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World Council Chairman Gary Plank Honored
March 20, 2007
Madison, WI—The American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL) recently honored World Council of Credit Unions board chairman, Gary Plank, Arizona Credit Union System president and CEO, with the Eugene H. Farley League Leadership Award during the Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington, DC.
The Eugene Farley Award recognizes a credit union professional's outstanding efforts in national credit union development. League presidents nominate individuals based on their organizational and financial performance, leadership at the state level, development of credit union services/programs, cooperation within the credit union system, commitment and leadership at the national level.
Plank, in his 10th year as president and CEO of the Arizona Credit Union System, was nominated in part for helping develop Arizona Credit Union System's successful indirect lending program with Arizona auto dealers. He was also recognized for building a strong advocacy program, collaborating with area leagues on various programs, establishing new headquarters for the league and for being a leader in credit union philanthropy.
"Gary has demonstrated his staunch belief in the difference credit unions can make in people's lives during his 10 years on World Council's board of directors. We are proud to see he has been recognized for his tireless efforts on the national level as well," said World Council CEO Pete Crear.
Plank worked for state leagues in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota before taking on the role of president and CEO of the Arizona Credit Union System in 1997, the same year he was elected to World Council's board. He has been World Council chairman since 2005. Plank has also served on the Credit Union National Association board of directors and several committees over the years. He will be retiring this year from the Arizona league and World Council.
The award is named after Eugene H. Farley, who retired in 1999 after 40 years of service to the Virginia Credit Union League. AACUL established the Eugene H. Farley League Leadership Award in 2000 to recognize the extraordinary efforts of league personnel. It is endowed by a contribution from former CUNA Mutual CEO, Richard M. Heins.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 68,882 credit unions in 109 countries serve 235 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.


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It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of water. Russian filmmakers Anastasiya Popova and Julia Perkul have done it. In the monolithically titled Water—co-distributed by PDX-based Melissa Henderson and Betsy Chasse, of What the Bleep Do We Know!? fame—they attribute the ubiquitous element with properties far beyond standard wetness and goodness. Did you know, for instance, that water can allow two Russians wearing strange helmets to communicate telepathically across continents? That water once poisoned an entire roomful of hydrogen bomb researchers, just because their research annoyed water? That pure water actually burns?
"Of course, it burns very slowly," imparts a balding Russian scientist, leaning forward conspiratorially and raising an eyebrow. "If it happened quicker, then all the water would already be gone."
The film, a straight-faced documentary, takes as its subject hitherto unexplored properties of water, including flammability, consciousness and revenge. Gesturing to scatter plots on official-looking computers, the filmmakers explain well-documented phenomena like the transformation of water into wine. ("In my view, what Jesus did represents an informational influence on the water.") Did you know, for instance, that the frequency of vibration of prayers said in any language is 8 hertz, the exact same frequency as the vibrations of the earth's magnetic field? This is only the case, however, if the prayer is said with love.
Is it science? Is it religion? It's Christionomy, ecclesiastistry, religiology. As the film progresses, bona fide researchers—Nobel Prize winners and professors at respected universities, who really must be kicking themselves for doing those interviews—are slowly and slyly eclipsed by less reputable Russian scientists (who see no problem discussing, for instance, the chemical properties of holy water) and finally by pert-looking imams and bearded Eastern Orthodox priests. Quietly at first, the film highlights stories of Sufi mystics alongside studies of ice crystals, and gradually builds to its thrilling climax—a slow-motion re-enactment of Moses' parting the Red Sea.
The film itself is preceded by a three-minute slide show narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. It appears to have been made using an outdated version of Microsoft Outlook, and on the big screen it breaks up into pixels the size of a fist. While grainy stock photos painfully cross-dissolve and synthesizer music suspensefully churns, Leo gives a vocal performance somewhere between spoken-word poetry and Smokey the Bear. He advises, "By protecting water, we can protect ourselves." As he reads, keywords flash in bold caps across the screen: "PROTECTING," "WATER," and "PROTECT OURSELVES."
The movie's only redeeming points are magnified photographs of microscopic ice crystals, taken after water was subjected to different stimuli and then flash-frozen. In one instance, someone said "Thank you" to the water; this produced a tidy, hexagonal crystal, not unlike a snowflake. Other stimuli included words like "love," "hope" and "idiot" (a snotty block of a crystal), the phrases "I hate you" and "Mother Teresa" (sort of raisiny-looking), and music by an unidentified punk-rock band reminiscent of the Clash (cat's whiskers). Whether or not these images actually correspond to the stimuli—and they almost certainly don't—it's, at the very least, an intriguing concept.
Water might actually have hoodwinked viewers with its hokey science, had it not been so clumsily translated from Russian. Stateside distributors Intention Media actually re-recorded the voice-over, but something's still a little off. In crisp English, a booming movie-preview voice reads sentences like, "Everybody is sure that weather on the planet is created by cyclones and anti-cyclones," and, "It is well known that any animal will always choose water from a spring." Really, any animal? Always? Lest ye doubt, the filmmakers have provided incontrovertible proof: a dachshund in a very sciency-looking laboratory, who—yes, it's true, just look—prefers a beaker containing spring water. If nothing else, the film will make you thirsty.
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Formal Essay on The Latehomecomer
Due in class on Monday, October 17
Three to Five Pages, Printed Out and Stapled
100 Points
In this paper you will tie your story together with Yang's story. You should already be thinking about the Telling Your Story assignment for this class, and the idea is for you to better understand your own story by comparing and contrasting your experiences with Yang's experiences. In this assignment do not attempt to tell your story as a whole—you will do this in the Telling Your Story assignment. Although your story and Yang's story are both unique, you probably share similar experiences—for instance, you might be able to relate to Yang's descriptions of learning a language, the birth of a baby sister or brother, moving to a new school, her experience of having a death in the family, or her experience with having a serious illness. In this essay focus on an experience you share with Yang.
However, your cultural heritages are probably significantly different from Yang's. Early in your paper define what you mean by "culture" and "cultural heritage." Within the body of your paper you should give concrete illustrations with objects/images, practices, words, and/or beliefs of both your cultural heritage and Yang's Hmong heritage. Include page number citations in parentheses (MLA style) when you make statements about Yang and her Hmong heritage.
Remember, though, that cultures cross and are shared. Like languages, cultures are always changing. In The Latehomecomer there are many examples of Yang and members of her family drawing on Hmong values, beliefs and traditions in order to survive and make a place for themselves in an often indifferent and hostile society. You should tell a similar story based on understandings you share—that is, culture—with people from your own background.
Finally, remember that this is a formal, academic essay and that you are writing for an academic audience. Here are things I will pay attention to as I read your paper:
- Introduction, conclusion, and overall unity and coherence of the paper
- Clearly identifiable thesis
- Paragraphs with transitions
- Grammar and mechanics
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Financial crisis proves hard on Copenhagen
The latest victim of the global financial apocalypse is, sadly for aficionados of rumpy-pumpy-related artefacts, Copenhagen's Museum Erotica which will close within a week if it doesn't find enough cash to maintain wood.
According to a report in the Copenhagen Post, the city's council has withdrawn funding for the 15-year-old "unique venue", and it's three million kroner (£360,000 or 9,027,313,331 Vietnamese dongs) short of completing a renovation project.
Hanne Stensgaard, the museum's chief exec, lamented to the paper that if someone doesn't come up with a money shot pronto, it will have to offload its 1,500 sex-related exhibits.
He said: "We've been hopeful [of securing investors] for a long time and miracles can happen, but if we don't get the funding within a week, we will have to close. We think it's very important that people know about sexual and erotic history as it defines many gender roles today."
That sex is the first thing off the menu when times are hard will come is, of course, well known to Hustler main man Larry Flynt, who recently asked Congress for $5bn to bail out the ailing US smutography industry.
Indeed, recent tabloid reports have suggested that economic hardship really does lead to a global downturn between the sheets, as interest rates in making the beast with two backs fall in direct relation to the current state of the pound against the dollar. ®
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Update: Woman Pulled From River
ST. MARYS — A St. Marys woman was pulled from the St. Marys River Thursday afternoon by several local law enforcement officials.
At approximately 1:40 p.m. Thursday, a 911 call was placed reporting a woman was floating in the St. Marys River, between South and Spring streets. That call was placed by Auglaize County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Little — who was off duty at the time.
"I was parked on South Street near the practice football field looking at the visitors bleachers because of problems we had been having," Little told The Evening Leader. "I then heard a female screaming and it sounded like it was coming from behind the armory. I didn't think anyone should be back there now so I walked over and walked up onto the bank and looked through the woods and that's when I saw a lady down there."
The woman, who has been identified as Marilyn Hofacker, 69, was screaming for help. When Little saw her, he immediately called 911. He then got under the bridge at South Street in an attempt to reach the woman.
"I screamed for her to try to get her to swim to me, but she couldn't move," Little said. "So I went back up and yelled over to (City Engineer) Craig Moeller and he came out. I asked for him to get some rope and he didn't have any so I asked for an extension cord, and he ran back inside. I then saw the police department pull up and another deputy and I could hear the fire department coming."
As Hofacker was carried away by the swollen river and strong current, Little jumped into the river in an attempt to reach her. Shortly after Auglaize County Sheriff's Deputy James Holtzapple and St. Marys Police Chief Greg Foxhoven also jumped into the river to help pull the woman to the bank of the river. A slew of first responders helped the three men and Hofacker onto the bank, where the woman was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the hospital.
"I was just in the right place at the right time," Little said. "I didn't see anyone else and I didn't see anyone I could yell to for help."
Foxhoven touted the cooperation among all first responders on the scene for helping pull Hofacker from the water.
"It worked well," Foxhoven said. "I give him (Little) a lot of credit. I am happy he decided to do something. No one on the scene hesitated either. We just all did what we thought was needed to be done to get her to safety."
St. Marys Fire Chief Joey Weaver said Hofacker was unable to communicate with first responders when she was pulled from the river. Given the frigid water temperature, Weaver said hypothermia could have set in rather quickly. He also noted his department did not receive any calls reporting any crashes in the area.
"We didn't have any reports of vehicles in the water," Weaver said. "We are still unsure of how she got in the water."
Weaver said the officers were taken to the hospital for the treatment of minor injuries. He also praised the rapid response of all involved in the rescue.
"I think everyone at the scene did an excellent job," Weaver said. "I think they did an excellent job and they all went above and beyond the call of duty."
This morning, St. Marys Police Sgt. Shawn Vondrell confirmed to The Evening Leader Hofacker was later transferred to a hospital in Lima. Vondrell said investigators believe Hofacker fell into the river somewhere in the area south of the railroad trestle. Vondrell also said officials were unable to determine how long Hofacker had been in the water before being seen.


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About Today's Wish
I started taking daily photos to share with my sister during her battle with Cancer. She asked me to continue the project after she was gone, so I will post daily pictures here, with the eventual goal being a book of photos, available for purchase.
All profits from the book will be donated to the Pelotonia
in my sister's name, a bike ride
to find a CURE for Cancer.
Please join me for a daily inspiration photo!
All Blessings to you and yours,
this day as always!
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Monday, October 25, 2010
NY Islanders: First 8 Games a Good Start - Come and See
Matt Moulson - http://twitter.com/MMoulson
Rob Schremp - http://twitter.com/RobSchremp
Michael Grabner - http://twitter.com/grabs40
Bruno Gervais - http://twitter.com/bruno_gervais8
Anyone else is simply not who you think it is.
With that out of the way let us get to the business at hand.
Islander fans have been talking about the play this season of the Islanders and how exciting all of the games have been so far this season.
The record stands at the moment at 4-2-2. The two regulation losses to the Capitals and Panthers the Islanders were outplayed in very small periods of time in those two games.
One bad bounce and the either or both of the games could be in the win column.
The Islanders are showing that they may be in a rebuilding phase but the rebuilding phase is starting to show progress to make the hockey world take notice.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves and proclaim the Islanders as a contender however if you look at the body of work over the eight games this season you can tell two things.
1) The Islanders themselves believe they can win every game they play and will not be intimidated by the best the league has to offer.
2) Playing the Islanders is no longer an easy two points. Other teams are going to have to battle the Islanders every step of the way. This team will not take a night off.
Now what the team has to start doing is to make its fan base believe what they already know. The Islanders are competitive, young and exciting.
If you buy a ticket to watch this team you will no longer feel as though you would have been better off watching Avatar at home for the 6th time.
What you will see if a healthy Rick Dipietro, or is steady as oak back-up Dwayne Roloson.
You will see a defense corp. that will not wilt before your eyes in the 3rd period but a group that can and will stand tall and hold leads. One or two injuries will not cripple team defense as it has in seasons past.
You will see a very young and very fast group of forwards all on the upswing and one 39 year old who is keeping up with them in Doug Weight.
You will see a 21 year old sniper John Tavares coming into his own in the NHL beginning to carve out his place in the NHL along side its elite players.
You will see last years success story in Matt Moulson prove he is no one hit wonder.
You will see young forwards making the progress Islander fans have hoped they would.
What you will not see if you buy a ticket in the old barn to see the Islanders play is the home team embarrass itself on the ice, putting a 3rd rate product out there with coaches and management who don't seem to care.
What you wont see is visiting teams come in and treat the Coliseum ice as if they own it.
What the Islanders need to see is more Blue, Orange and White in the stands instead of blue and green empty seats.
Islander fans you are out there. I know there are tens of thousands of Islander fans who still remember the early 80's or younger fans have had their fathers tell them about the great Islander teams of the period.
For the fans who have written this franchise off I say this - It is time to come back to the team. It is time to fill the stands of the Coliseum again and breathe life back into that arena.
Sure its an old outdated arena. Fill it with 15,000 plus fans and no one is going to care.
If you remember the glory days of the Islanders and how much fun it was to go to the Coliseum come on back.
If you remember the Islanders playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs then come on back.
You will not be disappointed at the effort and skill this young team is putting on the ice.
Post your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Finally, someone calling for alittle action by the fans... you couldn't have put it any better. This team is young and exciting, in every game, and will battle to the final whistle. We the fans have spoken loud and consitantly, begging for a product on the ice that is worth paying to see, well you have it. Now back up your words and show up, the only embarrassing thing about going to see the Isles is the half full house, too quiet and somber to be a home game, with a 2-0-1 home record. Lets see it fans!
- October 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM
cant wait to see the islanders get a hockey lesson again.....fryday night get ready to see your team lose again against the mtl habs and by the way your thing about no habs no.....they will probably be more habs fan than islanders fan in your arena...anyway dont get discouraged you guys will probably have a team that could finally make the playoffs in a couple of years.
- October 28, 2010 at 5:11 PM


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Actually I did read that the govt of the Ivory Coast prefers it not to be called this and always referred to by its French name, does anyone know why?
Actually I did read that the govt of the Ivory Coast prefers it not to be called this and always referred to by its French name, does anyone know why?
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The sooner we find a striker worthy of the position the better too.
I actually thought it was their best effort, yet they lost. That being so, they really should be playing for England.
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If Rukavidtijitjsit improves his first touch and all-around foot skills, he could be quality. He has pace and finds space.
Yeah, was harsh on him the in the first 2 games, but he does get into some really good threatening positions, just lacks the touch of a real quality player, so there's potential. Musalik & Spiranovic are gun though (y)
With Burns, Djite, Williams and Vidic. A couple of them should have made of squad to give us more options. But at the end of day none of them scored many goals during the qualifies. Milligan and Sarkies were leading goal scorers in qualifiers. There was no formation that worked with Williams or Burns in the side, both basically played as wingers when we had two strikers in XI. Vidic never got a game due to him and Spiranovic prefering to stay in Germany and push for starting spots at Nuremburg.
Even if these guys did make the squad I would have had them behind Bridge and Thompson. Ruka got potential but is even further away from being a finished product then Burns, Djite, Williams or Vidic. Which was the claim used by Arnold was his selection ahead of them.
Holland was the other big name player, considering he was a regular in Socceroos squad lately. But as I guess with Musalik and Milligan playing holding roles in midfield he would have been just a bench player.
End of day though if you look back at past Olyroo squads guys like Niell, Bres, Grella, Holman, MacDonald, Carney, Culina, Thompson and Kennedy. All played bit part roles or got rejected during the time they were at that stage during their career. Australia never had great history of picking future Socceroos in Olyroos squads.
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Obviously struggling with unavailability of big guns, but still not sure about Archie Thompson as an over age choice. Maybe if they could have had someone like a Grella in the mid field (if he was available) and reiled on the young 'uns up front, might have been better. That, or maybe Kennedy (again, if available).
Thought they played well v Ivory Coast in the 1st 2/3 of the field, just lacked a bit of bite up front.
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The country was originally known in English as Ivory Coast. In October 1985, the government requested that the country be known in every language as Côte d'Ivoire,[8] without a hyphen between the two words (thereby contravening the standard rule in French that geographical names with several words must be written with hyphens).
Argentina up against Brazil atm, not the greatest quality game though. Both defences really niggling the opposition.
Gold for Argentina I think. Haven't seen Nigeria though.
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Mariners part ways with Figgins a year earlyCousins also designated; five players added to 40-man roster
By Greg Johns / 11/20/12 11:16 PM ET
SEATTLE -- With one season and $8 million still remaining on his four-year contract, the Mariners cut ties with Chone Figgins on Tuesday as the veteran infielder was designated for assignment as part of a series of roster moves.
Figgins, 34, hit just .181 in 66 games last season and had become a lightning rod for fans unhappy with the team's offensive struggles over the past few years.
"These decisions are driven by what a player does on the field and when you get to a point where he may no longer be part of this club going forward, you have to make a decision," said general manager Jack Zduriencik. "He became an expendable piece and that's it. That's the end of the story."
The Mariners also designated outfielder Scott Cousins for assignment, just two weeks after claiming him off waivers from the Blue Jays.
The Mariners selected five Minor Leaguers to their Major League roster -- adding infielder Vinnie Catricala, outfielder Julio Morban and pitchers Anthony Fernandez, Bobby LaFromboise and Brandon Maurer -- as they finalized their 40-man roster prior to Tuesday night's deadline to protect players from next month's Rule 5 Draft.
Seattle's roster was at 37 players prior to the moves, so the club dropped Figgins and Cousins and added the five young prospects to reach the 40-man limit. They'll need to make further moves to create roster space if they add any players in free agency, trades or the Rule 5 Draft.
By designating Figgins for assignment, the team now has 10 days to trade, release or outright the veteran before he becomes a free agent. If he clears waivers and is not traded, he will be released, Zduriencik said.
The Mariners still are responsible for the final year on the $36 million deal Figgins signed as a free agent in 2010. There also is a $9 million vesting option for 2014 that would kick in with 600 plate appearances this coming season, but that option will be voided if he's released.
"I spoke to Chone a little while ago and wished him the best," Zduriencik said. "He was very gracious. Unfortunately, it didn't work out the way he thought or we thought, but it's time to turn the page and move forward."
Zduriencik said Figgins' situation wouldn't change his approach to future free agents, noting every team has moves that backfire. But why did this situation in particular not work out?
"It's hard to say," Zduriencik said. "Anybody's guess would be as good as mine. At the time of the signing, it looked like the right thing for all of us. He was excited about coming here and we thought it would be an interesting dimension with him and Ichiro. But it just never worked out and sometimes you have to make a decision and move on. And we did that today."
Figgins was coming off an All-Star season with the Angels in 2009 when he signed with Seattle, but he hit just .227 with a .302 on-base and .283 slugging percentage in 308 games with the Mariners, well below his career marks of .291/.363/.388 in eight seasons with the Angels.
The Georgia native batted .259 his first season in 2010 as Seattle's everyday second baseman, but that fell to .188 in 2011 when he was shifted to third base, and he lost his starting job midway through the season and finished up on the disabled list.
Manager Eric Wedge gave him another shot in Spring Training this past season, moving him back to his old leadoff role and shifting Ichiro Suzuki to third in the lineup. But Figgins again lost playing time several months into the season after another slow start.
Figgins started 38 games in the outfield last season for Seattle and just six at third base, where Kyle Seager established himself as one of the team's top young hitters.
There didn't appear to be much playing time in Figgins' future, given the addition of infielder Robert Andino in a trade with the Orioles on Tuesday, as well as what is expected to be a growing mix of outfielders as the team attempts to beef up its offense over the winter.
Zduriencik said he tried trading Figgins, but had no takers.
"I talked to many teams and made a lot of calls," he said. "There was some curiosity, if you will, but I didn't have anyone say they'd take him. Otherwise it wouldn't have got to this point."
Of the youngsters added to the 40-man roster, Catricala and Morban are the lone position players. Catricala is the top prospect in MLB.com rankings, at No. 8. He was the Mariners' Minor League Player of the Year in 2011 after batting .349 in Class A and Double-A ball. He hit .229 for Triple-A Tacoma this past season with 10 home runs, and Zduriencik said he's looking for a bounce-back year from the young third baseman.
Morban, 20, hit .313 for Class A High Desert last season and "has a lot of upside," according to Zduriencik.
Maurer, 22, is the best known of the young hurlers added and "a guy we're really excited about," Zduriencik said. The right-hander was the Southern League's Most Outstanding Pitcher after going 9-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 24 starts for Double-A Jackson.
Fernandez, 22, was 6-8 with a 3.51 ERA in 27 starts between Class A High Desert and Jackson. LaFromboise, 26, had a breakout season as he posted a 6-2 record with a 1.36 ERA and .191 batting average against in 47 relief appearances for Jackson and Tacoma.
By adding those players now, they won't be exposed to the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 6 at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn. Major League Baseball's deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft was Tuesday at 8:59 p.m. PT. Players first signed at age 18 must be added to 40-man rosters within five years or they become eligible to be drafted by other organizations through the Rule 5 process. Players signed at 19 years or older have to be protected within four years.
Clubs pay $50,000 to select a player in the Rule 5 Draft. If that player doesn't stay on the 25-man roster for the full season, he must be offered back to his former team for $25,000.


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I am wanting to start building my home in the next year or so, I have land in the country and its somewhat up on a hill....I thought of looking into solar and wind but not to sure where to start....you guys have any ideas?
I am wanting to start building my home in the next year or so, I have land in the country and its somewhat up on a hill....I thought of looking into solar and wind but not to sure where to start....you guys have any ideas?
Solar energy isn't worth it. For the price point, you can get much more efficient solutions.
Go geothermal, on a new construction it will pay off more, and is still green.
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cool.....I have heard the cost of solar is outrageous and takes years to pay off....but why then are people doing it more and more? is it more for the business that uses alot? and not so much for the homeowner just using normal electric?
I ask because my wife and I do intend to run a small greenhouse on the property after we build, would this be something you would look into running with solar? or should I stick to geothermal for that as well....
thanks in advance
I guess it depends on the size of the home and if you are going to live off the grid? to start.
Solar and wind power has intrigued people for decades but they're still not an economical means of power. Traditional means of energy (plus nuclear) are far more concentrated making them more efficient.
I would also say that geothermal is the way to go if you want to reduce power consumption in your home.
Solar is expensive, but there may be opportunities to recoup the initial investment by selling surplus power back to the grid. I really don't know the specifics on this, but it is worth checking with your local utility to see if this is possible. If so, you can eventually repay yourself for the investment and actually create a small income on the side in the future.
You could also make or buy a solar water heater. It is typically a passive (non-electric) solar system that heats water in a collector panel (dark tubes that absorb solar radiation) and then either feeds it to a backup water heater or directly into the system. They're pretty neat.
Depends on how long your planning on living there as to weather it is cost effective. The increased cost of the system will take years to balance out and actually start saving you money. I have a fiend who will start building this year. He is 65 and opted to go with conventional gas because he figured he would have to live there 20 years for it to start saving him money. He is a retired plumber and has a lot of service experience with geo and HVAC systems.
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If I were to build my dream home I would really consider solar power. It is expensive and takes years to recoup the original investment, but then again I wouldn't be looking to move out of my dream home after a couple of years. The idea of selling energy back to the grid also would entice me.
But in general solar is just too expensive to be practical. Geothermal does seem to be the newest idea to come about. I don't really know if its the same thing or similar but I know radiant heat is becoming a popular idea in some places. It makes sense to me and seems practical as well.
If your not in a tsunami plain you might consider a small reactor.
Seriously, one thing to consider with wind and air is that the speculators and dictators can never jack up the price.
Well, not yet.
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here's a link to a site about plans for "green homes." They have plans for a solar greenhouse, among other things. If you want a truly energy efficient home, you need to look at the design and materials you use as well as your energy source.
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Caught in the Act
|Caught in the Act
Salvatore Leone telling Toni Cipriani that they're going to 'meet' the Mayor's assistant about Forelli Family Don Franco Forelli.
|GTA Liberty City Stories
|Salvatore Leone
|The Mayor's Assistant
|Rockford, Staunton Island, Liberty City
Death of Toni Cipriani
Arrest of Toni Cipriani
Death of Salvatore Leone
Death of the Mayor's assistant
Destruction of the Speeder (This also kills Toni Cipriani as well)
Search and Rescue
Sayonara Sindaccos
|Unlocked by
|The Morgue Party Candidate
Caught in the Act is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by Leone Family Don Salvatore Leone from a jetty in Rockford, Staunton Island, Liberty City.
The mission begins after the player activates the at a jetty in Rockford. At the jetty, Toni to meet Salvatore, who is already waiting for him in a boat. Salvatore then drives the boat to the location of the mayor's assistant, who is on another boat; Salvatore then coerces the mayor's assistant from his boat and to Salvatore's. Salvatore drives off but is pursued by the secret service, who were watching.
The mission is by large a defensive one, consisting of the player defending the fleeing vehicle from hostile attackers, who are armed with AK-47s. Equipped with an M4 with unlimited ammunition, the player is tasked to protect the boat while it travels down the river and is under attack from various members of the secret service, who establish positions on a rock in the river and jetties, as well as ride other boats and a helicopter.
After the player passes Callahan Bridge and destroys the helicopter, the trio's evaders are eliminated, allowing Salvatore to forcefully interrogate the mayor's assistant. After a brief beating, the assistant reveals that the Sicilian Mafia controlled both Franco Forelli and the Forelli Family, fuelling a war between the mob families that would eventually weaken them and allow the Sicilians to take control of Liberty for themselves.
Salvatore drops Toni off at a jetty near Callahan Bridge, before driving off to dump the mayor's assistant in the water.
Salvatore Leone: Toni, hop in!
Toni Cipriani: Where we going?
Salvatore Leone: We're going to have a little chat with the mayor's assistant about Franco Forelli.
(Salvatore and Toni drive their boat to the mayor's assistants location)
Mayor's Assistant: Hey, get off my boat!
Salvatore Leone: You're coming with me.
Mayor's Assistant: You can't do this!
Salvatore Leone: Hurry it up, the secret service will be watching!
(Salvatore gets the boat out of the area but is followed by the secret service)
Salvatore Leone: Toni, look out, gun men on those rocks.
(Salvatore continues to drive the boat)
Salvatore Leone: On the left Toni, left!
(Salvatore continues to drive the boat)
Salvatore Leone: Gunmen up ahead!
(Salvatore continues to drive the boat)
Salvatore Leone: Watch the right, Toni!
(Salvatore continues to drive the boat)
Salvatore Leone: Gunmen on the jetty!
(Salvatore continues to drive the boat, with a helicopter approaching)
Salvatore Leone: Holy shit, secret service coming in by helicopter!
(Toni destroys the helicopter, with Salvatore driving the boat a bit further)
Salvatore Leone: The mayor wouldn't take a shit without Franco Forelli's say so!
Mayor's Assistant: Nobody owned the mayor! Aargh! Wait, wait, you're right! It's those Sicilians... they pushed Franco into it.
Salvatore Leone: The Sicilians? Why?
Mayor's Assistant: They own Franco and they want a war between the Liberty Families. When the dust settles they're coming to take over.
(Salvatore drives to a jetty, dropping Toni off)
Salvatore Leone: Toni, I'll call you later. Right now, I'm gonna flush this turd into the bay!
Post mission phone call
Salvatore Leone: Toni, Sal. Head over to the public phone booth in Torrington. I need to talk. On the way, I want you see an associate of mine in Aspatria. He's gonna help us pile on pressure on the Sindaccos and Forellis.
The reward for completing the mission is $2,000 and unlocks the mission Search and Rescue for Salvatore Leone and Sayonara Sindaccos for Leon McAffrey.
Toni Cipriani about to kidnap the Mayor's assistant.
Toni Cipriani shooting at secret service personnel on a rock between Portland and Staunton Island.
Toni Cipriani shooting at a pursuing boat.
A boat blowing up after being shot at by Toni Cipriani.
A boat after blowing up after being shot at by Toni Cipriani.
Toni Cipriani, Salvatore Leone, and the Mayor's assistant flying past exploding barrels in their boat.
The pursuing attack helicopter about to blow up after being shot by Toni Cipriani.
The Mayor's assistant telling Salvatore Leone the Sicilian Mafia own Forelli Family Don Franco Forelli.
Salvatore Leone telling Toni Cipriani he'll be phoning him soon before sailing away to kill the Mayor's assistant.
Video walkthrough
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See also
- Supply & Demand and The Sicilian Gambit, similar missions in GTA Vice City and GTA Liberty City Stories, respectively, which also involve the player performing drive-bys from a boat as a passenger.


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Longtime Wii and new Wii U hacker "Marcan" claims to have some information about Durango's specs.
quick! someone get the sodas!
Neither of his claims are true. The Wii U claims and the Durango statements. And strangely enough, this subject is getting a heavy push on certain parts of the internet.
People need to quit looking at the numbers, alot of cpus can do alot more with a 2 GHz than a older 3 GHz processors, efficiency is key with new processors.


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"We're stepping up our inspection and detection capabilities. We've had a major push in recent years to increase the number and quality of track, wheel and bearings inspections that help prevent accidents. This has positioned us well in the rail industry. With this program, we intend to go further when it comes to safe rail operations," said Jim Vena, CN executive vice president and chief operating officer.
At a cost of CA$10 million (US$9.4 million), the program will include the acquisition/installation of 30 new wayside equipment system units that detect hot bearings, hot wheels and dragging equipment; a new track geometry test car to monitor the position, curvature and alignment of track; an optical track inspection system that uses imaging to identify defects; more than 30 new brittle bar detectors that identify and flag derailed equipment to train crews and controlled signaling on certain key rail sidings in its most heavily used corridors to alert crews and dispatchers to broken rail incidents.
"The application of new detection equipment and modern safety technologies will improve the coverage of our network," said Vena. "The technology we're deploying will keep us ahead of the industry in this field and strengthen our solid safety performance even further. Advanced technology, rigorous safety process and the continued strengthening of our safety culture are the key foundations of our unwavering commitment to safety."


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear has announced $1 million in funding for a new regional kitchen and senior citizens center in Menifee County.
The second-term Democrat said Monday that the proposed new facility will be the base for distributing food as well as providing educational, recreational and health services.
Beshear said the new building would replace an unsafe regional kitchen that has uneven floors, crumbling walls and inoperable toilets. It also would replace a separate, tiny senior citizens center that has scarce parking and an unreliable air conditioning system.
Funding for the project comes from a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant, $439,000 from the federal Appalachian Regional Commission, and $109,000 from coal severance tax revenue.
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DIXON – National Manufacturing Co. recently sold its Lee County plant to a property holding company, but an economic development official called it an internal transfer.
On Dec. 31, the Lee County clerk's office recorded a deed transfer from National to SBD Property Holdings LLC. The transaction was for $7.7 million.
The building is on U.S. Route 30 in Lee County, just east of Rock Falls. The National plant, owned by Stanley Black & Decker, closed in May.
John Thompson, executive director of the Lee County Industrial Development Association, said when he heard about the transaction, he went to the county clerk's office. He determined SBD was Stanley's property holding entity.
He said he believed the $7.7 million was the on-the-books value of the plant.
The Sterling and Rock Falls National operations were moved to Denison, Texas, and to Xiaolan, China.
A Stanley spokesman didn't return a call for comment Tuesday.


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Dan Carpenter was a fresh-faced undrafted rookie out of the University of Montana looking to find work back in 2008. The Miami Dolphins invited the kicker to training camp and had him compete against Jay Feely, an established veteran who converted 21 of 23 field goals for Miami the previous season, setting a single-season record for field goal percentage. Feely and Carpenter had a training camp battle and because there was little noticeable difference in the two kickers - outside of their salaries - the cheaper rookie won out and Feely was released. Fast forward five seasons and sources say the Dolphins could make history repeat itself because the team's executives are leaning towards adding another kicker to camp, forcing Carpenter to earn his roster spot in 2013. At this point it is uncertain if that player will be a veteran or a rookie. Carpenter is slated to earn $2.7 million in 2013, the final year of the four-year, $8 million contract he signed the summer of 2010, the season that followed his 2009 Pro Bowl selection. Cutting Carpenter and replacing him with an inexpensive rookie would create an additional $2 million-plus in cap space. Restructuring Carpenter's contract is also an option. The only kickers in the NFL who presently have a higher base salary than Carpenter are Oakland's Sebastian Janikowski ($3.8 million) and San Francisco's David Akers ($3 million).
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Oct. 19, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The No. 6 Bulldog coed sailing team competed across the east coast in three regattas, with a highlight of an eighth-place finish at the extremely competitive Navy Fall Intersectional hosted by Navy. The Bulldogs also competed at the Captain Hurst Bowl Intersectional at Dartmouth and the Great Herring Pond Open at Massachusetts Maritime.
The team's best performance was at the Navy Fall Intersectional. The regatta was sailed in four divisions, rather than the normal two divisions at regattas, putting a large premium on the depth of a team. A and B Divisions sailed doublehanded dinghies while C Division sailed the Laser and D Division sailed the Laser Radial. The Navy Fall Intersectional has historically been a strong event for the Bulldogs, who won the event in 2006 and 2007.
This year, the Bulldogs finished eighth with 678 points over the 20 races in each of the four divisions. The regatta was won by No. 2 St. Mary's College of Maryland with 563 points.
The Bulldogs were led by the A Division team of junior captain Thomas Barrows and crews junior Marla Menninger and sophomore Blair Belling. The trio finished third in A Division with 131 points. They won five races and finished 13 of the 20 races in the top five. The performance was hurt by a number of tough finishes, including one caused by a boat breakdown that was not given redress.
In C Division, Laser sailor freshman Cameron Cullman performed strongly for the Bulldogs by finishing fourth in his division with 132 points. He finished in the top five eight times during the regatta and only finished outside the top half in three of the 20 races.
In B Division, senior Jane Macky and junior crews Michael Hession and Marla Menninger finished 10th with 190 points. The trio had a best finish of second in the sixth race of the event.
In D Division, Laser Radial sailor Sarah Lihan finished 12th with 225 points. Lihan had a best finish of third.
Barrows, who won C Division at the event in 2007, was pleased with his performance.
"I think that we started well throughout the event and were only hurt by a few big mistakes," Barrows said. "I was pleased with the weekend."
The team also competed at the Captain Hurst Bowl Intersectional hosted by Dartmouth on Lake Mascoma and finished 10th with 213 points. No. 1 Boston College won with 97 points. The event was sailed in FJs. The competitors faced a number of trying conditions, which were frequently changing, including in the middle of races.
Lake Mascoma is known as a cold, shifty venue and this weekend was no exception. The lake sits in a valley between tree covered hills, which means that shifts can come off the hillside in an unexpected manner, with puffs showing up on the water without a predictable rhythm. The wind varied between 2 knots in the lulls to 14 knots in the puffs both days, with the wind varying all over the spectrum in each individual race. This made transitions especially critical for the competitors.
The Bulldogs were led by the duo of freshman Joseph Morris and senior Grace Becton with a sixth-place finish in A Division with 79 points, only one point out of fifth. Morris and Becton had a top finish of third.
In B Division, the duo of senior Caleb Dorfman and sophomore Tatyana Camejo struggled throughout the event to an 18th-place finish. The combo had a top finish of eighth.
For Morris, who sailed A Division for the first time in intersectional competition, the event was a good experience.
"I think that we had really good fleet management and improved with every race," Morris said. "I feel we have begun to get better at starts, first beat strategy and downwind starts. We still need to improve more on starting and downwind speed, though. This was my first time sailing A Division and it has a much deeper fleet and it is harder to come back from mistakes."
The Bulldogs also competed at the Great Herring Pond Open hosted by Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The Bulldogs placed 14th as a team. Racing was only conducted at the shifty Herring Pond venue on Saturday due to high wind on Sunday. Freshmen Genoa Warner and Jared Shenson sailed to a 14th-place finish in A Division while freshmen Rob Struckett, Margot Benedict and sophomore Andrew Kurzrok sailed to an eighth-place finish in B Division.
The Bulldogs next compete at the ICSA National Singlehanded Championships at Cornell on Friday thru Sunday, where Barrows will attempt to defend his title from 2007. The team will also compete at the Hoyt Trophy at Brown and the Oberg Trophy at MIT on Saturday and Sunday as well as hosting the Southern Series Six event at the McNay Family Sailing Center on Saturday.
Report filed by Caleb Dorfman '09, Yale Sports Publicity


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Chinese AIDS Activist Convicted After Speaking Out
February 17, 2011
The Chinese government has handed a one-year prison sentence to AIDS activist Tian Xi for damaging property at the hospital where he was infected with HIV.
In December, the Update named Tian one of 2010's unsung AIDS heroes for his relentless advocacy on behalf of Chinese people living with HIV. For years, he has petitioned officials to compensate him and tens of thousands of others infected with HIV through China's contaminated national blood supply.
Tian's lawyer reports that Tian was weak at his court appearance last week, as he is struggling to recover from a cold. Officials are holding him in an unheated cell at a local detention center with a half-dozen other inmates with HIV/AIDS, the lawyer said.
According to the Aizhixing Institute, China's first AIDS nonprofit, Tian's mother threw herself in front of police car after the sentencing, attempting to prevent police from taking her son away. (See image at left.)
In August, police detained Tian after he visited a hospital in the south-central province of Henan, seeking to speak with the hospital's director. The Chinese government charged him with destroying items in the office. Amnesty International reports that the director refused to address Tian's concerns, and physically rebuffed him. After, Tian pushed items off the director's desk.
Untold numbers of Chinese were infected with HIV through blood transfusions in the 1990s. While many nations experienced similar outbreaks of HIV in the blood supply early in the epidemic, China is the only one that has refused to create a compensation program.
"No official has ever been held accountable, and some have even been promoted," said Meg Davis, cofounder of the U.S.-based China AIDS Solidarity Network. "Considering that the normal sentence for this crime is three to four months, longer than [Tian] has already served in detention, it's clear that this [punishment] is retaliation for his AIDS activism."
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CHAMPs > Parkinson's CHAMP
March 2013 - We Walk for Mo
People told me that I would find love again. I did not believe them. I was thrilled when I met and fell in love with a 49 year old tall good looking attorney named Maurice Miller with the ability to sympathize, empathize and make me supremely happy. Between the two of us, we had five children, all grown with lives of their own. After four years, we decided to get married in 2006. A big step. Life couldn't have been more fulfilling.
Then, one evening four months after we had gotten married, I noticed his arm resting on the pillow. His fingers had a tremor. Having heard about my paternal grandmother's Parkinson's disease all my life, I felt a jolt to my mind and immediately said to him, you have Parkinson's. He scoffed at my statement but several neurologists later, the diagnosis was made. Here is the odd part. My brother had just been diagnosed with bladder cancer which would prove to be fatal. Somehow, Parkinson's disease in its early stages didn't seem that bad. Compared to cancer, PD seemed like a walk in the park. My brave husband, who had been experiencing other symptoms that he had not complained about (slowness, stiffness, muscle cramps, handwriting and voice changes) quietly accepted his diagnosis and supported my brother and the family through my brother's illness and subsequent death two years later. Maurice rarely talked about his PD with others. It was his silent struggle and no one really focused on him. As for me, I did my research on the internet, and read many articles and books. I experienced real fear about the future, worrying about the disease's progression, medication side effects and what it would mean in my life. It was a helpless feeling.
My husband was lucky, if you can call it that. His progression of symptoms was slow. He was also fortunate that he had a friend with PD. Marlene and Maurice shared their experiences, symptoms, medical care and physician advice. It was from Marlene that we learned about the Parkinson's Unity Walk. How marvelous we thought - a chance to raise awareness and money for "The Cause!"
I decided to get involved. The year was 2009 and the team, We Walk For Mo was born. An e-mail was sent to our closest and dearest friends and family, and some business associates. Money was raised. A group formed. Most important of all, Maurice realized that his challenges were being recognized. People were coming together for him. I saw a change in him - a brightening of expression, an appreciation that others were supporting him, realizing that he actually had PD. He no longer had to sit quietly with his struggle. He was in the forefront and people were joining the fight. He was no longer alone. At the 2009 Unity Walk, our team numbering about twenty, proudly walked the two mile walk with Maurice smack dab in the middle of the group. He crossed the Finish line in victory with arms raised! We were all so proud. Maurice was beaming. I felt exhilarated. I had done something. PD was the enemy and I had raised an army. Well, I wasn't retreating. I pushed on. 2010, 2011, 2012...We Walk For Mo got bigger each year. More money was raised than the year before. Last year we raised $5000. This year we hope to raise even more.
Maurice's symptoms have worsened. He is working part time from home; commuting to Manhattan being too much for him. Medication levels have gone up. Side effects have to be addressed and controlled. He has good days and bad days. My fears have not gone away. They are still here. But on one day each year, one day in April, there is a walk, the Parkinson's Unity Walk, and on that day, we are alive. We are exhilarated. We are special. We are supported. We are doing something. We feel the love and we feel we can conquer this challenge. We pray for medications that succeed. We pray for a cure. We go on. We go on together. We can't wait to get started for 2013. We hope to see you there.
Nancy Isserlis
Team Captain, We Walk For Mo
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Sparki Power Fuel
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Sparki Power Fuel is a power corporation in Grand Theft Auto III. Tho logo of the company can be seen on the side of Mule trucks in Liberty City, but nowhere else in the city. Their slogan is "the POWER-FUEL people" referring to powerful, suggesting that Sparki Power Fuel is a huge corporation.


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University News
Wellness Weekend Feb. 23-24; Register by Feb. 20
February 13, 2013
MACOMB, IL – For Valentine's Day this year give yourself and/or your loved ones the gift of health and wellness. The fifth annual Wellness Weekend, slated for Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 23-24 at Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus (HFC), will provide activities to nourish the mind, body and spirit. The weekend package is only $40 per person, and if you bring a friend or loved one, the cost is $70 (for both participants).
Wellness Weekend 2013, to be held at HFC's 92-acre retreat, will offer guided meditation, yoga, nature hikes and self-exploration sessions with certified instructors Karen Mauldin-Curtis, Kelley Quinn and Adam Chacksfield.
Registration cost will cover meals and optional accommodations; vegetarian options will be provided. If you choose to stay in the Horn Field Campus cabins, please bring bedding. Registration is limited and is due on or before Wednesday, Feb. 20; checks should be made payable to "Horn Field Campus."
The schedule for the 2013 Wellness Weekend and information about each facilitator are listed below. To register, contact Horn Field Campus Program Manager Mindy Pheiffer at (309) 833-5798 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Karen Mauldin-Curtis is the program manager for the WIU Peace Corps Fellows Program in Community Development. She has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and teaching yoga for more than 10 years. In 2011, Mauldin-Curtis completed a 200-hour intensive yoga teacher-training program through tapas yoga shala (Rock Island, IL) and is a registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance.
Kelley Quinn earned her master's degree in contemporary art history and criticism from Webster University (St. Louis, MO) and has received Illinois Arts Council teaching artist status since 2006. In that time, she has created mandalas and labyrinths with more than 2,000 individuals of all ages. Quinn is a certified labyrinth facilitator, and most recently, received her seventh Illinois Arts Council grant for a large-scale mosaic mandala design at Project Insight, an alternative day school in Macomb.
Adam Chacksfield, president of The Center for Nondual Awareness, is a nondual teacher and coach and currently runs the Macomb Nondual Dialogue Group, two Macomb meditation groups and a mediation course for WIU's L.I.F.E (Learning is Forever) program. He regularly offers retreats and workshops in regional cities and on the west coast.
Saturday Schedule
- 8 a.m. – Check-in at HFC Lodge and introductions
- 9-10:30 a.m. – "Cultivating Awareness through the Practice of Yoga," with Mauldin-Curtis
- 10:30-10:45 a.m. – Do as you please
- 10:45-noon a.m. – Meditation guidance with Chacksfield
- noon – Communal midday meal and open time
- 1:15-3:15 p.m. – "Self-Exploration Through the Labyrinth" with Quinn
- 3:15-3:30 p.m. – Do as you please
- 3:30-5 p.m. – "Nondual Dialogue and Natural Meditation" with Chacksfield
- 5-5:15 p.m. – Do as you please
- 5:15 p.m. – Yoga with Mauldin-Curtis
- 6 p.m. – Communal evening meal and open time
- 7:15 p.m. – "Introduction to Mandalas" with Quinn
- 8 p.m. – "Make Your Own Mandala" with Quinn
Sunday Schedule
- 7 a.m. – Daybreak stroll on Lazy Creek
- 7:30-8 a.m. – Sun salutations yoga with Mauldin-Curtis
- 8 a.m. – Communal morning meal
- 8:45-10:30 a.m. – "Nondual Dialogue and Natural Meditation" with Chacksfield
- 10:30-11 a.m. – Do as you please
- 11 a.m. – Reflections and feed forward
- 12:30 p.m. – Communal meal and conversation
HFC is located south of Macomb on China Road. From South Johnson Street (past Macomb High School), turn right on China Road and follow the road one-quarter of a mile to the Horn Field Campus entrance. Parking is permitted on the HFC lot. Visit HFC online at www.wiu.edu/coehs/rpta/horn_field_campus.
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Of all the places to meet Marco Reus, it is fitting somehow that he settles down to talk in the middle of the Footbonaut.
This futuristic football training machine is a new addition to the facilities used by the German champions at their training base. The Footbonaut's inventor suggests that 15 minutes at its mercy gives a player the same amount of touches on the ball they would experience during a week of normal practice.
It is a cage with 72 panels on the walls that shoots balls from a variety of angles and then illuminates one of the panels for the player to pass the ball into. The Footbonaut can be set at different speeds and can even put spin on the ball. The idea is to polish a player's sharpness, technique, spatial awareness and peripheral vision. "It demands precise skills used at pace in a physically tough environment," enthuses Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp.
That description applies appropriately to Reus. The 23-year-old winger's high-tempo technique has become a great asset for Dortmund since he rejoined his boyhood team last summer from VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach. He is already blessed with the qualities the Footbonaut is designed to encourage and has used this natural talent to help lead his side into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in his first season in the competition.
How have you found your debut UEFA Champions League campaign?
Reus: When I walked out onto the pitch for my first Champions League match and heard the anthem playing, it was a dream come true. As a child I would sit in front of the TV on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings watching Champions League games and now I'm part of it.
You seem to have settled very quickly at Dortmund.
Reus: Yes, sure. It helped that I already knew some of the players from training and playing with the national team and I lived in Dortmund for many years. I played for the Dortmund youth team, so it was never a question for me whether I would fit in or not. I was just looking forward to the next adventure. I hope I continue to develop.
What makes the club so special?
Reus: The supporters: the team behind the team. You see it at every home and away match. So many fans travel with us, there are always a few thousand fans supporting us at every away game. They pay a lot of money for the journeys and travel long distances. We try to give our best on the pitch to pay the fans back for the support they continue to show us.
Franz Beckenbauer has spoken highly of your combination with team-mate Mario Götze. Why do you play so well together?
Reus: I don't have to say much about Mario. He is still a young player but he is so strong already. He is a very intelligent player and he seems to know where I will run in many situations. It's important to have somebody on the pitch who has the same ideas as you. And Mario has that. It's great fun to play alongside him.
How did the way you two celebrate a goal come about?
Reus: We follow basketball and when they score big points in the NBA they celebrate like that. It's just a bit of fun really.
Do you think the current side can replicate the 1997 team and go on to win the UEFA Champions League?
Reus: All we can do is try to beat our next opponent. It doesn't make sense to talk about the final just yet.
This is an edited version of an article in the new edition of Champions Matchday, official magazine of the UEFA Champions League. It is available in digital versions on Apple Newsstand or Zinio, as well as in print, and you can follow the magazine on Twitter @ChampionsMag.
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The first fruit of the recently announced Novell/Microsoft interoperability agreement arrived on Dec. 4, with Novell's announcement that its version of the OpenOffice productivity suite will now support the Microsoft Office Open XML format. The release candidate of Novell's modified version of OpenOffice.org 2.02 is now available for Windows for free download by registered Novell users.
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Seems to me, the more useful Openoffice is, the better for all it's users. THe changes made to openoffice will be available to all openoffice users, therefore we all win. I use openoffice exclusively, and I think being able to open any file sent to me is a godsend. Man, people bitch when MS keeps it's formats secret, and they bitch when they open them up and allow other other organizations to use them


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U.S. homebuilding climbed 13.2 percent in April
By The Associated Press
This article was published May 16, 2014 at 9:02 a.m.
WASHINGTON — U.S home construction surged in April to its highest pace in five months. Almost all that increase came from the volatile apartment sector, a sign that Americans are still struggling to buy single-family homes.
The Commerce Department said Friday that builders started work on 1.07 million homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in April, up 13.2 percent from March. The gains were driven by a 42.9 percent jump in the construction of apartments and condominiums. The rate of building single-family homes rose just 0.8 percent.
The gains for apartment building point to an economy where more Americans rent instead of purchasing a home. Following the housing bust and Great Recession, Americans have been coping with flat wages and job insecurity, making it difficult to save for a down payment. The home ownership rate was 64.8 percent at the start of the year, down from a peak of 69.2 percent during 2004.
Homebuilding has yet to fully rebound during the nearly five-year recovery. That has deprived the economy of a traditional source of growth because each single-family home built creates three jobs and generates $90,000 in tax revenues, according to the National Association of Homebuilders.
Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, said that the April construction numbers are "consistent with more strength in rental demand than home sales."
Most of the April gains in multi-family housing were concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest, regions that are bouncing back from the harsh winter where snow and freezing temperatures halted construction.
Applications for building permits, a gauge of future activity, rose 8 percent to an annual rate of 1.08 million. The gains in permits also came almost exclusively from apartments and condominiums.
Single-family home construction has struggled to fully recover from its winter slowdown.
An index of builder confidence for this month fell a percentage point to 45, the National Association of Homebuilders and Wells Fargo reported Thursday. A reading below 50 indicates that builders consider the conditions for new construction to be poor. The index had been above 50 from June through January.
Builders had been on an annual pace to begin construction more than 1 million homes in December and November. But their efforts slowed in January amid fierce snowstorms and freezing temperatures. The number of starts improved slightly in February and March. But activity slowed in the South and West just as warmer weather was boosting construction in the Northeast and Midwest. The pace of housing starts has dropped 5.9 percent since March 2012.
Sales of new homes fell 14.5 percent in March as average prices rose, leaving many would-be buyers unable to afford what was on the market. The number of permits also fell in March, a sign that there might be fewer groundbreakings on new homes in the coming months.
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Northridge Publishing announced this week that they are launching a new subscription book series in 2012 called Signature Series. Each volume in the series will focus on the work and style of a different papercrafts industry designer.
From an entry on the My Craft Channel blog, it appears that the Signature Series book series is a partnership with them to promote their show hosts. Northridge purchased My Craft Channel from founder Kristine McKay in October 2011, shortly before the channel's official launch.


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Sorry, I am not a native speaker, but what are you using "where am I" in this context for? I think it doesn't make sense...
English Teacher
Hi teachers,
Could you correct this paragraph please?
The person is in the station bar buying some drinks.
Robert: Oh my God!! The train is leaving the station! My bag and my jacket are on the train and my train ticket is in my jacket pocket. I have got little money in my pants pocket, and where amI?
Thanks in advance
Sorry, I am not a native speaker, but what are you using "where am I" in this context for? I think it doesn't make sense...
I've got almost no money on me, and I don't even know where I am!
(What kind of person leaves their bag and jacket unattended on a train? A very trusting one, I guess.)
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
I wondered that, too, englishhobby.
He just needs to look at the station name-board.
Thank you for your reply. The thing is that he is traveling with two more people, in fact two girls. The girls were thirsty and there wasn't a snack car on that train. So he went off the train to buy them a couple of drinks. That's why he left his jacket and bag on the train.
What kind of person leaves
their(shouldn't it be 'his') bag and jacket unattended on a train?
These days we frequently use 'they'/'them'/'their' in preference to 'he or she'/'him or her'/his or her'. This was once considered sub-standard, but is now becoming more and more accepted. Indeed, the idea of using 'they' to refer to one person is now so common, that the emphtic/reflexive pronoun 'themself' is appearing.