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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Univ. of Ark.) - The University of Arkansas has been selected to host four NCAA postseason championships it was announced on Wednesday. Arkansas will be home to a 2014 and 2016 NCAA Men's and Women's Cross Country Regional, the 2015 NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships and a 2017 NCAA Gymnastics Regional.
"We are pleased that the University of Arkansas has once again been recognized as one of the nation's premiere hosts for NCAA championship events," Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long said. "Hosting championship events at the University of Arkansas is a source of pride for our program and for our university. It also provides our student-athletes the opportunity to compete for conference, regional and national championships in front of the Razorback fans at some of the nation's top competition venues."
A recent study estimated the annual economic impact of Razorback Athletics to be more than $153.6 million annually. The same study estimated the total economic impact of the program to exceed more than $1 billion in the next five years.
"In addition to the more than 200 regular season athletic events we host on campus each year, NCAA events add to the tremendous economic impact Razorback Athletics is already having on our region," Long said. "Thousands of student-athletes, coaches, officials and fans come to Northwest Arkansas, to fill hotels and support local businesses. It is also an opportunity to showcase the University of Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas while providing participants and spectators a memorable and rewarding championship experience."
Arkansas will host the 2014 NCAA Men's and Women's Cross Country Regionals on Nov. 14, 2014 at the Razorbacks' home course at AGRI Park. The 2016 NCAA Regionals are set for Nov. 11, 2016 and will also be held at AGRI Park. The regionals will mark the third and fourth times, the University of Arkansas has hosted an NCAA Cross Country regional at AGRI Park with the previous events coming in 2007 and 2012.
The Randal Tyson Track Center will host the NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships for the 12th time in 2015. Since the facility's opening in 2000, Arkansas has hosted the event 11 times, including nine straight seasons and 11 of the last 13 championships. The Randal Tyson Center, home to the fastest indoor track in the world, will host the 2015 NCAA Men's and Women's Track and Field Championships, March 13-14, 2015.
Barnhill Arena, on the University of Arkansas campus, has quickly become a familiar stop on the way to the NCAA Gymnastics Championship. For the fifth time in its history, Arkansas will host a NCAA Gymnastics Regional on April 1, 2017. Barnhill Arena served as a home site for regionals in 2006, 2009 and 2012 and is already scheduled to host again in 2014 (April 5). The first three times the Razorbacks have hosted, they have advanced to the NCAA Championship. In two of those years, 2009 and 2011, Arkansas reached the NCAA Super Six.


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This is one of four Trinity College Awards that recognizes outstanding teaching in the college. Recipients are selected by a faculty committee on the basis of their ability to encourage intellectual excitement and curiosity in students, knowledge of a field and ability to communicate it, organizational skills, mentorship of students, and commitment to excellent teaching over time.
"The Letters Project," a collaboration by Deborah Pope, Raquel Salvatella and Merrill Shatzman, is an interdisciplinary art work using original poetry and digital media to move beyond traditional models of words paralleling images and static illustrations. Reflecting an interactive, individual and collective dynamic, its focus is to enact and celebrate the essence and process of artistic creation itself. The Letters Project was recently on exhibition as part of the Collaboration of Humanities, Arts and Technology (CHAT) Festival. You can view it here.
Professor Wald's presidential address to the American Studies Association meeting in October is now available via audio podcast. Click here to access the audio.
Students and faculty came together for an evening of poetry and jazz February 3, 2012, in Perkins Library to celebrate the literary legacy of "The Archive" magazine.
Fall 2011 - Prof. Holland's class at the OccupyDuke site
Graduate Student teaching: the Stephen Horne Award
Congratulations to Magdalena Zurawski and Astrid Giugni, winners of the 2011 Stephen Horne Award.
During the 1970's and 1980's, the U.S. Army instituted a program designed to improve the quality of instruction at the Military Academy, West Point. That program selected likely candidates from line officers on active duty, sent the to graduate programs for two years to earn a master's degree, and then assigned them to teach for three years in the several academic departments at the Academy. This department was one of those chosen nationwide to receive and prepare such candidates. two of that group, both of them four-star generals now, have achieved notable distinction in the military.
Eric Shinseki (M.A., 1976) served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 1996-2003; now retired, he has been appointed United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Martin Dempsey (M.A, 1984) served briefly this spring as Chief if Staff before being chosen by President Obama to be Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Jack Capps, former Chairman of the English Department of West Point, and a Faulkner scholar, writes: "Three cheers for the faculty at Duke."
Sunday, July 17, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Dr. Karla FC Holloway, James B. Duke professor of English at Duke University, will read from her book, Private Bodies, Public Text: Race, Gender and a Cultural Bioethics. Using historical examples, from the Tuskegee Study and Henrietta Lack to the more contemporary examples of Terri Schiavo and those hospitalized during Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Holloway demonstrates how race and gender play pivotal roles in medical research and treatment. A book signing will follow the reading.
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Modernist Cultures began as an electronic journal, jointly edited at the University of Birmingham (UK) and Duke University (USA). Five years down the line we are delighted to move to both electronic and hardcopy publication with Edinburgh University Press. The relaunched Modernist Cultures, expanded to include book reviews and longer essays, will appear twice per annum in the first instance: a themed issue in Spring (May), and an open issue in Autumn (October).
We are delighted that the first that the first issue of the relaunched journal is 'Modernism and Cinema', edited by our joint editor Michael Valdez Moses, and including essays by Genevieve Abravanel, Nicholas Allen, Thomas Elasaesser, Schott Klein, Michael Levenson, Laura Marcus, Susan McCabre and David Trotter. Our next themed issue will be devoted to 'Modernism and the Middlebrow' (2011). Modernist Cultures continues in its aim to focus on the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of both modernism and contemporary modernist studies. We welcome proposals for future themed issues and individual essay submissions for the open issues. We invite anybody with suggestions for topics to contact us.
Please note that back issues of the first Modernist Cultures series will be available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/loi/mod
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The scholarships are awarded each year to a maximum of 40 "talented, independent and wide-ranging" young Americans for graduate level studies in the United Kingdom.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Three Duke University seniors -- Nicolas Altemose, Katherine Buse and Alessondra (Allie) Speidel -- have been awarded Marshall Scholarships to continue in their respective fields of study after graduation.
Buse, from Chapel Hill, N.C., is an English major studying the role of catastrophe in contemporary fiction. She will pursue a degree in science fiction and contemporary literature at the University of Liverpool.
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Ask Fred Moten where his career as a poet began and he'll tell you—at a nuclear test site.
It was the early 1980s, and the future Duke English professor was 19. After nose diving out of Harvard as a freshman, he'd come home to Las Vegas for a year and taken a job as a janitor at the infamous Nevada Test Site, where the U.S. government set off hundreds of nuclear explosions over the course of the Cold War. He describes the gig as a daily three hours of work and five hours of hiding to avoid more work, time he used to jot down poems and "read a lot of Dante."
Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize for Literature
For more about Mario Vargas Llosa, see Prof. Michael Moses' Novel and the Globalization of Culture, a chapter of which is devoted to MVL's major novel, The War of the End of the World.
Prof. Moses has also reviewed Vargas Llosa's Feast of the Goat.
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Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, performed by Prof. Maureen Quilligan's English 173, From Medieval to Renaissance.
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"Reviewers have described the novel as a stylistic counterpoint to "Mambo Kings," but it also explores a contrast in geography and identity: what it means to be Cuban in Miami, and what it means anywhere else."
Frank Stasio interviews guests:
Priscilla Wald, professor of English at Duke University and author of the book Contagious, spoke about the media coverage of "emerging infections" and the H1N1 virus. Her comments were included in several news programs including a Canadian radio show, The Current, and Al Jazeera's Inside Story.
Ken Ilgunas, a student in Christina Askouonis' "Writing Travel' class, published an essay he wrote in class on Salon.com. Prof. Askounis says, "It ran in early December as the cover story & got a tremendous response. He's had offers from literary agents and publishers and articles about him have appeared in The Raleigh News and Observer, the Buffalo News and on the CBS news website. He's been interviewed by Ron Reagan on Air America and has another interview coming up with Dick Gordon ("The Story") on NPR."
Another of Prof. Askounis' students, Bronwen Dickey, had her essay "The Last Wild River" selected for inclusion in Best American Travel Writing 2009 edited by Simon Winchester. Bronwen's work has also appeared in the Oxford American, the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek and The New York Review of Books.
And since we're on the subject, here's an interview one of our students did earlier!
At its conception in the 1960s, the internet's great aspiration was innocent enough: it sought to facilitate nerd-to-nerd connection, information sharing at its most erudite and least user-friendly.
But today's internet occupies a whole new frontier.
It could be said that on its pages plays out a duel of divergent imperatives: the noble educational intentions of yore must duke it out daily with siren-song sites like Juicy Campus and Facebook—just ask any professor who has allowed laptops in his classroom only to have his teachings eclipsed by the Twittering of his students.
Enter: "HASTAC," the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory, a band of renegade intellectuals who are exploring uncharted territory, searching for new and creative ways to harness the potential power of the wild wild web.
"HASTAC wants to spur interaction between internet and learning," said Duke English graduate student Patrick Jagoda.
"The internet changes who we are, how we think, and how our brains work," said Jagoda, who is one of fifty HASTAC Scholars chosen this year in recognition of their commitment to innovative technological work. Through his association with HASTAC, Jagoda will spend the year as part of a virtual community of good guys. According to the Scholars' website, the group's prerogatives include, "creating, reporting on, blogging, vlogging, and podcasting events related to digital media and learning for an international audience."
Both the internet and the concept of the internet are integral to Jagoda's personal research, which concerns the relationship between networks, connectivity and terrorism as depicted in literature and film (to put it oversimply.) Being online for him is both a tool and an object of analysis.
"With Google and Wikipedia at my disposal, I am constantly and frantically connected at super speed."
It is this super-connection that HASTAC and its allies are trying to funnel into the classroom, championing the concept of "participatory learning" that has already been embraced by user-generated content sites like YouTube and Wikipedia.
In 2006, one of these allies, The MacArthur Foundation, launched a five-year, $50 million digital media and learning initiative with aims of, as put on its website, "changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life."
Together with HASTAC, the foundation hosts a yearly Digital Learning and Media Contest in hopes of rooting out the technology of tomorrow.
Its latest winner, the Virtual Peace project, was created Duke's own Kimberly Jenkins Chair for New Technologies and Society, Tim Lenoir, and has the potential to turn the digital gamefront on its head.
Virtual Peace is a video game, but not just any video game. It is HASTAC's answer to the popular mass-destruction post-doom video game model. The game's format will look familiar to fans of other virtual simulation games like World of Warcraft, but make no mistake: there is a plot twist in store. Instead of blowing up innocent bystanders or stealing their cars, users are assigned to the task of disaster relief and challenged to virtually manage the after effects of natural disaster.
"This is an example of gaming being used for more complex purposes," Jagoda said. "How great would it be if we could refocus the interest in games like Counterstrike and apply them to productive peace generation?"
Although the effects of Virtual Peace are yet to be seen–the program is still in its initial testing phases—Jagoda seems confident that this and all of HASTAC's efforts will ultimately greet the dawn of a new internet era.
"Today the internet is phenomenal—I can instantly satisfy any passing curiosity or intellectual itch with one click on Wikipedia," he said. "Something about that model is really promising."
– Anne Rhett, '09
(Aug. 2009)
During the summer months, it might seem like things are quiet here. But we're always busy with "backstage" work to make sure the rest of the year goes smoothly. Usually it's not the sort of work that makes for interesting reading, but this lighthearted bit of email exchange about office moves was so delightful that we thought we'd share (with permission, of course).
On an office move from the basement of Soc. Sci. to temporary lodgings elsewhere…
… June 4 your bunker will be invaded by uniformed men with strange accents and rolling carts. they will pack and remove everything. do nothing to stop them. change is inevitable. should you return to said bunker after this date, it will be as though you never existed there. you have thus been forewarned.
strange to say, whenever I'm there, in the shadowy cavern beneath the auditorium, my office, across the hall from and not to be confused with what can only be the most desolate men's room in the state of North Carolina, which is what I have for a view, the men's room door, to the extent that I can see it, given the quality of light in the room, spilling in from the drainage gate at the top of the cement cylinder that the window looks out on, if looks is what it does, if window is what it is, now and then a shadow passes by, maybe a student who's been lost for decades, looking for the office hours of some long dead prof, somebody who everybody thinks retired to Costa Rica but in fact died and turned to dust in one of the other offices, strange to say, there in my office, with my bright little notepad before me, I already feel like I never existed, I'm either not there when I'm there, or anywhere else I am, I'm also there, only there, in my office, my bunker, my home, home at last!!! O joy! How can I bear to leave it?
English Major Chelsea Allison won the Middlesworth Award, given by the library for the best paper based on work done in Special Collections. Chelsea won for her wide-ranging research on letters, journals, diaries, and other records written by women during periods of war, out of which she produced a remarkable manuscript of poems.
Chelsea carried out her project as an Independent Study with Prof. Deborah Pope, who emphasized that winning the Middlesworth for a creative work is especially noteworthy since the prize almost always goes to an academic paper.
A Sit Down With English Major and Faculty Award Winner
It is hard to believe that someone laden with as many laurels as Paula Rosine Long could get away with any degree of self-abasement. Long is a senior English Major and the recent recipient of one of this year's University Faculty Awards, an honor that was established with the aims of recognizing academic excellence and encouraging students to undertake serious scholarship and is, as its website proclaims, "the highest award given by faculty to undergraduates."
So, in addition to being a Benjamin N. Duke Leadership Scholar, nonprofit founder, passionate advocate, world traveler, accomplished poet, painter, sorority girl and southern belle, Long can now add "Seriously Excellent Scholar" to her list of taglines.
But even an accolade as prestigious as that will need to vie for resume real estate with stiff competitor credentials like "Polka Dance Troupe Social Chair," and "Non-Violent Jordanian Gang member." How, you might ask, does the same woman polka her way into the hearts of both erudite Duke faculty members and foreign gangsters, violent or otherwise?
Therein lies the exact essence of Long: scary smarts wrapped in enigmatic quirks.
But, despite her many accomplishments, Long maintains that being selected for this honor is "just hilarious." And, as she recounts the details of her interview, you almost believe her. (Almost.)
"There I was trying to respond to a professor in Arabic when I realized I was wearing giant fake eyelashes I forgot to take off from the night before," she said. "I was totally thrown."
For all her self-deprecation, Long certainly carries and articulates herself with ample confidence.
She tempers her impressive aptitude with charm befitting a well-taught North Carolina debutante, which, by the way, she is. But it would be inaccurate to assume that her southern upbringing was all moonlight and magnolias.
"I grew up Carrboro, a little hippie town" she said. "It was great in the sense that I didn't learn a lot of indoctrinated views."
She adds that on the homefront she was introduced to blurred gender lines by a mother who signed her younger brother up for ballet while insisting she play football.
"Santa brought us both types of gendered gifts," said Long. "I guess you could say she overcompensated a bit."
In her recent intellectual career, Long has begun to address the latent gender-related inquiries she inherited from her childhood. These are the subject of her current project, a thesis a surrounding a concept she terms "The Female Sublime," a reworking of gender-based aesthetic philosophy.
"I realized that all along I've had this affinity for things that were sublime rather than beautiful," she said.
In her work, she plans to traverse both time and space, tracing this "Sublime" across international and historical trajectories, drawing on everything from her obsession with the 1980s British punk performer Poly Styrene, to her own decision to buzz the back of her once-long locks.
This haircut proved more consequential than Long expected last summer, when she visited Jordan as part of the International Summer component of her B.N. Duke Scholarship.
Jordanian women criticized Long's appearance, saying her short hair and refusal to wear kohl around her eyes was man-like and equating her grooming choices with her gender. Furthermore, she found that her assertive and loud nature flew in the face of many tightly-clung cultural practices.
"To them, I didn't fit either gender standard," she said.
But this hardly held her back.
"Since they heard I acted like a man, I was allowed to not act like a woman." Normally, she said, the neighborhood men would hang out after hours on the rooftops smoking. Because she acted like a man, they invited Long to join them. Listening to her description of the views from atop the house, one can only imagine the sublimation that took place on that smoky rooftop.
"They named me black olive," she said. "They told me that on the roof, I was man, not woman."
As an American woman, Long said it was difficult to adjust to Jordanian expectations. Perhaps the most notable of these shifts was wardrobe-related: because women in Jordan customarily wear all-covering burkas, Long was forced to trade in her signature zany outfits in favor of a more somber dress code, a telling cultural distinction. Long said one female Jordanian compared her lot in life to being a lollypop—she was always obliged to wrap herself beautifully.
"It seems that they dress themselves in this finery so that people will want to buy them, but really it's to keep the flies off," she said. "To avoid men's advancements women must consumerize themselves."
This experience has left Long determined to go back. After graduation, she hopes to return to Jordan to work on carving out a place for women in Jordan's labor market, and said she thinks her English degree will serve her well in her endeavors.
"Being an English major has taught me to see things in different ways, not just texts but also real life."
— Anne Rhett, '09
English graduate student Patrick Alexander was awarded a 2008 Samuel Dubois Cook Award for his work creating "Stepping Stones," an educational program that acquaints (or reacquaints) men who are incarcerated at Orange Correctional Center in Hillsborough with the unique experience of the college classroom. He taught a seminar in African American literature and creative writing there and will be teaching further courses in literature and writing seminars at OCC in the summers to come.
Patrick was accompanied at the award ceremony by Dean Jo Rae Wright, Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney, Dr. Tomalei Vess, and by "my advisor, Dr. Maurice Wallace; my pastor, Rev. Kenneth Ray Hammond of Union Baptist Church (who has financially and verbally supported my work), and Kathy Alberter and Mary DesHarnais, a dedicated administrator and my teaching assistant, respectively, from the Orange County Literacy Council (they are my liasions to OCC and huge supporters of my work). I also had the privilege of meeting the distinguished Dr. Samuel Dubois Cook personally that evening."


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Let fawns live
Regarding your recent article about the Department of Fish and Wildlifes policy to kill orphaned fawns or allow them to starve, I strongly disagree with that policy. I do not believe that the departments arguments stand up to scrutiny. Other nearby states allow rehabilitation of fawns by licensed rehabilitators, and according to the quoted rehabilitator, fawns are easily and successfully reintroduced to the wild. I also fail to understand how rehabilitation can lead to incidents of chronic wasting disease, when licensed rehabilitators will quarantine them until they either show signs of illness or prove to be healthy.
The departments policy is in fact more likely to create the problems that it purports to solve. Such a strict policy will encourage Vermonters who find orphaned fawns to raise them themselves and perhaps make serious mistakes. The article noted that the policy may have already created a type of underground railroad for these fawns.
I respectfully urge the department to change this misguided policy. The department should also undertake an educational effort to inform Vermonters that most fawns that appear to be alone in the wild should be left where they are. Only if a person knows that the mother is dead should he or she contact the department so that the fawn can be safely delivered to a licensed rehabilitator.
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Ok so i am 25 weeks pregnant and very happy.The baby's father is not involved.I want to kno what I can do to make sure he is away from me for ever he used to hit me and when he found out I was pregnant he tried to push me into getting an abortion....I ended up telling him to leave me alone,and he moved out of state but I want to make sure that he NEVER comes close to me or my baby again....i just wanna know what else I should do .
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Get a restraining order against him and do not put him on the birth certificate. If he is on it he can push for a paternity test and claim parental rights. If you call your local police department and explain the situation, they should be able to help.posted 08/15/2011 by tiffanyleigh887
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"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea . . ." (Psalm 46:1-2).
What constitutes evidence that God is "present" and a "help"? Evidently not the sight of catastrophe.
I suppose that if you were alarmed about your circumstances and you commenced praying for God to be present with you and then you saw the earth giving way or mountains crumbling into the sea, you might conclude that your prayers were not answered. After all, you prayed against catastrophe and here is catastrophe! I mean, how else do we gauge whether God is with us other than by observing whether our troubles have disappeared?
This psalm is bona fide proof that if we have been assuming this, we have been wrong. Here is the psalmist finding no inconsistency whatsoever between the presence of God and the presence or continuance of disaster. He is prepared to assert that God is "very present" even though the rafters are falling around him. Not only is God "very present," He is "a very present help." Hitherto, what I would have called a "help in trouble" is someone who removed the trouble, or at least mitigated my experience of it.
Do we go by the sight of our eyes or by what the Word of God says? The earth is giving way. Where is the evidence of God's presence? It would seem, by all appearances, that "present" is precisely what God is not!
It is then that you have to ask yourself-when you have prayed for God's help and the response is an unabatement of trouble: Will I still believe God? Job faced this. If God claims to be present and my trouble goes on and on, I need to decide whether to give up the faith or to put the Word of God (which says God claims to be present) above even something so fundamental a touchstone as my five senses. The five senses are our normal ways of knowing the world. But are they ultimate?
Come to think of it, why should the crumbling of my world be considered counter-evidence of God's presence? Will I dictate to God what form His presence should take? Am I the judge that I should say what is inconsistent with God's presence?
What if God is up to something in this crumbling of the world, something I have no idea of, something that will take time to be visible or come to fruition? If it comes to it, you and I must make this policy statement: Even if there is a choice between God's Word and our eyes, I believe you, God. Because you say that you are with me, even now, I believe you.
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The University of Texas at Arlington's Center for Theory is designed to facilitate the research and teaching of a growing number of faculty and graduate students interested in contemporary social and cultural theories. The Center serves as an interdisciplinary gathering point, bridging social sciences and humanities. Of particular interest is the impact of information and communication technologies on the self, society and culture. Indeed, we use these technologies to include scholars at other universities in the work of the Center, such as Doug Kellner at UCLA, Timothy Luke at Virginia Tech and Mark Poster at UC-Irvine. We aim to create a sense of intellectual community at UTA and to focus discussion on central social problems of the early 21st century.
The Center hosts colloquia and makes information available about ongoing faculty research and about theoretically-oriented graduate courses, across, and even beyond, the College of Liberal Arts. In the future, we hope to offer graduate fellowships and sponsor faculty research as we secure an economic base for the Center.
We have started an electronic journal, Fast Capitalism, devoted to the examination of 21st century social issues, especially the impact of information and communication technologies on self, society and culture. The journal bridges social sciences and humanities, and it welcomes both disciplinary and interdisciplinary work. We will publish regular papers and we will also offer opportunities for dialogues and communications. Fast Capitalism 1.1 has just been posted at www.fastcapitalism.com. Please direct submissions to Ben Agger, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Donald Monasmith - May 06, 2014
Donald Eugene Monasmith was born on Aug. 10, 1933, to Ruth (Pribbeno) and Marion Monasmith in Haxtun, Colo. His family lived in the Lamar Community until the fall of 1947 when a tornado hit and the family relocated to the Crete community southwest of Champion.
Don began his high school education at Concordia in Seward, Neb., and then transferred to Chase County High and graduated with the class of 1951. He then went to McCook Junior College and played football for one year. He was then called to serve our country and was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. He was honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant in 1955.
Don married Yvonne Johnson on Aug. 8, 1954, in Fort Morgan, Colo., and to this union six children were born. Don graduated from Colorado State University in the summer of 1959 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Education. His first teaching job was in Silma, Colo., from 1959-1961. He moved his family to Burlington, Colo., where he taught agriculture education for 11 years. Don then became a Farm Bureau Insurance agent and remained an insurance agent for State Farm and then AAL/Thrivent until his retirement in 1994.
On Feb. 3, 1990, he married Amy Bonner in Imperial, Neb., and her four children were added to his family. Don and Amy made their home in Chase County. Don was an accomplished musician. He sang at many weddings and events until he lost his hearing. He endured a cochlear implant in 2012.
He loved following his grandchildren's events. He had a passion for agriculture and gardening which he engaged in until his passing. He also loved the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Colorado Rockies. He was an avid sports fan. His sons gave him some of his proudest moments on the wrestling mat and baseball field.
Don never knew a stranger. He was proud to be associated after retirement with Chase County Schools as a substitute teacher and at last he learned to text.
Don was a member of the Imperial Lion's Club and the Wauneta American Legion.
?Don passed away Tuesday morning, May 6, 2014, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant, Neb. He was 80 years of age.
?He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law Dean McCoy.
?Survivors include: wife, Amy of Imperial; son, Daryl of Wray, Colo.; daughter, Lanette and husband Tom Ehresman of Salem, Or.; son, Bryce and wife Kendra of Akron, Colo.; daughter, Daneen and husband Kent Jostes of Akron, Colo.; son, Devin and wife Linda of Denver, Colo.; son, Byron of Tokyo, Japan; step-children: Dick Bonner of Imperial, Cathy Rowley of Imperial, LaDonna and husband Jon Welch of Champion, Neb., Dale Bonner of Omaha, Neb.; grandchildren: Dillan, Jacy, Mark, Marissa, Kendall, Alissa, Phillip, Danika, Maura, Colton, Jamie, and Lindsay; step-grandchildren: Holly, Ty, Kelly, Tracy, Angie, Mike, Jeremy, Devon, Jessica, Melissa, and Erica; 20 great-grandchildren; sister, Joan and husband, Boyd Mathews of Imperial; sister, Fern McCoy of Arapahoe, Neb.; and brother, John Monasmith of Wauneta, Neb.
Funeral services for Donald Monasmith were held Monday morning, May 12, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church of Imperial with Pastor David Kahle officiating. An inurnment service will be held at the Lamar Cemetery, Lamar, Neb., at a later date.
Visitation was held Sunday afternoon, May 11, 2014, 2:00- 6:00 p.m.at the funeral home in Imperial.
Memorials have been established to the Senior Centers of Imperial and Wauneta, Neb.
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You are an adult right now. You need to take responsibility for your choices. - Tami Taylor
Any issues about Friday Night Lights starting its final season rather slowly have been effectively erased over the last two episodes. Last weeks Kingdom (which I didnt cover, but was visually one of the best episodes of the shows run) grabbed the story lines and potential pitfalls ahead of Julie and Vince and spun them into this weeks Swerve rather seamlessly as the characters found that just ignoring problems didnt necessarily make them go away.
Swerve is undoubtedly a reference to the propensity of teenagers to take the path of least resistance and avoid the chance of facing major issues head-on. And the writers juxtaposed this avoidance by having the adults in their lives staring those same issues directly in the eye.
In that the episode was about the art of the dodge, its somewhat ironic that Julie chose to sidestep her college fallout by driving her car straight into an immovable object. And for the first time, maybe in the entire history of the show, Julies story is actually interesting; almost in spite of her character. Because really by not going back to college and eliminating the chance of having to confront the TA, his wife and utter humiliation, she instead suffered at the hands of her inexplicably poor choices, by having to deal with the much, much bigger issue of her fathers disappointment.
Parental despondency ranks up there on the gut-punch level of emotional distress so watching Eric and Tami deal with Julies transgressions in their various ways was an enlightening look at how family issues dont always solve themselves by closing credits.
I say Julies story was interesting almost in spite of her involvement because her reaction was a typical, self-centered teenage one to heartache and humiliation. The real story here was Erics utter sadness in realizing hed raised a girl whod make such disastrous choices. Where he often has shaped his players in some image of himself (or at least set them on the straight and narrow under his tutelage) he has simultaneously raised a daughter who he doesnt even know. It was painful watching him come to grips with this sentiment and even more so as he stared at Grace sleeping, wondering if shed grow up to make the same choices as Julie. Or maybe even wondering where exactly he went wrong as a father.
Similarly, Vinces problems, while slightly different in the this issue could end my life rather than just embarrass the hell out of me - vein, differed little as he sought to avoid rather than confront. In his case, not really confronting the gangster to whom he owed money (he paid a little I guess) was probably best from a safety point of view but similar to Julies in his desire to just make the problem go away rather than solve it. Granted, I dont know if just paying the guy off cures the problem anyway, but Vinces choice to have his father deal with it presumably opens up a whole new set of questions going forward.
In Vinces case, I find it hard to believe hed be naive enough to think Ornette would make the everything disappear by simply calling in a favor, or with a handshake between old gangster running mates. Instead, Vinces turning over the mantle to his pop really just exemplified this idea of if I dont see it the problem must have just gone away (like Julie just not going back to college). And while Im glad the writers didnt just conveniently forget about Vinces past struggles, it is troubling to know that his fathers new taste of power will probably come at his sons expense. Hes involved now, for better or worse.
Where Vinces and Julies stories diverge is in the fatherly reactions. Eric wanted Julie to face her problems, suck it up and return to college. Vinces father solved everything the only way Ornette Howard knows how, kicking someones ass. And that he did. Presumably to protect Vince, but more likely just to exhibit a little bit of control back in his own life.
And so all the characters really did was swerve out of the way of their problems. Nothing was solved, but rather just put off for a bit of time.
Some other thoughts:
Interestingly enough, the only kid to just face everything up front was Luke, with a little helping hand (and booze) from Billy Riggins. Lukes realization that he wasnt the apple of TMUs eye was a real chance for Matt Lauria to show some clear acting chops. Luke has often been just a side character, but this episode had him running the gamut. Lauria was more than up for it.
Speaking of Billy. What an episode for the other Riggins brother. The writers have been finding the perfect opportunities for Billy to be Billy this season and Swerve had more than a few highlights. Between his admission about defecating in a mailbox, making Luke scream out his frustration and the textbook pregame pump-up speech. This was a Billy tour-de-force.
Also, speaking of good acting. Cress Williams is brilliant as Ornette Howard. Hes got the quasi-reformed old school gangster right down to the gait.
I am little confused about why exactly Coach was on the cover of the magazine. Did I miss something big he did?
I think I like Hastings Ruckle, Im just not totally sure yet.
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Mowry slugging for Baptist Bible
Elk Lake graduate Karin Mowry is in her second year playing for the Baptist Bible College softball team and is off to a great start.
Mowry, 19, a sophomore from South Auburn, returned from a trip to Myrtle Beach, Va., with the Defenders, where they went 5-3 on a spring training road trip.
This year, Mowry is playing catcher and third base for the team and bats second in the lineup.
After playing basketball in her first year at Baptist Bible, Mowry decided to focus on softball primarily, leaving her winter season free to prepare for taking to the diamond.
In the fall however, Mowry said she played goalie for the Defender soccer team, and had a great time.
"I've decided to really focus on softball," Mowry said. "But I did miss basketball this winter."
So far, Mowry said the team is on track for a great season.
"We've got some new girls out for the team this year," Mowry said. "And while they are young and lack some experience, they're picking things up really quickly."
Mowry said the Defenders have great team chemistry and are working well together.
"I think team chemistry helps a lot in our team's play," Mowry said.
And the Defenders will hopefully use that chemistry to their advantage as they make a push for the playoffs in NCAA Division III's Colonial States Athletic Conference.
"We're hoping to make it back to the playoffs this year, and hopefully get to the championship," Mowry said. "We ended up seeded sixth last year, so we're setting the bar high for this season."
On a personal level, Mowry said she is looking to get her power hitting to a higher level.
"I've always been good at producing ground balls and base hits, but never too much power hitting," Mowry said. "So I've been working with my coach to get the ball off the ground, and hopefully knock a few over the fence this season."
The Defenders finished up pre-season training indoors prior to leaving for the spring training road trip, and it was a welcome relief for Mowry and her teammates.
"We had 6 a.m. practices before class every day," Mowry said. "It was pretty tough. You get drained from going early every day. But now, we're after class, and that's been more manageable."
And Mowry said that she's doing well balancing her workload as a general studies major who plans to switch to sports administration.
"It's been nice, I have some classes with my roommate, so we've been able to do group projects together," Mowry said.
As far as what Mowry would consider a good season for the Defenders, she said it would be a winning season.
"A good goal for us would be to have a winning season, and make it further in our conference," Mowry said. "Show people that we can do it. It was surprising for people last year how far we made it because we're such a small school.
"I want us to show teams that we know we can do it."
There are also several other local graduates competing on the softball diamond at the collegiate level.
Former Lackawanna Trail slugger Emily Eremo, a 2007 grad, is playing alongside Antoine on the Lackawanna College team.
Blue Ridge graduate Jocelyn Dearborn is in her fourth year playing for Fordham University while Raider alum Dana Keene is beginning her sophomore season on the Cornell University softball team with her sister Erin, who is a junior.


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"To start, I go for a vodka on the rocks. A lot of people think a vodka tonic is clear so it must be low carb, but it's actually loaded with 'em, so I stick to the straight stuff. With it I order the avocado tuna tartare to split, which is good for protein and a healthy fat, although I don't eat the chips that come with it.
My main dish is the vegetable salad (I order double the chicken) with vinaigrette on the side. It's huge and filling with the added protein, but it still allows room for the Low Carb Cheesecake."
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The saying goes it's better to be lucky than good. Right now the Rangers are neither. But is it worse to be unlucky or bad?
In just their third game of the season, the Broadway Blueshirts added some black to their blue, losing their best skater, RW Marian Gaborik, and one of their most versatile forwards, C Chris Drury to injuries. In addition, Vinny Prospal, who has yet to play a game this season, will be sidelined indefinitely as he will undergo knee surgery.
The Rangers fought hard to gain a point before losing in overtime, but the news after the game was less than soothing. Gaborik will be out two to four weeks with a separated shoulder, while Drury is expected to miss six weeks due to re-fracturing the same pinky that caused him to miss most of training camp.
The Rangers looked like a playoff bubble team to start the season. Their playoff hopes rested largely on the shoulders of Gaborik and superstar goaltender Henrik Lundqvist coming through with enormous seasons. Though a sublime goal-scoring talent, Gaborik has topped the 70-game plateau just twice since the 2003-04 campaign and since 2006-07 has missed 120 games due to injury while playing in just 218. Another injury-prone year by the slick-skating sniper will certainly send the Rangers from the playoff bubble to the draft lottery.
Injury concerns prevent me annually from taking Gaborik in the first two rounds where you normally need to grab him. His history of being hurt forced me to drop his pre-season RW rank to sixth behind (in order) Patrick Kane, Martin St. Louis, Dany Heatley, Corey Perry and Marian Hossa. His injury also hurts the Rangers he would be playing on a line with, notably Alexander Frolov and Erik Christensen.
The Drury injury, however, opens the door for increased ice time for a couple of very talented young Rangers' centers. Artem Anisimov netted 28 points as a rookie last year with marginal playing time and power play time. Expect him to see more offensive situations and better linemates and perhaps approach 50 points this year.
The Rangers also are breaking in a young center who was my pre-season choice for the Calder Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year, an amazingly hockey-smart and determined kid named Derek Stepan. He burst onto the scene with a hat-trick in the Rangers' season opener. Though he has since fallen off the pace of a 246-goal season, a 25-goal, 40-assist campaign would not surprise me. Stepan won the NCAA championship as the go-to guy for the University of Wisconsin, and then followed that up by captaining the USA World Junior team to the gold medal in January. Stepan is a leader and a battler, and although his talent doesn't quite remind one of Jonathan Toews, his intangibles do. I see Stepan as a younger Rod Brind'Amour in many ways, and the Drury injury will certainly lead to Stepan receiving increased ice time and responsibilities.
In summary, if Gaborik was on your fantasy roster, we're sorry. If Drury was on your roster, you should be sorry. In deeper leagues, definitely take a flier on Stepan, if not Anisimov. In keeper leagues, consider Stepan the future first-line center and likely captain of the Rangers, and don't miss out on him. And if you're a Ranger fan? Clear that throat out and get ready for another winter full of "Fire Sather!" chants.
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In response to stinkman's comment:
Jagr u stink u fooled me however I thought u could still score . He has one goal off his knee and a goal against the panthers.
At least they won't have to give up first round pick for him
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Fifteen year-old Isabella "Bella" Farron is a quiet teen girl.
Bella is a Green NPC Medical Specialist.
Bella has enlisted under Lieutenant SG Jenna Seedar, and makes a big difference to the unit.
"Bella" is the youngest daughter of the noble House Farron clan, of Lyran space. While most teenage girls might be interested in fashion or boys, Bella has always been interested in books, and has shown an ability with medical training, seeking to be a paramedic in her advanced education. Shy and somewhat insecure, she has been the "quiet one" in her family for many years, and has shown little interest in sports, music or other similar activities.
Bella's strengths, however, are deeper, since she is mature, selfless and compassionate. She tends to put the feelings and needs of others before herself, and hides her personal fears to keep others "comfortable".
Bella was travelling home from her training school in the Magistracy of Canopus, when her Jumpship was attacked and captured by pirates operating out of the Cappellan Marches. She disappeared for a year, though her sister, Baroness Claire Farron "Baroness" eventually traced the pirates trail to Claybrooke, and found her in a foundry in the town of Deadwood; though it cost her own freedom as a result.
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Thank you, libby. Will boycott and sign petitions. There
is not a more aggressive anti-union company than Wal-Mart. We shop there only if we cannot find an item elsewhere (including online), or if it's an emergency situation.
I know for a fact that new hires view anti-union videos. I've also read that Bentonville actually has union-busting teams available"for rapid deployment," if they get any indication that union organizing's afoot.
These Wal-Mart employees really deserve a lot of credit for standing up. I shudder to think what kind of retaliation many of them will have to endure.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.


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We rise at 5.50am, intentionally, so we can take a walk around the BW lake before the Bakery opens at 6.30. Its still dark, of course, but the views of the lights and imminent sunrise are lovely. There are few people around, and those that are out are jogging around the lake.
Its probably about a mile or so, and we land at the Bakery spot on 6.30. We choose a breakfast sandwich for me (like an egg burger, and a bit greasy to be honest) and Amanda has a breakfast burrito (much the same, with more cheese and in a wrap.) With 2 coffees the damage is $12.
Its light now and more people start to appear around the walkway. More joggers join, although some of them are doing little better than Peter Kays Dad sketch lots of puffing and blowing but around 1.5 mph!
We finish our brekkie at the Bakery tables outside and head back to the room. Amandas heel and toe are causing her some problems she has a few cracks in the skin so we need to get some cream later.
We shower and I sit on the balcony to catch up on my notes. The sun is rising behind us, lighting up the hotels and MGMs Tower of Terror in front. Its going to be hot again today.
We leave at 7.45, have a chat to Paul at the valet station, and head off to Goodings at Marketplace where we find some stuff to treat Amandas feet. Then its roof off, I4 east towards Orlando, and we are parking up at Seaworld by 8.40. There arent many people here today, so far, and the car lots are empty. They admit us to the Village area at 8.45, and we stand at the rope drop nearest the rides, chatting to a Cast Member, (full of enthusiasm for the new Killer whale show, Believe, which is in rehearsal later today) until they raise the flag and sing the national anthem at 900am. Then its full speed ahead, dump the bag in a locker and straight to Kraken
where the CM tells us theres a technical delay and it wont open for 15 minutes. Groan.. a middle-aged couple from Congleton are behind us they came yesterday and the guy loves the rides. His wife will do Atlantis, she says, but not the coaster. We are admitted at 915 sharp, and dash to the front row!
Wonderful coaster this we ride again, twice, in the back row, and then walk round to Atlantis
... Ive only done this once before and got pretty soaked, but am let off with a mild splashing today! (Leaving so soon? I think not!)
We make our way back towards the entrance and Key West, where we mess with the stingrays (oi, put it back in the water please!) and Amanda catches a sneaky pic of me updating my notes
.and then on to feed the dolphins
its busy here though, and we soon move on.
We start heading towards the Dolphin Stadium for the first show at 11.00, but were over early, (10.20) so we divert to the Waterfront to kill some time. This recently finished area looks fantastic, but on closer inspection adds little to the visitors essential itinerary except more opportunities to spend $$$ inside the park. Weve not yet tried the eateries here, but the shops sell more or less the same stuff you can find in 50 other places at SW. The Pearl Divers are briefly entertaining though, and we watch as they seed the tank with oysters for the day ahead.
We are close to the entrance village again (and my, doesnt it feel dated next to the Waterfront?) so we pop into the Cypress Bakery for coffees to drink during the dolphin show. We have another Aussie moment when a lady behind us in the line says to Amanda: I love your accent! Are you from Austrailia? Doh! Im wearing a cork-ringed hat and carrying a boomerang next year!
We walk the short distance to the Stadium. Clyde & Seymour has just kicked out, so the walkways are bustling. I love the pre-show entertainment at C & S, but have tired of the show, so we intend to skip it this visit.
The Dolphin Stadium has had an obvious rehash, with sexy looking steelwork projecting almost coaster-like above the stage and the water. Should be good. the guide says something like its a fusion of the animals, actors, acrobats and birds well, itll either be brilliant or appalling!
Well its great! Most wont have seen it yet, so no detail, but it works brilliantly! The dolphins and false killer whales mix with the performers and birds to produce a very entertaining half hour.
We leave, satisfied, and after a restroom stop, walk across the boardwalk bridge to Mango Joes, near Shamu, for an early lunch of combo fajitas and fries, c. $19. We sit on the lakeside patio in hot sunshine to eat. Lovely! Theres a little activity on the lake, with a team of three guys practising water ski stunts, although Ive not seen a proper show staged on the water for several years now.
Were close to the Wild Arctic now, and there doesnt seem to be any line for the simulator, so we enter. This is very dated, in my opinion, similar to Star Tours, a rough and bumpy affair, but more fun than walking. The actual base itself is very well themed, but theres little to see today no polar bears, although we watch some trainers for a day visitors swimming with beluga whales. In the next tank is a huge walrus, looking bored.
We stroll around the lake (12.45 now) to the Nautilus Theatre for the 1pm showing of Oddyssea, a decent, mini version of Cirque du Soleil on a budget. The pre-show is a laugh, having an actor mixing with the audience.
Out at 130, and its HOT! We do a quick tour of Shark Encounter on the way to the Shamu Stadium at 1.40 for the rehearsal of the new show, Believe.
This is well attended, and we take seats in the upper tier, (above the splash zone!) on the right of the theatre.
Theres a new set, with four, huge, flat screen, LCD displays. It transpires that these are on rails and swivels and can move apart to show separate images or combine for a larger picture. The pre-show is no longer the Q & A, adults v- kids quiz, and the ecological videos have been dropped.
Theres an amusing, animated penguin pre-show, before a CM tells us that this will be a full run through of the whole show. Theres a short, technical delay, but the show begins around 2.10.
Its outstanding, and, if this is a rehearsal, seemingly faultless. Again, I wont spoil the plot for everyone yet to see it, but the show has a story threaded through it, which works well to keep the whole thing flowing. Of course the whales do their usual (incredible!) jumps and stunts, and everyone in the lower tiers gets drowned!
We leave after the show and drive back along I4, in easy traffic conditions and 95-degree heat, after an initial detour along International Drive to see the sights. We miss an odd turning along the way, but arrive back at the resort by 3.30pm.
We have a beer on the balcony and I call the kids. Theres a problem though, as my work mobile wont connect we were due a change of service provider after I return, but it must have happened early. I get through on a spare, pay as you go phone, but use up all my credit!
We shower and change before leaving at 4.45. Its still very hot as we enter the cool, air-conditioned lobby of Spoodles a few minutes before 5pm.
There are several parties waiting, but when I check in the CM tells us our ADR means we will be first to be seated at 5pm.
The reception area is attractive, finished in dark wood with a chequer board floor and beamed ceiling. We are shown through to the airy dining room at 5 sharp, and lead to a table in the corner near the Boardwalk window. The dining room has a lighter, still predominantly wood finish, with heavy furnishings and open kitchen. We like it.
Our server, Lynne, arrives and introduces herself. She describes the specials available and we select as follows: Starters Flatbread for both, plus a shrimp cocktail,
entrees: Amanda has a Portuguese fish stew, and I choose a lamb shank from the specials. To drink Buena Vista Chardonnay 03.
The starters are lovely, followed by some free herb bread with a tapenade dip.
The main courses arrive mine is a huge, slow-cooked lamb shank with the meat falling off the bone, served on a bed of seasoned polenta. Its excellent. Amandas stew also impresses.
Amanda doesnt want a full dessert, so we split a Chefs Platter.
A fine meal in all. $125 + tip not cheap, but good value. We leave at 6.15pm and wander back up the Boardwalk to the village green in front of the hotel entrance. I like the Wyland Gallery here, so we enter for a browse. Most of the exhibits would look ridiculous in our modern home, and we cant afford them anyway, but they have a new jewellery range and Amanda gets a lovely silver/pearl and diamond bracelet at a sensible price.
Back to the room so Amanda can change her heels for something more suited to browsing the shops at Downtown Disney, and then off to the bus stop in front of the hotel in case we fancy a drink after La Nouba. We only have to wait 5 minutes for the next one, which arrives at 6.50 and takes us by an indirect (to me) route via the Swan/Dolphin and rear of Saratoga Springs resorts. It drops us at the Marketplace bus station at 7.10pm. The area is busy, especially around the Rainforest Café.
We wander through the area, in and out of the stores we do the Disney store, of course, but refrain from buying anything.
At the end of the Marketplace are, where you used to have to walk onto the car lots in order to reach Westside there have been a few changes a pleasant, Irish Pub and Fish & Chip shop form part of the new block here.
The memorabilia place is interesting, although expensive, and Amanda sulks when I suggest $10,000 is a lot to pay for a Bon Jovi guitar! My personal favourite is the Magnetron shop, where I search in vain for a maggot ball similar to mapman-Steves the other year!
We walk through happy crowds to Bongos Café, where we buy two Cuban (espresso) coffees, which we drink on a bench overlooking the lake and Saratoga across the water. The sunset is beautiful.
After coffee we make our way to the Cirque building and have a look in the store before climbing to the lobby and entering at 8.30pm.
We have Cat 1 seats, in the first block near the centre of the stage. This is my third visit to La Nouba, and Amandas first. Previous shows have always stunned me, and this one does not disappoint. I suppose at some stage they will replace the show, and having seen another Cirque production in Manchester, the prospect does not worry me, but until then I hope to keep making periodic visits to this one.
What is it? Not a circus in any traditional sense no horses or elephants here, folks, but the mix does include clowns, acrobats, high wire, aerial ballet, mountain and BMX bike stunts and incredible, diabolo hurling Chinese girls. Theres supposed to be the loose thread of a story binding Cirque performances together, but Ive not really picked anything up over the years. Excellent, atmospheric backing music, superb costumes and make-up do complement the acts though.
The hour and a half flies by, and the finale, where the performers use hidden and visible trampolines to leap up the sides of a tall building set is incredible. We exit at 1040 in good spirits. Saratoga Springs looks lovely across the lake, viewed from the raised entrance area.
We had intended to stop somewhere local, perhaps House of Blues, for a drink after the show, but, as usual, we are both weary, so we make our way to the nearer bus stops serving Westside and are on the way back to BWV just after 1100. It drops us off at 11.15, and we have a beer on the balcony of our room before collapsing into sleep sometime after 11.30pm.
Mike & Amanda
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I was wondering what are the effects on the bicycle and its parts from the humidity and high heat.
I think it is safe to say we are all suffering (for those in the northern hemisphere), with incredibly high humidity levels and very high temperatures. I have searched on this forum but didn't find anyone asking the same thing.
When I park my bike while I work and come back to it, this is during the night, it is sweating on the seat, the frame, the wheels so I wonder is there an extra special care I must take regarding maintenance because of this?


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Sulkava Rowing Race is Finland´s biggest rowing event, which have gathered in its best years over 10 000 rowers and over 20 000 visitors. Within the race in most categories there will be rowed a route with the length of approximately 60km, though in the following year (2012) there will be a new route Hakovirta 20 km. Most of the routes take the rowers around the isle of Partalansaari where the rowers can enjoy the beautiful Finnish nature while competing.
During the weekend there are starts where rowers can participate in small boats, special boats and Sulkava long boats, in addition there will be a Finnish Championship -starts. There are four different categories which are: single rowers, double rowers, bi-stroke rowers and group rowers (special boats and Sulkava long boats). For some of the starts canoes are also welcome!
Sulkava long boat crew consists of 14 rowers and a cox who paces them. Each rower has one oar and rows on a sliding bench. The cox also steers the boat and urges the rowers to their task.
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Old-fashioned perennials play a big role in all of Brenda's flower beds, but she's unfettered by challenging conditions in other parts of the garden, so she has more leeway over both plant selection and colour scheme. In the flower bed that skirts the front veranda and the garden that surrounds the backyard pond, masses of perennial geraniums, phlox, pinks and speedwell bloom in pastel shades. "I prefer pinks and blues to reds and oranges," she confesses. There are also hundreds of roses in every shade of pink, as well as peonies and several varieties of her favourite plant, the blue-flowered catmint (Nepeta spp.) "If you have a bigger garden, you have to plant in large drifts; otherwise, everything just gets lost," Brenda explains.
With such a large garden to tend, she believes in spending a lot of time getting it into shape early in the season. For an entire week in the spring, she digs out weeds, edges the borders and adds mushroom compost to further enrich the loamy soil. This early blitz makes summer maintenance more manageable. For the remainder of the season, tasks are reduced to plucking out stray hollyhock seedlings, pulling up a few weeds, tearing out any errant grass and a bit of deadheading. This gives Brenda plenty of free time to join her friends on local garden tours, work part-time at a nearby greenhouse and relax with her children, Gillian and Ben, and their dogs, Willy and Liam.
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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. - Tayler Davis lost to Duke's Mary Clayton, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6), in the second round of the singles qualifying consolation draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships on Wednesday at the Riviera Tennis Club.
Davis won her first match in the back draw yesterday - beating Penn's Augustina Eskenazi, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 - and came out strong today. But Clayton - who was on the Duke team that defeated Cal in the semifinals of last season's ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championships - held on for the victory.
"She played a back and forth match," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus. "The girl from Duke has a really good record and has won a lot of matches for them. It could've gone either way.
"There are a few things we're going to work on to get her in better form. She's hitting the ball pretty well. It's a good start for her to get matches, because she didn't get a lot during the summer. This will give her a good starting point. She learned a lot from her matches here."
That ends Davis' run in the tournament, though three Golden Bears are still alive in the ITA event: Sophomore Zsofi Susanyi and junior Anett Schutting start singles play in the main draw on Thursday, while Goransson pairs with Schutting in the doubles main draw. Schutting plays Michigan's sixth-seeded Emina Bektas at 10:45 a.m. and Susanyi, the second seed, takes on Texas A&M's Cristina Stancu at 12:30 p.m. The third-seeded duo of Goransson-Schutting earned a first-round bye and will play on Thursday against the winner of Thursday's first-round match between Ema Burgic-Jordaan Sanford (Baylor) and Beatrice Capra-Hanna Mar (Duke).


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I fixed all bugs you found.
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About Cresselia Sprite, Some people may have a glitch, but Cresselia is a illusion, so I think it's suitable. I'll try to fix it in next version. My showpokepic scripts have some pal glitches when use in the cave or in-side house. :\
If no big bugs, I'll fixed other bugs everyone can find in this version in the next version.
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Btw, I decided you can beat E4 in next beta. So it's very long.
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The art of ageing gracefully
BY Nicola Conville Freelance Journalist
When did growing old become an illness and why are we so desperate to halt the sands of time?
Today's society and media place immense pressure on us to stay young. We're bombarded with images of youthful, flawless models and reality TV shows where contestants are given extreme surgical makeovers in the pursuit of youth. This fosters a disastrous image of old age, which can make it difficult for us to be accepting of the changes that occur as the years trot on - especially for women.
A 2006 global study conducted by Dove, entitled Beauty Comes Of Age, found that nearly six in 10 women believe that while men over 50 are viewed as distinguished, women over 50 are viewed as over the hill or past their prime. Somewhat paradoxically, 60 per cent of women said they were not concerned about the idea of ageing. So it would seem that it's society's perception of ageing, rather than the fact that we're getting older, that's bothering us.
But can we shrug off these pressures placed upon us and embrace getting older instead of trying to hold on to our youth? Or does the answer lie somewhere in between?
Redefining ageing
"Women today are very rejecting of older norms and expectations of how women have to age," says US author Naomi Wolf. "We're redefining ageing. It's all about power." Wolf wrote the international bestseller The Beauty Myth (Random House) in 1991, in which she argued that "beauty" as a normative value is entirely socially constructed. Now, almost 20 years later, she says the beauty myth has been deconstructed, with women rewriting the rules and making their own definitions of beauty and ageing.
"Women are much more accepting of themselves now, but they are pushing back against middle age," says Wolf. "These are the women who sit around having a glass of wine with their friends, and when they see 20-year-old women walking by, they admire their beauty, but wouldn't want to trade places with them."
Keren Smedley, a professional coach and author of Who's That Woman In The Mirror? (Hachette Australia), says feeling sexy as an older woman is all about confidence and attitude. "You can be any age and feel awful, and you can be any age and feel sexy," she says. "Feeling sexy is all in your head and, as an older woman, your brain still works pretty well! It's about focusing on what you have, not on what you don't have or what you used to have."
Ageing and attracting men
One aspect of ageing that many women find difficult is the prospect of becoming "invisible" - especially to men. Smedley says women often lament that they don't feel they're attracting men anymore. "The question you have to ask yourself is: 'Who do I want to attract?' If you're 50, do you really want to attract a 22-year-old man? Because you probably won't. And is that what you really want? As a 50-year-old woman, you will almost certainly be attracting men your own age."
But what if you do want to attract a 22-year-old? Well, it would seem that's not out of the question either, with the cougar now fast becoming the new cultural icon. From Courteney Cox's portrayal of a 40-something women dating 20-something men in Cougar Town, to cougar poster girl Demi Moore looking hotter than her much younger husband, Ashton Kutcher, cougars are being celebrated everywhere.
"[As an older woman] 30 years ago, you'd be drinking martinis at home and wondering where your life went," says Wolf. "So it's very interesting that we're now seeing older women with trophy boyfriends 20 years younger than them." Wolf adds that while she does have some reservations about the term "cougar", there's one huge positive we can take from it. "It's all about glamorising older women and celebrating them," she says. "Especially if they've been hurt in love before."
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Most of us want to look as good as we can for as long as we can, and there's never been so many ways to maintain your youthful looks, from anti-ageing creams to Botox and beyond. In a 2002 study, Australia ranked seventh in the world in plastic surgery procedures per capita. But where do we draw the line?
"Women often ask: 'Where do you draw the line?'," says Wolf. "But I find it's almost uncomfortable to have lines, so let's get rid of the line-drawing if we can. "My goal is for every woman to get to decide what makes her feel good about herself and her body. It's all about why you're doing what you're doing. The problem is when women are being driven to hurt themselves, or when they're being duped by anti-ageing creams that don't deliver what they promise."
Smedley agrees that you have to be sure that any steps you take are for the right reasons. "Cosmetic surgery by itself won't make you feel more loved or more popular," she says. "Are you feeling unattractive and finding it difficult to find a new relationship? Or do you worry you're not seen as sexy in an existing relationship? You need to ask yourself whether it's because you're a bit older or whether there are other things going on that could be the cause."
Work and play
In 1910, the life expectancy of an Australian woman was 58.8 years. Now, 100 years later, our life expectancy is 83.8 years, so we are living - and therefore working - longer than ever before. "Women in their 40s are at the peak of their careers," says Wolf. "And there are so many role models, which is fantastic. We didn't have that 20 years ago."
Wolf cites author and teacher Erica Jong, fashion designer Donna Karan and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as examples of successful older women who display confidence and charisma in their fields. "We are being habituated to seeing dynamic women in their 40s and 50s - there's a real allure that comes with age and experience."
Smedley, who runs a coaching company for the over-50s, Experience Matters, says many of her clients are reinventing themselves. One of her clients, a woman in her 60s, sold her home and moved to Japan, where she and her husband have been volunteering for the past few years. "Their kids were grown up and they decided it was time for something new," she says.
"You have to develop your own confidence and find a new way of doing things," Smedley says. "If you've always wanted to be a prima ballerina, obviously it's too late for that, but there's nothing to stop you becoming a salsa or ballroom dancer. If you want to dance, you'll find a way of doing it."
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Convivium Luncheon and Program – April 4
You are cordially invited to luncheon with the Oneonta Faculty Convivium on Thursday, April 4, noon to 1:00 p.m., in Morris Hall's Le Café. Naomi Shanguhyia, Lecturer of Geography, will present a talk titled, "Disparate Perceptions of Environmental Change: Who's right and does it matter?"
Abstract: Incorporating perceptions and experiences of local communities has become an important aspect in studying environmental change processes and their impacts. This approach is predicated on the assumption that communities in a given locale will have similar or complementary perceptions that will provide a general picture of the nature of changes that are occurring. But what happens when these perceptions are disparate? Whose perceptions should be viewed as being representative of the reality? Based on research that was conducted in rural western Kenya, this presentation will highlight some of the divergent views held by community members on the changes occurring in this region. Land cover change detection done using Landsat images shows loss of forest cover between 1985 and 2001. However, community members have contradictory views of how the loss of the forest cover has affected the region's rainfall regime. I will discuss some of the historical and political-economic dimensions that shed light on this and point to a case of misreading environmental change by some community members.
Seating is limited. To reserve a seat please call X2517 prior to April 2. Vegetarian meals are available.