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Nice work MSP!
Went to rehearsals (still don't fully have the knife scene down right), dropped off recycling (but forgot to pick something up from my classroom on the way), decided that even including a $10-off-coupon that a plastic Converse watch for $55 is too pricey, graded just enough work, took down the backyard canopy cover (it'll be getting windy in the afternoons soon), and watched FAR TOO MUCH Space Shuttle Endeavour coverage on local TV.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Sorted recycling at home in drizzle (went over the $100 mark for the school year with today's haul), went to rehearsals (finally got the knofe scene, at the last run-through), bought nothing in a few stores. Came home, watched football and graded. A relaxing day, for a change. Nice.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Today was the first day in a looooong time I've been able to just sit down and work on editing Lazy Jedi Episode III for a good chunk of time. Hopefully it will be done next month, but these always take a lot longer than I think they will.
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Today I built and stacked two home entertainment component cabinets and 3 1/6 scale action figure display cases from IKEA.
I started opening my figures and displaying them for my 1/6 scale ENDOR display.
The top of the case has the Shuttle Tyderium landing on it, with the Rebel Strike Team all aboard. C-3PO glistens in the ship and you can see him shining behind Han, Luke, Leia, and Chewie. With the 2 seat cockpit, I have the Skywalker twins sitting on the floor behind Han and Chewie but you can't tell they don't have chairs when you look at them in the cockpit. In the back are the droids and a black sergeant and a white corproral Endor Rebel Soldier. I have the shuttle positioned so the Tyderium's wings are open. It looks super cool. It was a great toy when it debuted for ROTJ and still is as a realistic repaint today.
1st shelf is empty. I plan on recreating the shield bunker entrance there with the playset and Han and Leia in 3 3/4".
2nd shelf is SideShow's 1/6 scale Endor Strke Team. These figures are awesome! First time I opened them. The boots have shoelaces as does the enlisted infantryman's woven shirt! They each have different gear, canteens, satchels, commlink watches so they can talk to General Solo and more. First time I've opened these. Nicely done SideShow!
3rd shelf is all non-armored Imperials. These are Hasbro 1/6 scale. With the Endor Strike Team and the figures I selected here, I wanted to compensate for not having GI Joes or 21st Century military men dioramas recreating America's great wars we participated in. So I would not use 1/6 scale stormtroopers or bikerscouts here. I have 3 Imperial Death Star Trooper figures, one with the alternate Army officer hat on, and the other 2 posed s they don't look like they are clones. They are dragging the deliberately "posed wounded" Imperial officer by Hasbro (sideburns). The AT-ST Driver, without his helmet (I took it off him) and with the top of his jumpsuit unsealed, looks very "survivor-ish" and he is trying to lead them out of whatever trouble you can imagine them being in.
4th shelf has 1/6 scale Han Solo Trench Coat, Chewbacca furry, brandishing crossbow, the Ewoks, Wicket (soon - I have to find him), Keeolkeech, and Logray, having just killed a Original Trilogy Collection Stormtrooper. The last is a great figure for Hasbro. The stormtrooper's blaster goes in his holster. His box is a replica of the vintage stormtrooper's box (the box the figure is actually in, inside of the big collector box), and many of these HASBRO figures have poseable fingers and pretty darn good articulation - much to my surprise.
So I made an OT Endor display and I like the way it looks very much!
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Instead of going to a CC meet to coach I simply went to watch (high school not college). Went on a 7-8 mile hike with a buddy and got to try out a new backpack I got, then we got some pizza and I headed home.
On house arrest again this week end (aka being on call which really sucks this time since I have to "fall back" an extra hour). That meant being domestic and doing chores around the house.
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Didn't really get to sleep in, as I had to leave for rehearsals earlier (doing costumes, mics, lighting cues). Did my usual recycling, dropped off the grading I finished last night to free up today's schedule, a little laundry. Bought a book from B&N with a coupon, went to church this evening instead of tomorrow morning to allow for maximum DST gain-an-hour sleeping in. :fingerscrossed: Then dinner out, back home to relax in front of uniformed athletes and pseudo-pigskins.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.


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Family: Cupressaceae, Cypress view all from this family
Description Large aquatic semideciduous to evergreen tree. Crown broad, spreading. Bark reddish brown, furrowed, shredded. Branches horizontal with delicate weeping branchlets. Trunk massive, convoluted. Needles long, slender, spirally arranged, twisted at base 1–2 cm. (0.39–0.79 in.) long and 1–2 mm. (0.039–0.079 in.) wide. Cones ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm. (0.59–0.98 in.) long and 1–2 cm. (0.39–0.79 in.) broad. Roots of trees growing in standing water often send up conical projections ("knees"). Trees that experience periodic drying out, such as those growing along stream courses, apparently do not form knees.
Dimensions Height: 15-30 m. (50-100 ft.)
Diameter: 0.9-1.8 m. (3-6 ft.).
Habitat Swamps (fresh & salt), Watersides (fresh).
Range Texas.
Discussion Ahuehuete became the national tree of Mexico in 1910. The tree is sacred to the native peoples of Mexico, and is featured in the Zapotec creation myth.
Used as ornamental trees since Pre-Columbian times. Planted along processional paths in gardens by Aztecs.

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Posted March 20, 2000; 10:05 a.m.
MacArthur Fellow Alison Des Forges, author of Leave None to Tell The Story: Genocide in Rwanda, will speak on "Ignoring Genocide: The International Community and Rwanda, 1994." The lecture will be held Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 2 in Robertson Hall, and is free and open to the public.
Des Forges directs research on Rwanda and Burundi for Human Rights Watch. She serves as an expert witness to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and has provided evidence to judicial authorities in several countries. She has also assisted U.N. officials and others investigating the Rwandan genocide.


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The "Spirit of Ecstasy" designed by Charles Robinson Sykes and is instantly recognised as the emblem of Rolls Royce motorcars.
I was saving this post up "for a rainy day" when not much was going on, but I'm posting it now as a somewhat quirky way of saying "thank you" to another CW collector and thoroughly nice person; whom we all know as "scandinavian_pieces" ;) The real Golden Gal! Cheers Scandi ;)
The "Spirit of Ecstasy" Rolls Royce emblem or "mascot" can be made of highly polished stainless steel, or stainless with a sterling silver plate or 24-carat gold plate, the sterling silver and gold being optional extras. As a sculpture in it's own right it has been cast in all manner of metals from "spelter" through bronze to silver to solid 9ct gold like this example, (which was cast for a wealthy vintage car owner, and until his demise it actually adorned the bonnet or hood of a vintage Rolls Royce motorcar. Most who saw it, thought it gold plated!)
This one was purchased many years ago by myself for my wife. It is perhaps now her most "cherished" of all the collectables she has in her eclectic collections. Weighing in at a "gnats wisker" over 350 grams and in 9ct gold it is certainly one of the most valuable (apart from our motorcycles). It was bought at auction where there was a VERY lively bidding war before I managed to secure it! (THEY were going to melt it down!)
Before I presented it to my wife, I persuaded a close fiend to "turn" a base for it in beautiful wood. Tony had taken up "turning" stunning wooden bowls as recuperation from dreadful injuries he sustained whilst a serving Police Officer. We could have designed a smaller plinth for "Emily" to stand on but with her weight it needed quite a considerable block of wood to give good stability! It took Rachel some time to get used to the plinth, but now she loves it; seeing allsorts of things in the beautiful grain of the beeswax polished wood! (try and spot the flamenco dancer with her arms raised!) The general opinion on the base or plinth is very much divided "for & against"!
With thanks to Wikipedia; here is some History & Background:
The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady", was designed by Charles Robinson Sykes and carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, (second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of The Car Illustrated magazine from 1902) and his secret love and the model for the emblem, Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Eleanor was John Walter's secretary, and their love was to remain hidden, limited to their circle of friends, for more than a decade. The reason for the secrecy was Eleanor's impoverished social and economic status, which was an obstacle to their love. John-Walter, succumbing to family pressures, married Lady Cecil Victoria Constance, but the secret love affair continued.
Eleanor died on 30 December 1915 when the SS Persia, on which she accompanied Lord Montagu on his journey to India, was torpedoed off Crete by a German submarine, four years after she had been immortalized by her lover.
When Montagu commissioned his friend Sykes to sculpt a personal mascot for the bonnet of his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Sykes chose Eleanor Thornton as his model. Sykes originally crafted a figurine of her in fluttering robes, pressing a finger against her lips - to symbolise the secrets of their love. The figurine was consequently named The Whisper and is on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu (UK) along with other Spirit of Ecstasy figurines.
The very first Rolls-Royce motorcars did not feature radiator mascots; they simply carried the Rolls-Royce emblem. This, however, was not enough for their customers who believed that such a prestigious vehicle as a Rolls-Royce motorcar should have its own luxurious mascot, and by 1910 personal mascots had become the fashion of the day. Rolls-Royce were concerned to note that some owners were affixing "inappropriate" ornaments to their cars. Claude Johnson, then managing director of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, was asked to see to the commissioning of something more suitably dignified and graceful.
He turned to Charles Sykes, a young artist friend and a graduate of London's Royal College of Art, to produce a mascot which would adorn all future Rolls-Royce cars and become generic to the marque, with the specifications that it should convey "the spirit of the Rolls-Royce, namely, speed with silence, absence of vibration, the mysterious harnessing of great energy and a beautiful living organism of superb grace."


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Movie of the Day
Lars von Trier "Dancer in the Dark" starring Bjork and Catherine Deneuve. A very strong movie in it's beauty and sadness. Not your every day musical. A definite must see, but be prepared to be moved.


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A Radcliff couple is dead following a fatal shooting incident inside a Radcliff home on Dogwood Drive off South Boundary Road.
Wendy Bays, 47, and her husband, William Bays, 50, suffered fatal gunshot wounds and were found dead around 9 p.m. inside their 190 Dogwood Drive home. The house is in a residential neighborhood near the southern edge of Radcliff.
Kentucky State Police Post 4 spokesman Jeff Gregory said their deaths appear to be a murder-suicide, but detectives are continuing to investigate. The Elizabethtown post was contacted at 9:01 p.m. in reference to the shooting, he said. Gregory said KSP believes William Bays made the initial 911 call stating he had shot his wife and intended to harm himself. Bays appeared to have taken his own life before police units arrived. Autopsies are to be done on the victims.
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Statistics I saw in an email...don't know if they are true
(A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.
Statistics: courtesy of the U. S. Dept of Health & Human Services
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.
(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%.
Statistics: courtesy of the FBI
So statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners!


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Dog recovering after home invasion stabbing
SPOKANE, Wash. - A three-year-old pitbull is recovering a suspect broken into a Hillyard home and stabbed the dog.
The incident happened Wednesday night around 6 p.m. at Joe Crocker's home, located near the intersection of Regal and Diamond.
Chance the pitbull is having a hard time breathing and has been throwing up. He has stitches in his throat and an IV in his leg.
"He was stabbed in his jugular vein, and it was cut and severed," Crocker said.
Thursday Crocker was sitting in his living room taking care of Chance.Chance recovering from attack
"He's my life man, we got him when he was a little bitty puppy, six weeks old," he explained.
Police say that Wednesday night Rodger Mendenhall, 42, broke into Crocker's home and stabbed Chance in the neck. When Crocker arrived home he fought back, stabbing Mendenhall in the leg.
"I just started hitting him and I threw him across the kitchen into the corner where he couldn't get away," Crocker said.
The fight then spilled out into the street, where police say neighbors helped Crocker pin down Mendenhall until officers arrived. Crocker said he doesn't regret his actions.
"I don't think life would be the same without him," he said of his dog Chance.
Chance is lucky to be alive but isn't out of the woods yet.
"He hasn't eaten or drank anything since it happened so I'm worried about dehydration," Crocker said.
Chance was taken to an emergency pet clinic last night but still needs more help...
"He needs to go to the vet and I don't have the money for it and he needs antibiotics," Crocker said, adding he hopes the community can come to Chance's rescue and help this pup get back to normal.
"Pitbulls have a bad name, but we brought this guy up with some love and care," he said.
Mendenhall was arrested on animal cruelty, burglary and assault charges. Spokane police say this is the second arrest officers have made this week on animal cruelty charges.
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Why do you not have fan on while going down the road?
Why do you not have fan on while going down the road?
Typically you have plenty of airflow without the fans when the trailer is moving. I don't think there is anything wrong with it, I just have not seen the need.
All, Thanks for the feedback all good information. I have the trailer, and a wireless thermometer (thanks to 'the Snows). I run only Goldens' and have 3, the two females are right around 50lbs and the male maybe 60 at best. I think the holes are big enough for them as long as I follow the proper protocol before putting them up for travel. Also my trainer advised me, on a hot day, to put a bag of ice in the interior of the trailer and leave the fan running....sounds like a good trick, of course you have to be sure the ice is sealed up, so you do not add humidity in the trailer.....again...thinks to all for you thoughts and experience..
I am also planning to get a trailer, so thanks for all your infos.


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"It is extremely encouraging to see bat populations increasing after massive historic declines," EEA Executive Director Hans Bruyninckx said. "It suggests that targeted conservation policies over the last years have been successful. But many bat species are still endangered, so preserving their habitats is still an important priority. Monitoring bats also helps understand changes in wider ecosystems, including climate change, as they are highly sensitive to environmental change."
European bat populations had previously declined significantly, particularly during the second half of the 20th century, largely due to intensifying agriculture, changes in land use, intentional killing and destruction of roosts. Bat numbers have also fallen as their habitats have shrunk, fragmented and degraded. Additionally, they have been poisoned by timber‑treatment toxic chemicals such as dieldrin, used in roofs.
Bats tend to be long‑lived animals with a slow rate of reproduction, so environmental or human pressures can cause populations to decline very rapidly, and they tend to recover slowly. For these reasons bats should still be considered vulnerable, the report notes. While signs of increase are positive, conservationists consider that current populations are still likely to be smaller than they were before they declined.
The report brings together for the first time data from, Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the German states Bavaria and Thuringia. The prototype indicator should be interpreted cautiously at this stage, as many species and countries are yet to be represented. It is hoped that this report will lay the groundwork for an even more comprehensive study in coming years, as bats are widely monitored across Europe.
Most of the species studied seem to be increasing or stable in number. Eight bat species increased moderately, including Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii). The Whiskered bat and Brandt's bat (Myotis mystacinus / brandtii) are so difficult to tell apart that they are counted together. These were the only species to register a strong increase in numbers between 1993 and 2011, according to the survey. Three were stable, two species were uncertain and only the Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) declined, albeit moderately. Nonetheless, many of these species are still rare and vulnerable.
The report states that the apparent population increase of most species may reflect the impact of national and European conservation legislation, species and site protection, targeted conservation measures and widespread awareness‑raising, particularly under the EUROBATS agreement.
Europe's wildlife is under pressure in many parts of Europe - only 17 % of habitats and 17 % of more than 1 000 animal and plant species assessed under the Habitats Directive (Art.17) have favourable conservation status.
The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT), the Dutch Mammal Society (DMS) and Statistics Netherlands (SN) were key members of the project team behind the EEA report. Other organisations that contributed data and helped to develop the indicator included national bat and nature conservation NGOs, governmental organisations and individuals. In addition, thousands of volunteer surveyors helped collect the data used.
The EEA report on bats uses a similar methodology to a recent report detailing the dramatic decline of grassland butterflies in Europe. Numbers of these insects almost halved between 1990 and 2011 due to intensifying agriculture and a failure to properly manage grassland ecosystems, the report found.
Note: These images can be used by press organisations free of charge, as long as they are credited in the same way as above. Anyone else seeking to use these images please contact Sian Moore at the Bat Conservation Trust.
The following overview of European biodiversity monitoring schemes using citizen science presents examples of initiatives at European and national level in different countries. The purpose of the list is to illustrate the diversity of subjects and approaches to biodiversity based on observation schemes involving volunteers in Europe. The list is not comprehensive, but represents input received from an Eionet consultation involving the by then 32 member and 7 cooperating countries of the EEA.
There were identified and described 115 biodiversity schemes in 24 countries, using citizen science (two of them encompassing a number of schemes, not everyone related to biodiversity). In citizen science reporting schemes for biodiversity, those devoted to general flora and fauna are the most common (22 %), followed by those dedicated to birds (19 %), invasive alien species (13 %) and butterflies (8 %). Also 8 % of the schemes (almost 10 % including those dealing with marine invasive alien species) are especially designed for the marine environment.
Here you will find a compilation of biodiversity reporting monitoring and information schemes that use citizen science at the European level and in European countries:
The foremost goal of citizen science for biodiversity monitoring is to gather data / information in order to increase scientific knowledge to enable and enhance actions to preserve biological diversity. Citizen science plays a critical role in advancing knowledge about biodiversity, for example in relation to monitoring trends in occurrence, distribution, or status of species. The vast data volume that can be collected by a large number of volunteers dwarfs any professional capacity for monitoring. This is especially true for biodiversity monitoring spanning large spatial (e.g. Europe) and temporal extents (e.g. decades). For example, in March 2012, participants reported more than 3.1 million bird observations across North America in the eBird project. This had been based on citizen science reporting with more than 21 million records collected by 2009 (Sullivan et al., 2009). In Sweden, more than 36 million records have been reported to the Species Information System since 2000 (Swedish Information System, 2013).
Raising public awareness and understanding issues related to biodiversity is another important purpose for establishing citizen science reporting systems. Engaging the public to report observations requires that they are informed of the issues and aware of why their observations and reports are needed and their value. Involving people in monitoring gives them a basic understanding of the underlying threat to biodiversity and can facilitate a willingness to contribute to solving the problem.
Citizen science programmes can be a valuable tool for education at all levels. Citizen scientists learn in a hands-on way about biological diversity - to identify more species, learn about various species, population diversity and animal behaviours. Participants learn to use scientific methods and data analysis tools. This experience of contributing directly to environmental monitoring and research stimulates interaction with others with similar interests and may generate deeper engagement in local environmental issues (Dickinson et al., 2012).
These indicators have played an important role in measuring progress towards the European 2010 biodiversity target of halting biodiversity loss in Europe by 2010 (EEA, 2009) as measured by the SEBI and will play an important role in measuring progress towards the targets in the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and the Aichi Targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for the period 2011–2020 for the Convention on Biological Diversity (EEA, 2012).
The data on breeding populations of common birds across Europe have been gathered through large-scale monitoring schemes based on fieldwork by volunteers, with a standardised methodology and formally designed monitoring schemes, through the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme. The project is undertaken through a joint effort from BirdLife International and the European Bird Census Council (EBCC). The indicator shows the trends in populations of common birds (n = 136), common farmland bird species (n = 36) and common forest bird species (n = 29) since 1980. Overall, the indicator shows that Europe's common bird populations have been reduced by around 10 % since 1980. Common farmland birds declined most severely, around 50 %, while common forest birds declined by around 10 %.
The indicator covers 17 species of grassland butterflies and is based on national Butterfly Monitoring Schemes in countries across Europe. The indicator is based on the fieldwork of thousands of trained professional and volunteer recorders, counting butterflies on approximately 3 500 monitoring transects scattered widely across Europe.
The indicator shows that since 1990, butterfly populations have declined by more than half, indicating a dramatic loss of grassland biodiversity.
Citizen science monitoring is used in a variety of ways and for different purposes. Here the focus is on the use of observations made by citizens in biodiversity monitoring programmes in Europe that cover a broad range of information on species, habitats and ecosystems.
A focus on citizen science monitoring for biodiversity is very timely for several reasons. Firstly, the acceleration of threats to biodiversity makes it critical to detect biodiversity trends quickly, which will require large volumes of data. Secondly, the advancement in technologies (e.g. recent and widespread proliferation of smart phone use by the general public) provides a huge potential for crowd-sourcing, i.e. the collection of data by a high number of volunteers.
The Global Network of Networks was also launched at the conference and aims to align existing and planned local, national and global networks including Eionet (European Environment Information and Observation Network), Sustained Arctic Observing Network and AfricaEIN. The conference outcome was captured in the Dublin Statement. It covers a series of special initiatives on oceans, water, biodiversity, cities and disasters as well as technical development of the platform, citizen science as an important source of knowledge, building capacities across the network and empowerment of Eye on Earth communities.
Plenary speakers included Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for Ireland, Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, H.E. Razan Khalifa al Mubarak, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency, Monika MacDevette, Chief of Capacity Development Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme, Barbara Ryan, Secretariat Director of the Group on Earth Observations, Alan Edwards from the European Commission, Volker Liebig, Director of Earth Observation at the European Space Agency, Harvey Simon from the US Environment Protection Agency, Costis Toregas from the George Washington University, Eric van Praag from GeoSUR, Frank McCosker, Managing Director of Global Strategic Accounts at Microsoft and Dean Agelides, Corporate Director of Esri.
The aim of the conference was to bring together the Eye on Earth partners and communities to create a widespread understanding among data providers and users about the concept of data and information sharing through the Eye on Earth Network. You can read more about the conference on the Eye on Earth website and in the blog.
Phil Hogan said: "Good environmental data is an essential starting point in meeting environmental challenges and in developing an enhanced understanding of how our environment affects us and how our actions impact on our surroundings. Harnessing the collective energy of the Eye on Earth community has the potential to promote sustainable development in many areas."
Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, said: "The Eye on Earth Alliance is addressing the issue of improving data access in the global arena through the Eye on Earth Summit hosted in Abu Dhabi in December 2011 and more recently, at the UNCSD Rio+20 Summit in Brazil in June 2012, where UNEP and the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi presented in unison to the global challenge of tackling the sustainable development issues at hand. The Dublin Statement is an important step in expanding and strengthening the Alliance so that a wider array of partners share a common vision and goals in facilitating access to information for sustainable development."
Jacqueline McGlade expanded on the sharing theme with a vision of citizens communicating with government through their daily lives. "The conference was a real eye opener for all of us and showed just how Eye on Earth can play a major role in delivering this ambitious vision. By supporting partnerships across the diverse communities of knowledge, we can develop a global understanding of the Earth," she said.]]>
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SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Harvey G. Stenger Jr. as President of Binghamton University
New York City – The State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed, upon the recommendation of Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, Harvey G. Stenger Jr. as the 7th president of Binghamton University, effective January 1, 2012. Stenger has been interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University at Buffalo since April 2011.
"Dr. Stenger brings remarkable experience as both and educator and a leader to Binghamton University and the Board is extremely proud to be appointing him to the post," said Board Chairman H. Carl McCall. "I congratulate Chancellor Zimpher and the search committee for this very promising conclusion; I thank President Magrath for his dedicated service to the campus; and I look forward to working with Dr. Stenger as we move Binghamton University even further into the national spotlight."
"Harvey Stenger is the innovative leader we have been searching for to lead Binghamton University, one of SUNY's most highly regarded institutions and one of New York's greatest assets," said Chancellor Zimpher. "Dr. Stenger promises to be a dynamic catalyst for the campus and Southern Tier. He is student focused, holds a deep commitment to the liberal arts, and brings with him the experience necessary to forge critical partnerships within the community and around the globe. I thank the Board for its confidence in Harvey, and look forward to working with him as he takes Binghamton University to the next level of academic excellence and national prominence."
"Harvey Stenger is a first-rate choice for this first-rate University, where it's been a tremendous pleasure for me to serve as president of for the second time," said C. Peter Magrath, who is retiring as president of Binghamton at the end of December. "I know that I am leaving this place that I love in excellent hands. Harvey Stenger's strong background in teaching, research, and service is evidence of his exceptional abilities, and his understanding of the SUNY system coupled with his administrative experience underscores my belief that he will lead Binghamton University to even greater accomplishments."
"I am honored to have been chosen as Binghamton University's next president," said Dr. Stenger. "Binghamton's focus on student success and high quality academic and research programs make it one of the finest public universities in the United States. The selection of a university president is a landmark moment in an institution's history, and I am humbled and honored to have been selected to lead Binghamton at this important time. My goal is to lead the university to even greater levels of excellence by working collaboratively with Binghamton's impressive faculty, staff, students, alumni, and volunteers. Together, we will develop and implement a plan to strategically advance Binghamton's position as one of our nation's top public universities."
About Dr. Harvey G. Stenger
A native of Auburn, N.Y., Stenger arrived at the University at Buffalo in 2006 as dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is a chemical engineer by training, earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 1979 and his doctorate in the same discipline from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. He holds registration as a professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Prior to joining the administration at UB, Stenger was a professor at Lehigh University's College of Engineering and Applied Science, where he also served as dean for six years and served terms as co-chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and director of the Environmental Studies Center. While dean, the college launched an award-winning Integrated Product Development program, expanded cooperative education programs, and received the largest gift ever made to Lehigh—$25 million—from P. C. Rossin to establish an endowment and name the P. C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.
While at Lehigh, Stenger also oversaw the founding of the Pennsylvania Technology Alliance, which promotes economic and technology development. His research has focused on hydrogen production, selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, mercury reaction pathways, catalytic destruction of chlorinated hydrocarbons, and fuel cell modeling and optimization.
Under Stenger's leadership at the University of Buffalo, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences significantly improved student quality and program rankings at the undergraduate and graduate levels. During his tenure, the size and quality of the engineering faculty increased and the school recruited to its faculty two members of the National Academy of Engineering.
Stenger has led the engineering school's ongoing $100 million capital campaign, which generated support for the construction of the new 130,000-square-foot Barbara and Jack Davis Hall. In partnership with UB's dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Stenger also launched UB's innovative new program in biomedical engineering. He has enhanced the school's student and faculty diversity, and expanded its international programs in Turkey, India, and France.
Stenger is a member of the boards of the Buffalo-Area Engineering Awareness for Minorities and the UB Foundation. He has been honored as a distinguished alumnus of Cornell University; has received multiple awards at Lehigh for student advising, excellence in teaching and unusual promise of professional achievement; and been recognized in Buffalo and from professional associations for his teaching, mentorship, and public and professional service.
Stenger will move to the Greater Binghamton area with his wife, Cathy. His daughter Elisabeth lives, works, and goes to graduate school in New York City, and his daughter Hannah is in graduate school at UB. His state salary will be $385,000, and he will be authorized to receive $50,000 in supplemental compensation from Binghamton University's allocation of funds within the Research Foundation. Since there is no presidential residence at Binghamton, he will also receive a $60,000 annual housing allowance.
About Binghamton University
Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff, and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.
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The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating more than 465,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses with more than 3 million alumni around the globe. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunity, visit www.suny.edu


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Krystal Boyea [2], is our Young Leader living with diabetes in Barbados. She is also the Youth Regional Representative for the NAC Region for the IDF. This 26 year old, has devoted her life to making a difference in the lives of others living with diabetes locally in Barbados, regionally in the Caribbean Region and internationally. In keeping with this goal, Krystal just completed what she considers her most life changing and challenging feat of Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Diabetes [3]. Earlier this year, Krystal, along with 11 others living with Type 1 diabetes from around the world, was invited by the World Diabetes Tour Association and Sanofi Diabetes to take on this epic expedition. The countries that took part were France, Canada, the USA, Australia, Brazil, Belgium and Barbados. Upon receiving the invitation, Krystal's immediate decision was YES! She knew that even though she had never climbed a mountain or even hiked before, she had to undertake this challenge, to show people that even with diabetes, you can do anything you put your mind to! So in preparation, Krystal trained for many months with a personal trainer and went on several short hikes in Barbados. She knew she was physically ready, but not sure how her body would react at the high altitudes having grown up on an island. However, Krystal left Barbados determined she was going to achieve what so many back home doubted. The group started their 6 night and 7 day expedition on August 30th via the Machame Route. For Krystal, days 1-5 were relatively easy. They were awoken daily at 6:30am, had hot chocolate or tea in the tent at 7:00am, breakfast at 7:30am and at 8:30am daily, they began their trek from camp to camp. For the first 5 days the group walked between 3-9 hours daily allowing the body to acclimatize to the varying altitudes. The summit night began at midnight on September 4th. This was where the journey got difficult for Krystal. This upward climb from base camp to Uhuru Peak takes 6-10 hours to complete. After approximately 1 hour, Krystal experienced low followed by high blood sugar. The difficult part, she says, was being able to test her sugars by pricking her fingers in below freezing temperatures. Immediately after getting her blood sugars back to relatively normal levels, Krystal then experienced severe altitude sickness, but refused to give up. After hiking 9 hours uphill with the assistance of two guides and a doctor, Krystal made it to the summit 5895 meters above sea level.
Krystal has been forever changed by this experience. She says, "The feeling of overcoming such difficultly and reaching my goal…I have no words to explain how that feels. Upon reaching the top I collapsed into the doctors arms in tears. I had finally done it! I had proven to myself and to those around the world that having diabetes doesn't hold you back. That ANYTHING is possible with determination and hard work!"
Please visit Krystal's blog [4] for more detailed information on her trip.
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This is in reference to Dennis' article in the first edition of the year dealing with marks and blinds tight to guns. I need to improve this skill....or rather my dogs do. Some questions:
This is in reference to the first set up in the article, two guns.
A. When setting up the double, short bird thrown to the right as a single, followed by long bird thrown left, then making it a double; when teaching, the far gunner should be hidden until after the short single has been picked up? Then when doing the long bird, should the gunner from the first stay in place? Water the best way to decide if the gunners are visible or not?
B. if the dog flares the gun going for the long bird, you should increase the distance from the gunner? I have a dog that does flare some and I would like to fix this. At what point do you hold the dog responsible for their flaring? They have not be corrected off the gunner.
C. If, when setting it up for the double with this scenario, the dog picks up the short bird, then goes for the long bird, but just before the gunner, veers to the old fall (short bird) what would you do?
I train alone or with a small group. We are all amateurs though do train with trainers some. We tend to default to minimal interference (in fear of screwing the dog up) but I want to reduce the number of things I'm doing wrong and be more pro-active. I want dogs that go tight and straight by the gunner, for a mark or blind. I want to reduce flare.
These are dogs training for master that are working multiples and blinds. I don't do field trials so I'm not sure if the gunner being visible or not will make a difference as to how to train.
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[Intro: Common]
Yeah! It's been a long time comin'
You know what they say Kanye
Slow motion better than no motion
[Hook: Kanye West]
I walked in the crib, got two kids
And my baby mama late (uh oh! uh oh! uh oh!)
So I had to did, what I had to did
Cause I had to get (duh-ough! duh-ough! duh-ough!)
I'm up all night, getting my money right
Until the blue and whites (po po! po po! po po!)
Now the money comin' slow, but a least a nigga know
Slow motion better than (no-oh! no-oh! no-oh!)
[Verse 1: Common]
You love to hear the story, again and again
About these young brothers, from the City of Wind
Like juice and gin, in the city we blend
Amongst the hustle, titties and skin, fifties and rims
Y'all know the Sprewells and trucks that's detailed
Heartless females that wanna ride in 'em
Felt the Southside venom in raw hides and denim
Pimp minds collide with 'em, a system that tries victims
We livin' in, my man in the fast lane pivotin'
On the block white is selling like Eminem
On the block it jump off like Kim and 'em
On the block it's hot, you can feel it, in your skin and then
Shorties get the game but no instructions to assemblin'
Eyes bright, it seems like the fight is dim in them
Call my man cuzo, like I'm kin to him
He tryin' to stay straight, the streets is bendin' him
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It's all good in the hood, like raps and gems
Throwbacks and Timbs, blacks and rims
Whether on ball courts, attires of all sorts
We never fall short, with us it's all Force like Air 1's
Some waves, some air guns, the days of the fair one is over for
Cats is colder than four below, with self I go toe to toe
Wondering if it's for the art or for the dough
Though I know to grow a nigga gotta learn to let go
Though I know the dough I got to bring back to the ghetto
Arrows on tarot cards pointin' to the grind
Po' livin' in more prisons, pointin' to my mind, shine the light up
Clench my fists tight, holdin' the right up
Freedom fight in dark gear for the years to get brighter
Situations, and jaws get tighter
My man trying to get his weight and height up, c'mon!
[Bridge: Kanye West]
I, I know I could make it right
If I could just swallow my pride
But I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
I, no I can't let it ride
No, no, not tonight
See I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
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I break bread with thieves and pastors, OG's and masters
Emcees and actors that seize and capture
Moments like the camcorder
You ain't killin' it, yo that's manslaughter
Though paper can't change a man's aura
It can feed a man's daughter
I stand for the blue collar, on the side makin' a few dollars
Like Sam Jack they maneuver through drama like
Another classic Common entry, dealing with the struggles of living and raising a family in the Southside of Chicago
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Our focus on using antibiotics to kill bacteria has blinded us to their diverse functions in the organisms that make these chemicals
Robert L. Dorit
We cannot lose sight of how profoundly 50 million pounds of annual antibiotic use impacts the microbial world. The widespread use of antibiotics has created a black market for antibiotic resistance mechanisms where bacteria poach ready-made shortcuts to resistance: It has enhanced and rewarded the evolution of a vast network that allows for the transfer of resistance along nongenealogical lines. These mechanisms of horizontal transfer now connect the extensive environmental resistome with any pathogen (or commensal bacterium) exposed to clinical concentrations of antibiotic. As a result, bacteria in the presence of potentially lethal concentrations of antibiotics no longer face the daunting evolutionary challenge of remaining alive while they and their descendants cobble together resistance one point mutation at a time. Instead, fully functional resistance located on moveable genetic elements can now be acquired by swapping with other bacteria, or by taking such elements up directly from the environment.
To make matters more challenging, many of these ready-made resistance elements are packaged as a set. Multiple genes encoding resistance to multiple antibiotics now travel as a team (up to 74 different resistances have been found to occur together). The ubiquitous presence of human-administered antibiotics in the environment selects strongly for bacteria that are able to acquire these resistance packs, and may also be selecting for the evolution of increasingly mobile and promiscuous elements equipped with increasingly diverse arrays of resistances. As mobile elements, their Darwinian imperative is to make and move copies of themselves, and that in turn may depend on their ability to keep their host bacteria alive in a sea of antibiotics.
Many forces—social, economic and medical—propel excessive antibiotic use. An expanded perspective on the role of antibiotics and resistance in no way contradicts the urgent need to reduce antibiotic consumption. Our current behavior, moreover, drowns out the subtle melody unfolding in microbial ecosystems and superimposes the deafening roar of therapeutic antibiotics and increasingly resistant pathogens in its place. We can hope that new antibiotics will continue to be developed and broadly prescribed, buying us a few more years. We can keep doing what we have always done, and hope we can reach a stalemate with ever more-aggressive bacterial pathogens. Or we can instead start paying more attention to what microbial ecosystems have to teach us, acknowledging the lessons that have always been embedded in a gram of soil. Our relationship to the unseen world extends far beyond pathogens and our efforts to combat them. We can, if we put our minds to it, begin to see a world in a grain of sand.
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By Sam Mamudi
The party on Wall Street shows no signs of ending, as the leading stock indexes all hit record intraday highs Tuesday, and some of the biggest banks are seeing healthy gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 15,191.6, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index reached 1,649.72, both records. The Russell 2000 also got in on the act, getting as high as 984.87.
Meanwhile, shares of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are up about 3%, while Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) stocks are up more than 2%. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) stock is lagging, up only 0.9%, but that may be due to the overhang of the will-Jamie-Dimon-leave debate — he has threatened to quit the firm if the CEO and chairman roles (both of which he holds) are split up.
As WSJ MoneyBeat noted in a headline earlier today, with the S&P 500 up 3.14% so far this month, this is not the 'sell in May' that people were expecting.


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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:28 PM GMT on September 21, 2011
Typhoon Roke hit Japan near Hamamatsu at 14:00 JST Wednesday as a Category 1 typhoon with 80 mph winds. Roke brought sustained winds of 62 mph, gusting to 83 mph to the Tokyo airport at 5:25 pm local time, and a wind gust of 89 mph was reported at Shizuhama Airbase. Roke has dumped heavy rains of 155 mm (6.20") at Hamamatsu and 125 mm (4.86") at Tokyo. Damage due to flooding from Roke's heavy rains will likely be the main problem from Roke, as the soils over much of Japan are saturated from the passage of Tropical Storm Talas during the first week of September. Talas was a very slow moving storm, and brought extreme rainfall amounts of over six feet to some portions of Japan. Roke brought winds less than 25 mph to the damaged Fukishima-Dai-Iche nuclear plant northeast of Tokyo, and heavy rains of 189 mm (7.50") to Hirono, located 8 miles south of the plant.
Figure 1. Radar image of Typhoon Roke as it made landfall at 14:00 JST on September 21, 2011. The typhoon brought a large area of rainfall of 50 mm/hr (2"/hr) to Japan. Image credit: Japan Meteorological Agency.
Figure 2. MODIS image of Typhoon Roke taken at 3:55 UTC on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. At the time, Roke was a Category 1 storm with 80 mph winds. Image credit: NASA.
Tropical Storm Ophelia forms in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Ophelia formed last night in the Central Atlantic from the tropical wave (Invest 98L) we've been tracking this week. Satellite imagery shows that Ophelia is suffering the classic symptoms of high wind shear, with the low level center of circulation exposed to view, and the storm's heavy thunderstorms pushed to the northeast side of the center of circulation. An analysis of wind shear from the University of Wisconsin CIMMS group shows a high 20 - 30 knots of wind shear due to strong upper level west-southwesterly winds affecting Ophelia. We don't have any ship, buoy, or hurricane hunter observations of Ophelia's winds, but an ASCAT pass from 7:27 pm EDT last night found top winds of 45 mph in the northeast quadrant of the storm. Ophelia will be passing south of buoy 41041 late tonight. Water vapor satellite images show dry air to the the west of Ophelia, and the strong upper level west-southwesterly winds bringing high wind shear to the storm are also injecting dry air into the storm's core, interfering with development.
Figure 3. Morning satellite image of Ophelia showing the low-level center exposed to view, with all the storm's heavy thunderstorms pushed to the northeast side.
Forecast for Ophelia
The latest SHIPS model forecast predicts that Ophelia will experience moderate to high wind shear of 10 - 25 knots over the next five days, and will move into a region with drier air. The combination of shear and dry air should keep Ophelia from strengthening, and could dissipate the storm, as predicted by the ECMWF and HWRF models. The Northern Lesser Antilles could see some wind gusts of 30 - 40 mph and heavy rain squalls from Ophelia on Saturday and Sunday, but right now it looks unlikely that the islands would see sustained tropical storm force winds of 39+ mph, since they are likely to be on Ophelia's weaker (dry) side. At longer ranges, Bermuda will have to keep an eye on Ophelia, since a large cut-off low pressure system over the Eastern U.S. should turn Ophelia to the northwest and then north early next week. Ophelia may eventually be a threat to Canada, but it is too early to assess the odds of this happening.
Ophelia is the 15th named storm this year, putting 2011 in 10th place for the most number of named storms in a year. Ophelia's formation date of September 21 puts 2011 in 4th place for earliest date of arrival of the season's 15th storm. Only 2005, 1936, and 1933 had an earlier 15th storm. With only three of this year's fifteen storms reaching hurricane strength, though, this year has been near average for destructive potential. Atlantic hurricane records go back to 1851.
Jeff Masters
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quote:So Hillary's folks are denying ever concluding the video was causative? That seems to leave Obama out there twisting in the breeze. She'll almost certainly have to walk that yarn back a bit, I'd suspect. Nonetheless, questions will have to arise as to WTF Rice was doing on the talk circuit and who ordered her to do it. Not pretty!
On Sept. 11, Stevens did not leave the compound because of security fears due to the 9/11 anniversary. He had arrived in Benghazi the day before with five guards in total. Two additional Diplomatic Security agents from Tripoli were with him in addition to the three agents normally detailed to the compound.
Though some administration officials had initially said that the attack grew out of protests over an anti-Muslim film, the senior State Department official told reporters today that "nothing was out of the ordinary" on the night of the attack.
At 8:30 p.m., the ambassador said goodnight to a visiting Turkish diplomat outside the compound and the streets were empty. But at 9:40 p.m., noises, gunfire and an explosion were heard by the agents located in the TOC and Building B.
The agent in the TOC looked at one of the camera feeds monitoring the perimeter and saw a large group of armed men entering the compound. Asked about the initial reports of the protests, the official said that while "others" in the administration may have said there were protests, the State Department did not.
"That was not our conclusion," the official said.
quote:I love this country. You go out, become a political failure, take a job where you are the face of a failed foreign policy, and then write a book and make million$.
I don't do a lot of reading of books but I'll be anxious to read Hillary's book about her tenure as SoS under Obama. Should be an interesting read.
the pile of shite he is standing in just got a whole lot deeper for the lies from the White House.
the Clintons are going to sabotage Obama
Romney needs to pound this during the 3rd debate... Don't let him skirt, ask "Why the frick did your administration lie to the American people multiple times about the murder of one of our govt officials in Africa and Mexico? Where else did it happer"
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yes i know swedon has done a review of the Jedi Starfighter but i though i'de add my own think of it as other User Reviews
if anyone wants to review the Starfighter you can do it here think of it as a add you're own review post
Master Paul Kenobis Review.
Some may have seen my Custom Jedi Starfighter before, but this time i picked up the Offical one, when i got it i wasnt serprised about there being no logo. The new picture of Obi-Wan on the back was cool and new to see it was also nice to see the moive picture of the Starfighter also on it also but anyway.
The Toy itself
I injoyed puting this toy together, a small part of it kinda reminded me of the Republic Cruser seen in TPM ( The Phantom Mence) it toke me only 10 mins to build it, I was amazed on how small it was, all color bricks like Lego has done before, aka the "blue brick mence" seen in sets like the ATT MTT and others, are not really gone ( of corse i don't think they are gona get rid of the Mxing color thing soon) Allthough the only part I dislike about it is the bottom, with the black part and everything it just takes the the way the starfighter looks out of wack. The colors where stuck to 6 Black, White, Red, one Yellow peace, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Light Green. ( think of the Yellow peace as a "Preview Peace" to the Bounty Huinter set) The Green part is allright with me, i've seen pictures of the back of the Hasbro fighter and its green also so thats pritty acurate to me at lest. The only part that I think sucked was no Body for the Droid, i've never had a Red droid I only got R2 droid but no red droid, but the dome is allright with me.
The Figure.
Not much to say about this little buger fokes, the Obi-Wan is just plan weird looking, I would of liked it better if Obi-Wan didn't have that goffy smile but uh....come on allreddy, I mean if they did the smile like the EPI Obi-Wan that would of been allright. I would of like if Obi came with a attachable Headset peace but the panted one is ok for now.
I just hope they don't keep hte panted headset on the Obi-Wan that coems with the Bounty Hunter set.
The Logos.
there OK looking, but I like the Impirial Logo Best on the fighter the only logo I dislike on the fighter, is around the Cockpit. Nether way Nice job on that one Lego.
Landeing Gear
to make this short and sweet its GREAT. Good job on that one too Lego
End Result By Number and Grade
Box: Number Result 5 out of 10. Grade: C
Toy: Number Result 9 out of 10. Grade : A+
Figure : Number Result 3 out of 10. Grade D-
Color : Number Result 6 out of 10 Grade C+
Logos : Number Result 2 out of 10 Grade D-
If you're a lego fan and want to get you're hand on a cool starfighter set 7143 is for you ( though I think alot of people got it)
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Position papers: Manchester Local Schools Board of Education
10/10/2013 - South Side Leader
Kelly Dolan (incumbent) vs. Randy Hoppe vs. Paul Sharkey vs. Richard Sponseller (incumbent)
Voters living in the Manchester Local School District will vote for three candidates for Manchester Local Schools Board of Education in the Nov. 5 General Election. The race is nonpartisan. The information provided below was submitted by the candidates, with their responses to our questions printed as submitted. Randy Hoppe did not respond to our request for information by the stated deadline.
Kelly Dolan (incumbent)
Why are you running for a seat on the Manchester Local Schools Board of Education?
"I look forward to continuing to serve on a school board with such a distinguished reputation and history. Their honesty, openness and dedication to the children cannot be matched. I will work hard to maintain the standard of excellence set forth in the Manchester Local Schools district. Our district is full of hardworking and devoted teachers, administrators and families. I am eager to work with these families to ensure the brightest possible future for our children and our community."
What would be your top three priorities if you were elected? Why?
- "Strengthen the ties between the school and the community. A community involved in their school district makes for a strong community and successful schools.
- "Fiscal security. A financially sound district is a healthy district.
- "Joint programming ventures. We can enrich the educational experience by offering multiple and varied programs to our children."
Paul Sharkey
Why are you running for a seat on the Manchester Local Schools Board of Education?
"I believe that the Manchester School system is one of the strengths of our community, and that Mr. Reynolds, our current School Board, and school staff have provided our children with a wonderful school system. I became aware of the opening on the School Board and am willing to assist in the management of our school system."
What would be your top three priorities if you took office? Why?
"My only priority would be that for every situation/decision needed to be made, to gather and evaluate all of the pertinent information available and make the decision based on what is best for the community AND the school system. My objective would be to assist the school administration in providing the best and most cost effective school system possible for the children of our community."
Richard Sponseller (incumbent)
Why are you running for a seat on the Manchester Local Schools Board of Education?
"I am seeking my fourth term on the board of education for several reasons. To make an important decision that will have a long-term impact on our children. The Board of Education has placed a 5.99 mill, 5 year operating levy on the November 5, 2013 ballot. Because of a $1.3 million dollar reduction by the state and federal government since 2010-2011 school year, the schools have made sacrafices to maintain student programming and operate in the black. There have been five wage freezes since 2009-10 school year. All employees wages will be frozen completely for the 2013-14 school year. In addition the Board has reduced teaching positions, eliminated one administrative position, limited purchases and secured additional funds through open enrollment. My main concern and goal is to continue to work hard to provide the best in education for your children. To maintain outstanding achievements in academics. Because of their hard work the Manchester Schools are rated 'Excellent' once again! That 'Excellence represents the effort and caring of the entire Manchester community. These types of actions and attitudes make Manchester a special place to live and raise children. Panthers have pride and community spirit in everything that they do. My children went to Manchester schools and was given great opportunities and a quality education. 'I want to give back' and want my grandkids and other kids to have it just as good or better than they had it!"
What would be your top three priorities if you were re-elected? Why?
"My top three priorities would be 1. To continue to work hard to provide the best education possible for your children. As a board member I represent your interest as a steward to do my very best and service the District with Honesty + Integrity. To make the right decisions at critical times so our students do not lose out on benefits and opportunities for their future. Second. To take care of the tax payers money. To cut down costs on many items. I'm a firm believer, when it is time to vote on any issue or costs, if it does not Benifit the children then my vote will always be no. Its all about the kids, and thats why I'm here, for them! Also to keep and provide the very best certified and classified staff for Manchester Schools. We are proud of each and every individual that works for the district.
"And last to maintain the permanent improvement funds. These funds are used to fix all roofs, pave the school parking lots and other important repairs. Our goal is to be sure that our buildings are safe, warm and dry for our children. These investments will bring cost-saving dividends in our future.
"The great privilage about living in Manchester is that the people here love their town, and love their schools, and they will do anything for their kids! And theres one thing about Manchester people, theres no I in team. We call that 'Manchester Pride'! And if re-elected ..." [Exceeded stated word limit.]
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I just noticed that the HRC has a new sponsor Carlson Calls. Has anyone ever used one? Or does anyone have any knowledge of them? I have done some research on them online, but I know there are some old dogs online that still use their calls.
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An exhibition of photographs by Princeton alumni who studied under acclaimed photographer Emmet Gowin, a professor of visual arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts, will open Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Rockefeller College Common Room.
The show features images by more than three dozen alumni, some of whom have become established photographers in their own right. It coincides with the opening of the Princeton University Art Museum's exhibition, "Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait," which celebrates Gowin's legacy as an artist and inspirational teacher.
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I was about to give up when I spotted a large marker thirty or forty yards from where I stood. Even at that distance I could clearly read the name: PETTIS. I was pumped on adrenalin and covered with goosebumps as I ran toward the stone, but I stopped short when I got near enough to see that there was nothing else inscribed on it. No first name, no date, nothing. I couldn't quite believe my eyes. What did this mean? Was she buried here or not? I turned away briefly, rubbing the goosebumps on my arms and wondering what to make of it.
When I turned back to the stone, I was startled--truth to tell, I may have shrieked a bit, I don't remember--as there now stood before it a little girl maybe five or six years old. I'd been alone in the graveyard, or so I had thought, and now in the dwindling light stood this little girl, staring at me.
"What on earth are you doing here?" I asked when I'd recovered myself.
She didn't respond with anything but an unsettling stare, so I tried another question.
"Where are your parents?" And why, I wanted to add, would they let their daughter wander around a cemetery alone at this hour?
"Is your daddy here?" I asked again, as she hadn't seen fit to answer yet. Slowly she shook her head.
"What about your mother? Is she here?"
"Yes, your mama. Where is she?"
This little girl was really starting to creep me out, you know what I mean? There was something really strange about her. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but my goosebumps were getting goosebumps.
"Mama?" she said again, and I turned around to see if her mother was sneaking up on me from behind. I was a little jumpy, you know, and I didn't want to shriek again. As graveyard behavior goes, shrieking is just too cliche. I did not want to embarrass myself again.
I didn't see her mother or anyone else behind me though, despite a careful scan of the surroundings, so I turned back to the girl, but... she was gone. I was more than ready to leave too, if the truth be told, but the mother in me made me peek behind the PETTIS stone to see if the girl was there. She was not.
"Hey, little girl," I called, fighting down my shivers, but there was no reply. I ran to a small mausoleum that stood nearby and looked behind that too, to no avail.
"That's it, I'm outta here!" I said to no one but myself, and I hightailed it back to my motel as fast as I could. When I got there, my hands were shaking so hard I couldn't unlock the door to my room, so I headed for the office. I tried to compose myself before I went in.
"I think you should call the police," I told the desk clerk, stifling any telltale trace of irrational hysteria. "There's a little girl in the cemetery alone. She seems to be lost."
I was somewhat calmer once I'd handed over the girl's well-being to the proper authorities. I managed to let myself into my room and, still feeling chilled, I stood in a hot shower until I was plenty warmed up enough to get to sleep. There would be no morning departure as I'd planned. I wanted to revisit the cemetery in the bright light of day, and see if the office had any records to show whether my great-great grandmother was buried beneath the PETTIS stone. And, I must admit, I was curious to know whether the little girl was safely returned to her mother.
In the morning, after a continental breakfast consisting of a dried-out doughnut and two cups of coffee, I stepped out into the light of day which, as it turned out, was not bright at all but rather ominously overcast. Still, I went straight to the cemetery, thinking to have another look around the PETTIS stone until the office opened, but it was already open when I arrived. An elderly woman looked up from her desk when I walked in.
"Good morning," she said. "Can I help you?"
"Can you tell me whether Kate Efner Pettis is buried here?" I asked.
"Is she dead?" she asked.
"That or else she's 150 years old," I replied.
"I see,' she said, getting up from the desk. "I suppose I'll have to look that up." And off she went to the back room. After a few minutes, I took a seat to wait. By and by, I began to nod off, having slept poorly during the night despite the hot shower I'd had, due to some frightfully chilling nightmares.
Her voice jerked me back to consciousness when she finally returned and announced, as if I'd wondered, "She's dead."
"Uh-huh," I said, waiting for more.
"She's in lot 69-I. Been there since the 29th of May, 1914. Funny thing, though, there are six plots in 69-I. The Pettis family owned them all, but only the two of them were ever buried there."
"Her husband is there? Darius is there?" I asked in disbelief. From what I'd heard, Darius had gone to Montana and never returned, leaving his wife Kate to raise their daughter, also named Kate, alone.
"Darius? No, the name wasn't Darius" she said. "The name of the other one is Frankie, not Darius. Buried in November of 1867. Youngster. There's a separate little gravestone next to the big one. You'll see it."
"I was there last night," I said. "All I saw was one big gravestone with nothing on it but PETTIS. I didn't see any small marker next to it. Was I in the right place?"
She pointed at a map of the cemetery, but of course I wasn't sure if her finger landed where I'd been the night before. I'd been too distracted then to notice exactly where I was. Which reminded me to ask, "Do you know whether the police found that little girl who was lost here last night?"
"Oh, I'm sure there was no lost child here last night," she said. "My son investigated that himself. He's a policeman, you know. So, you're the one who called that in? My boy gave the place a thorough going-over and I assure you, there was no lost child."
I saw no point in pursuing the subject further with her. I had more important things on my mind. I was eager to find out more about this Frankie. I'd thought my great-grandmother was an only child, but now it seemed she'd had a brother. With a mental picture of the cemetery map in my head, I left the office, and in minutes I was standing once again in front of the PETTIS stone I'd found the night before. Frankie's stone wasn't exactly next to the big one, but it was there alright, set off a little, toward the mausoleum. It said only "FRANKIE" on the top, and if there was anything inscribed on the front of the stone, it was no longer discernible. I'd never have known Frankie was a Pettis by looking at this stone.
Clearly I would not be leaving Winona yet, as I now had to return to the library. I hoped to find something in the old newspapers about the death of Frankie Pettis.
Luck was on my side. The library was open and they had an obituary clipping file among their holdings. It didn't take me long to find what I needed, and when I did, it chilled me to the bone. Frankie wasn't a boy at all. It was her. Frankie was the girl in the graveyard.
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Fact or Fiction?
This carnival was great fun, and my story is all true, except for the following:
- I didn't go to the graveyard in the evening, and there was no chill. It was a warm and sunny day.
- The cemetery office was open, and the person who looked up the Pettis records for me was, to the best of my memory, neither elderly nor eccentric.
- There was no ethereal Frankie by the Pettis gravestone. I don't rule out the possibility that she may have been elsewhere, but I didn't see or speak with her!
- There was no motel clerk, no police, no nightmares, no stale doughnut, and I didn't drink coffee back then either.
- There was no photograph of Frankie with her death notice.