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Highlights of the Fiscal Commission Plan
- Nearly $4 trillion in deficit reduction by the end of the decade, more than any effort in history.
- Reduces the deficit to 2.3% of GDP by 2015 (2.4% excluding Social Security reform), exceeding President's goal of primary balance (about 3% of GDP).
- Stabilizes debt by 2014 and reduces debt to 60% of GDP by 2023 and 40% by 2035.
- Balances the primary budget beginning in 2014, brings down the debt as a share of the economy thereafter, and balances the budget completely by 2035.
- Takes a balanced approach to deficit reduction, with a two to one ratio of spending reductions to revenue increases (three to one if reductions in spending on interest are counted).
- Applies discipline to all parts of the budget and goes after every sacred cow, while protecting the most vulnerable and prioritizing high value investments in education, infrastructure, and Research and Development.
- Recommends a tax reform framework which would help rid the tax code of the over $1 trillion in spending in form of so called "tax expenditures," while dramatically bringing down rates.
- Caps revenue at 21% of GDP and gets spending below 22% and eventually to 21%. Ensures that any new revenues go to debt reduction, not new spending
- Ensures lasting Social Security solvency through progressive changes to benefits and revenues, preventing the projected 22% across the board benefit cuts expected to come in 2037 and reducing elderly poverty.
Major Elements
- Discretionary Spending Cuts: Imposes tough discretionary spending caps to force budget discipline. Recommends significant cuts in both security and non-security spending by cutting low-priority programs and streamlining government operations. Offers more than $50 billion in immediate cuts to lead by example, and a total of $200 billion per year in illustrative savings.
- Comprehensive Tax Reform: Sharply reduces rates, broadens the base, simplifies the tax code, and reduces the deficit by reducing the many "tax expenditures" – another name for spending through the tax code. Reforms corporate taxes to make America more competitive, and cap revenue to avoid excessive taxation.
- Health Care Cost Containment: Includes a strict budget of GDP + 1% for health spending along with specific medium-term reductions. Replaces the phantom savings from scheduled Medicare reimbursement cuts that will never materialize and those from a new long-term care program that is unsustainable with real, common-sense reforms to physician payments, rationalizing cost-sharing requirements, malpractice reform, acceleration of successful payment reforms, increased prescription drug discounts, reductions in government-subsidized medical education, and other sources.
- Mandatory Savings: Cuts agriculture subsidies and modernizes military and civil service retirement systems, while reforming student loan programs and putting the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation on a sustainable path.
- Social Security Reforms to Ensure Long-Term Solvency and Reduce Poverty: Ensures sustainable solvency for the next 75 years while reducing poverty among seniors. Reforms Social Security for its own sake, not for deficit reduction.
- Process Changes: Reforms the budget process to ensure the debt remains on a stable path, spending stays under control, inflation is measured accurately, and taxpayer dollars go where they belong.
(Note: Savings totals and deficit and debt levels listed above are quoted as they appeared in the Fiscal Commission report, published December 2010.)
The Fiscal Commission plan would save nearly $4 trillion over the next decade – more than any effort in history.


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In the lead-up to the Australian release of Breaking Dawn – Part Two on Thursday, there is an overwhelming sense the Twilight franchise is further past death than Edward Cullen himself.
It's not just a sense that the end is nigh: the bloggers don't seem to be blogging as feverishly, the fandoms on Tumblr aren't spewing out anticipatory Twilight-related memes, and Robert Pattinson was usurped by Ryan Gosling as Patron Saint of the Teenage Heart long ago.
For this member of Twilight's teen target audience, when interest began to decline, the pride in my generation grew. As a friend of mine said: "At some point, it became 'cool' to hate Twilight."
Just look at Google Trends. In July last year, during the release of the final Harry Potter film, searches for Potter-related terms were at their second-highest in the series' lifespan. But in the lead-up to the final Twilight film there is roughly half as much interest as there was in the previous film.
Why does Twilight seem to be suffering a premature death? The first reason may not alarm you: Twilight just isn't that good. As people my age grow up, so do our tastes. Why would we watch a pallid adaption of a mediocre book series when we can get a heavier dosage of angst with Requiem for a Dream or Donnie Darko?
Besides, Harry Potter is able to evolve with his fans because he and his classmates literally grow up with them. But by consorting with forever-young vampires, Bella remained in arrested development.
The TV shows and movies that fed off Twilight's popularity might have also contributed to the downfall of the vampire genre. Shows such as True Blood and The Vampire Diaries seem perfectly suited to the older Twilight fans who might want a little more MA material with the supernatural. In the end, they got their fill from more sophisticated Twilight imitators. In a market-based economy where sex is the commodity and blood is the currency, Twilight couldn't stay competitive.
Tumblr – the official barometer of our teenage obsessions – shows a growing cynicism about the series. There are pithy posts such as "No one hates Twilight more than Robert Pattinson" (who has, in recent months, become quite vocal about his ambivalence regarding the series).
It doesn't matter whether the final Twilight movie is good or bad. The remaining fans will see it regardless of the reviews, and the producers no longer have to sustain (or give the pretense of) quality, as the series is in its waning moments. What the series really tells us, and this is more significant than any clash between living and dead, vampire and werewolf, love and hate, is that we, as consumers of entertainment, are becoming increasingly vampiric, sucking on the lifeblood of a series until we are bloated, then moving onto our next pop-culture prey.

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JetBlue Airways apologized after removing a passenger from her flight because she was on a no-fly list. The passenger looks innocent enough — maybe because she's 18 months old. Her mother told WPBF-TV in Florida that the idea her daughter is a threat was "absurd" and "made no sense."


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A community of learners: Evangel partners with Weller Elementary to enhance lives of local families
November 6, 2013 | Michaela Smith
Evangel University student teachers spend hours each semester in local public schools. This not only helps them apply what they are learning and sharpen their classroom skills, but it helps them get to know their community and the needs that exist for elementary school students.
"Each year, the Evangel University Education Department meets with the principal of Weller Elementary, Marilyn Monroe, and creates an action plan based on the school's improvement plan," says Dr. Colleen Hardy, department chair. "This year, each department on campus has committed to providing household items to the Family Pride Store at Weller."
The new store, which was launched this fall and is designed to reward parents for school involvement, is a follow-up to the Panther Pride Store, which rewards students for good behavior. Both stores were developed through the Cents of Pride organization founded by 1986 Evangel graduate Kim Acuff.
"In the spring of 2009, Cents of Pride began as a partnership between two Springfield, Missouri elementary schools – Walt Disney Elementary, the sponsor school, and Weller Elementary, the host school," Acuff says. "Students from the sponsor school collect items and donate them to a 'store' at the host school – a Title I school – to purchase with 'currency' earned for positive behavior."
Since the Panther Pride Store was such a success at Weller, Monroe knew that she wanted to do more. In her experience, parental involvement at Weller, a Title I school, had been rare. She wanted to see this change.
"A couple of years after the Panther Pride Store was established, and knowing our vision at Weller was always to get more parents involved in their child's education, I toyed with the idea of having a parent pride store. It seemed like a nice concept, but how?" she says.
Five years after the Panther Pride Store launched, Monroe met with Acuff and the Cents of Pride executive board to present her idea of Weller's Family Pride Store.
The board supported her idea, and the Family Pride store was launched. Parents can spend their "Pride Bucks" purchasing diapers, laundry detergent or toiletries for their families.
"Parents earn their Pride Bucks for volunteering at the school," Monroe says. "This helps meet their basic needs as well as gets them in school and involved in their child's education. They are becoming comfortable with the school setting, even though they might not have had the best school experience when they were a child.
"We logged 428 volunteer hours in the first month of the store's existence. I could tell from the parents' faces they really took pride in volunteering."
A rewarding partnership
Evangel University serves as a sponsor for Weller Elementary's Family Pride Store. Dr. Kelly Sutherland, professor of education, acts as the liaison and organizer between Evangel and Weller.
The Education Department collects items from all Evangel departments on the first Friday of each month. They are delivered to Weller in time for the monthly opening of the Family Pride Store. Additional sponsors for the Weller Elementary stores include Disney Elementary, High Street Baptist Church and BKD.
"Everyone at Evangel has been supportive of this project as we partner with Weller," Sutherland says. "Weller is hoping that the Family Pride program will promote and build trust between families and the school and help parents internalize the value and importance of education and volunteerism."
"Five years after the onset of the Panther Pride Store at Weller, and with the support of the Cents of Pride board, we are scaling new heights with the Family Pride Store," Monroe says. "Because of the involvement of our caring sponsors, many kids and families have been given the gift of a 'Cents of Pride.' It is an amazing story with many giving individuals at the heart of it!"
How to Donate
To donate to Weller's Family Pride Store, contact Evangel University's Education Department at (417) 865-2811, ext. 8548.
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CyanogenMod Shows Off Android On the HP TouchPad 117
adeelarshad82 writes "While a $99 TouchPad running webOS is a pretty good deal on its own, most of us got it hoping developers would eventually figure out how to run Android on it. And though we were warned against wandering off to the darker side, it seems the developers behind CyanogenMod wanted the device to boldly go where no TouchPad has gone before. In a video demonstration, they show off a very early version of its software running Android 2.3.5 on a TouchPad."


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On Tuesday voters passed Thackerville Public Schools latest bond issue with 76 percent of the vote. It's a commitment worth more than $4 million to build a new elementary school.
Kristi Mansfield is a parent with three kids in Thackerville schools and has a list of reasons to look forward to the new building.
"Space was the biggest I think and just the age of the school," she said. "It's going to be nice to have security, bigger rooms."
Four million dollars will buy 12 classrooms, a media center, a multipurpose room and an administration area. Thackerville Superintendent Greg Raper said the schools now teach 280 students, and this project will accommodate at least 300 new students they expect to gain after the Winstar apartments are finished.
"The facilities that we have now aren't able to handle that," said Raper. "So if we build these facilities they would be able to handle up to three or four hundred elementary students in that one facility."
Taxpayers will pick up the bill with a 25 percent increase to property taxes, a price Mansfield is willing to pay.
"Anything that will help our kids, and mine will definitely benefit from it directly so it was worth it," she said.
Thackerville schools plans to start construction January of next year and finish in the spring of 2015.


text: Chinese-American mom Amy Chua sparked a firestorm in the parenting world with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. She credited her strict Asian-American parenting style with her kids' success. But what are the downsides? Host Michel Martin is joined by Asian-American parents to talk about how they're now bringing up their own kids.


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Feds Got Reporter's Phone, Credit Card & Bank Records In Trying To Track Leaker
from the going-too-far dept
The latest is the report that came out late last week that the government, in going after leakers, got access to reporter James Risen's phone records, bank details and credit card statements. As the report notes, this is pretty extreme:
Although there have been other public controversies over subpoenas -- real and threatened -- to reporters in recent years, there have been few, if any, cases in which it has been documented that federal prosecutors obtained the bank records and credit reports of journalists.It's not entirely clear if all of these activities took place under the Obama administration or previous administrations, but multiple people quoted in the article say this kind of activity has been much more common in the Obama Justice Department. For a President who has positioned himself as being a big supporter of press freedoms, this looks really hypocritical. Spying on reporters is bad. As the report notes, Risen was subpoenaed directly twice, but both times a judge reasonably quashed the subpoenas. So, for the administration to basically go around all that and get records from others is pretty bad.


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That's what deputy administrator Fred Gregory said Tuesday. He and two other NASA officials were unwilling to talk publicly about what is likely to be the board's most far-reaching recommendation: changing NASA's culture.
Gregory and the two other officials spoke at a news conference today while visiting the Kennedy Space Center for discussions on how NASA is preparing to return the space shuttle fleet to service.
The window for launching a shuttle is March 11 to April 6.
The officials met with members of a board chartered to help the agency implement the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
The task group is scheduled to meet tomorrow with the accident board chairman, retired Navy Admiral Harold Gehman-junior, and hold its first public meeting Thursday.


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The Great GTC Meet - Where Disciplines Converge
The GPU Technology Conference hosted by NVIDIA is the perfect breeding ground for ideas, collaborations, enrichment and much more with all the like-minded folks coming together to share their experiences and findings of the world of GPU computing . The ground is practically teeming with GPU programmers, graphics designers, research heads, solution providers and more. This also means NVIDIA's top staff is available around the clock for the duration of this show to facilitate, assist and take in feedback from participants for their future progression. For us, this is an added bonus as we get to pick on various product managers and experts from NVIDIA on their progress in various verticals. We managed to get in touch with high flying executives like Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, Bill Dally, Chief Scientist (VP of Research), Andy Keane, GM of GPU Computing, Matt Wuebbling, Senior Product Manager for Notebooks and Tegra, and many other figureheads. Since NVIDIA's involvement in the industry reaches several verticals, we'll share with you the concise version of our findings for easy reading.
GP-GPU Computing
With the first GTC held in 2009, the GPU computing scene has achieved 'lift off' status with several experimental aspects. This year, Jen-Hsun Huang believes the industry would have reached 'escape velocity' as GP-GPU enabled programs go in to production. Next year, the market would probably have experienced the outcome of GP-GPU programs, build case studies, share success stories and drive even greater momentum for GPU computing.
Additional Notes on the CUDA Momentum
We've covered a bunch of new updates and the uptake of CUDA in a recent article, so here's a few more points to add on from our discussions with the executives:-
- The recent PGI CUDA C (CUDA-x86) wasn't meant to get multi-core CPUs to match the performance of a many-core GPU. Most apps do not scale linearly with the number of cores. The problem is with coherency and there's not enough memory bandwidth.
- Even if the scalability isn't perfect. If CUDA programs can run on a 1000-core cluster, and can achieve a speed-up over a non-CUDA version, then there's still much to benefit from.
- The most important thing is that CUDA apps can now run everywhere on the widely available x86 platform. And so increasing CUDA apps' usefulness.
- For many general users, CUDA has yet to make a notable impact. Jen-Hsun believes Image Processing is a key area where CUDA can make a difference as it is the most important consumer application that can benefit from parallel computing architecture.
- As shown by the Adobe demo (pictured below and with video), computational photography (not digital photography) is the future of photography. For NVIDIA, this is an important area of interest and one that they would invest a great deal in the future.
- Last but not least, our media roundtable session had an interesting question if NVIDIA should open a CUDA app store to encourage more developers to get into the game? NVIDIA thought it was an interesting idea which they could probably venture into later. For now there haven't been plans for such.
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Matt Sjoberg is courting Atul Thakrar's business.
Sjoberg, veteran director of business development for the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board (IRRB), last week was pitching an Iron Range location for a third plant that likely will be announced later this year by the CEO of Segetis.
Golden Valley-based Segetis, which raised $25 million in a fourth round of venture capital last year, is a growing "green chemistry" company that develops and manufacturers plant-based resins that replace petroleum used in commercial cleaning solutions, plastics and synthetics.
Thakrar, the four-year CEO who arrived at Segetis after 25 years mostly in the chemical industry, said during a brief conversation last week that he needs to add more production space on top of the company's 40-person Golden Valley operations center and pilot plant, and a plant in western Wisconsin. The orders are coming and Segetis expects to announce a decision by year-end.
Sjoberg was waving the northeastern Minnesota flag at a conference on public-private partnerships at the University of St. Thomas sponsored by the Collaborative, a nonprofit that brings together financiers, dealmakers and growing companies. Sjoberg and Thakrar huddled during a conference break. Segetis is being pursued by a number of localities in several states and Canada.
Gary Halleen, CEO of API Outsourcing, and Bob Menne, president of Premier Plastics, which operate plants on the Range, praised their northeastern Minnesota workforces and the IRRB, a regional economic development agency charged with diversifying the Range economy using funds from a taconite production tax.
robotics alley acquired by event group
The Event Group, a Minnesota-based event management and marketing firm, has acquired the fast-growing Robotics Alley Conference (www.roboticsalley.org).
Andrew Borene, an executive of ReconRobotics who was overseeing Robotics Alley as a division of the company, said the decision was made to sell the trade group operation for an unspecified sum because of its growth and success. The Event Group already operates the LifeScience Alley Conference and the Cyber Security Summit, "two events which consistently bring international attention to Minnesota's leading businesses," Borene said. "They will take the Robotics Alley Conference to new heights."
The conference was founded by ReconRobotics, maker of small "throwbots" for use by police and military, and the Minnesota High Tech Association, which will continue to be involved. Borene will move from management to chair the advisory board.
The inaugural Robotics Alley Conference involved 200 people meeting for an afternoon in 2011. The two-day event coming Nov. 12-13 at St. Paul's RiverCentre already has signed up 500 industry and academic attendees. The agenda includes a "STEM Showcase" to highlight regional science, technology, engineering and math student achievement, as well as a slew of experts in law, government, international trade and unmanned systems talking about everything from international trade to policy and ethical considerations in surveillance systems.
"From farming to mining, food production to manufacturing, hazardous cleaning to border security, the potential for robotic solutions is broad," said Adam Marsh, director of research and development at Shoreview-based PaR Systems. "Robotics Alley is a conduit for growth, collaboration and communication of these opportunities … for the Midwest."
changes at Carlson units
July has been a transition month for two divisions of travel and hospitality giant Carlson.
The Minnetonka-based company's Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group announced the appointment of Rachel Marrett as senior vice president for customer engagement. Marrett is best known in the Twin Cities as the first and only female president of the Campbell Mithun advertising agency. But her pedigree goes back to Carlson, where she had a marketing leadership role from 1991 to 2001.
At Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Håkan Ericsson, president of the Americas division, announced that he is leaving the company next month to take a job in his native Sweden as CEO of PostNord, a postal company that is 60 percent owned by the Swedish government and 40 percent owned by the Danish government. A search is underway for a successor. Ericsson headed the Americas division of Carlson Wagonlit Travel for the last year and a half.
• It's In The Bag, the successful plastic bag and film recycling program operated by the Minnesota Waste Wise Foundation, has been turned over to the Recycling Association of Minnesota. The 10-year-old initiative, which provides plastic-recycling containers at retailers, is a job-producing enterprise at the intersection of waste reduction, environment and industry. Work crews from vocational centers collect and transport the plastic material to a processing facility where workers sort, bale and ship the material to Trex Co. It is feedstock for composite lumber used to construct decks and railings. Nearly 500,000 pounds of plastic was collected last year. Maggie Mattacola, director of the Recycling Association, said the program will be expanded and complements existing programs that target beverage containers and holiday lights.
• The White Bear Yacht Club has completed a $3.2 million renovation, the largest in its 124-year history, including two new swimming pools, a complete shoreline-restoration project and a state-of-the-art water quality management system.
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You've watched the Celtic Women specials on KLRU, now see them perform live in Austin. Celtic Woman will perform Isle of Hope live in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, at the Frank Erwin Center. KLRU and the Erwin Center are giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets to the show. Enter your email address between now and April 15. Winners will be chosen at random. You will need to be able to pick up your tickets on April 16 or 17 at KLRU.
Celtic Woman ushers Celtic music into the 21st century, putting a distinctively Ga'lic twist on ethereal contemporary songs (Enya's 'Orinoco Flow,' "May It Be,' the theme from 'Lord of the Rings') and timeless classics ('Ave Maria,' 'Somewhere'), a modern flair on traditional Irish songs, and their own personal stamp on spellbinding original songs, all with exciting new arrangements.


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Galax is planning to use savings from the Glendale Road project to make improvements to U.S. 58, from just west of downtown to the western city limits, City Manager Keith Barker told Galax City Council on Monday.
The city had planned to spend more than $3 million in Virginia Department of Transportation money to make improvements to the Glendale Road/East Stuart Drive intersection near Subway restaurant, but instead spent $1.2 million after reducing the scale of the project, which wrapped up last year.
HILLSVILLE — One Dugspur resident and three people from Hillsville were charged when town police went to investigate an April 16 domestic disturbance.
Hillsville police report that Terry Jean Walls, 39, of Dugspur and William Brent Walls, 21, of Hillsville each were charged with one count of assault and battery.
Brianna Lashei Floyd, 21, of Hillsville was charged with two counts of assault and battery, police say.
Justin Lee Quesenberry, 26, of Hillsville was arrested on a fugitive warrant from South Carolina.
LAMBSBURG — The owner/operator of a Fancy Gap garage remained in a North Carolina hospital Tuesday after a work-related accident Monday at Love's Truck Stop.
Emergency officials said that Victor Allen was attempting to tow a recreational vehicle when it rolled off and struck and injured him.
INDEPENDENCE –– Grayson County cleared a big early hurdle in its Mountain Empire District baseball schedule, holding off Fort Chiswell 7-6 Friday at GNB Park.
The Blue Devils (3-6 overall, 2-0 district) led 7-4 when the Pioneers made a charge in the top of the sixth, scoring twice and loading the bases with one out before a 4-6-3 double play ended the threat. Matt Cornett retired the side in the top of the seventh for the complete game win.
HILLSVILLE –– The start of the district baseball schedule is always worthy of attention, especially if it involves the two teams picked 1-2 in the league. Sometimes there is just a little something to make it a tad more interesting.
Friday, it was the kid on the mound for Tazewell.
ABINGDON –– A two-out, three-run rally in the third inning put Abingdon on top to stay and the Falcons held off Carroll County 7-5 in a Southwest District baseball game Tuesday night.
With the game tied at 2-2, nobody on and two outs, Abingdon ninth-place hitter Austin Dove kept the inning going with a single, and leadoff man Jacob Meade tripled to center to drive in the go-ahead run. Meade scored on Travis Shrewsbury's single, and Shrewsbury later scored on a wild pitch for a 5-2 Falcons lead.
A senior project at Galax High School proved to be a big success on April 14, as Allison White organized and carried out the Jimmy Cockerham Scholarship Fund Volleyball Tournament. Twelve teams entered the tournament and more than 100 people attended. The winning team consisted of Tim Burton, Ashley Surber, Cindy Rudy, Steve Burcham, Robin Pack and Dennis Vass.
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Arsenal are keeping tabs on highly-rated Reading youngster Sean Morrison, reports the Daily Star.
The 21-year-old defender only made his Premier League debut this month, but so impressive have his performances been, that he's already caught the eye of a number of managers, including England U21 boss Stuart Pearce.
Arsene Wenger is believed to have sent scouts to watch Morrison in action against Wigan Athletic at the weekend, as he considers an attempt to bring him to the Emirates Stadium.
The 6ft 4in stopper was Reading's standout player on his league debut against QPR at the start of the month, and has continued to excel in five appearances for Brian McDermott's side since, including the Capital One Cup clash against Arsenal at the Madejski Stadium.
However, the Royals are in a strong position should the Gunners firm up their interest in January, having tied Morrison down to a four-year deal until 2016 last month.
Last season, the centre-back was playing on loan at Huddersfield in League One, after moving to Reading from Swindon Town in January 2011. His rapid rise to prominence is testament to his hard-working nature and undoubted potential, which could still earn him a big-money move to Arsenal in the New Year.
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Someone else substituting "rude" for "I don't like it."
Made my wedding dress so it would be the exact way I wanted it. Went with a pumpkin pie filling orange with the sleeves lining a light yellow Lord of the Rings elf type gown. It fit perfectly and I received many complements. I'm not a fan of tradition, and even more so of some stranger telling what to wear.
^^^K_Bear, in one of the threads on the hells bells site, there is a dress like that - here is the link to the story http://etiquettehell.com/hellsbells/?p=5682and I think in the comments the owner of the dress (she did ivory with a black overlay) gives a link to the dress name/store.
I love that black is now being shown for weddings, so much more practical than most gowns.
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Set Your Tivos: 01.06.09Posted by nvr1983 on January 6th, 2009
With most conference schedules starting to get into full swing, I thought I would start doing Set Your Tivos daily with a weekend edition to cover the games on Saturday and Sunday.
– #5 UConn at #22 West Virginia on ESPNU: Just another night in the Big East for the Huskies, who responded to last week's loss to Georgetown with a 80-49 beatdown over an exhausted Rutgers team. Tonight, Jim Calhoun's Huskies go to Morgantown, WV to face Bob Huggins and the Mountaineers. Joe Alexander is gone, but Alex Ruoff and Da'Sean Butler have stepped up to fill the void. The Mountaineers have been impressive this season with wins over Ohio State (on the road), Iowa, Ole Miss (on the road), and Cleveland State. However, their lack of a solid interior presence could mean a big game for Hasheem Thabeet IF (big if) the Huskies decide to use him. If A.J. Price and the Huskies utilize Thabeet, they should roll in this one.
– Ohio State at #12 Michigan State on ESPN2 and ESPN360.com: The Spartans are finally starting to show the form that earned them an early-season #5 ranking. Honestly, outside of this being a league game, I don't really expect this one to be close just based on the momentum these two teams have (along with the continued absence of David Lighty). Of course, since it's a league game, I'll probably be completely wrong. In either case, this game will be worth watching to see what kind of shape the Buckeyes are in. I don't think they will be able to beat the Spartans in East Lansing if Raymar Morgan and Kalin Lucas are playing well, but it should be entertaining to watch.
– #7 Texas at Arkansas on ESPN2 and ESPN360.com: A week ago I wouldn't have even thought about watching this game and I think the Longhorns may have been just as disinterested. However, with the Razorbacks victory over Oklahoma on New Year's Eve this game has suddenly become more interesting. I'm not quite sure what to make of the Razorbacks who lost to Missouri State back in November, but haven't lost since before Thanksgiving. The key to the game will the play of Michael Washington, the Razorback center who played national POY favorite Blake Griffin to a virtual standstill on New Year's Eve. It will be interesting to see the match-up at the 5 as Rick Barnes will likely counter with Connor Atchley, who has the outside game to take Washington away from the post. I'll also be intrigued to see what Arkansas does to neutralize A.J. Abrams after Willie Warren went for 35 points against the Razorback guards.
– Alabama at #11 Clemson on Fox Sports South and ESPN Full Court: I'm interested in this game more to see if the Tigers are legit. It just seems like they always start the season off undefeated amassing a 15-0 record before falling apart and usually missing the NCAA tournament. However, this year they managed to win a few good out-of-conference games (Temple along with road wins at Illinois, Miami, and South Carolina). The Crimson Tide will need big games out of their backcourt of Alonzo Gee, Ronald Steele, and Senario Hillman if they want to pull off the upset. The Tigers will need to start winning games like this if they ever want to break into the ACC elite and compete with UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest for a league title.
– #14 Purdue at Penn State on The Big Ten Network: The Boilermakers will be looking to rebound after opening Big Ten playing with an OT loss to Illinois. Prior to that, the Boilermakers had been playing very well with a big win over Davidson. They will have to do it against the Nittany Lions who also are coming off a loss (at Wisconsin). The game will likely come down to how each team's top 3 players play. The Boilermakers will be relying on E'Twaun Moore, Robbie Hummel, and JaJuan Johnson while the Nittany Lions will count on Talor Battle, Jamelle Cornley, and Stanley Pringle (possibly the only college basketball player in the nation who would be advised to stay out of the library).


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Rangel, Monk, Williams, Davies
Ki, Britton
Hernandez, De Guzman, Routledge
Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole
Ramires, Lampard
Oscar, Mata, Hazard
Swansea have a relatively clean bill of health, though will be without Kemy Agustien and Neil Taylor (both ankle).
Central defender Chico (knee) is a major doubt for the game, so Garry Monk – who started against Stoke at the weekend – is expected to continue in his absence.
Michael Laudrup has selected Gerhard Tremmel in all of Swansea's Capital One Cup ties so far and the German keeper should start again on Wednesday night.
Rafa Benitez remains without Nigerian duo Victor Moses and John Obi Mikel, both of whom are on Africa Cup of Nations duty.
David Luiz is unlikely to feature, having picked up an ankle injury which ruled him out of Chelsea's 2-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday.
Oriol Romeu is the only long-term absentee, but the unavailability of the Spaniard as well as Mikel means the 34-year-old Frank Lampard is likely to start his fourth game in just 11 days.
- Swansea have lost just one of their last nine games, a 1-0 defeat against Arsenal in the FA Cup third-round replay.
- The Welsh club haven't been beaten at home since December 8, and have lost just twice at the Liberty Stadium all season, while only the top three and Arsenal have scored more goals at home than Swansea (22).
- Michael Laudrup's side hold this season's Premier League record for the most passes leading to a goal, with 28 passes preceding Michu's strike against Norwich earlier this season.
- Swansea are yet to lose a game in which they have scored first, winning 13 out of the 15 games in which they've opened the scoring this season.
- Swansea are 90 minutes away from a first ever appearance in a major cup final (having lost in the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1926 and 1964), and could become the first Welsh winners of the league cup.
- Chelsea may have struggled at home under Rafa Benitez, but they've won each of their last six away games in all competitions and conceded just 11 times on their travels across the entire season.
- Only Derby County's Michael Jacobs (five) has more assists than Juan Mata in this season's Capital One Cup, while Swansea's Danny Graham (pictured) is the joint-second highest scorer.
- Chelsea have drawn 1-1 with Swansea on their last two visits to south Wales, and haven't won away to the Welsh club since 1983.
- The Blues have won more penalties than any other side this year (eight), and have converted seven.
- The reigning European champions have won 50 per cent of the league matches in which they have trailed this season, but never overturned more than a one goal deficit.


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Hanover, N.H. – The Harvard women's
basketball team fell to Dartmouth, 64-51, in the Ivy League finale
Tuesday night at a packed Leede Arena. The Crimson battled its
rival for 40 minutes but came up short as the Big Green pulled away
late in the second half.
Freshman Brogan Berry scored a team-high 12 points on a 5-for-10 shooting performance. Sophomore Emma Markley was the only other Crimson to score in double figures as she put up 11 points. Classmate Claire Wheeler pulled down a team-high six rebounds for the Crimson (19-9, 11-3 Ivy League). Brittney Smith was one of three Big Green (18-10, 13-1 Ivy) players in double figures with 19.
Smith scored the first basket of the game for the Big Green after 30 seconds of action. Fourteen seconds later, Berry drained a long-range shot to put the visiting team up 3-2 after less than a minute on the court. The Crimson denied Dartmouth on its next play and took a 5-2 lead on a Jackie Alemany lay-up shortly after. Smith, Darcy Rose and Koren Schram put up points to give the home team an 8-5 lead with 16:17 left in the first half. Markley found the bottom of the hoop for Harvard's first basket in over three minutes and cut the lead to 8-7.
Dartmouth scored seven-straight points to open up its largest lead thus far, 14-7 with 11:56 remaining. Two shots from Claire Wheeler at the free throw line cut the deficit to five. The Big Green dominated on the glass early in the game, holding a 20-6 advantage in that category midway through the first session. Rose and Smith combined for four tallies and gave their team a double-digit lead, 19-9, with 8:00 left in the first half.
A free throw and a jumper from senior Emma Moretzsohn chopped the lead to 21-14 with 6:29 on the clock. Harvard cut the lead to seven twice over the next four minutes, but a 5-0 run, including a Smith three-pointer, gave the Big Green a 12-point advantage, 28-16. Another Moretzsohn basket and a trey from Christine Matera in the final two minutes of the half allowed the Crimson to get within 28-21 heading into the locker room.
Smith led all players with eight points at the half, while Berry had five for the Crimson. The Big Green held a 33-13 advantage on the glass. Harvard shot 28.6 from the field, while Dartmouth managed 31.3 percent.
Berry drained a long jumper to close the gap at five in the opening seconds of the second stanza, before Smith and Schram scored back-to-back buckets to bring the lead back into double figures. Markley powered through the lane for her third basket of the game to cut it to single digits with 18:23 left in the contest. But a three point-play from Smith – making a lay-up and the ensuing free throw after a foul was called on Wheeler – gave the home team a 36-25 lead with 17:02 on the clock. The two teams traded baskets on their next possessions, Harvard made two key stops and used a 5-0 run, which included another Matera triple, to make it a six-point game (38-32) with 12 minutes remaining.
Dartmouth scored seven of the next 10 points, including a Schram trey to go take a 47-35 advantage with 8:37 left to play, and force Kathy Delaney-Smith to call a timeout. Coming out of the 30-second break, Matera and Markley found the bottom of the hoop and cut the deficit to eight (47-39). Rose gave the Big Green its largest lead of the game at 13 (54-41) with just over five minutes to play. A foul by Smith sent Markley to the line where she made one of her two free throws. In a fight for the rebound on Markley's second shot, Wheeler committed her fifth foul of the game and sent Schram to the charity stripe where she made point and increased Dartmouth's lead to 56-42.
The Crimson responded with five-straight points from Tay that cut the lead to single digits with 3:51 left in the game. But a 6-2 scoring advantage for the Big Green increased the home teams lead to 13 (62-49) with 2:12 remaining. Delaney-Smith called another timeout. Harvard put the pressure on, using a full-court press and forced a Dartmouth turnover with 1:47 on the scoreboard. But a missed shot and an Alemany foul sent Schram to the line, where she made both shots. This put the Big Green up 15. Berry scored her game-leading 12th point of the game with a jumper. Dartmouth managed to hold onto the ball for the final minute of play and claim the outright Ivy League title.
The Crimson was held to a 36.8 percent shooting effort from the field, while the Big Green connected on 41.4 percent of its shots. Dartmouth dominated on the glass, outrebounding the Crimson 51-27.
The Crimson's season is not over as Harvard accepted an invitation to the WNIT. The WNIT brackets will be announced Monday, March 16 after the NCAA Selection show.
Crimson Falls to Dartmouth; Headed to WNIT
Hanover, N.H. – The Harvard women's
basketball team fell to Dartmouth, 64-51, in the Ivy League finale
Tuesday night at a packed Leede Arena. The Crimson battled its
rival for 40 minutes but came up short as the Big Green pulled away
late in the second half.


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MCLA Men Fall in League Final
The stands in the Amsler Campus Center were filled on Saturday as the Trailblazers vied for the MASCAC championship.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts was a winner before the tipoff of Saturday's Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference men's basketball championship game.
And even though the the Trailblazers lost, 80-72, what they gained might last far beyond the 2012-13 season.
Playing for their first NCAA tournament bid in a generation, the 'Blazers drew a packed house in the Amsler Campus Center, and the large crowd was treated to an thrilling, back-and-forth contest that had a little of everything — except a victory for the home team.
"For the athletic program in general, we've got incredible support for our teams," MCLA Athletic Director Scott Nichols said after fifth-seeded Fitchburg upended the 'Blazers in the conference final. "But this event today — I've never seen a crowd like this since I've been here, 17 years. We've been in conference tournaments before, and we've had great support. But this was amazing to me."
MCLA senior forward Vernon Cross was as torn up as anyone about coming up on the short end of the score, but he marveled at the masses of blue-and-gold-clad fans who turned out for the Saturday matinee.
"It meant the world to us," Cross said. "We've got classmates, teachers, the president of the school in the stands. That means everything to us. It helps us out on the court when we have more than just our housemates in the stands. You have everyone in the school there. It helps you play harder."
And while the student section was packed and raucous all afternoon, the support went beyond those classmates Cross recognized.
"We had a lot of community support," Nichols said. "There were a lot of faces I saw in the gym today that I haven't seen in my 17 years here, which is a great thing for the program.
"Because I think they'll be back. There was a great atmosphere, and I think people will come back.
"I'm really excited for everybody."
The 'Blazers fell 80-72 to Framingham after a star season. See more photos here.
Cross and three other MCLA seniors will not be back — in uniform — next season, but most of the roster will return from a squad that opened the year 3-9 but won 11 of its next 14 to earn a berth in the title game.
Fitchburg (16-10) won its eighth game in 10 starts, including three straight road MASCAC tournament games to earn its first ever conference title.
The Falcons fell behind by eight at the break on Saturday afternoon thanks to stifling defense and strong rebounding by MCLA (14-13).
The 'Blazers outrebounded their visitors, 21-14, in the first 20 minutes on the way to a 35-27 lead. MCLA also held Fitchburg to 36 percent shooting from the floor and neutralized first-team all-conference center Zach Zalliere, who had six points and just three rebounds at intermission.
Zalliere scored nine points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked five shots in the second half while Fitchburg forward Tom Henneberry and guard Mike Ingram-Rubin combined for 28 second half points.
The Falcons earned a 29-20 edge on the glass after half-time, and MCLA coach Jamie Morrison knew his team was in trouble when Fitchburg grabbed three offensive rebounds on its first five possessions of the second half.
"In the second half in the first four minutes, they got a lot of second and third opportunities that kept them in the game," Morrison said. "We were getting first stops defensively, but we weren't getting the rebound. That kept them in the game at that point because I really felt like we had an opportunity to go up 10, 12, 14 points, but the second chances kept them in that six, seven range."
MCLA took its last eight-point lead when John Jones scored two of his game-high 16 in transition to make it 41-33.
Fitchburg responded with an 11-3 run that tied the game for the first time since it was 21-21 with about six minutes left in the first half. Henneberry cappee the run with a drive on the right wing to make it 44-44.
Moments later, Henneberry picked off a careless pass on the perimeter and went the other way to make it 48-46 and spark a 13-5 run that gave the Falcons a 59-51 lead with 8 minutes, 39 seconds left to play.
MCLA made one more run of its own, using its full-court press to help trim an 11-point bulge down to two when Ramon Viches sank a pair of foul shots to make it 72-70 with 1:53 on the clock.
But Fitchburg then broke the press for a Valliere dunk to make it a four-point game, and MCLA's next posssession sealed its fate.
First, Jones tied up Hanneberry on a rebound, and the 'Blazers got the ball on the alternating possesion. Then MCLA got the ball on a team rebound. Then MASCAC Rookie of the Year Paul Maurice grabbed an offensive rebound to give his team another chance to make it a two-point game, but Valliere blocked MCLA's next shot into the hands of Ingram-Rubin, who was fouled and hit both his free throws to make it 76-70 with 1:09 left.
Jones got to the line one more time and made it a four-point game with 39 ticks left, but Fitchburg made four more from the line down the stretch to secure the school's first MASCAC men's basketball title.
The Falcons will find out Monday where they will play their opener in the NCAAs. MCLA last went to the NCAA men's basketball tournament at the end of the 1989-90 season.
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Toy House and Baby Too in Jackson is giving away $200 worth of toys to every school district in Jackson County. The Toy House will donate the 20 boxes filled with toys on Saturday, as part of its third annual "Neighborhood Toy Store Day."
Toy House is one of four stores across the country chosen to donate the nearly $5,000 worth of toys, in conjunction with TDmonthly Magazine and toy manufacturers across the country.
The store will also have five boxes it is inviting its customers to give away. On Saturday, five names will be drawn of people who get to donate the packages of toys to their non-profit of choice.
Phil Wrzesinski owns Toy House and Baby Too. He says he hopes to show schools that toys can be a great part of curriculum.
There are a lot of lessons in all types of toys," said Wrzesinski. "Cooperation, communication, problem-solving, negotiation - all skills kids need later in life and they get many of those skills from the types of toys they play with."
Wrzesinski's grandparents founded the store in 1949, and it's grown to be the largest, independent, family-owned toy store in the country. Toy House focuses on selling unique, high-quality toys you can't find anywhere else.
Toy House and Baby Too (at 400 North Mechanic St. in Jackson) is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The schools will pick up their boxes then, and anyone is invited for all the other fun events the Toy House has planned as part of their Neighborhood Toy Store Day.
There will be a Lego contest, a yo-yo competition, and other free give-aways and prizes.


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Turn your monitor off, go get some sleep. It was a long day, we're all dissapointed with the outcome.
But we need to remember something. The sun will rise in the morning. Your life will still be moving along. The Founding Fathers gave us a tool to exact change in our country. We just used it. In two years we will use it again, and two years following that again. Sometimes the tool will work for us, sometimes it will not. Whatever happens because of it, we cannot control. We can just live with it as best we can.
So everyone should take a deep breath, let it out, and just go on remembering that life is not all about what happens in Washington DC. Sure, things may change for the worse, but you did what you could, now it's best to just accept it and continue on with life, and wait for that next chance to get those tools out again.
Or you can continue to be angry, hate the world, wail impotently, and gnash your teeth.
Do what you want, but I for one am just going to accept the situation we're in and continue on with my life. I feel I'll be much happier that way.


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It's 9 p.m.—already well past bedtime—and your little one is still buzzing about the house in his or her favorite footie pajamas begging to play with just one more toy for just five more minutes. Whether it's because they are restless or afraid of the dark, looming shadows in their room, getting kids down at the end of a long day can be a challenge. While you'd probably like the toy box to stay shut so you can get them off to bed, there are actually some great toys on the market that can assist you in this (often) headache-inducing process.
Part of the Baby's First line, from Goldberger Toys, Dino Roar is great for kids who get scared when bedtime rolls around. The adorable baby doll is dressed in a pink or blue dinosaur costume, so both boys and girls can enjoy the security Dino provides. Little ones can press Dino's belly for a "roar" sound that's sure to intimidate any scary monsters lingering in the closet or under the bed. Dino's glowing face and soft feel give kids ages 18 months and up security while falling asleep.
For kids a bit older, Starshine Watchdogs, from Kellytoy USA, are ready to protect and serve at bedtime. Orion (blue) and Skye (pink) are cuddly plush puppies. They each say reassuring phrases, such as "don't worry, I'm here," and "all secure, sleep tight." By pressing Orion or Skye's right paw, the included Star Light nightlight illuminates the room, but automatically shuts off after a few minutes. Parents can even purchase additional Star Lights for other areas of the house, in case kids need to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom or get a glass of water. The bright star on the puppies' chest also glows when kids press their left paw. These pups are great for travel.
Night lights are great for kids who have trouble with the dark, but throwing their favorite characters into the mix can make them feel even more secure at night. Spot Lite is a line of light-up character-based products from Tech 4 Kids. Including in the line are Lullalights, which are dome-shaped nightlights that glow and play lullabies. Featuring characters including the Smurfs, Hello Kitty, and Moshi Monsters, Lullalights project a colorful character image on the bedroom ceiling. Nite Friends are shaped nightlights also featuring kids' favorite characters. They have an auto shut-off and are wireless, making them great for travel.
Wall Friends, from Uncle Milton, not only serve as a nightlight, but as a piece of room décor. Available in multiple popular characters including Doc McStuffins, Cinderella, Jake the Pirate, Lightning McQueen, Minnie, and Mickey, Wall Friends easily adhere to bedroom walls. Each Wall Friends includes a remote, so kids can interact with them and hear their favorite characters say familiar phrases without getting out of bed. Wall Friends even feature two brightness settings and an auto shut-off.
All of these innovative products provide parents with an easy way to get their kids safely settled into bed at night. Easing their fears in a fun way with plush, dolls, or their favorite characters will make them stop begging to sleep in mom and dad's room, and keep them better rested for the busy day on the horizon.
For more commentary from Marissa, check back often. Views expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Toy Book as a whole. We hope that you will share your comments and feedback below. Until next time!


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1. When Bella thinks that she has died she states, "If I was in hell, you wouldn't be with me." What do you think she means by that?
~he should go to heaven.
2. In the part where Edward is telling Bella that he should have been more careful before he went to Italy, he says, "What was I supposed to think when the boy said Charlie was at the funeral? What are the odds?" Edward contemplates "the odds" what do you think he is thinking about then?
~The odds. lol and probably wanted to know who's funeral it really was.
3. Edward has a plan for if and when the Volturi come to check on Bella. Do you think the Cullens would actually have a chance against them on their own?
~no i don't think so. that would be awesome if they did.
4. At the end of the chapter Bella decides to put her mortality to a vote. What do you think made her come to this decision? What is Edward thinking when he hears why she wants to go to his house?
~She knows that Edward will be outvoted. He was probably speculating and trying to find a way to convince her to remain mortal.


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It had all the hallmarks of a great night out: good food, good wine, good company.
But Horsley husband Christopher Chand managed to make the evening of April 12 this year memorable for all the wrong reasons, after a scheme to extend the evening and land him some action between the bed sheets left him with a furious wife and a date at Port Kembla Court House.
The evening started off well enough: Chand's wife had asked if the pair could go to Dapto Leagues Club for a rare night out.
Chand agreed to the request, despite having worked all day and having just returned from the gym.
To ensure he stayed awake long enough to enjoy the night, Chand decided to pop one of his Ritalin pills, prescribed to him to treat his diagnosed ADHD.
As the night wore on, Chand's wife grew tired, and at 11pm, wanted to go home.
She agreed to stay longer after some persuading by Chand, and went outside to have a cigarette.
Chand saw a chance and grabbed it with both hands.
Another patron told police she saw him pull a small packet from his jacket pocket, pick something out of it, crush it in his hands and drop it into his wife's wine glass before stirring the drink with a pencil.
Moments later, his wife came back to the table, and continued to drink the wine.
Alarmed, the witness alerted security, who in turn told the club's management.
They decided to watch the woman for signs of intoxication.
When the pair left a few hours later, club employees examined the glass, detecting a white powder resting at the bottom.
They called police.
A short time later, there was a knock on the Chands' front door.
Annoyed at having been interrupted in the throes of passion, Mrs Chand's mood quickly changed when officers told her they had reason to believe her husband had spiked her drink.
"You put Ritalin in my drink?" she screamed at him.
"I've told you not to do that. Why did you do that?
"I can't leave my glass alone or you put Ritalin in it.
"You've wrecked our night, I can't believe you did that."
Police took Chand to the station and charged him with giving a drink containing an intoxicating substance to harm. He told them: "I had to do something wrong to do something right."
In court on Tuesday, Chand's lawyer sought leniency for his client, hoping to avoid a conviction.
But the magistrate, Michael Stoddart, refused, saying Chand had showed "a complete lack of respect" for his wife and he fined him $1000.


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May 13, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Four Yale Bulldogs will take part in USA Hockey's Open Olympic Tryouts this weekend, looking to earn consideration for the team. The group includes two current players -- freshman forward Aleca Hughes (Westwood, Mass.) and sophomore forward Bray Ketchum (Greenwich, Conn.) -- along with two incoming recruits, goaltender Erin Callahan (Kenilworth, Ill.) and defenseman/forward Natalie Wedell (Arden Hills, Minn.).
The tryouts are held at two locations, in Massachusetts and Minnesota, with 100 players at each location. Callahan, Hughes and Ketchum are trying out in Massachusetts, while Wedell is in Minnesota.
Hughes made a quick impact in the scoring column as a freshman, tying for third on the team in goals with seven and finishing fourth in points with 16. She was whistled for only four penalties all season. The five-foot-10 winger has impressive hockey bloodlines. Her father, George, played hockey for Harvard and is seventh on the Crimson's career scoring list (66 goals, 95 assists). Her uncle, Jack, played for Harvard and the NHL's Colorado Rockies. Her mother, Allison, played for BU. Her older brother, George, will play hockey at St. Lawrence in 2009-10 and her younger brother, Gunnar, plays for Salisbury.
Prior to Yale Hughes played for the Connecticut Stars, earning two bronze medals and one silver at Nationals. She attended Hotchkiss.
Ketchum tied for the team lead in goals with 13 and was second in points with 23. She finished the season on a roll, with more goals (six) in the final 11 games than any other Bulldog. She also led the team in scoring in ECAC Hockey games, as all 13 of her goals came in conference play. With 22 goals at the halfway point of her career, she is already 23rd all-time at Yale in that category and on pace to finish in the top six. Prior to Yale, Ketchum played for Greenwich Academy and the Connecticut Stars. She was a four-time USA Hockey player development camp selection.
Callahan, a 2006 USA Hockey player development camp selection, has been a part of back-to-back Wisconsin state championships with the Wisconsin Wild Under-19 team -- the same program that produced two other Bulldogs, senior forward Sarah Tittman (Chilton, Wisc.) and Sheila Zingler `07. Callahan had an .889 save percentage and a 2.11 goals-against average this past season. She won a state championship with the Wild Under-16 team in 2005-06, and she was an MWEHL Academic Gold Award winner for five years. She also played lacrosse for New Trier High.
Wedell captained both the ice hockey and track and field teams, and was All-conference and All-state academic in both sports, at Mounds View High School. She was chosen for the inaugural 2008 Upper Midwest High School Elite League (UMHSEL) East Metro team and went on to become one of four senior defensemen on the All-Star UMHSEL team that won the 2008 Bauer Invitational Tournament. She also played for the Section 5A/AA team that won the 2009 Senior Classic, and for the Section 5A/AA team that won the Phase 2 Advanced 16 final. Her sister, Lauren, plays on a 14AAA team coached by former Yale hockey player Erika Hockinson-Spande `04.
The Open Olympic Tryouts are one of numerous steps in the process that leads up to the selection of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team. In August, USA Hockey's Player Evaluation Committee will select up to 46 players to participate in the Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y.; those who participate in these open tryouts are eligible for selection for this event, along with players who have been scouted by USA Hockey and players who have already been on the National Team or participated in USA Hockey development camps during the 2006 and 2010 quadrenniums.
From that group of 46 at the National Festival, a group of 23 will be selected to train as the Women's National Team preparing for the 2010 Olympic Games. Part of that training includes the Qwest Tour, a series of 10 exhibition games from September 2009 through February 2010. That tour includes a stop near New Haven at the TD Banknorth Center in Hamden, Conn., on Jan. 3 to play the ECAC Hockey All-Stars.
That group of 23 will be narrowed to 20 no later than January 10, 2010, for the final Olympic Team.
In addition to the four trying out this weekend, many other current Bulldogs have been involved with the USA Hockey program as well. Senior defenseman Helen Resor (Greenwich, Conn.) just won her second gold medal with Team USA at the IIHF Women's World Championship in Hameenlinna, Finland, last month. Resor was a bronze medal winner with Team USA at the 2006 Olympics and figures to contend for a roster spot in 2010 as well. Sophomore goaltender Jackee Snikeris (Downingtown, Pa.) has been invited to USA Hockey's annual Warren Strelow Goaltending Camp later this month, where she will be one of 12 goaltenders receiving instruction from National Team coaches. Senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) played for the U.S. Under-22 Team in a three-game series vs. Canada last summer, the second year in a row she was a part of that series.
Several Yale coaches and alums also have been involved with USA Hockey. Head coach Hilary Witt played on the U.S. National Team in 2000-01 and was an assistant coach with the U.S. team in 2006-07, earning a silver medal at the 2007 IIHF World Championship. Former Yale men's hockey assistant coach Ben Smith was head coach for the U.S. women's team at the Olympics three times, winning a gold medal in 1998, and now serves as a national team advisor. Forward Maria Dennis '88 was on the 1990 U.S. Women's National Team, and goaltender Laurie Belliveau '98 was on the 1999 U.S. Women's National Team.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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Terry McCoy, 42
COLUMBIA CITY — Terry L. McCoy, 42, of Columbia City, passed away at 5:16 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 at his residence. Born Jan. 16, 1969 in Fort Wayne, he was the son of Paul E. McCoy and Penny D. (Byerley) Favory.He graduated from Churubusco High School with the Class of 1988.He received an Associates Degree in Biblical Studies from Word for the World Bible College in 2009. On May 1, 2006 he married Rebecca Didier in Columbia City.He owned and operated Prevail's Auto Body Shop in Columbia City.In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, guitar and gardening.Survivors include his wife, Rebecca McCoy of Columbia City; son, Noah McCoy of Churubusco; daughters, Mallory McCoy of Auburn and Olivia McCoy of Columbia City; step-daughter, Rachel Didier of Columbia City; step-son, Rainy Derloshon of Fort Wayne; mother, Penny Favory of Auburn; father, Paul (Teresa) McCoy of Columbia City; brothers, Jeff (Rebecca) McCoy of Auburn, Barry (Mary) McCoy of Huntertown, Brian McCoy of Kentucky, and Nick (Shelly) McCoy of Mongo, Ind.; and a sister, Angie (Aaron) Price of Auburn.He was preceded in death by his grandparents and a nephew, Luke McCoy. Visitation is Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City.Funeral service will follow the visitation at 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Jan Coverstone of Christian Fellowship Church officiating.Memorials may be given in memory of Mr. McCoy to a fund being established for his children.Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Please visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send family condolences or sign the guest register book.


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AUGUSTA, Kan. (AP) The former director of a southeast Kansas Chamber of Commerce has been sentenced to a year's probation for stealing more than $13,000 from the organization.
The Butler County Times-Gazette reports that Kent Overaker must also pay full restitution and write a letter of apology under the sentence he received this week.
Overaker was hired as director of the Augusta Chamber of Commerce in March 2012. He was arrested last August after chamber officials noticed discrepancies in the organization's finances.
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Environment ministers must reach across boundaries to protect Arctic
"When the ministers met two years ago in Greenland, they had some good discussions" says Alexander Shestakov , Director of WWF's Global Arctic Programme. "Today, they need to get beyond talk, and commit to projects that show how they'll cooperate in managing ecosystems that span national boundaries."
This "ecosystem-based management" (EBM) is key to effectively managing Arctic wildlife, especially as both wildlife and Arctic peoples cope with escalating climate change impacts. Countries cannot ignore the fact that resources such as fish stocks and species like polar bears and narwhals span national boundaries. They have to be considered in the context of international systems, not purely national concerns. The Arctic Council has an expert group studying EBM and its place in Arctic management. The ministers could take this work further, and commit to implementing EBM in pilot projects.
WWF is also urging the ministers to take action on reducing pollution linked to climate change in the Arctic. The so-called short lived climate forcers include soot and gases from industry, such as flaring natural gas. In its advice to the ministers, WWF suggest a series of steps leading to a full Arctic agreement on reducing these pollutants.
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Always and Forever
Edward and Bella in their bedroom. Fluff.
1. (Bella's Point of View)
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Always and Forever
I placed some lasagna on Charlie's plate, having already eaten myself. Without waiting for a thank you, I went up to the bathroom, changing into my pajamas. I brushed my teeth hurriedly, exited about what I knew was waiting in my room. I ran back down to Charlie, who had barely started on his lasagna, and wished him a good night. He smiled at me, wished me a good night too. I wasn't paying attention, though. My thoughts were in my room. I half-ran up to my bedroom, but of course, there he was, already there, looking more like a Greek god than anyone had the right to. He smiled in welcoming and patted the bed beside him. I ran up to him, hopped on the bed next to him, and kissed him. He smiled my favorite crooked smile as he pulled away.
"You're happy tonight," Edward noted.
"I'm with you." I shrugged. "I'm always happy with you." I reached forward to kiss him again. He smiled. This kiss, I noted, was longer than they used to be, back in junior year. He was willing to let down his careful wall a little; one proof of this was the fact that he was not pulling away as quickly. He didn't touch me so gently anymore, which meant he was no longer paranoid about crushing me. I no longer felt like I was a piece of glass, about to break. He opened his mouth slightly and I breathed in his scent. My heartbeat sped up exponentially, and neither of us missed it. I felt his lips curve upward as I blushed. When he pulled away, I lay my head against his chest, ice cold. I could only hear his breathing, rhythmic and even. He sighed and placed his head against my hair, his hands falling to my back.
We sat like that for an immeasurable amount of time, maybe hours, or maybe a few seconds, before he disappeared into the darkness. I, on cue, pulled my covers over me quickly, turned into the position I usually sleep in, and breathed with exaggerated slowness. Almost immediately after, Charlie opened the door slowly, trying to be discrete. He called my name quietly. I almost laughed. Did he expect me to answer when I was faking? I wasn't nine, I was nineteen. After a minute, he apparently gave up and left, and Edward was immediately under the covers with me, his muted laughter shaking the bed.
"All this time," he chuckled, "and you are still no better at that. You really should try to fake sleeping better, Bella."
"Hey, at least I can sleep. When I pretend, there is a chance that I really am asleep."
"Good point." Again, the bed shook, yet not a sound escaped his lips. He swept me up into his arms again, cradling me in his strong grip. I lay my head to his stone chest. The only sound I could hear was his breathing, and that was enough. Then he set me down beside him, and we talked. Not about much, just school things at first, like how he was still upset by the way Mike, Eric, and Tyler thought about me. I glared furiously at him for reminding me of my unwanted 'fan club,' as Edward called it.
Then things grew a little more personal. I asked about Jasper and was pleased to hear that he was getting better at controlling his impulses. Edward had finally forgiven Rosalie, too, and I hugged him tightly in rejoice. Even if the relationship between us wasn't the best, rather it was cold and distant; she didn't mean to upset Edward.
After hours of talking, a small yawn quietly escaped my lips. He heard it of course.
"Sleep." It wasn't a request, more a command. I didn't have to worry about him leaving now; he stayed almost every night. But still…
"Not a chance. I have way too much on my mind." And I did. I used to think being in a relationship with a vampire was the most dangerous my life could get. After all, I was almost killed by vampires twice. I shuddered, remembering the incident with James, along with the nightmare in Italy. Edward stared at me, a hint of frustration was in his eyes. He was still unused to being unable to read my mind.
"How easily frustrated I am, even after all this time." He smiled, but his eyes still peered curiously into mine. "Tell me…what is on your mind?" His irresistible eyes had abilities of their own, so I looked away from him, not wanting to be persuaded.
"You'll get angry." It was a whisper, barely audible. He heard it.
"Try me." His velvety, musical voice was almost irresistible. I shook my head.
He smiled. He leaned forward, placing his arms on either side of me. I couldn't move. He smiled, leaning forward slightly.
"Now," his scent stunned me, and I struggled not to give in. I giggled. "Not a chance." He leaned in closer. His golden eyes poured into mine. My heartbeat jumped around crazily. "And now will you tell me?" I struggled to keep my thoughts together.
"I told you. You don't want me to tell you. You'll get angry." He smiled.
"Well, we won't know until you tell me." He smiled my favorite crooked smile. "At least tell me what it is about. You can't just tell me something and not explain it. You said so yourself." I smiled at his memory of when I toured his house two years ago. I began to protest, but he pressed his lips softly against mine.
Well fine. He asked me to tell him, he would have to deal with the consequences. As he pulled away, I sighed. "Just remember you made me." He smiled, his face inches from mine. "Deal."
"I was thinking about…" He sat, waiting, his confident smile coming closer to my face, leaning in for another kiss. "Jacob."
His lips turned to unresponsive stone as they barely touched mine. He back, only an inch, to take in my expression. "Oh?" Though his voice was calm on the surface, I could detect hints of upset underneath.
Jacob, my friend since birth, had grown to be very close to me during the period of last year in which Edward was absent. I felt the healed hole in my chest prickling around the edges at the memories of pain and raw emotion. During this time, Jake not only became a close friend, but also changed dramatically. He became a werewolf, as all Quileutes do at a certain age. He joined a group of werewolves, Sam Uley's group, who hunted vampires. I had no problem when he saved me from Laurent, a vampire who was trying to kill me, but still, he wanted to kill Alice, too. Things got even more distant when he wished Edward to be gone right after he arrived. But still, I was worried about him. I still had that horribly heartbreaking expression in my mind from the last time I saw him. Edward's carefully controlled voice brought me out of my thought process.
"Why were you thinking about Jacob? Do you not remember how dangerous he is to you? Do you not remember that if you wish to become a vampire, you would not be able to interact with him? Have you forgotten that a vampire is a werewolf's worst enemy?" He took a deep breath, steadying himself. Another flash of anger glinted in his eyes, before his control took over.
"Have you forgotten that Jake, werewolf or not, is my friend?" My voice was small and weak, losing the furious effect I wanted due to my breathlessness at his anger. I was standing up now, trying to get my point across.
His eyes tinted back towards gold, seeing that I was only thinking of him as a worried friend. "Yes, love, but it might not be possible in the near future." I began to protest, but he held a finger to my lips. "Let me finish. In the near future, you will be married to a vampire." He pointed to his chest momentarily. "Soon after that, you yourself will become a vampire, as we agreed upon."
I could not help but beam at the prospect of becoming a vampire. I had wished it for so long, and after all this time, Edward agreed to give me a 'new birth' if I married him.
"So, in the near future, you might have to make a choice, Bella." He kissed my forehead. "For, as a vampire, and Cullen, you will be forbidden from encroaching upon the LaPush property. Now that Jacob is a werewolf, he holds the treaty much more dearly." Oh yeah. I forgot about that. The treaty claiming Quillettes and Cullens would not enter each other's property would put a damper on our relationship.
"But," Edward took my face in his hands, placing his face into my hair. "Let us not worry about this now. For now, you should sleep." He pulled up his head, kissed me briefly, before picking me up with one hand, pulling back the sheets again with the other. He placed me under the covers, pulled the covers up to my chest, and kissed me on the forehead. His wonderful scent drew all worried of Jake from my mind instantly.
"Good night, Bella." He walked over to his usual spot in my mother's rocking chair, setting in for the night.
"Good night, Edward. I love you."
"Always and forever." And with those words echoing through my mind, I drifted into sleep, where my Romeo starred yet again in my dreams…
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The Grundy County Human Resources Director of just six months, Dan Hoppe, was let go Friday.
The Grundy County Board's Personnel Committee, county officials confirmed Monday, met Thursday and took action to have Hoppe terminated on Friday.
"It was a good relationship, but it didn't prove to be good enough to work for both parties," said Vicki Geiger, personnel committee chairwoman, on Monday.
Geiger said there was not one particular incident that resulted in Hoppe's termination and reiterated that he just was "not a good fit" for the county overall. She said it was not an easy decision and that Hoppe had strong human resources qualities and did a lot for the county.
Grundy Board Chairman Ron Severson said the committee approved the termination on a 4-1 vote, with Geiger and Ken Iverson having to leave the meeting before the vote. He said the committee's vice chairman, John Almer, and members Chris Balkema, David Welter and Millie Dyer voted in favor of the action. Member Ann Gill voted against it.
"I am very disappointed in how things worked out," said Hoppe Monday. "I was not given the opportunity to defend myself with the Personnel Committee. This was a decision I am still trying to wrap my head around."
Hoppe added he was surprised by this action and thought he was a great fit for the county.
"At no time did anyone tell me I wasn't fitting in," he said.
Severson, who is not a voting member of the Personnel Committee, is very unhappy with the decision.
"I didn't know this was coming," he said.
"As far as I am concerned, Dan Hoppe was an excellent employee and an excellent person in the HR department," Severson continued. "He brought a lot of things up to date and I think the county really will miss him."
Hoppe joined the county with 16 years of human resources experience.
Former HR Director Denise Kasper quit her position in November. The county then hired Lindsay Ferguson, formerly of Morris Hospital, to a part-time position in February, but she quit after one week on the job. Hoppe was hired as her replacement, but on a full-time basis.
Gill, who was the lone vote against Hoppe's termination, said that, from her experience working with Hoppe, he was doing a good job. She said he was doing training with employees and bringing different proposals to the county, including a recent presentation on an employee assistance program that was not introduced as a benefit for county employees until Hoppe did so.
"If there were some performance issues, I felt he should have been afforded an opportunity to make changes," she said.
Geiger said the county will need some human resources help and the Personnel Committee will be weighing its options.
Almer, who ran the remaining portion of the committee meeting as vice chair after Geiger's departure, did not return a call by press time. Neither did County Administrator Chris Wittkamp.


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Ölüdeniz is a town near Fethiye in Turkey, famous for its 'Blue Lagoon'.
The village and the beach by the lagoon was locally known as Belcekız or Belceğiz before the area became a magnet for mass tourism, although today many people in the area have no idea about what Belcekız is and the town as well as the lagoon are both known as Ölüdeniz, which literally means "dead sea" and originally referred only to the lagoon itself.
Inland to the north, 2 km to Ölüdeniz, are the former villages of Ovacık and Hisarönü, with occasional family-run guesthouses only a decade ago, but are today concrete sprawls of hotels and bars, agglomerated almost without a gap with the town of Ölüdeniz. Both serve as "bedroom communities" that offer accommodation that is close to but cheaper than Ölüdeniz proper.
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Ölüdeniz is connected to Fethiye with a wide road that is well-paved and is in a very good condition.
There is also a very frequent minibus (dolmuş) service between Fethiye and Ölüdeniz.
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Montenegro Motel, Faralya Village (hills of Butterfly Valley), ☎ +90 252 642 11 77 ([email protected]), [1]. Run by a Turkish family Montenegro Motel is a great place to stay, with a view of Babadag and Butterfly Valley. The rooms are bungalows made of natural materials and built in traditional style: exterior is covered with stone work and the interior is covered with natural wood work.Montenegro Motel is only 7 km far from Ölüdeniz following the Faralya road.> Double room about TL55 per person per night, which includes breakfast and home-cooked dinner..
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Daily Links, June 26: The 'Fortnight' continues as health care awaits its verdict
The U.S. bishops' "Fortnight for Freedom" is nearing the halfway point and is still all over the news. Baltimore Archbishop William Lori states his case today for why he believes religious freedom is under attack in the Baltimore Sun. Also speaking out are Detroit's Archbishop Alan Vigneron--who managed to do so without targeting any elected officials or specific legislation--and Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley.
Vox Nova writer Morning's Minion explains why he agrees with the bishops in their opposition to the contraception mandate, but disagrees with some aspects of their approach to defending religious liberty. The Guardian also provides a view from the UK on the U.S. bishops' campaign.
Meanwhile the rest of the nation anxiously awaits a verdict from the Supreme Court, expected on Thursday, as to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. The Wall Street Journal looks at four possible outcomes of the case.
After getting the verdict in his own case last week, Msgr. William Lynn is asking the judge for house arrest until sentencing. But the judge says Lynn's staying in jail for now.
The Cleveland parishes that won their case to overturn the bishop's decision to shut them down are getting close to reopening.
And as speculation heats up over who Mitt Romney will pick as his running mate, some are suggesting he'd be wise to pick a Catholic (and he's already got quite a few to choose from).


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Women's Art Exhibit Opening Reception
February 28, 2013
MACOMB, IL – The public is invited to an opening reception for the Women's Art Women's Vision 2013 exhibit, from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, in the Multicultural Center.
According to Women's Center Director Janine Cavicchia, this is the ninth women's art exhibit sponsored by the Women's Center since it was founded in 1986. The exhibit is held in March in recognition of National Women's History Month. The reception will provide an opportunity for campus and surrounding community members to meet some of the artists whose works will be on display.
"We sought submissions of all mediums from female students, staff, faculty and alumni, as well as women from the community, and we have a nice variety of works and artists," Cavicchia said. The media on display include birch bark and reed, cedar back and reed, photography (digital and film), mixed media, oil on canvas, oil and building material on canvas, pastel, and plaster.
Cavicchia added, "We are always pleased with the diversity and quality of artwork submitted, and we appreciate everyone who has helped with the exhibit, including the WIU Art Gallery for providing easels."
According to Women's Center Office Manager Amelia Hartnett, female artists have been under-represented in the past, not appearing in art history books until the 1980s.
"The purpose of this exhibit is to bring recognition to established artists and to encourage beginning artists to keep pursuing their talents," Hartnett said. "This exhibit provides an opportunity to pay tribute to all of the women throughout history who, because of their gender, were denied admission to art academies, were not acknowledged for their talents and were not included in art history books."
Hartnett added, "It's a very nice exhibit, and the reception will be fun. We hope lots of people will join us or stop by to see the exhibit during its run."
The Women's Art Exhibit Opening Reception will provide an opportunity for attendees to see other artwork in the Multicultural Center, including the Honoring Our Mothers stained glass window and plaque with the names of the donors and honorees in the Women's Center Lounge on the first floor, as well as two sculptures donated in 2010 and 2011 by local artist Constance "Connie" DeMuth Berg in honor of Elizabeth (Betty) Kaspar and Marietta Dean, which are in the Multicultural Center first floor Activity Room.
This year's Women's Art Exhibit participants include:
Students (by county and hometown)
Quincy – Lisa Moran-Cortes, graduate student
Aledo – Linsey Lundeen, sophomore art major
Colchester – Jeannete Brooks-Miller, senior art major
Western Illinois University Employees
Ashley Derry – Library Specialist, Malpass Library
Amelia Hartnett – Office Manager, Women's Center
Joy McQuillan – Instructor, Department of Computer Science
Western Illinois University Alumni
Bushnell, IL – Jennifer Howard, WIU '10, BA in art
Macomb, IL - Nancy Jones, WIU '85, MS in educational & interdisciplinary studies
Macomb Community Members
Sandy Nesbit Tracy – Artist/Writer
For more information, contact the Women's Center at (309) 298-2242 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.wiu.edu/wc.
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It's hard to believe anyone could outshine the decadent and season-defining looks found on Milan Fashion Week's F/W 13 runways, but much to our delight, a handful of attendees rose to the occasion. Stylish celebrities and industry insiders alike brought their fashion A-game to the week's most buzzed-about shows and parties, and we can't help but admire their expertly curated ensembles. From Hailee Steinfeld's perfect peach coat to Jessica Stam's dapper mix, we break down the details of Milan's most notable off-the-runway looks.
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