on behalf of Israel's Channel One News, the survey showed that 66 percent of Israelis oppose handing over any part of Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority.
A 23 percent minority said they would be willing to surrender Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods, a compromise the Palestinian Authority has already rejected.
An even larger 73 percent majority opposed placing Jerusalem's holy sites under international control, a proposal that first came up during former US President Bill Clinton's oversight of the peace process.
Rather than talk about how to divide Jerusalem, 67 percent of Israelis want to simply get on with building up and developing the city as the capital of Israel.
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Police: North Bend mayor jailed after altercation with wife
North Bend Mayor Kenneth G. Hearing was arrested Tuesday night on allegations he attacked his wife with a golf club, according to jail records and the King County Sheriff's Office.
King County deputies contracted to police the city arrested Hearing following a report of a domestic violence assault early Sunday morning at his home. Hearing was arrested Tuesday after calling police to report a second incident and was jailed overnight.
Hearing, 62, called 911 on Tuesday evening to report that his wife was "tormenting him," said Sgt. Cindi West, a King County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. Speaking with a call taker, Hearing then stopped mid-sentence and said, "Oh no, here she comes" and hung up.
West said deputies arrived to find Hearing and his wife at the home. Speaking with deputies, Hearing said he struck his wife during an argument three nights before. The woman said that Hearing struck her with a "5 iron." She was not seriously injured in the incident.
Due to those allegations, Hearing was booked into King County Jail on suspicion of assault for the earlier incident. Jail records show Hearing was released later Wednesday.
Hearing is currently serving his third term as the east King County city's mayor.
In a statement, Hearing asserted "many citizens" had contacted him to show their support and asked that his family's privacy be respected during what he described as a "difficult time."
"I believe in the judicial process and I would ask that people allow this process to unfold," Hearing said Thursday morning. "I have been grateful to serve the City of North Bend since 2004 and care deeply about our City."
Hearing went on to say that his arrest will not impact city business.
Hearing was initially charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor, in Issaquah Municipal Court. Court records show the charge was dismissed without prejudice Thursday at the prosecution's request.
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I was more than a little surprised to discover this morning that I had been nominated for the Family Tree 40 for 2011 in the "My Family History" category. Actually, I'm pretty speechless about the whole thing. Nominations came at a pretty busy time for me and I completely missed the boat. I'm happy that the blogs I wanted to nominate were and amazed (and humbled) that I've been included with them.
To whomever nominated me: Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. The last couple weeks have been kind of hard for me for a variety of reasons so I can't even begin to say how much this has lifted my spirits.
The list of nominees can be found here. You can vote for your choices, including me (which I'd heartily appreciate) if you're so inclined here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ft40-2011voting
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These finds prove your everyday flatware need not be flat (as in oh-so-humdrum)
Olive wood : It's a bit like bringing a piece of the Provence countryside to your kitchen table. Each piece's olive wood handle bears its own swirls and wood grain signature, while stainless steel gets the job done on the other end. This Dubost French olive wood flatware comes from the mountain village of Viscomtat, in France, where four generations of the Dubost family have been crafting cutlery and flatware since 1920. Dishwasher safe. Cost: $199.95, 20-piece set; surlatable.com Twig : Being a tad woodsy, we couldn't help but swoon over these woodland-inspired spoons, forks and knives from eco-friendly VivaTerra. The handles are cast from real twigs, while the working ends are hard-core stainless steel. Adds a little earthiness to your eats. Dishwasher safe, both ends. Cost: $58, 5-piece place setting; vivaterra.com Horn : (Above) It's the earthy smokiness of the horn -- each piece a variation in shade and pattern -- that makes this flatware rise above the everyday, although it's made to be just that: a day-in-and-day-out dining workhorse. Just happens to be beautiful, as skilled artisans shape and polish the horn of each piece. Hand wash. Cost: $45, 5-piece place setting ; potterybarn.com Cobalt Cafe : There's something cheery about this forged-stainless-steel flatware with the cobalt resin handles. It's just a touch of color to wake up your table, breakfast, lunch or dinner. There's nothing stuffy about it. And we like that. Dishwasher safe; it's for everyday use, after all. Comes in black or all-stainless too. Cost: $59, 20-piece set ; williams-sonoma.com New Cottage : This is hardly the cutlery you'd have imagined the three bears testing back in Goldilocks' cottage. Rather, this is the sublime interpretation of cottage, brought to us by Villeroy & Boch, the European makers of elegant tableware since 1748. We love the curve, the heft ... well, everything about it. It's sure to make a feast of any ol' bowl of porridge. Made of forged stainless steel. Dishwasher safe. Cost: $79, 5-piece place setting ; villeroy-boch.com Note: Prices may vary --Barbara Mahany, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Starbucksis billing its recent partnership with Squareas a "breakthrough deal for the marketplace," according to CEO Howard Schultz, hinting at how the company isn't waiting around for mobile payments to catch on with the broader public.
The new partnership between Starbucks and Square allows Starbucks customers to pay for their purchases using their mobile device. Starbucks will begin rolling out the new mobile payments feature this Fall and plans to offer payments via Square at all of its locations before the holiday season, Schultz said.
Mobile payment platforms have been slow to catch on with many consumers. However, the deal may be just enough prod more into using their devices as portable checkout counter, Square CEO Jack Dorsey says.


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Scripture: Acts 15:28 NIV It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:
Observation: The leaders in the early church were challenged with some tough decisions. Did non-Jewish people have to go through the traditions of becoming Jewish to be a part of the church? The leaders met together to hear reports of what God was doing. Then they, relying on the guidance of the Holy Spirit, made a decision.
Application: There are times when I need to make a decision that is not clearly outlined in God's Word. I want to be able to say about every tough decision I make, "It seems good to the Holy Spirit and to me…"
Prayer: Holy Spirit, I trust you to guide my thoughts and decisions. I welcome your input. I believe it is your desire to be a part of my daily life. Amen
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Giant Pete wrote:As a keen cyclist with family commitments on a single wage (mostly), I find that $220 for a Masters 3 licence a tad excessive.
Good thing Masters licences are only $150 then
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Postby Giant Pete » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:14 am
master6 wrote:Is it $220? I have yet to renew my CA licence, however I believe the fee for masters 3 to 7 is $150.
I have been involved in Water Skiing and Kart Racing, and find cycling to be cheap by comparison. Entry fees for race events in Tasmania are bargain basement.
Have you looked at the cost of the various "challenges", or "fun rides" as I call them. I think that you would get a lot more "event" activity via a CA licence and race entry fees, than you would get via "fun rides" for a given annual cost.
As an example close to home, look at the Mt Wellington Challenge.
It was a cycle club event, and the entry was $20. Last year it was taken away from the cycling clubs, and the entry fee went to $40.
While you agonise over cycling costs, have a look at the Dome Coffee rides from Sandy Bay, and the Wednesday morning Richmond Bakery rides. Best value for money in cycling. Free
Postby master6 » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:31 pm
Giant Pete wrote:[As I'm new to all of this, my fact-finding can be a little misguided, perhaps.
On the Cycling.org website membership for Race Masters 1 to 7 is $220. Although I haven't checked out local pricing as yet.
I've been following the Dome and Richmond Bakery threads. Maybe I'll have to wait until I'm an old fart
Postby master6 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:53 pm
BarryTas wrote:STCC training ride this Sunday 22/02/2012 (AT) 9am at the Taph
Postby Giant Pete » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:13 pm
master6 wrote:BarryTas wrote:STCC training ride this Sunday 22/02/2012 (AT) 9am at the Taph
And a top ride it was.
Postby master6 » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:23 pm
doggatas wrote:It's definitely 30+ racing on Sunday yeh?
Postby BenevolantDictatorD » Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:32 pm
Postby master6 » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:56 pm
doggatas wrote:I'll be doing it on the roadie, never done one before so I have no time to beat.
Variables aside, I'll use clip-ons next time and aero wheels and clip-ons the time after.
Postby BarryTas » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:31 am
Postby master6 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:29 pm
BarryTas wrote:needs more open races and hilly races, or even a race that has a hill top finish. I was blown away by the racing upnnnnnorth
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From the EgyptAir plane crash to Sri Lanka's landslide, here is the week's news in pictures.
The Philippines' Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest storm ever to make landfall. Five years on, we revisit this story.
Russian-Saudi relations could be very different today, if Stalin hadn't killed the Soviet ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
What draws Kenyan women to join al-Shabab and what challenges are they facing when they return to their communities?
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The following items were taken from July 5 through 11, 1964, Examiner.
• The present "Parking Enforcement Officers," as the police call the girls, are Mrs. Lavern Ehlebrecht, 24, and Mrs. Jody West, 22. Orson F. Meyers, Chief of Police, said the idea used in other cities is made to order for Independence.
• Vandals with little respect for the American flag were on the loose. More than 75 of the 320 small flags which the Jackson Square Merchants Association had placed on parking meters were taken during the night.
• A two-story home at 217 N. Pleasant St. is now the home of the Independence Boys Club. Manager Bill Scott hopes to open the club on a full-time schedule soon for the 130 boys now in the club's membership.
• An exhibit set up at the request of President John Kennedy is on loan at the Truman Library. The exhibit normally housed at the Roosevelt Library is of "FDR's Old Navy Prints," including some on the Revolutionary War period.
• Miss Maybelle Franz, 22-year-old "Miss Independence" will leave for Springfield, where she will compete with 31 other candidates in the "Miss Missouri" pageant.
• Mrs. Tom Lee of Buckner was re-elected president of the Jackson County Library for the 10th time at the board's regular meeting. James Leathers is secretary-treasurer.
The following items were taken from the July 5 through 11, 1914, Examiner.
• The mouse, generally regarded as an unmitigated nuisance, was doing all he can to aid human kind in "swatting the fly." In a shop not far from the Examiner, a mouse was seen cutting queer antics in the show window. He would lope from side to side of the window and frequently rise up on his hind legs like a Jack in the Box, and at the same time he would reach up with his front feet into the air like a player catching a ball, then would bring his front feet to his mouth. On closer inspection, he was not only catching the flies, but eating them too.
• A regular home laundry with up-to-date equipment is what Fred Harris has at his farm home. A 2 horse power gasoline engine pumps the water and turns the washing machine. More than that, it turns the churn and performs various other tasks on the farm. "It's a time saver, labor saver and money saver." says Harris. He also has a 10 horse power engine, which he uses in grinding feed.
• The conductor of a passenger train coming from Kansas City toward Independence telegraphed for a police officer to meet the train at the Independence depot. A drunk man was on the train and raising a disturbance. There is a state law, a new one, which forbids common carriers, such as steam or suburban railways, from carrying persons who are intoxicated.
• Four Maywood boys, in ages from 11 to 14, are on their way to the State Reform School at Boonville. A number of citizens of the community went before the Juvenile court and testified that the boys had terrorized the neighborhood and were not to be controlled anywhere.
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Nicholls State University President Stephen Hulbert has a favorite analogy to describe why online classes make sense for his school.
Nicholls State University President Stephen Hulbert has a favorite analogy to describe why online classes make sense for his school.
"In the early days of Nicholls, Gary Chouest, Hunt Downer, Chef John Folse and several other students drove a yellow school bus to transport people to campus who couldn't otherwise get here," Hulbert often says. "Nicholls Online is today's yellow school bus."
Last week, the university's online school opened, offering six full undergraduate degrees and one master's degree to students unable to make it to school every day.
The undergraduate degrees are English, general family and consumer sciences, general studies, history, sociology and nursing for students who already have a registered nurse license.
A master's in educational leadership with an education technology concentration is also available.
Lori Soule, co-coordinator of distance education, said the degrees earned via the online classes will carry the same weight as a traditional degree.
"You'll have the same teachers as you would if you came to the physical school," Soule said.
Nicholls Online will use a mix of video lectures, powerpoints and assigned readings. Students will be able to communicate with instructors and classmates using discussion boards, emails and chats.
Undergraduate classes cost $250 per credit hour; the master's program costs $350 per credit hour.
Soule said online students would not pay the fees a traditional student pays, though individual courses may have their own fees.
Enrollment is already open at nicholls.edu/nichollsonline. The first courses start in the spring semester; each course lasts eight weeks instead of the traditional 16 weeks.
School officials said online courses are a perfect way to give college opportunities for non-traditional students whose schedules don't have room for a regular class schedule.
"We're meeting people where they are and providing them with access to a high-quality education," Hulbert said.
Soule said there's also an economic drive for the school to move into the virtual world. As state money continues to shrink, it's up to the school to make up the lost cash. Expanding to students the school couldn't otherwise reach opens up another revenue stream.
But Soule also said the school is simply trying to keep up with the competition.
"There's probably half a dozen out-of-state universities that are already doing this kind of thing," she said.
Soule argued an online degree from a local state school like Nicholls is a better option than an outside, online-only school.
"Especially with somebody locally, if they need to come to campus, we're here. We have a brick and mortar university," she said. "We not a warehouse somewhere. We've been here since 1948."
News of the courses stirred some excitement on Facebook. Several readers said they were strongly considering the classes.
"I am so happy to hear this. I am currently a sociology major at Nicholls and it has been a struggle to get into online courses every semester," wrote Kristy Trahan. "As a mom of three, it is very hard to attend classes on campus. I really see this as a way to open doors to more older students."
Other potential students said they were glad to see an online offering they could trust.
"I think that is an awesome idea. I will definitely join," wrote Erica Romero. "I work every day and have to come home to my kids after and don't have the time to get to a school. And I just looked into other online programs but wasn't sure about any."
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Hartsville, SC – Coker College Men and Women's Cross Country teams are gearing up to race their first annual Marathon Relay Friday, April 4, beginning at 3:30 p.m. The Coker runners will be circling the Byerly Park track approximately 105 times or 26.2 miles, in order to raise money for their current spring track season. Each runner will be collecting sponsorships for the team at minimum of $5 ($0.19 per mile).
It's not often you can support the collegiate running fanatics without traveling great distances, so consider stopping by for any or all of the marathon these athletes will collectively run. Among the participating runners will be: Abel Cabello, Adam Green, Joe Hock, Michael Koshis, Mike Murphy, Nichole Coke, Dana Daves, Amy Jones, Adriana Ochoa, Kendyl Seawright, Marissa Shinkovich, Shannon Townley, and Angela Williams.
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Boedker, Schlemko score in shootout as Coyotes beat Blackhawks 3-2 to preserve playoff hopes
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CHICAGO – Mikkel Boedker and David Schlemko scored shootout goals to lift Phoenix to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night, snapping the Coyotes' three-game losing streak and preserving their fading playoff hopes.
Schlemko beat Corey Crawford with a high shot for the deciding score in the third round of the tiebreaker to end Chicago's seven-game winning streak
Rostislav Klesla and Radim Vrbata scored in the first period for Phoenix.
Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook scored two power-play goals in regulation for his first two-goal game this season and second of his career.
Despite the loss, league-leading Chicago has points in 11 straight games (9-0-2).


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Sitting here with a glass of spirits, thinking about what speakers I would consider to be "the classics" of Hi-Fi speakers.
I'm sure I'd forget many, but I'll start with the ones that were earthshaking to me, in their day.
Limit of five models per post?
Given my life choices, mine will relate to the more human price points (In no particular order...)
A) Dahlquist DQ-10
This baby didn't play so loud, and it had terrible vertical dispersion, but it did things well on balance.
Never owned my own pair, but this cool guy named Ollie from Q Audio in Reno had a pair that he welded Pyramid tweeters on top of...
B) Acoustat 2+2
Great speed and maybe the most dynamic electrostat I had encountered up to that time. Pretty bullet-proof, too.
Finally got a pair earlier this year. Bliss.
C) Klipsch Heresy
I know, I know. But we had them in the record shop I worked in (Eucalyptus Records and Tapes, 1975-1979). They were hard to hurt, and played quite loud - while drawing no particular attention to themselves. They were actually easy to listen to. Our manager (Chris walker, I think it was) was an iconoclast, and they were driven by a Marantz tubed integrated.
They could play Tommy Bolin's "Shake the Devil," "Busting Out For Rosey," and "Post Toastee" like there was no tomorrow.
An ex-girlfriend has my pair. It's a long story.
Ah, well.
D) Gotta shout out for all the "tall" Apogees. I'm a planar guy.
Diva, Scintilla, Full range, the Grand line. I love 'em all.
E) The Acoustic Research AR-90
Had two pair and stacked them, inverted. They looked like Duntech Sovereigns before Duntech existed.
They played F'loud and imaged like a window into an orchestra. Nice dynamics, both micro and macro.
I still have 'em and I'm gonna resurrect them this year - if my budget allows.
Compared them to Chario Academy 2's and Sonus Faber Extremas to check detail and they help up quite well, really!
Laid back imaging - behind the speaker more than at the speaker or in front of it, which I like.
Percussion could give you that "hit in the chest" feeling.
Great on classical, orchestral music - almost lush.
I honestly still love them.
I'll leave the other Hall of Fame speakers for you guys to mention!


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YORK, PA - York College is proud to announce that junior golfer David Boslough (Dalton, Pa./Lackawanna Trail) has been named the Spartan Athlete of the Week ending on March 30, 2014.
Boslough had two fantastic rounds to lead the Spartan golfers in their two tournaments for the week.
In the York College Invitational on March 24, Boslough led the Spartans with a four-over-par 76 as he finished tied for 12th in the 83 player field.
Boslough then led the Spartans to a third-place finish at the loaded 18-team McDaniel Invitational on Saturday at The Bridges Golf Club in Abbottstown. Boslough shot a three-over 75 to place third at the 89-player tournament. The Spartans finished third in the tournament as they came in behind nationally ranked St. John Fisher and Rochester. Boslough's round was more impressive as he played in the afternoon flight when the rain storm made play very difficult in Abbottstown. He shot the best score of all the players who played in the afternoon flight.
Boslough leads the Spartans with a season average of 75.8 strokes per round. He has notched five top-five finishes as nine of his 10 rounds this season have left in with a top-20 finish.
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Study: Moms' Diet Not Tied to Kids' Heart Health
A new study from West Africa suggests that supplementing pregnant women's diets with extra calories and protein doesn't protect their kids against risk factors for heart disease once they're teenagers.
But researchers unconnected to the new work suggest that it might take more time for those extra prenatal calories to show up in the form of lower cholesterol and blood pressure among adult children.
"There's still such a big question mark" as to how well these supplementation programs work, said Marie-Jo Brion, an epidemiologist at the University of Bristol in the UK not tied to the study. "It's been a really difficult area to investigate."
The general theory is that kids born to moms with poor nutrition are more likely to be small and underweight at birth, which could have long-term health consequences such as heart risks, explained Dr. Prakesh Shah, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto not involved in the new research.
In the latest study, researchers led by Sophie Hawkesworth of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine measured some of the early risk factors for diabetes and heart disease in about 1,300 Gambian kids aged 11 to 17. Half of the kids were born to mothers who were given food supplements equal to about 1,000 calories per day starting at their 20th week of pregnancy, the other half to mothers who acted as a comparison group.
But there were no clear differences between the two groups of adolescents in body mass index (a measure of weight in relation to height), cholesterol or blood pressure levels, or in blood glucose and insulin levels -- two indicators that can warn of diabetes.
In a separate trial also presented in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers reported that giving moms calcium during pregnancy wasn't linked to blood pressure levels in their kids between ages 5 and 10.
Shah said that it's possible the researchers need to follow kids for many more years to see a difference from the supplements, or that starting extra nutrition for moms-to-be in week 20 may be too late to have an effect on their kids' heart health.
Either way, "extrapolating these findings to a developed country is going to be a big, big challenge," Shah told Reuters Health.
"The underlying nutritional status of these mothers is completely different" than in places like the U.S. and Canada -- meaning pregnant women there shouldn't take these findings to mean that proper prenatal nutrition isn't important, he explained.
Another limitation of this study, Shah mentioned, is that the researchers were only able to track down about 60 percent of kids whose moms had been in the original study -- leaving questions about the health of those who were not included.
But Keith West, a child nutrition researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says that's par for the course with long-term studies in poor countries, and the lack of findings doesn't mean the nutrition supplements didn't make a difference.
"The endowment that occurs early in life though good nutrition is undeniable," West told Reuters Health -- including for development and disease resistance.
"In nutrition trials, these nutrients have many different effects and we often don't measure them all," he added. Plus, it's hard to predict the influence of these supplement programs because every population of moms is different in terms of their normal diet and other baseline health factors.
"Pinpointing nutritionally what's going on is difficult," Brion agreed.
Still, she said, "we would expect a lot of the studies that come out of more deprived populations to be the ones where we might see the effects of supplementation. It's a much more extreme environment."
West emphasized the importance of keeping these studies going for many years to get a better picture of how prenatal programs help kids as they grow up.
"Some interventions are going to stand out and have very clear and impressive effects, and others, in other populations, are not," he said. "It's a story in the making."


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Duplicity is a network backup program.
Duplicity is a network backup program.
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Duplicity is a network backup program.
It can save snapshots of directories and files to a remote GnuPG encrypted tar file, which acts as a backup repository. Connecting with the remote backup repository can take place through one of the rsync, ftp, HSI, WebDAV, Tahoe-LAFS, or Amazon S3 protocols.
Backups are granularly incremental, meaning that only changes in files (since the last snapshot) are stored.
pacman -S duplicity
duplyAUR, a shell frontend, is available in AUR.
deja-dup, a easy to use frontend, is available in Official Repositories.
Basic Usage
Doing backups
To backup the local folder /home/me to the remote location /usr/backup on host other.host through the scp/ssh protocol, use:
duplicity /home/me scp://firstname.lastname@example.com//usr/backup
The first time this command is run, it will create a full backup. Running the exact same command again causes an incremental backup to the existing backup repository.
Additional command-line options options allow to:
- include or exclude specific files and directories from the backup (using shell patterns or regular expressions)
- fine-tune encryption and signing of the backups
Restoring files from backup
To restore the local folder /home/me to the state of the last snapshot saved in the remote repository /usr/backup on host other.host, do:
duplicity scp://email@example.com//usr/backup /home/me
Note the reversed ordering or the arguments compared to the backup command above. The URL argument is always treated as the backup repository, and the local path argument as the directory to sync with the backup. (A local backup repository needs to be explicitly specify using the file:// protocol prefix!)
Additional command-line option exist to allow:
- restore a specific file instead of the whole repository
- restore file(s) to the state they had on a specific date, rather than to the most recent available snapshot
Repository inspection and house-keeping
Some additional command-line options exist for comparing the repository state to the state of the local files, and to delete old snapshots so as to only keep a fixed amount of snapshots or only ones that are newer than a given date.
See the man page for details.
See also
- rdiff-backup
- Similar to Duplicity in that it also stores granularly incremental backups in a remote repository, but rather than uploading encrypted tar archives over arbitrary network protocols it creates a plain file mirror on the remote system using a custom protocol on top of ssh, similarly to how Rsync works.


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The Next 24: Spotlight on Ford
MarketWatch's Laura Mandaro takes a look at what markets are headed in the next 24 hours, including earnings from Ford and 3M and economic data from China. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Excellent, very well put. Mr Harris is genius
just when you think you cant like Sam Harris anymore
When I look at him, I see he might be Elvis.
love it
lol! Very nice!
The reverse is most assuredly not true. There are a godzillion questions for which we once had a religious answer, for which we now have a more comprehensive scientific answer.
Put this side by side with the utter lack of scientific answers replaced by religious ones and there is a big king-kong-sized, as-obvious-as-a-volcanic-eruption-seen-from-inside-the-caldera conclusion to be drawn here. I don't think I have to spell it out to anyone *here*.
we used to treat climate as a scientific subject, and global warming as a measured effect.
The myth that there is a controversy has since gained considerable traction.
Science once advocated for human eugenics, including the forced sterilization of the mentally or physically handicapped. Religion objected.
Science argued that some races were less intelligent by virtue of various physical traits. Religion dissented.
Science experimented on human subjects who were poor, or of a particular racial group, without their consent. Religion objected.
Science advocated for, created, and continues to create weapons of mass destruction. Religion objects.
It is interesting to me, however, to observe these atheist myths. ;-)
@Professor Robert,
You have some valid points, bar the last one. Many religious do not reject to the use of weapons in general. Most proponents of the NRA are of what religious stance? You guessed Christians. Many world leaders are pro-war and have NO problem ordering their national defence to use weapons of mass destruction.
So religion doesn't really reject that at all, as a matter of fact I could find plenty of biblical quotes supporting mass destruction and obliteration.
Such as:
Judges 5:31
"So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength."


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2012 22:13 UTC
"Apple today announced executive management changes that will encourage even more collaboration between the Company's world-class hardware, software and services teams. As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi will add more responsibilities to their roles. Apple also announced that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim." The most important thing to remember is that Ive will head interface design. Ive is supposedly not a big fan of skeuomorphism, so hopefully, iOS and OS X will move away from the My First Operating System-look. Expect the current popularity of skeumorphism - including elaborate reasoning as to why it's the best choice - to magically radically decline among Apple fans.
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In her crisp khaki uniform with navy-blue epaulettes, with a pistol tucked snugly in her hip holster and a polished leather cartridge-belt casually slung over her shoulder, Capt. Malalai Kakar cuts an imposing figure of a female supercop on the job — indoors.
But out on the sometimes mean, dusty streets of Kandahar, an unflattering, all-encompassing chaudari, or traditional robe, gets tossed over her dashing ensemble as Kakar tears through town on her next policing assignment.
Deep in Taliban terrain, in the birthplace of a regime that sent shivers down the spines of gender rights activists, in a city where women rarely emerge from their homes, Kakar is the only female cop on one of the world's most dangerous policing beats.
She does her work like a man, she says. And in a patriarchal, tribal society where the gun is often the ultimate arbiter of power, the wiry 35-year-old mother of six is conscious of her unique status as the city's only pistol-packing mama.
"I am the only woman in this city with a pistol," she tells ABCNEWS.com during a phone interview from Kandahar. "I also have a Kalashnikov. I have it not so much to attack other people, but to protect myself."
Taking on the Terrorists
Almost two years since the fall of the Taliban, the security situation in and around the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has been steadily deteriorating.
Girls' schools and moderate mullahs considered loyal to the government in Kabul have increasingly come under attack in recent months, and aid agencies in the area have been periodically forced to shut down their operations due to mounting assaults.
As the war in Iraq dominates international attention, experts say the war on terror in Central Asia is being exacerbated by Taliban regroupings in southern Afghanistan and across the Pakistan border.
Since late August, five American soldiers have been killed in heavy fighting in the southern provinces. And of the 300 people killed during this period — including civilians, aid workers and militants — the Afghan military and police force have borne the brunt of the recent assaults with ambushes and raids racking up a steady, deadly toll.
From her sparsely furnished office in Kandahar, Kakar can rattle off a list of colleagues killed in recent ambushes and police raids, and she's keenly aware of the hazards of her job.
"The Taliban and the terrorists have sworn to attack us, so of course it's very dangerous — we always have to watch our backs," she says in her native Pashtu. "But until now, I have not been threatened — thank God. And I'm careful, but not afraid. I'm a strong woman and I want to serve my country."
The Hard Road to Democracy
These are make-or-break times for Afghans who have suffered decades of war and instability ever since the 1979 Soviet invasion sparked a CIA-funded resistance movement that gradually unraveled the state and turned it into a drug and terrorist haven.
After 11 months of work and much deliberation by a 33-member Constitutional Commission, a draft constitution is scheduled to be released later this week. The new constitution will then be debated and ratified by a 500-strong loya jirga, or general assembly, in December. If all goes well, general elections will be held in June 2004.
It's been an arduous drafting process hampered by the public wrangling between forces who want the constitution to enshrine Islamic Sharia law and secularists who want it to embrace liberal traditions. Within the framework of an Islamic state, there are also deliberations on the likely interpretations of Islamic law.
The tussle, experts say, has far-reaching consequences for Afghan women, who suffered some of the worst gender discriminations in modern history during nearly six years of Taliban rule.
'Bad Blood Price' and Abuse as a Crime
In an unusual attempt to have a voice in a document that will have broad implications for their daughters and granddaughters, a group of 45 Afghan women gathered in Kandahar last month to draw up a bill of women's rights for the new constitution.
Organized by the New York-based WAW (Women for Afghan Women) and Afghans for a Civil Society, the conference brought together ordinary Afghan women from across the nation, many of whom left their villages and towns un-chaperoned for the first time in their lives.
In their proposed bill, the participants called for mandatory education for girls, freedom of speech, freedom to vote and run for elections and access to health care among a host of demands that Westerners would recognize as the most basic of human rights.
High on the 16-point bill of rights, however, is a particularly detailed demand for protection and security for women that includes calls for the prevention of "criminalization of sexual harassment" and abolition of "bad blood price" — terms that make little sense to most Westerners.
But for the women of Afghanistan — who had widely been declared "free" after the 2001 fall of the Taliban — they are very real, oppressive concerns.
"Bad blood price" refers to the custom of offering unmarried female family members as compensation for crimes committed by one family against another.
The criminalization of sexual harassment is arguably one of the most pernicious issue facing Afghan women in post-Taliban times. According to human rights monitoring groups, a number of female inmates in Afghan jails are women fleeing domestic and sexual harassment, who end up in prisons due to the lack of shelters as well as police reluctance to "interfere" in "household matters."
'Like the Wild West'
Taliban-style morality policing — where women are arrested for talking to men who are not their relatives or venturing outdoors without a male relative escort, or marham, — are also common outside the capital of Kabul.
In some areas, such as the western Afghan city of Herat, rights workers and medical officials say women arrested for talking to "strange men" in public are forced to undergo "chastity tests" to certify their virginity.
The biggest problem, according to Masuda Sultan, WAW program director, is the arbitrary nature of the unofficial morality codes.
"It's like the Wild West," says Sultan, an Afghan-American who fled her native Kandahar during the Soviet occupation. "You never know what you're going to be accused of. It's not clear, for instance, that traveling without a marham is a crime. Right now, it just depends on the region, on who's the local leader or warlord."
Rights workers say the situation in Pashtun-dominated Kandahar is especially hard to gauge as it is one of the most conservative cities, even by Afghan standards. In a region where everyday life is still governed by pashtunwali, an ancient, austere code of conduct that calls for strict public separation of the sexes, women are rarely seen — let alone heard — in public.
The Veil as a Crime-Fighting Asset
It's the sort of socio-cultural situation in which Kakar, as the only policewoman in the city, performs a crucial role.
"Malalai is a dynamo," says Sultan. "The way I see her is as a mediator of sorts. She's able to talk to the women, who are often in a very bad emotional state. She takes statements from women, questions witnesses and at times acts as an unofficial defense attorney — she's like a women's advocate in the police system."
As a female law enforcement official in an ultraconservative city, Kakar is a priceless asset to the police force, not just in matters concerning women's issues. Often, during the most dangerous raids on insurgents' homes, Kakar is the first person to venture into buildings since the women in households insist there are no men on the premises and policemen cannot enter their homes. Many a time, she has singularly searched homes for hidden arms as well as anti-government elements hiding in buildings.
And while her flowing chaudari may hamper her speed on the potholed roads around Kandahar, she insists her veil is an asset.
"I'm not forced to wear the chaudari," she explains. "My husband or the police force does not require it. I want to wear it because it gives me advantages. In Kandahar, it is culturally frowned on women to go out without the chaudari — people will bad-mouth my husband. I wear it to protect my family and myself."
To Pakistan and Back
The daughter of a police officer, Malalai says she began training to be a police officer at the age of 15 after school. Her career was cut short during the Taliban era, when the family was forced to flee to Pakistan overnight when she heard reports that Taliban officials were heading to her home to arrest her for the crime of being a former policewoman.
Those were the "difficult years" as a refugee, she says, when the struggle to make ends meet physically and mentally drained her. But when the Taliban was ousted in 2001, she immediately returned home and submitted her resumé to get back to the job she loved.
But life isn't easy for Kandahar's only female supercop. One policewoman is woefully inadequate for a city the size of Kandahar, and Kakar says she is on call 24/7, often after putting in a 15-hour workday. Resources such as vehicles to maneuver the potholed streets, equipment such as cell phones, finger-printing technology, even writing paper, are scarce.
To Pakistan and Back
And for her long hours and the dangerous nature of the job, the pay isn't all that great — when and if she receives it.
Like many Afghan government employees, Kakar's monthly salary arrives in fits and starts and right now, she says she has not been paid for the past four months.
More than a year after the international community pledged $4.5 billion in reconstruction assistance, the Afghan economy has been crippled by lack of funds, mismanaged projects and an inefficient economic infrastructure.
Earlier this year, Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai told reporters the pledged $4.5 billion was not enough to pay for the huge cost of rebuilding the war-torn country.
The economic situation outside Kabul — where four-wheel-drives bearing the names of various aid agencies ply the streets secured by International Security Assistance Force troops and trendy restaurants cater to the "internationals" — is abysmal by all accounts.
"There are nice conferences and offices in Kabul," says Kakar. "But what we need now is money for the government so we can improve our country."
Given the circumstances, Kakar believes the title of Kandahar's only policewoman — unfortunately — will be hers for some time now.
"I would love to have more women in the police force," she says. "But I don't see it happening in the near future. First of all, because there's no money in this and then, this is Afghanistan — women and men in most cases work in separate places and of course I work with men all the time. Other women wouldn't feel comfortable in such a situation."


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On the pages of this site are facts to help you decide on a music program of study – careers for which each program will prepare you, classes you will take, and the faculty who will teach you. Also included is information about our musical groups, ensembles, alumni, current students, and activities. There is even more information on our Facebook page!
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Beefy Potato Salad with Green Beans
From: The Beef Checkoff
Quick Facts
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 30 min.
For a delicious but simple weeknight meal, marinade the top sirloin for 30 minutes and have dinner ready in no time.
- 1 lb beef top sirloin, cut 3/4 to 1 inch thick
- 1/2 cup prepared vinaigrette dressing with Parmesan cheese, divided
- 2 Tbs vegetable oil, divided
- 3 cups frozen cut green beans
- 1 package (1-1/4 pound) refrigerated prepared potato wedges
- Cut beef steak lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick strips. Combine 1/4 cup dressing and beef in medium bowl. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes to 2 hours.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add green beans; stir-fry 5 minutes. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and potatoes; continue stir-frying 4 to 6 minutes or until potatoes and green beans are heated through and starting to brown. Remove from skillet; keep warm.
- Heat same skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add 1/2 of beef; stir-fry 1 to 3 minutes or until outside surface of beef is no longer pink. (Do not overcook.) Remove from skillet; add to vegetable mixture. Repeat with remaining beef.
- Add remaining 1/4 cup dressing to beef and vegetables; toss to coat thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper, as desired. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Substition: 1 pound beef top round steak, but 3/4 to 1 inch thick or flank steak may be substituted for top sirloin steak. Prepare recipe as directed above.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 491
Calories from Fat 195 (40%)
(34%)Total Fat 22g
(0%)Saturated Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
(18%)Cholesterol 53mg
(16%)Sodium 394mg
(0%)Potassium 0mg
Total Carbohydrate 43g
(20%)Dietary Fiber 5g
Sugars 0g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(64%)Protein 32g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Nutrition facts are calculated by a food expert using nutritional values provided by the USDA for common products used as recipe ingredients. Actual nutritional values may differ depending on the amounts or products used and can be affected by cooking methods.
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Regarding the 5-cent gas tax for transportation, in order to be equitable the tax should apply to every Maryland county, and the state Motor Vehicle Administration should determine how many licensed vehicles are in the state to estimate how much tax revenue is needed statewide.
That way, everyone who drives will share the cost of maintaining roads and bridges. If a household has more than one vehicle, it will use the roads more and thus pay more in taxes on gas. Those who use our roads pay should pay for their maintenance as well as for new transportation projects.
Fred Williams, Pasadena


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Erica Martin
As Vice President of Communications, Erica led a talented global communications team in helping achieve IFAW's animal welfare mission by educating and engaging the public in our campaigns and lobbying policymakers to support animal protection.
In addition, Erica led the development of a global communications strategy that highlights IFAW's international expertise on key program areas, promoted our expertise to media, encouraged staff and supporters to become ambassadors for the IFAW brand and our animal welfare programmes.
As part of the Executive Management Team, Erica played an instrumental role in improving organizational effectiveness by integrating communications initiatives with country office, programme and fundraising activities to maintain IFAW's position as the leading international animal welfare organisation caring for individual animals, protecting species and habitats.
Erica brought in-depth experience with several of IFAW's priority campaigns to our Executive Management Team. As Communications Director for IFAW Canada, Erica was on the front line of IFAW's founding campaign, ending the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
As head of IFAW's Oceania office, Erica and her team played a central role in IFAW's global campaign to stop Japanese whaling. Under her leadership, IFAW Oceania provided a series of recommendations to the Australian government, which resulted in Australia filing a case challenging the legality of Japanese whaling with the International Court of Justice in 2010. Erica also served as consultant to the Australian government on the development of their Animal Welfare Strategy.
Within Australia, Erica and her team significantly improved conditions for captive elephants at Sydney's Taronga Zoo and the Melbourne Zoo, working with other animal welfare organisations through the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. She also ensured IFAW was able to provide care for companion animals and wildlife following a number of natural and man-made disasters.
- Director, IFAW Oceania
- Communications Manager, IFAW Canada
- Communications Manager, IFAW Oceania
- Member, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
- Speechwriter, Australian Government Ministers
- Public Affairs Director, National Office for the Information Economy, Australia
- Communications Director, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Australian Government
- Public Affairs Manager for Western Australia, Australian Red Cross
Bachelor of Arts (BA/Hons) Degree, Journalism, Curtin University of Technology, Australia