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We set WalesOnline readers a three-hour challenge... to come up with 100 reasons why being Welsh makes you smile.
We were inundated with tweets and facebook messages, texts and emails. You cited everything from our national anthem, to the word cwtch to the fact that we're sometimes, um, contrary.
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Here we present the 100 reasons that it's good to be Welsh that were posted within that time frame. Many others just missed the deadline. Click and see if your reason has made our list. Even if it hasn't, reading this will definitely make you smile.Related content
As you can see from the gallery, the reasons were varied, but there were some that came up often. Many centred around the Welsh language, the anthem, the awesome dragon on the Welsh flag, our long and varied history, and our naturally beautiful landscape in Wales.
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There were even some facts about Wales, so reading the list might help you brush up your pub quiz knowledge!
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TPWD News Digest for the Week of June 28-July 3, 2013
All TPWD news releases available online:
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/ or on our twitter site @tpwdnews, @tpwdhunt or @tpwdparks
July 2, 2013
· Game Wardens Investigate Fatal Boating Accident at Lake Fork
AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Game Wardens are investigating a double fatality boating accident on Lake Fork.
· Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Season to Open July 15
AUSTIN — The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will open 30 minutes after sunset Monday, July 15. The opening date is based on an evaluation of the biological, social and economic information to maximize the benefits to the industry and the public.
· Beat July Heat with a Canoe, Kayak Outing
AUSTIN – Join one of the fastest-growing segments of outdoor recreation and have some cool summer fun by kayaking or canoeing dozens of Texas' easily accessible and scenic waterways in a state park or along a designated Texas Paddling Trail.
July 1, 2013
· Emergency Zebra Mussels Order Signed
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director Carter Smith has signed an emergency order adding the West Fork of the Trinity River including Lakes Bridgeport, Eagle Mountain, and Worth to the list of water bodies under special regulations intended to help control the spread of zebra mussels.
· Invasive Species Workshop at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center July 13
ATHENS—You can help prevent the spread of invasive aquatic and other species in East Texas.
For events in your area, visit our calendar section at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/calendar/
News Staff
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Mike Cox, News Team Leader, 512-389-8046 (office), 512-965-7574 (mobile), email@example.com
(Law enforcement and coastal fisheries, but he can be contacted on any issue)
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Once again the generosity of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Shadwell Stud, provided racegoers with the spectacle of 12 magnificent Arabian horses galloping down the famous Caulfield straight.What a thrill for Arabian enthusiasts to see their breed race on the home track of the famous Caulfield Cup. Many were moved to tears. Heartfelt thanks must go to His Highness for his continued support of Arabian racing in Australia. NARA would like to thank all concerned with the event,Shadwell Stud, the Melbourne Racing Club, His Excellency the UAE Ambassador Ali Nasser Al Nuaimi and the UAE Embassy in Canberra and of course the wonderful students who ran the cultural marquee. Thanks also to Mark Kelly, Director of Shadwell Australasia, who worked so hard with us to make the day such a success and also Chris Kennard from Shadwell UK who made the long journey from England to be with us. Last but definitely not least a huge thank you to our faithful owners, breeders and trainers who continue to travel miles with their horses, take weeks off work, and maintain their enthusiasm.You are all champions! And as for your wonderful horses, well what can you say? If ever there was a reason to be proud of owning an Arabian you are that reason. Congratulations to all of you from Maureen and Virginia and the team at Nara .You deserve it.
The Nara team are extremely honoured to be able to bring this amazing event to Caulfield, and cannot thank His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum enough for his generous sponsorship of Arabian racing in Australia. Having this event in Australia was an incredible dream and Shadwell have enabled this to come to fruition.
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There's no doubt that Berry, who spent the last two years in Detroit, is a talented cornerback, but two arrests this past July underscore that he has been troubled in maintaining his focus on football. But in Berry, the Jets are taking a calculated risk in signing a player who if he's able to stay out of trouble off the field, can create problems for wide receivers on it.
"[I've got] a second opportunity a lot of people don't get, I will take full advantage of it and help this team win some games," Berry said on Wednesday following his first practice with the team.
On Monday, Jets head coach Rex Ryan talked about giving Berry this second chance, saying that he has made mistakes himself. After doing their research and vetting the player, the Jets felt comfortable in signing Berry.
When he arrived at the team facility earlier this week, Berry did meet with Ryan and he seems to understand the significance of the chance the Jets are giving him.
"He pretty much told me that he's a guy who feels everybody deserves a second chance. He wants me to come in here and respect everybody in the locker room, just be disciplined," Berry said. "If they take me in, I need to make sure I don't make the same mistakes as I did before."
He could be a tremendous fit for the Jets. A physical cornerback, Berry likes to play on the line and jam receivers, something that neither Kyle Wilson nor Antonio Cromartie have shown a willingness to do. He excels in man-to-man coverage, which is also another tremendous fit for the Jets.
"The scheme they do is man-to-man and that's what I did relatively well in Detroit," Berry said. "Just put me out there and play man – that's what I do best."
As far as if other teams had interest in him, well, Berry certainly left that open for debate.
"I was told not to answer that," Berry said.
Kristian R. Dyer covers the Jets and can be followed for practice updates and news @KristianRDyer


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I had to do something small to get myself rolling again after a long period of inactivity, so my first entry into this year's CCC is in the "Fantasy Castle Figure" category. I present the "Dungeon Ghoul" for your viewing enjoyment. I hope you like it
CCC XI - Fantasy Castle Figure by AK_Brickster, on Flickr
And with the lights off....
CCC XI - Fantasy Castle Figure par AK_Brickster, sur Flickr
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Mushroom-Stuffed Beef Tenderloin Recipe
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This makes a wonderfully easy entree for company. Filled with a combination of spinach, blue cheese and mushrooms, it gets rave reviews whenever I serve it.
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- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 package (6 ounces) fresh baby spinach, chopped
- 1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled blue cheese
- 1 beef tenderloin roast (2 pounds)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper, divided
- In a small nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute the mushrooms until tender. Add the garlic; cook for 1 minute. In a small bowl, combine the mushroom mixture, spinach and cheese; set aside.
- Cut a lengthwise slit down the center of the tenderloin to within 1/2 in. of bottom. Open tenderloin so it lies flat; cover with plastic wrap. Flatten to 3/4 in. thickness. Remove plastic; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Spread stuffing over meat to within 1 in. of edges.
- Close tenderloin; tie at 2-in. intervals with kitchen string. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.
- Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 30 minutes or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°). Let stand for 5-10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Spinach-Stuffed Beef Tenderloin in Light & Tasty February/March 2005, p37
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Reviewed Mar. 13, 2012
"this is fabulous, sometimes we add prosicutto in the middle or we change the cheese to a milder cheese to make a kid friendly meal. Turns out perfect each time!"
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"This was wonderful. I used regular spinach and added it to the pan ofmushrooms, after I turned off the heat. I also used roquefort cheese instead of blue."


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OTTAWA (AP) — The Ottawa Senators are on the brink of advancing in the NHL playoffs, yet according to coach Paul MacLean they are fearful.
The Senators have a 3-1 lead over the arch rival Canadiens heading into Game 5 Thursday night in Montreal. MacLean has done his best to deflect attention from his players during the emotional series, and Wednesday afternoon was no different.
MacLean is doing his best to make his team appear as the underdog.
"We're scared to death," said MacLean of Game 5. "I know I am. We know it's going to be really hard. Tomorrow is going to be a hard game and we have to make sure we're ready for that no matter what they have or who they play. It's going to be hard."
Last year, the Senators had a 3-2 series lead over the New York Rangers, but lost the next two games. They're hopeful they've grown from that experience.
"We're going to find out tomorrow if we learned any lessons," MacLean said. "We can talk about it, speak about it and address it, but it's actually done on the ice when the puck drops. That's when we'll find out for sure."
The Senators have a 7-0 record when leading a series 3-1, but the last time the Senators won three straight playoff games was 2007 Only four players — Daniel Alfredsson, Chris Phillips, Jason Spezza and Chris Neil — remain from that team.
Neil believes the team should be more than able to handle the pressure, with veteran leadership and the experience a number of its younger players earned in Binghamton when they won the Calder Cup in 2011.
"It's getting a taste of winning and some of our young guys got that and. And for some of the older guys they have felt the bitterness of losing," Neil said. "Whenever you have a team on the ropes you've got to be able to put them down and that's our mindset. We just have to play the game of games."
The Senators know they can't afford to wait until the last ten minutes to take control as they did in Game 4, where they scored two late goals in regulation before winning in overtime. The Canadiens had been the better team for much of the game and, if not for a few breaks, the Senators could easily be heading to Montreal with the series tied.
But this has been a season of resilience for the Senators. Few gave the Senators any chance of reaching the playoffs after lengthy injuries to Spezza, star defenseman Erik Karlsson and starting goaltender Craig Anderson decimated the team in the regular season. But the depleted lineup found a way to keep winning, and from that players gained a sense of confidence in one another that is now reaping rewards.
It's why when trailing 2-0 heading into the third period the team still felt it had the ability to get back in Tuesday's game.
"It's nice to know that we can persevere in a game," said defenseman Eric Gryba. "We kind of laid an egg in the first half of the game or even arguably the first two periods, so to be able to come back and show the character that's in this locker room and battle back to win the game is really a testament to our leadership and the guys in this locker room."
The Senators could be facing a very different team in Montreal. Goaltender Carey Price is listed as day to day with a lower body injury, while Brandon Prust and Ryan White are out with upper body injuries. Captain Brian Gionta, who missed Game 2 and Game 4, will undergo surgery Friday for a torn bicep tendon and is done for the season.
Not that it has affected the confidence of P.K. Subban
"We can beat these guys. We're better," Subban said. "Guys are going to realize when we're coming out the gates and we're flying that we're the better team and there's still life in this series for us.
"But it takes the guys in this room to believe that."


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News from the Department
Top Rated Research Success for 'Political Science' in ERA 2012
6 December, 2012
The Australian Research Council has announced the results of ERA 2012: the nation-wide, peer-reviewed assessment of research quality in Australia over the period 2005-2011. 'Political Science' at the University of Sydney was awarded the highest possible rating of 5, indicating "well above world standard", based on a variety of indicators including research publications, grant income and esteem measures.
This magnificent achievement, a product of peer review, is testament to the world class expertise and dedication of our researchers across the fields of Australian Politics, Comparative Politics, Area Studies, International Relations, International Security, International Studies, Public Policy and Political Theory. This result also result helps place the University of Sydney at the forefront of political science research in Australia, and enhances its growing reputation in the region and throughout the world.


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The University of Alabama fan that was jailed for poisoning the famous Auburn University oak trees at Toomer's Corner has been released.
Harvey Updyke Jr. served 76 days after being sentenced to six months following a guilty plea for poisoning the iconic pair of oaks that traditionally serve as a celebration point for Auburn sporting victories, most notably football.
Updyke was arrested following investigations into a caller to Paul Finebaum's radio show, whom claimed to have poured herbicide on the aged oaks following Auburn's defeat of rivals Alabama in 2010.
Naming himself 'Al from Dadeville', the caller signed off saying "Roll Damn Tide" – a hybrid of the famous Alabama chant – which was parodied widely online.
Updyke pleaded guilty to unlawful damage in March before being sentenced, though he was credited with 104 days time already served of the six-month sentence.
The 64-year-old was prohibited from talking to the press and ignored questions upon leaving the Lee County Courthouse.
The famous trees at Toomer's Corner were losing foliage for some time after the poisoning and eventually had to be removed on April 23 after attempts to save them failed.
It was widely believed that the oaks were somewhere in the region of 130 years old, but recent research on the growth rings have lead to two Auburn professors estimating the age of the trees being somewhere between 83-85 years old.
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Mobile's surge
Brands embrace m-commerce by developing apps and building sites for smartphones and tablet users
Sending one-way communications to consumers on mobile devices or optimizing a website for mobile is no longer good enough. Brands must now be able to optimize mobile channels in a way that enables consumers to make purchases, track pricing and comparison shop whenever and wherever they wish to in order to remain relevant. That includes mobile versions of websites, as well as custom mobile apps.
According to a February 2012 Consumer Electronics Association M-Commerce Forecast, 90% of consumers own a tablet, a smartphone or a cell phone. Of these consumers, 37% are engaging in some form of mobile commerce. On average, consumers spent $642 on mobile purchases in the past 12 months — a whopping $124 billion overall — the report revealed. The Internet spawned e-commerce, and in the past few years, the iPhone has spawned m-commerce.
A differentiated approach
Perhaps no company better understands the value of m-commerce than Staples. The company invested in a new mobile commerce site, M.Staples.com, in 2011, as well as new mobile apps. The redesigns came roughly a year after the company invested in its first ever mobile site and app.
In January, Staples said it would open an e-commerce innovation center in Massachusetts, designed to bring new ideas to market in m-commerce and social media, and in early February, the company launched a new website optimized for tablet browsing. Staples partners with technology vendors Skava on the tablet site, Expicient on the mobile apps and Usablenet on the mobile website.
The new M.Staples.com features a shopping cart that synchronizes in real time with a user's Staples.com cart, a GPS-powered store locator, store inventory look-up and enhanced on-site search, including an auto-suggest feature. M.Staples.com is designed more for research, while the apps are meant to facilitate commerce, says Staples' mobile strategist.
"Between a smartphone and a tablet, tablets are more transactional in nature," says Prat Vemana, director of mobile strategy at Staples. "We brought out the convenience of reorders for the tablet redesign, [including] faster checkout and the ability to access rewards. We've optimized it for transactions. The mobile site is optimized for research."
Walmart also uses its mobile site to enable product research and purchase preparation. The company launched its first mobile site and apps in 2010 and has since made several upgrades. Currently, the mobile site offers product details, customer ratings and reviews, and pricing information.
Walmart's iPhone app enables consumers to add items to a shopping list by speaking, typing or scanning bar codes. Consumers can use the app to calculate total price in real time as specific items are added to mobile shopping lists, and they can find the in-store aisle location of products in select stores across the country.
"We're at an exciting time of transformation, both for our customers and our business, as we move into the next generation of retail that integrates online, social, mobile and our physical stores," says Paul Cousineau, VP of mobile products, Global E-commerce at Walmart. Although he would not reveal sales or traffic data, he says mobile apps drove "significant traffic" to Walmart.com during the holiday season in 2011, and many of the shoppers were customers that had never previously purchased on the site. Walmart launched its first iPad app last November.
Amazon.com is widely recognized as the inventor of the mobile commerce space. The online retailer built its first m-commerce site in 1999 and its first apps in 2008. The company uses a distinct approach for each mobile channel.
"It was important to include meaningful and familiar aspects of the Amazon experience [on mobile sites] like one-click purchasing, customer reviews and wish lists," says Sam Hall, director of Amazon Mobile. "We also offer mobile applications tailored to specific devices to make the shopping experience faster and easier."
Amazon has apps for the iPhone, Android phones, Kindle Fire, iPad, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7. Unlike mobile websites, apps enable consumers do things like access the device's camera for barcode scanning and use voice input as an alternate search method, Hall says.
"We designed our Amazon mobile app so that a customer could both search for and find a particular item, and [then] buy it within a very short period of time," Hall says. "This means the design had to be simple and 'glance-able' at first view, but still offer a path to more detailed product information."


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A benefit will be held at the Olde Fish House Marina next month for a single mother who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
Joseph Thomas O'Rourke, otherwise known as "Shadow," said his daughter, Kimberly Marie O'Rourke, 46, was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer, which has moved into her lymph nodes and bones. She began chemotherapy about two weeks ago. She came down with pneumonia before her second chemotherapy treatment and was placed in the intensive care unit at Lee Memorial Hospital.
Shadow said she is doing better and was moved out of ICU.
"She is good spirits," he said.
Kim lived on Pine Island for a while before moving to Cape Coral. Shadow said she used to work at the Oyster House, which is now Miceli's, before she began working at Palmetto Pines Country Club.
Shadow said his daughter has four children, three girls and one boy, along with two grandchildren. She also has three sisters who live in Michigan.
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What: Kickin it for Kim Benefit
Benefactor: Kim O'Rourke and family
When: Sunday, Nov. 4, from 2-6 p.m.
Where: Olde Fish House Marina in Matlacha
Tickets: $10 for a pulled BBQ pork platter
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Ticket location: Olde Fish House
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"Being a single mom, she is pretty tough," he said. "I keep her laughing and smiling."
Shadow said he has lived on the island for 15 years and knows just how close knit the community is and how fast everyone jumps in when someone needs help.
He said he used to work for Breastfest when it was held in St. James City.
"It has more of a meaning now it hit home," Shadow said.
The "Kickin it for Kim" benefit will be held Sunday, Nov. 4, from 4-6 p.m., at the Olde Fish House Marina. Presale tickets are now available at the Olde Fish House Marina and St. James Auto for $10. The ticket includes a pulled BBQ pork platter with macaroni salad, potato salad and baked beans.
"All the proceeds are going to the family," Olde Fish House Marina Operating Manager Lisa Dence said.
The event will include live music from Ground Down and Soapbox, along with raffles, 50/50 drawing and silent auction.
Dence said any business interested in dropping off a donation to be raffled off can see her at the marina. She said donation buckets have also been set up at local restaurants in St. James City, Bokeelia and Matlacha for those who want to make a monetary donation to Kim and her family.


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quote:Before you attempt to unlock or customize, you should make a backup copy of your SD card. Better yet, copy the content to another 1GB or 2GB SD card and use the copy instead.UnlockingOn the root of the SD card, there is a file call addons.txtEdit it and add an extra line to bring up WinCE desktop and explorer:quote:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[modules]V7 Navigation = "icons/V7.bmp", "\\Storage Card\\iGO\\iGOpna.exe"Explorer = "icons/files.bmp", "\\Windows\\explorer.exe"[Autostart]Navigation = "\\Storage Card\\iGO\\iGOpna.exe"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now insert the SD card into the GPS, you should notice an extra Explorer icon appearing on the menu. Touch it the first time to bring up the WinCE desktop. Touch the icon again to bring up the file explorer. It's that easy. There is no need to replace the menu shell. You can add additional icons by adding additional lines to the addons.txt file. The file \\My Flash Disk\Launcher\data.zip contains the bitmaps that you can use for the menu buttons. These are the defaults available:quote:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------align.bmparvale.bmpcalculator.bmpclassics.bmpcontacts.bmpfiles.bmpflux.bmpfreehand.bmpgames.bmpico_align.bmpico_calen.bmpico_lang.bmpmedia.bmpmultimedia.bmpmusic.bmppicture_viewer.bmpsettings.bmpsolitaire.bmptime.bmpV7.bmp--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
quote:Add Windows SolitareThis is an easy hack and will work with the iGo shell and the Windows shell. Since the 720 or 30 does not come with all of the Windows CE files, we have to get them from somewhere. Microsoft freely distributes a platform builder for Windows CE .net 5, the core software for the 720/730. Using this builder, I got the files needed to add features to the 720. To get Windows Solitare, download here:addsol.zipExtract the contents, plug in your 720/30 to the PC, and copy the two files to your 720 or 30's TFAT drive. Unplug, and using explorer on your 720, copy the two files into your "Windows" folder. You can put them anywhere, as long as they are together. To use in Windows, hold your finger or a small blunt object down on the file "solitare.exe" and a circle will draw up. Then a menu will appear. In the menu, click on "Copy". Then double tap into "Programs" (this should be //windows/programs). Hold down again on a blank area like you did before to get the circle menu. In the menu, click on "Paste Shortcut". You can usually rename the shortcut to what you want. In Windows when you click on Start and Programs, you will now see Solitare and Windows Explorer.To use in the iGo shell, add this line to your IGOPATH.TXT file under the [GAMES] section (see first post on how to do that).Windows Solitaire = "icons/solitaire.bmp", "\\windows\\solitare.exe"
quote:I've found the way to get to the "taskbar" after the 1st load. The 1st time you load "explorer" it takes you to the CE Taskbar/desktop. Subsequent requests just take you to "Explorer". This entry allows you to access the "Taskbar" from the main menu. You will need to load some of the previous upgrades mentioned in this feed.[modules]V7 Navigation = "icons/V7.bmp", "\\Storage Card\\iGO\\iGOpna.exe"Explorer = "icons/files.bmp", "\\Windows\\Explorer.exe"Task Manager = "icons/files.bmp", "\\Storage Card\\Unlock\\Windows\\Taskbar.exe"[Autostart]Navigation = "\\Storage Card\\iGO\\iGOpna.exe"Task = "\\Storage Card\\Programs\\Utils\ITaskMgr.exe
quote:Originally posted by bubbahwill igo 8 work on my thing well, and will it read my EU maps I paid for?
quote:Originally posted by bubbahsad to say I bought the Western European map card from a vendor for $$$ and the first card was corrupted. Called v7 and a tech support was polite in a foreign land (I am in the US) but could not help ...he did give me the phone # for ADT which makes the card with the software for them ...they were very nice and replaced the card. Apparently, the card has an encryption scheme on it to prevent duplication ...so you hafta buy a card for each device if you have more than one. Further, he said v7 is gonna come out with new maps for US and EU soon but is gonna "sell" them ...no more free upgrades ...and all this for a device they no longer sell !!! ...now, there's one helluva business plan, eh?
#NAV740-only. Kill the V7 menu
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Before the playoffs begin on Friday, here's Planet Rugby's RaboDirect Pro12 Team of the Season for 2013/2014.
Before the play-offs begin on Friday, here's Planet Rugby's RaboDirect Pro12 Team of the Season for 2013/2014.
15 Jared Payne (Ulster): A class act from New Zealand whose ability to size up and ghost through gaps and soft hands will in time benefit Ireland. Can and does play in midfield, but despite speculation over Brian O'Driscoll's successor, most believe full-back is his best position. I agree. Elsewhere, Liam Williams of the Scarlets has caught the eye with dangerous and powerful running.
14 Jeff Hassler (Ospreys): The Canadian burst onto the scene this season, emerging as one of the Pro12's most dangerous finishers, bagging eight tries for the Ospreys as they narrowly missed out on a playoff spot. Ulster's Andrew Trimble is also back to his best.
13 Robbie Henshaw (Connacht): The future incumbent of the fabled Emerald number 13 jersey? Henshaw certainly has the skillset for Test rugby, with a striking blend of power and subtlety in midfield, and the ability to slot in at full-back. With the IRFU omnipotent across Irish rugby, perhaps the more pressing question is how long will Pat Lam be able to keep him in Galway should Joe Schmidt wish to move his prodigy to one of the nation's big three? Munster powerhouse Casey Laulala's winning combination of brute strength, intelligent play and cultured handling have also come to the fore.
12 Noel Reid (Leinster): A slightly left-field selection, I'll admit, but Reid has really caught my eye in his fifteen appearances this season, scoring seven tries. He's quick, sharp in midfield and has proved to be a fine finisher too. The performances of the classy Matt Scott represented a rare positive for Edinburgh.
11 Niko Matawalu (Glasgow Warriors): Probably the most naturally gifted player in the Pro12; certainly the most unpredictable. The free-spirited Fijian can at times be a liability at scrum-half, but in the wide expanses, his incredible footwork, keen vision and offloading wizardry render him almost unplayable when on-song. Munster's talented Simon Zebo can consider himself unlucky not to have been a part of Joe Schmidt's Six Nations-winning squad.
10 Dan Biggar (Ospreys): As a Scot, it can be difficult not to gaze around the home nations with envy at the deep pools of fly-half talent boasted by our closest neighbours. Paddy Jackson has matured immeasurably from the baby-faced kid who struggled to hold his nerve at Murrayfield a year ago, handling the pressure of a supercharged Heineken Cup quarter-final with aplomb, and notching 174 domestic points. But Biggar gets my vote for an outstanding season in Swansea, kicking extremely well, and almost single-handedly keeping his side in the playoff hunt until the final rounds. Mentions for Leinster's new signing Jimmy Gopperth, and Munster's JJ Hanrahan who is another on the up.
9 Gareth Davies (Scarlets): With a young backline full of vim and vigour, the Scarlets have been a joy to watch for much of this season, even minus their talisman Jonathan Davies. With slick service, vision and dangerous pace to match, scrum-half Gareth has been at the heart of much of it, topping the Pro12 try-scoring chart with 10 five-pointers. Glasgow's Chris Cusiter and Zebre's Brendon Leonard also deserve recognition.
8 Robin Copeland (Cardiff Blues): Not a season many Blues fans will look back on with fondness, but they can at least take comfort in the inspirational displays of Munster-bound Copeland. He carries with great power, but it is his formidable defensive work – especially around the contact area – that wins him my vote at eight. The man he'll be vying with for a start next season, James Coughlan, underlined his status once again as the unsung hero of Thomond Park.
7 Jordi Murphy (Leinster): Had he featured in more than 11 Pro12 matches this season, Munster's Tommy O'Donnell would have been in with a shout. But Murphy gets the nod from me after a sterling season that showed how good an all-rounder he is; carrying well and scoring some important tries, as well as teaming up with Rhys Ruddock at the contact area to great effect. Mentions for Scottish duo Chris Fusaro and John Barclay.
6 Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors): One of these players who seems to make inexorable yardage whenever the ball is in his meaty grasp. Strauss lays the foundations and provides the platform for the Warriors' backline to sparkle, and his dynamic go-forward is crucial to getting Glasgow on the front foot. His importance to Gregor Townsend cannot be understated. Beats out Leinster's breakdown tyro, Rhys Ruddock.
5 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors): Arguably Glasgow's player of the season, Gray jnr has got the lot at second-row – his consistent excellence and maturity is all the more impressive given the reassuring presence of Al Kellock was missing for large swathes of the campaign. A mention for retiring Ulster skipper Johann Muller, who continues to set the standard in Belfast.
4 Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) (c): Relentless in his drive to get over the gainline, make one more tackle, hit one more ruck, make one more monstrous carry. Wyn Jones' work in the loose has been of particular note this season on top of his set-piece prowess, and the leadership qualities his play embodies are the reasons he is my captain. A mention for the similarly dogged Dave Foley of Munster.
3 Willem Nel (Edinburgh): Scotland fans were right to baulk at Alan Solomons' non-selection of Geoff Cross, with his recent performances for Edinburgh's inter-city rivals justifying the disappointment at his departure from the Scottish game. However, soon-to-be-Scot Nel has impressed at scrum-time, grafted well in the loose, and scored a none-too-shabby six domestic tries. In an era where the full repertoire of substitutes invariably take the field, it's worth noting too that Nel has played 70 minutes or more in all bar three of his 22 appearances this season. Connacht's Rodney Ah You has posted similar game-time figures and continues to improve, while Samson Lee of the Scarlets is a star in the making.
2 Sean Cronin (Leinster): Faces stiff competition from the returning Richardt Strauss in Dublin, and his throwing remains a tad suspect, but Cronin's excellent work in open play and at the breakdown justify his inclusion here. Damien Varley of Munster has also showed up well and seems to revel in his leader's role in the pack.
1 Dave Kilcoyne (Munster): Formidable in the tight and busy in the loose, Kilcoyne's solid if unspectacular season deserves plaudits amid a power-laden Munster pack. Phil John has played a big part in the Scarlets' set-piece


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Jonathan Rosenfeld
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Jonathan Rosenfeld is lawyer that represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Jonathan has represented victims of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout Illinois and across... Read More »View Profile
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinoisView Profile
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James Spiros
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 24 years experience
Free ConsultationNursing Home, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
The John Marshall Law School
James Spiros is the founding partner of Spiros Law, P.C. He is a skilled litigator with experience in cases involving workplace injuries, serious traffic and trucking accident, defective drugs and devices, medical negligence, wrongful death, and nursing home neglect and abuse. Since 2004, James has consistently been named one of the Leading Lawyers in the State of Illinois by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Publishing Company. James earned an undergraduate degree at Purdue University, and a J.D. at The John Marshall School Law School in 1994. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two sons.
(815) 929-9292 1230 W Court St
Kankakee, 60901
Kankakee, 60901
Cari B. Rincker
Champaign, IL Attorney with 10 years experience
(217) 531-2179 301 N. Neil Street, 4th Floor
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Agricultural, Animal, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Pace Law School
Pace Law School
Cari is a licensed attorney in the States of New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Connecticut while being licensed in the District of Columbia. Cari is a general practitioner with concentrations in food/agriculture law, family/matrimonial law, civil litigation, estate planning and mediation. Rincker Law, PLLC has offices in New York City and Champaign, Illinois. Cari is a member of the Association for the Bar in the City of New York's Matrimonial Law Committee. Before starting Rincker Law, PLLC, Cari was an associate at Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC in Cheyenne, Wyoming where her broad practice...
(212) 427-2049 535 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
New York, NY 10017
Sandra Loeb
Champaign, IL Attorney with 19 years experience
Free ConsultationNursing Home, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Sandra joined Spiros Law, P.C. in 2008. She devotes her legal career to representing injured persons in worker's compensation and personal injury matters throughout Central Illinois. Sandra has successfully tried cases in front of juries and has secured millions of dollars in settlements for clients throughout Illinois.
(815) 929-9292 1230 W Court St
Kankakee, 60901
Kankakee, 60901
Michael Thomas Anderson
Kankakee, IL Lawyer with 2 years experience
(815) 929-9292 1230 W Court St
Kankakee, IL 61820
Kankakee, IL 61820
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Mike's practice focuses on personal injury, workers' compensation, and insurance coverage/liability issues. Prior to joining Spiros Law as an associate attorney, Mike gained valuable legal experience in the personal injury field by clerking at a local personal injury firm. It was there that Mike developed a passion for helping those in need. Mike has brought that passion with him to Spiros Law and is truly grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve injured persons in personal injury cases. Mike is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and earned his B.A. with Honors from...
(217) 443-4343 2807 N Vermilion
Danville, IL 61832
Danville, IL 61832
William Patrick Schmitz Jr.
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 2 years experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
William P. Schmitz joined Spiros Law in 2016. His practice focuses on workers' compensation and personal injury matters. He handles an array of cases including those arising from work accidents, automobile collisions, premises liability, and product liability. A loyal advocate, he values his clients and aggressively fights for their interests at every stage of litigation. In addition, he advises his clients to help them navigate peripheral issues associated with their claims. Bill is a proud member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Bill is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. He earned his B.A....
(815) 929-9292 1230 W Court St
Kankakee, IL 60901
Kankakee, IL 60901
Ryan R Bradley
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 11 years experience
(217) 337-1400 801 W Springfield Ave
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Business, Construction, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Vermont Law School and University of Richmond School of Law
Vermont Law School and University of Richmond School of Law
Ryan Bradley focuses his practice primarily on civil litigation including mass torts, especially defective medical devices and drugs, automobile accidents, wrongful death, medical negligence, products liability, and general personal injury. He is also involved in class action litigation as well as business litigation. He is leading the Syngenta Corn and Invokana litigation for Koester & Bradley, LLP and is developing the Firm's business consulting practice. Ryan leads the firm's mass tort and business litigation team and has been devoting much of his time to pursuing claims arising out of the defective metal hip prosthesis system. He...
Thomas Bruno
Urbana, IL Lawyer with 38 years experience
(217) 328-6000 301 W Green St
Urbana, IL 61801
Urbana, IL 61801
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Bruno Law Offices was founded in 1980 in Urbana, Illinois. The firm concentrates in criminal cases, DUI, worker's compensation, personal injury, and drug crimes. Thomas Bruno has been the principal in Bruno Law Offices since being licensed to practice law in 1980. Bruno Law Offices never charges for an initial office consultation. Contact us today at (217) 328-6000 to tell us your story and learn about how we may be able to help.
Colby G. Hathaway
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 5 years experience
(217) 352-1800 306 West Church Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Agricultural, Appeals, Divorce and Family
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Colby is an associate attorney at Meyer Capel, A Professional Corporation. Awarded his juris doctorate with honors (magna cum laude) by Northern Illinois University in 2012, Colby demonstrated excellence though his academic endeavors and by his participation as the Symposium Editor for the Board of Editors of the Northern Illinois University Law Review and as an accomplished moot court competitor. Colby was a Semi-finalist at the 29th Annual NIU Prize Moot Court Competition and an Octofinalist at the 30th Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law. Colby has...
Julie C. King
Champaign, IL Attorney with 18 years experience
(773) 770-5220 701 Devonshire Dr. Suite C38
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Free ConsultationBusiness and Estate Planning
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
I'm a solo practice attorney in Champaign, Illinois. It is a general practice, but I focus on wills, trusts, estate planning, powers of attorney, and corporation and partnership formation.
In prior general small firm practice, I performed primary work on successful creditor-side bankruptcy cases involving up to $6,000,000 in secured interests; successfully defended multiple civil cases involving real property, contracts, and torts in Tennessee and Georgia courts against motions for summary judgment; served as counsel for a local bank regarding civil cases; assisted clients with clearing up fraudulently damaged credit reports; assisted clients with charitable estate donations of real property, and...
In prior general small firm practice, I performed primary work on successful creditor-side bankruptcy cases involving up to $6,000,000 in secured interests; successfully defended multiple civil cases involving real property, contracts, and torts in Tennessee and Georgia courts against motions for summary judgment; served as counsel for a local bank regarding civil cases; assisted clients with clearing up fraudulently damaged credit reports; assisted clients with charitable estate donations of real property, and...
Jay Johnson
Champaign, IL Attorney with 20 years experience
(866) 891-9211 301 N Neil Street
Suite 400
Champaign, IL 61820
Suite 400
Champaign, IL 61820
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
The John Marshall Law School
Respect for working men and women is the driving force behind Mr. Johnson's commitment to worker's compensation law. It is a respect that runs deep. One of Mr. Johnson's grandfathers was a Kentucky coal miner; the other, a member of the United Rubber Workers. Because both his grandfathers worked extremely hard in less-than-ideal environments, Mr. Johnson has great empathy for those who get hurt on the job. Over the years, Mr. Johnson has recovered millions of dollars for people suffering from a variety of work-related injuries. He prides himself on thoroughly preparing for each case and staying in close, personal...
(866) 891-9211 4234 Meridian Pkwy
Suite 134
Aurora, IL 60504
Suite 134
Aurora, IL 60504
(866) 891-9211 203 N LaSalle Street,
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60601
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60601
Lauren Ann Anaya
Savoy, IL Attorney with 25 years experience
(217) 693-2952 101 West Tomaras Avenue
Savoy, IL 61874
Savoy, IL 61874
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI, Divorce and Immigration
University of Iowa
University of Iowa
Attorney Lauren A. Anaya has over 20 years' experience in the practice of law and is ready to put her experience to work for you. Dr. Anaya began her legal career with the United States Department of Justice after being hired pursuant to the Attorney General's Honors Program, the largest and most prestigious federal entry-level attorney hiring program of its kind. She served with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and subsequently went to work for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the Office of the General Counsel. She knows immigration law and can assist...
Shayla L. Maatuka
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 13 years experience
(217) 337-0700 303 South Mattis Avenue
Suite 201
Champaign, IL 61821
Suite 201
Champaign, IL 61821
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Shayla Louise Maatuka transitioned her private practice into the partnership of Dodd & Maatuka. She currently serves as managing partner for the firm. She combines her expertise as an entrepreneur - successfully establishing four businesses - with the practice of law, concentrating on civil and commercial litigation, personal injury, as well as business litigation. Her passion for the community helps others achieve their goals through entrepreneurship. She currently sits on the boards of Visit Champaign County and Mettler Studios, Inc. and formerly sat on the boards of the East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association, the Executive Club of...
William A Peithmann
Mahomet, IL Attorney with 40 years experience
(217) 586-6102 409 E. Main St., PO Box 80
Mahomet, IL 61853
Mahomet, IL 61853
Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Tax
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
Daniel C Jackson
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 16 years experience
(217) 383-0140 501 W. University Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI and Traffic Tickets
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Steven A. Amjad
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 17 years experience
Appeals, Business and Personal Injury
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University
Steven A. Amjad brings extensive experience in many aspects of legal practice to the clients of Meyer Capel. Over the last several years he has practiced litigation including complicated commercial litigation, personal injury, toxic tort defense and criminal defense.
Patrick T. Fitzgerald
Champaign, IL Attorney with 29 years experience
Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Patrick Fitzgerald begin his legal career with Meyer Capel in 1987 as a law clerk. Now, as a shareholder with the firm, he concentrates in real estate. Mr. Fitzgerald is a 1989 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law where he earned a spot on the Dean's List. In 1986, he received a bachelor of arts in economics, also from the University of Illinois. Mr. Fitzgerald is a member of the Champaign County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and American Bar Association. Further, he is actively involved with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce as well as the Champaign...
Richard T. West
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 49 years experience
Appeals, Business, Health Care and IP
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Richard T. West has been practicing law for over forty-one years. He has been a shareholder of Meyer Capel for over half of his career, having practiced in other firms in the community prior to joining Meyer Capel in 1991 as a shareholder. Throughout much of his career, his focus has been in the areas of complex litigation involving, for example, intellectual property, construction, banking, products liability, contract disputes and corporate and fiduciary obligations, as well as business representation, construction law, and health care law. In recent years, he has begun to shift his focus from an active litigation practice...
Francis J. Jahn
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 51 years experience
Business and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Since joining the firm in 1970, Francis J. (Jerry) Jahn has been responsible for building and expanding the business practice of Meyer Capel. He served as President of the firm from January 1999 until December 2010. A 1967 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Jerry was winner of the Frederick M. Green Moot Court Competition and the Horner Cup and Waterman Prize for Excellence in Moot Court Competition as a law student. He was also recipient of the Harno Scholarship. Jerry is a member of the Illinois State and Champaign County Bar Associations. He served on CCBA's board of...
Matt C. Deering
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 22 years experience
Business, Communications, IP and Real Estate
Large corporations and small companies alike need sound legal advice from attorneys who understand the demands and dynamics of the business environment. Clients of Meyer Capel will find these skills in Matt C. Deering. A native of Champaign-Urbana and a graduate of Champaign Central High School, Mr. Deering holds a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Kentucky and a juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University. He joined the firm in 1994 as a law clerk and became a full-time associate in 1996 and a shareholder on January 1, 2003. In addition to handling general corporate and business law concerns,...
Harold N. Adams
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 22 years experience
Business and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
For most people, the purchase of a home is the largest single investment they will ever make, and naturally, they're nervous about it. They want someone trustworthy to lean on, someone knowledgeable to handle the paperwork, someone well-versed in legal matters to represent them at the closing. They want someone like Harold Adams. With his dual background in finance and law, Harold brings a unique combination of skills to the table. In addition to a solid foundation in residential and commercial real estate transactions, Harold is well-grounded in general business matters, including the foundation of new corporations and partnerships and the...
David B. Sholem
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 40 years experience
Business and Real Estate
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
David B. Sholem joined Meyer Capel in 1978 and was named as a shareholder of the firm in 1982. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Sholem attended the University of Illinois College of Law and Case Western Reserve University's School of Law where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1978. He was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1978. Mr. Sholem's professional affiliations include Champaign County (Illinois) Bar Association (former President), Illinois State Bar Association (Real Estate Section) and American Bar Association. David Sholem has represented a number of real estate developers and...
Joseph Murphy
Champaign, IL Attorney with 31 years experience
(217) 352-1800 306 W Church St
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Business, Communications and IP
American University
American University
Joseph D. Murphy is currently the president of Meyer Capel. Following law school and a two-year clerkship with a federal district court judge, Mr. Murphy began his practice with a Wall Street law firm, gaining substantial experience in trademark licensing and intellectual property litigation. Subsequently, he moved to a Washington, D.C.-based firm, where his practice concentrated in franchise litigation and counseling. Since returning to Champaign-Urbana in 1994 to join Meyer Capel, he has focused his practice on a combination of intellectual property (including franchise licensing) and telecommunications.
Randall H. Green
Champaign, IL Attorney with 12 years experience
Business, Real Estate and Tax
Marquette University
Marquette University
Randy Green is a shareholder in Meyer Capel's Business and Real Estate Practice Groups. His unique experience allows him to serve not only as legal counsel, but as a trusted business advisor to his clients. Experience Mr. Green has represented both public and private companies ranging from top U.S. financial institutions to single-member LLCs in a variety of transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments, financing, entity formation, franchising, and leasing. He has also helped organizational and individual clients sell, purchase and lease various types of real estate across the U.S. Before he began his legal career, Mr....
John Hensley
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 36 years experience
(217) 531-2180 One E. Main Street
Suite 204
Champaign, IL 61820
Suite 204
Champaign, IL 61820
DUI, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
John H. Elder
Champaign, IL Attorney with 46 years experience
Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Planning and Estate John H. Elder brings a special degree of experience to the clients of Meyer Capel. John works with his clients to deal with the tax issues of estate planning, but has always realized that this is only one component of the planning process. It is very important that an attorney work with the family members to learn about the needs and personalities of the various individuals and to develop a plan that meets the family goals and objectives. Some of the greatest qualities of an estate planning attorney are compassion, trust, and communication skills and it is only...
Mr. Jeffrey Hays
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 25 years experience
411 W. University
Champaign, IL 61820
Champaign, IL 61820
Business, Immigration and Real Estate
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ward F. McDonald
Champaign, IL Attorney with 49 years experience
Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Ward F. McDonald brings a wealth of experience in real estate, banking and commercial law to the clients of Meyer Capel. His background includes 13 years as CEO of Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund, Inc., a title insurer with multi-state operations, and 25 years as an attorney in private practice. Over the course of his career, Ward has handled numerous transactions in the $1-100 million range for commercial and residential real estate developments, including sales, acquisitions, refinancing and consolidations. Ward holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban Land Economics from the University of Illinois as well as his Juris...
Jenny H. Park
Champaign, IL Attorney with 17 years experience
Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Jenny Park always knew what she wanted from a career. She wanted to help people. But it was not until a few years after earning her undergraduate degree that she decided the field of law would offer her the best opportunities to do just that. When Jenny first entered the University of Illinois as an undergrad, it was with the intention of becoming a medical doctor. In 1993, she graduated from the U of I with a Bachelor of Science in biology. Then, she took some time off from school to reassess her career goals. While working as a paralegal during...
Todd J. Black
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 32 years experience
Business and Estate Planning
The John Marshall Law School
The John Marshall Law School
As a former senior tax consultant for a former Big Eight accounting firm, and as a business school graduate, Todd Black is uniquely qualified to advise clients on legal matters pertaining to estate planning and administration and corporate/business planning. A practicing attorney in Champaign-Urbana since 1987, Mr. Black joined Meyer Capel in 1993. Mr. Black received a bachelor of science in finance from the University of Illinois in 1983. He attended the University of Illinois on a full athletic scholarship and served as co-captain of the U of I's varsity tennis team. He was the recipient of numerous undergraduate honors, including...
Anna M. Benjamin
Champaign, IL Attorney with 10 years experience
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
A former law clerk for Meyer Capel, Anna M. Benjamin joins the firm's roster of full-time associates with an impressive record of legal activities and accomplishments. Awarded her juris doctorate with honors (cum laude) by the University of Illinois in 2008, Anna distinguished herself with numerous honors throughout her law school experience. A Lincoln Scholar recipient from 2005-2008, she was twice named to the Dean's List (2006 and 2007) and served as a teaching assistant for the College of Law's "Introduction to United States Law" course in fall 2006. In addition, Anna earned "Distinction of Honors in Legal Writing and Analysis"...
Lorna K. Geiler
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 32 years experience
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Lorna Geiler brings Meyer Capel the benefits of a distinguished academic career. A 1986 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and a 1983 cum laude graduate of Illinois State University, she joined the firm in 1988. Ms. Geiler is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American, Illinois State and Champaign County Bar Associations. She is also involved in the employment and labor law section of the Illinois State Bar Association and was listed in Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans in 1992. Lorna has represented employers before the Illinois...
Colleen C.M. Ramais
Champaign, IL Attorney with 8 years experience
Business and Criminal
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Colleen C. M. Ramais joins Meyer Capel's litigation team as a full-time associate after serving a two-year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Justice Rita B. Garman of the Illinois Supreme Court. Colleen graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law with her juris doctorate in 2010. As a law student, she was named to the Dean's List for all six law school semesters and was awarded the Celia M. Howard Fellowship for graduate study from the Illinois Federation of Business and Professional Women. She is a ten-time recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for...
Keith E. Emmons
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 44 years experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Health Care
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago
With his accumulated knowledge of Health Care Law and Litigation Services, Keith Emmons offers a unique perspective on the legal issues important to the professional clients of Meyer Capel. Mr. Emmons has been recognized as both an Illinois Leading Lawyer and an Illinois Super Lawyer in the Health Care Law field. His practice includes the general representation of health care providers and their professional practices, general litigation, and alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") as a mediator and arbitrator. His areas of interest include health care provider employment agreements, health care transactions, health care regulatory compliance, government investigation defense, hospital medical staff and...
Rebecca E.P. Wade
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 20 years experience
Estate Planning
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Rebecca concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, tax planning, estate administration, probate, wills, trusts and trust administration. She counsels clients on a variety of estate planning, estate administration and trust administration issues and has significant experience in drafting both basic and complex estate plans that include wills, revocable trusts (or "living trusts"), irrevocable life insurance trusts, living wills, advanced directives, powers of attorney for health care and powers of attorney for property. In addition to preparing basic estate plans and counseling clients regarding a broad array of issues such as the importance of choosing an appropriate guardian for...
Brooke A. Didier Starks
Champaign, IL Attorney with 15 years experience
Estate Planning
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Brooke A. Didier Starks is an estate planning lawyer concentrating her wills, trusts and probate practice in east-central Illinois. She enjoys counseling a wide variety of clients on all matters related to estate planning and estate administration. Brooke welcomes the opportunity to assist clients who are providing for their children, whether it is counseling them through the decision of whom to appoint as guardian for a minor child, establishing a trust for a special-needs child, or planning for college education. She especially enjoys working with farm families to preserve the family business and pass it on to...
Jeffrey M. Davis
Champaign, IL Attorney with 22 years experience
Business and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
EXPERIENCE Mr. Davis' experience ranges from helping clients with all issues surrounding their start-up venture to assisting clients with the purchase or sale of multi-million dollar businesses. Mr. Davis concentrates his legal practice in the following areas: •representing corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships in connection with the legal matters these entities may face, including initial incorporation/organization, corporate governance issues, drafting and review of contracts and leases, licensing issues, securities issuances and debt financing transactions •representing clients with the sale or purchase of a business, including due diligence matters and the negotiation and documentation of the transaction •representing clients, both lenders and borrowers, in debt...
Marjorie A. Harris
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 35 years experience
Estate Planning
University of Michigan Law School
University of Michigan Law School
With a focus on estate planning and administration, Marjorie A. Harris works closely with individuals and families who are seeking ways to provide financial security for today and protect their assets for the next generation. In addition to advising clients on trust and estates and tax planning matters, Marjorie's practice also includes the establishment and representation of nonprofit and charitable organizations, and charitable gift planning. A magna cum laude graduate of Brown University, Marjorie earned a Bachelor of Science with a concentration in applied mathematics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. She went on to earn...
Forrest J. Heyman
Champaign, IL Attorney with 6 years experience
Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Forrest Heyman joined the firm as a summer associate in 2011 and became an associate attorney following his admission to the Illinois Bar in 2012. His areas of practice include business planning, corporate transactions, real estate, and estate planning and administration. Forrest is a locally-raised attorney with an international perspective. Hailing from Paxton, Illinois, Forrest attended Butler University from 2005 to 2008, where he earned a bachelor of science in economics, with honors. Following a semester in Hong Kong, Forrest was named Sigma Nu National Man of the Year and joined The Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, where he...
James M. Mullady
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 27 years experience
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
As a former teacher and school administrator, Jim Mullady brings a unique perspective to the practice of law at Meyer Capel. Mr. Mullady is a 1991 graduate of Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, which he attended on a fellowship. In addition to coursework at IU, his legal education included a year at the University of Illinois as a visiting scholar. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Mullady taught social studies in the central Illinois communities of Arcola and Fisher, and served as principal of the National Academy of Arts High School in Champaign for four years. Mr. Mullady was an...
Rochelle A. Funderburg
Champaign, IL Attorney with 37 years experience
Administrative, Employment and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Rochelle A. Funderburg brings extensive knowledge of labor and employment issues and wide-ranging litigation experience to the practice of law at Meyer Capel. A former assistant city attorney and practicing lawyer for more than 30 years, Ms. Funderburg has handled a variety of cases – from inception through trial and appeal, representing insurance carriers, employers, employees, and various local governmental bodies. Ms. Funderburg received her bachelor of science and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Illinois, where she also earned the Charles E. Merriam Scholarship. Following completion of her formal legal studies in 1981, Ms. Funderburg joined Coles County, Illinois-based...


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HOBY award winners announced
The winners of the HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership) Award were announced last week, at Sweetwtaer High School. The winner was Mackensey Hayes and runner up was Madison Meneses. The winners were selected after submitting a 100-word essay on leadership. A selection committee narrowed down the top ten finalists, which then went through a questionare filled out by the SHS faculty. The awarded yearly to a sophomore who scores high in written essay, shows a positive attitude, displays leadership among his or her peers, dependable, cooperates with others, has high work ethic, shows respect and courtesy for themselves, authority and classmates.


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Looking for DUNCAN's in Floyd Co., Virginia
I have found several in Floyd, Virginia, that arrived from Scottland. But I feel that several are missing from all early census records, (which I use alond with other books,) to locate informatin. I have done my research well locating ansesters as far back as 1405.
My name is William Roscoe DUNCAN, b. 11-27-1948 Hinton, WV.
Father Harless Roscoe DUNCAN, b. 12-10-1921 d. 9-9-1963 b. & d. Christiansburg, VA
+m. Jun 1945 Arvellia Marie SHAFFER b. 10-05-1926 Ramp, WV.
His parents: Wyite Roscoe DUNCAN b. 24-01-1898 Floyd, VA
+m. 21-11-1920 Malinda Susanna DUNCAN b.11-07-1898 Floyd, VA
I have about 3,500 names in my tree at the present. (Still adding every day).
Any help will be great. I may even be able to help others looking for their ancestors "DUNCAN".
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Deer rescued from pond at wastewater plant | News
CUMMING, Ga. -- A deer is recovering after firefighters and animal control officers rescued the animal from a storage pond at a wastewater treatment plant.
The young doe was rescued Wednesday afternoon from the Forsyth County pond with help from Forsyth County fire and animal control.
Fire Division Chief Jason Shivers said authorities believe the deer fell down the angled walls of the pond.
He said employees at the plant noticed the deer in the pond Monday and hoped she would make it out on her own. When they returned to work Wednesday and saw her still there, the workers contracted authorities.
Workers tried for nearly two hours before finally capturing the doe with the loop on a pole, then setting her free.


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Remains found in northern Monroe County near the Village of Cataract have been identified as those of a missing Sparta couple.
It's been more than two years since Kale Kvistad and his girlfriend Connie DeGeorge disappeared from their home on Easter weekend, leaving both their vehicles in the driveway and children in their beds unharmed.
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"I am William Wallace. And I see a whole army of my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny! You have come to fight as free men. And free man you are! What will you do without freedom? Will you fight?" Two thousand against ten?" – the veteran shouted. No! We will run – and live!" Yes!" Wallace shouted back. Fight and you may die. Run and you will live WITHOUT GPS at least awhile. And dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back here as young men and GET A SATELLITE LOCK? Tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they will never take our GPS SIGNAL!"
why not fake it?
just turn off the red teams GPS's when their with in 20mi of a warship, problem solved.
Isn't that sorta like testing a bullet proof vest by using blanks?
Not at all. The effect jamming has on GPS is already well established and can be reliably reproduced in a lab/classroom environment - the receivers mostly just cease to work. Also nothing screams "I am exactly right here" quite like a jammer does, any half decent rack of ELINT gear will locate it within a very short space of time.
The parent is correct.
Sounds like finding GPS jammers would be a good part of the exercise.
More dubiously consider the logic of jamming GPS ie obviously your ships can still navigate with GPS jammed otherwise it would be a really stupid thing to do. So if your ships can readily navigate without GPS , then you can be pretty sure that all other military vessels will be able to do the same.
So this is not a military exercise in the normal sense, this exercise is obviously targeted at military actions against civilian populations, where GPS jamming comes into play, along with of course communicatio
So if your ships can readily navigate without GPS , then you can be pretty sure that all other military vessels will be able to do the same.
So this is not a military exercise in the normal sense, this exercise is obviously targeted at military actions against civilian populations, where GPS jamming comes into play,
What a load of rubbish.
Near-fleet GPS jamming has nothing to do with ship navigation. Navies have been navigating ships without GPS for several hundred years. GPS jamming is to decoy incoming missiles which use GPS as ONE OF the methods of target location.
Civilians, on the other hand have no critical dependency on GPS. Its largely a toy for the day to day user and a convenient (but non critical) aid for the traveler.
The GPS bands are no where near satellite TV bands.
GPS satellites broadcast at the same two frequencies, 1.57542 GHz (L1 signal) and 1.2276 GHz (L2 signal).
Satellite TV uses the C-band frequencies of 5.4 GHz band (5.15 to 5.35 GHz, or 5.47 to 5.725 GHz, or 5.725 to 5.875 GHz, depending on the region of the world).
Therefore it seems highly unlikely GPS jamming is the cause of any significant TV reception problems.
G-Band (aka C-Band Radar) sits right in the middle of the Satellite TV band, and that is the likely source of any TV interference.
Civilians, on the other hand have no critical dependency on GPS. Its largely a toy for the day to day user and a convenient (but non critical) aid for the traveler.
Actually civilian aircraft rely on GPS quite a bit. That was one of the reasons why the US disabled their ability to reduce the accuracy of GPS. You can navigate without one but it is less safe because you are reliant on instruments that can drift or fail and on communicating with ground radar.
Gps on civilian aircraft is very new, having been pioneered by Alaska Airlines less than ten years ago. It is still an auxiliary nav method.
But this story is not about the USA.
No, _this_ story is about the dangerous Scottish coastal waters.
Any mid-range ship-to-shore radio gear you buy these days hooks up to GPS. When mummy and daddy both go down below to fight the engine room fire and they don't come back, little Katie just presses the big red "somebody come help" button like she was taught. The radio transmits the correct identity for the boat, including its description, and its current co-ordinates, with the distress signal and there's a fair chance somebody will come rescue K
Civilians, on the other hand have no critical dependency on GPS. Its largely a toy for the day to day user and a convenient (but non critical) aid for the traveler.
Once upon a time this may have been true, but when there's 1) people out in fishing trawlers/recreational vessels 2) people up on top of mountains 3) aircraft trying to fly about the place it's not really so true. Sure, most of these people could default to navigating the old fashioned ways, but you can bet heavily that one or two of them will not have a compass/sextant/etc with them, and that every so often it *will* cost lives. I'd call that a critical dependency.
So if your ships can readily navigate without GPS , then you can be pretty sure that all other military vessels will be able to do the same.
So this is not a military exercise in the normal sense, this exercise is obviously targeted at military actions against civilian populations, where GPS jamming comes into play,
I've got a friend in the navy, and he tells me that navigating without GPS is becoming somewhat rare, and something that has to be specifically practiced during excercise to keep enough routine to be confident. Especially when on a minesweeper, like he is.
Civilians, on the other hand have no critical dependency on GPS. Its largely a toy for the day to day user and a convenient (but non critical) aid for the traveler.
I've encountered a lot of people that nowadays are completely lost without GPS. Literally. They don't have maps or anything similar in the car, even touring bus drivers, taxi drivers, lorry/truck drivers and such.
A couple of years ago I was on a bus on hol
You've assumed "civilians" to mean "Joe Public on land". Believe it or not there are other civilians - the emergency services, scientists and engineers, whatever - in land, sea, and air for who GPS availability is significantly more than "a toy".
A major military exercise... and they do not close those waters for the week or two these drills last?
Civilian ships should stay the hell out of there. Stay well away from those war ships, they're in exercise, and may perform unpredictable maneuvers. There may be small craft out there. Projectiles flying around.
If a ship comes within GPS jammed range then they're way too close to begin with I'd say. Yes this may cause some inconvenience to some fishermen or other seamen, but the ocean is big. Plenty of other places to sail to.
Exactly what I was thinking.
What the hell is a fishing boat doing within 20 miles of a major exercise?
>What the hell is a fishing boat doing within 20 miles of a major exercise?
Scotland is only 200 miles x 150 miles in size. A fourty-mile exclusion zone (20 miles radius) would kill the entire marine economy for the western coast of the country.
And the marine economy is pretty much the only economy in western Scotland.
So why can't the military just test this a hundred miles farther away?
Is there a specific reason they need to be close to civilians to test this?
Short answer: They are probably simulating the invasion of a nuclear submarine base. This requires: 1x nuclear submarine base.
>So why can't the military just test this a hundred miles farther away?
Because it is difficult to simulate the invasion of a nuclear submarine base using a bunch of pontoons in the Atlantic. The nuclear submarine base in question, at Faslane, is attached to a fixed landmass (the Scottish mainland).
>Is there a specific reason they need to be close to civilians to test this?
What the hell is a major exercise doing within 20 miles of fishing boats?
>the ocean is big
Sigh. Mercator Projection [wikimedia.org].
The "ocean" around Scotland is NOT big. The SEA around Scotland is actually quite small. It's as far north as Newfoundland and Labrador.
It just LOOKS big on the map due to two-dimensional maps stretching out the northern and southern extremities of Earth.
Scotland, in particular Faslane, is where NATO keeps its nuclear submarines. The locals live cheek-by-jowl with these submariners and for the most part get along just fine. But closing off all the sea between all the inhabited islands in the west of Scotland just isn't feasible.
You assume that the military exercise actually benefit society more than those fishermen.
Thing is that all of that exercise is funded by tax money and those fishermen pay that tax.
I am willing to fund the military to ensure that I will have my freedom. If the own military starts to restrict my freedom then I don't care if it is the military that I pay taxes to that causes this or if it is a foreign military force, the end result is the same.
So yes, unless you live in a military fascist state (This is not ht
[...]the ocean is big.
So one option should be to have GPS-jamming exercises somewhere else, someplace where you don't have lots of civilian fishermen around.
And shut off ferry traffic to the islands, their only means of transport?
yes this may cause some inconvenience to some fishermen or other seamen, but the ocean is big.
And inconvenience to their families, and their customers, and their customers' families...
There are not enough fishing grounds to go around as it is. Can't they go and play somewhere else? Or is part of the exercise looking at how the UK deals with food shortages?
In other words...
Military ships should stay the hell out of there.
a) Lots of soldiers have civilian gear as well. E.g. iPhones. You don't want them to have the opportunity to cheat. You do want them to use the gear in the way that they might without GPS so they have the feel for how it would be.
b) Lots of systems are doing automated switch over; it may not be possible to properly activate that mode in the presence of GPS. E.g. if you have a system which does GPS navigation normally and then switches over to inertial navigation, you want to act as if there was a real GPS jamming.
To be frank, anybody, military or otherwise who's operating GPS gear without a working fallback is irresponsible. What they should do is introduce safety regulations which say so and then give a very large fine to fishermen who complain next time. That will reduce the discussion.
not if what you want to practice is the countermeasures themselves. You can't track a GPS jamming signal without having a jamming signal to track...
You can simulate it with other bands, but the equipment is not quite the same, so you won't get the same practice. At some point you have to do the real thing.
But you do. If you want to find out how sturdy a bunker is you throw explosives at a replica.
If you want to find out how effective a missile is, you tend to testfire it and see what happens - yeah you can simulate a whole lot, but in the end, only way to figure out if your guidance is still bolted to the right bit before impact is to fire the missile and see where it ends up.
It's not to practice jamming... it's to practice operating when the Bad Guys are doing the jamming.
I'm not sure I agree. If it was to practice what happens when the enemy is jamming your GPS, then did any of these geniuses just think to turn the bloody things off, and simply pretend the enemy is jamming them?
1, There are are a whole lot of GPSes involved. It's a lot more than a nav unit on the bridge, and they don't all share a single off-switch.
2, You don't want to practice "OK, everyone turn off your GPS now and switch to plan B!". You want to practice "Why are we drifting to starboard? Is this an instrumentation failure? WTF is ERROR 7505?", because that's how it happens when you're doing it for real and you need to learn to work through that kind of confusion.
Also, jamming the stuff at sea during engagement is akin to throwing unexpected input at a function - yeah we know we can comment the bastard out/switch it off, but what happens when it starts producing gibberish and your missiles are trying to use said gibberish for flying.
They are presumably not testing how middies cope with no nav, they are testing how the equipment itself responds to local jamming. (And whether those middies can tell when their systems are in the jamming zone or not. Ie, how they cope with the cognitive dissonance of unreliable information.)
There's a big difference between "Okay, turn your nav screens off. We're doing a manual nav exercise today!" and dealing with nav systems which might be in error and which respond to signal jamming in different and rand
Hey Everyone! Quiet!
This random dude here has something important to say about large-scale naval training!
Ok bud, what were you saying?
Look up a couple comments.
my first impression was testing how well NATO sailors are able to work without it
though trying to figure out the vulnerabilities in your own systems is also a good idea.
Wouldn't relying on GPS in a nuclear war be a bit crazy unless you were planning a first strike? That is, unless you expect your GPS satellites to survive the first strike?
I would think that LEO would be EMP city not long into WWIII.
Of course, if the submarine updates its position periodically then it would have a moderately accurate fix to start with, but I can't imagine that INS is that reliable with the accuracy of modern ICBMs. Then again, don't ICBMs have star-finders or such built into them once the
GPS satellites are in a 12 hour orbit, which is fairly high up. That also puts them in the middle of the Van Allen radiation belts. If I remember correctly, they are hardened to about a MegaRad, partly to survive their normal orbit conditions, and partly to survive nuclear effects. So yes, they would survive the start of a nuclear war, it's part of the design requirements.
A nuclear sub's job is to get lost on the ocean. That means to sit quietly underwater so nobody can find it. Coming up to the surfac
Half and half. It was a U.S. DOD thing, but to make sure they got it funded they included civilian benefits in the bullet points. They even designed a two tiered accuracy into the system so that by knowing the right decryption keys the military units could give more accurate positions.
So it's fair to say that the civilian use was intended from the start.
Freeloading in which sense? Who pays for the military stuff?
Seriously, guys. Off the coast of Scotland? Why not, say, here? [wikipedia.org]
Seriously, guys. Off the coast of Scotland?
It's close to a base (saving a lot of transit time) and great for practicing maneuvering in tricky waters. But they should practice being without GPS by just turning the receivers off, not jamming them.
I wouldn't be surprised if a disruption of GPS actually will kill people. And I don't blame GPS but the able navigators that probably aren't.
Before GPS, a lot of seamen died from poor navigation. Knowing where you are at sea is hard, especially when conditions are less than ideal. The issue is just that there are far fewer landmarks (hah!) and if visibility is obscured by storm, rain or fog, you just don't know where you are. The old methods of navigation (a chronometer, compass and sextant) are only relatively crude. GPS has made a gigantic difference to marine safety, making going onto known rocks, sandbars and other (semi-)fixed obstacles a m
Disraeli was pretty close: actually, there are Lies, Damn lies, Statistics, Benchmarks, and Delivery dates.


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U.S. stock-market futures get a lift on Monday, helped higher by upbeat economic data out of China over the weekend and news Greece passed its 2013 budget. See full story.
Big earnings Monday: D.R. Horton, Beazer Homes
Stocks in the home-building sector have been on a tear this year. D.R. Horton and Beazer Homes shed insights on the state of the U.S. market with their latest quarterly results. See full story.
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Wal-Mart and Home Depot will lead a parade of retail earnings next week. See full story.
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The News-Herald (http://www.news-herald.com)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Today is the deadline to reserve a $40 spot in the three-stop progressive dinner being hosted on Sept. 21 by members of the Historic Lake County Alliance against backdrops of local history.
The bus leaves promptly at 5 p.m. from the Lakeland Community College parking lot in Kirtland, but some will drive themselves. First stop for wine and appetizers is the Willoughby Hills Community Center, where the Willoughby Hills Historical Society will make a presentation. Then it's on to the Kirtland Temple Visitor's Center for dinner, where a catered meal will be accompanied by expansive views of the Temple itself. Dessert will be served at Trinity House in Willoughby, where Dr. Ron Taddeo will recount the Trinity Lutheran Church's decision to restore the old house and diners will be able to see for themselves the spectacular results.
Get tickets by phone from the Lake County Historical Society at 440-639-2945. See our story for details.
Football cooking
A Guys Night Out cooking class led by chef Tim McCoy will get men ready for tailgating season with plenty to eat and recipes for grill-top chili, marinated flank steak in grilled flatbread, homemade Italian sausage and pepper heroes, spicy beer-can chicken with lemon-garlic rub, late-season tomato salad, and spiced apple crisp with ice cream on Sept. 20. The two-and-a-half hour, hands-on class at the Loretta Paganini School of Cooking in Chester Township begins at 6 p.m. and costs $50. Register: 440-729-1110; www.lpscinc.com.
RIPE! at Botanical Gardens
The fourth annual RIPE! Fest returns to Cleveland Botanical Gardens in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood Sept. 21 and 22.
The daylong, family-friendly event will include chef demonstrations, beer and wine pairings, live music, local food, hands-on children's activities and a marketplace of locally made health and beauty products, gifts and d?cor, all on the 10-acre Botanical Gardens grounds at 11030 East Blvd.
The Fest open at 11 a.m. each day and ends at 10 p.m. Sept. 21 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22. Save by buying tickets in advance at the garden or at www.cbgarden.org. Nonmember tickets at the door are $13 adults and $7 for children on event days. Details: 216-721-1600.
Shopping golden age
WomenSafe showcases the experience of shopping in Cleveland in the early years through a narrator from the Western Reserve Historical Society in a program framed by a sit-down brunch noon to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at Pine Ridge Country Club, 30605 Ridge Road, Wickliffe.
A Chinese auction also will take place. Proceeds will assist WomenSafe, a Northeast Ohio domestic violence shelter providing shelter and outreach services to adults and children fleeing violence in their homes. Reservations and tickets, at $8, are available at 440-286-7154, ext. 248 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Get details at www.womensafe.org.


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