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For its price there's little worth complaining about. The Dell Media Direct feature is handy and the 2 megapixel camera is a nice upgrade from the standard 1.3 megapixel option.
Dell has launched its latest range with a splash of colour. From the power user's XPS M1330 to the 15in Inspiron 1520 and now the 14in Dell Inspiron 1420, the new Inspiron range brings a touch of life to what are often useful, but occasionally dull looking machines.
Dell's systems are custom built from the Dell website, and our review sample is a basic, low end model for those considering their budget. Inside our crimson red Inspiron is an Intel Centrino Duo T5250 1.5GHz Dual Core CPU with a 667MHz front side bus, 1GB of DDR2 RAM and it runs the Windows Vista Basic operating system.
Based on these specifications alone we weren't expecting a stellar performance from our 1420, but the price is right and it offers a reasonable feature set, as well as a splash of style. If music, movies and a bit of light homework or late night work away from the office are at the forefront of your mind then this should do the job.
The Dell Inspiron 1420 offers Dell Media Direct, a software suite that works in Windows and also in a pre-operating system environment, meaning you can watch movies, view images, listen to music and check contact details without having to boot right into Windows. As this system is running Vista Basic, which lacks Windows Media Center (only Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions include it), the Media Direct software also acts as a replacement of sorts. From Media Direct you can access plenty of media, but it isn't quite as comprehensive.
Also found on the Inspiron 1420 is a 2 megapixel camera with motion detection and face tracking, which is great for video chat or self portrait snaps. If you're watching a movie or listening to music you'll appreciate the media controls above the keyboard. These include stop, play/pause, skip track and volume controls. There's also a media card reader, supporting SD, MMC, MS and MS-Pro media cards.
In our benchmarks we didn't see amazing results, though it's to be expected from this value orientated system. In WorldBench 6 it scored only 57, which shows it will be slower when running heavy duty applications, such as Adobe Photoshop. However, it will handle surfing the Web, writing emails, using Microsoft Office and watching movies without any problems. There's no dedicated graphics card, so gaming is generally out of the question.
In the battery test the Inspiron 1420 performed well. We ran down the battery by looping a DVD; a test we consider to be a worst case scenario. This is because the DVD uses the notebook's optical drive and the speakers, as well as the screen and other core components. In the DVD test the Inspiron 1420 lasted a solid 158 minutes, but will last longer still under normal working conditions.
The 14in screen offers a resolution of 1280 x 800 and has reasonable brightness and contrast, but not the best we've encountered. The viewing angle isn't ideal but it's certainly satisfactory. The speakers won't replace your stereo but they're fine for watching movies or listening to music at low volumes. Overall the build quality of the unit is fairly good, though it does seem a little flimsy in places and certainly doesn't compare with its XPS brethren. Its keyboard is comfortable to type on and the touchpad is responsive, though the mouse buttons feel a little clunky.
A full set of four USB 2.0 ports are available and a mini FireWire port is also included. Both VGA and S-Video ports are installed for video output and a set of audio jacks is present on the front edge of the unit. The DVD drive is a DVD re-writer and also offers dual layer support. Only an 80GB hard drive is included here, but that will suffice for most. For networking there's an Ethernet port, a 56k modem and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Visitors to sculptor Joe Chirchirillo's studio in Jersey City can't help but be filled with childlike wonder by his curious contraptions.
Most of his machines, which he calls "absurd recreations of systems in nature," mix metal, wood and water. Other funky Chirchirillo creations include a wheel-operated walking machine outfitted with men's dress shoes and tin-can fish which swim and go "blub" with the crank of a handle.
The 61-year-old's work explores people's relationship to the natural world.
"I was working on ideas about the contrasts and similarities between nature and humans, so making things move seemed like a logical step," said Chirchirillo. "It took me a year to finish my first machine piece that actually worked. I wasn't and still am not interested in making something that works one time for a video, so it took a while to figure thing out! I just keep working on them till all the bugs are worked out, visually and in terms of function."
He described some of his favorite works, which he calls "sculpture systems."
"'Wind and Water' is about the water cycle ... The Artificial Wind pieces are tree limbs that have been cut into sections and cabled together so they are strung like a skeleton in a medical lab. They hang in a framework when the viewer turns the crank the piece moves," he said.
He also creates cast concrete sculptures, most of which are water-centric. "Without water there is no life, so it seems like a good idea to me to make sculpture about it," he said.
"I would love to site one of these outdoor pieces in Jersey City ... I do the Jersey City Artists Studio Tour every year but one of the frustrations of it is that I don't have any new work in my JC studio," said Chirchirillo, who currently lives in Vermont. "All my new work is large and quite heavy and I can't bring it down for the weekend."
To really get to know Chirchirillo's work, one has to traverse the globe -- he's working on an installation for a medical building in Bennington, Vt., has a piece in a sculpture park in Burlington, Vt., and recently sent a kinetic water piece to a museum in England, where it will be displayed for a year. For more information, call (802) 442-3328 or visit JoeChirchirillo.com.

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New city sanctions on Duluth rentals are making it harder for people to turn their single family homes into student housing. That combined with the opposition to currently proposed student-specific housing developments is putting one of Duluth's largest populations in a vulnerable position.
"I didn't have a shower handle knob for a while for like two months, so we had to use pliers to turn on our shower."
Incoming junior at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Kimmy Newton, can share a variety of rental horror stories. She says most of her friends that rent single family homes could also spew off stories of neglect and unresponsiveness.
Kimmy is in the process of moving to a house closer to campus with a landlord she knows works well with tenants, but her previous experiences living off campus have not been positive.
"They see students and they are very excited because they can get away with more than they think."
Even landlords admit that some people are taking advantage of the college students.
"Some landlords out there are charging way too much. They are racking it in off the college kids," says landlord of multiple Twin Ports properties, Kristi Ducharme.
Kristi got into the business after what she calls a frustrating experience with a landlord when she was in college.
UMD senior Kelly Kemper says she hears about a lot of this same mis-treatment today.
"I have a lot of friends that say getting a hold of their landlords and actually getting their landlords to follow through is difficult," says Kelly.
This mis-treatment of college students by landlords of single family homes is exactly why Kelly works with local government as an advocate for the small area plan. The plan would bring a mixed used development to the site of the old Woodland School.
"It will tie UMD to the outer community, draw students in, make them feel welcome, and create housing that's close to shopping centers and retail," says Kemper.
But the idea of developing the Woodland site, and other sites like the old Kenwood school, into student-geared housing makes some neighbors nervous.
Which is why many attend forums--such as the Fuse Duluth discussion at Tycoons Ale House where we caught up with Kelly-- to hear from Duluth area rental connoisseurs like Susie Lannon of Apartment and Home Advisors.
"It's a very difficult market for them. There's not a lot available, and what is available is very expensive," says Susie.
She believes a lack of quality student housing has come as a result of recently passed ordinances on new rental units.
"A lot of the neighbors of students have been complaining to the city and I think that's pushed this into happening. Because you used to be able to license your property no matter what, wherever--as long as you passed the inspection--for $250."
So like, Kimmy, many students are now not only left with high tuition and growing debt, but a house that is falling apart around them.
"Working and going to school, I should be able to live in something I feel comfortable in, and I'm not."
Mark Lambert, the developer of the Woodland School Project, and the already existent Boulder Ridge student apartments, says more developers don't build apartment complexes in Duluth because the demographics make building hard, and there is no job growth, so on paper, developers see no profit in investing in the community.


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The worst thing I heard yesterday was the snare-and-delusion proposal announced by Vice President Biden. Apparently, Joe Biden wants to create a new government council to help laid-off autoworkers who are supposed to transition to solar, wind, and biotech industries. Huh? Are you kidding me?
I reported, you voted, and the overwhelming winner of last week's "Call of Shame" is the SEC. You also emailed.
Here's the latest movie parody invoking Bernie Madoff. The folks at ParodyFilms.tv have taken an Oscar favorite and turned it into - well, the title alone...
The last thing we need is another master of the universe who feels like the rules of the moral code do not apply to him, says Jerry Bowyer.
Turnover at the top, presents an unique opportunity and set of challenges for a new leader to deal with, and managing the transition is the first step to ensuring success in any executive role. Fortunately, there's one fairly high-profile transition going on right under our noses, with the new guy and his team set to finally take the reins on Tuesday.
Today is your last day to vote for Best New Name for "Morgan Stanley Smith Barney" - AND - Who has the best teeth - America, the choice is yours.
Vice-President elect Joe Biden had a strange press conference today where he spoke about the Obama stimulus plan. Larry Summers also spoke. Nothing new was said, but it was all very gloom and doom on the economy.
With President-elect Barack Obama's team scrambling to shape a massive new economic stimulus package, Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday ruled out pet projects and special interest spending.
Individual states across the country are being hit by the recession and credit crisis. President-elect Barack Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden and other prominent political figures address the challenges facing individual states, as well as the country.
Democrats won a number of key seats in building a larger and more formidable majority in Congress.
Amidst it all, it can be quite easy to miss a simple fact: since the start of the primaries, Barack Obama and John McCain have been interviewing for a job.
Election Day is only two weeks away, and as John McCain and Barack Obama make their final pitches to "close the deal" with voters, a stunning new ATI-News/Zogby poll shows a clear majority of undecided voters disagree with Obama's plan for wealth redistribution in America.
The day after a political debate it seems appropriate to examine just what this presidential campaign means for the TV biz. First, to the debate itself, in which both candidates spent quite a bit of time addressing the plummeting stock market and the financial meltdown, which also surely drove viewers to tune in.
The McCain and Obama presidential campaigns traded accusations of mudslinging Monday in the wake of new ads dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.
Many Americans watching the vice presidential candidates' debate agreed that Gov. Sarah Palin's performance exceeded their generally low expectations. Whether she did well enough against Sen. Joe Biden is another matter.
The Vice Presidential debate tonight will likely be one of the most watched ever, often eclipsing the buzz of the presidential debates, Intrade has created a contract measuring which presidential candidate will receive more of a bump from tonight's debate (www.intrade.com).
I sure hope Sarah Palin talks at some length about drilling in tonight's debate with Sen. Joe Biden. Palin is an energy expert. And if she is unleashed she can score major points against her opponent, who has opposed every expansion of oil, gas, and nuclear down through the years
If the markets and the election want to make you tear your hair out...here's a much better alternative: laugh. First off--politics. I highly recommend the latest edition of "National Review", where Rob Long, who used to write for "Cheers", has an "article" on suggested reading for pre-teen girls.
Not surprisingly, Americans are still down on the economy, according to the latest CNBC survey, with 93 percent of respondents describing it as poor or fair. But, in light of the Wall Street problems on the front page, there are signs that sentiment has bottomed. Nowhere is that more apparent than the huge jump in expectations that the economy will get on track in the next year.
Americans are split on supporting the Bush administration's rescue plan for Wall Street, according to a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll.


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Groupon expects to roll out a revamped mobile app.
Groupon plans to buy LivingSocial
Groupon expects to roll out a revamped mobile app.
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ATLANTA, May 9, 2011 –First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today announced that Mark Herrington has been appointed executive vice president, Global Product Management and Innovation and is now a member of the company's Executive Committee. Herrington has been leading Global Product Management and Innovation at First Data since early 2011 when the company consolidated its product groups into one globally aligned organization.
"Mark is an integral part of our plans for success going forward," said First Data Chief Executive Officer Jon Judge. "He brings a wealth of experience and success in product innovation in high growth, technology-focused environments to his role, and is helping us establish a fully packaged suite of world-class products and solutions that we can distribute through all of our channels globally. It's about delivering payment solutions that drive bottom line impact for our customers, and ensuring we have a robust portfolio of new and emerging products that will help shape the future of the global payments industry."
"It truly is an exciting time at First Data, and within the global payments market overall," said Herrington. "I am honored to join the extremely talented members of our Executive Committee and work with them to unleash the incredible value we can deliver to our customers during this transformational time in our industry. We've got all the right pieces to meet both the current and future needs of our financial institution and merchant customers around the world."
About Herrington
Herrington has served in numerous leadership roles as First Data, including general manager of the company's former Retail Solutions division with responsibility for overall P&L performance within this line of business, which included prepaid, TeleCheck, eCommerce and merchant loyalty.
Herrington came to First Data from Money Network, now a First Data company, which he co-founded in 2001. Under the leadership of Herrington and his team, Money Network experienced a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 80 percent since inception.
Prior to Money Network, he was executive vice president of the Americas for i2 Technologies, a Dallas-based enterprise software provider. During his seven years with i2, the company grew from $8 million in revenue to $1.1 billion. Prior to i2, Herrington spent eight years in sales and sales management positions with McCormick & Associates, American Software and Oracle Corporation.
He is a member of the board of directors for Emerge Memphis, which provides financial and management support for early stage companies, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Memphis.
About First Data
Around the world, every second of every day, First Data makes payment transactions secure, fast and easy for merchants, financial institutions and their customers. First Data leverages its vast product portfolio and expertise to drive customer revenue and profitability. Whether the choice of payment is by debit or credit card, gift card, check or mobile phone, online or at the checkout counter, First Data takes every opportunity to go beyond the transaction.
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CHICAGO — Getting an extra two days to file taxes beyond the usual April 15 tax filing deadline isn't likely to cure a nation of procrastinators this year.
Tens of millions of us routinely wait until just before the deadline to file returns. More than 30 percent of taxpayers filed the week before Tax Day or later via extensions in 2011, and Internal Revenue Service statistics show the pace is similar this year.
There's little time left to round up records and research the details of any tax code changes from last year.
Here are some points for end-of-season tax filers to keep in mind:
It's easy to miss possible deductions that will lower your taxes if you're in a hurry. With the clock ticking down, you might not try as hard to look for them.
Along with simple math errors, late filers also are prone to transposing Social Security numbers or birth dates on their returns. Not only can such snags delay your refund, you might not even be allowed to file your return online if all the numbers of you and your dependents don't match up properly with the records. That might be an issue if the 11:59 p.m. Tuesday deadline is looming and you can't quickly figure out what the problem is and how to fix it.
Don't use estimates because you're short on time. H&R Block sees a lot of instances in which taxpayers guess on their adjusted gross income from the previous filing year as well as their e-file pin number, says Elaine Smith, master tax adviser for the tax preparation giant.
Round-figure estimates don't help your chances of avoiding an audit, either.
There's only about one action you can take at this late date to reduce your 2011 taxes, according to Mark Luscombe, principal federal tax analyst for the CCH consulting firm in Riverwoods, Ill.: Contributing to an individual retirement account for 2011. Taxpayers have until Tax Day to contribute to an IRA and get a deduction.
Aside from IRAs, make sure you claim all eligible deductions for moves you made last year.
Charitable contributions are high on any list of deductions often missed. Diligently go through your checking account and credit card accounts to check for specifics of that $300, $500 or $800 you recall giving to your church or favorite qualified charity.
Another one that's frequently overlooked is for heavy medical expenses. If your health expenditures shot up last year, be aware that you may deduct the amount by which your total medical care expenses for the year exceeded 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income.
A lot of taxpayers also fail to take deductions for eligible gambling losses. Just as gambling winnings are fully taxable and must be reported, losses from horse races, casinos and other legal wagers may be deducted. Sorry, losses from your March Madness office pool don't count.
If you're comfortable going it alone and didn't have any significant changes from the previous year, it should be easy to file online. You can do it right up until midnight Tuesday. Do-it-yourself tax preparation software should walk you through trouble spots, and online help is plentiful.
If you've had a life change such as a move, new job, baby or withdrawn money from a retirement account, that might be the trigger to see a professional tax preparer. H&R Block, TurboTax and others offer their customers free advice via phone, online chat or video conference if you get hung up.
Those who think they may miss the deadline should ask the IRS for more time to file. You can do so by submitting form 4868. Six-month extensions are granted automatically; you'll have until Oct. 15 to file taxes.
Filing for an extension will enable you to avoid a late-filing penalty, normally 5 percent per month based on the unpaid balance. And you can reduce or eliminate interest and late-payment penalties if you send in a payment by the deadline. The current interest rate is 3 percent per year, compounded daily, and the late-payment penalty is normally 0.5 percent per month.
The IRS received 10.5 million extension forms last year, 4 million of them electronically. You can do so at www.irs.gov, just as you can request an extension online for your state tax return.
If you owe taxes, you still have to pay by April 17. The extension is just to get your filing in.
There are options if you can afford to pay. You can request to pay in installments by filling out form 9465, Installment Agreement Request. It will cost you a fee ranging from $43 to $105 plus interest, but payment won't be delinquent.
Whatever you do, don't give in to any temptation to skip the process. Not filing a return when required is considered income tax evasion with penalties that include paying back taxes, interest and possible fines, and possibly even serving a prison sentence in the most serious cases.


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This soup is so thick and hearty that it could almost be a stew! This recipe is from our good friends, the Hunter's. We eat this year-round . . . it is delicious!
Minestrone and Sausage Soup
4 cups beef broth (or bouillon to make 4 cups)
2 cups water
2 cans (8 oz each) tomato sauce
1 can petite-diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
1 1/2 cups diced celery
1 1/2 cups diced carrots
1 tsp onion salt
1 tsp garlic salt
1 sausage link, sliced (we love the Jenny-O turkey sausage link)
2-3 Tbsp Italian seasoning
Simmer all of the above in a large stock pot until veggies become tender. In a separate pot, cook 8-10 oz of any pasta according to directions (we love shell pasta- like what you can see in the picture). When noodles are done, add to soup and serve. Place fresh grated Parmesan cheese on top.
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When the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon occurred, pumping huge amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the inky blackness stained a number of aspects of life in south Louisiana. A new play at LSU's Reilly Theatre aims to examine some of those aspects through docudrama storytelling and a collaborative artistic effort.
"SPILL," which was written by Leigh Fondakowski and opens March 12 at Swine Palace, features the results of a number of interviews done to provide the most human elements and responses to the oil spill. The play's creators, however, sought to dive even deeper into their real-life sources, and visual artist Reeva Wortel came along for those interviews to create life-sized portraits of the subjects.
"The directive we gave people was, 'how do you want to be seen?' Some people went to a childhood place that, due to coastal erosion, was being changed so we told the story through that process," Wortel said.
Thanks to the long process that came with creating the paintings, Wortel and Fondakowski often returned to their interview subjects several times, which created a deeper sense of understanding and trust.
"I was surprised a lot of questions about mortality came up," Wortel said. "One of the reasons is that in some (of south Louisiana's) aboveground cemeteries, there's portraits on them … so I started making this correlation between portraiture, bayou country and what it means to be immortalized in that way. That brought up such an intense feeling for some people."
After the play's final blackout, the portraits are revealed and the audience is invited to come onto the set to examine them in a sort of semi-gallery setting.
"People feel called to contemplate, to dialogue, to sit inside the story they just heard instead of just leaving the theater," Wortel said.
The first act of the performance is a dramatization of what actually happened on the Deepwater Horizon, and the second follows the aftermath.
"We had not agenda in telling this story," Wortel said. "The idea was to let the community speak to itself and allow everyone to have a platform and tell their story of what happened and how that story relates to the center of our economy."
Tickets for "SPILL" are $28 for adults, with discounts available for students, seniors and LSU faculty and staff. Performances begin March 12 and continue through March 30.


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UPDATE: New Jersey Turnpike AUthority spokesman Thomas Feeney says that the southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge are back open as of 4:45 p.m.
WOODBRIDGE – A four-foot-wide sinkhole on the Garden State Parkway is still causing headaches for commuters on the way home in Middlesex County Thursday.
511nj.org, a state website, reported a five-mile delay on the turnpike southbound near Exit 127 just after 4 p.m.
The mess is also causing delays on the New Jersey Turnpike where the two roads connect.
Thomas Feeney, a Turnpike Authority spokesman, had advice for drivers in an email:
"Drivers using the Turnpike to get to the southbound Parkway are being advised to use exit 10 rather than exit 11. Exit 11 will put them directly onto the Parkway but they will be stuck in the traffic. From exit 10, they can take Route 440 to the Parkway and avoid the worst of the delays."
The Star-Ledger reported that authorities were still trying to fix the sinkhole as of the afternoon commute.
Authorities had said they hoped to have it fixed by the afternoon commute.
511nj.org also reported delays on Route 1 in Edison and on Route 18 in East Brunswick.


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Police in Lower Paxton Township, Pa. are searching for a man who robbed the PNC Bank in the 4500 block of Union Deposit Road just before noon.
The man is described as white and about 6 feet tall with a thin build and mustache. He was wearing a dark-gray hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses. He ran away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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Deputies say Tony Joshua Allen, 32, was last seen on May 2, reports AL.com news partner WHNT News 19.
FLORENCE, Alabama-- A Lauderdale County man was reported missing after he told his wife someone was following him.
According to WHNT, Allen was driving a silver Nissan traveling to Florida for work. The model of the vehicle has not been made clear, but the license plate is 41AG211.
Allen's wife told deputies that the last time talked to him on the phone he said he had to go because "a strange vehicle was following him," reports WHNT.
Tony Allen is 5'8″ and weighs about 160 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes.
If you have any information, please call the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office at (256) 760-5757.To read WHNT News 19's full report, click here.


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UN agencies round table on communication for development opens in Addis Ababa today
Today opens the 10th UN Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. The biennial event that this year is hosted by UNESCO aims at strengthening collaboration between UN agencies regarding the implementation of communication for development programmes and projects.
This year, the three day Round Table will tackle challenges and issues under the theme « Developing a UN system-wide common approach to communication for development in view of achieving the Millennium Development Goals ».
Three main objectives have been established: to increase inter-agency collaboration by introducing and promoting possibilities at national and international levels and showcasing good practices; to strengthen awareness among UN agencies on ways in which the impact of communication for development can be measured; and to introduce mechanisms to harmonize communication for development programming approaches within the UN system.
Unlike the previous round table hosted by FAO in 2004, the discussions of the 10th round table will be mainly between UN agencies and collaborating experts and intend to revisit the need for a common approach on communication for development. A forward-looking plan of action and official declaration will ensure the recommitment and continued participation of UN agencies in communication for development.
The discussion and debate will be driven by some of the issues presented in two background papers, commissioned by UNESCO and UNDP. These provide an open and transparent view of the practice of communication for development within the UN system backed by examples that outline levels of collaboration. Both papers acknowledge new challenges and opportunities particularly related to advances in information technology as well as media legislation worldwide.
The possibility of integrating communication for development as a planning and assessment tool at the country level will therefore mark prominence on the agenda of the 3-day meeting, in which 12 UN agencies and funds will be represented.
The outcome and declaration of the 10th round table will feed into the biennial report of the UN Secretary General at the next meeting of the UN General Assembly and may guide the implementation of proposed actions and recommendations within the UN system.
A Special Panel discussion, co-organized by the BBC World Service Trust and UNESCO, will be held on 14 February on the topic 'Voice and Accountability - Media and Opening of the Political Space'. This last event will be an open discussion, in which experts, representatives of UN agencies and a number of Ethiopian government officials and parliamentarians are expected to take part.
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PARMA, OH – A little bit of Slovakia came to Parma Saturday as St. Anthony of Padua hosted the 43rd Annual Slovak Festival on August 31st. Despite some rain on Sunday, the festival continued on full swing inside.
Those coming in through the main doors could find polka and Slovak music bands such as the Anthony Culkar Band and the Frank Moravcik Band on stage. Among a mix of people in Slovak soccer jerseys and traditional Slovak garb was the dance floor, with many couples dancing to the classic songs being played by the bands.
Underneath the Gym in the basement, the festival also continued on. Numerous Slovak delicacies such as Holusky (cooked dumplings), Holubky, Pirohy (Slovak pierogi), Slovak sausage and Slovak pastries were sold for hungry festival goers. And while not as big as the dance floor upstairs, a band and dancers also participated downstairs, providing entertainment to those eating as well.
In addition to the food and drink stalls, several other booths were in the basement. Books on Slovak and Cleveland history were were up for sale, as were simple Slovak goods such as flags and shirts.
The one day event has been held over Labor Day Weekend since 1968, and after the success Sunday, the Slovak Festival will be back in 2015.


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New York Penn Station felt like a sauna on Tuesday when the air conditioning system broke in the 90-degree weather. NJ Transit allowed commuters to use the PATH system from 33rd Street to either Hoboken or Newark as a result. Amtrak workers were repairing the system, which broke Tuesday morning, last night. Michael Lawson, 24, a commuter from New Brunswick, said it's always hot in New York Penn Station, but it was worse than usual on Tuesday.
NJ.com users are discussing the heat at Penn Station and how hot it can get in the metro area's transportation systems.
NJ.com user FG44 writes:
This situation just makes an already brutal commute even more frustrating. Then they expect all these people to go onto those cramped train cars and once again sweat it out all the way home, once again demonstrating how the give passengers no bang for their buck.
NJ.com user crayoff writes:
The hottest I've ever been was in a NYC subway station, wearing a suit on a 95-degree day, that was so deep underground that the only air was from passing subway trains. There was a delay in service so I finally got on a train going the other way just to cool off, crossing over when I noticed that trains were once again headed to Brooklyn. Yuck.
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Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
Director: David Nixon
Reviewer: Jacqui Onions
I went to the Northern Ballet's production of Cleopatra with a friend who had never experience ballet live. In her words she "lucked out" choosing Cleopatra as her first. The production has a run time of 2 hours 15 minutes and that flew by as this production is packed full of drama and passion. Striking a balance between traditional and contemporary ballet, it has something for every ballet lover and is also a perfect introduction for any adult new to the art form (maybe not children as it's a little too sexual and has a suggested age of 12+). The story is easy to follow, not because it is at all simplistic, rather it is well conceived, well choreographed, well presented – exactly how ballet should be.
Forget the stereotypical men in tights. The male characters in this production are masculine, womanising, fighting men; but the show is predominantly about girl power. Men come in and out of her life, but Cleopatra is hardly off the stage and Julie Charlet makes this physically demanding rôle look effortless. She takes the audience through the many dramas of Cleopatra's life; from her marriage to her brother, Ptolemy (danced by Benjamin Mitchell) and their struggle with each other for power resulting in is murder, to the arrival of the Roman's in Egypt and her seduction of Julius Caesar (danced by Hironao Takahashi), the birth of their child and the politics that result in Caesar's murder, and finally to the tangled web of her affair with Mark Antony (danced by Ashley Dixon) and ultimately to the deaths of both Antony and Cleopatra. The action throughout is observed by the ever watching, sinister presence of the Egyptian god Wadjet, who takes the form of a snake. Darren Goldsmith's performance in this rôle is worthy of special mention as his slithering movements are hypnotising from the first moment just his arm appears on stage.
There are some wonderfully simplistic pieces of staging in this production. During Cleopatra's summoning of Wadjet at the start of the piece, a rectangle of light shines onto the stage like the sun through a window. So cleverly choreographed is this dance that the shadows cast in the light by the dancers are almost as beautiful as the dancing itself. The imagery of the birth of Cleopatra's son is also very cleverly depicted using just a length of cloth.
The costumes for the most part are stunning with wonderful use of colour to represent the Egyptians and Romans. However, the Roman army have muscle definition built into their outfits. On the red outfits this doesn't look to bad but with Caesar dressed in white his looks like it has been drawn on with black marker pen, leaving him looking like He-Man without the fake tan.
There are a couple of other points that let down this otherwise brilliant production. There is a drape used in the opening scenes that at times blocks the action, something you don't expect to be an issue in top price seats. Also it is rather distracting to have a supposedly dead Ptolemy in a bath on stage for quite a long time, obviously breathing very heavily. Since this follows a very physical dance depicting the struggle of power between him and Cleopatra it is hardly surprising and not a criticism of the dancer, but it would have been possible to cover him over so it was less obvious. That said this is a mesmerising performance that is well worth a visit.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Fans at Regions Field will have twice as much reach to keep an eye on the eyeball on the VisionFirst Home Run Porch in left field.
During the 2014 season, fans of the Birmingham Barons will have the chance to win $100,000 thanks to VisionFirst Eye Center. If a Barons player hits the VisionFirst eyeball target located on the scoreboard, one lucky fan whose name is chosen will take home the grand prize.
VisionFirst had a similar promotion in Regions Field's first year, except the grand prize was $50,000. This year's promotion begins with the Barons hosting the Chicago White Sox on March 28.
Fans will submit entries at Regions Field with an opportunity to donate to Sight Savers America as part of the VisionFirst promotion. A fan can enter has many times as he wants and his name will remain in the running to be drawn for the grand prize.
Fans who have entered the contest do not have to be present to win.
VisionFirst will donate $100 to Sight Savers America for every Barons home run at Regions Field. Sight Savers America is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive eye care and services at no charge for underserved children from low income families in Alabama.
The Barons hit 47 home runs in their first season at Regions Field. Combined with fan donations, the promotion raised $6,000 that was split between three charities.
The donations received by Sight
Savers America during the Barons season will be used to provide life-changing
Electronic Video Magnifiers (EVMs) for children with severe visual impairment.
EVMs will open the world to these children by allowing them to magnify images up to 79X, allowing them to read, write and clearly see their mother's face for the first time.
"We at VisionFirst are excited to be partnering again with the Barons at Regions Field
and Sight Savers America" Dr. Mark Bearman, an ophthalmologist at VisionFirst
Eye Center, said in a statement. "We look forward to raising money for Sight Savers so they can make a difference in a local child."
Said Dr. Mark McClintock of VisionFirst: "We want one lucky fan to go home $100,000 richer."
Actually, VisionFirst could give away as many as two $100,000 prizes for Barons home runs that hit the eyeball target.
"Sight Savers America is very appreciative that VisionFirst has chosen to make a huge
impact on children with severe visual impairment," said Jeff Haddox, CEO and Founder of Sight Savers America. "These children are at a big disadvantage in school and life because of their eye condition, but an EVM can level the playing field for these kids."
In addition to the home run promotion, fans can take their Barons ticket stub to any of the three VisionFirst locations in Alabaster, Homewood and Trussville all season and receive 10 percent off in their optical shops. The discount applies to sunglasses, contact lenses and eyeglasses.
Like that home run promotion, the 10 percent discount with a Barons ticket stub begins March 28. That offer cannot be combined with insurance and prior purchases. Some exclusions may apply.


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MUSKEGON, MI – The Muskegon Clippers amateur baseball team fell just short of a league title and berth in the National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series in their debut season.
The Clippers put themselves in position to finish atop the Michigan Summer Collegiate Baseball League standings with a successful weekend, but lost 7-4 to River City in a winner-take-all make-up game Monday at Davenport University.
The Rapids scored three runs in the first inning and never trailed. They added three more runs in the bottom seventh inning to secure the league title and automatic NABF World Series berth.
River City pitcher Brendan Bender kept the Clippers off balance for much of the game in a complete-game effort. He allowed just eight hits and two earned runs while striking out nine.
Bender didn't fool Jason Ribecky, who collected three hits with one double and two RBIs to lead Muskegon's attack. Jamie Potts smacked a solo home run and Matt Williams added an RBI.
Kyle Lawson turned in an impressive pitching performance for Muskegon, striking out two batters and walking one without allowing a hit in two scoreless innings.
It was still a successful debut season for the Clippers, who finished 23-7.
"It has been a great first year for the Clippers," said Jim Grevel, director of player development for Muskegon. "We were very lucky to have such a great group of young men who came and gave their all each game."
Muskegon, which was coached by Walt Gawkowski, Brian Wright, Keith Williams and Kyle Baker, led the league in attendance by a large margin, according to Grevel.
He also said visiting teams commented several times on how much they enjoyed playing at Muskegon's Marsh Field in front of a good crowd.
"To the fans we say 'Thanks for your support'," Grevel said. "Plans are starting for next year already and we look forward to another great year."


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Graphic Designer and Photo Editor for Fashion Website
- Employer
- SheFinds Media
- Location
- New York
- Posted
- Apr 10, 2013
- Closes
- May 10, 2013
- Category
- Digital Media
- Role
- Art Director
- Duration
- Full Time
SHEfinds Media is looking for a creative and savvy designer to be the head of all design projects for SHEfinds.com and MOMfinds.com. The position is in charge of all graphic material for the sites, as well as the creative direction of the blogs. This is a very fast-paced, hands-on position with lots of creative possibilities. The ideal candidate is able to wear many hats, work well with multiples teams, work quickly and efficiently on deadlines, be very organized, and come up with new and exciting ideas for the brand. Responsibilities: Graphic Production and Direction: ? Create graphics assigned to daily editorial posts ? Design and build graphics for editorial shopping and gift guides, tri-weekly newsletters, including breaking news and dedicated content emails ? Design and build graphics for contest pages and promotional materials for the marketing team ? Create all promotion materials including banners, pins, social media materials, etc. ? Come up with and pitch new ideas for both editorial and marketing teams ? Photo research and editing ? Photograph and edit shoots or projects as they arise Qualifications: ? 1-3 years experience designing for a website ? Must be proficient in the Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign ? Excellent sense of typography ? Experience working with websites (we use Wordpress as our back end) ? Social media experience ? Photography skills preferred ? Working knowledge of HTML and SEO preferred To apply: YOU MUST DELIVER ALL OF THE BELOW OR YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED 1. Your resume. 2. Your desired salary. 3. A cover letter explaining why you are the perfect person for this job. 4. Links to your twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook and any other social media sites you use. 5. A link to your portfolio. 6. Your response to the following test: Create a graphic to correspond with this editorial post http://www.shefinds.com/2011/how-to-dress-for-your-new-zodiac-sign-a-cheat-sheet-for-handling-this-astrological-crisis/. The image should be 598 x 340 pixels. The graphic you create should be something we could use on the homeshefinds.com in the main carousel. Upload your image to the web and submit the link in the cover letter of your application. No phone calls. If you've followed all the instructions above and we think you may be a fit, we will contact you. About Us: SheFinds Media is a network of websites that help women shop online. We are a well funded, growing company backed by a progressive venture capital firm. Our management team is small but very experienced - this is a great place to learn from professionals who have worked at major companies like Hearst, Conde Nast, CBS, AOL and Ask.com (IAC). Now is an exciting time to join the team as we are looking for fresh ideas and enthusiasm as we ramp up our editorial offering and consumer acquisition. Perks: We offer competitive salaries and benefits. We work long hours/full days but have flexible in office? time- work from home Mondays and 11:30AM-6PM Tuesday-Friday. Small, well behaved dogs are welcome


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New listings to For the Participant. Find all of the listings here:
Soccer: The Capital Area Soccer Association is forming boys' and girls' U5 to U 18 spring recreational leagues. Visit www.capsoccer.org for more information and details about tryouts for its traveling teams.
Football: The Keystone Assault LLC is looking for sponsors and additional players for its semi-pro, full-contact women's football team. For more information, call 717-439-7419.
Officials: Interested in becoming a PIAA football official? Classes start on March 9. For more information, contact Pete Mashinski at email@example.com.
Basketball: Big Jim's 3-on-3 Tournament will be held at Central Dauphin High School from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 22. The cost is $100 per team, which guarantees four games. Trophies will be awarded to the top two teams in the following divisions: girls' grades 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12; boys' grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12 and men — adult and 40-plus. For more information and to register, visit www.cdaba.net.
Coach: Spring Grove Area School District is looking for a junior high head track coach. Resume, Acts 34 and 151 clearances and letters of interest should be send to Scott Govern, Spring Grove Area High School, 1490 Roth's Church Road, Spring Grove, PA 17362. Apply in writing or email to firstname.lastname@example.com no later than Feb. 17.
Training: A 12-week triathlon training program for beginners will be held at the West Shore YMCA from March 3 to May 21. Deadline to register is Feb. 21. Contact Kera Daily at 717-737-9622 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Softball: A men's senior slowpitch team is looking for a few players for the upcoming season. Players must be 55 years or older by 12/31/14. Games are played on Monday and Wednesday evenings on the East and West shores. For more information, call 717-877-3356.
Running: A Bunny Run 5K will be held in Annville on April 19. The race starts at 8 a.m. at Annville Cleona High School. The Easter Bunny will be on hand for photo ops. The cost is $20 for early registration, and proceeds benefit the A-C cross county boosters and Lebanon County Special Olympics. For more information or to register, visit www.appliedracemgmt.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Baseball: The Mid State Mavericks Travel Baseball Organization is looking for players for the spring/summer season: 10U, 11U, 12U catcher, 14U players and pitchers and 18U showcase pitchers. For more information, call 717-507-6810.
Soccer: Fusion FC Galaxy Boys' Premier Travel Soccer Team is seeking experienced players for high-level competition for fall 2014 and spring 2015. U14 tryouts are from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 3 and 10 at Yellow Breeches Sports Center. Go to www.fusionfcgalaxy.com for registration or call coach Celso Torres at 717-579-5307 for more information.


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A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
By 2023, a changed world in energy (via New York Times)
EU faces energy policy vacuum after 2020 (via Reuters)
Europe struggles in shale gas race (via New York Times)
Biggest energy private equity deal is on verge of collapse, and it's a big deal (via Energy Trends Insider)
China to phase out production of super greenhouse gas (Mongabay)
Keeling Curve website wants you to know when CO2 levels hit 400 PPM (via Climate Progress)
Scientist says China's pollution is killing Japan's trees (via New York Times)
Exploring prospects for US coal exports to China (via WRI Insights)
Federal study says many coal sludge ponds have weak walls (via Washington Post)
Anonymous donors fund solar projects across the US (via Renewable Energy World)
Renewable energy parks: a blueprint for locally produced clean energy (via Energy Manager Today)
North Carolina rejects cuts to renewable energy mandates (via Bloomberg)
Last gasp for controversial Minnesota wind farm? (via Midwest Energy News)
Chinese airline to start biofuel-powered commercial flights (via BusinessGreen)
How to charge millions of electric cars? Not all at once (via New York Times)
Honda boss says Chinese drivers don't want green cars (via Autoblog)
Swerving around barriers and moving electric cars (via Forbes)
Chevy Spark EV rated at 82 miles, 119 MPGe combined (via Autoblog Gren)
Fisker hearing kicks off as unhappy customers emerge (via GigaOm)
Rosneft plans more Arctic exploration to boost share value (via Bloomberg)
Gulf oil spill trial judge poses questions on gross negligence issue (via Houston Chronicle)
US should do more on climate change to aid economy: UN official (via Scientific American/Reuters)
Pakistan's farmers grapple with climate change (via Al-Jazeera)
US East Coast cities confront global warming-induced sea level rise (via Union of Concerned Scientists)
Fires burn more fiercely as northern forests warm (via Yale e360)
Demand response cuts the need for new generation in PJM (via Greentech Media)
New York State approves $2.2 billion power line from Quebec (via AOL Energy)
Energy boom strengthens US clout in world, Obama advisor says (via Reuters)
LNG, Keystone XL emerge as central issues in British Columbia election (via Vancouver Sun)
Bipartisan group of lawmakers float renewable energy finance bill (via The Hill)
Billionaire climate activist backing old-line and new-school tactics in Mass. Senate primary (via E&E Daily)
Baucus to lean heavily into land conservation before retiring (via E&E Daily)
Finding a new direction in climate change policy (via The Innovation Files)
Utilities have far to go in smart grid maturity (via Greentech Media)
What Fisker's failure tells us about Obama's clean energy programs (via Washington Post)
If Keystone XL gets blocked, can trains save Canada's tar sands? (via Washington Post)
Why we don't need Fisker (via MIT Technology Review)


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There's a lot to be said when an NBA team takes its home court and turns it into a beautiful piece of art. There are some, like the Celtics' floor parquet, that become a part of Americana. Another option is flipping over to the increasingly popular two-toned floor, which really took off with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Thankfully, no team has made its court an ugly distraction like the jungle that is the floorboard pattern for the Oregon Ducks, but some NBA teams have gone to over-the-top designs and gimmicks to be different.
Of course, what pulls the court together is the logo in the center. It's the first thing you see when you look at the floor, and it immediately registers in your mind as a good or bad decision.
Some of the diagrams in the coming slides may have discrepancies with details on the court, but the center-court logos should all be up to date.


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Join Janelle Pavon of Langdon Ford Financial* from March 21 through April 11 as she offers three educational seminars discussing some of today's most important and fundamental areas of personal finance. Janelle welcomes you, your friends, and family members to these informative events designed to answer your most pressing questions. Check out the details below.
The Five Fundamentals of Successful Wealth Management - March 21, 6 - 7:45 p.m.
What are the Five Fundamentals that every individual needs to know in order to help them become successful in achieving their financial goals? Come find out in this seminar designed to give you a foundation that will get you started on the right track.
Retirement GPS - March 28, 6 - 7:45 p.m.
Retirement can be one of the most personally rewarding, but financially challenging periods in your life. It's important to get the right directions and a trusted roadmap before you set out on your journey. This seminar will help you map out a strategy to help steer clear of potential retirement roadblocks
College Savings - April 11 6 - 7:45 p.m.
Providing a college education for your child or grandchild can be an overwhelming task. With the right strategy, it's possible to reduce that financial burden and to give your loved one(s) a gift of a lifetime. Join us to discuss the different ways you can save for these expenses and how you can move toward reaching your savings goals
Refreshments will be served.
*The Rahway Public Library is not affiliated with Janelle Pavon, nor Langdon Ford Financial or Securian Financial Services, Inc. Securities and Investment Advisory Services offered through Securian Financial Services, Inc.


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On a hot and sticky Friday in August, kids raced across the playground at Barsotti Park, sticking their heads under the water spigot, aiming a soccer ball toward the goals.
According to Bruna McBride, whose parents, Bruno and Catherine Barsotti, moved to the lot in 1940 to raise their children, not much has changed.
"Our place was the neighborhood park," she said. "It was such a great gathering place."
On Aug. 12, the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District will celebrate Barsotti Park, developed with funds from the district's 2008 bond. The dedication will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the park, 16610 S.W. Blanton St. The event will include food, prizes and the THPRD Rec and Nature Mobiles.
McBride said she was 5 years old when her family bought the land, cultivating a farm with cattle, fruit trees, vegetables and pigs. McBride is the oldest of the Barsottis' 10 children and recalls milking cows and her mother's home-baked bread.
"We grew everything that we ate," she said. "It was work, but it was fun."
McBride lived on the property until she got married in 1956. Her family then looked to sell the land following her father's death in 1996. It was her mother's dream to see the land become a park, not blocks of houses, McBride said.
The district purchased the land in the late 1990s. According to Tim Bonnin, THPRD lead planner and project manager, the park opened to the public in December. He said the 3.75-acre park helped add green spaces to an area without many parks.
"That's what THPRD is all about," he said. "People being outdoors."
The park includes two play sets, a tennis court, baseball and soccer fields and a community garden. The park development came in just under its approximately $1.3 million budget, Bonnin said.
The park features several kid-friendly details, such as the district's first youth-sized tennis court. The playground floor is made of resilient, rubbery tiles. Near the baseball field, grassy mounds made from leftover dirt serve as natural seating, Bonnin said.
At Barsotti Park, details also represent the life the family had on the land.
There's a covered area, with a red roof and white paint, shaped liked a barn. Bonnin said there are plans to install a bronze plaque with information about the site.
McBride said her nephew has also created a metal art piece to be displayed at the park. It shows images of the family's life, including spaghetti dinners, the barn and the canning jars her mother used.
Several family members and former neighbors are planning to attend the dedication ceremony, McBride said, coming back to where they'd gathered many times before. She appreciates that THPRD was interested in the park and her family's history.
"What they've done is wonderful," she said. "I'm sure Mom would be just thrilled to pieces."


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Okay be prepared for some rambling - sorry in advance...
- I am having trouble getting my head around this idea. I think my DS would love to do more comfort nursing during the day (as I do not use a paci except for nighttime) but he's not fussy or anything, he just acts like a nip every now and then would make him happy... so heres my issue.
The minute he latches I have a letdown!
now his eating schedule is as follows: on demand!!
LOL ~ j/k ~ kinda. he nurses about every 1-1.5 hours...1 side per feeding. This schedule is left over from a block feeding sched. to combat oversupply & OALD. if I feed him any sooner than what he wants or he eats just a bit more than he "should" his spitting up is bad. ..shoots out of his nose and everything. this happens about 2 x's every 2nd day or so... If we do a "normal" nursing session the spitting up is almost totally gone.
okay so - let me try to ask a question here:
How can I comfort nurse?


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GULF SHORES, Alabama -- Even before the economy suffered a meltdown, Keith Grace, an Employment English teacher at Robertsdale High, was already enrolled and working on his degree in education at the University of South Alabama.
"When things got really bad I was halfway through my degree," he said.
Grace was recently notified that he had been named the Outstanding Special Education Student-Teacher of the Year in USA's College of Education.
"We're really proud of Keith," said Principal Theresa Bryant, "and we expect even greater things from him."
Bryant said Grace had recently been hired to teach at RHS full-time.
Grace said he had worked in construction for 10 years and was in the restaurant business before entering USA.
"During my time off, I would coach my 12-year-old son's city league basketball and baseball teams," he said. "Working with the students is something I enjoyed, plus it got me to thinking about a career in education."
Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y.
Hometown: Gulf Shores
Family: Son, Austin
Occupation: Teacher
Activities: Soccer coach
He said he believed special education could help him get in the door at a school.
"The Employment English for grades 9-12 that I teach helps special education students with their resumés, filling out applications, as well as how to write reports and such once they are hired," he said. "The main thing we want to do is to help them find work so that they can become contributing citizens."
Grace said his son, Austin, is in the seventh grade at Central Baldwin Middle School.
"I was happy to get a job at Robertsdale because it allows me to be more involved with my son's sports at the middle school."
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Grace moved several times before graduating from high school in Baton Rouge, La. He moved to Gulf Shores in 1988 with his mother and father.
"The drive from Gulf Shores to Mobile each day to finish my degree took a lot of time and effort," he said, "but I'm very happy I stuck with it."
Grace said his next stop on the educational train is a master's degree in educational leadership.
"Such a degree would help me to move up in a school's hierarchy," he said, "as it would prepare me to become an assistant principal, and who knows after that."
Grace knows he has to at least spend five years in the classroom and keep up his certification in special education before he can even think about moving on to be an administrator, which comes with its own hours for certification.
"It'll take me about three years to complete my master's, but I've already signed up to take the Graduate Records Exam so that I can start taking classes this summer," he said.
During his undergraduate days, Grace served a semester-length practicum at Murphy High in Mobile, as well as at Central Baldwin Middle School before coming to Robertsdale.
"I student-taught for a semester during the fall, and was hired in the spring to work here," he said. "I learned from great special education teachers like Summer Davis and Maureen Zanetti; they passed on their knowledge and really prepared me well."
This semester, Grace worked as an assistant soccer coach for the women's varsity soccer team, in addition to teaching his normal course load.
"As for next year, I'll go where they put me," he said. "I love sports, so coaching isn't really work for me. Coach Rachel Baker and I enjoy trying to get them to work together, as well as give it their all."
-- Bruce Sims, Special to the Register


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The woman told police the suspect and his mother spent the night at her home in the 600 block of Spencer Street on Tuesday, July 23. The male suspect slept alone in her bedroom, where she kept $800 dollars in cash under her mattress.
According to the report, the woman checked under the mattress later in the day and found her money was gone. The woman told the suspect's mother her money was missing.
The woman said she has not heard from the suspect or his mother since the incident.
Amanda Emery is a police reporter for MLive-Flint
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Just less than six months ago, some local farmers were out in the fields picking.
But it wasn't crops they were gathering. It was debris from the destruction of the April 27 tornadoes that devastated the area.
Then, came the heavy rains.
"A lot (of seed) was in the ground," said Thomas Atkinson, Madison County executive director of the USDA Farm Service Agency. "What the tornadoes didn't hurt, we also had 9 inches of rain."
But, there was another task at hand before the farmers could replant the damaged and washed away sprouts and seeds.
"Replanting was not the immediate concern," he said. "It was getting the debris out of the fields."
However, not all farms were adversely affected by the extreme weather.
"The crops seem to be better this year because of the rain," said Jan Andersen, whose father Billy Ray Ikard is a fourth-generation farmer. "Some areas, the unirrigated land, are looking much better than last year. And still some are not as good.
"On the average, it should be a good yield."
Atkinson said that's what area farmers face year after year. The weather is not the same from one part of the county to the other and some farmers will have a great season while others struggle.
"Some farmers missed the last rainfall," he said. "East of the Parkway got late rainfall that the rest of the county didn't get."
This year's harvest should help farmers recover from last year's drought-stricken crops, Andersen said. Her father's farm is on the Limestone County side of County Line Road.
"This year is going to give some farmers an opportunity to regroup from last year," she said. "Farmers, in general, are optimistic about this year's crop.
The cotton should be an average crop, overall, Atkinson said. Which isn't a bad thing.
"A 600- to 800-pound bale is an average crop in the county," he said. "That's better than last year."
He said the county corn is "100 percent harvested" though the early planted corn suffered from the hot, dry weather of the early summer.
"The later rainfall helped save the corn crop," he said. "The soybeans look good and the cotton (harvest) is just getting started."
The local gins - Ikard's farm uses South Limestone Co-Op and Jeff Gin - "are quite pleased" with the crop, Andersen said.
She said that though farming is essentially a manual-labor industry, the farms must keep up with the ever-changing technology and global markets.
"The days of the dumb farmer are long gone," she said. "They have to keep up with world markets (such as China and Pakistan for cotton).
"Modern technology has advanced to make planting more efficient and has cut down on the time needed to seed and pick."
But, it still is labor intensive.
"The farmer must harvest when it's ready," she said. "He can't say 'I'll wait until tomorrow.' It's a seven-days-a-week job."
And, unlike most industries, dealing with the wrath of Mother Nature is part of it.
"We estimated the tornado damage to be about $405,000 (in the county)," Atkinson said. "That's fencing and damaged structures for the farms. We're only getting $162,000 (in federal aid) for the county."
He said the county agency had to prioritize by setting a cost-per-acre damage estimate.
"We were able to fund about 75 percent of the applicants with about 40 percent of the money," he said.
Despite the bad weather, Andersen - whose father's 1,700-acre farm was not damaged - said farming is a "good way of life."
"It's a wholesome way of life," she said. "It makes us a stronger community."


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J.L. Provencal (Mt. Cuba Observatory, University of Delaware), H.L. Shipman (University of Delaware)
Small telescopes face a mission crisis and lack of funding in this age of bigger and bigger telescopes. High speed photometry of white dwarfs and other variables is a field in which these telescopes can be vital participants. We present high speed photometry taken at Mt. Cuba Observatory in Wilmington, Delaware, in collaboration with the Whole Earth Telescope.
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35#5
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The Clearview Regional High School and Pennsville girls tennis teams met in an anticipated matchup of undefeated squads on Monday, with the Pioneers coming away with a 4-1 victory.
However, the Eagles were missing first singles player Lauren Kiger, meaning No. 2 Tori Nugent and No. 3 Brooke Coleman each moved up on the ladder and Taylor Dobson was inserted at No. 3. Coleman came up with the Eagles' point.
Coleman still won at second singles, but Clearview got points from first singles Julie Winter, third singles Lydia Henry and both doubles teams.
"(Kiger) was really, really sick, what can you do?" said Pennsville coach Dan LaMont. "We might have struggled even with her, but in the long run this helped us.
"We knew we kind of had to win all three singles, but our first doubles went three sets. We're still rebuilding, they're very deep, but we loved this match. I would play them four or five times a year. It's a great match for us. I think it brought us down to earth."
Pennsville, ranked No. 12 in the South Jersey Media Top 15, won a tighter-than-the-score indicated 5-0 match over Woodstown recently and squeezed past No. 14 Pitman, 3-2, for the second time this year to take charge of the Tri-County Conference Classic Division.
The 10th-ranked Pioneers have a big match against Kingsway coming up on Friday. The Dragons are 6-3 overall, but suffered their only loss in the Tri-County Royal, 4-1, to Clearview on Sept. 7.
* THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE: In another battle of unbeatens this week, No. 8 Sacred Heart knocked off No. 11 Cumberland, 3-2, with straight-set wins from first singles Amanda Goff, second singles Patrice Basada and first doubles Lauren Cavallo and Katie O'Rourke.
The Lions improved to 7-0 with the victory, while Cumberland is 9-1.
"I couldn't be more proud of them, they definitely deserve it," said coach Krystee Mosley. "This is my first year that they are all my girls. The seniors were freshmen when I started, and I pushed them harder than I ever had. They've put it all on the court."
Sacred Heart - the highest-ranked area squad - beat rival Holy Spirit, 3-2, earlier this year, but admitted the Cumberland victory carried some significance.
"Holy Spirit is our big rival, but for our area, for people to take us seriously, the Cumberland win was big," said Mosley. "Cumberland's a really good team, and I'm not sure the last time we've beaten them."
* POINT TAKEN: Washington Township has played four straight 3-2 matches and five overall this season. The No. 9 Minutemaids fell to No. 4 Lenape when the Indians took the first doubles match in three sets on Monday.
* CUTOFF DAY: The cutoff for teams to qualify for the NJSIAA postseason is Wednesday. Playoffs begin Friday, Oct. 5.
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By Susan Finch
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A former Orleans Parish Prison inmate who filed a federal lawsuit charging that his basic civil rights were violated at the state prison where he was taken after Hurricane Katrina will have his day in court, a federal court judge has concluded.
U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle ruled last week that Ronnie L. Morgan, a federal convict who was in protective custody at the New Orleans jail before the Aug. 29, 2005, storm, has provided sufficient facts to warrant trial of his claim that the warden at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La. showed deliberate indifference to a duty to keep Morgan safe from attacks by other prisoners.
Morgan, 31, is serving time for bank robbery.
Morgan's lawsuit, filed in 2006, maintains that then-Warden Cornel Hubert violated his prison's own policy of segregating protective custody inmates when he placed Morgan in a field with the general prison population, where he was stabbed in the head and neck by other inmates, then laughed at by guards and offered no help.
Morgan's suit, filed for him by American Civil Liberties Union attorneys, says he wandered the field in his bloody clothing, afraid to sleep, until he was moved from Hunt on Sept. 2, 2005, having never gotten medical attention for his wounds.
Lemelle gave a green light for the Morgan case to proceed to trial by rejecting Hubert's plea to be dismissed from the lawsuit.
Lawyers for Hubert, who is now deputy warden at Hunt, argued prison officials aren't expected to prevent all inmate on inmate violence and said constitutional rights that normally can be adequately safeguarded can be prioritized in the face of an emergency such as Katrina, which forced mass evacuation of Orleans Parish Prison.
Lemelle didn't buy it.
Even under the extreme circumstances posed by Katrina, the judge said, Hubert should have known that an inmate in protective custody and wearing a uniform reflecting that status would be in danger of attack if placed in a field with regular prisoners.
ACLU attorney Katie Schwartzmann lauded the development in her client's favor, contrasting it with "fairly common practice in the U.S. for prisoner cases to get thrown out at the very early stages."
After pleading guilty in 1997 to bank robbery, Morgan was handed a 50-month federal prison term, followed by three years under federal supervision.
But in October 2002, federal authorities put out a warrant to arrest Morgan for violating the terms of the supervised release. Picked up on that warrant in November 2003, Morgan was sent back to jail. In August of 2004, U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan revoked the release and sentenced him to an 18 month stretch that was to follow any other sentence Morgan was then serving.
By that time, Morgan had begun serving the 15-year state prison sentence he received in April 2003 after pleading guilty in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court to armed robbery and heroin possession.
According to Schwartzmann, Morgan was recently transferred to a federal penitentiary in Atlanta.
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A man was arrested after firing a weapon in central Gothenburg in the early hours of Saturday.
The police received the alarm at 1:51 am. According to witnesses a man had fired a gunshot into the air at Teatergatan. No-one was injured.
The police found four men aged 20-30 at the scene. One of them was carrying a weapon and was arrested on suspicions of weapons crime. The other three were taken in for questioning.


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Steve Prince's "One Fish: Old Testament" art exhibit on display at Dordt College
August 20, 2012
For Steve Prince, art is a tool used to battle social issues like violence, racism, and injustice. His art is "a conduit of God's grace, helping people make sense of their lives and realize that their actions have consequences," said Prince. "There are a lot of things we haven't dealt with in our souls, so I like to deal with them in my artwork." The result is art that is interwoven with social metaphors and symbolic messages.
Prince has brought "One Fish: Old Testament" to Dordt College. The exhibit is housed in the college's Campus Center Art Gallery and in the Ribbens Academic Complex art galleries through October 2, and features recent artwork including drawings and linocuts. The public is invited to enjoy the exhibit free of charge daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Indicative of Prince's work, the exhibit is filled with images that show his incredible imagination and drawing abilities. "Old Testament" is a "love series" that is metaphorically inspired by the Bible, says Dordt College art professor and gallery coordinator David Versluis. In much of his work, Prince visually interprets the biblical narrative and gives it a fresh context in a contemporary and urban framework.
Founder of One Fish Studio based in Silver Spring, Maryland, Prince is an artist, educator, and art evangelist. Having grown up in New Orleans, Prince allows the city's rich traditions in art, music, and religion to pulsate through his work. He says, "The concept of One Fish Studio is derived from Matthew 4:19, when Christ said, 'follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.'"
Prince's faith calls him to be an artist; his work is an unending exploration of that faith and its relationship to his life, his culture, and his community. "We are all living epistles, whether we want to be or not," said Prince. He will expound on some of these themes when he comes to campus on Sunday and Monday, September 2 and 3.
An exhibit reception will be held on Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. with an artist talk at 8. He will also speak Monday at 11 a.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium as the first in a series of First Mondays Speakers. More information about this series is available online.
The public is also welcome to participate in a Watercolor Collagraph Workshop on Monday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Please contact David Versluis at (712) 722-6374 for more information.
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Here's the church save the steeple
Congregation hopes to preserve its landmark downtown building.
Back in 1882, when Winslow Way was a mere gash in the dirt, two Civil War veterans decided to build a church in town.
Riley Hoskinson and Ambrose Grow succeeded four years later, but they didnt do it alone.
Eagle Harbor Congregational Church was built with donations from Winslows citizenry, and with proceeds from the clam chowder dinners, dramas and song fests that provided fellowship for the whole town.
The picturesque white church at Winslow Way and Madison Avenue remains at the center of community life, even today.
To keep it that way, the parishioners are once again seeking town support this time for a capital campaign to renovate and repair the historic structure.
Its always been a meeting place, kind of like those churches back in the Midwest and in the prairies, said David Beemer, who was raised, baptized and married in the church and whose family has three generations of members.
Although its a Sunday morning place, its also where youth groups, school kids and other people meet during the week, Beemer said.
If there were plans to tear the old church down, islanders would be in an uproar, he said. So hes hopeful that the community will step forward to support the effort to restore and expand it.
Signs of age
The iconic, New England-style church is displaying the troubling signs of old age.
The roof is shot, and the picturesque steeple and bell tower are infected with rot and could topple over in the next five years or so, according to a building inspectors report.
The sanctuary is in need of a remodel and expansion to handle overflow crowds during holiday church services and public events.
The basement needs framing and renovation to provide more classrooms and meeting space, and the entire facility needs fire sprinklers and access for the disabled to bring it up to code.
Estimated cost for the work is over $500,000.
The churchs three-year Deeper Roots, Stronger Branches campaign is off to a good start, said Jim Macpherson, director of lead commitments. When the congregation gathers next weekend for a kick-off banquet, he expects to announce gifts of cash, stock and vehicles worth $170,000 thus far.
We hope this will give our campaign momentum and encourage others to give, Macpherson said. We have pledge cards that we havent even opened yet.
Two major donations have already been pledged, for $50,000 each. One is from an anonymous donor. The other is from the churchs minister and her husband, the Rev. Dee and John Eisenhauer.
Its our responsibility and also our joy to share some of what we have with an institution that will outlive us, Dee Eisenhauer said. And we hope that our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will benefit from this church, hopefully with a watertight roof overhead.
The success of John Eisenhauers business, Mercury Online Solutions, allowed the couple to make the gift.
But the minister stressed that some in the congregation will be sacrificing to give much smaller amounts. Its not the size of the gift, but the commitment that counts, she said, and everyone is encouraged to do what they can.
We didnt build the church, she said, it was a gift to us, as have been all the churches I have been a part of.
When the time comes for refurbishing, its the current generation that has that responsibility. We are just doing our job. We would be real slackers if we didnt.
Town hub
While Eagle Harbor Congregational Church is a place of worship for liberal-leaning, mainline Protestants, it figures prominently in the islands secular life as well.
Madrona School classes, 12-Step gatherings, the winter Farmers Market, and town celebrations are regularly held there. Its rooms are used for lectures, meetings and rehearsals seven days a week.
At Halloween, its become a place to eat chili after trick-or-treating downtown. And on Wednesdays after school, its a gathering place for local youths, no matter what their religion.
This church has been an important part of Winslow for the past 125 years, and as a community it makes sense to restore it, rather than selling it and rebuilding out of town, said parishioner Reed Price, capital campaign chair.
In a town that is facing the strains and challenges of growth and the pressures of commerce, we want to make sure this corner church is available to the community the next 125 years.
Thus far, the campaign has focused on the church members, with a series of home meetings to discuss the buildings needs.
But once pledges are received from the churchs 200 parishioners at a Celebration Sunday on April 24, the congregations members will go out into the community as the founders once did looking for support to meet their goal. That groundwork has already begun, and the results have been promising, church members say.
Im not a member of the church actually, I consider myself a respectful agnostic, said island activist and Winslow resident Clarence Moriwaki. But this church has been a remarkable community asset.
They have bent over backwards to make room for us and have been a real friend.
When vandals several years ago painted racist graffiti around town targeting Jews and Filipinos, the town rallied with Take a Stand Against Hate, a gathering that drew more than 1,000 people to the church grounds.
The church volunteered its space right away, Moriwaki said. This is a church that has open arms for all people, regardless of race or sexual orientation, and that speaks volumes.
It really represents the community spirit of Bainbridge Island.
Early church
The first Eagle Harbor parishioners met in peoples homes until the church was finally built in 1896, on land donated by A.D. Grow.
The lumber was brought from Port Madison by Capt. Paul Oliver on his sloop, according to Bainbridge Thru Bifocals, a history by Elsie Frankland Marriott.
It cost about $1,050 to construct, money raised through community donations and events put on by the industrious Ladies Aid group.
The first minister, the Rev. John F. Damon, traveled around Bainbridge in a canoe.
For many years, children reached Sunday School in a rowboat piloted by their teacher, Delia Scott, who also rowed them home afterward, according to a history of the church written by parishioner Harry Wallace, who later married Delia.
At one point in its early history, the church was in danger of being sold for nonpayment of $1.18 in back taxes; a parishioner took care of the matter by rowing a skiff to Port Orchard to make the payment.
To accommodate a growing population, additions were made to the building over the years. The kitchen and fellowship hall were added in 1925.
In the 1960s, the church was lifted up, turned, and moved back on the property, so that a former temperance hall and library up the street could be added on to create a classroom wing.
Virginia Beemer, now 75, joined the congregation in 1950 with her husband Don. Their family life, with five sons, revolved around the church.
The boys took turns serving as janitors; Don was on the board of trustees, and Virginia ran the annual rummage sale and served as Sunday school superintendent.
The church has taken part in the community all these years, in all aspects, and it stands out today, she said. I remember when the two ladies groups would hold a luncheon there once a month, and all the business people in the town came.
There werent that many restaurants in Winslow back then. Well, maybe one, if I remember right.
Besides being a central meeting place, the churchs admirers say its lovely to look at, a testament to the towns rural heritage.
There is something incredibly charming about having such a picturesque church in the center of town, Moriwaki said. There is an aesthetic interest in preserving the church as well.
The buildings silhouette is so distinctive, its featured on the logo for the Bainbridge Island Downtown Association.
We partner with them on events, and I see how busy it is, said Cris Beattie, the associations executive director. It is just one more indicator of how vibrant our downtown is.
Architect Charlie Wenzlau couldnt agree more.
Wenzlau served as a team leader on the Winslow Tomorrow charrette, which yielded visual representations of downtowns future growth. And hes the architect on the church renovation project, which will preserve its historic look.
The importance of the building in the downtown area, he said, was emphasized repeatedly in the charrette process.
When you look at traditional downtowns, two of the most important focal points are the town green, and the church on the town green. We have both of these, Wenzlau said. The Winslow Tomorrow effort recognizes how the church, in conjunction with Winslow Green, can redefine that intersection.
We can enhance them and make them an even stronger place for the community than they are now.
What good timing, he said, that the town is considering its future, as the church ensures its own future on the corner.
I think its important, as our town grows, to preserve those older institutions, Wenzlau said. In a symbolic way, the church represents our history and evolution as a community.
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Steeple chase
Donations to the capital campaign to restore and renovate Eagle Harbor Congregational Church in Winslow can be sent to the church, 105 Winslow Way West, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110. For further information on the capital drive, see www.eagleharborchurch.org or call 842-4657.
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