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Sydney Branch commenced on 21st October 1979. It was the first of the Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community Branches and for some time was the heart of the Community. In the early years the vision was concentrated on working to serve the Church in Sydney. After a relatively short period of meeting in Pymble, the Community Gatherings took place in the Parish Hall at Waitara. The first clustering of houses took place in the suburb of Wahroonga.
Branches in Perth and Melbourne were founded when families were sent from the Sydney Community as a response to what we believe was a calling from the Lord.
The focus was, from the earliest days, on evangelisation. Sydney-wide Rallies were held, and these attracted large crowds at venues such as football stadiums. On occasions, 10 metre banners were strung up on the approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and other strategic locations to advertise the events.
In 1983, the first Disciples of Jesus Summer School was held, in Sydney, with about 40 participants. In January 1997 there are 3 such Schools being held in 3 States with about 600 participants.
In 1986 the first Disciples Youth Mission Team commenced. Located in the southern cluster of the Sydney Branch (in the suburb of Mortdale) these young people have had an exciting involvement in youth evangelisation. In 1991 they commenced another Team on the other side of Australia, in Perth.
For some years, up to 1996, we have had a special ministry to the unborn through the provision of counseling services and accommodation for pregnant young ladies.
The Sydney members are located in a number of areas. Sunday Gatherings are held in Mortdale, Baulkham Hills, the Blue Mountains , and the Central Coast.


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ACTIVE TIME: 1 hour
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour
Bring orange juice, chipotles, and vinegar to a boil in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a generous 1/3 cup, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
While sauce cools, prepare charcoal or gas grill for cooking. If using a charcoal grill, open vents on bottom of grill, then light charcoal. Charcoal fire is medium-hot when you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds. If using a gas grill, preheat burners on high, covered, 10 minutes, then reduce heat to moderately high.
While grill heats, stir together coriander, cumin, chili powder, black pepper, and kosher salt in a shallow bowl. Brush tuna on all sides with 1 tablespoon oil (total), then coat all sides evenly with spice mixture.
Grill tuna on lightly oiled rack, uncovered, turning to brown all sides, until browned on outside but still rare in center, 8 to 10 minutes total. Let tuna stand 10 minutes.
While tuna stands, heat tortillas on grill, turning over once, until warm, about 1 minute, and keep warm, wrapped in foil.
Toss jicama with cilantro, lime juice, remaining tablespoon oil, and salt and pepper to taste in a small bowl. Halve, pit, and peel avocado, then cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
Put a tortilla on each of 4 plates. Divide arugula, jicama, and avocado among tortillas, arranging evenly down center of each. Slice tuna 1/4 inch thick and divide among tacos. Drizzle chipotle sauce evenly over tuna and roll up tacos to enclose filling.
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Parkites on the Job
Excerpts from Park University Magazine, Spring 2011
Celebrating alumni business success
Leaders, directors, marketers, managers, vice presidents, entrepreneurs.
Park University School of Business alumni are leading extraordinary careers across a spectrum of industries — from travel, technology and manufacturing to retail, transportation and health care. We celebrate Park's successful alumni as they reflect on the changing business world through the lens of their own career paths and offer lessons learned along the way.
Mary Hudson Smithson, '04
National Sales Manager
Anchor Hocking
Estes Park, Colo.
B.S. Management
My sales career became increasingly competitive, and bottom line, I needed a degree to progress. Today, I represent one of the largest glass manufacturers to major retailers, including Pier 1, J C Penney, Kroger, Hobby Lobby and Costco. A great deal of planning goes into determining product mix, price points and packaging. It's rewarding to finally see products arrive in my clients' stores. I also use my business training from Park as the co-owner of two retail gift boutiques in Estes Park, Colo. (Mary Jane's opened in 2005 and J. Stevens opened in 2010). When we noticed customers becoming more value conscious, we changed our product mix to offer lower price points. Despite a struggling economy, we had the most profitable year ever.
Eric Allum, '02
Texas Children's
Manager, Business Operations/Perioperative Services
Houston, Texas
B.S. Management
Initially, I didn't realize how my business degree could be applicable in the health care industry. Yet today, I manage operations for the largest pediatric hospital in the U.S. My role includes staffing and training, as well as monitoring revenue capture for every procedure and service related to surgery. In the Air Force, I often worked directly in foreign countries to coordinate supplies and equipment. In a sense, I was directly involved in international business. At the hospital, we've hosted dignitaries and doctors from Saudi Arabia to South America, and serve patients from all over the world. The world is getting smaller and smaller, and a global perspective is more important than ever.
Brian Belmont, '93
Executive Vice President, Brand Expansion and Development
Denver, Colo.
B.S. Management
From real estate to construction, I manage the growth of the Quiznos brand. Since I joined the company 10 years ago, Quiznos has experienced rapid growth, from 500 to 4,000 franchise restaurants around the world. My degree from Park has been extremely valuable because of the real-world business expertise of my professors, many who held senior-level positions in major corporations. Case studies were particularly valuable. From my experience as a logistics officer in the Marines, I was interested in logistics from a business perspective and did a case study on Walmart's distribution systems. For retailers and manufacturers, success boils down to the ability to execute by doing "routine things routinely" to build an operation disciplined for growth.
Shirley Cooper, '06, MBA '09
Hallmark Cards Inc.
IT Service Delivery Director
Kansas City, Mo.
B.S. Management/Computer Information Systems
Master of Business Administration
With my professional and undergraduate experience mostly technical, Park's graduate program challenged me to think from a business perspective. The opportunity to develop strategies and plans based on consumer trends and preferences has increased my value to my company and my career. At Hallmark, I manage all IT operations to ensure our employees and business partners can perform critical daily tasks. Essentially, I help "keep the lights on" from a business execution standpoint. Throughout my career, I've witnessed how technology has removed barriers to global business operations. Few companies can exist today without an international perspective. Today's business students need to view the world as connected rather than divided by water and cultures.
Brian Quinn, '03
Expedia Inc.
Senior Director of Service Delivery for Global Customer Operations
Bellevue, Wash.
B.S. Management/Finance
I grew up wanting to be a sales guy. Today, I oversee the sales experience provided by more than 3,000 agents in call centers around the world. Expedia helps travelers plan and book trips, while I make sure we're delivering on key performance indicators, such as customer satisfaction scores and sales conversion rates. While earning my degree in the Air Force, I had the opportunity to experience various cultures. Blending military leadership training and travel with a business education is ideal for business success. Some of the best business leaders I've met have military backgrounds. I've seen too many Americans work in foreign markets without fully understanding the culture. More than ever, business people need to learn and respect other cultures.
Angela Fickess, '07
Three Dog Bakery Inc.
Multi-Channel Marketing Manager
Kansas City, Mo.
B.S. Management/Marketing
I reached a point in my career where I needed a degree to move to the next level. Park's accelerated evening program made it possible. After leading marketing campaigns at Hallmark Cards, I'm now managing digital marketing for Three Dog Bakery —the original all-natural bakery for dogs with more than 40 stores in the U.S., Japan, Canada and Hong Kong. Since I started last year, the company has experienced double-digit growth on the e-commerce side. Many people don't realize that the pet industry is experiencing tremendous growth despite the economy. It's fun managing all aspects of marketing, from social media to product development, as well as the company's foundation, which raises funds to help dogs in need. And yes, I get to take my dog to work every day.
John P. Burton, '78
Vice President, Yield
Con-way Freight
Ann Arbor, Mich.
B.A. Business Administration and Mathematics
Although I was just recently named vice president, I've been targeting my new position for nearly four years by networking in the transportation industry. When the opportunity came up, I was at the top of the list. I've never experienced a hiring process that went so quickly. Early in my career, a boss told me to only focus on excelling at my current position and the next job will come. But I've learned it's important to set a direction and carefully plan where you want to go. My double major in math and business was an ideal mix for my career. Math is a black-and-white world — you identify and solve a problem. Yet my business degree taught me to think strategically and critically analyze a situation from multiple angles.
Deb Taylor Arbo, '93
Elite Events and
Kansas City, Mo.
B.S. Management/Finance
I've turned a ballroom into a rainforest, organized golf tournaments in Bermuda and hired Faith Hill, the Counting Crows and Jay Leno. For the past 20 years, I've coordinated more than 300 special events, including grand openings, sales incentive trips and seminars. I've worked with Fortune 500 companies to produce events for 50 to 2,500 guests in both the U.S. and abroad. People think event planning is creative and fun — and it is! But many don't realize the myriad of details involved, such as insurance liabilities, security and contract negotiations. My work is far from a typical 9-to-5 career. When you're on site at an event, you're always the first one up and the last one to go to bed.
Jaime Stauffer Kronenberg, '03
L-3, Command and
Systems and Software
Project Manager
Lexington Park, Md.
B.S. Management/Human Resources
I'm proud that my work improves the quality of life for people around the world. Currently, I'm managing the technical implementation of a 911 command and control center in Amman, Jordan. In communicating directly with the Jordanians, I've learned how important it is to understand and respect cultural differences. It can make or break a project. Recently, I was elected president of the Project Management Institute-Southern Maryland Chapter. Many people do project management every day and don't realize it. Project managers ensure things get done by carefully monitoring a project's budget, scope and schedule. To formalize the career, PMI is setting standards and best practices for the growing profession.
Christopher J. Cribb, '04
Marquee Selections
General Manager and Managing Director
Kansas City, Mo.
B.A. Business Administration
I run an international wine operation dedicated to providing consumers a global portfolio of wineries that use green, organic, biodynamic and sustainable winemaking practices. For two years in a row, our wines have been listed among the top 100 wines by Wine & Spirits magazine. With thousands of wines to select from, it's an honor to be in the top 1 percent. My work involves international collaboration on an everyday basis. As an importer and exporter, I've seen how the world is becoming more "flat" as the traditional boundaries of countries, languages and cultures are being brought down. As an entrepreneur, I think that those who are most successful in business see the changing global environment as an opportunity for growth.
Megan Kros Dillinger, '99
Target Corporation
District Team Leader
Des Moines, Iowa
B.A. Business Administration/Management
When most people think of retail, they often think of cashiering, bagging groceries or stocking shelves. But there's so much more to it, especially at Target. When I started at Target after graduating from Park, I quickly discovered a phenomenal company the difference. Today, I oversee 10 stores with 1,800 team members in my district. There's so much more to retail than most college graduates understand. Retail is a competitive industry that demands the highest level of business acumen and can offer tremendous opportunity for career growth. I enjoy the constant change of the retail world and the continual challenge to ensure a great shopping experience for guests and a positive culture for my team.
Herb Williams, '05
SS Water Supply Corp.
General Manager
LaVernia, Texas
B.S. Management/Human Resources
The military encourages earning a degree, but it wasn't until my 28th year in the Air Force that I decided to go for it. Despite my 30 years of engineering experience in the military, I knew a degree was a prerequisite for managerial positions in the civilian world. With my degree, my confidence soared along with job offers. Today, I ensure potable water for more than 20,000 people. When I started, infrastructure was deficient and I was told improvements weren't possible without loans. When I'm told I can't do something, I like to prove people wrong. So I forged new operating tariffs to collect capital improvement fees from developers building subdivisions in our area. Ultimately, my company made $10.5 million in improvements without borrowing a dime.
Kristi Kratzer Suderman, '06
Senior Advisor, Customer Relations
Kansas City, Mo.
B.A. Business Administration
I remember sitting in a statistics class and thinking I'll never need any of this. As it turns out, I monitor statistical reports every day to identify issues, resolve complaints and determine where to focus strategies to ensure customer satisfaction and regulatory compliance. I've learned that numbers are the bottom line and matter quite a bit in the real world. When I'm not pouring over the data or responding to customer needs, I deliver presentations on energy efficiency to community groups and government agencies. I was fortunate to gain experience working part time at KCP&L as a customer care advocate while attending Park, and ultimately move into a full-time leadership role.
Jason Mittendorf, '98
Cerner Corporation
Engagement Leader
Kansas City, Mo.
B.A. Business Administration
From hospice to skilled nursing facilities, I've led the successful implementation of Cerner's health care software for more than 40 home care clients. Each project is definitely a lot of work, from initial consultation to planning and training. Fortunately, Cerner is a highly collaborative environment with a strong work ethic. Our clients are dedicated to very important work that impacts the lives of millions of people. That's why it's rewarding to lead teams in providing innovative software that help clinicians and staff better serve patients by more efficiently capturing and tracking patient data. Managing software implementation — or any major project — is a complex process that demands clear, measurable goals and constant communication to make sure everyone involved is on the same page.


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When immersed in a private island paradise in Maldives, one does not need much more to be contented and completely relaxed. Yet the excellent service guaranteed by the staff at Banyan Tree Resort, Maldives brings a little extra to any holiday experience here: "Open the door of your villa to a stretch of pristine white sand, dive into beautiful lagoons and the Maldives' most breathtaking house reefs, enjoy a private romantic dinner on a deserted sandbank island, and relax in ultimate seclusion coupled with the finest service, all in quintessential Banyan Tree style. Surrounded by pristine white sandy beaches, lush greenery, and breathtaking house reefs, Banyan Tree Spa Madivaru presents an unprecedented spa retreat amidst this tropical paradise. Soothe your senses in an oasis of calm, and indulge in an exotic blend of massages and body treatments inspired by Asian health and beauty remedies". All these soothing holiday treats are complemented by living in unique tent-shaped villas, with a special tropical ambiance.
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GREENSBURG, Pa. - At 26, Paula Boliver found herself a widow and single-parent with a one-year-old daughter and two-year-old son.
WASHINGTON - President Bush has recommended a defense budget of $310.5 billion for fiscal 2002.
WASHINGTON - Historians agree that World War II changed life for American women in the 20th century.
GREENSBURG, Pa. - As they have each year for the past decade, townsfolk here came to pay their respects, share their grief and remember their loved ones' glory.
GREENSBURG, Pa. - Thirteen Army Reserve soldiers from this small town 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh died a decade ago, and people across America gave what they could to ensure these citizen soldiers are not forgotten.
GREENSBURG, Pa. - Ten years ago, a wartime tragedy struck Hometown USA.
SPRINGFIELD, Va. - Entry deadline is April 9 for the Armed Services YMCA's annual essay contest to promote reading among children and teens of active, Reserve, Guard and retired service members and DoD civilian employees
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Feb. 22 that recent coalition air attacks against Iraq sent a strong message to Saddam Hussein that "this administration will remain engaged" in Southwest Asia.
WASHINGTON - (This is a summary of the American Forces Press Service news stories for the week ending Feb. 23, 2001)
WASHINGTON - A retired Army general who wrote the official history of the Gulf War tells service members and veterans who think they may have symptoms of Gulf War Illnesses to seek medical help.
WASHINGTON - Non-battle related injuries and sickness have sapped the strength and resources of armies since groups of cavemen first threw rocks at each other. The 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War was no exception.
ARLINGTON, Va. - "It's unlikely that DoD can make significant progress toward improving its ability to recover downed air crews and other personnel behind enemy lines without some agency, office or command having budget authority over recovery-related activities, Mel Richmond emphasized during the recently completed DoD fourth annual Personnel Recovery Conference here.
WASHINGTON - The world is in transition from the Cold War to something new and the top military intelligence officer expects the next 10 to 15 years to be "at least as turbulent, if not more so" as the past 10
WASHINGTON - Jean Marie Ward says there are so many spouse employment initiatives underway within DoD and the services right now it makes her head spin.
WASHINGTON - "AFIS On Assignment" is a weekly publication of the American Forces Information Service.
WASHINGTON - Ninety percent of people who die in war die before they reach a medical facility, and military researchers are working to lower that number.
WASHINGTON - The American public should not consider the bombings in Iraq Feb. 16 as the end of U.S. involvement in the area.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander has ordered that a Court of Inquiry be convened next week to investigate the circumstances leading to the Feb. 9 collision between a Navy nuclear submarine and a Japanese trawler off Honolulu.
WASHINGTON - (This is a summary of the American Forces Press Service news stories for the week ending Feb. 16, 2001)
WASHINGTON - DoD has made great strides in equal opportunity, but the journey has not ended, Charles L. Cragin told the standing room only crowd in the Pentagon auditorium during DoD's African American History Month observance, Feb. 8.
WASHINGTON - Things are looking up for DoD's grocery chain as efforts to please customers and restructuring initiatives appear to be bearing fruit.
WASHINGTON - American and British warplanes attacked Iraqi military command, control and communication sites outside Baghdad today, defense officials said. No allied aircraft were lost.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - President George W. Bush thanked Guardsmen, reservists and their civilian employers here Feb. 14 for their patriotism and service in support of the nation's security
WASHINGTON - "I'm a little anxious about the subject of African American History Month because a lot of people are uncomfortable with that subject," Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Clifford L. Stanley told the packed Pentagon auditorium here Feb. 8.
WASHINGTON - "I often wonder what my son would look like now," the platinum-haired woman said, glancing at the other combat veterans in the room.
WASHINGTON - Navy officials confirm that civilian guests were in the control room of the USS Greeneville when the sub collided with and sank a Japanese fishing vessel Feb. 9 south of Hawaii.
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WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is not in the midst of a hiring freeze, but it is reviewing its civilian workforce requirements and hiring procedures as part of President Bush's pledge to make government more efficient.
WASHINGTON - Hanging up the BDUs to head back to civilian life? When Uncle Sam's paychecks stop, you'll most likely need a job. DoD wants to help you find one.
NORFOLK, Va. - President Bush spoke about NATO and the DoD top-down review during his Feb. 13 visit to this sprawling U.S. military installation.
WASHINGTON - The women who cover today's news 24 hours a day should snap a salute to their predecessors who covered World War II.
FORT STEWART, Ga. - President George W. Bush said he is concerned about overextending U.S. troops with peacekeeping duties.
WASHINGTON - Students considering a career in local, state or federal government could earn up to $1,000 for college through the Public Service Scholarship Program.
WASHINGTON - National defense all comes down to people, President George W. Bush said.
FORT STEWART, Ga. - President George W. Bush announced Feb. 12 a significant increase in funding for quality-of-life issues affecting U.S. service members.
WASHINGTON - President Bush has nominated Paul D. Wolfowitz to be deputy defense secretary.
WASHINGTON - (This is a summary of the American Forces Press Service news stories for the week ending Feb. 9, 2001.)
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld believes the defense budget must go up, but any decisions must wait until after he conducts a review of defense programs, Pentagon officials said Feb. 8.
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WASHINGTON - The Navy's annual "Owner's and Operator's Manual," the January All Hands magazine, contains a special twist this year: a CD-ROM packed with rights and benefits information.
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WASHINGTON - The United Service Organizations honored six military heroes at its 60th anniversary gala here Feb. 4.
WASHINGTON - USO support for America's troops depends on public support, according to John H. Tilelli Jr., United Service Organizations president.
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WASHINGTON - The United States has allies, and allies consult with each other. That was the bottom line of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's Feb. 3 speech to the Munich (Germany) Conference on Security Policy.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the United States would consult with its allies and friends as it makes decisions about National Missile Defense.
WASHINGTON - Nothing and no one in the military moves without NIMA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - The Department of Defense held its seventh annual National Day of Prayer breakfast here on Feb. 1, to remind the nation and DoD personnel of the extraordinary sacrifices made by military men and women.
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Dancing With the Stars All-Stars Premiere Recap: 3,000 Times Sexier!
As judge Carrie Ann Inaba cooed to Gilles Marini — already back in second place after the Dancing With the Stars Season 15 premiere — "I missed you!"
Same here! If we could, we'd give Gilles a full kiss on his lips, just like Kirstie Alley to Emmy winner Tom Bergeron. But that's just a normal Monday for us. We missed all of the All-Stars — yes, even Bristol Palin. She may not be one of the best, but she deserved her "most improved" badge. Who was one of the best? Almost everyone else, but the judges were especially fond of Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke, the Season 3 team that danced last (always a showcase spot) and the only winners who returned to dance together.
But it's already like a pro ballroom competition out there and that's going to make things hard for the judges and the viewers. How can we tell who is the best when everyone is already at the same high level? Everyone but Pamela Anderson, that is. It hurts to single her out, but her Cha-Cha-Cha with our fake boyfriend Tristan MacManus stood out like a hairy chest in a land of waxed torsos. Will they make it past tomorrow night? We know MacManiacs will vote like crazy to save them, so if they make it through that could be bad news for … who? Next in line are Kirstie and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who have their own equally passionate fans.
It'll be sad no matter who goes home, but let's focus on the good news tonight. Like the fact that everyone is 3,000 times more sexy this season. Bring it on!
Here's a quick rundown of where the All-Stars stand after the premiere:
Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke — 24.5 out of 30
Gilles Marini & Peta Murgatroyd — 24 out of 30
Sabrina Bryan & Louis van Amstel — 22.5 out of 30
Shawn Johnson & Derek Hough — 22 out of 30
Apolo Anton Ohno & Karina Smirnoff — 22 out of 30
Helio Castroneves & Chelsie Hightower — 21.5 out of 30
Kelly Monaco & Val Chmerkovskiy — 21.5 out of 30
Drew Lachey & Anna Trebunskaya — 21.5 out of 30
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani — 21 out of 30
Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson — 20.5 out of 30
Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas — 19.5 out of 30
Kirstie Alley & Maksim Chmerkovskiy — 19 out of 30
Pamela Anderson & Tristan MacManus — 17 out of 30
Read on for a full recap of the Week 1 action:
1. Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson — Cha-Cha-Cha to "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson — The smoke machine survived to launch this season! Joey & Kym have a very sparkly intro. Did you see those pants/leggings! Right out of the gate it's clear this is going to be an unusually good season. Their chemistry is still strong from Season 4. Very fun. Very cute. This routine would probably get a 9 on a normal season — and we'd only see it around Week 8 or 9 too. How will the judges handle that issue? Well...
JUDGES: Head judge Len Goodman started the show, as usual. He said their expectations were higher this time. What was good has got to be great. They changed the scoring this season, so they now have "half point" measures. Len called Joey a boomerang and said he loves watching him dance. He's full of enthusiasm and energy. His posture was funny on occasions and he should check out his footwork here and there. Bruno Tonioli said "You always bring it on and bring it large! And I like a man that gives it large. That's the way to do it." There he goes already! Bruno echoed the posture issues. Carrie Ann Inaba said Joey is one of her favorite showmen and that's the way to start the All-Stars season.
SCORES: Carrie Ann: 6.5 (She also got mad at Tom for cutting her off. Do not take on our beloved Emmy winner!) Len: 7, Bruno: 7 = 20.5 out of 30
Vote for Joey & Kym at 1-800-868-3401 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-01)
2. Shawn Johnson & Derek Hough — Foxtrot to "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen — These two are so cute — they're like the golden homecoming king and queen. She's even wearing yellow, in case we didn't get that she's little miss sunshine. The routine was clean and polished. It's going to be hard to compare couples on anything other than just personal preference of who you like better and want to see dance again.
JUDGES: Bruno said the Foxtrot was so loaded it was like two dances for the price of one. He even saw some sex appeal, which only he would see. He also saw improvement from her as a performer. Carrie Ann said "That is what All-Stars season is all about." She loved it and told Bruno they have a right to be more creative in the interpretation. Len said what they did, they did well. "But I'm really a cup of tea in a world of lattes." Ha! For him, it didn't feel or look like a Foxtrot and that disappointed him. They had to know that was coming. Derek probably went for fan/voter entertainment instead of Len's fuddy-duddy traditionalism.
SCORES: 8, 6.5, 7.5 = 22 out of 30. Well, we know who is leaning in what direction already!
Vote for Shawn & Derek at 1-800-868-3402 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-02)
3. Sabrina Bryan & Louis van Amstel — Cha-Cha-Cha to "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction — Louis said she could be a frontrunner and that put pressure on her. They started with a bang. Very sexy. She's a great entertainer too. It's good to see Louis be able to let loose instead of just gently leading someone through a routine, like he usually has to, especially on Week 1.
JUDGES: Carrie Ann said her favorite firecracker is back in the house. "There's nothing like a woman scorned." Tell us about it! But Sabrina has to be careful because she sometimes over dances, Carrie Ann said. Len said it was clean and precise and had a lot of impact, "but so does a hammer." (Yikes.) It needed finesse. The audience hated that. But he said, so far, it's his favorite dance of the night. Bruno said she unleashed fury on the dance floor. She missed a few passes because she went for it so much.
SCORES: 7.5, 7.5, 7.5 = 22.5 out of 30
Vote for Sabrina & Louis at 1-800-868-3403 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-03)
4. Helio Castroneves & Chelsie Hightower — Foxtrot to "Pride and Joy" by Marvin Gaye — Chelsie called Helio a perfect partner. They look beautiful together. Very smooth and classy. Their Foxtrot is more traditional and identifiable as a Foxtrot, so it should be Len's cup of tea. It's elegant, but is it wow?
JUDGES: Len said the song title was pride and joy and for him it was mostly a joy to watch. There were one or two "incidents" and he had some foot issues. Bruno said Helio messed things up quite a bit, but he has style and charm. He's the first man in a Foxtrot, which is hard. Carrie Ann echoed his charisma and charm but she'd like to see more body contact to help him with his leading.
SCORES: 7, 7.5, 7 = 21.5 out of 30 (Their comments made it sound like it would be lower)
Vote for Helio & Chelsie at 1-800-868-3404 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-04)
5. Pamela Anderson & Tristan MacManus — Cha-Cha-Cha to "You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse — SHIRTLESS TRISTAN. Ahem. Sorry. He does have a jacket, but with that hair (on his head and under the open jacket) he looks like the kind of hard partying rock star Pam loves. Their giggly hot-for-teacher chemistry is already cute. Pam called out Bristol for having the Tea Party vote, but that may be a dated comment, since we're not even sure the Tea Party is still backing their girl from two years ago. Their dance itself? A non All-Stars dance. The only one so far. This is the kind of dance you see on a regular season, around Week 1 or 2. It stands out, especially after two champions have danced.
JUDGES: Bruno said "Pamela, you look like a girl who could go all the way." Oh, Bruno! But she has to put in the work. The work wasn't there so far. She has to work harder. She's been traveling for the past few weeks, so that may have something to do with her lack of rehearsal time. Carrie Ann said Pam was living the drama of the dance, but it was a bit uncomfortable because she wasn't quite there technique-wise. Len said it was a bit like a kid on a bike when you take the training wheels off. It was shaky but she didn't fall over and she got through it.
SCORES: 5.5, 5.5, 6 = 17 out of 30
Vote for Pamela & Tristan at 1-800-868-3405 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-05)
6. Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani — Foxtrot to "Hey Big Spender" by Sweet Charity — Tony said Melissa is arguably the best partner he's ever had. He's getting a second chance at winning too. He felt like they could've done more on Season 8 and he doesn't want to fail her. (Aww!) They sound the most competitive so far. Her dance starts with a solo, which is clever. It's one of the more creative Foxtrots. It has flash, but also traditional technique. She is such a strong natural dancer — and Tony showed her off. But was there enough dancing in hold, for Len?
JUDGES: Carrie Ann said you can't go wrong with a little "Sweet Charity." She said Melissa has the most exquisite lines, but she has to add more body contact. Len said it was a little bit theatrical for him (dude! come on!) and the audience booed. He's hurt by the boos already. Get used to it! Bruno said she had smooth fluidity. She has to have more body contact on hold, but overall it was excellent.
SCORES: 7, 7, 7 = 21 out of 30 (They probably would've gotten higher scores for more dancing in hold, but they put on an entertaining routine. Theatrical in a good way!)
Vote for Melissa & Tony at 1-800-868-3406 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-06)
7. Apolo Anton Ohno & Karina Smirnoff — Cha-Cha-Cha to "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO — Love their colorful costumes! Karina said she was freaking out in their early rehearsals because Apolo was so rusty. Karina also is very detail-oriented and Apolo joked that she'd even want to correct his eyebrows. (Go for the soul patch, Karina.) But these two on the dance floor? Rusty our left eyebrows! They have the showmanship down pat, but he does need to move a bit more. She did more of the work than he did. But they are so watchable. Chemistry already.
JUDGES: Len said, in Olympic terms, it wasn't a gold-medal performance, it was more bronze. It needed a bit more hip action, but he came out and sold it. Bruno said he was buzzing his eager beaver (!). "That looked great," Bruno said. Carrie Ann said "Is it just me or did you just get like 3,000 times more sexy"? She's single now, Apolo! She loved his hip action.
SCORES: 7.5, 7, 7.5 = 22 out of 30
Vote for Apolo & Karina at 1-800-868-3407 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-07)
8. Gilles Marini & Peta Murgatroyd — Foxtrot to "Call Me Irresponsible" by Frank Sinatra — These two couldn't be more sophisticated and they look amazing together. The chemistry will come with time. Right now it's mostly technique and just two attractive people looking good together. Strong dance, nice and traditional.
JUDGES: Bruno said it had style, panache and finesse with old time Hollywood class and glamour. Technically it was so good. Carrie Ann told Gilles "I missed you." Yes! It was poetic and gorgeous. She said "Jon Hamm didn't win last night 'cause Gilles Marini had to come out here and win it tonight!" Len said he had sophistication and did a terrific job.
SCORES: 8, 8, 8 = 24 out of 30
Vote for Gilles & Peta at 1-800-868-3410 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-10) ** Look sharp, 'cause Gilles & Peta danced eighth but their voting number was still listed as 10th.
9. Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas — Cha-Cha-Cha to "Blow Me" by P!nk — Bristol does look amazing now. She said she forgot how over-the-top Mark can be, telling her to shake her ass and get sexy. That's why we love Mark! After about 10 seconds of dancing it was clear she was a lot better than the first time. As good as Gilles or Melissa? No way. But pretty good.
JUDGES: Carrie Ann was taken aback and voted Bristol "most improved." Her legs were beautiful and her confidence was better. She just needs more pop. Len said the first thing he wrote down was "far more confident." She has great legs. She needs to work on her arms. Overall it was a great improvement. Bristol was refreshed, revived and refurbished, Bruno said. But she needs power and focus.
SCORES: 6.5, 6.5, 6.5 = 19.5 out of 30
Vote for Bristol & Mark at 1-800-868-3409 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-09)
10. Drew Lachey & Anna Trebunskaya — Foxtrot to "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles — Anna's teaching style is very "tough love," Drew said. He beat her on Season 2, when she was with Jerry Rice. Maybe she wants to punish him. Then again, that's just Anna! Another clean, classy, elegant Foxtrot.
JUDGES: Len said it was all a bit hard and hectic for him. He wanted Drew to soften up his arms and relax more. Bruno said Dynamic Drew's chemistry and synchronicity with Anna were great. The dance had lots of energy, but sometimes he does stiffen up. Carrie Ann said the last time he was on he had so much trouble with his shoulders. His shoulders and posture were great, she said, but sometimes he does get a little rigid.
SCORES: 7, 7, 7.5 = 21.5 out of 30
Vote for Drew & Anna at 1-800-868-3408 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-08) ** Note: Drew and Gilles must've traded places for some reason. Drew danced 10th, but his voting number was listed for eighth.
11. Kelly Monaco & Val Chmerkovskiy — Cha-Cha-Cha — SHIRTLESS VAL. Ahem. Sorry. Feeling the open shirts tonight. We're easy. Kelly loves Val, but she was the original DWTS winner and back on Season 1 there were only six weeks, so there are a lot of dances she doesn't know. Val also doesn't know what to do with her huge knockers. Appreciate them! In that skimpy Cha-Cha outfit, it's like she was daring herself to have another wardrobe malfunction. She was the original queen of them too! She looked great, but had a couple of lost moments in her eyes at the end.
JUDGES: Bruno stood up and said "Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am!" She had never done Cha-Cha before and she was a stunner. But she needs to stretch her legs. Carrie Ann said Apolo isn't the only one who got a whole lot sexier. "You two have insane chemistry, it's ridiculous!" Her core strength will take her far. Len said she wasn't this good on Season 1. Carrie Ann fought with him about that. Len complimented Val's choreography but said he saw some of Kelly's hunched-over anxiousness.
SCORES: 7, 7, 7.5 = 21.5 out of 30
Vote for Kelly & Val at 1-800-868-3411 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-11)
12. Kirstie Alley & Maksim Chmerkovskiy — Foxtrot to "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele — Their friendship chemistry is so obvious. It's great fun to watch them in rehearsals. They could have their own show together. It doesn't require dancing, but we'll take it. Maks looked his handsome best all in black, with short hair and a close beard. You don't always need to be shirtless to be sexy.
JUDGES: Carrie Ann said Kirstie has the most beautiful, sensual quality to her dance. She didn't turn it all the way up to her full speed, though. It wasn't quite as sharp as it could be. Len said she has to lift her ribcage. He got testy 'cause Carrie Ann and Maks had a little giggle moment (!) that took away from his own critique. Len said Kirstie's quality of movement wasn't superb. Bruno stood up and said he loved the drama. So he provided even more! Bruno said, technically, she has to think about shoulders, frame and footwork. FULL ON LIP LOCK! Kirstie gave Tom Bergeron a full kiss on his lips for his Emmy, all while Maks pinched his butt.
SCORES: 6.5, 6, 6.5 = 19 out of 30
Vote for Kirstie & Maks at 1-800-868-3412 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-12)
13. Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke — Cha-Cha-Cha to "Chain of Fools" by Aretha Franklin — Cheryl hasn't won since Season 3 with Emmitt. (Her first win was with Drew.) Twinkle Toes is back — with sparkly green shoes like a leprechaun! (Tristan, you OK with that?) Emmitt has performance power in spades and these two already dance so well together. Cha-Cha was one of his best dances the first time, so it's not a shock to see he still has it.
JUDGES: Len smiled and said you can teach technique but you can't teach flair. The last dance of the evening and the best, Len said. Bruno said he had truckloads of charisma. Carrie Ann kept it short with "yabba dabba doo!" He was born to dance, she said.
SCORES: 8, 8.5, 8 = 24.5 out of 30 — highest of the night. Hmm. Fair?
Vote for Emmitt & Cheryl at 1-800-868-3413 (aka 1-800-VOTE4-13)
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August 26, 2012 at 5:08 am in River Falls Journal
The Wildcat football team scored on its first four possessions of the game on its way to a season opening 47-14 victory over the New Richmond Tigers Friday night, Aug, 24, at David Smith Stadium at Ramer Field.
The Cats took advantage of two Tiger turnovers while racing out to a 33-0 lead. River Falls led 33-7 at halftime.
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Moving On
December 2014
When I accepted the challenge of managing COPA in 1996, I made a promise to myself that I would try to move on when I turned 60. There were a variety of reasons for choosing that age but that was my goal.
Ensuring you have the best insurance deal
September 2014
One of the benefits of being a COPA member is your access to our insurance deals. COPA has a wide range of insurance options for your aircraft, home, car, hangar, health, travel, accidental death and life, and there are several reasons why you should consider choosing COPA for your insurance needs.
Garantir que vous ayez la meilleure affaire d'assurance
septembre 2014
Un des bénéfices en tant que membre COPA est votre accès à nos marchés d'assurances. La COPA a une grande variété d'options d'assurance pour votre avion, maison, auto, hangar, voyage, mort accidentelle et assurance vie, et il y a plusieurs raisons pourquoi vous devriez considérer de choisir la COPA pour vos besoins d'assurance.
The vocal minority
July 2014
There are a number of entities putting pressure on our sector of aviation and on COPA for a variety of reasons and it continues to amaze me how a relatively few people can do so much damage and consume so much of our effort as we ensure that our rights and freedoms continue.
One such fight involves federal jurisdiction over Aerodromes, where high profile cases were initiated by a few not-in-my-back-yard opponents.
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Washington — Misinvoiced trade in five African countries cost their governments billions of dollars in tax revenue and facilitated at least 60.8 billion dollars in illicit financial flows from 2002 to 2011, says a new report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a research advocacy organisation here.
Using data on bilateral trade flows from 2002-2011 from the U.N.'s Commodity Trade database, the study calculated that the potential average annual tax loss from trade misinvoicing amounted over the same decade to roughly 12.7 percent of Uganda's total government revenue, followed by Ghana (11 percent), Mozambique (10.4 percent), Kenya (8.3 percent), and Tanzania (7.4 percent), according to the 52-page report, "Hiding in Plain Sight."
The report, sponsored by the Danish foreign ministry, represents the first comprehensive study on the magnitude of the loss of tax revenue for these countries.
Trade misinvoicing is the intentional misstating of the value, quantity, or composition of goods on customs declaration forms and invoices, usually for tax evasion or money-laundering purposes.
"Fraudulent trade transactions rob the people of these countries of funds that could otherwise have been used for investments in infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and other much-needed public services," said Mogens Jensen, Denmark's minister for Trade and Development Cooperation.
Further, misinvoiced trade is a significant source of illicit capital flight.
Tanzania tops the list, with the greatest annual average gross illicit flows of 1.87 billion dollars. Kenya is second with 1.51 billion in average gross flows. They are followed by Ghana (1.44 billion); Uganda (884 million), and Mozambique (585 million).
These losses create "one of the most damaging conditions undermining economic growth and development, governance, and human rights in Africa and around the world," according to the report which, noted that misinvoicing thrives in a global shadow system that features financial secrecy and tax havens for the rich.
Over the decade, gross illicit outflows in Kenya were twice what the country received in official development assistance (ODA); in Ghana these flows roughly equaled its ODA, followed by Tanzania (77.6 percent), Uganda (58.9 percent), and Mozambique (32.6 percent).
The numbers are huge, but experts caution that these might be too modest.
"The estimates provided by our methodology are likely to be extremely conservative as they do not include trade misinvoicing in services or intangibles, same-invoice trade misinvoicing, hawala transactions, and dealings conducted in bulk cash," GFI President Raymond Baker noted.
Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda have all experienced significant economic growth in recent years. But the wealth remains concentrated in the hands of a very few and has not trickled down to the average citizen and the very poor, who often lack basic services.
The revenues that the governments lost due to misinvoiced trade and illicit money flows could help fill these gaps.
"The problem lies in a lack of transparency and poor data reporting. And publishing data is important," Brian LeBlanc, who co-authored the report, told IPS.
He also noted statistics presented at last week's launch of the latest report by the African Progress Panel, a think tank chaired by former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan. It estimated that illegal fishing and logging - most of which benefits foreign interests - cost sub-Saharan Africa an average of over 20 billion dollars each year.
GIF experts highlighted the importance of governments both domestically and internationally in cracking down against trade misinvoicing.
Thus, the two main objectives of the report are focused on helping governments improve transparency in domestic and international financial transactions and enhancing cooperation between developed and developing country governments to shut down the channels through which illicit money flows.
"A country with weak laws or lax enforcement of money laundering statutes could encourage trade misinvoicing by making it easier to transfer and use the money gained from the illegal transaction," the report says.
According to LeBlanc, particular attention needs to be paid to providing customs officials with "real-time access to pricing data" in order to identify the mispriced and mistraded goods. More pressure should also be placed on auditing firms to inform governments of misinvoiced trade.
Customs authorities often lack the means, or, in some cases, the will to collect the data they need to understand the magnitude of illicit flows of capital due to trade misinvoicing or the tax revenue and investment capital that are lost as a result.
Governments need to track the direction of trade flows, detect if the invoices are altered in different jurisdictions, and understand how the values of items included in invoices compare to the world market for the products involved.
"Many countries don't have access to world market prices for different commodities, this information asymmetry makes it difficult to make progress in curtailing misinvoicing trade and illicit financial flows," Clark Gascoigne, communications director at GIF, told IPS.
Not only does the information asymmetry deprive governments of tax revenues, it also hinders their efforts at halting illicit flows.
"A lack of domestic enforcement of regulations against deliberate trade misinvoicing, as well as unclear international regulations, exacerbates the illicit money flows," LeBlanc said.
The five countries are nonetheless making some progress. The establishment of electronic customs systems and, in some cases, the creation of financial intelligence units (FIUs) hold some promise.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) could also be used as an important enforcement mechanism, according to LeBlanc, who also cited a model that has been used with considerable success in the Philippines.
"A final step to curtailing illicit trade transactions and financial flows is a whistle-blowing mechanism, where employees as well as competitors can blow the whistle anonymously if their employers or rivals are engaging in misinovocing trade," LeBlanc told IPS.
He added that it is in the interests of both employees and competitors. And while it is obvious why competitors would benefit from blowing the whistle on their rivals, LeBlanc further elaborates on why it is in the interest of employees of the company.
"There is a misconception that misinvoicing trade results in a better company performance in terms of revenue. It in fact hurts the company," LeBlanc says, and "the extra profits from over- or under-invoicing imports and exports end up being transferred to off-shore accounts of the company owners and are not distributed to the employees."


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The Apalachicola Area Historical Society on Saturday afternoon chose a retired librarian and former history teacher as its president for the next two years.
By unanimous election, at a meeting held at the home of Bill and Lynn Spohrer, the society voted for Carrie Kienzle to succeed Tom Daly as president.
Also approved were another two-year term for vice president David Adlerstein; treasurer Fran Edwards and secretary Shirley Taylor. Selected to serve on the board of directors were Kathy Willis and Susan Buzzett Clementson.
"I really appreciate this honor," Kienzle told the luncheon audience. "I'm very excited."
Kienzle, who has resided with husband Charlie in the historic district for the past eight years, brings a robust record of civic involvements in Apalachicola, including actively working with Trinity Episcopal Church's Tour of Homes and with the municipal library board, as well as a seat on the city's board of adjustment.
Her career has been marked by a lifelong passion for history as well as an extensive know-how of the world of the modern library.
After earning a master's degree in library and information science from the University of North Texas in 1990, Kienzle worked as a school librarian on the elementary, middle and high school levels before being named library director for the Irving, Texas Independent School District, which comprises about 34,000 students.
During her stint there, the American Library Association chose Irving as the school library media program of the year. And Kienzle has been a member of the Newbery Award Committee, which selects the best children's book that year; the Caldecott Award Committee, which chooses the best picture book; and the Printz Award Committee, which selects the best young adult book.
But even with that impressive resume, Kienzle made it clear in her remarks Saturday that the challenge ahead would be for everyone, whatever their background, to work harmoniously together.
"We have to leave our egos at the door," she said. "We need to put on our oyster boots and roll up our sleeves."
A native of Portland, Oregon, who grew up in Rhode Island, where her father was an attorney for lumber interests, Kienzle earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island with a double major in history and secondary education.
In the early 1970s, she taught history in Middletown, Rhode Island, and after living in various spots around the country, she and her husband settled in Texas. She and her husband have a son Charles, 28, living in Washington, DC, and daughter Elizabeth, 32, in Lone Star, Texas, who has a son Seth.
In her remark Saturday, she lauded the restoration work of Terry and Pam Corcoran, who have renovated the Marshall House at 13th street and Avenue C; of Michaelin and David Watts, who have restored the Key House adjacent to Lafayette Park; and Lynn and Bill Spohrer, who have long been devoted to restoration of their home and commercial buildings downtown.
Kienzle told of how she and her husband first traveled here in 1990, after canceling their room at Seaside, because they had heard Apalachicola was for "the intrepid." They stayed at the Gibson Inn and began a love affair with the town which has carried on to this day.
She promised to help "preserve, promote and protect" the city's rich historical legacy, which includes one of the state's largest collection of historically intact buildings.
Kienzle said she is working on options for boosting fundraising, perhaps with the creation of an "1831 Society" to help direct donations towards specific needs of the community.
"It's really never about money," she said. "It's about having a vision and having the will. If you feel that you really know what you're doing and know where you're going, they will sign on."


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North Charleston, Charleston and Joint Base Charleston fire departments responded to a structure fire in a mobile home at 4700 Brossy Circle just after 1 p.m.
The first arriving units reported heavy smoke coming from the mobile home. Crews initiated an aggressive fire attack, and it took about 20 minutes to bring the fire under control, North Charleston Fire Department spokeswoman Bianca S. Bourbeau said.
There was extensive damage to the home, Bourbeau said. One resident and three dogs were able to escape the home, she said.
There were no reported injuries.
The fire remains under investigation.
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VME Events
Seattle VME meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at the Industry Lounge, 6601 E. Marginal Way So., Seattle at 7 pm.
VME South Sound meetings are held on the third Thursday at ANAHUAC Mexican Restaurant, 9002 Pacific Ave. Tacoma, WA, 7pm.
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HighlightsVME sponsored and participating events. *This list represents some of the events the VME sponsors or VME members participate in. The date of each event is in your newsletter.
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The parent company of AUMA Actuators, Inc., AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG, has achieved a Top 10 placement in the highly competitive European Business Awards. The awards were determined by a panel of eminent business leaders, academics, politicians and journalists.
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Darlington have completed their third loan signing of the week by bringing in Carlisle defender Tony Kane on a month-long deal.
The 22-year-old joined the Brunton Park club from Blackburn at the end of last season following a successful loan spell.
However, he has made only one appearance for the Cumbrians so far this season - against Morecambe in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Kane goes straight into Colin Todd's squad for Saturday's home game against Bournemouth, along with fellow new arrivals Russell Hoult and Jamie Devitt.
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Sunday, May 18, 2014
Claude V. Hunter
ROLESVILLE — Claude Vernon Hunter, 80, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014, at Rex Hospital.
He was born in Vance County to the late Callie Vernon Hunter and Ida Lloyd Hunter. Mr. Hunter retired from Weavexx where he worked in the shipping and receiving department.
Mr. Hunter loved to play his guitar and sing with his family. He especially loved spending time with his grandchildren who affectingly called him "Grandpa" and will be greatly missed by his family
Graveside funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today, May 18, in Sunset Gardens in Henderson.
Mr. Hunter is survived by his wife of 51 years, Linda Jones Hunter; daughters, Angie Hunter Gupton and husband Jeff of Raleigh and Sherry Hunter Jones and husband Jason of Raleigh; grandchildren, Brooke and Grant Gupton, both of Raleigh, James, Emma, Sarah and Edey Jones, all of Raleigh. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Lorene, Rose and Anne, and brothers, Allen, Mac, Bobby and Jack.
Friends may visit with the family following the graveside services and all other times at the home, 4904 Burlington Mills Road, Rolesville.
Arrangements are by Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 405 S. Main Street, Wake Forest.
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During the 1985/86 restructuring of the Arts Council, Combined Arts became a separate unit within the Arts Division. It was disbanded in 1988, with the Multidisciplinary and Arts Centres Committee taking on an advisory role for this area until the formation of a new Combined Arts Unit within the new Arts Development Division during 1991. Sally Stote was the director of the Combined Arts Unit from 1992.
This series contains those papers which were labelled "Sally Stote's Files". The files relate to a number of different subjects, such as the Live Art scheme, the Youth Art Fund, the South Bank Centre and Women in the Arts. There are also files relating to the various art form departments and other issues such as finance, training, external relations and the RABs.
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Pregnant Jenna Dewan-Tatum Attends Yoga Class with Bestie Emmanuelle Chriqui!
Jenna Dewan-Tatum is stepping up to yoga class.
Jenna — who is expecting a baby with her
dreamy talented husband, Channing Tatum — attended a yoga class in West Hollywood with pal Emmanuelle Chriqui on January 13, according to Us Weekly.
Jenna showed off the baby bump, which can be seen in this photo, while wearing a cute denim jacket and stretchy pants.
"Cameras should have been rolling as I just took my first kundalini yoga class," Jenna tweeted the day before. "I had no idea what I was doing." We're guessing she still looked adorable doing it.
Jenna is known for Step Up and The Playboy Club, while Emmanuelle played Sloan on Entourage.
Jenna then headed home to watch the Golden Globes later that day with Kate Mara, her co-star from the film 10 Years. She has so many famous friends!
Meanwhile, Jenna and Channing — who are both 32 — couldn't be happier about their bundle-of-joy.
"Channing is so excited for the baby," says a source. "He's been wanting this a long time. They are over the moon about becoming parents."
This sounds like quite the "magic" time for these two!
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I love a good provocative title as much as the next writer but it has to at least make some sense, which really doesn't seem to be the case with Ezra Klein's new article 'Ryan May Lead to Single-Payer Health Care.' As best as I can make sense of the rather strange logic leaps, Klein has basically made yet another total 180 reversal in his previous thinking. He is now arguing that Ryan's plan, if enacted, would be so bad that at some point in the future it would magically make Democrats adopt single payer. From Klein:
It's unlikely that the model in the Republican budget will prove sustainable. That legislation would repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut Medicaid by a third and adopt competitive bidding for Medicare. The likely result? The nation's uninsured population would soar. In the long run — and quite possibly in the short run — that will increase the pressure for a universal system. Because Republicans don't really have an idea for creating one, Democrats will step into the void.
As a result, Republicans' long-term interests are probably best served by Democratic success. If the Affordable Care Act is repealed by the next president or rejected by the Supreme Court, Democrats will probably retrench, pursuing a strategy to expand Medicare and Medicaid on the way toward a single-payer system. That approach has, for them, two advantages that will loom quite large after the experience of the Affordable Care Act: It can be passed with 51 votes in the Senate through the budget reconciliation process, and it's indisputably constitutional.
I guess anything is technically possible, but there is not much basis for this thinking, according Ezra Klein circa 2009-2010. Democrats' health care reform proposals have become increasingly less progressive over the decades. This is something Klein himself pointed out when telling liberals why they needed to push for the imperfect Affordable Care Act. [cont'd.]
In fact, during the entire health care debate Klein repeatedly argued the exact opposite of what he said in today's column, mainly that allowing the health care situation to get worse or allowing the ACA to fail would end up making more liberal reforms in the future more difficult. From Klein in 2009 telling liberals why they should support the flawed ACA:
The fact that we need to do something does not mean we need to do this. "I would rather see us do nothing now," Angell concludes, "and have a better chance of trying again later and then doing it right. "
This is, I think, a misreading of not only the politics of this issue going forward, and also the history of health-care reform going backward. Failure does not bring with it a better chance for future success. It brings a trimming of future ambitions.
Now that Klein seems to be trying to scare conservatives, instead of progressives, into accepting a universal mandate based exchange system, he has completely changed his tune: The ACA being eliminated would now make single payer more likely to happen apparently. This would have been helpful to know in 2009-2010 when he was attacking liberals for opposing the bill.
According to Klein, everyone must love Obamacare because if it fails it will produce whatever you think the scariest possible thing is, be that either no universal health care system at all and/or single payer.


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Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 24, No. 3, 01 Jul 2012
Symposium: Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics
Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics, by David F. Ruccio and Jack Amariglio
Postmodern Subjects and the Power of Economics
Suzanne Bergeron
Walking in the Graveyard that Is Economics: Comments on Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics
Serap Kayatekin
Sliding into PoMo-ism from Samuelsonianism
Deirdre McCloskey
History and Epistemology: Just Don't Order the Pickles
Evan Watkins
An Irrationally Exuberant Decade of Postmodern Moments: Response to Bergeron, Kayatekin, McCloskey, and Watkins
David F. Ruccio & Jack Amariglio
Original Article
Kant's Philosophy of the Aesthetic and the Philosophy of Praxis
Mike Wayne
Poetry during OWS
Symposium: Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century
Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the 21st Century
Below the Perceptible, the Political?
Stevphen Shukaitis
The Ambivalence of 'Imperceptibility' in Political Economy
Esra Erdem
Pushing at 'Life's' Pulls: A Response to the Vital Politics of Experience in Escape Routes
Anna Munster
The Art of Escape: Power, Imperceptible Politics, and Mobility Control in the Postliberal Transnational Era
Serap Kayatekin
This Is Class War from Above and They Are Winning It: What Is to Be Done?
Vassilis Tsianos, Dimitris Papadopoulos & Niamh Stephenson
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They re not ordinary, it is that spirit of lesbianism that is at work not really them self
Stop excageration. Dem no dey nude.
The person who posted it on the net is bad.I can remember in those days in the hostel, we use to play football naked on the hostel field and nobody raise eyebrow.Those girls were free minded and were just playing.It does translate to decadence in our society.And the girls could be lured by a senior student and out of their gullibility, they may accept.The picture have so many strings attached to it.
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If you are having problems with your joints, Washington Regional's Joint Center has many options available. Doctor Kris Hamby has the scoop in this week's Your Health.
Despite how common joint pain may be, Dr. Hamby says many people try to ignore it. "I think it's still very surprising that in 2013 there are a lot of people who have bad joints. They have a lot of pain, and they're really kind of trying to ignore it," says Hamby.
But there are other options if you don't want to have surgery. "It doesn't mean that you have to have surgery," Hamby says. "We have a lot of options. We have to try to help people and a lot of people just aren't willing to be evaluated. The Joint Center specializes in taking care of people with damaged hips, knees and shoulders."
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Secret Election Money Unleashed
August 29, 2012
Since Citizens United, corporations and foreign entities can spend unlimited undisclosed funds on elections. Here's what it looks like:
Trade associations are spending big money against Claire McCaskill and Sherrod Brown:
Meanwhile, SuperPAC spending continues apace.For more, read How Big Business Is Buying the Election.
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Our company was only 72 hours away from going on deployment when Ski, Slow-Za, and Egger got the idea to go to Mexico for a night. What a wonderful idea. There was one problem though. They'd been drinking since 1000 and it was 2030 when they got the idea.
Screw it.
Before they knew it, they were screaming down I-5 in Slow-Za's Ford Contour at about 120 mph. It's not that Slow-Za was a speed demon; he just was too dumb to realize how fast he was going. Of course it wasn't about 15 minutes since they left the base that Ski had to go to the bathroom. The long day of drinking beer had caught up with him.
"Slow-Za, exit man I gotta take a wicked piss," Ski politely asked.
Slow-Za responded, "Nooo maaan. Weee'll beee theeere in a feeew minuuutes."
Screw it.
Ski was a big boy. He knew what his bladder's limits where and he didn't have the time nor the inclination to argue with him. He did what any Marine would do, he took initiative. Ski opened up Slow-Za's sun roof and popped up in the open freeway where he stood exposed to the ferocious wind from his waist up as his hair and clothes blew through the air. He faced toward the rear of the vehicle as the car continued to speed down the busy interstate. He then unzipped his pants, whipped out his genitals, and proceeded to urinate from the top of the car.
Was Ski a good Marine? Yes he was. Was Ski an expert in wind resistance? No, he was not. I'm sure he thought what any person would in this situation. Maybe if he had his back to the wind, his discharge would go smoothly on its way out.
No sooner than the first stream came out, Ski found himself getting a complete blowback of his own urine. It didn't hit his pants, it didn't hit his shirt, it hit him right in the FACE! He couldn't stop it either. He was so backed up that the pressure had to just stop naturally. People on the busy road were watching this spectacle as Ski was getting sprayed down like he was backstage at an R. Kelly concert.
As Ski was in his top-level predicament, Slow-Za was going through his own at the bottom. Drips of Ski's yellow-water started to come down through the sun roof and it landed on Slow-Za's head. He was completely oblivious to it. That drunken fool actually started to question the weather. IT WAS CLEAR OUT!
"Is it raaaining ooout or somethiiing?"
Slow-Za was getting dripped on in Niagara amounts. The funniest part of all this was what Ski told me via phone on what he was thinking, "My piss was dripping on his bald-ass stupid head."
It wasn't until Ski got back into the vehicle that Slow-Za realized what was going on. Ski dropped back into the passenger seat and was drenched from his head to his chest with musty liquid. Slow-Za took one look at him, then a sniff, and completely lost it. Ski couldn't get him to pull over earlier, but he was now rushing off of the freeway as they were only miles away from the border. Slow-Za pulled into a parking lot in Chula Vista, CA.
"Get out you mother-fuh fuh fuh-fucker! Get the fuuuck out of the car!" screamed Slow-Za.
Ski got out of the car and was drunk but amazingly non-confrontational, "No man, let's just get down to Rosie."
Egger popped his head out of the car too, "Just get in the car Slow-Za, we gotta beat the border rush"
Slow-Za conceded and got back in the driver's seat. They made it to Rosarito at about 2230 and headed straight to every Marine's first stop, Papas & Beer. They walked in the club and Ski—still drenched in his own piss—immediately recognized a familiar face at the bar. It was a pure coincidence, but he saw a girl that he had net at a bar in Oceanside—our base's neighboring town—the night before. He went and made contact with her and it wasn't long until they decided to ditch Mexico and head back towards her place in North San Diego County.
Screw it.
That night, Ski got it on; piss stained body and all. He smelled like Howard Hughes, but she didn't seem to mind. Ski pissed on himself, and not only did he get away with it, he got laid.
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Outspoken Radio One and Radio Two (Akaboozi ku Bbiri) presenter Basajja Mivule said in a weekend interview that he was compelled to stay away from work, days after his boss told us that none of the radio staff had been suspended in a government clampdown on radio stations deemed to "incite violence."
The news will cause more concern for media and human rights activists, as it seems to point to renewed government efforts to crack down on critical media houses and personalities. Last week, Radio One bosses said Mivule was away on official leave.
Along with Simon Kaggwa Njala, Mivule were asked to step aside at the urging of Kampala Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka. Hashaka wrote to the radio station's management protesting the two presenters' conduct, on November 5.
Hashaka's November 5 letter came a day after Mivule hosted Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, whose utterances, according to Hashaka's letter, tarnished the image of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and that of government.
"This is to inform you that I have noted that Akaboozi and Radio [One] are increasingly being used to deliberately tarnish the image of government, KCCA and to frustrate government programmes," Hashaka's letter reads in part.
The radio management responded by suspending Mivule and his colleague Simon Kaggwa Njala, although the station's Operations Manager Jeff Mulinde Kiwanuka denied the duo had been suspended.
"Mivule is on leave and he will resume work when the leave lapses while Kaggwa Njala has been re-assigned in another department where we had a gap. If this gap gets filled, he will resume his normal duties," Mulinde told The Observer in an earlier interview last week.
But on Friday, Mivule separately told us that he had, indeed, been asked to keep away.
"I have never sought for leave, because we normally fill in forms if we are seeking for leave, I have never done that, and if you are given leave, you are given a date on which you have to report back on duty but I don't know my return date," he said.
How it began:
On November 10, Mulinde inform Mivule that General Manager Maria Kiwanuka (Finance, Planning and Economic Development minister) had decided that he goes for a one-week leave.
"I asked him why, and he told me that the general manager was under pressure, and when I asked who the source of pressure was, he told me that someone above had complained about me," Mivule said.
When the week elapsed, Michael Kisenyi, the station's production manager, called and told him that he was now free to resume his talk shows.
"I did my Sunday show, but on Monday, about 20 minutes to my show, Jeff [Mulinde] called to stop me from doing the show because the fire was still on but did not explain the source of the fire, and who the specific complainant was," he said.
His first suspicions were the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and ministry of Trade and Industry owing to a campaign he had recently launched against fake products.
Mivule joined Akaboozi ku bbiri about six years ago, and has always been based at the Dastur street-based radio station, but is now ensconced at his farm.
"I don't know my fate, we [Mivule and Njala] are no longer there, and we have not been assigned anything as [Mulinde] claims," he said.
Mivule does not want to discuss Hashaka, the man who caused his suspension because that would be stooping too low.
"At least I'm of a higher status than him [Hashaka], I would be embarrassing myself to discuss a man who can't measure up to me in anything," he said.


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In high school, she played volleyball and softball and attended college on a softball scholarship.
By the time she earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Western Michigan University in 1998, she understood the value of physical activity and she wanted to teach her students the same lesson.