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"And they were bringing the children to Him so that He might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, 'Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'" — Mark 10:13-14
In an 1893 edition of The Baptist Record, L. S. Foster, a pastor in Senatobia, Mississippi, proposed creating a home for orphans. Reverend Foster wrote, "If this thought is of God, He will put it into the heart of some person to send a contribution for this cause."
Mrs. Lou Moore of Tillatoba, Mississippi, responded by sending a contribution of $1.00, along with a note that said, "With my prayers, I enclose this dollar for the institution. If it finds company enough to effect a movement, you will hear from me again."
In 1897, through the support of churches and individuals statewide, the Baptist Orphanage took in its first child. In the 113 years since, the ministry now known as The Baptist Children's Village has provided a safe home, psychological and spiritual counseling, and loving care to more than 33,000 children.
"Our goal is to be able to help as many children as there are with needs," says The Baptist Children's Village Executive Director Dr. Rory Lee '71, '73. "We're here to help families in crisis and to put children on a safe track that will allow them to become happy, healthy, mature Christian adults."
Begun with a single dollar and a multitude of prayers, The Baptist Children's Village (BCV) is now a statewide ministry that helps children and families understand and experience the healing love of Jesus Christ. BCV cares for approximately 100 children at any given time, and serves an average of 300 children each year.
Headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, BCV operates residential campuses in Brookhaven, Coldwater, Columbia, Louisville, Star (scheduled to open in late 2010), Water Valley, Waynesboro (scheduled to open in July), and Wiggins. The BCV has also acquired property in New Albany with plans to build another campus there in the future. Campuses are strategically located to provide access to families in every area of Mississippi; the goal is to have a campus within an hour's drive of every child in the state.
In the ministry's early days, most of the children who came to live at BCV were orphans. Today, most of the children have living parents. BCV provides short-term care for children whose parents have suffered the loss of a home or job or who have health or financial issues that make caring for their children temporarily impossible. BCV also offers long-term care for children who have been neglected, abused, or abandoned.
"Often times the children whose parents are still living, the ones who are here because of abuse or neglect, require more emotional support than the children whose parents have died," Dr. Lee says. "Working here, you see things that can make you very sad and very angry. But we've learned not to dwell on those negative feelings. Instead, we focus on showing Christ's love not only to the children, but also to their families."
"My favorite moments are when a sad, angry, or withdrawn child who has been with us for a few weeks smiles, misbehaves and accepts correction well, asks for a hug, laughs with friends, or has his or her first real birthday party. Perhaps the best moment is when that child turns to you during and outing and says, 'Let's go home.' That moment is the reason I do what I do."
-Kathy Flournoy, BCV Campus Director and Former Houseparent
When appropriate, BCV works to reunite children with their parents, offering counseling for the family as a whole. When reuniting the family is not possible, children may be adopted, placed with a loving foster family, or remain at The Baptist Children's Village until they reach the age of 21.
During their stay at BCV, each child lives in a cottage with as many as nine other children and a married couple who act as surrogate parents. These "houseparents" are parents in every sense of the word, providing love and discipline and working to heal the pain and fill the void in each child's life.
"Houseparents are there when a child has a great report card or scores a touchdown. They are there when something goes wrong and the child needs a shoulder to cry on," Dr. Lee says. "Houseparents aren't drill sergeants barking out orders, but they also don't just pat children on the back and say, 'Oh you poor little thing,' they model Christian behavior and family life for the children. Houseparents are trained to fulfill this role, but more importantly, they are called to fulfill it."
"I can tell you from experience that if God has not called you to work with children in residential care, you will not have what you need to do it," Kathy Flournoy, director of the BCV campus in Star and a former houseparent, agrees. "Houseparents have to rise above their personal sadness and anger over what has happened to the children in their care and create a home that feels safe and comfortable, where the child feels accepted, has fun, and is loved. Houseparents have to be flexible and accept that not every situation is going to turn out as they might hope. We succeed only because God is so faithful and willing to supply our staff with the patience, compassion, and extra measure of whatever is needed to care for these children."
Children at BCV have come from environments marked by chaos. They take comfort in a regular program of activities that includes Bible study in their cottages, worship at local Baptist churches, and attending public school. Children are encouraged to participate in recreational activities on and off campus.
Dr. W. Rory Lee, executive director of The Baptist Children's Village, also serves as president of the Baptist Child Care Executives, the national association of chief administrative officers from childcare facilities supported by Southern Baptists in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The organization allows for the exchange of ideas and successful strategies as each state deals with the challenges of caring for children who have been placed in their care.
"Our goal is to make their experience as much like that of a child living with his or her own family in as traditional a home as possible," Dr. Lee says. "This year, one of our girls was head cheerleader at her school, one of our boys scored four touchdowns in his first football game, and another student was the editor of the school newspaper. We're very proud to see our children succeed, particularly when they've had to overcome so many obstacles."
While children in BCV care face many challenges, the toughest challenge for the staff is saying good-bye.
"Seeing a child reunited with his or her family is both the biggest reward and the biggest challenge of this job, especially for the houseparents," Dr. Lee says. "They become very close to the children and to see them move on is bittersweet. They know that the child has a brighter future ahead because they've done their jobs, but they still miss that child."
BCV alumni include judges, teachers, business people, tradesmen, and others working in a wide range of professions. The ministry hosts a reunion for former residents every other summer and alumni sometimes drop by the campuses with their own children, who are eager to see the place where their mom or dad grew up.
"When a child leaves our care, we want to see them come back as Christian adults who are achieving all that's possible in their spiritual life, professional life, and family life," says Dr. Lee. "Our goal is to have no repeat customers. We hope that their family life will be such that their children will never need the kind of help we provide. In fact, my ultimate wish is that someday, there will not be a need for a place like The Baptist Children's Village."
Until that day comes, The Baptist Children's Village remains a refuge and a source of Christ's love and healing for children and families in need.
"When a child comes to stay with us," Kathy Flournoy says, "no matter how long that stay may be, that child leaves here knowing that he or she is loved, what love is, and that His name is Jesus."
Both Sides of the Story
Chrystelle Thames '00 comforts others as she was once comforted
"There is sadness at The Baptist Children's Village, but that is not the overall feeling on our campuses. There is healing here. There is the peace that comes from know- ing you are in a safe place, maybe for the first time you can remember. And there is the hope that comes from the Lord. The one thing you will never feel at The Baptist Children's Village is a sense of hopelessness."
No one is better qualified to speak about the atmo- sphere at The Baptist Children's Village than Chrystelle Thames, BCV's public relations director. Years before she joined the BCV staff, Chrystelle arrived at The Baptist Children's Village as a frightened, 16-year-old girl. One of 10 siblings, Chrystelle had spent the first several years of her life in a home marked by chaos and fear.
"My father was very abusive and my mother struggled from her own insecurities," she says. "When it was just us kids and my mother, we were fine, but when my dad was there, the house was filled with fear and anxiety."
Chrystelle's mother eventually left her father, but like many women fleeing an abusive situation, she now faced a new set of struggles as a single mother with 10 children. The family survived periods of extreme poverty, but when Chrystelle's mother was injured in an automobile accident, she simply could not care for her children any longer. A social worker arrived at the family home, told the children to "pack a little bag," and took all 10 of them to The Baptist Children's Village.
"At that time, I was absolutely engulfed by fear," Chrys- telle says. "My mother was injured and we were going to a place we didn't know to live with people we didn't know. As the second oldest child and the oldest girl, I was scared not only for myself, but because of the responsibility I felt toward my siblings.
"But after we settled in, I realized that for the first time, we felt safe," Chrystelle continues. "There was no more constant fear, no more walking on eggshells. That umbrella of fear was gone, and living out from under it was a new and glorious experience."
While Chrystelle kept in touch with her mother, she never returned to her family home, instead living at BCV until she was 20. With the guidance of counselors and her houseparents, Chrystelle soon found herself on a path she had never dreamed possible.
"God had intervened, and for the first time in my life, I realized there was a plan," Chrystelle recalls. "Children growing up in the kind of poverty I experienced as a child don't have many dreams for the future. Without The Baptist Children's Village, I would never have even considered the idea that I could go to college or have the kind of job I have today. God used The Baptist Children's Village to provide that education for me."
Chrystelle graduated from Hinds Community College and Mississippi College with a degree in communications. In 1982, she returned to BCV as a member of the public relations team, and has been sharing the BCV story as both a staff member and an alumna ever since.
But the greatest blessing to come from Chrystelle's life at The Baptist Children's Village has been her own family. Chrystelle's husband, Bobby Thames, also grew up at BCV. The two met there as teenagers and were married in the Powell-Fullilove Chapel on The Baptist Children's Village campus on December 20, 1980. Their dysfunctional childhoods led Chrystelle and Bobby to a shared determination that their family would be different.
"God used our houseparents to illustrate for me and my husband the way He intends families to live and care for one another," Chrystelle says. "There is a yearning in the children here – children like the ones Bobby and I were – to have that in their own families someday. The Baptist Children's Village had shown us that was possible."
Chrystelle and her husband built the kind of family they had longed for as children, seeking God's guidance in their marriage and in their parenting and giving their own children, Bridget, now 26, and Tyler, 21, a childhood very different than the ones they had known. Today, Chrystelle uses their story to bring hope to other families in crisis.
"The Bible says we are to comfort others in the way that we have been comforted," Chrystelle says. "The Lord led me back here to share my passion and gratitude for this minis- try with other children and families facing the same kinds of trials I once faced. I believe in this ministry because I have experienced first-hand how God uses it to touch families. God used The Baptist Children's Village to change the direction of my life."
HOW YOU CAN HELP The Baptist Children's Village is privately funded, relying on endowment income and on support from the Mississippi Baptist Convention, churches, and individual donations. BCV is the only group home in Mississippi that accepts children placed through the Department of Human Services but receives no government funding. Instead, BCV operates as a Christian ministry supported by those who believe in its mission. The Baptist Children's Village offers volunteer opportunities, including helping with special events and construction projects on its nine campuses. BCV is also in need of visiting families who can host children in their homes for a week during the summer or over the holidays. For more information on supporting The Baptist Children's Village, please visit www.baptistchildrensvillage.com and click on "How You Can Help," or call 601.922.2242.


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On April 16, South Street School held a grandparents day. In which grandparents were invited to eat lunch with their respected grandchild. My mother in law brought McDonald's with her to share with my daughter. However the school stopped her in her tracks at the door and informed her that McDonald's food was not allowed in the school.
Who does the school think it is, that it can decide what my daughter eats. Last I checked they were not her parent, but there to educate. Why do the schools feel they have the right to try to control our children to this extreme. Keep in mind that the drink size bill in NYC was ruled to violate the Constitution. This is the same, it is a government body trying to control personal behaviors that are perfectly legal.
In my experience, as a veteran who has served in Korea, Bosnia, and Afghanistan, that when you try to control people's personal behaviors you diminish their outlook. Korea and Bosnia at one time were poor countries, now that they have gained their freedoms from such controlling rule they are flourishing. Same goes with the school environment. The more the schools try to control all aspects of students lives the higher drop out rates go and the more robot like workers the schools are turning out. The problem is, robot workers do not perform well in the work place. The best thing for the schools to do is to stick with education and stay out of people's personal lives.
I do not and will not condone any form of the government trying to have any type of say over personal choices or freedoms. If it has no affect on others than very simply put the rule should not exist. Just because somebody doesn't like it, doesn't mean that a rule should be made about it. Keep in mind this is a public school, not a private school. So thus they have no business to make such rules. This may seem like a minor issue but when you look at the bigger picture and the direction of control our government is headed towards you then realize that this is where it begins.
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When Sylvia McNair asked me to write her a major song cycle for Carnegie Hall, she had only one request; to choose an American text. I have set only four poets in my adult compositional life: Stephen Spender, Richard Wilbur, Dylan Thomas (whose major works generated the oratorio
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I do not know of an instance in which this has been done before (which was part of what appealed to me), so I needed to explain that these would be in no way arrangements, or variations, or in any way derivations of the music of the original songs, which I decided to not hear before the cycle was complete. Just as Schumann or Brahms or Wolf had re-interpreted in their own musical styles the same Goethe text, I intended to treat the Dylan lyrics as the poems I found them to be. Nor would their settings make any attempt at pop or rock writing. I wanted to take poetry I knew to be strongly associated with popular art and readdress it in terms of concert art-crossover in the opposite direction, one might say. Dylan granted his permission, and I set to work.
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Thanks are due to Carnegie Hall; to Sylvia McNair, for her commitment as well as her luminous artistry; and to Mark Adamo, to whom Mr. Tambourine Man is warmly dedicated.
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Hila Plitmann, Corigliano's chosen soprano, is a composer's dream. Throughout her enormous range, her singing is precise, expressive and lit with intelligence. Even when overpowered by the orchestra's clamor, the diminutive Plitmann commands the stage. Her wondrous diction - nothing like Bob Dylan's - lends his lines a crytalline beauty.
Larry Fuchsberg, Minneapolis Star Tribune,1/1/0001
Bob Dylan's MR. TAMBOURINE MAN lyrics come in the form of seven decidedly un-Dylanesque settings by the eminent American composer John Corigliano. MR. TAMBOURINE MAN debunks the claim that there's nothing new under the sun. [But] Corigliano's deconstruction pays homage to the iconic singer-songwriter, making his verses wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful. Corigliano has fashioned a cycle of five songs plus prologue and epilogue that charts a political and emotional awakening. At its center is the fierce "Masters of War," as topical today as it was in the '60s. In this and "Chimes of Freedom," the music reaches a shattering intensity. Few composers wring a more gut-jolting sound from the orchestra. Yet I was most moved by the quieter pieces, especially the gorgeously melancholy "Clothes Line" and the benedictory, Bernstein-like "Forever Young," haunted by the knowledge that eternal youth is not our lot. For those who carry Dylan's songs in their heads, listening to MR. TAMBOURINE MAN becomes a multilevel, memory-infused adventure. One is immersed in two musics at once. Especially in "Blowin' in the Wind," heard melodies are set against those unheard. It's disorienting but absorbing - a call to examine the numberless absences, musical and other, that stealthily modulate our awareness.
Larry Fuchsberg, Minneapolis Star Tribune,1/1/0001


text: So i could be totally wrong in my Research. But i've looked at Agencies and Publishers in the UK and it seems Crime and Thriller are on demand with most Agencies. But Horror seems the Genre that isn't. As an Unpublished Author completely, but one who does want to be. Should you write what sells i.e. a crime or thriller just to get your foot in the door. Or should you write what you like even if that means there isn't much of a Market for it. This is not for me it's just a question in General, luckily i don't 'have a Genre' i write a little bit of everything and am no where near ready to try and Publish anything. I was just doing research. I'd love to hear peoples opinions as i'm sure i'm not the only one whose ever asked this question. x


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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Bright Spots
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With the markets geared for disappointment, most investors are expecting the worst, Jim Cramer told "Mad Money" viewers Wednesday.
But that doesn't mean that there aren't bright spots in the market, he continued, stocks like Stryker (SYK) , Seagate (STX) and even Alcoa (AA) , all of which were all able to surprise Wall Street to the upside.
That's why Cramer continued his week-long series of macro themes that will trump no matter what negativity 2013 may throw at us. Tonight's themes included aerospace and China.
Despite a string of problems with Boeing's (BA) 787 Dreamliner this week, Cramer said the need for new planes is still in full effect. Alcoa mentioned during its conference call that there are still some 8,900 planes on order because for the first time in many years airlines have the financing available to buy them.
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Then there's China, a country that's accelerating its expansion after a year of focusing on the wrong metric of interest rates. Cramer said that Joy Global (JOY) remains a popular China play, but he's still a fan of the iShares FTSE China 25 (FXI) ETF as it offers a basket of Chinese stocks, making it easier to invest.
Cramer said either of these two themes would make excellent investments on the next big down day for the markets.
Executive Decision
In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with Dr. Ron Cohen, president and CEO of Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) , a biotech firm whose drug Ampyra is helping those with muscular sclerosis regain their mobility. Shares of Acorda are up 15% since Cramer last spoke with Cohen in July.
Cohen said that so far about 70,000 patients with MS have tried Ampyra and are having great success, but there are still an estimated 130,000 more who have walking disabilities that can benefit from the drug. Acorda is also in clinical trials testing Ampyra for other indications including cerebral palsy and chronic stroke.
Cohen explained that over the long-term, treating MS and other conditions with drugs like Ampyra is far more cost-effective that just using physical therapy alone. He said nearly one-half of all stroke victims have reduced mobility of some kind and Ampyra can make a lasting difference in those patients' lives.
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by Anton Shilov
ARM, a developer of microprocessor and graphics IP cores, this week said that it is seeing demand for mobile devices offering a high-definition (HD) entertainment and browsing experience rapidly increasing in Asia, as two more licensing agreements for its ARM Mali graphics processing units (GPUs) are made with mobile technology providers in the region, Rockchip and Telechips. While Asia is leading, the demand towards HD is also growing in Europe and the USA.
Leading mobile analyst house, Screen Digest, has highlighted the importance of a quality of end-user experience in mobile entertainment provision. The analyst house estimates that as high-end mobile devices become more mainstream, the mobile gaming, video and TV market will grow 300% to €8.5 billion (approximately $12 billion) by 2013 in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.
"Today's high-end mobile devices with large screens and computer-like capabilities are big drivers for mobile content consumption and especially for mobile games and mobile video. Highly demanding applications and services such as TV, video and games on mobile devices are set to generate in excess of €8.5 billion by the end of 2013 in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific; three times more than it did in 2008. Quality of experience is key for the market to reach its full potential," said Ronan de Renesse, senior analyst at Screen Digest.
Rockchip has licensed three ARM technologies to enable OEMs to enhance the quality of graphics and to allow complex applications to be run on portable devices without jeopardizing battery life. The China-based semiconductor developer has licensed the ARM Mali-55 GPU, the ARM926EJ-S processor and the ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller for use in next-generation mobile phones and portable media players, offering consumers advanced media experiences while on the move.
Korea-based Telechips has extended its license of the ARM Mali-200 GPU for its multimedia applications processor, now in silicon and set to deliver high-quality interfaces and user-friendly navigation on a range of mobile and consumer electronics devices.
"Extending our relationship with ARM enables us to take further advantage of Mali graphics IP, delivering high performance OpenVG, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant mobile and consumer electronics solutions to our customers. The Mali-200 GPU brings cutting-edge user interfaces and navigation experiences to devices, fulfilling the increasing demands of consumers," said Jang-Kyu Lee, vice president and chief operating officer of Telechips.
The Mali GPU family scales from Mali-55, the world's smallest OpenGL ES graphics processor to Mali-400 MP, the highest-performance embedded multicore GPU IP on the market which supports complex applications at up to 1080p high-definition resolution, thereby addressing the widest range of performance points for all embedded graphics needs.
Mali graphics processors deliver 2D and 3D graphics providing 4x and 16x full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) without any noticeable drop in performance, according to the company. In addition to providing content developers with programmable features in OpenGL ES 2.0, Mali products also support 2D scalable vector graphics through OpenVG for improved text, navigation, UI and web-browsing experiences.


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Despite of rapid expansion of notebooks and low-cost personal computers, the market of add-in graphics boards for demanding users increased last quarter, according to Jon Peddie Research.
There is no secret that various mobile computers are very successful this year: notebooks outsold desktops in the USA in Q3 and microprocessors for laptops left desktop chips behind on the global market in the same quarter. No surprise, the trend affected the market of desktop graphics adapters, which demonstrated a drop in unit sales year-over-year. Nevertheless, the demand towards high-performance and premium class graphics cards is still strong, according to Jon Peddie, the head of the market research firm.
Shipments of Desktop Graphics Adapters Drop 14% Year-on-Year, But Enthusiasts Keep Buying Expensive Graphics Cards
Back in the third quarter of 2007 there was a substantial – 26.8% – sequential increase in desktop graphics adapters (both discrete and integrated) shipments: from 56.8 million to 72 million units, which was inline with typical patterns of the market. However, in Q3 2008 shipments of desktop graphics adapters increased only 4.56% sequentially from 59.2 million to about 61.9 million and dropped 14% year-over-year, according to recently released figures by JPR.
On the other hand, if last year there was almost no increase in mobile graphics chip shipments from the second quarter (24.5 million units) to the third quarter (25.8 million), then this year we can notice 39.8% sequential increase in Q3 2008 – from 35.3 million units to 49.36 million – as well as 91% year-over-year boost.
According to the market research firm, rapid expansion of notebooks and netbooks are to blame for the weakness of desktop graphics adapters. But even though the demand towards mainstream graphics cards declined in Q3 2008, more expensive offerings became more popular than in the same period last year.
"The loss in discrete sales was primarily in mainstream add-in boards (AIBs) due to overall market expanse driven by lower cost PCs and the use of integrated graphics processors (IGPs). In the Performance segment the shipments were about the same, Enthusiast was up almost 3x, and workstation was up 1.5x," said Jon Peddie.
Will the Launch if Intel Core i7 Catalyze More Graphics Cards Sales? Remains Unknown
Since the economic downturn only started to show up in September, the whole quarter was not significantly affected by it. But going forward it is inevitable that the markets of mobile and desktop graphics adapters will face the same challenges as the others. Still, the forthcoming launch of Intel Core i7 microprocessors can further boost adoption of expensive AIBs by performance-demanding end-users.
"The first wave of Intel Core i7 chips is going to be extremely fast and to show off that speed the OEMs will use extremely fast AIBs, and more than one in their trophy systems," said Mr. Peddie.
Potentially, the launch if the new chips can even affect sales of mainstream graphics cards since there are no chipsets with integrated graphics for the first-gen Core i7 central processing units. Unfortunately, since many start to save on various things, including technology, amid economic downturn, it is hard to predict how the general market will behave in the fourth quarter and going forward.
"Q4 is a complete unknown at this time. Normally I would say [there will be an increase in demand for discrete graphics cards], based on historical seasonal patterns, but the financial crisis has so many people scared, and some unemployed as a result of it, companies are pulling back on some of their plans, and consumers are confused. Q4 could be flat (compared to Q3 shipments). If the financial markets stabilize (and the U.S. election may have some soothing effect on that), and black Friday isn't too bad, the market could rebound. If it does you can to a certain extent look at AIBs and PCs as a leading indicator since most people don't need a new computer," the head of Jon Peddie Research explained.
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Gray brocket deer range from 850 to 1050 mm in total body length, stand around 650 mm at the shoulder. They weigh approximately of 17kg.
Gray brocket deer are slightly smaller than red brocket deer (Mazama americana). The gray brocket deer also has a straighter back, giving its silhouette a more deer-like shape.
Mazama gouazoupira has a grayish-brown to reddish-brown coat. The males have simple antlers about 70 to 100 mm in length. The undersides of the tail is white, with the pelage on the flanks being of a paler color. (Mares, Ojeda, and Barquez, 1989; Redford and Eisenberg, 1992)


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The past few decades have been one of breathtaking change in telephone communications technology. Nowadays, we Texans are able to connect with family, friends and business associates via traditional landline telephones, and through video, voice and data communications delivered over integrated wireline and wireless networks. Despite this remarkable leap in technology, universally available landline phone …
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The Harrisburg High School boys and girls' bowling teams coasted to easy wins over Carterville Tuesday at Ross Cottom Lanes.
The Bulldogs boys won 2772-2327 and the girls also came out on top 2368-2040.
None of the boys played three full games as substitutions were plentiful all night.
Jake Conkle led the way with a 231 and Carter Rice bowled a 219.
On the girls' side, Amanda Stricklin was tops with a 564.
"Carterville's program is not real solid so we played everyone tonight to get them some valuable playing time in the varsity match," head coach Doug Cottom said. "Carter Rice is starting to throw it well after getting a slow start because of football. In fact, Chris Wilsey and Jake Conkle fall into that category as well. We were a little bit better tonight but still have a long way to go. I do think we have the ability to get it done.
"Our girls played what i would call an average set," Cottom added. "No one was really good and no one was really bad. Brittany Hardin is really throwing it nicely and the (Stricklin) twins are solid each time out."
The Harrisburg bowling team is at Paducah Thursday, taking on Paducah Tilghman.
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Biodiversity is not ending
LANSING – Chicken Little famously exclaimed, "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" Today, as you may have recently read, environmentalists hysterically proclaim, "Biodiversity is ending! Biodiversity is ending!" as they fill the role of Henny Penny with their erroneous claims that biodiversity is imperiled by Senate Bill 78.
So, why does SB 78 serve them as Chicken Little's acorn? Frankly, they do not want the Legislature to use its constitutional authority over natural resources to ensure that real conservation of natural resources is achieved while allowing use of the resources for recreation, tourism and economic activity.
Instead, they want department bureaucrats to unilaterally develop policies that will result in public land being managed to prohibit human activity. This extreme philosophy promotes the misconception that humans, true conservation and protective measures can't exist together. The reality is that SB 78 maintains the current law that affirmatively declares biodiversity is important.
If SB 78's purpose were to impair biodiversity, it could do so by eliminating Part 355 of the state's natural resources law and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from doing anything to promote biodiversity. But it does not do that. The bill preserves the importance of biodiversity while also acknowledging that management of land for multiple purposes, including conservation of natural features and use by people, is consistent with the state's Constitution. Therefore, SB 78 aims to simply stop the DNR from implementing the biodiversity stewardship area (BSA) program, which would severely limit or preclude human activity on the land.
Sportsmen, businesses, and recreational enthusiasts asked for this legislation because the BSA program was designed so that the DNR could designate land to be managed specifically for biodiversity with DNR staff describing the purpose to limit or prohibit human activity on that land.
In fact, back in 2010, the DNR designated 678,000 acres in Northern Lower Michigan as BSAs. That included 205,000 acres of private land! When questioned, the DNR initially downplayed the issue and proposed changes to the program. Even the DNR now concedes the BSA program should not be advanced.
That is in part because the current leadership of the DNR recognizes that more than 20 other programs and designations already exist in law to conserve and protect special flora, fauna, features and organisms. These programs and designations include wild areas, wilderness areas, natural areas, environmental areas, wetlands, critical dunes, old growth forests, threatened/endangered species and many more.
Rather than shriek that the sky is falling, opponents of SB 78 should answer how diverse plants, animals, organisms and features that make Michigan so special have survived for centuries without a BSA program.
If extreme environmentalists were honest, they would confess that they are upset that their agenda to stop people from being able to access our natural resources is being disrupted by SB 78.
They would admit that the legislation does not write biodiversity out of state law but simply ensures a new government program is not created because existing laws and programs already appropriately ensure biological diversity.
The sky is not falling. Biodiversity is not ending. Senate Bill 78 ensures that balance is remaining between the conservation of biodiversity and the wise use of the natural resources, by preventing bureaucrats from precluding human activity on hundreds of thousands of acres of public and private land.
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Sen. Tom Casperson, R- Escanaba, represents the 38th District. SB 78 would prohibit the DNR or the NRC from designating or enforcing orders or rules specifically for biological diversity.


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2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES: U.S. Wheelchair Rugby Team Defeats Australia to Win Gold
"It's just an awesome feeling to be up on that medal stand and hearing the national anthem. I've been playing on the U.S. team for 10 years and this is hands down the best team I've played on," said U.S. co-captain Norm Lyduch (Austin, Texas). "We never backed down and always played together as a team."
Australia, led by 19 year old wonder-kid Ryley Batt, pushed the U.S. for nearly three quarters as both teams traded goals and turnovers. Back-to-back turnovers by Australia with five minutes to go in the third helped Team USA open a three goal lead, and from then on the U.S. took complete control.
By the end of the third quarter, the Americans had a five goal advantage, 36-31, and in the final eight minutes hammered their point home for the nine goal win.
"It's emotional. We've been waiting on this for four years. Our team was on a mission. We set a game plan and stuck to it and now we're gold medalists," said team co-captain Bryan Kirkland (Leeds, Ala.).
Team USA was led by Will Groulx (Portland, Ore.) with 15 goals, Kirkland with 13 goals and Andy Cohn (Tempe, Ariz.) with 10 goals. Batt scored an unbelievable 23 goals for Australia, accounting for more than half his team's points.
"I'm so proud of everyone - the staff, the coaches, my teammates," said Cohn. "We have trained and prepared for this since the day we left Athens four years ago. Every time Australia got close, we turned it up and just crushed it. It's an amazing feeling to win a gold medal."


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Snowboarding reaches the pinnacle of Paralympic sport
When para-snowboarding debuts at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Evan Strong hopes to be on Team USA.
When the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games open in Sochi, Russia, it will mark the first time in history that para-snowboarding will be included in the Paralympic programme.
For Keith Gabel and Mike Shea, it is a reality they are still trying to grasp. While they are now ranked second and third in the world in para-snowboarding, both Gabel and Shea remember a time when nobody, not even themselves, knew about the sport.
A board sport enthusiast, Shea grew up spending his days on a board, be that a snowboard, skateboard or even a wake board. But, when he suffered an injury during a wake board session in 2002, he wondered if he would have to live a life without boarding.
"There were options to run, swim, and bike, but board sports were all I knew," said Shea, who now coaches at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colo., while competing internationally. "I couldn't let it go."
While nobody — not family, friends or even doctors — could tell him whether he could snowboard or not, nobody said he couldn't either. With no knowledge of any physical disability board sport program out there, Shea decided to teach himself.
It is a story Gabel knows all too well.
After losing his leg in an industrial accident in 2005, he wasn't looking for sympathy; he was looking for a way back on the mountain.
"It was my passion," Gabel said. "I could still walk and run, why couldn't I board?"
Nobody had that answer for him.
"There was just no such thing (as para-snowboard) back then."
Or so he thought.
While Gabel was teaching himself how to snowboard with a prosthetic, an organization in California was founded to create action sport opportunities for people with physical disabilities.
Now recognized as one of the top adaptive snowboard organizations in the United States, Adaptive Action Sports (AAS) was created by Sochi 2014 hopeful Amy Purdy who, like Shea and Gabel, was not going to let using prosthetics stop her from getting back on a snowboard.
Three years after its founding, AAS partnered with the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) to host the first para-snowboard world championships.
Slowly, more development programs grew.
Now there are major training centers at the AAS in Winter Park, Colo., the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah, and the Tahoe Adaptive Competition Center in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Sochi 2014 hopefuls Evan Strong, Shea and Gabel, who hold the sport's Top 3 world rankings, each come from the training programs.
In 2011, the ESPN X Games included para-snowboard in its competition and shortly thereafter, celebrities such as David Beckham were spotted watching the para-skateboarding competition during the Summer X Games. Board sports seemed to be on the fast track to success.
With the help of the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), a proposal was sent to the Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi (SOOC) asking the organization to include para-snowboarding in the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
"We thought it had a good chance," Gabel said. "Several of us had actually been competing with able-bodied guys in competition."
On August 17, 2011, Shea and Gabel had just finished a competition in New Zealand when the SOOC, on hand to deliver the competition medals, announced their decision to reject the proposal to include standing men's and women's para-snowboard in the Games.
"It was devastating," Shea said. "I invested everything I had into moving from California to Winter Park to train full-time."
Gable added, "We didn't even know why, it was just a cold, hard 'no'."
Whatever the reason was, it was short-lived. On May 2, 2012, SOOC announced that para-snowboarding would in fact be contested at the Paralympic Winter Games, March 7-16, 2014, as a discipline of alpine skiing.
"It was like the ball dropped," Gabel said.
With the sport now at the highest level, the IPC is finding ways to further develop the sport and world class athletes. The 2013 season will serve as a way for potential riders to gain points to qualify for Sochi.
To align with the IPC's vision for para-snowboarding, U.S. Paralympics, the National Governing Body for the sport of para-snowboarding in the United States, recently hired Miah Wheeler to help lead the United States' efforts, including the creation of a U.S. Paralympics Snowboarding National Team.
Self-labeled a "snowboard coordinator", one of Wheeler's largest tasks was helping develop qualifying standards for making the U.S. Paralympics Snowboarding National Team and competing at high level events.
"In the past, if you wanted to go to a national championship, all you had to do was ask," Wheeler said. "To me, that's not really a national championship."
To help the competitiveness of the sport, Wheeler has helped implement high performance standards.
He also helped create qualifying standards for making the U.S. Paralympics Snowboarding National Team for the 2013-14 season, which will be the inaugural run of the National Team program.
Consisting of up to nine men and six women, the U.S. Paralympics Snowboarding National Team will be split into two tiers: A and B. The A team will have fully funded training so long as an athlete is Top 5 in the world. The B team will be partially funded so long as the athlete is Top 5 in the U.S.
Wheeler is aware of the possibility that these qualifying standards may be difficult to uphold. Should there not be anyone ranked Top 5 in the world, qualifying standards may shuffle. He just hopes they don't have to.
"There are people hungry enough to make those standards, no question," Wheeler said. "We want athletes who want to make Team USA."
Wheeler understands that the best way for athletes to reach Team USA is through their respective development programs. In his new role with U.S. Paralympics, Wheeler acts as someone each program can report to, something both Shea and Gabel find necessary.
"In the past, there's been some friction between the developmental programs, but Miah gives everyone the big picture that these programs are all part of developing the U.S. National Team," Shea said.
The development programs serve as a pipeline to Team USA.
"It should be an honor to lose your athlete to the U.S. National Team," Wheeler said.
The reality that they can openly discuss development programs, the U.S. Paralympics Snowboarding National Team and even the Paralympic Winter Games shows how far the sport has come.
"I'm happy to be a part of such an awesome movement and I hope that the future continues to grow," Shea said. "Not only for me, but for the soldier who hasn't yet lost his leg, for the driver that will soon be paralyzed in a car accident, and for the unborn child with cerebral palsy. All of those people can now have the same dream of one day becoming a Paralympic snowboarder."
Gabel is also looking forward to the future.
"The road is tough; it can be an expensive road, it can be a stressful road, but you can never give up," he said. "That's what the Paralympics is all about. You're not out there just to prove who's the top dog, you're out there to inspire the world. You have a dream, you have a goal, use your drive to make it happen."


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A large dock with a commemoration plaque in Japanese has washed ashore on the Oregon coast, raising speculation that it could be debris from last year's tsunami in Japan. Oregon parks spokesman Chris Havel said Wednesday that a photo of the plate was emailed to the Japanese consulate in Seattle for review.
The dock washed ashore Tuesday on Agate Beach, a mile north of Newport in central Oregon. It's made of concrete with a metal pontoon and measures 66 feet long, 19 feet wide and 7 feet high.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (243 votes).
In short: well organised, flat course, some slightly challenging terrainIn full: Course is flat, mostly on roads and pavement with a short section on the beach. Beach section wasn't too bad so don't let that put you off.Race was well organised and good value for a chip-timed half marathon. Will probably be back next year.Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: A very nice raceIn full: I can't believe the comments about the terrain. This is clearly advertised as mixed, and come on guys the shingle bit is only about 500m tops. Anyone who's done a bit of trail will find this a piece of cake.The scenery is good, varied and interesting. Organisation is top notch. Medal could be better, but hey knocking 5 mins off my PB made up for that.Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: Freindly and well organised.In full: Some reviews seem to be for Decembers Full marathon not the February Coastal Half.This is a well organised and friendly event. The terrain is not too challenging, although some runners did seem concerned about the beach section. Changing facilities are good and the soup at the end was welcome. Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: Flat, interesting, friendlyIn full: My first half marathon and right on my doorstep. I enjoyed it and didn't have any problems with finding my way on the course. Did appreciate the big bowls of jelly beans at the water stations - they helped me finish!Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: A bit repetitive at times, but overall a nice run.In full: A nice run with good scenery. Unlike some others on this site, I had no problem finding the right route, and it was my first time running this route. The only negative point is you will run certain stretches of road twice which can be a bit bland but when you've got the sea to your right/left you can't really complain too much.Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: very little support and very few marshalsIn full: I was looking forward to this one as I like Portsmouth and was settled knowing it would be a flat run - the terrain though - ouch - running across slushy shingle and rocks was not pleasant and my joints are shouting at me now. A few of the marshals were very encouraging and smiled and cheered - the rest were clearly not happy to be there, but then it was cold. It's a shame as on so many previous events the marshals have given me that lift to push a bit harder. Tough terrain but pleasant scenery.Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: Excellent race - lovely scenery - have already entered for 2013!In full: Lovely race - got a pb despite falling over on the gravel path at mile 5! thank you to the 2 ladies who helped me back up again. perfect weather for the seafront - cold but not windy/rainy like it normally is! will definitely be back next year.Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: lovely scenery. finsh line could be better, hard to spot as cornerturned.In full: scenic route. some tricky unmarshalled parts near the thatchd house pub, need to kno w th route well . second time of doing this and the weather chilly but bright. marshaling not too good thisyear. no jelly babies anywhere.lolDate of review: February 12, 2012
In short: fast and very scenicIn full: A great route and very well organised. When they say "multi-terrain", they mean it! Would definitely consider running this race againDate of review: February 12, 2012
In short: Lovely small and friendly race, very flat but with varied terrainDate of review: February 12, 2012
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Brocton/Portland Democratic Committee to meet Saturday
The Brocton/Portland Democratic Committee will hold a meeting and election of officers at the Portland Town Hall Saturday at 9:30 a.m. New members are welcome to attend. Contact Dan Schrantz at 792-4661 for more information.
County Beekeepers Association to meet
Chautauqua County Beekeepers Association's next regular meeting is Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Agricultural Center, 3542 Turner Road, Jamestown.
Topics will include: Early Spring Management, election of treasurer, dues are now due, online overview and demonstration of Websites available to all, time to order bees. The public is welcome to attend.
The next meeting will be March 7.
Book Sale Saturday
The Literacy Volunteers will hold a book sale Satur-day at 21 East Bookstore at 21 E. Second St. in Dunkirk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Customers are asked to use the Washington Avenue en-trance. Paperbacks are .50; hardcovers are $1. Proceeds will assist the Literacy Volunteers in promoting literacy in the community.
Circle of Love event
A Circle of Love "Cele-bration of Life" party will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in Katerina's, Lake Shore Drive, Dunkirk. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Josie Christopher at 366-0698.
Dunkirk IDA meeting Thursday postponed
A meeting of the Dunkirk Industrial Development Agency that was scheduled for Thursday has been postponed until a future date.
Dunkirk police chief warns residents
Dunkirk Police Chief David Ortolano warned residents during Tuesday's Common Council meeting that there should be no door-to-door solicitors working the city at the current time. He said there are no soliciting permits on file in the city clerk's office and the department has received complaints from residents about energy companies dropping off solicitors in neighborhoods.
"They're asking to come in and look at utility bills and look over things. I want to remind everyone that if anyone comes to the door looking to solicit for the energy companies that people not let them in and call the police desk," he stated. "We will send a car and find these people and let them know that they are not to be soliciting. There are no permits right now for anyone going door-to-door."
The Unexpected Guests' February Improv Show
Valentine's Day is a time for love, and if you love to laugh, check out The Unexpected Guests Improv Comedy Group on Saturday at The Reg Studio Theater, 108 E. Third St. in Jamestown. Show starts at 9 p.m. Enjoy live entertainment with an improv performance featuring the kind of comedy made famous by Chicago's Second City and TV's Whose Line is it Anyway?
The cast includes Gary Peters, Jane Fischer, Timo-thy Smeal, Alison Barry, Wayne Carlsson, Heather Felton, Malachi Livermore and Kipp Reynolds. Gener-al admission is $5 at the door. For information, visit on Facebook at www.facebook.com/theunexpectedguests or call 485-8953.
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Join in on the celebration of the 10th Annual Kiss Me Anew Valentine's Benefit, Saturday at 9:30 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel in Dunkirk. There is a $10 admission at the door for those 21 and over, and includes food, fun, door prizes, Sweet Revenge Girls, and music by Black Widow.
Featured also will be a video retrospective of the past nine years.
Proceeds to benefit the Salvation Army Anew Center, a non-profit agency which provides advocacy, counseling, and support services to victims of domestic violence in Chautauqua County. To help raise funds the Chautauqua County Roller Derby's Babes of Wrath will be there to add the roll to the rock, while selling 50/50 tickets, as well as a Chinese Auction and a Cupid Coat Check. Mention the party and get a special room rate of $75.99 + tax. Call the Clarion at (366-8350 to make reservations.
Today's clue for the Medallion Hunt
The President's Day Weekend Winter Festival Annual Medallion Treasure Hunt, sponsored by The Maple Inn at Chautauqua Institution, is under way.
The 3×5-inch Treasure Hunt Medallion (created especially for the 2006 Festival by artist David Stutzman from a naturally shed elk antler), has been hidden somewhere in Chautauqua County on public property. Placed in plastic for its protection from the elements, the Medallion bearing the I.C.E. logo is not hidden below ground level and no higher than 6 feet above ground level. It is not hidden on any body of water or in the water. Treasure hunters seek at their own risk.
Today's clue is as follows:
The prizes this year will make it all worthwhile
The Maple Inn is the sponsor so get ready to smile
A weekend stay on Chautauqua Institute grounds
At the Maple Inn! Now your joy knows no bounds.
Hold on to your hat there is still more to tell
One hundred dollars in cash goes to the winner as well.
Westfield Village Board meeting rescheduled
The next Westfield Village Board meeting will take place on Feb. 19, instead of Feb. 18, because of the President's Day Holiday.


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Sen. Young named of STAR exemption error
ALBANY – Twelve years after purchasing an Albany-area condo, a paperwork error has caught up to Chautauqua County's state Senator.
The Albany Times Union released a report Thursday morning, stating state Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, has been improperly claiming a School Tax Assessment Relief exemption since 2001 on both the condo she owns in North Greenbush, as well as her home in Cattaraugus County.
However, Thursday afternoon, Young received an email from John Harkin, town of North Greenbush assessor, identifying that an error had been made.
"I have researched the STAR exemption on the property in the Town of North Greenbush and found that the exemption was on the property prior to your purchasing it," Harkin wrote.
Young said that claiming both properties under the program is an honest mistake, one she was unaware of until recently.
"Like many families my husband handles all of our financial matters," she said. "I just found out about this. I took immediate action to correct it. I have filed the appropriate legal documents to cancel the STAR and repay the full amount owed. The assessor is calculating how much and as soon as I have the assessor's figures, it will be paid in full."
Harkin went on to say in his email to Young that the assessor had sent a STAR application to the North Greenbush address; however it was returned to the post office. The assessor then never removed the exemption from the property.
"While a careful reading of the School Tax bill would have revealed this fact it appears there was no affirmative action taken by either you or your husband to claim this STAR exemption," Harkin wrote. "It certainly appears to me that this was an honest error by both parties. Sorry for any trouble this has certainly caused you in the past few days."
The New York state STAR program provides partial exemptions for households that earn less than $500,000 annually. The program, however, has gone mostly unchecked by the state up to this point. Some of those who have taken advantage of the program have done so by either illegally subdividing rooming houses or claiming vacation homes or weekend residences as primary homes.
The Albany Times Union reports that, according to Olean Assessor Nancy Champlin, the Youngs first claimed an exemption on their home in Olean in 1999. Records then show the Youngs claimed a second exemption on their North Greenbush Condo beginning in August 2001. Since 2001, the exemptions appear to have been worth more than $1,000, including $218.63 last year.
The application for the School Tax Relief Program requires the name, telephone numbers and mailing addresses of property owners. Additionally, it requires the location of the property being applied for exemption.
The application also asks if the combined income of the property owners is more than $500,000, in which case, the applicant is not eligible for STAR. The second question on the application asks, "Do you or your spouse own any other property that is currently receiving STAR exemption?"
Resident owners are required to sign and date the form, stating, "I (we) certify that all of the above information is correct, that the property listed above is owned by me (us) and is my (our) primary residence and that my (our) 2011 income was less than $500,000. I (we) understand it is my (our) obligation to notify the assessor if I (we) relocate to another primary residence and to provide any documentation of eligibility that is requested."
The document also warns that anyone who misrepresents primary residence, age or income shall be subject to a $100 penalty, shall be prohibited from receiving the STAR exemption for five years and may be subject to criminal prosecution.
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With the Summer "Bronzing" season upon us, it's time to switch up our makeup palette. We all know that looking healthy is great but tanning, not so much. Well that's why makeup was invented to subtly highlight and add to our own beauty. Well this season Elizabeth Arden brings sophistication to the Spring season with […read more…]
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A researcher handed me a leaf the size of a dinner plate. 'This is a new species,' he said.century, tropical species will have to move a lot farther (and therefore faster) than temperate species. Meanwhile, because the tropics are already the hottest places on earth, temperature increases there will create "novel climates" of a sort that probably haven't been seen on earth in millions of years. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the tropics are where most species actually live.
Trees in the genus Schefflera had climbed upslope at the astonishing rate of nearly 100 feet a year.which all species are able to migrate fast enough to track the climate, some plant species will lose out, but many others will gain population as the climate warms. Under a "no migration" scenario, virtually all species becomes losers, with population declines of between 53 and 96 percent. And under an "observed migration" scenario, where plants move as fast as they have been observed to do in the tree plots, species will lose, on average, 40 percent of their population.
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Over at the Federalist, Gracy Olmstead wonders "what happens when people bring the country to the city?" She goes on to argue that "urban farming could have conservative implications and outworkings—and we should encourage these endeavors as much as possible, in our efforts to bring traditional principles back to urban environments."
Is there a way to bring the city mouse and the country mouse together?
I've argued for the need for urban farming initiatives in the context of renewal movements in places like Detroit, and Michael Miller has cogently pointed out the entrepreneurial reality at the core of farmers' markets.
But as Olmstead points to the diverse benefits of urban farming, I'm reminded of a story that pushes us beyond merely material and utilitarian calculus. The economist Wilhelm Röpke was a devotee of allotments for gardening and farming (Schrebergärten) commonly found in Europe, particularly after World War II.


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Who says ladies can't sport mohawk? This punk rock mohawk hairstyle for babes is kinda intimidating but it does look unique and sexy. In this look, hair is shaved on the side, middle part is longer and it's dyed blonde. Brushed towards the middle and curled. If you're a punk babe, you'll definitely love this look.


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