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Special exhibit highlighted at library
Through August, the library will highlight an exhibit on oral history taking.
Nisswa resident Clarence Carlson grew up in Hibbing, the son of immigrants from the Finnish island of Ahland. As a 19-year-old, he entered World War II, where, as an infantryman, he participated in five famous battles.
See Carlson's comments and memories about his unique life experiences. Browse the table for ideas and books on how to take your own oral history or the oral history of a family member or friend.
Thank you, volunteer Ann Hutchings, for the special care you give to setting up the exhibits in the library. You always have good ideas and take good care of the items on display.
Magician to be last event in Kids' Summer Reading Program
Professor Marvel will be at the library on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 2:30-3:15 p.m. to entertain kids and parents with his Amazing Archaeological Adventure.
All kids are invited, not just those signed up for the reading program. That is also the last day kids may hand in their reading lists.
The ice cream and book party will be held at the library Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 1-2 p.m.
To all of our volunteers
You rock — thanks!
Quote for the month
"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear." — Judy Blume


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To the Editor:
I was happy to see your March 10 editorial supporting state Rep. Jack Franks' efforts to push the legislature to work only on the pension and budget crisis facing the state of Illinois.
Rep. Franks has publicly asked Gov. Quinn and the Speaker of the House to suspend all other legislative matters and call a special session of the Legislature whose sole focus would be those two items.
Rep. Franks is the unique public official who understands that until we solve these two most pressing issues, nothing else the state does matters. He has his priorities in order. Instead of working on social issues, the state Legislature needs to change its focus and follow Rep. Franks' lead.
Tom Mishler

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Avalanche Studios has been dropping teaser images for its next game, which looks suspiciously similar to Just Cause 2. The latest has a man clad in garb similar to Rico Rodriguez jumping from a plane, which would be incredibly dangerous if not for a parachute. As Just Cause players know, Rico has plenty of those.
The teaser image from studio founder Christofer Sundberg (via Joystiq). Two weeks ago, Sundberg released a similar teaser image of the character on a bike. A follow-up from the studio head implies that this is building to an E3 reveal, which is pretty far away to start the drum-beat this early.
The smart money seems to be on Just Cause 3, but one other possibility has been proposed. This could be the long-rumored Mad Max game that had been reportedly in development at Avalanche until last year. Then again, Mad Max is all about a post-apocalyptic future where gasoline is scarce, and airplanes aren't exactly fuel-efficient.


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RENO, Nev. - Guys, ghouls and ghosts will scare up some wicked fun in downtown Reno's Riverwalk District on Sat., Oct 27th from 4 to 7 p.m. in the 6th annual Riverwalk Merchants Halloween Hollow event.
Halloween fun is kicked up a notch with free family games, entertainment, live music, a doggie costume contest, free trick-or-treating for children and pets during the West Street Plaza Halloween Weekend.
Howl-o-ween Doggie Costume Contest. Enjoy tail wagging fun when you enter your dog in the Doggie Costume Contest for a chance to win the funniest, scariest or most original costume.
A special dog costume contest is set for 6:30 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 27th the proceeds will support the Food Bank of Northern Nevada. Register at the main booth located in the West Street Plaza. It's a $10 entry fee per dog and all money goes to the Food Bank of Northern Nevada. Poodle princesses, butterfly Bulldogs, Monster Mutts and devilish Dachshunds, whatever your costume may be, we want to see your pups dressed-up and ready to trick or treat for free! Does your dog love wearing costumes and being the center of attention? Then join us October 27th for a special Halloween costume contest with free Trick-or-treating for your pup beggining at 4pm. Our guest judges will pick the winner at 7pm October 27th on the big stage. Deadline to enter is October 27, 2012. Register throughout the month of October online at http://pupcrawl.eventbrite.com/.
Take your dog trick-or-treating from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Special Pup treat stops will be identified on the official map. A portion of the candy has been generously supplied by the Kimmie Candy Company and the dog treats were generously donated by the Scraps, Shakespeare Animal Fund and the SPCA.
In addition to the 2nd annual Doggie Costume Contest, visitors will have a second opportunity to donate food at participating locations. Food barrels will be available throughout the Riverwalk during the entire month of October. You can donate fresh, canned boxed and frozen product at the barrel location.
The generous donations that the Food Bank of Northern Nevada receives from the food drive is critical to the families and individuals who are struggling to keep food on their shelves. Financial donations can also be made at http://fbnn.org/Donate.aspx. Just $1 provides approximately four meals to feed our hungry neighbors. With your help, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada can supplement the food that is donated with the important nutritious staples we all
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Olympic Games also means Business
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Weds. 18/07/12: International diplomacy is in its 11th hour concerning Syria, says Carnegie Moscow Center Director Dmitri Trenin in China Daily. Meanwhile, the Independent explores how the Olympics are a golden business opportunity for British firms. And The Christian Science Monitor wonders if the Boy Scouts of America are out of touch with reality following their decision to uphold their ban on homosexuals.
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Meaning "a difficulty" is mid-15c. Mathematical sense is from 1560s in English. Problem child first recorded 1920. Phrase _______ problem in reference to a persistent and seemingly insoluble difficulty is attested at least from 1882, in Jewish problem. Response no problem "that is acceptable; that can be done without difficulty" is recorded from 1968.
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Maturana Tinta is a recently rediscovered grape of Rioja... on the other hand, if the Vitis International Variety Catalogue is to be believed, it may be the same grape as Trousseau (Noir). If anyone here has access to Jancis' latest volume on ampelography, I would be very interested to see if she says anything about this potential relationship.
If this particular wine does not immediately bring to mind any Trousseau that I have ever had (all from Jura so far - no Portuguese Bastardo, and nothing from California or Australia), then that could be a reflection of the soil and climate here, if in fact Maturana Tinta is Trousseau.
2009 Bodegas Juan Carlos Sancha Rioja Maturana Tinta "Peña El Gato"
Nose of white pepper and dried herbs, with a bit of coffee. Full-bodied, with moderate acidity and smooth tannins. Earthy, with blackberry, licorice, and mixed peppercorn flavors; and some mint on the finish. Very good+, and quite reasonably priced at $20.
One final note: Sr. Sancha is no longer labeling his Maturana Tinta under the 'Peña El Gato' name. Looking at his website, the name 'Peña El Gato' seems to be reserved for some 95+ year old Garnacha, whereas the Maturana Tinta (and Tempranillo Blanco) are labeled as 'Ad Libitum' instead.


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Submission + - Novell Sale Delayed Until April Due to Patents (internetnews.com) 1
darthcamaro writes: Novell's $2.2 billion dollar acquisition by Attachmate isn't going to close as soon as first expected. A key part of the deal is the sale of 882 patents to a consortium of vendors led by Microsoft. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the patent deal and is now pushing out the close until at least April 12th. Does this mean the deal is in trouble?


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Don't use animesuki now..
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Age: 28
I am not sure actually it may just be me, thanks.
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Okay Workshop guys, I have a request for anybody who's up to it.
I want an avatar that's 50x50 pixels, and it must look good! The source image for it should be from Inuyasha or any Takahashi anime/manga (including Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma, or One Pound Gospel, but not Alice in Wonderland).
That is all.
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Don't use animesuki now..
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
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Ehhh!! boneyjellyfish, if this avatar looks good do you plan on using it!? If so then that is weird because you have not changed yours in like...well ermm forever 0_0
Anyway Goodluck Guys
[EDIT] @ boneyjellyfish, lol, phew I thought you was going to change it for sure, glad to see your not.
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Age: 34
Okay, I've finally got a request. Please take these three pics...
...and make a sig banner that looks somewhat like this (I made this in five minutes with Paint), only make it look 500% better and about the size of my current sig:
The line should be behind Brandon's face not in front of it, but I wasn't shooting for anything nice here, just a basic layout to let you know what I had in mind. It looks horrible, but oh well. Any background ideas you have would be great, or anything you think would make it look good. Improvise.
Also, if you could make a me a nice avatar with a border and my username in it using this pic, I would be very greatful.
Thanks in advance Of course, if you can't get around to it, don't worry about it.
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Use www.uploadit.org please ^^;
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F&C Fanboy
Well, ok, a few questions:
I dont have enough space for the name AND the gungrave logo.
I forgot the bullseye thing, is it that important?
I have huge problems with positioning the GG logo, if you have any ideas tell me.
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A Hunter of Peace
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Age: 34
It'll probably look better without the bullseye anyway, it was just something I threw in as an idea.
I think the way you have it there is nice, and I like the background. If you could stretch the image out a bit more to about the length of my current sig pic, I think the logo would fit in that empty space between the two, but I'd also say leave just a bit of it covered up by Harry, as it gives it some dimension. Either that or shrink Brandon down a bit. Another idea for the logo might be to try just the letter "G" or two "G"s, with one reversed, and see how it looks. Or, you could remove Brandon from the picture altogether and then just enlarge the logo and scoot it over.
Arrghh... I wish I had something to work with images besides paint (which isn't bad, it just takes forever to do anything worthwhile) so then I wouldn't have to feel like I was bothering anybody. Anyway, I really do appreciate your help. Thanks.
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Flash_squirrel, what anime is that girl from in your sig?
Anyways, I really need help finishing my new sig+ava. Ive been crawling the web for the "Apocalypse Now" font. I cant find anything really that looks close to it. Plese HElp0 me!
here's a pic of the font if you dont know what im talking about
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Can you make a sig with this http://server3.uploadit.org/files/141103-op82.jpg
I want each person in the sig. You don't have to worry to much about the wanted signs.
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Bryan, TX The Bryan Fire Department (BFD) received a large show of support from the Bryan City Council Tuesday night when their resolution adopting Bryan Fire Department Minimum Staffing Goals was approved.
The details of the goals indicate achieving minimum staffing levels of four firefighters on each fire truck (engines and ladders) and staffing each Battalion Chief with an aide. The implementation begins October 2013, with a goal of adding 33 additional personnel over a 10-year period.
Planning and discussions regarding these staffing minimums have been underway at the City since January 2012, when Bryan Fire Chief Randy McGregor was first named Interim Fire Chief.
"A goal for many fire departments across the country is to strive for a minimum of four firefighters on each truck. Like most departments, BFD currently staffs each fire truck with three firefighters," said Chief McGregor. "Increasing firefighter staffing levels has a positive impact on safety, efficiency and morale during fire department operations, and we want to ensure we continually position ourselves to be one of the premier fire departments in Texas."
Over recent years, BFD has been a leader in the Texas fire service in many regards, including safety, effectiveness and efficiency. A number of procedures and programs exist to contribute to their high caliber of excellence, including semi-yearly physical agility tests for all fire and EMS personnel, systematic deployment of firefighting resources at structure fires, three-firefighter Rapid Intervention Teams versus the two-firefighter standard, and staffing an EMS supervisor who serves as safety officer at all major fires.
In addition, the Bryan Fire Department is heavily involved in providing innovative changes to fire apparatus and service product design, and has collaborated with various entities to ensure the safety of both people and animals in the event of a fire. This collaboration includes a 2010 partnership with the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Brazos Feral Cat Alliance to provide equipment for treating pets overcome by smoke in residential fires, and most recently, the creation of a comprehensive Community Wildfire Protection Plan and accompanying smartphone app with assistance from the Texas A&M Forest Service.
"The City Council recognizes public safety as a top priority, and our fire department is tasked with protecting the lives and property of the citizens of Bryan," said Mayor Jason Bienski. "Passing this resolution is just another step to better enable the Bryan Fire Department to continue to serve as a model for other fire departments across the state."
When fully implemented, the approximate cost of this staffing resolution is estimated at $2 million annually in today's dollars.
McGregor says the department will also pursue grant funding to assist in staffing the 33 personnel over the next 10 years, although there is no guarantee these funds will be awarded to the City.
To date, some major cities in Texas have achieved the four firefighter staffing goal, including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin. Only a few cities similar in size to Bryan, such as Galveston and Baytown, have reached this iconic milestone.


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The Bixon coverted the miscues in to 441 total yards as game "most valuable player" quarterback Brock Jenson totaled 159 yards total offense including 115 yards rushing and three rushing TDs. Running back Sam Ojuri rushed 14 times for 92 yards and two more scores.
No penalty hurt more than a holding call that wiped out an apparent 37-yard third quarter run into the end zone by Timothy Flanders. The play would have given the Kats a 17-10 lead early in the third quarter.
On the next play Carlton Littlejohn intercepted a pass at the 40-yard line. The turnover set up a 10-play 60-yard drive as Jenson scored from the one to put North Dakota State up 17-10 with 8:30 left in the period. The Bison rolled to 29 second half points.
Sam Houston ended the day with seven penalties for 70 yards including three that gave the Bison first downs. North Dakota State picked off four Sam Houston passes. Three of the turnovers set up scores.
The loss in the Bearkats' second consecutive NCAA football finals appearance ended Sam Houston's season with an 11-4 mark.
The No. 1 seed in the 2012 playoffs, North Dakota finished with a 14-1 record. With the win, the Bison join Georgia Southern (1985 & 86 and 1989 & 90), Youngstown State (1993 & 94) and Appalachian State (2005, 06 & 07) to repeat as FCS national champions.
Bearkat quarterback Brian Bell completed 19 of 33 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown. Running back Timothy Flanders led SHSU on the ground with 18 carries for 46 yards. Linebacker Darius Taylor led the Kat defense with 11 tackles including five solo stops.
In a first quarter dominated by the defenses, both teams had field goal opportunities. Sam Houston's Miguel Antonio was wide right on a 32-yard attempt, then the Bison's Adam Keller was successful on a 22-yard kick to North Dakota State up 3-0. The score with 3:49 left in the first period was set up by a 57-yard run by John Crockett to the SHSU 23.
Antonio nailed his second field goal attempt just 42 seconds into the second quarter to tie the contest 3-3. A 26-yard Bell pass to Sincere to the Bison 49 was the big play on the 11-play, 55-yard scoring drive.
Marcus Williams 17-yard interception return set up a five-play, 72-yard touchdown drive to put North Dakota State up 10-3 with 3:09 to play before halftime. Three big plays sparked the drive as Jenson rushed 21 yards to the Bearkat 44, Ryan Smith ran 24 to the SHSU 20 and Jenson scored from the 20.
On Jenson's run into Sam Houston territory, the Kats lost their leading tackler, Darnell Taylor to an injury.
Bell's arm powered the Bearkats to a quick nine-play, 75-yard scoring drive. The junior quarterback completed six passes for 60 yards on the two minute and 36 second series. K. J. Williams caught the final pass for a one-yard score with 33 ticks remaining in the period. Sincere's 30-yard diving reception at the one was the key play on the scoring march.
After Adam Keller was short on a 50-yard field goal on the half's final play to leave the score tied 10-10 at intermission.
Driving after Jenson's go-ahead touchdown in the third period, a Bell fourth down pass at the North Dakota 43-yard line fell incomplete, the Bison drove 65 yards in six plays for another score. Sam Ojuri scored from the one and a two-point conversion pass was successful as NDSU went up 25-10.
The Kat offense responded with an 11-play, 50 yard drive for a 32-yard Antonio field goal as SHSU cut the Bison margin to 25-13 with 13:20 to play in the fourth quarter.
Jenson added another one-yard touchdown after a six-play 65-yard drive as North Dakota State extended its lead with 32-13 with 10:13 to play. Ojuri scored on an 11-yard score with six minutes left.


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The future of East Hampton Town's scavenger waste plant, a fractious issue since a three-member town board majority voted earlier this year to oppose the prior board's decision to seek proposals from companies to lease or buy it, prompted an emotionally charged conversation at a board meeting on Tuesday. The future of the plant has aligned Councilman Dominick Stanzione, a Republican, with the two Democratic members of the board.
The 2012 budget prepared by Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, based on the assumption that the plant would be immediately transferred, did not contain money to operate it beyond the first part of the year, nor did it include money to make needed repairs. With the sale stymied, the budget is now facing an estimated $400,000 shortfall this year.
Councilwoman Theresa Quigley joined Mr. Wilkinson in pointing the finger at the three other members of the board, saying they were responsible for cost overruns. According to Arthur Malman, speaking on behalf of the town's budget and finance advisory committee, the plant, which is now being operated only as a transfer station, is costing the town $30,000 a month. The committee has recommended that it be shut down "as quickly as possible — within 30 days," albeit temporarily. It was noted that only one local septic waste carter has been depositing waste at the plant; others are trucking it out of town.
Ms. Quigley and Mr. Wilkinson pointed out Tuesday, as they have before, that the prior board, before Councilwoman Sylvia Overby and Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc took office, had agreed in a unanimous, bipartisan vote to seek the requests for proposals from companies interested in taking the plant. Only one company responded.
"You bear the burden of the budget being broken," Ms. Quigley said to her colleagues. Ms. Quigley acknowledged that Mr. Stanzione and Ms. Overby, who organized a forum in April at which various experts addressed aspects of wastewater treatment plant, wanted to research all of the issues and options before setting a course for the future of the plant. But, Ms. Quigley said, "I am concerned that that decision to do more due diligence was made back in February, and it's now August. I'm worried that as a town we are sort of in a state of non-action that's going to continue."
Ms. Quigley, who has often said that, after doing her own due diligence, she had arrived at the choice of selling the plant, reiterated that, regardless of the failed vote to do so, she would not reconsider. "I'm not going to take a position on your . . . whatever it is," she said Tuesday. "Because I've already made my decision. I made it a year ago." Mr. Wilkinson has also refused to waver from his position that the plant should be sold.
At one point, the discussion grew heated. "Theresa, you're hysterical at one end of this, without listening to any possible solutions," Ms. Overby said. "We need to have a discussion without the hysterics."
Mr. Wilkinson asked Ms. Overby repeatedly at the meeting to state how much the waste plant would cost the town this year — money that was not budgeted. "What is the forecast number against the operating budget?" he asked again and again. The $400,000 estimate was provided, Ms. Overby said, some weeks ago by Len Bernard, the town budget officer.
"It just keeps taking money after money after money," Ms. Quigley said of the plant. "We're digging into surplus."
"There were costs that should have been anticipated, and weren't budgeted for," Mr. Van Scoyoc said. For instance, Ms. Overby said, pursuant to notices of environmental violations received in 2010 and 2011 from the State Department of Environmental Conservation, the town must enact a corrective action plan, which includes cleaning tanks at the plant at a cost of more than $200,000.
"This is like a black hole; it just keeps taking money. Is there a big plan?" Ms. Quigley asked.
"Yes, there is a big plan. That was sent to you many weeks ago," Ms. Overby replied. After the April forum, she said, information provided by the participants, which included Kevin Phillips, a hydrologist from FPM Group Engineering and Environmental Science, and a representative of a septic system design firm, was compiled and distributed. "They all gave us recommendations," Ms. Overby said, "and they need to be brought forward, and the town needs to look at them."
In addition, Ms. Overby said, about a month ago a draft "request for qualifications" — a precursor to issuing a request for proposals — was distributed to board members. It would be intended to identify consultants that could help the town prepare a comprehensive wastewater management plan.
Mr. Stanzione has joined Ms. Overby and Mr. Van Scoyoc in saying that a big-picture look at all of the issues is needed in order to make an informed decision about the treatment plant.
Mr. Van Scoyoc said the town has gained some insight by keeping the plant open as a transfer station over the summer. But Ms. Quigley suggested, based on something that she said "I happen to have heard from somebody who heard from somebody, that people are doing illegal things," such as transferring waste from one truck to another, which is prohibited, or even dumping waste illegally. Ms. Overby asked for the specifics, but Ms. Quigley did not elaborate.


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There are a lot of rules to abide by in your first posts here so I hope I am remembering them all! I am a 2nd year masters student at Eastern Washington University (EWU), and am double-majoring in History and Anthropology. To my dismay there is no Ancient History department at EWU, but we have a wonderful Ancient Historian who is tailoring my studies towards the ancient world. My first year, I focused my attention on mother goddess mystery cults, fertility cults and worship, as well as figurines and artworks that are representative of the Great Mother Goddess, goddesses and women in general throughout the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Late Bronze Age periods. I got my two undergraduate degrees in Studio Art (Painting) and Art History. My interests are not solely feminine in nature. I am fascinated with the societies, governments, philosophies, and religions of ancient peoples.
A few months back, I bought myself a teach-yourself-Attic-Greek book. When my instructor (who is fluent in Greek) learned of this purchase, she said that she would teach me over the summer if I was serious. We have been doing pretty well so far. My lessons may slow down when Fall quarter starts again, but she has agreed to keep teaching me throughout the year. I am very thankful.
I am going to be going to Cyprus during the summer of 2014, along with my fellow graduates, to aid our instructor in her excavational duties.
I hope to meet others learning Attic Greek, and perhaps get some of my many questions answered from time to time, as well as be of some help to others if I can be.


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LAKE PLACID - Two key elements are scheduled to arrive just in time for the Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival this week: another snowstorm and Glen Plake, who is considered by some to be the pioneer of extreme skiing in America.
The snow is forecasted to fall tonight through Thursday. Up to 10 inches may fall.
Plake is known in skiing circles for his freestyle backcountry skiing and his appearance in numerous movies. He's been in at least four Warren Miller movies and in 1988 starred in the "Blizzard of Aahhhs." He's well known for his trademark mohawk hairdo.
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Extreme skier Glen Plake has been featured in at least four Warren Miller ski films. On Saturday he will be at North Country School in Lake Placid as part of the Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival.
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Drew Hass, who runs the website Adirondack Backcountry Skier, called Plake the most recognizable backcountry skier he knows.
"To a backcountry skier, this is the equivalent of playing catch with Willie Mays," Haas said.
Plake is originally from the Lake Tahoe, Calif., region but now lives in Chamonix, France. In 2011 he was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, Mich.
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After the demo day, Plake will give a presentation at 7:30 p.m. at Keene Central School in Keene Valley. Admission is $10 at the door, and high-end clothing and gear will be raffled off as well.
"I'm going to the Adirondack Backcountry Ski extravaganza," Plake reportedly said, as quoted on the Adirondack Backcountry Skiing website, which Haas runs. "It's like the one thing on my calendar right now. There's an outside chance I'm going to the Himalaya in September. But everybody is like, 'What are you going to do this winter?' And I'm like, 'I'm going to the Adirondacks.'"
Plake is arriving Friday in time to get some rest before he heads over Saturday to the North Country School, off state Route 73 outside Lake Placid, where he will greet the public during a free demo day. The Adirondack Backcountry Ski Festival is a charity event that raises money for the Adirondack Ski Touring Council and the New York Ski Educational Foundation.
Haas works at The Mountaineer in Keene Valley, which organizes the event with Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides, also of Keene Valley. Cloudsplitter leads intermediate and advanced tours into the backcountry. Those tours take place Saturday and Sunday and are currently full, although in past years there have been some last-minute openings.
The tours lead people through popular ski routes in the High Peaks, including Avalanche Pass, the Wright Peak ski trail and the lower reaches of Mount Marcy. The destinations change year to year, based on the current ski conditions. Most routes appear as if they will be in good shape for this weekend because of the snowstorms late last week.
"There's good snow on all of our hiking and ski trails, making travel a lot more efficient and more enjoyable," Haas said.
During the demo day from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the public is invited to test telemark and alpine touring boots and skis. There will also be free clinics on various aspects of backcountry skiing, including avalanche beacon rescue, skinning and telemark skiing.
The clinics will be held on the North Country School's ski hill, which has a rope-tow lift.
After the demo day, Plake will give a presentation at 7:30 p.m. at Keene Central School in Keene Valley. Admission is $10 at the door, and high-end clothing and gear will be raffled off as well.


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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Red State/Blue State France
A little more on French voters' decisive rejection of the EU constitution. The New York Times has a pretty good story on the referendum, which includes these paragraphs: At the polling place at the Karl Marx primary school in downtown Bobigny, a working-class suburb of Paris, by contrast, there was no sense that Europe's future hinged on the constitution. With 18 percent unemployment and a large ethnic Arab and African »
An important Galloway footnote
I forgot to footnote an important point in linking to Clinton Taylor's excellent column on George Galloway's Senate testimony. The cybersleuthing on which Taylor relied (duly noted in his column) was performed by George Gooding of Seixon in "With all due RESPECT, Mr. Galloway." Gooding is still working the story; Roger L. Simon notes here that the information from Gooding has been forwarded to Senator Coleman via Simon's site. »
French voters say "non"
File under the category of good news, Schadenfreude subfile: "French voters reject EU constitution." Bill Kristol anticipated the good news, and took some pleasure in the anticipated unhappiness of the Eurocrats in "A new Europe?" Mark Coffey anticipated the result by making Jacques Chirac his "Weekly jackass no. 25" over at Decison '08. Mark Steyn, on the other hand, predicts that "EU just won't take 'no' for an answer." (Courtesy »
Michael Carlson and his credo
This past Jan. 24 Army Sgt. Michael Carlson (above) was killed in Iraq. As a high school senior at St. Paul's (parochial) Cretin-Derham High School, Carlson wrote the moving credo that the Wall Street Journal published on its editorial page earlier this week. Today the Minneapolis Star Tribune tells the story of Carlson and his credo: "His words are his legacy." Here are four paragraphs of Carlson's credo: I admire »
The worst that could happen
Our friend Tom Bevan of RealClearPolitics writes to give us a heads-upt: Time Mag is reporting that FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley is going to run against [Republican] John Kline in [Minnesota's] 2nd district. Look for the article, apparently she says, 'What »
Memorial Day
It's not quite here yet, but people are putting flags and flowers on graves all across America. This beautiful picture showed up on Yahoo News Photos this afternoon. Eleven year old Thomas McGahan, a Boy Scout, and his Cub Scout brother Nicholas, of Northport, N.Y., place flags on graves at the Long Island National Cemetery. Click to enlarge: UPDATE: Austin Bay gave a speech at the Travis County International Cemetery, »
Keeping the Heat on Ms. Foley
Hiawatha Bray, a member of the Newspaper Guild, of which Linda Foley is the President, has challenged Foley to either support or retract her charge that American soldiers are mass murderers of American and foreign journalists. He got a response from her, but it was, as he says, "extremely odd": Foley wrote, "I am not going to discuss this with you on the eve of Memorial Day weekend." Foley got »
More Hate
The latest comes from Broward County, Florida, where a publicly subsidized art show included more hate speech directed at President Bush: The piece in question is a painting depicting President Bush being sodomized. Artist Alfred Phillips said images of an oil barrel and a man wearing a Muslim headdress in the work are part of a political statement about the United States being abused by oil companies. Michael Friedman, the »
Galloway's liberty
In a column for the American Spectator site, Clinton Taylor fact checks a few of the details in George Galloway's testimony before the Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations: "Curious, George!" As an attorney who has struggled with more than a few witnesses, I was struck at the time of Galloway's Senate appearance by Galloway's apparent advantage over his interrogators in his liberty with facts. Taylor's column supports my impression. JOHN »
Miss Universe Mania Sweeping Latin America
AFP reports on the sky-high interest in this year's Miss Universe pageant in Latin America, where no fewer than seven contestants are among the favorites. AFP says Miss Venezuela and Miss Puerto Rico are this year's Latina "heavyweights," a metaphor I'm not sure they'd appreciate. Apparently pageantry is to Venezuela what soccer is to Brazil: Nothing, however, compares with the obsession of Venezuelans, who treat beauty pageants with the same »
Matthew Lourey, RIP
Minnesota DFL (Democratic) state senator Becky Lourey is an opponent of the war in Iraq and the mother of Army helipcopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Lourey. CWO Lourey was on his second tour of duty in Iraq; he was killed when his helocopter was shot down in central Iraq on Thursday. The Star Tribune story by Mark Brunswick, Patricia Lopez and Kevin Duchschere is incredibly painful: "State senator's son »
Bolton Showdown Approaches
The White House has said it will not give the Democratic Senators the highly classified documents they are seeking in connection with John Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador. Scott McClellan pointed out: The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Intelligence Committee have had access to this sensitive, highly classified information. The Democrats clamoring for it have already voted against the nomination. This is about partisan politics. What I thought was »
Don't cry daddy
I've written here about Elvis Presley whenever the opportunity presented itself, such as the seventieth anniversary of Elvis's birth last January (my post was "Have you heard the news?"). Most recently, in "The annotated Elvis" I compiled a short list of a few of Elvis's greatest recordings occasioned by John's post "In which I poach on my partner's territory." One of these days I'll take a stab at writing up »
In defense of "24"
Several readers wrote impassioned and knowledgeable responses to Paul's post linking Diana West's column regarding the FOX series "24" yesterday. Jonathan Burack wrote: I am second to none among those I know in denouncing even the tiniest signs of dhimmitude when I see them. I therefore cannot believe Diane West really paid much attention to 24 on this score. Yes, of course, there were Americans involved in the Islamist Marwan's »
High Noon, take 2
In yesterday's Day By Day strip Chris Muir noticed something slightly amiss with the Missouri Compromise of 2005. It's as though the gang of seven Republican senators rewrote "High Noon" to suit their own temperament. When Marshall Kane turned to his Hadleyville townsmen for help to fight off Frank Miller as he was about to arrive in town fresh from the prison Kane sent him to years earlier, they didn't »
A Feminist Fisking
Reader Dean Henderson pointed out Danielle Crittenden's evisceration of lefty "novelist" Erica Jong, who compared the status of women in the United States unfavorably with that in the Arab world: Of course women in the Middle East need the vote, an end to domestic violence and free access to contraception. But so do we. Odd that it is always easier to proselytize for feminism abroad while ignoring deteriorating women »
A "Koran Abuse" Incident We Haven't Heard About
Haider Ajina has, I think, a fascinating perspective on the hypocrisy surrounding the current demonstrations, etc., protesting the mishandling of the Koran by American soldiers. Haider discusses the conference in Baghdad that reportedly was attended by terrorists, including al Qaeda's number two leader, which we wrote about here: During this same conference you refer to in your piece (Saddam and His Terrorist Friends), Saddam boasted and showed off a Koran »


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IN THE recent drought, certain plants were labelled pariahs due to their perceived water-hungry status. Hydrangeas, of course, were top of the list, as were azaleas and camellias.
Despite being considered too precious for Australia's hot and dry environment, and a negative throwback to the English horticultural aesthetic when we should all be planting natives, the three species managed to survive even though they didn't always look their best.
What a difference two years and bountiful rain makes. Hydrangeas were lush and floriferous over summer, and azaleas recovered and this season will be stunning when the flowers emerge. Camellias have never looked so good since the sasanquas burst on to the floral scene in early autumn.
Walk around any suburb or country town and most gardens will have at least one camellia in full flower in various shades of pink, red and white. The camellia collection at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens is a joy to behold years after the devastation wreaked on it the week before the Black Saturday bushfires when just about every leaf was scorched due to the radiant heat on a 40-plus-degree day.
Hard work has gone into restoring the collection - which numbers about 800 plants spread throughout the gardens, including 200 in the camellia beds - to its former glory and you can see the results in four guided walks starting on Wednesday and learn about these showy cultivars, hybrids and species camellias.
A member of the Theaceae family, the camellia genus has more than 300 species that are native to the mountainous regions of east Asia. The genus was named after the Jesuit botanist Georg Josef Kamel by Swedish botanist and physician Carl Linnaeus.
Evergreen shrubs, camellias are grown in gardens for their ornamental value but variations of C. sinensis have been cultivated commercially for centuries in the production of tea, including green tea, which is now produced in the Kiewa Valley in Victoria and exported to Japan. A case of taking coal to Newcastle!
The common camellia, or C. japonica, has more than 2000 cultivars in the group and is perhaps the most popular of the camellia family. It is compact and flowers from early winter to spring. Great for displaying in pots, as an informal hedge and mass planted in the garden.
C. sasanqua is native to Japan and the first of the camellias to flower in early autumn, with a show until winter. Flowers are mostly singles or semi doubles ranging from white to reds and deep pink. I have a pink variety informally espaliered on a wall near the back door and it has rewarded me for years with masses of blooms, even in the drought.
Curator of the RBG's camellia collection, Philip Bowyer-Smyth, says his favourites are the species varieties as they are true to type - in other words, as you would find them growing au naturel in the wilds of Asia - and their colours are more delicate than the cultivars, including a yellow one that is rare in the camellia family, with a fine example in the collection called C. nitidissima var. macrocarpa. He says camellias are forgiving as long as they're planted in the right position - shady but not too dark - and can be easily propagated and moved, even in flower, if they are in the wrong spot.
Recently the collection received international standing, having been declared a Garden of Excellence by the International Camellia Society. This is the second time the collection has been honoured, the last time in 2001, and is the only botanic garden in Australia to receive the recognition out of only 17 in the world.
The gardens' camellia collection has been recognised for meeting guidelines espoused by the ICS, including variety, representation, health and labelling. In 1996, the collection became the National Reference Collection of the Australian Camellia Research Society, resulting in its first recognition as a Garden of Excellence by the ICS.
The camellias are at their peak in winter and the voluntary guides will point out the different varieties, including 'Spring Festival' (C. cuspidata) and C. trichocarpa, which has a large white flower and yellow stamens and produces a seed the size of an apple. The latter is so special it even has its own map on the RBG website.
C. nokoensis is also in the camellia bed and is a species camellia with masses of small white scented flowers and bright-red new growth. Well worth a look.
On the walks you will also learn the art of making Chinese tea from C. sinensis using the leaves and buds, and then enjoy a cuppa in the tearooms.
■The four walks will be held on Wednesday and August 5, 10 and 19, 10.30am-noon. Meet at the Visitor Centre, Observatory gate. Adults $15, concession $12. Bookings 9252 2429.


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The pyramid of Khafre, one of the great pyramids of the Giza plateau, rises behind the Sphinx. In 1967, physicist Luis Alvarez used subatomic particles called muons, which are created when cosmic rays hit atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere, to "X-ray" the ancient monument. His research revealed no hidden chambers inside the pyramid. Archaeologists are planning to use the same technique this spring to peer into the ruins of a Mayan city in Belize. [Wikipedia]
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The Mayan city of La Milpa, in Belize, has been abandoned for more than a thousand years. Dense jungle covers the city, including a pyramid that towers seven stories high. Yet archaeologists hope to look deep into the pyramid this spring and summer. Their tools aren't picks and shovels, but electronic detectors and particles created high above Earth's surface.
The particles are muons. They're created when particles from exploding stars slam into atoms in Earth's atmosphere. The muons can penetrate deep into solid rock. That allows them to act like X-rays - instruments can detect the muons after they've passed through an object, creating an image of its interior.
The technique was developed by Luis Alvarez. In 1967, he used a muon detector to search for hidden chambers inside the pyramid of Khafre in Egypt. The experiment found no hidden chambers, but it did confirm that the technique would work.
Since then, scientists have used muons to probe the Pyramid of the Sun at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico. They've also used it to look deep into volcanoes that may be about to erupt. And now, physicists from the University of Texas at Austin are setting up detectors at one of the pyramids of La Milpa.
Muons aren't exactly like X-rays. They don't provide the same level of detail, and it can take weeks to gather enough muons to produce a good picture. Even so, they provide a way to probe the hidden past - with the help of exploding stars.
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"A Hundred Thousand Homeowners" is a documentary that will deliver a cacophony of outrage over the way our government has addressed the foreclosure crisis. It will make loud the voices of a hundred thousand homeowners.
The finished documentary will be distributed using the power of the Internet, but also on DVD, wrapped in high-impact "A Hundred Thousand Homeowners" packaging. It will land on the desks of every single elected representative in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. It will be sent to the governors of all 50 states… to every single banking industry CEO... to every major media outlet... and of course, to the Oval Office. It will be seen, the voices it represents will be heard, and the story will finally be told.
We need everyone's help to make this happen, and it's far too important to be allowed to fail. People ask me all the time how they can help. Well, here's how. Together we can be heard… together we will make a difference.
Everyone can join this virtual march on Washington but there is a minimum cost to participate: $1.00. That's "one dollar," just so everyone's clear.
Click the "Donate" button above and join "A Hundred Thousand Homeowners" today.
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text: June 4, 2014 at 6:04 AM Consider alternatives to locking up immigrants in ICE detention centers Posted by Thanh Tan Wednesday's editorial in The Seattle Times pushes for increased oversight of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement's Northwest Detention Center on the Tacoma Tideflats. Under the status quo system — which includes an odd mandate that 34,000 detention beds are filled every night at a cost of nearly $2 billion to taxpayers (The Center for American Progress has produced several informative graphics, including the two below.) — private prison contractors are guaranteed business. Infographic by Center for American Progress Infographic by Center for American Progress As The Atlantic and many other news organizations have reported in recent years, private contractors such as The GEO Group are making a killing at taxpayers' expense. Not only are they profiting off crowded federal detention centers (which have doubled in occupancy over the last several years), numerous stories suggest they are protecting their profit margins by spending big bucks on lobbying. As of June 2, local ICE spokesman Andrew Munoz reported that 1,315 detainees are in the Northwest Detention Center. Those inside who await possible deportation are not current criminal offenders. These are people who might have overstayed their visas or crossed the border illegally and got caught during one of ICE's random enforcements. See the graphic below to get a sense of how long detainees are held. Infographic by the Center for American Progress What's the cost to taxpayers? Munoz wrote in an email that ICE's current contract guarantees GEO is paid a daily minimum of $100.65 to operate at least 1,181 beds. Each additional bed is provided at a discounted rate of $62.52. There's not much incentive to keep the numbers down. More Comments | Topics: adam smith, cout, detention center


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SERENA Williams makes jokes about arthritis these days, about the good-time girl who has become so staid that she often fancies a nanna nap, and so dull that sometimes she even bores herself. But the funster is still there, somewhere, surely? ''Oh, totally, totally,'' she insists. ''It completely lurks within.''
The big change in Serena Williams dates to June, 2011, and her return from the pulmonary embolism that had threatened her life. At first, those in tennis noted a more thoughtful, pleasant character, even in defeat, but waited to see if the transformation would be sustained. Apparently, it has been. In turn, she talks of feeling rejuvenated, excited just to be playing, appreciative and thankful that she is.
''I'm 31, and I'm just trying to get more serious about my life, and what I want from my future, and not only tennis-wise but also spiritually, emotionally and stuff like that,'' says one of the all-time greats of the women's game. ''You get questions in your head and it's like, 'Do I really want this'? You have to make some big decisions.''
Any that she can talk about? ''Not really. I just think I'm a little bit more relaxed, a little bit more laid-back, and a little bit more chill.''
Happy, too, with French coach and beau Patrick Mouratoglou, content with both her life and career. ''I am. I'm really focused on my tennis,'' she says. ''It's one of the priorities in my life, and it always has been. I've always done pretty decent, so it's always been a big priority to me, but it is even more so now than before, and I think that's made a big difference in my tennis career. Like, I don't hang out as much, but I didn't do it on purpose, it just kind of happened with extra work and extra this and extra that.''
Not coincidentally, the latest 18-month phase of a stop-start career has delivered 10 titles, including two of the past four majors, Olympic gold in extraordinarily emphatic fashion, and the year-end WTA Championship. Although Williams will reclaim the No.1 ranking if she reaches the final at Melbourne Park on Saturday week, and would be the oldest player ever to reign, the number that interests her (her astonishing 3.3 million Twitter followers belonging to another category altogether) more relates to major championships.
The Australian Open will be her 50th, and she is fifth on the all-time list with 15 titles, but laughs an emphatic ''no!'' when asked if anyone can break Margaret Court's 40-year-old record of 24.
''I think one day someone will. Will it be me? I don't think so.'' But do the maths, we suggest. Three slams a year for the next three years (perhaps not the French Open, that remains her hardest assignment) and, well … voila. ''Rrrreeaally,'' she drawls, rather theatrically, out of the corner of her mouth. ''Oh god. Exactly. It would be really difficult.''
So what about Steffi? Is Graf catchable? ''What is Steffi? 22? Oh my god. I have to get to Chris [Evert] first, and Martina [Navratilova], before I can even think about anyone else. And Margaret's 24, right? Oh, my gosh.''
Yet who could count against Williams doing more great things? Injuries, illness and personal issues have meant that, in thoroughbred terms, she is what one commentator aptly called ''lightly raced''; her monstrous serve, forehand, and killer competitive instincts remain. Indeed, her perusal of YouTube highlights suggest to Williams that she is playing some career-best tennis right now. Which is saying something.
Her serve is rated by John McEnroe as the best in the history of women's tennis, and by Mouratoglou as easily the most natural shot in her repertoire. ''It's completely fluid, and with her wrist, she has the ability to decide which serve she's gonna hit at the last moment, so that makes it not impossible … not impossible, [but] very difficult to read,'' he says.
The 58-4 record she compiled in 2012 included just one loss after the watershed French Open in May when, slightly jaded by the gloriousness of the early northern summer, she faltered against Angelique Kerber in Cincinnati. She is a combined 21-3 against Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova - the two players numerically above her - and has a higher overall winning percentage at the grand slams than regular events. Unquestionably, when fit and at the top of her game, no one can stop her.
''I've always thought if I've played my best it's really difficult for anyone to beat me,'' she concedes, trying her best to be modest. ''That being said, I don't want to sound like I'm full of myself or anything, but I think I have a pretty good game for now. In the Olympics, I pretty much played my best, or close to it. Obviously, things will change in the future but, for now, I'm still doing pretty well.''
No kidding. Williams resumed in 2013 - with a 47th career title at the Brisbane International - as she ended 2012 at the WTA Championships, yet the majors are really what she counts now, and Mouratoglou has no idea if fingers and toes will suffice. ''How many [grand slams]? I have no idea,'' he said. ''Since she's healthy and she keeps having the motivation to work every day and improve, I think she can win [for] many years.
''She's very motivated, that's maybe what is the most impressive with her, because being 31, 15 grand slams, after being five times No.1, keeping this will to win and this will to go on court and practise every day in order to keep winning grand slams, I think this is really what makes the difference. For me, on the men's tour [it] is the same with Roger [Federer], they're very special for that. Some win one grand slam and they're happy all their life.''
But not Williams. Oh no. Even if what she has achieved so far simultaneously validates the Williams family credo of limiting match schedules while pursuing other interests and a healthy life balance, and prompts the question of how many more she would have won had her schedule been busier. The second is not a cause for regret so much as a query she coyly turns back on the interviewer.
''Would I [have won more]? she counters. ''Or would I have won less, 'cos I would have been tired or burnt out? It's a good question to ponder.''
Well, does she think she would even be playing now had she been more active in past years? ''Exactly. Would I still be playing now? I don't know. Am I playing now because I haven't played all the time and because I've had some unfortunate injuries? Maybe. Hmmmm.''
And yet, this time last year, Williams declared she was not in love with tennis, but had only stuck with it because she could not do without it. Asked when the passion was rekindled, she could not pinpoint an exact moment, but used the example of a recent match in which she walked out feeling excited just to be there.
As she speaks of her so-called ''reinvigoration'', Mouratoglou walks past, and warm smiles are exchanged in a wordless conversation.
''I honestly think the injury really took a toll on me, and everything I experienced makes me just so happy to be on the court,'' says Williams.
Indeed, she has described her acceptance of Mouratoglou's offer of a practice court at his academy after her unthinkable first-round loss to Virginie Razzano at Roland Garros last year as her Sliding Doors moment, in reference to the Gwyneth Paltrow movie about the potentially life-changing consequences of a missed train.
Does she wonder where an alternative journey might have carried her? ''It's so funny, I saw the movie a few days after that, and I was like 'wow'!'' she says.
''I don't know. Obviously I would be playing. I think I would be doing well. I mean, I think my game is suited to doing well, really, but I think Patrick is a good addition. It would be interesting to see which way it would have gone.''
The biggest thing Mouratoglou has brought to the table is too tough to answer, she insists. ''Honestly, it is so difficult to tell right now. There's so much that he's brought, but what is the most thing that he's brought? I don't know. I'm just really calm, but I've been working on being calm and more consistent, so I think those are some things, and confidence as well.''
A little maturity and a fair bit more perspective seem to have come of their own accord, and her reliably warm welcome at Melbourne Park compares favourably with what she concedes have sometimes been less enthusiastic receptions elsewhere. Yet if a famous funster lurks within the newly demure Serena Williams, the enduring superstar of women's tennis remains a commanding presence that it is hard to imagine the game without.


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MAYVILLE - Students of the Month at Chautauqua Lake Central School, honored for December achievements, are Michaela Gustafson, Jeremy Lesniowski, Cheyann Doud, Kara Tenpas, Rachael Fortney and Dakota Barrows. The student recognition program honors students in grades 7 through 12 whose classroom performance, attitude toward learning, work ethic and extra-curricular activities set them apart.
Senior Michaela Gustafson is the daughter of Susan and Jeremiah Johnson of Dewittville. Government, physics and several electives are Michaela's favorite subjects. She is currently an intern in the Chautauqua Lake Child Care Center at CLCS. Outside of school, she enjoys Zumba as well as spending time with her family and friends. She plans to attend Jamestown Community College for a year or two and then transfer to a four-year college. When asked what person in history she admires, Michaela said there was not a specific person. Looking at any person who is not having a great day, she admires the fact that the person can still smile at everyone, make another person's day better and just try to make society better in general.
Art, English, physics and TV productions are the favorite subjects of junior Jeremy Lesniowski, son of Sheila Lesniowski Kuch of North Harmony. Jeremy participates in varsity soccer, varsity track, the school musical and Student Administration; he is treasurer of the Junior Class. Outside of school Jeremy spends time writing and drawing an online web comic and writing sketches for a comedy group. After high school, he plans to live in New York City and hopes to attend New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He admires Bill Cosby because he is an icon in both the comedic and African-American communities, as well as achieving one of the most popular shows of the 80s. To be another person for a day, Jeremy said, "It doesn't matter who I was as long as I was someone else, just so I could experience the pleasure of being friends with myself."
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Sophomore Cheyann Doud, who is the daughter of Warren and Danette Doud of Dewittville, selects science, Spanish and math as her favorite subjects. She participates with the synchronized swim team at CLCS, and she enjoys reading Manga books, four-wheeling and snowmobiling. Cheyann is a junior member of the Dewittville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary and is a volunteer for Kristie's Kruise, which raises funds for scholarships in memory of Kristie Ward. Cheyann plans to attend college to become a forensic scientist. The person she admires in history is Albert Einstein because of his advances in science.
Kara Rae Tenpas is the daughter of Emmett and Anne Tenpas of Ashville. Kara is a freshman who enjoys math, science and French. She participates on the swim team and track team and is a member of the Leo Club. She sometimes plays basketball. Kara is on the STAR swim club and is a member of the Bemus Point United Methodist Church Youth Group. She has been involved with mission trips to Haiti, Jamaica, Belize and Kenya. Future plans for Kara include being an exchange student and attending college to be a radiologist.
Rachael Nicole Fortney, an eighth grader, is the daughter of Brian and June Fortney of Mayville. Science is Rachael's favorite class, and she participates in soccer, basketball, track and the Impact Campus Fellowship. She enjoys singing and is involved with her youth group. Her long-range plans include going to college and a career in which she helps the elderly. The person Rachael admires in history is Ella Fitzgerald because of her amazing singing voice. If she could be another person for a day, Rachael would choose her mom because she has always looked up to her mom as a person.
Seventh grader Dakota James Barrows is the son of Amy Barrows of Mayville. Dakota's favorite class is gym, and he is a member of the school's bowling and soccer teams. He sings in the school chorus and plays drums in the band. Outside of school Dakota enjoys spending time and working on the family farm. Playing with his iPod and mowing lawns in the summer keep him busy. After high school he would like to continue bowling. Dakota, who is a very distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, admires Lincoln for what he achieved as our President. Wanting to be a gym teacher himself, Dakota would like to be his gym teacher, Mr. Schuster, for a day.
Teachers Marlea Brown and Amy Redman coordinate the Student of the Month recognition program in the secondary school.


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Submission + - Apple vs. Microsoft By The Numbers (computerworld.com) 1
CWmike writes: "It's a matter of opinion which company makes the better operating system or is likely to grow its smartphone market share. But numbers don't lie — or exaggerate. A little less than a year ago, Wall Street reached a Microsoft vs. Apple milestone: for the first time, Apple's corporate value surpassed Microsoft's. What has happened since? With Apple due to report its latest quarterly earnings on Wednesday — Microsoft reports its numbers next week — we look at some recent numbers, as well as data over time."


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By Army Staff Sgt. Jody Metzger
Special to American Forces Press Service
Jan. 8, 2009 - Iraqi farmers, still struggling from two decades of neglect under the oil-focused regime of Sadaam Hussein, are finding a friend in Army Capt. Suzanne Todd. Todd, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the agriculture and veterinary advisor for the 4th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Her appointment is the latest in coalition efforts to move beyond providing security to Iraq, and rebuild the country and its resources to allow for Iraqi sovereignty, officials said.
Todd, who serves with the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion, is well-suited for the job. She a bachelor's degree in international relations from William and Mary University in Virginia and earned her commission through the ROTC program.
After spending time in the Army Reserve, Todd decided to use the military's financial help and go to veterinarian school. Following graduation from Michigan State University, Todd joined the ranks of the Army as a veterinary officer.
Todd said she could have had a good civilian career, but she always felt the need to be in the Army.
"I have always wanted to be in the military. It's kind of what I always wanted to do when I graduated, but at the time they were downsizing the active duty military, so I joined the reserves," she said.
The influence to join the Army came from Todd's mother and father, who also served in the Army. Though they didn't actively push for their daughter to join, they were very supportive of her decision.
"My mother was an Army nurse and father was in the medical field," she said. "They both had good experiences."
Todd's interests in agriculture and animals and her tenacity to follow her heart have paid off. As an advisor for Multinational Division Baghdad, she said, she now looks at her career field as a way to help educate Iraqi farmers on more advanced techniques.
Army Lt. Col. Arnold Csan, chief of the division's civil affairs planning team, said Todd's efforts have helped to create jobs. "Since she has been here, she has gone out on missions to the vocational college and the vaccine center, both of which serve countrywide," he explained. "Her focus as an agriculture expert for MND-B has been behind the largest employment of young men in Iraq."
Todd has consulted with Iraqi farmers and veterinary hospital clinics and instituted a plan to redevelop the farming infrastructure.
"One of the things they have problems with is the salinity in the soil, because their traditional method of irrigation is flood irrigation," she said. "They open up the flood gates of their irrigation canals, and they flood their fields with water. If there is a high salinity or salt content in the soil, which there is, that ends up in the water."
There is a way to reclaim the land, she explained, but it takes a while to leach that salinity out of the soil. The water comes in the same way, but must be treated before it's on the fields.
Since arriving in Baghdad, Todd has advised and introduced farmers to techniques such as drip-and-spray irrigation, along with pioneering the idea of employing a new variety of high-yield seeds.
Along with her work with the farmers and their irrigation and crop-growing needs, Todd also has done extensive work relating to the farm animals, which are equally important to the welfare and sustenance of the Iraqi people.
"If you consider agriculture, it also goes along with animal agriculture," she said. "The animals that we raise to be our food – that's where veterinarian medicine plays a role. We as veterinarians are concerned not only about the health of livestock we grow for food, but [also] how their health impacts our health. The diseases that the animals get can impact what diseases we get."
(Army Staff Sgt. Jody Metzger serves in the Multinational Division Baghdad public affairs office.)
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GAME: Soul Calibur IV By: Kenneth Stubbs (OmegaMustard) If you want to use this on your website or such, email me and ask first. This Document is copyrighted by me. The Soul Calibur IV Achievement Guide is Copyright (C) Aug. 05, 2008 Kenneth Stubbs *If you are looking for an achievement inparticular, just search the word* Contents -------- I. The Achievements A. Encounter With The Unknown B. Pursuer Of The Secret C. Mystery Of The Swords D. May The Force Be With You E. War Veteran F. Hero On The Battlefield G. Legendary Hidden Treasures H. Never Ending Advance I. Tower's New Guardian J. Scorpion's Sting K. Smasher L. Iron Hammer M. Death On the Battlefield N. Like A Flowing Stream O. Lost In The Moment P. Quick Strike Q. Swift Strike R. Mad Destroyer S. Violent Storm T. 10,000 Strikes Of Proof U. Endure 1,000 V. Water Moon W. Distance Will Not Betray X. First Step As An Artist Y. Chosen By History Z. Sharpened Teeth AA. Equal Skill And Power AB. Engraved Into History AC. World Class Fighter AD. World Traveler AE. Gladiator AF. Unknown Swordsman AG. Hero King AH. Divine Punishment AI. Reversal Wizard AJ. Phoenix AK. Wandering Assassin AL. Repel All Blades AM. Numeric God AN. Two Cannot Exist Together AO. Gathering Of The Best AP. Observer Of Souls AQ. Sword Hunter AR. The Controller AS. Wild Run To Tragedy AT. Looter Of The Battlefield AU. Wandering Weapon Merchant AV. Transcend History And The World Secret Achievements AW. Start Of A New Era AX. Tower Of Gold I. The Achievements ------------------- There are currently 50 achievements worth 1000 gamerscore. A. Encounter With The Unknown - Fight against Yoda. - Two ways to do this, first you can unlock The Apprentice by completing Arcade mode with Yoda, then play through Arcade mode with The Apprentice, or you can play against someone online who is using Yoda (Ranked or Player) Also, if you have purchased Vader off the Marketplace, you can play with him through Arcade mode and you will face Yoda as well. B. Pursuer Of The Secret - Clear STORY MODE on difficulty: NORMAL. - Just complete story mode on Normal difficulty. Tip, you can play through Yoda on first run through and unlock another achievement as well. C. Mystery Of The Swords - Clear STORY MODE on difficulty: HARD. - Just complete story mode on Hard difficulty. Tip for this is to spam your grab attacks which if you are using default settings should be the L trigger. If you lose on a match, don't sweat it, you have infinite continues. D. May The Force Be With You - Clear STORY MODE with Yoda. - Just complete story mode using Yoda. E. War Veteran - Clear ARCADE MODE. - Select Arcade mode and complete it, you can spam your grab attacks or really beat on the computer, you have infinite continues if you lose both rounds, you just have to complete arcade. There are 8 matches total, 2 rounds each match. F. Hero On The Battlefield - Clear ARCADE MODE with over 450,000 points. - Few ways to get this achievement, doing certain attacks land you a lot of points, doing a combo will get you a few hundred, you get 1 thousand every unblockable attack you land. You get a perfect bonus that will net you about 20 thousand, if you never lose a round, at the end you get a 100 thousand bonus, you also get time bonuses. If you happen to lose a round, just lose the second round and you will restart the same match with the same points you had going into it. Secret of the whole thing is to try and get as many perfects as you can, I think you need at least 7 or 8 perfects to be really good. If you are looking for the most cheap way, pick Taki and do her Forward plus X and Y and the same time for her unblockable attack, just keep doing it over and over netting you 1000 points each hit. G. Legendary Hidden Treasures - Acquire over 30 treasures in TOWER OF LOST SOULS. - Each floor has a hidden tresure chest that you have to aquire by doing some type of condition. After you complete the floors, the equipment becomes available in the shop, but unlocking the treasure in the tower unlocks it free. If you do happen to buy the item and then unlock it in the tower, you will unlock money in the tower instead of the treasure but it still counts towards the achievement, you do want to make sure you get floor 14's treasure because it is a level that you have to unlock to get world traveler achievement. Here is a list of the battle conditions. - 1f Soldier's Hat, clear stage while taking no damage 2f Warrior Trousers, clear stage with no ring outs from either side 3f Pauldron, switch with ally more than 2 times 4f Warlord's Belt, perform 3 attack throws 5f Clergy Clothes, defeated an enemy with a ring out 6f Wonder Jacket, threw an opponent 7f Warrior Trousers, cleared the stage without missing any attacks 8f Armor Ring: Ice Mirror, switch characters twice 9f Scarlett Blossoms, guarded the opponent's attack 3 times in a row 10f Silver Boots, guarded the opponent's attack 10 times in a row 11f Grim Horn, defeated all enemies with a critical finish 12f Magus Cloth, defeated all enemies with ring out 13f Pegasus Sallet, destroy all the walls 14f Phantom Pavilion: Seesaw, performed guard impact more than 3 times 15f Submissions Belt, clear the stage using only the A and G buttons 16f Warlord's Belt, clear the stage with 0 time remaining 17f Arm Bandages, execute a 5+ combo 18f Kouchu Kabuto, stood on all corners of the stage 19f Longhua Qippo, switch with ally more than 5 times 20f Life Gem: Sun, cleared the stage with a critical finish 21f Longhua Qippo, voluntarily performed a ring out 22f Honor boots, perform more than 4 counter hits 23F Frilled skirt, guard more than 3 times in a row 24f Protect Gem: Cardinal directions, Perform a combo with more than 240 damage 25f Zhuque Changpao, threw more than 5 times 26f Warthog Cuirass, executed a 10+ combo 27f Iron Gauntlets, cleared the stage with no damage taken 28F Aculeus Suit, opponent guarded a guard break attack at least twice 29f Menghu Boots, switch with ally 5+ times 30f Spirit Gem: Noniple Heads, clear stage without guarding 31f Longming Qippo, perform 5+ Just Inputs 32f Vane Mask, perform a low throw 33f Battle dress, perform 3 attack throws 34f Power Gem: warrior Princess, perform guard impact 3+ times 35f Warthog Pauldrons, clear without switching 36f Parlor Blouse, clear stage with 0 time remaining 37f Siren's helm, defeat all enemies with critical finishes 38f Gorgon Fauld, defeat all enemies with ring out 39f Kingfisher Greaves, clear the stage without changing position 40f Deer Head, execute a 5+ combo 41f Minotaur, perform 5+ Just Inputs 42f Demonic Gloves, clear the stage without letting opponents invoke a skill 43f Repel Gem: Iron Shell, perform an over the back throw 44f War Cloak, no ring outs either side 45f Tiger Lily Kabuto, Defeat enemies without using any skills 46f Butterfly salet, same as above 47f Succubus Boots, throw 5 times 48f Life Dem: Jade, Clear stage with a character equipped with the "invisible" skill 49f Horns of Calamity, clear stage with no attacks missing 50f Tiger Lily Breastplates, execute a 10+combo 51f Tiger Lily Fauld, perform more than 4 counterhits 52f Feathered Wings, clear stage with a critical finish 53f Blade Ring: Demon Lord, defeat all enemies with a ring out 54f Leviathan Pauldron, destroy all the walls 55f Priestess Kimono, perform 3 attack throws 56f Leviathan Burgonet, perform a combo with more than 240 damage 57f Voodoo Armlets, voluntarily perform a ring out 58f Tiger Pauldrons, defeat all enemies without any skills equipped 59f Voodoo Greaves, guard an enemies attack 10 times in a row 60f Voodoo Breastplate, clear the stage without switching characters H. Never Ending Advance - Descend 20 floors in TOWER OF LOST SOULS. - This is a survival mode where you can only use two characters. You may want to equip skills like HP Drain A and Venom Fang A for the best results in taking down the CPU's health and restoring your own. Every 5 floors you fight against weird bear costume wearing characters and you unlock armor and such after you beat those. No true tips except when one character gets low on health bring in your other character. You can use the same character, so create one and then copy him or her and pick the same character twice. I. Tower's New Guardian - Clear all upper floors of TOWER OF LOST SOULS. - This is a pretty tough acheivement, you actually have to have some Soul Calibur skill to do this one. Only cheap tactic I can tell you is use Kilik, equip his Jinju Staff and then put the skills Venom Fang A on and Shave Damage A, then whatever else you want, but those two for sure, then keep spamming his Forward X and Y attack where he does like a five hit poke, shave damage will hurt the computer even when they block and venom fang will poison them if they fall on the ground, works really good until about floors 50 to 59, then it takes some luck to beat those, floor 60 is a joke, just lay down and the edge and the master will jump off. Floor 45 and 46 you need to custom two Seigefreids with max defense and health, you will have to spam their lower grapple attacks. Don't equip any skills on either Seigefreid. J. Scorpion's Sting - Win a battle with Critical Finish. - To do a critical finish you need to do a soul crush and then press Left Bumper. A soul crush is when the character's health gauge is flashing red and you keep beating on them until their guard breaks assuming they are guarding. Their Guard will break with a red flash and that is when you can use a critical finish. K. Smasher - Destroy all of the opponent's equipment. - You can boost this with a friend online or do it on the computer, Local Versus doesn't work, you need to keep attacking a person until all their armor breaks, you will know when you break a piece because there are three green tabs under the person's health bar, after all of those are out, all armor is broke. No real tips, just keep doing low attacks for the leg armor, mid attacks for body armor and high attacks for head armor. L. Iron Hammer - Land an attack on a taunting opponent. - You can probably do this on the computer, the computer loves to taunt you, it is also boostable online with a friend, Local Versus doesn't count. Have your friend press the Right Trigger if their buttons are still default and they will taunt, then just strike them. M. Death On the Battlefield - Perform 100 Critical Finishes. - Critical finishes are pretty hard to get on people or the computer legit, so I recomment doing this with a friend online, just play about 100 rounds each letting you both get a critical finish 100 times. N. Like A Flowing Stream - Perform 200 Impacts. - An impact is when you time the opponents move and press Forward Guard at the same time to push the opponent back. Green sparks are regular impacts and red sparks are perfect impacts, you need 200 green ones Auto Impact skill works for this but you won't get any perfect impacts using it. Must be done against CPU or an online opponent, local versus doesn't count. O. Lost In The Moment - Perform 20 Just Impacts. - A Just Impact is a perfectly done impact, pressing forward Guard at the perfect time to cause red sparks pushing your opponent back. Do this 20 times against CPU or an online opponent, local versus doesn't count. P. Quick Strike - Perform 5 First Attacks in a row in Arcade. - While playing through Arcade, just make sure you get the first attack on the opponent 5 times in a row. Q. Swift Strike - Perform 100 First Attacks. - If you are playing Story mode a lot to unlock everything you will probably get this one no problem, can only be obtained against CPU or online opponents, Local versus doesn't count. R. Mad Destroyer - Perform 100 Soul Crushes. - A soul crush is when you break the opponents guard while their health bar is flashing red, you will see a red flash when their guard breaks. You will obtain this while going for the 100 Critical Finishes. Can only be obtained against CPU or online opponents, Local versus doesn't count. S. Violent Storm - Perform 50 Wall Hits. - A wall hit is whenever you hit your opponent and they hit a wall, you can tell they have hit it because they will fall up against it. Can only be obtained against CPU or online opponents, local versus doesn't count. T. 10,000 Strikes Of Proof - Land 10,000 attacks. - You will get this eventually. You must attack your opponent 10000 times. Only can be obtained again CPU and online opponents, local versus doesn't count. U. Endure 1,000 - Guard 1,000 times against attacks. - You must block attacks 1000 times for this one. Only works against CPU and online opponents, local versus doesn't count. V. Water Moon - Perform 30 grapple breaks. - To perform a grapple break, you must hit the same grapple combination that you opponent tried to do on you. Example is if your opponent tries to do the left trigger on you, press your left trigger and you will escape out of it. Do this 30 times to get the achievement, only works on CPU and online opponents, Local Versus doesn't count. W. Distance Will Not Betray - Reach over 10,000 meters in total movement distance in battle. - You will get this while playing story, arcade and online modes. Just move around for 10,000 total meters, you can check your current meters in the Battle Records. X. First Step As An Artist - Customize a regular character. - You have to go to character creation and pick a regular character on the game. Select a new slot and just mess around a bit with the character's attire or skills, then click finish and save. Y. Chosen By History - Create a custom character. - Go to character creation and pick the character slot in the middle of the screen. Create a new character and you can actually just click finish and save. Z. Sharpened Teeth - Maximize a style's level. - Keep picking the same character over and over and eventually you will get this. This is when your character levels up to Level 9. AA. Equal Skill And Power - Use all skill points and set up 4 skills. - You have to create a character and select certain attire and weapon and then pick the right skills to match the same points of the attire and weapon. Here is an easy setup you can use. - Pick Mitsurugi - Needs to be at least level 3 Weapon: MasaMune Unequip all attire so he is pratically naked, then equip the following Hero's Band on his head. Lord's Mantle on his neck. Protective Tattoo on his body and Warrior's Kimono on his upper body. Then Equip the following skills, Shave Damage C, Hysterical Strength, and Auto Grapple Break C and you should have a skill on from the MasaMune, then finish and save. AB. Engraved Into History - Fight 100 times (Online). - If you enjoy playing the game a lot online, you shouldn't have a problem getting this, doesn't matter if you win or lose. AC. World Class Fighter - Fight against 20 different fighting styles (Online). - Just fight against 20 different characters online and this will unlock, Player or Ranked, doesn't matter. AD. World Traveler - Fight on all stages (Online). - Unless your opponent has the stages, there are a few you must unlock. You must complete story mode with 5 different characters and unlock the treasure box on Floor 14 of the Tower of Souls to unlock all levels, then just play on all of them. AE. Gladiator - Win consecutive Ranked Matches (Online). - You must win 2 ranked matches in a row and this will unlock. AF. Unknown Swordsman - Win 10 times (Online). - Just win 10 matches, player or ranked, doesn't matter. AG. Hero King - Level up to 20 (Online). - Not too hard if you boost for it or are just a Soul Calibur veteran. If you never lose a match, it can take about 70 wins to get to level 20. You do gain more points for winning than losing and can actually gain points for losing if you do well. AH. Divine Punishment - K.O. with an Unblockable Attack. - An unblockable attack is when flame soars from your weapon. Get your opponents health down low and do one. Taki's is Forward plus X and Y at the same time. AI. Reversal Wizard - Win 20 times with low HP. - I don't exactly mean what low starts at but just to be safe just get you health down to the 1 hit your dead mark and win the match. Works against CPU or online, Local Versus doesn't count. AJ. Phoenix - Win with all equipment destroyed. - You can go for this with the have all your equipment destroyed. Easy to boost with a friend, just let your friend destroy all your armor, then win the match. AK. Wandering Assassin - K.O. opponent with over 20 types of weapons. - You must win with 20 different characters. This can be done offline while going through story, arcade or the tower. AL. Repel All Blades - Win perfect 30 times. - This means a scratch must not be put on you, it will say perfect at the end of the match if done. Can be done on CPU or Online, Local Versus doesn't count. Another trick for doing this is when you are playing the tower of lost souls, right before you finish the last opponent, you can switch to your second character if they do not have any damage on them, it will count as a perfect. AM. Numeric God - Measure the two passages of time and win. - You will get this by luck, this is when your last two digits of total playtime and the two digits of the match timer match after you win. AN. Two Cannot Exist Together - Exhaust each other's power. - This is a double KO and the match ends in a draw, easiest boosted with Yoshimitsu. Perform his Down plus X and B attack. He will put his sword through his own body, if line your friend up with his back, the sword will go through both of you, do this when you both have low Health and the achievement will pop. AO. Gathering Of The Best - Complete CHAIN OF SOULS. - You will get this after unlocking all characters and then viewing the Chain of Souls screen. You must buy the characters on the character creation screen. Then complete story mode about 6 times to unlock all the star block characters. Then complete arcade mode with Yoda to unlock The Apprentice. AP. Observer Of Souls - Collect all illustrations in Art Gallery. - You must buy all artwork, pictures, and models for this to unlock. Everything in the Art Gallery. AQ. Sword Hunter - Collect all weapons for 5 characters. - Every character has 8 weapons total, you have to buy 5 of them, 3 are automatically unlocked. Only 3 others will be unlocked and able to be bought until you complete the characters story mode to unlock their last 2. Buy all 8 weapons with 5 characters for this one. AR. The Controller - Get Soul Calibur (Final Form). - First you have to complete story mode with Seigefreid, that will unlock the final form, then go to his weapons and purchase Soul Calibur (Final Form). If you were one of the people that bought the Collector's Edition, this unlocks automatically. AS. Wild Run To Tragedy - Get Soul Edge (Final Form). - Same as The Controller Achievement except complete story with Nightmare. Same thing, if you bought the Collector's Edition of the game, this unlocks automatically. AT. Looter Of The Battlefield - Collect all accessories. - Accessories are rings you can only purchase on Yoda, The Apprentice, Algol and the Star Block characters. Buy them all and you will unlock this. AU. Wandering Weapon Merchant - Collect 350 pieces of equipment. - You will get this while trying to buy everything. It takes a lot of gold. AV. Transcend History And The World - Acquire all weapons and equipment. - It takes about roughly 3,000,000 gold to buy everything in the game. You must buy all weapons with all characters and all creation parts for males and females. Voldo also has a special mask you must buy as well, he is the only person that can wear it. Special Note: I've heard if you have the Legendary Edition of SCIV. This achievement may not unlock because the LE version unlocks all of the character ultimate weapons. Just go to your memory and delete the LE stuff off your hardrive and then go buy all the ultimate weapons and it should unlock. Secret Achievements ------------------- AW. Start Of A New Era - Welcome to the new world of SOULCALIBUR! - First when you load up your game, watch the video at the beginning, do not skip it, don't skip anything until the main menu comes up that tells you to press start and then this should unlock. AX. Tower Of Gold - Acquire 1,000,000 gold. - You have to get about 3 times this much gold to buy everything, so you will achieve this before finishing the game. If you are looking for quick gold, just play floor 60 in the Tower of Souls and go to the edge of the level and let the master knock you down, then he will keep attacking. He will do this move where he jumps in the air. If positioned right, he will jump right over you and off the level. II. Closing Statements ------------------------- This FAQ is only allowed on GameFAQs.com, GameSpot.com, Xbox360achievements.org, Neoseeker.com, Cheatmasters.com, easyxboxachievements.com, supercheats.com, gamesradar.com cheatplanet.com, gamerevolution.com, vgstrategies.about.com if you would like to use my Guide on your site, just ask. My Gamercard is OmegaMustard My Website is omegamustardx360.tripod.com My email is firstname.lastname@example.com My AIM is omegamust4rd Thanks for using my Guide. Hope This Helps
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This year's Wheel-A-Thon aims to increase the community's awareness of the challenges those in wheelchairs face on a daily basis, while also raising money for IMPACT (Individualized Movement and Physical Activity for Children Today) and MSEP (Multiple Sclerosis Exercise Program).
The event, hosted by the Pre-Therapy and Allied Health Club in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, will be held from noon – 6 p.m. May 13 – 15 in the Memorial Union quad.
Activities will include a prize wheel, wheelchair drag race and wheelchair relay race on an obstacle course. A donation of $60 is recommended for each relay team of six to 10 people. Those wanting to watch, spin the prize wheel or participate in the drag race are also encouraged to donate. All proceeds will go toward the IMPACT and MSEP programs.
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Garduno Shoots 70 In First Round of Lady Monarch Invitational
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SUFFOLK, VA--Old Dominion University junior Alexis Garduno (Sacramento, CA.) shot a 70 and 78 for 148 and is tied for third after two rounds of the Lady Monarch Invitational at the Cedar Point Country Club. Longwood leads the team event with a two-round score of 600 and ODU is in third at 625, just one shot behind Charleston Southern at 624.
Garduno shot a school record 70 in the first round which included seven birdies. and trails Kameron Carter of Longwood by just three strokes. Kara Spence of Longwood is second at 146 and Mary Carmody of Longwood is tied with Garduno at 148.
Sophomore Laura Holmes (Ballina, Co, Ireland) is 12th at 158 and Emma Gilmore ( Ireland) is tied for 13th at 159. In all, five Lady Monarchs are in the top 20. Junior Deztany Jackson (Ft. Washington, MD.) and Samantha Mosko (Plymouth, MN.) are tied for 17th at 162. The final round will be played on Tuesday.
LADY MONARCH INVITATIONAL Cedar Point Country Club Par 72-6115 yards (36 hole results) 1.Longwood 302-298-600 2.Charleston Southern 318-306=624 3.Old Dominion 309-316=625 4.USC Upstate 316-315=631 5.Radford 322-310=632 6.Towson 326-326=652 7.LIU 328-346=674 8.Hampton 360-356=716 South Carolina State 360-356=716
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS 1.Kameron Carter (Longwood) 72-73=145 2.Kara Spence (Longwood) 71-75=146 3.Mary Carmody(Longwood) 74-74=148 Alexis Garduno (ODU) 70-78=148 5 Katrin Rumpg (Charleston So.)77-72=149 6. Megan Leineweber (Radford) 77-76=153 7. Olivia Higgins (Charleston So.) 80-74=154 Grace Franceschelli (Radford) 79-75=154 9 Richelle Wedzik (USC Upstate) 79-76=155 Julie Miller (USC Upstate) 78-77=155
ODU GOLFERS T3 Alexis Garduno 7078=148 12 Laura Holmes 81-77=158 T13Emma Gilmore 84-75=159 T17 Deztany Jackson 77-85=162 T17 Samantha Mosko 85-77=162 T26 Meghan Schaefer 78-88=166 T26 Bailey Mosier 80-86=166


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More than 1 in 3 Americans are obese, and the problem isn't shrinking. The American Medical Association recently voted to classify obesity as a disease, but not everyone likes the decision. Host Michel Martin talks to a roundtable of medical experts about the pros and cons.
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