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Lester Reed Mullenax, 82, a resident of the Holly Meadows community, St. George, and a well-known farmer of Tucker County, departed this life Wednesday evening, Jan. 29, 2014, in Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown. He had been in declining health.
He was born Tuesday, May 5, 1931, at Pierce, a son of the late Clyde Franklin and Rosa Ellen Knotts Mullenax.
On July 2, 1950, at Parsons, he was married to the former Orlen Lydia Eye Mullenax, who preceded him in death.
Surviving are one son, Eric Lester Mullenax and wife, Kim; two daughters, Gwenevere Diane "Gwen" Gilbert and husband, James, and Jacqueline Gail "Jackie" Cale and husband, Jerry, all of St. George; and six grandchildren, James T., Kelsey, Lesley, Lydia, Tate and Andrew.
Preceding him in death is one brother, Richard Franklin Mullenax.
He attended the one-room school at Sugarland and was a graduate of Parsons High School with the class of 1949. He was a former employee of General Motors Co. in Baltimore, Md., and Mullenax Lumber Co. of Parsons. He was a construction worker, coal miner and a former employee for Spessert Lumber Co. He was a member of the Labor Union and a member of the Tucker County Senior Center, where he drove the senior van transporting people to their appointments. He enjoyed hunting, stock sales and was well versed in horses. He loved his children and grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons today from 5-8 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home parlor Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Neil Precht and the Rev. James Gilbert will officiate, and interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery at Holly Meadow.
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giving 8. Re1 without comment seems a bit ridiculous to me, after all this move doesn't really do much for your position except if he takes on d4 which he apparently doesn't want to do anyway (because he coud have done so on move 7). You could have also elaborated a bit on the actual subject of the article (the central tension).
thank you for showing the game.
Nice game, Ozzie.
Yes, this was an actual game OTB. Opponent was an A player. I'm not really sure either - it seems that the etiquette of going over the game afterwards is perhaps going out of style?
Tough game, not bad. Love the Rh3 at the end and as you said "take a fresh look at the position" every move is a puzzle :D
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As the 2011 season nears and the Bills must drop their roster from 80 to 53 players, big time questions loom. Who will stay? Who will go? Does it all hinge on this last pre-season game?
As we look ahead, we know that some surprising players will make the team, perhaps earning a spot on Thursday night, but we also know that some guys we're expecting to play might not be with the team come Week 1.
Looking back, Buffalo fans know all too well that some players should still be with the Bills.
Fellow B/R writer Thomas Louis, went to great lengths to discuss the down fall of the Bills back in May. He looked at some of the painstakingly boneheaded decisions that have crippled this franchise over the past decade.
Based on his assessment, there has been, poor strategy, bad luck and a whole bunch of other factors contributing to their downfall.
Perhaps this stands to beg for a new adage: "You have to be bad, to be unlucky and unlucky to be bad."
Whatever the case may be, this article will look at some impact players that the Bills have let go over the past 10 years (either by trade, failure to re-sign or release).
After watching veteran Lee Evans get traded away for a basket of wonder-bread, here is to hoping possibly against hope that this trend will not continue.
This list will examine several former Bills; some noteworthy exceptions were considered but not included in the final compilation; (Marshawn Lynch, Nate Clements, Rueben Brown).
For a variety of reasons, many of these players became agitated with Bills' management and decided they needed to get out of Buffalo; sometimes the Bills made the decision for them.
Like it or not, things have gotten so bad football-wise in Buffalo that guys have decided to retire to pursue other avenues due to their interest in football being killed (Aaron Schobel and Brad Butler).
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• Change the batteries in your home smoke alarms. That's the recommendation from the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and Energizer, who partner on the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program, recognizing the fact that almost two-thirds of home fire deaths occur in homes without working smoke detectors. The IAFC also recommends a mix of both ionization and photoelectric smoke detectors be installed to alert you to all types of home fires.
While 96 percent of American homes have at least one smoke alarm, 19 percent of all homes with smoke alarms do not have at least one smoke alarm that works, mostly due to missing or dead batteries.
In addition, roughly 4.5 million homes are at risk by not having smoke detectors at all. Take the time to install detectors if there isn't one in your home. The National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code recommends a minimum of one smoke alarm on each level of a home, including one inside each bedroom and one outside each sleeping area.
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Kessler's paintings and block prints contrast the lively movement of dancing figures with images of soaring birds.
The Arts Commission will host a public reception for Kessler from 5:30-7:30 p.m. during First Friday Art Walk on May 2. The reception will be held on the sixth floor of the Public Service Center. Light refreshments will be served, and entertainment will be provided by Mt. View High School music students.
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I was under the impression that for a game to be drawn by repetition that it had the be three moves in a row that it had to be three moves that are exactly the same. Could someone please clarify for me
My understanding is that it is the same position that must be repeated three times not the same moves.
No, what is required is:
1.) The same position, not moves, occurs or is about to occur 3 times. For a position to be the same, you need all pieces in the same squares with the same player to move, and with the same temporary options available or not available (i.e., castling or en passant). The specific moves that led to the position don't matter, unless they break the castling or en passant options.
2.) A player to claim the draw. It is not automatically given.
Both of these conditions are often misunderstood, so don't worry about it too much.
yes. also just for clarity I would add that the three same positions need not be consecutive. I mean there can be several moves in between the three identical positions.
And perhaps a further clarification, the option to claim the draw only exists while the repeated position is current. If another move is made so the position is now one that has not previously appeared twice, the option to claim the draw expires. It can arise again (for just one move, again) if the same position is later reached a 4th time or some other position is reached for a 3rd time.
EDIT: omnipaul's mention that the draw claim can also be made "if the position is about to occur" refers to OTB games, where a player can write down on his pad his intended move which would satisfy the criterion, then call the TD over and show his intention to make the move and claim the draw. That way the opponent can't slap out a quick move to invalidate the draw condition. But for online chess, obviously if you're the one making the move that meets the position for the 3rd time there's no way to announce your intention. You have to make the move first, and then click the button to claim the draw before your opponent has a chance to move in reply.
thanks. i have a better understanding of the ruling now.
I was once "fooled" and my opponent really did not know either. The same position occured but with different rooks occupying the same squares. Neither one of us were expecting the claim draw option to appear. Food for thought for an OTB game where there is no claim draw sign that pops up. The same type of scenario could happen with knights as well.
Let me copy and paste the reference here:
Occasionally chess games do not end with a winner, but with a draw. There are 5 reasons why a chess game may end in a draw:
Look at the game with:
White to move after 26...Ne7White to move after 28...Rg8White to move after 30...Ne7
The same position appears 3 times so it's a draw.
after black moves on turn 26 28 and 30 the position is all the same
I didn't bother reading the comments, I just looked to see if anyone told him which moves were the repetitions. No one did, so I looked for them.
I see now he just wanted to know what the rule was. In that case:
...Food for thought for an OTB game where there is no claim draw sign that pops up.
This must not have been in Live chess which is meant to simulate as best as possible OTB tournament play; "online" chess is seen as equivalent to correspondence, where some of the rules are relaxed.
???? These rules need to be universal and clearly upfront.
New rule a player calls draw situation and then and only then the 50 move rule is activated. And both sides get see it online and not just find out by surprise. I keep find out new conditions for this like a player claims it and it the repeat moves stuff. And recently looks like they have bug to work out using this rule.
If they can have a
Your comment has been added.
showing at the top of the screen then do the same for when a draw situation is in play. We used to countdown the moves to a draw that is both side to make sure nobody cheated or counted wrong.
A person claim a draw now if it repeats 3 times. Now that has to go as it is either a draw or not a draw. Like a guy getting knocked out and the guy that knocked him out can claim it as a TKO or not claim it.
The rules are available to anyone who cares to read them. It's the players that start games thinking they know it all (when they don't) that get surprised.
Yeah i have to agree as i was lazy about it and have way to many draws than i know i would not have if i looked them up. But they can put a banner about your comment and match between Masters being played. Do the same for situations where a 50 move mate is in progresss and draw by repetition.
I always know that the moves had to be consecutive. They have it listed as not being consecutive and i posted them here so everybody can read it.
Comment #8 ok i will copy paste it again for anybody that might just join
Right, all that needs to occur is the same position 3 times, not in a row, and not necessarily by the same moves... However, a position is not the same if someone else is to move.
Now this really bothers me ... the not 3 times in a row part. How am going to figure this out during a game. Even worse if i find myself needing to move faster as i think my opponent might blunder as they did earlier in the game several times.
Now i have to slow down and watch out as i have put myself in the same postion twice already. (Now favors my opponent me slowing down). And now that i am here how long is this going to hold for the 3rd positon to apply for a draw. Is that 5, 10 or 20 moves later from the point it already repeated twice. Or worse i was in that postion 1 time and then 5 move later repeated it 2 times now the game ends in a draw.
Leaving with my mouth hanging! (.) ^ (?)
does anyone noticed this was started nearly 2 years ago?
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HOLYOKE - A traffic stop Saturday on Cabot Street resulted in the arrest of two men and a woman from Vermont and the seizure of more than 100 bags of heroin and a .45 caliber handgun, police said.
The car was stopped just before 4:30 p.m. on Cabot Street near Nick Cosmos Way, said Lt. Matthew F. Moriarty.
Police became suspicious when the license plate did not match the registration for the car, he said.
Driver Zachary Pouech, 39, of Hinesburg Vermont, was charged with attaching false plates to a motor vehicle, but additional charges followed when police found he was carrying a illegal handgun and that there were drugs in the car.
Pouech was also charged with possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card, carrying a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, and conspiracy to violate drug laws.
A passenger, James Wright, 21, of South Burlington, Vermont, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to distribute, conspiracy to violate drug laws, and violation of a drug-free school zone.
A second passenger, Cara Behm, 30, of Williston, Vermont, was charged with conspiracy to violated drug laws.


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By Peta Thornycroft
One of the authors of Zimbabwe's new electoral laws says next week's scheduled recount of 23 constituencies will be illegal.
Welshman Ncube, one of two Movement for Democratic Change negotiators who spent much of 2007 locked into rewriting some of Zimbabwe's contentious laws with Zanu-PF during SA-mediated "dialogues", on Sunday said Zanu-PF complaints were "concoctions after the fact, to be compliant with the law".
President Robert Mugabe is widely believed to have lost the presidential election by at least 7 percent and has delayed releasing the results for more than two weeks so that the vote can be "massaged".
However, Judge George Chiweshe, head of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), claimed on Sunday that Zanu-PF candidates in 23 constituencies had lodged complaints within the prescribed 48 hours after the polls closed, and therefore had not broken the Electoral Act.
The results of the parliamentary elections were public by April 1, having been posted outside polling stations and collected by civic and opposition workers.
No statement was issued by the electoral commission about the complaints nor were competing candidates informed. This is the first anyone outside of the commission or Zanu-PF has heard about the complaints.
According to Judge Chiweshe, "we sat as a commission and considered them (the applications).
"I can't tell you when we did this at this moment we received them, that is why we ordered recounts we didn't have to tell the world. Why should we? We are not obliged by law to do that.
"Are you calling me a liar?" he wanted to know.
Ncube labelled Chiweshe a "blatant liar and a fraudster".
"The ZEC is acting in collusion with Zanu-PF and if they think any of us will believe them when they are a gang of fraudsters, then they can go to hell.
"They are such brazen liars and they have had custody of the ballot boxes for more than two weeks. There is no guarantee that they didn't go back and tamper with the ballot boxes, so the outcome of the recount is a foregone conclusion."
He said MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai won a clear majority, which was why the results were not released.
MDC secretary for legal affairs David Coltart said: "We have asked for proof the complaints were submitted within the 48-hour period.
"The delay between the expiry of the 48-hour period and the writing of the letters of complaint by ZEC is inexplicable, unreasonable.
"The only inference one can draw from the delay is that the commission has connived with Zanu-PF and therefore acted illegally.
"One would have expected the ZEC would immediately have notified all interested parties, but they took nine days to do so.
"This is a brazen subversion of the Electoral Act."
Last week a senior policeman with at least 20 years' experience told The Star that ballot boxes from a Midlands constituency, now due for a recount on Saturday, were brought into police headquarters in Harare on the morning of April 5.
He said five or six young recruits took ballots for the presidential election, marked for Tsvangirai, and replaced them with duplicate ballots marked with an X for Mugabe.
Zanu-PF must win back nine seats to regain parliament.


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Northwest NEWS
eptember 18, 2000
Carnation Council moves forward with sewer plan
by Lisa Allen
Valley View Editor
CARNATION‹At a workshop last week on the proposed city sewage treatment plant, the City Council reviewed alternatives, presented financing options and discussed phasing of the plan, according to City Manager Woody Edvalson.
"The direction the council took was to go with the recommended grinder pump technology for the collection system," said Edvalson. "The council also decided that, although the city is prepared to accept the treatment plant as proposed, they have taken the position that they are open to alternatives if they are advantageous."
Edvalson said the council also supported the proposed outfall location in the Snoqualmie River.
"The council also agreed with the Sewer Advisory Committee recommendations over the reuse of treated water (effluent)," he said. "Reuse would be developed when financially feasible. They will be looking at grants or maybe support from users to try to fund reuse."
Edvalson said the council also discussed including the Regal Glen development in the first phase.
"In addition, the council indicated a desire to go forward with the site selection, which is on the former Shefer property at the west end of Entwistle Street," he said. "And they chose to go forward without the formation of a local improvement district for at least the first phase."
Edvalson said funding is still undetermined.
"We are hopeful we will receive grants but we don't believe they will fund the entire first phase," he said. "We are studying other possibilities, including state funding through the Public Works Trust Fund or the State Revolving Fund‹which offers low interest loans."
He said another possible funding source is the U.S. Rural Development Program.
The council also looked at authorizing staff to make the sewer comprehensive plan part of the general comprehensive plan.


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As a high school student, Dr. Sophia Kwon Lunt '05 knew that she
wanted to go to college to study chemistry and that she would need a
scholarship to do it. Her parents had immigrated to the United States when she
was in fourth grade, and they were doing their best to give her a better life,
but without that scholarship, college was out of the question. Fortunately, LVC
was able to offer Lunt the financial aid she needed—and the chemistry major has
gone on to do the Valley proud several times over.
In her senior year at the
Valley, Lunt was one of only four national winners of an undergraduate research
competition held at the annual meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology. Further amplifying LVC's excellence in the sciences,
classmate Jordan Newell '05 was one
of the other three winners. Lunt also won the College's Howard Anthony Neidig
Award that year, recognizing her as the top student graduating in 2005.
After leaving LVC, Lunt
completed a doctorate in chemistry at Princeton University and a postdoctoral
fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, she's a postdoctoral
research associate studying cancer metabolism at Michigan State University, and
she already is an author on nine research papers—one of which was featured on
the cover of the journal "Nature Chemical Biology."
How did you acquire your
competitive spirit?
I was always competitive growing up and consistently a top student.
Then, at the age of 9, I was seriously challenged when my parents moved the
family to the United States from South Korea. I went from being the smartest
student in the class to someone who had trouble understanding because I did not
speak English. However, within two years, I won the top student award in every
I knew that my education could only continue through scholarships due
to my family's limited finances and lack of U.S. citizenship, so there was a
real sense of survival. I was always competitive, but mixing that with the need
to survive made me really
What motivates you?
The need for financial survival is no longer a major factor, but I am
still motivated by a desire to succeed. I want to have a career that is both
challenging and rewarding. I am often motivated by inspiring scientific
discoveries, as well as by colleagues and students whose, enthusiasm and
excitement for research can be contagious. I love being engaged—sometimes I
come to work and attend a stimulating seminar or have a great conversation with
a colleague, and I feel very fortunate that I can be a part of the research
What activities, people, or
courses at LVC helped you prepare for success?
LVC has fantastic science professors—they all came from competitive
Ph.D. programs, and they pushed me to succeed. They gave me many opportunities
by taking me to national science meetings and making sure I participated in
undergraduate research presentation competitions. At the first national
conference I attended, I was intimated by students from top universities, but I
soon realized that my research was competitive with theirs. It was the
one-on-one mentoring and dedication I received from my professors that helped
me stand out.
How has global competition
changed your field?
In the biomedical field there are ever-increasing numbers of
researchers coupled with a decreasing level of funding that is raising the bar
higher for pursuing research. The U.S. is going in the wrong direction when it
comes to investing in fundamental research while other countries are rapidly
increasing efforts in this area. This is not good—we need to continue investing
in research if we want to remain competitive as a top nation.
What's most important to remain
competitive in your field?
Perseverance. Research constantly knocks you down, and you have to
remember to get back up. It involves chasing the unknown, all while competing
for extremely competitive research grants. The key is to never give up.
How do you prepare physically
and mentally for competition?
I stay positive, learn as much as I can, and practice, practice,
Who is your favorite competitive
role model?
My current role model is my husband, an extremely successful professor
at Michigan State University and a co-founder of a company. I think his secrets
to success are optimism, perseverance, and hard work. He is ready with a pep
talk whenever I need it—most likely another reason why I never give up!
Do you have a guiding philosophy
about competition?
can be healthy, but it
can also be destructive since there is always someone who is better than you. It
is important to keep perspective while being competitive, and set goals for
yourself. Instead of measuring yourself against everyone else's
achievements, you should measure yourself against your own goals and
Which leaders inspire you? Why?
There are many aspects of Michelle Obama that I admire. She is an
active, strong woman who had a career of her own while being a wife and mother.
She is an advocate for leading a balanced life with healthy eating choices and
exercising. I also strive for balance and try to lead a healthy lifestyle.
What makes LVC competitive?
Lebanon Valley provides excellent merit-based scholarships, access to
dedicated professors, participation in national meetings, and encouragement. I
truly benefited from all of these wonderful resources while I was a student at
What advice would you give to
current LVC students?
Take advantage of opportunities, whether they are internship
opportunities or research in the lab. These experiences can provide invaluable
lessons and future opportunities: they allow you to think about the long term,
to interact with different people and network, and gain additional perspective,
not out of a textbook but in the real world.
Lebanon Valley College
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A barrister for the Leveson inquiry is facing questions about why she withheld information from the lead counsel about her developing relationship with a lawyer for victims of the press.
Carine Patry Hoskins informed Robert Jay, QC, counsel to the inquiry, last month that she was in a relationship with David Sherborne, but did not disclose at that time that they had holidayed together in Santorini last August.
In a statement last week, Mr Jay said that while he had been told of the relationship on March 18, the Santorini holiday "has only been mentioned this week".
Rob Wilson, the


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Road threats still plentiful
April 5, 2013
A look at the forecast shows spring may finally be here to stay, so area motorists can relax a little behind the wheel, right? Not exactly....
Typo to busy to correct.
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TOT I am suprised they have NOT done it yet. And yes you will get a ticket in the mail to support the system.
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See TT you have given the liberal lawmakers another way to control us... already available in government motor cars, the ability to disable your car whenever they want. It is called onstar and could be a very effective deterrent to any crime!
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Lets not foget putting a gps in all cell phones so if they move faster then 5 mph they get shut off for one hour. That would be a life saver on the road.
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The shooting death of a 13-month-old baby in a stroller and the wounding of the baby's mother during at attempted robbery in Brunswick, Ga., has taken a wild turn.
The daughter of Sherry West, the woman who lost her infant, told WTLV she has questions about her mother's story.
"She changed her story as far as she told me that the baby was shot first and then she told me she was shot first," Ashley Glassey said.
The report included an audio clip of a telephone call Glassey received from her mother the night of the shooting, which also led Glassey to question the events.
"How soon do you think life insurance policy will send me a check?" West asked her daughter.
The report also indicated that Glassey said West is "bi-polar and has schizophrenic tendencies."
Glassey said she tried to contact Brunswick police, but they have not returned her call.
West maintains she's telling the truth about what happened.
"I call them defendants - not suspects - because I identified the shooter and it's definitely him."
Police arrested two teenagers Friday. Seventeen-year-old De'Marquis Elkins is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, along with a 14-year-old who was not identified because he is a juvenile, Police Chief Tobe Green told The Associated Press.
The chief said the motive of the "horrendous act" was still under investigation and the weapon has not been found.
West wept Friday while she told The Associated Press that she pleaded with the gunman and a younger accomplice who approached her Thursday morning while she walked near their home.
"He asked me for money and I said I didn't have it," she said. "When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies. They're expensive. And he kept asking and I just said `I don't have it.' And he said, `Do you want me to kill your baby?' And I said, `No, don't kill my baby!"'
West said the gunman fired four shots, the first into the ground. West didn't see a shell casing ejected, and said she assumed the gun wasn't real.
Then he fired at her head and the bullet grazed her left ear -- she has a small scab and bruising there. He fired again and shot her in the left leg above the knee. "I didn't know I was hurt."
It's not the mother's first loss of a child to violence. West said her 18-year-old son, Shaun Glassey, was killed in New Jersey in 2008.
Glassey was killed with a steak knife in March 2008 during an attack involving several other teens on a dark street corner in Gloucester County, N.J., according to news reports from the time.
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It will be a clash of cold, creamy culinary creations this weekend during Ice Cream Wars 6.0 at the Da Vinci Science Center.
The event takes place Saturday at the Allentown location, 3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass.
Teams will compete as they make ice cream from liquid nitrogen, according to the Da Vinci Science Center's website. PPL Corp.'s Team Kilowatt will be back to defend its 2013 title.
Ice Cream Wars 6.0 is a free event, included with the price of regular admission to the Da Vinci Science Center. Admission costs $12.95; $9.95 for children ages 4 to 12, seniors and military members. Admission is free for toddlers ages 3 and younger.


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Hendrix College encourages students to seek knowledge and growth outside the classroom through a variety of extracurricular, cocurricular, leadership and service programs. The following scholarship opportunities award students for their talents and achievements while in high school in the areas of leadership and service.
Each extracurricular scholarship awards $2,000 per year for up to four years of full-time enrollment, contingent on the student maintaining a 2.0 GPA and fulfilling the requirements of the individual scholarship program. Students are encouraged to apply for all performing and fine arts (see separate application), leadership, and service scholarships for which they are eligible. However, only one scholarship from among all such categories may be awarded to each student. Extracurricular scholarships may be awarded in addition to other scholarships and awards, including the Odyssey Honors and Distinction Awards.
TO APPLY: The following scholarship application must be submitted by February 1. Supporting documents, as noted throughout the application and in your confirmation email, must also be submitted by this date. Documents sent directly to the Office of Admission should clearly indicate the scholarship for which they're being submitted.
Choose the scholarships you wish to apply for from the list below.
The Leadership Scholars program challenges students' perspectives on leadership by exploring its many forms and facets. Based on three guiding principles of living, learning and leading, the program attempts to achieve the following core competencies: self-awareness; self-confidence; ability to take a broad, systemic view; ability to work effectively in social systems; ability to think creatively; and ability to learn from experience. To be considered, you must have been involved in high school and community organizations and have demonstrated leadership ability and potential. Participation as a Leadership Scholar may also be applied toward an Odyssey credit (Professional and Leadership Development).
Renewal of the scholarship for up to three additional years is dependent on the successful completion of a set program.
Application requirements:
United Methodist Youth Fellowship Leadership Scholars have provided significant leadership in local church, district, and conference youth ministries of the United Methodist Church and demonstrate outstanding potential for Christian leadership on the Hendrix campus. Each applicant must be a member of a United Methodist church and provide notable leadership roles within the church and youth group. Those involved in leadership at the district, conference, jurisdictional, and national levels are strongly encouraged to apply.
Students who qualify for the scholarship, but whose financial needs are met by other scholarships or sources, are still encouraged to apply for the scholarship program. Students who do not receive funds can still participate in the program.
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MINDVVIPE wrote:Hey Seibertron, I've just gotten back into reading the comics, with a buncha random issues I grabbed at free comic book day, including MTMTE, Ongoing, as well as RID.
They seem pretty cool to me, but I hear ya about the humour, especially since I felt Drift was a more serious character opposed to being more chippy. Anyway, my question is, what exactly are you talking about with the older comics you spoke favourably about? was it the Marvel G2 ish stuff (which i really liked)? Or just in general. Any suggestions on specific storylines, etc?
I have a love/hate relationship with most Transformers comic books. My favorites are the original G1 Marvel books. A lot of it isn't the greatest, but they did the best with what they could do back then. I would be disappointed with today's books if they continued to be done in the manner in which the 80s books were. However, that doesn't mean that the old stuff should be overlooked or that there aren't elements that could be integrated with today's style.
I'm less concerned with storylines than I am with how the stories are told. I think any number of the new stories have been overall intriguing and have/have had lots of potential. Unfortunately, the tendency of today's comics are to tell stories that can be packaged up later into a trade paperback.
Perhaps I know too much about what goes on behind-the-scenes so it spoils a lot of how these books are made, gives me a bit of a negative attitude right from the get-go. Spoiled milk. Feel free to correct me if I've got any of this wrong ... the Transformers writers and artists are all freelancers, brought on board to work on a book for X number of issues. Knowing this, it seems too obvious that they are just filling out their contract obligations. I also feel like a writer comes up with a story that might be sufficient for a 2 or 3 issue run, but they're told that the book needs to be put into a 4 or 6 issue storyline for a later trade paperback collection. Whether its the writer or someone else, the storyline seems to get stretched to a point where the book is just too damn slow of a read. Too little seems to happen between issues. I feel bored when I read today's comic books ... IDW's first Infestation storyline being the best paced storyline I've read since the 90s.
I don't understand why there isn't one comic that is about the Classics toyline. I feel like they're really missing the opportunity to use the ongoing comics to focus on the toys that have been coming out. Maybe there hasn't been enough product to work with in the way that I'm envisioning.
I feel like the IDW Transformers comics have just thrown all of the elements about the Transformers into a blender and have their fingers crossed that the end result is OK. There seems to be little rhyme or reason about why characters are in situations together in the books. Maybe I'm too close minded ... when I see Brainstorm in the comics, I expect Chromedome, Highbrow, and Hardhead to not be far behind. If Brainstorm and Ratchet share a scene together, it should be a special situation because they shouldn't normally be around each other.
That statement might seem contradictory because if I had it my way where the ongoing series would be guided by the release of Classics toys, we would certainly end up with odd pairings such as Kup and Thunderwing or Black Shadow and Junkheap ... but at least there would be a reason as dictated by the toy releases, which could prove for some interesting storytelling.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what Furman's got cooked up for us in Regeneration. Maybe that's the series for which I've been waiting years. I don't know what the solution is. I just know that I'm not a fan of the IDW has been telling the Transformers story. I think it's salvageable if you had the right person in charge that could help guide the overall universe, put in some restrictions and rules on the writers and artists.


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FLINT, MI -- The future of the Flint city lockup is uncertain as state funding for operation of the facility in slated to end at the end of September.
The lock-up was reopened Oct. 1, 2012, after Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled his Secure Cities public safety plan earlier that year in Flint. The county was awarded the contract to operate the facility at a cost of about $2.1 million. The funding to operate the facility was part of $4.5 million appropriated to the Michigan Department of Corrections by the Michigan Legislature to fund Snyder's program.
Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said the Legislature has again approved the $4.5 million in funding for the Secure Cities initiative for fiscal year 2014 but his agency has not yet earmarked the funding for specific programs. Currently, the department is entertaining proposals on how to spend the money.Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jamie Curtis said he is confident that the state will approve the county's proposal to continue operating the city-owned, county-operated facility.
Flint emergency manager Michael Brown said the lock-up is an important piece in combating violence in the city. Brown said the lockup has allowed police officers to arrest suspects rather than simply write an appearance ticket for court.
"We're seeing positive effects," Brown said, noting that
the lockup has been able to reduce the roughly 47,000 outstanding warrants in
the city by about 1,000 each month.
But some Mlive-Flint Journal readers question whether the lockup facility is the best use of tax dollars when it comes to fighting crime in the area:
"Big waste of time and money the way the lockup is being used as of right now," wrote commenter Shon Johnson. "(A)ll I hear about are people in there for outstanding tickets and child support..so yes there is a decline in warrants but really..all the crime going on and this is what they concentrate on."
Other readers thought efforts should be made to provide alternatives to help prevent crime.
"The city/county should have a program to take juvenile offenders and first time offenders, who are not sentenced to prison, on tours of the jail," wrote commenter jbcsfl. "Maybe the dire accommodations they observe will cause them to think twice about committing anymore crimes."
What are your thoughts on the Flint city lockup? Do you think it has been a proven crime-fighting tool for the city? Should the state continue to fund its operation? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.


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It may have taken six years, but Paul Pierce has returned.
Pierce scored 41 points and the Celtics needed each and every one of them to finish off these pesky Cavaliers. But it's not the first time Pierce has gone off for 40-plus points in the playoffs. The Truth scored 46 in a series-clincher against Philadelphia during the first round in the 2002 playoffs.
The Celtics made an improbable run to the Eastern Conference finals. This year, it would have been improbable if the Celtics hadn't reached the conference finals. They have though, so New England can breathe a sigh of relief.
Something about Pierce's effort in today's Game 7 reminds me of that 46-point effort --- and it's not just the boatload of points he scored.
Pierce was simply in the zone. Throughout the first six games of this series, he had trouble getting past LeBron James --- rightfully so. Game 7 was a completely different story. He didn't care who was guarding him; Pierce was taking good shots, tough shots and his shots. And they were falling.
He was also hustling --- everywhere. The play in the fourth quarter where he beat LeBron James and Delonte West to the ball off the jump ball. That play, followed by his two free throws, clinched the game.
A few days ago, I wrote about the Celtics' swagger returning. Throughout Game 7, Pierce's swagger was front and center --- and that's when he plays best. I was at that Game 7 back in 2002 when he dropped 46 on Matt Harpring and the helpless 76ers. Needless to say, he had that swagger then.
But 41 points on LeBron and the Cavs beats that any day.
Bring on the Pistons.


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Parma Western and Jackson Lumen Christi each had four undefeated wrestlers and each team went 2-0 at the CAAC Gold Quad at Parma Western on Wednesday.
Western defeated Charlotte, 42-22, and Lansing Waverly, 52-26.
"It was big to get two conference wins tonight," Western coach Greg Hoffman said. "We need to win out and hopefully somebody can beat Eaton Rapids along the way. Our hope is to go into their place later in the season, with one loss each."
Luke Raczkowski (119, 125 pounds), Chase Veydt (130, 135), Tade Price (135, 140), Noah Burk (140, 145) and Nick Brewer (189) each went 2-0, the first four moving weight classes to help create favorable match ups at the meet, Hoffman said.
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Two people sought as "persons of interest" in connection with the fatal shooting of a Lower Swatara Township man and the wounding of his brother at a township campground last week were taken into custody Monday night, police said.At press time, Lower Swatara Police Officer Josh Mallott said Nikki Stum and Lucas L. Myers were being held in Dauphin County Prison on charges unrelated to the shootings, but declined to say what those charges were. He would not comment on the details of their arrest.
Arrest warrants are outstanding for both individuals from police in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties, police said.
Michael Snyder, 48, the father of three adult daughters, was shot early Thursday at a secluded campground in the 1400 block of Swatara Park Road, police said. Snyder's brother suffered a shoulder wound in the shooting.
Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. said Friday that police were looking at other incidents in the area, including shots fired in Middletown, to see if there was any relation to Snyder's death.


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FLINT, Michigan -- A General Motors supplier in the Great Lakes Technology Centre has put the state on alert that it is moving from its Flint location and will lay off 100 workers.
In an Aug. 7 mass layoff letter to the state, Morley Companies Inc. said that the move was expected to begin on Friday from its Flint location, 4100 S. Saginaw St., and that could result in an "employment loss" of 50 or more workers.
The letter lists 399 Morley workers who potentially could be affected, but in a follow up discussion with the state, Morley said just 100 people would be laid off and the balance of employees would be relocated to the company's Saginaw Township headquarters.
The Flint Journal could not reach Morley officials for comment, but several workers have said Morley management has told them at least some jobs are being sent overseas.
One employee, who asked her name not be used, said she and other employees a few weeks ago were training people from the Philippines.
"Basically we're training them to go back and train people to do our jobs," said the Flint resident, who described the process as uncomfortable.
Some workers said initially they were told they would be moved beginning Friday, but more recently were told that has been delayed into October.
"We don't know what's going to happen," the employee said.
Morley workers said IBM -- which is a GM supplier -- subcontracts with Morley to operate its call center.
An IBM spokeswoman told The Flint Journal last week that employees it had in a call center in the facility would be moving to another GM vendor, Morley Companies' Saginaw Township location. The employees work in call centers that assist dealerships with parts and repair issues and help dealers order parts.
IBM spokeswoman Jan Walbridge wouldn't release the number of employees affected by the move or their job classifications and wouldn't comment on rumors some jobs are being outsourced and sent abroad.
"That's speculation and we certainly don't comment on that," she said this week.
The Flint Journal reported last week that hundreds of GM supplier jobs and a couple dozen GM jobs would be moving from the centre by the end of the year.
A GM spokeswoman told the newspaper that GM terminated its lease at the centre as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. GM's workers will relocate to other GM campuses.
At the end of January, GM said it had about 700 contract employees working at the Great Lakes site on Saginaw Street at Atherton Road, but that number has fallen to about 400 today, according to a GM spokesperson.
The Saginaw News reported in June that Morley Companies was adding a fourth building, a call center, to its Saginaw Township campus and may add 200 or more jobs there.
In August, the company received $2.3 million in Michigan Strategic Fund collateral guarantees to assist in loans for its expansion.
In June 2008, Morley Companies had 650 workers, with 450 based in Saginaw Township, according to The Saginaw News.
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Hecla Mining (HL) said on Tuesday that in 2016 it's on track to produce the most silver in the company's history.
The middle market in M&A may seem like opportunity knocking for bulge bracket bankers, except someone's building a wall.
Hecla Mining (HL) stock was following gold prices lower on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar gained steam.
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The gap between Rutgers and the elite programs in women's college basketball continued to grow Sunday afternoon as No. 13 Tennessee humiliated the Scarlet Knights, 66-47, at the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.
Rutgers also suffered injury to its insult as senior forward/center and leading scorer Monique Oliver suffered a sprained left ankle in the first half and did not return. The extent of the injury is unclear. She ended the game on crutches.
The Lady Vols (9-3) were never threatened, leading by as many as 28 points, in rolling to their ninth consecutive victory over the Knights (8-4), who saw their five-game winning streak snapped. Rutgers has never won in Knoxville (0-7).
Sophomore forward Isabelle Harrison led Tennessee with 18 points, 11 rebounds and six steals. Freshman forward Bashaara Graves added 11 points and 14 rebounds. Junior guard Meighan Simmons chipped in with 15 points.
Rutgers, which shot an embarrassing 35 percent and had 24 turnovers, was led by freshman Kahleah Copper, who had a career-high 13 points.
Tennessee, which dominated inside and never trailed, opened an 18-4 lead and led 33-13 at the half as Rutgers shot just 22 percent in the first 20 minutes and had 14 turnovers.
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At a certain point, the excitement of 7th Ward living lost its attraction for Lawrence Guimont.
Like many African-Americans of his era, Guimont, 77, grew up in downtown New Orleans. But like many white residents of his time, he felt that the old urban neighborhood he came up in was not conducive to raising children.
"I wanted to leave the 7th Ward because I found a place I thought was a wholesome environment for raising a family, where you didn't have a barroom on every corner," he said. "That's what the 7th Ward was like when I was growing up. I liked it a lot, before I got married."
In Pontchartrain Park, Guimont found something different. Created in the 1950s as a segregated suburban community for middle-class African-Americans, the residents of Pontchartrain Park formed a tight-knit community dedicated to the pursuit of the American dream -- as expressed in that era.
"This was something new: subdivision living for black folks," said Guimont, a retired postal worker who raised six children in the neighborhood.
When Hurricane Katrina hit, everything he and his neighbors owned was flooded. Pontchartrain Park was among those areas pessimistic observers judged least likely to enjoy a post-Katrina renaissance, thanks to the advanced age and modest means of many of its inhabitants.
Pushing past the pain
There have been emotional setbacks too -- most notably a sobering double murder two weeks ago that could be another deterrent to the community's return. The Rev. Olander Cassimere, 79, and his wife, Alphathada, 77, were shot to death in their home, perhaps because their grandson was expected to testify in a kidnapping trial.
That grim episode notwithstanding, last Saturday's meeting of the Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood Association was cheerful and optimistic.
Guimont has been back in his house on St. Ferdinand Drive for more than a year, and many of his neighbors have rebuilt as well. A new organization, Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp., has put together an ambitious program that -- with its energy-efficient, storm-resistant homes -- seems poised to spur the neighborhood beyond its former glory.
"People are coming back. They have their lives invested in these properties," Guimont said. "It's the only thing we've owned all our lives."
• Map / Chart: Less than half of pre-Katrina residents have returned to Pontchartrain Park.
Actor Wendell Pierce, a Pontchartrain Park native who has spearheaded the area's redevelopment, emphasized that the slaying of the Cassimeres should not fuel doubts. "The way you honor Rev. Cassimere is to honor the neighborhood where he lived his whole life," he said.
On the comeback trail
Such determination is already in wide currency, notably in a group of neighbors who meet every third Saturday in a trailer on the Southern University at New Orleans campus.
Paula Moise is one of them. She got a round of applause when it was announced that she had advanced further in the rebuilding process than any of the other residents working with the neighborhood's community development corporation.
The organization offers various options to former residents and newcomers seeking to move in. It provides aid to homeowners interested in repairing their homes. For residents interested in building new homes, the group offers several models of homes that are so energy-efficient that residents can expect to incur only a few hundred dollars a year in utility costs.
Moise, 47, and her mother, Josephine Hartley, 82, have worked with the organization to customize a model.
"My mother's No. 1 thing is she wants enough room for her grandchildren," Moise said, noting there are eight grandchildren in Louisiana, Texas and Georgia. "The original plan was for three bedrooms. They just modified it so it can be four bedrooms."
At the moment, the shell of the family's flooded house is open and gutted. But on their block, almost every lawn is trimmed, whether the home is occupied or not.
"Out of the whole block, we only have three houses where the people are not coming back," Moise said.
Moise's observation roughly parallels the research compiled by the neighborhood group, which found that 45 percent of the neighborhood's 1,060 houses that existed when Katrina struck are occupied now. Another 15 percent of the homeowners say they are actively trying to return. Such numbers are fairly typical for a badly flooded neighborhood, according to Greg Rigamer and Allison Plyer, who have collected reams of data on repopulation.
Pace picking up
The Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp. hopes to break ground on two model homes within 60 days and have them substantially completed before the fourth anniversary of the storm. Longer term, the group hopes to build hundreds of homes, including 100 in the first year.
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority will be transferring about 200 blighted or abandoned homes to the organization.
The area also is benefiting from the fact that Press Street, one of its main arteries, is being repaired as part of a federally financed program for flooded roads in south Louisiana.
The city has already drawn up plans and chosen a contractor to refurbish the neighborhood's golf course. The Recovery School District's Phase I plan does not include Mary D. Coghill Elementary, the neighborhood school, but the campus is being land-banked for potential development.
Troy Henry, a consultant working with the group, said his biggest fear is that there will be more demand for new homes in Pontchartrain Park than the organization can handle.


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