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SHERIDAN — First Christian, First United Methodist and Trinity Lutheran churches are offering an opportunity for children, youth and families to join in monthly "Play and Pray" gatherings.
The first Play and Pray will be Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m at First Christian Church, 102 S. Connor St.
It will be a time to learn about the Christian aspects of All Hallows' Eve (Halloween), carve pumpkins, pray and share fellowship and lunch.
Participants are asked to bring their own pumpkin and carving tools. If you can't bring a pumpkin, one will be provided.
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During the 18th century Liverpool was Britain's main slaving port. Between 1700 and 1807, ships from Liverpool carried about 1.5 million Africans across the Atlantic in conditions of great cruelty. Most Liverpool ships went to the islands of the Caribbean where captains sold the Africans to plantations owners. The owners and their agents forced the Africans to work as chattel slaves producing sugar and other tropical goods. They treated the enslaved brutally and showed little concern for their personal lives.
The trade generally operated on a triangular basis. Merchants fitted out and supplied their ships in Liverpool. The ships carried goods to West Africa including textiles, firearms, alcohol, beads and cowries shells. On arrival at the coast, captains bartered and sold these goods for Africans. The voyage across the Atlantic usually took six to eight weeks, but sometimes longer. Conditions on board were appalling and many Africans died. Many Africans resisted enslavement and revolts on the ships were a regular occurrence. When the captains had sold their captives, the ships returned to Liverpool, generally with goods such as sugar, coffee, cocoa, cotton, tobacco and wood.
The first known slave ship to sail from Liverpool was the 'Liverpool Merchant', which left the port on 3 October 1699 and carried 220 Africans to Barbados. The trade grew slowly over the next 20 years but then developed rapidly. By 1750 Liverpool had overtaken Bristol and London, and the town's ships dominated the trade until abolition in 1807. In the 1790s Liverpool controlled 80% of the British slave trade and over 40% of the European slave trade.
The reasons for Liverpool's control of the trade are varied. Her geographical position meant that merchants had easy access to the goods that would sell in Africa. These included textiles from Lancashire and Yorkshire, pottery, copper and brass from Staffordshire and Cheshire and guns from Birmingham. Merchants also strengthened trading links to London, Amsterdam and other European ports to obtain luxury silks and other textiles from India, glass beads from Italy and cowries from the Indian Ocean. But crucially, Liverpool merchants developed expert knowledge of the trade and established good contacts with traders on the African coast. They knew which goods to send to Africa and very importantly which goods would sell on different parts of the coast.
Much of Liverpool's wealth came from slavery. From about 1750 until 1807, between a third and a half of Liverpool's trade was with Africa and the Caribbean. Virtually all the leading inhabitants of the town, including the Mayors, Town Councillors and MPs, invested in the slave trade and profited from it. The prosperity and growth of the town was closely connected with its involvement with slavery. When the campaign to abolish the trade began in the 1780s, opposition in the town was strong. Several Liverpudlians spoke in favour of the trade at the parliamentary inquiries and the most prominent were given valuable gifts from the Town Council and several were given the freedom of the borough. A few local abolitionists, like William Roscoe, worked behind the scenes but generally chose not to engage in public debate.
After the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, merchants in the town used their contacts to maintain trading with Africa and the Americas. Several former slave merchants and captains developed a very profitable trade in African palm oil and by degrees Liverpool came to dominate all British trade with West Africa. This control was maintained until after the Second World War. Whilst sugar and the other tropical goods continued to be imported from the Caribbean, the biggest growth was in imported raw cotton from the southern states of America. This was produced by slave labour on plantations until 1865. Cotton was a major factor in Liverpool's growth in the 19th century and helps to explain why support for the Confederate cause during the American Civil War was so strong. The economic benefits also extended to Manchester, other towns in Lancashire and the wider British economy.
Although the vast majority of Africans transported by Liverpool ships were taken to the Americas, there were a few Black people in Liverpool in the 18th century. Most would have been domestic servants and whilst not treated as harshly as the chattel slaves on the plantations, their lives would have been strictly controlled. There are several documented sales of Blacks in Liverpool - the largest a sale of 11 Africans at the Exchange Coffee House in 1766. A few local Black people today can trace their family back to the late 18th century and many others are descended from Africans who came to Liverpool as a result of the trade between West Africa and Liverpool in the 19th century.
There is still evidence of Liverpool's role in the slave trade around the city centre. Bold, Tarleton and Cunliffe Streets in the city centre are amongst many streets named after merchants who were involved in the trade. Many buildings, including the Town Hall, were built with wealth created by the trade. In 1994 the 'Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity' gallery was opened in the Merseyside Maritime Museum. This has been replaced with the International Slavery Museum, which opened on 23 August 2007.
The Maritime Archives and Library holds many original documents and archives collections related to transatlantic slavery. These include those of the Earle family of merchants, as well as the papers of William Davenport, perhaps the most well-known Liverpool merchant engaged in the slave trade and the Cropper family, leading anti-slavery campaigners. Much of the material is available on microfilm only (for catalogues of microfilms see 'Abolition and Emancipation parts 2 and 3: Slavery Collections from the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool.' Marlborough: Adam Matthew Publications, 1999). This material has now been digitised; together with recent additions to the collection, as an online resource, 'Slavery Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007' please see Adam Matthews Digital (www.amdigital.co.uk), also available at the Maritime Archives and Library.
For a more detailed list see 'Guide to the Records of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Volume II' (Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland), 1999, chapter 2.
The most important registers relating to the slave trade are the volumes covering the years 1739-1807. These contain details of all the Liverpool slaving vessels, their owners, masters and the ultimate fate of the vessel, as well as their basic dimensions.
C/EX/L/2-6 1739 - 1807 5 Volumes
The collection comprises some seventeen boxes of volumes and documents relating to the family's business, estate and personal affairs, especially their mercantile and shipping interests during the mid-18th century, the period when Liverpool became the country's leading slave port. By this time the Earle family were in business as merchants and shipowners in a wide range of commercial ventures, including the slave trade. This gives special importance to these archives, which include a number of exceptionally interesting individual items, for example, the log of the Unity for a slaving voyage from Liverpool to Calabar, West Africa in 1769 (D/EARLE/1/4).
D/EARLE 1644 - 1930 17 Boxes
In the saga of the abolition of slavery, the name of Cropper is, unfortunately, barely known. James Cropper (1773-1840) was a successful Quaker merchant. He and his collaborator and friend, Anglican Evangelical, Adam Hodgson, worked together for the abolition of slavery, using not only ethical arguments, but economic ones as well. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, stayed at Dingle Bank, the home of John, son of James Cropper. James Cropper sent parcels of East Indies coffee and sugar to every MP, to demonstrate that these commodities could be produced without slave labour. He also had his crockery decorated with vignettes of slaves in iron with the caption: "Am I not a man/woman and a brother/sister?" The archives include correspondence with Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, Zachary Macauley and others, and also contains many circulars and handbills.
D/CR 1634 - 1926 3 Boxes, 1 parcel
William Davenport (1725-1797) was an important Liverpool merchant and shipowner involved in the slave trade, as well as trading in beads, ivory, sugar, coffee and tobacco. During his career he invested in approximately 160 slaving voyages in 70 vessels.
Details of several of these voyages can be found in the accounts books, wages books and correspondence in this collection. A copy of the full catalogue is available on our page of the National Archives website http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a/A13531688 under the Persons section.
D/DAV 1747 - 1794 13 Volumes, 13 bundles
A large number of important documents relating to the slave trade are to be found in the miscellaneous, smaller collections of archives, known collectively as the DX and SAS collections. They include many significant individual items, for example:
Account book of slave ship 'Enterprize', owned by Leyland and Co, Liverpool. This includes descriptions of the taking of a Spanish privateer, and of a voyage to the Congo to collect slaves destined for Jamaica, and also a crew list, details of a slave sale, captain's instructions and voyage accounts.
DX/1732 1794 - 1795 1 Volume
Correspondence relating to the slaver 'Kitty's Amelia', the last Liverpool slave ship to sail from a West African port in 1807. Includes letters of instruction to Captain Nuttall, regarding the sale of slaves, and a crew list for a voyage in 1806.
DX/170 1804 - 1806 11 Items
Printed volume: 'Historical account of Guinea its situation, produce, disposition of inhabitants and inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade', by Anthony Benezet, 1772. Includes references to a surgeon's journal for a voyage from Liverpool, 1724, and a voyage account for a slave trader from Liverpool, 1749.
DX/1624/R 1724 - 1772 1 Volume
Framed notice of an auction of 25 Sea Island cotton and rice slaves, Charleston, USA, and an agreement for sale of a female slave, New Orleans.
DX/1551 1852 - 1853 2 Items
Abolition & Emancipation parts 2 and 3: Slavery Collections from the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool. Marlborough: Adam Matthew Publications, 1999. Also see the online resource 'Slavery Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007' from Adam Matthews Digital.
DRESSER, Madge. Slavery Obscured: The Social History of the Slave Trade in an English Provincial Port [Bristol]. London: Continuum, 2001.
FRYER, Peter. Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain. London: Pluto Press, 1984.
KLEIN, Herbert S. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999.
Littler, Dawn. Guide to the Records of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Vol. II. Canada : Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999.
REYNOLDS, Edward. Stand the Storm: a History of the Atlantic Slave Trade. London: Allison & Busby, 1985.
THOMAS, Hugh. The Slave Trade: The History of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870. London: Picador, 1997.
THRELFALL, Helen. Slavery: a Bibliography of Works in the English Language Held by the Maritime Archives & Library, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock , Liverpool.
Liverpool: National Museums Liverpool, 1997.
WALVIN ,James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. London: Harper Collins,1992.
WALVIN, James. An African's Life: Olaudah Equiano. London: Cassell,1998.
An introduction to transatlantic slavery is found at www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery.
Anti-Slavery International provides resources and ideas for teachers and educators at http://www.antislavery.org/education.
Wilberforce House, Hull, provides information about William Wilberforce and the slave trade at http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/wilberforce.
Material held at The National Archives, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/slavery/
The Transatlantic Slave Trade database http://www.slavevoyages.org
Slavery Abolition & Social Justice, 1490-2007 from Adam Matthews Digital http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/slavery-abolition-and-social-justice/
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Luke pulled through with some information to my e-mail (by the way, it's over on the Right hand side there where you ask friendly a question . . . in case you were wondering)
Interesting advice Luke. There actually is a quest or two you can complete in Dragonspyre as a low level character, but you'd only be able to pull it off with friends. For the most part though, yup, you should do enough of the sidequests to get you to level 40. It'll make life a lot easier for you.
Back in the day when Dragonspyre first opened up, most everybody was level 42 or higher as we waited in Mooshu for Dragonspyre to be released to the public. There were a few people that were higher level than that because you used to be able to repeat instances over and over for experience (people would run the first part of Crimson fields over and over and over . . . LEVEL UP+1!!). Now you can only repeat them twice for experience.
Happy Dueling!
p.s. I have to say thanks to all the fire wizards! I'll still try to make a few of you some cards anyway. :-)
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The most distant man-made object - the Voyager 1 spacecraft - is finally leaving the Solar System. Astronomers think the probe has reached a boundary where the Sun's influence starts to wane.
"This is a really exciting milestone," says Stamatios Krimigis of Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland. "It's the first time a machine has gone outside the cocoon of the solar atmosphere."
Voyager 1 and its companion Voyager 2 were launched on a journey to the outer planets in 1977. Voyager 1 is now about 90 astronomical units from the Sun (one AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun). It is the most distant spacecraft in the Solar System, having overtaken the Jupiter probe Pioneer 10 in 1998. Voyager 2 lags behind, at about 73 AU (see graphic).
For years, scientists thought Voyager 1 must be getting close to the Solar System's "termination shock". This is the region where supersonic particles streaming out from the Sun plough into interstellar particles and slow down to subsonic speeds. This region, often considered to mark the Solar System's edge, should energise lots of particles and have a strong magnetic field.
Particle peak
When the Voyagers were launched, astronomers predicted that the termination shock would lie 40 to 50 AU away from the Sun. But Voyager 1 clocked up 60, 70 and 80 AU, and still had not reached the shock. Now, at last, scientists have evidence that Voyager 1 is close to the shock, or has even passed through it.
In the summer of 2002, when Voyager 1 was about 85 AU from the Sun, it measured a sharp increase in the number of energetic particles over a period of six months. Krimigis and his colleagues say the data suggests Voyager 1 crossed the termination shock, which then washed back over the spacecraft. The shock moves in and out depending on the Sun's activity.
A team led by Frank McDonald at the University of Maryland in College Park, however, believes Voyager 1 is near the shock but has not yet reached it, pointing out that the craft did not register large increases in the local magnetic field.
In around 2020, Voyager 1 is expected to reach the heliopause at roughly 135 AU. This is where the Sun's influence fades away entirely and interstellar space begins. Astronomers will then get their first chance to measure the magnetic fields and energetic particles of interstellar space.
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This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that PRCC does not own or control, or to people that PRCC does not employ or manage. Third party websites that you connect to through this website are not under PRCC's control and are subject to their own privacy policies rather than this Privacy Policy. For more information about linking to third party websites through this website, please see the Terms and Conditions of Use.
In order to serve you better, it is necessary for PRCC to collect certain information. The type of information that PRCC collects depends on what you do when you visit our website.
In order for us to send you information regarding our services in response to your information request, you will need to provide us with some personal information about yourself. The information that we collect may include: (1) your name; (2) your postal address; (3) your telephone number; (4) your e-mail address; (5) how you heard about our website; (6) how many times you have visited Puerto Rico; (7) when you plan to visit Puerto Rico next; (8) your reason for visiting Puerto Rico; (9) the activities that interest you; (10) your age; (11) who will be traveling with you; (12) whether you have made reservations for your trip to Puerto Rico; and (13) whether you would like to receive information about Puerto Rico via e-mail. Our website provides you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about you. This website gives you the following options for removing your information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
We also collect certain types of information automatically whenever you access and use our website. Some of this information is stored in cookies (see the next section for a discussion of cookies). Examples of the information we collect automatically may include: (1) the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; (2) the browser software you are using; (3) your operating system; (4) the date and time you access our website; and (5) the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website. In addition, we collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail.
Cookies are pieces of information that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies to store some information that enables us to improve your experience at our website in a number of ways. Cookies also help us to learn about how and when people use our website so that we can determine which parts of our website are popular and which need to be modified to be more useful. Although cookies do identify a website user's computer, cookies alone cannot personally identify a user.
Your Web browser only allows us to access the cookies we have already sent to your computer, not the cookies that other websites have sent. We do not and cannot use cookies to retrieve any information from your computer that we did not put there in the first place.
You can adjust your Web browser to refuse all new cookies, to notify you whenever you are about to receive a new cookie, or to disable cookies completely. Please note, however, that many parts of our website will not function properly if you do not allow cookies.
PRCC believes that it is extremely important to protect children's personal information. As such, PRCC does not collect any personal information that can be identified with anyone under the age of 13. In fact, as discussed in our Terms and Conditions of Use, no one under the age of 16 is allowed to use any features of this website that result in our actively collecting personal information.
The primary reason why we collect information from you is to provide you with the services that you request and to enhance your experience at our website. Some services would be impossible without the personal information that you provide to us. We also use the information we collect to improve the content of our website by making sure that our website provides you with the resources you need and the level of quality you expect. For example, information about the sections of the website that people visit most frequently and least frequently helps us to decide which features website users find useful and which features need some changes.
In addition to our internal use of the information we collect, your personal information is used to help make sure that you receive all the information you need to make your stay in Puerto Rico as pleasant as possible. One way we do this is by using your e-mail address to send you periodic updates about Puerto Rico. We also sometimes share your name and postal address with reputable companies that we believe you might be interested in hearing from. These companies might contact you directly to let you know about special deals and unique opportunities that could make your vacation in Puerto Rico more enjoyable.
While we believe that the more information you have about Puerto Rico the more likely you are to enjoy your visit, we also understand that you value your privacy. If you would prefer that PRCC not e-mail you any periodic updates about PRCC and/or not share any personally identifiable information about you with any third party, all you need to do is tell us. Just e-mail us at email@example.com or telephone us at (787) 725-2110 and let us know about your preference.
Please be advised, however, that we reserve the right to disclose any personal information about you without your prior consent if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order; (2) protect our rights or property; (3) enforce the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Use; or (4) prevent harm to you or others.
Also, PRCC sometimes shares with third parties certain non-personal, summary information about the people who use our website. This information is not personally identifiable in any way and consists of facts such as the average numbers of visitors to our website per day and the most popular sections of our website.
We know that when you provide us with any type of information, you trust us to keep it safe from unauthorized intrusion. We take all reasonable steps, through the use of updated security software and protocols, to ensure that your personal information is safe and treated securely and in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Use and this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secured. As a result, while striving to protect your personal information, PRCC cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
You have several options when deciding how you can best protect your personal information. One option is simply not to volunteer any personal information. However, this approach would prevent you from taking advantage of several of our website's most useful features.
Another option is to configure your Web browser to refuse all new cookies, to notify you whenever you are about to receive a new cookie, or to disable cookies completely. However many parts of our website will not function properly if you do not allow cookies.
The Federal Trade Commission's website also offers useful information about how to protect your personal information while on the Internet.
We believe that it's important for you to be able to find out what personal information you have provided to us through our website. If you have provided us with personal information online, you can contact us by telephone at (787) 725-2110 and ask us what information we have on record about you. If you have not provided us with personal information online, then we do not have any personally identifiable information about you.
We know that you want the information we have on record about you to be as complete and accurate as possible. We feel the same way, since maintaining accurate information is essential to our efforts to give you the best possible experience when you visit our website. That is why we encourage you to correct any information that might be outdated or otherwise invalid. It is easy to make changes. Simply contact us by telephone at (787) 725-2110 or email us to firstname.lastname@example.com
For additional information about our Privacy Policy, please e-mail us your question or request at email@example.com. You can also contact us by telephone at (787) 725-2110 or by postal mail at Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, Inc. Edificio Ochoa 500 Tanca Suite 402 San Juan Puerto Rico 00901-1492.
If at any time you believe PRCC has not adhered to the principles set forth in this Privacy Policy, please notify us and we will make all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly correct the problem. We can be contacted by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, by telephone at (787) 725-2110, and by postal mail at Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, Inc. Edificio Ochoa 500 Tanca Suite 402 San Juan Puerto Rico 00901-1492.
From time to time, it may be necessary for PRCC to amend this Privacy Policy. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Privacy Policy so that you will be aware of any changes. However, if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our website and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically Please note that your continued use of this website means that you accept the amendments to this Privacy Policy.
Reservations for Center space (within 18 months) that does not require room inventory are normally handled by the Convention Center directly. Reservations for Center space that requires an inventory of 10 or more room nights are handled by the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau.
The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau is the official marketing and sales agent for the Puerto Rico Convention Center Pedro Rosselló. With a dedicated team of convention and meeting experts, this non-profit organization has been working to promote and develop group and convention business to Puerto Rico through an integrated marketing strategy for 50 years.
Margaret is responsible for overseeing the sales & marketing team, operations, solicitation and development of the convention business, trade shows, public shows and corporate meetings.


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IAAC Event's - Workshop of Digital Fabrication, directed by Marta MAle-Alemany
Workshop of Digital Fabrication, directed by Marta MAle-Alemany
As a part of the Master program in Advanced Architecture a three-day intense workshop of Digital Fabrication took place, directed by Marta Male-Alemany.
The workshop aimed to stimulate the students and familiarize themselves with the necessary tools for fabricating prototypes through digital procedures.
The students had to develop a concept connected with the human body and after that fabricate it using the machines of the laboratory of IaaC.
To obtain that they had to come up with different ways of ¨measuring¨ their bodies and developing a project that could be fabricated using the laser cutter.
The presentation converted into a unique performance bringing in mind big events of the best educational and research centres.http://www.iaacat.com/nueva/en/educationalPrograms_PostDigital.php


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MORE NODS TO NIJHUISA new National Geographic special report, "Changing Climate," features the work of HCN contributing editor Michelle Nijhuis. The report discusses the signs and impacts of global warming; Michelle's story, "Village Green," describes what state and local governments are doing to fight climate change despite the lack of federal action.
Michelle also won the 2008 Media Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences for her invasive species stories "Beetle Warfare" (Nov. 26, 2007) and "Bonfire of the Superweeds" (Aug. 20, 2007). Congratulations, Michelle!
JUST THE THING FOR SHRIKE-SPOTTINGSubscribers Doug Newton of Tucson, Ariz., and Alan McCready of Sierra Vista, Ariz., dropped by while on a birding trip through western Colorado. After stops in Wray and Gunnison, they popped in at HCN to let us know how much they appreciate the newsmagazine. They also appreciated the lovely olive-green color of some of our T-shirts. "Good for blending in when bird-watching in, say, the forest," says Alan.
Cam Scott, a poet and fly-fishing shop manager who grew up with HCN, came by the office in his waders to say hi and tour the digs. Before returning to his home base in nearby Basalt, Colo., Cam penned a poem about our town and the West on a paper plate:
Cat at the Window, Paonia
Basin-ranges are my lullaby. Sagebrush is my honeypie.
I drive to the other side of the mountains like switching from celery root to roasted chiles.
A town where I am middle-class again, not on the edge of survival, and drink in the people as slowly as my beer.
It takes hours the next morning to leave - blowing through like a piece of tumbleweed, the cat's got claws.
I spend half my nights on the road. Sure, there are trout and rivers. Maybe a woman. But I am certain this isn't running or searching. It is the long run.
Through all these changes the dusty West keeps leaping in my lap, pushing down the keys.
What more could I ask for? Tilting back toward the sun for another go-around.


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The legend of Wade Boggs and a 64-beer road tripContinue reading.
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Beer enthusiast Wade Boggs will pour you some Miller Lite
Hall of Fame third baseman made no secret about his admiration for a couple of things. Chicken, which "Sports Illustrated for Kids" informed me he ate before every game, and Miller Lite.
Around this here blog there's been no hesitation trotting out his epic 64-beer road trip legend whenever we need a pick-me-up.
Boggs will be pouring Miller Lite for fans who attend the Lowell Spinners game on Saturday. The doubles enthusiast has enough left in his arm to dole out suds for the first hour after the gates open to the public, so get 'em while they're cold.
Wade Boggs to visit LeLacheur June 20 (Lowell Spinners)


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Milestone win for Carroll
Tigers mark 50 years in CCISD with a victory
CORPUS CHRISTI - Along with homecoming, Carroll also marked its 50th year in the Corpus Christi Independent School District during Friday night's matchup against San Antonio East Central.
The Tigers had plenty more to celebrate after the game.
Led by quarterback Tim Hawkins and running back Anthony Davis, Carroll outlasted the Hornets for a 35-21 victory at Cabaniss Multipurpose Stadium. The Tigers improved to 2-0 in District 27-5A and remain undefeated at 6-0.
A senior, Hawkins went 12 of 21 for 224 yards, including a 12-yard scoring strike to Davis. Hawkins also had 18 carries for 73 yards and reached the end zone twice on runs of one and 14 yards.
Davis handled most of the rushing load for Carroll, carrying 23 times for 119 yards. In addition to the touchdown reception, he sealed the win on a 4-yard run with 2 minutes, 19 seconds left to play.
The Tigers spoiled a huge night by East Central sophomore running back Chris Johnson, who attracted college scouts to last year's spring workouts.
The 5-foot-9, 200-pound Johnson finished with 17 carries for 257 yards and three touchdowns. The first came on a 97-yard run right up the middle that helped tie the game 7-7.
Johnson later rambled for scores from 44 and 80 yards out.
Carroll opened the game at its own 20-yard line and failed to gain any yards on three plays. East Central's Bradley Garza fielded the ensuing punt right at midfield and was tackled almost immediately.
Kelvin Butler lost 2 yards on first down, but quarterback Matt Ortega hit Garza for a 15-yard completion on the very next snap. A botched handoff between Ortega and Johnson two plays later resulted in a fumble, which Tigers lineman Chris Flores recovered at the Carroll 34.
Back on offense, the Tigers turned to their playmakers Hawkins and Davis.
Davis broke free for a 17-yard gain on first down and picked up another eight yards two plays later.
Facing third and 3 from the East Central 42, Hawkins responded with a 17-yard run of his own. A 20-yard completion from Hawkins to Jake Sims put the Tigers at the 8.
The series ended when Hawkins plunged across the goal line from the 1.
The Hornets (0-1, 2-3) answered with the 97-yard touchdown by Johnson and then took the lead on his 44-yard scoring scamper. All that did was fire up the Tigers.
Carroll scored on its next two possessions, the first of which ended with a 14-yard touchdown by Hawkins.
After forcing East Central to punt, the Tigers put together an eight-play drive capped by the 12-yard scoring pass from Hawkins to Davis just before halftime.
The Hornets tied the game again when Johnson took off for an 80-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter.
Carroll took the lead for good in the fourth quarter on Charles Coleman's three-yard touchdown run.
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New Energae caseTwo North Dakotans are among three plaintiffs that have filed a new petition for receivership against Energae LP of Clear Lake, Iowa, after others who filed a similar petition a month ago settled their case.
By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek
FARGO, N.D. — Two North Dakotans are among three plaintiffs that have filed a new petition for receivership against Energae LP of Clear Lake, Iowa, after others who filed a similar petition a month ago settled their case.
Cliff Hylden and his son, Josh Hylden, from Park River, N.D., among the plaintiffs in a new petition. Their petition was filed Sept. 9 in Cerro Gordo County district court in Mason City, Iowa. No court date has been set.
Joe Pfeiffer, of counsel with Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson LLP, says the new petition is nearly identical to the earlier one, which his firm also handled.
"The basic thing that is happening is we're continuing our quest to figure out what — if anything — is owned by Energae LP, and what is owed," Pfeiffer said Sept. 12.
The Sept. 9 petition asks the court to appoint a receiver to control Energae LP of Clear Lake, which managed an ethanol plant and a waste-to-electricity business in Iowa.
The earlier petition was filed by Robert Hylden and Darren Sheldon, both of Fargo, N.D., on Aug. 5, but was "settled" Aug. 26, on the eve of an Aug. 27 hearing in Mason City, Iowa. Pfeiffer declined to explain the nature of the settlement, except that the issue was "resolved."
Darrell Duane Smith of Forest City, Iowa, who had been active in acquiring investments and loans for the company, earlier was permanently banned from both insurance work and from investment connections to Energae.
Energae in March 2012 was looking for sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley to invest in the company and to produce beets for an ethanol process in Grafton, N.D. — a project that fell through.
Robert and Cliff Hylden are brothers. They are also brothers to the Rev. Todd Hylden, Fergus Falls, Minn., who formerly was a marketing official of Energae LP. Pfeiffer says the Hyldens are a large family and that it's "not unusual" to find investors from the same family.
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Administration on Aging
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Americans age 65 and over are an important and growing segment of our population. Many federal agencies provide data on aspects of older Americans' lives, but it can be difficult to fit the pieces together. Thus, it has become increasingly important for policymakers and the general public to have an accessible, easy-to-understand portrait that shows how older Americans are faring.
Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being (Older Americans 2010) provides a comprehensive picture of our older population's health and well-being. It is the fifth chartbook prepared by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (Forum), which now has 15 participating federal agencies. As with the earlier volumes, readers will find here an accessible compendium of indicators drawn from the most reliable official statistics. The indicators are again categorized into five broad groups: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care.
Many of the estimates reported in Older Americans 2010 were collected in 2007 and 2008, the years straddling the large-scale financial downturn that began in December 2007. Thus, although this was an economically challenging time, the data reported in Older Americans 2010 do not in all cases reflect this crisis. The Forum did produce a short report, Data Sources on the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Economic Well-being of Older Americans at the end of 2009 that provides information about data sources that may shed light on the effects of the economic downturn on the well-being of older Americans.
While federal agencies currently collect and report substantial information on the population age 65 and over, there remain gaps in our knowledge. Two years ago, in Older Americans 2008, the Forum identified six data need areas: caregiving, elder abuse, functioning and disability, mental health, pension measures, and residential care. In Older Americans 2010, we provide updated information on the status of data availability for those specific areas and add a new call for data on end-of-life issues. We continue to appreciate users' requests for greater detail for many existing indicators of well-being. The Forum encourages extending age reporting categories, oversampling older racial and ethnic populations, collecting data at lower levels of geography, and including the institutionalized population in national surveys. By displaying what we know and do not know, this report challenges federal statistical agencies to do even better.
The Older Americans reports reflect the Forum's commitment to advancing our understanding of where older Americans stand today and what they may face tomorrow. I congratulate the Forum agencies for joining together to enhance their work and present the American people with a valuable tool. Last, but not least, none of this work would be possible without the continued cooperation of millions of American citizens who willingly provide the data that are summarized and analyzed by staff in the federal agencies.
We invite you to suggest ways in which we can enhance this biennial portrait of older Americans.Please send comments to us at the Forum's website (http://www.agingstats.gov). I hope that our compendium will continue to be useful in your work.
Katherine K. Wallman
Chief Statistician
Office of Management and Budget
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Safe Sanctuaries
The Safe Sanctuaries program is a process developed to train and certify persons as safe workers with children and youth in Missouri Conference ministries. The policies were adopted in 1999, in response to God's call to welcome all children and to protect them from the devastating effects of child abuse.
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With the online training and forms completion system, you can complete the entire certification process through the internet.
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Fill out the reference request forms online whether you have attended a live training, or the online training.
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Blue denim dress with geometric embroidery on the front and upper back. Buttons up the front and has adjustable drawstring waist with pulls on each side. Sleeves can be rolled up and button tabbed.
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Length in Front: 33 1/2"
Length in Back: 35"
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Length in Front: 33 1/2"
Length in Back: 35"
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by carolynk FABULOUS! This dress is great!!! It's lighter than I thought it would be but I like that a lot better. The blue is great and the details on it are not too busy..I have worn it once and I was asked by a ton of people where I got it..most of them touched it to feel the material. I am very happy with my purchase. It is a bit roomy but in a good way...can we say layer : ) The waist is dropped perfectly.. I LOVE IT! 10.24.2012
Rated 2 out of 5Â by Danielle_B Blah Blue So, we're going in to Spring over here in Melbourne, Australia. And I thought a denim shirt-dress would be *perfect* for those days when it's not-too-hot but not-too-cold. I saw this on Free People and *loved* the popping blue, so snatched one up straight away (even though there were no reviews posted as yet). A few days later I was trawling through Free People again, admiring their large denim collection, when I started reading reviews and noticed a common theme of people denouncing the denim colour as pictured, versus the reality of the item. I started to worry a little, about my denim dress in the mail. Never mind that I was dismayed to log on and see the dress I'd bought for $144 was now reduced to $87 (GRRR. Don't you *hate* that!?!). Still, I waited patiently for my item to arrive ... and when it did, MAJOR disappointment. Admittedly, from the photo, you can tell that this dress is going to have an awkward shape (with a low-hanging cinch and part-way buttons). But it was the *colour* I loved. That sky-blue denim is *NOT* how it looks in person. I don't know what sort of wizard-warlock lighting magic Free People use when photographing these models, but as you can see in the pic the actual dress is just a run-of-the-mill, take-it-or-leave-it nothing special denim. Totally bummed. *sigh*. I'm going to dress this shirt dress up with tall brown boots and crazy gypsy jewellery to distract from its overall ho-humness. 10.4.2012
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Atop onion fields and grazing pastures, they've built a parade of 4,000- and 5,000-square-foot houses -- palaces, many of them, with turrets and faux backyard grottoes, with six-car garages and children's playrooms larger than the average Manhattan apartment.
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"Here's one now," code enforcement officer Jean Voshall said as she pulled her hulking pickup up to the curb in a gated community called The Fairways.
At first glance, the house looked like so many others in Temecula: five bedrooms, mushroom-colored stucco walls, a seven iron away from a dapper golf course where two men prepared to tee off. A closer look at the lawn, however, revealed that it was dead and crunchy -- and had been spray-painted green.
The paint came courtesy of neighbors, in the hope that it might be less evident to passersby that the house was empty -- foreclosed and left to the elements, with no running water, no electricity and little chance of new occupants any time soon.
It wasn't supposed to happen here. Not like this. The crashes are expected to hit hard in the Fontanas and the Perrises of the world -- cities marketed more to working-class buyers, first-time buyers or sub-prime buyers. Indeed, Temecula is by no means the hardest-hit area of the Inland Empire; many communities here have plunged into record levels of foreclosure.
Still, the downturn has been startling here because Temecula has been sold, successfully, as a sort of Napa of Southern California: a place of wineries and hot-air balloons and Mediterranean-style bluffs that trap the sea air, even this far inland.
From the start -- Temecula was incorporated in 1989 -- the city was protective of its image.
Residents are prohibited from working on their cars, in most cases, in front of their own houses. Stores that sell spray paint are required to keep it under lock, though graffiti is almost nonexistent. Behind City Hall, there is a "sign jail" full of political ads and business ads that were yanked because they violated Temecula's strict sign rules.
Based largely on that image, the population has nearly doubled again this decade, rising from about 57,000 in 2000 to 101,000 today -- 14 new residents a day.
Today, said Rich Johnston, Temecula's deputy director of building and safety and code enforcement, as many as 15% of Temecula's 22,500 single-family homes are bank-owned or in some stage of foreclosure.
Voshall said her supervisor asked city code enforcement officers to put together a master list of vacant houses. That was two months ago. She hasn't finished because of the sheer volume. She said she has 200 on her list -- her district covers about a quarter of the city -- but she is finished with just a fraction of the survey.
"We just have so many cases," Voshall said.
Inspectors have found squatters in some houses. Youths were recently caught growing pot behind one vacant house. Some owners have just dumped belongings in the yard on their way out -- "even silverware," Voshall said.
Reports of "green pools" -- swimming pools at abandoned homes, green with algae -- were up 45% in the first three months of 2008 compared to the previous year, officials said. Those pools "are almost guaranteed to breed mosquitoes," said Kelly Kersten, a county environmental health technician. He said West Nile virus is a concern.
At a home off Loma Linda Road, Kersten used an electric screwdriver to open the gate of an abandoned house. The backyard was enormous -- and apocalyptic looking, with weeds growing unfettered and a rusting swing set swaying in the breeze.
The pool was bright green, with a dead bird and other debris floating in the middle. Kersten dipped a cup in the muck, then peered into his sample. "Oh, yeah," he said. He retrieved pesticide from his truck, then began spraying it into the pool.
"Watch," he said. "The pool is going to start to percolate."


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Here a patient with AIDS who has lost his sight in one eye. He travels to Louisiana from Florida for a new treatment. He is one of six patients with recurrent infection from the virus. Twenty-six others are also being followed with only the intravenous medication each day. He and the other six patients get injections with ganciclovir, an anti-viral drug which is effective in suppressing CMV retinitis. Notice that he is a very nice looking middle aged man. The patient reads an eye chart, the ophthalmologist looks in his eyes with a lens, and then he gets the injection. When the patient left the room I asked the nurse how she got beyond the fear of AIDS. She replied, "It is from a higher awareness of the disease and its transmission potential."
Excerpt & image from: General Clinical Research Center. Booklet on Tulane-LSU-Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 1996.


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They'd be better if I had a real camera. I've been using a Casio Commando on my trips and a beat up old Kodak Sport because they are water proof. The kodak is one finger and hangs around my neck for on the fly shots, both 5mp.
Thanks, I so very much want to go back there. Those were taken on the Edgerton Hwy a couple hours or so out of Valdez, Alaska. It's a dead end road but worth it.
I'm looking to finally get a real travel camera that can live in bad weather, preferably a Pentax WG-2 with GPS. The nice thing about using the Casio is the photos can be geo-tagged so if I forget where I took it, I can get the coordinates from within. You have to go to the source of the photo, you can't download the ones above, but if you go to the photo where it is linked from like on my photobucket, download to your desktop or where ever, you can right click the photo and browse the properties to get a GPS coordinate of where it was taken. Some times it is pretty accurate but sometimes off a hundred feet or so.
BE CAREFUL when photographing children and things you don't want stolen with the GPS in your phone or camera turned on, the location will no longer be a secret. Downloading from Advrider seems to strip personal data from the files.
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Infographic: Mixed Prospects for Texas' Uninsured
Although Texas Republicans have not proven capable of the fair-minded assessments that give credit where credit is due, supporters of health care reform may rest confident in the knowledge that Texans have already profited from their efforts. According to this detailed infographic (see below), courtesy of Allmand Law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has served millions of Texans by lifting lifetime limits on health insurance and by permitting young adults to stay on their parents' policies. Even more Texans will benefit in the near future as small business owners take advantage of federal subsidies for employer-sponsored coverage.
That's the good news, anyway. If Governor Perry and members of the state legislature continue to fight the new law, Allmand's next briefing may not offer so much encouragement. 1.5 to 2 million Texans will remain uninsured if Perry maintains his stubborn opposition to the Medicaid expansion, and underfunded women's health programs will shut out tens of thousands. Disabled people and children from low-income families will suffer most as Medicaid cuts hit health care providers.
Progress Texas is ready and willing to continue the fight. We've already published several articles about health care reform, including an explanation of Health Insurance Exchanges and a summary of progress under the ACA. We've called out Rick Perry for an unwise appointment and Republican legislators for their war on women's health. Most importantly, we've mobilized our readers to demand expanded eligibility for Medicaid and increased accountability for health insurance providers. (Both petitions are still open.) Provided we receive your support, we have reason to expect results: when we asked the Department of Health and Human Services to preserve cost-containment measures in Texas insurance markets, our efforts paid off.


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Succesful, grass fed beef Ranch seeking new Manager. We have an excellent cattle herd, small framed easy fleshing genetics, cow/calf/yearling/finsihed product.
We have an excellent resource base and additional water storage is being developed so that we are drought resistant. Must be able to work cattle in a low stress environment, good horse riding abilities, good knowledge of MIG systems, knowledge of irrigation systems and be able to think through problems.
This excellent opportunity to manage a high altitude (6-8000 ft) cattle ranch. Good pay, excellent benefits and an ability to buy in to a established and profitable grass finished beef company.
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On Vmware (Workstation or ESXi) you can send a physical USB device directly to the Guest machine as though its plugged into it and this generally works great.
However if the Host OS (in the case of Workstation) or the computer running vSphere client (in the case of ESXi) is for example Windows 7 x64 , and there is no driver for the USB device available on that computer. But the guest OS is Windows XP x86 and has drivers for that device, is there a way to pass the 'unknown' USB device to the guest OS and have it recognise and use it ?
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Sophomore Garrett Frey earned All-Ivy honorable mention.
Sophomore Garrett Frey, a 2010 EIWA finalist and NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds, earned his second all-league distinction Thursday when he earned All-Ivy honorable mention.
Frey went 3-2 in the Ivy League, including a pin over Harvard's Steven Keith in the Ivy League opener, and earned a 24-8 record overall. He was Princeton's top wrestler on the season, although six of his teammates did earn at least 10 wins. Junior Daniel Kolodzik was just off Frey's pace, winning 22 matches this season.
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Australian Christian Lobby does not represent all Australian Christians, nor all Christian viewpointsPosted: December 8th, 2011 | Author: media.room | Filed under: Media | 16 Comments »
The Executive of the Victorian Council of Churches today expressed dismay at the one-sided view of Christianity portrayed in the Australian media.
"There are well-organised and well-financed lobby groups who routinely present their views as "the†Christian positionâ€, General Secretary Theo Mackaay said.
"The community needs to know that there is a range of views held on many topics in the Christian tradition, just as there are numerous views in all areas of human endeavour. It is important that no one view captures the attention of the community, of the media and of government.â€
"Some groups adopt a threatening stance in their commentary, seemingly to declare 'debate closed' when our nation needs as wide an engagement as possible to honour the diversity in our community. "
"Healthy debate does require input by various view points and understandings, but the VCC expresses deep concern that media portrayal of statements from an established and narrowly focused lobby group is presented as being representative of the entire Christian Community.â€
"Australian Christian Lobby Pty Ltd (ACL) is a voice in the community that presents a particular Christian view on a range of issues, usually based on a fundamentally conservative view of the Christian faith.â€
The VCC consists of 30 member churches of mainstream Christianity, and acknowledges a variety of emphases and input on many areas of social and political importance. As a body, it considers carefully many positions and enables a safe environment to prayerfully discuss and discern theologically differing viewpoints.
The VCC provides opportunity for leaders and church members to collegially contribute to issues of social importance, and facilitates regular meetings with the elected government on matters of social importance.
On matters of public concern and morality, the VCC encourages the community and elected leaders to consider carefully all matters before it without the need to threaten or admonish.
The VCC also notes that there is a growing concern amongst member churches that their voices are not heard or considered because of the media's reliance on groups like ACL.
"The VCC encourages continued reflection and discernment with respect to current debates on issues like the sanctity of marriage, and acknowledges that it is up to each faith group to respond according to their traditions and reason,†Mr Mackaay concluded.