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The Northwest Ohio Labor Fest, Inc is a non-profit organization made up of local unions organized to celebrate Labor Day and give back to our community. The event this year was presented for the second consecutive year by Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer. It was estimated that over 5,000 union members and their families attended this year's festival. The event included live bands, multiple climbing walls, face painters, a clown, a dunk tank, a tug-o-war, competition between union locals, and a number of other family friendly activities.
The labor festival brought together 31 unions from across the region. Among the participating unions were three from AFSMCE Council 8; Local 3794, Local 2415 and Local 2916. In addition to broad based support from labor, the festival had 56 community partners. Elected officials and local companies were also asked to contribute to a fundraiser to support the Lucas County Special Olympics.
The fundraiser raised $10,000 for the Lucas County Special Olympics. This non-profit was selected because AFSCME members provide transportation services for the Special Olympics, as well as work with individuals with disabilities to obtain employment and to undergo rehabilitation services. AFSCME Council 8 Staff Representative Adam Maguire notes that "Those that received services from the Lucas Board of Developmental Disabilities are being overlooked in our community by the state and federal government, and we need to make them a priority. "
Other AFSCME members volunteered during the festival, and AFSCME Local 755 member Paul Drake received the Activist of the Year Award for his 18 years of service as a Special Olympics umpire. Paul's passion for his volunteer work with the Special Olympics has taken him across the United States and even internationally as a volunteer umpire. Congratulations and thanks to Paul for his years of service!
AFSCME Council 8 would also like to thank the following union activists for their contribution to making the second annual Labor Fest a success.
Labor Fest Officers and Committee Chairs:
President: Chris Monaghan, Sheet Metal Workers Local 33
Secretary/Treasurer: Kate Jacob, AFL-CIO
Trustee: Donna Westrick, AFSCME Retiree
Trustee: Kris Schwarzkopf: Toledo Federation of Teachers
Trustee: Ramona Collins: AFSCME/OCSEA
Kids Activities: Rachael Lee, Teamsters Local 20
Food and Beverages: John Mickey, Insulators Local 45
Car Show and Tournaments: Ken Erdmann, IBEW Local 245
Sponsorship: Adam Maguire, AFSCME Council 8 and Dawn Christen, GTB&S Law Firm
Admissions: Corky Hymore, Teamsters Local 20 and Ramona Collins, AFSCME/OCSEA
Tents, Seating, and Trash: Norm Lewallen, Teamsters Local 20
From left to Right: Adam Maguire(Council 8 Staff Rep), Steve Mentrek (former Local 3794 member) , Paul Drake (Local 755) Sandy Coutcher (President of Local 3794)

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Nashville| Tennessee
Feminist Women's Writers Collective
ANALYSIS: What is happening in your community? What are the problems? What are the assets?
We are facing huge issues with gentrification in Nashville. This is displacing working class people, especially black people and people of color. We are having issues with excessive policing of neighbourhoods where people of color, again especially black people are living. We do not have a high enough minimum wage and there is almost no affordable housing nor workforce housing available. Many who are homeless have no place to go, and when they live or sleep on public land or places they get arrested or a citation. We have issues with charter schools not doing their jobs to teach children and they work on a failing model. Our assets include a lot of movement and momentum in the many activist groups in the area. Our mayor is also often in our favor and is sympathetic to our causes.
Healthy and Free Tennessee
ANALYSIS: What is happening in your community? What are the problems? What are the assets?
Squeezing and restrictions on reproductive health care access. After the passage of Amendment 1 in 2014, we've seen a number of abortion restrictions introduced including a 48 hour waiting period which is creating burdens and obstacles to abortion particularly for low income and people of color community members. We won a victory last legislative session defeating something called the fetal assault law—a law that allowed pregnant people who were found to be using narcotics to be charged with assault against their fetus. While we were able to get rid of that bill, we anticipate a replacement bill to be reintroduced—this is one of many similar attempts to criminalize pregnancy and to criminalize people's sexual and reproductive lives. We're also fighting HIV criminalization legislation because right now in TN people who are HIV+ are being charged with felonies under the criminal exposure and aggravated prostitution statutes. We're dedicated to creating the conditions under which people have access to the reproductive and sexual health care they need, full comprehensive sex/sexuality/consent education, and no more stigma or criminalization/prison growing efforts targeted at our bodies.
Assets include a large statewide network of individuals and organizations already communicating about these issues (But not enough time and space to strategize together—thankful for this one!). We have hundreds of folks who are ready and mobilizable for online actions and a dozen or so who will write letters to the editor of local papers. As far as targeted direct action and action trainings—we have organizational partners who are doing these really well but could use support to bring these to more of our rural and suburban partners. Staff based in urban centers have strained to stay connected to our rural and suburban partners and are missing a lot of the knowledge and experience their building living in portions of the state where they have to build reproductive health care solutions themselves.
Nashville Fair Food
ANALYSIS: What is happening in your community? What are the problems? What are the assets?
Nashville Fair Food was born 4 years ago to stand with farmworkers confronting abusive conditions and sub-poverty wages in Florida's tomato fields. We are students, community members, people of faith who support the Coalition of Immokalee workers in their Campaign for Fair Food. We consider our voice as consumers, young people, and people of faith as a forceful catalyst for change, and leveraging this power is a huge asset for us as a solidarity organization.
Worker's Dignity and Music City Riders United
Who attended the Assembly and what are they concerned about?
The transit system is dehumanizing our people. The transit system is getting grant money and only some of it is going to the operations to fix some of the problems.
SURJ Nashville
Who attended the Assembly and what are they concerned about?
SURJ Nashville represents several hundred white people who are concerned about the effects of white supremacy in the city of Nashville and the US more broadly, including the over-policing and extralegal, state-sanctioned murder of people of color by police officers, the mass incarceration of people of color, and the process of gentrification that allocates funds to the white and wealthy while under-resourcing and removing communities of color. Over the past three months, SURJ Nashville has hosted three education meetings that were attended by roughly 700 people in total to discuss these concerns and ways that white people can respond to and support M4BL demands.
What is the shared analysis of the problems?
SURJ members are deeply concerned about systemically embedded racism in the institutions that make up our communities and our city. We know that our city's budget directly reflects this institutional racism, and continues to promote reactionary false solutions to racial oppression, state sanctioned violence, and the over-incarceration of people of color in our region.
The city council unanimously voted in support of purchasing $1M of ballistic armor for metro police officers this month, despite no threat of violence to our local police. We know that it is our communities of color that face the real threats of danger, and remain unprotected and under attack. Local police policies like Operation Safer Streets intentionally target communities of color, and data reveals gross discrimination in the over-policing of black Nashvillians. Meanwhile, our local prisons and jails are filled to capacity with black and brown bodies. SURJ is committed to pressuring local government to divest from policing and prisons and invest in transformative solutions to racism, in the forms of: access to quality education, affordable housing, healthy food, health care services, living wages, and adequate public transportation.
SURJ is also committed to addressing the ways that white fear–fear of black people, fear of losing power and wealth, fear of an end to white supremacy–directly threatens black life. We are committed to organizing white people to disrupt, challenge, and fight white fear and stand against white supremacy in real action, not just in conversation with friends or in online postings. We are committed to challenging the racist reactionary "Blue Lives Matter" bills that will reach the legislature in January, and to disrupt all forms of repression of black voices and black power.


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30May 2017
The Melissa High School Cardinal Football team qualified for the Texas State 7on7 Tournament on Saturday for the tenth time in the past 11 years.
The Cardinals went undefeated in pool play with wins over Burkburnett at 35-0, Electra, a forfeit, and Stamford at 36-14.
In the semi-final round, the Cardinals defeated Gainesville at 28-12, securing them a spot in the state tournament.
To determine the overall champion, Cardinal Brendon Lewis and the Kaufman quarterback played an old-fashioned game of rock-paper-scissors, with Lewis coming out on top.
The Texas State 7on7 Tournament will be held at College Station from June 29-30, where the Cardinals look to win their second State 7on7 Championship. A win would mark the first since 2011.
Pictured above: (kneeling) Ja'Bray Young; (front row) Chance Mapps, Cody Garner, Jason Baker, Breelynn Armstrong, BJ Lewis, Junior Castleberry, Matt Hahn, Marvin Jordan, Chase Mapps, Eli Mendez; (back row) Collin O'Neal, Grant Whittington, Cole McCraw, Kennedy Lewis, Brendon Lewis, Darrion Sherfield, Tate Whittington; (not present Saturday) Payton Wallace, Antoine Turner
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Crime and Gender Roles
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Females have always committed less crime than men. Previous research has shown that gender roles have some impact on the disparity in crime rates between males and females. Based on this research, I hypothesize that the more in line a male is with traditional gender roles the more likely he is to commit violent crime. However, the more in line a female is with traditional gender roles, the less likely she is to commit violent crime. A survey will be used to test this hypothesis by measuring traditional gender roles and violent crimes committed. By understanding what affects this discrepancy between male and female crime, better preventive measure could be created to bring male crime down.
There has always been a disparity in crime rates for males and females. In 2008, according the U.S. Department of Justice, there were about 115,000 females and almost 1.5 million males in prison in the United States (West & Sabol, 2009). This can be seen as a fairly large discrepancy between male and female crime rates. Even though the female arrest rate is increasing at a faster pace than the male rate, women still account for less than 15% of all arrests (Shover, et al. 1979). This gender gap is greatest for serious crime and least for other petty forms of crime (Steffensmeier & Allan, 1996). So why do women commit less crime than men?
The feminist theory contends that gender roles and the expectations associated with each role affecting the crime rates of men and women in a patriarchal society. These gender roles are used as a system of control because people tend to accept the "essential natures" of the sexes that are inherently different (Heimer & De Coster, 1999). Some of these differences are more closely associated with violent behavior than others. Certain characteristics such as aggressiveness, physical strength and competiveness, can be closely aligned with masculinity and criminal behavior (Shover, et al. 1979). Since these characteristics are valued by both crime and masculinity, the dividing line can be a thin one (Oakley, 1972). On the other hand, traditional female roles have been closely tied with submissiveness, weakness and passivity (Heimer & De Coster, 1999). While traditional male roles can be closely associated with criminal behavior, traditional female roles can be seen as contradictory to it. These roles are seen as incompatible with the qualities needed for criminal behavior, which makes it harder for women to gain access to criminal behavior (Steffensmeier & Allan, 1996).
Gender roles have some impact on how people see the world and interact with it. Trying to understand the gender gap in crime should be looked at through how gender roles affect both genders. Using gender roles, I hypothesize that the more in line a male is with traditional gender roles the more likely he is to commit violent crime. However, the more in line a female is with traditional gender roles, the less likely she is to commit violent crime.
Previous Research
There is no contention between criminologists that the gender gap in crime exists. There are, however, some differences in the explanations as to why this gender gap exists. Power control theory, variations of feminism and other theories have all tried to explain why males commit more crime than females. Some theories argue a direct link between gender and crime while others argue an indirect one. Even though much of the information is based on delinquency, it can provide a foundation for understanding adult crime.
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First of all, the masculine theory suggests that there is a direct link between gender and crime. Even though the gap between female crime and male crime is getting closer, females still commit less crime in all areas besides prostitution (Steffensmeier & Allan, 1996). Proponents of the masculine theory believe that as females gain more equality within society, they will also become more violent. These changes are attributed to females becoming more masculine in their psychological makeup (Shover, et al. 1979). Women are developing an "imitative male machismo competitiveness" which, in turn, could contribute to the faster rise in crime rates for women (Adler, 1975). It has been suggested that masculinity and criminality are linked because they both share some of the same characteristics and as women internalize more "masculine" qualities, they will become more criminal. These masculine theories suggest a direct link between gender and crime. Shover found that when studying delinquency, girls and boys whose gender expectations were more feminine, the less likely they will be involved in property crime (1979).
Other theoretical literature bodies suggest that instead of gender and crime being directly related, other factors affect the genders differently. It is these factors that affect the genders differently creating the disparity in crime rates. Opportunity to commit crime, social controls and differential associations have all been used to explain why females commit less crime than men.
Historically, female gender roles have not afforded females the opportunity to engage in crime and because of this females have had more social controls placed on them (Shover, et al. 1979). These social controls decrease the opportunity females have to commit crimes. For the most part, boys have more opportunities than men because they are offered more autonomy. Daughters who are raised in strong patriarchal families are subjected to more social control which decreases their preference for risk; while males are given more autonomy and freedom to make choices for themselves which increases their preference for risk (Grasmick, et al. 1996). This means they are subject to more informal social control growing up and because women are rejected access to the public sphere more than males, delinquent acts are less available to them (Hagan, Simpson, & Gillis, 1979). An increase in property crimes by females could be attributed to the fact that as modernization brings more commodities to an area, the opportunity to commit property crime also increases (Hartnagel, 1982). In other words, since women are the main commodity buyer, as more commodities become available in an area, the opportunity increases to commit property offenses.
In addition, according to the power control theory, growing up in a patriarchal family has bearing on the type of social control he/she is subject to. Authority relations involved in work outside the home influence the mother's and father's relational power which, depending on the gender, affects the social control placed on the children (Grasmick, et al. 1996). Since girls experience more social control from the family than boy do, they also have stronger familial bonds. These familial bonds create stronger informal social controls which decreases the risk to commit crime. In 1991, when the power control theory was tested, Morash and Chesney-Lind found that gender differences were seen regardless of an egalitarian or patriarchal family structure (Espinosa, Belshaw, & Osho, 2008)
While some criminologists focused on opportunity and control theories applied to gender, Heimer suggested that differential association and gender could explain female and male crime rates. Since differential social organization affects behavior through cultural processes, differential association, can be formulated to fit both males and females (Heimer & De Coster, 1999). With this formulation, gender theories and differential association can work together to explain the gender gap in violent crime. Heimer argues that the definitions that curb females are more indirect and subtle than those that curb boys. The gender gap likely affects gender differences in levels of violent definitions. Boys are more likely to accept more violent definitions than girls which increase their risk for committing crime. Since boys are more likely to externalize aggression, it can translate into increased violence (Steffensmeier, et al. 2006). This greater acceptance of violent definitions can be attributed to males privilaged postion within society (Cambell, 1993). While violent definitions help explain one part of Heimer's theory, gender roles shed light on the other. When people internalize gender roles they are more likely to act in accodance with them (Heimer & De Coster, 1999). Girls and boys who strongly endorse violent definitions are more likely to commit violent delinquency and girls who endorse gender roles and definitions are less likely to commit violent delinquency (Heimer & De Coster, 1999).
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Sex-related attitudinal differences emerge from gender roles in the family and from culturally shared expectations that apply to men and women (Eagly, et al. 2004). The roles that are occupied more by one sex than another produces sex-related expectations because the characteristics required to carry out gender-typical tasks become sterotypical of men and women (Eagly, et al. 2004). The socialization process of males in the United States instills in boys a limiting code of masculinity that links traditional gender roles with violence (Hong, 2000). Aggression research shows that boys are implicated in direct forms of aggression more than girls (Artz, Nicholson, & Magnuson, 2008). Many of the forms of aggression used, especially direct verbal aggression, can be derived from cultural norms that put male aggression congruent with gender expectations (Artz, Nicholson, & Magnuson, 2008). Furthermore, college men who ascribe to more traditional male beliefs reported having a higher rate of unprotected sex, binge drinking and motor vehicle accidents than their less traditional peers (Hong, 2000).
Previous research has shown that gender roles have some impact on the disparity in crime rates between males and females. Based on this research, I hypothesize that the more in line a male is with traditional gender roles the more likely he is to commit violent crime. However, the more in line a female is with traditional gender roles, the less likely she is to commit violent crime.
Methods And Data
The data will be collected in a survey of male and female, undergraduate and graduate students at Chaminade University using non-probability sampling. Using non-probability sampling is not ideal but is necessary with the time and access restrictions placed on the researcher. Since non-probability sampling will be used it can't be generalized to the general population. Even with this, it should provide some insight into the discrepancy between male and female crime. Under the circumstances, is not possible or plausible to get a sampling frame of the target population. Convenient non-probability sampling is the most feasible sampling method for this situation.
A self-report procedure will be used to gather the information and the participation will be voluntary. The survey will be conducted by the researcher in class rooms during class in which she has permission from the instructor. The surveys will be passed out to all students and the researcher will explain that they can decline to take the survey by leaving it blank. This is done to protect the identity of those who decide to take it. Blank surveys will be removed at a later date and discarded. They will be asked to leave their name off the survey for anonymity purposes. In order to protect the information, they will be kept in a binder that the only the researcher has access.
The survey will be composed of 10 closed-ended questions assessing whether or not the subject has engaged in certain criminal acts. It will also have 5 open ended questions and two likert scales with 5 questions each. Two of the open ended questions will be used to test how a person feels about aggression and violence and the remaining three questions will be used to test how they feel about certain traditional gender roles. Also, a set of demographic questions will be used to gain background on the subject such as gender, age and ethnicity.
Violent crime will be conceptualized as anyone who commits an act which is unlawful and causes harm to another person or property. Furthermore, each individual crime will be defined by the Uniform Crime Report definitions. By using a standardized definition, validity and reliability will hopefully be increased. Defining the acts by these definitions will hopefully reduce confusion as to what the acts as to what the crime actually is. These questions will be asked of different violent acts such as assault, burglary and robbery. Since these questions can be seen as threatening or have social desirability issues, they will be asked in a way to reduce these problems. The questions will not be asked in a way that looks threatening. For example, instead of asking whether or not a person has ever committed an assault, the person will be asked if they ever got in a fist fight.
Also, in order to get a full picture as to the propensity toward violence a person has, a likert scale will also be used to measure this variable. This will be used to test close the subject is in line with violent tendencies. The scale will include situations in which a person could use aggression or not use it. Even if a person has not yet committed a crime, using a likert scale to test violent tendencies will hopefully provide a more complete picture of whether or not a person is likely to commit a violent crime or not.
Gender roles have been conceptualized in many different ways. Using Shover and colleague's conceptualization, they will be defined as behavioral expectations one has for them, expectations one has of others and plans for the future (Shover, et al. 1979). This includes different characteristics that will be measured using a likert scale of questions. These questions will state traditional gender roles and the subjects will be asked to state where they fall on the scale. A traditional masculinity expectations and traditional femininity expectations scales were created to test how a subject feels about certain traditional roles. According to Shover and colleagues, the traditional masculinity expectations scale constitutes the following:
1. I expect to pay for activities when on a date.
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2. I expect to help fix things like the car.
3. If I marry, I would expect to provide most of the income for my family.
4. I expect to ask someone for a date rather than be asked.
5. If I marry, I would expect to take responsibility for major family decisions, such as buying a home or a car.
The traditional femininity expectation scale includes the following:
1. If I marry, I would expect to be mainly responsible for housework, whether working outside the home or not.
2. Before going out at night, I expect to tell my parents where I am going.
3. I expect to help take care of younger children in the family or neighbor-hood.
4. I expect to get married and raise a family rather than get a job in the business world.
5. If I marry, I would expect to move to another city if my spouse changed jobs.
According to Shover, the internal consistency reliability is .83 for masculinity and .56 for femininity (1979).
The data for each gender will be analyzed and presented separately from each other using SPSS. This program will also be used for data management. Statistical analysis will be done on the frequency of crime committed. Correlation between gender and crimes committed will be done as well as correlation between certain gender roles and tendency toward aggression and violence. A t-test will be used to compare the means of the frequency of crime committed to feminine and masculine gender roles.
This research expects to find a positive correlation between masculine gender roles and amount of crime committed. A negative correlation is expected to be seen with feminine gender roles and the amount of crime committed. Depending on the gender, these findings should have a stronger correlation if the subject is male and he has a stronger alliance with traditional roles.
By understanding gender roles and how they affect crime rates, we can better grasp the problem of male and female crime. Using this information, better preventive programs and measures could be created to curb male and female crime. Addressing the socialization process and how one acquires certain beliefs related to gender roles could help create new policies that reduce crime. Stopping the practices in public areas that reinforce certain beliefs could be the first step to creating a truly effective preventive program.
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Plastic Surgery
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I found him to be instantly likeable and he emanated a commanding sense of confidence and affability. He stitched up my nose, while showing the interns his knotting techniques and advised me I would most likely not have a scar. This occurred on a Thursday night. I was very surprised to receive a follow – up voicemail from Dr. Sasson the following Saturday inquiring as to my progress and offering his help if I needed further assistance. Seven days later I saw a plastic surgeon in Atlanta, who removed my stitched, complimented the work that I received and reconfirmed I should not have a scar… could not ask for a better reception considering the circumstances.


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Increasingly frequent heat waves and droughts tied to climate change are hurting the electricity sector. According to the NY Times Green Energy Blog, "as temperatures rise and the climate gets warmer, so do the rivers and lakes that power plants draw their cooling water from. And that is going to make it harder to generate electricity in decades to come, (when) the water will be too warm to allow full power production."
Increased drought conditions from hot weather reduce river and lake water availability, further reducing water supplies and reducing Coal-fueled and combined cycle power generation.
Power plants that burn coal or use nuclear fission, and most of the plants that burn natural gas with a combined heat-recovery system, use their heat to boil water into steam, which spins a turbine that turns a generator to make electricity. Then the steam has to be cooled and condensed back to water before being reheated again.
If the river or lake water used to cool and condense steam is getting warmer, then the amount of steam it can condense is reduced, leading to a decline in electric power output, especially during the summer when electric fan and air-conditioning power demand is high
Electricity production by coal, nuclear and natural gas power plants is the fastest-growing use of freshwater in the U.S., accounting for more than about ½ of all fresh, surface water withdrawals from rivers.
In 2012, some U.S. power plants had to cut electricity production because of low water levels or because water was too warm to cool nuclear reactors. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the period from August 2011 through July 2012 was the hottest 12-month period on record in the U.S. since 1895.
In addition to fouling streams and drinking-water through mining and coal-ash dump sites, coal-fired power also relies heavily on closed-loop cooling systems, withdrawing 500-600 gallons of water per MWh. Most of this is then lost via evaporation.
Withdrawals for open-looped cooled coal-fired power plants are between 20,000-50,000 gallons per MWh. While most of the water is returned, it's at a higher temperature and lower quality.


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Friends workday brings Red Rock upgrades
Rock climbers will have better access trails, and indigenous trees will have a better chance at survival in Red Rock Canyon Open Space, thanks to a workday July
More than 50 volunteers helped with the work, according to Karlee Thompson, president of the Friends of Red Rock Canyon Open Space, which planned the event with Colorado Springs Parks.
Numerous Chinese and Siberian elms, big and small, were taken out of the upper reaches in the Sand Canyon part of the property, according to City Parks Development Manager Chris Lieber. This will give growth opportunities to the ponderosa pines, cottonwoods, scrub oak and mountain mahogany that have been overwhelmed by the rapidly spreading "volunteer elms," as Lieber called them.
"I'm a tree hugger," Thompson said, "but I understand if they're left alone (over time) it won't be open space anymore, it will be a huge elm grove."
Rock climbers, who have laid out close to 100 routes up sandstone cliffs in a designated area of Red Rock Canyon, made up most of the workers for that phase of the July 29 project. Regular trails go near the cliffs, but climbers need access to their base, and some that have developed informally have not been as safe or drainage-conscious as others.
Red Rock Canyon Open Space is a 788.1-acre property accessible off Highway 24 at Ridge Road and 31st Street.
Westside Pioneer article


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The Madeleine Jogathon 2019
Friday, May 10 on The Madeleine Field of Dreams
The Jogathon is the second largest fundraiser each year for The Madeleine School, raising money directly for the school's operation budget. Rain or shine, it's a great afternoon for the entire Madeleine community.
How it works
Each student will have 45 minutes to complete as many laps as they can around the Madeleine Field of Dreams (approximately 1/10 mile).
While the students are running and walking, parents, family and friends will be on hand to tally the laps, cheer the students on and even run a lap or two if they desire. Teachers and staff are encouraged to participate, too! It's a fun day for the whole school.
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Harold Richard Nordell – Military Conscript
Harold Richard Nordell was born in Ekatuhana in 1897 the youngest child of Annie Annited (Edwards) and
Charles (Carl) Theodore Nordell. Harold's father, a farmer, was of Swedish descent and his mother of English descent. Harold had two older sisters Alma Dorothy and Edna Eunice Nordell[i].
The Nordell family moved to Pauatahanui in 1910 / 1911 with Edna and Harold being enrolled at the Pauatahanui School.[ii] Harold's father farmed sheep on a farm near Ration Point, Pauatahanui.
Harold in 1917 turned 20 and became eligible for military service the Hutt Valley Independent on the 8th December 1918 carried:
Arthur E Gross of Upper Hutt and H R Nordell of Pahautanui and WS Budge of
Paekakariki having attained military age are called up for attestation and examination.
However on 31st December 1917 Harold's father died and Harold took over the management of the family farm. An
appeal was presented to the military board for exemption of service reported in the 30th January 1918 issue of the Dominion:
The board granted a four months adjournment in the cases of Harold R Nordell
And Herbert William P Taylor (farmers Phautanui)
Harold was again called up for service on the 19th June 1918[iii] and again a exemption from service was lodged and
heard in August 1918.[iv]
A mother's appeal was lodged on behlf of Harold R Nordell, farmer, Pahautanui.
Mrs Nordell stated there were 100 sheep and a few cattle on the farm, and she
could not possible carry on if her son, was an only son went into camp. The board
adjourned the further hearing of the case till the first meeting of the board in November.
With the Armistice being signed on 11th November 1918 there was no need for another appeal and Harold continued working the farm. The Nordells remained in Pauatahanui till the early 1920's as Harold is listed in the
1924 Electoral Rolls as farming at Nireaha, Eketahuna, Masterton.
Harold Richard Nordell married Elsie Emma Minetta Hanson in 1937 and the couple continued to farm in Nireaha. Elsie died in 1958 and Harold in 1960 they are buried together in the Mangaoranga Cemetery, Eketahuna.
Harold's older sister Alma Dorothy Nordell married James Frederick Death in 1915. The Death's were a well-established Pauatahanui faming family.
Charles (Carl) Nordell is buried in the Pauatahanui Public Cemetery.
Electoral Rolls: Masterton and Otaki areas.
Archway Archives New Zealand Military Files
Nordell family at Pahautanui about 1911: Alexander Turnbull from the Death family.
[i] NZ BDM
[ii] Pauatahanui School Pupils 1873 - 2002
[iii] Accretion to 1st Division, 19th June 1918, Evening Post
[iv] Reservist Appeal Military Service Board, 2nd August 1918,
Nordell family at Pauatahanui c1911


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BALLWIN, MO/April 11, 2017 (STLRestaurant.News) Candicci's Restaurant and Bar located in Ballwin, MO is opening their patio tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 featuring live music and appetizer specials to celebrate spring and the upcoming Easter holiday weekend.
Candicci's is known for the Wednesday night events, "Party on the Patio" with live music and cuisines/appetizer specials. The opening night (tomorrow night) features $5 appetizers, 50% off bottles of wine and Happy Hour will last all night long.
Appetizers will include Baked Past Shells, Pork Pot Stickers, Parmigiana Risotto, Fried Chicken Wings and homemade Potato Chips. Live music will begin at 6:30 pm lasting until 9:30 pm featuring Sir Dame Duo.
Additionally, Candicci's recently announced their Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet scheduled for this coming Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. More details are available on Candicci's blog site.
About Candicci's Restaurant and Bar
Candicci's has been serving fine Italian cuisines to the St. Louis community for more than 36 years. Candicci's offers catering, banquet facility, online ordering, pizza/food delivery, live music, reservations, carry-out and Party on the Patio every Wednesday nights throughout the summer.
Contact information:
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Phone: (636) 220-8989
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Jenny Lind; Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jenny Lind; Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia)
by William Edward Kilburn
hand-coloured, quarter-plate daguerreotype, 1848
4 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. (115 mm x 89 mm) sight
Purchased, 2002
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- Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia) (1823-1894), Opera singer. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
- Johanna Maria ('Jenny') Lind (1820-1887), Singer, known as 'the Swedish nightingale'; wife of Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt. Sitter in 20 portraits.
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Current affairsLed by Feargus O'Connor, up to 50,000 Chartist members meet on Kennington Common, to form a procession and present another petition to Parliament. Although there was a large military and police presence, the rally was peaceful.
Art and scienceThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a group of English painters, poets and critics, is founded by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, intent on reforming art by rejecting the artists who imitated Raphael and Michelangelo. Instead, they advocated a return to a close observation of nature, invested with the intense detail, colours, and compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art, producing works layered with symbolism.
InternationalFollowing the fall of the French monarchy, revolutions take place in France, Germany and Italy, provoked by a widespread desire for political independence from repressive regimes, and a range of economic problems which had caused unemployment, food shortages and poverty. Louis Napoleon becomes the first President of France's Second Republic.
The first gold rush takes place in America, after gold is found on the Sacramento river, California.
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MARKETS CLOSE: Footsie slides and pound dips to $1.32; UK nears full employment, but wages are stagnant and inflation is mounting
Yesterday UK inflation hit 2.9 per cent in August, matching the level last seen in May
Tanya Jefferies
Host commentator
The FTSE 100 closed down 20.99 points at 7379.70, weighed down by a strong pound and a decline in mining stocks.
Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 posted small gains, while the US Dow Jones was up 5 points at 22,123.9 in early trading. Brent crude was at $54.27 a barrel while the pound was at $1.32 against the dollar and €1.11 against the euro.
A raft of mining stocks were holding the bottom spots on the FTSE 100, including Antofagasta down 39p to 969p, Fresnillo down 57p to 1,513p, and Anglo American down 44.5p to 1,349p.
Sky edged lower by 5p to 932p, as the broadcaster confirmed on Wednesday that chief executive Jeremy Darroch's total annual pay packet more than trebled to £16.3million last year after he benefited from a generous share award.
Galliford Try fell 23p to 1,340p after reporting a 57 per cent slump in annual pre-tax profits to £58.7million, having taken a £98 million hit following a financial review of two major joint infrastructure projects.
Dunelm shares jumped 51p to 661.5p, despite confirming a 28.3 per cent slump in pre-tax profits in the year to July 1 after being stung by costs related to its acquisition of Worldstores and falling store sales.
Halfords rose 5.3p to 319.2p amid news that the retailer had named Graham Stapleton - the head of Dixons Carphone's software business Honeybee - as its new chief executive.
Stapleton will start in his post on January 15, succeeding Jill McDonald, who is leaving at the end of this month to lead Marks & Spencer's fashion and homewares arm.
The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were Provident Financial up 14p to 846p, Micro Focus International up 30p to 2,428p, Barratt Developments up 7p to 603p, and Experian up 12p to 1,533p.
The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were Antofagasta down 39p to 969p, Fresnillo down 57p to 1,513p, Anglo American down 44.5p to 1,349p, and Johnson Matthey down 75p to 2,833p.
David Madden, market analyst at CMC Markets, said: 'Stock markets in Europe are experiencing low volatility as the rally that we saw at the start of the week has lost momentum.
'The bullish sentiment on the back of Hurricane Irma not being as severe as predicted, and no new tensions in relation to North Korea, has been replaced with a lacklustre attitude. You could say traders are pausing for breath, after the positive run.
'The FTSE 100 has fallen behind the indices of the eurozone on account of the relatively strong pound. The DAX and the CAC 40 have been swinging between positive negative and territory throughout the session. The common theme among all European equity markets is a small range for the day.
'In London, miners like Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, and Glencore are offside due to the large drop in the price of copper. The red metal is under pressure today as there are reports of heavy selling from commodity funds.'
Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG, said: 'The FTSE has tried its best to regain lost ground today, with the hawkish connotations associated with yesterday's rise in UK inflation driving early losses.
'The failure of UK wage growth to keep up with the incessant rise in in UK inflation is creating a widening gap which will drive down real incomes, hurting consumption driven economic growth.
'The UK economy remains the ongoing theme of the week, with the Bank of England expected to provide a more hawkish statement at tomorrow's meeting.'
'Hawks' tend to favour interest rate hikes to curb inflation, while 'doves' are usually more inclined to keep the cost of borrowing low to boost employment.
Mahoney went on: 'Miners provided a drag upon the FTSE 100 throughout today's session, as the deterioration in both precious and industrial metals dragged the likes of Antofagasta, Anglo American, Fresnillo and Glencore to the bottom of the leaderboard.
'Copper was today's big loser amongst a sea of red for metals, while a sell-off in gold in the face of equity market weakness saw the precious metal finally trade like a physical commodity rather than just a safe haven asset.
'Bitcoin has grabbed the attention of traders once more, with Wall Street stalwarts Jamie Dimon and Mohamed El-Erian both doing their best to talk down the hopes of this new disruptive technology.
'With Bitcoin falling over 23 per cent in less than two weeks, we have now seen the cryptocurrency break into bear market territory.
'Past experience tells us that Bitcoin will likely brush these latest challenges aside, yet with Chinese regulators clamping down and big name financial leaders talking Bitcoin down, this has been a tough fortnight for cryptocurrencies.'
Former chancellor and Tory veteran Ken Clarke has warned anti-immigrant Brexit supporters that Britain must embrace a 'multiracial, multicultural' society if the UK hopes to thrive in the 21st century.
The 77-year old said that the majority of voters in his generation had reacted to an influx of foreign nationals with an irrational fear that it had resulted in 'too much' change for Britain.
'The pressures that (mass immigration) produces are what are causing the distortion of politics, the rejection of traditional parties, the breakdown in respect for authority, the establishment and we've got to find a way of getting rid of that.
'If you're going to be a successful state in the future world in the 21st century, when you live in a big prosperous city that's thriving, you'd better get used to a multiracial , multicultural, multinational society and join people like me in rather enjoying it.'
Sky has confirmed that chief executive Jeremy Darroch's total annual pay packet more than trebled to £16.3million last year after he benefited from a generous share award.
The broadcasting giant's annual report shows that Darroch received an £11.8million share payout as part of his long-term incentive plan.
This was on top of his £1million base salary, a £1.9million bonus and £1.4million awarded as part of a co-investment plan.
Sky is still the subject of a takeover attempt by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, which is attempting to acquire the 61 per cent of Sky it does not already own in an £11.7billion deal.
The Nasdaq Composite was pulled lower by a 1 per cent fall in Apple's shares on concerns about the new iPhone X's hefty price tag and delayed shipping.
A November 3 shipping date for the iPhone X, priced at $999, raised questions about supply constraints ahead of the holiday season.
The Nasdaq Composite was down 13.77 points at 6,440.51.
Rocket launchers, armoured transport vehicles and assault rifles made up just a fraction of the huge arsenal at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event.
And showing off those munitions were more than 1,600 exhibitors from 54 countries.
But the event has been surrounded in controversy - with Scotland Yard confirming officers arrested 100 protesters seeking to block access to the ExCel centre in London's Docklands.
Read the full story here.
London-based Toscafund Asset Management is set to launch a new 300million private equity fund that will focus on small and mid-sized companies.
Fabrizio Cesario and George Koulouris, who both previously worked at AnaCap Financial Partners, have joined Toscafund to establish the new fund, it said.
'The 'secular' shift affecting the financial services industry is rapidly redesigning the competitive landscape, creating a wide opportunity set in the small/mid-cap space,' Cesario said in the statement.
Toscafund, which was founded in 2000 by Martin Hughes, manages $3billion in assets, including an activist hedge fund strategy as well as stock-picking strategies.
Budget airline operator EasyJet is among a handful of stocks making any headway, its shares ticking higher after launching a platform which allows customers to book flights with other airlines on its website.
The weak data revived worries that British households' earnings growth is clearly not sufficient to compensate for the steeper rise in inflation.
The widening price-wage inflation gap is becoming a serious headache for the Bank of England policymakers.
The rising inflationary pressures could encourage some Monetary Policy Committee members to vote in favour of an interest rate hike in the coming months.
If the inflation rises above the 3 per cent level, the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will have to write an open letter to the Chancellor to explain the significant deviation from the 2 per cent mandate target.
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has urged EU governments to take advantage of Brexit and an economic upswing to forge a tighter union at the heart of world trade.
In the EU's equivalent of a US president's State of the Union address, Juncker pledged to wrap up trade talks with Mexico and Brazil and proposed limiting China's ability to buy up European companies in infrastructure, hi-tech manufacturing and energy.
Juncker said he saw the European bloc bouncing back, a decade after the global financial meltdown and ensuing euro zone crisis.
He told the European Parliament: 'The wind is back in Europe's sails.
'Now we have a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open for ever. Let us make the most of the moment: catch the wind in our sails.'
Naeem Aslam, at Think Markets, said: 'The UK wage growth data was as bad as it can get. Traders have decided to shave their profit which is the most sensible trade because the Bank of England will only choke the consumer if they increase the interest rate by looking at the inflation.
'How much you really want to squeeze the consumer, inflation is high and if you increase the interest rate, it would only create a negative effect.'
UK average earnings weekly for July came in at 2.1 per cent
Survey: 2.2 per cent
Prior: 2.1 per cent
Unemployment fell by 75,000 to 1.46 million for the period May to July.
The pound does not like the figures, taking a mid-morning bath.
Bitcoin 'is a fraud' and will blow up, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan, said last night.
Speaking at a bank investor conference in New York, Dimon said: 'The currency isn't going to work. You can't have a business where people can invent a currency out of thin air and think that people who are buying it are really smart.'
Dimon said that if any JPMorgan traders were trading the crypto-currency: 'I would fire them in a second, for two reasons; it is against our rules and they are stupid, and both are dangerous.'
The Vue cinema chain has appointed former ITV boss Adam Crozier as chairman as speculation mounts that the group is heading for a stock market flotation or possible sale.
Crozier, who stepped down from ITV in June, will join Vue with immediate effect.
Vue is owned by Canadian investors Omers and Alberta Investment Management Corporation and it is thought that Mr Crozier's appointment could pave the way for a potential sale or initial public offering.
Meanwhile profit at Dunelm fell by almost a third last year after the homewares retailer was stung by costs related to its acquisition of Worldstores and falling store sales.
The firm - which last month saw its chief executive, John Browett, step down with immediate effect for 'personal reasons' - reported a 28.3 per cent fall in pre-tax profit to £92.4million in the year to July 1.
Like-for-like sales dipped 0.5 per cent in the period, with comparable store sales falling 2.4 per cent.
Overall revenue rose 8.5 per cent to £955.6million.
Shares in Galliford Try are flat today after the company posted a 9 per cent jump in pre-tax profits, and a 7 per cent rise in revenue.
These figures are good, but they are not great when compared with other companies in the construction industry.
Elsewhere annuity provider Just Group reported a 39 per cent rise in first-half operating profit.
Over the last couple of months average earnings have managed to recover from lows of 1.7 per cent to recover to 2.1 per cent.
This recovery is expected to continue in July with a rise to 2.2 per cent, while the unemployment rate is expected to remain at a 42 year low of 4.4 per cent.
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Survival Lesson #8: ORGANIZE BEFORE THEY RISE!
(New Hierarchy)
"Unlike its human counterparts, an army of zombies is completely independent of support. It will not require food, ammunition, or medical attention. It will not suffer from low morale, battle fatigue, or poor leadership… Like the virus that gave it life, this undead force will continue to grow, spreading across the body of this planet until there is nothing left to devour."– Brooks (p.155)
Never underestimate the power of a well thought out plan in the post-apocalyptic world. You may be smarter than a zombie, but they will always outnumber you. This truth must never be overlooked. Just like you can never over live your life; you can never over plan for a situation. No matter how simple it may seem; always be well organized.
The second key change the church must be made is oriented around how we choose to organize ourselves. Our hierarchy for leadership and structure speaks volumes towards the heart of a church without saying a word. "Christian social ethics should not begin with attempts to develop strategies designed to make the world more "just," but with the formation of a society shaped and informed by the truthful character of the God we find revealed in the stories of Israel and Jesus" (Newbigin A Community of Character p. 92).
Traditionally, church has operated under a top down model for leadership and power. If we look at the Gospels, that is never the case. Christ sends out his disciples, two by two. The church in Acts was driven and expanded as it advanced one relationship at a time. Moreover, in a post-Christian culture, there is a pronounced distrust of church and church leadership which is why I am suggesting the adoption of a polycentric, flat model of leadership where "leaders interrelate and incarnate the various purposes of Christ in such a way that the entire body is activated to service and matures in love" (Woodward Creating a Missional Culture p.60). Leadership in this structure, cultivates, empowers and equips the congregation to be Christ in the community. It unleashes the church to do the work of the church. Church in this way is poised for action that takes place in the streets, the workplace and the living room. It is interactive, relational and missional. For the church to survive in the 21st century, those who follow Christ must become the catalyst and cultivators of Christianity. This is the only way…


text: Oh winter, you are upon us. Time to break out the peacoats, infinity scarves, and oh so convenient touch screen friendly gloves. Although we can't all migrate down to warmer weather we can take a cue from mother nature and copy the warm and fuzzy texture of babies of all sorts. Wool, feathers, faux fur, that weird fabric that does in fact make you look like a newly hatched duckling (see my new Nasty Gal Ladakh sweater below.) Next time you're hitting up your favorite thrift store don't shy away from the muppet-esque textures of the fuzzy sweaters from past eras. They make a great addition when trying to mix up an outfit.


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We're still studying Egypt and it's still all good! Much like our amber dig, way back in August, we had another Fun Friday with an excavation. FUN!
Indy got geared up and was so excited over what we might find.
Arf is watching closely.
Too closely!
Dutch has to get in on the attention.
Indy found an Ankh!
These are the things he dug up:
And here he is sketching his finds in his journal. Just like Indiana Jones!
Here's a little pyramid he built.
And here's what he put inside it.
Modeling the Lifegiving Habit of Giving Back
1 year ago


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Thief is the third and HIGHLY anticipated book in the Love Me with Lies trilogy.
Word on the street is, it will be released
and bombard our senses next week!!
For those not familiar with this series, umm.. Get on that!
book 1: The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher
book 2: Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher


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May 22, 2010 11:49:00 PM
You have to admire the tenacity of the fans, parents and supporters of the Bruce High School baseball team.
If the coaching staff or athletic administrators had exhibited similar diligence in pursuing a clarification of a rule neither the Bruce nor the Hamilton High School baseball teams would be in this quagmire.
The situation involving the Mississippi High School Activities Association''s ruling to withdraw Bruce from the Class 2A state championship series due to a violation of a pitching restriction took another turn Friday when a motion was filed in Hinds County Chancery Court to get the team reinstated.
The motion, filed by Art Spratlin and Ryan Beckett, attorneys with the Butler, Snow law firm in Ridgeland, seeks "injunctive relief" from the MHSAA''s decision.
The Calhoun County Journal first reported the news Friday afternoon on its website. The information happened so late in the day that Hamilton High School baseball coach Lewis Earnest didn''t know of it until he was told by a reporter later that afternoon.
The issue likely will have to wait until Monday to be resolved. At that time, MHSAA Executive Director Ennis Proctor is expected to enlist lawyers. If the motion for "injunctive relief" is denied, expect the lawyers who represent the Bruce High players and parents to file an appeal, which will kick the matter up the legal food chain.
Given the Class 2A State title series between Richton and Hamilton is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Trustmark Park in Pearl, the lawyers better talk quickly because it could throw the whole week of baseball into chaos.
But that''s the point and the people who hired the lawyers are within their rights to keep this fight going as long as possible. They feel they have not received due process and that there are problems with the ruling of Proctor and the MHSAA Executive Committee, which denied Bruce High School''s appeal and upheld Proctor''s ruling.
To review, Bruce pitcher Caleb Hanley threw 4 2/3 innings May 15 in Bruce''s 6-5 victory against Hamilton in game three of the Class 2A North Half State title series. The victory helped Bruce win the series two games to one. The final 2/3 of an inning put Hanley over the allotment of 17 in a week mandated by the MHSAA. A calendar week is defined in the MHSAA Handbook on page 20 under Rule c. Rules governing Baseball: "Calendar week defined as Monday through Sunday." Rule j on page 20 states, "A pitcher shall not pitch more than 17 innings per week."
The ruling spurred baseball fans and Bruce supporters into action. Internet chat rooms lit up with accusations that Hamilton had erred in scheduling classic games and that it was guilty of having at least one player from outside the school district on its team. The MHSAA would have penalized Hamilton if both were found to be true. The Lions weren''t.
Unfortunately, things like that have become all too common in today''s society. The cloak of anonymity often leads some to believe they know all and can say anything without repercussions.
Let''s not forget that word: Repercussions.
The Calhoun County Journal reported that Calhoun County Superintendent Mike Moore, School Board attorney Paul Moore Jr., and School Board member Bozzie Edwards disagreed with the MHSAA''s decision and said:
"Everywhere I have been -- Vardaman, Calhoun City -- everyone has agreed this was a wrongful decision," Moore said. "I think due process was wrong, we weren''t treated fairly (by MHSAA) and the rule is clearly vague. I''m 100 percent for this team because I think they were done wrong."
Said Moore Jr., "The rule was vague so they should have left it on the baseball field."
The complaint also chastises Earnest, his coaches, and Hamilton for not acting. It says, "Hamilton should be equitably stopped from raising a rules interpretation challenge two days after losing the game, when it could have raised the challenge on the field of play, and the MHSAA should be equitably stopped from hearing Hamilton''s complaint and punishing Bruce. Hamilton''s coach scouted the May 10 Bruce game against Eupora, and he was well aware of the innings pitched by Hanley, as well as knowing the innings pitched by Hanley on May 14 against Hamilton. "Rather than objecting at the time, or consulting the umpire, or consulting Coach (sic) (Sid) Burt, Hamilton''s coach continued to let the game be played knowing that (by his calculations) Hanley had pitched two-thirds of an inning in excess of the 17 innings rule.
"It is unfair, and inequitable, for Hamilton''s coach and/or principal to wait until after the baseball game was played and lost, to then complain about the additional two-thirds inning pitched by Hanley (according to Hamilton''s interpretation of the rule)."
Moore has a point when he says "the rule is clearly vague." The MHSAA handbook uses the word "week" and "school week" in defining its restrictions, which creates confusion. But Burt and the Bruce baseball program assumed the word "week" meant one thing and, according to all accounts, didn''t receive verbal or written clarification from the MHSAA.
One phone call could have helped avoid this situation.
That''s why it''s curious Bruce then attempts to blame Hamilton for not catching its mistake. It isn''t Hamilton''s responsibility to police or to monitor Bruce''s pitchers. From all accounts, questions were raised immediately after the game about pitching restrictions and the matter then went through channels in attempt to find a resolution.
The "fairness" or inequity" of the MHSAA''s ruling or the actions of Hamilton aren''t and shouldn''t be allowed to be a defense.
Bruce broke a rule. It was discovered. It was penalized. The fact that the timing of the penalty could prevent Bruce from playing for a state also doesn''t matter. It only has helped to inflame the situation.
There''s nothing wrong with fighting for your cause, but the passion of that cause shouldn''t be allowed to blind people of the only issue that matters: Bruce broke a rule and it should be punished.
Adam Minichino is sports editor of The Commercial Dispatch. He can be reached at [email protected]
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Afro Model Awards 2015 – Best Behind Award
Afro Model Awards is an annual awards ceremony that rewards and recognises the contributions of individuals and organisations, both of African Caribbean and non African Caribbean origins, towards the growth, development and empowerment of; Fashion, Modelling, Creativity and Personality.
In 2015, we attended the event to see who would be crowned "Best Behind" and the winner was the Ugandan beauty, Julie Kaka aka Kakaliscious. See her collect her award in a dress that showcases why she's been crowned "Best Behind".
TO find out more about Julie, go to:
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Just caught up to the news that Air America talk show host Al Franken is likely moving to Minnesota and running for Senate in 2008.
I visited Minnesota in 2000, and here's what I know about it -
It is interesting that this great state of a thousand lakes would allow entertainers to represent them politically. But with the success of Ronald Reagan in the 80's, the Kindergarten Cop babysitting my friends on the other coast, and I-Man fave Kinky Friedman running for gov'ner of Texas, maybe this is the future: politics and entertainment merging together. Has anybody coined the term "politainment" yet? I think I'd pronounce it "Polly-Tainment". For another view on this merging, Matthew "with 2 T's and don't forget the middle initial, T" Sussman looks at what would happen if sports figures were in politics.
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About Training Center
Training Center of "Applied Technologies, Ltd." opened its doors in 2006. Its main task is to train specialists for the needs of the company and advanced training of the specialists that are already employed. During the history of the Center, we have created and implemented three training courses:
- С++ programming.
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People attending the classes are mainly graduates or graduate
students with strong programming skills. Each candidate is being
interviewed in order to be qualified and directed afterwards to one of
three courses mentioned above.
Almost each of attendees of the classes eventually becomes employed by "Applied Technologies, Ltd." right after finishing the course and being interviewed by the project managers.
One class lasts for two hours. Days of week and time to start are chosen in accordance to the majority of students' preference.
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Yesterday, I found a cool anime app for my ipod touch. Just one problem, I needed to upgrade my ipod touch to version 4.0. Fine. No problem.
I go ahead and start the update. And then two seconds later, my ipod freezes and I get an error message. I start getting all upset cause my ipod will not even turn on correctly, it keeps asking for me to hook it to itunes…
The funniest thing just happened. I had given up all hope. lol
I was in the middle of restoring my ipod while I am writing this. It said that all of my videos and music would be erased. But, I just restored it and everything is still there. Haah… This is sort of an empty rant now… Oh well! My iPod is alright!


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Shooting Accidents an on-the-job Risk for Kansas City Police Officers
Last week in Salina, Kansas, a Kansas Highway Patrol officer was injured when he was accidentally shot during a traing exercise at the Salina Highway Patrol Shooting Range. Right now it is not known if the gun shot wound was self inflicted or if the officer was shot by another officer in training. The injuries are not expected to be life threatening and an investigation will clear up the details.
experienced Kansas City Workmans Compensation Attorneys want you to be educated on what you and your family may be entitled to if you suffer a work injury that causes you to miss work and rack up costly medical bills. Workers compensation cases can be tricky because the laws on both sides of the state line are similar in some ways but vastly different in others. That's why it's important to find someone you can trust who has experience with the workers compensation laws on both sides of the state line.
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In this poor housing market, Quonset huts are popular with new owners as well as with retirees on the lookout for an inexpensive way to transfer to a warmer local weather. I've always needed to go to Pendleton, however I've solely been to South Carolina as soon as, on a quick drive-by a few years in the past – and it's such a long way from here that my historic house tour will must be a vicarious one, although you do make it fairly tempting! The residence was snatched up reasonably shortly and the present proprietor is lovingly restoring it. I was in a position to see some of his work throughout the Cathedral Area Preservation Association's annual House Walk in September 2012. It is also the house of brothers and sisters and the way your communication with sibling relationships shall be. Short journeys, resembling the kind the place you run your daily or weekly errands are Third House issues, something that brings you into contact with people you influence mentally and who influence you.
As has change into our Fall tradition – the beginning of this new season was greeted but again at considered one of our favorite camp spots, with friends and 10 kids hunkered by the river for two nights underneath the dappled mild of those great outdated oak bushes in Lake Arrowhead the place we try to come sooner or later each October. But simply because it was like that within the 90s & early 2000s, I don't go telling teenagers anecdotal tales about what it was like once I was a teen, as instances have changed.
When you call in an property agent to sell your own home for you, the service you're paying for is that they may come round, measure the rooms, take the photographs for you, write up the main points and lay it all out for patrons to read. The home clearly requires extra in the way in which of lights than the mobile residence and we've had to run the generator for a couple of hours here and there to boost the batteries and keep away from them being broken.
If you already have posts in your house as part of the design, I've seen folks wrap these posts with rope so their cats can use them. This is the place you put together your house for sale by staging it so patrons are more likely to need to buy it. The Fourth House of Cancer guidelines your own home life, atmosphere, and household affairs. BaseEstate used to offer a free promote your personal home website service, perfect for itemizing your own home for sale, but they stopped doing it. Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as chief of the House and combines several institutional and administrative roles.
This was a change from the original Dream House in several ways – not solely was it considerably bigger, but one might set up the home itself in several ways, not simply the furnishings inside. Love just isn't based on shopping sprees, purchases that prices greater than the down payment on a home (proudly owning not renting/pretending), and tons of cash. They could also be scrap wood from round the home, in that case the dog house may or may not come out too engaging relying upon the pieces you will have obtainable and you might have to cobble together a plan for building the canine home for the reason that pieces aren't likely to match what can be required for the plans obtainable. The house is believed to have been transformed in 1850, when the second story was added over the primary part of the home and a room was added to the principle ground. I was a bit disenchanted as a result of the house (which was grey and white with a crimson door within the present) is now painted purple.


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Prerprint Physics arXiv; posted on December 4, 2014.
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Abstract: A recent article by Alexopoulos and Leontsinis presented empirical evidence that the distances to stars listed in the 2011 HYG database follow well the probabilities predicted by Benfords law, the well known logarithmic statistical distribution of significant digits. The purpose of the present article is to give a theoretical explanation, based on Hubbles law and mathematical properties of Benfords law, why star distances might be expected to follow Benfords law. Conversely, with the logical derivation given here, the observations of Alexopoulos and Leontsinis may be viewed as new independent empirical evidence of the validity of Hubbles law.
AUTHOR = {Fox, Ronald F. and Hill, Theodore P.},
MONTH = {December},
TITLE = {Hubbles Law Implies Benfords Law for Distances to Stars},
DATE = {December 4, 2014},
EPRINT = {arXiv:1412.1536v1 [physics.data-an]},
URL = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.1536}
Reference Type: Preprint
Subject Area(s): Physics


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How Do I Know if My Student is in Distress?
We offer services for a variety of concerns. As a family member, you might be the first to know when your student is in distress. It is important to listen and watch for thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors that are unusual for your student. Below are some additional signs that might indicate that your student might benefit from a meeting at the Counseling Center:
- Unexplained drop in academic performance
- Difficulty sleeping or getting out of bed nearly every day
- Feeling sad or appearing tearful nearly every day
- Socially isolating and/or suddenly losing interest in previously enjoyable activities
- Expressions of hopelessness, e.g., "What's the point of trying?"
- Direct or indirect statements about death or suicide, e.g., "What's the point of living?" or "I wish I were dead"
What Should I Do if My Student is in Distress?
Talk to Your Student
Often family members are in the best position to notice any significant changes in their students and are seen as trusted and safe sources of support. As such, if you notice any signs of distress or behavior that is out of character for your student, it is best to start with a conversation. Through talking with your student, you can get a sense of what is going on and whether additional support is necessary.
Having this conversation can be difficult. Here some suggestions:
1) Be mindful of time and place. Think about when your student might be most available to talk and which environment is best for them to have this conversation.
2) How you say it is as important as what you say. Maintaining a calm, consistent tone of voice will set the stage for a more constructive conversation.
3) Consider how you approach the conversation. Sometimes beginning the conversation by listing off your observations and concerns may shut your student down. It may be more helpful to begin with broad, open ended questions about how they are doing at Bentley (e.g. "What are your roommates like?" "Tell me about your classes").
4) Listening is important. As a concerned family member, your instinct might be to try to solve your student's problems. While well intended, often times students in distress are simply looking for someone to listen to their experience.
5) Let your student know you are concerned about them. It is important for them be aware that the people close to them have noticed concerning changes.
6) Let them know you are a source of support. Sometimes students might not want to talk about what they are going through. However, knowing you are available may increase the chance of them approaching you in the future. If you are worried they are not able to be open with you, it may be helpful to mention our confidential services.
Assist Your Student with Making an Appointment
If, after speaking with your student, you both decide that making an appointment at the counseling center could be beneficial, encourage your student to call or walk down to the counseling center during business hours (we require that students make their own appointments). If this is an emergency, please go to our Emergencies page.
Fill Out a Care Report
If you continue to have concerns about your student, want someone to check-in with your student, and/or are having difficulty getting your student to seek help, you may consider communicating your concerns to the Bentley CARE Team. This team is a small group of university professionals who provide assistance, guidance, or feedback to students in distress.
What if There is an Emergency?
In case of an emergency, please go to our Emergencies page.
Are Appointments at the Counseling Center Confidential?
State and federal laws prevent us from sharing anything about our interactions with your student (including whether they have attended an appointment) without first obtaining written permission. It is natural for you to want to hear about how your student is doing, however please know that confidentiality is required for effective care.
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Please go to our services page to get a list and description of the services we provide for our students.
What Are Some Resources That I Can Direct My Student To?
Helpful Articles for Parents and Families
Ten Tips for Parents of College Kids
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Speak to Your Child in College
Letting Go: Tips for Parents of New College Students
The College Years: A Parent's Survival Guide
Books for Parents and Families
- Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years by Karen Coburn and Madge Treeger
- When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent's Survival Guide by Carol Barkin
- You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years by Marjorie Savage
- The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up by Barbara K. Hofer and Abigail Sullivan Moore


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ASP Benchmark: Randomly Generated Logic Programs
RLP (Randomly generated Logic Programs) can be used as benchmark problems for ASP (Answer Set Programming) systems. For more details of the research of RLP under answer set semantics please refer to this paper.
It is observed that there is an "easy-hard-easy" pattern in k-LP(N). For 3-LP(N), the hard-job region is around L/N= 5,
where L is the number of rules and N the number of atoms. Here we have collected some logic programs in the hard-job region
in 3-LP(150) and 3-LP(200), from L/N = 3 to 8 with a step of 0.5, and put forward as benchmarks for ASP.
More specifically, in 3-LP(150, L) and 3-LP(200, L), we have collected the top 10 hard programs for ASSAT, DLV, and Smodels
respectively, in a sample of the size 1000. So we have 30 programs in each class, but several are duplicate.
Experimental Results:
In the following tables, we give out the statistics of the experimental results of ASSAT 1.5, DLV (April 12th, 2002 version), and Smodels 2.27 on these programs. The experiments were done on Sun Ultra 5 machines with a 400 MHz UltraSPARC-IIi CPU and 256M memory running solaris. The reported times are in CPU seconds as reported by Unix ``time'' command.
Benchmark: 3-LP(150)
Benchmark: 3-LP(200)
More Randomly Generated Logic Programs:
We also prepare more randomly generated logic programs for interested researchers.
Here we provide 3000 instances in 3-LP(150, L) and 3-LP(200, L), for L/N = 0.5 to 12.
Yuting Zhao and Fangzhen Lin,
Answer Set Programming Phase Transition: A study on Randomly Generated Programs,
In Proceedings the Nineteenth International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP'03), 2003. To appear.


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Hello, I am Melissa Sanchez, current graduate of Brenau University. I have the honor of having graduated with my Bachelors of Fine Arts and my Masters of Interior Design (BFA/MID '12). Through hard work and perserverance I was able to finish Brenau University's five year program in only four years.
During my four years at Brenau University I came to identify my design style as contemporary. I enjoy the challange that is presented when I am asked to create something beyond the symmetrical. Being able to break the bounderies of four walls to create spaces filled with movement and life allows my creativity as a designer to surpass what I might have thought to be my own limits. The past four years of my education have prepared me for a career filled with opportunities and accomplishments. I would like to have the opportunity to work in a firm that will enable me to futher my education with hands-on experience as well as a place that will allow me to excel with the abilites I have aquired.
"Melissa is stable, steady and disciplined... She is a solid worker who never lets her team mates down. She meets her deadlines and is simply happy, as you can see from that infectious smile! Her designer sensibilities truly emerged in this final studio work as she created an
edgy calculated design for the nightclub Blanco. The guest jurors, a committee of stringent architects, commended her for her ability to articulate her conceptual design in visual formats. As one faculty member put it..."Look out world! Melissa has emerged." "
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Information kit for a student 2018-2019
You can find a small but versatile university shop and a service desk called Soppi located on Seminaarinmäki Campus, between the university library and the building T. Soppi is open to every resident of Jyväskylä but it exists especially for university students and staff. We are here to help you in any way we can. And if we can't, we usually can find you someone who can.
Soppi - a service desk
Soppi helps you with sports fee payments. First, login with you own organization user id and password to https://www.korkeakoululiikunta.fi/en/sportspayment. Then, please, pay according to instructions using bank account, credit card or PayPal. After the payment you will receive a clear .pdf receipt as an attachment in your email inbox. Please, open the receipt so that it is visible in your phone before entering the sports facility. Then show it, if required. Additionally, color print of the receipt will be accepted also. In addition keep you student/staff card with you.
It is still possible to pay with cash at Soppi university shop if you cannot use web payment methods. However, we recommend the web payment and mobile receipt for everyone!
Soppi provides you guidance and a helping hand in copying, scanning and in Print It business. We can also show you how to register a quick key to simplify your signing in to the multi-purpose devices (i.e. printers).
Campus information. In case your lecture hall or auditorium is missing, please, ask some help in Soppi. We provide campus guides, maps, brochures and publications about the academic life in Jyväskylä. Also, the Soppi staff knows a great deal about how to find your way around the campus.
Selection of goods in Soppi
The whole range of university products is sold in Soppi. Here you can find our t-shirts, hoodies, sweaters, cloth badges and many more interesting utensils.
Soppi is also a small book shop. We sell pens, pencils, notebooks, calendars, postcards and stamps. Most of the books are in Finnish but many doctoral theses are written in English.
In case you are about to celebrate someone's special day, Soppi provides you good ideas for presents. We also have a small assortment of healthy goodies from Central Finland. And in addition we can wrap up your shoppings in some delightful gift packages.
Did you know?
University of Jyväskylä owns Soppi's business. That means we are not looking for the best profit but the most useful and flexible services. In average, our prices are reduced approximately 10 per cent compared to the recommended retail prices. That's why we don't give any student discount.
Contact information:
University shop SOPPI Seminaarinkatu 15, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland
email@example.com, phone: 040 805 3978 (between the university library and the building T)
www.jyu.fi/soppi/en - more information for a student (HUOMIO: LINKKI RIKKI) Facebook: Yliopistokauppa Soppi - topical information (also in English)
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Remember also the other two Soppi shops: Luontosoppi located on Harju (a museum shop for The Natural History Museum of Central Finland) and Kipinäsoppi in the building S (a museum shop for The Cultural History Museum).


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Working in small communities in remote places co2balance takes a lot of time to understand the local people and work together with them to improve their lives. As a responsible company working within these communities, we need to operate with cultural sensitivity that considers the hierarchical structure within the villages. When we first enter a project area, meeting with the local Area Chief or the Village Elders is a top priority as they are the people responsible for all decisions within the community.
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