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This unique recipe has been a family-favorite secret for years. The layers of tangy cheese, sour cream and sweet onions in this moist corn bread taste so great together! Chopped green chilies could add some fun zip. —Heather Thomas, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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- 1-1/3 cups chopped sweet onions
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 can (8-1/4 ounces) cream-style corn
- 1 package (8-1/2 ounces) corn bread/muffin mix
- 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons fat-free milk
- 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1/3 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- In a small nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute onions in butter until tender; set aside.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the corn, muffin mix, egg whites and milk. Pour into a 9-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Combine sour cream and onions; spread over batter. Sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Yield: 9 servings.
Originally published as Sweet Onion Spoon Bread in Healthy Cooking April/May 2011, p53
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"A very good recipe...slightly different from your average corn bread pudding recipe. We ate this with chili. Make sure your onions have cooled off before adding to the sour cream...mine were hot and the sour cream sort of curdled. Next time I may stir everything together rather than layering as I wasn't crazy about biting into an entire layer of onions at once."
Reviewed Mar. 30, 2011
"This was good and had good flavor. I used lowfat cheddar. I probably wouldn't make on a regular basis."
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"My husband made this. He used lowfat sour cream - it was wonderful. A keeper for sure!"


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----- A flight of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress heavy bombers -----
Cruising speed: 195-223 mph
Maximum speed: 318 mph at 25,000 ft
Service ceiling: 36,600 ft
Wing loading: 28.4 lb/sq ft
Power loading: 8.4 lb/hp
Armament: Eight flexible 0.50" M2 machine guns
One flexible 0.30" M2 machine gun
Up to 8,000 lb in bombs
Range: 2,000 st miles with 4,000 lb bombload
3,300 st miles maximum
Ten-seat glass-nosed quad radial-engined retractable-undercarriage low-wing monoplane high-tail land-based heavy bomber. Crew armour and self-sealing fuel tanks.
Side Attributes:
Can belong to the following sides: USA.
Actions and Action Points (ACP):
Can act until -70 ACP left.
Receives basic allotment of 70 new ACP per turn.
Movement, Movement Points (MP), and Speeds (MP/ACP Ratios):
Uses a minimum of 10 ACP per move.
Needs MP to enter terrain: 10 by default, 20 into mountains, ice, 0 into river.
MP to enter unit: 200 into all unit types.
Gets up to 200 free MP if needed to finish a move.
Hit Points (HP): 1.
Can attack (ACP 0 by default, 5 vs port, town, airfield, airstrip, seaplane-base, carrier, light carrier, battleship, heavy cruiser, light cruiser, destroyer, submarine, oiler, tender, transport).
Hit chances are 10% by default, 20% vs carrier, light carrier, battleship, heavy cruiser, light cruiser, oiler, tender, transport, 100% vs port, town, airfield, airstrip, seaplane-base.
Damage is 1d3 vs all unit types.
If attacked, ACP to defend is 5 vs all unit types.
Combat effectiveness as occupant is 0% in all unit types.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game if independent.
Not always seen even if terrain has been seen.
Occupants not seen even if unit has been seen.
Chance to see if adjacent is 100% by default, 0% for submarine.
Material Handling:
fuel, 66 storage (66 at start of game), 7 basic consumption, times 0% if occupant, needs 1 to move, 1 consumed per move
bombs, 8 storage (8 at start of game), 2 (ammo) consumed per attack
torps (none)
Fate if side loses: 100% chance to vanish.
AI Attributes:
Requires >= 30 accessible, liquid cells to build naval units.
Requests a total wartime garrison of 1 units.
Range within which enemies will cause an alert is 6.
Basic tactical computation range is 12.
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No fresh news from Italy. Jean has just been to Gma's to take brambles Rene brought for Eff. and to tell G.ma Father is starting 6 days holiday? to-day and to ask her if she would like to come. She doesn't say yet. Father is on watch but is being released at 10 by Mr Parish as he has to go to the station. The rush of station work will soon be over I expect.
Eff sent me eggs to-day. I did not expect them as Den[nis] is at home. I sent Ron an A.M.L [air mail letter] yesterday. Also sent snaps to be reprinted and sent Emmie the first of hers, wonder if she will like it. I don't think we take enough time posing before the actual "smile please" or we forget to take the whole picture, as distinct from the figure, into our eye. I was too near the camera, it showed up all my wrinkles. Rene says she'll take another, one day. Must send Ron one with Jean, Rene and I on. It is pretty good.
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Sadly, into all our lives come times of grief, pain, suffering. Someone we dearly care about is horribly hurt in an accident or seriously ill. No one wants to go there, but, well, it happens.
Many of us have experience or have heard of Hospice and it's wonderful work. No words to describe what a help it has been to so many.
Here is another service, that I have had experience with. A dear cousin, Jan, in early March was involved in a very nasty automobile accident. You know the kind that requires jaws of life to get you out of the car.
Her family is large, loving, large, loving, oohhhh, said that. Well, it is, VERY large and VERY loving! She has 6 children, her second husband has 2, from all accounts, they are a wonderful blended family.
The extended family is large as well. Bobby's mother, for example is one of 13 siblings, 10 of those grew to adulthood and had their own families. If I counted right, Bobby has 38 first cousins!
Let me tell you, when one of this group is in need of prayer, prayer is what they get, they really are quite a family.
So, when Jan was hurt, it did not take long for the emails to fly, phones to ring, concerns and expressions of love, prayer, and offered help.
I have no idea where or how they learned of this FREE service, but, they signed up for a blog of sorts at CaringBridge http://www.caringbridge.org/
I have no idea how you get a page started, if it is only offered in certain hospitals, I have no knowledge of the specific details. I do know that Jan and Bobby have had well over 5000, yes, 5000 hits on Jan's CaringBridge page since her accident. And there are over 460 messages left there for them. Powerful, caring messages full of love, quotes from scripture and prayers. Bobby has read many of the messages to Jan.
I hope you never need the service, but bring it to your attention, and yes, they accept donations.
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School violence task force meets today
In reaction to escalating violence in city schools, Charlottesville school officials have created a 15-person task force to start dealing with the problem. The task force will meet at 9:00 am today at Charlottesville High School and present its findings to the school board next week. This week, the Hook reports on the increased violence at Buford Middle School, where "some teachers are claiming the problems with violence are only going to get worse if the school administration doesn't do more to keep the students and staff safe."
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Who are the members on this task force? How were they selected so fast? Was there any application process?
Things sure do happen fast behind closed doors without much public input. /Steve
A lot of city business does happen out of the public's eye but the creation of this "task force" is not really a big deal. It's probably little more than a study group. It won't have any legislative or regulatory authority. It's just a token for public relations and won't end up amounting to much, other than making a few people feel like they're "involved". In fact it may do more harm than good by drawing more public attention to the problem but not producing any substantive solutions. I do hope that they will prove me wrong and actually come up with some good ideas that will be accepted and adopted by the school system.
I agree with you, Kevin. It's just a typical "feel good" approach at dealing with a problem they don't how to solve. I had entertained the thought of applying as one of the "parents" in the group. But everybody was already selected.
I have lost all faith in local law enforcement. The administration has no control over anything anymore it seems. They can't even control the school crossing guards shouting out rude remarks at parents leaving the schools in the afternoon. "Get off the cell phone!" "Yeah, take your time!" etc.... I can't convince any of these parents to go downtown and file complaints. They are afraid of the police. If the parents are afraid of the police, and if the police can't even control 55 and 60 year old school crossing guards, how do they think they are going to control an entire school full of teenagers? It's really sad. /Steve


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Can someone explain to me how rookie salaries work in the MLB?
I think that all rookies have base salaries until they are eligible for arbitration or FA, but my question is:
How much is this salary?
How long until they are up for arbitration?
When does the arbitration clock start ticking? For example, if we bring homer up this year, does that count as a full year? or how does this work?
Thanks in advance.


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(CNN) -- It was the most neck-breaking assignment I've ever covered.
For 15 long minutes I strained my neck looking upwards as I interviewed the seven-foot-six Yao Ming just after he was drafted to the North American National Basketball Association's (NBA) No. 1 pick in 2003.
Yao was the first ever NBA No. 1 from overseas.
"I'm happy to join the Houston rockets," he told me. "Hi, Houston. I'm coming." That was all he could say when I asked him to say something in English on camera.
As an NBA rookie, he was then about to sign a four-year contract with the Rockets worth about $9 million, a mind-boggling bonanza considering the average yearly income per person in China then was less than $1,000.
The Shanghai phenomenon confessed to feeling the pressure of representing one billion Chinese in the NBA.
But he had other pressing matters in mind.
"I have to learn to drive," he said.
Not everyone believed Yao could make the grade in the NBA.
Charles Barkley, a retired NBA star and a TV commentator, was so skeptical he promised to kiss a donkey's behind if Yao scored more than 19 points in a game in his debut season.
Yao did and Barkley kissed a donkey's rear end.
"There are very few people that skilled at that size," basketball commentator P.J. Carlesimo, observed then. "He has a lot of things you can't teach."
I quickly became a Yao fan. I watched every Yao game I could catch on TV.
But I, too, wondered: Could Yao adapt to the rough-and-tumble world of the NBA? Is he tough enough to play against chest-thumping superstars like Shaquille O'Neal? And how long before he will be talking trash, shoving referees and snubbing fans?
Yao turned out to be a real giant in every way.
Yao was such a towering presence he could easily dunk the ball unless he is double or triple-teamed. You cannot teach height, as they say in basketball.
But he was also equipped with a soft shooting touch that enabled him to score from the outside.
"For a big guy, Yao had excellent basketball IQ," says Ma Jian, 41, a retired national team player who played for Utah in the NCAA in the 1990s. "He worked the hardest, too."
In the nine years he played in the NBA, Yao averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks. His field-goal average: 52.4%. He was voted an All-Star player in the league eight times.
I also admired Yao for his maturity and modesty.
On court, Yao was pugnacious but never repugnant.
Off court he was witty but never smart-alecky.
When the Shanghai Sharks, his former basketball team in China, retired his number, Yao took out a full page thank you ad in Chinese newspapers that said: "How does a single blade of grass thank the sun?"
Next to the giant panda perhaps, Yao is the most recognizable -- and likable -- Chinese face. "He's just such an affable person with a great sense of humor," recalls Colin Pine, who served as Yao's personal translator during his first few years at Houston.
Often described as the "Smiling Giant," his wholesome image helped change some of the stereotypical images of China overseas.
Admirers say Yao has done more for improving China's image overseas than any modern-day politician or diplomat.
"Yao has become a cultural ambassador who promotes Chinese culture to the world," writes the Chinese-language paper Basketball Pioneer. "To quote Kobe Bryant, he has 'built a bridge between each of us.'"
Yao, 31, is scheduled to meet the press on July 20 to talk about his "future personal development plans".
If he retires this summer, Yao would leave behind a giant void. "He is the core of China's basketball," says Ma Jian, who often works as a sports commentator. "He is the face of basketball and the NBA in China."
Will Yao Ming's departure endanger the NBA in China?
He is also one of the richest men in China, having made millions of dollars in NBA salaries and commercial endorsements.
He endorses Chinese brands like China Unicom and China Life Insurance, and global brands like Pepsi, Visa and McDonald's. He has even bought ownership of his old team, the Shanghai Sharks, a title-contender in China's local basketball league.
What kind of legacy will Yao leave behind?
"Too soon to tell," says Jiang Yi, managing editor of Sports Illustrated China, a bimonthly Chinese-language magazine. "He's just starting to make greater things happen."
Observers here say Yao can make a huge impact even in retirement.
"He can use his experience, resources and influence to do many things," says Ma Jian, who works as a sports newscaster and promotes a high school-level league. "We need a lot of good coaches, teachers, grassroots programs -- just some of things he can support. We need a lot of Yao Mings who have the passion for basketball."
We in the media have dubbed the Yao years the "Ming dynasty." To the Chinese he has indeed been a regal presence. They just wish the dynasty wasn't ending so soon.


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2003 Track and Field
indoor track & field
Bluffton squads earn high finishes at ONU
by Nate Smith
The Beavers' track and field teams took a strong contingent to Ohio Northern Friday night, and returned feeling even stronger.
Bluffton placed third out of six in both the men's and women's team scoring competitions, with a number of top individual finishes and new indoor school records gained in the process. The women claimed four first-place finishes on the evening, while the men claimed two more. The women totaled 83 points throughout the meet, while the men compiled 76. Both teams finished behind host Ohio Northern and Huntington (NAIA).
Leading the way for the women was freshman sprinter Rita Muether. Muether broke two Bluffton indoor records with her performances in the 55 and 300 meter races. Her time of 7.93 seconds in the 55 meters placed her second in that event, and she later picked up a victory in the 300 meters with a time of 43.95 seconds, breaking the old record in that event by over two full seconds. Also setting a new Bluffton standard on the track for the women was freshman Stephanie Welch, who ran 1:28.59 for the 500 meters while placing third overall. Welch also claimed an individual title in the high jump. Other event winners for the Beavers included Michele Bailey (So.), who claimed the victory in the weight throw, and the women's distance medley relay team of Welch, Lauren Borga, Kirstie Dravenstott, and Jennifer Creamer. Dravenstott also established an indoor record in the triple jump, with a jump of 28'11" in her first-ever competition.
Other top performances for the women included: Amanda Habegger (55HH - 6th, 9.51; 300m - 5th, 46.57, Vault - 6th, 7'0.25"), Jana Hammer (55m - 6th, 8.15), Jennifer Creamer (1000m - 6th, 3:36.68), Megan Beach (Shot - 4th, 33'3.25"; Weight - 2nd, 34'10.5"), and Rachel Noirot (Vault - 5th, 7'0.25").
The men's top performances began in the field events, where junior Clint Dillon bested his own indoor record in the pole vault with a winning vault of 14'6". Dillon was joined in his record-setting performance by freshman sprinter Al Pearson, who set a new 300 meter indoor record with his time of 37.95 seconds, tying him for third overall in the meet. Other event winners for the Bluffton men included their distance medley relay team of Dan Rosebrock, Floyd Ward, Andy Schiefer, and Steve Borga, a team which finished 42 seconds in front of second-place Wilberforce. Rosebrock also established a new indoor record for the Beavers in the 1000 meters, with his time of 2:41.80.
Other top performances for the men included: Floyd Ward (500m - 4th, 1:12.26), Andy Schiefer (800m - 4th, 2:11.43), Jason Lehman (300m - 6th, 38.72), Steve Borga (5000m - 3rd, 17:30.16), Jeremy King (HJ - 2nd, 5'11.25"), Fred Yoder (Vault - 5th, 12'0.5"), Travis Lepley (Shot - 5th, 42'6.75"), and Jeff Lehman (Shot - 6th, 42'6.25").
Said Head Coach Derek Stanley, "I was very pleased with our performances to open the 2003 season. Hopefully, we can just continue to get better throughout this indoor portion of our schedule."
The Beavers will be attempting to do just that next Saturday, February 8th, when they travel to conference rival Anderson (IN) for their next indoor competition.


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I was at my desk last week when a colleague across the hall shouted over, "Hey, NASA's going to capture an asteroid and tow it to Earth, then send astronauts up to land on it!"
This cannot be for real, I thought. This is another one of those Internet things, like the Mayan apocalypse, jellyfish UFOs over Mexico and potty-trained cats. I expressed my skepticism and then smugly sat back and awaited the correction I was sure NASA would be issuing by the end of the afternoon, looking forward to my "I-told-you-so."
But the correction never came, and when NASA formally announced the details of its budget request April 10, there was the asteroid mission I'd been so sure was a figment of the Internet's imagination, laid out in PowerPoint.
As if PowerPoint weren't enough to convince skeptics like me, there's even a slickly animated video of an unfortunate asteroid being nabbed by a robotic spacecraft, stuffed into a kind of space-borne Hefty bag and smuggled back to Earth's neighborhood, where it is greeted by spacewalking astronauts who take measurements and samples. Still not convinced that NASA is serious? To assuage any inkling of doubt, the whole thing is set to music that sounds like it came out of the latest "Star Trek" movie. This music means business.
Before you run out to volunteer for that spacewalk, though, let's take a minute to separate what's real from what one day, possibly, maybe could be real. First things first: This mission is part of a budget request, which still must be approved by Congress. Second, NASA has asked for $100 million to kick off the project, just a tiny chunk of the more than $2 billion that experts estimate it could ultimately cost. Congress will have to be perennially resold on the merits of the mission.
Though the broad outlines of the asteroid mission have been sketched out -- find asteroid, capture it, bring it closer to Earth, go check it out -- the details remain to be filled in. But asteroid experts have already started thinking about it. In fact, last year, the Keck Institute for Space Studies brought together experts from more than a dozen institutions, including multiple NASA labs, to issue a feasibility report on just such a mission. They recommend targeting an asteroid about 7 meters across, with a mass close to 500,000 kilograms, and towing it in to orbit around the moon. The ultimate price tag: about $2.6 billion.
We aren't ready to set out on this capture mission right away, either. First, we need to find a suitable asteroid: one on a trajectory that could be safely tweaked, and of a size and type too small and delicate to survive the plunge through Earth's atmosphere should something go awry. NASA also needs to show that it is possible to power the capture spacecraft using lightweight solar arrays. Most challenging of all, engineers will have to find a way to nab the asteroid (or, as NASA's PowerPoint colorfully calls it, the "non-cooperative space object" ) and control it with enough finesse that astronauts will eventually be able to make a rendezvous.
If this sounds fanciful, consider that it is probably cheaper, easier and faster to bring the asteroid to the astronauts than vice versa, which is the goal President Obama set back in 2010. It is also, for lack of a better word, cooler. In the wake of the Russian asteroid strike, NASA has hit on a concept that is not just technically challenging but also potentially world-saving. That's something NASA has been in search of for a very long time: an idea that is ambitious enough to inspire, practical enough to be achievable and utilitarian enough to justify the cost.
So, is this for real? It is as real as we decide to make it.
Kate Becker is a science writer living in Boston. Contact her at spacecrafty.com, or connect via Facebook (facebook.com/katembecker) or Twitter (@kmbecker).


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This is my 1884/1885 (based on the serial number) Waltham Stag Hunters-Case pocket watch with box hinge. It is 14k gold and multi-colored (white, yellow & pink). The mechanism Serial Number is 2444911 and is the "P.S. Bartlett" model. The watch was operational up until a couple of years ago when it suddenly stopped and, except for being non-operational, is in excellent condition throughout and I believe it can be easily and inexpensively repaired.
This watch was purchased by my Great-Grandfather and his initials "JDE" (John Daniel Eastlund) are inscribed on the front case cover, and a stag is on the back. Although some of these pictures are slightly out of focus, you can see that this is a beautiful watch.
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Too little too late.
Per Manish
Too little too late.
Cementing the fact that he wanted no part of Tebow.
Talk about getting screwed by your bosses.
Tebow should ask for his release today. Whether you like the guy or not, hes done everything he has been asked to do, and now they promote the 3rd string qb over him.
Obviously, Rex wants no part of tebow. So im wondering if there is a disconnect btwn tanny and Rex. Everyone assumes this was a woody call but maybe tanny did this on his own.
YAY McELROY!
This is such an empty feeling I have. It was obvious. He needed to play. I'm thankful that I don't have to watch Mark Sanchez play football anymore. Hell, I wasn't gonna watch for the rest of the season. Now I have to see how noodle arm fairs. Just like the Jets to win enough games to get a sh!ttier draft pick.
Bet Rex wishes he would have gone with his gut instinct last weekend.
Either way, it clearly wasn't Rex's call (something I was wrong about tbqh).Obviously, Rex wants no part of tebow. So im wondering if there is a disconnect btwn tanny and Rex. Everyone assumes this was a woody call but maybe tanny did this on his own.
thank baby jesus!
Tebow sucks.
I feel bad for him.
He was brought into this place to be part of the petting zoo that is the NY Jets.
What a ****ing joke.
Woody's Petting Zoo...Step Right Up
Praise Jesus
also think sanchez is gone next season. the team needs to move on and so does sanchez. it's one year, then it's over. hopefully mcelroy plays well.
Yes finally. I will not have to endure any more suckchez. To bad it took to now.
I still do not understand why Rex wants no part of tebow. Tebow is everything Rex wants in a qb.
Great leader. Does not turn the ball over. You can run the sh!t out of the ball. Defense rules the roost etc.
Tebow seems like the perfect qb for Rex.
Why does Rex want no part of the guy?
Is this a last ditch effort at hoping a guy they drafted(Mcelroy) plays well and they can someone pitch "greg is the answer in 2013" to woody? Let us stick around and coach him since we drafted him?
He shouldn't start and Rex is doing the correct thing however. The most I can think of is that Rex was into the idea of him solely as a wildcat guy ala Brad Smith. Shockingly that is what he said before the season too.
Tebow can't win... Just can't happen in this league.
So does that mean Teabow will be inactive.
Rich Cimini @RichCimini
McElroy is expected to be the guy, but organization is concerned with potential fallout for passing over Tebow. Never a dull moment. #Jets


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UMW News Bureau
The University of Montana Western Education Department and the University of Montana Western Foundation will be honoring distinguished education alumni and students at the second annual Night of Stars awards ceremony on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in Montana Western's Beier Auditorium.
The awards ceremony will be followed by a reception, a social and a silent auction at 8:30 p.m. in the Lewis & Clark Room in Mathews Hall.
This year's Education Hall of Fame inductees include Tammy Hurley of Anaconda, Mont.; Ingrid Joy Kaushagen of Dillon, Mont.; Thomas Marinkovich of Box Elder, Mont.; Joe McDonald of Ronan, Mont.; and Terry Souhrada of Spokane, Wash.
The 2013 Legacy Award recipient is Elsie Dondanville of Polson, Mont. Dondanville began her teaching career by earning a two-year Elemntary Grade Teaching Certificate from Flathead County High School in 1929. She then taught for one year at South Devon School in Shelby, Mont. before attending college at the Dillon campus in 1931. She later taught at many rural schools in small communities across Montana, including Somers, Demersville, the Flathead Valley, Lonepine and Hot Springs. Dondanville turned 102 years old in September 2013.
Ten education students will also be honored as Night of Stars Outstanding Teacher Candidates: Sarah Baumberger, an elementary education major from Belgrade, Mont.; Meghan Flanary, an elementary education minor from Eureka, Mont.; Rochelle Garrison, an elementary education major from Butte, Mont.; Nicole King, an early childhood education major from Billings, Mont.; Ashley Moser, an elementary education major from Butte, Mont.; Ben Moser, a secondary education, English major from Butte, Mont.; Melissa Ossello, a special education major from Butte, Mont.; Jennalee Scheeler, an elementary education major from Helena, Mont.; Connor Silliker, an art education major from Whitefish, Mont.; and Randi Westlie, a secondary education, English major from Ronan, Mont.
The 2013 University of Montana Western Education Hall of Fame inductees include the following:
Tammy Hurley attended Montana Western from 1990 to 1992 and again from 1998 to 2000. She earned an associate's degree in early childhood education from Montana Western in 1992. She then earned her bachelor's in elementary education from Montana Western in 2000. She also earned her master's in technology from Walden University-Online.
After graduating from Montana Western in the summer of 2000, Hurley was hired in the Anaconda School District #10 as a sixth grade teacher for two years. In 2002, she became the seventh grade world geography teacher. She currently teaches seventh grade geography, eighth grade honors U.S. history and computer applications.
Hurley was a representative of the In Democracy Summer Institute in 2010. She was selected to represent the state of Montana as a future Resource Description and Access (RDA) trainer. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Mary Frances Shreeve award for teaching excellence from the University of Montana.
Hurley is involved in a number of volunteer activities, including coaching young children in softball and basketball, teaching religion for a child with special needs, volunteering at the Anaconda Rest Home and the local food bank and being a mentor for the Montana Youth Challenge Academy in Dillon, Mont.__________________________________________________
Ingrid Joy Kaushagen attended Montana Western from 1955 to 1957 before embarking on her teaching career. She was still 18 years old when she began teaching at a four-teacher rural school at Grantsdale in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. She taught there for two years before moving to Corvallis to teach for 11 years. She eventually came to teach in Dillon for 18 years. Kaushagen retired in 1988 but continued as a substitute teacher for 13 years.
Kaushagen served in many different posts for the Ravalli County Montana Education Association. In 1985, she attended the National Education Association Representative Assembly in Washington, D.C. Kaushagen served in most offices for the Delta Chapter of the Alpha Delta Kappa honorary teachers' sorority. She was a member of the Dillon City Library Board and the Dillon Concert Association board. She is currently the secretary to the Southwest Montana Retired Educators and the president of the Beaverhead County Museum Association.__________________________________________________
Marinkovich attended Montana Western from 1975 to 1978. He was a member of the Art Club and Kappa Delta Pi. He also started the rural art program at Montana Western.
Marinkovich graduated from Montana Western in June of 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in K-12 Art. He attended Montana Tech from September 1974 to May 1975 for general studies, and he is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Education with an Emphasis in Art Education from Montana State University-Northern in Havre, Mont.
From 1992 to 1997, Marinkovich worked in the Office of Public Instruction in Helena as the Indian Education/Art Consultant. He has taught in the Box Elder Public Schools since 1978 as the art instructor in addition to teaching adult classes. He has been the art instructor for Stone Child College in Box Elder, Mont. sine 1986. From 1994 to 2001, Marinkovich was the art workshop instructor at the Montana Teachers Convention. From 1987 to 1988, he taught drawing and graphics at Northern Montana College (now MSU-Northern).
Marinkovich earned the Fire Prevention Service Award in 1993 and 1997, the Local Educator of the Year award in 1992 and was a Cowboy Hall of Fame Trustee from 2005 to 2012. He has been a Golden Triangle Co-op Art Workshop Instructor since 2010. In 2001, Marinkovich was a candidate for the Montana Teacher of the Year award.__________________________________________________
Joe McDonald attended Montana Western from 1951 to 1953. He graduated from Montana Western in 1953 with a two-year teaching certificate. He later earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Montana in 1958, a master's degree from the University of Montana in 1965 and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Montana in 1981.
McDonald was part of Montana Western's all-conference football team in 1951 in addition to being selected the outstanding backfield player for the team. He was elected class president in 1951 and 1952. He earned a starting position on the basketball team by the end of the 1951-52 season and played second base on the baseball team.
McDonald also met his wife Sherri while at UMW.
He taught and coached in Montana from 1953 to 1976 before focusing his efforts on developing the Salish Kootenai College and serving as its president from 1976 to 2010.
McDonald earned honorary doctorate degrees from Montana State University, Gonzaga University and the University of Montana. He is a distinguished alumni for the University of Montana and Montana Western. He earned the National Indian Educator of the Year award in 1989, the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 and was inducted into the Montana Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. The University of Montana Foundation named him one of the 50 Greatest Grizzlies, and he was also named one of Montana's most influential people of the 1900's.
McDonald served on a number of committees including the Carnegie Foundation Board, the board of directors for the Helena branch of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, the board of the American Council for Education, the board of the American Association of Community Colleges, the board of American Indian College Fund and he was a member of the College Commission of the Northwest Association of Colleges and Universities.__________________________________________________
Terry Souhrada began attending Montana Western in 1970 and earned his bachelor's degree in 1973. He also earned a master's degree in 1991 and a Ph.D. in education in 2001. He earned both his master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Montana.
Souhrada competed on the Montana Western track team as a walk-on. He set and broke 11 records, including the record in the triple jump, which stills stands. He graduated in three years and was on the Dean's List all but one quarter. For every year he attended Montana Western, he was awarded the President's Scholarship.Souhrada taught in Ronan, Bigfork and Polson from 1973 to 1992. He was the head writer for the SIMMS Math Project from 1992 to 1998. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Montana from 1998 to 2002. He then taught at Loyola High School from 2002 to 2003. He wrote for Kendall Hunt Publishing from 2003 to 2006 and currently teaches at Spokane Falls Community College, where he has been since 2007.
Some of Souhrada's achievements include writing and publishing articles for Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM), working on the development of the TI-92 calculator and serving on the MCTM board and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) committee. He received the Dean Preble Memorial Award from MCTM for outstanding contribution to Montana math education in 2004. He is also in the Montana Western Athletic Hall of Fame.__________________________________________________
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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Learn more about AILA's official statements on immigration issues.Read Now
AILA Doc. No. 11101164 | Dated October 11, 2011
By Randall Caudle
Donald Herbert Freiberg
October 10, 1954 - September 4, 2011
I am sad to report that Donald passed away on Sunday, Sept. 4th due to cancer. His very touching memorial service, with fond memories & music by his family, friends, & co-workers was on Sunday, October 9th.
Donald is survived by his wife, Laura Ning Zhang Freiberg, & 3 young children.
Donald practiced immigration law in San Jose, CA for many years. Donald graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1976 (undergrad) and from U.C. Davis Law School in 1986.
Donald was one of the attorneys instrumental in establishing the AILA Santa Clara Valley chapter and served as the AILA Santa Clara Valley chapter chair in 1993-1994 and again in 1999-2000. Donald served on various AILA committees, both locally and nationally.
I got to know Donald through his involvement with AILA Santa Clara Valley and I was honored to serve with Donald on the AILA National California Service Center (CSC) liaison committee. I spent a lot of time in airports with Donald, as we traveled between San Jose and Laguna Niguel often. I feel privileged to have been able to get to know Donald as a friend and a colleague.
Donald was one of those rare individuals that was always nice, no matter what the situation. Donald was funny and loved his family more than anything in the world. Donald had a sharp legal mind and was able to come up with creative solutions to difficult immigration issues & challenges.
Donald loved to travel and had been to many countries, including Iceland on one of his last trips. Donald acted in over 60 theater productions and was very involved in teaching kids about acting & the theater.
Should you wish, donations in Donald's memory may be made to: Friends of Palo Alto Children's Theatre, www.fopact.org.
If you would like to send a message to Donald's wife Laura, please send it to me and I will forward it on.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 11101164.
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Q. My two-year marriage was fraught with infidelity on both sides. Five months ago I was finally able to tell my husband that I wasn't happy and that we needed to move on from each other as amicably as possible. He grudgingly agreed to the divorce, and currently it's pending in the court system. After our initial talk, displaying (yet more) poor judgment, my husband went to my family and disclosed all the sordid details he knew about my affairs, including the identity of my ongoing affair partner. My family was completely horrified and enraged. They cornered me in my home, screaming horrible things about me and my lover.
Over the course of the last few months, I gradually have patched things up with my family, although tension over the subject remains. They know I'm still seeing my affair partner (now boyfriend) but it's become a don't-ask-don't-tell policy, with no mention of him or how I'm spending my weekends.
My boyfriend and I (late 20s/early 30s) plan to move in together in a few months (my mother is a frequent and welcome visitor in my home), and I have no idea how to handle this awkward situation with my family. Right now, I feel so cowed and afraid of upsetting the apple cart that I can't even bring myself to mention his name around them. But I love my boyfriend very much, we get along so well, and he makes me very happy. How do I go about broaching this sensitive topic?
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A. Your family wants you to be thoughtful about your life, so show them that you are. Talk to them about your decisions. Disclose your concerns. If your mom is a frequent visitor, she's also a friend. Tell her: "I want you to know that I'm enjoying my time with [boyfriend]. I feel awful talking to you about it, but I don't want to leave you out." Let her react. It's possible that she's had a million questions but has been afraid to pry.
But get ready, because mom is going to ask you why you're moving in with your boyfriend. For the record, I'm asking that, too. I understand that you're really into him. but . . . you're not divorced. You've barely had time to process all of these changes. And you didn't leave your husband for this man in particular. Are you really ready to get serious with the next guy? What's the rush?
You don't owe anybody explanations, but if you want to keep your family close, you have to talk to them. And it'll be good for you to say this stuff out loud. Sometimes when we say it out loud, it makes us more accountable.
If you want your family to take your new relationship seriously then treat it with a little more respect than you treated your marriage.
Wow. Nice to know your family loves you unconditionally. Maybe I'm missing something here, but how does it hurt THEM if you cheated?
I don't blame them. These are the people that stood up for you at your wedding, am I right? Though you may not deserve a lifetime of shunning, your family deserves to be angry at you.
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Not strictly a joke, but it struck me as very funny.At work, I was waiting in line at Costa Coffee to get my breakfast. A rather large guy in front of me had ordered a complicated coffee, and it took a while for the barista to make it. Eventually, the guy got served. The barista said "Sorry about the wait", and the guy immediately came back with "It's OK, I'll lose it eventually!"I had to laugh. That put a smile on my face for the rest of the day!
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Crit rate+ from atma just seems to have a +50% cap.
This was the general understanding some of us had at the time (if I remember correctly this was a quote from an old bg thread someone brought up), but since then a lot more data has been gathered. If you stack Razed Ruins + Gnarled Horn + Dark Depths it will take your melee crit rate straight to 95%. That means the follows
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Put 30+ of the worlds best off road racers into two trucks over two days to test and hammer the hell out of them. What do you get,,, ONE TOUGH SUPER STADIUM ...
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@Mike I'm hoping just BJ making good TV since nothing else ever came from it. Hopefully BJ just got a little bent and used it as motivation.
@Rachel,East,West,South and North,World wide, who ever can write a good check would be my guess.
@Wally, is/was BJ really ever piss'd at Robby, or BJ making for a good TV?
@Rachel,Yes they can race them after the rental check has cleared;-)
So it appears BJ is over being pissed at Robby? glad to see all the drivers who did show up, pretty impressive list
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The rumors of a Smiths reunion are apparently false, despite the reports that emerged Thursday on Music-news.co.uk.
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr denied the rumors via his Facebook page: "The rumour of The Smiths reunion is untrue. It's not happening."
The original story suggested that frontman Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr had been in talks with a "well-known" promoter about reuniting.
U.K. music magazine NME has claimed to have received a denial from within the music industry, writing on Twitter, "There's no truth to the Smiths reunion rumours. A highly-placed source in Britain's live music industry, along with others close to the band, denied the rumours when contacted by NME."
Former drummer Mike Joyce also denied the rumors on his Internet radio show on Beatwolf Radio. The Smiths split in 1987 when Marr left the band. The U.K. group has been the subject of endless reunion rumors since the split.
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- Dean Obeidallah: Sacha Cohen plays an Arab dictator showing worst stereotypes of Arabs
- He says it's the same as whites in blackface performing vicious stereotypes of blacks
- Arab culture is not off-limits for comedy, he says, it's just that these jokes aren't based in truth
- Obeidallah: If real Arabs had some input, jokes could rise above the superficial and clichéd
Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie, "The Dictator," is a modern-day minstrel show judging from the trailer and Cohen's comments promoting the film while dressed as the film's star, "Gen. Shabazz Aladeen," the leader of a fictitious Arab country.
Cohen, who is not of Arab heritage, plays this Arab character while sporting a long fake beard and speaking in a strong Arabic accent, which would be fine, except the character is showcasing the worst stereotypes of Arabs.
For example, at a news conference in New York City this week promoting his film, Cohen exclaimed: "Welcome devils of the Zionist media and death to the West." He then joked about liking TV shows that showed Arab terrorists killing Americans and admiring fashion designer John Galliano for hating the Jews.
To me, this is essentially the same as white performers in blackface portraying black people in buffoonish negative stereotypes for the enjoyment of white America.
But I am not advocating a ban on offensive comments or the telling of culturally insensitive jokes. I certainly am not calling for more PC comedy. I'm not calling for a boycott of anyone nor asking for one more insincere "I'm sorry to all those who were offended by me" from a celebrity.
I'm in no way arguing that Arab culture is off-limits or cannot be mocked. I'm a comedian of Arab heritage and have performed comedy shows not only for Arab-American groups across the United States, but also in the Middle East, from Egypt to Qatar to Saudi Arabia. I find the biggest laughs are elicited when performers hold up a comic mirror to Arab culture.
But for some reason, the entertainment industry appears to truly enjoy ridiculing "brown" people, Arabs and Indians, and has no qualms about casting people not of our heritage to portray us. Indeed, just last week Popchips snack company found itself embroiled in a controversy because an ad showed Ashton Kutcher playing an Indian character in brownface, similar to what Cohen is doing in "The Dictator."
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Here is my simple request to the entertainment industry: If you are going to mock and ridicule us for profit, can you at least cast Arabs and Indians to play us? And while we're at it, why not include us in the creative process as co-writers and directors?
If you look at the names of the writers, co-stars and director of "The Dictator," none is of Arab heritage. Ben Kingsley, who is of Indian heritage, co-stars, but if you don't know the difference between Arabs and Indians, go to Google.
And let's be honest, these types of buffoonish "brownface" stereotypes would not be permitted if it were any other minority group. What would the reaction be if a white actor in blackface mocked African-American culture? Or if an actor of Arab heritage pitched a movie about the leader of a fictitious Jewish state in which he would portray the Jewish leader and showcase the worst stereotypes of Jews? Is there any chance that film would get the green light from a Hollywood studio?
I understand that the entertainment industry is about making money, not correcting negative stereotypes -- even those they helped perpetuate. But why not cast a person who is actually Arab as the sidekick to the star who is pretending to be Arab?
Arabs and South Asians have long been ghettoized in Hollywood, playing almost exclusively cab drivers, deli workers, terrorists and the occasional "good" guy who works with law enforcement, and who is usually killed later in the movie by a bad "brown" guy.
But here's the thing Hollywood: Adding people of our heritage to the movie is actually good business. It would help the film rise above the superficial and cliched material we have seen for years when it comes to Arabs and Indians on the screen. For example, the jokes in "The Dictator" trailer sound like a less clever version of the material you would hear from comedian Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist dummy "Achmed the Dead Terrorist."
Hollywood learned this very lesson years ago when it made mafia movies with no Italian-Americans involved in the creative process or as stars. Those films failed because they lacked any true understanding of Italian culture, which would have enhanced the film. That changed when Paramount Studios hired Francis Ford Coppola, then a little-known director, to helm "The Godfather." In turn, Coppola hired talented but unknown Italian-American actors such as Al Pacino and John Cazale ("Fredo Corleone") to be co-stars. The rest is cinematic history.
In time, there will likely be an Arab and Indian-American Denzel Washington and Spike Lee. And that will come from a combination of the artists in those communities creating their own projects -- which is increasingly happening -- but also being cast in the bigger budget Hollywood movies. The big studio movies have the greatest reach and are the ones which create stars who then have the ability to get movies made that would present their culture in a more nuanced and entertaining manner.
"The Dictator" may turn out to be a blockbuster hit or a big budget miss. But I can assure you that the film would have been better if it included some input from the very community being ridiculed by the film.


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Blue economy for safe, secure and clear oceans
Health Safety and Environment Med Summit
Florence, 21 January 2014
Ministers, ladies and gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to be here and meet so many people who are all working for the prosperity of the Mediterranean Sea. This region has a lot to offer and I am happy that Greek and Italian governments holding the EU Presidency this year have declared 2014 the "Year of the Mediterranean".
The topic of today's discussions very much touches my ambition, as European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, to provide for safe, secure and clear seas and oceans. And create a secure investment climate for our blue economy.
The Blue economy is high on the Commission's political agenda. We believe the sea can help us out of the recession. The maritime sector already employs 5.4 million people across Europe, working in professions as diverse as shipbuilding, tourism and in the offshore sector. But it could employ 7 million by 2020. And that is where the opportunity for Europe lies in these challenging times. And the reason why we have devised our 'blue growth' policy.
The challenge is twofold. On the one hand we need to look at how to best facilitate sustainability and growth for existing maritime sectors. On the other hand we need to tap into the potential of emerging sectors.
The EU has a long history with oil and gas. Here in the Mediterranean, there are more than 200 active offshore platforms. And exploration and exploitation are still bound to rise.
This is why we, policy makers, need to keep working to create the best operational conditions for businesses; while the private sector needs to continue to push for innovation and move to more sustainable technologies.
At the same time both of us have to work on sustainable solutions. Diversifying our sources, improving the infrastructure and especially – especially – maximising safety. To protect our people and to protect the marine environment.
We all know what the effects can be of accidents occurring offshore and how this can damage the marine environment, impacting the marine ecosystem and the economic operators depending on it, like coastal tourism the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
I know it is not possible to rule out all risks, when working offshore. But we have learnt from the past and are taking concrete action. To prevent accidents like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico of ever happening again. But also to prevent smaller accidents like blowouts, explosions and structural failures which can strongly impact on the safety and environment.
We are all fully committed to ensure the highest standards of prevention, control and mitigation of mayor accident hazards.
A lot has already been done under the Barcelona Convention for the Mediterranean Sea and its Offshore Protocol which specifically addresses pollution from exploration and exploitation activities. Specific measures have been adopted internationally under MARPOL to address pollution from ships and the IMO has put a framework in place on the compensation victims on oil pollution.
At EU level, Member States have started the implementation of the EU Offshore Directive so that exploration will only be done by those operators that can demonstrate to have the technical and financial capacities to ensure the safety and environmental protection. Operators and authorities are taking up their responsibility and the transparency requirements will increase the information for our citizens.
Safety also comes from knowing our seas and proper planning of the activities taking place.
For the sake of the safety and security of our citizens, we need to make maritime surveillance across Europe more efficient and cost effective. For this we will come forward with a European Maritime security strategy for a common information strategy environment.
To manage the activities at sea and react to accidents, we need to further improve and share knowledge on environmental conditions and biological response in the Mediterranean Sea. And investing in science will remain a priority for the Commission.
For the effective and safe use of the maritime space in the Mediterranean, where several industries compete, planning is essential. The Commission's recent proposal for Maritime Spatial Planning to rationalize space use at sea and along the coasts is now being examined by the EU legislators, and it deserves your support. It will give your business legal certainty for any future investment; and it will reduce safety hazards.
And finally, there are also issues of jurisdiction and enforceability that still hamper investments at sea in parts of the Mediterranean – notably for offshore energy and oil and gas exploration. These activities are governed by the Continental Shelf regime of UNCLOS, but establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone would give coastal States a more stable framework for spatial and investment planning. It would also allow them to better coordinate and enforce existing safety and environmental protection legislation and to penalize those who violate them.
Ladies and gentlemen,
While working to make the working environment for the existing operations safe and secure, we also need to look forward and untap the potential of the emerging technologies. Under our Blue Growth Strategy we have singled out marine and ocean energy as one of the most promising sectors of the marine and maritime economy and as a driver for smart growth over the next few years, which can create new, 40,000 new high-quality jobs by 2035.
Just yesterday, together with Commissioner Oettinger, I presented a specific plan of action to help this sector develop and we proposed setting up an Ocean Energy Forum as a place where governments, industry, financers and stakeholders are able to meet and work together to discuss a strategic framework for the development of ocean energy sources. We are going to focus mainly on four problems: technology development, licensing arrangements, access to finance and environmental impacts. And by the end of 2016, this should result in a strategic roadmap for the sector, setting out clear targets for the industrial development of the sector as well as a timeframe for their achievement.
This is a train that also the oil and gas industry needs to catch. Your experience and expertise is essential and I have no doubt that the economic returns will be significant.
We are not just talking about growth and jobs; we are talking above all about securing a clean, prosperous, and healthy future for our children; about improving quality of life for everyone.
"Our Blue Future" is about building the wealth, jobs and clean environment of tomorrow it is up to all of us to live up to our responsibilities and make it happen!
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The museum's Contemporary Art department seeks applications for the position of Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art. Working under the direction of the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, the individual who is appointed to this position will assist in the stewardship, programming and development of the museum's important holdings in this field. Candidates should possess a broad familiarity with the art of the 20th and 21st centuries, with a focus on the period from 1960 to the present day, a demonstrated knowledge of museum practices, excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, a commitment to exhibitions, collector cultivation, and a willingness to serve diverse public constituencies.
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Elias Sports Bureau made a scoring change in last weeks Colts-Jets game, taking away a half a sack from LB Aaron Maybin and giving it to defensive end Quinton Coples, giving him two sacks for the game.
Elias Sports Bureau made a scoring change in last weeks Colts-Jets game, taking away a half a sack from LB Aaron Maybin and giving it to defensive end Quinton Coples, giving him two sacks for the game.
sort of like the Jet fans who spent two years lambasting picking Kyle Wilson when that terrific probowler McCourty was available.
Now Wilson is starting and playing decently and McCourty is getting burned weekly like toast with ***Pasts fans calling for him to be benched or cut
This thread needs to be saved and used against these morons now, and forever. I really find it hard to believe just how ignorant people that spend every day talking about football can be. I'll be reposting this proof forever.
BTW, they drafted him to become a pass rush contributor. Now, let me ask you...
Do YOU think he's contributed to the passing game?
Don't get me wrong, I like Wilkerson and I do believe he's a good player. I just think when there's no obvious signs of run or pass from the offense, Coples should be in Wilk's place playing with Devito. From a defensive standpoint, it would cover the bases more thoroughly.
I'm just posting stuff that gets all the cake eaters on this site all riled up. It works like a charm.
Coples just dominated the Colts and suddenly all the haters and armchair GMs are nowhere to be found. Looking forward to Coples introducing himself to Tammy next weekend. Just another contributor on the deepest and most talented defensive line in the league.
As far as Wilkerson and Coples go keep watching. Wilk is a monster at stopping the run. Coples just had his first career start last week and had 2 sacks. He just needed time to adjust to Rex's system now that he has LOOK OUT. These guys will be stars in the next few years both of them have already given us more then Gholston did.
aren't wilkerson and coples both learning a position they didn't really play in college? not making too many excuses but it does take time. i was hoping coples would have had a bigger impact out the gate. wilk is good on the line. he's supposed to hold the pocket before crushing the pocket and as others have said the dline holds the line while the lb's make the tackles.
two things Maine you are doing this to rile people up. It just goes to show how much of pric% you are to other people here. If you and the other poster who started the thread truly believe what you posted please go root for another team. You are giving Jet fans a bad name
So I guess by giving something a smiley face it means you were just kidding right?
Seriously folks...read this whole thread....I just did
And note the posters joining hands in condemning Wilkerson and Coples as busts, Tanny for drafting them and Rex for miscoaching them
In summary, the usual suspects
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So with everyone's New Year's resolutions in full swing, no one wants to miss a day at the gym. With the flu epidemic in at its peak, do you risk getting other people sick or do you just stay home? According to Mayoclinic.com if your symptoms are above the neck like runny nose, mild sore throat and congestion exercise is generally ok. You may want to tone down your exercise though. Instead of going for a run, go for a brisk walk. Only do thirty minutes on the treadmill as opposed to one hour. Exercising may even help you feel better.
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Hema Mali was deeply in love with his wife and was attracted to her. One day, in order to fulfill his physical desires, he forgot his duty. When Kuvera came to known about this mistake, he got very angry and cursed Hema Mali. Despite of all the pleading, Kuvera didn't forgive him and thus Hema Mali was affected by white leprosy. Because of the disease, Hema Mali's wife also distanced herself from him.
Hema Mali was left alone, wandering in forests for several years. One day he met a sage named Markandeya, who told him all about the Yogini Ekadashi fast. He suggested that keeping this fast would free Hema Mali of all his problems (disease and his marriage). Hema Mali thanked the sage and presented his gratitude by touching his feet. He then observed the fast with devotion and soon he was back to his normal, healthy self. He also reunited with his wife. The fast liberated him from his past sin and gave him happiness and health.
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Events in December 2017
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Music In The Vineyard
Come enjoy some great music and wine in the vineyard! Bring your snacks & picnics! We have a tent for inclement weather and plenty of seating but you are welcome to bring your own as well. Cover charge will apply.
Sunday, May 27 1:00-4:00 Blessing of the Vines, Music provided by Chris Avey and Monica Bell (country and blues music). The blessing will be done by local priest, Father Troy.
Friday, June 1 6:00-9:00 Gray Wolf Band, classic rock
Friday, June 15 6:00-9:00 The Frydaddies, resort rock & folk
Friday, June 29 6:00-9:00 The Ernie Peniston Band, jazz
Friday, July 13 6:00-9:00 The Night People, 60s classics & early 70s
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Friday, August 10 6:00-9:00 The Tailfins, classic 50s -80s rock
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Upcoming Local Tasting
Try Ardon Creek's latest wines at one of our local wine tasting events:
Friday, November 10: Iowa's Premier Beer, Wine & Food Expo: 4:00 – 9:00 p.m.,
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Robert E. Lee Recreation Center, Iowa City
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Obama and the Other Side of Imperialism
Among other peculiar things about the Obama White House, we just found out that El Presidente can't be called by his first name, except by three or four special intimates.
It all adds to the imperious pose of this White House. Mr. Obama is a man of destiny, we are told, like Napoleon or Karl Marx. The bottom-dwelling press has sold its very soul to make Americans believe that. Still, he needs to hear a lot of "Mister Presidents" from his followers. Apparently he loves it.
Pretty trivial, maybe, but little things add up. In the last election, Mr. O made a point of telling the fawning media not to mention his ears because he got teased as a boy for having big ears. This man was 46 years old and running for president, but he hadn't lost the feeling of shame from being teased 35 years before.
A mite touchy, would you say?
Obama and his crew are acutely aware of the symbolism of pride and submission, as we know from the famous bowing episodes -- giving a humble bow to King Abdullah of the camel tribes, then to the former Bushido Emperor of Japan, followed by China's Emperor Hu. The Chinese made him do it on a stage, pointing two giant spotlights at his deep bow to Hu to make sure the media couldn't miss the picture.
China knows all about bowing and obedience. >>>
The world is full of thugs. Vladimir Putin likes to show his ferocious black dogs to his intimidated visitors -- just for fun, of course. Half the countries of the U.N. are run by thugs. Some are worse than thugs; they are the ones on the Human Rights Commission.
Still, Obama can also dish it out -- to our allies. Last year Obama demanded that the president of Egypt, a sovereign ally, resign -- because Obama said so. That was pure imperialist thuggery, on par with Leonid Brezhnev slapping the chief of the Czech Communist Party in 1968 for not obeying the Kremlin. >>>
Marxism is European imperialism, no different from the Carolingian Empire or the Austro-Hungarians. But it's good imperialism, you see. In the 19th century Queen Victoria became empress of India to spread Christianity and civilization to the heathen Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, and Buddhists of the British Empire. Victoria was just as purblind, self-righteous, and cocky as liberals are today. Every imperialistic creed is all about peace and love, except in practice.
Practically every capital in Europe has its own imperial palaces, complete with equestrian statues copied from the Romans. American visitors think those buildings look cute in Stockholm and Paris, until they read some history.
Today, the EU is supposed to be a new model for world government. But so was ancient Rome, and it hung on a lot longer than the European Union. The euro is crashing on the rocks only a few decades after that other socialist empire crumbled.
But don't worry. They'll be back.
As long as the left controls the "organs of propaganda," the schools and the media, they will just educate another generation in massive ignorance, bigotry, and American self-loathing. It's a parasitical infestation, like herpes or intestinal worms. The left doesn't produce anything. They just take, and then take over. If you don't educate your kids to be immune, they will come down with the mental mumps again. Control of the schools and the media means everything to the left. >>>
Obama is too much of a Marxist to be a Muslim, but the spirit of totalitarianism is alive in him, just as it is in Mohammed Morsi, the new dictator of Egypt, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. Different labels, same unconquerable arrogance.
The craving for power is an ancient disease. The Bible describes a thousand years of power abuse and popular protest, starting with the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Socialism is a cover for the same temptation. Human beings don't change just because they memorize a few new platitudes. They just put on new hats and shout new slogans.
For his bedtime reading Mr. Obama likes to read about American decline, like in Fareed Zakaria's The Post-American World. But American decline and defeat are just other names for imperial conquest -- maybe by the transnational left, but more likely by China, or by Muslim radicalism, both of which are now rising because Obama keeps pulling the rug from under our allies. >>> There is a reason why Russia, for the first time in decades, is now sending naval fleets into the Eastern Mediterranean, where the U.S. Sixth Fleet used to keep the peace. It's the same reason why Putin, with a severely weakened Russia, is capturing oil and gas rights wherever he can, and is sending missile submarines to the Gulf or Mexico, to cruise there undetected. There is a reason why Israel will have to go it alone against a near-nuclear Iran, with the United States standing by and doing nothing.
The other side of imperialism is the propagation of defeatism. The Muslim conquerors of history taught defeatism to their enemies to make conquest easier. They are following a thousand-year-old strategy today. It's the same strategy any imperial power follows. Obama and the Democrats are anti-American defeatists, because they hate America when it is victorious, no matter how good that may be for world peace.
"Peace" is not the goal of the left; peace comes only after surrender.
Islam does not mean "peace."
It means surrender.
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What Happens in Elementary Stays in Elementary
I've read some stories where the Cullen's/La Push Gang where youngsters in school! I've been inspired so I'm trying it out. All Human! Bella finds old memories and decides that what happens in Elementary Stays in Elementary. (Oh and the word youngsters is now declared gay by my friend!) d^_^b Chapter 4 is being validatedDaddy is downstairs taking a "power" nap, but he takes 2 hour naps instead of 10 minute ones.Did I want to go back to school with my evil teacher Mrs. Mallory? Did I want to see my best friends Jacob and Alice, yes. Mrs. Mallory, no.
Characters belong to Stephenie Meyer!!!!! d^_^b
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I sat down in the living room watching TV, and then my daughter Svetlana came. Yes I'm married to a Russian man.
Svetlana is 12 years old. I also have a younger son. His name is Maxim.
"Yes Sveta?" I asked in my Russian accent I inhabited being around my husband before we were married. The Russian tongue had gotten to me so I sound like I actually am Russian.
"Oh nothing Mama" she said. She loves to mix up the Russian language and the English language.
I looked at her.
"Okay. In school were doing a project. We have to ask our parents what school was like for them" she said.
Her English teacher was single, and of course wanted to know how old the hot single moms really were...
"Oh" I said.
"Do you mind if I ask you? If not then I can ask Papa" Sveta said standing up.
"Svetlana. I will help you okay?" I said. She smiled.
"Thanks Mom" she said sitting down.
"What grade does it have to be?" I asked.
"Um any grade" she said.
"Okay. I'll try to remember Sveta. Okay?" I said. Svetlana nodded and left.
Then it hit me. Kindergarden. Things happened in kindergarden. Things that would probably make Svetlana's report be a crack-fic instead of school work.
(Bella's POV 1st day of kindergarden)
Mommy made me wear something pretty on my first day. Mommy has a manfriend even though she's loves Daddy.
Mommy's manfriend's name is Phil.
Daddy stopped in front of Fork's Elementary School. I was afraid.
Daddy brought me to the classroom. It was big...and... orange.
Ew. That's a weird color for a classroom.
Soon Daddy left and the teacher, Mrs. Mallory told me where to sit. I already knew Mrs. Mallory was a mean teacher because I sat at a single desk away from the other students who sat at tables.
I hate kindergarden and class never started yet.
Then three children came in. One was very big, and muscular like those adults on the weight loss programs Mommy wants Daddy to do. The next was a short girl with short spiky black hair.
The last was a boy with bronze hair and green eyes. Then two children came in. A blond boy and a blond girl.
"Mrs. Hale! Mrs. Cullen! What a pleasure it is for your children to be in my class" Mrs. Mallory said to the mommys who brought the kids to class.
Mrs. Malloy had long blonde hair with brown highlights. Her daughter Lauren had a bit of brown in her hair but it was mostly blond.
The women with blond hair smiled and started talking with Mrs. Mallory while the one with caramel hair said bye to the girl, and bronze haired boy she and the other boy left.
We colored. The other students colored with each other. I colored by myself. We had snack time. The students shared their snacks with each other. I had baby carrots by myself.
Then it was recess time. I walked outside to recess while everyone else ran. This day is terrible. I hate kindergarden. I hate Mrs. Mallory. I hate it I hate it I hate it!
I sat down on a small bench and watched as the kids played.
A tan boy with black hair sat down next to me. "Hi my name is Jacob! I live in La Push, but there building a elementary school there so I can't go yet. Do you want to be my friend?" he asked.
"Sure" I mumbled.
"YAY! You're my best friend! What's your name?"
"Bella Swan"
"Your name is Bella???? My daddy's best friend has a daughter named Bella Swan!" he said.
"Jacob Black?" I asked. He nodded.
Today was my best day ever.
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Upscale hotels get bathrooms right. The puffy white towels are carefully folded and stacked, toiletries are lined up in a countertop tray -- even the toilet paper is folded into a neat point.
Believe it or not, you can replicate this feeling in your home bathrooms. The secret is -- you guessed it -- organization.
"The nicest hotel bathrooms feel relaxed and luxurious," says Alejandra Costello, a certified professional organizer in the Washington D.C., area. "You can think more clearly in them. They're not cluttered. You have what you need around you, nothing more, nothing less."
Need to transform your home bathroom from a cluttered mess to a model of organization? Here are some tips.
Minimize it
Costello reminds homeowners of what makes those hotel bathrooms so relaxing: They're not cluttered with open bottles of shampoo, half-used bars of soap or old luffas. Homeowners should only keep what they absolutely need in their home bathrooms. Stow the extra shampoo bottles in a closet, she says.
Another simple trick is to mimic the rolled towels that you find stacked neatly in baskets under a sink or on wall shelves. This is a better option than hanging towels on the backs of bathroom doors, Costello says: Hanging towels make a bathroom look smaller and messier.
Hide it
An organized bathroom starts with the closet, according to Sherry Petersik of Richmond, Va. Along with her husband, John, she co-authors the popular Young House Love blog and recently published "Young House Love: 243 Ways to Paint, Craft, Update & Show Your Home Some Love" (Artisan, 2012).
Petersik recommends first removing your bathroom closet door. "For many people, you open the closet door and you can't have your main bathroom door open at the same time. That gives your bathroom a cramped and cluttered feeling," she says.
Once you've removed the door, purchase wicker baskets -- try coordinating for size and color -- and store your bathroom supplies in them. This creates a more open, yet still organized, look for your bathroom, Petersik says.
Build it
Homeowners shouldn't be afraid to get creative when searching for new storage options for their bathroom.
This requires some power tools and skills, but the Petersiks outfitted one of their bathrooms with a DIY vanity they made by combining a bowl sink with an end table they found on the cheap at a department store.
Drill a hole for the sink's drain in the tabletop, and you can hide the plumbing behind the drawers of the end table.
This vanity provides extra storage, too, giving homeowners the opportunity to stow away their toiletries.
Store it
Storage -- on a large and small scale -- is the key to an organized bathroom, according to Annie Traurig, owner of Seattle organizing service Live Simply by Annie. Each item should have its proper place.
Traurig suggests acrylic or glass containers for cotton balls and Q-tips. Soap dishes make a big difference, too.
Designate a separate towel hook for every member of the family so no one has to hang their towels over others. Not only does that not look good, but it also prevents towels from drying properly.
If you have children and you're tired of looking at a bathtub filled with rubber ducks and other toys, Traurig recommends shower curtains with mesh pockets lining the inside. The pockets are perfect for storing bathtub toys until your kids need them again.


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