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He was called back to the 7th!
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Someone asked about the "short distances"...if they were done with range finding binoculars, there's actually a LOT more distance due to the terrain changes.
Someone asked why retire the mom and pop...they did not retire until after dog picked up first bird from the ones I saw. The bird was actually more angled back and a lot closer to where the gunners were standing...much tighter than the picture looked.
This was the case in 1st and 2nd series as well. Another thing you can't see in the pictures is how much the terrain changes from start to finish.
On the two blinds, the first 20 yards counted by the binoculars actually went about 20 feet down a steep bank from the top of the dam (you can actually see the dam in the picture of the 3rd series, but even from that perspective, you can't see how far it is from the top of the dam to the basin. The land blind has yet another basin to go through where the patch/line of pine trees is just to the right of the line. After crossing the road, the line to the blind is actually going slightly uphill at an angle across the hill as well.
The 7th series, they're at Wood Duck pond, there's one really big washed out area on one side, the other side is terraced to try to prevent washouts.
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When the Mississippi Legislature convenes Tuesday, the focus will be on education. The key question is whether proper attention will be given to issues that can make a significant long-term difference.
Thus far, a disproportionate amount of attention and energy has been focused on charter schools. We support a reasonable charter school law that offers an alternative to students trapped in low-performing schools. Charter school operations with a proven record of sustained success should be welcomed in Mississippi. There are no doubt lessons that traditional public schools can learn and incorporate from the innovation that the best charters provide.
But they aren't the sole or even primary answer to Mississippi's education challenges. Their most ardent supporters, led by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, acknowledge that charters aren't a "panacea," but the emphasis on getting charter legislation passed suggests a lot of stock is put in what they can accomplish.
It's going to take a lot more to accelerate school improvement in Mississippi.
Gov. Phil Bryant's proposal to provide $3 million for Mississippi's pilot pre-K Building Blocks program, modest though it is, and his emphasis on recruiting and retaining top-quality students as teachers, get more to the heart of Mississippi's broad educational needs. That includes his pilot program proposal for teacher merit pay, a concept whose time has come.
Bryant, however, is off the mark in his advocacy of tax credits for scholarships to be given to students from low-performing schools to attend private schools. No public funds should go to private schools, directly or indirectly, especially in a state where most private schools were created to avoid or minimize racial integration.
The governor and legislative leaders also intend to push an end to promotions for third graders who aren't on grade level in reading. It's a worthy goal to have all students reading proficiently at that critical point, but it won't happen without significant investment in reading enhancement before children reach that stage. Bryant proposes $15 million for additional reading instruction in the early grades.
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Of course, the solution could be as simple as spraying a field with a substance that is toxic to the bacteria in question. It wouldn't have any impact on manned fields, but would still allow the use in areas that have abandonned mines. Unfortunately, that strikes me as creating yet another problem in a hunk of land currently filled with burried explosives, but it might be the way of it.


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Paper clips, wow, I would think Lego blocks might be a lot easier. Or even eggs.
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Here's a link to the highest paid wide receivers in the league this year. Note a few of these are "franchise tag" deals.
Vincent Jackson, you'll see, did get Larry Fitzgerald money. And he played well this year, too. Averaging more than 19 yards per reception for 1,300 yards, despite missing a game.
Wallace is worth a deal more in the $8-10 million range, probably closer to $10 million. If you want a player of his caliber, that's what they cost. He's every bit the player Santonio Holmes is, in my view. Pittsburgh used him sort of one dimensionally but he has a ton of versatility. Jennings for his part would cost less but not as much less as people think. Probably in the $6 to $7 million range annually.


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UBS's Steve Milunovich today offers some further reflections on Apple's (AAPL) strategy, as he sees it, after cutting the stock to Neutral from Buy last week when the company failed to unveil a low-price model of the iPhone, causing disappointment for many on the Street.
Milunovich points out most investors are baffled by the iPhone 5C, the cheaper of the two models, and Apple provides no clarification of its strategy:
It's fascinating that despite knowing most of the specs on the iPhone 5C, investors were caught off guard by the pricing, which really means the strategy […] The initial reaction from investors we spoke with was "Why bother bringing out a phone $100 cheaper?" It took us a good hour to understand Phil Schiller's comment that two phones replaced the iPhone 5; the 5S never was meant to be a low-end line extension. The question now is what does it mean? Most companies would at least partly explain their strategy. Apple does not, turning analysts into Kremlinologists.
Milunovich notes the bear case, that Apple is missing the land grab era of phones as "good enough" takes over:
The fear is that smartphones have entered the "good enough" phase. When the technology largely meets user needs, vendors positioned at the high end of the market become susceptible to an attack from below. In Clay Christensen's disruptive innovation theory, relatively poor products that are nonetheless attractive to new users (non-consumption) gain a foothold then eventually move up into the mainstream. Xiaomi in China might be an example with a less-capable phone that costs $330 but has matched Apple's share in China. Xiaomi employs an Amazon-like model of direct sales over the Internet and compensates for the lack of margin on the phone with follow-on services revenue. The company also is the opposite of Apple in iterating fast and being open to consumer feedback.
Milunovich writes that "It's possible that Apple is becoming the Digital Equipment of phones, delivering improved technology for its best customers but ignoring the growth below because the company does not want to "compromise the user experience."
But he notes that "Steve Jobs was deeply influenced by The Innovator's Dilemma and Apple University is dedicated to assessing past mistakes, it would be a bit surprising if Apple were easily disrupted."
Perhaps, writes Milunovich, Apple deserves the "benefit of the doubt," and one explanation is that the company "is about making the best products, will not compromise user experience, and is worth the price." Maybe Apple simply couldn't make a worthy phone at a wholesale price of $300 to $400, he muses.
Then, too, writes Milunovich, perhaps Apple thinks that just as it lost the PC war but ended up doing much better than Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and other PC vendors, Apple can prosper by taking a "long-term view" of the smartphone market:
Management takes a long-term view. One possibility is that it sees moving substantially down market as the road to ruin through profitless prosperity (even taking into account the ecosystem) and prefers to stay at the high end. Perhaps winning share in emerging markets is not worth the cost. The PC wars provide an example. Apple Inc. 16 September 2013 5 Although Apple did not intend for Wintel to become the PC standard, its Mac strategy has stood the test of time. Mac margins have maintained a premium for many years based on superior technology and user experience. With the PC market now in free fall, we calculate that Apple's Mac profit is close to Dell's PC profit. The PC industry has cumulatively lost money, but Apple is in the black. Its investment in K-12 education has paid off in a big way; the failings of Windows might even allow Macs to move into the corporate world. Not only is the PC market in decline, but former leaders are under attack from Asian suppliers. Lenovo is taking unit share leadership from HP while Acer and Asus threaten third-place Dell. Similarly, Asian vendors have come on in phones, not only Samsung but HTC, Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, and a host of others. We did an investor call with technology prognosticator Mark Anderson, who thinks the Chinese eventually will displace both Apple and Samsung.
Milunovich adds that Apple may believe a rising middle class in emerging markets will end up buying the Apple brand, citing a quote in an L.A. Times article by one Chinese shopper opining "The most important thing is the brand; the phones could be even more expensive and people would buy them."
He ends with the observation that "Apple's bent is to innovate, not protects its low-end flank," and he thinks the company may be confident enough in forthcoming products that it won't worry about discounting.
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Volante wrote:seaborgium wrote:I think I would have steered clear of the Hollywood sign, because first, I wouldn't consider it a structure (at best it's nine structures); and second, I imagine a memorial near the Hollywood sign would have to be comparably visible from afar, and I know there's nothing but hillside and flora around the sign. Since, even with the brainstorming, I still had to (and did) work out what "high point" meant, I'm going to count this as a get on the poll.
Another bit is the Hollywood sign is not open to the public. Any memorial there would be inaccessible and, as a result, would likely be at the Observatory to begin with, as it's within a stone's throw.
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( Incidentally, that bust in that photo? The one with the star? That's the James Dean bust. )
(Edit: OK, maybe a Herculean stone's throw, but still!)
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Is of primary importance - Why have the 1st 3 series of the National been 2 blinds, 1 set of marks (a double)? & 14 dogs have been dropped?
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Is of primary importance - Why have the 1st 3 series of the National been 2 blinds, 1 set of marks (a double)? & 14 dogs have been dropped?
At the AA level the dogs better be able to do all of the work, not some of it.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems it allows handlers to engage in the activity through having some input with their dogs versus the dog doing most of the work. Why? Because somebody is/are going to get cut from the get-go and it took quite a commitment of time and money to attend, to include the pre-Nat training.
Looks like the conditions were right for "that blind" and they went with it.
I was just trying to stimulate a little discussion - but looking at it this way - we all know going to a national is not inexpensive - you can get your dog's name in the catalog by just qualifying - so for those thousands of dollars spent to be there - your dog got 1, that's one, live bird - how many threads have there been on this forum about the importance of marking & at the premier event in the retriever world the early outs got to exhibit that 1 time? Can anyone name one good reason?
But this conversation is brought up almost every single National...it's like beating a dead horse...oh but what my opinion doesn't matter now does it, I haven't proven myself in your eyes...carry on, pretend I'm not here...
Edit: If you look at the percentages (see summary thread) in reality the judges have been more than fair with their callbacks - last year for the 3rd they had a marking series, but the other years they had blinds...
I look at the first four series as a mini trial....two sets of marks, two blinds...maybe not in the same traditional order as a weekend trial, but IMO (which doesnt mean squat) you are giving each qualifier a chance to play and get their money's worth, unless they eliminate themselves
Since this particular sequence is used, I anticipate a big cut after the fifth series, or a nut buster of a test which will get them(judges) some answers....but then again thats just a guess


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The Global Issues Forum will screen two documentaries exploring the problems facing post-colonial Africa at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in 2 Robertson Hall.
"Somalia -- The Neglected Civil War" a explores the political upheaval in the nation, which is mainly under the power of guerillas and local warlords. The film also addresses how the country has become a recent target in the post-Afghanistan war on terrorism.
"Zimbabwe and South Africa: Still Far From Co-Existence" addresses post-colonial problems in Zimbabwe related to land reallocation, compensation and the rise of violence against whites. The film also uncovers post-apartheid troubles in South Africa as the country deals with an expanding gap between the rich and poor, increasing interracial conflict, a rising crime rate and the AIDS epidemic.
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I'll have you know that a view on the subject from an outsider who calls the language "Common LISP" is not worth a lot. :)
more to the point: you enumerate several things which, you think, are "needed". do you have a concrete need for those, so that once they are provided "standardly" it would seriously enable you to do something? do Scsh or Rep have Unicode, and is that a serious problem for you that they don't?
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Row Erupts Over Kate's Dress
A bizarre row that has been simmering for several days concerning one of the dresses that Kate wore on her official visit to the Solomon Islands has erupted into public view.
During their visit to the Solomon Islands, William and Kate accidentally wore clothes from the Cook Islands, which is about as popular as calling a Canadian an American or an Irishman British
In the Solomons, authorities are furious, saying they specifically asked for Prince William's measurements so they could make him a shirt with a map of the Solomon Islands on it.
They were told Kate would wear one of her own dresses.
William and Kate were supposed to wear a handmade shirt and traditional dress to the event in Honiara on 16 September.
Unfortunately the honorary US consul, Kethie Saunders, left a Cook Islands-made shirt and dress in their room as gifts, and the royal couple put them on.
One of the royal entourage noticed that the clothes in the suite – a bright blue patterned shirt and a strapless fuchsia dress – did not match the descriptions of the ones that had been agreed on.
A spokesman for Clarence House told the Daily Telegraph: "We saw they weren't the same design of the traditional clothes we were told would be gifted.
"So we checked with the Solomon Islands government to ensure the right ones were worn.
"We were reassured the clothes were correct, and so the Duke and Duchess wore them to the event.
"It was not learned until later in the evening that the clothes weren't from the islands.
"But it was understood that the Duke and Duchess intended to wear traditional Solomon Island clothes and this was appreciated. No offence was caused."
Well, it was in fact. An official from Government House of the Solomon Islands has now said: "We are incredibly frustrated that this situation has come about and see Kethie as entirely to blame.
"It was completely inappropriate for her to go to Their Royal Highnesses' room, which she filled with various things, causing confusion."


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It seems that nearly everyday I see more and more of the Twitter accounts I follow becoming basically one force-fed tweet after another. There are numerous programs available that allow users to link to various RSS feeds, schedule tweets and more recently a program to basically allow you to gather a tribe of your friends together to agree to auto-post all of their blogs to your personal twitter account in exchange for their agreement to allow you to do the same.
To see these posts come through my Twitter stream from people I respected in the social media community is to be honest, a bit disheartening. While I know that these services give users the ability to moderate posts before they go out, it's evident that moderation is the last thing on anyone's mind. It's all about the automation, just spit 'em out…1…2…3 and keep going. They have no clue as to what is going through their Twitter account, and that's not as important to them as the knowledge that their latest blog posts is being spammed out on their friends' accounts.
The most obvious twitter spam I have noticed from these feeds has been the act of tweeting out a summary of someone's tweets for that day that have been reformulated into a blog post. These posts are definitely not something anyone would purposely retweet, more for the blog owner to keep a history of their daily tweets, but these type posts are getting retweeted on a daily basis due to the trust these friends have placed in each other to only post quality content within their group. And moreover due to the lack of moderated content that users allow to trickle through their twitter streams.
Basically all of these force-feeding services promise you the world. You'll have more time for engagement, you'll easily be present online 24 hours a day, you reap the SEO benefits of numerous tweets of each and every blog post you write, and this will solve all of your problems with finding the time to participate in numerous social media platforms with the added benefits of their cross-posting platform! Sounds wonderful doesn't it? Well maybe it is wonderful for automating content, but when I know for a fact that a trusted friend is tweeting posts that they have not even read (nor even seen the title of)…for me…well, I am less likely to care what they posted or even take the time to read their feeds.
Using automated content to fill your social media accounts day in and day out basically dehumanizes you and creates a more robotic feed. Force-feeding social media accounts with numerous automatic tweets does nothing but make you irrelevant and land you in the list of spammers that get unfollowed every day by people using services like TheTwitCleaner. Depending on your level of interaction, you'll either land in the "Bots" category or if you're lucky, maybe the "Nothing But Links" category; but even then, when the dreaded message shows above your carefully chosen Twitter avatar stating that you are 90% feed driven, chances are that your social media value has dropped tremendously to everyone. So any anticipated SEO benefits are greatly outweighed by your diminishing list of formerly interested followers.
So how can you turn it around? How can you get back to the non-spamming unique and interesting individual you used to be on Twitter? Get started by following these three simple steps:
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Your twitter account should be a reflection of YOU! You should never feel the need to retweet every post a friend writes. You should never tweet every article from every news site you like. You should never tweet anything that doesn't reflect your high quality standards. Only tweet about articles you read that are interesting to you, articles that define who you are, what you like and dislike, or that inform the community about something you feel is important enough to be shared.
Limit Automation
While it's acceptable to schedule a few tweets occasionally, never ever allow your Twitter account to become basically an RSS feed of numerous blogs. If we want a news site's feed, we know how to follow them. What most people want to see in your Twitter stream is the best content you read that day, and some personality…not every single article from every single news site or blog available.
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Some users blog, others take photos, others post opinions or outrage about a current event…everyone can create something to add to their Twitter stream that lets people know they are real. Something that engages your followers and creates a unique user experience and not to mention a community of people that share your common interests. More importantly, you create a community of people that see you, once again….. as relevant.
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Family: Emberizidae, New World Sparrows view all from this family
Description ADULT BREEDING Has dark-streaked buffy brown back and buffy brown wings with two whitish wing bars. Paler, grayer rump is sometimes observed in flight. Plumage is otherwise mostly gray, but note the chestnut crown, white supercilium, and dark eyestripe. Also has whitish throat. ADULT NONBREEDING Similar, but has brown crown with pale central stripe and buff supercilium. JUVENILE Recalls nonbreeding adult, but is heavily streaked. First winter recalls nonbreeding adult, but brown elements of plumage are buffy. It is the only sparrow to migrate in its juvenile plumage.
Dimensions Length: 5-5 1/2" (13-14 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (mainly May-Sep) to a range of open wooded habitats, including parks and mature gardens.
Observation Tips Easy to see.
Range Southwest, Alaska, California, New England, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Plains, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, Northwest, Texas, Southeast
Voice Song is a rapid, rattling trill with a rather inanimate quality; call is a thin tzip.
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1. Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU (2008-10) Skinny: Peterson was a top five-caliber overall athlete during the BCS era, and his skills as a cover corner, tackler and returner were off the charts. Peterson played well as a freshman, but he blew into a first-team All-SEC and second-team All-American performer as a sophomore. Peterson won the Nagurski, Thorpe, Lott, Walter Camp and Bednarik Awards, as well as the SEC's Defensive Player of the Year Award, and he returned 12 punts for 283 total yards and two touchdowns a junior. Elite best describes Peterson.
4. Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU (2009-11) Skinny: The former three-star no-name recruit became one of the best BCS corners. Morris Claiborne was known for his lockdown ability as a cover corner. Claiborne followed in Peterson's shoes the very next year, and he won the Thorpe in 2011. The consensus first-team All-American tallied 51 tackles with six INTs as a junior, while moonlighting as a return specialist. Claiborne finished tied sixth in LSU history with 11 INTs and second in INT return yards with 274.
7. Corey Webster, CB, LSU (2001-04) Skinny: It's hard to believe that as good a player as Corey Webster was, he's the third best corner to attend LSU during the BCS era. He entered LSU as a receiver before switching to corner as a sophomore, and he became a two-time All-American and a three-time first-team All-SEC member. He was twice a semifinalist for the Thorpe Award.
8. Tyrann Mathieu, CB, LSU (2010-11) Skinny: Another LSU CB on the list? You bet, and had he played another year, Mathieu may have moved into the top five. He became a fan favorite in 2011 with his uncanny ability to make big play after big play. He won the Bednarik as the nation's top defender in 2011, as he led the Tigers with 76 tackles, six forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and two INTs. Mathieu also returned punts for touchdowns against Arkansas and Georgia. If LSU needed a big play, it was coming from Mathieu. It's hard to believe Mathieu was just one man, because it always seemed like there were two of him.
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Topics: "Minnesota Legislative Session Adjourns" & "Great Lakes Research Conference"
Description: State lawmakers and the governor could not come to an agreement on balancing the Minnesota budget in the final hours of the 2011 legislative session, and now it looks like a shutdown of the government could be eminent unless a deal for a special session can be reached. Democratic and Republican legislative analysts discuss the impasse.
And more than 600 scientists from around the world will converge on Duluth next week for the International Conference on Great Lakes Research. It's the first time the conference has been in Duluth, on the shores of the largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Superior.
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Survey says salaries for plastics workers now top $100KComments Email Print
It's a good time to be in the plastics business.
A newly released salary survey shows total compensation for salaried workers jumped 11 percent in 2013 to $122,300.
And isolating for just salary, the jump is still 9 percent to $104,000, according to Gros Executive Recruiters of Franklin, Tenn.
This is the first time that average base salaries for the industry topped $100,000, said Dennis Gros, president of the firm.
Gros Executive Recruiters teams up with the Society of Plastics Engineers to gather data for the annual survey that received 1,208 responses from individual workers this time around.
The survey seeks to quantify wages and total cash compensation, which includes bonuses and commissions, for salaried employees in the industry. Hourly workers are not included.
"I think salaries were stonewalled for a number of years for very solid reasons and now is somewhat of a time of catch up," Gros said. "Plastics companies can see greater business opportunities in front of them. They feel a little more confident, and they are endeavoring to take care of their workforce."
"Eleven percent is a huge number," he said. "To my knowledge, this is unprecedented."
Gros first surveyed salaries in 2004.
While 2013 worked out quite well for those earning salaries in the plastics business, 2014 also holds potential.
This could be another year with healthy salary improvements. But don't count on a carbon copy of last year, the executive recruiter said. "I'd not gamble on another 11 percent. I think what we'll see is a period of catch-up," he said.
Like Gros, Russ Riendeau is an executive recruiter and serves the plastics industry through East Wing Group Inc. of Barrington, Ill., where he is senior partner.
"I don't want to imply that anybody is playing with numbers," Riendeau emphasized. "I'm just very skeptical that every high wage earner must have gravitated to the plastics industry. There must be a tent base camp set up here."
Riendeau said his experience placing people in the industry leads him to believe the new numbers are too high. "When was the last time you rounded down when somebody asked you how much money you made? I don't think I ever have, unless I was talking to the IRS," he said.
Riendeau said the wide range of positions of a survey sample also can be challenging. "When you create an aggregate of so many different people in so many different job functions, the average doesn't mean much," he said.
He also qualified his statements by saying that he only reviewed information about the survey shared with him by Plastics News and had not seen the entire survey results.
Total cash compensation for senior executives last year averaged $177,000. That figure was $138,000 for those in plant engineering and maintenance, and $124,000 for folks in sales, marketing and customer technical support. Workers in design and development earned total cash compensation averaging $113,800, and those in finance and the supply chain earned an average of $104,500, according to the survey.
Manufacturing workers averaged cash compensation of $89,790 and tooling workers earned more than $85,000, according to the survey.
The dramatic jump in compensation last year follows a dip of 2.7 percent in 2013 to $95,428 in average base salary and a dip of 1.8 percent to $110,325 in total average cash compensation.
"We've had periods in which our workforce has been very patient in understanding of a fragile economic situation in our industry. We've come through that now," Gros said.
A vast majority of managers who responded to the survey, 84 percent of them, indicated they planned on giving out raises of between 1-6 percent this year. And 73 percent of the employees who responded also said they expect raises falling in the same range this year.
"I think our industry is blessed in that we're not dealing with a lot of acrimony here. It's a very healthy relationship among managers and professionals and workers in the plastics industry. We're at a time right now where we are productive, we're smiling, we're feeling good about who we are and what we are doing and where we are going," Gros said.
SPE, which partnered with Gros Executive Recruiters, said the survey results bode well.
"The plastics industry continues to be a strong force in the U.S. economy, and companies are rewarding their employees with pay increases," said Willem De Vos, CEO of SPE, in a statement. "Growth opportunities for the industry, and for employees, look bright over the next few years."
SPE plans to provide more coverage of the issue in its July/August issue of Plastics Engineering magazine.


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McIntosh Middle school social studies teacher Jill Rothenburg is passionate about patriotism. She says that a lot of children today are not as aware as they should be of the sacrifices that U.S. servicemen and women are making, or even that there are veterans within their own families.
When Rothenburg first became involved with McIntosh's annual Salute to Veterans program, which has been taking place for nearly 20 years, she was in charge of the war museum. She encouraged children to collect war-related memorabilia from their families to put on display at the school.
"I would have kids go home and ask their parents if there were any veterans in their families," she said. "A lot of the kids didn't even know, but when they started asking, they found out that they had a lot of veterans in their family."
Today, Rothenburg is the organizer of the annual event, and she sees it as a great opportunity to teach a younger generation about taking pride in their country.
"It's about patriotism, not politics," said Rothenburg. "Part of being a good citizen is being proud of your country and knowing how to honor the people who have selflessly served their country."
As part of the Salute to Veterans event, which takes place from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the McIntosh Middle gymnasium, Rothenburg collaborates with the Sarasota Military Academy, whose drumline, bagpipers and honor guard add a special touch to the observance ceremony. Rothenburg invites all area veterans to attend the event, which will feature a speech contest and performances by the school's chorus and band, which will play music from the 1940s for the World War II veterans and 1960s-era music for the Vietnam veterans.
The ceremony will also feature a walk of honor, during which the veterans, while their respective service songs are played, will line up according to branch of service. The Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem will follow.
"It makes for a very stirring beginning to the program," said Rothenburg. "I hope the kids are keenly aware that there are people, who they don't even know, who are serving their country for them. It's important to understand that and to learn about our past."


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The Hope women's basketball team ranked second in the nation in average home attendance among all NCAA Division III programs during the 2007-08 season.
It marks the third consecutive season at DeVos Fieldhouse that the Flying Dutch have averaged over 1,000 fans per home game. Coach Brian Morehouse's Dutch averaged 1,107 fans over 18 home dates.
The Division III attendance leader was national champion Howard Payne, Tex. with an average of 1,549 fans over 15 home dates. One of those home dates was an NCAA tournament game against Hope that attracted 2,777 fans. Hope also hosted the NCAA Final Four, attracting an average of 2,453 fans over four games, but those didn't figure into Hope's season average since the Flying Dutch were not playing in them.
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) ranked seventh among Division III conferences averaging 380 fans over a cumulative 101 home dates. Hope accounted for more than half of the total attendance at MIAA member sites (19,930 of 38,394).
Division III members as a whole averaged 239 fans per home date (5,010 home games). Division I members as a whole averaged 1,629 fans per home date.
The Flying Dutch led Division III in home attendance in 2005-06, their inuagural year at DeVos, averaging 1,329 fans per game game. In 2006-07 Hope ranked fourth with an average of 1,224 fans.
The Flying Dutch, who posted an overall 30-1 record, were 18-0 on ther home court. The season's largest crowd (2,333) came to watch the Flying Dutch defeat rival Calvin on Feb. 9.
Hope's three-season record at DeVos Fieldhouse is 43-1. In 12 season under coach Morehouse the Flying Dutch are 156-20 (.886) on their home floor.


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"The program's most recent vulnerability assessment showed that the removal of fueldraulic fuses, the PAO shutoff valve and the dry bay fire suppression, also removed in 2008, results in the F-35 not meeting the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) requirement to have a vulnerability posture better than analogous legacy aircraft," officials wrote in the report.
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So, umm, anyone found Rodimus yet? I'm seriously wondering if they're holding him until after this particularly generous coupon expires.
He's showing up elsewhere, so it's not likely they are trying to avoid releasing him during the coupon period. I'm thinking he'll hit SoCal this week.
I searched 3 different Ross locations and only found one Deep Dive and one Backfire. I also saw pegs full of the Target exclusive BB w. Cybertronian writing on him and by today they were all gone. It's hard to imagine a repaint being that highly sought after???
I possibly have an extra Warpath. If someone wants him, I have the receipt. Cost plus shipping and he's yours, I think.
If not, I'll be returning him shortly.
DOTM / Bay-Verse Figures I want that aren't made (or released yet):
Dino - Human Alliance, Deluxe, Cyberverse
Top Spin - Human Alliance
Leadfoot - Deluxe (Human Alliance is coming)
Roadbuster (Cyberverse is coming)
Jetfire - Voyager, Cyberverse
Wheelie - Cyberverse
Megatron (Jet) - Cyberverse
Megatron (Tank) - Cyberverse
Megatron (Truck) - Leader Class
Starscream - (Cyberverse single-carded is coming)
Soundwave (car) - Leader Class, Deluxe (Cyberverse and Human Alliance are coming)
Shockwave - huge Masterpiece with snake coil, Leader Class (Cyberverse is coming)
Brawl (Devastator) - Voyager, Cyberverse
Barricade - Human Alliance re-release (possibly with white Chicago paint scheme)
Scorponok - Scout Class or commander -class size Cyberverse
Frenzy - Cyberverse
Bonecrusher - Leader Class
Blackout - Leader Class
Scrapper - Deluxe
Overload - Voyager
HighTower - Deluxe
Rampage - Human Alliance
Laserbeak - Cyberverse
Galvatron - Masterpiece, Leader Class, Cyberverse
Cyclonus - Masterpiece, Leader Class, Cyberverse
Scourge - Masterpiece, Leader Class, Cyberverse
Blitzwing - Leader Class, Voyager, Cyberverse
Astrotrain - Leader Class, Voyager, Cyberverse
Ultra Magnus - Masterpiece (correct G1 look), Leader Class, Cyberverse Deluxe
Springer - Masterpiece, Leader Class, Cyberverse
Arcee (car) - Deluxe, Cyberverse
Wreck-Gar - Cyberverse
I don't think I forgot anything I want. A Leader Cass Space-Case might be really next to impossible, but I'd buy him. I just like the looks of this character.
Got HA Basic Tailpipe, Pinpointer & Sgt Whocares from HTS on Saturday (with the 2 free figures from my order, but not the other 3 figures I actually ordered). Sgt Noble (why are these names SO BAD?!?) is another whatever, but at least he has a face, sculpting on the figure's armor plates and helmet is decent enough. Tailpipe is alright, I like the figure even though it's got a bit of a kibble problem on the back, and the head can't turn. The head has a real face below the 4 faux LED headlights (the ones from the bike don't go anywhere, but the ones over the tiny face are supposed to look like the same ones). Bike mode is decent, if a bit oversized for the human, but has stability issues at the midpoint and alignment issues at the front end (the instructions are nearly useless sorting out the handlebars folding down and the rest going around that). Weapon mode is lame, can't stand on its own, but kind of amusing too, I always like fold out blades from wheels, I'm a sucker. Tailpipe's tailpipe in bot mode is hinged across his back, but can be positioned as a gun sticking out from his left hip - oddly, the tailpipe is the grip for weapon mode, but the 5mm grip is a collar that slips off to reveal a smaller peg. Pinpointer is what makes this set work though, he's a little robot with big bulky fists, and he can turn into a dual-chain-gun handheld weapon that has an alternate layout to plug into the back of the bike. None of it is great, but together it's all kinda cool
The mailman delivered another part of my HTS order yesterday...
HA Drag Strip with Master Disaster
This is a bad figure. Not "so bad it's good" bad either, just "so bad, I wonder who gave design duties over to the intern" bad.
I don't even know where to start, it's got a bad deco, a middling sculpt, confused articulation, terrible "weapons" which don't stow or get used in alt mode, awful accessories, not enough personality, problems with light passing through most of the parts, shoulders that don't lock down and don't align right and have a mess of excess parts, and the most unusable trashy "weapon" mode yet where the whole car I guess is supposed to be a blade weapon held from a peg in the middle. Oh, and Master Disaster, who is dark smoke translucent plastic, suggesting he's a hologram rather than a character, doesn't fit in the vehicle cockpit and can't hold the steering wheel once you jam the figure into it in a way that goes beyond what the hip joints allow (the hips have to go 90 degrees and then get pushed together, and you can't do any of that without de-transforming the underside to get the human figure in). The shoulder joints are a source of pain, there are too many joints working against each other, so they will pop out. The steering wheel that has to fit into the ugly open chest also will pop out of its horrible joint. And the accessories, 2 large curved yellow and purple blades with a bunch of junky tech sculpting, have nowhere to go natively in vehicle mode. Oh, and did I mention that the instructions are confused about how the arms transform, rotating on an axis that the joint cannot move?
All in all, I think Hasbro should be ashamed to release a figure this bad.
I got the Deluxe Cyberverse (boxed) Shockwave. He's very cool!
I'm looking for that darned Human Alliance Leadfoot (full-sized car, Target exclusive).
Thanks to Bikerscout for stashing Leadfoot for me.
Unfortunately, Leadfoot is incredibly awful. I honestly don't know what you'll do with one Tycho, this figure is dreadfully complicated and the instructions leave it totally incomplete and inaccurate for the finished product, the upper body is basically a huge gap with a skeletal shoulder and spine and then a belly. It's really bad. And even if you try to fudge it into something less bad, it fights back at every turn, leaving it still woefully gappy, just with some doors partway in front of the arms - but not where they should be, there's no jointing for that, it's like the designers abandoned this mold partway through design when Walmart and TRU said they wouldn't carry a toy with Target branding on it, then when Target said they wanted it the team forgot what they were doing and just slapped the rest together. There's so much fighting against itself on this figure that just makes it so much worse. Oh, and the goofy dog figure is hard to look at - accurate or not.
Luckily for me, Hasbro incorrectly assembled mine so that the elbow pin was shot through the joint at a funky angle that blasted right through the plastic instead of the hole, making it impossible to close all the way up in alt mode, but perfect for getting my $33 back.
BTW, for anybody who cares about this figure, the missile can be stowed inside the car if you do it during transformation, there's a long tab on the crotch piece which holds the missile partway in the cab of the car, works great - nowhere to put the dopey dog though.
I saw several of the later Power Core Combiners at Marshalls and TJ Maxx over the last couple of days. I wasn't too impressed with the set one of my cousins got a while back, and passed. Even more Dinobots at $12.99 aren't worth it when they suck.


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Mrs. Marjorie L. Winters, 79, of Morris, and formerly of Dana, Ill., passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Morris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center with her loving daughter by her side.
Born Jan. 15, 1933, in Magnolia, Ill., Marjorie was the daughter of the late Floyd and Opal (Mouser) Davis.
A graduate of Toluca High School, Marjorie married Don Winters on March 14, 1952. Together, they farmed in the Dana area, where Don was also a highway commissioner. He preceded her in death in 1999.
She will fondly be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She possessed a strong work ethic, and in her free time, enjoyed arranging flowers.
Survivors include her children, Dale Scott (Lucie) of Alabama, Randy of Dana, Ill., Larry of Indiana, Kevin of South Carolina and Debbie of Morris; one sister, Linda Weers of Arizona; and one grandson.
Services for Marjorie will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at the funeral home chapel.
Interment will follow at Dana Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name to the Humane Society would be appreciated.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, until the time of services at Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, Morris.
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 1201 W. U.S. 6 at Deerpath Dr., Morris, is in charge of arrangement. For more information, call (815) 942-5040 or visit the website www.fredcdames.com.


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