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Shakespeare Speaker Series Guest 2 - Louis Fantasia
Shakespeare Speaker Series Guest 2
"King Lear or Survivor - Tragedy in The Age of Oprah"
Sunday, April 27 2pm
The Long Beach Shakespeare Company will present King Lear at the Richard Goad Theatre from May 30th to June 21st, 2014. This play is often considered Shakespeare's crowning achievement. In celebration of the 450th Anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, what better way to honor the Bard than to produce this epic play?
In an engaging presentation, designed for new-comers to and veteran fans of Shakespeare and King Lear, Louis Fantasia will discuss why tragedy, and King Lear in particular, needs no "updating" or "re-imagining" for contemporary audiences. What it has to say about individual choice, relationships, love, shame, and behavior resonates as deeply today as when it was written...and is, perhaps, more needed in this time, when our lives are so influenced by television and pop culture.
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Associated Press Release
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida high school student's unusual selfie is lighting up the Twitter-verse.
Malik Whiter tweeted a pic of himself sporting black shades and grinning as he stands in front of his teacher while she was in labor on Tuesday.
"Selfie with my teacher while she having contractions" he wrote in the caption, along with a smiley face.
WPLG in Miami reports (http://www.ittybittyurl.com/2bCF) Whiter said the unidentified woman is a great teacher and he wanted to capture the memorable moment for himself and her.
The teacher was apparently on the phone with her mom when the photo was taken. She went to the hospital, but didn't have the baby and returned to school two days later.
According to Gawker, the photo was retweeted 20,000 times.

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Lyle A. "Zoog" Welsh, 79
Lyle A. "Zoog" Welsh, 79, of Big Run, died Sunday, July 21, 2013, at DuBois Nursing Home.
He was born near Big Run on Feb. 13, 1934, the son of the late Roy James "Gabe" Welsh and Anna Lee (Davis) Welsh.
On July 3, 1954, he married the former Wilma "Billie Jo" Haag. She survives.
Mr. Welsh served in the United States Army in the Signal Corp as a field radio repairman in New Jersey and Puerto Rica during the Korean Conflict.
He received an honorable discharge in 1956.
He was a retired setup man for Rockwell Manufacturing and Invensys at the DuBois plant.
"Zoog" loved to play baseball and was known in the area as a very good short stop and second baseman.
He also previously enjoyed shooting pool at Maggie's, hunting and fishing.
He became a member of Saint Phillips United Methodist Church in 1957.
He taught adult Sunday School classes, and with his fine tenor voice, he sang with the church choir.
He could also be found helping with Bible school games and activities, setting up the outdoor Nativity, shoveling snow and helping where ever he could.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by five children, Doug Welsh and wife Jane of Guys Mills, Paul Welsh and wife Gina of Big Run, Bruce Welsh and wife Robin of Stump Creek, David Welsh and wife Donna of
Philipsburg and Susan Welsh of Big Run; four grandchildren, Joshua Welsh, Holly Welsh, Monica Welsh and Alex Welsh; one great-grandson, Robert Paul Welsh, Jr.; one brother, Donald E. Welsh and wife Shirley of Reynoldsville; a sister-in-law, Ruby Welsh; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Angela Welsh; a grandson, Bobby Welsh; four brothers, William Welsh and wife Selma, James Welsh, George Welsh and wife Frances and Jack Welsh and wife Dotty; and three sisters, Ruth Phillips and husband Phil, Mary Camuso and husband Frank and Bea Merrill and husband Sidney.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Brenda D. Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., Big Run.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at the funeral home, officiated by DRMC Hospice Chaplain, Pastor Kevin Bockas.
Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Big Run.
Memorial donations may be made in Mr. Welsh's memory to Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011 or DRMC Hospice, 100 Hospital Ave., DuBois, PA 15801.
Online condolences may be made at www.shumakerfh.com.


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Area skaters hit a park to help raise money for an ailing friend.
More than four dozen skaters and their friends attended the Breaking Laces Fundraiser at Birmingham Skate Park on Lincoln Street last weekend.
Stacy Bishop, who is manager of Pogo Skate Shop, with Daniel Ripper of Troy, hosted the event.
All money raised goes to help Ripper, 18, through his recovery from a life-threatening infection.
Ripper has defied many odds in his battle with MRSA, an infection that is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that become resistant to normal antibiotics.
He is now almost blind, losing his vision after being stricken two years ago, when a sophomore Birmingham Seaholm High School.
The MRSA led to two hip operations, an open-heart surgery, and a three-month hospital stay. But he has proven many doctors wrong, when they thought he would never walk or talk again or even survive.
After the long hospital stays, Ripper quickly found skateboarding passed the time away. Skateboarding kept him positive through the ordeal.
Learning to skateboard wasn't an easy journey.
Often, he fell. Standing on the board was practically impossible, but he found his balance and learned to skate with ease.
A friendship with Nick Mullins, a Traverse City native who lost his dreams of professional skateboarding career due to a similar MRSA infection, helped him as well. The two met each other through Facebook.
Ripper was a regular customer at Pogo Skate Shop, owned by Bishop's two brothers, Jake and Adam Soles. There, his story touched the lives of many including Bishop.
Home to skateboards and "Fresh Sneaks," Pogo brought Bishop and Ripper together.
That led to the creation of Breaking Laces, named for all of the laces skateboarders break, was born.
"Daniel's struggles are close to home", said Bishop. "He is a remarkable young man who is adamant to win. He constantly came into the shop to buy things throughout his illness, and his will to better his skateboarding throughout his challenging health issue is truly amazing."
Bishop's younger brother, Chad, also endured MRSA in 2012, losing his arm. She knew what Ripper was going through and wanted to help.
"Daniel is so incredible," Daniel's mother, Michelle Riper, said. "He constantly amazes me by his willpower and fight to never give up."
Currently taking classes, he hopes one day to open his own skatepark to share his favorite activity.
"Keep your head up and never let yourself get down," Daniel Ripper said. "It is the worst thing you can do. Skateboarding has given me the strength to keep fighting and believing in me. I am truly blessed to have the support of the community. It means a lot."


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Wii Fit | $90
Much has been said about the Wii Fit's ability to get couch potatoes moving. In reality, if your goal is to get the dad in your life to lose weight, you're better off getting him a gym membership. But if you want him to have a good time and are looking for a game that he can play with anybody in the family, the Wii Fit is great. The system comes with a balance board for full-body gaming--try taking turns slalom skiing for a good time. It may not be great for weight loss, but it couldn't hurt. And, unlike most exercise equipment, Wii Fit's low profile and reasonable cost prevent it from becoming an expensive coat rack.
Leatherman Garden Multi-tool | $100
Yard work can be a chore, but it can also be a great excuse to break out fun tools like the Leatherman Genus Professional Pruner. Not only does the sturdy pruner's handle stow gardening staples such as a saw, two screwdrivers, and a bottle opener (yes!), but the handle cleverly twists a full 350 degrees, allowing the tools to open outward for easy access. When not in use, the handle twists back easily, keeping the tools safely tucked away and giving you a better grip. We'd love to see this feature pop up in more multi-tools.
iRobot Looj | $100
Dad's day gadgets should do one of two things: either save time, or be really fun. The iRobot Looj gutter-cleaning robot purports to do the former, but our lab tests found it was far more successful at the latter. The gist: Place this torpedo-like remote-controled robot in your roof gutters and drive it back and forth as it chops and scoops wet leaves and dry debris. In tests it did little to save our tester time and created a huge mess, but it sure was fun. And if it can inspire Dad to clean those clogged gutters for once, that may just be enough.
Roku Netflix box | $100
While we appreciated the tech-forward thinking behind Netflix's decision to digitize and stream thousands of movies from its Website, we aren't fans of watching movies on our computer screens. The Roku Netflix box cuts out the PC middle man, allowing you to stream about 10% (and growing) of Netflix's entire DVD catalogue directly to your TV. The picture quality won't win any awards, but it is surprisingly sharp--even on large screens. And the best part: It's a genuinely good deal. It costs just $100, and is completely free to use if you already have a Netflix subscription (which would make a great Father's Day gift on its own).
Livescribe Pulse Smartpen | $149 for 1GB version, $199 for 2GB version
Meetings: The bane of any working man's existence. With the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen, Dad may actually look forward to his next conference room convening. How it works: Write or draw onto special paper and a tiny camera digitizes your writing (a technology that first popped up in the kid-friendly Leapfrog pen), allowing you to pull your perfect penmanship onto your PC. Meanwhile, a built-in recorder captures the proceedings. To play back a clip, simply tap your written notes and the pen automatically cues up whatever was recorded when you jotted that section. This office tool is sure to get more use than any paperweight or planner.
Char-Broil RED Infrared Grill | $700
Searing meat gives your cuts a crisp shell that seals in juices. One of the best ways to do it is under the ultra-high heat of infrared grills, which use radiant heat to crank their grates up to 900 degrees. Until recently, this technology was held under patent by a small company, meaning few infrared grills were available. Fortunately, that patent expired a few years ago, and infrared grills have slowly trickled onto showroom floors since. The Char-Broil RED is the first grill to use only infrared, foregoing old-fashioned flames entirely. We've played with this thing, and can say it's amazing: steaks were seared instantly, and hot dogs came out delicious.
Casio Exilim EX-F1 Camera | $900
Behold: The machine gun of cameras. With a shutter that can snap up to 60 full-fledged 6-megapixel shots in a single second, this camera makes sure you never miss the moment when the bat hits the ball. How it works: Just push the shutter and before you can even blink, the camera already has dozens of shots saved. Then flip through them and pick out the ones you want to keep, ditching the rest to save space. With that kind of photography firepower, even amateurs come off looking like pros. And dads will love it for its action sports advantages: never miss the moment of impact when Junior kicks his first goal. Our favorite feature on the EX-FI is its ability to shoot video that instantly switches between 30 and 300 frames per second, allowing amateur auteurs to quickly switch to-and-from slow motion for Matrix-like effects. Everything looks cool when it's in slow-mo for just a second.
Sony HDR-TG1 Camcorder | $900
Just a few years ago, shooting high-def video required giant shoulder rigs. These days, HD devices are no bigger than a compact camera. For the time being, this Sony is one of the smallest high-definition camcorders around. The pocket powerhouse stuffs 1080i video into a handheld gadget, recording your footage onto memory cards. And while the video could be a bit steadier, its about as solid as you can expect from something so small.
Husqvarna Automower | $2,600
Some guys love mowing their lawns. They love the smell of grass clippings and the sweat on their brow. But to most guys, mowing a lawn is a chore (one frequently passed on to a neighborhood kid.) The Husqvarna Automower 230 ACX is basically a Roomba for your lawn, trimming the green while you sip lemonade. Its treaded wheels roll over uneven ground and an automatic timer lets it take care of business, even when you're out of town. And because the electric cutter is emissions-free, it does away with lawncare's dirty little secret: gas-powered motors are as green as your lawn is magenta.
Indiana Jones pinball machine | $5000
Believe it or not, there is just one company in the entire world still making pinball machines: Illinois-based Stern Pinball. New machines are still handmade from thousands of moving parts. The company's latest offering: Indiana Jones pinball, which takes its theme from all four of the swashbuckling flicks. This is actually the second Indy-based pinball game. The first, which came out in the early 90s, is considered a classic. And if the high price deters you, keep in mind that pinball machines make excellent investments, with collectors paying top-dollar for sought-after games.


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NHIAA Roundup: Hanover, Cravero pull one out
May 13. 2013 10:14PM
Pinch runner Harry Dwinell scored the go-ahead run on squeeze bunt in the sixth inning, and senior righty Joe Cravero tossed a complete game as Hanover defeated Coe-Brown of Northwood, 3-2, in Division II baseball play on Monday.
Jordan Levin led off the sixth inning with a single, and Pat Whelan provided the squeeze bunt for the Marauders (7-5), who played error-free at home. Cravero struck out 12 and allowed four hits. Liam Gantrish had three hits for Hanover. Sean Simoneau pitched a complete game for Coe-Brown (5-9), scattering six hits.Oyster River 5, John Stark 4: At Durham, Tyler Keim threw six innings, striking out nine, but couldn't hold off hot-hitting Oyster River (6-6). James Henry went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple to highlight the Stark offense.Newfound 4, Inter-Lakes 3: At Bristol, Zach Desrochers stole home for the dangerous Newfound Bears (7-4), and Dahlton Fairbank went 3-for-4 with a run scored. Fairbank also picked up the victory in relief.Derryfield 15, Epping 5: At Manchester, Nick Regan (five innings) and James Adie (one inning) held Epping to one hit, and Chris Rizos collected three hits and stole five bases in a contest that ended after six innings because of the 10-run rule. Regan, Adie, Noah Goldstein, Jim Larson and Parker Blaisdell each had two hits for the Cougars.ConVal 5, Merrimack Valley 2: At Penacook, winning pitcher Zach Mackey worked five innings while allowing one unearned run, and Ivon Clough pitched the sixth and seventh for the save. Harrison LeFlem's two-out, two-run single gave the Cougars (7-4) a commanding five-run lead. Host MV dropped to 7-4.Souhegan 7, Pembroke 6: At Pembroke, Peter Bennett drove in Michel Ehrenstein with what turned out to be the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning. Pembroke forced extra innings by scoring once in the bottom of the seventh. Pembroke's Vinny Dustin had a triple, three stolen bases and drove in two runs.Alvirne 11, Salem 1 (5 inn.): At Hudson, Greg Emanuelson blasted a two-run triple in the fifth inning, and Tyler Brown tossed a one-hitter with seven strikeouts. Coach Mike Lee notched his 300th career varsity win.Merrimack 10, Memorial 9: At Merrimack, the Tomahawks erased a six-run deficit with big hits from Mike Gasper, Devin Gillis, Steve McFadden and Dom Valluzzi. Brenden Holt and Brett Glendye each drove in two runs. For Memorial (3-10), Jacob Boylan had three hits and three RBIs.Dover 12, Nashua South 2: Ian Seawards earned the victory for host Dover (8-6). South dropped to 4-8.
Franklin 19, Kearsarge 0: At North Sutton, Lexi Colpack and Shelby Joyce each had three hits, and starting pitcher Kelsey Bird shut down the Cougars (0-13) with eight strikeouts while allowing one hit.Kearsarge (0-13) had a hit in the third inning.
Gilford 9, Belmont 0: At Gilford, Sydney Strout allowed one hit and struck out 14 as Gilford (11-1) extended its winning streak to 11 games.
Strout also had three hits in the victory. Gilford's Mollie Dignan had a two-hit performance.Dover 12, Nashua South 1: At Nashua, South's Shaylyn Freitas had two hits and reached base four times, but the Purple Panthers stranded 10 runners and left the bases loaded twice. South's Teddi Kramer doubled and reached base twice.Girls' lacrosse
Plymouth 12, Laconia 6: At Plymouth, Kenady Kelly took control of the first half and finished with four goals and two assists for the Bobcats (8-3). Ann Furbush and Jessie McDonough each scored a hat trick for the winners.Makenzie Howe had three goals for Laconia (5-6), and Sachems goalie Hanna McDaniel made 17 saves.
Pinkerton 16, Exeter 11: At Derry, the Astros (11-3) pulled away in a close battle as Kennedy Daziel and Maggie McCarthy each scored four goals. Exeter (10-5) took a 9-8 lead into halftime.Ann Vogt had four goals and one assists for the Blue Hawks.


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Patriotic Frozen Delight Recipe
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- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- In a bowl, combine milk, lemon juice and zest. Stir in yogurt, marshmallows and pecans. Spread half into an ungreased 11x7-in. dish. Sprinkle with half of the strawberries and blueberries. Cover with the remaining yogurt mixture; top with remaining berries. Cover and freeze. Remove from the freezer 15-20 minutes before serving. Yield: 12 servings.
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"Very refreshing 4th of July dessert! Used vanilla greek yogurt (because it's what I had on hand) & portioned it out into 6 individual bowls. Not everyone was a fan of the mini marshmallows, but I enjoyed having them in the mix"
"easy, refreshing, liked the lemon juice, balanced out the sweetened condensed milk nicely. make sure the berries and strawberries are small and thinly sliced or frozen a little hard to eat."
"used vanilla chiboni yogurt (no added sugar in it) and made a nilla wafer crust with a bit of butter (to aid in removing from dish). I added a full container of blueberries and strawberries, so much more than what it called for, plus half a bag of marshmallows. Let it thaw a bit for best results. Hard frozen berries don't give off much taste, so the thaw is necessary."
"Took this to my Girls Nite Out Knitting and everybody raved about it. It's very refreshing, perfect for a hot day. I made some changes: 1 cup granola and 1 cup marshmallow instead of 2 cups marshmallow. Used walnuts instead of pecans cause that's all I have. Thanks for the recipe!"
"Hey, rebelwithoutaclue! How much Cool Whip did you use? I'm diabetic, so I cut sugar whenever I can, plus we don't care for marshmallows. Thanks for the tip! Made this recipe for the 4th of July. Family feedback was they really liked it; we're thinking the creamy lemon filling would be terrific served as a mousse or a pie filling using a thin sugar cookie crust! Also used sugar-free lemon yogurt instead of the plain. Excellent flavor; very refreshing! Forgot to mention that I used an 8oz container of Lite Cool Whip in place of the marshmallows."
" This is a great treat right now with all the fresh fruit available. I also made a graham cracker crust and substituted cool whip for the marshmallows. Must sit out at least an hour to cut into squares."
"This was delicious! I would not add or change any ingredients. The only problem I had was that it froze so hard that even after an hour out of the freezer it was still solidly frozen and difficult to cut."
"This recipe sounds great"
"I love the recipe, it sounds yummy for a hot summer day but I would leave out the marshmallows, dont like them and just add a little more fruit and use lemon yogurt."


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Release Notes: This Alpha release arrives with an early preview of the features and improvements currently under development, as well as with countless bugfixes.
Release Notes: This update addresses a remote stack buffer overflow discovered in Firebird Server. This vulnerability allowed an unauthenticated user to crash the server, and opened a gate for remote code execution, so it's highly recommended to upgrade your server installations.
Release Notes: Numerous issues were fixed and a few minor improvements were made.
Release Notes: The months that have passed since the initial release have seen numerous Tracker issues tackled to address things that have been reported broken, bent, or compromised in v.2.5. As well as a long list of bugfixes, a few minor improvements have been made.
Release Notes: The primary goal for Firebird 2.5 was to establish the basics for a new threading architecture that is almost entirely common to the Superserver, Classic, and Embedded models, taking in lower level synchronization and thread safety generally. User management is accessible through SQL CREATE/ALTER/DROP USER statements, and syntaxes for ALTER VIEW and CREATE OR ALTER VIEW are implemented. PSQL improvements include the introduction of autonomous transactions and the ability to query another database via EXECUTE STATEMENT.
Release Notes: This release fixes various bugs in the core, API, and command line tools. Security issues with admin role and authentication were corrected.
Release Notes: This release fixes various bugs. The server could stop responding to a particular client attachment under some conditions. There would be a small time window during which the remote server would ignore the incoming operation request it had just received and, thereby, seem to block the client application. The listener thread would remain operational, but the client would be synchronously waiting for the reply packet that would not come.
Release Notes: Bus errors would be thrown when working with the monitoring tables on RISC machines. The server could be shut down without regard to connections to services. Built-in trigonometric functions could produce NaN and Infinity. The Firebird.log file would grow too fast and by too much. These issues have been fixed
Release Notes: This is a patch release that comprises fixes to bugs that have been reported since the 2.1 release back in April.
Release Notes: This release has many interesting new features, like database triggers, temporary and monitoring tables, common table expressions, recursive queries, and dozens of new builtin functions.


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Dr. Carew's research explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory. Memory, however, is not a unitary construct, and Dr. Carew's work examines the neuronal basis of these diverse forms of memory. As a model system, Dr. Carew uses a relatively simple animal—Aplysia— because its nervous system affords significant advantages for identifying synaptic, biophysical, and molecular changes underlying different stages of memory. The fundamental goal of his work is to achieve an understanding of the mechanisms by which the nervous system acquires, stores, and retrieves information.
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Basically I have a gfx class which stores all the graphics, which is in it's own seperate module. Next I have the window widget classes, in another module, which need to be able to access those graphics. The trouble is, I create the instance of the gfx class in my main .py file, and then need to use this in the seperate modules - which python doesn't let me do
If I write all the modules out in a single text file, the code works. When it gets broken into modules, I get problems. Am I missing something obvious, or is there a neat solution?


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These home-style dishes are a staple at the small restaurants known as "fondas" in Mexico - and delicious inspiration for busy cooks in American homes today. Make them once, and they'll become a simple but special treat in your own kitchen. Meatballs in Chipotle Sauce (Albondigas); White Rice and Fried Plantains; Tres Leches Cake.
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My Life To-Do List
Currently on my Life Wish List:
I wish to travel; oh how I want to travel more.
Goals I am working on:
I have been hired as a peer support specialist within the mental health system in my community. I will be leaving home on December 9th for two weeks to train for my new job. I'm looking forward to the break as well as the training.
Projects I am working on:
I am very slowly working on getting pictures organized for scrapbooking. I say slowly because I have to be in the mood for the craft.
I am also working on getting the weight off. Yay! I want to lose weight and feel better. A new eating plan is in effect...
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Cucumbers work wonders for puffy eyes! Believe me. Slice some cucumber rounds and apply them over your eyes for a few minutes in the morning; using cooler pieces after a minute or so. Your eyes will feel and look more refreshed. Also, apply a dampened, warm washcloth over your face for a few peaceful moments before you go. Then use your favorite cream for your face to give yourself the healthy glow you would have had if you'd gotten more sleep. Apply your make-up, and voila'... Wear something comfortable and not binding; something that looks good on you, without much effort on your part.
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I am the co-founder of Work It, Mom! and just wanted to say welcome! Your suggestion about using cucumber slices to reduce puffy eyes is now on my list to try next, by the way! (Cremes and such don't seem to work well...) I look forward to learning more about you and hope to see you here often!
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As indicated in the Bylaws of the Lehman College Senate, members of the AFC shall be elected by the Faculty Senate from nominations received from the Committee on Governance and from the floor; such elections shall be completed no later than the last Senate meeting of the academic year, with the term beginning at the start of the following Fall semester.
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From Michu to Mohamed Diame, there have been a number of transfer success stories in the Premier League this season, with clubs showing that there is still value for money in an increasingly inflated transfer market.
With that in mind, here's a look at an all-star XI of bargain buys from the 2012/13 campaign. But do you agree? Leave a comment and let us know.
Manager: Michael Laudrup
In his first season with Swansea City, Laudrup has more than filled the void left by the influential Brendan Rodgers. After 28 rounds of league football, he has Swansea fighting for 7th place, qualified for Europe, and has delivered their first trophy in 100 years. Oh, and the season is not over yet.
Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris
Price: £10m - Lyon to Tottenham
It was mind-boggling then, and it is mind-boggling now. Only Daniel Levy could manage to lure a goalkeeper of Lloris' pedigree to Tottenham for a mere £10m. Other than to plan for the future, there was no reason to replace an everlasting Brad Friedel, but it does not change the fact that £10m is a clear discount on the French goalkeeper's market valuation. He has so far lived up to his reputation and Tottenham continue to acquire top talent around Europe at bargain prices.
Right-back: Geoff Cameron
Price: £2.2m - Houston Dynamo to Stoke City
As an unknown quantity, Geoff Cameron arrived in the league to many skeptics. Slotting in at a team where his physicality is put to regular use, he has become a solid, no-nonsense defender. His growth over the season easily justifies a small price tag.
Centre-back: Chico
Price: £2.5m - Genoa to Swansea City
Chico looked to be a David Luiz-esque defender who left far too much space behind him. Supporters were concerned and critics had their field days. After an adaptation period, Chico has turned his aggression into tenacity. He has regularly displayed a powerful aerial presence combined with crunching tackles. Laudrup now employs Chico as his favourite choice to man-marking menacing strikers. £2.5m has provided Swansea with a mainstay defender that helped them win the League Cup in their second season.
Centre-back: Jan Vertonghen
Price: £12m - Ajax to Tottenham
The Tottenham favourite is an indispensable part of Tottenham's defence. As they say, results speak for themselves. Tottenham lie third in the Barclays Premier League, and Vertonghen has played in 24 of 28 league matches.
Left-back: Ben Davies
Price: Academy graduate - Swansea
Not many notable left-backs made a switch during the 2012/13 season. However, Ben Davies made his professional debut for Swansea City in August 2012, where he has since taken the vacancy left by Neil Taylor and made the position his own. As a determined and ambitious young defender, Davies makes good, conservative decisions on defence but also gets forward on a consistent basis. A very impressive debut season for the youngster, and a cost effective solution to Swansea's left-back problem position this season.
Centre-midfield: Moussa Sissoko
Price: £2.5m - Toulouse to Newcastle
His debut was stunning, and his transfer price even more shocking. Running rampant with power, pace, and a thunderous shot, Moussa Sissoko has taken Tyneside by storm. As a versatile athlete, Sissoko plays behind Papiss Cisse but has traditionally played as a defensive or centre-midfielder. Consistent performances and a growing cult following is supported by three goals three assists eight games, making £2.5m look like a heist second only to Michu's move to Swansea.
Centre-midfield: Mohamed Diame
Price: Free - Wigan to West Ham
Diame has played next to Mark Noble, where his pure athleticism has shown his ability as one of the best transition leaders in the league. In fact, he is such a crucial part of West Ham's tactics to the point where they simply are a different team without him. With the exception of Moussa Sissoko and Yaya Toure, there are not many others in this league that can singlehandedly drive a team's shape from defence to offence. Despite injury concerns, he has played over 21 games, scored two goals, made two assists and made a whopping 90 tackles in the process (third highest in the league). The widespread interest from big teams say it all.
Right-wing: Joe Cole
Price: Free - Liverpool to West Ham
Completely written off by Liverpool after a decent spell at Lille, Joe Cole returned to the ground where it all started. His arrival has brought an visible injection of technique and movement. A vast improvement over the previously ineffectual Gary O'Neil, inconsistent Ricardo Vaz Te, and disappointing Yossi Benayoun. In seven games, he has managed two goals and two assists; a nice return on a free investment.
Attacking midfield: Michu
Price: £2m - Rayo Vallecano to Swansea City
Nothing much needs to be said about the lanky Spaniard who arrived on English shores as an unknown and is already a champion. A mere £2m has provided Swansea City with 19 goals and four assists in 33 matches, and the tally looks unlikely to end anytime soon. Swansea City has procured the league's joint 4th leading scorer for pennies. Without question, the season's greatest heist.
Left-wing: Steven Pienaar
Price: £4.5m - Tottenham to Everton
Pienaar left Everton for potential Champions League football, but never found his best form at White Hart Lane. David Moyes has brought his star man back, and Pienaar is just about back to the player he was that earned him a move to Spurs in the first place. A fine season for the left forward, backed by six goals and six assists in 32 games.
Striker: Dimitar Berbatov
Price: £4m - Manchester United to Fulham
The former Manchester United and Tottenham frontman has galvanised Fulham with his elegant touch and goalscoring. For mere £4m, Fulham have gotten 10 goals and three assists in 24 matches, and enough highlights to keep supporters chatting over the next summer. A shrewd transfer considering his obvious pedigree, experience, and proven ability to build an offence around him.
Total cost: £40m, or Eden Hazard.
For just £40m, you could field a competitive XI that would have no trouble holding its own in the Premier League. Who ever said you can't get value for money in the modern day transfer market?
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For nearly three decades, the Cape Coral Festival of the Arts has introduced the public to talented artists and artisans from across the country, while helping to raise money for the community.
The event, now in its 29th year, takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday along Cape Coral Parkway, between Del Prado Boulevard South and Vincennes Boulevard. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Cape Coral, it will feature more than 300 juried exhibitors, competing in several categories.
The festival is free and open to the public, and on-site parking is also available for free.
"It just has been a tremendous success," John Jacobsen, the event's organizer, said Thursday.
Last year, an estimated 100,000 people attended the festival.
"I think we'll have that again this year easily," he said.
Fact Box
The following is a list of all of the artists participating in the 2014 Cape Coral Festival of the Arts, Jan. 11-12, in downtown Cape Coral. The artists are listed by name followed by category of entry and hometown.
Aasmundstad, Marcia - Fine Crafts, Binghamton, N.Y.
Abdullah, Maureen - Jewelry Amherst, Mass.
Albrecht, Fred - Mixed Media & Graphics, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Alexander, Douglas - Mixed Media & Graphics, DeLand, Fla.
Allison, Deb - Fine Crafts, Flagler Beach, Fla.
Anthony, Greta - Sculpture, Perry, Fla.
Apriletti, Linda - Painting, Miami Springs, Fla.
Ayala, Sue - Fine Crafts, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Ayers, Stephen - Fine Crafts, Hannibal, Mo.
Baeza, Christine - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
Bailey, Tim - Fine Crafts, Bradenton, Fla.
Balodis, Mara - Fine Crafts, Bokeelia, Fla.
Banh, Timothy - Fine Crafts, Jacksonville, Fla.
Barbour, William and Gissell - Jewelry, Sebring, Fla.
Barnes, Deborah - Jewelry Mount Dora, Fla.
Barreneche, Juan - Fine Crafts, Atlanta
Barron, Paul - Sculpture, Ada, Mich.
Bass, Kenneth - Jewelry, Mason, W.Va.
Bates, April - Fine Crafts, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Batson, Donna - Fine Crafts, Leesburg, Fla.
Becker, Jason - Mixed Media & Graphics, Bluffton, S.C.
Beetge, Peter - Fine Crafts, Sarasota, Fla.
Billman, Gregg - Painting, Gainesville, Fla.
Billman, Mark - Jewelry, Gainesville, Fla.
Blackmore, Brian - Jewelry, Gainesville, Fla.
Blekfeld, Bernard - Photography, Orlando, Fla.
Bobofchak, Gary - Jewelry, Port Sanilac, Mich.
Bodeker, Terry - Jewelry, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Bodenberg, Don - Jewelry, Cincinnati, Ohio
Bond, Angela - Painting, Decatur, Ga.
Bove, Jason - Fine Crafts, Lebanon, Ohio
Bowns, Carole - Mixed Media & Graphics, Sandy Spring, Md.
Boyce, Robert - Sculpture, Phoenix, Ariz.
Brandow, Douglas - Jewelry, Stuart, Fla.
Brawley, Deborah - Fine Crafts, Niwot, Colo.
Bridewell, Ray and Amy - Jewelry, Bellevue, Ky.
Brown, Robert - Mixed Media & Graphics, Apopka, Fla.
Callahan, Jen - Painting, Tappahannock, Va.
Camp, Pam - Fine Crafts, Panama City, Fla.
Carlson, Kim - Fine Crafts, Cape Coral, Fla.
Casseus, Cantave - Sculpture, Kissimmee, Fla.
Cech, Melanie - Fine Crafts, Spring Hill, Fla.
Cereghino Groves, Magali - Fine Crafts, Orlando, Fla.
Chalfant, Scott - Fine Crafts, Cowden, Ill.
Chandler, Brigette - Jewelry, Fort Myers, Fla.
Chandler, Christine - Jewelry, Pensacola, Fla.
Chanlatte, Andre - Painting, Odessa, Fla.
Christiansen, Diana - Jewelry, Gainesville, Fla.
Clarke, Caroline - Fine Crafts, Thomaston, Ga.
Clements, Doris - Fine Crafts, Wilmington, N.C.
Clibbon, Robert - Photography, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Coe, Geoff - Photography, Fort Myers, Fla.
Collins, Dennis and Marjorie - Jewelry, Naples, Fla.
Colvard Oberholtzer, Kim - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
Copeland, Jim - Photography, Chamblee, Ga.
Crow, Evelyne - Fine Crafts, Clermont, Fla.
Danley, Michael - Photography, Fort Myers, Fla.
Dannecker, Paul - Jewelry, Troutman, N.C.
Davenport, Ruthann - Fine Crafts, Millington, Mich.
Davern, Laurel - Jewelry, Lancaster, N.Y.
Davin, Lisa - Jewelry, Hollywood, Fla.
Davis, Sheron - Fine Crafts, Decatur, Ga.
Dawald, Jeffery - Jewelry, Faribault, Minn.
Deal, Katie - Mixed Media & Graphics, Crawfordville, Fla.
Dekkers, Christine - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
DeMichele, Allen and Kelly - Sculpture, North Port, Fla.
Derench, Judy - Fine Crafts, Niantic, Conn.
DiCarlo, John - Fine Crafts, Fort Myers, Fla.
Dinauer, Greg - Sculpture, Madison, Wis.
Direnzo, Bill - Photography, Fort Pierce, Fla.
Dirienzo, Tess - Fine Crafts, Fort Pierce, Fla.
Dixon, Fran - Painting, Virginia Beach, Va.
Doehrman Bride, Marylou - Mixed Media & Graphics,
Spring Hill, Fla.
Dolle, Parry - Mixed Media & Graphics, Winter Springs, Fla.
Dorman, Kuei - Painting, Orlando, Fla.
Dossey, Ray and Colleen - Fine Crafts, Lakeside, Calif.
Easter, Jeff - Photography, Holly Hill, Fla.
Eastwood, Bonnie - Mixed Media & Graphics, Hudson, Fla.
Erlund, Beth - Mixed Media & Graphics, Morrison, Colo.
Ernsting, Rich - Photography, Indianapolis, Ind.
Espinosa, Josephina - Fine Crafts, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Estevez, Nicetas - Fine Crafts, Miami, Fla.
Fawkes, Dolores - Jewelry, Sandy Springs, Ga.
Feinberg, Phil - Fine Crafts, McCall, Idaho
Finton, Kathy - Jewelry, North Port, Fla.
Fisher, Fred - Mixed Media & Graphics, Quincy, Fla.
Fitzsimmons, Allison - Jewelry, Brooksville, Fla.
Flaherty, Kelly - Sculpture, Lehigh Acres, Fla.
Flora, Diana - Jewelry, Canandaigua, N.Y.
Fortenberry, Jimmy - Sculpture, Altoona, Ala.
Fuller, Erin - Jewelry, Nokomis, Fla.
Gale, Mitchel - Fine Crafts, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Gao and Chang, Wayne and Michelle - Fine Crafts,
Rowland Heights, Calif.
Garcia, Rosario - Jewelry, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Glascock, Douglas - Jewelry, Harrison, Ark.
Godfrey, Mary Lou - Fine Crafts, Cape Coral, Fla.
Good, Linda - Jewelry, Hudson, Mich.
Goolsby, Tina - Jewelry, Ormond Beach, Fla.
Graham, William - Fine Crafts, Hardy, Ark.
Grillos, Ronia - Fine Crafts, Freedom, Calif.
Grogan, Cheryll - Painting, Gulfport, Fla.
Guerra, Constance - Mixed Media & Graphics, Midland, Va.
Gurney, Chris - Jewelry, Tampa, Fla.
Gwynn, Bob - Sculpture, Greenville, S.C.
Hammes-Knopf, Sue - Jewelry, Northfield, Minn.
Hanson, Marianne - Fine Crafts, Harrison, Ark.
Hardesty, Lynn - Jewelry, Clearwater, Fla.
Harshberger, Wayne - Sculpture, Goshen, Ind.
Hartman, Linda - Fine Crafts, Safety Harbor, Fla.
Hausner, Martin - Jewelry, Alachua, Fla.
Heard, Rick - Sculpture, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Herndon, Carol - Jewelry, Tampa, Fla.
Herrmann, Dori - Fine Crafts, Fort Myers, Fla.
Herrmann, Sharon - Jewelry, Punta Gorda, Fla.
Heumann, Cindy - Jewelry, San Diego, Calif.
Heuslein, Mina - Fine Crafts, Port Orange, Fla.
Hines, Amy - Sculpture, Milton, Fla.
Hines, J. J. - Mixed Media & Graphics, Hollywood, Fla.
Hirt, Cindy - Fine Crafts, Hawthorne, Fla.
Hirt, Jenna - Jewelry, Hawthorne, Fla.
Holzbaur, Werner - Sculpture, Bradenton, Fla.
Homick, Cory and Carol - Photography, Coopersburg, Pa.
Hosack, Herbert - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
Howard, Jessica - Jewelry, Curtice, Ohio
Hung, Serge - Jewelry, Clermont, Fla.
Hunt, Terry - Sculpture, Hart, Mich.
Hurst, Fran and Michael - Jewelry, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Iglesias, Carlos - Fine Crafts, Miami, Fla.
Ingel, Hanan - Jewelry, Berkeley, Calif.
Iovine, Joyce - Mixed Media & Graphics, Delray Beach, Fla.
Jacobsen, Allen and Mumin - Jewelry, West Winfield, N.Y.
Jalsa, Ann - Jewelry, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
James, Amy - Jewelry, Pottstown, Pa.
James, Keith - Photography, Largo, Fla.
Jasinski, Michael - Photography, Gainesville, Fla.
Jellema, Ruth - Fine Crafts, Rockford, Mich.
Jenney, Curtis - Sculpture, Clearwater, Fla.
Johnson, Matthew - Jewelry, Carnegie, Pa.
Johnson, Sandy - Fine Crafts, Oregon, Wis.
Jones, Beth - Jewelry, Canton, Mich.
Jones, Koko - Jewelry, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Jones, Robert - Photography, Waleska, Ga.
Juul, Kari - Fine Crafts, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Kara, John - Fine Crafts, Perryopolis, Pa.
Kavosick, John - Sculpture, Rio Grande, N.J.
Kehr, Tracy - Mixed Media & Graphics, White Cloud, Mich.
Keysor, Stacy - Fine Crafts, Cape Coral, Fla.
Kim, Jinsong - Fine Crafts, Mims, Fla.
King, Jeff - Fine Crafts, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Kohnke, Carol - Fine Crafts, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Koury, Stephen - Painting, Lakeland, Fla.
Kraft, Eric - Sculpture, Gainesville, Fla.
Kuntz, Randy - Fine Crafts, Holland, Ohio
Laine, Philippe - Fine Crafts, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Larson, Haydn - Sculpture, LaCrosse, Fla.
Lecaros, Medalit - Jewelry, Weston, Fla.
Lemoine, Ron - Sculpture, Hernando Beach, Fla.
Lensink, Jay - Jewelry, Estero, Fla.
Licht, Jenny - Jewelry, Estero, Fla.
Lilavois, Vicky - Jewelry, Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Lilienthal, Donna & Arie - Jewelry, Wellington, Fla.
Linden, Cynthia - Fine Crafts, Gulfport, Fla.
Linn, Robert - Fine Crafts, Edmond, Ok.
Liu, Nen-Chin - Fine Crafts, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Loretto, Rose - Fine Crafts, Jacksonville, Fla.
MacKellar, Hugh - Jewelry, Cape Coral, Fla.
Mackenzie, Greg and Rachel - Sculpture, North Port, Fla.
Maltsev, Gene - Fine Crafts, Chelsea, Mass.
Mandelaro, Al - Jewelry, Delray Beach, Fla.
Mann, Toni - Fine Crafts, Lake Worth, Fla.
Marchese, Deborah - Jewelry, Melbourne Beach, Fla.
Martin, David - Fine Crafts, Englewood, Fla.
Martin, Loel - Photography, Skokie, Ill.
Martin, Pam - Fine Crafts, Key Largo, Fla.
Matthews, Shoshana - Fine Crafts, Cape Coral, Fla.
Mayes, Larry - Jewelry, Venice, Fla.
Mayes, Linda - Photography, Venice, Fla.
McAdams, Linda - Photography, Mantua, N.J.
McCamish, Bill - Jewelry, Three Oaks, Mich.
McLaughlin, Michael - Jewelry, Longboat Key, Fla.
Meier, Carole - Sculpture, Grayling, Mich.
Merrill, Sherry - Fine Crafts, Hudson, Fla.
Miley, Brett - Photography, DeLand, Fla.
Miller, Bill - Mixed Media & Graphics, Naples, Fla.
Moeggenberg, Judy - Fine Crafts, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Moreland, Nancy - Photography, South Miami, Fla.
Mosquera, Fernando - Sculpture, Riverview, Fla.
Murphy, Elaina - Fine Crafts, Seabrook, S.C.
Murray, Jean - Fine Crafts, Anna Maria, Fla.
Nastasi, Carol - Fine Crafts, Burton, Ohio
Neal, Greg - Fine Crafts, Lebanon, Ohio
Nedobeck, Don - Painting, Deland, Fla.
Nelson, Jeffrey - Fine Crafts, New Windsor, N.Y.
Nichols, Don - Mixed Media & Graphics, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
Nichols, Betty - Fine Crafts, Baldwin, Ga.
Norqual, Jennifer - Fine Crafts, Naples, Fla.
Notari, Carrie - Jewelry, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
O'Brien, Wendy - Jewelry, Lincoln, Neb.
Odmark, Gary - Painting, Holland, Mich.
Okamoto, Atsuko - Mixed Media & Graphics, Boynton
Beach, Fla.
Oriold, Vicki - Painting, Boynton Beach, Fla.
Palermo, Christopher - Mixed Media & Graphics,
Matlacha, Fla.
Pardue, Randy - Sculpture, Hawthorne, Fla.
Park, Kyoung-Joa - Fine Crafts, Rochelle Park, N.J.
Parsley, Jason - Fine Crafts, Cincinnati, Ohio
Patrick, Don - Fine Crafts, Orlando, Fla.
Pfeffer, Sandi - Jewelry, Fort Myers, Fla.
Pip, Sophia - Jewelry, Key West, Fla.
Pirkle, Linda - Painting, Atlanta, Ga.
Poole, Inna - Fine Crafts, Juno Beach, Fla.
Powell, Mary Jane - Jewelry, Groveland, Fla.
Powers, Linda J. - Fine Crafts, Toronto, Ontario
Purdy, Debra and Robert - Sculpture, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Qin, Jie - Fine Crafts, Orlando, Fla.
Rasmussen, James - Photography, Mount Prospect, Ill.
Rego-Sharpe, Rosalyn - Jewelry, Mount Airy, N.C.
Reilly, Bonnie - Fine Crafts, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rhoads, Mindy - Mixed Media & Graphics, Marquette, Kan.
Roberts, Debbie - Fine Crafts, Capitan, N.M.
Roberts, Joan - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
Ross, David - Fine Crafts, Bakersville, N.C.
Ruang, Wanpen - Jewelry, Atlanta, Ga.
Rund, Laurel D - Mixed Media & Graphics, Bradenton, Fla.
Salada, Bill - Painting, Tampa, Fla.
Sall, Fatou - Fine Crafts, Capitol Heights, Md.
Santini, Joseph Dean - Fine Crafts, Vero Beach, Fla.
Schmidt, Ron - Sculpture, Tequesta, Fla.
Schneider, Ellen - Photography, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Schoeler, Inna - Fine Crafts, Orlando, Fla.
Schoenly, Peter and Stephanie - Fine Crafts, Ridge Manor, Fla.
Schofield, Jean Ann - Painting, Caledonia, N.Y.
Schwade, Michael - Jewelry, Eureka Springs, Ark.
Seder, Rufus - Mixed Media & Graphics, Waltham, Mass.
Serra, Adams - Photography, Fort Myers, Fla.
Serrano, Gretchen - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
Shafer, Kari - Jewelry, Clermont, Fla.
Shepard, Petty - Fine Crafts, Kingsport, Tenn.
Sher, Carol - Mixed Media & Graphics, Montgomery
Village, Md.
Small, Gail - Jewelry, Sarasota, Fla.
Smith, Michael - Fine Crafts, Asheville, N.C.
Smith, Woody and Judy - Sculpture, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Soderquist, Linda - Painting, Englewood, Fla.
Solomon, Anne Marie - Painting, Englewood, Fla.
Sprague, Carmen - Photography, Cape Coral, Fla.
Sprigg, Charlie and Sheila - Jewelry, Lake Wales, Fla.
St. Onge and Agenbroad, Baca and Ray - Jewelry, Lyons, Colo.
Stanish, Jean - Mixed Media & Graphics, Cape Coral, Fla.
Stegmann, Rob - Photography, Fort Myers, Fla.
Steinbrecher, Knox - Fine Crafts, Marietta, Ga.
Stephens, Ellen - Sculpture, Fort Myers, Fla.
Stevens, Cheryl - Jewelry, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.
Stirn, Amanda - Painting, Cape Coral, Fla.
Storeim, Jeanne - Fine Crafts, Riverview, Fla.
Strauss, Lisa - Fine Crafts, Hackettstown, N.J.
Strickland, Ron - Fine Crafts, Panama City Beach, Fla.
Sullivan, Ellen - Fine Crafts, Hallandale, Fla.
Sutterer, Ron - Fine Crafts, Floyd, Va.
Swift, Barbara - Jewelry, Moore Haven, Fla.
Switzenberg, Bunny - Fine Crafts, Lancaster, Pa.
Syphrit, Michael - Mixed Media & Graphics, Pompano
Beach, Fla.
Taber, Karen - Fine Crafts, Wyoming, Mich.
Theodore, Celeste - Fine Crafts, Fort Myers, Fla.
Thomas, Herb - Fine Crafts, Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Thomas, Mark - Photography, Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Tinney, Clay - Jewelry, Key Largo, Fla.
Traynor, Alan - Fine Crafts, Orlando, Fla.
Trewyn, Bruce - Mixed Media & Graphics, Arcadia, Fla.
Troutman, Bob - Jewelry, Asheville, N.C.
Tunnell, Jan - Jewelry, Orlando, Fla.
Tutt, Patrick - Fine Crafts, Canyon Lake, Calif.
Uloth, Linda - Fine Crafts, Venice, Fla.
Vanheynegen, Doreen - Fine Crafts, Mulberry, Fla.
Vanneman, Pam - Fine Crafts, Cape Coral, Fla.
Venghaus, Mike - Jewelry, Niceville, Fla.
Vincent, Michael - Jewelry, Feeding Hills, Mass.
Walker, Bonnie - Fine Crafts, Bullhead, Ariz.
Walsh, Geoff - Fine Crafts, Sarasota, Fla.
Waltemate, Herman - Fine Crafts, Brecksville, Ohio
Weber and Sly, Dawn and Cindylee - Fine Crafts, Cape
Coral, Fla.
Weinreb, Barbara - Jewelry, Dix Hills, N.Y.
Welch, Linda - Jewelry, Venice, Fla.
Wender, Andrew - Fine Crafts, Englewood, Fla.
Wettach, Jim - Mixed Media & Graphics, St. Augustine, Fla.
Whorl, Steven and Sherry - Fine Crafts, Abell, Md.
Wickham, Claudia - Photography, Lake Mary, Fla.
Wides, Jacqueline - Jewelry, North Port, Fla.
Wilkinson, Paul and Lori - Mixed Media & Graphics,
Marshville, N.C.
Williams, Ian - Fine Crafts, Hernando, Fla.
Wilson, Kenneth - Fine Crafts, Delray Beach, Fla.
Wong, David PH - Painting, Chino, Calif.
Woodall, Hershell and Jodi - Sculpture, Lake Wales, Fla.
Ye, Zhiyong - Painting, Leesburg, Fla.
Zah, Monica - Painting, Fort Mill, S.C.
Zhang, Jim - Painting, Norcross, Ga.
Zoschke, Marc and Wendy - Jewelry, Springfield, Ill.
The show features a range of medians, like fine art, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, photography, metal works, mixed media and more. The Best in Show winner will receive $1,000, while first place, second place and third place awards are given in every category. The winners receive $500, $250 or $150.
"If you're looking for a museum-piece of quality art in the $5,000 to $10,000 range, you'll find that," Jacobsen said, adding that attendees can also find prints, jewelry and such in the $5 to $10 range.
"That's one of the reasons we offer the prize money, so we get a blend (of exhibitors)," he said. "We make sure that we have something for everyone."
This year's participating artists and artisans hail from throughout the country, from Arkansas, the Carolinas, Ohio and Wisconsin, to California, New York, Michigan, Oklahoma and more.
"They come from all over," Jacobsen said, adding that several of the exhibitors are from Florida.
The judge for this year's show is Henry Sinn, the director of painting and drawing and head gallery curator at the Crealde School of Art in Winter Park. With a bachelor's degree in painting from Rollins College, Sinn's work is represented in more than 20 corporate collections and he has had 15 shows.
"We look for credentials and experience at judging outdoor events," Jacobsen said, adding that the judge should also have a strong background in the arts, such as a professor at an art college.
"We want to make sure everybody is well satisfied with the judge," he said.
Sinn will judge the exhibitors on Saturday, and the ribbons will be awarded Sunday morning.
Each year, the work of one artist or artisan is selected to be featured on the event poster. "Booted Racket-Tail Hummingbirds," by photographer Mark J. Thomas, was picked to be showcased.
"The picture happens to be of two rival hummingbirds trying to get to the same flowers," Jacobsen said. "The picture itself just captivated me."
Thomas' work was also selected as a category winner in the annual "Nature's Best Photography" Windland Smith Rice International Awards Competition, and he beat out 28,000 other photographers to have his hummingbird image appear in the Smithsonian Museum of National History until 2015.
Along with the exhibitors, the festival will feature food and fun for the whole family. An area of the event is set aside for children's activities, to include a bungee cord ride and rock climbing wall.
Restaurants and fast-food eateries are available on site, along with traditional festival fare.
"It's just fun to come and experience," Jacobsen said. "It's a great chance to get out of the house."
He recommended that attendees wear good walking shoes for the day.
"The weather's going to be perfect," Jacobsen said. "There's a chance to explore downtown and the merchants downtown - it's a wonderful community event."
Attendees get to meet all of the exhibitors in person and can discuss their work.
"It's a chance for people to see art and enjoy art in a non-threatening manner," he said.
Each year, the festival raises between $50,000 and $75,000 for the Rotary Club.
"It is our biggest fundraiser," Jacobsen said. "We do wonderful things with the money."
Some of the funds go to the Rotary's international scholarships, but most stays within the Cape.
Jacobson noted that the money helps fund additions to Rotary Park.
"That's a project that never ends," he said.
It helps provide youth with scholarships to Edison State College and Florida Gulf Coast University, as well as supports charities like the Cape Coral Community Foundation and Cape Coral Caring Center.
For the full list of exhibitors, see pages 6-7B in today's edition of the Cape Coral Breeze.
For more information about the Cape Coral Festival of the Arts, visit: www.capecoralfestival.com/.


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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to make a one-day visit to India on Sunday, April 8. It's the first visit by a Pakistani president since 2005. However Zardari's trip is being described as a personal visit in an attempt to keep expectations low and to allow both sides room to avoid confronting difficult issues, such as Indian demands that Pakistan do more to fight terrorism. Elliot Hannon reports from New Delhi.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A new survey shows Wisconsin's ruffed grouse population has declined slightly.
The Department of Natural Resources says the survey shows the population decreased 9 percent between 2012 and 2013.
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AMERICUS - AMERICUS – The Georgia Southwestern baseball program's 10th Annual Fall Classic Blue-White Series will be played October 29-30 at Hurricane Stadium. This intrasquad series will be played in a best-of-three games format.
The Blue and White teams recently held a player draft to finalize their rosters. Players are drafted to a side prior to their first season with the program and remain on that team throughout their GSW career.
The White team won the series last year. The all-time record for the White team during the series is now 4-5. Last year, the White team broke the 5 year winning streak that the Blue Team was working to build from.
|Blue Team Roster
|White Team Roster
|Zac Wittmus
|Lance Shelton
|Josh Tatnall
|Andrew Claxton
|Justin Barnes
Zach Smith
|Jarrod Taylor
|Corey Benson
|Dylan Brown
|Stephen Antolic
|Dillion Hughes
|Devyn Newberry
|Gabe Selochan
|Will Redding
|Dylan Griffin
|Mitch Holloway
|Zach Moss
|Evan Alderman
|Myles Gay
|Coty Graham
|Nick Fonseca
|Matthew Suggs
|Stephen Eldridge
|Les Cromer
|Earl Dupree
|Neal Chambless
|Josh Sanders
|Cole Angelo
|Davey King
For the fifth-consecutive year, the losing side will have to operate a charity car wash. The car wash raises money for the Sumter County Parks and Recreation Little League Baseball Scholarship Program, which assists children financially, whose families can't afford little league registration fees.
This year's car wash will be held on Saturday, November 2nd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot separating the GSW baseball and softball fields. The program is asking for $3 per car, and they will also be taking donations. All proceeds will go straight to the aforementioned scholarship program.


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the basics about sexual matters, esp. intercourse, as told using animals and insects as examples; sex education
They show films on the birds and bees to the sixth graders, one for boys and one for girls.
Old English bird, rare collateral form of bridd, originally "young bird, nestling" (the usual Old English for "bird" being fugol), of uncertain origin with no cognates in any other Germanic language. The suggestion that it is related by umlaut to brood and breed is rejected by OED as "quite inadmissible." Metathesis of -r- and -i- was complete 15c.
Middle English, in which bird referred to various young animals and even human beings, may have preserved the original meaning of this word. Despite its early attestation, bridd is not necessarily the oldest form of bird. It is usually assumed that -ir- from -ri- arose by metathesis, but here, too, the Middle English form may go back to an ancient period. [Liberman]Figurative sense of "secret source of information" is from 1540s. Bird dog (n.) attested from 1832, a gun dog used in hunting game birds; hence the verb (1941) meaning "to follow closely." Bird-watching attested from 1897. Bird's-eye view is from 1762. For the birds recorded from 1944, supposedly in allusion to birds eating from droppings of horses and cattle.
A byrde yn honde ys better than three yn the wode. [c.1530]
"middle finger held up in a rude gesture," slang derived from 1860s expression give the big bird "to hiss someone like a goose," kept alive in vaudeville slang with sense of "to greet someone with boos, hisses, and catcalls" (1922), transferred 1960s to the "up yours" hand gesture (the rigid finger representing the hypothetical object to be inserted) on notion of defiance and contempt. Gesture itself seems to be much older (the human anatomy section of a 12c. Latin bestiary in Cambridge describes the middle finger as that "by means of which the pursuit of dishonour is indicated").
Any of numerous warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals of the class Aves. Birds have wings for forelimbs, a body covered with feathers, a hard bill covering the jaw, and a four-chambered heart.
Our Living Language : It is generally believed that birds are descended from dinosaurs and probably evolved from them during the Jurassic Period. While most paleontologists believe that birds evolved from a small dinosaur called the theropod, which in turn evolved from the thecodont, a reptile from the Triassic Period, other paleontologists believe that birds and dinosaurs both evolved from the thecodont. There are some who even consider the bird to be an actual dinosaur. According to this view, the bird is an avian dinosaur, and the older dinosaur a nonavian dinosaur. Although there are variations of thought on the exact evolution of birds, the similarities between birds and dinosaurs are striking and undeniable. Small meat-eating dinosaurs and primitive birds share about twenty characteristics that neither group shares with any other kind of animal; these include tubular bones, the position of the pelvis, the shape of the shoulder blades, a wishbone-shaped collarbone, and the structure of the eggs. Dinosaurs had scales, and birds have modified scales—their feathers—and scaly feet. Some dinosaurs also may have had feathers; a recently discovered fossil of a small dinosaur indicates that it had a featherlike covering. In fact, some primitive fossil birds and small meat-eating dinosaurs are so similar that it is difficult to tell them apart based on their skeletons alone.
Related Terms
early bird, for the birds, gooney bird, have a bird, jailbird, lovebirds, off one's nut, railbird, take off like a bigass bird, whirlybird, yardbird
[homosexual senses may be based on or be revived by Yiddish faygele, ''homosexual,'' literally ''bird'']


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sorry, i didn't post anything last night - free wifi is pretty scarce in midtown manhattan!
The trip on behalf of the steelers has been amazing so far. The NFL couldn't have been nicer. 25 teams chose to send a lucky fan to be their rep. We spent yesterday morning at a rehearsal at radio city music call not much to rehearse, but you know - there's a method to walking the red carpet! halfway through rehearsal, the commish showed up. Now, i know many here would like me to have done something inappropriate - but he was exceedingly gracious and nice. He went out of his way to interact with us all day. definitely a 10 on the cool scale. In the morning we had radio city to ourselves. the fans from the afc north and I decided that for the sake of the experience - we would engage in a 48 hour truce.
At 3:30 we were picked up at the hotel and taken to 30 Rock cafe for a mixer. Sadly we had to leave before the players arrived - and they also had those guys locked down to the point there was no interaction. I was looking forward to a selfie with johnny football. oh well! at 5:45 we loaded up on the bus and were dropped off at radio city. in order of the draft we stepped off and were given an official draft hat in a case to carry into radio city. the red carpet was cool. tons of media, flash, tv, reporters and fans screaming.
Our seats we directly in front of the podium. literally 3 feet away. prior to the pick they take us back into the 'prep room'. for those interested, they have a rack of #1 jerseys all in the back. when you see on the tv, 'the pick is in' - it's actually been in for about 5 minutes. The jersey people already have the names pieced together of all the athletes in attendance. they take that 5 minutes to heat press it on the jersey. The commish walks out and makes the selection. At that point the team reps walk out from stage right and present the jersey to goodell. then we leave and the player walks out from stage left to get the picture with roger and talk to deion sandcastle.
When I was speaking with roger prior he asked who i wanted. I knew the odds were slim, but my prefs were a WR (mike evans), an OT (jake matthews) or a CB. When I talked to him onstage he was laughing with me. he said, hmmm - pit chose a LB! I replied we have a tradition of great LB's - hopefully this one will keep that tradition going. He asked where my wife was sitting so he could turn and pose with me for pictures from the stage.
The night was awesome. The steelers don't really wheel and deal, so I figured my pick was a one and done. some teams selected a player not in attendance so roger just took pics with the team rep and then autographed the draft card and presented it to them.
7 teams cheaped out and didn't sent anyone. the bills, falcons, cards, niners, bears, green bay, and redskins. what a douche move. the jets picked someone but since they're local all they did was send the tix. the poor jets fan was on his own for transpo, parking etc. philly sent up their folks in a limo. baltimore used the train. we all stayed at the marriot next to times square.
For the record, I have literally spent the last 2 hours trying to upload pics here. i've changed the size, the dimensions, the file type. none of it works. I have a bunch I want to share - but the site won't accept anything.
if the mods can figure it out - let me know and i'll try to post them late tonight or tomorrow when I get home. round 2 in a few - gotta get my gear on!!


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In an effort to show parents what goes on behind closed doors, program directors at the Thomas County Boys and Girls Club invited area children of all ages and their families in for the day for a glimpse of what they've been missing.
It's a place offering hundreds of playmates exciting games and learning.
"They have somewhere they can go that's safe. We have security; you don't have to worry about the outside, whatever's going on there. Everything's going on in here," said Program Director Ondrea Davis.
Many parents don't know there's an alternative to letting their kids out on the street. Saturday, all members, non-members and their families were welcome to check the club out.
Tyra Scott is one of the kids taking advantage of the open door day and says, "I'm just here to have fun and play with other people and have a good time!"
Volunteers say the club is more than just fun. Volunteers Kimberly Adams and Renata Young say, "We help them with homework and after that they have other opportunities to lead, achieve and succeed!"
Eight-year-old Quentin Young added, "We'll play for a while and then get our book bags and go to tutor and do our homework."
Boys and Girls Club employees say their job is to set a positive example for the youngsters and to set the mold for healthy well-adjusted adults.
Boys and Girls Club Program Directors say membership is only $5 per child, per year! They welcome all children from the ages of six to 18.
For more information, call 229-228-5155.


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Fulton Financial hires Patrick Barrett to be new CFO
Lancaster-based Fulton Financial Corp. has named Patrick Barrett as the company's senior executive vice president, effective Nov. 4.
Barrett, who comes to Fulton from SunTrust Banks Inc., will become CFO at the end of the year with the retirement of Charles Nugent.
"Patrick's significant experience in the areas of corporate finance and investor relations will be extremely valuable in his new role," said E. Philip Wenger, Fulton's chairman, president and CEO.
Barrett will oversee the corporation's controllers and investment areas. He will advise senior management and the board of directors on all financial areas related to the company and will develop and enhance finance operational strategies by evaluating trends and establishing critical strategies, tactics and measurements.
He was CFO of SunTrust's wholesale bank, an integrated $66 billion platform of client businesses that includes corporate and investment banking, commercial and business banking, commercial real estate and treasury and payment solutions.
Prior to SunTrust, he worked with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a number of senior finance and managing director roles in Asia. His last role with JPMorgan was deputy head and managing director of investor relations in New York.
Barrett earned his bachelor's degree in finance and accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Fulton Financial, which is the parent company of Fulton Bank, trades its shares on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol FULT. It reported third-quarter earnings earlier this week.


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LAKE PLACID - The town of North Elba plans to negotiate with an engineering firm as it moves closer to breaking ground on a multi-use trail alongside the railroad tracks between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake.
At a meeting Tuesday night, the town board conditionally approved a resolution to enter into contract talks with Creighton Manning Engineering of Albany.
Town Supervisor Roby Politi said Councilman Jack Favro and former Councilman Chuck Damp, who is helping the town with the trail project, along with representatives from the Adirondack North Country Association and the state Department of Transportation, recently interviewed several engineering firms.
"As a result of the interview process, the committee has recommended that we proceed to contract negotiations on the Lake Placid to Saranac Lake multi-use trail with Creighton Manning," Politi said.
Creighton Manning, Politi said, is familiar with the Lake Placid area. The firm has been involved with the Greater Lake Placid Transportation Study, as well as reconstruction of Mirror Lake Drive and River Street. The group is also involved with the ongoing reconstruction of Old Military Road.
Damp said the planning committee started with five engineering firms and received "expressions of interest" from three. Those firms were interviewed, and the committee used a score sheet to narrow the field.
He said the score sheet helps establish the firm's familiarity with the area and grades things like experience and reliability.
"It was close, but Creighton Manning brought some things to the table the other firms didn't," Damp said.
"Now, what they do is they'll put together a more detailed timeline and talk about costs," he added. "Then, we go to contract. The board will have to approve the contract as negotiated."
Damp said all of the firms interviewed indicated that the $3.2 million in grant funds, as well as the local match, will be enough to get the project done.
One firm said it could minimize wetland impact by crossing the tracks in certain places, although Damp said that kind of thinking is "premature at this point." The state Adirondack Park Agency permit would need to be amended to let the trail cross the railroad.
"We're going to use the permit as the guideline," Damp said.
Damp said there was also discussion of using an abandoned sidewalk on Old Ray Brook Road as part of the trail.
"We're certainly receptive to that type of thinking, nobody is digging their heels in the sand," he said. "We have a permit that addresses wetlands and a mitigation plan that's been approved. Do we really want to go back there and make changes? I don't know."
Damp said the town is making progress on the trail project.
"It's slower than I'd want it to be, but we've got to do it the right way," he said.
"We're pushing real hard," Damp added. "By 2013, our window comes on the first grant. If we're not showing we're fully committed, that creates some challenges."
Damp said Creighton Manning will make sure preserving grant funds is included in the scope of the project.
"That will be one of the key focuses: This is what we can do to preserve those funds and make sure we comply with what the rules are," he said.
Damp said that "God willing, we're going to start digging in the spring."
Contact Chris Morris at 891-2600 ext. 25 or cmorris@


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Now that a judge has denied a request to halt work on the massive California high-speed rail project, the state agency responsible for construction may approach Central Valley landowners to seek permission to survey land as a first step in the acquisition process.
Madera County Farm Bureau Executive Director Anja Raudabaugh said she has heard from about 35 farm landowners in the county who have received right-of-entry request letters from the California High Speed Rail Authority. The letters are being sent to landowners in the path of the initial construction segment—known as Construction Package 1, from south of Madera to Fresno—where the agency intends to break ground first.
"The letters are asking specifically to do archeological, cultural and biological surveys. The authority wants to investigate whether the properties pose a risk for sensitive habitat, species or other cultural or archeological issues that may stop or slow down construction," Raudabaugh said. "The entry letter asks the property owner to sign the letter that the authority has prepared, allowing access onto the property to do these surveys."
Typically, following surveys, the state would attempt to negotiate a voluntary sale with landowners whose land is needed for right of way. If the parties cannot agree, the state would then proceed with condemnation, during which a court would decide the question of just compensation, including for relocation expenses and other losses.
For efficiency's sake, observers said, eminent domain and temporary entry permit proceedings for high-speed rail would likely be consolidated into one or more actions. As currently planned, issues relating to road crossings, severed parcels and disruptions to irrigation and drainage systems would be addressed as part of the authority's acquisition process.
The authority got the green light to move forward with its pre-construction plans after Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley denied a request for a preliminary injunction sought by petitioners that included county Farm Bureaus in Madera and Merced counties. The injunction request was a preliminary motion in a California Environmental Quality Act case against the authority, brought on the grounds that the agency's environmental review is "deficient" and "harmful" to farmers and ranchers. The county Farm Bureaus are joined in the suit against the California High Speed Rail Authority by the county of Madera, Preserve Our Heritage, Fagundes Brothers and the Chowchilla Water District.
The judge's decision in mid-November to deny the motion for the injunction came after state attorneys said that no construction on the project would begin before the case is decided. In addition, the judge considered balancing the increased cost of construction—with a potential loss of $3.2 billion in federal funding—against harm caused by pre-construction activities, including efforts to acquire right of way for the project.
"The balance of harms favors allowing the pre-construction activities to proceed," Frawley said.
Attorney Barry Epstein of Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley in Oakland, who represents the county Farm Bureaus in the case, noted that a motion for a preliminary injunction is not easy.
"It's an uphill battle when you are making a request for any preliminary injunction, and certainly one for a huge public project carried out by a state agency," Epstein said.
The next milestone in the case will occur next April, when Judge Frawley is scheduled to decide whether or not to overturn the authority's approval of the Merced-to-Fresno section based on whether the agency complied with CEQA.
The preferred route selected for the Merced-to-Fresno section of the high-speed rail project would impact approximately 2,500 acres of prime and important farmland, along with an estimated 150 farms, ranches and agricultural businesses.
In related news, the rail authority, at its Nov. 14 board meeting in Sacramento, approved an agreement with the California Department of Conservation for the development and implementation of an agricultural lands mitigation program. The authority agreed to put up $20 million for agricultural conservation easements to compensate for farmland lost to the high-speed rail right of way from Bakersfield to San Jose, with initial focus on the segment between Madera and Fresno.
Merced County Farm Bureau Executive Director Amanda Carvajal called the $20 million budget for mitigating impacts to agricultural lands "inadequate." Carvajal said the figure suggests the authority expects to pay $8,000 per acre for farmland easements, which falls short of the $25,000 per acre estimate previously presented by the agency.
Other farmland losses come in the form of severed parcels, severed irrigation systems and blocked road crossings, some of which—those under 50 acres—were not counted in the authority's tally of severed parcels.
"If you put a 300-yard rail structure down the middle of an irrigation system, you are talking about severing a major irrigation artery that supports your farm. The authority did not address how they would handle that, other than to say it would be handled in the right-of-way process," Raudabaugh said. "If I can't mitigate a parcel, that's going to result in a loss of ag lands and if I can't irrigate, then it's no longer a value to me as an ag parcel."
(Christine Souza is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
Permission for use is granted, however, credit must be made to the California Farm Bureau Federation when reprinting this item.


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Ok I promised a tuturial on how to package a heavy item so here it is. I recently had a pair of Shocker Sig Motors ( 80lbs Each) shipped to me. I explained to the shipper my technique and once again it worked flawlessly.
Motors before shipment
First thing you need to do is locate a box that is around 2-3 inches larger than the item you are packaging all the way around.
Then you stuff the bottom of that box with a layer of foam pool floats
(yes the kind like this)
after stuffing the bottom full of noodles sit the item you are shipping in the box and fill the sides with pieces of foam.
After that you need to put a layer of foam on top inside that box. You want this box to fit extremely tight so the foam compresses and keeps the item from moving.
Next you need to find a box that is around 4-5 inches larger than the other box all the way around. You must line the bottom of this with foam also. Then set that box inside like you sat your original item in the 1st box.
again line the top of this box with more foam and once again u want it to be a very tight fit.
if you have odd shapes you need to fill in these, like if your shipping a sub and the basket is much larger diameter than the motor you can fill the large voids with LARGE bubble wrap. The smaller bubbles dont do much in the way of protecting heavy items.
Another useful matieral for shipping items with a lot of 90 degree angles is insulating foam you can find at lowes. This comes by the sheet and is around 8 dollars for a 2x8' peice of foam
i usually go by the rule 1" of foam for every 15 lbs but this is by no means perfect. remember your package should withstand a 4' drop.
here is the kinetik 2400 getting the foam treatment
2" on each side on the inner box
then for the outer box i used about 2 inchs of packing peanuts all the way around with cardboard spacers in there to keep the box from moving around


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Opening up to Open Innovation
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August 2010
Your company wants to get moving again, but your staff hasn't come up with any great new ideas. Or, if you have a great new idea, you need help in developing or marketing it. What could be more alluring for a smaller company with limited resources than to call on the armies of outsiders found in online communities?technical experts, marketing professionals, customers, suppliers?who are eager to offer ideas and advice, often for a modest fee or reward?


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NCEAS Summer Institute research teams meet to continue collaborating on their projects
The 22 participants in the Summer Institute program, which ran from June 19 through July 10, 2013 at NCEAS, were selected out of nearly 400 applicants. The training institute emphasized the integration of statistical analysis into well-documented scientific workflows through the use of open-source, community-supported programming languages that are well suited for the rapid and robust implementation of scientific data analyses.
The NCEAS 2013 Summer Institute participants self-selected into five research groups. Through the group projects, participants received hands-on guided experience using best practices in the technical aspects that underlie successful synthesis – from data discovery and integration to analysis and visualization, and special techniques for collaborative scientific research.
Summer Institute Group Projects Teams Collaborating the week of December 16:
Ocean Health Evaluation:
The utility of the cumulative impact index in the Southern California Bight
Sharon Baruch-Mordo, The Nature Conservancy
Jill R. Bourque, U.S. Geological Survey
Alison Haupt, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Sigrid Smith, University of Michigan
The Urban Biodiversity Project
Jennifer Costanza, North Carolina State University
Kristen Dybala, University of California, Davis
David J. Harris, University of California, Davis
Shalene Jha, University of Texas, Austin
Holly Jones, Northern Illinois University
Erika Mudrak, Iowa State University
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation generously funded the Summer Institute and this week's follow-up face-to-face collaboration opportunities.


text: KLRU and Reel Women present a screening and discussion of Austin filmmaker Karen Skloss' new documentary Sunshine. The event begins at 8 p.m. with a behind-the-scenes discussion featuring Skloss and key producing, shooting and design crew members as well as the single parents who participated in the film. Following the discussion, KLRU will host a screening of the Independent Lens television debut of Sunshine at 9 p.m. RSVP now


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Borussia Dortmund missed a number of clear cut opportunities in their Champions League first-leg quarter-final tie away to Malaga after being held to a draw by the Spanish club.
Dortmund had the better of the game and missed a number of gilt-edged chances as they failed to score an away goal, much to the delight of Manuel Pellegrini, who set his team the target of keeping a clean sheet at home.
Germany international Mario Gotze was the main culprit as he wasted three clear opportunities to score a potentially crucial away goal.
The attacking midfielder was put through early on in the first half by Polish frontman Robert Lewandowski, but found keeper Willy Caballero in the way to deny him.
The Los Boquerones stopper then denied Gotze again with a smart save with his feet after the youngster was found with a clever pass from Ilkay Gundogan.
The German outfit dominated the first-half, and had a goal ruled out for offside midway through the first 45 minutes.
Malaga worked their way back into the game and tested Roman Weidenfeller just before the break when a Joaquin corner was met with a firm header from defender Vitorino Antunes, which could only be parried to Jeremy Toulalan whose follow-up was cleared away from the post by Gotze.
The second half passed with less incident, but there was still an uncharacteristic miss from Manchetser United transfer target Lewandowski, who mis-kicked from 12 yards out.
The highly-rated Spanish playmaker Isco then tested Weidenfeller with a fiercely struck shot from the edge of the box that was beaten away by the stopper.
The two teams will resume their assault on the Champions League next week when they meet at the Signal Iduna Park to decide who will reach the last four.
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Birders flock to Ohio park to see rare waterfowl
- Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Bird-watchers flocked to a northeast Ohio park recently when word got out that a rarely seen bird was spotted there.
Bird walk leader Rosann Kovalcik, right, 59, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., helps Catherine McBrien, left, 11, of Avon, Ohio, with this spotting scope at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., on Saturday, March 22, 2014. More than 2 million Michiganians surveyed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 classified themselves as birdwatchers, outnumbering hunters and fishers. Birdwatching, or "birding" is the second-fastest-growing hobby in the United States after gardening, according to the report, which was released in December. And it's a lucrative hobby: In 2011, birders spent an estimated $41 billion on trip-related expenditures and equipment, adding an estimated $107 billion to the economy, the report said. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Todd McInturf)
Birders turned out earlier this week following the sighting of a Eurasian Wigeon at the Sandy Ridge Reservation of the Lorain County Metroparks, west of Cleveland.
Sandy Ridge Senior Naturalist Tim Fairweather tells The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram ( http://bit.ly/1mcq5FU ) that it's the first sighting at the park of the waterfowl, which typically settles across a vast region of the world that includes the British Isles, Scandinavia, eastern Siberia and northern China.
Bird-lovers started coming to the 310-acre wetland and wildlife preserve after the parks' senior naturalist posted on Facebook his first sighting of the red-headed Eurasian Wigeon on Sunday in the park's marsh-wetlands area.


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PELICAN BAY, Texas – Bart Scarbrough casts a line into the brownish-green water of Eagle Mountain Lake and, in four words, sums up why he moved to Pelican Bay two years ago.
"Fishing and cheap rent," explained the former oil field worker, who spent a recent afternoon sitting shirtless, soaking up the spring sun on the city's lone pier, which extends about 250 feet into the water. "I lost my home to foreclosure. This is about the only place I could find something to rent that I can afford."
North Texas is a bustling region of 6 million people, but nestled in its nooks and crannies are numerous hamlets such as Pelican Bay – population 1,583, according to a census estimate. These places are often a bit away from the nearest highway, and people are drawn to them by a rural feel, an escape from the rat race.
But residents of these little cities often discover that life is anything but simple.
A glance at property tax rates for a few tiny cities in North Texas shows that residents often pay as much as or more than their brethren in larger cities but receive far fewer services.
Streets are ravaged by potholes. Parks are unkempt. Code enforcement is spotty. Round-the-clock police protection can be lacking.
Pelican Bay residents recently learned that the city's general fund balance is extremely low – $85,000 by the most recent estimate. The fiscal crunch has led to accusations of mismanagement among its elected leaders and has raised serious questions about whether the city can continue to pay its tiny workforce, including two full-time police officers and six other part-timers and reservists.
Pelican Bay isn't alone. With the economy struggling and housing prices at a generational low, many cities are flirting with financial ruin. The recent bankruptcy filing of Harrisburg, Pa., drew headlines, but experts say insolvency is more common among much tinier cities with limited tax bases to produce revenue.
So why do these cities exist, and how do they survive?
"I think these small cities don't want to be part of larger cities, like Fort Worth. They incorporate to avoid that," Roanoke, Texas, Mayor Scooter Gierisch said.
In 2007, Roanoke voters agreed to consolidate with Marshall Creek, a town of 430 residents that went bankrupt.
"They were sandwiched between Roanoke and Trophy Club and didn't want to be part of either community," Gierisch said. "But then things happened, and they reconsidered their decision. They were in bankruptcy and their water bills were four times what Roanoke's was, and the property taxes were crazy for mobile homes.
"Now, they're getting drainage, streets, a water system. When something like that comes about … it's about what is the right thing to do, because we had a community of individuals that were suffering."
It's a nationwide problem with no easy solutions, said James Brooks, a program director at the National League of Cities in Washington.
"The Great Recession that ultimately ended in 2011 affected nearly every city in America in some form or fashion," Brooks said. "A lot of cities are trimming the costs of services with volunteers, everything from adopt-a-park programs to more elaborate things like having residents cut the grass along median strips and water trees."
So what can a city do if it's low on funds?
In Pelican Bay, with only a welding shop and one convenience store providing sales tax revenue, city leaders depend mostly on property owners to contribute revenue to pay the city's bills.
But raising property taxes isn't much of an option. More than a third of Pelican Bay households are renters, many residences are either manufactured or mobile homes, and the property tax rate of nearly 90 cents per $100 of assessed value is one of the highest in Tarrant County.
One option is to increase the collection of fees for items such as code violations and driving offenses. Several residents said the city has commonly written more citations to raise revenue.
"It depends on who's in office, what laws you have to obey," said Michelle Cato, 28, who has lived in Pelican Bay since 1997.
Cato lives in a mobile home on Gale Drive, along with her husband, Dean, three young children and a puppy named Peanut.
"Right now, they've given up on code enforcement, but they're cracking down on (unleashed) animals — but just dogs, not cats."
Despite the inconsistent enforcement, Dean Cato said, he and his neighbors are generally happy living in Pelican Bay.
Cato, who installs swimming pools, said that neighbors tend to get along well and that the city provides an escape from more urbanized areas a few miles away. Mostly, Pelican Bay residents want to lead a country lifestyle, pay their bills and be left alone.
Still, the most common complaint is that streets are so full of potholes that they resemble slices of Swiss cheese and that many streets also lack signs.
"You won't believe how many people stop and ask us directions because there are no street signs," Dean Cato said.
Many U.S. cities have gotten creative in their quest to find new funding sources or cut the cost of services.
At the most basic level, perhaps the best thing that leaders of small cities can do is open a dialogue with residents and find out what services are most important, said Brooks, of the National League of Cities. Residents can help city leaders make tough decisions, he said.
"Would the citizens want the public parks mowed every week, or would they rather have the trash picked up on time?" he said, as an example.
In Sansom Park, Texas, a city of about 4,600 wedged between Fort Worth and Lake Worth, elected leaders have struggled to upgrade crumbling streets and clean up commercial areas with less-than-desirable storefronts.
But the city has launched a $3.6 million upgrade of its water system after receiving a $685,000 grant from the U.S. Agriculture Department, said Councilman Jim Barnett, who ran unopposed for re-election this month.
"We've been able to do a lot of infrastructure repairs with the help of the USDA," he said.
Winning grants like that takes years of work, he said. It also helps to build relationships with county, state and federal officials who can help identify funding resources for small cities, or at least help with the work.
Tarrant County, for example, is known for helping cities with road projects.
Another small city, Blue Mound, Texas, which has about 2,400 residents living in just a few city blocks, is seeking a bill this legislative session to take over a private water system and operate it as a municipal utility.
Blue Mound residents pay $141 a month for 5,000 gallons of water, more than triple what a nearby customer pays in larger Saginaw.
Pelican Bay Mayor Clifford Tynes insists that his city will make ends meet this year and will adopt a more austere budget for the next fiscal year.
Pastor Glyn Murphy, who has a congregation of about 60 people at Lighthouse Harbor Church on the north end of Pelican Bay, believes that most people would like the city to keep its identity rather than become part of a larger neighbor.
But getting Pelican Bay to realize its potential has never been easy, he said.
The city was envisioned as a resort residential area, but those plans fizzled during the 1980s real estate bust. Instead, it became a residential haven for bargain hunters.
More recently, another developer cleared land for a gated neighborhood known as Laguna Bay Estates, with room for perhaps a couple of dozen homes surrounding a canal filled with water from Eagle Mountain Lake. But the development, which advertises waterfront lots from $69,000, has stalled in the tough economic times.
Nonetheless, Pelican Bay is still a growing city, attracting new residents with its promise of open space and cheap land.
"Now, with all the people moving in and out, I'd like to see us come together more," said the pastor, who has lived in the area for 18 years. "A country town is where you know everybody else, and here it's just not like that."
But the little city does sport its own swimming beach, pier and boat launch, all of which are quite easy to access – that is, for motorists who are careful enough to avoid the potholes.


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Jennifer's Hair Studio and Spa in Magnolia, MA gets a new face-lift
While strolling along Lexington Avenue, a quaint little street in Magnolia, MA, you may have noticed some changes taking place at Jennifer's Perfect Setting. After 24 years of running a successful business, owner Jennifer Greenleaf Southard recently completed
the relocation and renovation of her new salon, Jennifer's Hair Studio & Spa.
With the help of her husband Craig, her daughters, Jessica, Lindsay, Chelsea and many other family members and friends, her vision of offering a larger variety of services and relaxation amenities to her longtime patrons and new clients has come to life.
Jennifer's Hair Studio & Spa has expanded, including full range of hair, make-up, nail care, waxing, facials, eye lash extensions, full body massage treatments, as well as Reiki energy work, intuitive guidance, and meditation session. The services are endless. The staff at Jennifer's Hair Studio & Spa enjoys pampering their customers and wanting them to feel right at home from the moment they walk through the door.
Our loyal and longtime clients are delighted to see that our professional, dedicated and talented staff has not changed, but in fact has been expanded to accommodate our new and enlarged facility. In addition to Jennifer Southard, owner, Roz Dunbar, Ceil Cirella, Fina Nicastro, Jessica Rose, Alex Pizzimenti, and Cindy Goodhue, we would like to welcome Jacqueline Young, Stephanie Hassel, Lisa Greenleaf, Kate McInerney and Sue Rose, to our staff.
At Jennifer's Hair Studio & Spa we want you to give yourself the time to relax and unwind. Come and enjoy spa packages for a "girls-night-out," or celebrate a special occasion, or just experience a day of pampering for yourself and maybe a friend. We also have a new gift store that has the latest hair products, jewelry, note cards & much more. Gift Certificates are available.
Jennifer's Hair Studio & Spa would like to invite you to our Open House on Sunday, February 10th from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Visit our new location at 23 Lexington Ave, Magnolia, MA, and see what exciting new hair, nail, facial, massage, and relaxation services we have to offer. There will be refreshments, live music, prize raffles, and much more. We can't wait to see you there. For more information visit: www.Jennifershairstudioandspa.com
or call 978-525-3612.
Contact Info:
Jennifer's Hair Studio & Spa
Jennifer Southard
23 Lexington Avenue
Magnolia, MA 01930


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9. Internal Revenue Service
Since 2011, Accenture has worked to redesign and manage the main portals for the Internal Revenue Service, under a 10-year contract with the agency. As part of the project, Accenture redesigned the user experience of the IRS.gov site, the tax portal and the internal systems for employees. Sound familiar? It sounds a lot like the HealthCare.gov site.
"That's one of the main reasons [Accenture] got the HealthCare.gov contract: the work with the IRS." Veto said.
The project has already proved itself during the January-to-April tax season last year, in which the site received 1.1 billion page views, 289 million visits and 71 million mobile visits. During that time, the site experienced 100 percent uptime and zero security incidents.