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Making maple syrup is a sticky business-
Syrup season is in full swing on the North Shore. This year, sap in the Arrowhead ran before the rest of the state, forcing syrup produces to kick operations into high gear much earlier than usual.
March 27 Weekend Art News-
The Stations of the Cross exhibit at the Grand Marais Art Colony continues through Easter Sunday with extended hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Art News for March 20 weekend-
"Stations of the Cross" opens at the Art Colony at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. Betsy Bowen submitted the painting at left for the exhibit.
"Stations of the Cross" opens Sunday at Art ColonyJay Andersen-
During the up-coming Easter season, a special exhibit is being hosted at the Grand Marais Art Colony.
Mush for a Cure raises $30,000 for breast cancer-
This year's annual Mush for a Cure Sled Dog Fundraiser, March 12-13, raised more than $30,000. Of that amount, organizers say that a minimum of $28,000 will go to the National Breast Ca
Site manager hired for Chik-Wauk-
The Gunflint Trail Historical Society announced the hiring of a site manager for the Chik-Wauk Museum, scheduled to open July 4.
Weekend Art News-
Lots of fun stuff to do this weekend including Sivertson Gallery's 10th annual Inuit Premiere, which opens today (Saturday) and the Mush for the Cure events at Trail Center.
Inuit throat singers continue ancient tradition-
The Inuit Premiere is being held this weekend at the Sivertson Gallery and the North House Folk School in Grand Marais.
Field Notes: Wilson's Warbler is rare-
Field Notes with Molly Hoffman can be heard every Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning between 9 and 9:30.&n
Art News for March 6 weekend-
The North Shore Photographers show opened at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday night.


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LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The Lee County School District is looking to hire between 500 and 700 teachers for next school year.
The district will hold a teacher recruitment fair next Thursday, May 9 from 5-8 p.m. at the district office. If you are interested in attending, you can register on the district's website at the following link: http://www.leeschools.net/info/12-13/recruitment/welcome.htm
Math, science and technology teachers are in high demand. Tim Ferguson, director of professional development and leadership says, "Lee County and Florida continues to grow, our student populations continue to grow. Science teachers, math teachers, technology teachers are really in demand in our schools as we look to school to career readiness and what our students need."
He says the district has about 750 first year teachers this year. "We're also looking for alternative certification teachers. Teachers that maybe are coming into education from another route, coming from outside the field," he says.
Ferguson says nationally, about 50% of teachers leave the profession within the first five years because of the tough demands. He says while Lee County's record is a little better, the district is committed to training and retaining teachers. "We put a lot on teachers plates, we expect teachers to accomplish a lot, and accountability adds a lot of that stress to teachers, you have to have a special skill set to be a teacher," he says.
The district has about 5,000 teachers in all.
First year Bonita Springs Middle School science teachers Jeff Blessing and Sara Schroeder say they can't imagine doing anything else.
Blessing says, "there were a lot of unknown expectations, but as I worked my way through the year, I definitely made the right career choice teaching science. I've always had a lifelong passion for science so I'm finally in a position where I can spread my passion."
Schroeder says, "I had a couple teachers when I was younger who really made a difference in my life and were really supportive so I wanted to be like them. I wanted to do this pretty much since I was in middle school, the grade of the students I'm teaching now. And I think it doesn't matter what job you're in, there's going to be some struggle to overcome, so at this point I don't see ever doing anything else other than teaching."


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Cody Ross and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a three-year contract with a club option for 2016. The team announced the deal Saturday.
Ross, who turns 32 on Sunday and lives in nearby Scottsdale, adds to the abundance of outfielders on the Arizona roster, leading to speculation a trade might be coming. He batted .267 with 22 home runs and 81 RBIs last season for the Boston Red Sox. He's a career .267 hitter in nine big league seasons.
The addition gives the Diamondbacks four veteran outfielders -- Ross, Justin Upton, Gerardo Parra and Jason Kubel -- along with two youngsters the organization has deemed ready for the majors: Adam Eaton and A.J. Pollock.
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For many, it's the first thing people see when they see Kenny Salvini. I'll have to admit. I did. I'm referring to his wheelchair. But after a while, after you spend some time getting to know this man, while you're listening to him talk about life and love and the things that matter, something happens. It did for me. You don't see the wheelchair anymore; like it doesn't exist.
"You don't even realize he's not moving," said Jeanne Salvini, Kenny's mother.
If only he could. If only we could un-do those moments in our lives that change our lives for the worse. Rewind nine years, February 11, 2012.
"I hit it going too fast," Kenny said.
It was that moment when he flew off a ski jump in the terrain park at Snoqualmie Summit. Kenny was 23 years old.
"I overshot the landing and fell about 40 feet onto my head, broke my neck, my back, and my leg. All in one shot," he said.
The cliché: It changed his life forever. Of course it did. Kenny is a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down. The accident - it's the last time we'll mention it. Kenny would much rather talk about her - his soul mate, his everything. Kristen.
"I had no idea that the nurse helping me at the time every day would end up being my wife," said Kenny. "She taught me how to love and be loved."
Taught - past tense.
"Yeah, it was tough watching Kenny go through that," said Skip Salvini, Kenny's father.
Kristen Salvini died from an accidental drug overdose 15 months ago. Here's what she wrote to her soul mate on his birthday:
"You are the sweetest, kindest, fun, funniest, the smartest best looking, most loving... most inspirational man I've ever known."
Here's what Kenny wrote to her after his loss:
"You burned brightest and hottest my love. You taught me so much in the course of the last eight years. And the love we shared in the final two is still legend."
I asked Kenny if he thinks about Kristen every day.
"Every day," he said. "I've kept her voice in my head."
And he's kept her words on his hand.
"And I've actually got it tattooed on my hand, in her handwriting." It reads 'Do Life,'" he said.
Do life, she begged him. Do life. And he is.
"Yeah, this wheelchair doesn't mean I have to be a spectator in life," Kenny said.
He and his late wife had always talked about joining forces to help others also suffering from paralysis. It's happening now. Kenny is in the early stages of creating the Hear and Now Project to help people with disabilities make the transition to their new lives, so they can "do life" too.
"I look to create opportunities for people in situations similar to mine to share their stories," he said. "My hope is to build a community where a group of people in seemingly dire circumstances are able to pool their collective experience, strength and hope in order to successfully achieve enhanced, more accessible life."
Kenny said Kristen would have been very proud of the work he's starting to do with the Hear and Now Project.
"I could roll over. I could give up," said Kenny. "That's not the way she wanted me to live."
She lifted him up before her time was up.
"You plucked me from the depths of despair," he wrote to her after her death. "And showed me how to live life like I never thought possible. My only hope is that I can carry on your story in a way that remotely does justice to the way you lived life."
How she lived, and how she loved.
"Intensely and unafraid," he wrote. "I love and miss you more than words can express."
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The Phillies have made it over .500 exactly twice this season and both times they have followed that accomplishment up by losing five games in a row. On June 6, the Phils topped the Brewers 5-1 to improve to 31-30 on the year. They followed that up by losing their next five games in row, four by a single run.
They started July at 39-44, but went 10-4 in their first 14 games to start the month. That put them at 49-48 for the year after their first game coming off the All-Start break. Last night's loss was their fifth in a row.
In last night's game, the Cardinals topped them 3-1 to complete a three-game sweep. The Phillies scored a total of five runs in the set and had four extra-base hits, all doubles.
The Phillies are 49-53 on the year after losing 3-1 to the St Louis Cardinals last night. The Cards sweep the three-game series. The Phillies have lost five in a row, scoring a total of nine runs in those games.
Kendrick got the start for the Phillies and went six innings, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks. One of the hits went for extra-bases, a triple. He struck out one.
Kendrick has a 5.17 ERA over his last nine starts. Opponents hit .242 against him over his first 12 starts and have hit .295 against him over his last nine.
With one out in the bottom of the first, Jon Jay chopped a ground ball to third. Young fielded and threw to first, where Ruf came off the bag too soon trying to handle the throw and Jay was called safe. Kendrick got the next two to turn St Louis away.
Very close play at first on Jay's ball. I get the feeling the rest of the infield might not be a fan of Ruf's glovework at first. Ruf has only played 113 innings of defense this year, all at first, but Baseball-Reference has him with a dWAR of -0.2. UZR/150 is a different story, though. FanGraphs has him at 8.7 in the very early going. With the exception of a couple of very nice plays, he hasn't looked great there to me.
Kendrick walked David Freese with one out in the second, but Shane Robinson followed and lined back to the mound with Freese doubled off of first to end the inning.
Pete Kozma singled to right to start the third. He was bunted to second with the first out before Matt Carpenter singled to right, scoring Kozma to make it 1-0. Jay was next and tripled to the gap in right-center, scoring Carpenter. 2-0 with Jay on third. Allen Craig walked before Matt Adams singled to right, scoring Jay. 3-0 with men on the corners and one down. Yadier Molina popped to Rollins for the second out with the runners holding and Freese struck out looking to end the inning.
Three runs for St Louis in the frame on four hits, including a triple, and a walk. Kendrick gets Molina with one out and men on the corners to keep it from being worse.
It was 3-1 when Kendrick started the fourth. He allowed a leadoff single to Robinson, but got the next three to turn St Louis away.
The pitcher, Lance Lynn, bunted for the second out to move Robinson up to second. It was Lynn's second successful sacrifice in two innings after he had bunted Kozma to second in the third.
Kendrick set the Cards down in order in the fifth and again in the sixth.
Bastrado threw a 1-2-3 seventh with the Phils still down two.
He struck out Craig and Adams as he set St Louis down in order in the eighth.
Over his last six appearances, Bastardo has thrown 6 1/3 scoreless innings in which he's struck out eight. In those outings he's faced 18 batters and allowed one walk and no hits. Over his last 16 appearances, he's struck out 19 in 15 innings while throwing to a 1.20 ERA and an 0.80 ratio.
Two perfect innings for the pen in the game in which Bastardo strikes out three. He threw 19 pitches in the game.
The Phillie lineup against righty Lance Lynn went (1) Rollins (2) Michael Young (3) Utley (4) Delmon Young (5) Ruf (6) Nix (7) Mayberry (8) Kratz. That lacks a lot of the elements one would need in a lineup that is likely to consistently win games.
Rollins doubled to left to start the top of the first and Michael Young walked behind him. Utley struck out swinging 1-2 for the first out. Delmon Young was next and lined back to the pitcher. Michael Young was doubled off of first to end the frame.
Nothing for the Phils after putting men on first and second with nobody out. Delmon Young's ball was hit hard, but Lynn made a pretty miraculous grab to catch it against his hip. Michael Young didn't have much chance at first.
Ruf and Nix both struck out to start the second before Mayberry singled softly to center. Kratz grounded to third to set the Phils down.
Rollins walked with one out in the third and stole second after Michael Young struck out for the second out. Utley walked to put men on first and second for Delmon Young, but Young grounded to third for the third out.
Rollins on base twice in the first three innings on a double and a walk. Steals his tenth base of the year. He's been caught six times and picked off three.
Delmon Young gets two big at-bats early in the game. He lined into a double-play to end the first with two men on. Grounds to third to end that frame with two men on.
The Phillies were down 3-0 when they hit in the fourth. Ruf led off with a walk. Nix was next and grounded to second with Ruf forced at second for the first out. Mayberry was next and lined a single into center, putting men on first and second for Kratz. Kratz singled to left. Nix tried to score from second and arrived at the plate at the same time as Craig's throw from left, but the throw hit him in the back as he slid in safely. 3-1 with men on first and second for Kendrick. Kendrick bunted, but badly. The pitcher Lynn fielded and threw to third to force Mayberry for the second out. Freese threw to first in time to double Kendrick up and set the Phillies down.
Ruf walks against the righty to start the frame and the Phils follow with a pair of hits. But the Kendrick bunt helps the Cards hold them to a single run.
The Phils went in order in the fifth and again in the sixth.
Kratz reached on a softly hit infield single with one out in the seventh. Just up lefty Steve Susdorf hit for Kendrick and grounded into a double-play in the first at-bat of his career.
Susdorf is 27-years-old. The Phillies drafted him in the 19th round of the 2008 draft. He hit 335/419/428 in 229 plate appearances at Lehigh Valley while playing mostly in right field. He has hit nine home runs in his last 924 plate appearances in the minors, but with a .314 batting average. If you want to on-base .419 you can be a great offensive player no matter how many home runs you hit. But he's not going to on-base .419. He stole eight bases at Triple-A this year, which is a career high.
Rollins singled to right off of righty Trevor Rosenthal in the eighth, but the Phillies went in order behind him.
Ruf singled off of righty Edward Mujica to start the ninth, bringing Nix to the plate as the tying run. Nix grounded to second for the first out and Mayberry and Kratz both struck out behind him.
Rollins was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double in the game. His double to left to start the top of the first was the only extra-base hit of the game for the Phils. 4-for-11 with a walk and two doubles in the series. 262/320/356 for the year. 7-for-his-last-20 with two doubles and a home run.
Michael Young 0-for-3 with a walk and struck out twice. 0-for-10 with two walks in the series. 2-for-his-last-24 (.083), but with five walks. 278/342/405 for the season.
Utley 0-for-3 with a walk. 4-for-10 with two walks in the series. 283/344/515.
Delmon Young 0-for-4 and left five men on base. 2-for-11 in the series. 274/320/414 on the year. Hitting .302 over his last 136 plate appearances, but with just a .380 slugging percentage. 2-for-19 (.105) with a home run while hitting cleanup for the Phillies this season.
Ruf 1-for-3 with a single, a walk and an error when he came of the base early on Young's throw. 3-for-11 with a walk in the series. 292/393/500 in 56 PA for the year. Just 3-for-14 (.214) against lefties, but with a pair of home runs.
Nix 0-for-4. 1-for-9 with two strikeouts in the series. 188/235/277 on the season. Yesterday was the first time he had started two games in a row since April 25 and 26. 192/243/288 in 111 plate appearances against righties for the season.
Mayberry 2-for-4 and struck out twice. 5-for-12 with two doubles in the series. 259/311/441 on the year. Mayberry's UZR/150 in center for the season as calculated by FanGraphs is -26.4. Delmon Young's in right is -20.8. The Phillies play those guys every day and that's pretty hard to overcome. Mayberry has close to no chance of making up for his defense in center, especially hitting against righties and especially if he's not going to walk.
Kratz 2-for-4 with an RBI in his first action of the series. 2-for-7 since rejoining the team. Kratz and Ruiz have had almost the same number of plate appearances for the year at this point. Kratz is hitting 231/290/429 in 162 PA and Ruiz is hitting 252/301/280 in 158. Kratz has twice as many home runs (8) as Ruiz has extra-base hits (four, all doubles).
Hamels (4-12, 4.16) faces righty Doug Fister (8-5, 3.90) tonight in Detroit. The Phillies are 4-1 in the last four starts made by Hamels. He had made three very good starts in a row before allowing four runs in five innings against the Mets his last time out. Fister has gone six innings in each of his last four starts, allowing two runs over 12 innings his last two times out. He's walked just 23 in 127 innings on the season. Righties have fared better against him than lefties, posting a 318/363/422 line compared to 235/287/346 for lefties.


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Greater Atlanta Christian 41, Savannah 6: Visiting GAC used 375 total yards including 129 passing by quarterback Rafe Chapple. The Spartans led 27-0 at the half.
Lovett 14, Blessed Trinity 3: Lovett, from Class AA, defeated host Blessed Trinity, from Class AAA, to improve to 2-0 on the season despite trailing 3-0 at the half.
A 95-yard punt return for a touchdown by Grant Haley turned the tide in Lovett's favor in the third quarter and put the Lions up 7-3. After losing the lead, Blessed Trinity fumbled on its first play from scrimmage on its own 29. Lovett capitalized on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Willie Candler to Jack McGranahan with 33 seconds left in the period.
The Lions rushed and passed for 105 yards. Jay Harris led the Lions with 91 rushing yards. Lovett held Blessed Trinity to 193 total yards. Candler completed six of 13 passes for 105 yards.
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Competition: XML for Mini-Browser in VoIP Phones
Snom is calling for developers to submit inventive XML applications for the mini-browser in its Linux-based VoIP phones. Contributions will be published under the BSD license.
All XML programmers above the age of 18 are invited to submit code for XML applications for Snom's Business or Lifestyle divisions by 6 pm, October 22. Entrants are allowed to submit more than one program. The XML applications must be designed for the mini browser that runs on all Snom phones with firmware version 7.1.17 or newer.
The conditions for entry are that the entries must be submitted under the FreeBSD license. Contributions that use a scripting language must include a link to an online demonstration. The winner can look forward to trade fair presentations and telco devices, and the top five in the Business and Lifestyle categories will receive telco devices from various sponsors.
Examples of business applications include calculators, currency converters or dictionaries. Lifestyle applications include, for example, a short message system, a phone charge display, and home automation technology implemented in XML for opening house or garage doors. The organizers are looking for originality, or as the contest Wiki puts it: "we say it's time to stop these booring (sic) attempts to use a great tool."
According to the documentation, all the phones currently offer is an XML-controlled phonebook, and XML libraries for PHP. The mini browser is designed for accessing server-side http/https services, such as weather services, to-do-lists and share prices via the phone's keypad. The browser handles specific XML objects, such as defined quantities of letter or number fields, whose content it passes in to a URL as a server process parameter.
Besides binary files of its firmware, Snom also offers the GPL source code in the form of a construction kit that includes a patched Linux kernel, drivers and tools for generating ROM images.
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Ready-made current events for the economics classroom
On a daily basis, economics teachers introduce their students to the fundamental concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, trade-offs, choices, rational decision making, and cost-benefit analysis while grappling with the practical application of these central tenets. They balance lesson planning, grading, coaching, and leading extra-curricular activities with taking hall duty, bus duty, and lunch duty; attending department meetings, faculty meetings, and professional development sessions; and making calls home to or meeting with concerned parents.
Oh, and of course they also teach!
Those are the "normal" challenges of teaching. But as a result of the recent recession and the sluggish recovery, school systems now face serious budget constraints. Furlough days, larger class sizes, the elimination of professional development days, and pressures to provide lessons with increasingly differentiated approaches are just a few of the obstacles confronting teachers.
Below are links to articles from the 2011 issues of EconSouth that will help you link current events to some of the common standards found in most economics courses. Accompanying guided discussion questions are included for use with the articles.
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By Amy Hennessy, economic and financial education specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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The United States government and its subject peoples think of the US as "the world's only superpower." But how is a country a superpower when its entire government and a majority of the subjects, especially those members of evangelical churches, grovel at the feet of the Israeli Prime Minister? How is a country a superpower when it lacks the power to determine its own foreign policy in the Middle East? Such a country is not a superpower. It is a puppet state.
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(WMC-TV) - A video of a University of Memphis quarterback making music with a patient at St. Jude went viral online this week. Quarterback Jacob Karam and 11-year-old Breanna are making people smile across the country. As Breanna battles leukemia, thoughts about treatment were drowned out by melody during Karam's visit to the hospital.
"It's been really humbling to see all this love and support for Bre and what's she's going through right now and this is all about her and those kids at the Target House," said Karam.
Earlier this week we showed you a video featuring a University of Memphis football player and a St. Jude patient making music.
Karam normally showcases his skills with a football, but this time, it was the piano.
"This little girl came up to me and told me that she wanted to sing," he said.
So they did. For more than an hour.
"She just told me song after song and we stayed there and played and got to hear her sing and I told her the next time I came I wanted to have a list ready," he added.
And now the country is listening to the duo.
"It's really cool to see all of this attention that she's getting because of her incredible attitude," explained Karam, who hopes to stay in contact with Breanna.
Karam said that her family now has tickets to any University of Memphis Tigers football game that they would like to see this season.
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I'm FUCKED. I guess this is the first time i don't know what to do. Practically homeless, work hours were cut back, and I'm drowning in loans. What can you do? I have a plan, but this plan, the best plan i can think of, will not happen over night.
It's been A WHILE since I posted anything.
I have accidently knocked pizzas out of my Manager's hands, cried in front of tables I have served, and eaten a meal a day since I've been here. Friends have called me for advice on…LIFE, options and decisions, and mindsets. I don't care if one meal a day is bad for me. I don't care if I have had a "rough childhood". I don't care if you decide to order a chocolate souffle with A La Haagen Dazs. I don't care if you say, "hey hey hey Tony, you should quit smoking"
Now I'm gonna flirt, change out my work clothes, and then go to the studio…TIME IS PRECIOUS.
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I've been looking out the studio window a lot lately and I am always wondering about car dealerships. Well I've really only been wondering about this one dealership across the tree-belt, the trax' tracks, and the street. I think it's called "Thrifty Cars". The sign is blue and for some odd reason I thought it was a car rental place. The windows are floor to roof with a square and simple space. SO I can easily see the whole inside. There is a desk but I never see anyone behind it. Well i think I lied. I can't remember if I thought/imagined or actually saw a man in a white shirt.
Apart from imagining skating the ramp up to the side door, I think about why there are still a few cars in the lot. I also ask why there is a different one every week. If there is a different car every week, does that mean they are secretly selling these vehicles behind my back? I guess that is kind of crazy or selfish to think, and maybe it's not so selfish because I am sitting in a chair in front of the studio every day. Sometimes I even wonder about how many times a certain person has passed me by. The train passes by too so I'm sure there is someone who wonders about me as I wonder about the train. But it is fun to think about. And why would a car dealership keep a maximum of 3 vehicles?
SO they are obviously open for business, but I refuse to admit that they are. This brought be to whole other thing. I began thinking about how it must be stressful and terrible for a car dealership to go out of business. The transition must suck. It's a slow yet futile deterioration for this "special" dealership. One by one I'm guessing. I know car dealerships aren't the only type of business that have to endure this slow deterioration, but it seems a lot more stressful to me. But if they never sell the rest of the cars, I can imagine it would be painful to have to be the one to drive each one off the lot each day. So yeah, only one can be taken off each day. It's also depressing to think about how this was someone's LIFE. What was his name? And I know he is probably Mormon and a bit business savvy. What I mean by that is that I feel as though Mormons are mostly all business savvy and radiate some kind of perfectionist/proper vibe.
I could go on and on about this, but I should really be at the studio working on something or maybe even wondering about this all to myself with the visual of the dealership across the street. This all might not make any sense. I think I am in "starving mode"


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I went to the southern California desert to experience the new, supercharged Elise SC-around stargazing Mt. Palomar and the quaint apple-pie capital of the southwest, Julian. The roads consisted of everything from open straights to twisted black ribbons snaking up and down the sides of steep mountains-the perfect environment to test out the latest Lotus.
Working up the mountain toward the Palomar Observatory, it soon becomes clear that the Roots-type supercharger has added some serious grunt to an already quick car. On paper, 28 hp doesn't sound like much, but it's the low end that really gets the benefit. In the naturally aspirated Elise, the driver has to row through the gears constantly to keep the engine on cam. The supercharger on the SC almost manages to make the close-ratio gearbox redundant. Pulling out of tight hairpins at just below 4000 rpm is smooth and torquey, allowing you to link switchbacks without having to shift gears too often.
Flowing from apex to apex is what this car is about. Turn-in is supple and quick, the absence of power steering gives the driver almost synaptic control of the front wheels. The slightest input from the driver translates to instantaneous action. Whereas the standard car is fitted with new cast alloy wheels, the optional sport pack offers lightweight forged units from the Exige S. The forged wheels' lower mass gives even better feedback due to a lower gyroscopic effect, while the uprated springs and dampers provide even sharper handling. The sport pack also adds adjustable traction control, twin oil coolers and the amazing ProBax sport seats.
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As much as I love the Exige, the Elise is probably the better choice for a car not destined to spend most of its life on a track. The lack of an intercooler means the driver can actually see out the rear window. The removable top makes getting in and out a lot easier. Even though I don't consider myself a convertible guy, open-top motoring is more fun in the Elise than anything else I've driven topless.


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Both are thankless jobs, but it seems like healers by their nature take the heat for deaths. Tanks can't save DPS from their own stupidity in the long term, while healers often can. It's a lot of responsibility and it is quite often boring. Usually your eyes are glued to a few bars instead of having fun swinging a sword or ax.
For some reason tanks are just higher in value. I've started playing a priest and it's a nice warm fuzzy to be wanted in groups, but I'm no where near as desirable as tanks are. One tank in my guild got offered thousands of gold to defect and tank for another guild. He's not even 70 yet (and they'd probably regret that purchase after seeing his current skills). I think tanks are put on a pedestal because there are so few of them at the moment, and they really do dictate the pace of fights - healers, just make sure the fight doesn't end prematurely.
As for feeling obligated to tank... just don't. I see the pressure put on people to tank, and I can't agree with it. People in my guild know that if I'm not in the mood they better back off or I will severely flame them. I have 2 un-guilded alts, and they don't know who they are but they know I have them and if the pressure gets passive aggressive then I just have fun on those characters. This is a game not a job!
This is why I am sort of apprehensive to start a tank. When the expansion comes out I'll start a death knight and be one of the millions of DK tanks out there, so I won't be pestered with whispers. That's one of the things I'm looking forward to in the expansion: more tanks and less pressure on the current ones.


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On November 2, 2011, a Commercial Appeal article appeared outlining a revamped federal CAPLines program to benefit small businesses. CAPLines is an umbrella loan program featuring five different lines of credit that helps small businesses meet their short term and cyclical working-capital needs. According to the article, Karen Mills, head of the Small Business Administration, traveled to Memphis to announce the reformulated program. Mrs. Mills was here to meet with local business Evaporcool as "exactly the kind of small business that can benefit from this initiative."
Triumph Bank and Magna Bank were noted as the two Memphis Banks which helped redesign the new program, primarily to reduce paperwork for SBA-backed loans. The article states, "by making it easier to apply for the funds, SBA officials hope to boost the number of recipients -- last year only one small business in Tennessee received CAPLines funds."
Recently, the SBA Tennessee District Office ranked Triumph Bank number two in SBA loans approved by dollar amount made in Tennessee from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. Triumph was also ranked #2 in Memphis-area SBA loans during the same period last year.*
The article also quoted Walter Perry, Tennessee SBA District Director, as saying, "In 2010, Memphis and Shelby County small businesses accounted for 102 SBA-backed loans totaling $54 million, the most in the state. Wonderful things are happening in Memphis and in Tennessee. Our small- business community is exceptional."
President Will Chase reacted to the article by saying, "We're honored to have been involved in helping to redesign this program. We have always actively supported the growth of small businesses across our community, and are excited at how this can make the funding they need more accessible."
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Saliva is ready to drop their first album with new frontman Bobby Amaru . The band says they'll release their eighth studio effort , In It to Win It , sometime this summer.
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SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Public Schools expanded all of its schools to offer full-day kindergarten, but at Garfield Elementary three and four-year-olds have the option of going to school for a full day, too.
The preschool classroom experience at Garfield Elementary is very similar to what you would see at other preschools across town: plenty of music, creative art, and teacher-guided activities. The school also has a hearing-impaired program, so preschoolers are also learning sign language.
Spokane Public Schools community relations director Erica Hallock said the students are not only getting curriculum that will line up with what they learn in kindergarten, they're also getting familiar with being a part of an elementary school.
"This is already their home," Hallock said. "They're already comfortable. They know the pricipal, they know the ladies in the lunchroom, they know the front office folks. They come in with a higher level of confidence because they've had the experience of being at the school site."
Seven students are currently enrolled in the preschool express program at Garfield Elementary, with room for 10 more students. All children who live within the Spokane Public School district are welcome to sign up for a morning, afternoon or all-day session.


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Evergreen loses second straight game, falls from second to seventh in the conference standings
October 11, 2003
by James J. Portune
Olympia, WA - The run was nice while it lasted. Four consecutive wins, a 4-0 start at home, second place in the Cascade Conference standing, and national recognition.
But with a 3-1 (30-26, 30-18, 19-30, 30-15) win by visiting Concordia University (7-4 CCC, 7-10 Overall) tonight and having also lost Friday night to visiting Western Baptist, The Evergreen State College Women's Volleyball team (6-5 CCC, 9-8 Overall) fell from second place to seventh in the conference standing and are fighting for a playoff spots. Six teams in the ten school Cascade Conference advance to post-season play, with the conference champions hosting the tournament.
After losing game one, 30-26, on a service error, Evergreen stumbled through game two, scoring only 18 points and recorded more attack errors (13) than kills (11).
There were bright spots though in the Geoducks play. Junior Meredith Lane (Olympia, WA / Olympia HS) lead the Geoducks with a game high 17 kills and senior Stephanie Short (Spokane, WA / Shadle Park HS) had 11 kills. Their combine total twenty-eight kills exceed Concordia's top two players, Krista Ekeberg with 12 kills and Kelly Holleran 11 kills.
Also, setter Hannah Plunk (Bloomfield, CO / Bloomfield HS) had a solid performance. She finished behind Lane and Short with 8 kills, had the highest hitting percentage (.357) on the team, committed only 1 serve error, and a recorded a game high 11 defensive digs. You don't typically see a setter leading an individual category other than assist.
At the net defensively, Evergreen was no threat to Concordia. Lane recorded the Geoducks only block, a solo block in game three. This is not typical for Evergreen, as Coach Bill Lash's previous two teams finished season as one of the top five teams in the conference in blocks.
The Geoducks regrouped in game three and showed those in attendance how they defeated a regional and nationally ranked team last weekend, dispelling Concordia quickly by a score of 30-19.
Then, in game four, the misnomers of game one and two returned for Evergreen and the Cavaliers achieved the match victory with a 30-15 game four win, Evergreen's lowest offensive output of the season.
Next Friday (Oct. 17), the Geoducks host red hot Northwest College, who climbed out of the 7th place spot last night with a win over Concordia and are moving up the conference standing quickly.


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Every year since the inception of the Superunknown contest the talent pool has gotten deeper and the skills, style, and creativity of the entrants has increased exponentially. We claim it every year, but to say that this year's judging process was the most difficult yet would be an understatement. We polled the entire Level 1 staff and our athletes. We watched, re-watched, and watched submissions again and again. We scored entries, re-scored 'em, and then sought some more feedback from our crew. In fact it was so trying that we decided to mix up the awards process and give a shout out to 20 semi-finalists who very well could have Finalists… it was THAT close. That being said, props and congrats to Michael Briggles for being selected as one of the Superunknown X Semi-Finalists!
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Braised Chicken with Lemons
The fruit on Margaret Anderson's lemon tree inspired her to come up with this flavorful braised chicken dish.
Yield: Makes 3 or 4 servings
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 427
- Calories from fat: 59%
- Protein: 29g
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated fat: 7.3g
- Carbohydrate: 21g
- Fiber: 4.4g
- Sodium: 420mg
- Cholesterol: 132mg
- 6 chicken thighs (about 1 3/4 lb. total, bone in and skin on)
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- About 1/2 teaspoon salt
- About 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/4 cups chopped shallots
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 2 lemons (about 12 oz. total), rinsed, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup vermouth or dry white wine
- 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
- 1. Rinse chicken and pat dry; trim and discard pockets of fat. In a bowl, mix vinegar, oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add thighs; turn to coat. Cover and chill 1 hour.
- 2. Set a 5- to 6-quart ovenproof pan with lid over medium-high heat. Lift chicken thighs from marinade (reserve marinade) and arrange in a single layer in pan. Turn as necessary to brown on both sides, 4 to 6 minutes total. Transfer chicken to a rimmed plate and lower heat under pan. Add shallots and garlic to pan and stir frequently until shallots are limp, about 5 minutes. Return chicken to pan and add marinade, lemons, vermouth, and herbes de Provence.
- 3. Cover pan. Transfer to a 350° regular or convection oven and bake until chicken is very tender when pierced, 30 to 45 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into bowls to serve.
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The Motormouth: Hunter Pence
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What was going through your head during the Giants' postseason push?
I just lost my mind. I would talk about it with Brian Wilson, who'd say, "We're getting outhit, outpitched; let's do something!" So I started a parade. I'm not saying that's why we won, and it might have looked crazy to fans and everybody else, but crazy worked for us. We're the World Series champions. It's not weird if it works.
Why would a grown man making millions of dollars take a motorized scooter to work instead of a limo?
Our chef, of all people, custom-builds these scooters, and they're awesome. Wilson has one, and Marco Scutaro has one. It's hard
to drive in San Francisco, but there are bike lanes everywhere, so I try to take advantage of it.
How did you come up with the craziest stance in baseball?
Everyone hits differently. I might look kind of unusual, but the bottom line is, does it work? My swings have always been made fun of. But the joke was when the Astros signed me. Fortunately they didn't mess with my swing.
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Carlos Zambrano, Miami Marlins Starting Pitcher
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Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees Third Baseman
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Homeland Sunday at 8 p.m., Showtime
The season ended on Sunday, but Showtime is reairing the finale and it's on demand. And I feel as though I need to rewatch it. Strings were tied up, certainly, and with some cleverness; and yet I never quite believed the bond between Carrie (Claire Danes) and Brody (Damian Lewis). Their undying commitment, now that they're officially star-crossed lovers, seemed odd, especially given that recently she called him a disgrace to the nation. I liked them better together when they were both playing each other and falling for each other


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Will Legacy Issues Haunt These Stocks Forever?
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Many financial institutions face legacy issues from precarious loans and mortgages. In particular, reinsurance companies and mortgage banks seem to be endlessly battling over who will take losses. Since valuing these companies is somewhere between challenging and impossible, prudent investors may wish to avoid these companies all together. Speculators who want to bottom fish should be very picky about which stocks they select.
MBIA complaints about CS mortgages
MBIA Insurance (NYSE: MBI) sued Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) for selling faulty securities to investors and in turn exposing them to risk of losses. Credit Suisse is said to have packaged flawed mortgage contracts into bonds and the deal involves more than $1 billion. The underlying loan contracts were meant to be repurchased by the mortgage companies in question due to underwriting errors or early defaults but Credit Suisse knowingly sold them to investors around the time when the Great Recession hit the U.S. market. Six years later, guarantors and investors are still handling court cases in attempt to have banks compensate them for the losses made. Credit Suisse spokesperson Drew Benson defended the company while expressing hope that the court would rule out MBIA's claims. According to Benson, "MBIA's amended complaint is built on discredited testimony and fragments from a handful of e-mails that emerged after a review of millions of messages - they are intentionally taken out of context."
Credit Suisse further indicated that some of the email evidence presented in court related to deals that it did not accept and which had nothing to do with the mortgage bonds. New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman also took Credit Suisse to court over mortgage bond losses of about $11 billion and he believes the company should he held liable for the misappropriations. According to Schneiderman, "You talk about people selling tens of billions of dollars of securities over a period of years in which their due diligence process was essentially a sham."
Credit Suisse has had to pay the Securities Exchange Commission about $120 million in settlement for allegations of keeping reimbursements from lenders though it did not admit or refute the findings. Credit Suisse is also facing lawsuits from investors like Deutsche Industriebank and bond insurers like Assured Guaranty and Ambac Assurance but it continues to be on the defensive. MBIA, on the other hand, has had to pay over $386 million in claims related to Credit Suisse and continues to collect evidence for its lawsuit. MBIA also alleges that Credit Suisse was careless in its dealings by continually securitizing loans from lenders who had been blacklisted, amongst other misappropriations. It is not clear how the case will be judged, but both sides continue to gather evidence.
Sunesis Capital founder Manal Mehta analyzed the effect of the suits and all the private information that is usually publicized under the guise of evidence. According to Mehta, "Damaging e-mails and other documents uncovered by lawsuits such as this will only intensify the public's disdain for a system that is viewed as being riddled with fraud and self-dealing."
Bank of America sells servicing rights from Countrywide loans
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently closed a deal that settles unresolved demands made by private investors and pays about $11.7 billion to resolve a dispute with Fannie Mae. The figure paid to Fannie Mae will include a cash payment of about $3.6 billion for compensation for overdue claims and money to repurchase residential loans. The lender is also expected to improve its relations with regulators and sell rights to service about $300 billion worth of mortgages in a bid to get the home lending business back on track. Scotia Capital analyst Kevin Choquette spoke on the importance of dealing with pending legal issues. According to Choquette, "Resolving legacy issues allows the bank to shift attention from non-revenue-generating activities to focusing on growing business."
Bank of America was greatly affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the current Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan will have to do a lot to clean up the mess. The bank took over Countrywide at a point when the U.S. housing market was on the decline and it will now have to sell rights to service loans from Countrywide too. The acquisition of Countrywide also saw the bank drop in rank from first to fourth and it consequently lost business to competitors like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. The clean-up measures being implemented by the CEO will see Bank of America spending nearly $50 billion for litigation costs and for refunds for faulty mortgages.
The bank has been able to increase its mortgage originations by about 37 percent. Mortgage rates may fall if Bank of America's home lending business increases volume. Fourth quarter results had to cover legal expenses yet they were still considered modestly profitable. The cost of protecting debt using credit swaps has reduced though shares are yet to indicate a stable increase or decrease.
It is clear that Bank of America is trying to avoid another downfall. Quality checks are carried out on mortgages three times to ensure that there are no loopholes that would lead to future disputes. Though the checks are a move in the right direction for the home lending business, CEO Brian Moynihan indicates that it will affect the frequency with which the bank originates mortgages. According to Moynihan, "It's frustrating to me because we can't get our loans closed fast enough for our customers."
Bank of America will also have to pay about $2.9 billion in a different settlement that involves 10 of the largest mortgage servicers and U.S. regulators. The lender still has a long way to go after settling Fannie Mae since it will also have to deal with MBIA and other counterparties who are demanding refunds. The pressure to make refunds is mounting, so Bank of America may take as long as two more years to settle all the disputes.
Many reinsurance stocks and banks embroiled in lending issues are trading at discounts to their book values:
I am not excited about this. Normally, value investors find P/B ratios that are less than one to be exciting based on the premise that the accounting value of equity is a conservative estimate. With financial companies, this cannot be assumed.
Reinsurance companies and lenders are cheap for a reason. Losses in this sector are still working their way through the legal system. Investors determined to speculate on cheap companies on this list should consider Assured Guaranty and Bank of America before their competitors since they trade at the steepest discounts to their book values. However, investors will have to research the accounting basis for this seemingly attractive ratio.
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