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PLAINVIEW - Students at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview were honored for excellence in academics for the spring semester through the Dean's and President's List.
Students achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the spring are included on the President's List. Those students, listed with hometown, are as follows:
Plainview: Tammy Baker, Linda Ballejo, Aaron Borden, Sonya Britton, Erika Bryant, Erin Bryant, Jeremy Carpenter, Rose Chavez, Tonja Edens, Vanessa Garcia, Sara Gowman, Amy Grisham, Katherine Gutierrez, Lisa Jennings, Addie Lee, David Mojica, Tiffany Moore, Jason Morgan, Jennifer Riley, Meagan Schantz, Nenad Stojanovic, Rohan Thompson, Andrea Turner, Billie Turner and Michael-Shane Varner.
Others include Michelle Ackerman of Springer, N.M., Angela Aleman of Floydada, Josh Allen of Hobbs, N.M., Bryan Anderson of Anchorage, Alaska, Curtis Beeman of Lovington, N.M., Billy Boone of Abilene, Nate Bridges of Levelland, Shanna Buck of Pampa, Katy Butler of Albuquerque, N.M., Stormy Cartmell of Kress, Laura Conrad of Albuquerque, Daniel Coutinho of Comoros, Jennifer Davis of Boys Ranch, Maegan Dyer of Pampa, Amanda Dyson of Pampa, Salina Elliott of Floydada, Matt Garnett of Glen Rose, Sarah Gatlin of Amarillo, Laura Gillaspie of Spearman, Elisabeth Good of Pharr, April Gunter of Olton, Josh Harris of Gruver, Jennifer Harrison of Midland, Ashlee Hester of Bowie, Cassandra Hill of Lubbock, Crystal Holloway of Uvalde, and Abby Holmes of Hobbs, N.M.
Also listed were Shanna Jackson of Lockney, Noel Keener of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Lindsey King of Amarillo, Leann Knight of Jal, N.M., Tiffany Lambert of Hawley, Erin Lomasney of Gallup, N.M., Erin Luckie of Lubbock, Meg Mansdoerfer of Albuquerque, Teri Mayfield of Wichita Falls, Travis McCullough of Lubbock, Rachel Merrill of Lubbock, Leigha Messer of Amarillo, Jessica Milligan of Pampa, MaryGrace Moore of LaPorte, Katie Moore of Sunray, MaryBeth Newberry of Portales, N.M., Joel O'Hair of Lubbock, Martin Ortega of Midland, Diana Peck of Westminster, Colo., Chance Perkins of Amarillo, Eleah Posey of Brownfield, Amber Pridmore of Tahoka, Nick Pruitt of Mineola, Sarah Quisenberry of Lamesa, Kathy Reed of Liberal, Kan., Stephanie Rejino of Olton, Luciana Rempel of Seminole, Kaci Risser of Matador, Megan Roberts of Clarendon, Laci Rousseau of Tulia, Kevin Schaub of Pampa, Billy Sherman of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Crista Sheumaker of Lubbock, Deborah Smith of Petersburg, Rachel Smith of Fritch, Ragan Spradling of Amarillo, and Amber Sutton of Lubbock.
Rounding out the President's List are Stacy Teague of Albuquerque, Lucy Thompson of American Falls, Idaho, Ryan Thurman of Littlefield, Tyler Topper of Lockney, Colleen Trevithick of Fort Morgan, Colo., Martha Ann Trull of Crosbyton, Marta Turpin of Carrizo Springs, Kellie Walls of Amarillo, Krysta Williams and Amber Williams, both of Lorenzo, Debra Woodrow of Sweetwater, and Yvette Ysasaga of Lubbock.
Students achieving between a 3.5 and 3.9 grade point average for the spring are included on the Dean's List. Those students, listed with hometown, are as follows:
Plainview: Pierre Brown, Rochelle Browne, Camy Brunson, Brandon Burrows, Jennifer Castaneda, Cody Castillo, Christopher Delgado, Mark Franklin, Amy Gausin, Holly Hingst, Kristin Hinze, Candess Huber, Staci Hutto, Kelsie Jackson, Lara Manley, Maria Martinez, Brenda Moreno, Elyse Newland, Desiree Pharis, Zane Porter, Delfina Ramirez, Jennifer Sullivan, Joe Waller, and Elizabeth Wyatt.
Others include Jayson Adams of Dimmitt, Sarah Alaway of Perryton, Cami Alling of Amarillo, Kayla Andersen of Lovington, N.M., Seth Andrews of Lubbock, Lisa Angel of Wylie, Brittany Ayers of Odessa, James Barnes of Tulia, Amber Barrera of Crowell, Lacy Barrett of Perryton, Cassie Birkenfeld of Nazareth, Dustin Boswell of Gladstone, Mo., Curtis Broome of Estes Park, Colo., Andrea Brown of Amarillo, Stefanie Buckland of Friendswood, Kay Burge of Rio Rancho, N.M., Jacob Burke of Amarillo, Josh Caballero of Floydada, Bethany Chollar of San Antonio, Cara Coffey of Weatherford, Christa Condron of Graham, Patrick Cornelius of Amarillo, Maureen Coutinho of Comoros, Zack Crook of Albuquerque, Amanda Day of Granbury, Matt DeFehr of British Columbia, Sandra Duke of Irving, and Kelley Dunn of Bledsoe.
Also listed are Andrea Evans of Petersburg, J.T. Everett of Lafayette, Colo., Dustin Faught of Ozona, Cassy Fawver of Floydada, Heath Ferguson of Ackerly, Mary Feril of Grand Prairie, Nick Flanigan of Post, Kathy Gary of Hale Center, Adam Gibbs of Canyon, Travis Green of Tahoka, Nicole Green of Tahoka, Jessica Haill of Tijeras, N.M., Bridget Hancock of Booker, Jeremy Harris of Gruver, Jason Henderson of Fence Lake, N.M., Kristol Hill of El Paso, Kaci Holcomb of Roswell, N.M., Joann Holloway of Lubbock, Kelli Howard of Midland, Heather Hurt of Irving, Crystal Ivins of Lamesa, April Jackson of Olton, Kris Ann Jennings of Perryton, Jennifer Jones of Artesia, N.M., Eric Kaiser of Artesia, JaLissa King of Portales, N.M., Miho Komatsu of Japan, Candice Lasiter of Clovis, N.M., Britany Lewis of Borger, Kristy Lopez of Tulia, Jessica Lynch of White Deer, Mary Maeker of Lubbock, Stacy Magallan and Joel Magallan, both of Hale Center, Katye Mansdoerfer of Albuquerque, Kenta Matsuda of Channelview, Tia Maxwell of Borger and LeAudra McKay of Lubbock.
Rounding out the list are Jennifer Metcalf of Sunset, Elisabeth Montoya of El Paso, James Moss of Tahoka, Stephen Nelson of Pampa, Andrew Oglesby of Fort Stockton, Rosa Padilla of Hale Center, Joey Parsons of Amarillo, Karrie Peoples of Hale Center, Keith Platte of Shattuck, Okla., Ryan Rayburn of Azle, Amy Rice of Dalhart, Anna Romersberger of Fairbanks, Alaska, Miguel Ruiz of Petersburg, Lissabeth Rusten of Borger, Jennifer Rutherford of Artesia, Kevin Saller of Arlington, Natividad Sandoval of Olton, Andy Scott of Muleshoe, Brandie Shaffner of Wichita Falls, Doug Shelton of Quemado, N.M., Micah Shuler of Fort Worth, Milea Simpson of Wichita Falls, Ariel Smeaton of Amarillo, Amy Smith of Lubbock, Katherine Smith of Olton, Norma Stevenson of Floydada, James Stewart of Hale Center, Paul Sutton of Abernathy, Eric Teague of Lubbock, Chancy Thompson of Anchorage, Alaska, Randi Trew of Lubbock, Celina Vasquez of Bedford, Kimberly Villanueva of Littlefield, Sara Wagoner of North Richland Hills, Anne Weaver of Dumas, Donna Webb of Floydada, Chad Whisenant of Levelland, Clay Whittington of Silverton, Amber Wiley of Lubbock, Josh Wilson of Shallowater, Russell Wilson of Coleman, Jill Wyman of San Antonio and Alan Yarbrough of Andrews.


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With the prospect of higher taxes and sluggish economic conditions even if the U.S. resolves the fiscal cliff, forecasters at Ernst & Young expect corporate mergers and acquisitions to chug along at roughly the same, less-than-stellar pace in 2013 as in 2012.
\"The fiscal cliff and European stability are two very big overhangs and so we\'re cautious on M&A as a result,\" said Richard Jeanneret, Americas vice-chair, transaction advisory services of Ernst & Young, in an interview.
Jeanneret cited the research firm\'s study concluding merger and acquisition activity will remain near 10-year lows with the following trends — not all of them negative:
1) Macroeconomic uncertainty and continued corporate focus on lower risk, organic growth opportunities and smaller, strategic deals will mute activity, despite pressure for companies to grow.
2) Private equity deal-making with benefit from improved fundraising and confidence in credit availability, with the down economy providing a favorable investment window.
3) Foreign investors will look toward the U.S. for growth opportunities as a hedge against economic unsteadiness. America will rank near the top of the list of investment destinations for 2013.
4) Companies will turn to alternative deal structures, including joint ventures and alliances, to pare back buyer risk and push into fresh markets.
5) Financial services, healthcare and life sciences, oil and gas, and consumer products are most likely to see increased activity.
— Steve Gelsi
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Jonathan Grace needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 8 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
We want 4 simple images stitched together with flash to rotate through the 4 stages of selecting the right product to replace the current homepage rotation on http://www.mbags.ie
Dimensions are 411 x 411
We want a 4 images stitched with flash animation to go on the homepage of http://www.mbags.ie which shows the 4 quick steps outlined on the 'bags' section of the site. These images are to rotate from 1 to 4.
Image #1 - "Choose the dimensions that best suit you"....A blank bag, no logo, just plain.
Image #2 - "Put your own logo and colour scheme on the bag"....A bag with 'your logo' on it
Image #3 - "Free delivery on all orders"....An image depicting free delivery (a delivery truck or something?)
Image #4 - "Advertise with every sale"....A customer carrying your new custom bag out of the shop or down the street.
- Catchy images
- Clear rotation
- Equal viewing time
- Images that spell out the stage in text and picture
- Boring images
- Dull images
- A boring rotation
- A rotation that's too slow or too fast


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Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State women's golf team took to the course on Friday afternoon to begin the 2013 spring season. The Tigers squared off in a duel with Lipscomb on a soggy Par-70, 5,737 yard McCabe Golf Course on a 61 degree, and mostly sunny day with winds gusting 8-12 miles-per-hour. The course played wet with some areas of standing water.
"Everybody's swing, to some degree, has had some sort of adjustment made from fall semester to now," said head coach Parrish McGrath. "This is the first time it has been play tested. I saw some very good results from some shots. Unfortunately, with the conditions, sometimes it did not get reward with better scores."
Kelly Merkel led the team with eight pars on way to a 13-over 83. Merkel used back-to-back pars on the par-3 second and the par-4 third, as well as on the par-4 15th and par-5 16th to finish six strokes off the lead. The freshman used an up-and-down on 15 to save par, as she tried to maintain pace with Miriam Parker of Lipscomb.
Amelia Dap used an up-and-down on the par-4 fifth allowing her to make a ten foot putt to save par. Dap picked up three pars on the front nine and added another on the back to finish with a 91. The red-shirt freshman finished one stroke ahead of Bria Norris (92) who finished even on the par-4 ninth and the par-3 17th.
After struggling on the front nine, Sarah Needleman (94) found her stroke notching four pars on the back nine. On the tenth hole, Needleman used a 20-foot putt to start her run on the second half of the course. The freshman used a chip out of a bunker to place herself on the green to set up the lengthy finish. Needleman continued her hot play on the par-3 13th with a 30-foot chip from just off the green to within five feet of the pin, allowing for a putt to save par.
Chelsea Marlin (99) recorded her best round of her young career as she was the lone Tiger to record a birdie on the day. Marlin's tee shot on 17 landed within five feet of the pin, setting up the birdie putt. The freshman missed out on another birdie on the ninth hole, as her seven-foot putt just missed to the right of the cup. Marlin completed the hole with one of her two pars on the day.
"We were very glad to get out here and get our first round of the year under our belt." McGrath said. "It's nice to do that close to home. It's also nice to see what we need to work on for the future tournaments coming up in the near weeks."
Lipscomb - 319
Miriam Parker - 77
Savanna Schubert - 79
Danielle Grace - 80
MacKenzy Carter - 83
Sami Khan - 84
Tennessee State - 360
Kelly Merkel - 83
Amelia Dap -91
Bria Norris - 92
Sarah Needleman - 94
Chelsea Marlin - 99


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Hello everybody!
My JCB 4C's 6 cylinder FORD engine is not working well. Cylinders number 3 and 6 are not working.
All cylinders get fuel but when I disconnect the fuel line (while the engine runs) to 3 or 6, the diesel is flowing but the rpm is not chaning.
Also, the engine smoke a more than usual, grey-blueish smoke.
The valves seems to work okay. In fact, everything seems to be okay but those two cylinders are just not working.
Any ideas what I should do or check next? Get the diesel nozzles cleaned or checked?
All ideas and hints are welcome. Thank you in advance!


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It's great to be back in Antiochiana as your College Archivist. Now that Antioch College is back, donations have begun to flow into the archives once again now that independence has been achieved. Starting with the Alumni Reunion in October, several interesting gifts have been given to Antiochiana, including:
- A felt Antioch banner with gold lettering on a dark blue field, circa 1930, was the gift of Matthew Derr, class of 1989. The large block type makes it reminiscent of the kind of thing used to cheer on a football team, something Antioch College hasn't had since 1928.
- A collection of historic documents relating to the Carr Nursery, one of the most important businesses in the Yellow Springs of over a century ago, was donated by Corinne Odiorne Pelzl, class of 1971. Her ancestor, William Wallace Carr, was the first of many in this august Yellow Springs family to attend the College, and his diploma from the class of 1869 was part of the gift. Interestingly, these materials also included the calling card of Antiochiana's founder Bessie Totten (class of 1900), a relation to the Carrs.
- Letters written in 1904 and 1905 between former Antioch College president Arthur E. Morgan and his first wife, Dr. Urania Jones, were given by Morgan's granddaughter Jenifer, class of 1957. Morgan's papers represent the largest single collection in Antiochiana and contain his lifetime of correspondence, and yet until now only one letter to or from Urania was there. They reveal an Arthur Morgan that few people (if anyone) ever knew.
- The papers of the late Nicholas B. Williams, class of 1954, were donated by his brother, Justin Williams, Jr. Nick taught English in Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Morocco before finally settling down to a professorship at the University of the District of Columbia.
- A bronze sign advertising Antioch Shoes, most likely made for the outlet stores that sold therapeutic footwear that once bore the College's name, was given by Wendy Lanner Rossen, class of 1968. The Antioch Shoe was the inspiration of eccentric foot genius Edward Mathews, who was discovered by Arthur Morgan in 1926. Lending the College's name to Mathews' invention was precisely the kind of entrepreneurship Morgan sought to promote in his new Antioch.
- Panoramic photographs of the students and faculty of Antioch College were given by Gretchen Muller, class of 1959. Gretchen's parents, the late Robert and Dorothy Headley (class of 1934 and 1936, respectively), met as students at the College, and the photos originally belonged to them. Of course, Antiochiana has hundreds of these photographs spanning over 50 years, but the one taken September 1928 was special. None of the copies already in the collection showed young Antioch men in the back two rows all sporting their freshman beanies. The compulsory wearing of beanies for first year students was a convention at colleges across the country, and at least in this sense, Antioch College was no different.
- Architect's renderings of the Antioch College Science Library dated 1929 were given by local collector Buzz Jackson. Only an Antiochian that has celebrated their 50th year class reunion will remember the Science Library in the Science Building (it moved out to Olive Kettering in the mid 1950s), but there was one.
- Thank you to the aforementioned friends for thinking of us. Donation of artifacts and treasures is largely how Antiochiana's collection have been built over 105 years of collecting...at least that's how we got the good stuff. Keep 'em coming!


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During setup, the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater automatically adopts the wireless security settings of the wireless router, for example a FRITZ!Box. You can change the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater's wireless security settings any time.
Note:We recommend using identical wireless settings for your entire home network in order to allow wireless devices to easily switch between wireless networks (wireless roaming).
1 Enabling the wireless network
- Click "Wireless" ("WLAN") in the user interface of the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater.
- Click "Radio Network" in the "Wireless" ("WLAN") menu.
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- Click "Apply" to save the settings.
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- Click "Wireless" ("WLAN") in the user interface of the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater.
- Click "Security" in the "Wireless" ("WLAN") menu.
- Click on the "Encryption" tab.
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- Enable the option "WPA encryption".
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Eddie's Lapse Under Criminal Spotlight
Stan Simpson
January 28, 2009
The breakfast meeting with Eddie Perez was about five years ago. The memory is foggy on the details. But it was at the old Hal's Diner on Main Street, and it was sometime after Perez's first election as strong mayor. He was talking about his vision for the city, and later the topic turned to the allegations against Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim, who was accused of extortion, bribery and mail fraud. Perez was adamant that he would never find himself in such a fix.
Nothing he could do as mayor was worth going to prison for.
Well, he must really love that new granite kitchen counter and steam-room shower, because if he goes to jail it will be in no small part due to "home improvements."
The state, as you know, is accusing Perez of bribery, fabricating evidence and conspiracy to fabricate evidence in connection with his having a city contractor perform work on Perez's Bloomfield Avenue abode.
The actors in these political corruption cases are usually pretty predictable. There's the defiant defendant, the delusional supporters and the high-profile attorney who tries to make the case that there is no case at all, then reminds the masses that the accused has done so much good for the city.
The difference with Perez's case is that he is conceding that he messed up and has apologized, calling it "a lapse," for using a city contractor for personal use. Perez knows he is already guilty of flouting Hartford's Code of Ethics. What he and attorney Hubert Santos are arguing is that his screw-up was an "isolated incident" that didn't blur into criminality.
The biggest problems with that defense are Perez's own testimony to state investigators and the words of the contractor-in-question, Carlos Costa. Plus, rumblings are there are more arrests on the way.
Perez was initially dishonest with state investigators in June 2007 when they asked him about the nature of his personal business with Costa. He told the inspectors he paid $20,000 for the work and had the canceled check to prove it. A few days later, when investigators asked the mayor to produce the check, he produced Santos instead.
Santos didn't have a check either, but an invoice and a story. Perez ended up paying the sum after the sit-down with investigators but it was two years after the actual work was done.
Corruption investigators get all juiced when they see checks being cut long after "contracted" work has been completed. It compels them to ask questions like why wouldn't a contractor push up on a delinquent client and collect his money.
Costa, and this was a gift to prosecutors, said, hey, he never expected Perez to pay him. Hell, he's the mayor. Costa is doing millions of dollars in business with the city. If that means he has to eat $40,000 the real cost of the home improvements so be it.
As Costa told investigators, he considers the freebies to be the "cost of me doing business with the City."
That's the line that's going to keep Perez and Santos up at night. They've got to refute what sounds like a pay-for-play understanding from a man who does a lot of business with Hartford. Some of that business is via bid contracts some were no-bid opportunities.
"He told state officials that he never expected pay for doing the work [at Perez's home]," Santos told a throng of media folks Tuesday. "But Mayor Perez expected to pay him. And I think there was a disconnect here. The mayor never asked for a free ride. He never asked that the bill not be paid."
There actually should have been a "disconnect" Perez hanging up on the idea of a city contractor doing a side job at his home.
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This past weekend, I was in really bad shape.
I threw my back out due to heavy lifting. It was one of those situations where I didn't realized I lifted with my back until it was too late. I soon realized I had to meet my deadline for my column. To be honest, I was in so much pain that I wasn't necessarily in the mood to write another story that would encourage readers to "keep on keeping on," especially since I was lucky if I could even bend over to touch my shoes without feeling pain.
A politician running for a state office once made the statement, "Tell the voters anything they want to hear to get elected and after you get elected, then you can do anything you want."
Isn't this typical of what it is going on in Washington today?
Take our Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, for example, or as Rodney Dangerfield would say, "take her, please."
I remember her words in January 2007 after the Democrats took the majority and pushed through the pay-as-you-go budget rule.
I love springtime. It brings forth new birth in creation all around us.
A time of resurrection for nature to come alive. This brings my thoughts to the meaning of Easter. A time for us humans to come alive out of our slumber and sleep, and accept the reality of what Easter really means- new life.
Jesus Christ said; "I have come that they may have life, and that they may, have it more abundantly." (John 10:10)
Henry David Thoreau once said, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him keep step to the music he hears, however measured and far away."
Have you ever had a dream? I'm sure you have, whether it be astronomical or simply down-to-earth. Everyone's had a dream in one form or another.
With dreams, there's always that one person who just doesn't get it and feel you need to go down a more realistic path.
It's frustrating, isn't it?
Glenn Beck is a popular talk show host for Fox News. He has the third highest ratings behind Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. He recently launched a movement to engage patriotic citizens in the cause of changing the direction of the country.
This Friday, March 13, he is encouraging viewers to gather their friends and family to watch his 5pm show. In front of a live studio audience, Beck plans to explain how "we the people" can take our country back.
With the election of Barack Obama, the misnomer of the Fairness Doctrine has raised its ugly head again.
There should be a law against naming bills that go through Congress because the name rarely reflects the contents of the bill. All bills are assigned a number and, just like in federal prison, they don't need a name.
Soon, Liberals in Congress will once again try to reintroduce the Fairness Doctrine, which should be named the Suppression of Free Speech Doctrine.
I was watching the news this past week and something rather grave was brought to my attention.
Four major newspapers went out of business. I overheard someone at the store say they always read news on the Internet instead of the newspaper itself, because it's quicker, saves time and prevents them from having to buy a copy since they can just read it and go for free.
Its official: The economy now belongs to Barack Obama.
No more blaming Bush, no more blaming Republicans. With the passage of the Stimulus bill Obama has now taken ownership of the American economy, for better or for worse.
The recent passage of the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 showed that the change promised by both Obama and Congressional Democrats is the kind of change that America can't afford at this particular time in our history.
We had a fish fry of sorts at my house Sunday night.
Unfortunately it wasn't the kind that involved having friends over, cracking open a few cold beverages and just hanging out. No, it was very different.
See on Friday I bought two goldfish for my kids. Including the bowl, food, chemicals to treat the water and the fish, this was about a $15 investment.
Will you be my valentine?
Isn't that the question that most people were asking someone they love, or care about when Feb. 14 came around?
We try to express our love through cards, flowers, candy, jewelry and many other ways to let special people in our lives know that we love them.
Everyone has his or her own way of celebrating Valentine's Day. I only hope all the money that was spent and all the effort that went into it came from true and sincere hearts.
I can't stand for good people to be manipulated.
According to a recent report from Jerome Corsi at World Net Daily, when one adds together all of our current debt obligations including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid we now have a total national debt of $65.5 trillion. This is larger than the GDP of the entire world. That means that it would take the yearly output of every country in the world to equal the amount of our current debt.
Major League pitcher Bill Lee once said, "Society tends to find its heroes in the most obvious arenas, and I don't regard that as a healthy thing. We should find our heroes in the bathroom mirror each and every morning."
When you were in school, who did you see as a hero? Was it the captain of the football team? Was it a cheerleader? Perhaps, it was one of the popular young people whose very presence radiated a room?
When I was a kid growing up, my heroes were quite different.
While writing a final story for the Jellico Advanced Sentinel this week, I was struck with a deep sadness to see it go.
Like many before me, I have worked tirelessly to write compelling stories for the area, carrying on the tradition of the Jellico news.
Interviewing Jellico Fire Chief Gary Troxell was one of my first endeavors at the LaFollette Press. Him and others who I have met along the way are all amazing people.
On November 4, 2008, the United States of America was going to make history one way or another: We would elect the first African-American as president or we would elect the first woman to be vice president.
Indeed, history was made. Sen. Barack H. Obama defeated Sen. John S. McCain to become the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American President in American history.
The campaign Obama ran was simply brilliant.
Here's a riddle for you: What comes to you freely and leaves you bound forever? It can place you on cloud nine or can kick you into the lowest emotional hell in a matter of minutes. It's easy to step into and hard to step out of. Wonder what it is? No, I'm not talking about the gum on the bottom of your shoe, or an in-law that won't cease. I'm referring to that incomparable feeling of love.
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In Campbell County we have seen some businesses close and others lay-off employees.
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The 1 st event of the Naish Kite Race Series went off yesterday at Naish Beach (Flash Beach) here on Maui. Condition were nice with a little bit lighter wind at around 15 -25 knots.
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Racing consisted of 3 classes: Race, Surfboard, and Twin Tip divisions.
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Next race is in two weeks.
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Nearly £3million is being injected into council coffers to help repair the county's crumbling roads.
Derbyshire County Council has received the £2,946,577 boost from the Government after the wettest winter on record led to a sharp rise in potholes.
However, highways bosses say the funding might not be enough to fix all the area's damaged routes.
Announcing the shot in the arm, transport secretary and Derbyshire Dales MP Patrick McLoughlin said: "Damage to roads causes misery for drivers and local communities and the severe weather over the last few months has made the problem worse.
"This extra money will help make a real difference to the thousands of drivers and residents across Derbyshire who rely on local roads, giving them safer and smoother journeys."
But Councillor Dean Collins, the county council's deputy cabinet member for jobs, economy and transport, said: "Any extra money is, of course, to be welcomed, but it is unlikely to be enough to mend all the roads that have been damaged by the weather this winter.
"We've already got our road workers working extra hours to fix the backlog of potholes over 3,000 miles of Derbyshire roads."
In the past five weeks, the council has received an average of 780 road-related calls a week in addition to potholes reported online.
Two large potholes have appeared on the notorious Horns Bridge Roundabout in Chesterfield.
The craters – which have been reported to the county council by the Derbyshire Times – will create more danger for drivers on the accident blackspot.
The Government has already given a total of £200m to councils across the country to repair the nation's roads.
Neil Greig, director of policy and research at the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: "Every little helps and it will be welcomed in many areas hit by this year's bad weather.
"With a £10billion backlog in repairs, however, it is only through consistent long-term funding that the pothole problem can finally be fixed."
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GetEQUAL Mississippi alerts those traveling to the state of a continued risk of discrimination based upon sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The State of Mississippi does not currently protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender ("LGBT") people from being legally ejected from their hotel rooms or other places of public accommodation, and is on the cusp of passing legislation that would give business owners even more latitude to legally discriminate against minority groups.
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"This bill is progressing at a very rapid rate, making my beautiful state a potentially dangerous place for anyone perceived as 'different' from the right-wing extremists who have crafted this bill," said Zach Magee, an organizer with GetEQUAL Mississippi and a Mississippi native. "While the LGBT community—including both residents and visitors—will be negatively impacted by this bill, it is also a license to discriminate against any group seen as 'different,' including women, racial or ethnic minorities, or immigrants. Religious freedom, in my eyes, does not mean blatant discrimination of any kind—unfortunately, discrimination is a fundamental part of this bill."
United State Department of State issued a travel alert focusing on every Hotel they are covering the all the tourist. Travelers should review the State Department's LGBT Travel. A social justice organization working for equal rights of gay Texans issued a warning on Tuesday. and issued a special warning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travelers. In a document titled "Travel Alert: Russia," the department.
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The only thing that trumps God by the religious right wing whack jobs is money. If they start losing enough money, they just may have an epiphany. I'm sure they will still find anything that doesn't fit into their conception of what should be, hateful. Nobody cares is they do, if they stop practicing discrimination.
We're talking about the poorest and 2nd most stupid state in the union (next to WV). I don't think these hicks are concerned with money. The state is a cesspool, and no one that isn't unfortunate enough to have family there even visits. They are trying to push tourism too, which is funny. "Come visit our state!! But only if you think and look like us."
This is clearly a ploy to try and hurt tourism and scare the politicians into realizing homosexuals have money. It's not the best tact but it definitely has potential to work. Just have to hope the politicians are stupid enough, and well if they are passing a law based on religious freedom they must be. Also always wanted to visit the southern states. Most movies that take place there interest me a lot. Rich heritage, and historical sites.
We can give first hand accounts of how Mississippi beats from it's own drum..... We lived in Mississippi for the past 13 years and owned a small chain of video stores as well in Mississippi. The religious crazies there destroyed our business, we received death threats, I have been ran off of the road, we were threatened to be burned out of our home, we had one of our homes taken away from us, and this was done all under the guise of "God"! While all of this was happening I have been fighting for my life becasuse I am terminally ill. Mind you, this is a very short and brief explanation of the events that happened but let me tell you, Mississippi is definitely not a welcoming place for the Gay/Lesbian community! My husband and I have been together for 25 years and have lived in some very conservative places before but this state is by far the worse.... When you try to report these illegal things that happen to you, the law enforcement is right in the middle of it as well...... My suggestion is, if you have a chance to visit Mississippi DON'T GO!!!
Easy to say, SouthernGay, but if you can be ousted from your living situation, if you can't find a job to begin with, if you're treated as completely unwelcome upon arrival . . . makes it kind of tricky to uproot oneself from one's job, friends, family, etc., in other words LIFE, to risk said life in such an environment.
And for the record, I do NOT live in a "gay ghetto;" in fact, I live in a town in the only SF Bay Area county that voted in FAVOR of prop 8, a town who's bigoted self-righteous mayor went on record as saying that he had been elected to "save his town from the un-Godly" which is one of the reasons I live HERE.
Please don't jump down people's throats for bad-mouthing a state that is, well, not giving our community a whole of reason to jump up and migrate there.


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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced the winners of the annual water conservation poster contest. Lincoln fifth-graders participated in the art contest, sponsored by the Mayor's Water Conservation Task Force. The top two entries were submitted by Colby Reffert, Pyrtle Elementary School, whose artwork will be displayed on two StarTran busboards for two months; and Alivia Fisher, Ruth Hill Elementary School, whose artwork will be displayed on billboards for one year.
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The third-place winner was Abby Vokoun of Adams Elementary. Honorable mention awards were presented to Elizabeth Mosier, Zeman Elementary; Kaitlynne Janes, Kahoa Elementary; Alex Salzman, Pyrtle Elementary; Hannah O'Neill, Ruth Hill Elementary; Morgan Kinney, Adams Elementary; Dylan Fitzgerald, Morley Elementary; and Rachel R. Overton, Rousseau Elementary.


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Moodfish - currently Turn2Live at http://www.turn2live.com
We are rebranding Turn2Live.com to Moodfish. Moodfish is a live-entertainment search engine that helps you find all the local live events happening around you based on your mood or mood recipes such as Romantic Date Night or Dance Night Out. The current turn2live.com has been well received visually yet can use a bit of a friendly facelift. Starting with this logo. Think Twitter.
Our primary target consists of tech-adept individuals between the ages of 25-40. This group of people graduated from college in the early 2000's and started small families. They are ethnically diverse and interested in local events as well as more well known events, e.g. local live music vs. touring acts, local theatre productions vs. touring broadway shows. Our target audience typically enjoys attending local events at locally-owned establishments. They are a busy group used to the age of Blackberries and iPhones thus they depend on their smart phone to help them make plans. This community is extremely active and always looking to find new and different things to do around their city.
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| Table Tennis
Belt Loop and Pin
Table Tennis Sports Belt Loop
|The Cub Scout Table Tennis Belt Loop is an option for the Webelos Sportsman activity badge.
Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
- Explain the rules of table tennis to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30 minutes practicing table tennis skills.
- Participate in a table tennis game.
Sports Pin Requirements
Earn the Table Tennis belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Compete in a pack or community table tennis tournament.
- Demonstrate your knowledge, use, and care of the equipment needed to play table tennis (racket or paddle, table and net, ball, tennis or basketball shoes, and comfortable clothing).
- Practice 30 minutes developing serving skills.
- Practice 30 minutes developing your forehand and backhand strokes.
- Explain to your leader or adult partner how spin affects the bounce of the ball.
- Accurately set up a table tennis table and net according to USA Table Tennis rules.
- Play five games of table tennis.
- Participate in a table tennis skills development clinic.
- Explain to your leader or adult partner how to score a table tennis game.
- Participate in a game of doubles table tennis (four people playing in one game, two people per side).
| The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program Guide, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply SKU #34299)
Help with these requirements
|A FREE workbook for Cub Scout Table Tennis is available here! (PDF or Word) with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need! Or click here to print just the Cub Scout Table Tennis requirements.
|meritbadge.org has PDF and Word versions of workbooks for Scouts BSA ranks and merit badges, Webelos adventures, Cub Scout ranks and adventures, and Nova awards.
Related achievements, electives, or other awards
- 23. Cub Scout Table Tennis is an option for Bear requriement 23.
- Sportsman Activity Badge requirement 3. (earn the Cub Scout Table Tennis Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
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Post subject: Moving to Ann Arbor, MI: Where to Sail?
Duties call for me to move from San Fran to AnnArbor and need to decide whether to get rid of my gear. Are there good spots to sail in the area? Please help.
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I live in portage mi, dont know whats in the immediate area you are moving to, but do know there is good sailing here, If you have been sailing SF bay, you will fit right in w/the great lakes wave -B&J sailors.
I like mostly flat water -speed sailing so stay mostly on inland lakes. There is an active group for all abilities here on the west side of the state, and assume there are some on the east side as well.
I do know there is some sailing on Lake Lansing, but I dont know how big it is or what conditions are like. WELCOME!
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:17 am
Post subject: Michigan Wind
I recommend looking into Lake St. Clair or western Lake Erie. Both are about 1 hour east. Lake Michigan is a much longer hike to the west, about 3 hours from Ann Arbor, but it is littered with tons of great windy beaches.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:31 pm
Post subject: Huron
Also have a look at Lake Huron on the Canadian side -from the Sarnia bridge all the way up to Sauble beach. SW & NW prevail and rock in mid august on !!!!
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:30 am
Post subject: Ann Arbor
the closest lake is Whitmore & also sterling state park, lake erie is about
30 miles away. haven't sail there in about 10 years, their was a windsurfing shop & club near Ann arbor but I dont know if it exists anymore. Goog luck!
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:37 am
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Check out my response to the Windsor, Ontario posting. Since you will be in Ann Arbor you might be better going to Lake Michigan rather than Huron/St. Clair/Erie. Either way you have a fair amount of driving to do in order to get good results. Not to disuade you, but you might want to purchase a good water ski boat. You will get more consistent results with that than you will good wind and waves especially if you are from San Fran. Don't get me wrong it can be very good here, but the forcasting is sketchy and you have to drive a ways to get good wind and surf...Did I mention the local "professional" forecasting is sketchy. Millard Berry on the Yahoo group I posted in my reply to the Windsor, Ontario sailor is quite good at spotting the local wind trend so keep an eye on his predictions. You will need a floaty board (106 to 110L and a free ride board in the 84L range). 4.0 days for 185 lbs guy occur about 3 time a year. Mostly you ride a 6.0 to 6.5 sail. If you only have weekends to sail cause you work a lot I would be prepared to drive to Lake Michigan a lot (Muskeegon, Grand Haven) or buy the ski boat and keep it at Whitmore Lake.
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:02 pm
Post subject: I am so sorry for you.....I just moved away from AA
You may as well sell your gear! I kid you not you will be so upset with the wind in Ann Arbor especially coming from the Bay.
I lived in AA for 3 years. There are TONs of lakes near by....BUT all are surrounded by houses and trees. These people will not let you on their lakes. Not that its a problem the wind is so finicky on in land lakes that it will not be worth the effort. I spent my first 2 months trying to find something in the area with no luck. Whitmore is not a bad option but its again not easy to launch from. To find the wind you are going to have to drive!
Now the only place close is Lake St. Clair. Unfortunately, it is about 1+hr drive (with traffic). You have to go through Detroit or around to get to it and that eats up time. SO the after work sessions are long gone for you. AA/Detroit traffic is terrible. Plus St. Clair is so shallow that it is a stangnent gross water source. It smells like Sh*t because Detroit's Sh*t is in it. But its all we had...there are about 30 sailors that call it home.
So here goes....The best sites are: Lake St. Clair (metro Parks), Tawas Point, Harsen's Island, and a few up and down the east shores. Plus Case Lake is worth a shot too. Lake Michigan is too far of a drive except for the weekends. You really are not located close to any of the Norther sites or Western sites. Michigan is surprisingly BIG and you'll be in the very far SE corner.
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Brian is an awesome guy (ex-windsurfer). He has all the kite spots mapped out with conditions which work well for windsurfing too. FYI: Tawas Point is meca for kiters now. If you kite you'll love it there. I took his kite camp and Highly recommend it. Plus you'll get SOOOOO much more water time (and snow time) on a kite in MI then on a sail. Summer time is dead for sailors but Kiters are flying all summer long.
Hands down my favorite windsurfing spot is Harsen's Island. Its on Lake St. Clair but on the opposite side of the St.Clair launch. 2 hours from AA. Its like Hatteras! Watch you fin! Hey thats a plus for you. You are only 9-10 hours from Hatteras
Not the Gorge but its something.
Again I am sorry to have to tell you all this. I had high hopes for AA when I moved their but my number of days on water dropped to a miserable number. And I am originally from Ohio so that has to tell you something... I never had a LOT of windy days on the water in Ohio and I had almost none living in AA. It was just to damn long of a drive to the launches. AA is just to far West to be able to quickly get to the eastern lake regions and Canada area.
If you keep your gear....you will need A LOT of it. MidWest Sailing requires a huge quiver of sails and boards. My quiver is: 4.7,5.4,6.4,7.2,8.5,10.6: 91L,120L,168L. My 4.7,5.4 look like brand new !! Or they did until I moved. Now I use them a lot. And I need a 4.2 and 79L now.
But one good thing AA has is Mountain Biking. If you are a Biker you'll love some of the trails. They are not like the NorthWest (OR,WA) trails but they are great for the MidWest. Check out Potowatomi (sp)....its the BEST and only 15m away from downtown AA. Torn-Shirt is another really fun trail.
Hope you're not a USC fan...you are heading to the "Big House" land. I personally hate UM......>GO BUCKEYES< If you need anything else let me know.
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:31 pm
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Total BS from the kiter.
I was in Muskeegon last year and raced (sailboats) --it looked great, either inside on lake Muskeegan or better outside on Lake Michigan--I wished I had gear. Looked like some real fun light wind wave sailing there--sometimes more. I'd get a board like an Aero 117 for those waves.
Oh, and I recommend checking the wind sensors there (which I've done) .
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:53 pm
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Total BS from the kiter.
I was in Muskeegon last year and raced (sailboats) --it looked great, either inside on lake Muskeegan or better outside on Lake Michigan--I wished I had gear. Looked like some real fun light wind wave sailing there--sometimes more. I'd get a board like an Aero 117 for those waves.
Oh, and I recommend checking the wind sensors there (which I've done) .
I'm not a Kiter. I have tried it. But to this day have never been planning upwind on a kiteboard. But I find it humorous that you'd call bullshit just because you thought I was a Kiter. Do Kiters somehow not know local conditions and knowledge like us sailors? But I can tell you I've been skunked plenty in Michigan's summers only to watch as a kiter flew past.
You can call total BS only after you have actually lived in Ann Arbor (like me) and tried to find LOCAL reliable wind. So far I am the only one to comment here, who has actually lived and worked in AA. I'm not saying you can't windsurf in or around AA. But it is extremely hard to do so. I totally agree that Lake Michigan is great for wind. But its not good except for weekend trips. And Lake St. Clair is only good for a Sat/Sun trip mainly due to AA/Detroit traffic. Which leaves little options M-F after work.
FYI : AA is 3 hours from Muskegon. AA is 1 hour to St. Clair Metro Beach (w/o traffic. Add 30-45m for traffic). AA is 2.5 hours to Tawas. AA is 50m to Wamplers and that is if Rt.12 is not backed up, which it always is. AA is 20m to Ford which has only one launch and in a bad direction and questionable water quality.
When you are looking for a quick after work session Lake Michigan won't due! And St. Clair is very frustrating to get too... And local options are crappy.
Take my advice as it is... advice. Its not the gospel written in stone. At least you have the Mt. Biking and the Bars or Water Skiing(big in MI) as an option. Terry would you like to chime in on your local knowledge of the AA area and experiences with I-94/ or 275/696 traffic? Oh Wait you're not a Local are you?
SEagle if you get there and find a local "Honey Hole" great. I never found it. You'll see many many lakes. But like I said they are all closed in with trees and homes. Which makes for very finicky wind and pissed off home owners. And the ones people do sail on (Case, Whitmore) require a good deal of driving and patients to get there. Good Luck!
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:35 pm
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The tipoffs were the 'better sell your gear' comment & the contact a kite shop comment. Likely there's somewhat closer wind/Lake access than Muskegon (2 1/2 hours, by the way) . If you've 'been skunked while kiters fly past' then get a bigger sail/board--you can go way before they can (I do). Or go kiting, I really don't care. But there's no reason to tell other people to sell their gear.
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