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Maine State Credit Union is a member-owned and controlled cooperative financial institution that provides a full range of convenient, affordable and quality financial services to members, while maintaining a sound financial position.
Cooperative Principles
These principles are founded in the philosophy of cooperation and its central values of equality, equity and mutual self-help. They express worldwide, the principles of human development and the brotherhood of man through people working together to achieve a better life for themselves and their community.
1. Voluntary Membership
Credit unions are voluntary, cooperative organizations offering services to people willing to accept the responsibilities and benefits of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination. Credit unions are not-for-profit institutions with volunteer boards of directors. Members are drawn from defined fields of membership.
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Members are owners, and as such, they contribute to, and democratically control, the capital of the cooperative. This benefits members in proportion to the transactions with the cooperative rather than on the capital invested.
For credit unions, which typically offer better rates, fees and service than for-profit financial institutions, members recognize benefits in proportion to the extent of their financial transactions and general usage.
4. Autonomy and Independence
Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. If the cooperative enters into agreements with other organizations or raises capital from external sources, it is done so based on terms that ensure democratic control by the member and maintains the cooperative autonomy.
5. Education, Training and Information
Cooperatives provide education and training for members, elected representatives, managers and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of the cooperative. Credit unions place particular importance on educational opportunities for their volunteer directors, and financial education for their members and the public, especially the nation's youth. Credit unions also recognize the importance of ensuring the general public and policy makers are informed about the nature, structure and benefits of cooperatives.
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Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, state, regional, national and international structures.
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As 2012 comes to a close, we're stepping away from the blog until after the new year. With that, comes a changing of the guard and we have some exciting new features in the works. But until then:
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CHICO — The National Yo-Yo Museum hosted the 20th annual National Yo-yo Championships on Saturday.
The event at City Plaza draws a large crowd each year and is divided into five categories with competitors ranging from ages 12 to 22.
"My friend brought a cheap, $5, yo-yo to school and I just got into it," said Ian Lawson, 12, a finalist from Albany.
Lawson"s family, like most of the competitors, travels the country to compete at events. After initially playing with his first yo-yo, he went online to learn the basics, he said.
"Twenty-five years ago, we had our first contest with the idea that kids should learn what we learned when we were kids," said Bob Malowney, owner of the downtown shop Bird in Hand where the museum is located.
"Learning is much easier now because you learn yo-yos by watching somebody but now you can go watch somebody on YouTube."
The yo-yo has also been upgraded in style. What was once a game to pass time has become a performance art with contestants synching yo-yo tricks to upbeat techno music and some performing tricks from the ground, flinging yo-yos upwards.
The parents are no different than soccer moms, says Malowney. They buy new and improved equipment as it comes out and dedicate their time like any other sport.
"Yo-yo is popular to energetic kids that have good hand-eye coordination and discipline," Malowney said. "They all have to qualify for this contest. They have to play and do well in contests throughout the country to earn the right to come here, so these kids are not just playing around. These kids have succeeded already and then they come here to see who"s the best of them and so it"s kind of fun."
As people in the crowd visit vendors and become owners of their first yo-yo, many laugh as they drop to the ground and begin to look at other experienced yo-yo masters, having conversations while doing incredible tricks effortlessly.
"There are past national champions still competing so there"s a lot of good players," said Malowney. "You can hear the audience cheer when these people get up because they know they"re going to get a good show."


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The Assembly is planning final votes on the first four new gun-related laws expected to reach Gov. Chris Christie's desk.
The bills scheduled for a vote Monday afternoon would create a task force to look into school security and require that certain mental health records to be submitted for background checks for those seeking gun permits.
They also would mandate the disposal of unlawful weapons and require more sharing of firearms information among law enforcement agencies.
The laws are among several the Democratic-controlled Assembly has taken up since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting last year that killed 20 children.
Christie, a Republican, has said he's open to some more restrictions on guns in conjunction with laws on mental health issues and restrictions on video games.


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Why do they not reflect on the camels and how they are created ?
(Translation of Qur`an 88:17)
Camels creation is its own miracle. The camel is not always seen as a beautiful animal. But it is absolutely perfect for what it needs to do and where it needs to survive. This is a gift from God. Without camels, no one could travel in the deserts , so huge sections of the world would be not just difficult to live on, but completely inhabitable.
All of the camel is practical for his survival and for his service to man. A camel`s feet, although hoofed, have large pads that spread out in the soft sand to keep the animal from sinking in. His face is designed as protection from sun and sand. The thick eyebrows, heavy eyelids and thick lashes all keep out sand, and there`s even a third eyelid that can close in heavy storms. The still nostrils have special muscles which the camel can close against blowing sand. The ears have thick hair inside the ear, as well as outside to prevent dirt and sand from getting down inside the ear, and possibly causing infection.
A camel`s hump is a lump of fat. This is used as a source of energy when food is scarce. The hump may actually shrink when no food is available, but the camel can live off it for many days. And it will reform perfectly when food is again available. Because food is so scarce in the desert, the camel must be able to eat anything (even the tents). The lining of the mouth is very tough so that the camel can bite and chew thorny cactus plants without harm to the mouth.
Most incredible is how the camel deals with heat and lack of water. First of all, camels have a low metabolic rate, so energy is used slowly. The body temperature has a wide range of normal. It may start the day at 94 and hit 105 in the heat of the afternoon (Human`s normal temperature is 98 and at 101, we are sick). The camel is one of few animals that can sweat. The coarse body hair, which acts as a protection against the direct sun, also allows the camel this ability to sweat. Sweating is a more efficient cooling system than panting (as in dogs) as less precious fluid is lost. Additionally, in its incredibly efficient way, the camel does not sweat until its body temperature is near the top of its range.
No other creature can process water in the same way. It does not lose water from blood, only from the tissue. Thus the blood stays properly thin enough to circulate and remove body heat. The camel will only drink when needed and only replace what`s lost. If he lost 5 gallons over the last two days, he will drink 5 gallons and walk away. He may not drink at all in winter.
And the camel can quickly replace all water lost - 25 gallons in a very short time. Other animals drinking too fast can die from water intoxication. So camels are truly remarkable animals. When we reflect on their creation, as God instructs us to do, we cannot help but marvel at the ways God made them fit perfectly into their niche.
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SAN FRANCISCO — In a deal that underscores the growing importance of online video, Amazon said Monday that it will pay $970 million in cash for Twitch, a popular video-game streaming service that Google had previously sought to buy.
More than 55 million people visit the Twitch site every month to chat and watch live webcasts of other people playing their favorite video games. Analysts say it's one of the most popular video-streaming sites in the United States.
That makes Twitch a valuable space for online advertisers. The deal comes at a time when Amazon is said to be gearing up plans to become a significant competitor in the highly profitable digital ad market.
"Twitch has built a platform that brings together tens of millions of people who watch billions of minutes of games each month," Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a statement. "And, amazingly, Twitch is only 3 years old."
Google, the market leader for digital advertising in the United States, has declined to comment on reports that its YouTube division was talking with Twitch about an acquisition this year. The tech news blog Re/code reported Monday that those talks ended before Amazon opened its negotiations.
But the deal shows the growing competition between Google and Amazon, which are already battling to be the first place that consumers go when they want to shop online. The two online giants are increasingly bumping into each other as they expand into new businesses, such as next-day delivery service, commercial cloud computing and even smartphones.
Amazon has been investing in other types of online entertainment, including video games and its own video programs. It's also building a new ad-placement system that would initially help advertisers buy space on Amazon's own site, with an eye to eventually selling ads on other sites, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.
Twitch draws only a fraction of the viewers that YouTube has, but they stay for hours at a time. San Francisco-based Twitch makes money from advertising and shares some revenue with players who draw large numbers of fans to watch them compete.
In a statement, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear said Amazon plans to let the service operate independently. Twitch had raised $35 million from investors, led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
The idea of watching other people play video games was not an obvious model for a billion-dollar business, Bessemer partner Ethan Kurzweil acknowledged.
"A lot of people gave blank stares when you mentioned it at first," Kurzweil said Monday. But he argued that Twitch is popular for the same reasons that people like to gather in a friend's living room to watch and play games together. "This is more mainstream than some people were giving credit."
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Number of employees: 170
Monthly site visitors: 55 million
Minutes watched per day: On average, 106 minutes per visitor
Year started: 2011 as a division of the now-defunct Justin.tv
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The 2002–03 school year was the tenth year in which the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required schools to submit student level data on student exclusions. The following analysis is based on data reported by districts on students excluded, as defined at the right, between July 1, 2002, and June 30, 2003.
Reporting from the 376 school districts, charter schools and regional vocational technical schools, there were 1,949 student exclusions in the 2002–03 school year. A total of 1,890 students were excluded, of whom 58 were excluded two or more times during the year. The greatest number of exclusions for an individual student was three.
The number of students excluded more than once during the 2002–03 school year increased by 14 percent from the previous year and by 26 percent from the 2000–01 school year. The percent of students excluded from school that were provided with alternative education continues to increase incrementally.
The number of student exclusions has fluctuated over time. As illustrated in Figure 1, in the 1998–99 school year the lowest number of student exclusions were reported. However, in the following school years the number of student exclusions rose incrementally with the largest increase occurring between school years 1999–00 and 2000–01.
Exclusion rates represent instances of exclusion per 1000 students enrolled. The overall exclusion rate has increased slightly over the past three years going from 1.7 in the 2000–01 school year, to 2.0 in the 2002–03 school year. As depicted in Table 2, exclusion rates by race/ethnicity over the past three years have shown that African-American and Hispanic students are excluded at much higher rates than other groups. In addition, in school year 2002–03 there was a dramatic increase in the exclusion rates for African-American and Hispanic students from the previous school year. Over that same time period, the exclusion rates for Asian and white students fluctuated. The rates for Native American students showed an increase, but trends are difficult to interpret due to the low enrollment of Native American students in the state.
Although the exclusion rate for general education students has steadily increased over the past three years, the exclusion rate for special education students has risen much higher, with the largest increase occurring between the 2000–01 and 2001–02 school year.
*Referred Regular Education students have been referred for special education evaluation but have not yet been evaluated. These students were included in the count for regular education students.
As shown in Table 3, rates over the past three years have increased for many grades, in particular for grades nine through 11. Trend data indicate that exclusion rates consistently rise in grades leading up to ninth grade, peak at the ninth, and then decrease.
Exclusion rates represent instances of exclusion per 1000 students enrolled (as of October 1, 2002).
Schools reported one or more offenses for each student exclusion. Table 4a and Figure 3 illustrate the number of exclusions that occurred for each of the offenses specified in the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 71, Section 37H, as actions for which school principals are authorized to expel students, and for "other" offenses. Starting in 2001–02, exclusions that involved two or more offenses are reported in each applicable offense category. This is a change from reporting in prior years when exclusions with two or more offenses were counted as either "weapon combination" or "non-weapon combination". Due to this change, the totals by type of offense may sum to more than the total number of exclusions.
Trend data indicate that student exclusions by type of offense and type of weapon have not changed significantly over the past three years as illustrated in Table 4a. Most of the offenses reported were due to either possession of an illegal substance on school premises (25 percent), followed by weapons on school property (22 percent) and other types of offenses (21 percent). For those offenses by type of weapon, an overwhelming majority involved knives, 71 percent, and approximately 22 percent involved types of weapons other than knives, guns, or explosive/incendiary devices.
Reported percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
*Totals reported for SY 2002 (n= 1,979) and SY 2003 (n= 2,068) were greater than the total number of exclusions because some exclusions involved more than one offense.
**Data are for all exclusions involving weapons, including weapons violations in combination with other offenses.
According to the Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) of 1994, each state must have in effect a State law requiring the school district to immediately expel a student for a period of not less than one year, if he/she is found to have brought or to have possessed a gun/firearm at school. Each State's law must also stipulate that the school district superintendent has the authority to shorten the expulsion period on a case-by-case basis. Of the 28 gun offenses reported in school year 2002–03, three were shortened by the superintendent and the remaining 25 were not.
Beginning in school year 2001–02, additional data were collected on types of guns and explosive or incendiary devices reported in order to comply with the annual federal reporting requirements of the Gun-Free School Act (Table 4b).
Figure 4 compares the percentage of exclusions for each type of offense that involved racial/ethnic minority students and white students. Minority students accounted for the majority of exclusions for weapons violations, assaults on staff, assaults on students, and other offenses, while white students accounted for the majority of exclusions for possession of illegal substances. Minority and white students accounted equally for exclusions due to felonies outside of school.
Schools were asked to report the date the student was excluded and either the date the student returned to school or was eligible to return to school, if the exclusion was not permanent. In 1999, the Department began collecting data specifically on the number of school days a student missed due to exclusion from school. Previous reports included analyses of exclusions by calendar days.
In school year 2002–03, a number of trends emerged from the data. Just over half of the student exclusions were between 11 to 20 school days and between 21 to 40 school days as shown in Figure 5.
When calculating the state average for the number of schools days missed for non-permanent exclusions over the past three years, it was found that the average number of days missed has remained relatively constant over time. In school year 2000–01, the state average was 57 school days missed, in 2001–02, the average was 55 school days missed and in 2002–03, the average was 57 school days missed. In Table 5, the numbers of school days missed are displayed by categories. Most notable is the substantial increase in the number of exclusions for school year 2002–03 in the 180 days (one school year) category from school year 2001–02.
Reported percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Table 6 illustrates that the length of exclusion varied by race/ethnicity. For example, 16 percent of all white students excluded were excluded permanently, compared to six percent of the African-American students and seven percent of the Hispanic students.


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Don't rock the boat.
This will be Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen's mission in two days of testimony to Congress on the economy and monetary policy beginning Tuesday.
Yellen is going to sound optimistic enough about the economy to justify the central bank's plans to end its QE3 bond-buying program in October, but not so positive to give any hint of tightening, said Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics.
"She doesn't want to rock the boat," O'Sullivan said.
Fed officials have signaled they don't plan to hike interest rates until next summer. Some economists have been pulling forward their rate-hike forecast to as early as March 2015. Some Fed bank presidents are also agitating for a quicker lift-off, but they are on the outside at the moment.
The minutes of the last Fed policy meeting show officials are uneasy over the market's complacency. But there is not really a good way to make markets less complacent without spooking them, said O'Sullivan.
Yellen's strategy since April has been to stress uncertainty and she will continue that in her testimony tomorrow and Wednesday, he added.
With no plans for a rate hike for 12 months, "there is plenty of time to get the markets to start moving from the Fed's perspective," he said.
The unemployment rate has fallen sharply this year and inflation has come off lows, leading some analysts to think there is not as much slack in the economy as Yellen believes. They want the central bank to tighten sooner to avoid falling behind the curve.
But Yellen and her allies believe the labor market is still far from healed and the inflation readings are noisy.
As a result, Yellen's testimony "likely will echo familiar themes: the economy is still far from meeting the Fed's dual mandates of maximum employment and 2% inflation mandates, but making good progress," said James Glassman, economist at J.P. Morgan Chase.
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Launch on 26 November at Sparkford
Owl enthusiast Cherry Barlow is launching a new local group of the Hawk and Owl Trust in Dorset and South Somerset and hopes to galvanise fellow nature lovers in the area to join in the Trust's conservation work and get together to improve their own knowledge and understanding.
Cherry (right), of Marnhull, North Dorset, hopes to attract members from her own county and South Somerset. The group will be launched at a special meeting in the Sparkford Inn, High Street, Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7JH on Friday 26 November 2010 at 7.30 pm.
Hawk and Owl Trust conservation officer Chris Sperring MBE will kick off the meeting with an illustrated talk about the work of the Trust.
Cherry, a keen Hawk and Owl Trust member, aims to involve people in the area in building, erecting and monitoring owl and kestrel nestboxes. She hopes to be able to attract youngsters to the delights of active conservation.
"We will visit local wood mills to collect timber that can be recycled into nestboxes," she says. "Even if people aren't very handy they should be able to glue and screw the boxes."
She plans regular meetings at Sparkford on the third Thursday of the month during winter and a series of outdoor meetings and walks for the rest of the year.
Cherry became interested in natural history as a child.
"I was inspired by a flock of waxwings that visited our New Forest garden," she recalls. "My parents were great friends with naturalists Oliver Kite and Peter Scott."
Anyone interested in joining the new Hawk and Owl Trust Dorset and South Somerset group can contact Cherry on 01258 820754 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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I would enjoy playing with you while you are here. I am new but can make you move..
So it wont be a waist of your time.
Hope you get to play out door soon..
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VATICAN CITY — In my third week as an intern with Catholic News Service's Rome bureau, I have many new and exciting experiences to recount. I've learned more in this short time than I could have ever imagined, due to the hands-on role I've been given.
On my second day with CNS, my internship supervisor and Rome bureau chief, John Thavis, took me to the Vatican Press Office. There I met Carol Glatz, who works regularly in the the CNS booth and writes about what's happening at the Vatican. She and John gave me a quick tour of the office: I saw where the Vatican posts news updates, the press conference room, the newsroom, and the locations of other news outlets' booths.
I was struck by how busy the press office was. There was a group of about 10 journalists sitting at a long table down the center of the newsroom, anxious for the release of the "bollettino," a document released daily by the Vatican. From what I could understand, it seemed the pope was going to be making a statement about the U.S. presidential inauguration, so they were especially excited to hear the message that day.
I met two French journalists, one of whom, like me, was visiting the press office for the first time, and also like me, speaks very little Italian. We bonded over our struggle to learn the language, but hope that our background in romance languages (I've studied Spanish) will be helpful!
Three days later John gave me my first assignment. I was thrilled to have real responsibility so early on. He gave me a statement released by the Vatican from Mexican Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. I wrote a short article on the message, which previewed World Leprosy Day coming up that weekend. The purpose of the day is to make known the devastating effects of the disease, commonly known as Hansen's, and to combat the prejudices associated with it. Previously, I hadn't known that the day existed; it was interesting to learn how the church dedicates time to certain causes with the intention of raising awareness and offering thanks to those who serve the suffering.
Of my experiences so far, the most memorable was attending the press conference unveiling the Vatican's YouTube channel, a page that each day offers three short video clips of the pope or major events at the Vatican.
The Vatican Press Office conference room was packed, which, according to many people I talked to, is not a common occurrence. Reporters from all over the world attended, including several from the United States; I had a chance to meet Greg Burke, a Fox News correspondent, after the conference.
While the most of the press conference was conducted in Italian, I was able to grasp the general gist. It was actually quite laid-back; many of the reporters showed their sense of humor in the question-and-answer session. At one point, I found myself laughing just because most everyone else was, even though I didn't understand the question asked. Burke asked the one question that I'd been dying to know the answer to: Does the pope actually use the Internet? Unfortunately, there was no clear answer.
I perked up when Mons. Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, spoke; first, because he spoke in English, and second, because he mentioned one of my classmates from Villanova, Samantha Chin, who interned at his office last fall. Chin came up with the idea of distributing the link to the Vatican's YouTube page through Facebook, which I think will prove beneficial due to the site's popularity among young people. It's important to reach out to young Catholics in a way that they can relate to, and I hope that the use of Facebook and YouTube will strengthen their knowledge and connection to the church.
The next day I was excited to hear from my mom back home that a half-page article about the launch of the YouTube page appeared in our local newspaper — I was actually at the Vatican to witness its launch!
More recently I had the opportunity to listen in on another press conference concerning the pope's Lenten message. This year, he chose to focus his Lenten reflection on fasting. The main speaker at the press conference was Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Program. She was an outstanding speaker, as she so eloquently conveyed the serious crisis of global hunger.
Afterwards I compiled a list of statistics released by the World Food Program to use as a sidebar to Cindy Wooden's article presenting the conference. It was a depressing day, as the statistics were quite shocking. But it was interesting to see how the church is involved in projects to fight world hunger. It also opened my eyes to how blessed I am to have never experienced the pain of hunger, while raising awareness of the tremendous amount of food that is wasted each day.
My first weeks with CNS at the Vatican Press Office have been filled with diverse and memorable experiences. I look forward to reporting on my time here over the upcoming months!


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What defines the art of craft? What is the difference between art and craft? 40 Under 40: Craft Futures at Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery blurred the lines for me, while at the same time helping me to appreciate craft in a new light. There is something about the word "craft" that connotes antiquated techniques that don't necessarily relate to our contemporary world. This exhibition breathes new[…..]


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Jan. 19, 2008
A slow start was difficult for the Lipscomb Lady Bisons to overcome.
Saturday afternoon at Allen Arena the Lady Bisons spotted ETSU a 9-0 lead and were outscored 21-4 to open the Atlantic Sun game. That start set the stage for the rest of the game as ETSU won 77-55.
ETSU placed four players in double figures with center Jenny Norman leading the way with a game-high 21 points. Forward Latisha Belcher added 15. Forward Michele DeVault and guard Tara Davis each scored 10.
Belcher also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to record a double-double.
Forward Jilian Partin was the only Lady Bisons player to reach double figures in scoring with 11. It was the sixth time this season Partin has reached double figures.
Freshman forward Cree Nix led the Lady Bisons with six rebounds. It was the third time this season she has led the Lady Bisons on the boards.
The Lady Bisons are 3-14 overall, 1-3 in the A-Sun. ETSU is 7-10, 3-1 in the conference.


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Liberty News
Olympic figure skater teaches seminar
Olympic figure skating silver medalist Paul Wylie taught a skating seminar Saturday, Sept. 25 at Liberty University's LaHaye Ice Center. Members of Liberty's synchronized skating team, LU Radiance, and members of several figure skating clubs from Virginia and North Carolina attended the seminar.
"It was an exciting invitation to teach a seminar at Liberty. I felt like I could really teach about my perspective on skating as a gift from God, and to inspire this group of skaters to seek to use their gifts to glorify God, and not just to win a medal," Wylie said.
LU Radiance coach Tatiana Gomez, assistant coach Dawn Harter and freestyle skating coach Megan Rollins organized the seminar. LU Radiance and Liberty's singles skating team were sponsors.
Gomez said she thought the seminar was very helpful to all the participants because of Wylie's coaching skills and impeccable technique.
"The best part about it is he's not just any champion, but also a Christian," Gomez said.
Wylie won the men's figure skating silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France. According to Wylie, the win was a surprise to everyone, including himself. He made the Olympic team by one-tenth of a point, and had some poor performances just before the Olympics. He said that while preparing for the competition, he was very focused on the story of Gideon.
"That was kind of how I felt, a little outnumbered, a little weak, and God was really strong in the midst of that. I trained hard, sure, but I really sensed just the amazing supernatural preparation that I could never have accounted for on my own strength," Wylie said.
Since winning a medal at the Olympics, Wylie's career has included coaching and teaching. He is currently working with Respect in Sport, a Canadian certification program to help prevent the maltreatment of young athletes.
This was Wylie's first visit to Liberty University, and he was able to attend the men's hockey game against Niagara University on Friday night.
"I'd never been to Liberty, so it was a great experience. It's really big, and it seemed like everybody was having a lot of fun," he said. "I'm impressed with the facilities and definitely with sort of the demeanor of everybody. It's neat to see a place where you know that the commitment of the student body is so strong for Christ."
Wylie was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in January 2008. He was also the winner of the 1992 U.S. Open Professional Championship and the 1992 World Professional Figure Skating Championship. He graduated from Harvard in 1991 and currently lives in Charlotte, N.C., with his wife and three children.


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Preparing for your first Electric Daisy Carnival is as impossible as preparing for your first kiss. Even if you obsessively rewind the make-out scene from Top Gun and practice on a Jell-O mold, rookie smooches are always wonderfully messy and strange. The butterflies may fade, but you can't forget the crackling nerves and rushing blood and the feeling that you'll never be the same. So, rather than give me pointers, my EDC-veteran friend Nick just said: "I have a thing of spray glitter, and I'm gonna use it."
Knowing I would be totally outdone by the hardcore kandi kids, I kept my outfit simple, the star a pristine pair of knee-high, red-pleather slouch boots that have been sitting in my closet since my mom unleashed them on me four years ago. If ever there was an occasion for such an unholy spectacle, it was this dance orgy with tens of thousands of people and lights and enough speaker wattage to widen the San Andreas Fault. I bedazzled my face with stick-on crystals and put extra ones in the center of my chest, drawing a heart around them with old eyeliner. It was a message to the real one beating underneath, that even broken as hell we needed to be open to the carnival's magic.
Nick was running on fumes (and Red Bull) after two full nights/mornings of the epic fest, yet she was giddy. Sitting in the Speedway parking lot as she spackled on turquoise eye shadow and glitter, we made a rough game plan: La Roux on the Circuit Grounds stage, then thrill rides, massive DJ sets and the glowing, pulsating unknown.
The trek from car to festival core was a parade of bare-assed pixies, pink gorillas and discount superheroes, a crowd I couldn't imagine swaying to La Roux's hypnotic synth-pop until I saw it. Elly Jackson purred through the calypso groove of "Tropical Chancer" then jolted us with her falsetto snarl in "I'm Not Your Toy" before rewarding fans with hit song "Bulletproof." This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof, a legion of voices sang back to her. I pretended they were singing to me.
Wandering the man-made wonderland was like dream hopping. Past the giant rattlesnake powered by bicycles and the herds of alien bunnies and stilt-walking bees, we put on 3D glasses in a tunnel of white light that melted into an exploding rainbow. Nick was smart enough to keep her glasses, which came in handy for a field of light-up lily pads and the graphic assault synced to Knife Party's booming electro house. "Shake Datazz" flashed on a banner above the DJ duo, and I'm stuck with the image of a guy wearing nothing but underwear and suspenders vigorously obeying.
I'm also stuck with the sensation of a mysteriously gooey high-five (so gross) and the sight of withered folks in full costume waiting at the lost and found (so sad). Understandably, there were cracks in the party façade after so many relentless hours. The line for the swings stayed too long all night. While we were standing in it, I saw a girl dressed like stripper Superman in the same red boots I thought were the only ones on Earth. Then my phone died, meaning I would never find my car. Then a couple walked by hoisting halves of a cartoon heart ripped down the middle. Nice.
As cynicism was about to sink in its pointy little teeth, a magician appeared with a card trick about "the power of a kiss." He asked a young woman to pick a card, which he instantly guessed. She pecked him on the cheek. He said a better kiss could turn the other 51 cards to her four of clubs. She hesitated, but the spectators seemed to lean forward as one, willing her to give in to the moment. The strangers kissed, sweetly, for an audience that belonged in an acid trip, and every card in the deck was transformed. It was more magical than the fireworks show or the animatronic owl towering above the main stage or any beat Tiësto has ever dropped.
Even without Nick's 3D glasses, the rest of the night was all rainbows.
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Miller serves 30 years at Meeks Bay Fire District
March 29, 2012
MEEKS BAY, Calif. and#8212;-WHEREAS, Board President Edward I. Miller has served the Meeks Bay Fire Protection District as a Director for 10,943 days (almost 30 years!); and
WHEREAS, over the decades, Director Miller has seen numerous changes to the District and Community; and
WHEREAS, for the past 28 years, Director Miller has also served as the President of the Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, President Miller has also witnessed the change from dirt roads to modern macadam streets in the Tahoma community; and
WHEREAS, President Miller has assisted the District in moving from a step above horse-drawn steam engines and bucket-brigades, to a modern fire agency with foam and other technological bells and whistles on our 4-Wheel Drive fire apparatus; and
WHEREAS, President Miller has also seen numerous directors (some great and others challenging) come and go; and
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WHEREAS, over the decades, President Miller has spoken to thousands of homeowners; witnessed tons of pancakes and sausages being consumed, and assisted at numerous pancake breakfasts; and
WHEREAS, President Miller has attended numerous classes and conferences over the decades to educate himself about the finer details of board and district management; and
WHEREAS, President Miller has also been and#8220;The Voiceand#8221; for the District acting as our Public Information Officer for events, press releases and emergency information dissemination; and
WHEREAS, President Millerand#8217;s company has donated numerous hours over the years in assisting with sign designs, logo development, T-shirt designs, radio interviews and other communications events; and
WHEREAS, President Miller loves to come to summer meetings on his motorcycle with music blaring to announce his arrival; and
WHEREAS, this same and#8220;boom box motorcycleand#8221; has also provided hours of music at District picnics and other events; and
WHEREAS, President Miller is noted for his ability to drag out meetings with his fabulous jokes and unique gift of gab; and
WHEREAS, this resolution could go on for pages about President Millerand#8217;s efforts on behalf of the District, but due to time constraints we will spare you the history lesson.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the other Directors of Meeks Bay Fire Protection District hereby extends its sincerest appreciation and gratitude to Edward I. Miller for his three decades of dedicated, loyal and committed service to the people of Meeks Bay Fire Protection District and Lake Tahoe Communities.
Passed and adopted by the Board of Directors of Meeks Bay Fire Protection District of County of El Dorado at a regular board meeting of said board, held on the 22 day of February , 2012 by the following vote of said board: ayes, 4; noes, 0; abstentions 1 (Miller) vice-president, board of directors; absent: 0, by: Nicholas J. Kromydas.
I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by said board of directors on the date therein set forth. Clerk of the board of directors, by: Shawn R. Crawford.


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Parking kiosks should allow for Smart Cards
For more than a half century, parking in the Chestnut Hill lots has been free to those who shop, eat or just enjoy the ambience of our "Suburb in the City."
With the increasing unwillingness of local merchants to subsidize the lots, a new way had to be found to pay for their security and maintenance. "AH!", someone thought, "let's charge for parking."
While understandable, that changes the nature of our community in a way that might keep drivers from coming to the Hill.
The decision was made to engage the Philadelphia Parking Authority to patrol the lots, install kiosks like those in Center City and ticket cars who stay too long at their parking spot, just like they do at the meters on the Avenue and other streets.
The local kiosks, unlike their downtown cousins and the local meters, will not accept the Smart Cards that the PPA sells.
Therefore if a visitor not familiar with Chestnut Hill's unique kiosk regulations comes to the Hill and tries to use a Smart Card, it will be denied. If others are like I am, they won't keep change in their cars if they have the card, so they might flee out of frustration, never to return.
The kiosks have the potential of alienating both old friends and new visitors.
Isn't there a better way? As it now stands, the money from the kiosks goes to the CHPA and the ticket money to the city. If Smart Cards are used, the CHPA loses that money. Is that too high a price to pay for the good will that the community seeks, some of which will already be lost from now charging for what formerly was free?
Clark Groome
North Wales
Design Show House hunting
The Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment is searching for the next Fall Show House.
We were delighted to bring the Show House back to Chestnut Hill last fall. It brought an incredibly talented group of interior designers, artists, galleries and landscape architects together to produce a warm and welcoming experience for hundreds of visitors.
This project brought friends together as volunteers, brought business to the shops and restaurants in Chestnut Hill and re-energized a great fundraiser for our Center.
And we want to do it again. We are looking for a house with at least 20-25 design spaces, owners who are willing to enjoy the talents of wonderful designers as they create change in the house and agree to have the house vacant for two months. Parking in the area is an important component.
The show house will be open to the public for one month from mid-September through mid-October. Designers will need at least one month prior to work their magic.
If you would like more information, please call CHCE at 215-248-0180.
Andrea Imperatore
Eileen Newcomb
Marilyn Paucker
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball coach Kristin Ryman has signed four new players who have the power.
Their ability to not only hit a softball, but to hit it with authority, is one of the common threads that bring the four members of the 2014 recruiting class– Riley Brown, Abby Fenichel, Desiree Morrow and Caitlin Polcheck – together.
"It is a strong hitting class for us and we are excited about that," Ryman said. "Hitting-wise they can all step in and help right away.
"It is a really good class for us. They are all top-notch.They are coachable. They want to learn. For all four of these girls it was about finding the right fit."
Wanting to be a part of the Lipscomb softball program, and understanding what is means to be both a Lipscomb student and athlete, is another thread that binds the four.
"If there is a resonating theme for this group it is they all fit extremely well in our system and with the culture that we have within our program and at Lipscomb," Ryman said. "It is important that we find kids that fit.
"It has always been one of the biggest points of emphasis for us. That is how you create team chemistry. It is how you find players that are not just going to do well athletically but are going to thrive here. They are going to grow to be the best softball players and teammates they can be."
A versatile catcher
Fenichel is a catcher from East Ridge High School in Clermont, Fla.
"Abby has played a very high level of travel ball," Ryman said. "She is somebody I believe has not reached her peak yet. The way she moves, how athletic she is, she has a tremendous upside with both her hitting and her catching.
"She has such a high level of experience with the quality of competition she has played against. I think she is going to come in and be one that needs a little bit of time to develop. Once she gains that confidence she could take off and be a very good all-around player for us. I am very excited about her future."
Fenichel, 5-foot-6, is expected to get immediate time behind the plate.
"We are looking for her to come in and catch a lot of innings right away," Ryman said. "I think she can definitely handle that.
"I think she is going to do great things behind the plate. She won't have a whole lot of transition time. Over the course of her career you are going to see her get better and better."
Ryman also expects Fenichel, a three-year letter winner in softball, to be able to contribute at other positions as she matures as a college player.
"She has the versatility to play a corner or in the outfield," Ryman said. "Third might be her next best position. It is exciting for a catcher to have that kind of versatility."
Ryman also likes what she has seen from Fenichel at the plate, but knows that more work is needed for her to reach her full potential.
"She has tremendous tools to be a really strong hitter," Ryman said. "She is not where she needs to be hitting-wise yet. It is just going to be a matter of time and getting it to all jell together for her. "
Fenichel's parents are Carol and Scott Baker. She plans on majoring in psychology.
Double threat from Texas
Plocheck is a pitcher-first baseman who has won numerous awards in both high school and club softball in the Houston area for her performances at both positions.
"Offensively, Caitlin has the ability, whether she is pitching or not, to be in our lineup right away," Ryman said. "She is going to have some home runs here and there but more than anything she consistently puts the ball in play.
"She is going to be a good gap-to-gap power-type of hitter. She is coming in with not only a strong bat, but with a lot of confidence in her hitting."
Plocheck plays for Deer Park High School in Houston, the same school where Lipscomb outfielder Gracey Aguirre played. The two were once high school teammates.
Some of her awards include All-Greater Houston Player of the Year, District 21-5-A Most Valuable Player, 2013 Max Preps All-American Team first baseman, 2013 NFCA First Team first baseman, Third Team All-American first baseman and 2013 TSWA All-State first baseman.
In 2012 she was named All-State Tournament Team, TGCA All-State Team and TSWA First Team All-State First baseman. She was a First Team All-District pitcher and Second Team All-Greater Houston. She was an NFCA Second Team member.
In 2011 she was also a member of the NFCA Second Team. She was also named Newcomer of the Year MVP.
She is a two-time team captain for both her high school and club teams for 2013 and 2014.
In the 2012 Texas State Championship she posted a .833 batting average, the best in Texas state tournament history.
Plocheck has also excelled in the classroom. She is a three-time NFCA Scholar-Athlete. She is also a member of the National Honor Society.
"We are expecting her to come in and have a big impact right away," Ryman said. "Pitching-wise she is going to be a great complement to what we have.
"She has really good movement on the ball. She is somebody with a knack for getting outs."
Ryman expects Plocheck to see time on the mound and at first base.
"Caitlin has the athletic ability to compete at first base," Ryman said. "She is a very well-rounded player. She has been one of the top hitters in the greater Houston area the last two years."
She is the daughter of Tamera and Rob Plocheck. She plans a major in exercise science.
Known for her hitting
Desiree Morrow is an outfielder from Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She is also a power hitter.
"If you asked Desiree what she is known for she would very quickly say her hitting," Ryman said. "Outfield-wise she is going to transition more as a right fielder or left fielder.
"Offensively, she is going to transition well at this level. She has the ability and the power to step in and be in the middle part of our order right away. She can step in and have a big impact right away."
In 2013 Morrow played for the Alabama State All-Star Team.
In 2012 she was a member of the All-State team. She set state records with 23 home runs and 95 RBI. She also hit a school record five grand slams.
"Desiree is one of those players that is very unassuming about how she plays," Ryman said. "Defensively you may not notice her a lot, but offensively it is hard to miss her.
"She has a lot of natural power in her swing. She works very hard on her hitting. She has a work ethic that will transition nicely to the Division I level."
Desiree is the daughter of Donna Morrow. She has a strong love for the state of Alabama and her hometown, but liked what she saw at Lipscomb.
"Desiree is very excited about being at Lipscomb," Ryman said. "She connected with our coaching staff.
"She knows it is a great fit. She wanted a smaller environment with a homey feel."
Strong arm, strong swing
Brown was the first commitment from the 2014 class. She is an infielder from Bethany High School in Bethany, Okla.
"Riley has played a lot of shortstop," Ryman said. "She may end up transitioning to third base.
"She has a really strong arm. She is working to get a little bit quicker which is where I think the transition from short to third could help her. I think she could be a really good third baseman for us."
Brown, 5-foot-10, is a dual star athlete. She also has been honored for her basketball ability. But her best talent is hitting a softball a long distance.
"Riley has a lot of power," Ryman said. "She has a great build. She is athletic.
"Overall she has a lot of potential to be a really strong hitter for us. She has hit a lot of home runs in her high school and travel ball career. She is going to transition nicely to this level as a power hitter."
Her high school softball team made the school's first ever state tournament appearance in 2011. The team was the district champion in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. They were also the regional champions in 2011.
Brown served as the team captain in 2013. She was a 4-A All-Region selection in 2013. She has been a Sooner Conference All-District performer in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
She was the Sooner Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2012. She was All Little City Honorable Mention in 2011 and 2012.
Her highest statistics are a .551 batting average, a .627 on base percentage and a .959 slugging percentage.
She has lettered four years in both softball and basketball.
Ryman points out that Brown has some work to do on fine-tuning her mechanics. But she also adds that Riley has many intangibles that can't be taught.
"She definitely has a lot of intangibles," Ryman said. "But mechanically there are some things we want to work on with her swing.
"The things you can't help but notice when you see her play are her size, her arm strength and her power. We are excited about how she is going to continue to grow as a player."
She is the daughter of Janean and Dahl Brown. Brown plans to pursue studies in sports medicine.


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Flames trade defenceman Jay Bouwmeester to St. Louis Blues
CALGARY -- The Calgary Flames continued to usher big names out the door with the trade of defenceman Jay Bouwmeester to the St. Louis Blues on Monday.
The move comes just ahead of the NHL's trade deadline Wednesday and on the heels of Calgary dealing captain Jarome Iginla to Pittsburgh last week.
The Flames get a conditional first-round draft pick, 22-year-old defenceman Mark Cundari and 26-year-old Swiss goaltender Reto Berra for Bouwmeester.
If the Blues don't make the post-season, Calgary gets a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and the first-round selection will be deferred to 2014.
For Iginla, Calgary picked up a first-round pick and two college forwards from the Penguins.
Bouwmeester was in the fourth year of a US$33.4-million, five-year contract he signed with the Flames in 2009.
The departure of he and Iginla represents almost $14 million salary cap dollars off Calgary's payroll.
Calgary was 13-16-4 and 14th in the Western Conference heading into Monday's game versus the Oilers in Edmonton. The Flames announced the Bouwmeester deal prior to puck drop.
Facing a fourth straight season out of the playoffs, it appears general manager Jay Feaster has been given the green light from a Flames ownership to ship expensive veterans out of the lineup.
When he traded Iginla, Feaster said he didn't want to use the term "rebuild" but the Flames are clearly collecting draft picks and prospects with a view to becoming a playoff team in the future.
Bouwmeester, 29, has been a durable, big-minute man for Calgary, averaging just over 20 minutes per game this season. The Edmonton native has six goals and nine assists in 33 games.
The third overall pick in the 2002 draft by Florida, Bouwmeester quickly signed with Calgary when the Flames acquired his rights in 2009, rather than enter unrestricted free agency.
Bouwmeester has 71 goals and 229 assists in 750 NHL games, but has yet to appear in an NHL playoff game in his 10th season in the league.
Cundari, from Woodbridge, Ont., has seven goals and 18 assists for Peoria in the American Hockey League. The five-foot-10, 200-pound defender played four seasons with the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires and won back-to-back Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010. He went undrafted and signed with the Blues in 2010.
The Blues drafted Berra in the fourth round in 2006, but he has yet to play in the NHL. The 6-4, 200-pound goalie from Bulach, Switzerland, has a goals-against average of 3.01 and a save percentage of .906 in 49 games with Biel of the Swiss A League. He's played for Switzerland at the men's world championship.
The departure of Iginla and Bouwmeester fuels speculation that the Flames might also be shopping 36-year-old goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff around as well.
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Wilshere frustrated by criticism
Jack Wilshere is disappointed by the "reckless and aggressive" criticism some have directed at him, with the England international particularly irked by Jamie Redknapp's comments given his own struggles with injury.
It has been a stop-start few years for the Arsenal midfielder due to a string of complaints, restricting him to just 21 caps since making his Three Lions debut four years ago.
Wilshere's progression has stunted as a result, leading to criticism from former players such as Paul Scholes, Jamie Carragher and Redknapp.
England's Jack Wilshere has been frustrated by the criticism aimed at him by the press
The latter last month said he could not see the 22-year-old getting any better right now, saying "Jack Wilshere's problem is Jack Wilshere" and that he had "no excuses anymore".
Those comments rankled with the England international, who was disappointed by the lack of understanding shown by a man whose own career was curtailed by injury at the age of 31.
"I listen to the people who I work closely with," Wilshere said ahead of Monday's European Championship qualifier in Switzerland.
"With all due respect, if anything, I think Redknapp should have a little bit of [empathy]. He was injured more than I was.
"It's easy for someone to go on television and say 'he should be doing this, he should be doing that' but if you look back, he was injured just as much as I was. Maybe more than I was.
"And he was never injured at my age as well and it does take a lot of mental strength [to come back].
"So to hear people go on TV and say 'he's got to be doing this or that' - I don't need that.
"I listen to people like the boss here, Gary Neville, people who talk a lot of sense and can help me with my game."
Wilshere clearly felt Scholes could aid him as he got his number off England coach Neville to get some more in-depth feedback.
The 22-year-old accepts criticism comes with being a high-profile footballer, but the manner in which it is delivered sometimes grates.
"It doesn't hurt me as much," Wilshere said.
"It probably disappoints me a little bit more.
"It's easy to go on TV and say 'he's got to do this or that,' 'if he's not fit he's not in the starting line-up' and 'he's got to get fitter'. That's the easy way out.
"I heard what Robbie Savage said and that was, if you like, the first ex-player to give me constructive criticism. I respected that. I'll take criticism.
"I know that's part and parcel of football, but when it's just reckless and aggressive, I don't listen."
Wilshere has not just come under fire for his displays on the field, having this summer been pulled up after being pictured smoking for a second time.
That, he insists, will not be an issue moving forwards, pointing to his two children as reason enough to stop such incidents.
"I don't want them growing up thinking: 'Look at Daddy, he goes out all the time, he smokes.' I'm not one of them," he said.
"It's under control. I have a good family around me and it won't be a problem."
Wilshere is well aware how important it is to be a good role model and to have a strong campaign with club and country.
For the first time in several years he has had an interrupted pre-season and called this the "time to deliver", taking onboard advice from a psychologist at Arsenal to help with that.
"He's taught me that, if your head's not right, it can affect other parts of your body," Wilshere said.
"So get that right and enjoy your football, and that's what I'm trying to do.
"Every time I'm on the pitch I just enjoy it. I'm not as aggressive, not as angry.
"If something goes wrong, a couple of years ago I would have gone to the physio: 'Look, my ankle's not right'
"Now I'm on top of it, enjoying my football and I've grown up. I realise things aren't going to go my way every week. Of course they're not. "You can't expect them to, but the main thing is to give your all and enjoy."
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Saturday, 29 October 2011
Occupy Wall Street...
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"THE UNPALATABLE TRUTH IS THAT THE ANTI-NUCLEAR LOBBY HAS MISLED US ALL" George Monbiot, Columnist, UK Guardian. "Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsiblity to bring that about?" Maurice Strong, founder of the UN Environment Programme. "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" George Orwell
...and, as Bertrand Russell observed; "Much of what passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power." Or, as H.L.Mencken wrote "The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it."
Prior to the collapse of communism I belonged to the NZ branch of Solidarity. I also started a local group to SAVE ANZUS from the depredations of the 1980's so called "peace movement". I have been aware since those days that fear, outright lies and overstatement always been the green/red weapons of choice. "Climatastrophe" and the economic bill that goes with it looks like another huge hoax, primarily designed to achieve global socialism. Note that so-called "green" groups are now openly acknowledging their red agenda..."A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources." Emma Brindal, "Climate Justice campaign coordinator" for Friends of the Earth
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Sunday, April 1, 2018 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM (BST)
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The FITBANKER VIP 1-ON-1 Coaching Program is an Exclusive 6 month Health & Fitness Transformation Coaching program open to a limited number of Executives each month, looking to transform their health & wellbeing and discover this Transformative Health Education. It is available only upon successful application. The program is delivered online, through social media and scheduled coaching calls.
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"Gossip Girl" star Matthew Settle and wife Naama Nativ have split.
"It's true and we are working on that," Settle, who plays Rufus Humphrey on the CW series, told People at Tuesday's G-Star Raw runway fashion show in New York City.
The actor said the couple's main concern is their 11-month-old daughter, Aven.
"Things happen in life and you just have to roll with it," he continued. "I wish things could have been better but our focus is on our daughter."
"They have been separated for a while now," a source told the mag, adding that legal proceedings have begun, but divorce papers have not been filed.
Despite the couple's relationships woes, the source said, "the baby is doing great… both parents are devoted to their child, Aven is still a part of Matthew's everyday life."
In addition to his role as Rufus on "Gossip Girl," Settle is also set to make his Broadway debut as fast-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in "Chicago." He will star in the role from March 29 - June 6 in NYC.
Settle, 40, and Nativ, 26, married in July 2006.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some Transportation Security Administration airport screeners should be given firearms and arrest powers to protect the larger workforce from shootings like last week's tragedy in Los Angeles, the head of the screeners union said Monday.
J. David Cox Sr. proposed creating a "new class of TSA officers" that would have law enforcement status.
Those officers -- and not airport police -- should be entrusted to protect checkpoints, Cox said.
"We want to make sure we are doing everything possible to secure screening areas," said Cox, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents the nation's 45,000 transportation security officers.
Friday's shooting has reignited the debates over the proper role of airport screeners and how best to protect the workforce charged with protecting the American public. Ideas run the gamut, from giving screeners guns to taking away their police-like badges.
Critics say the Transportation Security Administration erred in 2005, when in an effort to professionalize the workforce and boost morale, it reclassified screeners as "officers." The title wrongly implies that screeners carry guns and have arrest powers, critics say, and gives the public a skewed view of their jobs.
In 2007, the agency issued screeners uniforms with blue shirts, and the next year, it replaced the embroidered logos with metal badges.
The result, critics say, is a work force of more than 45,000 people who hold the job of "officer" in name only.
"Despite their title and appearance TSA transportation security officers are not in fact federal officers," Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, said Monday. Arming the officers "would only make matters worse," said Blackburn, who has sponsored legislation to prevent the workers from wearing metal badges and using the title "officer."
In his two public appearances since the shooting, TSA Administrator John Pistole, a career FBI agent before moving to the TSA in 2010, has sidestepped questions about whether the officers should be armed.
Officer safety "is something we have dealt with really since the standup of TSA, knowing that in many respects TSA employees are the first line of defense when it comes to airport security particularly," Pistole said Saturday.
"And so given this tragedy, we will obviously look at and review our policies with airport police both here at LAX and of course around the country."
Officer safety is "something that we have to assess, evaluate and then see what the best approach is, knowing that in the final analysis we can't guard against all threats and all risks," Pistole said.
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge called the idea of arming officers a "a big mistake."
"You have literally hundreds and hundreds of armed police officers roaming every major airport in America. And I don't think arming another 40 or 50 or 60 thousand people ... would have prevented this incident from happening," he said.
"When the individual removed the firearm, began firing, the response mechanism kicked in. So I personally think (arming screeners) is a bad idea."
Both Pistole and Ridge spoke before Cox proposed creating a new tier of TSA offices.
Providing guns to all 45,000-plus officers would be a weighty challenge. Currently, the federal air marshals are the only TSA officers who carry weapons, and most were drawn from the ranks of law enforcement or the military.
A change would be time-consuming, distracting officers from their mission: finding people and items that present threats to aircraft.
And the change would introduce weapons into checkpoints, where they could be grabbed by deranged passengers and used against officers.
Mission creep
Meanwhile, airport police department unions have complained about TSA "mission creep."
Mission creep "threatens the security of the airport," representatives of the American Alliance of Airport Police Officers wrote in a letter to Pistole in September 2012.
"TSA has expanded the scope of their authority beyond screening areas to more traditional 'police' work without clear lines of delineation with airport police, jeopardizing public safety, contributing to a break in chain-of-command, and delaying timely law enforcement responses," the group wrote.
"TSA agents are attempting to investigate and/or correct (security) breaches," the letter said, endangering the public, delaying police involvement and causing travel disruptions.
TSA employees should be restricted to conducting passenger and bag screening, the letter said.
The letter was signed by Marshall McClain, president of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association, and Paul Nunziato, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.
McClain said the TSA never responded to the letter.
In the letter, the alliance said airport police have had a "long and productive" history working with federal law enforcement officers and the TSA's air marshals. "The only federal entity with which our officers experience constant tension is with TSA non-law enforcement operations," it reads.
What's next
Although congress could decide to give TSA officers guns or remove their badges, there is a range of other options.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, specifically mentioned the increased use of VIPR teams, which pair armed air marshals with other agencies to patrol airports and other transportation venues.
"I think that with better coordination with local law enforcement should help tremendously," McCaul said on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley.
But McCaul placed little stock in other suggestions such as moving checkpoints closer to terminal doors.
"It's very difficult to stop these types of attacks," McCaul said. "Anybody can show up, as we saw in the (Washington Navy Yard shooting) with the shotgun, in this case with the semi-automatic.
"It's almost like an open shopping mall. So, it's very difficult to protect. But these VIPR teams, I think, with local law enforcement can't provide that needed security. We are going to be reviewing this along with the director of TSA."
Ridge expressed a similar sentiment.
"At the end of the day, I think there are certain kinds of risks for which there is no sensible, thoughtful, reasonable, economically appropriate way to abandon or to eradicate. And this happens to be one of them, at airports," Ridge said.
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Taylor Swift's new video may hide clues to the singer's love life.
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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood top Billboard's power couple list.
The Avett Brothers finish building their new album, The Carpenter.
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2008 Colorado State Cyclocross Men's Category 3 Race Pictures
The 2008 Colorado Cyclocross Championships took place on and around the compact campus of Arapahoe Ridge High School on the eastern edge of Boulder. The setting was picturesque, if a bit incongruous, offering majestic views of the Flatirons mountains to the east and the towering (albeit "clean burning")smokestacks of Xcel Energy across the street to the North. The course was a rolling combination of fast pavement sections through the campus, strategically placed barriers, trails through the woods, and a particularly treacherous sandpit that featured deep sand around a hairpin u-turn. Effects from a light snowfall the day before had disappeared, so the course was dry and hard packed. Skyler Trujillo of Blacksheep Junior Cycling came away the winner.Read More


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The box of raisins inspired the whole party. I've always thought my friend Lindsey looks like the Sunmaid Raisin girl & would always suggest she dress up as her for Halloween. Then, I thought of all the other advertising logos & how my other friends could dress up as them. Here's Lindsey, aka "The Sunmaid Raisin" girl in her costume I made from Goodwill finds. (The bonnet is the sleeve of a red button-down shirt and her corsette is from a suit.)
And next is Chiquita Banana:Marcela's costume is AMAZING. She paper mache'd the basket on her head & meticulously glued all the fruit down. She was such a trooper & it stayed on all night!!!! I made her dress out of cheap t-shirts from Michael's:
And here's our Chiquita's husband, Juan Valdez:
Billy, AKA "Juan Valdez" actually made his entrance to the party by knocking on the window and handing in a cup of coffee... It was perfect!!! The mustache got a bit crooked as the night went on & Billy is just hysterical:
And who can forget the Land O Lakes Butter Girl?
Mo was adorable!!!
And even though she's underage, we decided to let the Morton salt Girl join the party.


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The Source Four 575 Watt PAR with Cold Mirror Reflector offers power, elegance and efficiency with a rugged die-cast aluminum construction and acclaimed Source Four optical technology. The unique reflector coating ensures that only light, instead of heat, goes out of the front of the fixture, making the Source Four PAR MCM ideal for orchestra lighting or other performance situations where on-stage comfort is paramount.
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'Love and Respect' author shares personal testimony
Best-selling author and speaker Dr. Emerson Eggerichs shared his testimony in Wednesday's convocation, encouraging students to take their personal pain and become "wounded healers."
Eggerichs is an international speaker on male-female relationships and has been a counselor for more than 30 years. He is the founder and president of Love and Respect Ministries; his national bestseller, "Love and Respect" has sold more than 1.3 million copies.
In his first visit to Liberty, Eggerichs did not speak on relationships, however. He chose to share his personal story of coming from a broken family with an abusive and adulterous father.
He said that because of his earthly father, he carried the wounds of his childhood into his early adult years and struggled with accepting God as his "Abba Father."
Eggerichs shared with students that they may never fully understand why their hurt happened, but "wounds have purpose because there are people that you will come across that need to know that somebody understands."
"The Lord has brought healing to my soul, and the Lord can bring healing to your soul," he said.
Eggerichs' faith was obvious to his family, and one by one they accepted Christ, including his father.
He encouraged students to find healing in their wounds by making a choice.
"You are free. These past evils will not make you evil; that's your choice," he said. "This can lead to holiness, wisdom and insight. You can begin to be a person you had no idea you could be because of the sin that's come to you. … You are the one who makes the decision if you are going to let that defilement enter into your soul. Keep it out and allow that pain to turn you into that wounded healer."
Freshman Lindsey Patkos said she was encouraged by his message.
"I really respected how Eggerichs shared his own story with us," Patkos said. "We all have wounds but it's when we let go of our wounds and let God use them that makes the eternal difference."


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Designing the clock handsNow we've created a movie clip 'clock' inside our main file and 3 more movies namely 'seconds' , 'hours' & 'minutes' in the 'clock' movie. Its time now to design the hands for each of the 3 movie symbols , lets start with the 'seconds' movie Select the 'seconds' movie either by double clicking from the library ( Ctrl + l ) or from the edit symbols button . ( remember to double click on the small symbol besides the text when selecting a movie from library ) Now you're in movie 'seconds' and we have to draw the seconds hands now. To draw select the line tool ( press n ) and draw a small line in the centre to represent the seconds hands. Now copy the first frame of the layer 1 (right click at the frame 1 ) and paste it as frame 2 so we have two frames having the same images. Now it should look like this :
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"The middle! Get in the middle!" shouts Christophe Marchadier, Amaury Sport Organisation's PR manager for cycling, during BikeRadar's scouting mission for this year's inaugural Paris-Roubaix Challenge. He's providing translation for two-time Paris-Roubaix winner Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, who's offering me his sage advice on conquering the infamous cobblestones of northern France.
I'd been invited by ASO to check out the course in advance of the challenge on 9 April, the day before the pro race. Growing up in north-west England, I'm pretty familiar with riding on cobbles, but nothing on this scale. So it's a satisfying and traumatic experience in equal measure; on one hand I'm being shown the ropes by one of the greats of the race's long history, but on the other, every bone in my body is jarring.
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle reacquaints himself with the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix
Also at the course preview is five-time Tour de France and 1981 Paris-Roubaix winner Bernard Hinault, who fully lives up to his legendary status. At 56, he's still riding around 7,000km a year and gives an effortless masterclass in pavé riding, smiling for photographers where others can only muster a grimace.
He seems perfectly comfortable on the unforgiving surface, so it's a surprise to hear him later talk of his indifference to it throughout his pro career. "I'm not against Paris-Roubaix and the cobblestones but I always knew I could win the Tour de France. That was always my focus," he says. "So I could never take big risks here. Even after winning in '81, I could never love the race."
Pre-ride discussions: Bernard Hinault and Duclos-Lassalle (ASO/P Perreve)
The challenge is being run by ASO, organisers of the Paris-Roubaix race and other classics such as Paris-Nice and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as well as the Tour de France. The continuing success of the Etape du Tour, their sportive held during the Tour in July, helped convince ASO that a similar event in support of Paris-Roubaix would provide a new and different challenge for amateur riders.
"What we've had in mind for a while now is that we own all these great pro races, and what we want to do is allow people to feel what the pros are feeling," says Laurent Boquillet, organiser of the challenge. "The question was, 'how can we allow people to get the feeling of our races?' We'll close the roads, have everything ready and we'll hold it the day before the professionals ride so that the two rides are very close. That way you can do the ride, then relax the following day with a beer and watch the race."
Aid stations and mechanical assistance wagons will be scattered along the route, and with 147km of the ride on closed roads, it's sure to give competitors a taste of the real thing. The challenge will cover 162km between Saint-Quentin and the Roubaix velodrome, and although shorter than the pro race, it'll provide a unique challenge to everyone who enters.
Hinault (far right) looked at home on the unforgiving pavé (ASO/P Perreve)
With 18 cobbled sections, totalling 31.6km, pain will be considerable; something Dutch journalist Sander Slager can testify to after sampling the route. "It's the first time I've cycled round here, and it's very challenging," he says. "The cobbled sections just keep coming and coming." He reckons it's hard to train for an event like this, saying riders should think more about their bike's setup and their technique on it, rather than physical fitness.
"Unless you're here, sitting on a bike and riding these tracks, there's not much preparation you can do," he says. "For anyone thinking of doing it, I'd tell them to relax on the bars and don't grip too tight. Using a gel tape helped a lot – my hands are still buzzing but they'd be worse without that.
"Keeping your tyre pressure as low as possible is really important. I let some out after the first section and it improved things a lot. The best advice I could give would be slip into the highest gear and just go! But I really enjoyed it out there. You see the race on television, but you can't appreciate what they go through until you do it yourself."
Unkind weather made conditions tricky (ASO/P Perreve)
Phil Deeker, creator of the Cents Col Challenge, says finding the right line to take on the cobbles is vital. "Riding the camber usually works best," he says. "You've also got to make a decision as you approach the cobbles whether you have a wheel in front that's going to be a help or a hindrance, because getting round someone is really difficult. As long as you can keep your bike straight you can keep momentum, and momentum is key."
Boquillet is expecting a little over 2,000 riders to take part this year. Having sold 1,800 tickets so far, ASO are well on the way to achieving their target. There's no doubt the Paris-Roubaix Challenge will be a demanding test, but Boquillet believes it's a test experienced cyclists will be able to handle. "After the first few sections of pave, you get used to the feeling," he says.
"It's tough, but when you do it, you're really happy to do it and the adrenaline carries you through. I expect most of the people who enter will be able to finish the course – if they prepare properly, of course they'll finish." Entry to the race is 75 euros, but places are limited so anyone hoping to ride this year will need to move fast. Further information can be found at www.parisroubaixchallenge.com.