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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (6 votes).
In short: I have a new favourite race.In full: Absolutely brilliant. This was just over 9 miles, frigging great laugh. Got absolutely soaked, covered in mud, laughed my ass off and had a brilliant time. If you take your running really seriously, don't bother with this unless you're willing to have a laugh - it's a fantastic event though!Date of review: November 15, 2012
In short: Great fun....Date of review: November 12, 2012
In short: Hills, Hills, and Wet Muddy Hills In full: Awesome event this year, loved every energy sapping mile. Much tougher route than the previous year, only helped by the extra water features all the way round the course. Love the T-shirt, much more creative than last years. Cant ever take this event too seriously.... its a fun day out rather than a full on race, but did have some slight concerns over the lack of marshalls / first aid out on the course. Baggage area also needs looking at / organising a little better. Guy getting my bag just seemed to vanish when he couldnt find it, and gave up., Ended up standing around for 10 minutes freezing cold, before resorting to going in and finding it myself ! Will be back again I am sure !Date of review: November 12, 2012
In short: One to have ticked off!!In full: Glad to have taken part but not sure I would do again. Agree with the comment about lack of First Aid/marshalls-went to assistance of guy who hurt his knee and who was diabetic-no assistance in sight. Hope he was ok. Delay at finish to collect medal far too long in cold wet clothing and changing area ridiculously small. A big thanks to the 2 guys who helped me through the Bog of Doom-at 4ft 11 I really struggled with the depth and cold!! Thanks so much guys xDate of review: November 12, 2012
In short: Not to be taken too seriously in the run calendar, but an awful lot of fun.....In full: At points, it made me wonder 'do we really need to go down the hill, just to come back up'?It would have also been better to have some more straight runs, as others had said existed in previous years?Given at points of the course, you are upto your nexk in freezing cold, filthy muddy water, a bit more consideration to changing facility at the end would have been appreciated, perhaps even a shower???All said and done, great run, lots of laughs, very nice organisation. Well done.Date of review: November 11, 2012
In short: Much harder hills this yearIn full: Some changes to course added lots of tough hills...to be fair even a mountain goat couldn't run up many of them and hey got annoying in th end. Always a friendly bunch though. Not impressed with first aid after we helped a collapsed chap near bog...I will be writing to the organisers..glad it wasn't me but hope he is ok.Date of review: November 10, 2012
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While not directly Mozilla-related, I wanted to link to this open letter from the directors of all of the East Asian Internet registries to Rod Beckstrom, CEO of ICANN.
James Seng's Blog : Blog Archive : JET Open Letter to ICANN
The issues brought up are:
1) IDN Variant Problem.
Essentially the East Asian languages need to have IDN Variant implemented or else people in East Asia who buy internationalized domains would have to pay multiple times for the same domain.
2) CJK Three Characters Problem.
The policy states that top-level domain "strings must be composed of three or more visually distinct letters or characters in the script" but that clearly isn't appropriate for East Asian languages, where ideographs do not match equally with letters in an alphabet.
These are some of the challenges facing the Internationalization of the Internet, specifically at ICANN, but there are many other interesting examples elsewhere (input method editors being another huge hurdle.)

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Birthrates across the globe are going down even as life expectancy increases. The former trend is marked particularly in developed nations.
There are lots of reasons for people to have kids or not have kids. Some of these reasons are economic. As I've argued previously, "One of the common concerns that drives prospective parents to put off having children is economic, specifically that they won't have the financial resources to support a growing family. This is a worry that's been around as long as there have been families."
Perhaps it really is more difficult in America today to make the economic sacrifice (or perhaps better understood as investment) required for having kids.
But often these kinds of economic reasons end up being used as rationalizations. More honest, at least, is this characterization of a 'rational' approach to procreation:
Not having children isn't selfish. Not having children is a perfectly rational and reasonable response given that humans are essentially parasites on the face of a perfectly lovely and well-balanced planet, ploughing through its natural resources, eradicating its endangered species, and ruining its most wonderful landscapes. This might sound misanthropic, and it is, but it is also true.


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About the Author: Ryan Palsrok serves as the Public Outreach Coordinator in the Office of Children's Issues.
In recognition of National Adoption Month, the Bureau of Consular Affairs' Office of Children's Issues recently launched a new website devoted exclusively to intercountry adoption. The website, Adoption.state.gov, includes step-by-step instructions for adopting from another country, interactive adoption statistics, and a new publication for adopting parents called "Intercountry Adoption From A-Z."
In the last five years, Americans have adopted over 100,000 children from abroad. Last year, we saw over 17,400 intercountry adoptions to the United States. However, the process of adopting a child from another country can be difficult. That's where the new website comes in. We hope that Adoption.state.gov will provide adopting parents with the answers they need.
One of the primary challenges in creating the site was the diversity of our audience. On the one hand, we wanted to provide adopting parents (both in the U.S. and overseas) information about the adoption process. This required plain language explanations to complex legal processes. On the other hand, we aimed to offer more technical, legal information to adoption attorneys and agencies who apply for Federal accreditation. Another challenge was to create a warm, inviting design that reflects the importance of adoption to the Department of State.
How'd we do? Will the site be useful to adopting parents? Is the information easy to find? What else could be added to the site? We welcome your suggestions.


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IBM had over a dozen storage-related announcements this week. This is my third and final part in my series to provide a quick overview of the announcements.
- IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager v6.3
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is market-leading software that provides not just backup, but also HSM and archive capabilities across a wide variety of operating systems. Originally developed in the IBM Almaden Research Center, it then moved about 15 years ago to Tucson to become a commercial product.
The new TSM v6.3 introduces site-to-site hot-standby disaster recovery feature that replicates the TSM meta data and data for fast recovery. The maximum number of objects supported has doubled to four billion. Reporting has been enhanced using technologies borrowed from IBM Cognos. Lastly, a feature on Tivoli Storage Productivity Center has been carried forward to deploy and update agents on the various clients.For more details, see fellow IBM blogger Richard Vining's post on [TSM v6.3 Announcements]
- IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager v3.1
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager coordinates application-aware backups through the use of point-in-time copy services such as FlashCopy or Snapshot on various IBM and non-IBM disk systems. The versions can remain on disk, or optionally processed by Tivoli Storage Manager to move them to external storage such as tape for added protection.
There will always be a spot in my heart for this product, as the method to use FlashCopy for application-aware backups on the mainframe was my 19th patent, and subsequently delivered as a series of enhancements to DFSMS over the past decade on the z/OS operating system. It is good to see this innovation has "jumped over" to distributed systems.
The new FlashCopy Manager v3.1 adds support for HP-UX and VMware, expands support for IBM DB2 and Oraqcle databases, and introduces an interface for custom business applications.
For more details, see fellow IBM blogger Del Hoobler's post on [TSM FlashCopy Manager v3.1 Announcements].
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments v6.3
TSM for VE is a new addition to the TSM family, focused on being able to coordinate hypervisor-aware data protection. Initially it supports VMware, but IBM has plans to support a variety of other server virtualization hypervisors as well, as over 40 percent of companies run two or more hypervisors in their data center.
The new TSM for VE v6.3 adds a VMware vCenter plug-in, and support for hardware-based disk snapshots.
- IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v4.2.2
A long time ago, I was the chief architect IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v1, now we are already up to v4.2.2 release!
IBM has added enhanced reporting based on IBM Cognos technology, including storage tiering analysis reports (STAR). Few companies keep all of their storage tiers in a single disk system. Rather, they have different boxes, and often from different vendors. IBM's Productivity Center can report on both IBM and non-IBM disk systems. New this release is support for the internal disks of the Storwize V7000 midrange disk system.
Productivity Center's "SAN Planner" has been enhanced to consider XIV replication criteria. This SAN Planner helps clients decide where to carve LUNs, and to make sure they pick the right place given all of the criteria such as remote copy replications.
Last year, we introduced Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition (MRE) which to offer lower price when you are only managing midrange disk systems DS5000, DS3000, Storwize V7000 and SVC managing these. This was so successful, that we now have TPC Select, which is basically Productivity Center Standard Edition (SE) for these midrange disk systems.
Whew! I have already heard from some of my readers to slow down, that this is too much information to deal with all at once. IBM has tried everything from having just a few announcements nearly every Tuesday, to having huge launches every two to three years, and settled in the middle with announcements about four to five times per year.
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Radio Free '90s
My husband and I lived abroad for just over half of the 1990s, so while folks in the US of A were listening to Seal and 4 Non Blondes, we were immersed in German hip-hop (Die Fantastischen Vier rapping about wearing heavy sweaters and fretting over hot women who refuse to date on Friday nights) and humid Italian potboilers like Gianna Nannini's "Scandalo." (The less said about Münchener Freiheit's "Ich Will Dich Nochmal," the better. Okay, I take that back. A little bit has to be said for the full horror of the song to be appreciated. Best to let the lyrics speak for themselves, albeit in translation:
"I want you again, I want you completely!
It's not enough just to dream about it;
Come here--I want you again!"
Oh dear, oh dear. Now that "smells like teen spirit.")
A few nuggets did make their way into our awareness. REM had broken out by then, but really got big in 1991 with "Losing My Religion" and, really, the whole CD "Out of Time." They followed that up with their 1992 album "Automatic for the People," which featured breakout hits "Everybody Hurts" and "Man on the Moon." (For my money, 1994's "Monster" was the band's best album. God, how I love songs like "I Don't Sleep I Dream," "King of Comedy," and "Tongue." I know, I'm odd that way.)
U2 bounced back from creative exhaustion with a career-redefining album, "Achtung Baby," including a version of "Until the End of the World" that, though it differed from the version used in the Wim Wenders film of the same title, worked a treat; Kate Bush returned with the worn and weary sound of "The Red Shoes," a CD that had some clunkers but also some glorious moments like "Big Stripey Lie" and "Top of the City," not to mention "You're the One," her moody (and Moody Bluesy) breakup song, and "Why Should I Love You," her collaboration with Prince... Who, in his turn, produced a marvel of an album titled after the double-gender Symbol that the Artist Formerly Known As adopted as his name for a few years. The CD itself was a grand thing, probably Price's best since 1987s "Sign 'O' the Times," offering gems like "The Continental," "The Morning Papers," "Damn U," and the super-sexy "Blue Light."
By the time we got back here, in mid-1996, it felt a little like the good music of the decade had already run its course, with some notable exceptions like Neil Finn's "Try Whistling This." I had never been into Nirvana, but Kurt Cobain's death left a pall over the whole music scene. My husband and I retreated into classical and, to an extent, kept our ears attuned to what was going on elsewhere in the world, grooving on Brazil's Edson Cordeiro and sampling World Music, rather than pop music. In short, it seemed to us that the nimbus of musical glory left over from the '80s had pretty much faded by then.
When the Boston Gay Men's Chorus performed its '80s concert a few years ago, it was pure joy: What bliss to be thrashing out "Love Shack" while a coterie of our hottest dancers took to the floor! What fun to trawl through a veritable catalogue of the decade's hits in the form of Chad Weirick's ingeniously wrought medleys!
This Pride... this weekend, in fact... the BGMC will follow with its '90s concert, titled "Are You Ready for This?" At first, I wasn't sure I was ready for it: What I knew of 1990s music was, as I say, sort of a holdover from the 1980s. I didn't feel I had a grip on this "grunge" stuff or anything truly of a piece with the decade. I had, after all, forsaken the radio right around the time my husband and I returned to American shores. But as the weeks of rehearsal went by, and the material began to sink in, snippets of songs I had never really known and tunes I'd never heard before started to catch fire in my brain.
Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger?" Tell me more! "Strike It Up" by Black Box? Where had this ripping dance tune been all my life? "Gangsta's Paradise?" What could possibly say "gay men's chorus" more succinctly? (Okay, that last was a joke. Sort of.)
But wait! No '90s concert could be complete without a song, or three songs, or a whole medley, drawn from "Rent." Chad has done wonders putting just such a medley together: It's like seeing the show in, like, six minutes.
Boy bands get their due in another Chad medley (so this is what Earthlings mean by "Back Street Boys!") and our sign language interpreter, Lewana Clark, has her work cut out for her in the specially prepared "Lewana Challenge." (Paging the fast-talking Barenaked Ladies!)
The BGMC is all about Divas (why, last Pride that was even the theme of our show), and there are plenty of them present in our '90s show, with music made famous not just by Madonna, but also by the likes of Mariah Carey, Des'ree, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, and even the Spice Girls (not to mention Salt'n'Pepa).
Not to give anything away, but don't... do not!... dare miss what we do with Ricky Martin's "La Copa de la Vida," courtesy of Bill Casey and our super-talented choreographer Michelle Chasse, who makes even us non-dancers look, well, pretty durn graceful. I'd show you the pictures, but they might just be too hot for ordinary laptops to handle...
Oh, okay. Reuben, our director, might kill me, but let me offer the barest sneak peek at what we have in store. Eyes to the photo at left. Ain't it too much? You get what I'm saying?
If you live in Boston (or can get yourself here for all that Beantown Pride has to offer), you know where to be this Thursday, Friday, or Sunday night: John Hancock Hall. If not, well, maybe someone will post some YouTube video.
Yes, yes, I know: I am using my column to sell tickets to a show I appear in, on behalf of an organization in which I am a member of the board. (Not too active lately, but still.) Now, is that an ethical thing for a columnist to do?
Well, here's the rub: For all the progress we have made in the last couple of decades (and remember that the push for marriage equality really got going in the '90s), there's still an awful lot of hate, homophobia, and ignorance out there. Last March, when the BGMC paid a visit to a Boston area town, a local blogger lit up the Net with a rant about how we were bringing down the neighborhood. (An openly gay high school senior posted a response that put the anti-gay blogger to shame. The best the homophobic blogger could come up with in reply was to sneer that no one so articulate could be a product of the local school system.) And this was in Massachusetts, the cradle of marriage equality since 2004. Shocking--but there you have it.
It gets worse. The previous March, our Spring concert, which included a suite of songs inspired by the book "Prayers for Bobby," featured a number of gay youth who bravely came on stage to tell their stories of anti-gay persecution, bullying, and torment at the hands of people (sometimes their own families) who told them that they were bad, they were sinners, they were going to Hell. Nice, eh?
Music is how the Boston Gay Men's Chorus, and gay and lesbian choruses around the nation, reaches people with the simple message that we are people, too, and wish to be treated accordingly. Music is timeless, and songs the heroic means that gives voice to the concerns and passions of the common people--and our message remains crucially, critically timely.
So yes, I'm shamelessly using my column to spread the word: We have a fantastic, fun, and downright fabulous show to share with y'all. Come out this Pride and see what the (joyful, rockin', '90s-rific) noise is all about.
The Boston Gay Men's Chorus presents "Are You Ready for This?" on Thursday, June 7, at 8:00 pm; Friday, June 8, at 8:00 pm; and Sunday, June 10, at 7:00 pm. All performances will take place at John Hancock Hall in Boston. For tickets and more information, please visit http://bgmc.org/concerts_pride.php


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John Stossel is fed up with celebrities whining about the very economic system that made them rich. From Russell Brand demanding redistribution of wealth to George Lucas decrying "capitalist democracy," celebrities who are rolling in dough seem to be suffering from some sort of entrepreneurial guilt. Of course, they aren't feeling guilty enough to ditch one of their seven planes (à la Harrison Ford) so as to lower their carbon foot print, but guilty enough to tell us that capitalism is wrong. Very wrong.
It's bad enough that celebrities trash the only economic system that makes poor people's lives better. What's worse is that many are hypocrites. (more…)


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It's Columbus Day, when we celebrate the explorer — and, by extension, a certain big city named for him.
To mark the day, The Dispatch asked readers to submit favorite views of our hometown.
They sent close-ups and panoramas, day shots and night shots, familiar scenes and unusual angles.
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Senior art exhibitions at Saint Vincent Gallery
The Saint Vincent Gallery will present two senior exhibitions this spring.
The first opens with a reception with the artists from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10 and will show the work of Jordan Hainsey, a graphic design major from Hollidaysburg; Laura Schultheis, a studio arts major from Sarver; Katherine Varga, a studio arts major from Downingtown, and James Wojtila, a graphic arts major from Aurora, Ohio.
The first exhibition will continue from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 27 during regular Gallery hours.
The second senior exhibition opens with a reception with the artists from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 and will show the work of Marisa Sberna, a studio arts major from Beaver Falls; Stephen Watts, a graphic arts major from Pittsburgh (15214); and Corynne Wright, an art education major from Ford City. The second exhibition will continue from Friday, April 8 to Sunday, May 1 during regular Gallery hours.
Gallery hours are 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 12 noon to 3 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The Gallery is closed on Mondays and will also be closed from April 19 to 25 for Easter vacation. Admission is free and open to the public. The Saint Vincent Gallery is located on the third floor of the Robert S. Carey Student Center and is accessible to the physically challenged. For further information, 724 805-2197, www.stvincent.edu/gallery.
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A compelling memoir from a true hero - and one of the few living persons to ever be awarded the celebrated Medal of Honor.
Sal Giunta was just a regular kid from Iowa when he enlisted in the army to figure out what to do with his life. He never thought that a few tours of duty later, he would be the first living person since the Vietnam War to be awarded the esteemed Medal of Honor.
First stationed in Italy and then deployed into Afghanistan, Giunta had a firsthand perspective of the ground war and its daily difficulties - some quotidian in nature, some anything but. He and around 150 of his company were stationed in the dangerous Korengal Valley in 2007, where some of the most intense fighting in the war had taken place. Giunta called it, "basically hell on earth".
Late one night in October of 2007, Giunta's company embarked on a sting operation into the Taliban's forces. They were ambushed on a rugged mountain path by 20 insurgents. Giunta sprang into action and with little regard for his own safety, he withstood enemy fire to administer medical aid to his wounded fellow soldiers - even rescuing one soldier who was being carried away by the insurgents - until his squad reached safety.
For the unrivaled bravery and selflessness of his actions, Giunta was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama. In this fascinating and riveting memoir, he depicts the realities of war, as well as the moment-by-moment details of the event that earned him the nation's highest distinction.
©2012 Sal Giunta (P)2012 Simon & Schuster, Inc
"Thank You Sgt Giunta"
Just finished "Living with Honor: A Memoir" by Sal Giunta. I found it to be an excellent read and I highly recommend it. For those who don't know; Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. He is also a Cougar '04 (alum of Kennedy HS in Cedar Rapids, IA).Though a couple decades earlier; as an alum of Kennedy HS myself, I easily relate to much of his early story about growing up in Cedar Rapids and attending Kennedy. As a veteran, with a combat MOS, Sgt Giunta's depiction of enlistment, training and comradery brought back so many memories; few unwanted, but most more than welcome and missed. For that I thank him. That said, I cannot imagine, not even remotely, the experience this brave man and his "boys" went through in Afghanistan or the impacts of those experiences has had on them, their families and their friends.Sgt. Giunta, I thank you and your buddies for your sacrifice to serve and protect this great nation and I thank you for sharing your journey with us. I'm so thankful we have citizens like you. God Bless !!!
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. True heroes are few and far between. Circumstance are never the same, challenges are always different, but heroes float to the top. They are not perfect; like all of us they have their flaws, but when steel meets steel their character shines as a beacon for all of us. Sgt. Giunta and Lt Zamperini rise to the highest level.
The scene that describes how Sgt. Giunta earned the Medal of Honor is a great story, though horrific because of the loss of life. But honestly my favorite was when Sal ran into a high school classmate in Italy that led to his meeting his future wife Jenny.
There were many, but the one that most moved me was the letter Sgt. Giunta received from his father.
Only about 1% of our population stand guard to protect our freedom and liberty. These are volunteers who believe in this great experiment in democracy so much that they ante their own lives. Not all of us can match their strength, their patriotism or their sacrifice, but all can and should thank them, praise them and support them.
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"Wonderfully powerful and humble story"
Sal Giuntas accounts of army life in Afganistan, he loyalty to the me he served with and the humble manner he accepted his Medal of Honor are inspiring. It is a story of a tough soldier a tough man who did his duty and with out intent found himself a hero. What a wonderful read of a man easy to respect and admire
The loss of men who were supposed to be invinsible giants.
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Thank you Sal, for your brave and compassionate duty to our nation and your fellow men in arms. Great story. Ive never listened to a story like this before. I was totally enthralled and felt your every emotion. Well done!
"Narration was fantastic"
I've listened to a few war memoirs now on audible and this one is probably the best. 5 stars for narration. The story was everything I'd hoped it would be. Not exceptionally violent like others I have read but that's okay. I really find that, unfortunately, without quality narration, some great books don't get the chance to show their worth. I would really recommend reading this or listening to it, depending on where you read this review. Quality all around.
this was a good and honest story of a humble and real person. i recommend it.
"Above Average"
this book tried a great story and is very easy to listen to. Suitable for all ages.
Natalie Rohde
"Well written and well read"
I enjoyed all the details of this book especially the emphasis placed on the difficulties of reintegrating. Giunta is a humble and well deserving recipient of the Medal of Honor.
"Excellent story. Highly recomend"
This is one of my first reviews. I admit, I listen to a TON of military/military historical books. This has been by far one of the best and most memorable. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
I listen to and have recently started to write reviews. I've found the reviews have helped me to select books.
"Afghanistan was Real as Sal is Courageous"
What I loved best about Living with Honor was how Giunta talked the talk and proved that his talk was for real when it came to battle and his fellow Americans.Those men became closer to him than his own brother. He continues to keep in touch with a few of them now. He lived with them, sometimes in very close quarters. He ate, fought, used a homemade hole dug in the ground with slats, for a bathroom, that was patrolled while he used it. He was never alone while active in the battlefields of Afghanistan. There was one man that Giunta mentioned who went outside to use the bathroom alone and did not make it back alive.
Guinta was my favorite character because when he signed up with the Army, he wanted to do his best. He proved that and so much more. Guinta was the kind of soldier, that another soldier would be glad when they were fighting on the same battlefield together. He always covered every comrade's back. That's what I would call trust. He not only saved other's from an untimely death but other's saved him, too. When fighting in war men become more bonded with one another than with their own brother's. Salvatore continues to keep in contact with a few men to this day.
The scene that stands out in my mind is when there was an intense battle being fought in Afghanistan and when Sal looked over his shoulder he couldn't believe what he saw. Guinta, while running, glanced back and said, " those Afghanistan's have our man." He ran like the road runner, up a steep, craggy mountain and retrieved his comrade. He brought him back down using a fireman's carry. His comment was that he killed one and only wounded the other. He could only hope that the other one died, too.
War and the Men who Fight Back for America's Freedom
I realized that while listening to this novel, the war in Afghanistan was being fought as I listened, in real time. Men have fought since the beginning of time. Osama bin Laden is dead. He was found in a cave with the amenities of life and then some. SEAL Team Six, the best of the best, nailed him. I'm glad we were able to mete out a small amount of revenge. There is not enough revenge in the world that could repay him and Afghanistan for the lives of our fellow American's. However, Afghanistan's way of living will not change. Their many tribes and ways of government are varied and will never be united into one. Let's bring our men and women back home. American's have served their country beyond all expectations but the war on terrorism will not be won by letting more American's die. War today is a different kind of war than before.
After you listen to this memoir, you will understand why Salvatore Guinta received the Medal of Honor. I'm proud that he is an American.
The narrator was excellent. I felt as if I was in the story. I've been listening to varied narrator's of late and I'm finding they are story appropriate.
I think that I could read this book again. However, if I've written a review about a book, I can reconstruct it fairly well or if I start to listen again, everything comes back. When I am unable to do that, the book may not have been that good a book or I was having a bad day. But I have read a book more than once because I felt a need to reread, even if I know what is going to happen. There are very special books that insist I read them again.
When Sal was stationed in Germany awaiting to be called up to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, he met a woman he had went to high school with. She was in Italy for an overseas, suggested teaching experience, for college. He began to go visit the sites of the country with the group and did find a woman he married after he left the army. She actually left school for awhile and came to live in Italy to be near him. It's a small world.
Your credit will not be wasted if you enjoy reading about war. The book was interesting, a learning experience, well written and a book that you may want to read in one day. Yes, I think it's that good.
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BALTIMORE -- At the 2011 non-waiver trade deadline, the Texas Rangers felt they were one move away from not just making the World Series as they had the year before, but winning it.
Unwittingly, they delivered a blossoming star into the hands of the Baltimore Orioles.
HR DERBY: Davis on the AL team
Texas's fate was the same that year, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. And though the Rangers fell short of their ultimate goal, the effects of their midseason deal that sent Chris Davis to the Orioles have never been more apparent.
Davis is arguably the American League's Most Valuable Player this season, pacing Major League Baseball with 33 home runs. His 85 RBI are second only to Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, who will likely be Davis' main competitor for MVP.
Monday night, the Rangers came face-to-face with Davis the MVP candidate, rather than the struggling, strikeout-prone young hitter they nurtured, but ultimately could not wait to blossom.
Now, watching Davis thrive in a different uniform is a reality that Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine and his boss, general manager Jon Daniels, has to live with.
Surely, it's even more tempting to think of what could've been when Davis is playing against his former team, as he is this week at Camden Yards. But Levine knows it was a move that, ultimately, had to be made.
He came to Baltimore, along with then-starting pitcher Tommy Hunter, in a deal for set-up man Koji Uehara, who did, in fact, play a key bullpen role for the pennant-winning Rangers.
"We had come to a point where it was going to be less likely for him to get everyday at-bats for us," Levine said. "We recognized when we traded him that we were giving him to a team that was going to be able to give him everyday at-bats. We always viewed him as a guy who you were going to need to let play for 500-plus plate appearances."
But making enough contact to earn those plate appearances was Davis' eternal challenge in Texas.
The most plate appearances he received there was 419 in 2009. Sure enough, last year, when he finally crossed the magical 500 plate appearances mark Texas had set for him, Davis put up career-high power numbers for the Orioles. This year, he's on pace for roughly 574 at-bats and his numbers are MVP-worthy.
After a year of platooning at first base with Mark Reynolds, now with the Cleveland Indians, Davis no longer has to worry about his playing time. In Texas, he was always, as Levine says, "looking over his shoulder."
"Asking a guy like that to play infrequently doesn't put him in the best position," Levine said.
His failings — such as his 150 strikeouts in 391 at-bats in 2009 opened the door for others, such as Justin Smoak and Mitch Moreland, to steal at-bats, exacerbating the pressure he felt playing in his home state in front of fans who knew his capabilities.
Manager Ron Washington said the Chris Davis he'll face this week is, for the most part, the same player he coached in Texas.
"It's the same Chris Davis that was kicking (butt) in Triple-A," Washington said. "He just didn't show up until he came to Baltimore. He hadn't figured it out yet."
Trading away a player just a couple seasons away from an MVP-caliber year might be an extreme example of what can happen at this year's deadline. But those future implications always weigh heavily.
Though Levine and the Rangers knew just what they were giving up at the time, the trade itself didn't cause too big of a splash.
In fact, it was far more notable that Uehara was joining the Rangers than they were giving up on Davis.
"It's not like when he first came over (to Baltimore) he was a blockbuster," Washington said.
"If we would've kept him for six years, we would've had that Chris Davis."


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Join Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique) and collaborators to witness and participate as they choreograph, write, and mastermind performances inspired by the work of Jean Paul Gaultier. Monique Jenkinson is a dancer and performance artist whose work is informed by traditions of queer and feminist theory and the cultural currents of fashion, design, and nightlife.


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Ex-agency head pleads guilty to grand larceny
JOHNSTOWN – The former executive director of Adirondack Mentoring Partners pleaded guilty today in County Court less than a year after she was charged with using the nonprofit's funds to pay herself for more than two years while also illegally collecting unemployment benefits.
Margaret Shaver, 40, of 913 County Highway 112 in the town of Johnstown, pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny before Judge Felix J. Catena at the Fulton County Courthouse this morning.
Under a plea arrangement with the district attorney's office, she is expected to receive 90 days in jail and five years of probation. She also will pay tens of thousands in restitution and waive her right to appeal, Assistant District Attorney James Riley said.
She will be sentenced at 10:30 a.m. April 25 at the courthouse. If she had been found guilty at trial, she could have faced 28 months to seven years in state prison.
Shaver entered the courtroom in a dark shirt, scarf and sunglasses at 9:20 a.m. and sat alone at the defense table. Her attorney, Bob Abdella of Gloversville, joined her five minutes later. She spoke quietly, answering Catena's questions with "yes, sir," including when he asked if she had stolen property.
When Catena asked her what property she'd stolen, she replied "money."
Under terms of the plea, Shaver will be required to pay $75,398.76 in restitution before sentencing to Adirondack Mentoring Partners, the United Way of Fulton County and the state Department of Labor.
Shaver declined to comment after sentencing.
Todd Rulison, president of the United Way Board of Directors, said this morning the agency has cooperated with the investigation and looks forward to the case's resolution.
"There were a lot of issues involved in the case," Abdella said. "We decided in light of the potential [prison] time she'd be facing, it was not in her best interest to move forward in that direction."
Shaver initially was charged by Gloversville police on April 18 with felony grand larceny and four misdemeanor counts of second-degree falsifying business records for taking about $40,000 in nonprofit funds.
On Aug. 22, state police followed, charging her with falsifying business records and grand larceny for allegedly collecting $37,857 in unemployment benefits.
City police said Shaver began siphoning off funds from the former Big Brothers Big Sisters organization in April 2009, after she was told the nonprofit couldn't afford to pay employees. Police said she continued to "sporadically pay herself wages and benefits she was no longer entitled to" through June 2011.
In June 2011, three of Adirondack Mentoring Partners' board members told police they suspected money was missing from accounts. In October 2011, they provided police with a copy of their audit, and city detectives and state Financial Services investigators followed up with their own audit.
State police brought the second round of charges after an investigation with the state Labor Department and the state Banking & Finance Department.
Adirondack Mentoring Partners, which was funded through a $10,000 United Way grant, organized an after-school mentoring program where high school athletes worked with elementary students in Fulton and Montgomery counties.
Police said the program did not exist in 2009-10, even though the nonprofit received the funding and provided reports to the United Way.
Shaver was not having money problems during the time she was taking the funds, Abdella said in August. When the organization was known as Big Brothers Big Sisters, she earned $40,000 as executive director.


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Shirley W. Schmidt
ST. PETER – Shirley W. Schmidt, age 88, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter, MN.
A funeral service honoring Shirley's life will be held on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 11am in the Northview North Mankato Mortuary Chapel with Dr. Rev. Scott Olson, officiating. A visitation will begin at 10am until the time of the service on Monday. A private family burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Mankato. Memorials may be given to Grace Lutheran Church, Mankato or the Salvation Army. Northview North Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Shirley was born October 21, 1924 to Wilfred and Marie (Pehrson) Decko in Traverse, MN. She graduated from St. Peter High School in 1942. Shirley worked in Seattle, WA shipyards until the end of WWII, then returned to Minnesota, graduated from Mankato Commercial College and was employed at Mankato Oil Company. Shirley was united in marriage to Howard F. Schmidt on May 15, 1949 at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter, MN. She was an avid coin and doll collector. Shirley lived in the home she shared with Howard in North Mankato from 1951 until her illness in January 2013.
Shirley is survived by her children, Karen (Richard) Neubert of North Mankato, Todd Schmidt of Farmington, MN, and Wendy (Steve) Buckholz of North Mankato; three grandchildren, Nicole Buckholz, Kelly Neubert, and Jack Buckholz; and one great-grandson, Aaron Neubert.
Shirley was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Howard in 1977; her son, Richard in 1960; her parents, and brother, Delmore (Sonny) Decko.


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ANCHORAGE — State officials and the University of Alaska Fairbanks will again host an Alaska Strategic and Critical Minerals Summit.
The event is scheduled for Friday in Fairbanks.
The Department of Natural Resources says the focus will be on the state's strategy for exploring, developing and processing strategic minerals and related activity by business and university officials.
Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan says a goal of the second summit is to stimulate private-sector investment, activity and responsible resource development.


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I've been drinking loose leaf tea (daily) for a few months. I'm still experimenting with different types of tea, though I've found I do not like tea with what I think is described as a grassy and/or vegetal Flavour. One tea I've had where I find this flavor too strong for my liking is dragonwell tea. I'm guessing that not all dragon well teas have this flavor, so I'm not completely ruling them out.
Anyway, my question - are most (or just some) green teas noted for this type of flavor?
Being new I'm still buying new types of tea to see what I like, though I'm starting to narrow down what I know I really like (Darjeeling, wuyi oolong, Formosa oolong, tie guan yin--with these I've tried several different types of each and liked all of them).
I haven't tried a lot of green, but if you have suggestions of types that are not what I describe as grassy /vegetal, I would be grateful.


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The Blue Jackets won't play too many games this season against teams that have the same modest level of skill. They won't face too many goaltenders with as little NHL experience as Leland Irving.
But presented with such an opportunity last night against the Calgary Flames, and in deep need of salvaging a six-game homestand, the Blue Jackets fell prey to their own aggravating tendencies. The Jackets' recurring bout with narcolepsy flared up again in the second period, when they lost their grip on a fast start, and they went on to lose 4-3 in overtime before 10,484 fans in Nationwide Arena.
"I tried not to pump their tires after the first period," coach Todd Richards said. "We have to figure it out. For 20 minutes, it's good. But then we lose our game, and when it's gone, it's gone. It's not for one shift or two shifts; it's an extended period of time."
Matt Calvert, Mark Letestu and Vinny Prospal scored for the Blue Jackets, who are just 1-2-1 during the homestand. They came back from 1-0 and 3-2 down to force the extra period, but this was not celebrated as a good point in the standings.
"It's good we keep fighting back from behind, but we have to be able to do it for 60 minutes," right winger Derek Dorsett said. "That's part of being a professional, being able to do your job and play your role for 60 minutes."
The Blue Jackets led 2-1 at 9:37 of the first period. Calvert snapped a 37-game streak without a goal at 4:44 to tie the score at 1, and Letestu scored a power-play goal off a slick pass from Derick Brassard nearly five minutes later. It sure looked like Irving, making his eighth NHL start, was on the ropes. By extension, so were the Flames.
"If we had come out in the second and played another good 20, maybe we break their will," Letestu said.
Instead, the Flames leaned on the Blue Jackets, shoveling the puck deep and keeping it in the zone for long stretches. The Flames pulled even on Mikael Backlund's goal at 13:06, and the game was in their grip.
"It's a tough game when they're breathing down your neck and you're not making plays to get it out of the zone," Letestu said.
It wasn't until the Flames went up 3-2 on Lee Stempniak's power-play goal at 8:33 of the third that the Blue Jackets awakened.
Prospal's third goal of the season, at 11:00, tied the score again. The Blue Jackets had a chance late when they gained a power play with 1:50 remaining when Stempniak dragged down Calvert to spoil a 2-on-1 rush. But they generated very little. Brassard, maybe the Jackets' most skilled player, was benched by Richards at that point.
"He made a play on the first (power-play) goal," Richards said. "But the way the game was going, the way the third period went, I went a different way."
Alex Tanguay ended the game only 1:07 into overtime with a slap shot from the right circle.
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Your child develops an understanding of rhymes by creating their own endings to the verses.
Your child learns about prioritization and develops spatial reasoning skills by serving customers their food orders via making three-way matches.
Your child develops fine motor skills and learns about astronomy by playing cosmic bowling.
Your child develops an understanding of math and ordinal numbers by observing two pictures and choosing the correct one before time runs out.
Your child develops an understanding of quantity and representation of equal forms of the same number by placing together a certain number of sandwiches using the correct numbers.
Your child develops geography by watching a song about all the states and capitals.
Your child develops geography by watching a video that sings all the countries of the world.
Your child develops punctuation skills by fixing the grammar in sentences and finding Dr. Know It All.
Your child develops an understanding of synonyms by defining the actions and feelings of the dog in the lab.
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At its annual Global Technology Conference (GTC 2011), Globalfoundries officially disclosed peculiarities of AMD's next-generation Fusion A-series accelerated processing unit code-named Trinity. As expected, the chip will be based on enhanced Bulldozer/Piledriver x86 cores as well as AMD's next-gen Radeon HD 7000-series graphics technology.
As reported, Advanced Micro Devices' second-generation code-named Trinity APU for mainstream personal computers (Comal for notebooks and Virgo for desktops) will be made using 32nm SOI HKMG process technology at Globalfoundries. The APU will feature up to four x86 cores powered by enhanced Bulldozer/Piledriver architecture, AMD Radeon HD 7000-series "Southern Islands" graphics core with DirectX 11-class graphics support and other improvements.
AMD and Globalfoundries claim that Trinity will offer up to 50% improvement in GFLOPS performance with the same power consumption as currently available A-series "Llano" APUs or similar GFLOPS horsepower with 50% reduction of power consumption.
While basic specs and peculiarities are known, it is still unclear how much more powerful will the enhanced Bulldozer (Piledriver) x86 cores be compared to the first-generation Bulldozer offerings and what will be different between the two iterations of the micro-architecture. It also remains to be seen whether AMD Radeon HD 7000-series will rely on VLIW4 architecture (Cayman-like), will sport a new graphics/compute architecture or something hybrid. It will be interesting to find out whether AMD will implement unified address space for CPU and GPU cores and/or other enhancements for heterogeneous multi-core solutions into its second-generation Fusion or will be a little bit more conservative.
AMD has been testing the 32nm SOI HKMG-based Trinity since June, 2011, therefore it is logical to expect the company to release the chip sometimes in the middle of 2012.
Even though both AMD and Globalfoundries nowadays praise 28nm HKMG bulk process technology, there is a whole lot of new products to be made at GF's 32nm SOI HKMG node in 2012, including eight-core Komodo central processing unit for desktops, ten-core Sepang chip for 1-2 socket servers as well as twenty-core Terramar processor for 2-4 socket servers. For some reason, Globalfoundries did not issue any updates about those microprocessors. Besides, neither AMD nor GF confirmed that the latter will make graphics processing units at 28nm node next year.
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Yesterday we discussed "wicked teas." Please continue to discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Do you predict a great 2nd half of your TeaYear 2011? Please share!
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NMU football: Wildcats lose finale despite 100-yard kickoff return
BIG RAPIDS – Northern Michigan University scored on the first play of the game, but the Wildcats couldn't build on that for a victory Saturday.
Christian Jessie gave NMU an early lead with a 100-yard kickoff return to start the game, but the Wildcats still dropped a 35-22 GLIAC decision to host Ferris State.
Northern led 10-7 in the first quarter after a John Oberheide 28-yard field goal, but head coach Chris Ostrowsky's squad succumbed to a 21-point Ferris State second quarter to end the season at 3-7 overall and in the league.
Jason Vander Laan notched three TDs and Jake Lampman two for the Bulldogs (8-3, 8-3). Vander Laan scored on runs of 1, 1 and 2 yards, while Lampman hit paydirt on a 16-yard pass from Vander Laan and a 3-yard run.
Vander Laan finished with 211 yards rushing in 39 carries.
Trailing 35-10, Northern scored on a 7-yard run by Keon Collier and a 48-yard fumble return by Adam Nichols.
NMU quarterback Shaye Brown completed 17 of 47 passes for 274 yards. He was intercepted twice.
Wyatt Jurasin of Marquette topped NMU in rushing with 38 yards in 13 attempts.
Nick Krause paced NMU defensively with five solo tackles and 10 assists, with one of his tackles going for a 5-yard loss.


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Monday, March 5, 2012
(OMG, remember that movie? Cocktail? One time we watched it in Sociology class in school and I still have no idea why. It did give be a burning desire to become a fancy bartender with smooth moves, though.)
SO I just spent the night with a barfy kid. My thanks to whoever allowed their sick child to lick the grocery cart before I used it. Really, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
But on Friday night I was much farther away from The Great Kindergartner Sickness of '12. I was helping out at a benefit for our hospital's NICU. Each year they do an event with an auction and entertainment to benefit the pediatric and NIC unit of three of our local hospitals. As a NICU volunteer, I'm all over that business. I was helping out with the silent auction, which basically meant I stood around and tried to encourage bidding wars between rich guys.
The event is semi-formal and cocktail attire, but some people go crazy. Floor-length gowns are always my favorite. I was telling my friend that it would be totally boss if some lady showed up with a fox fur, but no such luck. So I decided to err on the side of cocktail/semi-formal and break out my new cocktail dress, even though I totally would love to show up in a floor-length ballgown. This dress is one of about 10 cocktail frocks that I own, despite the fact that I never actually drink cocktails.
Dress: Dorothy Perkins
Jacket: F21
Shoes: Windsor
Bracelet + Ring: Charlotte Russe
Sweet mother of mercy I need a tan.
(Fun story about this dress! I saw it on Pinterest and became very obsessed and convinced my husband to buy it for me when I was in a bad mood. He can and will buy my love. I love the color TOO Much and it also comes in jade green, coral, black and cream. I DIE.)
I went all Magyver and wore the same outfit on Sunday because I slept in. SCORE. Also, this is what happens when I let my 3 year old pose the shot for me. Tyra would be proud.
Yes, a giant turquoise cocktail ring was necessary.
And lest you think I'm some kind of superhero, I only lasted in these shoes for about 2.5 hours. After my part in the silent auction was over and I was headed to stuff my face with like, soup shooters and shrimp scampi, I changed into my lace flats. I have my limits, people. My feet thanked me the next morning.
So, today I've done a complete 180 and declaring it a sick kid movie day. I shall wear my pajamas with pride!


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In remarks today at a trade event at Subang Airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Secretary Clinton said, "...One of the best parts about being Secretary of State is that I get to travel around the world representing my country. And it is such an honor to participate in the many different events that we do between the United States and countries around the world. And one part of my job that I take particularly seriously is talking about and promoting the work of great American companies like the ones represented here. I'm very proud of the business leaders and the workers of the United States of America, and I'm pleased that finally we are seeing very clearly the important business relationship between the United States and ASEAN countries. In fact, it's a bit of a surprise to some that the United States does more trade with the ASEAN countries than anyone else in Asia.
"I had excellent meetings yesterday with the deputy prime minister and with the foreign minister and by telephone with the prime minister. And one of the most important goals that we share is to boost economic growth and widespread prosperity in Malaysia and across the Asia Pacific region. Malaysia's economy, which has done so well, was hard hit by the global downturn, but it has come back strong this year. And the challenge that is being met by the leadership and the citizens of Malaysia to continue to put Malaysia back on the track for high growth is impressive indeed.
"The same is true for the United States. We are determined, as President Obama has made clear, to set a goal of doubling exports over the next five years. So our two countries have very similar goals and we have a strong foundation for our efforts, as the chairman and CEO said. We already have deep economic ties. The United States is the largest foreign direct investor in Malaysia, and American manufacturing companies have invested about $15 billion here and employ about 166,000 Malaysians. We think that's a win-win relationship.
"And the agreements that we're celebrating today are especially important. Malaysia Airlines will buy 50 American-built Pratt & Whitney engines, one of which you see behind us. And also behind us and newly arrived from Seattle is the first of 35 Boeing 737s fitted with state-of-the-art General Electric CFM engines that Malaysian Airlines has ordered. And from the description of the interior, you're going to have people standing in line to fly on this airplane on behalf of Malaysian Airlines.
"Now, this kind of trade has many benefits, but most importantly it creates high-paying, skilled jobs in both countries. The Pratt & Whitney engines will be assembled in Connecticut with parts made in Georgia and Maine. The engine maintenance will be done in Malaysia by local workers trained by Pratt & Whitney.
"It's this kind of mutually beneficial cooperation that contributes to the global economic recovery and puts us back on the path to prosperity. We need growth, but it must be the right kind of growth -- balanced, long-term, and inclusive. And one of the many reasons I am so impressed with Malaysia is that your growth has been just like that. What you've done in Malaysia, as evidenced by the dynamism of the economy, and everything that I saw driving around Kuala Lumpur is exactly what we would hope for in the broader region. You are creating good jobs and raising incomes and lifting out of poverty people who are now finally having the chance to fulfill their own dreams.
"That is why the United States is very pleased by Malaysia's decision to join the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership. This regional trade agreement will promote shared success by expanding markets and building a level playing field for workers in every country that participates.
"No one can do this alone. The days of going it alone in the global economy are behind us. Building shared prosperity is a goal that we can only achieve together, but I know we have the determination and talent, and we have deep ties between our two countries at the governmental level, at the business level, and the people-to-people level.
"So I want to end with what I hear is a Malaysian expression of national resolve. So Malaysia, America, Boleh and congratulations to all of the companies involved in this venture. Thank you all very much."
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VanPamel nets 31 in Hillman win
HILLMAN-Thursday was a big night for Hillman's Mason VanPamel.
The Tigers' sophomore guard scored a career-high 31 points in a 50-34 victory over the Au Gres on Thursday.
The game started quickly for Hillman, scoring just a little under a minute into the game. This was the first of VanPamel's baskets on the night.
Au Gres was especially effective on rebounds while Hillman put a lot of defensive pressure on AuGres, creating steals that Hillman head coach Eric Muszynski said were key to the victory.
"At the beginning of the year, I stressed the importance of defense. We got some big offensive talent on the team but I've been telling them it's defense that wins championships and you can see that tonight. We had a lot more fire and passion defensively than we have in the past," he said.
The next basket came from VanPamel, who hit the first of his four three-pointers. Brenden Zimmer also contributed a basket and a field goal while Hunter Fessler hit two free throws.
Au Gres struggled to create an effective offensive strategy against Hillman's defense. The Wolverines fought hard and got a lot of rebounds off of missed Hillman layups and shots but couldn't convert, trailing 12-2 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter saw continued Hillman dominance offensively and defensively. Ty Jones hit a basket just over a minute in the quarter but Au Gres' Brett Maser answered back 10 seconds later.
The patterns from the first quarter continued as Au Gres continued to struggle offensively against Hillman's 3-2 zone, but successfully snatched rebounds.
Au Gres coach Gordie Ostrander said this was one of the toughest parts of the game.
"This was the first time we saw a defense like this and the kind of things we normally run in similar situations weren't working," he said.
Maser hit another basket in the period while Kyle Swartz hit a three with a minute and a half left, but the Wolverines trailed 23-10 at the half.
The third quarter belonged squarely to VanPamel who scored 17 points in the period. Jones hit one of two free throws to add to Hillman's score. VanPamel was especially effective with three pointers, hitting three in just under two minutes.
The Wolverines were able to score 13 points in the third quarter, their highest scoring quarter to that point. However, the third quarter still ended with Hillman up 41-21.
The fourth quarter saw a more effective AuGres offense and it was the only quarter in which it outscored Hillman, scoring 13 to Hillman's nine. Maser hit two baskets in the quarter while Grant Shutte hit two of two free throws.
VanPamel hit three baskets in the period and Jones added a basket and a free throw.
Ostrander commented on his team's slow start, which hurt them late in the game.
"The break was really tough on us and we're missing our best inside player. We started really slow tonight and didn't really get into it until the fourth quarter. That's not to take anything from Hillman as they pressured us constantly and played excellently tonight," he said.
Muszynski pointed out a few players that played well for the night.
"Dylan had nine rebounds while Ty and Hunter really opened up a lot of fast breaks tonight. It was a total team effort but those three really played well tonight," he said.
Hillman's victory puts it at 4-2 overall with a 3-1 North Star League record. Au Gres is now 3-4 overall with a 2-2 NSL record. Hillman hosts Fairview on Monday while AuGres travels to Mio.
Hillman's junior varsity also won against AuGres 44-42. Top scorers for Hillman included Josh Reinbold with 10 and David Julka III with eight. Au Gres' top scorer was Adrian Sanborn with 22 points.
Hillman (50): D. Ross 1-0-0-2: T. Jones 2-2-4-6: J. LaFleche 1-0-0-2: M. VanPamel 13-1-2-31: B. Zimmer 2-1-2-5: D. Olschanski 1-0-0-2: H. Fessler 0-2-2-2.
AuGres-Sims (34): B. Maser 8-0-0-16: D. Wiess 1-0-0-2: B. Hiveley 1-0-0-2: G. Schutte 1-2-2-4: K. Swartz 1-0-2-3: R. Caulfield 0-2-4-2: C. Swaffield 2-0-0-4: J. Pendred 0-1-2-1.


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Sugar Grove Area News In Brief
Cruise In
The 18th Annual Sugar Grove Cruise In will be happening tonight in the fire hall area of town. This event is hosted by the Sugar Grove Community Development Council. The entry fee is $7.00 per vehicle. Entries will be accepted at the fire hall. The first 100 cars or motorcycles entered will receive a dash plaque sponsored this year by the Bucket Cafe. The Sugar Grove Fire Department will also be holding a Chicken BBQ and other vendors will be on hand. The fun starts at 4 p.m. and continues until 8 p.m. rain or shine.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the Sugar Grove Community Development council. Thank you to all those who volunteer their time and sponsor this event to help make it a success year after year. If you have any questions, please call 489-3125.
Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, Monday, the Sugar Grove Community is invited to come together to honor servicemen and women. AMVETS Post #50 and American Legion Post #758 will hold this service in the Sugar Grove Town Park beginning at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend this special service.
Summer Reading
This year's Summer Reading Program at the Sugar Grove Free Library is "Recycle Mania" . The program starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday nights June 12, 19, 26, July 10, and 11. "Go Green" at the Library". Learn how you can make a difference by recycling, repurposing, reusing and helping the world you live in by reducing what goes into landfills. There will be a Pizza Party on the last day with prizes for the Best Recycled Invention and the Most Books Read. All grades should sign up early as the class size is limited. For more information, call the library at 489-7872
Ike Awards Program
The Eisenhower Middle Senior High School will be holding their Senior Awards program on June 5, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. This event will announce the 2012-2013 school year scholarship winners. Presenters of any scholarship awards are asked to please contact Karen Wiltsie in the school office at (814) 757-8878 or email her at email@example.com to make sure your awards are listed in the school program for the day. All award presenters are asked to contact her no later than May 17th.
Photography contest
The Warren Public Library is sponsoring its 5th Teen Photography Contest. This event is for teens in grades 7-12 who are residents of Warren County. Reminder that the person entering the contest must be the one who has photographed the entries. Each contestant is limited to two entries and they may be in black and white or in color and are required to be framed. Get your entry form at the Warren Public Library or download one from the Library's webpage at www.warrenlibrary.org. All entries must be received no later than Saturday, May 25th.
National Honor Society
The Eisenhower Middle High School recently held its National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society inductions. Jeanette Walter, the EMHS library media specialist and EMHS alumna , delivered the keynote address. Senior members and officers conducted the candle ceremony and Dawn Dietsch, advisor of the National Honor Society, presented new members with their membership cards.
Principal Erik Leamon and teacher Jewel Rozanski also spoke during the ceremony which was immediately followed by reception for new members and their families.Mrs. Nancy Warner, assistant principal, Eric Rozanski and Christina Burns also assisted with the ceremony and reception. New members to the Eisenhower National Honor Society and Eisenhower National Junior Honor Society include: Mollie Marsh, Jessica McCool,William Acklin, Julia Bauer, Jenna Chase, Kellie Coons, Katie Enos, Brent Gerbec , Morgan Hultman, Courtney Jewell, Jacob McCool, Chris Sanders, Elizabeth Satterfield, Tara Sleeman, Shania Spicer, Jaclyn Talasky, Sidney Wallin, Britanny Arp, Kristen Baran, Josef Bauer, Laura Courson, Jocelyn Courtney, Aidan Farrell, Alex Fincher, Zach Fincher, Lydia Giannini, Naomi Haight, Eric Honsberger, Grace Larson, Delaney Marquis, Alyssa Melice , Sydni Miller, Delaney Nizzi, Neil Rossman, TerryLee Talasky, Brodie VanOrd, Brielle Whitney, Brodie Whitney, Mariette Williams, Jared Younger, and Joni Zortman. Congratulations to all.
Lunch schedule
The community lunches in the area continue to be well attended. All lunches begin at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend one of the area community lunches. Each month lunch is held on the 1st Friday of the month which will be at the Mission Covenant Church at the corner of Matthews Run and Jackson Run Road. On the 2nd Thursday of each month which will be at the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church located at the corner of Race Street and Jamestown Street in the center of town. On the 3rd Wednesday of the month will be at the Hessel Valley Lutheran Church located in Chandlers Valley. Please note that the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will not be holding a luncheon during June, July and August.
Hunger Games
The Sugar Grove Library and the Sugar Grove Community are working on the first Sugar Grove Library Hunger games with a twist on Saturday, June 1. It will be a community street fair that will involve good clean fun competitions and will provide nonperishable food items to fill the local food banks. This event will not only raise funds for the local library, it will assist in replenishing the area food banks. Local businesses are encouraged now to get in on the fun. Contact the Sugar Grove Library at email@example.com (814) 489-7872 or event chairperson, Mary Passinger at firstname.lastname@example.com (814) 489-3744 to find out how you or your business can become a sponsor of the event. Vendor forms are now available at the Sugar Grove Library.
The Imaginative Preschool of the Sugar Grove Free Methodist Church will hold its Preschool Graduation ceremony for the class of 2013 on Thursday evening, May 30, at 7 p.m. in the SGFM Activity Building. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony. Come along and help us celebrate as we send the 5-year-old class off to kindergarten.
Green Day
Thank you so much to all those community individuals who participated in Green Day for the Sugar Grove and Russell Elementary Schools this week. This will be the 4th time the students in the area have visited the VanOrd Farm for Green Day. It is just a day for the students to explore nature, hold a chicken, witness a sheep shearing, and just enjoy learning about the outdoors. The Barry and Tammy VanOrd farm is located just outside of Sugar Grove. They strive to be a self-sustaining farm and to teach future generations the same techniques so they too can learn to live a healthy, profitable, self-financing, successful life on a farm. Check out their website at www.barrysbarnyard.com. The students this year benefited from the talents shared by the Forest Service- Brittnee Shows, Conservation District-Greg Kolenda, Heather Wilcox, Jean Gomory and Laura Ayers, Retired Educator- Mark Davis, Co-operative Extension Jennifer Grooms and Juliet Enfield, 4-H Members and Farmers Barry VanOrd, The McMillen Family, Tara Sleeman, Carley Martone and Kay and Stewart VanOrd, The EMHS Cross Country Team and Ryan Hoffman, Bird Expert- Don Watts and numerous parent, teacher, and school staff volunteers. Again, Thank you to all who made this a great day at Barry's Barnyard for the students.
Concert in the Valley
The Chandlers Valley United Methodist Church is hosting Ron Brewer in Concert on May 29 at 7 p.m. and all are invited to join us. Refreshments will be provided after his concert.
Book Club
The Sugar Grove Free Library Book Club will meet June 24. The reading choice for the month is The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout, currently on the New York Times bestseller's list. Strout is a Pulitzer Prize winner for another of her novels, both which are based in Maine. There are several hard backs at the library to be shared and the library's Kindle has the book and of course, if you have a Kindle or Nook, go to the library and borrow from it.


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Red Cross safety tips for cold and snowy weather
With cold temperatures and snow expected over the next week, the American Red Cross of Southwestern NY urges residents to get prepared.
Exposure to cold and snow can cause injury or serious illness such as frostbite or hypothermia, and as temperatures drop, people may resort to alternative heat sources, which can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning or fires. The Red Cross offers these tips to stay safe in the cold weather:
Use generators correctly never operate a generator inside the home, including the basement or garage. Do not hook up a generator directly to the home's wiring. The safest thing to do is to connect the equipment needed directly to the outlets on the generator.
Prevent frozen pipes – when the weather is very cold outside, open cabinet doors to let warm air circulate around water pipes. Let the cold water drip from the faucet served by exposed pipes.
Don't forget family pets bring them indoors. If that's not possible, provide adequate shelter to keep them warm and make sure they can get to unfrozen water.
Avoid using a stove or oven to heat the home. Keep a glass or metal fire screen around the fireplace and never leave a fireplace fire unattended.
If using a space heater, place it on a level, hard, nonflammable surface. Turn the space heater off when leaving the room or going to sleep. Keep children and pets away from the space heater and do not use it to dry wet clothing.
When traveling in the winter:
Carry an emergency preparedness kit in the trunk.
Keep the car's gas tank full for emergency use and to keep the fuel line from freezing.
If someone does get stuck, stay with the car. Do not try to walk to safety.
Start the car and use the heater for about 10 minutes every hour. Keep the exhaust pipe clear so fumes won't back up in the car.
Leave the overhead light on when the engine is running to help rescuers see the vehicle.


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USA Softball pitcher and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Jennie Finch-Daigle was seated next to the President of the United States at a White House dinner last month honoring Olympic athletes. As she looked down at the White House china plate and saw her face and the President's in the reflection, "it was a pinch-yourself experience to see myself sitting there. It was one of those moments that you don't expect will ever happen in life," she said.
Finch-Daigle, 28, of La Mirada, CA is known for her pitching prowess and gold medal play but is also among one of People Magazine's 50-most beautiful people in the world. Yet, for Finch-Daigle and the other 14-members of the US Women's Softball team, everything about this Beijing Olympics will reflect that pinch-yourself quality.
In 2005, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saw the need to pair down the sheer number summer sports at the Olympic Games, but in the end voted to eliminate only two - softball and baseball. They are the first sports dropped from the Olympic program since polo in 1936. While this four-time gold medal team will attempt to continue the legacy of unparalleled play-the US has won every Olympic Game it has played since 1996--this will also be the sports' swan song with a more nostalgic team now in Beijing.
"The fact that it is the last time we will play in the Olympics is at the back of all of our minds," said two-time gold medalist outfielder Laura Berg, 33, of Santa Fe Springs, CA. "I think it is most unfortunate because our sport is accessible to so many girls where it does not entirely depend on an athlete's build or height to play. It is available to young women from all different backgrounds."
As the sport has grown - 130 countries are members of the International Softball Federation - the women have faced a growing threat from countries like China, Korea, Japan, Australia, and Canada. The level of play, too, has improved according to Ron Radigonda, Executive Director of the Amateur Softball Association (USA Softball) and the women are particularly wary of the talented Japanese team going into the Beijing Games.
"In many respects, the 2008 team is vastly superior to the 1996 team," said Radigonda. "Being an Olympic sport definitely raises the bar. And, increasingly, these young women have been able to have an impact everywhere, not just in this country but internationally."
Players like outfielder and 2004 gold medalist Jessica Mendoza, 28, who is referred to as 'arguably the most complete softball player in the world' by USA Today is a great role model and player. She has emerged as an ace since the 2004 Games and in 2006, she led the United States to its first gold medal at the World Cup of Softball with three home runs, 16 RBI while hitting .611. She is the incoming president of the Women's Sports Foundation, a second-generation Mexican American and a graduate of Stanford University. She has been inducted into the International Latin Sports Hall of Fame and is at her second Olympic Games.
"My Dad was a baseball coach so I played baseball first. I was totally a tomboy and Daddy's little girl - first the bat girl for his baseball team and then the only girl on an all boy's baseball team. When I first joined the boy's team, no one wanted to play catch with me," Mendoza said. "But after a couple of days, everyone wanted to play catch with me so that was pretty cool." Not only can she play catch but she can hit, too. Last season she hit .417 as the U.S. won the World Cup and Canada Cup.
The 2008 Olympic Team has ten returning veterans who have led the newer players through the ropes of what to expect at the Games.
"Basically, it is our livelihood and we train for four years to be on this stage," said 2004 gold medalist pitcher Catherine Osterman, 25, of Houston, TX. "It is an intense level of play. We don't want to go over there to play and lose. This is what we do full-time."
With no Olympics after 2008, the World Championship games will become the benchmark for softball but will not be played until 2010. However, reduced funding for the national softball team and a number of the women retiring from play after this year may mean this all star team will have to re-build.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Crystl Bustos, 31, of Canyon Country, CA, is a third baseman on her third Olympic run. She's referred to as the most feared hitter in the softball world and broke Olympic records with five home runs and 10 RBI in Athens in 2004.
"The last time seeing softball as an Olympic sport is really heart- wrenching because we have worked so hard only to see it taken away," said Bustos. "All these little girls that we see all over the country and abroad who are striving to be where we are at won't have that opportunity. We are hoping to work hard to get it back into the Games in 2016 and until that time we will showcase our sport throughout the world to illustrate how many of the countries have gotten involved with the sport and have gotten so much better."
Laurie Fullerton is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This story was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.


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what size is your pizza peel ?
Looks like you can feed an army with one pizza.
Nice looking pies, but. . . I wouldn't use printed newspaper under food because of the potential for contamination from the inks with heat and moisture. Try sliding that pie a screen instead for a cool down.I feel like a crumb raining on your parade, but I feel it's a real concern.Jack
When you say that you used 1/4 teaspoon ADY divided by 8, do you mean that you used 1/32 teaspoon?
Also, how were you able to maintain the fermentation temperature of 65° F for a total of 46 hours?
Guess I'm gonna have to get a scale
I sometimes wonder if the flour is really not all that important and rather the methodology is what makes the pie. From the crust standpoint that is, not including the heat source.
The Balancer high-gluten flour you are looking to buy should work in your dough formulation. My main reservation about the flour, which is strictly a personal one and not shared by all, is that the Balancer flour is a bromated flour. I don't believe that the Balancer flour comes in a nonbromated version. If bromated flour is a concern, you might ask the source you have been speaking with whether they offer a nonbromated high-gluten flour. As you may know, the KASL flour and also the King Arthur bread flour you have been using are nonbromated. You didn't indicate where you live, but there may be a foodservice company or wholesaler near you who may be willing to sell the KASL or some other equivalent brand.
By the way, I live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Shipping flour seems way to spendy, so I tried to find out what wholesalers in my area dealt in and then if they would sell some to me on a permanent basis. I talked to Pizzerias and Bakeries till I got sick of hearing no. Out of the blue, I left a VM for a guy at Gold Medal and he called me to see if I made my own pizzas. He was just stating out as was I and low and behold he gave me the number of someone he sold bulk flour too and told me to use his name. I talked to the guy and he said that he would sell me what I wanted and said that he carried a high protien flour called Balancer, that he sold to a lot of Pizzerias and Bakeries. Maybe, just maybe, he has others.Vince


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Singer, songwriter Aloe Blacc will perform the National Anthem prior to the 56th annual DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1:00 p.m.
"Aloe Blacc is recognized around the globe for his smooth vocals, so it's only fitting he perform at the 'World Center of Racing' in front of more than one hundred thousand race fans and millions more watching on FOX," Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III said. "We look forward to hearing his moving rendition prior to the start of NASCAR's richest and most prestigious race."
Aloe Blacc will release his major-label debut album Lift Your Spirit March 11th on XIX Recordings/Interscope Records. The set follows up Blacc's collaboration as vocalist and co-writer on well-known DJ/producer Avicii's track "Wake Me Up," a song that hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on its Hot Dance Club Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts, as well as topping charts in more than 100 countries.
Blacc's five-track Wake Me Up EP came out last September and included an acoustic version of the title track. Blacc's current single, "The Man," which is featured in the new Beats by Dre national TV campaign, is quickly climbing to the top of the charts with more than 900,000 singles sold. Blacc is featured in the line-up for this April's Coachella festival and will be touring the U.S. this summer with Bruno Mars.
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yes i know there is a cellphone thread but androids are in a different class of its own.
Most android use Gingerbread (latest) but mas common na ang froyo, although very dated.
I often see people buying Samsung Galaxy Y, which is a good entry level android although typing with the portrait mode is difficult. Paano ba kayo mag text using capacitive screen on a small screen?


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In today's Wall Street Journal, Dr. William V. Healey proposes that we apply the Teach for America model to medical care. That's right: recruit bright college graduates into the medical profession for one- or two-year stints. This program would be called Heal for America.
College graduates, it seems to me, would respond favorably to a program that would train and then use them to help diminish some of our shortcomings in clinical care and medical education.
What are some of those shortcomings in care that intelligent and reasonably trained individuals might help with in a patient's home? Understanding of, and compliance with, a physician's orders. Improving cleanliness in homes and helping patients with personal hygiene. Some tasks as simple as proper hand washing are frequently not done for lack of appreciation of how these practices can cut the vectors of disease or lessen their severity. The war on obesity needs to be waged. Adequate sleep explained. Exercise encouraged.
But there's a subtle difference. Unlike TFA fellows, these HFA members "would not try to be amateur physicians, physician's assistants or substitute registered nurses." They wouldn't even enter a patient's home without the patient's written approval. No public money would be used for HFA.
Interesting twist. Is Healey implicitly criticizing an aspect of TFA, or is he saying that medicine requires more caution than education?


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