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Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Edward Steele Jr. of Easley, S.C., announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Ann Steele, to Joseph Carter Scarborough,
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Scarborough of Rockwood.
The ceremony will be May 11, 2013, at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, N.C.
Jaycie Brooklynn Mitchell turned 4 on Nov. 13.
She celebrated on Nov. 10 at Roane County Skating Center with lots of family and friends.
She is the daughter of Miranda Mitchell of Rockwood.
Grandparents are Kendall and Joni Mitchell of Rockwood.
Great-grandparents include David and Trisha Mitchell, Jerry Brackett and Cleta Mitchell, all of Kingston, and Peggy Kirk of Rockwood.
Marriage licenses granted at the Roane County Courthouse from Oct. 11-Nov. 8:
• Anthony James Morocco to Tina Sue Powell
• Richard Anderson Curtis to Connie Renee Wilson Britton
• Paul Edward Phillips to Kimberly Shay Dale
• Charles Lee St. John to Brittany Megara Kinser
• Jordan David Couch to Lauren Elizabeth Woody
• Daniel Edward Clotfelter to Corrinne Marie Overaitis
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
Oct. 18 — Jessica Nichols, Harriman. A boy, Devion Michael, 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Grandparents: Billy and Missy Nichols; Robin Boles.
Oct. 21 — Dawn and Larry Clotfelter, Rockwood. A boy, Joseph Lee, 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Siblings: Daniel, Rachel, Jacob, Jeremy, Nicole and Jason.
Divorces granted March 14-June 6 at the Roane County Courthouse:
• Nichole Michele Urban vs. Dennis Daniel Urban
• Eric Bryan Bannon vs. Sarah Elizabeth Giles Bannon
• Kelly Denise Pridmore Bunch vs. Daniel Eddie Bunch
• Sammy David Fritts vs. Jacquelyn Gene Fritts
• Duane Richard Romine vs. Sherry Lynn (Tannenbaum) Romine
• Lucy Kathryn Creswell Endicott vs. Shane Lee Endicott
Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Hall of Oliver Springs are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today, Oct. 31.
Hall and the former Dorothy Sisson were married on Oct. 31, 1952, in Oliver Springs First Baptist Church.
Margaret Rae "Maggie" Murrell was born Oct. 11 in Medina, Ohio.
She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.
She is the daughter of Christopher G. and Whitney Julian Murrell of Medina.
Grandparents are Homer Julian of Rockwood and the late Carol Julian, and Gene and Ginny Murrell of Spring City.
Great-grandmother is Ruby Julian of Harriman.
Maggie has a 3-year-old brother, Charlie.
Marriage licenses granted at the Roane County Courthouse from Aug. 29-Oct. 10:
• Christopher Scott Jones to Lisa Michelle Morgan Prince
• Brandon Leviticus Phillips to Jennifer Megan Humphreys
• Benjamin Bryan Williams II to Lucinda Fay Francis
• Thomas Wheeler Copeland to Olivia Stephanie Brown Webb
• Stephen Michael White Sr. to Amelia Denise Wilkerson
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
Aug. 23 — Amber and Allen Griffis, Kingston. A girl, Alyssa Randi, 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Siblings: Peyton and Makayla. Grandparents: Randy and Brenda Griffis.
Aug. 26 — Stephanie and Darrell Watkins, Harriman. A girl, Ava Grace, 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Siblings: Bailey and Cooper. Grandparents: Sidney and Maxine Watkins; Don and Mildred Russell; Sharon Holt.
Divorces granted May 24-June 28 at the Roane County Courthouse:
• Jessica Anne Torres Sands vs. Charles Anthony Sands
• Miranda Hendrix Goss vs. Wesley Matthew Goss
• Tony L. Bostic vs. Amy Parker Bostic
• Jeffrey R. Abbott vs. Christy Stanley Abbott
• Lydia Marneva Swint vs. Kevin Thomas Swint
• Ashley Lynn Jones vs. Jonathan Paul Jones
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Blackbird Vineyards "Merlot" is French patois for 'Little Blackbird'. Founded in 2003 by Michael Ploenske, Blackbird Vineyards is an artisanal producer or Pomerol inspired inspired wines from the Napa Valley planted in 1997, the estate vineyard is located in the heart of the Oak Knoll District - a region appreciated for its moderate climate and deep, gravelly soils. The vineyards's valley floor topography presents optimum growing conditions for consulting wine maker Sara Gott and wine maker Aaron Pott to produce elegantly styled, appropriately balanced red wines the winery and in the finer restaurants and hotels around the world.
Blackbird Vineyard is comprised of Haire-Combs soil; predominantly the Haire type of soil. It holds proper soil moisture down deep and is available to the vines and allows Blackbird to be virtually dry-farmed.
Haire soils are moderately well drained. The surface layer is brown and grayish brown loam or clay loam. The subsoil extends to a depth of 60 inches or more. It is pale brown and pale yellow clay and sandy clay.
Coombs soils are also well drained. The surface layer is brown and pale brown gravelly loam and clay loam. The subsoil is brown, light brown, and pink clay loam. The substratum is very gravelly loamy fine sand.
In conjunction with the Blackbird Vineyard—which provides fruit for the foundation of our portfolio—we foster long-term partnerships with premium vineyard sources throughout Napa Valley where growers are passionate about their approach to farming. These vineyards are hand-selected for their health and superiority, allowing us to achieve exceptional fruit quality with each harvest season.
Similar to the Pomerol region of Bordeaux, the Oak Knoll District is akin in its soil composition, microclimate, and rural qualities. The Oak Knoll District is one of the coolest regions in the valley—second only to Carneros—and like Pomerol, is home to gravelly, clay loam soils, which create an ideal growing region for Merlot. Due to the region's cool nights, the vineyard retains good acidity and natural balance. The Haire-type soil holds moisture deep in the ground, allowing Blackbird to be virtually dry-farmed.
Perched on a rolling hillside in the cool climate of Carneros, this vineyard is a high-quality fruit source for Merlot and is considered one of the top winegrowers in the United States. A talented group of farmers (many who have worked for the Ranch for 20 years or more)—devote their full attention to the vineyards to ensure world-class grapes for Blackbird Vineyards.
With over 500 acres planted, it is the largest contiguous mountain planting in the Napa Valley. Stretching from the westernmost regions of Atlas Peak all the way to the east overlooking Oakville, these 1,200+ acres of rocky, volcanic terroir grace the southern edge of Pritchard Hill. The vineyard's elevation combined with the soil produces intense Merlot and tannic and powerful Cabernet Franc.
The Rainin Vineyard sits on the highest parts of Diamond Mountain Road, facing east. The rocky soils of Diamond Mountain produce firm tannic wines with intense fruit. Blackbird sources Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Cabernet Sauvignon from this property.
Committed to sustainable and organic farming techniques, these growers have combined the best of both old world philosophy and new world fruit. This estate spans over 100 acres across the gorgeous St. Helena Appellation. The deep pocket of well-drained gravel creates aromatic Cabernet Franc with impressive structure and finesse.

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Stretching my mind back a long way, I remember that during my first ever play through of FF7, the main party I chose for Disc 1 consisted of Cloud, Aeris and Tifa. I remember this because I had a crush on two girls of whom Aeris and Tifa reminded me, so being a teenage boy, I named the characters after them and off I went. After Disc 1, with Aeris out of action, I filled her space with Cid - I found him quite a badass and this was reinforced when he took over as leader of your party during Cloud's "illness".
On subsequent play throughs, I pretty much disowned Aeris - knowing what happened to her, I didn't want to waste XP or Sources on her puny frames. I therefore played a lot more with Red XIII in the early stages.
Now, as I prepare to play for the first time in probably more than 5 years, I'm going to grind out every character to gather all the weapons, master materia and limits - something that embarrassingly I've never bother to do. But I think my ultimate preferred party is still Cloud, Tifa and Cid.
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AMD may not have a shipping product in the emerging MID/netbook market, but the company is taking pains to talk up its own notebook platforms and strategies. Earlier this month, AMD took time to highlight the new capabilities and technologies within its new Puma platform. Now, it's on to Shrike, the next-generation of AMD mobile technology, set to debut in 2009. Shrike will be the first AMD "Fusion" product, and will incorporate the CPU, memory controller, and GPU into a single die. PCIe support is also included, to allow for the use of discrete graphics cards. This may not be of immediate importance, given that Shrike is a laptop platform, but could prove extremely attractive to OEM's building desktops around the new Fusion processors.
As you can see from the diagram below, AMD intends to build the first Fusion products around dual-core processors. Originally, the CPU side of the equation was to be handled by the new AMD Bulldozer core, but that initiative has since been scrapped. Instead, AMD will use what it refers to as a "third-generation Stars processor." K10/Phenom was a first-generation Stars chip, 45nm Shanghai is presumably the second, but it seems likely that this unknown third-generation part will be a dual-core Shanghai flavor, probably with additional power management features. Despite being labeled third generation, this will likely remain a 45nm part—AMD has yet to publicize very many details of its 32nm transition, but the company isn't expected to move to 32nm until 2010 at the earliest.
We saw other signs that AMD may be developing a netbook/MID processor last week, but the two initiatives are almost certainly unrelated. The hypothetical processor we discussed then is a 1GHz, single-core Athlon 64-derived CPU with just 256K of L2, a 64-bit DDR2 controller, and a 16-bit/800MHz HyperTransport link. The as-yet-unnamed CPU at the heart of Shrike appears to be significantly more powerful, and, at the very least, is dual-cored. Details on Shrike are still sketchy—we know almost nothing about the integrated GPU—but with at least a year to go, AMD should have plenty of time to ensure its war bird launches in fighting form.
Further reading:
- Found via TrustedReviews: "Shrike is AMD's First Fusion Platform"


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Blue Raspberry Lemonade Fluffy Whipped Soap
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In the event that a product, given a sufficient amount of time to arrive, has still not gotten to you and the package is deemed "lost" we will re-ship or refund your order. All packages are insured against loss or damage.
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- Contact us as soon as possible with your return request (within 21 days of receiving). In some cases, we may require photos of the product(s). Once approved, you will be provided with return instructions.
- Returns must be received within 30 days.
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A note on scent strength. Everyone is different, some may have a very sharp sense of smell while others have a duller sense. Due to this fact, it's pretty much impossible to please everyone with the same amount of scent. Do us a favor and let us know how you like it.
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Welcome to a new way to love your body, or should we say old way? We make soap entirely by hand just like our grandmothers used to make. (Okay, maybe not just like grandma who only needed basic soap for washing, the method is the same but we add various skin loving oils, butters, herbs, and premium fragrance oils for a special treat. Who doesn't like to be pampered?) All of our soap is made in small batches with only the purest ingredients, they do not contain any preservatives, bleaches, or fillers. All of the natural glycerin is retained during the soap making process so our soap cleans without stripping away natural oils.
We specialize in making handmade soaps with milk. Milk soaps are extra creamy, and provide wonderful lather while hydrating your skin. (Cleopatra was well known for her milk baths for it's benefits). We use Coconut Milk, Goat Milk, and Buttermilk for our soaps, and our formula is also enriched with natural shea butter and high quality oils such as olive, coconut, and castor for a gentle, luxurious soap with a creamy lather. Here at Hickory Ridge Soap Co., we believe you should treat yourself to the best. The various herbs and ingredients we add to our products are all beneficial to your skin and well being, and not only are our products better for your skin, they are better for the planet. The benefits of all natural, handmade beauty products is endless.
Why not try one of our handmade products today? Or give some to a friend. Trust us, your skin will love you for it.
Tip: To make your soap last longer, remove from the shower when not in use, use a soap dish, and try not to keep in a humid environment.
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Lot 127: CULTURED PEARL CHOKER, DAVID MORRIS
- Condition: Inside of choker signed David Morris. Cultured pearls measure approximately from 5.1 to 7.9mm, cream body colour with rose overtones, medium lustre, displaying areas of growth marks, pitting and banding, some with crazing to nacre, gross weight approximately 103 grams, in good condition. For further information please contact the department on +44 (0)207 293 6409. Please note Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Fears are growing in Berlin that Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi may return to centre-stage after this weekend's election, imperiling Rome's reform drive and the euro zone's tentative emergence from its debt crisis.
It is unclear whether 76-year-old Berlusconi, a scandal-ridden media tycoon and four times prime minister, will win enough support to wield influence, but even the possibility of a comeback is a nightmare for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Not only do investors blame Berlusconi and his centre-right People of Freedom (PDO) party for pushing Italy, the euro zone's third biggest economy, into the debt crisis, but it is also an open secret that Berlusconi and Merkel do not get on. At all.
The contrast in style could not be greater between the flamboyant Italian who has a penchant for face lifts and hair transplants and the disciplined Merkel, raised in Communist East Germany, who still shops in a local supermarket.
Merkel is keeping her lips sealed before the February 24-25 election but in an unusual foray into an election campaign in a European neighbor, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle dropped a thinly veiled hint about sentiment in her government.
"We are of course not involved in the Italian election ... But whoever forms the new government, we think it is important that the pro-European course and the necessary reforms will be continued," Westerwelle told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Westerwelle is a member of the pro-market Free Democrats (FDP), junior partner in Merkel's centre-right coalition.
Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said on Tuesday that Westerwelle's view was shared by the whole government.
The last opinion polls published before a pre-election blackout suggest Italy's centre left is still leading Berlusconi's centre-right bloc. But almost a third of voters remain undecided or are considering not voting, say pollsters.
Investors are worried that any government that includes Berlusconi could backtrack on reforms introduced by outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti, who has drawn praise from Berlin for putting the focus clearly on austerity in the past year.
Other members of Merkel's party were more outspoken about the risks of a Berlusconi return.
"If Mr Berlusconi wins the election, this course (of reforms) could be in danger," said Norbert Barthle, budget expert in Merkel's conservatives.
"Doubts about Italy's solidity could have serious consequences for the euro," he told Reuters.
In a sign of the depth of the personal animosity, media have reported that Berlusconi made unflattering remarks about Merkel's appearance in a phonecall wiretapped by investigators looking into his alleged misdemeanors with prostitutes. He denies having said them.
Berlusconi has been sentenced to prison for tax fraud and is on trial for having sex with an under-aged prostitute. He is the polar opposite of Merkel, a pastor's daughter who became a physicist and who is ridiculed by critics as frumpy.
The clash in styles was also on show in 2009 when the usually unruffled chancellor grew visibly impatient, frowning as Berlusconi kept her waiting on the red carpet at a NATO summit in Strasbourg while he chatted on his mobile phone.
Berlusconi blames Merkel, deeply unpopular in Italy for her reluctance to bail out EU partners and portrayed by some Italian media as a Nazi, for his fall from power in 2011.
At a summit in Brussels in October 2011, Merkel and the then-president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, smiled at each other when asked whether Berlusconi had given them reassurance. That smile was widely taken to undermine Berlusconi's authority and within weeks he was gone and technocrat Monti had replaced him.
Ruprecht Polenz, a member of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, homed in on the personal distaste many members of the German coalition have for Berlusconi.
"This is also about confidence and credibility. The legal cases running against Berlusconi have a negative effect on his political credibility," Polenz told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
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Amazon AMZN, -1.50% first unveiled the plans in December, dubbing the proposed service Amazon Prime Air and saying drones would eventually be able to deliver small packages to customers in less than 30 minutes. In its petition to the FAA, posted Thursday, Amazon said it is now on its eighth- and ninth-generation drone prototypes, including some that can travel more than 50 miles an hour and carry 5-pound packages, which would cover 86% of products it sells.
The Seattle company asked the FAA for an exemption from the agency's effective ban on the commercial use of unmanned aircraft so Amazon can test its drones near its headquarters.
In its request, Amazon says that it would limit its use of drones to "a confined area over isolated Amazon private property," away from airports, densely populated areas and military installations. The company argues that granting its request will allow it to "do nothing more than what thousands of hobbyists and manufacturers of model aircraft do every day, " a common argument of commercial-drone advocates.


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As I sat in my office on Tuesday and tried to catch up on a few things, the Golf Channel had my full attention as Ryder Cup Europe announced Paul McGinley as its 2014 Captain for the matches played at Gleneagles in Perthshire, Scotland. I have to admit that was pretty satisfying to sit back in Franklin, IN and watch the festivities from across the world in Abu Dhabi and know that in some way I had influenced what was happening.
When Tom Watson was announced as the U.S. Captain last month, lots of people were scrambling with thoughts on how the Euros would counter. Darren Clarke took his name out of contention because he "didn't want to stand on the stage next to Tom Watson."
Conversely, Colin Montgomerie relished the opportunity. On Sunday night he said, "I've never canvassed, as I didn't last time. I've not spoken to anybody about this. But, I've always felt that, if I am asked, I would do it and that's still the case. Darren Clarke has made comments regarding the Tom Watson scenario and this meeting will contain the words 'Tom Watson' in it- I don't think at the last two Corey Pavin and Davis Love were mentioned."
Ryder Cup Europe assembles about a dozen people every couple of years and hashes out its choice on a Captain. The committee is made up of current and former European Tour players as well as international golf officials. On the other hand, the PGA of America committee consists of three Officers with the President taking the dominant role in the process.
McGinley supposedly beat out a group that included Montgomerie, Sandy Lyle and Miguel Angel-Jimenez. The committee met in Abu Dhabi and took about an hour to make what was called a unanimous decision. McGinley's selection was aided by last minute Tweets from the likes of Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Luke Donald and Ian Poulter, who all endorsed the first Irish born European Ryder Cup captain.
Not that the Captains ever hit a shot in Ryder Cup play, but McGinley's playing record pales in comparison with Watson's. Even his Ryder Cup record is not particularly noteworthy at 2-2-5.
So why McGinley? Give credit to the Euros. They stuck with a system that has produced seven Ryder Cup victories in their last nine tries. McGinley has been an assistant captain on the past few victorious European teams and had success as the winning captain in the Seve Trophy matches. McGinley is likeable, humble and popular with players. He was gleeful at Tuesday's announcement.
"I am relishing the thought of taking on one of my great heroes, Tom Watson. He's not only a wonderful person, but a great ambassador for the game of golf. I've never had an opportunity to go up against him in a playing sense. To go up against him in a captaincy sense will be a real thrill for me," said McGinley.
I'm not letting McGinley's pleasant nature suck me into thinking that the U.S. has any intangible advantage with an icon like Watson as captain. However, when you consider that nine of the past thirteen Ryder Cups have been decided by two points or less and that seven of those were decided by a point or less- maybe old Tom can make a difference.
"Tom Watson was the right man for the job," said Sam Torrance, former Euro Ryder Cup Captain. "He was a fantastic appointment and they (U.S.) needed to change something. No one could compete against the likes of Tom Watson. But, we are not competing against Tom Watson- it's the two teams."
When I got up early Tuesday morning there was already an email for me from Watson who is in Hawaii for this week's Champions Tour event. "Ted, please call me when you know the Euro's selection for their Captain."
So, Watson got yet another call from me mid-afternoon on Tuesday. It was a very brief exchange. The baton went from Abu Dhabi to Franklin to Hawaii. Seconds later Watson released the following Tweet, "Congrats to Paul McGinley on your R/C Captaincy. Looking forward to our future competition. You're a class act."
The PGA of America congratulates Paul McGinley as Europe's next Ryder Cup captain. I will never forget the scene at The Belfry when Paul holed a putt on the 18th hole to halve Jim Furyk, which won the Ryder Cup for Europe and his subsequent celebratory dive into the neighboring pond.
Images of an emotional Paul with the Irish flag wrapped around his body are something I will always remember. I join my friends across the Atlantic in preparing for what should be one of the greatest chapters in Ryder Cup history.
Franklin is closer to Scotland than it is Abu Dhabi. Tuesday it all seemed real close….. again.


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London news site Here Is The City has an exciting treat to follow—the blog is running "episodes" of the tale of 'Amazing Grace,' a former salesperson at Lehman Brothers who became an exotic dancer.
HTC is describing the worker as an investment banker, but it's more likely that Ms. Grace was a back office employee. She fell into the job at Lehman, where she worked in "fixed income support" and described it as a glorified personal assistant job, where she did menial secretarial work. But eventually, she started taking client calls and had built up a small portfolio of relationships.
But Amazing Grace was laid off a couple of months before Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, as the financial crisis took its toll on the bank. She lived off her severance pay and savings for a while, but finally became desperate when she couldn't land another job and decided to venture out to answer a help wanted ad for exotic dancers. She said she had kept her "svelte figure" amongst the "lardy traders" at Lehman.
Here's a sneak peak of her trip to the dancing bar:
To say that it was seedy would be a major understatement. The bar was dark, and the carpets smelled of alcohol (and worse). 'Can you dance ?', the manager asked. 'Sure,' I nodded. He looked me up and down. 'You'll do. Be here tonight at 10pm. You'll finish at 2am. $120, plus tips. You should do OK.'
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Suegra has gone to visit her other hijo. She left on a flight to Arizona on Saturday morning and will be gone for a few weeks. The night before she left, we went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Everyone was getting along for the most part. I think we were all trying extra hard to be nice, knowing that in less than 24 hours, we could all relax and enjoy some time apart. (Suegra included, since I guess living with me is stressful to her, though one would ask why she subjected herself to it when she has the option to go elsewhere.)
We ate our meal, enjoying conversation between bites, and then came the bill and a handful of fortune cookies, as is the custom. (The American custom, that is, since most people in China have never even heard of fortune cookies.)
I broke my cookie into pieces and munched on some while unfolding the slip of paper and reading it.
"I don't think you're going to like the fortune I got," I said to my husband across the table.
"What does it say?"
"Passionate new romance appears in your life when you least expect it."
My husband frowned.
"¿Qué dice?" Suegra asked.
My husband translated and Suegra made a face as if she were sucking on a lemon before taking a sharp breath.
"Ooo," she said, shaking her head and furrowing her eyebrows at me.
"¿Tal vez tengo la galleta suya?" (Maybe I have your cookie), I offered, knowing how chaste she considers herself.
She frowned at me. "No," she said shortly.
"No sabes," I said shrugging, "Hay un montón de mexicanos guapos allá en Arizona."
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw my husband frown again, even though he knows I've never even been to Arizona so my proclamation that there are "tons of handsome Mexican guys there" is really only a guess on my part.
Suegra sniffed indifferently, "Los mexicanos no me llamen la atención."
Ah, but I knew this wasn't true. "¿Y Vicente Fernandez?" I asked, remembering how she looked like a school girl in love whenever the commercial for his CD box set came on TV.
"…Bueno, Vicente Fernandez es otra cosa, pero los mexicanos son muy infieles." (Well, Vicente Fernandez is another thing, but Mexicans are very unfaithful.)
"¿Crees?" I said.
"Sí," she responded firmly.
"Bueno, pero yo leí un estudio que dijo que, en todo el mundo, los salvadoreños son unos de los peores."
"¿Peores de qué?"
"…eh, por… saliendo con otros," I said, treading carefully.
"Los más putosos?" she asked loudly, in a restaurant that frequently attracts other familias Latinas with small children.
"Bien," I said quietly, looking around to see if anyone was staring at us.
"Pero tu esposo no es así," she said, shaking a finger at me.
"Qué suerte," I said.
"No es suerte! Es gracias a mi! Yo enseñaba cuando era chiquito que tiene que respetar a las mujeres!"
My husband and I exchanged glances, "Look what you did," he mumbled in English. "Now you got her started."
"Esta bien," I said, "Pero él tiene suerte también."
"¿Porqué?" she said, looking genuinely confused.
"Porque yo soy una mujer fiel, pues?"
Suegra considered for a moment, the possibility that her son was actually lucky to be married to the gringa she disliked so much. She shrugged.
"Sí," she mumbled in reluctant agreement.
We sat for a minute in silence, waiting for the niños to finish eating. I smiled, feeling victorious that I had finally gotten through to Suegra. Now she realized that yes, her son was a tesoro, por cierto, but I am one, too.
That contentment only lasted a moment. Suegra suddenly perked up.
"Tenemos un dicho en El Salvador," she said, "Los hijos de mi hija, mis nietos son. Los hijos de mi hijo, a ver de quién son."
Suegra then began to laugh, and laugh and laugh.
Note: Apologies to English speaking readers. I tried to include a translation of all that was said in Spanish but it was interrupting the flow of the story. If you are truly curious to understand this one, try viewing a translation of the page from Google Translate. It isn't perfect, but you'll get the idea.


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Transportation is provided for students who reside (or caregiver resides) within the following distances from their school. Transportation will not be provided if the residential or caregiver address is less than the designated distance detailed below. Students attending schools outside of their regular attendance boundary will be responsible for their own transportation.
Variable transportation for students with two homes
The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) will provide transportation services to students in a joint custody arrangement that have two homes – if both homes are within the attendance boundary and they are eligible for transportation. A formal application is required. Both parents and/or guardians must sign the application and provide a schedule. Read more about variable transportation.
Applying for an empty seat on a bus
If there are empty seats available students may be provided transportation even though they reside in the designated walk zone. All empty seat applications and approvals go through OSTA. Please see the Empty Seat (Seat Availability) Provision page on their website.
Contact OSTA
Visit OSTA's website to see if your address is eligible for transportation services. Information on yellow school bus and OC Transpo bus route schedules is also available.
Phone: 613-224-8800
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Website: ottawaschoolbus.ca
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SOUTHINGTON—The wait is over. The list is out, and the Southington Sports Hall of Fame selection committee is already championing the Class of 2013.
Once again, it features professional players, college all-Americans, and Southington High School record holders. Once again, it reads like a Who's Who of Southington sports. They represent 10 different sports and the media.
Southington Sports Hall of Fame Chairman Dennis Stanek, Jr. said that the fourth class continues the strong tradition on inductees.
"These guys are the cream of the crop," he said in a press release from the Southington Sports Hall of Fame. "When you talk about really fine, successful athletes in their sports, this is a list that stands up to all of our previous classes. Most of them have won state titles. Many have gone on to successful careers—some in athletics and some in other areas."
Athletes include Ernie Blue (Basketball), Kristy Dougan (Gymnastics, Diving), Ryan Glasper (Football, Basketball), Paige Kopcza (Softball), Scott Mackie (Baseball), Megan McNicholas (Soccer, Basketball, Softball), Scott Otis (Football, Track), Michael Ryan (Cross-Country, Track, NFL Trainer), Brian Solomon (Wrestling), and Joseph Testa (Soccer).
Former SHS wrestling coach and program founder Bob Wittneben will be inducted, as well as former Southington Observer sports writer and local radio announcer Jim Senich.
These 13 individuals will join the 1978 Blue Knight wrestling team and the 2005 Lady Knight gymnastics team as the Class of 2013.
"The committee has really begun to pay close attention to the statistics when we're picking out inductees," said Stanek. "It's so hard to pare down the list to just 10 athletes, and I think that this will continue to be a challenge every year."
Once again, the Southington Observer will highlight each inductee through the summer and the fall as excitement builds for the main event. On Thursday, Nov. 14, they will be honored in an induction ceremony at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville. Tickets will be available soon and will cost $50. Contact Jim Verderame at (860) 628-7335 to reserve tickets.
"This event has become a sort of class reunion for Southington sports, and every one has been beyond my expectations," said Stanek. "It's good to see old friends and family get together to reminisce about Southington sports. It's been a really wonderful event for our community."
Stanek said that there are still many worthy athletes, teams, coaches, media members, and boosters on the list for future classes.
"We don't expect future classes to drop off because there are still so many great athletes from the past that still need to be inducted, and this community just keeps on producing great athletes," he said. "We'll never run dry."
In addition, the selection committee welcomes nominations from the public. To nominate a team, player, booster, or media member, send a request along with supporting documentation and contact information to: Mike Boissonneault, 115 Panthorn Trail, Southington, CT 06489, (860) 628-5225, email – firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Another walk down memory lane; The Southington Sports Hall of Fame announces the Class of 2013
SOUTHINGTON—The wait is over. The list is out, and the Southington Sports Hall of Fame selection committee is already championing the Class of 2013.


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LISLE, Ill. - The Benedictine University football team recorded its first victory in Northern Athletics Conference play by shutting out Rockford 28-0 on a rainy Saturday.
Neither team was able to score until the final five minutes of the first half as the squads battled through the elements. Opening with solid field position, Benedictine marched 44 yards for the game's first score. John Borsellino, who carried 33 times in the win, raced 24 yards for the first points with 4:43 to play in the half. The extra point was no good following a high snap.
The Eagles took over following a quick three and out and struck quickly for another score. Facing fourth and five from the Rockford 40, Cyle Schultz hooked up with Artie Monaco on a 40-yard touchdown pass. Ryan Keener raced in on a fake extra point to extend the lead to 14-0.
John Alessi dove over the top of the pile for a one-yard touchdown plunge midway through the third to extend the lead to 21-0. The final score came just moments later when L.J. Stolarski collected a tipped pass for an interception and trudged into the endzone from 18 yards out.
Borsellino accumulated 160 yards on the ground with a touchdown to lead the offense. Benedictine rolled up 190 yards on the ground and 309 yards total while limiting Rockford to just 165 total yards. Alessi caught five passes for 42 yards while Monaco added three grabs for 57 yards.
Defensively, Ryan Stec paced Benedictine with 11 tackles. Stolarski picked off a pair of passes as Benedictine forced four turnovers and finished +3. Stolarski also added five tackles, broke up a pass, and recovered a fumble.
The win halted a three game conference slide for the Eagles dating back to last season. Benedictine (3-3, 1-2) hits the road next week for a 1:00 p.m. game at Wisconsin Lutheran on October 20. The Eagles will try and avenge its lone conference defeat from last season.
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Chelsea: Potential summer signings
When Jose Mourinho takes the reigns at the west London club after the summer break, he will want to have concluded a number of deals that will bring his own cast of players to Stamford Bridge.
Manchester City and Manchester United have already concluded purchases of their own, while Arsenal are also edging closer to completing several deals. Chelsea will be looking to respond in kind.
Chelsea's potential summer signings.
1. Edinson Cavani | Napoli
The Napoli frontman has long been touted with a move to the Premier League but Chelsea seems to be close to signing the striker now.
The Blues are reported to be ready to breaking another record British transfer fee (though fans will hope the money will be better spent than it was on the existing record), in triggering Cavani's £53m release clause.
Cavani was Serie A's top scorer over the 2012/13 season and has netted 104 goals for Napoli over the past three years. The transfer would doubtless bring a premier talent to Chelsea's aid but with young attacking talents such as Romelu Lukaku wanting to break into the first team at the club, such a signing may prove superfluous.
2. Robert Lewandowski | Borussia Dortmund
Lewandowski burst onto the world stage this year as he put Real Madrid to the sword in the Champions League semi-final, scoring four goals past Diego Lopez and helping him on his way to becoming the competition's second-highest goalscorer with just two less than Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Poland international has been told that he will not be permitted to join Bayern Munich this summer, which could open the door to a move to the Premier League.
3. Hulk | Zenit St. Petersburg
The forward was perhaps the player most linked with a big-spending move to Chelsea over the 2012 summer transfer window but, instead, moved to Zenit St. Petersburg.
Whilst Hulk has played well in Russia, it's unclear whether he is settled there. Chelsea seem to be looking for a strong attacking player to fit Mourinho's technique. Hulk would be a good signing for the club and would likely be a beneficial influence for the development of the young Romelu Lukaku.
4. Marouane Fellaini | Everton
Though the Everton midfielder looks to be all but tied up by Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have also been connected with the Belgian.
The attacking midfielder would doubtless fit in with Jose's play style, large strong players playing a crucial role, but the deal looks to be unlikely with Arsenal apparently having stolen Fellaini away.
5. Andre Schurrle | Bayer Leverkusen
The German forward has been strongly linked with a move to Chelsea for months. Talks between the Blues and Bayer Leverkusen are reported to hinge upon the fate of his team-mate Kevin De Bruyne, on loan at the German club from Chelsea.
If De Bruyne is loaned back out to Leverkeusen, Schurrle will reportedly be sold to the club. De Bruyne's goalscoring performance against Serbia in their World Cup qualifier last Friday may convince Mourinho to keep the attacking midfielder at Chelsea this season. The Blues may have to proceed down another route if they want their man.
6. Eliaquim Mangala | FC Porto
Mourinho may back into a raid from old club FC Porto to shore up Chelsea's ageing defence. Though Mourinho earlier stated that he would give everyone a chance in the Chelsea squad and Terry would retain the captaincy, Ashley Cole and the captain himself are both 32.
Mangala has endured some excellent seasons at Porto, even getting himself on the scoresheet on a few occasions, similarly to Chelsea's scoring centre-backs Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic.
Speculation over the proposed move has prompted Mangala to comment: "It's flattering because Chelsea are a great club and Mourinho is a great coach."
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A teacher emailed me a while back with a great question. I've been meaning to answer and there's no better time than today, when I have five other deadlines to avoid.
Dear Jess,Here's my question for today: how much can high school age students benefit from a classical curriculum like the one at my kids' school? I love that next year my son will read, for example, Plato, as part of the Great Books type humanities program. That stuff is challenging for even the best educated adults. We chose to transfer our kids this year to [name deleted] specifically because of their humanities program. The other option was having them take many AP courses while attending the nearby traditional public high school. I had nothing like the [name deleted] curriculum back in my high school days, and I only read Great Books stuff on my own, many years after I graduated from college. So I'm excited for my kids to have this opportunity, but only if it benefits them.
Are "Great Books" relevant for today's students? My answer is an emphatic "yes," and I whip out my favorite quote on the subject, by Michael Dirda: "Classics are classics not because they are educational, but because people have found them worth reading, generation after generation, century after century."
The argument against asking young people to read great books goes something like this discussion from the Diane Rehm Show. Panelists were discussing the novel Ethan Frome, and a caller said he thought students should not read some books until they are forty, with the life experience and perspective to understand the darker, more mature themes.
While I would shy away from teaching Ethan Frome in the darkest weeks of our New Hampshire winter – just for sanity's sake, mind you – I respectfully disagree. I have heard this argument among teachers, that Romeo and Juliet is appropriate for middle school, while King Lear is not. Romeo and Juliet concerns itself with the heartache of young love, while King Lear stares down the naked torment Lear finds at the end of his useful life. Students may find connections to their own life in the story of Romeo and Juliet's love tragedy, but the pain of losing a child and the treachery of the vile Edmund are just too mature for younger readers.
Sure, the familiar may be strange in King Lear, but there is much to offer young people in a story such as Lear's. My students love the treachery of Edmund, the way he plots against the seemingly perfect and legitimate Edgar. Lovely, bookish, kind, Edgar, who can do no wrong in his father's eyes. And the tensions runs high as Edmund is overtaken by sibling rivalry and plots to steal a place in his father's heart – or at least his inheritance.
Or what of Cordelia? The youngest child, who cannot heave her heart into her mouth in order to satisfy her father's outlandish expectations and is eclipsed by her more rapacious older sisters? Or Gloucester, who does not realize until too late that he has hurt someone he loves, and must find a way to make amends.
No, King Lear is not an easy read. It would be much easier for me to reach for The Hunger Games or Inkheart – both commonly assigned in middle school, and books with entertaining plots, to be sure, but they are…lacking. Reader's questions are too easily answered. "Of all the virtues related to intellectual functioning, the most passive is the virtue of knowing the right answer. Knowing the right answer requires no decisions, carries no risks, and makes no demands," writes Elanor Duckworth in The Having of Wonderful Ideas.
It is important that we ask students to read great works of literature because, when we hand them Dickens or Shakespeare, we offer students so much more than a good story. We give them the opportunity to step beyond the safe boundary of the known world and journey into the uncharted territory of challenging vocabulary, unpredictable plot, and shifting perspectives. I'm with Virginia Woolf on this one, "Literature is no one's private ground. Literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves."
In the end, that's what I hope I do. I teach my students how to find their own way through a complex and challenging world, and these books are the maps I hand my students.
Great books are literary proving grounds, safe places for students to try, fail, and in the end, find unexpected moments of wonder and pride in their own abilities. Students cannot approach these works lightly; they must brave these works armed with their own experiences and ability to reason, because great works of literature require more than simple retrieval and regurgitation of other's ideas; they demand feats of intellectual bravery, patience, and trust.
Great books contain more than challenging vocabulary and syntax. Great books contain novel ideas, universal themes, vivid sensory experiences and complex literary construction absent from commonplace works of literature. Great books teach great lessons. When students learn to ask more of the books they read, they learn to ask more of themselves.


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Paul Fletcher is the Group Chief Executive Officer of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Paul joined BCS in 2014 after ten years at RM Education where he was Group Managing Director of the Education Technology Division. Prior to RM, Paul held senior management consultancy roles with A.T. Kearney and KPMG. He started his career in the Aerospace Industry. Paul is passionate about the role of IT in education and society as a whole.


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Filtering and Sorting an Excel 2007 Pivot Table
You can filter and sort the data in an Excel 2007 pivot table to display a subset of data arranged how you want to view it. Excel automatically adds drop-down filter arrows to the Report Filter field as well as the labels for the Column and Row fields. These filter arrows enable you to filter out all but certain entries in any of these fields, and in the case of the Column and Row fields, to sort their entries in the table.
If you've added more than one Column or Row field to your pivot table, Excel adds collapse buttons (-) that you can use to temporarily hide subtotal values for a particular secondary field. After clicking a collapse button in the table, it immediately becomes an expand button (+) that you can click to redisplay the subtotals for that one secondary field.
Filter a pivot table report
Perhaps the most important filter buttons in a pivot table are the ones added to the Report Filter field(s). By selecting a particular option on the drop-down lists attached to one of these filter buttons, only the summary data for that subset you select is then displayed in the pivot table itself.
When you filter a pivot table field, Excel replaces the standard drop-down button icon with a cone-shaped filter icon, indicating that the field is currently being filtered to show only some of the values in the data source.
Filtering individual Column and Row fields
The filter buttons attached to the Column and Row field labels let you filter out entries for particular groups and, in some cases, individual entries in the data source. To filter the summary data in the columns or rows of a pivot table, follow these steps:
Click the Column or Row field's filter button.
Deselect the check box for the (Select All) option at the top of the list box in the drop-down list.
Click the check boxes for all the groups or individual entries whose summed values you still want displayed in the pivot table.
Click OK.
As with filtering a Report Filter field, Excel replaces the standard drop-down button icon for that Column or Report field with a cone-shaped filter icon, indicating that the field is currently being filtered and only some of its summary values are now displayed in the pivot table.Pivot table after filtering two fields in the table.
To redisplay all the values for a filtered Column or Report field, you need to click its filter button and then click (Select All) at the top of its drop-down list. Then click OK.
Sort a pivot table
You can instantly reorder the summary values in a pivot table by sorting the table on one or more of its Column or Row fields. To sort a pivot table, follow these steps:
Click the filter button for the Column or Row field you want to sort.
Click either the Sort A to Z option or the Sort Z to A option at the top of the field's drop-down list.
Click the Sort A to Z option when you want the table reordered by sorting the labels in the selected field alphabetically or in the case of values from the smallest to largest value or in the case of dates from the oldest to newest date. Click the Sort Z to A option when you want the table reordered by sorting the labels in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A), values from the highest to smallest, and dates from the newest to oldest.