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I The First Bridge over the Rhine
1 Salus sociorum erat semper cara Romanis. Olim Galli, amici Romanorum, multas inurias ab Germanis qui trans
2 flumen Rhenum vivebant acceperant. Ubi legati ab iis ad Caesarem imperatorem Romanorum venerunt et
3 auxilium postulaverunt, Romani magnas interibus ad hostium finis properaverunt. Mox ad ripas magni fluminis
4 venerunt. Imperator studebat copias suas trans fluvium ducere, sed nulla via poterat. Nullas navis habebat. Alta
5 erat aqua. Imperator autem, vir clara, numquam adversa fortuna commotus, novum consilium cepit. Iussit suos in
6 lato flumine facere pontem. Numquam antea pons in Rheno visus erat. Hostes ubi pontem quem Romani facerant
7 viderunt, summo terrore commotis, sine mora fugam parare inceperunt.
The safety of the allies was always a care of the Romans. In former times the Gauls, friends of the Romans, many injuries from the Germans, who across the river Rhine were living, received. When the ambassadors from them to Caesar general of the Romans came and aid requested, the Romans by a long road to the enemy border hastened. Soon to the banks of the great river they came. The general was eager his forces across the river to lead, but no way was possible. He had no boats. Deep was the water. The general at that time, a famous man, never by adverse fortune excited, a new plan made.
He ordered his men on the wide river to make a bridge. Never before a bridge on the Rhine had been seen. The enemy when the bridge which the Romans were making saw, by the greatest terror were excited, without delay their flight to prepare began
The saftey of (their) allies was always a concern for the Romans. In former times the Gauls, frineds of the Romans, received many injuries from the Germans who were living across the Rhine river. When the ambassadors from there came to Caesar, the general of the Romans, and requested aid the Romans hastened by a forced march to the enemy border. Soon they came to the banks of the great river. The general was eager to lead his forces across the river but there was no way possible. He had no boats. The water was deep. At that time the general, a famous man, never excited by adverse fortune made a new plan. He ordered his men to build a bridge over the wide river. Never before had a bridge been seen on the Rhine. When the enemy saw the bridge which the Romans were making they were excited with the greatest terror and without delay began to prepare their flight.
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Connecticut native Pat Narduzzi has turned down an offer to become UConn's head football coach, according to a report by footballscoop.com and later confirmed by Michigan State University.
According to the report, UConn director of athletics Warde Manuel offered the job to Narduzzi on Wednesday morning and, while the financial deal was "aggressive, it was not as robust (for assistant coaches) as was hoped for."
Narduzzi, the defensive coordinator at Michigan State and winner of the Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach, met with Manuel in Atlanta earlier this week.
"I was honored to be considered by Warde Manuel and the University of Connecticut for its head coaching position.," Narduzzi said in a statement released by Michigan State's athletic department. "After consideration, I have withdrawn from the search, and I'm devoting my full attention to our players and team in preparation for our Rose Bowl game. Go Spartans!"
UConn is known to have interviewed Ball State head coach Pete Lembo and current interim head coach T.J. Weist, who has served in that role since Paul Pasqualoni was fired following an 0-4 start. There have been reports Towson head coach Rob Ambrose, a former UConn offensive coordinator, has also been interviewed for the position.
With UConn losing six offensive starters, six others who started at least five games on defense, kicker Chad Christen and record-breaking punter Cole Wagner, time is of the essence as the Huskies try to hold onto the recruits currently committed.
Ansonia High running back Arkeel Newsome, locally the most high-profile UConn commit and the state's career leader in rushing yards and touchdowns, said on Wednesday he is keeping his recruiting options open.
Narduzzi has remained a hot commodity on the head coaching job market, but has maintained he will only leave Michigan State for what he considers to be the right job.

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Hey guys!
The time has finally come to build up a company show vehicle - so here is the build log where we will keep you all updated with a ton of pics, vids, and other cool stuff as it gets done!
I hope you all enjoy it! It will be at SBN 2013' making a debut if you want a live demo!
Vehicle : 2007 Cadillac Escalade
Debut / Completion Date for Project : Spring Break Nationals 2013
iPad Mini
Sub Stage
Amplifiers : (6) Skar Audio SK-2500.1's @ 0.5 Ohm
Subwoofers : (12) Skar AUdio ZVX-15 D2's
Front Stage
Amplifiers : (4) Skar Audio SK-125.4D's
Speakers :
(1) Pair of Skar Audio VXI 6.5" Components in the Kicks
(2) PAX-10 8 Ohms (1 Per Door)
(2) PAX-8 8 Ohms (1 Per Door)
(4) PAX-6.5 8 Ohms (2 Per Door)
(2) Pairs of Skar Audio VX1-ST Super Tweeters (2 Per Door)
Middle Stage (Front of Sub Enclosure / Trim Panel)
This will all be built into the trim panel behind the front driver and passenger seats where the front of the subwoofer enclosure will end. We will be using 3/4" Birch for the build, obvious bracing, etc.
Speakers :
(1) Pair of Skar Audio VXI 6.5" Components
(4) PAX-6.5 8 Ohms (2 Per Side)
(2) PAX-8 8 Ohms (1 Per Side)
Rear Panel
This will be where all of the batteries and amplifiers will be located. We will be adding several speakers to the rear trim panel here. We will also be doing 2-3 Layers of Stinger Road Kill sound deadner front to back and bottom to top.
(4) PAX-6.5 8 Ohms
(2) H/O Alternators
(4) Runs 1/0 Gauge of both Power and Ground
(2) Stinger SP1500's Under the Hood
(3) Stinger SP2250's in The Rear
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American patriotism has seen a rebirth since the war with Iraq began. In fact, patriotism has not been this visible since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Drive through any neighborhood in America and chances are you'll see the American flag proudly displayed. Take a ride down East State Street and you'll see businesses that could be advertising specials, instead advertising support for the troops overseas.
Joe Namoff is the manager of Crazy Joe's Warehouse on East State Street. He says displaying signs of support for the troops is least he can do.
And employees of Popey's chicken just up the street feel the same. Neighborhoods are also showing their support with one or two flags, but some are going farther than that putting a flag anywhere they can.
As the soldiers move deeper into Iraq, the flags and signs displayed across America and here at home send the same message. Some say that even though they don't support the war, our troops are there. They say that's reason enough to do as much as we can.


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Lady Hornet earns all-state
After missing out on the 7A girls state golf championships final round on Tuesday, the Bryant Lady Hornets' golf team had two players golfing as individuals.
The Lady Hornets came in sixth place out of 10 teams on Monday in the championship's opening round, and the top five teams advanced to the final round.
Sophomore Peyton Weaver shot a 15-over 86 on Tuesday after scoring an 85 on Monday. She finished ninth overall with her 171 and earned all-state honors.
Sophomore Savanna Cathey shot two strokes better than her day one score of 98, finishing with a 96 on Tuesday. Cathey's 194 gave her 17th place.


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I'm pleased to annouce that UGQ will be offering Resist Down, a hydrophobic down, as an option on all our quilts. I'm pretty excited about this product as it offers water resistance to down resulting in a product that can take to abuse of the elements yet retain the high performance qualities of down. Our supplier is the world leader in the manufacture of the highest quality downs and their blends. They play an active role in setting global industry standards for down as a founding member of the International Alliance for the Pro Down Initiative and a member of the International Down and Feather Bureau (IDFB). They are a leading supplier of down for top-tier brands in the outdoor and bedding industries. UGQ is proud to be able to offer Resist Down to our customers and fellow outdoor enthusiast.
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Notts County have appointed Chris Kiwomya as their permanent manager on a three-year deal.
Kiwomya, who had been in temporary charge of the Magpies since the departure of Keith Curle last month, first joined County as development squad manager in February 2012, having previously been the reserve-team coach at Ipswich.
Chairman Ray Trew told the club's official website: "Chris has showed in the short time that he has been in charge of the first team that he has a great passion for the game, is tireless in his endeavours, communicates extremely well with the board, sharing our vision, and anyone who has been fortunate enough to speak to him in person will have seen his enthusiasm for every detail of every performance."
He added: "When making this appointment we were looking for someone who could realise our long-term vision for the club, someone that we could work with to bring progressive success alongside the development of young, homegrown talent from our successful youth set-up.
"Chris is well respected throughout the football community for his ability to develop players, as well as spotting raw talent in youngsters, something that we are confident will help foster stronger working relationships with clubs, particularly at a higher level.
"We are not putting any immediate demands or expectations on Chris, we have said to him that the team is his to mould as he sees fit and to prepare for the new season.
"That may mean a change of personnel over the summer, but everything will be done with a view towards building for the future.
"We are not demanding instant results, we see this as the start of a project, one that we are asking our supporters to get behind as we look to grow together as a club."
The Magpies, who are seven points adrift of the play-offs with nine games to play, have lost two of 11 matches under Kiwomya's stewardship.
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"A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study. This proverb rang true for attendees of Game Design Expo 2008, a sold-out industry event hosted by Vancouver Film School (VFS) in association with event partners G4TechTV, EA, CAEAA, Annex Pro, Crystal Dynamics, Radical Entertainment, Big Fish Games, Metropolitan Hotel, and The Province.
Academia is an invaluable part of ones education, and yet, learning never stops"especially in the fast-moving, ever-evolving computer design field. Digital content creators know well that a great deal of learning takes place outside the classroom, through experience, both their own and that of their peers. It is perhaps for this reason that professionals working in the game design industry comprised much of the Expo audience.
CG Career Cross sectionGame Design Expo 2008 constituted an industry weekend, two days of informative lectures by some of the leading minds in game design and development. Game designers, artists, producers, presidents, CEOs, and founders of studios in North America discussed their processes and tool sets, innovations, and audience, as well as present, past, and future; they also infused attendees with enthusiasm and offered real-world advice.
The Expos sessions were approached in much the same way as the Vancouver Film School Game Design Programs curriculum: with the knowledge that it is important to be cognizant of each and every part of the game design and development workflow. Attendees at this second-annual event took in sessions on cinematics, sound, focus testing, intellectual property, start-ups, consoles, and audience the subjects that make up the very core of what it means to be involved in games, describes Dave Warfield, head of the VFS Game Design Program.
A Weekends WorthThe price of admission for the two-day event was $80 Canadian (nearly the same in US dollars), but several attendees considered the experience priceless. Speakers at the Expo hailed from some of the biggest names in gaming"Activision, BioWare, Eidos, EA, and Stormfront Studios"and worked on some of todays most popular titles.
The Expo provided attendees the opportunity to gain insight from, as well as interact and network with, company owners, successful game designers and developers, recruiters, and industry legends. The sessions, many of which focused on lessons learned in the making of a recent game, incorporated information about the latest game design tools, workflow processes, caveats, challenges, and workarounds.
The year saw several enormous and critical successes from which we can all take away important lessons, explains Warfield. This theme of lessons learned permeated the event, beginning with an insightful opening keynote.
Bungie Studios Jay Weinland, audio lead, and CJ Cowan, director of cinematics, opened the Expo with the keynote address, The Bungie Way: Audio & Cinematics in Halo. Cowan was among four people honored recently by the Visual Effects Society with an award for Best Real-time Visuals in a Video Game for Halo 3.
In the foyer of Vancouvers Vancity Theatre, game publishers show off their newest titles, vendors demonstrate their latest gamedesign tools, and recruiters engage students about job openings.
The keynote address proved informative, revealing, and entertaining"and yet, it seemed a bit atypical for the industry. The presenters intended for the presentation to be a departure from the flashy, heart-pounding, and perhaps overly hyped its great to be part of this industry keynotes many have witnessed time and time again. Instead, Weinland and Cowan set out to impart honest, real-world wisdom, and to walk student and seasoned designers through their process on Halo 3"and thats precisely what they did, with great result.
Halo CinematicsEngineers worked a year and a half to deliver an entirely reworked, streamlined pipeline and to provide the tools necessary for artists to craft Halo 3 (for more about the creation of Halo 3, see Making Halo 3 Shine, December 2007, pg. 18).
In the pipeline that Bungie used for Halo 2, artists produced custom animations in Autodesks Maya and then exported the work to each individual game engine. Scripts were hand-authored and consumed considerable time. Individual assets were saved in a series of folders and subfolders, which proved painful to manage. It took a long time to get everything working together, recalls Cowan. But the Halo 3 workflow was quite different.
The company designed the Halo 3 pipeline with the specific goal of giving more power to animators and artists, so they were well equipped to create their best possible work. Custom animation was streamlined in Maya, and hand-scripting was replaced with an automatically generated cinematic screen UI. The export process"saving guns to that folder, characters to this one, describes Cowan"was automated.
The cinematics team on Halo 3, which included two artists from the film industry, including one from Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), brought content into Adobe Premiere Pro to perfect the timing, and then used QuickTime within Maya to achieve the initial layout.
Cowan walked attendees through custom tools, several of which were used in-engine. One streamlining solution, One Button Exporter Version 1.5, features a Make It So button for exporting an animation. It takes 30 seconds or so to sync over to the Xbox, says Cowan, and it used to take hours. Each cinematic involved six or seven Maya files, and all the scenes in Halo 3 were put through Guerilla, part of the Halo engine.
The internal pipeline overhaul resulted in more time spent perfecting the project, and many contend that it paid off in spades. When you can see your work immediately, in-engine and as quickly as possible, it means you can do more iterations, Cowan says. More iterations means better art.
Focus Testing
In a presentation by game publisher Eidos Interactive, Riley Cooper, principal designer at the Crystal Dynamics subsidiary of Eidos, impressed upon attendees the importance of focus testing and the value of hiring an independent company that provides the service. You are so familiar with a game that you wont see challenges that can't be overcome, Cooper explains. Testers find dead ends, barriers that might make the player put the controller down"which is the last thing you want. You are too close to the material. You know it too well.
It is often very tempting to write off a problem with the game, attributing it to bad and inexperienced players. You can't do that, continues Cooper. You need to address weaknesses, things that detract from the quality of your game.
With potential issues addressed, the designer is ready to pitch the game to publishers. Cooper presented a list of things to keep in mind when presenting a pitch to a game publisher. For a list of those items, see Going for the Green (Light), pg. 44.
Innovative IPFollowing Cooper and his suggestions for pitching games to publishers, attendees became privy to the intellectual property (IP) and game publishing insights of Kelly Zmak, president of Radical Entertainment, a development studio of Vivendi Games. The kill rate on IP is huge, says Zmak, who estimates the current IP success rate at 20 percent. This figure is not surprising given the risks"money, reputation, and relationships, he adds.
During open house at Vancouver Film Schools Game Design Program, VFS alumni explain their processes and lessons learned in the making of their game Bloom.
Zmak, in his own charismatic style, laid out the IP pros and cons. After a publisher green-lights a game development project, he says, reality hits: time constraints, a strict schedule, milestones due, ego, and fear of a $30 million failure. Those who succeed, however, stand to gain a positive industry reputation, return on investment, and the satisfaction of knowing they have created a unique experience.
Risk mitigation is the opposite of innovation, Zmak warns. Formulaic development never works. Innovate within the parameters you are given. For example, if it is a sequel, push boundaries within those parameters.
Zmak has seen phenomenal growth in team sizes over his career. It is not uncommon to have a team of 150 people working on a single title today. When working with someone you don't like, focus on the 1 percent you agree on to get along, he suggests, imparting wisdom he had gained from an industry peer.
Keep learning, Zmak further advises: The game industry starts at hard; there is no easy, no medium. The reason they call it bleeding edge is because it hurts.
Warring ConsolesNext, an industry legend took to the stage. Don Daglow, the founder of Stormfront Studios who is responsible for the first MMORPG, Neverwinter Nights, discussed the past, present, and future of console wars. A console war, or next-generation transition, has occurred roughly every five years since 1978, he says. In the 70s, the Atari, Intellivision, and ColecoVision platforms were battling for consumer attention. Prior generations still have legs, recognizes Daglow, citing 12 million Sony PS2s versus 10 million PS3s in current use today.
A cycle begins when new consoles are released, explains Daglow. After the debut of a new console, the early adopters are hard-core gamers. Because demand is high for the completely different, it is a great time for new IPs. Mid-cycle, the install base grows and the hard-core audience broadens. It is still a good time for IPs, but more licensing titles"Star Wars, for example"make their way to market. The install base is large late in the cycle, as licensing titles with familiar brands help reach "the non-gamer gamers. Hard-core gamers are the minority, but the opportunity exists for major successes, or hits.
Daglow recognizes that the exciting, artistic world of electronic interactive entertainment also has a strong business side. Big global teams have replaced regional ones, and MBAs want to globalize the process to save approximately $20 on a $20 million game. Yet, he advises, never surrender your passion for games or the art"no one can take that away from you. It is your craft.
Massively Multiplayer Speaking of consoles, the Nintendo Wii is hands-down the breakaway hit of the decade. Other consoles have floundered a bit in the market and dropped in price; and yet, the Nintendo Wii continues to be sought-after and command its asking price. It has awakened"whether intentionally or accidentally"the until-now latent inner gamer in many women and seniors, particularly.
Nintendo threw the industry a curveball, appealing to a non-traditional audience, says David McCarthy, executive producer at the Fusion Business Unit of EA. EA Canada has, in essence, followed this example and launched Fusion, a business entity designed to tackle something different and drive into new platforms and new experiences.
Emerging market segments include female gamers and legions of retiring baby boomers; in fact, roughly 25 percent of todays gamers are over the age of 60. This phenomenon has brought about an increased demand for multiplayer, multigenerational, and casual games. It is a void that EA is filling with great success"at least in part, no doubt, thanks to the companys philosophy on multiplayer games.
Among the lessons McCarthy and his colleagues learned making games for a larger audience are: Making a game more accessible does not mean dumbing it down, and a game should be instantly engaging and enable the users to evolve through experience. Additionally, simplified menus and screens are beneficial. Lastly, the games basic operation should be outlined up front. Game designers gravitate to complexity, and we mistake complexity for challenge, he admits. We get bored when we're too close to it for too long. Instead, think of the Apple iPod"the complex made easy.
McCarthy acknowledges that with new platforms and new audiences, risk is unavoidable. He cites as a prime example Nintendo's Brain Age, a huge departure for the company that proved an even larger success. Your process needs to accommodate uncertainty, he suggests. Do one or two things perfectly, not a laundry list.
Overall, Game Design Expo 2008 provided students and alumni of game design and development a considerable shot in the arm. Students on the cusp of entering the workforce gained valuable insight and practical advice from major industry players. The speakers words were encouraging and inspiring, and yet, deeply rooted in reality and not sugar-coated.


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Submission + - Seasonal flu shots double risk of getting swineflu (theglobeandmail.com)
krou writes: A Canadian study currently under peer review apparently suggests that individuals given influenza flu shots are twice as likely to get swine flu. The 'perplexing' study has thrown influenza health plans into disarray, with Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia all suspending seasonal flu shots for anyone under 65 years of age. The study appears to be confined to Canada; the US, Britain, and Australia have not reported the same problem, so some are suggesting that the research has 'study bias'. However, the research appears to be 'solid' according to Dr. Ethan Rubinstein, head of adult infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba. 'There are a large number of authors, all of them excellent and credible researchers. And the sample size is very large — 12 or 13 million people taken from the central reporting systems in three provinces.'


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For example, at the 92 strike for crude oil futures, 1.0/0.542 or 1.845 calls are sold short for each long futures contract. If the March futures price at expiration equals $92, the trade will be closed out at the maximum profit, $6,442, the credit from sale of calls, $5,812, with a gain on futures equal to the difference between $92 and $91.37 times $1,000, or $630. Lower profits will be made at expiration futures prices between $99.624 and $85.558 as the loss on call short sales is reduced by a gain in the futures price, or the short sale credit offsets losses on the futures contract.
Upper and lower breakeven prices for March 2013 crude oil calls on Dec. 27, 2012 are shown in ""Breakeven prices" (below). The typical pattern for breakeven prices is for the upper breakevens to follow a curve that descends from higher strike prices, hitting the lowest levels near the current futures price then increasing rapidly for calls that are in-the-money. Lower breakeven prices describe a relatively level curve for all strike prices.
Beyond breakeven prices the trade will generate losses. Protective trades between Dec 27 and expiration would include purchase of calls to offset potential losses on sold calls and the sale of additional calls or purchase of puts to reduce losses on a futures price declining beyond the lower breakeven price.
The original neat triangular profit diagram with the profit peaking near the midpoint between the upper and lower breakeven prices will be changed into a more complex shape by successive protective trades.


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Triton holds first board meetings of 2013
BOURBON — A spate of back-to-back meetings got the Triton School Board off to a good start for the new year last Monday night. First up was an executive session during which the sale or lease of the old gym and ball diamond was discussed. The matter was not addressed during the public meeting.
Then, the board met as the Board of Finance and elected its new officers: Amy Middaugh, president, and Terri Barnhart, secretary. In a review of the three major fund investments, the need to have leftover money to start up the Rainy Day fund again was reiterated.
During the first regular session of the school board itself, Larry Wattenbarger, Jr./Sr. High history teacher, proposed to the board that if he should retire this year, his unused accumulated sick days be donated to a sick bank for use by all staff. The board took his proposal under advisement.
Then, meeting for its traditional reorganization session led by superintendent Donna Burroughs since the board is temporarily without a president, officers were elected. Middaugh will serve as president, Jerilyn Anders as vice president, and Terri Barnhart as secretary. The regular meeting of the school board was confirmed as the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the central office. Appointed school corporation officers were retained as follows: Janet Barker as treasurer and Mark Wagner as attorney.
Assuming her duties as the new president, Middaugh appointed board members to the following representative positions: herself to the Discussion Committee with the teachers' association, Barnhart as the ISBA delegate, Barnhart and Anders to the Student Handbook committee, Barnhart to the Textbook Adoption committee, and Anders and herself to the Board Policy committee.
Following discussion and several proposals, the school board members' annual salary was reduced from $1,875 to $1,500 to reflect current financial stress.
In its first regular session of 2013, Rodney Younis was hired as varsity baseball coach for the 2013 season by unanimous vote. A one-time stipend, already available, was paid to science teacher Dawn Slein to act as Science Advisor/Liaison for the second semester due to Mr. Whittaker's retirement.
Superintendent Burroughs then gave her report. She welcomed to the board three new members — returning member Middaugh and Kevin Boyer who were elected in November, and Steve Stichter, who was appointed by the board to fulfill the remaining term of board member Debbie Shively who resigned before Christmas. The Crisis/Safety Plan Committee will meet to review its plan. Middaugh will serve as board liaison to this committee. The annual Hall of Fame banquet was a great success with 170 people in attendance. Burroughs congratulated Athletic Director Mason McIntyre for the success of this program he started four years ago. She reported that a parent from a visiting junior high team gave a compliment for the good sportsmanship of students. She congratulated students Quentyn Carpenter for his golf tourney and Tanner Shepherd for being named athlete of the week. She also wished good luck to Triton students at the annual music solo and ensemble contest. Finally, she announced that the Red Cross would conduct a blood drive at the high school on Wednesday.
Burroughs then gave a presentation of the proposed Strategic Plan for the years 2013-2020 which was developed before Christmas as she coordinated a committee of staff, students, and community members who attended two full-day retreats with an outside consultant. The summary of this plan is:
• Core drivers for Triton are values, vision, and mission.
• Values include continuous improvement, high expectations, alignment with state standards, shared leadership, social responsibility, evidence-based decision making, and accountability.
• Vision is "By 2020, we will become a 90+% school corporation in reading rate, state and national testing, and graduation rate.
• Mission is "The mission of Triton School Corporation is to develop students who are literate, responsible, proficient in state and national standards, and college/career ready.
• A "dashboard" is designed to assist in identifying and promoting behaviors which will address the core drivers.
• A scorecard is implemented to track progress in corporation goals.
• Five focus areas with specific results bring the core drivers to bear and assure implementation of the plan.
The board then voted unanimously to accept the Strategic Plan and begin its implementation.
Burroughs then presented a request for application for an eLearning Day in February. Such a day, when approved by the state, enables school to be called off for a day as teachers attend an in-service and students work at home on their computers. This day would not be counted as a day to be made up.
For students who do not have access to a home computer, a packet of homework would be distributed prior to the day. This request was unanimously approved.
A request to make Good Friday, March 29, a make-up day for classes canceled due to weather was tabled until closer to the date. Art teacher Diana Westphal received unanimous approval to use the website Artsonia in her classes which was recommended by the superintendent. This website stores pictures of students' art work on a distant server to make sure projects are not lost.
Elementary principal Jeremy Riffle reported that 2,088 Trojan Pride tickets had been issued in his building to students who were observed doing good deeds. The elementary textbook adoption process begins soon, and the Read to Succeed program is going well. The SumDog competition begins soon, in which students work math problems and accumulate points. Last year Triton Elementary was fifth in the state in this competition.
Mike Chobanov, high school principal, reported that with Allen Whittaker's retiring, his environmental science and chemistry classes will be taught online this semester. Whittaker will volunteer his time for hands-on experiments.
The new Ag/ FFA program is getting a revitalization with the hiring of new teacher April Leeper. She will contact local farmers for support of the program. Purdue will offer dual credit for classes in this section. On Jan. 28, the Principal's Service Corps and the Athletic Leadership Committee students will travel to Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis to talk with veterans as a goodwill service project.
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Revival services will be held at Colemansville Christian Church Nov. 9-11.
Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.: Will feature Bro. William (Billy) Gaunce with special music by Brandi Vaughn and Josie Gaunce.
Saturday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.: Bro. Jimmy Moore with special music by The Mattox Family.
Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.: Bro. Jim Mitchell and special music by the Strawzell Family, and a special dedication; and at 7 p.m. will be Kenney Gaunce and music by John Rich and Earl Gross.
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My question is the following one:
Is there a difference, in reference in which expression is more polite to say:
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Equally polite but the second one is more informal.
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Aliens-sated: Human supremacy preserved
This year's Virginia Film Festival may have been the best ever. And we're not just saying that to suck up to festival artistic director Richard Herskowitz, whose imminent departure lent a certain poignancy to the four days of moviegoing. Nor did a 21 percent drop in ticket sales put a damper on festival goers, who found it easier to get into events.
Has the festival matured after 21 years, or have we? This year seemed to hold fewer film fest annoyances– ticket location mix-ups, difficult parking, and questions after a screening that go on waaaay too long (or maybe we've just become more adept at leaving when the questions get lame).
With Culbreth Theatre back in action along with a convenient parking deck, the angst of not finding a space there was eased, and with only minor fretting about getting between downtown and UVA grounds on homecoming weekend, the biggest challenge was deciding among the richness of the offerings.
Although the theme was Aliens!, the festival never lets a theme get in the way of a star or a premiere, especially if local ties can be found for opening night. This year was no exception with UVA alum-produced Lake City with Sissy Spacek, which was one of three festival sell-outs.
Peter Riegert and Guillermo Arriaga turned out to be the real stars of the festival: Riegert for his affability– he told the Hook that despite his churlish answers, he didn't really hate doing the HotSeat in last week's issue– and for representing his generation on the screen from Animal House to the middle-aged King of the Corner– and Arriaga for his brilliance in Amores Perros, The Burning Plain and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a tour de force of cinema to see all at once that still has our head spinning.
The Hook stamps "A-OK" on the visas of this year's immigrants, outsiders, and extraterrestrials at the Virginia Film Festival.
Barbarella lands at Culbreth: Forty years after the 1968 erotic sci-fi thriller that still elicits a "grrrr" from men of a certain age, Jane Fonda, now 70 and still looking marvelous, takes in festival opening night and the screening of Lake City that stars Troy Garity (her son with Tom Hayden) and Spacek and Dave Matthews.
Troy Garity is easy: When "Œber producer" Mark Johnson contacted Garity about a small movie starring Sissy Spacek, "I said I'd do it," Garity recounts after the screening. Johnson said, "You can read the script." Responds Garity, "I said I'll do it."
Why 58-year-old Spacek did her own stunts in Lake City: "I thought, I'm getting way up there, and it may be the last time I'll be chased through a cornfield," she says. "I got a charlie horse and nearly bought the farm."
Dave Matthews isn't too proud to beg: Matthews auditioned for the Lake City bad-guy part when he was in Los Angeles doing a concert, says co-director Perry Moore, another UVA alum who as an undergrad met producer Johnson at Culbreth. "They literally badgered us to death," alleges Moore, who describes Matthews' performance as "deranged" and his character as "pathetic."
Why Spencer Tracy rules: He's the stranger who shows up in John "Great Escape" Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock, his 1955 town-with-a-secret movie, and he kicks Ernest Borgnine's derriere with one arm. Tracy also confronts Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, Walter Brennan, Anne Francis, and racism– in Cinemascope.
This is not a special effect: The back of a man after receiving 100 lashes in Iran is a harsh reminder of just how abhorrent Islam finds homosexuality in Parvez Sharma's documentary, A Jihad for Love, produced by formerly in-the-closet Republican Michael Huffington.
Another festival first: Passengers director Rodrigo Garcia is unable to attend the October 31 screening of his new movie starring Anne Hathaway, so he appears via Skype.
Why Skype may not be the way to accommodate no-show guests: Garcia looms over the Newcomb stage while 6'4" David Morse, the most recognizable actor whose name you may not know and who lists The Green Mile, Dancer in the Dark and John Adams among his many film credits, barely gets in a word.
It was a dark and scary night: The unlit hill going up to McCormick Observatory makes it the perfect Halloween venue for the Kuchar brothers low-budget look at aliens.
Thank God we got out before Ascension of the Demonoids: The audience flees after sitting through George Kuchar's Blips and Mike Kuchar's Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults, an experience one moviegoer describes as "audience abuse."
From George Kuchar's Blips, we learn: That UFOs seem to sexually arouse humans, that pubic fashions have really trimmed down since the '70s, and that there really are men in black.
Domo arigato, Senor Arriaga: Our vote for best festival flick goes to Amores Perros– Love's a Bitch– written by Guillermo Arriaga, closely followed by his newest film, The Burning Plain.
Testimonial for drug legalization: Arriaga describes the "amazing" power of corruption from drug trafficking wealth that he sees in his hometown, Mexico City. A friend of his 15-year-old son is kidnapped, the teeth of the boy's driver are all pulled out before his throat is slit, and although the ransom is paid, the teen is killed. A cop who refuses a bribe receives the head of his 10-year-old son in a box.
The Arriaga method: "I think it's artificial to tell stories in a linear way," says Arriaga, and he doesn't like the three-act format either. Not surprisingly, his favorite author is William Faulkner, who lived here, and Arriaga spent nine months reading The Sound and the Fury.
How often do you hear this? Arriaga has no complaints about how directors have filmed his screenplays, and he says he's found Hollywood "a very generous community of filmmakers."
And for his sophomore directorial effort: Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron star in Arriaga's The Burning Plain, which has its U.S. premiere November 1 at the Paramount in Charlottesville.
Cormac McCarthy, Edward Hopper and hunting: Three things Tommy Lee Jones and Arriaga discovered they had in common before shooting The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
Why Peter Riegert remains expressionless throughout Local Hero: "I didn't have to work because the people are so weird," he says of his co-stars in the Scottish-set cult fave of 1983, which had a 25th anniversary screening November 1. Despite his lack of animation in the movie, Riegert provides a mean imitation of the "loquacious" Burt Lancaster.
Movie we felt most guilty for not attending: The 30-minute film, The Response, in which Riegert appears, is based on transcripts from Guantanamo tribunals and is followed by a two-hour discussion on the detainee situation, which one audience member describes as being between Orwell and Kafka.
Is Hollywood open to Riegert as a director? "Um, no," he says after screening King of the Corner, and his Oscar-nominated short, By Courier, both of which he directed. "Distribution really is everything," Riegert reminds. And that's a constant festival sub-theme.


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Archive for Thursday, March 11, 2010
New metro-wide glass recyling venture finds success
March 11, 2010
The Ripple Glass recycling plant in Kansas City, Mo., is a minefield of dust.
Even the desk of executive director Stacia Stelk, whose enclosed office is several feet away from the huge, noisy contraption that turns glass and beer bottles into glass particles fine enough to be used in fiberglass, is covered in dust — the kind that won't stay away for long even with a proper dusting.
But it's all for a good cause, Stelk says. "Glass recycling is taking off in KC" is a statement the newly born company is trying to turn into more than just its slogan.
"Prior to Ripple Glass, only 5 percent of the (Kansas City metro area's) glass was recycled," Stelk said. "Since our launch, we have already seen an increase in the amount of glass collected for recycling. I expect glass recycling to continue to grow."
The company opened in November 2009, sprung from the collective minds of some of the originators of the Boulevard Brewing Co., including president and founder John McDonald and chief financial officer Jeff Krum.
"They looked at the 10 million bottles that they put out in the community, and that was only a drop in the bucket compared to the 150 million of all glass that ends up in area landfills," Stelk said. "So they felt they wanted to take responsibility for their product and help recycle all the other (bottles as well)."
Investors in Ripple include Boulevard Brewing Co. and UMB Bank.
Ripple Glass has placed recycling bins at more than 60 locations across the metro area, but dropping last weekend's parties' worth of beer bottles into one of the purple bins is only the beginning of the finely-tuned recycling process that takes place at the Ripple Glass plant.
Stelk said Deffenbaugh Industries drops off up to 20 tons of bottles each week at the plant, where the bottles are sorted, cleaned, de-labeled and crushed multiple times. All of the steps are done by a machine. The bottles are dropped into a large hopper, or funnel, then released through the machine's extensive conveyor belt system until what's left is only the fundamental components of the bottles: cullet, or processed glass particles tiny enough to look like sand. Dust created by the continuing process — and Stelk said the machine runs for about eight hours a day — is enough to cover the entire building with a light, but ever-clinging, layer.
The resulting cullet is purchased by Owens Corning and remanufactured into fiberglass used in home insulation. And a little goes a long way in glass recycling.
A press release distributed last month by the company noted that just one six-pack of beer bottles was enough to fill an entire wall cavity in a standard home with fiberglass insulation.
Ripple's efforts are beginning as the stars align, Stelk said.
"The timing is good because there is a heightened awareness of environmental issues right now," Stelk said, noting the extremely positive feedback from people who have been participating thus far. "Even I was surprised at how excited people are to take their (glass for recycling)."
Currently the company only accepts residential glass beverage and food containers, not including dishes.
Stelk said the next step would be for the company to place its focus on the lion's share of glass waste in the metro.
"Our next step is to address bars and restaurants," Stelk said, adding that 50 percent of glass waste alone comes from places where people go out to eat or drink.
Stelk said she was hopeful Ripple Glass would be able to target bars and restaurants in the Kansas City area by early summer.
When it happens, the company will post on its Web site those establishments that are participating, she said.
To find a nearby recycling location is easy. Simply go to rippleglasskc.com and plug in your ZIP code to access a list of locations.
In Wyandotte County, participating recycling locations include Kansas City Kansas Community College, at 7250 State Ave., and Wyandotte County Recycling Center, 3241 Park Drive.
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Let's go round the Tubes today.
First, a little middle east madness
Not sure what to think of this, I've seen it a few places, supposedly Egyptians found US missiles headed for Gazanian part of Terrorstan.
Nobody mentions exactly what missiles, they say surface to air and anti-tank. Now, the most logical place they could come from is the Egyptian military. Yay! I read somewhere that our stuff can't be used to shoot at our stuff without some codes we don't sell. So Egypt can't use their US stuff to shoot down Israeli US stuff but we could/should give the data to Israel to shoot down Egyptian stuff. I hope that's true and wouldn't that be fucking hilarious and delightfully machiavellian?
Next, we have the difference between Israel and their fine, middle east neighbors illustrated very starkly and one reason I hate all "Internationalists".
A single Syrian missile strike on a bakery near Hama killed more than 60 innocent civilians last week,
so how did Israel manage to fire more than 1,500 high powered missiles into densely-populated Gaza in November, with the total loss of 161 lives, of which 90 have been acknowledged by Hamas itself as active combatants?
In cases where there are people inside a house or building we never strike the target without prior warning. We make phone calls, send leaflet flier warnings, and sometimes use a technique called 'Knock On the Roof,' where we fire very, very small, very precise tiny bombs onto the edge of the roof
How many other blog wars ended up with most of the losing participants in exile, in jail or, worse, dead?
But the women also admit that they believe having more women in the room would help in fierce negotiations, compromise and legislating on Capitol Hill, traits they say do not come as naturally to their male colleagues in the Senate….Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., says that women have a camaraderie which helps in relationships that are key to negotiations on Capitol Hill, something she says comes natural to women more than men….advice and really standing up for each other that you don't always see with the men,"
That sentiment enjoys bipartisan support among the women of the Senate.
says that women are "problem solvers."


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Terrible news.
But this is Wilson's chance to have an impact. Hope he's working hard on his blocking because his most important job is still to protect Eli.
Does Hynoski also get an expanded role now?
Terrible news.
But this is Wilson's chance to have an impact. Hope he's working hard on his blocking because his most important job is still to protect Eli.
Does Hynoski also get an expanded role now?
Don't worry. He's got this.
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This is really, really, really bad news. We can't just say give the rock to Wilson because we are down to 2 RB's. We really need the 9ers to cut Jacobs right now lol.
Addai will be signed by the end of the day.
Great game but **** consequences with KP likely out for significant time again and Brown done for the year.
We better not run Bradshaw into the ground...
**** me
And Bradshaw is already beat to hell. If you noticed yesterday, when Wilson started getting carries he was very very conservative. Found the hole and ran to protect the ball. Didn't want to do anything to jeopardize losing a spot. So if he's getting carries he'll need to go back to that preseason version of himself and blow it up.
But the Giants worked out Addai during the bye week with the injuries they already had, so gotta believe he'll be signed now.
Apparently they also worked out Torain: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/po...s-running-game
He'd be the better replacement for Brown IMO. Tougher goal line guy, but with Bradshaw beat up maybe Addai is the guy; somebody who COULD be a #1 if called upon.
Brown isn't a starter. Why do ppl get that confuse. In reality he did rest his starter which is Bradshaw. But this loss SUCKS!
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Well when Ward broke his fibula, Bradshaw was a rookie and stepped in and killed it through the playoffs. Hopefully we see the same thing here from Wilson.
time to see what Wilson got..
http://www.cbssports.com/general/blo...ated-to-returnGiants: RB Andre Brown headed to IR, designated to return
By Alex Raskin | CBSSports.com
Giants RB Andre Brown is headed to IR, but not necessarily for the entire season, coach Tom Coughlin said Monday.
Brown, who broke his fibula in Sunday's win over the Green Bay Packers, has been designated for short-term IR, meaning he could potentially return after eight weeks.
So if Brown is to play again this season, the Giants need to make the Super Bowl.
Coughlin said the decision to use the short-term designation will provide incentive and motivation for Brown, who had a breakout eight-touchdown, 384-yard season.
The Giants will have an open roster spot, and since they have only two healthy running backs -- Ahmad Bradshaw and David Wilson -- Coughlin said they'll have to consider adding another back.
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2..._with_dav.htmlTom Coughlin has talk with David Wilson as rookie prepares for bigger role
By Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger
on November 29, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Tom Coughlin didn't say much about what was said, but the Giants coach did say he and first-round pick David Wilson "have talked" as the rookie prepares to take on a larger role in the Giants' backfield.
With Andre Brown on short-term injured reserve, the Giants will need Wilson to shoulder more of the rushing load behind starter Ahmad Bradshaw. Wilson has carried the ball just 24 times for 102 yards and a touchdown this season.
"Ratchet it up," Coughlin said. "He's ready to go."
Coughlin added "he's got to go," given the circumstance, but how do they know he's up to the task?
"We've had people that have had to step up in the past when situations like this have arisen, and we put a lot of responsibility on their shoulders," Coughlin said. "It's time for him. He's a first-round draft choice. He's a talented kid. He got some plays the other night, which was a good thing, so we'll go from there."
Bradshaw has at times been very productive this season, but he has been bothered by a bruised bone in his foot that has cut into his practice time. He carried the ball 30 and 27 times in back-to-back-games earlier in the season, before the bone was injured, and his load has been eased a bit in recent weeks by Brown's effectiveness.
Coughlin indicated Bradshaw's number of carries may increase a bit again in Brown's absence.
"Ahmad's got it all. He's had the experience, he's been the pass protector, he's caught the ball out of the backfield, he's running the ball," Coughlin said. "So hopefully we can extend that a little bit further. And yet go ahead and develop and get some snaps out of David, and perhaps someone else as well."
The Giants added two running backs Tuesday -- Kregg Lumpkin, who will wear No. 38, and Ryan Torain, who will wear No. 41 -- and Coughlin said "it's a possibility" they'll be able to play Monday night at Washington.
"They had outstanding workouts, and we're in a need position there, and that's why we signed two of them," Coughlin said. "We're going to get them on the practice field today and basically they'll have some scout team reps and theyll have a rep or two with the offensive team, and we'll go from there."


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If the weather allowed, the teams opened district play Tuesday night instead, with the finals scheduled for Wednesday.
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It's time to dust off the old traveling trophy that was passed around between Princeton and Kewanee High Schools for decades.
Their old-time rivalry dating back to 1897, the fourth oldest active rivalry in the state, will be renewed Friday night at Kewanee. It had been put on hiatus since 2009, when the Boilermakers departed the NCIC for the Three Rivers/Big Rivers.
Friday night will match the Route 34 rivals together for the 115th time.
Kewanee's departure was the first of the dominoes to fall in the NCIC. Princeton played in the West Central football conference for two years. The expansion of the Three Rivers this year has led to the reunion of the old rivals.
First-year head coach Tyler Nichols said he's not quite sure what kind of knowledge his kids have of the Kewanee-Princeton rivalry.
"I am sure they have heard a story or two from family members or people around town, but we will address the history of the game this week," he said.
High school football originated in 1885 in the state of Illinois. Twelve years later, Kewanee traveled to Princeton to meet the Tigers for the first time. William McKinley had succeeded Grover Cleveland as president; Grant's Tomb was dedicated in New York City; and Mark Twain retorts to rumors of his death "as an exaggeration."
An account of that first meeting, which was was won by the Tigers 34-4, appeared as follows in a Kewanee newspaper:
"Our team of pigskin kickers journeyed to Princeton on Saturday to do battle on the gridiron for football honors. A perfect day with little or no choice of goals, an enthusiastic crowd, together with a prospect for a close game, lent an air of suppressed but keen interest to the proceedings. The teams were evenly matched, and each adopted a different style of play — Princeton skirted the ends, while Kewanee kept smashing away at the line, neither side daring to risk punting the oval."
Generations of grandfathers and grandsons, fathers and sons, and uncles and nephews, and brothers and cousins have played the game on both sides. Many of the surnames remain the same throughout the years.
Princeton leads the rivalry 56-54 with four ties. For a look at all-time scores, visit www.bcrnews.com.
Back to the future
The Boilermakers have made a great turnaround this year under Nichols, who took over as head coach following the resignation of Princeton native Chris Waca, now on staff at Plano High School. They bring in a 3-1 record, including a stunning 27-26 win at St. Bede and a resounding 33-19 win over Bureau Valley last week.
Nichols said the key to his team's success this season "has been our senior leadership and our ability to stay focused on what we can control."
Jesse Snyder is trying to do the same at Princeton, which has lost 15 straight games dating back to Week 7 of the 2011 season. It's an ongoing project for the second-year Tiger head coach, but the Tigers have taken steps to get there the past two weeks.
They played Sherrard to a 14-0 game late in the third quarter. Last week, they stayed within 13-0 with St. Bede late in the second quarter.
Snyder said his team has to continue to keep working harder and trying to get better each week.
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Rare Charred Thai Beef Noodle Salad with Red Curry Vinaigrette
A meal in a bowl, this combination of beef, noodles and fresh vegetables is enhanced by the sweet and spicy dressing. Tastes good and good for you!
1⁄2 cup chili paste
2 cups rice vinegar
2 cups brown sugar
1⁄2 cup roasted shallots
1⁄2 cup red curry paste
2 cups soy sauce
3 cups sesame oil
1 1⁄2 cups canola oil
Olive oil, as needed
2 12-oz. sirloin steaks
12 oz. potato vermicelli, or sai fun noodles, reconstituted
2 carrots, julienned
2 red bell peppers, brunoise
2 yellow bell peppers, brunoise
10 scallions, sliced on the bias
Black and white sesame seeds, for garnish
1. In a saucepan over low heat, combine chili paste, rice vinegar and brown sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved; cool.
2. In a blender, combine roasted shallots, red curry paste and soy sauce. Drizzle cooled chili paste mixture into red curry mixture; blend. While blending, add sesame oil, canola oil and 1⁄2 cup olive oil. Season to taste. Reserve.
3. Season steak, brush with olive oil and char rare over a hot grill or under the broiler. Remove from heat and allow to rest. Cool until firm. Thinly slice beef across the grain; julienne.
4. In a large bowl, drizzle beef, noodles and remaining vegetables with reserved red curry vinaigrette. Toss to coat evenly. Garnish with toasted black and white sesame seeds.


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Dollar General To Built In Island Pond
Brighton–– At the Brighton Planning Committee meeting held Monday, the first official notice that the Dollar General store intends to build in Island Pond was a topic of discussion. The chain store, which has expanded rapidly into Vermont in the past few years, has contacted the town and representatives are scheduled to be at the next planning meeting to be held on October 17. Preliminary plans include purchasing the now defunct Brighton Motor Sports property on the corner of Cross and Alder Street and also the Critters and Creations store at 39 Alder Street. The Dollar General store would be newly constructed after the current structures on the two properties are demolished.For the full story see Wednesday's Express.


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Mar 05, 2014
LEXINGTON, Va. -- The 22nd-ranked Washington and Lee men's tenis team cruised to a 5-0 win over Guilford on Wednesday afternoon at the Duchossois Tennis Center.
The Generals dropped just three games in sweeping the three doubles points, and then notched straight-set victories at Nos. 1-2 singles to post the win over the Quakers.
W&L improved to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in the conference, while Guilford fell to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the ODAC.
Washington and Lee returns to action on Monday when it hosts Roanoke for a 4:00 pm match.
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Guilford vs Washington and Lee (Mar 04, 2014)
#22 Washington and Lee 5, Guilford 0
Mar 04, 2014 at Lexington, Va. (Duchossois Tennis Center)
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|1. Christopher Hu (W&L) def. Turner Votipka (GC) 6-0, 6-1
|2. Jordan Krasner (W&L) def. Erik Meiler (GC) 6-2, 6-1
|3. Will Bannister (W&L) vs. Aaron Smedley (GC) 6-0, unfinished
|4. John Kirby (W&L) vs. Levi Bruff (GC) unfinished
|5. Robert Eckstein (W&L) vs. Blake Brown (GC) unfinished
|6. Trey Hatcher (W&L) vs. John Brvenik (GC) unfinished
|Doubles competition
|1. Taylor Shamshiri/Michael Holt (W&L) def. Turner Votipka/Erik Meiler (GC) 8-2
|2. Christopher Hu/Jordan Krasner (W&L) def. Blake Brown/Aaron Smedley (GC) 8-0
|3. John Kirby/Robert Eckstein (W&L) def. Levi Bruff/Mason Church (GC) 8-1
|Match Notes
|Guilford 3-4, 2-1
|Washington and Lee 6-1, 5-0; National ranking #22


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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – Grateful Dead icons Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will return to The Capitol Theatre with the jam band Furthur, for an eight-night run in April, the venue announced Friday.
Furthur, named after the 1960s touring bus used by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, will take the stage April 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, and 25. In addition to Lesh and Weir, Furthur features Jeff Chimenti of RatDog on keys, lead guitarist John Kadlecik of the Dark Star Orchestra, Drummer Joe Russo of Benevento, as well as back-up vocalists Sunshine Becker and Jeff Pehrson.
"It's no secret that the Grateful Dead loved playing at the Capitol Theatre," said the band's archivist David Lemieux, in a release. The legendary jam band performed at the Cap 18 times in 1970-71 alone. In a recent interview with CBS This Morning, Weir said the Capitol "was always at the top of the list because we knew we were going to have a good night. That's what we lived for."
Weir played solo at the Capitol Theatre during its re-opening week in September while Phil Lesh & Friends performed a sold-out run at the legendary venue in November.
In a nod to the Grateful Dead's legacy, The Cap recently hosted a crowd of 1,000 fans for "A Dose of The Dead," in which the theater presented a complete, unreleased concert recorded live at the theater in 1971 Tickets for the April performances are now on sale at The Capitol Theatre website and the Furthur website .
This event will have a general admission standing room only floor and a reserved seated loge and balcony. reserved loge and balcony tickets will not have access to the general admission floor. Admission prices are $65, $95 and $130.
There is a four ticket purchasing limit. Tickets will not be available at The Capitol Theatre box office. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. The Capitol Theatre is at 148 Westchester Ave., Port Chester.
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DETROIT (AP) -- A judge is sticking to light sentences for two men who participated in a mob attack on a Detroit-area motorist in April.
Prosecutors lost their bid Friday to get James Davis and Latrez Cummings sent to prison for the attack on Steve Utash.
The suburban tree trimmer was severely beaten when he got out of his pickup truck to help a boy who had darted in front of the vehicle. Utash was in a coma after the beating. Five people pleaded guilty to assault.
The 24-year-old Davis must serve a year in jail, although he can be released during the day for a job. The 19-year-old Cummings is serving six months in jail. They're also on probation.
The judge says he was influenced by age and other factors.


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At 70 years old, Dorothy Quella just bought her first computer.
The two are getting to know one another.
"The other day, I took it out of the package, and I stared at it for an hour because I didn't know what to do with it," the Crystal Lake senior said with a laugh.
She brought it to a computer training class this week at Senior Services Associates in Crystal Lake.
With some help, she created her own Facebook page, complete with a smiling picture taken by the computer's web camera.
"This is all my family does," she said of the social network. "And it's the only way I ever get any information."
Quella also sent out her very first email.
"Every time I work on it, I'm a little sharper. I'm a little better," she said. "This is going to be good for me, I can tell already."
Quella wouldn't consider herself tech-savvy, but she is one of a growing number of seniors learning how to use computers and other technology. They're taking advantage of numerous programs and classes offered through senior centers, libraries, senior clubs and schools, including McHenry County College.
They're doing it to search the Internet, connect with family and friends or simply because one of their children gave it to them.
Through the Shah Center in McHenry, the college's center for corporate training and the Illinois Small Business Development Center, older adults and displaced workers can learn basic computer skills.
The "Welcome to the World of Computers: Silver Series" draws a steady number of students who learn everything from navigating the internet and email to word processing, said Pat Kallaus, coordinator of Business Solutions at the college.
"It's more for the person that needs that head-start. A lot of people didn't have it in school," she said.
At 51, Kallaus said, she knows many older adults have never used computers, but in this day and age, technology is everywhere.
"I don't know how they function without it," she said.
Even at a wake she attended, guests had to check in using a touch-screen computer.
"I think we're going to get to a point where you at least have to have basic skills to function at the bank, the grocery store, that type of thing," she said. "Obviously you can navigate, and there's always someone to help. At some point, if you want to get going quickly, you have to understand and not be afraid.
"Removing the fear is the biggest thing. It's not going to blow up on you. You're not going to break it."
Now 88 years old, Joyce Mohr of Johnsburg started learning how to use computers around age 70. She still uses her computer to make calenders for the McHenry Senior Citizen Club and cards for friends and family.
She hasn't had to buy a card for at least a couple decades, she said.
She remembers taking a computer class when she first started and repeating it at least once.
"Computers were the thing, so I decided I should learn," she said. "When I bought mine, I didn't even know how to turn it on."
Now she said she uses it regularly.
"If you don't practice, you don't learn," she said.
At Senior Services in Crystal Lake, some seniors remain resistant, but a computer class now over-flows, Activity Director Claudia Aquilina said. The program began with eight computers in a small room. Now, at any given time, those computers are full, and eight to 10 more people are sitting outside the computer room on laptops.
A free service, instructors walk around helping seniors with individual needs.
"I do see it growing," Aquilina said. "There are still going to be seniors that will never own a computer. I think the fear of it with the older set is going away."
At age 74, Bill Markison used to teach computers to seniors out of his home and now volunteers to help them at the center.
They come for numerous reasons.
One senior likes to listen to music from around the world, exploring YouTube and other sites.
Another wants to know why the DVD player on her computer isn't working.
Another is creating a family tree and interested in genealogy sites.
Others want to look up their medicines or learn how MapQuest works.
One of his students, who's now 104, has been coming in for the past decade, said Markison, and "does terrific things on the computer."
"The people coming in want to learn something, and that's half the battle," he said. "Some people get to a point and don't have a capacity to learn these things. They have a resistance to technology and things of that nature. ...
"Anybody can learn if they have a desire to learn."


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Analyzing the supply-and-demand equation for mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles is no easy science.
The finer details of the U.S. government's procurement program can appear at times a bit shrouded in mystery.
Dean Lockwood, a weapons systems analyst at research company Forecast International Inc., Newtown, Conn., knows this all too well. "Throughout this program so many numbers have been thrown around. They (the government) have hardly been forthcoming about the number of vehicles actually being produced."
But Lockwood has been extracting what he can from various government disclosures and adding up the numbers that appear the most realistic. As of September, Lockwood said, the U.S. Defense Department had a procurement objective of 15,374 MRAPs in various configurations. But as of the end of October, the Defense Department had ordered just 8,651 vehicles.
Based on procurement objectives, Lockwood projects deliveries of 6,400 vehicles in 2008, a little more than 4,000 units in 2009 and about 2,700 vehicles in 2010. "Those are very broad extractions based on production rates right now," he said. "The big wild card is the tactical situation in Iraq. If things stabilize to the extent that they start pulling troops out, there's going to be a corresponding reduction in demand for these vehicles."
In June, the Defense Department's Joint Requirements Oversight Council endorsed a requirement to replace every up-armored Humvee in Iraq with a MRAP. At the time, the council said this could potentially drive procurement up to more than 23,000 vehicles, but in September the council validated a procurement objective of only 15,374 vehicles, Lockwood said.
The military recently started on the MRAP-2 program, which is intended to address a lot of the automotive and armor problems of the original vehicles. A request for proposals for MRAP-2 last July specified a five-year program with a 20,500-vehicle requirement.
But Lockwood said he's taking that with "a grain of salt" because the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, the lead agency for MRAPs, later authorized the existing MRAP contractors to submit their bids for MRAP-2 as "Engineering Change Proposals" to their previous proposals under the original MRAP program. This doesn't limit new bids from other contractors, but appears to give the existing MRAP contractors "a distinct advantage," he said.
As such, Lockwood suspects the MRAP-2 program could ultimately involve some level of retrofit to existing MRAP vehicles, "thereby invalidating at least part of the stated 20,500-vehicle MRAP-2 requirement."
Marcia Price, president and founder of Vector Strategy Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based market intelligence company for the armor industry, has crunched some numbers for overall material and steel demand related to armor procurement for military ground vehicles.
She suggests that armor for mine-protected vehicles and MRAPs will account for 30 percent of total steel requirements for armor in 2008 based on current procurement objectives; light tactical vehicles, primarily the Humvee fleet, will represent about 40 percent of steel requirements for armor; and the remainder will consist of armor for combat vehicles and medium and heavy tactical vehicles, such as tanks and strikers. By comparison, armor for MRAPs represented only about 15 percent of steel plate consumed for this purpose in 2007.
Peak demand for overall raw armor materials, of which steel is a major component, should be reached in 2008, she said, but it's difficult to forecast exactly when demand will drop off.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Kate Conklin Bulgarian Vocal Ensemble
Kate Conklin and the music of Bulgaria
This week at the Hammer Museum…
Kate Conklin Bulgarian Vocal Ensemble
Saturday June 19, 2-5pm
Visitors to the Hammer Museum this weekend will find themselves stumbling onto a serious jackpot. Kate Conklin is a classically trained soprano and a leading interpreter of the highly demanding vocal music of Bulgaria. Her unique program will consist of Bulgarian folk, choral and art music particularly suited to each resonant space within the Hammer. Private concerts will be available in the Little William Theater, along with larger more public pieces in the Hammer Courtyard.
Ensemble: Hannah Arista, Erin Barnes, Arathi Govind and Sydne Sullivan, led by Kate Conklin.


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FIRST-GENERATION LATINO MALES IN LATINO FRATERNITIES AT A PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTION: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL COLLEGE EXPERIENCES by Sheila Marie Sanchez A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2011 Copyright 2011 Sheila Marie Sanchez
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|This research study explores the first-generation undergraduate Latino male student experience at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) affiliated within Latino Greek fraternities. The Psychosociocultural (PSC) model (Gloria & Rodriguez, 2000; Pope & Reynolds, 2000) that is used highlights the psychological, social and cultural contributing factors leading to Latino male student persistence within the university context. This study emphasizes the narratives of ten undergraduate Latino males from one private research institution. These students identify as first-generation college students, American-born, and members of the Latino Greek Fraternity community on the college campus. Data findings show participants were motivated and determined to do well academically in the college classroom. Their motivations stemmed from: (1) their will and drive to make their parents proud, (2) prove to others than they can succeed, and (3) to serve as role models for younger siblings and family members. All ten participants described goals of pursuing graduate school in the areas of medicine, law, business, engineering and international relations. Participants were also involved in the Latino Greek Fraternity community, and noted the "El Hermandad" (The Brotherhood) to be the greatest form of support during their college experience. Having "brothers" to push them academically, hold them accountable, hold meaningful discussions around academics, connect them to internships and other program opportunities made a difference in their college success. Along with peer support, the participants described having parents—mothers, fathers and stepfathers—whom were dedicated to ensuring their academic success in providing moral and emotional support. While not many participants turned to their faculty for guidance and support, those that did, received in-depth advice, mentorship and were able to strengthen their professional network. Moreover, the study participants related their ethnic identity as their driving force and greatest strength to their academic success. The participants experienced strong family values in appreciation of an education, along with the drive of wanting to prove others wrong, breaking down stereotypes in the Latino community, and they also believed their identification as Latinos gave them a critical lens in which to view the world, all of which has assisted the participants academically. Several of the participants were conflicted in the values being pushed, practiced, and taught on the campus in respect to the values taught by their parents. This study found participants who lived on the Latino Special Interest Floor to have stronger ties to the larger Latino student population on-campus, along with the participants who were involved in the Latino Greek Fraternity community. Connection to the Latino community expanded beyond the walls of the campus, even across local regional chapters and institutions. ❧ Despite the growing gender divide at all levels of education, these Latino undergraduate males are striving to succeed academically, socially, and culturally as they consistently break down existing stereotypes, take on leadership roles and thrive in the university context. The participant's resiliency and ability to persevere, despite many financial and emotional obstacles and barriers, is highlighted in the presentation of the data. The findings from this study will also shed light on implications for future research, practice and policy, which has potential to impact the greater Latino population in both the state of California and the United States.
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Cheers to catching school spirit and Jeers to raccoons, mice and squirrels
Cheers...to catching school spirit
Cheers to Crookston High School's Student Council, who has and is effectively creating a welcoming, pirate-crazed homecoming atmosphere. Homecoming is one of the prized jewels nestled in the world of high school and, if celebrated properly, can bring the school and community closer together in combined pride.
Crookston High School's Student Council has definitely pulled this feat off. With spirit dress up days planned for the entirety of next week along with coronation, a homecoming football game and dance, it is sure to be a fun time that will stick in the minds for Crookstonites alike.
Great job, Student Council! Without hard-working individuals like you, school spirit just wouldn't be as contagious. Thanks for taking care of business and keeping the best interests of the high school, community and peers in mind.
– Torrie Greer, student staff writer
Jeers...to raccoons, mice and squirrels...oh my
Raccoons, mice, and squirrels...oh my.
What a pain they can be. Squirrels like to run on the ground, up trees, on roofs and along fence lines. They love to hang on bird feeders. They are really just rats with fluffy tails.
When you have dogs, squirrels can create quite a commotion. Sometimes they get inside your yard and your pesky mutt wants to prove how fast and tough he really is. Once he catches them, he thinks it's a must to bring you his trophy catch of the day. Yuck.
And then there are the raccoons. They like to come out at night and miraculously lift the lid off your garbage cans to dig out some treasures. It is no fun in the morning before work having to pick up half-eaten sandwiches, leftover spaghetti, or chicken bones.
Finally we have the mice. They don't do much, but when you accidentally see one trying to squeeze itself in between the siding on your house you feel like blowing up the house would be the only sure-fire way of getting rid of it.
So what do we do with these awful intruders? Setting up a permanent sniper stand would be too much work, but that's against city code. Cutting down all your trees and bushes is also too much work and probably bad for the environment.
The best thing you can do is set up traps and hope they get the hint. Go find somewhere else to play!
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On some best fiction of 2009 list, I read that Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, is a realistic depiction of New York City street life in the summer of 1974. I spent time in New York in the late 60's, so I was intrigued. When I started reading, I didn't know Let the Great World Spinhad won the 2009 National Book Award, and I hadn't seen Man on Wire, which I finally viewed midway through the book.
I didn't predict McCann's writing would take my breath away as effectively as Philippe Petit's high wire walk between the twin towers---the book's centerpiece---would. Petit's treacherous walk 106 stories above the streets of New York is like the hub of a wheel, and the spokes radiating out…or in this case down….are some dozen lives captured stunningly by McCann. The book really isn't about Philippe Petit, but he is the lynchpin, and without him and his feat, the voices and dramas of beautifully rendered characters would have no stage. Stories of a street priest, his soulful brother, junkies, prostitutes, artists, grieving mothers, computer hackers, a judge, orphaned babies and their caretaker, and others stand alone, intersect, and stand alone again, each an element in the writer's profound patchwork.
Some critics say Let the Great World Spin is a precursor to the devastating events to come….as though Petit's walk and the collapse of the twin towers were fateful bookends. McCann has a personal connection to the 9/11 tragedy, and healing is one of a kaleidoscope of themes. As allegory, the book resonates well beyond its time and place. As a novel of 1970's New York, it is a multi-dimensional snapshot, suspended in time, of an era gone by.
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Livermore, CA – Livermore City Manager Marc Roberts announced the appointment of Ms. Tamera LeBeau as the new Director of Library Services effective today. Ms. LeBeau served as the Assistant Library Director for the Livermore Public Library since 2006. She was selected from an incredibly competitive recruitment with forty-three applicants from various places around the country – and one international candidate.
Ms. LeBeau has worked in public libraries for twenty years. Prior to coming to Livermore, Tamera served as a Branch Manager at the Sacramento Public Library from 2002-2006, and she held several para-professional and professional positions at the Nampa Public Library in Nampa, Idaho. Ms. LeBeau received her Master of Library Science degree from Florida State University specializing in library management and technology. She is also involved in numerous library professional organizations; she served as President of the BayNet Library and Information Network in 2010-2011 and most recently as the chairperson of the Staff Development Committee of the Pacific Library Partnership from 2011-2013.
"I feel honored to be leading such a wonderful library with such a dedicated staff, and I look forward to providing high-quality and innovative library services to the Livermore community," stated Ms. LeBeau. "I am excited about working with Library staff, the community, and City leadership to discuss ways to structure library services to meet the changing needs of Livermore residents." In her spare time, when she isn't reading, Tamera enjoys hiking, music, and going to baseball games with her husband and friends. $0 "Ms. LeBeau is an asset to the City," stated City Manager Marc Roberts, "and she will make a tremendous contribution to the Leadership Team and the community as she continues to deliver exemplary library services."


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Mr. & Mrs. Trent Zimmerman
Bobbi Cox and Trent Zimmerman were united in marriage Oct. 29, 2011. The wedding took place by the river on the Cox Ranch with Pastor Jay Bessmer officiating. The bride is the daughter of Byron and Connie Cox of Purdum. The groom is the son of Lex and Nita Zimmerman of Mullen. Maid of Honor was Melissa Rawlings, friend of the bride. Matron of Honor was Rachel Cox, sister-in-law of the bride. Bridesmaids were Lindsay Colman, cousin of the bride, Kylee Trautman, Jennifer Sherman and Alisha Peterson, all friends of the bride. Flower girls were Bobbi's two nieces, Kallan Cox and McCall Miller. Wiley Cross, friend of the couple, was best man. Groomsmen were Trent's two bothers, Sam and Dalton Zimmerman, Bobbi's two bothers, Tyson and Trevor Cox, and Tee Cross, cousin of the groom. Ring bearer was Bobbi's nephew, Kyle Cox. Ushers were Brody Saults and Max Zimmerman, cousins of the groom, and Logan Allen friend of the couple. Honored guests of the couple were grandparents, Bob and Yvonne Cox of Purdum, and Keith and Olita Zimmerman of Harrison. The couple resides in Seneca. Bobbi is an elementary teacher and basketball coach in Hyannis. Trent works for Mike Dent of Seneca.


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Here are a couple of my latest rehandles. The western ones were also total regrinds of some e-bay blanks I bought. VG-10 raindrop damascus blade and Seki made, but that's another story. The western handles are African blackwood with brass and mosaic pins.
The octagonal handle is a cocobolo handle with buffalo horn and pewter-silver and red fiber spacers. On the octagonal handle you can see a white line in the horn on the rear bolster. It's not a crack, but a natural occurence in most buffalo horn.


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The Membership Relations Committee is happy to showcase some ArkGeo Geocachers through the "Geocacher Profile". The committee thought Ron and Maribeth Laster aka rklmbl should be the next cacher to be in the spotlight.
What is your geocaching name? rklmbl
How did you choose your handle? Used the first initials of our names and it was something we could remember.
How long have you been geocaching? Nearly 8 years
How did you find your first Geocache, and which one was it? GC91E4 - Botanical Gardens in Grapevine, Texas
Who usually goes with you when you go caching? Usually just us
How long will you work on puzzle caches before you give up? mbl used to do every puzzle cache as it was published in hopes we could get to it some day to find it....too many to keep up with now.
What town/areas have you most enjoyed caching in? Dallas/Fort Worth area, New Orleans, Columbia Tennessee, Cave City Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, and anywhere in the great state of Arkansas
Do you do paperless caching? Yes, except we may sometimes make maps when we are heading to a new area and/or a power trail.
What kind of geocaching rig do you use? Garmin 62s is our latest purchase and mbl has her sights set on a Garmin Montana
Why would you recommend anyone else to take up geocaching? We would use our example of meeting some of the greatest people on earth through geocaching. We have made many friends in many states through this sport. Geocaching has also taken us to so many amazing interesting places.
Where are you originally from? rkl - Harmony, Arkansas; mbl - Fort Worth, Texas
In what states have you geocached? Everywhere but the far western states, Hawaii, and Florida. Hope to remedy some of that in September and Florida of course at GW XI next May.
What was your first event ever attended? 1/21/2005 - Are We Doing It Again? Clarksville, Arkansas
How many caches have you found? over 16,000
Which type of cache container do you prefer over the rest? Anything unique and creative
What was the most famous cache that you have found? View Carre in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mingo, Kansas (oldest cache in existence)
Do you use disposable batteries or rechargeable batteries? disposable but we keep the GPSs plugged in to the car as we travel
Do you enjoy hiding or finding more as your part of the hobby? Obviously we enjoy find them more than hiding them. Cut and paste logs and TFTC logs have dimmed our enthusiasm for placing caches.
Do you have a personal goal in mind when you make a hide? It is our way of giving back to other cachers. If no one hides them, there won't be anything to find.
What is you favorite type of cache hide? Virtual
Out of all your hides, what are your personal favorites that you take pride in? The famous persons series which we copied from drives, which included some of our caching heroes and pioneers in Arkansas caching but not all of them. mbl loves Iron Springs which was created by CacheMates.
What do you think the proper hide to find ratio should be to keep the sport fresh? After a cacher finds 100+ caches of different types and from different hiders, we think they should start giving back to the sport by placing caches. But its hard to come up with a ratio.
How did you end up getting into this wacky hobby? We had been on a Canadian trip where we met nonnipoppy in September 2004 and he was kind enough to take us to a couple of geocaching finds in Canada which got us hooked.
What's your favorite geocache? Since the favorites system was started, we have awarded favorites points to over 163 caches but we know we have missed some prior to the inception of that system. Every creative cache is our favorite.
If money was no object, where would you like to go geocaching? Above the 95th parallel in summer and Florida in winter
Do you like geocaching by yourself or in a group? We have had the most fun caching when we took other cachers with us.
How many First to Finds do you have? Several
Are you a First to Find person who is always set on go and if so, how many miles out do you have your settings on to get notifications? We have notifications set for 50 miles because that's as far out as gc.com will let us. We don't rush for FTFs any more unless its in a place where we happen to be caching or where we are planning to go.
Do you have any other hobbies besides geocaching?
rkl - elephant training