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Police have charged the driver of the car that careened into Linn Creek Thursday morning, killing two people including an infant.
Armando Chavarria, 22, faces two counts of vehicular homicide, Class B felonies, and a count of serious injury by vehicle, a Class D felony.
The crash killed 4-month-old Dylan Quezada and Chendo Quezada, 20. Three other people were in the car when it left the road just before 2 a.m. Gabriela Nunez-Lasso, Chavarria's girlfriend and mother to Dylan Quezada and 5-year-old Yara Hernandez-Nunez. Nancy Nunez, 17, is Nunez-Lasso's sister.
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Capt. Mike Hanken, with the Marshalltown Police Department, said the group was leaving a Halloween party when the crash occurred.
Lab reports as to whether alcohol was involved have yet to come back, Hanken said. More charges could be forthcoming. Police conducted a search warrant of the Chevy Blazer and recovered some evidence since the crash.
"How and why the vehicle left the roadway those are the big factors that we are looking into," Hanken said. "What events led up to that point in time."
Nunez remains at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Doctors have treated and released Hernandez-Nunez.
Charvarria's bond is set at $100,000 cash only. A Class B felony is punishable by up to 25 years in prison. Police will continue the investigation.

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'Tis the season: Compared to other big cities, Portlanders have a particular affinity for eggnog lattes, according to data analyzed by Starbucks. (QZ)
Where should I eat?: Here are the three Portland restaurants you should visit right now. (The Oregonian)
Bad news roosters: A California city council declares the Sriracha factory a public nuisance. (LA Times)
#'Murica: "Nothing can ruin a pound of chocolate fudge faster than a swastika." (Munchies)
First look: Photos from inside the first sit-down Nong's Khao Man Gai restaurant. (The Oregonian)
Epic food pron: Here's an awesome butter ad filmed like "2001: A Space Odyssey." (Eater)
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All true, and reassuring — if that's as far as sexting went.
But when teenagers send each other semi-nude or nude pictures, they violate laws against transmitting child pornography. When sexting gets out of hand, it can have dire and long-lasting consequences.
The Times report last month told the story of "Margarite," a teen outside Olympia, Wash., who sent a nude picture of herself to her new boyfriend, Isaiah. Young love cooled, and Isaiah soon forwarded Margarite's explicit picture to another eighth-grader. Within 24 hours, it was everywhere. "The effect was as if Margarite, 14, had sauntered naked down the hallways of the four middle schools," wrote reporter Jan Hoffman.
In Ohio, Jessica Logan, 18, sent nude pictures to her boyfriend. After their breakup, he sent the pictures to fellow students. Facing nonstop harassment, she stopped going to class. In the summer of 2008, she hanged herself — her cellphone beside her.
Surveys suggest as many as one-quarter of 14- to17-year-olds have engaged in "naked sexting." Rarely does it result in suicide. But the effects can be traumatic.
For one thing, the images can end up virtually anywhere — and follow someone forever in cyberspace. The legal repercussions also are daunting. Philip Alpert of Florida was 18 when he forwarded a nude picture of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend to scores of acquaintances. He was arrested and charged under that state's child pornography laws. Now 20, Alpert will be a registered sex offender until he is at least 43.
People like Alpert and Margarite are hardly sexual predators — although sexting can attract "real" predators, as was explained at a conference on "Predators, Porn and the Law" at Syracuse University's College of Law last Saturday. Sexting doesn't start out maliciously, unlike the ugly "Smut" Facebook phenomenon that has targeted the reputations of high school girls, including a recent flare-up at Syracuse's Nottingham High School.
The law is trying to catch up to "sexting." Do you charge the romantic sexter? The "ex" who forwards the image? All those who receive it? Proposed state laws in New York and elsewhere would make sexting a conditional misdemeanor, with diversion programs including counseling, education and community service. A New York proposal would require age-appropriate classes in Internet safety at all levels in public schools.
Getting ahead of sexting by educating teens about its potential damage to their self-esteem, reputation, future career and legal status is worth the effort. Schools don't need state laws to take on that mission — nor do parents.


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In an upset likely foretold in August when five challengers jumped into the race, Abita Springs Mayor Louis Fitzmorris rode a high tide of voter discontent to unseat longtime St. Tammany Parish Assessor Patricia Schwarz Core. Core, seeking a sixth term in the office she first won in 1991, was overcome by withering criticism of the way her office handled property assessments and the explanations she proffered regarding her office's profligate credit card spending.
On Saturday, Fitzmorris completed the job he and the other challengers had begun earlier this fall, taking 50.2 percent of the vote to beat Core in the runoff.
"Patricia underestimated two things: me and the people of St. Tammany Parish," a jubilant Fitzmorris said Saturday night from his post-election gathering. "She spent over $300,000. I spent $35,000. I represented the people, not big-business interests as she did.''
Core conceded the race about 10 p.m.
"I congratulate Mayor Fitzmorris on his victory," Core said. "We fought hard, but the voters have spoken.
"For the next 13 months, I will continue to perform my duties as assessor fully and will proceed with the ongoing work of updating technology and improving the tax rolls in St. Tammany Parish. As we enter the next reassessment year, there is much to be done. While Mayor Fitzmorris pursues the credentials necessary to take over the position, I will do the job I have done faithfully for almost 20 years."
Absent heated contests for parish president or other parishwide offices, the assessor's race became the focal point of this fall's slate of elections in St. Tammany. Core, 63, was seen by many in the parish as vulnerable due to a recent spate of news-making events stemming from her office, ranging from a state-mandated reassessment that angered thousands of voters to media reports chronicling approximately $35,000 her office has spent on food since 2008, some of it at high-end restaurants.
When five challengers jumped into the primary, many politics watchers thought it a fait accompli that she would be pushed into a runoff.
Campaigning on her years in office, Core said Fitzmorris lacked the experience to properly run the office. She said she was heartened to take 39 percent of the vote in the Oct. 22 primary, noting that it put her in "first place."
Fitzmorris captured 22 percent of the vote in the primary.
Mayor of Abita Springs since 2003, Fitzmorris campaigned hard on a message of change. He said property owners across the parish had lost confidence in the Assessor's Office -- and Core -- as evidenced by the primary, where 60 percent of the voters pushed the button for someone other than Core.
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The contract is legitimate and all is well. Was the controversy worth the time and money?
"To those who say this is not big deal, you are complete right...and utterly WRONG!
You're correct it's no big deal. There is apparently no secret protocol where Oregon and Nike have agreed to split up Poland once Oregon has defeated and occupied its half. In short, the agreement is pretty much vanilla.
However, you are utterly wrong when you say this was wasted time. Oregon openly defied the Public Records law, which is in place to allow everyone to see how the government, in this a publicly-funded school, conducts business. It is only through this openness that corruption and incompetence can be discovered and resolved. While it is true that the Bellotti buyout has been found "legal" it is also clear that the process that led to it was "improper."
"Improper" is only a short step away from illegal, and had Oregon not been called to account, the citizens money might well have been lost to corruption or dishonesty.
In the long run, the public wins when somebody, in this case the Oregonian, requires the government to operate openly. Look at the disclosures that you and I have been paying treasury employees for lunches when the lunches were free! I'm thankful the O pursued this, even if the result was finding "nothing." The public's good was served, and served well.


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Almost four years ago, I walked into The Mining Journal, not for the first time ever, but for the first time as a full-time reporter. My first story, assigned at 7 a.m. that day, was on the new road leading to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum. To say I was scared or nervous would be a bit of an understatement - terror might be a better description of my state of mind.
Now I'm facing an ending - that of my time here at the paper and in Marquette County - and another beginning.
Mid-January, I will be leaving to begin service with the Peace Corps as an English teacher in the North Africa, likely Morocco. Right now, I don't know much beyond that - where I'll be posted, what sort of kids or young adults I'll be working with, what my living situation will be like.
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All I know is that I'm going, which in itself is somewhat of an achievement considering hte year-long application process and barrage of medical appointments I went through to be considered for service.
Serving with the Peace Corps has been something I've thought about doing since at least early high school, getting the chance to meet other people around the world and to see what their lives are like, not in some glossy touristic way, but how they actually live.
I'm beyond excited to see a different part of the world, learn Arabic, try new foods and, most of all, to see what new ideas and doors are opened up for me by this experience. I've never taught English before. But there was a time when I had never conducted an interview before, never had my work published. I will figure it out.
Especially with news last week of protests and the death of Christopher Stevens, U.S. ambassador to Libya, who first came to North Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morrocco, people are asking me if I'm scared, if I'm sure I really want to go.
The answer is yes.
And not because I can look at a map and say that North Africa is a huge region, and anywhere I'm placed will be a distance equivalent to driving north-south across the United States.
Not because I know the Peace Corps doesn't place volunteers where they are in danger of political unrest.
I'm sure I want to go because it is where I feel like I'm supposed to be. Not that it won't be difficult or frightening at times, because I know it will be, but it will be right.
One thing (of many) working for The Mining Journal has taught me, particularly working out of the Ishpeming bureau office, is the importance of relationships and building a sense of community if you want to effectively work with people. People don't like to work with those they don't trust. A reporter has to build up a relationship with the people they interview regularly, and that is a skill I think will serve me well as a volunteer.
As one of our more senior reporters told me when I first started at the paper, people are people. Whether the president of a big company who might make me a bit nervous going in to interview, whether a single parent living in a trailer, whether an angry municipal official, they're all people first and they all have a story I might not be aware of.
The same applies to the people - stress that point - of North Africa.
My time between now and the when I leave will be spent cleaning out my apartment, visiting relatives and packing, lots of packing. But I'll also be taking my time to enjoy living in the community I have come to know over the past several years, visiting favorite restaurants, running down familiar trails, savoring the look of fall leaves across Teal Lake.
And the hardest part - saying goodbye to people who have been a big part of my life.
Thank you.
Johanna Boyle was The Mining Journal's Ishpeming reporter for four years. Readers can follow her new journey as a member of the Peace Corps at jbpeacecorps.wordpress.com.


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SAGINAW, MI — Algevon Eichelberger has finally shed the knee brace.
The doubters may soon follow.
Eichelberger led The Family AAU team to the semifinals of the Spiece Run-N-Slam Tournament Sunday in Fort Wayne, Ind., before losing to the King James 16-under team.
But Eichelberger dominated King James in the semifinals, scoring 22 points with 10 rebounds and five assists in his final game of a tournament that drew the top recruits in the Midwest.
"I tore my patellar tendon about two months before last (Saginaw High) season started, so I played the whole season with a knee brace," Eichelberger said. "It didn't hurt, but it restricted me. I wasn't able to move like I used to move."
The knee brace, however, has come off for the AAU season.
"It feels a lot better ... no pain," Eichelberger said Friday after he was inducted into the Saginaw High National Honor Society. "It wasn't just the knee brace that hurt me last year. I wasn't able to play any basketball for two months before the season started."
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He has received college offers from Northern Illinois, Utah, Nicholls State and the University of Detroit.
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It's never too late to dance.
The 97th Pennsylvania Farm Show's Large Arena was filled with square dancers on the evening of Jan. 7.
The vast amount of people had left the complex around 8 p.m. - but the square dancing competition was still going. The late hour did nothing to defuse the enthusiasm as the square dancers, which included both senior citizens and elementary school kids.
Awarded ribbons based on their performance, the square dancing competition did not have first, second or third place winners. Instead they were given ribbons that told them how perfect their performance was, with the upper echelon receiving a blue, the good receiving a red and those who could improve getting a white one.
The majority of ribbons handed out at the Farm Show were blue.
Mark Friedline of Somerset had two children in the competition, one received a blue ribbon the other a red. His kids are big fans of square dancing, but they enjoy performing at the Farm Show best of all.
"They look forward to that," he said. "They look forward to being out there and being showcased."
Friedline has never square danced himself, but he wished he had when he was younger.
"Anyone that can take the opportunity should try it," he said. "I never had the opportunity, but I wish I would have."
"I feel like I missed out."
The key to being a great square dancer is listen.
"You have to learn to listen and listen to the calls and do what they tell you to do," said Sandy Baer of Somerset. Baer has been coaching square dancing for 40 years. This year her two teams - The Lively Steppers and The Lively Swingers - received blue and red ribbons.
The teams have been practicing twice a week for the past two months in preparation for the farm show. All the members range between 8 and 16 years old.
The path to blue ribbon did not run smooth though. The night before the competition a girl on the team was sent to the hospital sick. Baer had to find a last minute replacement - another girl who did not know all the dances.
"It was a real crash course," Baer said. "We taught them to her today - and the team got a blue ribbon. Made me really proud of them."
It's the kids that keep Baer coming back to square dancing. She originally started because her two daughters wanted to learn.
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"Just look at them," she said gesturing to the smiling faces dancing around in the Large Arena. "They're having fun. It's something they work together as a group to do and they're having fun."
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Double-A Erie earned five selections on the Southern Division All-Star team for the Eastern League All-Star Game July 15 in Trenton. Outfielder Deik Scram and pitcher Josh Rainwater were fan balloting selections, while catcher Alex Avila, outfielder Brennan Boesch and first baseman Ryan Strieby were also named to the club. It's the third All-Star selection in as many years and at as many levels for Strieby, a Midwest League All-Star at Class A West Michigan in 2007 and a Florida State League selection last year at Class A Lakeland.


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Kearny 3, St. Peter's Prep 2
Almir Batista scored two goals and Renato Vigo added a goal and an
assist to lift Kearny in Jersey City.
Prep, which entered the game with a 7-0 record, struck twice early in the second half to knot things up at two goals apiece, before Batista knocked in his second tally of the night.
"We looked pretty good. Early on we were aggressive," Kearny coach Billy Galka said. "A lot of guys put their bodies on the line. We pulled together as a team tonight, so we're happy with that."
Ryan Wilson added an assist and Tyler Anderson stopped five shots for Kearny (6-1), which outshot St. Peter's Prep (7-1), 10-5.
Kearny 1 2 3
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Goals (K) Batista 2, Vigo. Assists (K) Wilson, Vigo. Shots (K) 10. (S) 5. Saves (K) Anderson 5.
North Bergen 3, Ferris 2
Kevin Seoane scored two goals, including the go-ahead score in the 54th minute, to lift North Bergen in North Bergen. Steven Zamudio had a goal and Juan Carlos Car had four stops for North Bergen (4-3), which outshot Ferris, 13-5. Mohamed Wally scored two goals and Carlos Sebilla added two assists to pace Ferris (2-5-1).
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Goals (F) Wally 2. (N) Seoane 2, Zamudio. Assists (F) Sebilla 2. (N) Garcia, Valoria. Shots (F) 5. (N) 13. Saves (F) Bonilla 4. (N) J. Car 4.
Queen of Peace 6, Weehawken 1
Nick Rogers scored three goals and had an assist and Tyler Sielinski added two goals and two assists to lead Queen of Peace in North Arlington. Derek Maurer added a goal and Matt Tarantino had two assists for Queen of Peace (6-1). J.P. Rodriguez made 16 saves for Weehawken (0-4).
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Jo Mark Zurel and daughter Heather on Mount Kilimanjaro in August. — Submitted photo
The middle of January arrived quickly and many (this reporter included) are wrestling with that common resolution to get fit and active.
For advice and inspiration, we contacted a number of busy people who juggle hectic lives and asked them to email a few lines about how they stay in shape.
Their replies:
Dwight Ball, Liberal leader
"To stay in shape I try to get out and enjoy the outdoors as much as possible. This includes snowshoeing, fly-fishing and biking throughout the beautiful Humber Valley. I'm also an avid hockey player, lacing up my skates at least once a week."
Heather Barrett, producer, "Radio Noon"
"I love running; it's a low-maintenance way to stay fit and it's a great stress-buster. These days, I try to run three to four times a week. I prefer to go outside if the weather and daylight permits; otherwise, I'll hit the indoor track at the Field House. I'm also trying some yoga for stretching and strength-building."
Lt.-Col. Alex Brennan, Royal Newfoundland Regiment and full-time police officer
"With two jobs and a family I concentrate on some basics, and for me, it's passing the Canadian Army Battle Efficiency Test (BET) in which the focus is on Caroid, muscular strength, power and flexibility. Once a year, soldiers have to do the BET that involves carrying a weighted 24.5 kilogram rucksack for 13 kilometres in two hours and 26 minutes. We then move a soldier of equal weight for 100 metres in 60 seconds. Then finally we have to shovel a trench in less than six minutes. Every spring and fall, the public will see soldiers performing this test, generally around Quidi Vidi Lake. This is a great gauge to determine general fitness, and it ensures a common standard for the Army across the country."
Bob Buckingham, lawyer
"My fitness plan is an incorporated component of my lifestyle. I live a healthy lifestyle. This means clean, healthy eating every day. I do not drink or smoke. I combine this with a program of physical activity which includes an activity five days a week made up of running and/or gym work. I joined a running group for motivation and support, and I put together a small personal gym. I run or do gym workouts on alternate days. Every month I set a monthly 'achievable' goal to assist in maintaining motivation. The last few months of 2011 saw a bit of a decline in my activity, but I am now back at running and gym fun full force."
Coun. Debbie Hanlon, St. John's
"I run, walk and hike. Last summer I rowed in the Regatta and that kept me busy for a about four months, running and hiking and lots of cardio. I also ran the Tely 10, which again kept me busy with lots of cardio. In the winter I do taekwondo with my mom. She's a seventh-degree black belt and has been my instructor for years. I hold a purple belt and will continue on forever until I get my black belt!"
Mike Heffernan, author of "Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster" and the forthcoming book of stories from John's taxicabs, "The Other Side of Midnight."
"I started jogging during high school when I started to gain extra weight. Then that evolved into weight training in my buddy's basement. That was 15 years ago. I hit the gym about four or five times a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I eat well, and don't over indulge in junk food. It's sometimes hard, no doubt, especially around Christmas. But I've been pretty healthy for so long that it's not something I think about too much. And that's the trick, just making it part of your lifestyle. If you can't hit the gym, do some pushups and crunches. Maybe walk the dog for an extra couple blocks. Take the kids to the park, or hike Signal Hill. Just stay active."
William Janes, deputy chief, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
"During the summer months, I row with a team from our workplace here at the RNC. During the fall, I enjoy hiking in and around the St. John's area. I have, in the past week, signed up for a three-month membership at a local gym and will spend some time snowshoeing — snow permitting."
Mount Pearl Deputy Mayor Jim Locke
"The key to staying in shape is a healthy lifestyle — diet, exercise and adequate rest. I eat relatively healthy with daily fruits and veggies, and I try to limit processed meats. I do have a big sweet tooth though. I love to walk and bike ride, and I try to get to the gym three to four times a week. And I get eight hours of sleep a night."
Conception Bay South Coun. Beverley Rowe
"I 'try" to go the gym three days per week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday I walk, but now I will skate at Robert French Memorial Stadium on Tuesday mornings instead of the walking. Note the emphasis I placed on try! Hoping that now I can get back into my weekly routine. The Christmas season was very hectic!"
Jo Mark Zurel, outgoing president, St. John's Board of Trade
"To keep focus on a training schedule, I set a target and tell the world about it. That puts the pressure on me to train and complete the challenge. For example, last winter, my daughter Heather (that's her in the picture) and I told everyone we planned to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in August. Once the expectation was in place and the flights booked, we had no choice but to hit the gym and the trails. And because we trained, we thoroughly enjoyed the climb! It also helps to have a good training partner (like Heather)!"
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After quilting the top this morning I started assembling the fan blocks but assembly being one of my least favorite parts of quilting, I decided to get another binding done instead. I'll get back to the assembly tomorrow.
This was from Nancy's group in CT and will go to Alycia as a QOV as requested by Nancy.
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Goodness! I wish I had your stamina. Is there some good book you could read on the Kindle? Again, I am in awe. 🙂
Love the quilt… what a great idea for a QOV!
You are amazing!! Such a beautiful quilt! I have made two of these for my boys!
You amaze me with all you get done.
Love the boats quilt! You sure get a lot done! Good for you!
I really like the boats – we sail and our house overlooks the lake so it would be perfect. Now, if I just had more time in my day to piece!
Mary, I'm totally in awe of all that you get done. I have a longarm that I bought from my neighbor when she upgraded, and also have the QBot, and have no clue how to even load the machine. That is on my "bucket list" for this year. I want to learn it so bad. Thank you for sharing all of the beautiful work that you do to help others. 🙂


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Cass and I have been raiding 10 mans a lot more than we usually do in the last couple of weeks. This is because some of our raiders have mysteriously vanished on progression nights and we've been left short of a full 25 man roster. There has been several nights when the raid has been called and we have split into two 10 man groups.
During our 10 man last week the conversation came up:
What do people prefer? 25 mans or 10 mans?
I've always preferred the thrill of downing bosses in 25 man. When there are so many more people to coordinate it seems so much more satisfying when you finally complete progression content with 24 other people.
Our tank who was raiding when level 60 was still end game, admitted he much preferred doing 10 mans. Considering this is someone who has always played pretty seriously and is definitely the type to want the best gear available for his class, I was surprised. Quite a few of the other raiders also piped up that they preferred the 10 Man environment as well because they felt they contributed more to the team and that the intimate environment was something they enjoyed.
So if many serious raiders prefer the 10 man environment, why the hell is everyone still raiding 25 mans?
I've been thinking quite hard about this since that night and, to be honest, with the difficulties we're having in TOGC (heroic, or whatever you want to call it) 25, I'm starting to agree with them – I welcome the 10 mans. It's quite a relief to scale down some nights.
So why the change in heart? Perhaps the main reason for this is I really like the majority of people that play in our 10 man crew. While we have played together in a 25 man setting for months, the current 10 man group has only been together for approximately 3 week. There's about 13 or so that shuffle depending on who's online. Most of us are fairly aware of each others strengths and weaknesses and we're proving to be pretty successful – we cleared Heroic TOC 10 last night for the first time, got our rusty drakes last week.
I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way, Keeva from Tree Bark Jacket recently wrote a post on how much she is loving the 10 man atmosphere now that she has reformed her guild.
The most popular post I've written for this blog has been the gear guide for 10 Man/Casual raiders. I think I've gotten approximately 3 times as many hits on that page in comparison to my 25 Man raider page.
A fellow Barthilas blogger has also scaled back from 25 man raiding and actually created a separate branch in his long term guild specifically for 10 man raids. His aim was to create a group that only raided 10 mans a couple of times a week but with the efficiency and quality of hardcore players.
So is the only reason to enter 25 mans status, progression ranks and gear? I'm not completely convinced. When it's put like that it sounds quite elitist and shallow. Mercenary even. These are not traits that come to mind when I think of the other members of our 25 man guild.
What do you guys think – why do you want to raid 25 mans? Remind me of all the good stuff please!


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Yea its kinda annoying have to scrolling down to far
and yes hes weird and he thinks he's funny :s
and i like ke$ha too:D
Thanks :D for the 1,200 edits message:D
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Oh, yeah. I forgot I had suggested that. Yeah, it's definitely very adult. Regardless of the blood and guts, there are romantic elements to it. It's just not Twilight, lol. By the way, instead of having to delete all of your talk page so you don't havet to scroll down, you can archive your talk page. LuckyTimothy 20:30, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
- It's an archive of entire talk pages. Go to the talk pages of Fingernails, TagAlongPam, Kwaming, or LunaBella. I've seen it their pages. LuckyTimothy 21:06, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
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Hello watsup? :] ℓαυяαנєииιfєя 22:01, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
not much myself just editing :]ℓαυяαנєииιfєя 22:46, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
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No vandalism:D......
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Me too
This wikia needs a rest of the vandalizers
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I know that you like Lady Gaga and Ke$ha..
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Can u add me as ur friend? I dont know how 2 use this well.
How did u do the signature thingy? Edit
Please still how!
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How are you? Do you know how to put the sign thing?
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Hm, I must say that besides my friends, most fans don't have my point of view. It's cool to meet someone who does...kinda.Puddinginthesky 04:08, July 20, 2010 (UTC)puddinginthesky
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I think that's a cute idea...i'm not sure how to go about doing it...let me check into it, but you might ask Fingernails too, he might have an idea. Sena 16:20, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
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Oh, no I mean "kinda" as in kind of my point of view. Not like "kinda cool". I probably should have phrased that better. My apologies!Puddinginthesky 16:59, July 20, 2010 (UTC)puddinginthesky
Hi! I wouldn't mind helping you. And I like your signature how did you get it to look like that? Sam (Princess) Puckett 20:21, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, LilNess, if you could give me more details about it, I might give it a go. Seems interesting...Puddinginthesky 02:06, July 26, 2010 (UTC)puddinginthesky
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Hey, LilNess, if you could give me more details about it, I might give it a go. Seems interesting...Puddinginthesky 02:06, July 26, 2010 (UTC)puddinginthesky
Oh, hee hee, I suppose I could try. So it's an animal site? Okay! I've never really tooken time on drawing animals so I think it would be good practice!
Yeah, I'll join and I'll get started on a picture as soon as I have time. Probably this week. I want it to look good so it'll take a few days. Any particular animal you would like?Puddinginthesky 02:10, July 26, 2010 (UTC)puddinginthesky
Okay, so a wolf? Okay! And what exactly do you mean by food? (I joined the site.)Puddinginthesky 02:17, July 26, 2010 (UTC)puddinginthesky
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I'm not a staff, but I am allowed to give out Awards.
But Administrator:LuckyTimothy already awarded you.
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Well, you can do it the manual way of doing four of these: ~, which gives you LuckyTimothy 22:10, March 30, 2011 (UTC). Or you can just use the signature button under the Insert tab on the editing layout above the text box. Let me know if you still need help. LuckyTimothy 22:10, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
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Good morning,
My name is Alba Casas and I work as a journalist in the Spanish newspaper El País. I would like to use some of your Twilight drawings to illustrate a report that I am doing about fanfics. If you are interested in publishing your work in El País newspaper, please contact me here: firstname.lastname@example.com; or here email@example.com
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I really don't know what kind of problems with the 07 series poster 2 is talking about as have the K87 07 and it was one of the nicest riding boards I've come across. Great crossover capabilities and a fantastic way of holding a line in a dedicated carve (both on a wave and in a jibe).
But anyway the questions:
1. My experience is the all 06, 07 and 08 are earlier planers than the 05 Kombats if you compare size for size. Maybe the K86 was just too small for the conditions where you compared it with the 105? With sails up to 6.2 and at your weight, a K96 (or K97 07) should be noticeable quicker off the mark than the 05 K105.
A thing to note is that the Kombats, especially those up to 07, have a kind of short rocker which means they will get going earlier if you get back and use and active riding style. This is where you "pay" a bit for having a rally performance oriented rocker line (as opposed to an "easy riding" oriented rocker). In other words, to utilize the super early planing qualities of the Kombat, you need to work a bit. The 08 version is supposed to have a slightly lower entry which should make it a little less technique craving to milk that last bit of early planing power from the board. But I only used the 08 K79 myself, so I can not say for sure.
Anyway you cut it, 15 knots, 6.2 and 85 kilos is not going to be easy on any board, but I think your chances should be as good on a K96 as on any comparable board.
2. The Kombat have the exact same rocker as the Pre Acids, so no, you don't ned to slow down if you don't want to. Its a fast rocker, but it is a wave rocker.
3. I would say the smallest Futura is easier to plane super early on than the comparable size Kombat. But with just a bit of practice, the Kombat is incredibly effective in light wind and when waves and stuff comes into the picture, the Kombat is definitely the right choice.
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Magnus said Stirewalt told him he bent down on the side of the bed that Turman was sleeping in, got the gun out of the bedside nightstand and shot Turman in the head.
Magnus continued saying Stirewalt left the bedroom but shortly returned to the bedroom and when he saw Turman moving around in the bed he shot him multiple times.
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Stirewalt's attorney Bill Blanchard said in a previous interview with Al.com that Stirewalt had visited Birmingham and Atlanta before ending up in Montgomery.
Yates determined there was enough evidence to bound Stirewalt's case over to the Grand Jury.
A number of Turman's family were in attendance at this morning's hearing.
Since Stirewalt had no other place to live, Turman invited him to stay in his mobile home on 1 Aster Drive in the Sunshine Mobile Home Park off Eastern Boulevard. Stirewalt has been living in the mobile home for about a week and a half when the shooting occurred. He had even met Turman's family on Thanksgiving.
Magnus said Stirewalt called 911 to report the shooting at around 6 a.m. on Nov. 24.
"He was observed to have blood on him," he said.
Magnus said Stirewalt was "very relaxed, very calm" during his interrogation.
Turman's autopsy is still pending.
Blanchard has filed a petition in Montgomery County District Court asking it to start proceeding to determine whether Stirewalt is competent to stand trial.
This may just be a typical defense tactic, but to those who knew Stirewalt it may have some real merit.
Stirewalt had been a college student preparing to become a commercial photographer when he suddenly left North Carolina where he grew up and was going to school. He had interned in New York City last summer and seemed to have a bright future ahead of him.
Blanchard said a forensic psychologist has evaluated Stirewalt and determined he has a "serious mental disorder" and isn't competent to stand trial at this time.
(The story was corrected to change an error made in identifying murder victim Dan Turman's family as the family of the murder suspect).


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Swinging with the orang-utans
What goes swing, swing, shimmy, scramble, thump? That'd be one of our closest genetic relatives leaving one piece of remnant rainforest in search of another. The Bornean orang-utans have lost much of their natural habitat and need our support, and The Intrepid Foundation is delighted to come on board to help.
We have partnered with HUTAN – Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Program to support their work to develop and implement innovative solutions to conserve the orang-utan in Sabah. Intrepid travellers on tours to Borneo, currently have a great opportunity to see wild orang-utans in the Kinabatangan River region. But the ease with which they may see orang-utans is sadly not all good.
The majestic orang-utans are only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. With a shrinking habitat, Bornean orang-utans are classified as endangered. From their base at Sukau, next to the Kinabatangan River, HUTAN's staff, 90% of whom are from Sukau village, work closely with the communities in and around the orang-utan habitat areas. They believe that to address the conflicts between landholders and orang-utans, and prevent the extinction of the orang-utan, they need to engage and support stakeholders in innovative solutions – where local development becomes compatible with the long-term conservation of the orang-utan and its habitat.
Through The Intrepid Foundation, travellers donations (along with matching funds from Intrepid Travel) will be used to support the OURS team – the Orang-utan Research Unit. This dynamic team has observed and recorded orang-utans daily routine from dawn (when they wake up) to dusk (when they have made their nest to bed down for the night). They have collected data on their diet and know that the orang-utans in the Kinabatangan feed on a broad variety of fruits, leaves, bark, flowers and insects from over 150 species. They know they spend about 40% of their time resting and 40% feeding, with the rest of their activities being split between moving around, nesting and social interactions.
The OURS team also conducts studies on parasites on the orang-utans, stress hormones, breeding and behaviour and conduct an orang-utan population census. The team also actively prepares solutions, like the building of orang-utan bridges to link small forest fragments within the wildlife sanctuary. The orang-utans apparently took quite easily to the bridges made by the local homo sapiens. Wouldn't you love to see that?
What can you do?
* Travel with Intrepid to Borneo and you will have several opportunities for up close encounters with orang-utans in the wild, and you can learn much more about their current situation.
* Donate to HUTAN via The Intrepid Foundation and you'll directly support the terrific work of the OURS team. Intrepid Travel will match your donation dollar for dollar – doubling your efforts. (Up to AU$5,000 per donor and a total of AU$400,000 for all donors in each financial year.)
* Learn more about palm oil and what you can do to reduce your consumption of unsustainably sourced palm oil which is contributing to the loss of orang-utan habitat. Palm oil is present in half the packaged products on our supermarket shelves. Palm oil is used in baked products such as bread and biscuits, fried products like hot chips, confectionery like chocolate and cosmetics, including shampoo. WWF have an excellent Palm Oil Fact Sheet.
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Won't say a thing
About the way you love me
Except for, I like the way
I love the way you touch me
If I toot it leave it, tooted up
Then I drop it, drop it
'Til ya making faces
Lookin' like you want to
Tell me stop it
I'mma do it do it do it
Till you can't take no more
Till my lipstick ain't up on my face no more
Watch N Learn, off of Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" album, basically explains how she want to turn one of her sex sessions with her man, into a sex lesson. While not trying to criticize her man, she says she wants him to "watch" and "learn", hence the song title, how to please her. She is willing to teach him all the tricks to do so while also doing some tricks of her own.


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In humankind's pursuit of well-being, we both influence and respond to climate. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases affect the heat balance of the Earth, and the resulting changes in precipitation patterns, temperature extremes and rising sea levels affect how society develops. The dynamic interaction between humans and climate is not new, but the scale of the interaction has reached unprecedented proportions.
Climate research at the Earth Institute spans multiple disciplines. While climate scientists study the effects of increased temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide on the world's oceans and weather patterns, engineers are seeking ways to produce cleaner energy and provide steady supplies of fresh water. Social scientists, policy experts and lawyers are studying human behavior in the face of change as a way to improve how we make decisions, and the policy and legal tools we can use to implement measures that address the climate challenge. The Columbia Climate Center integrates research from throughout the University and across disciplines to translate the best climate knowledge into practical solutions.
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The Global Network for Climate Solutions (GNCS) is a research-driven effort to inform international climate change negotiations by grounding them in concrete solutions and country-specific activities. Coordinated by the Columbia Climate Center and overseen by Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, the GNCS brings together international experts to develop new solutions for adaptation and mitigation.
The Mitigation Program is overseen by Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and an expert in international negotiations. In the absence of a binding international agreement on climate change and as global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the GNCS re-examines emissions data and reduction strategies with an emphasis on individual sectors, technologies and gases. To this end, the GNCS has developed a template that highlights how emissions and potential emissions reductions fit together, identifies common bottlenecks, and underscores sectors in which the most progress can be made. To date, network partners in China, the European Union, Japan, Mexico and the United States have provided data for the template. Through the network and the template, the GNCS aims to help decision makers overcome current obstacles and explore alternative venues and strategies for effective action.
The Adaptation Program of the Global Network for Climate Solutions (GNCS) is overseen by Shiv Someshwar, director of the Asia and Pacific program of the Earth Institute's International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and director of IRI's Institutions and Policy Systems research activities. The risks of climate variability and change can only be successfully managed by using the best science and by formulating solutions in a participatory manner. The GNCS directly engages with several Developing Country Institutes (DCI) to help formulate suites of adaptation solutions. These solutions emphasize a package of tools and technologies for climate smart development, as well as methodologies for systematic assessment of the costs and benefits of adaptation options across regions and sectors. These suites of adaptation solutions, in addition to a resource library and country-specific knowledge modules, are critical for the DCIs as they seek to leverage international climate negotiations and promote successful, science-based solutions locally.
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With funding from the National Science Foundation, the Columbia Climate Center has established the Polar Learning And Responding (POLAR) Climate Partnership, an interdisciplinary network which aims to advance understanding of climate change in the polar regions and its global implications. POLAR focuses on novel educational tools such as simulations, games, social networks and hands-on demonstrations to engage with adult learners, improve their understanding of climate change and its impacts on the poles, and stimulate meaningful responses. The focus on adult learners is critical, given their role as current decision makers.
The interdisciplinary POLAR team includes climate researchers, learning and decision science experts, and formal and informal educators. Team members at Columbia include researchers and educators at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Teachers College, as well as partners at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, the International Arctic Research Center and the American Museum of Natural History.
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CCRUN, supported by the NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) initiative, aims to address the challenges associated with climate change in densely populated, highly interconnected urban areas, focusing specifically on the corridor between Philadelphia and Boston. Features such as air quality, overlapping institutional jurisdictions and diverse socio-economic communities require an interdisciplinary stakeholder-driven approach. CCRUN projects are focused thematically around water, coastal zone management and health, with a strong emphasis on building adaptive capacity among socio-economically disadvantaged groups. Led by Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies and the Center for Climate Systems Research, Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering and Columbia Water Center Director Upmanu Lall, and Patrick Kinney of Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, the consortium includes the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). The University of Massachusetts-Amherst, City College/CUNY, Stevens Institute of Technology and Drexel University are also consortium members.
Managing Agricultural Risks of a Variable Monsoon in India
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The behavior of the summer monsoon has significant implications for the economy and livelihoods in India, particularly in the rural sector. More than 60 percent of cropland in India is rain fed. Droughts and floods have deep impacts on rural households, and significant budgetary implications for the government at all levels. The ability to generate reliable seasonal climate forecasts, tailored to specific policy and institutional contexts, could improve India's ability to manage climate risks and reduce these impacts.
The Extended Range Forecast System for Climate Risk Management in Agriculture Project aims to improve monsoon forecasts and to develop tools that help farmers and policy makers use climate information to enhance agricultural resilience. In addition to conducting field-based research, the IRI has co-hosted training events in India and sponsored Indian scientists for research and training visits to the United States. Project partners include the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; the India Meteorological Department; the National Center for Medium-Range Forecasting; the Indian Council of Agricultural Research; and agricultural universities in the project's nine demonstration states: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttarkhand. For full details, visit the project home page.


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"Many churches are dead or dying these days. They aren't reaching any new people with the hope of Christ and haven't for a very long time."
"Their congregations are getting older and smaller every year. Though the people inside are often sincere and love their church, the church appears to offer nothing of value to the outsiders."
These words of Brad Powell from his book, Change Your Church for Good, are both heartbreaking and convicting.
It is encouraging to hear from other sources that the church globally is expanding, and that lives are being transformed and impacted by the good news of the gospel – but to note that the Western Church, and in particular, the North American Church has far too many stagnant locations indicates a larger issue.
We could lament that culture has changed and that the church has lost influence that it once had. We could point a finger of blame in many directions.
Perhaps the church has rested on its laurels (what it once was and accomplished), and lost sight of her greatest ongoing priority - that being to present Jesus and His message of love, forgiveness and new life to a spiritually lost world.
Jesus Himself stated that He came to seek and to save the lost (which refers to all of us, by the way) and then told His followers to go into the world and make disciples (other followers). This was not to be enacted coercively, but through lives, words and actions of love (see John 13:35).
Powell adds from his book, "the church isn't a building, a program, a tradition, a denomination, a pastor, a board, a committee, or any such thing. The church is people, the family of God."
If this is true – and I would tend to agree – then it isn't the building with a steeple on it that has lost sight of her greatest priority; it is the people that make up that local congregation.
Powell adds, "Any given church is simply a reflection of those who attend. Each church reflects those ideas and principles that the people who attend genuinely value and love."
What should be those ideas and principles?
Traditions? Personal Choices? Cultural demands?
Perhaps, too often they are. And we end up reaping the results – an irrelevant church.
Pastor Bill Hybels is known for using this statement – "The church is the hope of the world."
Some may scoff at that. Yet, if God be God, and He truly does care about you and I and the hurts and needs and pain in our life, and He desires a relationship – yes, a relationship – with us, then the church (people) that endeavours to love God with all their heart and love their neighbour at least as much as they love themselves, will offer the world a great hope.
Too often, this simply does not seem to be the case, at least in our part of the world.
Powell adds something to the statement of Hybels', "The church is the hope of the world – when it's working right."
What determines if it is working right?
Again, we must go back to Jesus who said, "…everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man…"
Churches, or more pointedly, Christians who find themselves in stagnant or dying situations, need to know there is hope. Change can happen.
As we refocus on putting into practice the words of Jesus, we can discover (or rediscover) our purpose and become the hope of the world that Jesus called us to be.
Ken Banks is the pastor of the Wesleyan Church in Truro. Contact him at www.trurowesleyan.ca


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GRAND RAPIDS -- Laura Lyn Dykstra is such a frequent inmate at the Kent County Jail that a jail guard was relieved to see her when she arrived March 27.
"She (the guard) said she was happy to see me because a prostitute had been murdered overnight," testified Dykstra, who also worked the streets.
Dykstra grew concerned when she learned a woman's body was found in the same industrial parking lot near 36th Street SE and Eastern Avenue where Dykstra agreed to have sex with a stranger days earlier.
That stranger, Sid Terrell Jones, is a "person of interest" in the March 27 death of Janeane Lusk but has not been charged with that crime, police said.
While details of Lusk's death were not addressed Wednesday in Wyoming District Court, Dykstra did testify about her alleged encounter with Jones on March 25.
Jones is charged with felonious assault for allegedly threatening Dykstra with a knife.
On the witness stand, Dykstra, 36, spoke frankly about her illegal activities.
"I'm a prostitute that smokes crack. It's an expensive habit. I needed money. I'm not a dumb girl, but I've made some stupid choices," she testified.
Dykstra has been in and out of jail for multiple prostitution charges, she said. On the night she allegedly met Jones, Dykstra said she was working South Division Avenue, waiting for another customer, when she initially turned down Jones somewhere between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
But she later saw several police cruisers in the area and was worried about getting picked up on an arrest warrant for failure to pay child support. So, when Jones appeared again, she said she jumped into his vehicle.
As they drove out of the area, Dykstra said Jones rejected her request to smoke crack in his vehicle. They stopped at a South Division Avenue gas station near 44th Street, where she smoked crack in the bathroom, she said.
She then directed him to a Linden Avenue SE parking lot near 36th and Eastern.
"I've had other dates there," she said.
Dykstra described Jones as "a nice person" who never appeared threatening as she climbed into the rear of the sport utility vehicle. After their agreed-upon sex act, she testified she was putting on her boots in the front passenger seat when his demeanor changed. He threatened her, she said, and told her to get out.
"I looked up and he had this large knife. It wasn't a kitchen knife; it was like a weapon," she said of the blade he allegedly held about a foot from her head.
"I got out real quick," Dykstra said, adding she got a look at his license plate as he drove away.
She used a passer-by's cell phone to call friends to come get her, she said. Then, "I went right back to work."
Dykstra was arrested a short time later on the child support warrant and jailed.
Defense attorney Jennifer Farber called Dykstra's testimony "rehearsed."
Wyoming police have said there are characteristics of the Lusk slaying and Dykstra's alleged assault that are similar. Detectives lined the walls of the courtroom Wednesday but declined to comment.
Jones remains in the Kent County Jail on a $500,000 bond. While his arrest provides a potential break in Lusk's slaying, it leaves open the homicides of four other women whose bodies have been dumped on area streets since 2001.
Jones was in prison from 1996 to 2007 for two armed robberies and a carjacking in Genesee County, state records show. He was paroled five months ago.
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The Fund For Our Economic Future, which provides more than half the operating budget for NorTech, wants to re-evaluate the technology-focused economic development agency's mission before making another round of funding in October.
It asked NorTech to hire a consultant to determine whether its priorities are on track. Fund president Brad Whitehead said it's an appropriate time as a lot of things have happened in technology development in recent years.
"Six years ago there were a handful of incubators and other people doing some things on entrepreneurship, but we had very few venture capital funds," Whitehead said. "Now you have a strong group of incubators in the TechLift program, you have JumpStart and BioEnterprise, and an active venture capital community. That's a very different landscape."
He noted the organization's many accomplishments over the years.
"NorTech has really been the crossroads for the technology community and the mobilizer for some of the highest-priority issues," Whitehead said.
The Fund, which is backed by several local foundations, last week awarded NorTech an $835,000 operating grant and an additional $40,000 to hire consultant Jackie Acho, president of The Acho Group in Shaker Heights. Whitehead said Acho will talk to businesses, economic development organizations and other "key stakeholders" in the community about what NorTech is providing and where its resources need to be.
Dorothy Baunach, president of NorTech, said Acho was chosen because she is familiar with the organization, but also has an unbiased outsider perspective. Acho has consulted with NorTech on various projects.
Baunach said she thinks having a consultant come in will be a good thing for NorTech.
"Any organization can use change," she said. "My thought on this is that we're going to be tweaking the model rather than totally dissolving it or disassembling it and doing something different. I don't know that you'd what to stop doing what we're doing, but we may want to focus differently."
What NorTech does can be hard to understand from the outside because it is involved in many different projects and works with several other organizations, she said.
Baunach described the organization as "almost like an incubator for not-for-profit activity."
It starts or supports economic development programs with the expectation that they'll eventually stand on their own. One example is BioEnterprise, a former NorTech project that is now a stand-alone initiative to help grow fledgling bioscience companies.
"You've got a number of people out there watching what we're doing, and they're kind of questioning whether we should be doing one thing or something else," Baunach said. "Everybody's got ideas. People looking from afar might see some things that we can't see, but there are certainly things we see that they' don't, because we're there. Part of it is just a matter of really defining and communicating what we're doing and why."
Whitehead wouldn't go as far to say that there are any problems with the way NorTech has handled things so far, but emphasized the need for focus.
"You can't have an organization that does everything," he said. "We need to come to an agreement around what really are the priorities."
While Baunach is confident that Acho will see the value NorTech provides through her examination, Whitehead didn't rule out the possibility of dissolving the organization.
"For me, it's hart to imagine where we'd ever get to a point where there's not a role for networking and pursuing connections across our institutions," Whitehead said. "What form that takes will continue to evolve."
In 2007, the Fund paid for $1.25 million of NorTech's $2.25 million operating budget. Another $750,000 came from the Greater Cleveland Partnership.
"I think our track record explains what we can do," Baunach said. "The question in their mind is whether they're getting the maximum bang for their investment. Is it going toward something that they believe, and we believe matters?"


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Orioles sign Berry
The Orioles have signed outfielder Quintin Berry to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training, the club announced on Friday.
Berry gives the O's another left-handed hitter option and a badly-needed stolen base threat, particularly with the departure of Nate McLouth. The 29-year-old has played all three outfield spots and is a close friend and childhood friend of current centerfielder Adam Jones.
"He's a good outfielder with good legs and an excellent base stealer," executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said of Berry, who is 29-for-29 in career stolen base attempts, including the postseason with the World Champion Red Sox this fall. "And he's a good on-base man against right-handed pitching."
Berry –who made his debut in 2012 with Detroit– owns a career .277/.357/.372 line against righties and joins David Lough and Francisco Peguero as outfield additions who could replace McLouth in left field. Duquette also mentioned Henry Urrutia, coming off a solid Arizona Fall League campaign, as an option to help the big-league club out of camp.
The Orioles priority for the remainder of the winter is pitching, with Duquette saying that "could" include adding both starting and relief help. The O's ideally could use a closer –after trading away Jim Johnson earlier this offseason– in addition to another starter.
"We are still trying to help our Major League pitching staff," said Duquette, who attended a memorial service for outfielder Paul Blair earlier in the day.
"We are still looking to address all the needs on our shopping list, but we have been able to add some left-handed hitters here recently."
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Britt,how predictable is this signing!! Needed qualifications are —bench player,low $, and willingness to sign an O's contract ,also still breathing!
Unless he can steal first base, not much potential impact here.
By the way, I heard you on 105.7 The Fan the other morning. You are not mumbling in a rapidfire monotone so much now, but you still throw in a whole bunch of "you knows." Need to cut way back on that. Leave the "you knows" to the athletes and the talk show callers!


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A risky move to combine a hobby with a philosophy and turn it into a livelihood has paid off for the makers of Earthbound Honey
Making a business out of bee keeping was a long-held dream for Terry and Karlene Shaw-Toomey, and by their own measure their dream has come true.
What started as a hobby with a couple of beehives on their Te Henga property is now a full time family business making organic honey.
"Terry had an accident a few years ago and it really changed our lives," says Karlene. "It was time to really look at how we were living and have a better quality of life, so we decided to make honey."Terry left his full time work as a media production director in 2006 to set up Earthbound Honey while Karlene kept working as a landscape gardener. "About a year and a half ago I stopped doing landscaping to help with the business," she says. "In our first season we collected one bucket of honey which we just gave to friends. Last season we collected several tonnes."
In five years the business has grown enough to justify building a commercial kitchen and bottling facilities on their property, and there are around 300 hives dotted throughout the Te Henga valley which stretches down to Bethells Beach.
Their honey comes in three varieties - manuka, pohutukawa and bush - and they also produce cider vinegars with honey, and sell organic beeswax. Their business philosophy has become a whole lifestyle, with the family going back to basics as they raise their three teenage boys.
"We grow our own veges and we have a bit of a bartering system with other producers at the farmers' markets we go to, so we swap honey for the things we might be short on. "We do things from scratch now like making our own pasta sauce rather than buying it, and we keep some sheep and cows as well."
Earthbound Honey hopes to be organically certified within the next year. For Terry, the business and lifestyle is very much quality over quantity. "We decided to just take a step back and spend more time with our family and for us it's been win-win. "We've developed a system of producing that works for us and we're trying to live by the same philosophy of our business, because we think those values are important.We don't believe in using pesticides or anything like that, and we do everything by hand from the collecting to the bottling," says Karlene.
The process to prepare the honey is kept as simple as possible, without any complicated processing that could ruin it's organic qualities. It is initially collected up in drums, then broken down with an augmenter into smaller pieces, and put into a spinner to separate the beeswax from the honey. From there it gets heated and bottled by hand into glass jars.??"We didn't want to add to the waste so we picked glass over plastic. It is more expensive but they can be reused."
For more information visit http://www.earthboundhoney.co.nz


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New summer ferry times begin Sunday
With longer summer days comes an increase in ferry service as well.
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Day of Prayer draws a crowd
Approximately 75 worshippers congregated on the steps of the Coupeville Courthouse Thursday, raising their arms and praising God in recognition of the National Day of Prayer.
It was wonderful, said Coupeville Mayor Nancy Conard. Terrific.
Several pastors from local churches led the prayer rally, orchestrating the reverent and highly spiritual gathering.
It was a beautiful day for it, said Pat Moretz. Were thankful for the beautiful day.
The festivities kicked off on Wednesday evening with a well-attended youth rally in Oak Harbor and continued the following morning with a prayer breakfast. Thursday afternoons prayer rally capped off the day of worship.
We feel that it went really well, said Jacque Hildreth, National Day of Prayer Island County coordinator. We encourage more people to come and join us in prayer. We had a good turnout.
Ray Pacheco postponed his lunch to attend the rally.
I just stopped what I was doing, he said. Just to be here is great. Excellent prayer. I think next year will be even more powerful.
The National Day of Prayer was started 56 years ago. The courthouse prayer rallies have been an annual event for the past three years. If Thursdays turnout was any indication, the event will increase in size.
We want it to grow every year, said Hildreth.
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