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All eyes are focused on the finish line: Alabama and Notre Dame in the Bowl Championship Series national title game Jan. 7. But bowl season begins before that Monday in January — and even before New Year's Day, believe it or not.
While the start of January coincides with the start of more marquee postseason pairings, college football's postseason begins early, Dec. 15, and includes 23 bowl games before the end of the month.
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Will any one of the 23 December bowls have a profound impact on the final rankings? One or two, perhaps, but it's generally true that the level of national importance decreases the further removed a bowl becomes from the championship game.
The early bowl games hold tremendous importance for the teams in question, however. What's the difference between 8-5 and 7-6? For a team such as Arizona State, which is looking to build momentum under first-year coach Todd Graham, a Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl win against Navy could be the springboard to a fantastic 2013 season.
So there's always something to watch, even if the December games lack the same draw as the BCS games in January. Here are the 23 December bowls, with at least one reason why each game remains must-see TV:
New Mexico Bowl
Who: Nevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5)
When: Dec. 15, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? With a victory against Nevada, Arizona's Rich Rodriguez can tie Jim Young for most wins by a first-year coach in program history. Both teams rank in the top 11 nationally in total offense.
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Who: Toledo (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2)
When: Dec. 15, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Having set a school record for most wins in a season, Utah State is looking to improve its all-time bowl record to 2-5. Toledo's Matt Campbell, 33, is the youngest coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Poinsettia Bowl
Who: Brigham Young (7-5) vs. San Diego State (9-3)
When: Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? The Mountain West Conference hasn't lost a Poinsettia Bowl since 2005, when Navy topped Colorado State 51-30. BYU is looking to avoid its second six-loss finish in three years.
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
Who: Central Florida (9-4) vs. Ball State (9-3)
When: Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? UCF hopes to use a bowl win as a push into the Big East, which it joins in 2013. Ball State is looking to win 10 games for the third time in program history.
New Orleans Bowl
Who: East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4)
When: Dec. 22, noon ET, ESPN
Why watch? Louisiana-Lafayette makes a return trip to the New Orleans Bowl after beating San Diego State 32-30 a year ago. The Ragin' Cajuns can win nine games for the second consecutive season.
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas
Who: Washington (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-2)
When: Dec. 22, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Boise State's win against Nevada to end the regular season gave the Broncos seven consecutive seasons of 10 or more wins, tying it with Southern California (2002-08) for the fifth-longest streak of the modern era.
Hawaii Bowl
Who: Fresno State (9-3) vs. SMU (6-6)
When: Dec. 24, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Southern Methodist is looking for its fourth consecutive winning season, which would mark the program's best run since 1981-84.
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Who: Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (6-6)
When: Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Central Michigan coach Dan Enos enhanced his job security by earning a bowl bid in his third season. Lance Guidry will lead Western Kentucky after Willie Taggart left for South Florida.
Military Bowl
Who: San Jose State (10-2) vs. Bowling Green (8-4)
When: Dec. 27, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? While San Jose State coach Mike MacIntyre has boosted his stock during the Spartans' 10-win regular season, don't sleep on Bowling Green's Dave Clawson, the former Tennessee offensive coordinator.
Belk Bowl
Who: Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Duke (6-6)
When: Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Duke stumbled into bowl play after losing five of its last six. Cincinnati heads into bowl play without its coach, Butch Jones, who left for Tennessee.
Holiday Bowl
Who: Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4)
When: Dec. 27, 9:45 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Baylor is one of the hottest teams in the country, having run off wins against Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State to earn a bowl bid. UCLA's Jim Mora did a wonderful job in leading the Bruins to a Pac-12 South Division championship.
Independence Bowl
Who: Ohio (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (8-4)
When: Dec. 28, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Having Louisiana Tech in this game would have been nice, but getting a pair of strong eight-win teams makes the Independence Bowl one of the top under-the-radar games of the bowl season.
Russell Athletic Bowl
Who: Rutgers (9-3) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6)
When: Dec. 28, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? After eight consecutive seasons of 10 or more wins, a loss would hand Virginia Tech its first losing season since 1992.
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Who: Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5)
When: Dec. 28, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Minnesota and Texas Tech meet for the first time since the 2006 Insight Bowl, in which the Red Raiders made a furious comeback in a 44-41 win.
Armed Forces Bowl
Who: Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6)
When: Dec. 29, 11:45 a.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Is this the worst game of the bowl season? That's probably not a stretch. Regardless, kudos to Rice for reaching a bowl.
Pinstripe Bowl
Who: West Virginia (7-5) vs. Syracuse (7-5)
When: Dec. 29, 3:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Offense will rule the day — passing offense, more specifically. With Geno Smith and Ryan Nassib, the game will feature two of the best quarterbacks in the country.
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Who: Navy (8-4) vs. Arizona State (7-5)
When: Dec. 29, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Why watch? After beating Arizona to end the regular season, Arizona State could use a win vs. Navy as the leaping-off point to a Pac-12 North Division championship in 2013. Navy is back in a bowl after its streak of eight consecutive bowl games ended last season.
Alamo Bowl
Who: Texas (8-4) vs. Oregon State (9-3)
When: Dec. 29, 6:45 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? This is one of two pre-January bowls to feature teams ranked in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll (No. 25 Texas, No. 14 Oregon State). The Longhorns' best quarterback in this game will have the edge for the starting role in 2013.
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Who: TCU (7-5) vs. Michigan State (6-6)
When: Dec. 29, 10:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? Michigan State can help brighten a dismal season — the Spartans were once a Big Ten favorite — by beating a TCU team that cobbled together seven wins despite several personnel issues.
Music City Bowl
Who: North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Vanderbilt (8-4)
When: Dec. 31, noon ET, ESPN
Why watch? A win against the Wolfpack would give Vanderbilt 15 wins over the last two seasons, which would set a program record for most victories over a two-year span during the modern era.
Sun Bowl
Who: Southern California (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (6-7)
When: Dec. 31, 2 p.m. ET, CBS
Why watch? It's a long way down for USC, which limps into the game after a disappointing regular season. Georgia Tech follows in UCLA's footsteps by making a bowl with a losing record, thanks to a loss to Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.
Liberty Bowl
Who: Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3)
When: Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? So we meet again, say Iowa State and Tulsa. The two played in the season opener, with the Cyclones taking a 38-23 win. They also are scheduled to play in 2013. The Golden Hurricane went 0-2 against BCS conference competition and 10-1 against the rest of their schedule.
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Who: LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2)
When: Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Why watch? The only pre-January bowl featuring two teams ranked in the top 15 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. One could make the case that both deserved BCS bids. Outside of the BCS bowls, this is as good as it gets during the postseason.


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Skip to comments.Elton John to be honoured for fight against Communism
Posted on 07/05/2012 5:13:12 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Sir Elton John will be honoured with a Medal of Gratitude from Poland for his contribution to bringing down the Communist regime, it has emerged...
He will be presented with the medal by former president and trade union leader Lech Walesa, whom he visited in 1984.
The singer is believed to have shared a morale-boosting bottle of champagne in Mr Walesas flat, with Sir Elton opening praising his union Solidarity during a show.
Magdalena Charkin-Jaszcza, of the European Solidarity Centre (ESC) in Gdansk, told a newspaper Sir Elton gave Polish people help in a difficult time....
Elton John came here and gave us the support we needed when we were living in a police state where people were getting beaten up and killed like in George Orwells 1984.
Sir Elton travelled to Poland for a concert in 1984, when Communist army chief General Jaruzelski was ruling. A protest movement was led by trade union Solidarity, which was founded in 1980.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Fight against communism? I could have sworn he was one of uncle obies buddies (butties?) which sounds to me like supporting communism. Must be a British thing. Very strange.
Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
Sorta rockin' the wall
I wasn't there but if the Poles are happy with his contribution, that's good enough for me. Maybe he'd like to help free the US from communists now.
Thankfully Elton has been apolitical for the most part.
He has also had shows for Bush, and private parties with Rush Limbaugh.
I think he is one of the greatest song writers ever.
Right. Now bring down the Democrats and place Obomber in a dungeon. And twenty years hard labor for the administration, and impeachment for the SC.
Well, maybe. Weren't he and Rush Limbaugh in rehab at the same time and they got along great?
Interesting the contrast: If one traveled to South Africa during the last days of White Rule, then one was supporting an illegitimate regime. Here we have Lech Walesa lauding an entertainer who traveled to Poland during the last days of the Communist era and somehow that entertainer WAS NOT supporting the illegitimate regime?
Having a hard time getting my mind around that one!
That said, Elton John is a confused bundle of wants & desires. I don't think he's some kind of political deep-thinker who weighed the morality of traveling to Poland at that particular moment in history.
This award probably says that "Lech Walesa is a Fan" and little more.
Yeah, I think he played for Rush's wedding or something. But, you can bet that capitalism was in play BIG time. LOL!
Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
Good for him. I thought most queers were commies.
Must have been that time he got drunk in Warsaw and shouted, "who do you have to _ _ _ _ to end Communism around here?!?"
Thanks Cincinatus' Wife.
You've gotta get in the time machine and go back and realize that 90% of artists at the time would have been holding concerts for the other side.
And that's different from today?
The irony is Poles are some of the fiercest fighters for freedom (1683, Pulaski) and yet they have enjoyed so little of it themselves over the centuries
Well, there was Whittaker Chambers, but he um ... switched teams, in both his political and personal life!
He had the hots for Nikita Khrushchev? Who knew?
In the 80s, it was COOL to be pro-Solidarity (and Elton had a new market!). Oh, how those times have changed.
Only because Commies don't like faggots.
Great music aside, if ELTON JOHN is a SIR, then
NEWYORKCITYGOPMAN must be King of the World!
Being stuck between Germany and Russia was a real buzzkill in that regard.
I agree.
I know he's friends w/Rush, but George Bush? He used to trash and mock George Bush (43?)a lot! Now maybe it was his Dad that E. John gave shows for? I do know that shortly before the end of GWB's second term, he (Elton John)came to the WH for a medal of some sort. I've noticed since then, he's been really quiet about GWB; he hasn't said anything ugly about him as far as I know.
But that's really amazing about him helping Poland bring down communism! Good for him!
The late great Sam Kinnison had Dame Elton John's number:
(Arsenio Hall show clip, Possibly NSFW, language bleeped out)
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Ferron City held three public hearings to gather comments from residents concerning zoning and financial issues for the city. The first hearing was concerning reopening the 2007-2008 budget to transfer any unencumbered or unexplained balances of any of the funds to another fund. No comments or questions from the public were given.
In the second public hearing, the council reviewed the proposed budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Adele Justice explained to Mayor Gil Conover and the council the budget amounts for each of the departments in the city.
The final public hearing concerned adoption of the amendments to the Ferron City zoning map pertaining to land located on Molen Road. Zoning is proposed to be changed from RA-1 residential-agricultural to RA-2 residential-agricultural. Along with this zoning change, the allowed lot sizes were changed.
The Municipal Building Authority of Ferron was then convened to discuss the Millsite Golf Course project. Mayor Conover announced the county has informed him of the transient room tax money that will be given to the golf course. He said the TRT money in the amount of up to $20,000 will be given to Millsite each year for the next 30 years.
When the council reconvened into regular city council meeting the resolutions for the public hearings were adopted.
A rental property owner asked the council for a change in the billing of utility bills sent by the city for his four-plexes. He owns two four-plexes in town and due to the fact that there is only one meter and one water and sewer line running into the property, being charged for eight families is excessive in his opinion.
Mayor Conover explained to the property owner of the Emery County Special Service District is the entity who makes the guidelines for the cities in relation to the water and sewer hook-ups and usage in each city. The special service district bills the city for eight units on those properties and the city must pay that bill, so these are the costs passed on to the property owner.
In other business conducted by Ferron City, it was decided to stop payments for leased water to two residents because the city had previously decided not to lease any more water. They also agreed to donate $100 to the Miss Emery Scholarship Pageant.
Councilman Ronny Bloomer stated litigation is coming on the residential treatment center issue. The planning and zoning visited the site and formulated questions for the proposed site.,
Councilman Joe Trenery said the street project is moving slowly but is getting done. He also stated the drainage project is making good progress, and the curb and gutter project is 80 percent complete.
Mayor Conover informed the council of the Ferron Youth City Council's activity throughout the past year. They have done many projects and activities and the leaders, the Behlings, have done a great job.
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EVANSTON, Ill. — By the time football players arrive at McGaw Hall on Northwestern's campus early Friday morning for a vote that will determine whether they form a labor union, NCAA officials will be well on their way to a public relations campaign touting reforms in how college sports operate.
They'll talk about the new governance structure endorsed Thursday afternoon by the Division I Board of Directors, giving legislative autonomy to the five richest conferences. They'll talk about how the way has finally been paved for athletes to receive enhanced scholarships, better long-term medical care and other perks such as paid travel for family members to watch them play. And they'll talk about how all of these changes were possible without collective bargaining.
"I think it's going to be really interesting to see how those kids vote; I really do," said Mack Rhoades, director of athletics at the University of Houston. "Do I think a kid should have some money to help pay for gas, clothes, those types of things? Absolutely because we're asking so much of them in terms of time.
"I get the fact football in particular is bringing all kinds of revenue, but I don't think (a union) is necessary. I think as an institution, the NCAA, we can do things to address some of those concerns."
COMMENTARY: Northwestern players should vote union
NORTHWESTERN: NLRB agrees to hear appeal
Because of Thursday's decision by the National Labor Relations Board granting Northwestern an appeal of the initial ruling that classified its football players as employees, it will likely be months until the results of Friday's election are known. The votes won't even be counted, in fact, until the NLRB rules on the appeal, according to Dan Nelson, Assistant to the Regional Director at the NLRB's Chicago office where the ballot boxes will be impounded.
In the meantime, something of a race is about to take place between the NCAA to implement its reforms, the College Athletes Players Association (the group that spearheaded the union movement) to capitalize on the momentum for reform that it has helped spark and other groups suddenly wanting in on the action.
At a news conference Thursday near Northwestern's campus, a group of former Wildcats football players calling themselves "Collegiate Alumni Athletes for Change" released a 10-point blueprint in hopes of creating "a national standard and benchmark for athletes participating in revenue-producing sports at Northwestern University."
Though most of the principles the group put forward already are included in the NCAA's reform agenda and CAPA's unionization goals, one is the creation of a deferred trust for endorsement and marketing deals that would be paid to players after graduation.
Officials across college athletics have resisted that kind philosophical shift on the concept of amateurism, but former player Kevin Brown suggested that Northwestern's status as a private school could open the door for it to legally challenge those rules. He also called the NCAA's reform efforts "media spin" and noted that the governance restructuring discussions have yet to yield many specific proposals.
"I'm not on the university's legal team, but I can say as a private institution you have vehicles at your disposal," Brown said. "You have to choose to want to pursue those, but your options are much wider. I'm not on the Board of Trustees. I can't speak for the school. What I can do is raise these issues as an alum and say, 'There are options and let's explore every option.' "
While it's merely a coincidence that the NCAA Div. I Board of Directors endorsed restructuring a day before the Northwestern union vote, the urgent push to action amid multiple legal challenges was not. And though Northwestern released a statement Thursday praising the NLRB's decision to hear its appeal, the mere threat of the union might already have had its intended effect.
Even if the NLRB rules in favor of Northwestern and determines that college athletes aren't employees, it doesn't exactly put the genie back in the bottle. Even if a majority of the 76 Northwestern football players vote down the union, there will still be pressure to reform.
Ever since late January, when Kain Colter stepped into the public spotlight with the help of National College Players Association president Ramogi Huma and the United Steelworkers, Northwestern football has been like a lab experiment. Every statement from head coach Pat Fitzgerald and other university officials has been filtered through a lens unlike any other in the history of college athletics. Though the culmination of that process Friday won't yield an immediate result, putting the possibility of unions on the table undoubtedly has shaken up the power structure.
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All referees shall be USSF certified, and should be older than the age group playing the game. Referees are assigned by the local referee assignor. The referee is responsible for control of the game. The referee's decisions are final and his/her judgments are not protestable.
Two different officiating systems will operate for BAYS games, as follows:
For U-19 through U-14 games the local referee assignor will assign one referee and two assistant referees; for spring season playoff and tournament games, the playoff committee will assign three-official crews.
In all other regular-season games, both spring and fall, the local referee assignor will assign one referee, and each team will provide a volunteer club linesman (see Law 6, below).
The BAYS on-line referee reporting system shall be used for all games. The referee shall report the score; any cautions or ejections; and any other pertinent information. The referee should also fill out a USSF referee report when any serious unusual incident occurs, including when any player is seriously injured.
In games requiring passcards, the referee must keep the passcard(s) for the person(s) ejected, and must send the passcards to the BAYS ejection secretary.
Whenever a BAYS game is begun but not completed for any reason, the referee does not have the authority to determine the result of the game. Instead, the referee must include in his/her report the circumstances which caused the game to be stopped (abandoned, terminated, or suspended), including the score at that time and the amount of playing time not completed. Except in the case of excess red cards awarded to both teams, which must be referred to the sportsmanship review committee (see Law 12 below), the division director will make a determination as to the outcome of the game – the choices available are:
• The results will stand as final
• The game will be completely replayed during the normal make up time window
• Double Forfeit
• Single Forfeit
• No Game (the game will not be made up nor scored nor forfeited).
If a scheduled referee does not arrive by 15 minutes past the stated game start time, he/she is not entitled to any fee, unless the acting referee, already selected and agreed upon by both coaches, relinquishes his/her whistle. The referee assignor must be notified by the home coach if a referee is either a no-show or tardy, so that corrective attention can be taken.
Note: Some towns have ongoing referee training programs and at times, non-tournament U-11 through U-14 games could be officiated using a referee and two assistant referees.


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- Connecting Cops & Kids, One-on-One
Connecting Cops & Kids, One-on-One, is a four-part video-based training series that's designed to examine the way that law enforcement officers can increase their effectiveness in dealing with children they encounter in their daily duties. Annette Santella, project manager for Cops & Kids at the Fred Rogers Company, and Lieutenant Richard Mullen from the Allegheny County Pennsylvania Police Department discuss the training and National Roll Out Program.
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|June, 2011 - Interdiction for the Protection of Children Training
It is every community's fear to have its children become the target of crime. The Texas Department of Public Safety has developed a course that is improving the way law enforcement protects the children in the communities they serve. Sgt. Derek Prestridge explains the complexity of these crimes and how the Interdiction For The Protection Of Children course provides some solutions.
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|October, 2010 –Circle of Respect
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Under the concerned citizen category Roger Killpack from Ferron brought along an Emery County your first choice sign from the Emery County Business Chamber shop at home campaign. He said when you buy in Emery County sometimes it will cost you a little more, but there are many advantages to buying local. He said, "A couple of businesses in Ferron are teetering. If the citizens of Emery County, made Emery County their first choice more businesses would succeed. I have been around a lot and especially since my retirement. I talk to a lot of people and I hear that the Emery County government is not following this idea. Why, maybe it's budget, maybe it costs a little more to buy in the county but it helps the businesses to survive. If we lost our grocery store in Ferron, it would be a hardship to have to come to Castle Dale for all our groceries. Why isn't the food for the jail bought in the county? Maybe you save a little by not buying it here. But, maybe we should be willing to spend a little more to keep it in the county. I asked Mistie at the Co-op if they could supply the fuel for the county. They said they have the means to do that. Maybe this is a possibility, maybe you could save a business. Another thing that bothers me is the building inspector. When the building inspector passed away, wasn't there anyone else here in the county who could have been trained for that job?"
Killpack encouraged the county to look these things over and maybe let the local businesses bid on the food for the jail, put them on a rotation, do whatever is needed to put money back into this county. "I don't think Emery County government is supporting this shop local campaign as much as the citizens are," said Killpack.
Commissioner Jeff Horrocks said purchasing decisions are based on budget. He said personally he tries to shop local as much as possible. He said he told the sheriff he needed to cut the food bill. "But, I agree we need to shop local," said Horrocks.
Killpack said he doesn't see the government being affected by the recession.
Horrocks said the county has made cut backs too.
The Commissioners approved Stilson Construction to complete some work at the Aquatics Center. The information kiosks at the Buckhorn Information center will be designed by Interpretive Graphics. They had the lowest proposal and also do beautiful work commented Commissioner James Nelson.
The commission approved the participating agreement for fuels or noxious weed treatment between the Skyline Weed Management Area and Emery County. This organization has been very active and has worked on several projects around the area including the large scout project where they removed 26 miles of tamarisk in the Buckhorn Draw area.
There is a vacancy on the Emery County Housing Board and the commission approved to advertise for this vacant position. Capt. Kyle Ekker was approved as the flood plain administrator and Jeff Guymon as the co-administrator.
The May tax sale will be on May 24 at 10 a.m. at the county building.
The commission approved to allow JCI billing to negotiate a 25 percent discount on delinquent ambulance accounts, if the account is paid in full before it goes to collections.
The commissioners gave their reports of their activities. Commissioner Laurie Pitchforth said she appreciates Mr. Killpack's concerns. The county has reviewed the purchasing policies. They try to keep the construction within the county. They are always working on that issue. But, they have many criteria and laws they must adhere to. She attended the council of aging meeting. The budget cuts made to the program in 2009 have been restored. She believes attending the senior day at the legislature made a difference. "I have been working with Conae Black from Green River City on the public service building project which includes a new fire station for Green River. We've been working on the Ferron bridge project which is similar to a bridge on 400 West. We met with the forest service on the maintenance of the mountain roads. I met with Joel Dorsh on the expansion of the fairgrounds. There will be new grass and tables as well as a volleyball court and horseshoes. The rodeo tickets are available on line. There will be a reserved section and an open section. We met with the food bank and they are going to do a community garden with raised boxes. We attended the chamber lunch and learn and we encourage all the businesses to get involved. I attended the economic development meeting and there are many things going on there, there is a new meat business called Pitchfork Meats and a new restaurant in Huntington called Castle Cafe."
Plans are moving forward with the Huntington Senior Citizen remodel project. Commissioner Pitchforth said she attended a Miss Utah meeting for our Miss Emery and Miss Utah will be held in June. Miss Emery is on July 7 and contestants are being recruited for that. On May 5 will be the Miss Emery fundraiser golf tourney at the Millsite Golf Course.
Commissioner James Nelson said he appreciated Roger Killpack and his comments and his concern for the community. "I met with the BLM recreation committee. They are working on the swinging bridge campground improvement project. There were a lot of volunteers involved there. I attended a physical facilities workshop. There is a lot of volunteer work going on in the county and we appreciate what everyone does for the county." In regards to HB176 the county officials will meet with Kathleen Clark the public land policy coordinator for the governor and will see what we need to do to prepare a report for that office. The report will be quite comprehensive and will explain to the state why Emery County is moving forward with their public lands use bill."
Commissioner Horrocks reiterated the fact that the county is moving forward with their land use bill. He attended a planning meeting for the combined Carbon and Emery emergency preparedness fair on April 28 from noon-6 p.m. at the Carbon County events center. Free hamburgers from noon until 2 p.m.
The bid for the low income housing remodel was awarded to Arrowhead Construction. The project is allowed 160 days and the contractor said he expects to be complete in 90 days. The Emery County Relay for Life will be on July 13-14 at the Emery High track.
Sheriff Greg Funk reported they held a check point on I-70 and 76 citations were issued, five drug misdemeanors, three felony drug arrests and one felony warrant arrest. Approximately 1,500 cars came through that day.


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Martin and Lessard clinch playoff berth at beach volleyball World Tour stop
BEIJING – Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Marie-Andrée Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., clinched a playoff berth at the $300,000 Grand Slam event on the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour circuit posting wins in their first two round robin matches.
Martin and Lessard, seeded 21st, defeated Maria Tsiartsiani and Vasiliki Arvaniti of Greece 21-17, 21-13 then beat Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler of Germany 21-17, 21-19.
The Canadians are first in pool B, followed by the Greeks and number-two seeds Maria Antonelli and Talita Da Rocha Antunes of Brazil both 1-1. The Brazilians lost to the Greeks. The top-three from each of the eight pools advance. Martin and Lessard play the Brazilians in their final round robin match Thursday.
On the men's side, both Canadian teams lost first of three scheduled round robin matches to powerful Brazilian duos. In Pool L, Josh Binstock and Richard Van Huizen, both of Toronto, fell to third-seeds Ricardo Alex Costa Santos and Marcio Araujo 21-13, 21-18.
In Pool K, Christian Redmann of Toronto and Ben Saxton of Calgary (in photo) lost to second-seeds Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rigo 25-23, 21-17. Both Canadian teams play their final two round robin matches on Thursday.


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Paul and Laura Lee Wood will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on May 13. They have made their home in Huntington for the past 36 years.
Paul and Laura Lee had the opportunity to travel throughout the United States with his employment as an electrician. They enjoyed much of the country; but they never saw anything to compare with the beautiful scenery of Emery County.
Paul had the opportunity to serve as a bishop. They served a Family History Mission and at present they are the Family History directors.
Their greatest treasures are their family; Laurie and Gary Fox, Darren and Karen Wood, Conn and Carol Wood and Marlo and John Kemple.
They have 15 grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
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FDA Panel Recommends Reclassification of Surgical Mesh
The Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending that synthetic surgical mesh be classified as a Class III device@blurbend, thereby requiring more stringent pre-market testing of these products and eliminating the ability of manufacturers to seek approval through the 510(k) process. The panel, chaired by Tommaso Falcone, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, met to discuss the safety and effectiveness of surgical mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) from September 8-9, 2011. The hearing followed the July 2011 safety alert and white paper issued by the FDA.
The AUA, along with the Society for Female Urology and Urodynamics (SUFU), the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS), provided testimony for the hearing, as did patients, regulators and industry representatives. AUA Health Policy Council member J. Christian Winters, MD, of New Orleans, provided testimony on behalf of the AUA, acknowledging the risks and benefits of mesh for both POP and SUI, pointing out that it is important to consider that complications can also occur in patients who undergo non-mesh procedures and that, in many patients, the mesh appears safe and well tolerated with improved anatomical outcomes. The AUA and other physician groups also strongly reinforced the differences between the use of mesh to treat POP vs. the use of synthetic mesh midurethral slings to treat SUI. It was noted that the AUA Guideline for the Surgical Treatment of SUI lists synthetic midurethral slings as appropriate surgical therapy, with an acceptable risk-benefit profile.
The AUA, AUGS, ACOG, SGS and SUFU stressed that patient selection, a rigorous and standardized consent process for patients and appropriate training for surgeons is critical to successful mesh surgery, and that steps should be taken to standardize education and credentialing for surgeons performing procedures with mesh. Many societies, including the AUA, pointed out a strong need for post-market surveillance of mesh, as well as patient registries to better track outcomes in those patients treated with synthetic vs. native repair.
Currently, surgical mesh is classified by the FDA as a Class II device, meaning that, as part of the FDA's Development & Approval process, manufacturers of the products are not required to present extensive pre-clinical testing data, but rather a pre-market approval (PMA) demonstrating that the device is "at least as safe and effective" or "substantially equivalent" to a device already legally marketed in the United States. Should the FDA follow the Panel's recommendation for a reclassification to Class III, companies—as part of the approval process—could be required to perform randomized, controlled trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy.
The FDA will consider the Panel's recommendations on the use of mesh for POP and SUI in making its final decision, which is forthcoming. We will continue to update you on this issue in future issues of AUA publications.
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AUA Celebrates Another Year of Coding Seminar Success
In August, Representative Laura Richardson (D-CA-37) toured a urology facility in the Los Angeles area, Urology Specialists of Southern California. AUA member Alec Koo, MD, and his staff guided Representative Richardson through the facility, and showed her how using integrated services, such as ultrasound, gives the team the ability to provide immediate answers on various urologic diseases to their patients. They also discussed how interaction and collaboration between the technical staff and the urologists lead to better patient care.@blurbend
The first stop of the tour was the pelvic floor therapy area, where the Congresswoman learned about urodynamics testing and biofeedback therapy. She was very interested in the disease processes and the treatment options available. Dr. Koo and his staff then showed Representative Richardson their in-office pathology laboratory. She was impressed with how the processing, analysis and reporting were integrated, which allowed for more immediate reporting of results. The group talked about how the use of molecular probes has advanced urology's diagnostic capabilities, and that the facility offers tests not provided at the laboratory in their local hospital. Finally Dr. Koo's team demonstrated their electronic medical record (EMR) system and how they use it to provide high quality care to their patients.
After a tour of the facilities, Dr. Koo and his staff had a frank discussion with Representative Richardson about legislative issues that affect patient care, such as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), the use of radiation therapy services to treat prostate cancer, and the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women. They also discussed how the Meaningful Use financial incentives are essential to physician offices to help defray the high costs of purchasing EMR systems.
At the end of the visit, Representative Richardson remarked that it was a great experience for her in helping to understand the services provided in a urology office and the importance of being able to offer integrated services. Thus, by inviting Members of Congress into urology practices, the urologic community is educating lawmakers about our practices and patients. It is imperative that lawmakers have this basic understanding as they continue to discuss healthcare reform and implementation.
Following her practice visit, Representative Richardson, whose father died of prostate cancer, became a co-sponsor of the Prostate Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access and Treatment Effectiveness (PROSTATE) Act of 2011, H.R. 2159, which was drafted by the AUA. Additionally, on September 22, 2011, she was a featured speaker at the AUA's Capitol Hill Meet & Greet, an educational event where Members of Congress were invited to share their personal experience with prostate cancer since many speakers were either survivors or family members of someone who battled the disease. See the upcoming December Health Policy Brief for more information on and photos of the Meet & Greet and a reception that evening, which was held in conjunction with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2011 Legislative Conference.
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Adoption of EHR is Only a Step in the Journey to Quality Improvement An article in the September 1, 2011, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) cites studies supporting the authors' contention "that simple adoption of EHRs [electronic health records] does not necessarily improve the quality of care and that quality does not appear to improve even over a number of years among EHR users."1@blurbend
Although some institutions (such as Better Health Greater Cleveland) have published studies in NEJM showing improvement in the quality of care resulting from the use of health technology, the September article explains that these trends are generally attributable to internally-developed EHR systems in place for two or more decades.
The Meaningful Use (MU) incentives promulgated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, have boosted the adoption of commercial EHR packages. Even some of the longstanding users of internally-designed systems found it less expensive to adopt commercial EHRs rather than upgrade their existing systems to qualify for MU certification.
The NEJM article explains that the emphasis of users so far has been in jumping through the necessary hoops to receive the Stage 1 incentives and that attention to the "change management, processes, and clinical-decision support that will improve care" is still on the bottom of the priority list. The article notes that virtually every discussion with practicing urologists about quality measurement, whether in the context of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) or the quality measures associated with MU, results in expressions of skepticism that the required measures do anything to actually improve outcomes of care.
To improve care, the authors make three recommendations:
CMS Begins Testing Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation to Reviewers Every year, Medicare review contractors, including Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) contractors and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), request more than 1 million medical records, which they compare with billing data to determine the potential for overpayments. To date, the vast majority of these documents are submitted in paper format via mail or fax. With the push toward electronic record keeping, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a test of electronic submission of medical documentation (esMD) to determine the feasibility for contractors to request and providers to supply this documentation in electronic format (direct upload from EHR or PDF transmissions).
According to one source (link removed), "esMD utilizes the technology of the Nationwide Health Information Network, called CONNECT-compatible gateways, to keep the documentation secure as it moves from the provider to the requesting contractor." In Phase 1 of CMS' pilot testing, the review contractors will still contact providers on paper but the provider has the option to submit documentation electronically if they use a clearing house or an EHR vendor who has been approved as "Health Information Handler (HIH)." Interested providers who have placed their paper documents in remote storage or who have scanned all their paper records should check with their vendor and clearing house to investigate their options to submit using esMD. More information can be found on the CMS Web site here (link removed).
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N Engl J Med 2011; 365:855-858 September 1, 2011, Finding the Meaning in Meaningful Use
Over the past three weeks, the AUA has been actively working to respond to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) regarding the use of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. The AUA continues to stand by its recommendations that men talk to their doctors about the PSA test, and believes that the USPSTF is doing men a great disservice by discouraging the use of the test. To date, the AUA has been featured in more than 1,200 news articles, and our audio news release has been aired more than 4,000 times and has reached more than 16 million Americans.@blurbend AUA members have also responded not only by submitting comments to the USPSTF, but also by sending 270 letters to their local newspapers and 155 letters to Congress.
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Walter De Brouwer is the founder and CEO of Scanadu, a personalized health electronics company.
Walter De Brouwer of Scanadu forecasts how advances in sensing will give access to our personal health feed and transform healthcare.
Interview conducted by Vinod Baya
PwC: Walter, can you please tell us about your company and why you started it?
WDB: Sure. Our company Scanadu is about two years old. We are creating products that empower consumers with medical tools that educate in real time. We were thinking, "What was the last thing that really surprised us in medicine as a consumer?" It was the medical tricorder that Dr. Bones uses in Star Trek to get real-time vitals and a diagnosis on the patient.
At the same time we saw the rise of the smartphone. It was clear to us that smartphone plus consumer plus medicine will be a whole new sort of medicine. What the consumer has now is a thermometer and Google. There is nothing in between. Bridging this gap is what we saw as the opportunity.
Consumers do not have the tools to monitor their health and make informed decisions about when they're actually sick and need to see a doctor. We want to empower consumers to take control of their health and give them direct access to their personal health feed.
PwC: How will users experience such a device, and how will data be collected? Will it be passive or active?
WDB: I think consumers want their devices to watch them, and not them to watch their devices. So the device must fit seamlessly in their lifestyle. That will come. Rather than a separate device, it will eventually be integrated into the phone. Seamlessness is giving power to the people.
Today we are making a tricorder that will fit in a pocket. In the long term, it will be a tricorder in a chip that we can implant in the environment. And then the next thing will be our medical records in our body, where they belong in the first place. These visions will be solidified in the next 20 years and are certainly what we're going for.
PwC: What are the capabilities of the tricorder you are building?
WDB: We are designing the tricorder to essentially be a hospital's clinic in a smartphone. It will have a complete diagnostic experience, because consumers want to play with that and explore their health. We are designing it to be within 1 percent of accuracy and cost less than $150.
The device is a very convergent apparatus and we are building it from the ground up. It brings together sensors that blend technologies from many disciplines. It's not only electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. It's also imaging, physics, and molecular diagnostics, because you have to get into wet stuff, too.
Also, we do not expect the consumer to take this device and go to every part of his body to check. You must find one position on the body, and in 10 seconds it must give you all your vital signs. You simply hold our tricorder to your temple, and in fewer than 10 seconds it will be able to read your temperature, pulse transit time, heart rate, and blood oxygenation. It will send the information to an app on your smartphone via Bluetooth.
PwC: Why 10 seconds?
WDB: I was in telecom many years ago, so I will use a telecom analogy. In the late 1990s, we fought about the last mile. The last mile has cost us much money. Every meter cost about $20 million, because you really had to dig in—you had to bring cables to where there was nothing. I now think that we are no longer in the last mile, but we are in the last minutes. This is the instant gratification generation.
People think their microwaves are too slow. One minute waiting is too slow. So it's about the last minute. If you have a device and you want to diagnose yourself, we think this device should give you all your readings in 10 seconds— actually in 8 seconds, because that is considered the attention span online.
PwC: Why do you want it to be in the smartphone rather than a separate medical device?
WDB: Because when you invite the smartphone, you invite the crowds. And when you invite the crowds, you make it peer-to-peer medicine. With the crowd, in just one minute I get more medically relevant information. That's peer-to-peer medicine. It is going to change everything, I think.
Also, smartphones today come equipped with many sensing capabilities. A smartphone can be used as a reader that reads molecular diagnostics, the camera in the phone can be used as an imaging device, and your vital signs can be monitored by contact.
The first device maker that brings a health phone to the market will create an avalanche. Everyone will buy it, and all the other device makers will have to follow because it will introduce a new species of devices. But we are a few years away from this.
PwC: Such a device would collect a large amount of data. What are you learning with respect to how large amounts of data will be used in the future?
WDB: The first thing we learned about data is that when it comes to health, population averages are not adequate. Medicine today is mass medicine that is population scaled. At the same time, our vitals change throughout the day and vary from person to person. We each have our personal ranges. Health decisions shouldn't be based on averages; they should be based on a real, accurate, and personalized health feed of data. Now we have the ability to give that to the consumer.
Another key benefit from a data standpoint is that all the data collected is pre-structured. It's time-series data that is usable as soon as it is collected. If the data were unstructured or semi-structured, it would be a bigger challenge.
In a couple of years, with several devices on the market, there will be portals for medical data that will offer sandboxes for various use cases. You can try out several models, such as a consumer model or a physician model. People may not understand the mathematics behind the models, but they will be able to mine their health data stream. They will look at it as personal health metrics and use personal health analytics to understand, monitor, and improve their health.
PwC: What is the impact of such a device on the healthcare industry?
WDB: To be successful, we must build a goldilocks [just right] device that is loved by consumers, by hospitals, by government, and by doctors. Doctors should care, because whereas clinical medicine is accurate, tricorder medicine will be a lot more precise simply because we will not test on 100 or 1,000 people in a clinical trial, but on millions.
Out of that will emerge a medicine that is personal and versatile. And therefore people will ask for more advice and talk more about their health, because although we're all the same, we're all completely different.
Every government in the world knows that the place of care must be shifted to the home—where it was in the first place—that these hospitals are not hotels, and that the emergency room is not the doctor.
There is going to be impact on efficiency and effectiveness of the industry. The one thing I can say from my telecom experience is that a lot of jobs were lost or transformed all over the world in all the telecoms, not because machines cost less, but because they were more efficient and less prone to error. Every human in the process is an opportunity for error, so telecom companies replaced them with switches. I think the same message applies to other industries where errors can be costly. Machines such as tricorders will help medicine be more efficient and reduce errors. The impact on the healthcare industry will be profound.
PwC: What about identity, privacy, and security issues?
WDB: These are important issues. I agree with Kevin Kelly and his theory that data wants to be common. And that we all should be anonymous data donors. If we are already organ donors, we might as well give our data, because epistemology badly needs it.
On the other hand, you have privacy issues. However, the one thing I've learned in telecom and in banking is that there will be frauds. Try to minimize it with everything you do, but you cannot eliminate misuse. Concentrating on perhaps the 0.001 percent of misuse and not looking at the good side of things is also not good.
For the moment, we don't know what the data actually is and how quickly this data will educate us and how consumers will react to it. But we believe it will be big.
PwC: What you are working on represents a tremendous change. What is the cosmic message for the long term?
WDB: The feed metaphor brings to life a lot of the transformation and change that's happening. Each of us has a health feed, a time series of our vitals. Today, when we visit a doctor, she checks our vitals and asks us questions. What she sees is a Doppler effect,1 a distortion of our feed, since she does not have access to the full feed. And she is biased by the Doppler effect.
So it is our responsibility to tell her who we are and how we took care of ourselves. That is our full feed. Continual monitoring with devices such as what I am calling a health phone or tricorder makes that possible.
I think it's a bit like surveillance cameras. In the beginning of surveillance cameras, we thought they would prevent crime because there would be people looking at all the images, and they would act when they saw someone commit a crime. For most of the cameras in use today, no one is watching. But when something happens, we go back and we see what happened. And we try to make sure it doesn't happen again. This will be the big role of hospitals. They will learn enormously from our feed of data and keep us healthy.
1 A change in frequency and wavelength of waves that results from a source moving with respect to the observer. For example, the change in pitch of a car horn or ambulance siren (sources) as they pass by a spot on a sidewalk (observer). First explained in 1842 by the physicist Christian Doppler. More details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect.


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brian wrote:Great idea Chip! As I'm still just a tea beginner, something like this would give me the opportunity to be getting the same tea, at the same time, as some of the more experienced TCers. So not only an opportunity to try some new things, but also get some advice on how to brew, what to look for in the tea, etc. Bring it on!
Thanks, and yes, sharing the tasting experience will be a big part of this ... I hope. Though there is not an obligation to post regarding individual's tastings.
Janine wrote:Question about Paypal: I don' t have a Paypal account, but we can use credit cards with the system, right?
Very good question. I know there is a way to do this, though I have not done it. Of course you could easily sign up for a paypal.com account
It is so easy, even a teaman in a teacave can do it ...
Proinsias wrote:Yay, nice one Chip.
Been a good while since I done an online tasting.
Thank you kindly!
horsencl wrote:Count me in
Will do, stay tuned for the actual "Round."
geeber1 wrote:Sounds like fun!
I agree.
Rithmoma... wrote:This sounds great! Is there a limit to how many can participate? I don't want to miss out!
Yes, there will be limits. Most definitely. I hope to get more in tune with how much is needed as we go, but the last thing I want it to have tooooo much.
Dresden wrote:This is a really really cool idea...
I think this may help develop my palate because I will be able to see what others taste in the same leaf!!!
laura99 wrote:Sounds great! This should be a good learning experience for someone new to tea like myself.
I definitely hope it will be. The first goal is to enable members to try new teas that they might not have the opp to otherwise. Exanding our horizons in the process.


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Virgin Blue Doubles Services To Queensland's Northern Capital
Virgin Blue has announced it will double capacity in and out of Townsville following on-going demand and strong forward bookings for existing flights.
From 11 March 2004, the low fare leader will launch a brand new direct service between Townsville and Sydney after identifying a large number of Guests booking connecting flights on Virgin Blue via Brisbane.
Virgin Blue will also increase the frequency on its existing Townsville-Brisbane service from 2 per day to 3 direct daily services as of 8 May 2004.
The carrier has been closely monitoring demand for its Townsville flights and has been heartened by the ongoing and loyal support from travellers.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive Brett Godfrey said, "We have been watching with great interest the ongoing popularity of Townsville as a destination and we are excited to be putting more seats into what is clearly a growing market."
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The Townsville-Brisbane service will also be boosted with a new morning flight from Brisbane to Townsville and a late morning return from Townsville back to Brisbane. Brett Godfrey added, "With our convenient connections to Newcastle and Canberra, we are hopeful of making further inroads into the corporate market, including the Australian Defense Force which has primary units located in Townsville."
Virgin Blue has also today announced other schedule enhancements which include
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"The Voice"
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Darius Rucker
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George Jones
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George Strait
Johnny Cash
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George Strait
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Kenny Chesney
Brooks & Dunn
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Jason Aldean
Toby Keith
Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson was just one of several country stars to release songs dedicated to 9/11 and its victims.
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Which country star opened a theme park in 1986?
Dolly Parton
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"Two of a Kind"
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"Country Living"
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Whose 2010 album was called "Hemingway's Whiskey"?
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Condor's House
Free breakfast! Free internet! Best Atmosphere! You should never stop! Recharge your energy with us! Let yourself go and fly with our condor! We are perfectly located in beautiful Miraflores and famous for our hospitality and the friendliness of our staff.
Condor\'s House is a nice restored two-storey house located in the modern and evergreen district of Miraflores, down in the south of Lima with great atmosphere and all you need to have fun and feel like home.
If you are asking yourself, Why should I choose Condor\'s House?
We started Condor\'s House because we believe we can show the rest of the world the best that our country has to offer.
We have very nice rooms offering either private or shared bathrooms. Weve got all the facilities you want to find in a hostel; Internet Wi-Fi, guest computer, big kitchen with fridge, and oven (we can make pizza!!!), we also have BBQ, an spacious backyard, a lot of booze, TV room with tons (I mean it, TONS) of movies, ping pong table, hot water the whole day, laundry service, pick up and drop off service (airport and bus stations) and free assistance from our friendly staff.
Our staff members are devoted to bring you the best of Lima and will guide you on your adventures through Peru and South America. We are the way to get your life-time experience; get to know new friends and cultures meet the world live your dreams...
We are one unbelievably friendly hostel in Lima, where you will feel very welcome.
We are looking forward for your visit.
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In our hostel you can feel the whole Peru in one place: stay in Costa (beach), Sierra (mountains) or Selva (jungle) part of our hostel.
Our rooms as well as bathrooms are very big and spacious. Beds are comfy; all the showers have hot water.
Costa Rooms is the beach area. It has the nicest rooms in our hostel, very quiet and comfortable. Enjoy your stay in Costa Rooms and feel like you\'re being pampered somewhere on the beach.
Selva Rooms is our jungle area. This area is designed for true backpackers, who want to be close to the wild experience. The rooms are a bit smaller than in the beach area, but still very nice and cozy. They are close to our backyard and barbecue area. Stay in Selva Rooms and be our wild backpacker!
Check In 13:00pm / Check Out 12pm
Breakfast 7:00am / 10am
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Our property is located in a very safe and quiet neighborhood! We are only at 2 minutes away from the beach in walking distance and 5 minutes from the restaurants, nightclubs, pubs and markets of Miraflores the touristic heart of Lima-.
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UAF's NEWEST HONOR SOCIETY CLAIMS HONORS AT THE SIGMA TAU DELTA 75th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, HELD MARCH 11-13, IN ST. LOUIS, MO by Kate D'Amico.
UAF's newest honor society, Sigma Tau Delta, or the English Honors Society, has just made a name for itself at the 75 th Anniversary Convention that was held in St. Louis from March II - 13, 1999. Of the eighteen new members included on the roster of the induction ceremony held last December, nine responded to the "call for papers," sending in a total of ten submissions written by (in alphabetical order) Leah Jones Cassel, Kate D'Amico, Jennifer Early, Sheila Diann Lauber, Karen LeFlore, E. Madara Mason, Jasmine Lynn Nickell, Jennifer Stugart, and Teri Venable. All were read and accepted for presentation by Dr. Robert W. Halli, Jr., Convention Coordinator, Department of English at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The University of Alaska quickly and generously responded, sending all nine scholars to the convention, through several grants from the Office of the Provost, the UAF ASB Senate, the UAF English Department, and the UAF English Honors Program. Members of the chapter also had a two-day bake sale in Wood Center just before leaving, netting $200 for spending money during the trip.
Of the hundreds and hundreds of papers submitted by approximately 400 active chapters across the continent, only 300 were chosen to present. Awards were given out for the best work during the Awards Banquet held the last evening. Two of the finalists for the President's Convention Writing Awards were UAF students Jennifer Early, for her entry in the Critical Paper category: "What Remains Unsaid: Artistic Responsibility in Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance," and Sheila Diann Lauber, for her Personal Essay: "Remembrance."
UAF was noted as being the second largest delegation represented at the conference (not to mention the one that had traveled the farthest to participate.) When asked about the quality and standards typifying the papers submitted, Dr. Halli, who reads all the papers, commented that the chapter from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, sent in "some of the strongest papers submitted. Some were weaker, some were very powerful, but on the whole, as a group, they were far above average," and that we should be "very, very proud." He added, that for our first effort, "it was an outstanding accomplishment." Lest we forget to give credit where credit is due, and with a bit of teasing twinkle in his eye, he added that we should "feel privileged to have the very fine faculty working at UAF available to us," and that our "achievement is a reflection on their hard work, as well."
"It's nothing short of miraculous," added Bob Gilbert, President of the Phi Beta Chapter at Harris-Stowe State College, in St. Louis, Missouri. "I don't think I've ever heard of that many papers being accepted to present from a single chapter before, and certainly not from a brand-new chapter." Grabbing a rare, quiet moment in the lobby to fill in some of the background of the Sigma Tau Delta past conferences and the work the organization has done, Gilbert, who has designed three out of the last five conference Tshirts, noted that Sigma Tau Delta, (Greek signifiers for "Sincerity, Truth, and Design,") is the third largest honor society in America. When asked why it is called an international organization, he said it was because there are two chapters in Canada and one at the American University in Paris.
Gilbert went on to explain the serious nature of the organization, providing invaluable community service by organizing and implementing the Literacy Program, teaching adults to read, and going into the schools to provide tutoring in reading, writing, for students of all ages. For the college students themselves, Sigma Tau Delta provides scholarships and cash grants for every type of English interest imaginable (at this year's conference, $26,400 in scholarships were awarded,) from the Gannett Newspaper Internships for prospective journalists, that provide a $5,000 stipend for participating as a cub reporter for a summer on a newspaper anywhere the student wishes to visit in the U.S., to cash grants of $ 1,000 for new teachers to use as moving money, or to hold them over during that first six-week waiting period before they receive their first paycheck.
Current plans for the UAF chapter are to immediately begin fund-raising for next year's conference which will be held in Savannah, Georgia, and include ideas to host dances, host film parties, have more bake sales and possibly even car washes. Ideas for community service have included going on weekly trips to area schools to provide a quiet place to tutor students in grades K- 1 2, and sponsoring various level writing contests with prizes, to generate more interest in writing for students in elementary, middle and high schools.
During the conference each day there are simultaneously four rooms offering approximately four presenters. There are also panels discussing anything from "Debating the Canon: Shakespeare, Expansion, and Marilyn Manson," to "Starting a Creative Writing Group through your Chapter," to "There Is Life After An English Major-And It Doesn't Have To Be Teaching!" Also, every year the conference offers a guest speaker each day of the convention. This year's guests included poet Andrew Hutchins, runner up for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and currently Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the John Hopkins University. The keynote speaker was Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, winner of the Commonwealth Gold Award, and nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award.
Anyone interested in the social potlucks and readings planned by the UAF chapter can drop by the meetings currently being held on Thursdays, between 1-2 p.m., in Gruening 405. For anyone interested in joining Sigma Tau Delta, the requirements are easy: a 3.0 gpa overall, and a 3.5 gpa in English classes. Various campuses have different requirements, and many different kinds of scholarships are available just for the printing out from the STD home page, located at www.english.org .


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