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(a) The Legislature finds that a compelling state interest exists in maintaining an actuarially sound retirement system and that this interest necessitates that certain limitations be placed upon an individual's ability to retire from the system and to then later return to state employment as an employee with a participating public employer while contemporaneously drawing an annuity from the system. The Legislature hereby further finds and declares that the interests of the public are served when persons having retired from public employment are permitted, within certain limitations, to render post-retirement employment in positions of public service, either in elected or appointed capacities. The Legislature further finds and declares that it has the need for qualified employees and that in many cases an employee of the Legislature will retire and be available to return to work for the Legislature as a per diem employee. The Legislature further finds and declares that in many instances these employees have particularly valuable expertise which the Legislature cannot find elsewhere. The Legislature further finds and declares that reemploying these persons on a limited per diem basis after they have retired is not only in the best interests of this state, but has no adverse effect whatsoever upon the actuarial soundness of this particular retirement system.
(b) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Regularly employed on a full-time basis" means employment of an individual by a participating public employer, in a position other than as an elected or appointed public official, which normally requires twelve months per year service and at least one thousand forty hours of service per year in that position; (2) "temporary full-time employment" or "temporary part-time employment" means employment of an individual on a temporary or provisional basis by a participating public employer, other than as an elected or appointed public official, in a position which does not otherwise render the individual as regularly employed; (3) "former employee of the Legislature" means any person who has retired from employment with the Legislature and who has at least ten years' contributing service with the Legislature; and (4) "reemployed by the Legislature" means a former employee of the Legislature who has been reemployed on a per diem basis not to exceed one hundred seventy-five days per calendar year.
(c) In the event a retirant becomes regularly employed on a full-time basis by a participating public employer, payment of his or her annuity shall be suspended during the period of his or her reemployment and he or she shall become a contributing member to the retirement system. If his or her reemployment is for a period of one year or longer, his or her annuity shall be recalculated and he or she shall be granted an increased annuity due to the additional employment, the annuity to be computed according to section twenty-two of this article. If his or her reemployment is for a period less than one year, he or she may request in writing that the employee and employer retirement contributions submitted during reemployment be credited to the participating public employer pursuant to section forty-four of this article, and his or her previous annuity shall be reinstated effective the first day of the month following termination of reemployment and the board's receipt of written notice thereof. A retirant may accept legislative per diem, temporary full-time or temporary part-time employment from a participating employer without suspending his or her retirement annuity so long as he or she does not receive annual compensation in excess of $20,000.
(d) In the event a member retires and is then subsequently elected to a public office or is subsequently appointed to hold an elected public office, or is a former employee of the Legislature who has been reemployed by the Legislature, he or she has the option, notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, to either:
(1) Continue to receive payment of his or her annuity while holding public office or during any reemployment of a former employee of the Legislature on a per diem basis, in addition to the salary he or she may be entitled to as an office holder or as a per diem reemployed former employee of the Legislature; or
(2) Suspend the payment of his or her annuity and become a contributing member of the retirement system as provided in subsection (c) of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, a member who is participating in the system as an elected public official may not retire from his or her elected position and commence to receive an annuity from the system and then be elected or reappointed to the same position unless and until a continuous twelve-month period has passed since his or her retirement from the position: Provided, That a former employee of the Legislature may not be reemployed by the Legislature on a per diem basis until at least sixty days after the employee has retired: Provided, however, That the limitation on compensation provided by subsection (c) of this section does not apply to the reemployed former employee: Provided further, That in no event may reemployment by the Legislature of a per diem employee exceed one hundred seventy-five days per calendar year.
(e) A member who is participating in the system simultaneously as both a regular, full-time employee of a participating public employer and as an elected or appointed member of the legislative body of the state or any political subdivision may, upon meeting the age and service requirements of this article, elect to retire from his or her regular full-time state employment and may commence to receive an annuity from the system without terminating his or her position as a member of the legislative body of the state or political subdivision: Provided, That the retired member shall not, during the term of his or her retirement and continued service as a member of the legislative body of a political subdivision, be eligible to continue his or her participation as a contributing member of the system and shall not continue to accrue any additional service credit or benefits in the system related to the continued service.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-seven-b of this article, any publicly elected member of the legislative body of any political subdivision or of the State Legislature, the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate may elect to commence receiving in-service retirement distributions from this system upon attaining the age of seventy and one-half years: Provided, That the member is eligible to retire under the provisions of section twenty or twenty-one of this article: Provided, however, That the member elects to stop actively contributing to the system while receiving the in-service distributions.
(g) The provisions of section twenty-two-h of this article are not applicable to the amendments made to this section during the 2006 Regular Session.


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Mrs. Raymond (Marge) Nolte, 90, of Morris, Ill., passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side Monday evening, Nov. 5, 2012, in Morris Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center.
Born Feb. 6, 1922, on the family farm in Seward Township, Kendall County, IIl., she was the daughter of Frederick and Esther Anderson Larson. She received her education in the Minooka schools and graduated from Minooka High School with the Class of 1938.
Marge married Raymond A. Nolte on Nov. 28, 1942, in Palmyra, Mo.
She was employed with Morris Paper Mill for 11 ½ years and then was employed with Saratoga Laundromat. She was a member of the Grundy County Rod & Gun Club.
Surviving is her son, Terry (Marcia) Nolte of California; five grandchildren, Brian and his wife Leslie Nolte, and Amy Nolte all of Morris, and Jeff, Chad and Jason Nolte in California; four great-grandchildren, Trevor and Ashton Nolte and Hunter and Rebecca Nolte; a sister-in-law, Velda Larson of Plainfield, Ill., and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, on June 23, 2000; and one brother, Harvey Larson.
Private graveside services with Pastor Carlos Garcia of the Minooka Bible Church officiating will be conducted at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery. Cremation rites were accorded with Schultz Crematory in Streator, Ill.
Preferred form of remembrance would be memorial gifts in Marge's memory directed to Activity Department of Morris Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center or the Morris Volunteer Fire Department.
Condolences can be extended online to her family at www.ucdavisandsons.com.
Arrangements were entrusted with U. C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home Ltd., 301 W. Washington St., Morris, Ill. For information, call (815) 942-0084.

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CHAPEL HILL – A pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Franklin Street and Columbia Street, Sergeant Josh Mecimore of the Chapel Police Department confirms.
WCHL received reports of the incident around noon on Monday. It caused a portion of the road to be closed.
Mecimore says it was a low speed collision. The pedestrian was woman, and she was transported to UNC Hospitals with no major injuries. Mecimore says she was crossing against the light.
The roadway is open now.


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§3006. Review committee
(a) Establishment
Within 120 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary shall establish a committee to monitor and review the implementation of the inventory and identification process and repatriation activities required under sections 3003, 3004 and 3005 of this title.
(b) Membership
(1) The Committee 1 established under subsection (a) shall be composed of 7 members,
(A) 3 of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary from nominations submitted by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and traditional Native American religious leaders with at least 2 of such persons being traditional Indian religious leaders;
(B) 3 of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary from nominations submitted by national museum organizations and scientific organizations; and
(C) 1 who shall be appointed by the Secretary from a list of persons developed and consented to by all of the members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(2) The Secretary may not appoint Federal officers or employees to the committee.
(3) In the event vacancies shall occur, such vacancies shall be filled by the Secretary in the same manner as the original appointment within 90 days of the occurrence of such vacancy.
(4) Members of the committee established under subsection (a) shall serve without pay, but shall be reimbursed at a rate equal to the daily rate for GS–18 of the General Schedule for each day (including travel time) for which the member is actually engaged in committee business. Each member shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5.
(c) Responsibilities
The committee established under subsection (a) shall be responsible for-
(1) designating one of the members of the committee as chairman;
(2) monitoring the inventory and identification process conducted under sections 3003 and 3004 of this title to ensure a fair, objective consideration and assessment of all available relevant information and evidence;
(3) upon the request of any affected party, reviewing and making findings related to-
(A) the identity or cultural affiliation of cultural items, or
(B) the return of such items;
(4) facilitating the resolution of any disputes among Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, or lineal descendants and Federal agencies or museums relating to the return of such items including convening the parties to the dispute if deemed desirable;
(5) compiling an inventory of culturally unidentifiable human remains that are in the possession or control of each Federal agency and museum and recommending specific actions for developing a process for disposition of such remains;
(6) consulting with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the work of the committee affecting such tribes or organizations;
(7) consulting with the Secretary in the development of regulations to carry out this chapter;
(8) performing such other related functions as the Secretary may assign to the committee; and
(9) making recommendations, if appropriate, regarding future care of cultural items which are to be repatriated.
(d) Admissibility of records and findings
Any records and findings made by the review committee pursuant to this chapter relating to the identity or cultural affiliation of any cultural items and the return of such items may be admissible in any action brought under section 3013 of this title.
(e) Recommendations and report
The committee shall make the recommendations under paragraph 2 (c)(5) in consultation with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and appropriate scientific and museum groups.
(f) Access
The Secretary shall ensure that the committee established under subsection (a) and the members of the committee have reasonable access to Native American cultural items under review and to associated scientific and historical documents.
(g) Duties of Secretary
The Secretary shall-
(1) establish such rules and regulations for the committee as may be necessary, and
(2) provide reasonable administrative and staff support necessary for the deliberations of the committee.
(h) Annual report
The committee established under subsection (a) shall submit an annual report to the Congress on the progress made, and any barriers encountered, in implementing this section during the previous year.
(i) Termination
The committee established under subsection (a) shall terminate at the end of the 120-day period beginning on the day the Secretary certifies, in a report submitted to Congress, that the work of the committee has been completed.
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (c)(7) and (d), was in the original "this Act", meaning
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of
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Good Manufacturing Practices are a set of production guidelines put in place by a nation's ruling drug regulation agency (FDA in the U.S., EMA in Europe, etc.), which are used to ensure that the product in question meets a pre-determined standard. More specifically, GMP's require the manufacturer to follow procedures which guarantee the identity, strength, qaulity, and purity of the product. This offers consumers peace of mind in knowing that the drug not only meets label claims, but that it is free of impurities or other unwanted additives.A Closer Look at World Pharma
What does GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) mean and why is it important to you?
GMP guidelines are not a set of rigid instructions on how to manufacture products. Rather, they are a set of general principles or guidelines that must be complied with during the manufacturing process. So long a company abides by these rules in a manner that garners approval from the ruling drug regulation agency, it is the responsibility of each company to determine for itself the most efficient means of incorporating these guidelines, while minimizing out of pocket expense.
While most countries have adopted some type of formal system designed to regulate product quality in the pharmaceutical industry, not all have officially recognized GMP's as a fundamental component of the production process. Among those who have implemented them, these guidelines are not universal in nature, but can vary based on the legislation of each country. Regardless, the purpose of these guidelines remains the same; to protect the health of consumer. It is worth noting that pharmaceutical companies world-wide incorporate GMP's into their production process as part of their overall quality control program.
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Its job, as it applies to the pharmaceutical industry, is to protect and promote public health through the regulation and supervision of pharmaceutical drugs. Prior to any drug being released to market in the United States, it must undergo a rigorous, extensive, and costly approval process by the FDA.
What is FDA Approval?
The FDA approval process exists solely to ensure that a drug is suitable for human use and is completely separate from Good Manufacturing Practices, which governs the production of drugs. Therefore, only after a drug has been FDA approved do GMP guidelines become relevant. However, it is important to note that FDA approval only applies to drugs sold within the United States. As mentioned above, each country or group of countries has its own regulatory agency (their own version of the FDA) which oversees the approval process for prescription drugs.
Without a universal regulatory agency in place, it should come as no surprise that the approval or rejection of drugs can vary based on geographical location. For example, trenbolone is a non-approved drug in the U.S., while countries such as France and India have approved it for human use. Therefore, just because the FDA has rejected a certain drug for human use, it does not necessarily mean it is inappropriate or unsafe for use by humans. It is simply the opinion of that particular ruling body. These disagreements are common, resulting in vastly different pharmacopoeias around the globe.
As a consumer of AAS, it is important to understand the difference between FDA approval and GMP approval. Many within the United States misinterpret FDA approval as a measure of product quality, when in reality there is no such correlation between the two. Rather, it is GMP approval which signifies that a drug has been produced under strict quality control guidelines, while drug regulation agencies (such as the FDA) simply determine whether or not a particular drug is permitted for human use in that nation.
By comparison, most companies involved in the steroid business are known as Underground Labs, or UGLs, for short. These products are produced in a completely unregulated environment devoid of any officially recognized quality control measures. It is not uncommon for these products to be produced in basements, garages, and even bathrooms. They are frequently plagued with a variety of quality control issues ranging from sterility concerns, purity & potency issues, and improper labeling.World Pharma: A Licensed Pharmacy
World Pharma is a licensed distributer of anabolic steroids and other pharmaceutical-grade medications. All of their products are GMP approved, having been subjected to the strictest quality control measures in their country of origin. These medications are routinely prescribed by doctors and offered at pharmacies all over the world.
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In the Daily Camera (March 22) there was a story, "Sierra Club criticizes fracking agreement." In that story we read that "In some places, the practice [fracking] has been blamed for air pollution and gas leaks that have ruined well water, but President Barack Obama's administration and many state regulators say the practice is safe when done properly."
What these administrators and regulators are saying is we don't need to worry because "fracking is safe if it is done safely."
No matter how dangerous or hazardous an activity is, we can always say, "The activity is safe if done properly."
This circular argument is completely meaningless! Yet every week we see in the Camera one or two examples of officials who say that a whole variety of activities are safe if they are done properly. To use such a meaningless argument is an insult to the mental capabilities of all to whom these arguments are addressed.


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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Keeneland Barn Notes Saturday, April 14, 2012
A field of 13 horses will go postward today in the 88th running of the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1). The Toyota Blue Grass is the richest and most famous race at Keeneland, which first ran the race 75 years ago – on April 29, 1937 – on closing day of its inaugural spring meeting.
Today's program is the first 12-race card in Keeneland history. There have been two 11-race programs here: Toyota Blue Grass Day on April 10, 2010, and FallStars Day on October 9, 2010. The first 10-race program at Keeneland was offered on April 15, 2000, which also was Toyota Blue Grass Day.
The Blue Grass was named for the famous Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky and held in 1911-14 and 1919-26 at the old Kentucky Association track near downtown Lexington. Second-place finishers Meridian (1911), Donerail (1913) and Behave Yourself (1921) went on to win the Kentucky Derby. The 1926 winner, Bubbling Over, became the first horse to win the Blue Grass and the Kentucky Derby.
With the closure of the Kentucky Association track, a group of prominent area Thoroughbred breeders went to work to return racing to Lexington. In 1935, they founded the Keeneland Association, purchased land from horseman J.O. "Jack" Keene and set out to open a model racetrack. Keeneland opened on October 15, 1936, for nine days of racing. In April 1937, Keeneland held its inaugural spring meeting of 11 days and ran the Blue Grass for the first time.
The winner of the first Blue Grass at Keeneland was Maxwell Howard's Fencing, who won by three-quarters of a length over Col. E.R. Bradley's favored pair of Billionaire and Brooklyn. Nine days later at Churchill Downs, Fencing and Billionaire raced back in the Kentucky Derby, inaugurating a pattern that future Derby hopefuls would follow.
Blue Grass - Kentucky Derby Connection
A total of nine winners of the Blue Grass at Keeneland have won the Kentucky Derby. Another 10 horses who ran in the race have won the Run for the Roses.
Toyota Sponsorship
In 1996, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (located in Georgetown), five area Toyota dealerships and Toyota Motor Sales in Cincinnati teamed up to sponsor the Blue Grass, marking Toyota's first sponsorship of a horse race.
Biographical information on the connections of each entrant in this year's race, as well as past performances, charts dating back to the first running of the race at Keeneland in 1937 and historical statistics on the race are available in the Toyota Blue Grass Media Guide.
This information also might aid in your coverage:
Post Positions
Morning-line favorite Hansen drew Post 4 for the race. Post 4 has produced 13 winners.
Here are the post positions and the number of winners each post position has produced since 1937 (the race was run in two divisions in 1951):
Post No. of Winners
1 13
2 12
3 10
4 13
5 10
6 3
7 3
8 5
9 2
10 2
11 2
12 1
The largest field in race history is 14 (1954, 1974).
Horses, Sires and Pedigrees:
A total of 12 2-year-old champions have run in the Toyota Blue Grass. Hansen is the first 2-year-old champion to compete in the race since Street Sense in 2007. Street Sense finished second by a nose in the race to Dominican, then won the Kentucky Derby (G1) in his next start.
A half-brother to 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Mine That Bird, Dullahan could join Round Table as the two horses to win the Breeders' Futurity in the fall of their 2-year-old seasons and return to win the Blue Grass as 3-year-olds. Round Table accomplished the double in 1956-57
Giant's Causeway is represented by two starters this year: Heavy Breathing and Russian Greek. The 15-year-old son of Storm Cat stands at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky.
Kitten's Joy also has two runners this year: Gung Ho and Politicallycorrect. Kitten's Joy, an 11-year-old son of by El Prado (IRE), stands at Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky. The Ramseys bred and race Gung Ho and Politicallycorrect.
Ever So Lucky's broodmare sire, Summer Squall, won the 1990 Blue Grass.
Holy Candy's second dam, Lunar Spook, won Keeneland's Ashland (G1) (now the Central Bank Ashland) in 1993.
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Tottenham Hotspur target Leandro Damiao insists he is staying 'calm' despite continued speculation that surrounds the Internacional striker's future, reports Sky Sports.
The 23-year-old Brazilian international has been heavily linked with a move to Europe, and is believed to have held preliminary talks about a switch to the Premier League in January.
Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas is a confirmed admirer of Damiao's, but failed in his attempts to lure the frontman to White Hart Lane in the mid-season window.
It's anticipated that the Portuguese tactician will renew his interest in the South American in the summer, but Spurs are likely to face serious competition for the player's signature.
Damiao is keen to distance himself from the latest round of rumours, maintaining that he is focused on his football with Internacional.
"I'm calm. I'll certainly leave Internacional one day, but my focus at the moment is on the club," he said in an interview with Globo Esporte.
"I hope to play in Europe one day, it's a dream, but I am also in no hurry to leave. I have no reason to do anything crazy and leave quickly.
"I have had many chances to leave, but I have stayed. I want (any transfer) to be good for Internacional too."
Asked specifically how he is affected by constant speculation, Damiao remained unperturbed, as it is something he has come to expect as his profile continues to grow.
"They don't bother me, they have been there since I started scoring goals," he added. "Since Tottenham became interested, I have been linked with clubs all over the world.
"When a player becomes more visible, these stories appear. I'm not thinking about where I'll go."
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How much data do you use every month?
According to one network operator, a lot more than you did last year.
Three has reported that its users have more than doubled how much mobile data they consume every month in less than a year.
It says that the average user now users 1.1gb, compared to 450mb last summer.
Three said that the rise of smartphones has seen customers with iPhones and the top Android devices use more than 1§.5gb each per month, on average.
The operator adds that less than 66% of UK consumers are allowed to use less than 1.5gb per month per their contracts.
Dave Dyson, chief executive officer, Three said: "With 95% of our smartphone customers using data on a daily basis, everyone is relying more than ever on their handset to do all the stuff they used to do on the internet at home or work. And there is no sign of this slowing down.
"Give consumers a combination of the right device, the right price plan and a mobile network built for the internet and you see a rapid behavioural shift. We are seeing more and more people using more and more data throughout the day."
The news comes on the day that Ofcom outlined fresh details of its plan to auction 4G spectrum, which is now set for early 2013.
Customers will not get access to 4G until mid-2013 at the earliest.


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The Andale Indians showed Augusta why they're the No. 2 ranked team in Class 4A Friday.
Andale rushed for 595 yards and blasted the Orioles 73-6. Andale put up 34 points in the first quarter and 23 more in the second for a 57-0 halftime lead. Hunter Knoblauch had a 71-yard touchdown run on the game's first play from scrimmage. Knoblauch later scored on a 65-yard TD run.
From a combination of wet weather and hard hits by Andale, five different Orioles had a fumble apiece and lost all five of them. Andale had three fumbles but only lost one.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Chase Hull put up Augusta's only points on the scoreboard with a one-yard touchdown run. Chaydon Carter led the team with 42 yards on eight carries. Hull had 15 yards, Jaden Shryock had one rush for 12 yards.
Tristan Finch completed just 1 of 7 seven passes for 10 yards. Dustyn McEachern came in late and completed 5 of 14 passes for 76 yards. Connor Hurst led the Orioles with 48 yards on two receptions.
Hurst and Caleb Faulconer tied for the team-high with six tackles.
Augusta will try to bounce back with a home game against Ark City next Friday for Homecoming.


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- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Linda Chan
- John Graham
- Sheila Sholars
- Planning for next major release (Io/Galileo/1.7/2.0/June 2009)
- Open discussion
Action Items
- New dependencies need to be approved, especially those across other projects, orbit, 3rd party, or whatever - need to write up as part of the DTP policies and procedures
- Need to add some policy regarding extension point documentation. Declare that if new extension points are added, they must have documentation by the mid-point milestone.
Tabled for Later Discussion
- Discuss after Ganymede release
- Discuss DTP charter change to simplify addition of a committer to two or more subprojects at the same time without going through separate committer elections
- Perhaps in the future come up with a Component architecture document that shows DTP dependencies to consumers
- Things to consider for next major release (June 2009) - JDK 1.4 end of life, move to JDK 1.5 in next release? Depends on platform support. Something to discuss going forward


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- More than 6,000 Season Pass Members showed up for Friday's Uniform Schowcase at Raymond James Stadium
- Fans enjoyed complimentary concessions and the opportunity to meet some of the newest Buccaneers
- The Bucs are appealing to a new generation with their updated look and their aggressive moves in free agency
The Buccaneers held a Uniform Showcase for their Season Pass Members on Friday night at Raymond James Stadium, an event that lured a capacity crowd of more than 6,000 fans into the stadium's West Club Lounge. Those passionate Buc fans spent more than three hours in the Club Lounge snapping pictures with the newest Tampa Bay players, enjoying complimentary food and beverages and taking advantage of discounted deals on new Buc merchandise. They also thronged in front of the stage to get a first live look at the team's new uniforms on actual Buccaneer players, with
The event was exclusive and unprecedented for Season Pass Members, but it also drew nearly 20 Buccaneer players, both returning veterans and newcomers recently inked in free agency. Johnson, the prized defensive end signed away from Cincinnati on the first day of free agency, was one of those new Bucs on hand. Like the thousands of fans in attendance, he was getting his first extended look at such new-uniform elements as the pewter-shouldered jerseys, the chrome face mask, the extra-large helmet logos and the custom-designed number fonts.
As much as Johnson appreciated those uniform elements – or the "BUCS" and pirate ship logos on the shoulder or the reflective trim on the numbers – one thing stood out above the rest.
"I like that it says 'Buccaneers,'" said Johnson with a wide smile.
Season Pass Members saw the Bucs' new uniforms as worn by players for the first time on Friday night
Johnson is obviously excited to be part of a team that is getting a new start in so many ways, from the coach to the general manager to the uniform to the free agency-enhanced roster. That was precisely the feel at Raymond James Stadium on Friday night, as a huge segment of the team's most dedicated fans came together to celebrate a watershed moment in franchise history. It was a night that clearly felt like a new beginning.
Johnson got an early escort into the stadium and then was astonished at the line of fans waiting to get in.
"I was like, 'What's going on?'" he said. "I didn't know there would be so many people here. There's a lot of excitement in this place about Buccaneer football. That just gets me more fired up to continue working to put something out there that they can be proud of."
The Buccaneers will start their offseason workouts in about two weeks, with the draft looming in May and training camp set for late July. The excitement over the team has already been building for weeks, however, thanks not only to the aggressive moves in free agency but to the buzz about the new uniforms.
"I can't believe how many people are here," said Darrell Bailey, a Bucs fan of nearly three decades who brought his son, Noah, with him to the stadium on Friday. "I thought this [event] would be kind of quiet and blank, but everyone showed up. And seeing [the uniforms] live and in person, they're great. The red is more vibrant. I love the orange accents, the way they kick out. I love the chrome face mask and the pewter on the jersey. All the colors come together as one major uniform, and I think it's awesome."
The Bucs opened the doors to the waiting fans at 6:30 on Friday night, and it didn't take long for the Club Lounge to fill up and the concession stands to get active. The Lounge lobby housed a fully-stocked team store with new-uniform merchandise that included jerseys bearing the names and numbers of McCoy, Martin,
Bobby Bonomo, Jr. brought both his father, Bobby, Sr., and his son, Bobby III, to Friday's event. It was easily apparent to him that the Bucs' forward-looking approach to their uniforms was going to appeal to the next generation. The youngest Bonomo walked out of the stadium with a new #93 jersey on his back, celebrating his favorite player, and his father liked the look.
"It's a nice change," said Bonomo, Jr. "It's something different and new for the younger generation, and I like that. I've been a season ticket holder since the new stadium opened in 1998, and my son has been a Bucs fan since he was born. I like the color scheme, the way it integrates the orange and I like the new numbers. To me, change is good."
After about an hour to mingle and enjoy the concessions, Buc fans began to gather around the stage in the southwest corner of the Lounge. Gene Deckerhoff, the Voice of the Buccaneers, led a rousing half-hour of give-and-take with the Buccaneer players in attendance, which included holdovers
Martin, McCoy and Verner then took the stage, barely visible as silhouettes in front of the bank of lights. As those bulbs dimmed, strobing spotlights emphasized the jerseys' reflective numbers, and eventually the players came into sharp focus in their various uniform combinations. The drama of the moment was emphasized by the dozens of fans who held their cell phones high, illuminated screens capturing video and still shots of a very important moment in franchise history.
After McCoy and company finished modeling the new uniforms, Buccaneers Co-Chairman Ed Glazer, Head Coach Lovie Smith and General Manager Jason Licht took the stage. Glazer, who was the driving force behind the two-year process that led to the Bucs' new look, described the team's motivations for making such a significant change.
"For us, this was about doing something different, something specific for the fans of Tampa Bay," said Glazer. "We wanted to create something that, when people see it, everybody knows right away that it's the Buccaneers."


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My "baby" turned 11 on Saturday. We had his party, including a cake on Friday. Saturday morning he starts angling to have another birthday cake that night, since it was the actual day of his birthday. I reminded him he had that the day before and he said that this year he deserved two cakes because 11 was a very special age. I asked him why and he explained that 11 was a prime number comprised of repeating digits, and that it was the only age to meet that definition that a human was likely to be alive for, as the next number to meet it was 111 and most humans don't live that long.He got a second birthday cake for sheer pluck.
Babybartfast (almost 5 now): "Mommy, I have a superpower! I can talk through my nose! [long pause] Sometimes people don't understand me, though."She's obsessed with superheroes and superpowers at the moment, so her "superpower" tends to change depending on the day and whatever's in front of her at the time, but this is one of the funnier ones
My two grandsons, ages 7 and 8, have just recently gotten into archery. Now they're arguing over who was the best archer of all time, Robin Hood or Apollo.
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Despite an obesity epidemic in this country, many toddlers and children are underweight. Parents repeatedly ask me how to help a child gain weight in a healthful way. This is an important question because the age-old advice of milkshakes and ice cream (or in my opinion even the sugar-laden PediaSure) just doesn't cut it and can spark a cycle of insulin resistance that can lead an underweight child down a path toward obesity and diabetes.
Parents might want to focus less on the scale and instead direct their energy toward providing their children with enough macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).
Empty calories, like those in ice cream, might add a few pounds here and there, but they will not provide the nutrients a child needs to build a healthy brain, resilient organs, and strong bones. So if you have an underweight child, begin by ensuring all calories ingested are nutrient-rich.
Add beneficial fats, especially plant-based fats. Each gram of fat has about nine calories while each gram of protein or carbohydrate provides about four calories, so a meal made with fats can contribute to wanted weight gain.
The following foods can help a child healthfully gain weight and thrive:
— Flaxseed oil. Add to it everything! Flaxseed oil has a mild flavor, so it will go unnoticed if mixed into a smoothie, drizzled onto popcorn or tossed with vegetables.
— Coconut oil. It adds sweetness and beneficial calories, so add a tablespoon into a smoothie or to vegetables when roasting.
— Nuts and seeds. Pistachios, walnuts, and almonds are great choices.
— Avocados. Make guacamole with fresh avocados, onions, and tomatoes, or mix avocado into a fruit smoothie.
— Olives are about 80-85 percent healthful fat, and because of their high amounts of antioxidants and phytonutrients (a beneficial plant compound), they have been shown to help prevent disease.
— Full-fat dairy has more calories and fat than the reduced-fat varieties, yet a comparable amount of nutrients. We buy only full-fat dairy at our house; everyone needs beneficial fats.
— Smoothies. They are an easy way to ingest needed nutrients and calories, especially if you add coconut oil, coconut milk, or almond butter. Get creative with a favorite fruit, full-fat yogurt, nut butters, and seeds.
— Grate cooked eggs into salads, sauces, and soups.
— Cook pasta, rice, and whole grains in chicken broth, adding extra nutrition and a few extra calories.
— Dried fruit lacks water, making it easier to eat more sizable quantities. This means a greater calorie intake.
— Make granola with nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and coconut oil, then mix with full-fat Greek yogurt.
— Make trail mix with your choice of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit.
— Hummus and bean dips make good snacks.
— Grated, frozen chicken liver provides children with essential nutrients such as protein, Vitamin A, all the B vitamins, and iron. It doesn't greatly affect flavor when frozen and grated into food. My kids have never even noticed!
Behavior and routine:
— Drink after a meal, not during. Even water can fill up a little belly, tricking a child into feeling full. Milk and juice are more often the culprit as many toddlers and preschoolers drink so much throughout the day that they aren't hungry enough for food at mealtime.
— Set meal and snack times. Kids need to know that mealtime is an important and expected part of their day. Eating in the stroller or car conveys to your children that eating well is not a priority. Snack foods that parents can keep in the car are also often lower-nutrient foods.
— Sit down to meals with your children. They will eat more healthful foods if they see healthful eating modeled.
— Turn off the TV. Older children and adults tend to mindlessly eat in front of the television, but many young kids will be too captivated by the screen to eat at all.
— Make sure your child is getting enough exercise. Yes, exercise burns calories, but it also ensures a child is hungry enough to eat well.
— Provide healthful snacks in between meals. Children's stomachs are small, so they cannot always eat enough food during their meals to meet their nutritional needs. Snacks also sustain a young child's energy and mood.
— Add a snack before bedtime. If the snack is full of healthful fat and protein, the nutrients can build tissue while sleeping. Avoid sugar so a child's ability to sleep is not affected.
Keep in mind that this approach to eating works for most kids, not just those who need to put on a few extra pounds.
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I inherited my great grandfathers coin collection and most of them are German and French coins I could identify. This one has me baffled. It has NO DATE ( the rest of my coins are ww1 or before) but it says: GUT FUR 10 PFENNIG (so it appears to be a token right?) on the reverse it says: CONSUM-VEREIN with COCHEM in the middle and a star at the bottom. Can someone help me identify this coin please?


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Elizabeth Taylor, Actress and AIDS Activist, Dies at 79
By Candace Y.A. Montague
March 23, 2011
Hollywood fans mourn the loss of Elizabeth Taylor today. The actress was best known for her movie roles such as "Cleopatra" and for her multiple marriages. She was also known as a humanitarian which some might consider her most important role of all. The legendary star was well-known as a longtime AIDS activist who raised more than $50 million to fight HIV/AIDS through her foundation.
Ms.Taylor's impact on the AIDS community was felt here in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Clinic's main facility in Northwest was named after her in 1993. A statement issued by the clinic expressed sincere remorse and sympathy for the loss of Taylor.
"Elizabeth Taylor was the first major Hollywood star to take up the banner of HIV/AIDS activism. At a time when most Americans thought of HIV/AIDS as something that didn't affect them, her commitment to the issue and considerable star power helped to take the fight against HIV/AIDS right into the mainstream of American society. Her dedication to raising money along with awareness has helped to save countless lives both by helping to treat people living with the virus and by preventing new infections."
In 1984, Elizabeth Taylor organized the first AIDS fundraiser to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles. This was the same year she learned that her longtime friend Rock Hudson had contracted the virus. She helped to start the American Foundation for AIDS Research( amFAR) and befriended an Indiana teen named Ryan White who contracted AIDS from contaminated blood. Her friendship with White along with several others, including Sir Elton John and MIchael Jackson, sparked enough action to create what is known today as the Ryan White Act. She earned numerous international awards and honors for the commitment she exhibited towards the fight against AIDS.
Elizabeth Taylor will be remembered not as just an actress but as a champion in the AIDS community.
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100% Bombyx Silk
Silk caps are made from degummed cocoons which are stretched over a bell-shaped frame. Each cap consists of a whole bunch of fine layers (cocoons), that when pulled and separated in just the right way, then drafted out, gives you a fine strong roving that you can spin or even knit without spinning. These caps have a smaller painting surface then any of our other yarns or fibers, so the colorways chosen reflect this. There is a great tutorial on prepping these for spinning and knitting here: http://www.hjsstudio.com/silkcaps.html


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Top Ten New Things You Can Do with NIOby Ron Hitchens, author of Java NIO
New I/O? Why do we need a new I/O? What's wrong with the old I/O?
There's nothing wrong with the classes in the
package; they work just dandy -- for what they do. But it turns out
there are quite a lot of things the traditional Java I/O model
can't handle. Things like non-blocking modes, file locks,
readiness selection, scatter/gather, and so on. These capabilities are
widely available on most serious operating systems today (and a few
comical ones, as well). They're not just nice to have; they're
essential for building high-volume, scalable, robust applications,
especially in the enterprise arena.
NIO brings a host of powerful new capabilities to the Java platform. Despite the fact that "N" stands for "New," NIO is not a replacement for the older I/O classes. It's an alternate approach to modeling I/O services, with less emphasis on the streaming model. NIO concentrates on providing consistent, portable APIs to access all sorts of I/O services with minimum overhead and maximum efficiency. NIO sweeps away many barriers to the adoption of Java where I/O performance is critical, allowing Java to compete on an equal footing with natively compiled languages.
Related Reading
In this article I'm not going to explain buffers, channels, selectors, and the other denizens of the NIO depths. There just isn't room here to do so properly. My book, Java NIO, does all that. In this space, I'll list some new things you can do with NIO that you couldn't do before in Java. If you need a little context as you go along, visit this page (part of Sun Microsystems' JDK documentation), which gives a brief synopsis and links into the J2SE 1.4 Javadoc.
So, without further ado, in the time-honored tradition of O'Reilly authors flogging their own books by cooking up lame top ten lists: Top Ten New Things You Can Do with NIO That You Couldn't Do Before (TTNTYCDW..., oh never mind).
10: File Locking
File locking is one of those things most programmers don't need very often. But for those of you who do need it, you know you simply can't live without it. Prior to NIO, there was no way, short of resorting to native methods, to set or check for file locks in Java applications. File locking is notoriously OS- (and even filesystem-) specific, so the native route is fraught with peril if you need any sort of portability.
With NIO, file locks are built right into the
class. It's now easy to create, test, and manage file locks on
any platform that supports file locks at the OS level. File locks are
generally needed when integrating with non-Java applications, to
mediate access to shared data files. In Figures 1 and 2 (borrowed from
my book) assume
the writer process is a legacy application that can't be
replaced. With NIO, new reader applications can be written in Java that use
the same locking conventions to seamlessly integrate with the
pre-existing, non-Java application.
Figure 1: Reader processes holding shared locks.
Figure 2: Writer process holding exclusive lock.
File locks are generally not appropriate for intra-JVM coordination between threads; they operate at the file and process levels. The OS doesn't usually differentiate between threads within a process for lock ownership purposes. That means all threads own all locks equally within a JVM. File locks are primarily needed when integrating with non-Java applications, or between distinct JVMs.
You may never need to use file locks, but with NIO, now you have the option. Adding file-based locking to the Java bag of tricks further eliminates barriers to adoption of Java in the enterprise, especially where it's necessary to work and play well with others.
9: Regular Expressions Built into the String Class
Regular expressions (
java.util.regex) are part of NIO.
I know, they're neither "new" nor "I/O," but a
standardized regular expression library was mandated as part of JSR 51, so there you go.
Regular expressions are not new in Java (several add-on packages have been around for quite some time) but now they're built right into the base J2SE distribution. According to Jeffrey E. F. Friedl's recently updated Mastering Regular Expressions book, the regex engine in J2SE 1.4 is the fastest and best of the lot -- good to know.
One nice side effect of having a regular expression engine
integrated into the base JDK is that other base classes can make use
of it. In J2SE 1.4, the
String class has been extended to
be regex-aware by adding the following new methods:
package java.lang;
public final class String
implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable, CharSequence
// This is a partial API listing
public boolean matches (String regex)
public String [] split (String regex)
public String [] split (String regex, int limit)
public String replaceFirst (String regex, String replacement)
public String replaceAll (String regex, String replacement)
These methods are useful because you can invoke them directly
on a string you're working with. For example, rather than
Pattern and
Matcher objects,
invoking methods on them, and checking the result, you can do simple
tests like this, which are less error-prone and communicate better:
public static final String VALID_EMAIL_PATTERN =
+ "{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+\\.)+))"
+ "([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\\]?)";
if (emailAddress.matches (VALID_EMAIL_PATTERN)) {
addEmailAddress (emailAddress);
} else {
throw new IllegalArgumentException (emailAddress);
split() method is also handy, especially in
cases where you'd normally use the
class. It has two advantages over
StringTokenizer; it
applies a (potentially sophisticated) regular expression to the target
string to break it into tokens and it does the parsing all in one
shot. Rather than writing yet another tokenizing loop, you can just
String [] tokens = lineBuffer.split ("\\s*,\\s*");
This splits the string
lineBuffer (which contains a
series of comma-separated values) into substrings and returns those
strings in a type-safe array. This regular expression allows zero or
more whitespace characters before and/or after each comma. You can
also limit the number of times the string is split, in which case the
last string in the array will be the remainder of the input string.


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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
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Metascore®Mixed or average reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Spontaneity has been banished by rigid stylization, and the net effect is as lifeless as a severed head that turns up in a basement freezer.
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The movie wants to be Hitchcockian, but it's the flat-footed Hitchcock of "Marnie" that Park evokes. His filmmaking here is hermetic and lugubrious, with each physical movement meaninglessly heightened and every line hanging in the air with (empty) significance.
Park's unsettling visuals and his handling of the cast make the occasional holes in Wentworth Miller's script practically irrelevant.
The chilling and stylish and aggressively creepy Stoker begins at the end and takes us on a shocking and lurid journey before we land right where we started, now seeing every small detail through a different lens.It's disturbingly good.
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not for kids
Stylish but gruesomely violent thriller riffs on Hitchcock.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Stoker is a dark thriller that riffs on Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt and has nothing to do with Dracula author Bram Stoker. The movie is filled with gruesome murders and lots of blood, including spraying, spattering, and dribbling down a wall. Characters are strangled; others are killed with hunting rifles, rocks to the head, and pruning shears to the neck. There's some strong, somewhat dark sexual innuendo. A teen girl masturbates in the shower (a nipple and buttocks are shown), and there are kissing scenes with both teens and adults. One adult character drinks wine regularly and perhaps overindulges a bit too often. A teen girl gulps a glass of wine. Language is sparse, with only a use of "bitch." The movie is very stylish and non-realistic, and teen movie buffs -- especially those familiar with director Park Chan-wook's Korean films -- will be interested in seeing it. But it's recommended only for the most mature viewers.
Messages: A teen girl learns to handle herself in tough situations, though her choices aren't always right -- or healthy.
Role models: The characters mostly indulge in illegal/immoral/base activities -- murder, sex, etc.
Violence: Several murders, each one seemingly more grisly and brutal than the one before it. A woman is strangled. A man receives a rifle blast to the head, with a huge, dripping blood smear on the wall (plus a puddle of blood underneath his body). A man is stabbed with pruning shears and sprays blood everywhere. A man is bashed in the head with a rock, with blood spatters. A bully picks on a teen girl; he feigns punching her in the face, and she stabs him with a pencil. A teen boy is strangled, and a teen girl repeatedly kicks him while he's down. A small boy is killed by being buried in the sand, though this isn't shown on screen. A dead body is found in a freezer.
Sex: A teen girl masturbates (implied) in the shower while fantasizing about a murder that has previously occurred. Her buttocks are shown during this sequence, and one nipple is briefly seen. Two adults kiss, and the man caresses the woman's breast through her clothing. Two teens kiss, and the girl bites the boy's tongue. An older man and his niece play piano together, and the scene is played for eroticism. The girl begins breathing heavily from excitement. In an art class, viewers see a drawing of a naked girl (shown from behind).
Language: A bully uses the word "bitch" in one scene. Another character calls him an "a-hole."
Consumerism: Not an issue
Drinking, drugs and smoking: A teen girl gulps a glass of wine. Her mother is shown to be drinking wine quite often and is perhaps a tiny bit tipsy in some scenes. It's possible that she could either be drowning her sorrows and frustrations -- or she could have a drinking problem.
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When was the last time you saw a Corvette prototype in person? Other than the prototype 1983 Corvette that's in the National Corvette Museum's collection or Vettes like the last C4 used for research and development (which we brought you several months ago)? And when was the last time that one started life as a customer's retail-purchased car, and THEN became a prototype? How about the C6 that you see here? It's the prototype for the new 2009 limited-edition RPO CSC Competition Sport package that's now on the Corvette option list.
The stripe idea didn't stop there. Tracey said Kirk had one of his own relating to them.
Tracey Richardson owned seven Corvettes before acquiring this RPO Z51-equipped C6 in 2007, and she wanted this one to have some "personality," like its predecessors. "I wanted to do something a little bit different with the car," she says from her Lexington, Kentucky home. Fortunately, she had some connections with the Corvette Team, most notably designer Kirk Bennion. "I talked to Kirk, and said, 'Is there any way to design a stripe that we can paint on? I'm not a big fan of decals,'" she recalls. "He said, 'Sure-let me think about something.' This was back when I ordered the car, in May of 2007. I wanted to have it done the next day, after the Museum delivery. I didn't want to waste any time."
In short order, Kirk came up with a stripe design that had a "C6 Flair" while harkening back to some famous racing Vettes. "He did a prototype design which was patterned after the Briggs Cunningham racing Corvettes of the early '60s," says Tracey, who explains the stripe's original design. "On the front bumper, there's about an inch width between the flags on the emblem. That width of the front bumper emblem is the width of the two stripes, and it goes all the way back to meet up with the emblem on the back bumper." Thanks to Kirk's design eye, the stripes flow from the front emblem over the roof and rear deck to the rear emblem. "That's one of Kirk's talents--seeing aspects of the car and to be able to linearly match up, emblem to emblem," says Tracey.
"People who attend the High Performance Driving Events that the National Corvette Museum hosts, they like to have a little 'flair,' a little racing touch to their car." Kirk, who is also an instructor for the Museum's high-performance driving events, got in touch with his good friend, Corvette production manager Harlan Charles. "Kirk said, 'Everybody likes the stripe that we designed for Tracey, and there are a lot of people interested in these driving schools, so maybe we can put together a package that has a lot of aesthetics!'"
On her car, the stripes were painted on in Competition Grey, which is a little different than the stripes that go on with RPO CSC. ". The '09 version of the stripe is actually a decal, and it's the same color as the Cyber Grey that they offer," says Tracey. "So, it's a little bit darker. If you get them side-by-side, you can tell mine's a lighter shade of grey."
While her C6's stripes might be lighter than the production CSC's, her car's equipment list is no lighter than the production versions. Tracey's '08 was a Z51 car from the get-go, meaning that heavy-duty springs and shocks, big stabilizer bars at each end, big cross-drilled disc brake rotors, coolers for the engine oil, transmission fluid and steering fluid, and a six-speed manual transaxle went in on the Bowling Green Assembly line. And, being an '08, the LS-series engine got a 200 cc (12 cubic inch) displacement boost to 6.2L (376 ci), plus it got the big-valve/big-port heads from the Z06, boosting its output to 430 horsepower from an even 400, creating the LS3. Tracey's Corvette currently has 436hp with the NPP (Z06) exhaust.
Those engine changes were in the works long before Tracey and Kirk brainstormed on the striping. But, once her C6 was decked out in its new colors and graphics, it wasn't long before this good idea became the visible cue for a new option package. "Once we did it, he sent me the design to send to my painter," she says. "Then, we put it on the Corvette Forum about a week after I got it painted."
A one-time moderator on the Corvette Forum's C6 General section, Tracey knows how passionate lovers of the sixth generation of America's Only True Sports Car can be. "On the Forum, we don't think that there was anybody who had anything negative to say about the stripes, which was odd for that crew," she adds. "There's always some kind of controversy, or 'keyboard warriors' saying what they want to say-and we didn't have any negative comments. People were saying, 'That's the best stripe that I've ever seen!'"
So was born the Competition Sport option package (see sidebar for package details), which features the racing stripe, along with the "Jake" C6.R logo. The speed in which this option moved from good idea to RPO almost matches the LS3-powered C6's top speed. "We came up with the idea in May of '07, and this option debuted at the Birthday Bash in April of '09," Tracey says. "This came out about the same time as the GT2 edition, which is yellow-and-black with "Jake" on the hood, and they're both considered late '09 models."
And, yes, Tracey's '08 has the heavy-duty hardware that production CSCs have. "It has the Z51 package and the 3LT interior, which is kind of a basic package," she says. "A lot of people that buy cars to race don't want navigation, heated seats or any of the other bells and whistles that add weight. That makes the car attractive to the person who does a little bit of racing--not the serious SCCA competition that totally changes the Vette-this option allows them to have the race-car look while still having a street-drivable car."
Just like her previous Corvettes, which included one show-stopper. "For my '98, I did a design for the side of the car that came from the 'gills,'" she recalls. "It had the C6 emblem and a racing flag in the background as a backdrop, and the emblem had a little bit of flame-work on it. It was a little radical, and that car was shown for two years on the International Show Car Association (ISCA) series. To beat the hot rods and the street rods, I had to come up with something that would grab attention, especially for a newer vehicle showing against older ones."
When it comes to competing on a racecourse with Corvettes, Tracey says that the Museum's high-performance driving events are one way for women to enjoy their Vettes the same way that male Corvette enthusiasts can. "I know from my experience, that they really bring to light the perspective of safety and defensiveness, and understanding the car better" She adds that there aren't enough women involved in those events. "I think that could be a really neat thing-especially the women whose husbands have Vettes, and think of them as their husband's car. "I sometimes feel like, I'm a woman in a guy's hobby," she adds. "When you pass a guy on the track, it really puts it into perspective."
And when it comes to finding that "right" Corvette, Tracey says that they're very versatile, especially C5s and C6s. "With the C6, if you're looking for something to tour around in, you have the different suspensions. If you want something a little more rigid, there's the Z51. For people that travel really far, that want a lot of luggage space, there are the coupes. And the convertible is for those that are taking the really short trips, with their hair blowing in the wind. "People can do a lot of investigative work to realize what type of Vette that they want, and that they are more affordable than what people think. People can get into C5s and the early C6s for the high $20,000s to low $30,000s. If you do a lot of homework, you can find a really nice car."
RPO CSC Competition Sport Package Includes
RPO Z51 Performance Package
Dual-mode performance exhaust
6-speed manual transmission
Differential cooler
Red brake calipers
5-split spoke Competition Gray-painted aluminum wheels
Hood-to-roof-to-rear deck stripes
"Jake" graphics inside and out
Racing style numbers (Included in car for customer installation)
Ebony leather seating surfaces interior with Gray stitching
"Jake CSR" embroidery on seats and center console
Head-Up Display
Genuine Corvette Accessories' aluminum pedals and graphic pattern engine cover
Requires exterior color Arctic White or Blade Silver Metallic
Data File: '08 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 Coupe
Owner: Tracey Richardson, Lexington, Kentucky
Modified production 2008 Corvette coupe
Modifications: Front-to-rear racing stripe, "Jake" logos
Bodywork: GM-Bowling Green Assembly Plant
Paint: OEM; paint preparation and applied by GM-Bowling Green Assembly Plant; Stripe applied by Danny Taylor of Louisville KY
Frame: Production '08 Corvette
Suspension: Production '08 Corvette
Steering: Production '08 power-assisted rack-and-pinion
Brakes: Production '08 four-wheel disc brakes with ABS and calipers painted red
Wheels: Production '08 Corvette RPO Z51
Tires: Production '08 Corvette RPO Z51
GM Powertrain LS3 overhead-valve smallblock V8
Displacement: 376 cubic inches (6.2L)
Compression Ratio: 10.9:1
Cylinder Heads: Production LS3 cast aluminum ("borrowed" from the Z06)
Ignition: OEM coil-on-plug
Induction: GM Powertrain electronic fuel injection
Camshaft: Production LS3
Exhaust: Production '08 Corvette
Horsepower: 430 @ 5900 rpm (Advertised)
Torque: 424 ft. /lbs. @ 4600 rpm (Advertised)
Production '08 Corvette six-speed manual transaxle
Shifter: Production '08 Corvette, console-mounted
Production 2008 Corvette with RPO 3LT
Modifications: Entire interior excluding the seats has been customized by dsvettes.com
Seats: Production '08 Corvette sport seats, upholstered OEM enhanced sewn leather
Carpets: Production '08 Corvette cut-pile
Instrumentation: OEM '08 Corvette (0-200 mph speedometer, 0-7000 rpm tachometer with 6500 rpm redline, plus fuel level, oil pressure, ammeter and coolant temperature gauges)
Sound System: Production '08 Corvette Delco/Bose AM/FM Stereo/CD
HVAC: Production '08 Corvette heater/defroster/ air conditioner


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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Celina ousts Riders from tourney
Celina vs. St. Marys at Spencerville Photos:
SPENCERVILLE —Celina topped the St. Marys girls basketball team for the second time this season with a 43-20 win in a Division II sectional semifinal at Spencerville High School on Wednesday night.
St. Marys ends its season at 3-18.
Celina will move on to play Shawnee on Saturday night at 6:15 p.m. at Spencerville High School. The second game that night will be a contest between Wapakoneta and Bath after the Redskins roared in the second half to beat Elida, 53-31, in the nightcap.
Celina improved to 17-4 with its win over its rival St. Marys and has now won 10 of its last 11 games heading into the sectional title game.
"We came out and played aggressive," Celina head coach Brian Stetler said. "It probably wasn't our best game, but our girls will bounce back."
Celina fed post player Beth Homan early and often. Homan scored 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting in the game and went 4-of-6 from the floor in the game's first eight minutes. She co-led the team with eight rebounds, as well.
"Beth did a nice job," Celina head coach Brian Stetler said. "She's been playing better of late the last four or five games, which helps our team because it gives us another person to go to...We've definitely been working on getting her the ball more."
St. Marys shot 18 percent from the floor (7-of-39) and committed 26 turnovers in the face of a trapping three-quarter court defense.
"We let the pressure get to us," Fulmer said. "We rushed a lot. We rushed a lot of passes, we rushed a lot of shots. We didn't get into control of our own offense. Their pressure did that to us, but it was mostly us."
Kelly Heitkamp led St. Marys with five points. LeeAnn Bertke had seven rebounds for the Roughriders.
Celina plays a Shawnee team it lost to on Feb. 2 in a high-scoring 70-61 game.
"We're looking forward to that match-up again," Stetler said. "Shawnee has a lot of speed and what they have is a lot of shooters who can shoot the ball. We're going to have to play a lot better than we did tonight when we play Shawnee. Shawnee is going to come after us and pressure us. We're going to have to hit some shots, as well."


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May 22, 2009
Lubbock, Texas - Cal State Fullerton's Christian Colon was named one of five finalists for the 2009 Brooks Wallace Award honoring the nation's top shortstop. The award is presented by the College Baseball Foundation and the finalist watch list is sponsored by Mizuno.
"It was a very tough decision," said Raymond Richardson, College Baseball Awards Show chairman and CBF Trustee. "All five of these players are standouts."
The list of finalists features shortstops from across the country, including two players from the Big West Conference - Christian Colon of Cal State Fullerton and Ben Orloff of UC Irvine.
Also included are Brian Marquez of New Mexico State, Jedd Gyorko of West Virginia and Bryant Hernandez of Oklahoma.
Colon has a .352 batting average with 14 doubles, two triples and seven home runs. He also has 28 RBIs and a .962 fielding percentage.
Orloff has the top fielding percentage among the finalists at .977. He also has a .358 batting average, with 10 double, one triple and 20 RBIs.
Brian Marquez of New Mexico State finished the season with a .421 batting average, 22 home runs and 81 RBIs. He also had 12 doubles and one triple.
Jedd Gyorko of West Virginia leads the finalists in doubles with 27. The sophomore also has a .410 batting average, one triple, eight home runs and 53 RBIs. Bryant Hernandez of Oklahoma enters the post-season with a .360 batting average with 12 doubles, three triples and 11 home runs. He also has 58 RBIs and a .921 fielding percentage.
The CBF, the Dick Howser Committee and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association will announce the recipients of the 2009 college baseball awards as well as the Dick Howser Trophy finalists on June 13 in Omaha, Neb. This will lead in to a great week of college baseball at the 2009 NCAA College World Series.
The Brooks Wallace Award officially will be presented on July 2 in Lubbock as part of the College Baseball Awards Show, which will recognize the top players in college baseball. In addition to the Brooks Wallace Award, other awards presented during the show will include the Dick Howser Trophy for the national player of the year, and the National Pitcher of the Year Award. The College Baseball Awards Show will be complimented by the National College Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as part of the July 1st through July 4th college baseball celebration.
Release courtesy of The College Baseball Foundation.


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Philadelphia Department of Public Health
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) serves the sixth largest city in the United States, with a population of 1,517,550 persons; 110,701 of which are between 15–19 years of age. Adolescents are a group that remains disproportionately affected by STDs in Philadelphia. Annually, the highest case rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia occur in adolescents, ages 15–19. In 2002, the chlamydia case rate among females ages 15–19 was more than 8,000 per 100,000 population.
Year One (2008–2009)
During the first year, PDPH worked with the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) to develop a collaborative action plan that would build upon the Philadelphia High School STD Screening Program (PHSSSP). Since the inception of the PHSSSP, staff tracked a decline in the number of students desiring STD screening, a constant gonorrhea and chlamydia positivity rate, and a 12.6 percent reinfection rate at three months. In response, PDPH worked with the school district, young people, and community partners to identify HIV/STD screening sites for adolescents outside of school, identify family planning clinics for adolescents that provide year-round education and family planning services, and to identify behavioral interventions for high-risk adolescents. In order to meet the intended goals, PDPH identified two public high schools with a high annual number of gonorrhea and chlamydia cases and planned to host student advisory meetings at these two schools to learn more about their needs and then use this information to create an action plan for the 2009–2010 school year. Philadelphia's student advisory meetings were not held due to low student turnout, so instead Philadelphia staff developed a short questionnaire and interviewed students individually to obtain feedback on the STD testing program.
Year Two (2009–2010)
During the second year, Philadelphia's collaborative action plan focused on the following three goals: 1) increase access to sexual health services for youth in Philadelphia, 2) increase community awareness of sexual health resources for youth in Philadelphia, and 3) improve and incorporate findings from an evaluation of the Philadelphia High School STD Screening Program.
Key Accomplishments:
To review Philadelphia's complete collaborative action plan for Year Two, click here.
Year Three (2010-2011)
During the third year, Philadelphia continued implementing and evaluating their collaborative action plan in order to achieve the following three goals: 1) increase access to sexual health services for youth in Philadelphia, 2) increase community awareness of sexual health resources for youth, and 3) use findings from the program evaluation of the Philadelphia High School STD Screening Program to implement improvements.
Key Accomplishments:
To review Philadelphia's complete collaborative action plan for Year Three, click here.
Lessons Learned for Other Local Health Departments


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UNDP puts forward new approach to speed up progress on MDGsSep 22, 2010
The framework identifies key barriers and practical local solutions
New York —The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented today the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Acceleration Framework, an innovative approach designed to help countries identify and resolve barriers to eradicating extreme poverty, and achieving sustainable development.
The Framework was presented at an event entitled Turning evidence into practice: Learning from what works to accelerate MDG progress held during the world leaders' Summit to review progress on the MDGs, eight internationally-agreed goals aimed at reducing poverty and improving education, health, gender equality and environmental sustainability by 2015.
"I look forward to seeing the MDG Acceleration Framework play a successful role in helping to deliver a better life for billions of people around the world," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his keynote address.
"The MDG Acceleration Framework provides a systematic way of identifying bottlenecks and solutions to address them, helping countries to develop their own action plans," added UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. "There is a wide range of proven policies and interventions that can ensure progress if they are adapted to the national context and when governments take the lead with effective assistance from partners."
This new approach responds to the world leaders' calls emerging out of the Summit to heighten efforts to meet the MDGs by the 2015 deadline. It also addresses disparities and inequalities, one of the major causes of uneven MDG progress across and within countries, by responding to the needs of the most vulnerable —the poorest of the poor, women and ethnic minorities.
Ten countries began to pilot this approach earlier this year with the support of UNDP and the broader UN system. The pilot countries —from different regions— each chose particular off-track targets as their main focus area and identified the constraints to faster progress, practical solutions to address them, and partners to implement those solutions.
Togo, one of the pilot countries, identified the lack of access to fertilisers, improved seeds and support to farmers as a major obstacle to progress towards the poverty goal. The government brought together a range of partners to identify the best solutions from within Togo, and from other countries facing similar challenges. They included introducing revolving loans and vouchers to help small farmers buy fertilisers and improved seeds, and increasing support such as skills training to small farmers, especially women.
"In Togo, the MDG Acceleration Framework has helped to analyse the obstacles to improving agricultural productivity and proposed proven acceleration solutions," said Prime Minister of Togo Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo on the first day of the Summit.
Other pilot countries have applied similar principles. Ghana and Uganda are both working on improving maternal health. Belize is focusing on improving access to water and sanitation. The Governments of Jordan and Tanzania are using the Acceleration Framework approach to enhance food and nutrition security. In Tajikistan, work is ongoing to facilitate poor people's access to energy. Papua New Guinea has relied on the framework to improve its attainment of the education goals. Colombia has applied it to tackle deeply-entrenched inequality through local-level planning and action.
Speaking on the panel, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia and President Choummaly Sayasone of Lao PDR outlined the progress of the MDG Acceleration Framework in their countries.
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5 Reasons Why It's Best to Keep Your
Travels within U.S. Borders
Closed Embassies Highlight the Safer, More Care Free
Travel Here at Home, Says Popular Travel Blogger
Citizens of the United States: exercise vigilance if you are out of the country – that's the message from the Obama administration following the recent closings of nearly two dozen U.S. embassies on three continents. But that's no reason to curtail your travel plans. Seeing America, especially with children in tow like blogger and domestic travel expert Alisa Abecassis, can give you a world of excitement.
"The world is an amazing place, but it's not always a friendly one" says Abecassis who provides U.S. family travel resources at ExploreAll50.com. "There is so much to explore right here at home, and you don't have to worry about terrorist attacks, political unrest, or losing your passport!
"Having traveled this country with my three children for the last 10 years in 14 trips covering 42 states on our way to 50, I can give you a million reasons why this is the best place to discover and explore. But I'll start with just five."
Abecassis discusses why American families are better off vacationing right here in the US of A:
? Safety: At the risk of sounding paranoid: Travel to Mexico and you run the risk of being kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug cartel. Travel to China and you run the risk of getting severe food poisoning. "And Europe? – Too many terrorist threats for my taste – train bombings in Spain, riots in France and the list goes on," Abecassis says. "I am all about seeing the world and exploring new frontiers, but right now, too many parts of the world are just not safe if you are traveling with an American passport."
? Money: Sure, places like Australia and New Zealand may be safer than others, but have you checked the prices? It's ridiculously expensive! Despite the long and expensive airplane ride, Aussies come to the states in high numbers, in part, because it's so much cheaper to vacation here. Why not feed your local or state economy? Have a taste for something different? – Travel to Honolulu, Anchorage, or the Florida Keys. When you stay within U.S. borders, you are contributing to the U.S. economy – and getting more bang for your buck.
? History: Consider all the turmoil happening around the globe and contrast it with the peace, stability, wealth and tolerance of America. We are so fortunate to enjoy freedom of speech, the liberation of women, religious tolerance and civil rights for all. Sadly, too many citizens don't fully appreciate the historical forces that gave us these privileges because they just don't know them. Brush up on your history, with a trip to Philadelphia, Gettysburg or Washington, D.C.
? Convenience: Let's face it – Americans like convenience. Global travel not only poses lots of logistical challenges (visas, customs, etc) which can easily become a nightmare, but also some other challenges like currency changes and language barriers just to name a few. On the other hand, you can take a long weekend or an extended vacation and travel anywhere in the states without having to contend with language or major cultural differences.
? Global Influences Here at Home: If you still have a hankering for something with a global feel, you can find those influences all across the USA. We are a country of immigrants, right? It's not just our history, but also our foods, architecture, accents, traditions … you name it. You can learn about Latin America in Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California. You can learn about Scandinavia in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and about Europe in New York, Illinois and Louisiana, just to name a few. You won't need your passport or the obligatory hassle from customs – just an open mind about your own country.
About Alisa Abecassis
Alisa Abecassis is the proud mother of three children – Lilia, 17; Isaac, 15; and Joel, 14. After her marriage ended, she decided it was time to strengthen her family's bonds and personal history by traveling and gaining a better appreciation all 50 United States. Abecassis is a blogger and has a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA.. Contact her on Twitter, @ExploreAll50 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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