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An Irondale Bantam Story
By: An Irondale Youth Hockey Parent
The 2007-2008 season was one of the most exciting for Irondale Youth Hockey. For the first time in its history, an Irondale Boys team went to the regional tournament. Our PeeWee A team did not fare too well in that tournament, especially since they had to play the eventual state champion Edina and consistent powerhouse Eden Prairie, but it was really fun to be there and as a parent, I want as many of our players and families to experience the thrill of being at the regional or even state tournament.
A season of great success for one team can create excitement throughout the association and I think that did happen in many ways. Irondale players from our high school program came to that regional tournament (in Chaska!) to cheer for our kids. So did many other parents and players from our other boys and girls teams. I think a couple of Mite families may have been there. It was a very exciting time.
With the end of the season, comes many challenges. New board members, new coaches, some kids will stay together while others move on to the next level. On top of that comes discussions about what level is right for our Irondale kids. Can we compete at the "A" level or should we play at "B" or "C". Does playing at the "C" level ruin any hope for my child to play after their youth hockey experience?
I would like to review what my older son experienced at the Bantam level starting with the 2005-2006 season. In that season, Irondale went with Bantam teams at the "A" level and the "B" level. My son played on the B Bantam team.
That B Bantam team went 0-31 during the 2005-2006 season in District 1. That included 20 district games, 9 tournament games, and 2 district playoff games. My point here is not just the win/loss record, because if we are doing what is best for the kids, we should not focus only on wins and losses. However, we should focus on the development of the kids to ensure they are playing at the right level and to enable them to believe they can win and to have fun. As you can see by the following statistics, we had a gap that season.
In our 31 games that season, we scored a total of 32 goals. Total. Goals scored against us were 224. 224-32. That is an average loss of 7-1. Average.
Fourteen games (45%) were shutouts. In other words, almost half the time, we never scored a goal.
What about those shutouts vs. non-shutouts? Was Irondale competitive in the games where we scored? No. The average score per shutout game was 8-0. The average score per non-shutout game was 6-2. On average if we scored a goal, we still lost by 4.
For the kids on that team who were 2
year Bantams, their entire Bantam record was 0-60 because they had not won a single game the year before either. All but 2 of those kids never played hockey again. They went on to play other sports or they quit sports altogether.
There was a lot of discussion about player levels that summer between the board and parents and for the 2006-2007 season, Irondale decided to go with an A Bantam and C Bantam team. My son was on the C Bantam team. As many of you know, being on a "C" team can carry a lot of baggage because it is the ugly stepchild of any small hockey program. Large programs have their own In-House programs at the "C" level where all the "C" teams play each other, but not small associations like ours. The "C" level, no matter how hard we try, is viewed as the ugly stepchild, right or wrong. My son, as a 2
year Bantam, was not happy about being on a "C" team for his final year of youth hockey and we, as parents, told him to make the most of it. Be the best Irondale C team and make sure you have a lot of fun. After all, it is your final year before high school and you can choose whether to enjoy your season or not.
Well, for the first time in Irondale Boys Hockey history, that 2006-2007 C Bantam team won the District Championship. They did it with an exciting overtime win and the video is still available for viewing on the IYHA website (go to the 2006-2007 C Bantam team). Almost every kid from that team is still playing hockey in some capacity. My son plays on the Irondale High School Hockey team. And how he loves the memories of that season.
So we went from a horrid season of failure followed by an unbelievable season of success. And, we were not the best team that year. We were only in 3
place overall and had a .500 season of wins and losses. So the success did not come from wins and losses, but from an attitude of accomplishment and pride. It came from knowing that in each game, they had a chance of doing well. It came from playing at the right level.
If our kids can compete, learn and develop, then the level of play should be what will give them the best experience. That level might be "A" and it might be "C". Please do not lose sleep over what level your child is going to play at this year. And especially if you are not going to register your player because he or she might end up at the "C" level, then you are missing out on one of the most exciting potential seasons you may ever have. That would have been the case for my son. He could have quit with the memories of a 0-31 season. Instead, he's a champion. And I couldn't be any prouder as an Irondale Youth Hockey Parent.
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AUTHORIZATION - HISTORY 1949 - Present
A joint proclamation of the Charlotte City Council and Mecklenburg County Commission, issued in June 1949, established the Veterans Service Office and agreed to jointly fund the operations. This merger was a forerunner of City and County government consolidation. June 15,1999, marked the 50th year that Charlotte-Mecklenburg military veterans or their survivors have utilized the Veterans Service Office for essential and quality assistance in seeking veterans/survivors benefits.
The Veterans Service Office operations are in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 822; Subparagraph 153-149 (34); 1973 Session Laws. The Office serves as the claimant's federally accredited representative under the provision of Section 3402 (b) 2, Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations (veterans benefits); for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims under laws relating to veterans benefits.
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We may be a little obsessed with Nic Cage's insane-sounding devil-in-a-car flick Drive Angry. And these brand-new movie stills aren't helping calm down about screaming out of Hell with Cage, riding shotgun!
These images were released today from Cage's new picture:
Here's the official synopsis:
DRIVE ANGRY stars Nicolas Cage as Milton, a hardened felon who has broken out of hell for one last chance at redemption. Intent on stopping a vicious cult who murdered his daughter, he has three days to stop them before they sacrifice her baby beneath a full moon.
He's joined by Piper (Amber Heard) – a young, sexy waitress who liberates her ex-boyfriend's cherry-red muscle car in order to help Milton. Now, the two of them are hot on the trail of the deadly leader of the cult, Jonah King (Billy Burke), who believes it is his destiny to use the baby to unleash hell on earth.
But the bloodthirsty cult is the least of Milton's problems. The police are after him too. And worse, an enigmatic killer known only as "The Accountant" – who has been sent by the Devil to retrieve Milton and deliver him back to hell. With wicked cunning and hypnotic savagery, the Accountant will relentlessly pursue Milton at high speed across the country until his mission is accomplished.
Fueled by high octane and pure rage, Milton must use his anger to go beyond all human limits to avenge his daughter's murder, before his last chance at redemption is revoked.
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WASHINGTON – Two United States presidents were among those who offered personal remembrances of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye in a memorial at the Washington National Cathedral Friday morning. Inouye died after respiratory complications on Monday. He was 88.
Among those who spoke at the two-hour memorial were President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Gen. Eric Shinseki. President Barack Obama called Inouye his "earliest political inspiration," and recalled watching televised broadcasts of the senator as he helped lead the Watergate hearings in 1973. Obama was 11 that summer, and remembers gleaning a "powerful sense of hope" and for the first time an understanding about what democracy was and what it could be.
Without that inspiration, Obama said, "I might not be standing here today."
Obama also recalled hearing the senator's war stories – "stories full of humor, never bitterness, never boastfulness," the president said. Inouye, who lost his right arm on an Italian battlefield in World War II, earned the Medal of Honor for his service.
"We remember a man who inspired all of us with his courage, and moved us with his compassion, that inspired us with his integrity and who taught so many of us – including a young boy growing up in Hawaii – that America has a place for everyone. May God bless Daniel Inouye. And may God grant us more souls like his."
Former President Bill Clinton described Inouye as a close friend and an advisor, and "one of the most remarkable Americans I have ever known."
Biden talked about Inouye as a man of loyalty, the most trusted person in Congress, and someone whom he regards in the highest esteem – much like the way he sees his own father. Biden said he remembers introducing his children to Inouye and telling them, "I wish I could be more like that man. He's a better man than I am."
"I think his physical courage was matched by his moral courage," Biden said. "I don't know anybody else that I can say that of."
As world leaders' voices echoed throughout the cathedral, the sense of sorrow was palpable. Many of them described Inouye's death as "the end of an era." Many of them told the senator, "aloha," a final time.
After the memorial, the Washington Ringing Society orchestrated a quarter-peal of church bells over the city.
On Saturday, Inouye's body will return home to Hawaii. He will be laid to rest in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, on the island of Oahu, where his life began 88 years ago.


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Today's Library Is Like Alice's Restaurant
If the medium is the message, then there's more to be learned from Calvert Library's huge festival of local authors than you'll read in this week's feature story, The Writers Next Door.
Your neighbor may have written just the one for you, I say, introducing 33 authors and their latest (or favorite) books. These are quick introductions, the literary equivalent of speed dating, with a life compressed into one sentence and a plot into another. At the May 31 festival, you'll meet even more authors from 9:30 am to 4pm.
All that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The submerged message is that Calvert County's public library system is ambitious in a big way to be a place where people connect with ideas and each other.
You see it in the Prince Frederick library building, built in 2006 to change the way people use their libraries. Twenty-first century libraries will trend that way, using architecture and location to draw people in and interior design to make them feel comfortable, welcome and ready to stay a while.
Libraries of the future will be community centers — with the visual appeal of bookstores — according to Anne Arundel Public Library director Skip Auld, who's thinking toward a new Annapolis Public Library that will be state-of-the-art.
Sending the message that your library is the center of your community is more than putting it in a place people are likely to go. It's more than a light-filled building with maritime and local allusions, human-sized spaces and comfortable chairs.
The medium of that message has to be that here, as in Alice's Restaurant of Arlo Guthrie's song, you can get anything you want.
That's just about true of our 19 libraries, in Anne Arundel as well as in Calvert.
They're open when you want to go. This year, Anne Arundel libraries regained the county funding to open every branch from 9am to 9pm four days a week, and until 5pm Fridays and Saturdays, with some Sunday hours in regional centers. Calvert's libraries have always opened 9am to 9pm four days, with shorter hours Friday (noon-5pm) and Saturday (9am-5pm).
Along with longer hours, the Anne Arundel library system added 31 new staffers.
Many of Anne Arundel's new service are devoted to kids. The libraries' Early Literacy Initiative runs 144 programs a year for infants through five-year-olds, as well as reaching out to schools and Head Start centers.
Bay Weekly's Kids Time at the Libraries lists as many as 50 kids programs each week. Of course kids programs involve grown-ups as well, and often stuffed animals.
That's another part of the message: programs for people of all ages. Stories, songs, fingerplays and stuffed-animal sleepovers for kiddies … Legos, homework help and tutors on call for kids … pizza parties and games, both board and electronic, for teens … and for all ages, computers, shelves and shelves of books in print (large and small) and on recording, collections of databases, movies, music and games — and all for free.


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Award-winning: Hook takes nine statewide prizes
In its first year of eligibility, The Hook brought home nine awards in the annual competition held by the Virginia Press Association.
"This was a superlative first showing and should give The Hook
encouragement for future contests," says Ginger Stanley, executive director of the VPA.
"The Hook may be a toddler on Charlottesville's alt-press scene, but apparently it's doing something right to catch the attention of the VPA judges," says Jason Roop, managing editor of Richmond's Style Weekly, which earned top honors in the "specialty" category.
Besides Style, The Hook was competing against such venerable titles as Richmond magazine, Port Folio, and 15-year-old Charlottesville contender C-ville Weekly.
"We're happy to see our division of specialty publications get bigger," says Roop, "even if it does mean more competition."
Leading The Hook contingent was Lisa Provence, who won three writing prizes including a second place for her stories on turmoil at the Waltons Museum. "Fascinating series gives a whole new slant to John-Boy," wrote one judge. Provence nearly swept the General News category by garnering both the second and third prizes with her cover stories on the $10 million verdict against NBC 29 and the eight-year jail sentence handed to a local couple for providing alcohol to minors.
Regular readers may recognize the names of such Hook winners as writers Laura Parsons, Rosalind Warfield-Brown, and Elizabeth Kiem. Graphic experts Chris Conklin, Linda Sherman, and Jen Fariello also earned prizes in the prestigious state-wide competition.
Besides The Hook, the other Charlottesville publications earning prizes this year were the Cavalier Daily and the Daily Progress.
The volunteer journalists at the Cavalier Daily, competing against the professional staffs of other small dailies, earned seven awards. Among mid-sized daily newspapers, the Daily Progress had an impressive haul– 14 awards including two first prizes: a multi-authored sports package about UVA defeating Tech and "Annual Report: Central Virginia Schools, Stories of Success."
According to the Virginia Press Association, 142 publications submitted 5,769 entries for the eight categories: three daily, four weekly, and one specialty. Prizes were awarded to 120 publications. The awards banquet was held at the Hotel Roanoke.
The Hook contingent: Rosalind Warfield-Brown, Chris Conklin, Jen Fariello, Courteney Stuart, Laura Parsons, Linda Sherman, and Lisa Provence
Chris Conklin: Excellence of front cover, 3rd place: "Where the Boys Are"
Jen Fariello: Personality photo, 3rd place: portrait of Sheriff Cornelia Johnson
Elizabeth Kiem: Critical writing, 3rd place: stories about Burma, Deliverance, and Good Grief
Laura Parsons: Critical writing, 2nd place: stories on Cynthia Burke, Festival films, and Stonecarvers
Lisa Provence: Continuing story, 2nd: Whose Waltons' museum?
Lisa Provence: General news writing, 2nd: The $10 million verdict
Lisa Provence: General news writing, 3rd: 8 years for a "minor" offense
Linda Sherman: Editorial cartoons, 2nd: Culture Vulture
Rosalind Warfield-Brown & Chris Conklin: Headline writing, 3rd: "Pulp friction" and more


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A small flag or pennant carried as a standard by a military unit.
A soldier bearing such a flag or pennant.
[French, from Old French, from Old Italian guidone, from guidare, to guide, from Old Provençal guidar. See guide.]
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Child rushed to hospital after hit-and-run
Search under way to find driver
A 7-year-old was rushed to a hospital Monday afternoon after being struck by a car.
Authorities said the crash happened on Seals Street in Alma.
Witnesses said Charlee Wright was walking when a silver or tan four-door car hit her and fled from the scene.
Investigators said a search is under way to find the driver of the car.
40/29tv's Tony Russell spoke with family members of the girl.
"I have talked to her in the hospital and she's doing good. No broken bones. No internal bleeding. She's got bumps and bruises and scrapes, but she'll be fine," the victim's sister, Aero Schaub, said.
Neighbors and police said a group of friends were walking down the street and a man hit one of the girls sending her to the hospital.
Wright's sister, Gabbee Schaub said, "He came (and) almost hit me. He swerved and he hit my little sister."
Aero Schaub said, 'I was in my house and my sister and her friend came running in and they had tears pouring down their face. I was so scared to move. I just fell to the floor in my kitchen and I was like screaming and crying and praying, I was just, like, 'Don't let anything bad happen to her.' I was so scared to go outside."
On Tuesday, Charlee spoke out about her ordeal.
"We were walking off the bus. Lola said, 'Get to the side,' so I got to the other side and a car came and hit me," she said.
She said she was hurt on her chest, her back and part of her leg. Her mother said she just wants the driver to turn himself in to police.
"I can honestly say I don't hate the driver, and I forgive him, but now he needs to come forth and be responsible," Sammi Schaub said. "Man up and take your consequences for your ignorance."
Parents who live on this street said they have had enough of speeding drivers.
"Today a little girl got hit by a car that was doing 30 mph down the road and he didn't even bother to stop. He just yelled out the window 'sorry' and kept going," parent Diane Hawkins said. "I walk my kids back and forth to the bus stop because this reason,"
Police said Wright was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a Forth Smith hospital and was expected to be released late Monday.


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'Think of the children': Hanson's gay marriage radio plea
Pauline Hanson has warned radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O of the 'price' of gay marriage.
Pauline Hanson has clashed with 2Day FM hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O over the issue of gay marriage in her first interview since announcing her return to politics.
The former One Nation leader, who plans to stand in this year's federal election, invoked the Diggers in her argument against same-sex marriage and urged listeners to ''think of the children''.
She also warned that ''someone [will] pay the price'' if gay marriage becomes legal.
''The fact is I don't agree with gay marriages, or gays adopting children or [having] in vitro fertilisation,'' she told the hosts, adding that she has ''a lot'' of gay friends who support her stance.
When Jackie O criticised her views as ''old-fashioned'', Ms Hanson replied: ''It's wonderful that people have opinions and views on these things but the hard fact is, at the end of the day, someone's got to pay the price for all this. People have to understand what happened in the past to discover this land; the Diggers that fought for us.''
Sandilands then asked her, ''Didn't they fight for us to be free – so that we can all have gay sex?''
''It's not for me, Kyle,'' Ms Hanson replied.
''It's not for me either,'' Sandilands said, ''[but it's] treating people like second class citizens; if they want to get married, let them get married.''
When Ms Hanson warned that gay marriage could result in homosexual couples having the ''right to adopt children'', it led to the following exchange:
Jackie O: ''But they should be able to have children, Pauline.''
Ms Hanson: ''But then you look at the child. Have they been asked? You have a man, and then you have a woman that's what it's all about. You think of the children as well.''
Jackie O: ''Your old-fashioned views . . . your generation won't be around in 20 to 30 years' time . . .''
The hard fact is at the end of the day someone's got to pay the price for [gay marriage], people have to understand what happened in the past to discover this land, the diggers that fought for us
Ms Hanson: ''And I'll be quite happy about that too because I don't like the way the world is going.''
Sandilands then asked Ms Hanson if she had ever been in a lesbian relationship, to which she replied, ''I can't even believe you're asking me that question.''
In announcing her return to federal politics earlier, Ms Hanson said there was no ''representation'' of Australian life and people in Parliament.
Michael Lallo is a senior culture writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Students accepted into this competitive program have a reserved seat waiting for them at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy (LECOM-Pharm) after three years at St. Bonaventure University. Options exist for spending four years at St. Bonaventure and at LECOM.
Students accepted into the accelerated program spend three years at St. Bonaventure and major in biology. After three years at SBU, the student moves on to LECOM-Pharm. The first year's credit at LECOM-Pharm transfers back to SBU to complete the B.S. degree. Upon completion of the program at LECOM-Pharm, the student receives the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy.
Students pursuing the four-year option at St. Bonaventure may major in other areas including chemistry.
Upon acceptance into the program, a seat is reserved for the student at LECOM-Pharm for the class entering there three or four years later. To keep the reserved seat, program requirements must be maintained. These requirements include academic and comportment standards and also a personal interview at LECOM. The interview is scheduled based on student readiness, either prior to entry at SBU or after the first or second year at SBU.
Applicants must submit a complete application to SBU. Applications that are complete by Dec. 10 receive priority. Later applications will be considered as space allows.
Required application materials that do not fit into online applications should be mailed to the Office of Admissions (see address at bottom of page). Transfer students are not eligible for this program.
A brief online LECOM application must be completed before the LECOM interview can be scheduled. Go to: https://portal.lecom.edu/ICS/Affiliated_Undergrad_College_Inquiry.jnz?secure=true
Qualified applicants will be interviewed at SBU by invitation in January and February. Decisions on acceptance are made in February to March.
Students who do not meet the requirements to apply as high school seniors may apply after completing three semesters at St. Bonaventure, provided they have achieved the required grades in their college coursework.
LECOM offers a choice of two campuses for pharmacy school: Erie, Pa., and Bradenton, Fla. However, only the Erie campus offers the three-year accelerated pharmacy curriculum. A student choosing the Bradenton, Fla., campus will complete pharmacy school in four years.
The Common Application is preferred for this combined degree program.
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With this new form of electronic billing, it not only helps the City save resources and the environment, but also makes paying utility bills much easier. In conjunction with the City's electronic direct debit deposit system, now residents are able to both receive and pay their utility bills electronically. The entire process can become paperless.


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Meet Lori & John – The origin of coffee in Savannah dates back to more than a century ago, when Edgar R. Morrison founded The Savannah Coffee Company on Bay Street in 1909. Eventually, the name was changed to Savannah Coffee Roasters when the first store opened inside the Oglethorpe Mall in the eighties. Today, owners, John and Lori Collins are taking Savannah's coffee culture into a new era, while upholding the standards of the delicate roasting process that has endured for more than three generations.
Originally from Australia, Lori followed her dreams to the Coastal Empire in search of a location where she could open a café, and although she was not a coffee drinker at the time, one taste of the fresh Savannah Coffee Roasters brews and Lori was hooked. She purchased the company from owner, Hayden Banks, and began operating as a wholesale business from a small roasting warehouse located in East Savannah. Lori realized her goal of expanding the business in 2013 and acquired the 8500 square foot building formally occupied by the Kutchey Auto Parks Store and Warehouse on Liberty Street. Collins invested a significant amount of money and time to transform the once disused building, about to be demolished for town houses and offices, into the modern bistro that now stands in its place. This accomplishment earned her the Savannah Economic Development and Renewal Authority's Golden Broom Award in 2015.
Guests to the café are invited to observe the process onsite at the roastery, where John can be found creating signature blends such as, Moon River, Captain's Choice and the house favorite, Good and Evil Blend. Coffee isn't the only thing that is offered at the café and diners can also enjoy a gourmet menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner, in addition to fresh baked breads and pastries. The Morrison Room, located on the second floor is the perfect venue for private parties and on Friday evenings, the space is transformed into a live Murder Mystery Theater. Lori and John have also recently added catering to their long list of endeavors, providing food for weddings, luncheons and events including, the Faces of the South Anniversary Party.
The Collins' newest venture is the welcome addition of a second Savannah Coffee Roasters location inside of the Jepson Center for the Arts on Telfair Square. Open for lunch, the sister location provides the perfect alternative to most of the noisy and crowded downtown haunts and ushers in a new phase for the business.
"No wonder there is something magic about the effects of a cup of good coffee. It has gathered to itself the glory of Southern suns and the mystery of
tropic nights."
– Editor of Simmon's Spice Mill, "The Poetry and Romance of Coffee"
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NEW YORK - Octavio Brindis thought he had it made when he won a scholarship funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to help him go to college tuition-free.
Yet, financial-aid officials at Boston College, where it costs about $60,000 to attend, told Brindis he needed to pay about $2,500 a year - part of a mandated student contribution. Lacking the cash, he took out $5,000 in loans over two years, he said.
The aid officer "would tell me that I was contributing such a small percentage to what my education costs, but she didn't understand that small percentage was a much bigger percentage to my family," Brindis, 21, said.
Scholarship programs funded by some of the nation's biggest donors including Gates, Coca-Cola and Michael Dell, are taking aim at practices used by wealthy colleges, such as Boston College, which has a $1.65 billion dollar endowment, Amherst, with a $1.64 billion fund and Barnard, with $216.4 million. They say the schools hurt poor and minority students by rescinding aid once they find out they have awards from outside sources or by banning use of the funds to cover some student contributions.
Donors complain that, in some cases, their gifts are boosting a school's bottom line rather than the students they seek to help.
Boston College said its policy evens the playing field for financial-aid students, according to Bernie Pekala, director of student financial strategies at the private institution.
Any student receiving financial aid from the college must still fork over what is known as the summer contribution, though students can earn the amount during the school year or borrow.
Letting students like Brindis use outside grants to cover the contribution "would be unfair to all the other ones who didn't win the Gates," Pekala said.
Similarly at Amherst College, a wealthy liberal arts school in Massachusetts, students can't use outside scholarships to pay their "summer contribution," which can run as high as $1,600, said Tom Parker, dean of admission and financial aid.
"Here's the conundrum. You want to treat everybody as equally as you can," Parker said. "Morally it's a difficult question." Scholarships have become more valuable as tuition increases have outpaced the inflation rate for four decades, saddling student borrowers with $1 trillion in education loans. President Barack Obama and Congress are pressing colleges to control costs and ease the financial burden on students and their families.
To require students to net several thousand dollars in a summer job adds to their financial strain, said Harley Frankel, executive director of College Match, a nonprofit group in Los Angeles that helps low-income students get into top colleges.
"A lot of times, low-income kids can't get summer jobs, especially in this economy," he said.
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NEW YORK - Octavio Brindis thought he had it made when he won a scholarship funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to help him go to college tuition-free.


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It's been five years since Turbine opened the port of Smuggler's Rest to adventurers heeding the call of Dungeons & Dragons Online, and to Smuggler's Rest they'll return for the new quests and special gifts of a special anniversary event.
If you've been playing Dungeons & Dragons Online for five years, you've been through quite a lot. The past 1,825 days have seen massive fluctuations in the player base, first at launch, then a post-launch slump, and then an all-new massive influx of players when the game became free-to-play.
Fans have also had to deal with the deaths of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, the co-creators of the original pen-and-paper role-playing game, both of whom acted as voiceover dungeon masters for some of the game's quests.
But enough sadness, now is a time for celebration, and pirates! Players revisiting Smuggler's Rest in Dungeons & Dragons Online during the 5th Anniversary event will be able to participate in a server-wide search for pieces of a pirate treasure map, earning a special pirate hat that will aid them in their search while battling plenty of pirate-themed creatures.
Completing the map will open up a special area called Crystal Cove, where they'll protect a team of kobold miners from invading pirates as they mine valuable resources that can be traded for fabulous in-game gear.
If you're not a DDO player, just head over to the game's website to start playing for free. If you are a DDO player, watch out for scurvy.
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If you have a death wish or just a love for bizarre engine swaps take a look at this 1980 Toyota Corolla. Somehow, where a 75 horsepower inline four engine once sat is now a big block 454 V-8.
Many people know that since the Toyota Corolla's introduction in 1966 the model has been popular. In 1997, the Corolla officially became the most popular, with more Corollas being sold than any other car model in history. Since the Corolla was introduced on average one has been sold about every 40 seconds. We have to think of the millions of Corollas that have been produced, few have ended up powered by a big block Chevy engine like the example you see here.
The driveline once noted for its fuel efficiency and conservative power production has been replaced with Chevrolet components with a slightly different reputation. The big block V8 is connected to a Turbo 400 transmission with 4.10 rear gears in the original Toyota housing. The combination of the gears and the Corolla's tiny stock 13 inch tires currently limit the car to about 65 MPH at 4000 RPM but as the seller points out "it gets there in about 4 seconds". That might not be a bad thing until you get used to driving the Corolla under the speed limit.
In the seller's words the Corolla is "Scarry fast" and "will burn the tires from a 40 mph roll". We don't doubt either of these claims. Weighing in around 2200 pounds stock, this little sleeper is about half of the weight of the big American Cars and Trucks that left the factory with a big block V8. We aren't sure if the lack of bumpers and a backseat are an attempt to offset the added heft of the 454 or are just missing.
According to the seller, the Corolla is located in Arizona. With the aid of a dry Southwestern climate, this Toyota has managed to remain rust free at 31 years old. Although not quite as novel as the addition of the V8, lack of rust in a Toyota this old is nearly as rare. The car runs and drives fine as is, if you don't mind keeping it under 65 for now. With a few tweaks, different rear gears and bigger tires this Corolla could be an amazing little sleeper. With bidding currently at only $1,025 with five days left, you still have a chance to be the one hanging on for dear life at the wheel of this Corolla.


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Olivia Wilde Was Seen Out in NYC 10/06/2016
Olivia Wilde is an actress who played Quorra in the film Tron: Legacy, and also played Remy Thirteen Hadley on the TV series House M.D. She won the 2008 Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award for Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas.
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Olivia Wilde began dating actor, comedian, and screenwriter Jason Sudeikis in November 2011. They became engaged in January 2013. The couple have a son named Otis (2014), and a daughter named Daisy (2016).
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The Best-Dressed Fit Females at the Met Gala 2013
Anne Hathaway
Dress: Valentino
We must say, Anne Hathaway looks stunning as a blonde! The Oscar winner ditched her brunette locks for a short, edgy do that paired perfectly with her figure-flaunting black vintage-inspired Valentino gown. The actress is known for her extreme dedication to her roles; she lost 25 pounds for her tear-jerking role in Les Mis. "When people refer to me as a 'regular' girl… it's code word for 'fat' in Hollywood… but my body has chosen its shape. I'd rather be strong than skinny," the 30-year-old has said.
Taylor Swift
Dress: J. Mendel
Even country's sweetheart managed to look edgy at the Met Gala, donning a J. Mendel gown with sheer side panels. Her awesome abs and toned thighs were definitely on full display! The 5' 11'' singer is as dedicated to her workouts as she is to her career; she does cardio for an hour a day and follows a healthy diet. "I like to feel really tired afterward, sweaty, and disgusting," the blonde beauty has said. "I don't care about losing weight as much as feeling good about myself."
Gisele Bundchen
Dress: Anthony Vaccarello
There wasn't much holding together Gisele Bundchen's chain-linked Anthony Vaccarello mini dress, but she still managed to look effortlessly gorgeous (not to mention oh-so-hot hubby Tom Brady by her side—we swoon!). Her mile-long legs and amazing arms were certainly the spotlight of the night.
How did she get such a fab post-baby bod just weeks after giving birth to daughter Vivian Lake Brady? The supermodel is known to be a fan of martial arts, along with lifting weights, The Tracy Anderson Method, and Anusara Yoga. "Like I tell my five sisters who don't work at it [health] very hard at all: Whatever you put in, you get out. I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can be," the Brazilian bombshell says.
Dress: Givenchy Haute Couture
Queen B heated up the red carpet in a flame-embroidered black and orange Givenchy Haute Couture dress, which she wore with a sizzling pair of over-the-knee boots and dramatic black gloves to match.
It's no surprise Bey works hard for that hot bod, but the best part? She loves her amazing curves as much as we do!
"Accept the body you're in. If you have curves, love your curves. The thing to strive for is to have the best healthy body you can have. It's really not about being skinny or being curvy. What matters is that you love yourself and you are taking care of your health," she's said.
RELATED: Celebrity Workout for Thinner Thighs
Jessica Alba
Dress: Tory Burch
The always amazing Jessica Alba totally turned heads in this peek-a-boo leather and lace dress by Tory Burch. The secret behind her bikini-ready bod? The 32-year-old actress trains with Ramona Braganza doing her 321 Method that includes core, cardio, and circuit exercises. "When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself," Alba says.
Jessica Biel
Dress: Giambattista Valli
One look at Jessica Biel's incredibly ripped arms on showcase in this dramatic corset dress, and all we can say is wow! With the face of an angel and a body to die for, the fierce and fun female stays in tip-top shape with regular interval training and metabolic workouts with longtime trainer Jason Walsh. "Jessica is a dream client. She's one of the hardest working, nicest individuals you will ever meet," he told SHAPE.
Miley Cyrus
Dress: Marc Jacobs
Miley Cyrus wasn't afraid to go with the punk theme of the evening, totally rocking this black fishnet dress from Marc Jacobs that showed off every inch of her fit, fab figure. She completed the edgy look with outrageous spiky hair and a rockin' attitude to match.
The Pilates devotee is now fitter and healthier than ever, thanks to a gluten-free diet and rigorous workouts. "Everyone should try no gluten for a week!" she's tweeted. "The change in your skin, physical, and mental health is amazing! U won't go back!"
Heidi Klum
Dress: Marchesa
It's no surprise that blonde bombshell Heidi Klum made our best dressed list; look how she's wearing this beautifully beaded Marchesa gown! Accessorizing the look with Harry Winston diamonds, the supermodel was a vision in white. The hot mama stays in red carpet-ready shape with yoga, running, and strength training, along with avoiding processed foods and following David Kirsch's Total Body Plan.
"I represent more the healthy, happy, curvy, strong woman. And that sounds much healthier to me than being 80 pounds and skinny as a bean," Heidi says.
Jennifer Lopez
Dress: Michael Kors
Wowza! There is nothing about Jennifer Lopez's skintight animal-print number that says shy—but with that fantastic figure, who would be? While she just may have one of the hottest bodies on stage, that doesn't mean it comes easy. The 43-year-old star has worked with Hollywood heavyweight trainer Gunnar Peterson for several years, follows The Tracy Anderson Method, and is devoted to a clean, healthy diet.
"I was always very comfortable with who I was. Confident. I've never looked at myself [my body] in a negative way. Just like anybody, I try to watch what I eat—there's no big science to it," she's said.
Kate Beckinsale
Dress: Alberta Ferretti
Kate Beckinsale flashed her mega-watt smile and plenty of leg in this red hot Alberta Ferretti number. But it's no wonder she looked so amazing; the beautiful Brit, who has one of the most sought-after figures in Hollywood, has worked with celeb trainer Ramona Braganza for several years.
The actress admits she isn't always confident about her body. "I'm entirely normal. I have my good days and my bad days. I am a lot more body confident in my 30s and am in better shape too," she told British Elle.


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Breakfast cookies
2016 was an interesting year wasn't it. Let's not get into it, but I think the world outside and most definitely within, in the last year was fraught. But what did I take from it?
I learned that perhaps in a world where shouting 'look at me' though the wide-open windows of social media is now normal, it is of probably of benefit to close the door now and again and think about whether there is real meaning to what fills the day, heart and mind, over what drives the ego.
I learned that its perfectly the right thing to do, to be happy just for being alive and well and being happy and at peace to see good health and smiles within my loved ones; the year ended for us in the UAE and as I watched my little person race down the beach I marvelled first at how fast he is, but also how free he was, no shackles of the modern world weighing him down. He doesn't judge himself. He doesn't fear the future. He just ran, freely and with joy.
I learned that I must listen to my body and I think in 2017, I'm going to shake it up a little bit and take some new risks. Little ones. And speaking of mixing it up with little things, I bring to you the breakfast cookie that creates tasty but naughty crumbs in my car. I won't pretend that I don't have time for breakfast, sure I could get up a bit earlier…I make breakfasts of kale dosa and fruit smoothies for the boy and fruity and nutty porridge for the husband… but I like sleep and think that eyeliner in the morning is good for me, so I sometimes eat breakfast in the car.
These cookies work so well for eating on the go, or filling up during mid-morning snack; they are eggless, contain no butter and made with spelt flour. I find that they are plenty sweet enough for me, as they contain dried apricots, nuts, carrot, peanut butter and some brown sugar. There is brown sugar in them. I have chucked in lots of cinnamon so they smell great and that's important.
Ingredients to make 24 cookies
150ml coconut oil
150g of jumbo porridge oats
125g of spelt flour
A pinch of salt
100g of dried apricots, chopped
1 large carrot, grated
75g of brown sugar (I used light brown sugar)
4 tbsp. honey
50g chopped pistachio
50g flaked almonds
1 ½ desert spoons of peanut butter
1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. bicarbonate of soda
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
2. Combine the oats, spelt flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a box and mix them well.
3. Add the remaining ingredients and ensure that they ae evenly distributed
4. Onto a sheet of baking paper, place one tablespoon sized amounts onto the tray and form into rounds. You'll probably get about 12 onto each sheet.
5. Bake for about 12 minutes and once Breakfast Cookies have cooled, they will be lightly crisp on the top and chewy and nutty inside.


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Some Obama Photoshops the White House Warned Us Not to Make or Publish
The White House recently warned American citizens not to Photoshop this photo, issuing a lawyerly pronouncement that said, in part: "The photograph may not be manipulated in any way":
Is that so?!
Upon learning of the White House's directive, I immediately announced a Photoshop contest, and published a couple of early entries. Since then, readers have been busy manipulating and Photoshopping in direct defiance of the White House's orders, and seeking out others who have done the same. Good for you! Here are some entries.
From Facebook, with a hat tip to redc1c4:
Two similar ones, also with a hat tip to redc1c4. First is from a Facebook page that is not fond of Obama:
A similar entry is from Chattering Teeth:
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Keep 'em coming!
UPDATE: More at Twitchy. H/t Glenn Reynolds.
UPDATE x2: From SooperMexican:
He has an animated version at the link. Hat tip, again, to redc1c4.


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General Dynamics has been quite open in its opposition to the Army's proposed three-year closure of its tank plant in Lima, Ohio. But what has that actually meant, in practical terms?
The Center for Public Integrity detailed GD's fight against the Pentagon in an excellent story this week, detailing the nuts and bolts of a high-stakes effort by a powerful company to protect one of its key interests. Multiply this story by the Defense Department budget and the many brand-name contractors that depend on it, and you've got a look inside the workings of the Iron Triangle.
As CPI's Aaron Mehta and Lydia Mulvany write, official disclosures show that General Dynamics' contributions to key lawmakers coincided with important events on Congress' calendar:
Sharp spikes in the company's donations — including a two-week period in 2011 when its employees and political action committee sent the lawmakers checks for their campaigns totaling nearly $50,000 — roughly coincided with five legislative milestones for the Abrams, including committee hearings and votes and the defense bill's final passage last year.They continue:
After putting the tank money back in the budget then, both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have authorized it again this year, allotting $181 million in the House and $91 million in the Senate. If the company and its supporters prevail, the Army will refurbish what Army chief of staff Ray Odierno described in a February hearing as "280 tanks that we simply do not need."
Top Army officials have so far been unable to get political traction to kill the M1. Part of the reason is that General Dynamics and its well-connected lobbyists have been carrying a large checkbook and a sheaf of pro-tank talking points around on the Hill.In other words, contractors don't even need to watch the House or Senate calendars to see when topics of interest are going to come up -- lawmakers just ask forthrightly for donations when they need them. Sometimes, however, outside events will prompt an increase in donations, as Mehta and Mulvany write:
For example, when House Armed Services Committee member Hank Johnson, D-Ga., held a campaign fundraiser at a wood-panelled Capitol Hill steakhouse called the Caucus Room just before Christmas last year, someone from GD brought along a $1,500 check for his re-election campaign. Several months later, Johnson signed a letter to the Pentagon supporting funding for the tank. Johnson spokesman Andy Phelan said the congressman has consistently supported the M-1 "because he doesn't think shutting down the production line is in the national interest."
The contribution was a tiny portion of the $5.3 million that GD's political action committee and the company's employees have invested in the current members of either the House and Senate Armed Services Committees or defense appropriations subcommittees since January 2001, according to data on defense industry campaign contributions the Center for Public Integrity acquired from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
These are the committees that approve the Pentagon's spending every year. Without their support, the tank — or any other costly military program — would be dead.
Kendell Pease, GD's Vice President for Government Relations and Communications, said in an interview that the company — which produces submarines and radios for the military as well as tanks — makes donations to those lawmakers whose views are aligned with the firm's interests. "We target our PAC money to those folks who support national security and the national defense of our country," Pease said. "Most of them are on the four [key defense] committees."
But Pease denies trying to time donations around key votes, saying that the company's PAC typically gives money whenever members of Congress invite its representatives to fundraisers. "The timing of a donation is keyed by [member's] requests for funding," he said, adding that personal donations by company employees are not under his control. He said the donations tend to be clumped together because lawmakers often hold fundraisers at the same time.
During the current election cycle, General Dynamics' political action committee and its employees have sent an average of approximately $7,000 per week to members of the four committees. But the week President Obama announced his defense budget plan in 2011, the donations spiked to more than $20,000, significantly higher than in any of the previous six weeks. A second spike of more than $20,000 in donations occurred in early March 2011, when Army budget hearings were being held.General Dynamics isn't the biggest contributor of the big brand names, according to data analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics, and defense is only the 13th biggest giver by interest group for this election cycle. Overall, defense firms have given more than $16.7 million since 2011, and the biggest givers are Lockheed Martin with more than $2 million; Boeing with $1.8 million; Northrop Grumman with $1.8 million; Raytheon with $1.4 million; and then General Dynamics with more than $1 million.
"Although the defense sector contributes far less money to politicians than many other sectors, it is one of the most powerful in politics," as the Center for Responsive Politics puts it. Part of the reason is that lawmakers have an inherent political interest in protecting their districts, and part of the reason is the industry's spending on lobbying: In 2012, "defense aerospace" firms have spent $28.8 million on lobbying, according to the center; "misc defense" firms have spent $18.4 million; and "defense electronics" companies have spent more than $18 million. Taken together, that's more than $65 million as of this month. Last year's total was $133.9 million.
So who are some of the lobbyists who advocated for GD on the tank question? Many of them are former staff members from the House or Senate Armed Services Committee, and Mehta and Mulvany include thumbnail profiles here.


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Kosher salt (for pasta water)
1 zucchini, sliced into thin discs
1 summer squash, sliced into thin discs
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano leaves
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper
1 pound whole wheat pasta
Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese for sprinkling
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat for the pasta.
In a large bowl combine the onion, garlic, oregano, tomatoes, summer squash and zucchini. Add the quarter cup of extra-virgin olive oil, sprinkle the vegetables with salt and pepper, and thoroughly mix all ingredients until evenly coated .
Onto a baking sheet spread the vegetable mixture into an even layer and roast for 10 – 12 minutes, or until the squash is tender and caramelized. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and scrape the vegetables into a large pasta bowl and cover to keep warm.
Add the pasta to your large pot of salted water, which should now be boiling. Cook the pasta for 8 – 9 minutes, until it is al dente or there is a slight resistance in the center when the pasta is chewed.
Drain the pasta, reserving about 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking water for later. Toss pasta gently with the roasted vegetables. Add the pasta water if needed. Sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese if desired.
Recipe adapted from Tyler Florence
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'Some…told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans?…Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?' Luke 13:1–4
Suggested Further Reading: Job 1:1–22
If railways had never been constructed, there would still have been sudden deaths and terrible accidents. In taking up the old records in which our ancestors wrote down their accidents and calamities, we find that the old stage coach yielded quite as heavy a booty to death as does the swiftly-rushing train; there were gates to Hades then as many as there are now, and roads to death quite as steep and precipitous, travelled by quite as vast a multitude as in our present time. Do you doubt that? Permit me to refer you to the passage before you. Remember those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell. No collision crushed them; yet some badly-built tower, or some wall beaten by the tempest could fall upon eighteen at a time, and they could perish. Or worse than that, a despotic ruler, having the lives of men in his hand, might suddenly fall upon worshippers, and mix their blood with the blood of the bullocks which they were sacrificing. Do not think, then, that this is an age in which God is dealing more hardly with us than of old. Do not think that God's providence has become more lax than it was; there always were sudden deaths, and there always will be. Be not, therefore, cast down with any sudden fear, neither be troubled by these calamities.
For meditation: We can also draw wrong conclusions from recent catastrophes. Foretelling disasters before his second coming, Jesus added 'but the end is not yet' (Matthew 24:6–8). Some in Spurgeon's day had the second coming pencilled in for 1866 (see 12 October).
N.B. There had been several serious accidents in 1861 including two train crashes in which 39 people had died during the previous fortnight.
Sermon no. 408
8 September (1861)365 Days with C.H. Spurgeon, Vol. 2: A Unique Collection of 365 Daily Readings from Sermons Preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from His Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit (365 Days With Series); edited by Terence Peter Crosby; (c) Day One Publications, 2002.


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Like many Olympic athletes not named Michael Phelps, Suzanne Stettinius is both training and fundraising in these final weeks before the Summer Games. She's made appeals via Facebook and her blog and, next week, will host a party at a Baltimore County tavern where among the auction items will be a date with the athlete herself.
A risky proposition for a 24-year-old woman? Maybe, but perhaps not one whose sport involves shooting and fencing and, should flight rather than fight seem advisable, running, swimming and riding a horse.
Oh, and her father is a former Navy SEAL, too.
"We never brought boys home," Stettinius says with a good-natured groan about her dating life as a Hereford High School student.
Any dates now will have to wait at least until she returns from London in August. After an extended qualifying process in her sport of modern pentathlon, Stettinius is all but assured of one of the United States' two slots for women to compete in modern pentathlon in the Summer Games in London, which run from July 27 to Aug.12.
As archaic as it now seems, the modern pentathlon seems that it could find an audience in these attention-deficient times. And in fact, the multi-tasking is what attracted Stettinius, a lifelong athlete who, during overlapping times of her life, has competed in steeplechase, soccer, fencing, cross-country running and swimming.
"I don't know how other athletes stay fit with just one sport," Stettinius said. "I'm too ADHD for that."
She is the middle child of five, raised on her family's Parkton horse farm just below the Pennsylvania state line where she still lives with her parents and youngest sister. From childhood, her father, William, said, she has always "over-programmed" herself.
"I can remember when she was in middle school, she was fencing five times a week, playing soccer, indoor soccer, and she decided she wanted to add indoor lacrosse," William Stettinius said. "I said fine, what do you want to drop? She wouldn't talk to me for two weeks."
A recent training day began at 9:30 a.m. with a horse-jumping practice at the Monkton farm of her riding coaches, Joe Davies and Blythe Miller-Davies, and continued through to a 7 p.m. session in Columbia with her fencing coach, Bin Lu.
About the only sign that she had been through a particularly packed day — there was also running and shooting practice at home and swimming in the YMCA pool in Shrewsbury, Pa. — was a yellow mustard stain on her fencing pants from a hot dog she had scarfed down.
Modern pentathlon debuted 100 years ago at the 1912 Olympics as an updated version of the ancient pentathlon introduced at the 18th Olympiad in 708 BC. Then, competitors ran, swam, wrestled and threw spears and discuses.
Today's version was developed by the founder of the modern Olympics himself, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who based it on a Napoleonic-era military courier who had to deliver a message across rigorous, enemy-laden terrain. Along with the legendary Jim Thorpe, who won gold, competitors of the first modern pentathlon included the future World War II general, George S. Patton, who placed fifth.
And he was robbed, according to Stettinius, who agrees with what Patton always contended, that the shot he made that was declared a miss actually went through the hole made by the other four.
Stettinius, who graduated from McDaniel College last year, can practice three of her sport's disciplines at her family's farm, Mint Meadows. She can ride one of her nine horses, rescued from tracks after their racing careers ended, jumping over makeshift obstacles to simulate the 15 jumps on the Olympic course. She can run on a track that's been mowed through an overgrown patch on a hill, to an inverted plastic barrel where she's placed her gun, 10 meters in front of a target hung on the side of a shed.
"It's my ghetto track," she jokes of the makeshift accommodations.
Hardly — despite the rumble of the nearby I-83, the farm is peacefully rustic. "These are our soul-soothers," her mother, Avis, says as she follows her daughter into the horse barn, ready for a ride herself after working around the farm that morning.
As a rather gimpy old goat named Freddy watches, Suzanne readies a horse near a sign that warns, "No whining."
There's not much of that, it seems. Stettinius talks as casually about previous injuries such as a broken neck the way a weekend warrior might talk about a pulled muscle — a little bump in the road.
She broke her neck, in a non-paralyzing way, she notes, several years ago in a steeplechase race; more recently she broke her collarbone in another race. Neither will keep her from getting back in the saddle, literally or figuratively.
"I'm just so game," she said.
She was injured in April during a World Cup match in Hungary, which could have derailed her Olympic hopes. During a fencing bout, she slipped during a lunge and landed almost in a split, badly pulling her hamstring. That forced her out of the competition early, and complicated her ability to make the Olympics.
Despite her setbacks, though, she has soldiered on, displaying a resilience that her father, whose Navy SEAL days included a stint in Somalia during the "Black Hawk Down" days, notes with pride.
"It's water off a duck's back," her father says. "She doesn't blink."
The upshot of her injury was that she had to wait until the end of other competitions to see how rivals did and whether her ranking was high enough to make the cut — only 36 women and 36 men will compete, and countries can have no more than two of each gender.
After a sleepless night last month in which she kept getting out of bed to check a livestream of a competition, she was in, at least unofficially. Pentathlon officials say that while official notification is still pending, no matter how they crunch the ranking numbers, Stettinius makes the U.S. team.
"The sky is the limit for her in London," says Rob Stull, managing director of USA Pentathlon, himself a former Olympic pentathlete and fencer. Stull said that while Stettinius' international ranking may be toward the bottom of the 36 Olympic competitors, each event begins with a clean slate, with competitors rising and falling with each sport.
"It makes the sport particularly interesting," William Stettinius said. "You can't predict where the pack will end up."
All sorts of wild cards enter into the competition. During fencing, each competitor has to duel every other one. Horses are assigned by random, with entrants getting just 20 minutes to warm the animal up before starting the obstacle course.
While the event used to sprawl over four or five days, it was compressed into a single day starting in 1996. Women competed for the first time in the 2000 Games. And, after the 2008 Olympics, the running and shooting components were mashed into one event, with athletes firing at targets and running one kilometer, three times. And the guns now shoot lasers rather than bullets or pellets.
These days, Stettinius' time is filled with practices and competitions — on a recent weekend, she had both a swim meet at the Meadowbook pool in Baltimore and a fencing match in Washington. Soon, she'll head to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado.
Her supporters are thrilled to see her heading to London.
"I think this is a unique opportunity for her, given her unique athleticism," said Davies, her riding coach. "It would be a waste to just ride horses."
Stettinius has been training for pentathlon full-time since graduating from McDaniel. She had joined the school's swim team to help with what she considers the weakest of the five events, and McDaniel's swim coach, Jeff Hiestand, still works with her.
He is among the coaches she hopes to send to London to see the fruits of what in most of their cases has been free labor. Her running coach, for example, is the father of a girl she had coached in riding; her massage therapist saw her Facebook page and volunteered her services.
She's trying to raise $60,000 through fundraising events such as a toga party on June 24 at the Manor Tavern in Monkton.
"You know how they say it takes a village to raise a child?" says Avis Stettinius, who is stitching up a toga for her Olympian to wear that night. "It takes a village to send her to the Olympics."
When: July 27-Aug. 12 (Opening ceremony is July 27, with women's soccer starting competition on July 25).
Where: London
TV: Every competition will be streamed live online at nbcolympics.com or telecast by NBC and its affiliated cable networks.
Number of countries: 205
Number of events: 302
Official website: http://www.london2012.com
About modern pentathlon
The events:
•Fencing: A round-robin series of matches in which each competitor has a one-minute bout with epee swords against every other, with the winner the first to score a hit.
•Swimming: A 200-meter freestyle race with athletes seeded in heats according to their personal best times.
•Riding-Equestrian Show Jumping: Athletes ride randomly assigned horses over a course with 15 jumps over obstacles up to 120 centimeters in height.
•Combined Shooting/Running: With a handicap start, athletes run to a shooting range, where they have to hit five targets 10 meters away in under 1 minute 10 seconds, then run for 1,000 meters. They repeat this two more times.
When to watch: Modern pentathlon is scheduled for the final two days of Olympic competition, the men on Aug. 11 and the women on Aug. 12.
Source: USA Pentathlon


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A Good Old Faithful Family Vacation
Yellowstone National Park gets millions of visitors each year. We spotlight six types of families who recently made the trip.
When it comes to family travel, few vacations fit all. Some clans are theme park junkies, or sybarites, or scholars. And then there's the rest of us, simply looking to catch up with relatives and friends in a relaxing setting. Fortunately, a world full of getaway possibilities awaits-and one of those, Yellowstone National Park, manages to satisfy pretty much everybody. Straddling the borders of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the world's first national park is so vast and varied in its attractions (exploding mud pots, roving wolf packs, bison burgers...) that something would be wrong with you if you walked away unimpressed. Last August, during Yellowstone's second summer in a row of record visitors (more than 3.6 million), we joined the crowd. Consider this our unscientific survey of the many ways families travel now.
The Family Adventurers
When the Yings gather for a reunion, all ages bring their talents to the table. They hold contests to see who has the biggest beer belly and the longest leg hairs; they teach each other how to work a Chinese yo-yo; and, at the end of each day, they pack into a room and tell family stories. The latter often involves tales of Sue and C.N. Ying, the adored matriarch and patriarch, who had 10 kids and instituted a travel tradition in the 1970s. For their first reunion in 1977, they chose Yellowstone. Since then, there have been cruises, trips to D.C. and Lake Tahoe, and a giant celebration in honor of C.N.'s 100th birthday at the Tanglewood resort in Texas's Eisenhower State Park. C.N. lived to 102, and Sue passed away just last fall at 103. A group of 16 in total made it back to Yellowstone last summer, bunking in cabins at the Old Faithful Snow Lodge. Each day was filled with reflection. Says granddaughter Cathryn Wang, "We knew where to go because we brought our old photos and, at each spot, we recreated the shots."
The First Timers
Sisters Judy and Audrey Visser are still at the pony-ride stage, but their parents, Lori and Art, are practiced equestrians-and travelers. The couple spent a decade hopping planes and trains before taking two momentous trips to China, where they adopted their daughters. In the years since, Lori, a director of accounting, and Art, a salesman, have focused on domestic trips. To date, they've visited the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Alabama's Dauphin Island, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The Vissers planned last summer's inaugural national-park trip for late in August, hoping to avoid the crowds that peak earlier in the month. For full immersion, the Vissers, along with Lori's sister Pam Hagerman, stayed in cabins at Lake Lodge, whose cafeteria overlooks Yellowstone Lake, with 141 miles of shoreline. The highlight for all was the day the girls got cowboy hats at the old Roosevelt Lodge, a cabin enclave reminiscent of Little House on the Prairie. With their aunt, the girls took a chuck wagon ride, culminating in a campfire dinner, where Lori and Art, riding in on horseback, joined them. Judy and Audrey keep the hats on their bedposts at home, ready for their next adventure.
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There are certain facts about the park that Liza Dable, her husband, Dan, and their two boys, Benjamin, 9, and Jonathon, 11, are unlikely to forget. They know that Yellowstone is one of the world's largest calderas, measuring 45 by 30 miles, which also means it's a volcano-hence all those geysers and hot springs. And in a place of incredibly dramatic views, the Dables say few sites top Artist Point, overlooking the falls at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. "It was Thomas Moran's paintings of the falls that convinced Congress in the late 1800s to preserve the area as a park," Liza explains. The Dables picked up these details and more by taking part in Yellowstone for Families, a four-day guided course offered twice a week throughout the summer by the park's nonprofit educational arm, the Yellowstone Association Institute. This was the first vacation the Dables have taken that was fully run by someone else-down to the family photos. Each of the six kids in their group used a camera (provided by the park) as they learned to identify everything from petrified forests to elk scat. On the last night, the program capped off with a photo show of everyone's work. "There was a perfect balance between organized activities and free time," says Liza, a quality-control manager. "Our boys got so much more out of this trip than they would have if they were just hiking around with Mom and Dad."
The Campers
Getaways are a rare treat for the Simpsons because all three are currently in school: Mom Dori is a double major in Spanish and French at Eastern Washington University, outside Spokane; Dad Steve, a drill sergeant in the Army Reserve, is studying to become a nurse practitioner; and 10-year-old Naomi is finishing fourth grade. When they do manage to escape, there's never any question where they'll be staying: in a tent. Vacation for the Simpson clan means camping, typically at a Washington state park, such as Dash Point on the Puget Sound. For Dori, these trips are also sentimental journeys, complete with a collection of 1970s equipment from her childhood. There's the two-burner propane stove on which, like her mother, she whips up pancakes and campfire stew; a trusty Coleman lantern; and the duct-taped canvas tent that she and her five siblings always shared. The family's two nights in Yellowstone were a lark, planned six hours in advance as they drove home from a family wedding in Houston. They stayed at the Grant Village campground, one of the biggest in the park, with 400 campsites, bathrooms, and-most important-showers: "We may love camping, but I draw the line at primitive," says Dori. "After all, this was our summer vacation."
The Staycationers
As rangers at Yellowstone, Beth Taylor and Ivan Kowski estimate that a mere 5 percent of visitors venture off the walkways onto the 1,000 miles of trails. Beth works in the education department, teaching people to identify jackrabbit footprints and fairy slipper orchids. And out of Yellowstone's Backcountry Office, Ivan oversees 301 spectacularly situated campsites, each reachable only by foot, boat, or horseback, and free for the asking. The family lives in tiny Gardiner, Montana, just outside Yellowstone's north entrance. During the five-mile drive to school and work each morning, they tally the animal sightings: bald eagles, bighorn sheep, elk, and the occasional moose. On the weekends, there's the world's largest collection of exploding geothermal oddities to explore. Maya's favorite is Anemone, a geyser that, according to her, "fills up with water and then flushes like a toilet." Like everyone else, they love to stop at the Old Faithful Inn, the park's landmark lodge, for people-watching and ice cream cones. "Locally made ice cream-by Wilcoxson's, of Livingston, Montana-is sold at all the parks' general stores," Beth says. "It's outstandingly good."
The RV'ers
Johanna and David Swidrak are hands-on types: He's an artist and contractor whose business slogan is "CPR for Your Home," and she homeschooled their two girls for nearly a decade. Five years ago, when a neighbor in Bend, Oregon, posted a for-sale sign in the window of a 1992 40-foot Fleetwood RV, they saw a chance to take vacations into their own hands, too. Johanna's mother chipped in toward the purchase and uses the parked RV as her quarters when she visits for a month every summer. David's father and stepmother, who live in Tucson, have their own RV, and the two groups often convoy. At least once a year, the family takes a big outing; their favorite was the triple-header to Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, and the Grand Canyon. (True, the trailer gets only 15 miles to the gallon, but there have been surprisingly few hidden costs.) David's parents were along for this particular adventure and parked a few pine trees away at Grant Village, one of 12 Yellowstone campgrounds with RV areas. The group biked and hiked by day, and barbecued and played card games by night. To celebrate Starla's 11th birthday, Johanna baked a chocolate cake in the RV oven, and they all sang around a bonfire built by David. Says Johanna: "Wherever we go, it's so nice to have our own place-and pillows!-to return to."


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