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BIRTHS Bronson Methodist Hospital
ALEXIS JOHNSON-SLOCUM, of Kalamazoo, a girl.
DOUG AND JULIE LAWRENCE, of Kalamazoo, a boy.DAVID AND STEPHANIE ADAMS, of Galesburg, a girl.
TIM AND RACHEL RAAKMAN, of Three Rivers, a boy.
SUSAN SPENCER, of Dowagiac, a boy.
KRISTIN KELLOGG AND CALE HENDERSHOT, of Three Rivers, a boy.
MARIBEL VILLA, of Kalamazoo, a boy.
TAQUANDA TOWNSELL, of Kalamazoo, a girl.
DANTE STEWARD AND ANGELIQUE CUTCHER, of Portage, a boy.
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Editor, OBSERVER:
I am visually impaired. When I moved to Fredonia four years ago, I was able to safely cross Main St.. at the designated crosswalks, where almost all cars would stop. In the ensuing years, the situation has continually gotten worse, so that I feel that I am taking my life into my hands if I now attempt to cross at the crosswalks.
I agree that Westfield is a much safer place in this regard. They have signs in the middle of the road at their crosswalks, and that seems to force people to pay attention.
If we want our village to be friendly to pedestrians, this really needs to be addressed.
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in invasion
Editor, OBSERVER:
When I first read in the OBSERVER about Mr. Hank Serafin's home being invaded by four young men I was concerned but I didn't remember all the details. (My only source of information in this case is what I have read in the OBSERVER.)
If my memory serves me correctly Mr. Serafin has had three unpleasant experiences with our legal system and has gotten "justice" later in the first two cases. I think that it is up to all senior citizens to do all they can to come to his aid in this third case. We senior citizens should do this in our own self interest. If people that commit these crimes get off so easily none of us are safe in our homes.
What should senior citizens do? First, we should try to get Judge John Ward out of office as soon as possible.
This is a case in point of not appointing any judge to the job for life. Second, do all we can to keep this injustice in the public eye.
Question: Was Judge Ward involved in any way with either of the first two cases in which Mr. Serafin finally got justice?
In fairness to Judge Ward there may be information about this case that the public is unaware of. However, until I hear more information, I am totally against Judge Ward's handling of this case.
I can't help but wonder if what happened to Mr. Serafin happened to Judge Ward's dad, or grandfather how he would feel if the "criminals" got off this easily.
Silver Creek
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Editor, OBSERVER:
In regard to your article "Beyond bleak" (Feb. 23), County Executive Greg Edwards states, "There is nothing left in operations to cut," blaming Albany for what he says will be a 23 percent rise in property taxes. Then concerning the $14 million shortfall, the Legislature's chairman Jay Gould says "14 million dollars always amazes me. We kind of just put off some of the bad stuff another year."
What amazes me is that anyone ever voted these two into office.
The city of Buffalo and Erie County both rebounded with Control Boards. How do the taxpayers in Chautauqua County get a Control Board?
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On Feb. 5, police arrested Naim Butts, 30, of Madison, and
Cordarro Turner, 27, of Huntsville, on six counts of unlawful breaking and
entering to automobiles, four counts of third-degree theft of property, and one
count of second-degree theft of property.
On Feb. 15, Madison police, based on a continued investigation into vehicle
burglaries, filed additional charges on Butts and Turner. Both men were still
detained at the Madison County Jail at the time these additional arrest warrants
were obtained and served police say.
Butts and Turner were both additionally charged with four counts of unlawful
breaking and entering to automobile, one count of second-degree theft of
property, and one count of first-degree theft of property.
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We recently reported that -doped low-silica calcium aluminosilicate glass presents long luminescence lifetime and broad emission band shifted toward the visible region when compared with those from :sapphire single crystal and -doped glasses [Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 027402 (2008) ]. Here we demonstrate that this glass also shows high values of both gain cross section and luminescence quantum efficiency . By comparing these values with those for :sapphire crystal, we can conclude that the studied -doped glass is a promising system for tunable solid-state lasers.
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By BEN
Web: nj.com/ben
Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556
Cellphone: 856-237-6645
U.S. Army: RA13815980
The column that says not everybody is in the yellow pages.
Good morning!
Less than 50 percent chance of rain today and tonight.
And it won't go below 40 degrees overnight.
A break for the homeless people.
There's Green Acres.
Now there's Blue Acres.
There's the Yellow Pages.
There's the Blue Book.
We tried looking up WSNJ in the Yellow Pages from 2008-9.
It has the Carll's Corner number.
So we looked up Quinn Broadcasting Company because that was vibrant in 2008.
No listing.
We know it's 8800 but we always screw up the 327 part and dial 825 and the woman who always answers is probably getting sick of it.
"It's in the Blue Book,'' said Toni Coogan, who has been at Quinn as long as Jim Quinn. "In fact, Carl put an ad in the Blue Book.''
How do you get a Blue Book?
"They throw it in your driveway,'' mocked Toni.
Well, they missed some people.
"Has anything been done for the Bridgeton Fire Department volunteers that were let go last February by them.
"Has city council recognized the remaining members and were they giving the opportunity to join OEM or the fire police like the business administrator said they would during the council meeting last February?
— Dale G.
Eileen Clark is all upset.
She didn't like what took place at the Cumberland County freeholder meeting this week.
Especially the removal of Billy Gonzalez as county 911 Emergency Mangement Coordinator.
"They're not representing the people,'' complained Clark, of Upper Deerfield. "This should not be about politics. They should have given him more time.''
Since time began, there have been political appointments.
The last time in Cumberland County was this time last year when the Republicans seized control.
It ended years of Democratic control, except for one year.
People pleaded for their jobs.
"Don Olbrich wasn't tossed out,'' said Clark.
No, but he was demoted.
Dale Finch was let go.
Theresa Van Sant was let go.
It's the same thing that happens in Washington when a new administration takes over.
There's a mass exodus from D.C.
"If you are dumb enough to believe the story written in yesterday's paper, then you're dumb enough to believe in the tooth fairy.''
— Shep
Do beach fees discourage the working class and the poor from using New Jersey beaches?
Senate President Steve Sweeney has heard that?
Or do beach fees enable towns to patrol the beaches, etc.?
And where does state and federal aid to recover from Sandy fit into this?
Ed Schofield, of Greenwich, is trying to find Bob Sibley, who once worked under Schofield at The News
Does he still live in Carneys Point?
State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) on Thursday said that less money and fewer police officers on the street was allowing gun violence to continue at unacceptable levels in the state's cities such as Trenton and Camden.
"People cling to their guns more tightly than they cling to their bibles," Turner said at a news conference in Trenton, where Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced a $100,000 gun buyback program for later this month.
"The second amendment does not entitle you to have an automatic weapon or a semi automatic weapon," Turner said. "When the Constitution was written, all they had was a musket. I don't have a problem with everybody owning a musket."
— nj.com/starledger
MY KIND OF TOWN: Where Whitey Ruberts wants to know where all the money has gone.


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Jr. high mat
Here are the results from Beaty junior high wrestling matches with Titusville held prior to Tuesday's Warren at Titusville varsity wrestling match at Titusville Area High School.
Chris Wig (T) tf Jacob Fankhouser (B) 16-0
Jake Engstrom (B) tf Michael Still (T) 16-0
Blake Ristau (B) p Hunter Wagner (T) 2:53
Tell Hansen (T) p Glyn Mahood (B) 3:42
Isaac Donovan (T) dec Bailey Winslow (B) 6-2
Jacob Zdarko (T) p Nick Willets (B) 2:56
Robert Campbell (T) p Hunter Egger (B) 1:48
Chase Ackerman (T) p Nick Desimone 2:50
Brett Cummings (B) dec Cameron Daugherty (T) 8-5
Gabe Irvine (B) dec Ethan Warner (T) 7-3
Blake Ristau (B) p Mike Watkins (T) 1:01
Jake Engstrom (B) p Thomas Cairns (T) 0:45
Freshmen hoops
The Warren Dragons freshmen boys basketball team dropped a 62-56 decision to Jamestown, N.Y. on Tuesday.
Warren trailed by as many as 24 points in the opening half before a spirited comeback fell six points short.
Matt Hultquist led the Dragons with 19 points and Nathan Sandberg finished with 18 points of his own. Warren will host Erie East at 4 p.m. Thursday before hosting Saint Marys at 11 a.m. Saturday.


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WINDSOR – Four youth, all in their teens, are in custody pending charges are fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle.
A 2009 Nissan Versa was reported stolen from a residence in Bedford on the morning of April 26. Early Sunday morning, a 2006 Ford Expedition was reported stolen from a Lower Sackville residence.
Windsor RCMP located the stolen car in the parking lot near Highway 101. No one was in the vehicle at the time.
The suspects – females aged 13 and 15 from Sackville, and Halifax males aged 15 and 18 – were spotted in the stolen SUV and rammed a police car as they tried to get away. The police vehicle sustained moderate damage while the suspects in the SUV fled from police.
At approximately 3 a.m. Sunday, Windsor RCMP pursued the stolen vehicle east on Highway 101. Sackville RCMP and Halifax Regional Police officers in Bedford assisted and deployed a spike belt.
The suspects continued onto the Bedford Highway and then Dartmouth Road where the vehicle crashed into a signpost. The four suspects then fled on foot.
With the assistance of the HRP service dog, all four suspects were located and arrested.


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Sold for $4.9 million in 2006, "renovated" (new baths, etc.) in 2009, sold today for $3.976. Assessment (70% est. market value) $3.962.
Lake Avenue sale
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Chris: I keep trying to wean you off of those dated assessments. You're killing me!
2010 assessment: $2.6
Market value based on 2010 assessment: $3.7
Zestimate $3.2
Looks like a pretty nice deal for the seller. Who said the Backcountry was out of favor?
2010 assessments aren't supposed to be incorporated into the listings until after the appeal process is finished and the new assessments become official
$768/sqft at $3.967mm and 5,165 sf (Zillow)
Yes, that is at the high end of the range I have been calculating.
FlyAngler (or anyone else):
What is an appropriate range on a $/sq ft that you would expect to see in this market you consider this high? I'm not the seller. I'm just curious.
FWIW, trending off assessments has its limitations. The MLS listing had the total acreage right but not all the taxes. There were actually two lots sold — the back four acres (991A) is on a separate tax card. The purchase price is actually below the combined '10 assessment for the two lots. Very soft market in backcountry.


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PORTAGE -- Inclement weather has prompted the closure of Portage's outdoor ice rink.
The Millenium Park Ice Rink is closed today, the city of Portage announced this morning. It will reopen at 3 p.m. Thursday, weather permitting.
The ice rink is located at 280 Romence Road, just west of South Westnedge Avenue. Call 324-9200 or 324-9282 for updates on ice rink conditions.


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Fall prep preview | Oak Harbor cross country
Coming off one of the most successful seasons in school history, the Oak Harbor High School cross country team looks to replace the depth that helped the boys win their first district title in 40 years and the girls finish second.
The Wildcats girls went on to place 10th at state and the boys 11th as the two local teams qualified for the state meet in back-to-back years for the first time. Only once before, in 1995, had both teams qualified for state in the same season.
Coach Eric Peterson said graduation robbed Oak Harbor of much of its depth: "While any coach wishes their program just reloaded, this will be kind of a rebuilding year for us. We still have our runners that will be top finishers in the district but we lost a lot of depth with graduating seniors."
He said the middle school program and two running clubs do "a great job with young kids" and "overall, we should be fine."
With the recent success, Peterson said, "We definitely had a draw of some new faces from other sports. And yes, we have some kids that have never run before that want to just try it. I really think it comes down to a certain kind of kid with a great work ethic and mental toughness that is drawn to the sport."
The boys return 11 lettermen: seniors Wyatt Homola, Isaac Matthews and Patrick Meyer; juniors Brendan Bristow, Alexander Krantz, Caley Powers, Clayton Richardson, Nathan Wagner and Stephen Miller; and sophomores Dakota Powers and John Rodeheffer.
Rodeheffer was second-team, all-conference last year. Caley Powers was honorable mention as a freshman but missed much of last year with an injury.
Key newcomers are senior Jason Salas, juniors Haruka Earney and Gavin Stewart, sophomore Steve Hall and freshmen Jon Dix and Logan Clark.
The strength of the boys team is "the wave of new faces," Peterson said, "that want to work hard."
He added, "While talented, we have a group that will need to learn how to race three miles and deliver in the big races. This group has big shoes to fill."
Coming back for the girls are seniors Ashley Everett, Mackenzie Jackson, Carlie Kenny and Christina Wicker; juniors Nikki Blanchard, Rachel Crowther and Alexandra Laiblin; and sophomore Jonalynn Horn.
Last fall, Wicker received second-team, all-league honors and Laiblin and Kenny were honorable mention.
Newcomers include junior Rae Wynne, sophomore Marisa Sligh and freshman Caitlyn Dodge.
The girls have "great leaders" and "a lot of experienced racers," according to Peterson. "The only weakness will be the depth, but I'm confident the younger runners will be able to step up and compete."
Both Oak Harbor teams begin the year at the Sehome Invitational at 10:25 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Bellingham's Civic Stadium.
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Some sad news to share about a former Auburn baseball player who passed away today. Here's the release from the university...
AUBURN--Former Auburn pitcher Brent Schoening passed away Sunday morning after a lengthy battle with leukemia. Schoening, 31, was a three-year letterwinner at Auburn, earning All-Southeastern Conference and third-team All-American honors as a junior while helping lead the program to an NCAA Super Regional appearance that season.
In his three-year career, Schoening posted a 29-9 record with a 4.02 earned run average. The Columbus, Ga., native is third all-time in school-history in strikeouts (327), fifth in victories (29), sixth in games started (52), and eighth in innings pitched (325).
"It is truly a sad day for me personally and for the Auburn baseball family with the loss of Brent," said former Auburn baseball coach Hal Baird. "While we were well aware of his recent struggles, never the less, it's a stunner to lose someone like Brent. The courage he demonstrated as player at Auburn was also relative the way he fought this battle. It's no coincidence that his three years at Auburn was arguably the best three-year period in the history of the program. Brent will be missed those that he touched and I'm very honored to have coached a person of his character."
As a junior in 1999, Schoening was named a Collegiate Baseball third-team All-American, after posting of the best single seasons by a pitcher in Auburn history. He was among the tops of the Southeastern Conference in nearly every statistical category, finishing tied for first league in wins (13), second in innings pitched (138.1), third in strikeouts (151) and fourth in earned run average (3.32).
Schoening's Auburn career resulted in the most successful three-year span in terms of wins in the program's history. From 1997-99, Auburn won 142 games, reaching the College World Series in 1997, winning an SEC Tournament title in 1998 and advancing to NCAA Super Regionals in 1999.
Schoening was a fifth-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins in 1999 and spent seven seasons in the minor leagues, concluding his career in 2005 with the Rochester Red Wings, the AAA affiliate of the Twins.
Born on April 7, 1978, in Baton Rouge, La., Schoening was a two-time Georgia 3A Player of the Year at Columbus High School, leading the school to a state title in 1996. He is survived by his wife Lauren, parents Ed and Elizabeth Schoening and sisters, Julia and Jennifer.


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warm-hearted news from peru
It's always so encouraging to hear how support from Intrepid travellers and The Intrepid Foundation has been making a positive difference. In the Sacred Valley area of Peru we've helped provide health and nutritional support for disadvantaged communities via the terrific organisation, Living Heart. Sonia Newhouse, Founder and President of Living Heart, has recently shared lots of positive news…
"Just seeing the energy of these previously lethargic kids when they run circles around you in the playground is enough to fire us up to more action. This month we plan to provide hot breakfasts to yet another community, on top of our 4 communities that currently receive 2 meals a day. We're currently making the first tentative steps towards what we hope will be a large-scale greenhouse project in the communities to grow more fresh produce. We are also on the lookout for a donation of contraceptive injections to re-start our widely-requested birth control project.
It's winter in Peru and the Andean cold is unforgiving. We were kindly donated a large amount of second-hand clothes from tourists leaving Cuzco, which we handed out to the freezing kids in our schools. We even had enough left to give some to their parents too! When you wear sandals and a skirt in biting winds and sub-zero temperatures, never underestimate the value of a warm jacket. Travelling in Cuzco and sick of carrying that heavy backpack? Unload some of your stuff and send it our way! Get in touch for where we collect clothes.
Thanks so much to Laurie and Steve for funding a much-needed fuel-efficient cooker in one of our highland communities. Skilfully-installed by local expert Sr Tomas, the stove means that the women cooking will not suffer from inhaling so much smoke and the wood will go much further. One more giant step in the right direction for our food program!
What would YOU do with 30 cents or 22p? That's one Nuevo sol in Peruvian money. Living Heart uses one Nuevo sol every single day of the school year to feed each of 300 malnourished Andean children. Your money can go a long way with us and Intrepid will double it when you send it via their Foundation.
Over the years in Hearts Cafe, I have met many, many wonderful people who have shared their experiences and expertise with us. Living Heart has grown slowly and steadily and I am now delighted to say that we have established a very strong platform from which to expand.
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Formula 158 for first windsurf attempts (of girlfriend)
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Formula 158 for first windsurf attempts (of girlfriend)
Ok solved the tuttlebox nightmare and ready to ride this marvellous F158 as soon as spring will come in Venice, Italy, now is around 0 C.
Now some things about the second minor reason of buying it. Yes ALSO as a beginner board for my girl friend and for son of my friend. Especially because is 100 cm wide and so compatible with the used IDO I've bought, and the battenless 3,5 sqm sail I have. Some quick questions.
The IDO side wings requires flat deck, Formula has a deep concave, so: pushing down and flexing the IDO metal wings (mmm bad) or using a 5 mm spacer under it with longer screws (mmmm better)?
IDO will also avoid hits on the deck from rig (goood), but F158 wood deck is not beginner-proof. For few euros I can buy a thick eva carpet (the one for gymns) to fix on the deck with the IDO itself and using the footstraps, sounds good? How to avoid it from being slippery when wet?
Formula has no centreboard, clear. Some way to make a fake-centreboard, mmm.... The two long 70 cm DT fins that I have fixed/strapped one on each side of the board? It is not an idea of mine, in this way were made the first rudders of ancient ships...


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Yes, Lent is just around the corner. It will begin on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd. As we look around our world, we still see turmoil, strife and many difficulties at home from unemployment to people losing their homes. These are not easy times for many people.
So let us take time during the holy season of Lent to pause and take stock of our lives and rethink our values. Perhaps, we need to take to heart the motto that we put on our money "In God We Trust". It is just a confident expectation that no matter what happens now or in the future, God will be here for us.
A story is told of the man who returned home to find his house ablaze. His terrified wife was standing outside pointing up to a window where their son was crying. His father shouted up to him, "Jump son, jump. I will catch you." The boy cried, "But Daddy, I can't see you." "I know", his father answered, "I know, but I can see you."
As Christians we know that we do not go through our trials and tribulations alone. God sees us. God knows our name. Lent is a good time to renew our trust and confidence in a loving God and we can say with the psalmist, "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I feel no evil for You are with me." (Ps 23.4)
Yours in Christ,
The 2012 Week of Prayer at Graymoor was a joyful time with great weather good attendance at events and a marvelous variety of guest speakers from several different Christian Denominations reflecting on the theme: "We Will All Be Changed by the Victory of Jesus Christ" (cf. 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58). We are thankful for all that attended these events and are proud to share with you several transcripts from some of the renowned speakers who participated in the week's events.
The XXXII Paul Wattson Lecture and Dinner will be held on Monday, February 27, 2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM at the University of San Francisco, Room: McLaren 252. The dinner will follow the public lecture to be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Antje Jackelén, Lutheran Bishop of Lund, Sweden. Her lecture is entitled: "Hope for the Future of Ecumenism." A Question and Answer period with Bishop Jackelén will follow. All are Invited. Learn more about this event and RSVP by Clicking Here.
The Paul Wattson Lectures honor the memory of the Fr. Paul James Francis Wattson, S.A. (18631940), founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and pioneer for the cause of Christian Unity
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Seven local adult volleyball players and one player from Kansas City won a USA Volleyball national championship in Salt Lake City this past weekend.
They bested 19 teams from nine countries in the A Division.
The team consisted of eight former collegiate players. Six of them went to local colleges and the other two are from colleges in Missouri.
Four women -- Liz Fazio, 25, Jenni Ramminger, 24, Beth Greulich, 24, and Amy Grabiec, 22 -- are recent graduates of Cleveland State. Karla Everhart, 24, is from Youngstown State and she decided to combine the schools' mascots, the Vikings and Penguins, to form the team name Vikquins.
Also on the team were Katie Yanesh, 24, from Lake Erie Community College, and sisters Shandy Klaus, 47, and Marnie Winters, 43, who played for Penn Valley and Park University, respectively.
The Vikquins went unbeaten over the final three days of the four-day tournament. They were 3-2 in pool play, earning the seventh seed in the double-elimination playoffs.
After wins in the first two rounds, they defeated the third-seeded Sirens in the quarterfinals, 2-1. They won the third set, 15-10. Key performers were libero Grabiec and setter Everhart.
The Vikquins defeated top-seeded and undefeated Team 805 in the semifinal. Game scores were 19-25, 25-12, 15-12. Key players were Fazio, Everhart, Ramminger, Yanesh, Grabiec and Winters.
Team 805 rallied from the loser's bracket and met the Vikquins in the title match.
Klaus, the oldest member of the Vikquins at age 47, got some big solo blocks and key kills en route to the Vikquins' 25-17, 25-13 win.
Everhart was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Right-side hitter Greulich and outside hitter Fazio were named to the all-tournament team.


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By DELMARINA LOPEZ
Chicopee High
It's not only in novels that mothers tell life stories filled with loss, pain, abuse and hardships.
My mother came from a family with 14 brothers and sisters. From around the age of nine, she had close to full responsibility for them. My mother and her siblings were left to find their way on their own.
My mother's first encounter with evil was when she was sexually harassed by a man who drove a pick-up truck and parked by my mother's elementary school every day.
As my mother would walk home, he would start touching himself in private places, and try to get her in his truck to touch him too.
My mother has never forgot this nightmare from her childhood.
As a child of poverty, living in a circle of failure, my mother had close to no resources. She had to wear the same dirty clothes repeatedly, and only had clothes that were hand-me-downs. She would go days without food. Her belly was never satisfied, always grumbling, and emptiness filled it.
One ordinary day, though, things started to change. My mother encountered her school lunch lady, Marina Negron, whom my mother would come to call "Madre" or Mother, and my siblings and I would eventually call "Abuela," that is, Grandmother.
This blessed woman did something that many find unbelievable; she took my mother in as if she was one of her own children, because she would become her own.
Abuela Marina filled the emptiness in my mother's heart just as much as my mom filled the emptiness in Abuela's — they needed each other.
My mother finally had food, comfort, warmth, love, and, most importantly, God.
Abuela Marina gave my mother's life meaning; my mother now looked forward to waking up every morning and going to school to see that wonderful lunch lady, and on the weekends going to that wonderful lady's home.
My mom learned what esperanza — hope — was, and learned how to dream and look past her current situation and to focus on what the future can look like if you aspire to succeed.
My mother and her siblings came from a neighborhood where few survive and even less succeed but most of them have found fulfillment. They have broken out of the cycle of failure.
I have the ability to reach places that some can not even dream of. Everything is given to me; I hardly have to work hard for anything. My only responsibility is myself; I have no siblings that I have to look after and worry about them ending up hurt or maybe even dead.
I have all the resources I need in school. I can focus on getting a good education during a school day that even includes fun. I have the pleasure of being able to participate in sports, and other extra-curricular activities. I have enough clothes to dress an entire army. Everything is, without a doubt, laid out on the table for me.
My stepfather, Eli Morales, treats me and my older sister as if we were his own daughters, and makes no separation between us and the Morales children. He and my mom supported my sister through college and will do the same for me and my brother as far as they can.
My siblings and I will all succeed because of the tireless effort my parents have put forth.
I thank God for putting Abuela Marina in my mother's path and showing my mom that there is purpose in life and that with God you can do all things.
My mother, whom I am lucky to call my mother, succeeded against all odds to be an amazing woman, .
I aspire to be more hardworking than her, a better mother than her, a better provider than her, a better person than her; but if I become only half as successful as her, I will be blessed.


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Auburn's Scarff Ford is among an elite group of Ford and Lincoln dealerships to be recognized with the 2011 President's Award by Ford Motor Company.
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SAN BERNARDINO SUN. JANUARY 15, 2013. In the past 12 years, the Inland Empire beat out high-tech hubs like Seattle, San Francisco and Silicon Valley in the creation of high-tech jobs.
From 2001 through 2012, high-tech jobs grew by 18.6 percent. Only the Washington, D.C., suburbs outpaced the trio of Riverside, San Bernardino and Ontario.
The ranking was created in a report by the Praxis Strategy Group, an economic strategy development firm and published atForbes.comand atNewGeography.com.
The Inland Empire's growth in high-tech jobs was checked briefly during the recessionary years - it dropped to 1.4 percent between 2005 and 2012 - but was up to 2.2 percent between 2010 and 2012.
Silicon Valley doesn't need to watch its back just yet, though: The raw number of high-tech jobs in the Inland Empire is still small: There are 5,267 high-tech jobs in San Bernardino County, spread out among 310 companies, according to the California Employment Development Department.
In contrast, Silicon Valley had almost twice that many high-tech openings in 2012: There were 9,874 job listings for Silicon Valley companies between January and August 2012, according to a report from Bright Labs.
In other words, while the percentage change is big, the raw number of jobs is still small.
"It is a lot of growth on a small base," said Mary Jane Olhasso, San Bernardino County's economic development administrator.
The region's colleges and universities, including Cal State San Bernardino, Cal Poly Pomona, UC Riverside and the private colleges and universities in the region are "where the future lies," she said.
"That's where your entrepreneurs are going to develop. That's where your (new ideas and technologies) will hopefully captured and not leave the region."
But local schools, including a growing number of high school programs, are also preparing students for a high-tech workforce, primarily through a bolstered STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum.
Educating the region's students for the jobs of the future is critical to the Inland Empire's economic success, according to Pam Clute, assistant vice chancellor of educational and community engagement at UC Riverside and the executive director of the Federation for A Competitive Economy.
"If the jobs are here, and Forbes seems to think that they are, and we can train our young people to jump into them, the chances are that they'll stay in the community and give back to the economy," Clute said. "The jobs are in logistics, and logistics requires a major education in computer technology. The jobs are in health care. ... There are a lot of jobs for math and science teachers."
The opportunities aren't limited to those fields.
"We keep hearing from employer surveys (that) laboratory technicians, across many sectors and industries, are still big in demand," said Zhenya Lindstrom, director of Center of Excellence at Chaffey College. Employers are also looking for mechanical engineers and workers who can maintain an increasingly automated supply chain in warehouses and other industrial enterprises.
"Energy still creates opportunity," Lindstrom said. "Barstow College and the College of the Desert offer programs to train solar technicians ... . They've been successful both training and placing people in jobs."
The growth of these new jobs isn't just a blip, according to Clute.
"Between now and 2018, there's going to be 3 million new jobs in the STEM fields" nationwide, she said. "If you are a STEM major, you are going to make $500,000 more over your lifetime, than a non-STEM major, even if you don't go into a STEM career."
Many of these high-tech jobs may not be new, but rather be the replacement for older, less-high tech jobs.
"There are some pockets of opportunity here. I wouldn't say that we've recovered quickly (or) we have tons of jobs available," Lindstrom said. Unemployment was still at 11 percent in Nov. 2012, down only 0.3 percent from the month before. "They're replacing the jobs that were more manual."


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Portland looks to get their first win of the season Sunday against Memphis as the two playoff hopefuls meet in Portland.
The Blazers dropped a 98-81 Jan. 28 home game to Memphis, then fell 109-99 to the Grizzlies 109-99.
Portland is currently in fifth place in the Western Conference, battling Golden State, Phoenix, Memphis and Dallas for the final four spots.
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Countdown to Season 5: Spotlight on Best Kisses
Sealed with a kiss! Out of the many smooches that have occurred on "Drop Dead Diva" two kisses really stick out:
Stacy and Fred's Kiss in Season 1: After pursing Stacy like it was his job, Fred finally locked lips with her and it seemed like they were the perfect couple...until the next day when Stacy had no idea who he was. Since Fred broke the rules, he had to erase her memory of everything that had to do with him. The pair eventually ended up dating, but after an affair with her costar, Stacy broke Fred's heart. At the end of Season 3 he told her everything about him being an angel (breaking the rules again!) and had to go back to heaven.
Jane and Grayson's Kiss in Season 4: The kiss we've all be waiting for? Yes! At Jane's wedding to Owen, Grayson confessed his love for her and the pair passionately kissed each other...only to have Owen walk in on them. You know how the rest goes...


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May 2011
News and Notes
Game two against Lakewood is coming up at noon today (Monday). 'Birds now in fourth place, 4.5 games out with 20 games remaining.
LHP Tim Berry is on the hill today. Berry's ERA has gone down in each of his last five starts. He has gone five innings in each of his last four starts. Berry did not allow an earned run in his last start against West Virginia. A little bit off topic but equally as important; Tim Berry's mustache has raised $302 for Mustache May, the most of any Shorebirds player!
* Ty Kelly strikeouts only once every 9.59 at-bats, third best in the league.
* In 24.2 innings out of the bullpen, Jason Gurka has walked only two batters. He has fanned 33.
* Seven of the Shorebirds final 20 games will be played against first place Hagerstown.
* Reliever D.J. Ferguson has not allowed a run in 10.1 consecutive innings (five outings). He has allowed just four hits during the span.
* Scott Copeland has had limited run support in his two quality starts against Lakewood. In 14 combined innings, he has scattered 12 hits and allowed just three earned runs. However, he is 0-2.
* Jonathan Schoop has seven home runs this season (200 AB). He had only five home runs in his first 461 minor league at-bats coming into this season.
* Adam Gaylord has hit safely in seven of his last nine games. Gaylord is batting .239 in May after hitting just .196 in April.
* The Shorebirds are 11-12 since Manny Machado's injury (May 5)
* The Shorebirds are 1-4 since the promotions of Kipp Schutz and Clay Schrader to Frederick (May 25). The 'Birds are averaging just 2.4 runs per game in the last five games.
* Ty Kelly has hit safely in 22 of the last 24 games
* Riley Hornback threw out Carlos Perdomo at second base last night. It was the 21st outfield assist of the season for the Delmarva Shorebirds.
* The Shorebirds have made 72 errors in 50 games this season (3rd most in SAL)
* The Shorebirds are 13-19 this season against teams in their own division. They have played their last 20 games against the Northern Division (8-12)
$56 short of $2,000 for Mustache May
The Delmarva Shorebirds received some very generous donations at the game last night to bump our donation total for Mustache May to $1,944. We are almost at $2,000 with only three days remaining in the promotion. Here are the updated standings.
There is still time to donation – all the money goes to "Strike Out Hunger" campaign! CLICK HERE
Irv Brumbley – $434
Chris Bitters – $419
Tim Berry – $272
Will Lawhorn – $177
Gail Potts – $118
Pat Armstrong – $93
David Bledsoe – $86
Troy Mattes – $73
Bret Lasky – $56
Sam Ward – $50
Shane Victorino in Lakewood
I was roaming around Lakewood's website this morning and I saw that Shane Victorino will be rehabbing in Lakewood on Saturday and Sunday (game one against the Shorebirds). This will mark that second year in a row that a prominent big leaguer is rehabbing in Lakewood while the Shorebirds are in town. Last year, catcher Carlos Ruiz was rehabbing.
Victorino, who has not played since May 18th (and was placed on the disabled list on May 20th), was batting .284 with six home runs and 19 RBIs before getting hurt.
This is the second time Victorino will rehab with the BlueClaws. He went 1-5 on August 20th, 2007.
It's a right hamstring strain for Victorino this time.
I'll try to let you know how Victorino looks in Lakewood. It's always fun seeing a major league guy rehab in a minor league game.
Mustache May Update – 5/27
Irv Brumbley just brought in $100 more for the Mustache May promotion. He is in the lead $414 donated. Here are the standings. Down the stretch we come. Make sure to get your donations in!
Irv Brumbley – $414
Tim Berry – $270
Will Lawhorn – $176
Chris Bitters – $157
Pat Armstrong – $93
David Bledsoe – $80
Gail Potts – $76
Troy Mattes – $72
Volunteering Day at Maryland Food Bank
Nearly the entire Shorebirds staff was at the Eastern Shore branch of the Maryland Food Bank to volunteer. Also, pitchers Jason Gurka, Jacob Pettit, D.J. Ferguson and David Walters helped us out! The Shorebirds Fan Club was also helping us volunteer. They're awesome – can't say enough about how the fan club gives their time to help. Here are some pictures…
Mustache May Updated Standings – 5/26
Response has been unreal, it really has been. When we started this promotion, we had no clue that with five days left we would have nearly $1,300 raised to help the "Strike Out Hunger" campaign. We are now pushing to get to $2,000! Standings below. To donate CLICK HERE!
Irv Brumbley – $250
Tim Berry – $219
Will Lawhorn – $175
Chris Bitters – $157
Pat Armstrong – $93
David Bledsoe – $76
Gail Potts – $72
Sam Ward – $50
Bret Lasky – $46
Shawn Schoolcraft – $45
Jimmy Sweet – $26
Aaron Becker – $23
Audrey Vane – $6
Mike Steinhice – $4
Troy Mattes – $4
Series Win for the 'Birds!
The Shorebirds polished off a series win over Kannapolis last night with a 9-6 gritty victory. The Shorebirds are now in third place, 2.5 games back of the Hagerstown Suns with 25 games remaining in the first half. Some news and notes below…
*Today (Tuesday) is the first off day for the Shorebirds since May 4. They played 19 straight days.
*The Shorebirds have Hagerstown on the schedule seven more times down the stretch of the first half including the final four at Municipal Stadium.
*Jonathan Schoop recorded his first four-RBI game of his career last night against Kannapolis.
*Justin Dalles belted his fourth homer of the season and his first since April 30.
*Mikey Planeta finished with eight hits in the four-game series against Kannapolis including back-to-back three-hit nights in games three and four.
*Mike Flacco finished with ten hits, six runs scored, five doubles and five RBIs in the four-gamer against Kannapolis.
*Ryan Palsha tied a season high last night with four strikeouts in 2.1 innings pitched.
*Nobody has more saves in the SAL than David Walters, who nailed down his 12th last night. Sean Watson of Greensboro ranks second with nine saves.
*Adam Gaylord had seven RBIs in the four-game set against Kannapolis. Through his first 29 games before the series, he had just four RBIs. He'll take a season high five-game hit streak into game one on Wednesday.
*Very nice defensive series for Delmarva. They only committed four error in the four games. They Shorebirds have not committed an error in three straight games. Keep in mind that the 61 errors are fourth most in the SAL.
See you all at the ballpark on Wednesday – please support this club down the stretch as they try and lock up a playoff spot.
Mike Flacco playing well
Mike Flacco will put an eight-game hit streak on the line in the finale on Monday against Kannapolis. He is 16-of-32 (.500) during the stretch. Flacco has seen his batting average rise from .231 to .327 during the recent stretch.
In this current series against Kannapolis (three games), he is 9-for-14 with four doubles, two triples and five RBIs.
Flacco has five multi-hit games in his last six games played.
*RHP Scott Copeland is on the mound tonight for game four against Kannapolis at 7:05 p.m. By virtue of a Hagerstown loss last night, the Shorebirds are only 2.5 games out of first place with 26 to go. Hagerstown has lost four games in a row.
*Jacob Pettit now leads all Orioles minor league pitchers with five wins. He went seven last night to earn his fifth win.
*Even though Kipp Schutz went 0-for-3 last night, he still leagues the league in hitting (.387) by 16 points. Matt Curry of West Virginia is second in the league at .361.
*Clay Schrader has not allowed a run to cross since April 19 (that's not a typo).
Starting Lineup – May 22
Welcome to a scorching hot May day here in Kannapolis – game three coming up.
Mikey Planeta – CF
Jonathan Schoop – SS
Kipp Schutz – LF
Mike Flacco – 1B
Michael Ohlman – C
Adam Gaylord – DH
Dudley Leonora – 3B
Mychal Givens – 2B
Brenden Webb – RF
Jacob Pettit – LHP
Need a big start today from Jacob Pettit. Petitt goes for his fifth win of the season.
Martin Makes First Start
Jarett Martin will make his first start of the 2011 season tonight. He takes the rotation spot of Tim Adleman, who will make the move to the bullpen.
Martin has been very good out of the bullpen of late. He has allowed just two runs in his last five appearances (11.0 IP). Martin went four scoreless against Greensboro and one scoreless against Lakewood in his last two outings.
Keep in mind that Martin was a starter all last season in Bluefield. In 13 starts, he went 3-5 with a 4.07 ERA.


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how many subscribers does it have? This reminds me of when Figure Skating World forum was purchased and demanded paying subscribers. People migrated to FSU and other boards. Luckily it crashed and died. People should really boycott.
how many subscribers does it have? This reminds me of when Figure Skating World forum was purchased and demanded paying subscribers. People migrated to FSU and other boards. Luckily it crashed and died. People should really boycott.
It's not a monopoly. These are rights they bought and paid for because no one else wanted them. The internet is the only place to see the vast majority of skating competitions these days. That's reality. Those who own rights are entitled to protect those rights. Icenetwork didn't outbid and monopolize the content. They bought what others threw away.
I agree with PixieGirl. IceNetwork provides a commodity and a service that no one else is interested in providing.
I also think, however, that it is in their best interests to generate free advertising by encouraging people to post skating videos to You Tube. A rising tide floats all boats.
I know I am not popular with some for my views supporting IceNetwork and their right to protect their streams. Those of you who choose to delude yourselfs that IceNetwork is wrong and your desire to continue to post vids (whereever they originate from) that clearly violate their USA viewing rights clearly don't have the correct perspective. Also clear to those that support IceNetwork is that no amount of factual reasoning is going to change minds that care not to comtemplate with reason.
All your complaining in the world however is not going to deter the continued removal of videos that violate IN webcast rights.
Lastly I will not publicly embarrass one poster in this thread by name who came to my site and posted their filth in response to my views there. That only demonstrates total immaturity and a total lack of respect for a differing opinion.
Last edited by Tonichelle; 11-27-2008 at 01:21 PM. Reason: let's keep the language family friendly.
As I said earlier, they could easily post videos on youtube themselves and collect advertisement money.
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Well, I'm wondering how many tips you have collected by 'passing' those links to IN.
Relax, the battle against IN is on.
But I am still interested to know your or Icenetwork's answer to this comment, posted by our much-repected mskater93:
To me, this is the way to go. Make love, not war.If IN/US Figure Skating would instead USE Youtube to generate interest again in skating instead of going after people who are posting vids there, it might INCREASE their viewership and subscribers!
Other than that, I find it very sad that you devote so much time and energy to such a bizarre cause. Can't you apply yourself to something that's actually beneficial to people? Go volunteer somewhere. Help serve dinner at a shelter today. Do some real good.
I personnaly have not subscribed to IN, but that's because this year Eurosport has started showing the GP events.
I can understand both points of view.
On the one hand IN did buy the rights, so it should be able to have a say in the possibilty to show vids on the net. Let's also remember that IN is many figure-skating fans' dream, as TV channels don't tend to make figure-skating a priority or show lots of events. We also should remember that for skating to survive it needs money.
On the other, although IN has bought the rights, that doesn't mean that it has the right to dictate the viewing of figure-skating:
a) It may stop it's own videos from being posted on sites like youtube, but could someone please explain to me, why, all of a sudden there aren't any videos from other tv channels.
b) I don't believe the availabilty of having videos from other TV channels on the web is a real problem for IN. As already stated, it promotes the sport. Moreover these videos have commentry, which, at least if they're off French tv, is usually awful and ruins viewing.
c) Most figure skating fans like to watch the events more or less live rather than wait sevarl days for videos to be posted, especially as not all of the programs are.
Conclusion: IN should protect it's own images, but should not stop people from all over the world being able to see others.
I have no problem with IN, indeed, their service is offering LIVE coverage. I dont think they should be worried about youtube, what do you have there??? Just videos in an average quality at best. It's absurd! It's not other ppl's fault that icenetwork cant get more subcrisbers from abroad since their blackout restrictions. INMHO youtube is not a threat. As a subscriber, not only of icenetwork but also of webtv (I can record w it) and others (my gf likes watchin it from many angles) there's nothin like watchin LIVE, watchin the warm ups and more. C'mon, it's not the same watchin the event LIVE than a few hours later, when you already know the results and all the tension is gone.


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Remembering young loved ones lost
Perham's 9th annual Angel of Hope vigil was well attended last Thursday, with roughly 70 people stopping by to pay their respects to young loved ones lost. The short, secular, candlelight ceremony allowed family and friends to announce the name of their lost loved one and lay a white flower at the base of the angel statue in their memory. Some also brought special Christmas ornaments to hang on the nearby pine trees. The Angel of Hope Statue is a place of healing for anyone who has suffered the loss of a child; candlelight vigils are held every year on Dec. 6, at angel statues across the nation. Perham's statue is located at the corner of 3rd Ave. and 6th Ave. NE.


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KILLINGTON A group of three teenage skiers from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, were the latest group of skiers who had to be rescued after they deliberately skied out of bounds Sunday afternoon, police said.
Vermont State Police said the skiers, all 17-year-old girls, were at Killington with a school group and skied out of bounds at 1:16 p.m. Sunday from the Juggernaut Trail. The girls later called 911, and their location was determined through GPS, police said.
The Killington Ski Patrol entered the woods and were able to locate the teenagers and get them out unharmed. State police and E-911 were also involved in the rescue.
Police said temperatures Sunday ranged from 45 to zero degrees, with winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. Police said the girls were not prepared for a night in the woods.
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Fall 2012 – Starting the Year with Information Technology at DePauw (Updates & Tips)August 15th, 2012 by Carol L. Smith
From Carol L. Smith, CIO
Welcome back as we begin the new academic year! I wanted to take a moment to provide some quick tips and updates about key IT projects that are underway or will be coming up soon.
If you have any questions about these (or any other IT-related projects), please don't hesitate to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Topics in the following include:
- Keeping in touch with IT at DePauw
- Helping students get logged in to Moodle, P: or I: drives, printers, etc.
- Wireless network expansion in University-owned student living units is complete
- Overview of the Student Laptop Program & known shipping delays for some students
- Voicemail system replacement timeline and setting up Google Voice voicemail
1) Keeping in Touch with IT at DePauw
The HelpDesk – The Help Desk provides technical support services to students, faculty and staff members in DePauw campus community.
The IT KnowledgeBase – The KnowledgeBase offers immediate 24/7 access to a broad collection of self-service IT support information and documentation.
HelpDesk Status Hotline – Available 24×7, includes a blog, phone number (x6666) and RSS feed to provide up-to-the-minute notices about IT-related service announcements, known system issues, and other useful IT tips & tricks.
Information Services Blog – Provides periodic articles about I.S. activities, DePauw IT updates, etc., aimed at the whole DePauw community.
Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS) – FITS assists faculty members in enhancing their teaching and their students' learning through the latest technology with an emphasis on the pedagogical applications of technology rather than with explicit technical training.
2) Helping students get logged in to Moodle, P: or I: drives, printers, etc .
After being away from campus for the summer some students may have forgotten their passwords, while many new students are unfamiliar with tools like Moodle, the network (I: or P: Drives), or the public campus printers. Following are a couple of resources that you can guide them toward that will help them figure things out:
Overview of DePauw students IT accounts – Provides a quick description of all their accounts, including which account to use to login to each resource
If they've forgotten a password – Direct them to visit the HelpDesk in person to have it reset.
3) Wi-Fi expansion in University-owned student living units is complete
With the completion of upgrades made in the west duplexes just last week, we now have 100% Wi-Fi coverage in University-owned student living units.
4) Overview of the Student Laptop Program & known shipping delays for some students
About the Laptop Program:
All students entering DePauw are required purchase a designated DePauw Program Laptop and a Software/Service Bundle through the DePauw Laptop Program. The program requirements ensure that all students are equipped with the tools needed to support their DePauw learning experience and enable faculty members to most effectively make use of technology in the classroom.
Incoming students have a choice between four types of laptops, including an Apple MacBook Pro, an HP TabletPC, an HP ProBook, and an HP EliteBook. The HP ProBook and EliteBooks are new options this year, replacing the Dell models that were formerly offered.
The laptop program provides an onsite repair service center (currently located at the HelpDesk) for students whose laptops are broken or have failed. Students can also borrow a loaner laptop during the repair of their laptop.
Complete details about the Laptop Program are at www.depauw.edu/it/laptop.
Known shipping delays for some students:
HP has recently experienced shipping delays on some student laptop orders. As a result, approximately 30 students who have ordered an HP laptop may not receive their computers in time for the start of classes. We are working closely with our contacts at HP on this issue and the delayed orders are estimated to be delivered within the first couple of weeks of the semester.
In the meantime, there are several public computer labs and workstations available where students can work on assignments for their courses, check email, print e-Reserves, log in to Moodle and e-Services, etc., while they are waiting for their laptops to arrive. Some options include the lab in the lower level of Roy O. West Library, Scholar Stations located in the Prevo, School of Music and Roy O. West libraries, the Julian 108 and Julian 109 computer labs, and the MITC lab in GCPA 1151.
If you have questions or hear from students with concerns about waiting for their laptop to arrive, you can contact Mike Moore, firstname.lastname@example.com, x4293.
5) Voicemail system replacement timeline and setting up Google Voice voicemail
We are currently evaluating voicemail options to replace the Google Voice voicemail system we introduced last spring and anticipate implementing a new system sometime mid-semester.
In the meantime, you can continue to use Google Voice by creating a Google Voice number with your DePauw Google account and forwarding your office phone to it.
To set up Google Voice as your voicemail:
For step-by-step instructions for using Google Voice as your voicemail, refer to the IT KnowledgeBase article Google Voice as your voicemail.
You must follow the 3-step process completely to avoid issues:
- Set up a local* phone number in your DePauw Google account. These are provided by Google and often (though not always) in the 765-276-xxxx range, which is a local Greencastle call.
- Forward your office phone to the phone number created in step 1.
- Finalize your Google Voice settings. ***VERY IMPORTANT STEP!***
*At times, Google expends all its local numbers for our area. Usually, they are able to acquire more within a week or two when this happens. If you don't want to wait until a local number becomes available go ahead and select a long distance number. The small long distance cost for leaving/getting a voicemail message will negligible, generally only 5-10 cents per message.


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New iPhone App created by KAFB officerOctober 15th, 2012 at 2:25 pm by Magdalena Sharpe under Latest Posts, Photos
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Major Torrey Wagner developed the app which displays the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the military member is on the way home. It shows hundredths of seconds to indicate the time is "flying by."


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Skip to comments.Obama Girl is not as excited about 2012, wont endorse Obama
Posted on 06/09/2012 9:47:58 PM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
Amber Lee Ettinger, widely known as Obama Girl during the 2008 presidential campaign, told The Daily Caller she is not as excited as I was the last time, thats for sure.
The model-actress became a nationally known celebrity after starring in the viral YouTube video Crush on Obama.
Barack Obama was definitely the first Internet President, she said, describing her experiences during the last cycle as quite a roller coaster ride. This time, however, Ettinger wont say if she still supports Obama.
At this point Im keeping that to myself, she told The DC. If Im not making videos, Im not sure its anyones business who Im voting for this time around. I think in the next few months its going to be very interesting to see what happens, Ettinger said. Id like to get out there and see what the young voters think about both candidates
I might need to break out my flip cam and take a road trip.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
AH HAH.. she won't vote for him because he's black this time..
She'll vote for him because she's stupid..
Sluts for 0bama is over? Who knew?
I live in the Bronx NY and I see literally NO Obama bumper stickers anywhere whatsoever.
And that "stash" turned out to be a bunch of jive-talkin', baby!;)
AAAGGGGHHHHH....my eyes!
Come here to the People's Republic of Maryland.
That's all you see.
"Ettinger wont say if she still supports Obama. At this point Im keeping that to myself,"
She sounds even dumber in her alleged uncertainty than she did endorsing Obama.
I think some blacks will not even bother to vote.
I wonder how that chick that said O was going to pay her rent and buy her gas is feeling now.
Sadly, I fear she doesn't care. I mean..it's really not his fault. /s
Spot on, my man. Spot on!!!
Strange. I am in Westchester Ny all the time too and see nothing at all.
Absolutely spot on. Many of the wishy-washy Independents will swing to Romney, and while most of Obama's base will stick with him, you're right about the number of votes being smaller.
I do believe Obama will lose. All the numbers and the simmering anger point to a decisive win for the GOP. I wonder how that will be spun by the libs? America's first black President was an epic failure.
'Hope and Change' doesn't sound the same 4 years later,
Now it's 'hold on because it could get worse without me'
Are the Obama bumper stickers you're seeing in MD from '08 or are they new bumper stickers for '12?
I just pray that nothing catastrophic, like another 9-11, happens between now and Nov. 6 to get the nation to rally around Obama. But then, I'm not even sure that could save his Presidency.
It is a travesty that the first black president is of the lowest caliber imaginable. It's sad.
Imagine someone of the caliber of Allen West!
Every time I see a 2012 sticker for 0bama, I start screaming in the car. I make a point to see who is driving a car that would have one. To date, they all fit the profile I expect. Even down to the car, with one exception. Someone had the nerve to have one on a TRUCK.
Mind you, I don't see that many. Ordinarily, I think they are campaign workers or SEIU goons.
Obama is actually one of the worst things that could have happened for blacks' culture and future prosperity.
Obama is actually one of the worst things that could have happened for blacks culture and future prosperity.
That's certainly right. 0bama has done so much damage in so many ways.
He's an evil man.
I pissed off a few people in sometime back when I put this on my Facebook page:
Why is it that you never see any Obama bumper stickers on cars going to work in the mornings?
Matter of fact, I think I'll make that my tagline.
I don't care what she looks like. She's guilty if she votes for obama.
Good for her. She seems a "well rounded" young woman.
Good for her. She seems a well rounded young woman.
We're gonna copy and paste and send that to your wife. LOL.... j/k.
Most everything else in Vermont politically has 'O'2012 on vehicles... although I do see a decent share of "Don't Tread On Me' flags on houses
I have one of these on my car
Haven't got keyed yet :>)
Oh, and Obama stickered car drivers drive like crap....all of them!
Maybe Obama Girl will endorse Romney....basically getting Obama anyway since they both believe the same thing although Obama does not flip flop as much as Romney.
There may be some out there, but I have yet to see a 2012 bumper-sticker for Obama... and this is in Oregon!
I'm seeing a lot of them in my community in south L.A. County. Mostly the 2012 with his special O in it.
Plenty in the educated whitebread masses gen x and y and echo booner parts of Nashville and Chattanooga
Kids....so stupid....as was I
Anyone who thought Long Time Gone was an anthem....well u had to be there.....embarassing..lol
Almost cut my hair....happened just the other day....blah blah blah
Yep....the rich under 45 parts of Nashville ditto
Obama 2012 everywhere
Rural areas....almost none cept arty Leipers Fork
No pro-obama stickers in Western ND, at least not that I've seen, but this is oil country. Plenty of anti-obama stickers around, though.
I once asked a Woman who had a "War is not the answer" sticker on her car, "well, what is the answer?" Needless to say she called me "something" and drove off in a huff.
I've seen cars with "four more years" stickers, and when I have the opportunity I will ask, "four more years of what?"
A Kardashian wannabe. Does she have a sex video out there somewhere?
Those are huge endorsements...or non-endorsements as the case may be.
That would look much better if it was on a Ford..:)
***Maybe Obama Girl will endorse Romney....***
Sad to say, but her video was quite effective in jacking up the young voters for BO.
Romney would be smart to push his five handsome sons into the spotlight.....that would capture the young female vote;)
In this 'celebrity' culture - it's not policy - but presentation.
Add that to all the FR folks who say they will not vote (or vote for the latest version of Ross Perot) and we have a presidential election being decided with about 5 million votes being cast nation-wide...
"I think some blacks will not even bother to vote."
I think more and more blacks are going to distance themselves from Obama by emphasizing his "whiteness." When someone screws up as badly as he has, no one wants to think of that person as part of "us."
Now it's nobody's business what she thinks and she'll hit the road (with a camera of course) to find out what everyone thinks in order to make a decision. Brilliant. lol
Amber, will you be doing this in your underwear?
Kinda cute now, but I can see her morphing into a horse like creature like Sarah Jessica Parker in 10 years.
But, the schmuck who sings for Moron 5 said he's going to lose his s&@t if Obama doesn't get re-elected.
Hard to ever see an Obama sticker, except in the larger cities in SE Texas. The one I did see was an '08 one X'ed out with a magic marker.
Ditto here in the Socialist Republic of Utopian Moonbats one one of top 5 most Leftist States in the Union (VT) and the majority are driving "Volvos" (wagons at that).....the Flatlander-NJ/NY/CT/MA-Transplant-Trustifarian's perferred "ride."
Not too worry as I posit it would have the opposite affect in showing how little he (and his clueless, Mooncalf Big Sis) have done to protect the homeland.
I believe the Islamic-Jihadist will intentionally not undertake any major activities here until after the elections as they have one of their "OWN" in the Oval Office and would like nothing better to see him get reelected.
Ack!! That is like a Helen Thomas picture x 10!
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Coloradans need Denver action in support of Mainers attacked by Denver-based Big Gas
Coloradans, can you help Mainers fend off a Denver-based Big Gas attack on Penobscot Bay? DCP Midstream LLC, a BIG natural gas port & megatank operator, is close to getting the final OKs to transform and industrialize our bay's estuary by establishing the east coast's biggest Liquified Petroleum Gas terminal. We need your help in Denver to confront Power at its lair. But sending a delegation of Mainers to Denver for a month or more is economically and logistically something we folks just can't affordCut.
We ask for support demonstrations/ flash happenings needed NOW in front of their corporate headquarters at the corner of Tremont and 17th Street in downtown Denver
The people of Maine's biggest bay have been resisting fiercely, using every tool in the nonviolent handbook available. Demonstrations, confrontations, litigation, state/federal/local permit opposition, etc etc have been ongoing for more than a year.
We must, as always,
. Specifically, we would like to get a sympathy demonstration at the plaza in front of DCP midstream's headquarters
a host of Maine communities and people of the Penobscot Bay, Maine region write to you asking your help in bringing our serious concerns with a Denver-based energy company that
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The Island County Auditors Office has received approximately 5,000 ballots back from voters for the Aug. 21 primary election.
Elections workers are busy sorting through the ballots for the all-mail election to make sure each one is undamaged and correctly filled out. Deputy Auditor Michele Reagan said staff members physically inspect each ballot. Any damaged or questionable ballots are saved to be reviewed by the canvassing board.
In all, the auditors office mailed out approximately 17,500 ballots last week to voters in Oak Harbor and Coupeville, the only places in the county where a primary is needed.
Oak Harbor voters will pare the number of mayoral, city council and school board candidates from three to two for each position. Coupeville voters will do the same for a city council position. The survivors will advance to the general election in November.
Reagan said its hard to say what kind of turnout will take place for the primary election. There is still a week to go for voters to mail in their ballots, although it might be a good sign that nearly one-third have already voted and returned their ballots.
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It has come and it's here to stay (for a while at least). The dreaded winter weather of our beloved country has arrived. Sure, it's great news for all the snowboarders, but shitty news for all skateboarders for whom the rain and snow will keep indoors. This is the time our minds begin to process ideas at full speed when thinking of where to travel and chase a combination of the sun, the warmer weather, and the endless skate spots.
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I know a lot of people who traveled to Australia as soon as they've finished high school. At 18 or 19-years old, it's a safe and culturally familiar destination for a first time traveler. I get it. When I was that age, Australia was the last place on my mind. I'd spent enough time in Whistler to think that all Aussies were obnoxious and all I cared about were mountains. I didn't give a shit about the beach. I grew up on the beach and it was overrated. As time passed, I heard so many stories about people going Down Under to drink box wine in Byron Bay and get laid in cheap Brisbane hostels that I felt like I'd already been to Australia, even though I was subconsciously making an effort to not go there. I had officially convinced myself that I should stay out of Australia for good.
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It is 5:45am, my alarm is buzzing for the third consecutive time this morning and finally I get up, throw on an old pair of jeans and my trusty insulated plaid button up. It's the uniform of choice among my co-workers on the construction site. I have just graduated from BCIT with a journeyman certificate in the trade of plumbing and this is my first week back to work.
Several years ago, when the excitement for motorcycles was still fresh and new to me, my friend rick got back from a skate trip and brought with him two videos; one was a Ruff Ryders music video featuring some booty shaking and motorcycle stunts by Wink 1100 (how many blocks you got?), while the other was The Road Racers.
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What can I say? I'm not a two weeks a year type of person. Leaving a comfortable 'bright lights, big city' life working for the Swoosh to write for cents on the word in a strange surf filled land didn't seem like a hard decision.
"The harder I work, the luckier I get." I can't remember where I first heard that, but it certainly rings true. Another cliché that I like, "If you love what you do then it isn't actually work." I managed to take these two old adages and put them to work for me.
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I'm in the quarantine sector of the Chinese border, near Mengla. It's mid afternoon in sweltering jungle heat. I have no idea what's going on, but I'm the only person in here. The border is new and modern, yet there's no traffic. I later discover that the border is recently completed, but the highway is not, hence the lack of border clients. Maybe they're trying to fuck with me by making me wait in this room alone for so long, but there's nothing I can stress about. I've got the proper Visa stamps, I don't speak any Mandarin, and neither of the two officers working can speak any English. I can only wait.
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Over the last year we (Don't Sleep Productions) have been jokingly throwing around the idea of shooting a short Zombie film for the Whistler Heavy Hitting B Grade Horror Film Festival. I wanted to shoot it all at the Whistler skatepark and do a sort of Zombie vs. Skateboarders type thing.
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This past June I was on my way to Mammoth driving north on the 395 from LA. I saw a sign that said, "Death Valley 104" and thought to myself, "that's not too far, maybe drive through there on my way back." So after a week of sun & snowboarding in Mammoth I drove back down the 395 a couple hours and stayed the night in Lone Pine (a small town at the base of Mt.Whitney) and would begin my Death Valley excursion in the AM.
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2012: William Asher, one of the most prolific early television directors, known especially for his work on "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched," dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at age 90 in Palm Desert, California. Asher directed more than 100 episodes of "I Love Lucy" and also produced "Bewitched" during its entire eight-year run. At that time, he was married to the show's star Elizabeth Montgomery, although they divorced soon after the cancellation of the series in 1972. He also directed episodes of "Make Room for Daddy," "The Twilight Zone," "The Patty Duke Show," "Gidget," "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Alice," and several movies, including "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach" and "Beach Blanket Bingo."
2005: Vice Admiral James Stockdale, one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy and Ross Perot's vice presidential running mate in 1992, dies of Alzheimer's disease at age 81 in Coronado, California. Stockdale, who was awarded 26 personal combat decorations, including the Medal of Honor and four Silver Stars, was the highest-ranking naval officer held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He is perhaps best remembered today for introducing himself to the country during the 1992 vice presidential debate by joking "Who am I? Why am I here?"
2004: Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States from 1981–89, dies at the age of 93 in Bel Air, California, of pneumonia, brought on by Alzheimer's disease. Reagan, who rose to fame as a radio, television and film actor before entering politics, also served as the governor of California between 1967 and 1975. Some of his most notable films include 1940's "Knute Rockne, All American," 1942's "Kings Row" and 1951's "Bedtime for Bonzo." As a president, Reagan became known for sweeping new political and economic initiatives, such as reducing tax rates to spur economic growth, deregulating the economy and reducing government spending. His time in office also saw the end of the Cold War, the beginning of the War on Drugs, and the revelation of the Iran-Contra affair.
2013: Advice columnist and radio show host Pauline Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren or "Dear Abby," dies at age 94 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The twin sister of fellow advice columnist Ann Landers, whose real name was Eppie Lederer, she began the "Dear Abby" column in 1956. During her decades of writing the column, it became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world.
2011: Actor Peter Falk, best known for his role as Lt. Columbo on the television series "Columbo," dies at age 83 in Beverly Hills, California, from cardiorespiratory arrest, with pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease as underlying causes. He also appeared in movies such as "The Princess Bride," "The Great Race" and "Next," and many television guest roles. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice (for 1960's "Murder, Inc." and 1961's "Pocketful of Miracles"), and won the Emmy Award on five occasions (four for "Columbo") and the Golden Globe Award once.
1927: Actor Peter Falk, best known for his role as Lt. Columbo in the television series "Columbo," is born in New York City. He also appeared in movies such as "The Princess Bride," "The Great Race" and "Next," and in many TV guest roles. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice (for 1960's "Murder, Inc." and 1961's "Pocketful of Miracles"), and won the Emmy Award on five occasions (four for "Columbo") and the Golden Globe Award once. He died at age 83 on June 23, 2011, from cardiorespiratory arrest, with pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease as underlying causes.
1921: Sugar Ray Robinson, often hailed as the greatest boxer of all time, is born Walker Smith Jr. in either Ailey, Georgia, (according to his birth certificate) or Detroit, Michigan, (according to his autobiography). Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and also won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He retired in 1952 following a loss while attempting to win the world light heavyweight title, but returned in 1955, eventually recapturing the middleweight title. He lost and reclaimed that title two more times over the next three years. He retired for good in 1965 with a career record of 173–19–6 and died from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 67 on April 12, 1989.
Charlton Heston's most famous role was as Moses in The Ten Commandments. Like his personal friend, Ronald Reagan, Heston also announced publicly that he had Alzheimer's disease. He died in 2008.
Pat Summit coached the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team to eight NCAA championships. In 2013, Summit announced that she had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Perry Como was a popular singer and television personality during the 1950s and 1960s. Como suffered from Alzheimer's disease for two years before passing away in 2001.
Burgess Meredith may have been most famous for his role as the Penguin in the Batman TV series. Meredith died in 1997 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Country singer and guitarist, Glen Campbell, announced in 2011 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Charles Bronson, star of Death Wish and numerous other action films, spent the last years of his life debilitated from Alzheimer's. He died in 2003.
Actor Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan at a meeting in the White House. Both of them would later be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Norman Rockwell, one of the most famous American painters, became well known for his illustrations on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell succumbed to Alzheimer's after a long career in 1978.
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson died from Alzheimer's disease in May 1995.
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One of the outstanding achievements of 20th Century science was the realisation that the great diversity of nature is based on a handful of elementary particles acting under the influence of only a few fundamental forces. This talk aims to give an overview of the natural forces that shape everything around us and outlines current research and what we believe remains to be discovered.
Prof. Peter Kalmus is Emeritus Professor at Queen Mary, University of London. At various times he has been President of the Physics Section of the British Association, Vice President of the Institute of Physics, and Vice President of the Royal Institution. A distinguished career has seen him awarded the Rutherford Medal for his outstanding role in the discovery of the W and Z particles, an OBE for his contributions to physics and only last week the Kelvin medal for his role in the public understanding of physics.
Dramatic advances in the study of stem cells - the precursor cells of blood, skin, bone and nerve cells - could be used one day to help sufferers from Parkinson's disease, hepatitis, leukaemia, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
Stem cells hold the key to the ability to grow a patient's own tissue for repair, and are central to the cloning debate. Potentially they could be used to create unlimited supplies of replacement tissue, including nerve, bone, skin and heart muscle, for repairing injuries and for treating disease - potentially saving millions of lives. Cloning offers a way to grow a patient's own stem cells but, by perfecting such technology, scientists could accelerate efforts to conduct so-called reproductive cloning. Professor Richard Gardner, who is chairing the Royal Society's working group on stem cells and therapeutic cloning provides a rich overview into the how and why of cloning.
Professor Wolpert's thesis is that science is not common sense. Common sense is misleading - it can make you accept that a seashell on the top of a mountain is proof of a global flood. In this talk Professor Wolpert gives one scientist's view of the culture of science and why the public's understanding of that culture is so much in error. His thoughtful analysis concludes that scientific thought is unnatural.
As well as a CBE, Professor Wolpert is a fellow of the Royal Society and former chairman of the Committee for the Public Understanding of Science. In May he was awarded the Royal Institution's Michael Faraday award for services to the public understanding of science.
The common flu of 1918 spread faster than any disease in history, before orsince, and killed more people in less time than all of the great plagues ofhistory, doing so in the presence of relatively 'modern' medical science.Even last year, approximately 20,000 people in the UK died from what werethought to be flu-related illnesses. Yet even this was not an epidemic -the Spanish flu pandemic at the close of the First World War is believed tohave accounted for the deaths of well over 20m people worldwide, including280,000 in the UK. The last official flu epidemic was 11 years ago, butthe fact that there is no way of guessing when the next one might be is avery serious concern. Dr Elspeth Garman will go through at what we know ofthe different strains of flu virus and outline the progress made in thedevelopment of a cure.
Ref: `The Origin and Control of Flu Pandemics' Laver and Garman, Science Sep 7, 2001, 1776-1777.
Cryptography, the science of encrypting and decrypting information, dates as far back as 1900 BC when a scribe in Egypt first used a derivation of the standard hieroglyphics of the day to communicate Today cryptography provides the locks and keys to the Information age. It is the technology that enables private emails to be sent and secure business transactions to take place over the Internet. Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book, will give a brief history of cryptography and then discuss its impact in the 21st century. He will also bring with him a genuine Enigma cipher machine.
Simon Singh completed his PhD in particle physics at Cambridge. In 1991 he joined the BBC Science Department and worked as a producer and director with 'Tomorrow's World' and 'Horizon'. He is also the author of 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'The Code Book', the latter forming the basis for the popular Channel 4 series 'The Science of Secrecy'.
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