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The Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial -- located not too far from the State Department's headquarters in Washington -- not only honors the greatness of the man but also the enduring legacy of his words. His speeches, sermons, and writings continue to inspire people in the United States and around the world today.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"
Each year, Americans across the country seek to answer that question on the MLK Day of Service. The MLK Day of Service is part of United We Serve, the President's call for Americans from all walks of life to volunteer in their communities. There are numerous ways one can serve.
One of my most rewarding experiences was volunteering as a college student to work with exchange program participants on our university campus. During my time as a volunteer, I met students and young professionals from dozens of countries and sought to introduce them to life in the United States. I certainly learned more from the exchange participants than they did from me, but one aspect of American life that I believe impressed many of them was our commitment to volunteerism.
The exchange participants saw Americans -- ranging from high school students to retirees -- volunteering in their communities to protect wetlands, prevent drug abuse, and promote education, among other activities. The exchange participants saw these volunteers embody what Dr. King once said: "Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve."
Join the hundreds of thousands of people who serve on MLK Day and throughout the year. Find a project in your community or register your own project so that volunteers can find it. Go to Serve.gov for more information.
About the Author: Luke Forgerson serves as DipNote's Managing Editor and Deputy Director of Digital Engagement in the Bureau of Public Affairs.
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Turn your morning commute into an unforgettable Viking saga or immerse your brain in a challenging and visually stunning puzzle experience while you're sitting or standing on the train.
On May 15, AkihabaraNews participated in au's 2015 Summer product and service rollout at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
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On May 13, NTT docomo held their 2015 summer roll-out (NTTドコモ 2015夏 新サービス・新商品発表会) at Belle Salle Shiodome in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
Canon is going to release new interchangeable lens - EF50mm F1.8 STM - for their EOS cameras in late May.
The new EF50mm F1.8 STM lens is a successor model to the EF50mm F1.8 II, Canon's longtime popular EF lens - 25 years since it was released in December, 1990. The old model consistently sold approximately 70,000 units per month around the world.
At Keio University, the Imai Laboratory, in the Department of Information and Computer Science (Faculty of Science and Technology), is doing three research projects to make communication easier. These projects involve robots with artificial intelligence, telepresence robots, and technology for attaching sensors to people to make computers easier to use.

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Fillmore Bed
- Overview
Simplicity is the hallmark of this classic American bed. It's generous in scale to last your child throughout the teen years, with architecturally inspired details reminiscent of built-in furniture from an earlier era.
- Crafted of solid sap gum wood, rubberwood, plywood, anegre veneers and MDF (medium density fibreboard) an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength.
- Expertly constructed with mortise-and-tenon and tongue-and-groove joinery for high quality structural integrity.
- Hardwood frame is kiln-dried to prevent warping or bowing.
- Designed with mitered molding creates raised paneling on the headboard and footboard.
- Mattress platform is made of 100% solid wood slats for extra strength; designed for use with or without a box spring.
- Mattress platform can be positioned at 2 heights: (1) lower height for easy access in and out of bed for young children and (2) higher height to accommodate a trundle for overnight guests or extra storage.
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. They're refundable if returned within 30 days.
- Twin: 42.5" wide x 80" long x 50.75" high
- Full: 58" wide x 80" long x 50.75" high
- Buy a set and receive a discounted surcharge, see below for set options.
- Dimensions & Care
- Overall: 42.5" wide x 80" long x 50.75" high
- Headboard: 42.5" wide x 50.75" high x 3" thick
- Footboard: 42.5" wide x 30.5" high x 3" thick
- Side Rails: 75" long x 8" high x 1" thick
- Slats: 14
- Weight: 111 pounds
- Overall: 58" wide x 80" long x 50.75" high
- Headboard: 58" wide x 50.75" high x 3" thick
- Footboard: 58" wide x 30.5" high x 3" thick
- Side Rails: 75" long x 8" high x 1" thick
- Slats: 14
- Weight: 132 pounds
- Overall: 40.5" wide x 74.75" long x 5.75" high
- Casters: 2" wide x 2" deep x 2.5" high
- Weight: 78.5 pounds
- Accommodates a standard trundle mattress.
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
- To protect the finish, do not apply abrasives or household cleaners.
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If your return for Merchandise Credit Cards is greater than $10,000, we will issue $10,000 in Merchandise Credit Cards to you that day, and then mail additional Merchandise Credit Card(s) for the amount in excess of $10,000 to you.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items, which are identified by a price that ends in $0.99.
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- Measure the interior space of doorways, passages and stairwells to make sure the furniture will get through.
- Measure carefully as we cannot be responsible for items that do not fit in your home.
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Nearly all of our products are imagined and designed in our San Francisco studios. Our artists hand-create prototypes for everything from furniture to bedding to lighting. From there, we work with talented craftsmen and fabric industry leaders to build long-lasting products designed to last your family for years to come.
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Chicken Riggies and 'Scarole with Soul
- In Western New York State the Italian American community has a specialty - Chicken Riggies. It is a dish made in many versions but they all have chicken and rigatoni in common tossed with sweet and hot peppers and tomato sauce. Here's my Chicken Riggies. It's my mom and my hubby's new favorite meal. Spicy escarole makes a perfect partner to this dish.
- Salt
- 1 pound rigatoni
- 3/4 pound chicken tenders, 1 package
- 3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, 1 package
- Black pepper
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 7 to 8 cloves garlic, grated or finely chopped, divided
- 2 large or 3 small cubanelle peppers, seeded, chopped
- 3 roasted red peppers, chopped
- 6 hot cherry peppers pickled in jar, in Italian section of grocery stores
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup cream, eyeball it
- 1/2 cup grated Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano, plus more to pass at table
- 1/3 pound thick cut capocolo hot ham, chopped
- 2 heads escarole, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup basil, about 10 leaves, thinly sliced
- 4 pieces crusty bread
Bring a pot of water to a boil for "riggies". Salt water and cook pasta to al dente. Heads up: you will need to reserve cup of cooking water just before you drain the pasta.
Trim up the thighs and chop all the chicken into bite size pieces. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
Heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large high sided skillet over medium-high to high heat.
Add chicken to hot pan and brown all over, 7 to 8 minutes then remove. Add onions, 3 to 4 cloves of garlic, cubanelle peppers then season with salt and pepper and cook 6 to 7 minutes to soften then add roasted red peppers. Cut tops off the hot peppers and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon then chop the hot peppers and add them to the skillet. Stir in tomatoes and add chicken back to the sauce. Bring sauce to a bubble then stir in some starchy cooking water from the pasta - about a cup, then add the cream, twice around the pan, about 1/3 to 1/2 cup. Reduce heat to lowest setting and simmer a couple of minutes. Add pasta and 1/2 cup cheese and toss to combine.
While the chicken and peppers are cooking, heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped ham and cook 2 minutes, add reserved pasta water and garlic and reduce heat a bit. Add greens and wilt down, 2 minutes. Season the greens with salt and pepper, add stock. Simmer greens 5 to 6 minutes and serve.
Top the pasta with shredded basil. Pass cheese to top both pasta and greens and serve with crusty bread.
Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray
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Gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum. These four metals are everywhere -- in our smart phones, laptops, ball point pens, and light bulbs -- but we don't often pause to think about where they originate. Often these minerals are mined from the vast natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and hundreds of thousands of Congolese depend on their trade to earn a living. But tragically, violent armed groups exploit and hijack this trade, using forced labor to profit from it and sometimes killing to control it. So production and trade that could be drivers of economic development instead fuel violence and instability and harm innocent Congolese.
The Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Mineral Trade, which we launch today at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, DC, seeks to help break the links between conflict and these resources. This new alliance brings together the U.S. government, almost 20 internationally-listed high-tech and automotive companies, four industry associations and six non-governmental organizations, as well as the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region, to respond practically to the challenges posed by conflict minerals. And we're actively working to expand this alliance to include even more partners and supporters.
Through a range of tools developed by a multi-stakeholder governance group, the PPA will take important steps toward securing legitimate, conflict-free minerals from the DRC. We will do so by supporting pilot programs -- with the ultimate goal of producing scalable, self-sustaining systems -- to demonstrate a fully traced and validated supply chain in a way that is credible to companies, civil society, and government. The PPA will also be a hub for those seeking information and ways to take action on responsible minerals trade
The PPA builds on the intent of section 1502 of last year's Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation that seeks to end the cycle of conflict minerals. The law requires companies that are publicly traded in the United States to disclose the steps they're taking to purchase conflict-free gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum from the DRC or its neighboring countries. This kind of corporate due diligence -- now required by the DRC government and endorsed throughout the region -- will strengthen local efforts to regulate the trade and weaken a key driver of eastern Congo's horrific violence. While compliance with this disclosure requirement may be challenging given the complexity of the minerals supply chain, the U.S. government is working with a range of regional and local stakeholders to support the implementation of tools that can trace and certify the minerals trade as conflict-free.
Why are we taking these steps? Because excluding armed groups from the trade in minerals is good business for consumers, companies, the Congo, and the Great Lakes Region. But we also do this because it's very much the right thing to do for the people of Central Africa. Weakening the rebel groups and abusive armed forces that benefit from the illegal trade will help create a more peaceful and stable region. And, we all should be feel better knowing that the everyday objects which end up in our pockets, homes, and offices don't contribute to a cycle of violence for the people of the DRC.
Together, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs María Otero and Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats, continue their efforts working with others in our government, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and regional governments to respond to the Secretary's call to address the issue of conflict minerals.Learn more about the launch of the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Mineral Trade on the USIP website.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
Once again, the absurd doctrine of "responsibility to protect" rears its ugly, inbred head to punish American industry.
While in Libya, you supported the "rebel groups", in the Congo, you support the government, and it leaves one curious about how an armed rebel group could receive US blessings for mass murder as happened to blacks in Libya.
Can you not see with your own eyes that crime problems in Africa are for African governments to solve? The U.S. cannot even fix it's own economy let alone Africa's.
Fascism or what today is called "public-private alliance", is no answer. The Dodd-Frank bill that was signed into law recently is a classic example - the legislation is full of mandatory programs that cost a lot of time and money, yet yield little (or negative) value for the economy.
One provision, for instance, requires that businesses dealing in certain commodities or whose products contain certain commodities, must now file an annual report certifying that their raw materials are 100% free of 'conflict minerals' that may have originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Given DR Congo's massive gold and copper reserves, this is going to affect a lot of people. And how is it even realistic? It's like requiring someone to file a report stating where the last drop of gasoline they put in their car came from. Any ideas? Saudi Arabia? Brazil? Canada? And why is DR Congo singled out over, say, Sierra Leone?
This is exactly the sort of thinking that only makes sense in Washington. It puts completely unnecessary and unrealistic obligations onto American firms, forcing them to deal with administrative nonsense instead of what actually matters in business: serving customers.
The concept isn't difficult – when companies can focus on their core business and grow, they're more likely to hire. For all the talk that politicians want to reduce the unemployment rate, everything they're doing is making it extremely difficult for businesses to prosper and hire the unemployed American worker.
Adri D. in Indonesia writes:
Yea it's unfair for them
and we should help them out
the Best possible way we can
Just to appreciate their work
or just to give a litlle back
Bless you Guys
Kyle in Washington, D.C. writes:
Agreed completely. It is the right thing to do, and arguments about "destroying American industry" ring hollow. Reading more about the Dodd-Frank Act's conflict minerals provisions on http://doddfranksummary.com, I came to the realization of just how important it is to ensure that this awful trade is stopped.


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DES MOINES – Payton Rice's quest for individual gold became another step closer to reality Thursday.
Making his third consecutive state appearance, the Manson Northwest Webster second-ranked junior posted a 9-3 decision over Lake Mills' No. 7 Andy Dahle in a Class 1A opening-round match at 138 pounds.
With the victory, Rice improved to 45-1 on the season and 125-11 in his career.
"I felt a lot more comfortable this year and didn't get scared from the environment," said Rice, who claimed silver here last winter after previously finishing sixth. "I got a little boost of confidence from wrestling (in Wells Fargo Arena) before. Now, I guess I just have to see where the chips may fall."
Awaiting Rice next in the quarterfinal round is Midland's TJ Bowen (46-4), who upset Audubon's ninth-ranked Chase Petersen by a 2-0 final
Senior Connor Alne (145) stayed in medal contention, as well, for the Cougars. Following a 5-1 setback to Caleb Wedeking of North Butler, Alne bounced back with a 1-0 triumph over Ogden's Austin Lentz. Alne (38-7) will hook up with either Evan Hansen ( 44-1) from EHK/Exira or Sigourney-Keota's No. 4 Josh Yoder (35-5).
Harley Janssen (120) went 0-2 for MNW, falling to Jake Hunerdosse of Southeast Warren and South Hamilton's No. 6 JD Rader by scores of 12-0 and 17-2, respectively. Janssen bowed out at 35-11.
Winning their openers for the No. 2 E-Hawks were fifth-ranked Nick Schany (170), No. 1 Andrew Wellik (182), top-ranked Austin McCartan (195) and Tayler Wegner (220).
Schany (30-6) pinned Cole Streigle from Sigourney-Keota in 2:48. Looming next for the senior Schany is a fight against West Marshall's No. 7 Devin Chesler (47-4).
Keeping his perfect season intact, Wellik (38-0) tallied a 13-4 major decision over Seth Kerr of English Valley. Wellik, a senior, moves on to meet St. Albert's No. 7 Jake Lewis (35-1).
McCartan (38-0) needed only :34 to pin Luke Kramer from Maquoketa Valley. He will now see West Hancock's Nate Aitchison (41-6).
Wegner (38-6) also managed a 3:11 fall time against Kevin Tlach of West Hancock. In the quarterfinals, Wegner will clash with Woodbury Central's No. 6
Levi Paulsen (46-4).
Tyler Leuer (132) and fifth-ranked Brady Bailey (152) each split their bouts for Emmetsburg, while Jake Miller (120) finished 0-2.
No. 9 Taylor Lehman (132), fourth-ranked Jake Haberman (160) and No. 8 Mitch Gambrill (285) are each headed to the quarterfinals for the ninth-ranked Cowboys, while No. 5 Joel Haberman (126) remains on the backside.
Lehman (34-7) scored a 9-4 decision over Trey Busick of Pleasantville. He will take on Midland's fifth-ranked Kyle Pegorick (48-2) in his next bout.
Jake Haberman (33-7) delivered a 5:07 fall time against Josh Matusik from Woodbine. Don Bosco's No. 3 Jake Hogan (40-4) will now be his opponent.
The three-time state qualifier Gambrill (23-8) narrowly escaped with an 8-6 overtime victory over Cody Van Dee of Iowa Valley. Gambrill will square off with Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire's Cody Thompson (36-10) in the quarterfinals.
Despite being pinned (4:26) in his first match by Shane Poppens from Aplington-Parkersbug, Joel Haberman showed his resiliency with an 8-3 decision against Eddyville-Blakesburg's Cody Brown. Haberman (32-8) will now be paired against either No. 4 Lane Nichols (23-7) from Woodbury Central or Highland's Travis Cole (45-3).
Pocahontas Area
Joe Minkler (106), Mitch Brinkman (113), Tyler Hubrich (152) and Jeremy Watson (195) were all ousted with 0-2 marks for the Indians.
Prairie Valley
Senior Taylor Clough (152) can still make the podium for the Warriors after going 1-1. Clough (35-7) dropped an 8-2 decision to eighth-ranked Kain Queck of Nodaway Valley in his opener, while later rebounding with a 20-3 technical fall over Wilton's Kaleb Schmidt. Clough will next meet either No. 4 Logan Moore (48-2) from West Monona or North Butler's third-ranked Cody Nelson (46-0).
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Yesterday, we found out if you were born in April, you probably liked tea, but if you were born in January...you were doomed to a life of coffee!!! Check out yesterday's poll and you can still vote and post if you would like.
Welcome to TeaDay on TeaChat. Fill a pot and come share what is in your cup through out the day. Be sure to check out what everyone else is sipping as well. If you must, you can reflect back on your TeaDay as well.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic is about how we would rate our tea brewing skills. This has the potential to sound boastful. Try not to view it that way. Just share where you would rate yourself. This is not about modesty, or boastfulness, just be honest, that is all. And do not compare yourself to a 12th level TeaMaster Monk in China, unless you are living in China. Have some fun with this.
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OCZ Technology Group this week introduced Talos 2 solid-state drives (SSDs) that use dual-port SAS 6Gb/s interface, support OCZ Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 technology and increase performance over Talos SSD launched earlier this year. The Talos 2 are designed for enterprises users that demand ultimate performance among ultimate reliability.
OCZ Talos 2 comes in 2.5" form-factor and is initially available in 200GB, 400GB and 800GB capacities with 100GB and 1TB to follow. Talos 2 SSDs deliver superior random transactional performance at up to 70 000 4K IOPS and features improved mixed workload (75% read; 25% write) performance with up to 42 000 8K IOPS. The new drives can provide up to 550MB/s read bandwidth and up to 375MB/s write bandwidth. Talos 2 leverages OCZ VCA 2.0 technology which implements an intelligent complex command queuing structure with unique queue balancing algorithms to provide exceptional performance.
Since Talos 2 enterprise SSDs are sold directly to end-users or to server makers, OCZ can install MLC, eMLC or SLC NAND flash memory depending on needs.
Unlike many SAS SSDs, the Talos Series is dual-ported to offer superior data integrity and increased performance, along with delivering a robust enterprise feature-set including DataWrite Assurance Protection in case of sudden power loss. Talos 2 also includes the option to enable T10-DIF (Data Integrity Field), allowing for the insertion of 8 bytes of additional data during transfers to ensure complete data integrity.
"The Talos 2 SAS solid state drives expand on the original series by offering enterprise customers superior performance, reliability, and density all in a compact footprint. The Talos 2 enterprise SSDs are optimized for the most demanding storage systems and provide clients with an easy to deploy solution that vastly improves application performance over traditional SAS based HDDs," said Ryan Petersen, chief executive officer of OCZ technology Group.
OCZ is now sampling Talos 2 to strategic customers and the drives will be made available to SMB and enterprise clients through OCZ's global business-to-business channel.


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5. Find a reason to finish.
Perhaps the most important advice for finishing your first ultra is just that: finish your first ultra. While this may seem simple, going into race day with a "we'll see how it goes" attitude may lead you to a DNF.
Before the inaugural Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, race director Fred Abramowitz told a room full of race entrants, "You are not all going to finish. Some of you are going to have good reasons for DNFing and others not so good reasons. One hundred miles is a long way and the only way you're going to finish is if you find a reason to finish. I don't care if it's as simple as telling yourself that you don't want to show up to work on Monday and explain to your co-workers that you dropped out of a race. Find a reason and believe it."
No doubt, running your first ultra is going to be hard. But you already knew that. You're going to suffer, and, at times, you're going to want to quit. But decide why you're going to persevere and repeat it to yourself over and over when you get tired and feel like giving up.


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Frequently Asked Questions
- What if I am still in college?
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- What if I am not Lutheran?
- What if I do not have an undergraduate degree?
Question: What if I am still in College?
Answer: Regardless of how far you are from graduation day, college is the perfect time to begin thinking about seminary. It's also the perfect time to begin visiting seminaries to get a sense of the distinctive context and the community vibe of each. Being on campus during the heart of the academic year is an ideal way to picture yourself here. We would love to have you schedule a visit with us.
If you are a member of the ELCA and are thinking of beginning seminary within the next couple of years, particularly in the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program, you should also be in touch with your synod office about the candidacy process. Often the best place to begin this conversation is with your home or campus pastor. If you would like assistance in making contact with the appropriate person on your synod staff, please contact the admissions office. We are glad to help you begin making these connections.
Please sign up for our prospective student mailings. We will keep you informed about scheduled visitation events throughout the year, as well as continuing education opportunities when you might join us on campus for a lecture or workshop.
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Answer: High School students who are sensing a call to ministry are encouraged to let us know of your interest. We will add you to our mailing list, and keep you informed about discernment events that may be happening. We would love to be a part of this journey you are on.
One amazing opportunity for High School Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors is the Summer Seminary Sampler program. Samplarians, as they are called, come to campus for a two-week experience in either June or July. The Sampler program will give you another community in which to think about your gifts, and how God might be calling you to put them to work in the world.
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Answer: Trinity students come from a variety of denominational backgrounds. To be sure, as a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest number of Master of Divinity (M.Div.) students on campus are ELCA students. While the student body is always in transition, we often have more than a dozen different denominations represented.
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Answer: The Association of Theological Schools in Bulletin 2010, states "as many as 15 percent of students in the M.Div. degree program may be admitted without possession of the baccalaureate degree or its educational equivalent, if the institution can demonstrate by some objective means that these persons possess the knowledge, academic skill, and ability generally associated with persons who hold the baccalaureate degree. Admission of such applicants should be restricted to persons with life experience that has prepared them for theological study at the graduate level." The Admissions Office can provide additional information about Trinity's implementation of this ATS standard.
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A more fundamental change to the industry is being driven by the move to connect cars with each other and roadside infrastructure via the dedicated automotive WiFi standard 802.11p.
As a reporter, this is something I hear about often. While I think I grasp the concept on a high level, it's not clear to me how a number of different wireless "communication" technologies -- in addition to 802.11p -- will play into the V2I, V2V and V2X communication. What are the things that still need to be developed, and how far away are we from that reality?


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Caladesi Connection: Visitors leave the ferry Caladesi Connection 2 at Honeymoon Island State Park, 1 Causeway Blvd., Dunedin, after spending the day on Caladesi Island, Caladesi State Park. The ferry runs hourly from 10 a.m. to early evening. Cost is $9 for adults, $5.50 for kids 4 to 12. Entry fees to Honeymoon Island State Park apply: $5 per carload (up to eight people) for all-day parking. Open 365 days a year. Call (727) 469-5942 or visit www.visitflorida.com/experience/nature/parks/.
New members art: Jewelry, painting, glass sculpture, mixed media, pottery, books and more will be on display at the "New Members Exhibition" from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday at Artist's Way Cooperative Gallery, 1403 Cleveland St., Clearwater. The exhibit runs through Sept. 30. Call (727) 738-8010 or (727) 446-1708.
Peace Vigil: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Edgewater Park, next to the Dunedin Marina, at Alt. U.S. 19 and Main Street in Dunedin. Call (727) 734-8945 or visit www.stpeteforpeace.org.
Artistic contrasts: Two new exhibitions - "Art of the Whimsical: Fabricated Sculptures" by Esther Gentle, and "Art of the Ordered: Reverse Paintings" by Roy Witlin - are on display through Aug. 26 at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, on the campus of St. Petersburg College, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, students admitted free. Call (727) 712-5762.
Largo art show: The Largo Art Association presents its summer art show at the Largo Community Center, 65 Fourth St. NW, through Aug. 31. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays.
Artist's reception: View Youth Art Corps student works at an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. The students plan a theater performance at 4:15 p.m. Free. Artwork will be available for purchase with proceeds going to the Youth Arts Program. Call (727) 518-6833 ext 301 or visit www.youthartscorps.org.
Rock 'n' roll concert: Teens take note, Detroit rock band the High Strung, will perform a full set of rousing jams and talk about what it's like to write songs, perform and tour year round at 7 p.m. as part of an End-of-Summer Teen Celebration at the Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. The group's videos have been seen on MTV, the band's been featured in Entertainment Weekly and Spin magazines, and were hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the best new rock 'n' roll bands in America. Open to kids ages 12 to 20. Free. For more information call (727) 784-3332, ext. 206.
Art on display: View the artwork of Lee Smith Albion, on display through August at Oldsmar City Hall, 100 State St. W. Albion is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed fine artist who has also enjoyed a career as an illustrator. She earned a master's degree from Columbia University and studied in New York City, Los Angeles and Sarasota and spent 21 years in London where she won the annual Stanley Grimm Award for oils. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call (813)749-1260.
Summer magic: First Impressions Art Gallery unveils new Disney fine art from John Coleman, Toby Bluth and John Rowe, along with fresh, contemporary work from other artists. The gallery is at 3625 Alt. U.S. 19 N, Palm Harbor. The exhibition runs through Aug. 31. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call (727) 942-3955.
Summertime Marketplace: From jicamas to pineapples, the Downtown Clearwater Summertime Marketplace is full of fresh, delicious food. The weekly market offers seasonal fruit, vegetables, cheeses, breads and honey to jewelry and organic clothing. Stroll the market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the last Wednesday of each month at Clearwater City Hall, 112 S Osceola Ave. Musical entertainment from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call Bob Fernandez at (727) 461-7674 or visit www.clearwaterfarmers market.com.
Third Friday: Safety Harbor's Third Friday Music Series is from 6 to 9 p.m. every third Friday along Main Street. David Bearce will play acoustic rock at the Gazebo at John Wilson Park. Call (727) 724-1572.
Fish fry: 6-8 p.m. Fridays at the AMVETS Post 67, 1825 Highland Ave., Clearwater. Cost is $7 per person. Call (727) 631-0067.
Flowers and wildlife: The 150-acre Florida Botanical Gardens at 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, features hundreds of blooming flowers and plants, native and non-native ornamentals. Free and open to the public daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. During summer weekends, tours through the Topiary, Celebration, Rose, Jazz, English Cottage and 20 other gardens are self-guided. Call (727) 582-2581 or visit www.flbg.org.
Friday night fun: 5 to 8 p.m. every Friday at American Legion Post 119, 130 First Ave. SW, Largo. Seafood or chicken dinners available. Cost is $5.50-$6. Bill Johnson and his karaoke machine will entertain from 7 to 11 p.m. Call (727) 584-2038.
Enter your art: Artist applications for the 33rd Annual Fine Arts, Crafts and Music Festival are available through the Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce, 1151 Nebraska Ave., Palm Harbor. Deadline for applications for the juried show is Sept. 11. Call (727) 784-4287 or visit www.palmharborcc.org/newsevents/decartfest.asp.
Pursuing artistic excellence: "Pablo Siebel: Reflexiones Intimas (Intimate Reflections)," a collection of works by the Chilean artist Pablo Siebel, are on display in the Rhoda Newberry Reed Gallery of the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. Admission: $8 adults; $7 seniors 65 and older; $4 youth age 7-18 and college students with valid ID; children age 6 and younger free. Museum hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.; closed Monday. Call (727) 518-6833.
Dinner & music: 5 to 8 p.m. every Saturday at American Legion Post 119, 130 First Ave. SW, Largo. Filet mignon, potato and salad will be featured. Cost is $7. Music provided by Ann Marie. Call (727) 584-2038.
Guided hikes: Free guided hikes through Brooker Creek Preserve's Education Center Trail from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturdays at 3940 Keystone Road, East Lake. Advance registration is required. Call (727) 453-6800.
Dixieland dance: The Bayside Banjo Band plays Dixieland and old-time songs from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday at American Legion Post 7, 1760 Turner St., Clearwater. Call (727) 447-9204.
Thespians unite!: Adults interested in drama, dance, music appreciation and performance can meet like-minded enthusiasts at a gathering of the Performing Arts Club from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Monday in the Safety Harbor Library Meeting Room, 101 2nd St. N. Free. Call (727) 724-1525 ext. 224.
Tidal Wave Tuesdays: Teens and preteens can beat the heat at a fun social night featuring swimming, dancing, water sports and more for middle and high school students from 7 to 9 p.m. at Highland Family Aquatic Center, 400 Highland Ave., Largo. Cost is $3. Call (727) 518-3019.
Dinner dance: Indulge your continental tastes with a pasta dinner and dance from 5 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Italian American Club of Greater Clearwater, 200 McMullen Booth Road. Cost is $7 for members, $9 for nonmembers. Call (727)791-8698.
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Should You InhaleThe dope on marijuana as a performance-enhancing trail drugs
Do you want some of this?" my running partner says as he extends his hand with a joint after we reach the summit on our run.
"No, thanks, " I say, tearing open my gel packet. I don't smoke marijuana, but don't mind if someone else does. Having grown up with an alcoholic father, I sometimes wish he'd had a propensity for marijuana instead.
This particular runner and marijuana user told me, "I use it to settle my stomach on long runs, and being high on the trail just enhances the experience. It makes for a better run."
Laws recently passed in Washington and Colorado have made recreational marijuana use legal; 18 other states and the District of Columbia allow its use for medical purposes. Today the most compelling medical use is treating the ravages of chemotherapy, especially nausea. It's also been shown to help patients with AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain.
However, since I've been a trail runner, there have always been a few people in my running circles who pack a one hitter or joint in their running kit right next to their carefully counted gels. We don't think twice about ingesting a drug like caffeine—with its well-known and potent ergogenic effects—to help us train, but can marijuana also offer benefits for runners?
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Marijuana is the common term used for the dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the plant with the scientific name Cannabis Sativa. The active chemicals in marijuana are called cannabinoids. Delta-9- Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary active chemical, which causes a psychoactive effect and results in changes of perception, mood, consciousness, cognition and behavior. Marijuana can be imbibed in a variety of ways, including mixed in foods (e.g. brownies and cookies), brewed as tea, vaporized and, of course, smoked.
Marijuana is the most-used illegal drug in the United States, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, yet there is not a single reported case of death from overdose. The same cannot be said about its casual-consumption counterpart, alcohol, which causes approximately 5000 overdose deaths per year.


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Starbucks Surges 6% on Earnings Beat, Strong Comparable Sales (Update)
This story has been updated with comments from Starbucks' earnings conference call.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Starbucks
The company said that for the June-ending quarter net earnings rose 25% to $417.8 million, or 55 cents a share. Revenue rose 13% to $3.74 billion.
The results beat the consensus estimate of a 53-cent profit among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Revenue was expected to rise 12.5% to $3.72 billion.
Global comparable store sales were up 8%; same-store sales in the United States jumped 9% during the quarter. Starbucks said comparable sales in its China and Asia Pacific markets rose 9%, double from the fiscal second quarter.
Starbucks' Americas segment is "firing on all cylinders," fueled by a "transformed and reinvented food program," Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said on the conference call.
However, CFO Troy Alstead cautioned that Starbucks does not expect a repeat performance in the fourth quarter. "A number of fantastic things came together" to make that happen, he said on the conference call.
As the company looks to the fourth quarter and to fiscal 2014, it expects sales comps between 5% and 7%, roughly in line with the first half of 2013, he said.
During the most recent quarter, the company opened 341 net new stores for a total of 19,209 stores globally, Starbucks said.
Shares were up 6.5% to $72.50 in after-market trading.
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Starbucks introduced fiscal 2014 targets. The company expects revenue growth between 10% and 13%, which includes mid-single digit comparable store sales growth. Starbucks also forecasted 2014 earnings per share in the range of $2.55 to $2.65, representing growth of 18% to 22%.
Earlier this week, Starbucks and yogurt-maker Danone, announced a plan to jointly create a selection of specialty yogurt products in participating Starbucks stores in 2014 and in grocery channels in 2015 as part of the coffee chain's growing Evolution Fresh brand.
During its conference call, Starbucks explained that its mobile payments business is gaining customer acceptance. Adam Brotman, the company's chief digital officer, said that 10% of all transactions in Starbucks' U.S. stores are made through a mobile phone.
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In short: Great all round FestivalIn full: Have run in Edinburgh before, the half and as a Hairy Haggis, so collectively have run the whole marathon course ... this year thought I'd pull myself together and do the whole thing! So first Edinburgh Marathon and first Marathon!How was it ... amazing! The most inspiring thing i've ever done. Upsides - organisation is now brilliant and the crowd support is tremendous. Water & Gel stations well manned & supplied. Downsides - It remains a pity that more of the course isn't in Edinburgh, but you can't have everything, once you get to Portobello you're running by the sea, what more could you want!? The off road loop at Gosford House is tricky especially as you've been running on the road for 17 or so miles by that point. It is a mighty long walk back to the buses & main carparking and it's uphill, not ideal if you've just run 26.2 miles!!We can't blame the organisers for the weather, although we shouldn't complain, but I can bless the couple who, at mile 7, were spraying you with more sun tan cream ... an idea for the future perhaps? And the young lady who, around mile 24, was standing at her gate with a plate of satsumas! She saved my life :)I finished in 4.38 hours, which given the heat I am very proud of, all I have to do now is persuade my husband that he can cope with me training for 2013!!Date of review: June 23, 2012
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As some of you may already know, I have recently been working on setting up my own small-scale creative writing magazine for poetry and prose. It's been a while in the making, but I am happy to say that our website is now up, and we are ready to receive submissions!
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WBGO and SummerStage
June 30, 2009. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: concerts, Esperanza Spalding, Great Live Moments, Jazz Alive, Jonathan Batiste, josh jackson, Ledisi, Live Music, Revue, SummerStage, wbgo
On Sunday, June 28, WBGO's Josh Jackson hosted a great concert at Central Park SummerStage. The performance began with New Orleans pianist Jonathan Batiste, who paid homage to the late Michael Jackson in both song and attire. Bassist Esperanza Spalding followed with a set that ran the gamut of funk to soul to Ella inspired scat.
Closing the performance was rising star of soul and jazz, Ledisi (LED-ih-see as she pointed out several times from the stage and in cards handed out after the show). If the pronunciation of her name is a little confusing, there is no confusion what so ever about her voice or her command of the stage.
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Experiencing the "other" online. The first of a three-part series, Life Together, in which Christin Davis of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism profiles the coexistence efforts among Palestinians and Israelis who are trying to create new ways of living with each other in the Holy Land.
Did you know that the sacred city of Bethlehem lies within the West Bank? And, inside its borders, you'll find something unexpected — a close-knit neighborhood where generations of people have created a new life for themselves. Amahl Bishara and Nidal Al-Azraq show us something rare that we don't see in the news about refugee camps — the quiet cycles of everyday life.
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Part 1 of Bishara's three-part series on how foreign journalism about Palestinians informs their sense of themselves.
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"How do they do it?" is the 1st question that comes to mind. I live in relative security here in the U.S. where most of my conflict comes between my 2 ears. The courage-to-be is essential for every one of us. Isn't it mostly fear that hinders us from loving each other? respecting each other? If not fear then indifference. But I think if we can learn, as these folks have, to live with whatever life presents us, with courage, respect, even welcome, then we, each one of us, can truly live and not simply exist or co-exist.
I listened with great interested because I am soon to be welcoming a high school exchange student from the West Bank to our city. Whenever I read anything about the West Bank it is in reference to the politics. This story helped me to think about Bethlehem as a community with gardens and people with hopes and dreams like any other place. The student who comes to live here will be another "non-elite" voice that the Americans living here will get to hear, just like the voices Dr. Amahl Bishare is attempting to listen to. I can't wait to start listening to our exchange student from the West Bank!
They say clearly that they choose, voluntarily, to stay in the "refugee" camps. And that if they had the resources to live elsewhere, many would leave for a better life.
How come that hasn't happened? It seems as if they're being exploited politically by their own people.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (86 votes).
In short: Busy but fun. One of the best large half marathons I've ran.In full: Despite the crowds it was one of the quickest half marathon times I've recorded. Great crowds, great scenery and - despite the volume of people - well organised. It's only when you go to a large event that is shambolic that you appreciate when one is well run. You'll always have waiting time at the bigger events but this was kept down to a minimum here.Date of review: November 19, 2012
In short: Thoroughly enjoyable and I didn't think I'd say that after my first run over 10KDate of review: October 28, 2010
In short: Got to be 1 of the best 1/2 marathons to tackle in the London areaIn full: Challenging but fun. Well organised and well supported and plenty to do before and after the race. Good weather on the day made the whole event that little bit mor eenjoyable as well.Date of review: October 25, 2010
In short: My favourite race of the year, well worth the trip to London!In full: Flat, Fast course, Well organised, well supported, a real day out! and loads of freebies!Date of review: October 24, 2010
In short: loved it, booked my 2nd half marathon for March to improve and will come back next yearIn full: Gorgeous scenery to run through, uplifting crowds through out the journey, well organised and perfectly flat for new runners. It was the first half-marathon I ran and I was pumped at the end. I only started running at the beg of 2010. I have booked another half marathon in March and think it is a great first runner.Date of review: October 21, 2010
Date of review: October 21, 2010
In short: First class organisation and the views are not bad either!In full: Great day and well thought out - plenty of water etc. I was surprised I got my time texted to me in a few minutes. Could even enjoy this in rubbish autumn weather but we were lucky on the day. Fellow Duffers may have found a couple nagging inclines but no problem if you've trained and going at a sensible pace. A few pinch-points around road narrowing and some turns but the only real hazard was avoiding water bottles not thrown off-roadDate of review: October 18, 2010
In short: An organised race with a scenic course with pb potential.Date of review: October 18, 2010
In short: In full: Enjoyable but some people took it far too seriously - being sworn at for passing someone spoilt the day for me. There was lots of support to the day which was absolutely tremendous. I was very disappointed by the television programme shown on the half marathon - too much time was taken up showing "celebrities". Date of review: October 18, 2010
In short: Everything you would expect from a big raceIn full: Flat, fast, lots of runners, lots of spectators ... Date of review: October 17, 2010
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Milwaukee opens homestand with 2-0 win over Atlanta
MILWAUKEE - Wily Peralta allowed just two hits over seven innings and Jean Segura hit his 11th homer of the season as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 at Miller Park Friday night.
Peralta (5-8) didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning and ended the night with seven shutout innings, walking four and striking out four.
Jim Henderson pitched the ninth for his 10th save of the season.
Aramis Ramirez gave the Brewers in the first inning with a sacrifice fly that scored Norichika Aoki.
In the fifth, Jean Segura hit his 11th homer of the season to provide what proved to be an insurance run. Segura had three hits on the night.
Julio Teheran (5-4) took the loss for the Braves allowing two earned runs on eight hits in six and a third innings.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (131 votes).
In short: Lovely setting and good challenge In full: Really challenging and enjoyable. Field smaller than I thought and clearly lots of very good runners - did not seem to be many doing the 15k and they were all very good. So even doing a PB I was well back in the field! Still a great day though. Thanks to marshalls who were great. Date of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Challenging but good fun and great atmosphereIn full: This was a very clubby race with some really good runners but beginners seemed welcome, though there weren't many running the 15km. The organisation was excellent, and I liked the music playing at the finish. A challenging course, which was good training and a nice medal at the finish. Date of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Fun start to the running yearIn full: I did this last year. Really enjoyed it then, still think it's great. The course is challenging enough to be interesting with one mildly challenging hill,it's a nice place to run with the country park setting and the organisation is really good throughout. Will be back for 2nd and 3rd races this year.Date of review: January 17, 2010
In short: Challenging hills and lots of runners. Always someone to chase!Date of review: March 1, 2008
In short: Good Weather, good organisation, good race and a PB to boot!Date of review: February 25, 2008
In short: Fantastic race by JUST RACING againIn full: Course measured a little short, but great run all the same.Date of review: February 24, 2008
In short: returned from last year, good strength work, saves you getting board on your llong runsIn full: organisation good, medal great, photo's fantastic. challenging but worth while.Date of review: February 23, 2008
In short: muddy, wet and good funIn full: second time I have done this race and due to injury did the 5km. Still does not disappoint as enjoy running in the woods and through the mud, totally different from my usual runs. will be back for round 3!Date of review: February 7, 2008
In short: another well organised round, great to challenge previous times , see you at round 3!Date of review: February 4, 2008
In short: Will def do it again - will master the hill next time!Date of review: February 4, 2008
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To aid in sanding and gluing workpieces, Club member Wayne Matthies of Cattaraugus, New York, designed this holding jig. Made from a 4x8 sheet of particleboard, the jig consists of a 36 x 72-in. table with numerous 3/8-in.-wide slots cut through its surface. Holding blocks (both 1/2- and 3/4-in.-thick) slide along the slots, and thanks to their flat, convex and concave sides, the blocks can accommodate workpieces of many different sizes and shapes. A 5/16-in. flathead screw and square nut secure each of the holding blocks through the slots, which have a 5/8-in. dado to capture the nut and keep it from turning. Brought to you by: American Profile - Inspirational Stories & American History


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Jconk, I think Marco meant that the people that built those at amano, built the originals at donna margerita and had to be replaced, that they were not done properly. -marc
My Amano Monday It was 2 for 1 day and since I could not bake because I was working on my AARK! I stoped in for the real deal I ate 1 pie then asked for 1 to go they made that then the ticket came up and they made another so it was 3 for 1 sorry Carlo They really have it dialed in here at Amano . Very Consistent! Last pic is the one I devoured!! boxes were para casa! They Let me mess with the dough a bit , was very wet 100% caputo. Pics below made the pies shown.John
Is it me or does their dough always look like it's on it's last leg. How was the pizza you took home after it cooled down?
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GAASTRA – James "Bob" Haydon Sr., 84, of Gaastra, passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at his home.
He was born on Dec. 16, 1928, in Iron River, son of the late James and Theresa (Murphy) Haydon. James attended the Iron River Schools, graduating from Iron River High School in 1946. Following graduation, he attended St. Norbert College. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Bob married the former Maxine "Micki" Vicenzi on Sept. 25, 1954, at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Iron River and the couple were lifelong residents of the area. They celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary in 2012.
He was the owner and operator of Haydon Gas and Oil Co. for more than 35 years; owner and operator of Trav-lures Motel for 17 years, and was employed by West Iron County Public Schools, retiring in 1996.
Bob was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church of Iron River, serving as usher, alter server, Eucharistic minister, and on the prison ministry. He was Exalted Ruler of the Iron River Elks Lodge and also district vice president and deputy of the Elks. He was also a Grand Knight in the Knights of Columbus and a member of Alfred Branchini American Legion Post 17.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time at his camp. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, Joseph Patrick and sister, Jean Wicklund.
He is survived by his wife, Micki; sons, Jim (Betty Clements) Haydon of Iron River, John (Becky) Haydon of River Falls, Wis. and Jeff (Dina) Haydon of Pinckney, Mich.; daughters, Karen (Dr. Don) Patton of Iron River, Kim (Al) Anderson of Grafton, Wis., Katie (Bob) Hartline of Cedarburg, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the Jacobs Funeral Home in Iron River. The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will form an honor guard at the visitation. Funeral services will follow Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Iron River, with Fr. Norman Clisch to offer the Mass of Christian Burial.
Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery in Iron River in the spring, with the West Side Veterans to accord military rites.
Funeral arrangements by the Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River.


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Q: What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
A: Chasing a 1,000 pound steer across four lanes of oncoming traffic! While at home alone, I got a call that Brodie was loose and was down the street with police officers surrounding him. Needless to say he and the police officers were very frightened, and once I got close to him he ran across four lanes of traffic and I had to run after him. Luckily we both got across without getting hit and I finally caught him after he slipped on the asphalt.
Q: Do you cook and/or bake anything? If so, what are your special dishes?
A: I absolutely love to bake! It is a hobby I inherited from my mom who is an awesome baker. Everyone always loves my fudge brownies and dirt cake.
Q: If you were handed 10 million dollars, what would you splurge on?
A: After paying off my school debts, I would set up my own charity that would enable terminally ill pediatric patients to have the means to do whatever they want as a last wish, and then I would go on a huge shopping spree with my mom.
Q: If you could meet one celebrity, who would it be and why?
A: I would really like to have the opportunity to meet Carrie Underwood, she and I both share a love for country music. Not to mention that I would love to know the secret to how she curls her hair because, I have been trying to style my hair like hers for over a year. I'm interested to find out how she has stayed true to herself while living within in the public eye.
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A: As a skin cancer survivor, I was asked to speak in front of the Florida Senate on a bill concerning the use of tanning beds for minors. The story received nationwide media coverage and I received calls and letters from teens thanking me for what I did.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (April 23, 2009) – U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) will be signing autographs and promoting the FIVB World League on Friday and Saturday (April 24-25) at the Far Western National Qualifier in Reno, Nev.
The Qualifier is taking place at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Lee will appear the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Lee was a member of the 2008 U.S. Men's Volleyball Team that won the FIVB World League title and also the Olympic gold medal in Beijing. He is on the preliminary U.S. roster for the 2009 World League as well.
Lee finished the 2008 season as the team's fourth leading scorer with 243 points in 95 sets played (2.56 points per set). He was the team's second-leading blocker with 63 (0.66 per set). He tallied 168 kills and had a hitting percentage of 0.58.
Lee played for Sisley Treviso in Italy's Serie A League during the winter of 2008-09.
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye, which features U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) and Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) at middle blocker, won the Turkish league title with a three match to one victory over U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and his team Fenerbahce in the finals.
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye won the final match on April 23, 3-0 (26-24, 27-25, 25-15). Touzinsky scored 11 points on 11 kills. Millar scored seven points on two kills, four blocks and one ace. Billings led Fenerbahce with 16 points on 15 kills and one ace.
Billings led all scorers in the first match on April 16, which was a 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 30-28) victory for Fenerbahce. Billings had 25 points on 22 kills, two blocks and one ace. Touzinsky had nine points on eight kills and one ace. Millar scored seven points on three kills, three blocks and one ace.
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye came back to win the second match on April 19, 3-0 (37-35, 25-18, 25-23) although Millar could not play due to injury. Touzinsky scored 14 points on 13 kills and one block. Billings had 20 points on 19 kills and one block.
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye also won the third match on April 20, 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 28-26). Touzinsky scored 11 points on 10 kills and one block. Billings had 18 points on 17 kills and one block. Millar did not play.
For the first time in the history of the Russian Super League, the regular season league champion will not play in the playoff finals.
Fakel Novy Urengoi, including U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.), which won the regular season title, fell in the playoff semifinals to Zenit Kazan, featuring U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu), three matches to one.
With the series tied at 1-1, Stanley stepped up at home for Kazan. On April 18, Stanley scored 18 points on 15 kills, two blocks and one ace as Kazan defeated Fakel Novy Urengoi, 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-20). Ball scored one point on one kill in the match. Rooney scored six points on six kills while Hansen had two points on one kill and one block.
On April 19, Stanley scored 24 points on 15 kills, two blocks and seven aces as Kazan ousted Fakel Novy Urengoi, 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 19-25, 25-23). Ball had one point on one kill. Rooney scored 17 points on 16 kills and one block. Hansen scored two points on one kill and one ace.
Kazan will play Iskra Odintsovo in the final. Fakel Novy Urengoi will play Dinamo Moscow for third place.
To view Fakel Novy Urengoi's photos from the April 18 match, click here.
To view Fakel Novy Urengoi's photos from the April 19 match, click here.
To view Zenit Kazan's photos from the April 18 match, click here.
To view Zenit Kazan's photos from the April 19 match, click here.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) and his team Lokomotiv Novosibirsk defeated U.S. opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) and his team Ural Ufa, three matches to one and will now face Lokomotiv Belogorie, which features U.S. libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.), to determine the fifth-place team in the league.
The winner of the series will finish the Russian championship in fifth place and qualify for European cup competition next season
View photos from the series between Novosibirsk and Ufa at www.lokovolley.ru/photo/Foto31/.
Read Priddy's blog at http://reidpriddy.com/traffic/.
U.S. middle blocker Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) and his Greek team Olympiacos have reached the finals of the Hellenic league where they will face league-winner and rival Panathinaikos.
Olympiacos defeated EA Patron Lux in three straight matches. Hoff returned from injury to play in the third match, which was a 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-20) victory. He scored 3.5 points on three kills and 0.5 blocks.
The best-of-five final will begin on April 27.
In the playoff tournaments to determine fifth-eighth place, AO Finikas Sirou, featuring U.S. middle blocker Matt Denmark (Edmond, Okla.), defeated GS Lamia, 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-20) in the first match on March 15. Denmark scored 11.83 points on five kills, 4.83 blocks and two aces.
On the other side of the bracket, PAOK, which includes U.S. players Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.), Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), fell to Aris Marmouris AE, 0-3 (27-29, 22-25, 17-25). Lotman led all scorers with 21 points on 17 kills, three blocks and one ace. Brunner added three points on two kills and one block. Patak did not play due to illness.
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Priddy and two-time Olympian Kevin Barnett have set up an online radio blog called The Net Live. Their next broadcast is scheduled for April 15 at 10 a.m. PT.
You can hear it by clicking here.
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Tickets for the World League matches in San Jose, Calif., (June 26-27 against China), Hoffman Estates, Ill., (July 10-11 against Italy) and Wichita, Kan., (July 17-18 against Netherlands) are now on sale.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (July 24, 2013) – After roughly seven years as partners and friends, U.S. beach volleyball players April Ross and Jennifer Kessy know what it takes to bounce back from a disappointing loss.
On Wednesday at the FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam, they did just that defeating Germany's Victoria Bieneck and Julia Großner, 21-11, 14-21, 15-12 in 45 minutes to advance from the first round of single elimination. Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kessy (San Clemente, Calif.) will face Brazil's No. 5 seeded Agatha Bednarczuk and Maria Antonelli in the second round on Thursday.
It has been a season of ups and downs for Ross and Kessy, who won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The key for the U.S. pair has been to keep the distractions off the beach.
Prior to Long Beach, the team had played in five FIVB events. After a rough start, Ross and Kessy looked to be improving with a fourth-place finish in Argentina and then a silver medal in the Rome Grand Slam.
But the next week, Kessy withdrew from the FIVB World Championships to rehabilitate a hip injury. She also missed the following event in Gstaad and ended up taking about a month off.
Ross and Kessy agreed that the time apart showed in their 21-19, 21-15 loss to Switzerland's No. 17 Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré on Tuesday.
"Yesterday I didn't think we played very well," Ross said. "I felt like we had a month apart."
Kessy agreed that she was not at her best.
"Yesterday was one of those days where I wasn't on my game," she said. "I wasn't horrible, but they (Forrer and Vergé-Dépré) played great. What are you going to do? You can't win 'em all, unfortunately."
There have been ups and downs away from the sand as well. Kessy married French beach volleyball player Andy Ces in March. Two months later, her father passed away.
Both players have also said that this will most likely be their last season as a team as Kessy wants to slow down to start a family while Ross has said she wants to make a push toward the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She has said she will partner with three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings (Saratoga, Calif.) for a few tournaments near the end of the season
But in Long Beach, both Ross and Kessy are working to stay in the moment and not let the distractions affect their play.
"This is my job and this is how I make money," Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) said. "I can't afford to be living in the future or in the past for that matter. I'm just here in the moment."
Kessy calls beach volleyball her "time of therapy."
"I don't have to think about anything that's happening in my personal life," she said. "I don't have to think about the future. It's actually quite nice not to think for a little bit."


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