text: Hi, I am new to the world of Cavaliers as we have only had our boy for just on 8weeks. Flynn is 5yrs and was a rescue dog so we dont know his whole history. When we get the lead out to take him for a walk he yaps constantly and pulls on the lead until we are walking at a fast pace. When we stop or slow down he starts up again. Not sure if it is excitement or what it is. It is making it difficult to take him for a walk especially if we stop to talk to someone. Can anyone tell me if this is a Cavalier "thing" or a Flynn "thing". He did do this with his previous owner but she just kept walking non stop until they got home. We would love to be able to take him out more with us. Any advice would be appreciated. Julz

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We'd like to imagine a world where Tom Brady and Peyton Manning -- admittedly pals -- have each other on speed dial, talking long into the shadowy night about life and their shared first love: destroying defenses.
It's not quite that mystical, but Brady spoke with NFL.com and NFL Network's Albert Breer this week and lifted the veil on his growing friendship with Manning. In a development that will surprise nobody, their one-on-ones apparently tilt heavy toward game strategy.
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"Everyone's an individual, different as a player," Brady said. "But we've had conversations about offensive football. We do a certain amount of things in our offense, and they do something different in theirs.
"What I'd say is he's got great technique and fundamentals, and he never snaps the ball into a bad defense. That's how we play, too. We won't snap the ball without having a real high percentage of success there. But I don't (think) that, fundamentally, I've taken anything. We're different players."
Sunday's meeting between Brady's New England Patriots and Manning's Denver Broncos might not amount to their finest duel of all time, but this one has special meaning because of where we were a year ago -- wondering if Manning would ever play again, something Brady pondered more than once.
Brady's conversation with Breer was filled with gems, and NFL Network and NFL.com will unload the goods on Sunday morning. Don't miss it.
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The West Valley Plaza is home to UAF's Development Office.
Development's mission is to raise funds for the University of Alaska Fairbanks in support of UAF's greater mission of education, research and cultural outreach. As part of our shared goal of providing a high-quality education, increasing workforce development, and ensuring a brighter future for all Alaskans, Development is committed to reducing student debt to help make education accessible and affordable.


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Jan Claesz Cock (Jan de Cock), a Dutch Anabaptist leader, executed at The Hague on 24 March 1535 by being torn to pieces. Though not much is known about his activities, he must have been a man of great influence, for Reinier Brunt, attorney general of the Court of Holland, called him "a bishop, being a great preacher of the new sect." He was living at Delft, Dutch province of South Holland, and about the spring of 1534 adopted the Anabaptist-Münsterite principles. He not only baptized a large number of persons, but was also involved in revolutionary activity, such as an assault planned on Amsterdam. He was arrested at Terheide near The Hague and before his judges named a large number of leading Anabaptists. Maybe it was for this reason that David Joris also betrayed by Cock, left Delft.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 112, No. 27.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, Nos. 213, 745.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 77, 85, 213-18, 371.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Jan Claesz Cock (d. 1535). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jan_Claesz_Cock_(d._1535)&oldid=82491.
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The Greatest Spies In Pop Culture, Ranked
If you believe fiction, spies are everywhere. You cannot turn around without bumping into someone in a wig, armed with a gun masquerading as a tasteful pair of earrings, and carrying secret plans in microdot form. There are so many, we decided to rank them.


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Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, spoke on the House Floor to bring attention to the serious consequences that sequestration would have on the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Niagara County's largest employer. In his speech, Higgins noted that these budget cuts would force the Air Force to delay construction of a $6.1 million flight simulator and would require 2,300 Air Force civilians across New York state to be furloughed, resulting in more than $17 million in lost wages.
The text of Higgins' remarks is below:
"Mr. Speaker,
"Sequestration will have serious consequences for the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, which is tremendously important to the economy of Western New York.
"If Congress does not repeal the sequester, the Air Force will delay the construction of a $6.1 million flight simulator at the base, a project that is crucial to securing the base's continued operation.
"There would also be an impact on jobs. Twenty-three hundred Air Force civilians in New York will be furloughed, causing $17.7 million in lost wages across the state.
"Mr. Speaker, sequestration was the ransom the Tea Party demanded when it held the American economy hostage over the debt limit. But with 750,000 American jobs at stake, this process will inflict real and permanent damage on the American economy.
"Congress created the sequester. Congress can and should repeal it.
"For the Niagara Falls Air Reserve base and for the American economy, I urge the House to do just that."
The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station is strategically located three miles from the northern border and in the heart of the "Golden Horseshoe," which encompasses the area stretching from Western New York to Toronto and represents the third largest population area in North America.
According to a report, prepared by the Niagara County Department of Economic Development, the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station employs more than 2,600 individuals and has a total annual economic impact of more than $200 million. The report, released just last August, stresses, "making cuts at NFARS will jeopardize military readiness and homeland security as well as cause catastrophic economic impacts to Western New York."


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WHAT: A simple, no-fuss savory pudding to make over and over again.
HOW: Get a deep caramelization on the onions, mix with the rest of the ingredients, and bake.
WHY WE LOVE IT: At first glance, this seems like it would resemble a crustless quiche -- but it's even more refined than that. Make sure to take your time while caramelizing the onions; they are the star of the dish. This would make a perfect, elegant side dish for a holiday meal -- and is quick enough to whip up for a weeknight dinner, too. —Food52
Serves: 4
large yellow onions, peeled, sliced and cut into half circles
tablespoons olive oil
tablespoons unsalted butter
teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
large eggs
tablespoon AP unbleached flour
teaspoon kosher salt
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|2009-03-19, 16:25
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Mad Scientist #0000
Of course!
I will edit that post when i done...in exchange i need the same thing tomorrow.
Edit: It seems that you already volunteered for it...
Ok my rewiev about the introduction chapter:
-Somehow Rick's motivation of joining Kataron isseems to me cliche...perhaps it shouldn't be a big problem if it's just remains background and the story never mentions it.
-the customised Overflag: It's good but remember that conventional weapons had little effect on the Gundams...same with the GN-X III's. There's only one option that it can defeat some GN-X's:If it has some kind of beam weaponry! Remember: the Union and AEU resarched beam weapons and they were close to completiotion at S1...perhaps it's not GNP-based beams but if it has some kind of beam weaponry then i guess it have a chance against a GN-X.
Chapter One:
the fight was pretty fighting shounenesque, but then showed some tactics.
-The start of battle was somewhat confusing...at first i thought the Mission was at atmosphere:P
-The blade of Raven's rifle has no chance to cut through the GN-X's armor. In practicular only a beam saber or GN blade can do that cleanly in melee(probably a plasma blade do the work too, but it's not jwith just one lazy swing)...
Anyways exept the things i mentioned the fighting scenes were well commented...but i think sometimes the conversation was a bit misty sometimes and i even have problems indentifing who speaks(red suits, black Flag...first i don't recognised who you meant with them...)
Chapter Two:
A cliffhanger with Aeolia...welli think it'll continues.
-You could add some response from Rick when he sees Exia...he once fighted against them so it's quite stunning to see a "relic from the past"
It may seems that it's a negative critique, but just i have a habit to point out the errors mostly. I think the errors what's important...the places where we should improve.
Anyways: Good work with it. I'm quite interested how you connect Rick's story to the main happenings.
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Tenshi's Defense Squadron
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fighting against those who oppress the system
send me the link (or post your FF here once first chapter is done)
About the Aeolia scenes, (it was a bit influenced by the HOTD series where it shows the mastermind's motives and how he progressed and as such, I believed if I did something similar would be better that way as I found it disappointing that Gundam 00 lacked the development of Aeolia's theories.)
The idea of Rick/Raven (if you are an AC player, you would know why I picked that code name ^_^) I always thought Kataron was the cannon fodder of everything, yea old suits and everything, so I thought what would happen if I had a person with Graham skills in kataron? (and so, Rick was born)
O-gundam (before Lasse uses it), I thought it was scrapped, so might as well put it to use. (I like it in black colors with red lens, again similar to a raven)
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|2009-03-22, 15:02
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Mad Scientist #0000
My Fanfiction is started:
The link is here!
Name: Gundam 00:Rebirth
Soon Chapter 2 is out, but was busy.
EDIT:There was some typo's in the first chapter and OOC sayings with Alle/Halle so i reposted it.
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Has a life IRL
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Somewhere in the Anglo-Saxon Sphere
Episode 24's drabble, and something I never thought I'd do. A fic of Mileinia and Tieria, though not really romance. A tale of connections.
Dear Mr. Erde...
|2009-04-02, 19:52
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Death by writing
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hong Kong/Brisbane
Hi all,
this is a Gundam 00/Transformers Crossover that focuses on the perspective of the Gundam 00 characters. This is my first time writing a Gundam fanfiction and I have much more grounding in the TF universe and canon, so go easy on me. The story is currently posted on ff.net but I think an introduction is called for, and I may post up the character's profiles if feedback on ff.net is good. This story also focuses on the two commanders of Celestial Being and the Autobots, Sumeragi Lee Noriega (Leesa Kujo) and Optimus Prime.
Spoiler for space:
This is the link to the Prologue.
This is the link to Chapter 1.
This is the link to Chapter 2.
|2009-04-09, 16:03
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Mad Scientist #0000
At last! Chapter Two is done.
I hope it's enjoyable.
Gundam 00: Rebirth second chapter
|2009-04-19, 07:23
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Mad Scientist #0000
I'm done with Chapter Three. It's somewhat a character development/introduction chapter with many cliffhangers to the future happenings.
Link:Gundam 00 Rebirth third chapter
|2009-04-20, 06:18
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Senior Member
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Location: random colony
|2009-05-07, 12:16
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Mad Scientist #0000
Chapter Four is out!
Gundam 00: Rebirth 4th chapter
My writing may starting to improve a bit. Perhaps i has little motivation to write the previous week so i was late(again)
|2009-05-18, 20:59
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Hi there, I am new here, so please pardon me if I did anything wrong.
So I'd like to create a fanfic - a crossover/Fix Fic of sort, but the problem is, I don't seem to have enough base knowledge about the last few episodes of Gundam SEED (precisely, the Second Battle of Jachin Due i.e. ep. 43-50). These are the points I need to clear up:
- What side was Rau Le Crauset or the Dominion on again? Last time I remember, this battle was some sort of a FFA.
- What is the Three Ship Alliance doing again, please? Was it "stopping every side from firing their WMD and keep casualties at minimum, or what?
This time, Wikipedia phailed hard, so I think it's bets to turn to the experts for help.
Once this is dones, I'll try to save Fllay...
Thank you for your help.
|2009-05-20, 00:15
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Puppet Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Behind You
|2009-05-20, 18:55
|Link #255
Mad Scientist #0000
I wrote over my previous fanfic: Gundam 00: Rebirth because i found the story a little bit hard to understand and the character developments were a bit dull.
I hope with that new additions it becomes more enjoyable.
If you want to read it:
The link is here!
|2009-07-25, 11:33
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Mad Scientist #0000
After weeks of slince I'm ready with the next piece:
Gundam 00: Rebirth- Chapter Five: The contradiction of Peace
As an extra I reworked most of the chapters to fix story holes, OOC things and add more details.
|2009-07-25, 13:03
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Senior Member
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Age: 26
It's a fanfiction about how Neil gets transferred over to A-LAWs, and learns the truth about the world itself (hints of Neil opposing Celestial Being)
oh yea, and it's my fanfiction.
|2009-09-22, 18:25
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Earl of Cookies
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Lala Land
Age: 26
^^In a Nightmare Frame vs Gundam battle yes. But if it was just Lulu vs Setsu ...lulu would win he'd probably just make setsuna comeplte a jigsaw puzzle or something irrelveant. *bites lip and proceeds not to write a crack story*
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A T-string is the same thing as a G-string but at the back there is no little triangle peice of material to attatch the 3 strings
by Copenhagen Skater March 15, 2006
The littlest piece of underwear in existence. You might as well not wear underwear. A t-string has a little triangle in front, strings at the hips, and a string in the back. No little triangle, therefore making a 't' in the back.
I wear thongs and g-strings, but I draw the line on t-strings.
by Angelacia July 01, 2007
Most commonly known as the g string. The type of underwear known as a g string but should be called t string due to the t shape at the back at the start of your butt crack.
Her t string was showing, I could tell because it appeared she had a t in her butt crack.
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by pseudochop March 02, 2011
A type of women's shirt, invented by Sorboneeeeeees. Some claim that this item has been related to Madison P, as Paulie has been noticed wearing her "T-String" in the past. When asked about this rare clothing item, Paul simply said: "Sndfobrgoeboiua inbniuobnuibuo ionionon Madison's shirt bhsdfbhasufv I have a girlfriend njsfvnaroigberog T-String.
Paul tried on Madison's T-String at Lake Compounce prior to becoming hungry and asking "What's for food?"
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The vacant chair; We shall meet, but we shall miss him; Thanksgiving, 1861
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A Hint Of Winter
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A Hint Of Winter
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Chilly temperatures in the 20s and 30s this morning with fair skies. Our weather pattern remains fairly stable with northwest winds and partly sunny skies. Highs later today reach the mid 40s on northwest winds 8-16mph. A disturbance pivots through tonight and may be just enough to squeeze out a light mix or flurry after 7pm. It's just a quick hit and scoots east fast.
Warmer air approaches for Friday with highs closer to 50. Trick or treaters this weekend are in luck! Low to mid 50s for Saturday and Sunday as we stay dry. Longer range models hint at a stormy close to October and early November.
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Davidoff Cool Water have joined forces with National Geographic's Pristine Seas Mission this summer to launch their "Love the Ocean" campaign. Davidoff Cool Water is the quintessential ocean fragrance, launched in 1988 it introduced a new wave of freshness to the world and is still a best seller today.
The limited edition sleeve on the Davidoff Cool Water bottles will offer a unique access code; enabling buyers to use a geo-localisation application to follow Enric Sala's (Nat. Geo. explorer) latest expedition to the Pitcairn Islands, online.
The Pristine Seas mission aims to work in collaboration with local communities to conserve ocean's beauty and create protected marine areas.
National Geographic travelled to the isolated Salas y Gómez Island, 200 miles east of Easter Island, Chile, to discover what is beneath these largely unseen waters.
The team, which consisted of 18 people, looked at everything from algae to corals to fish and sharks.
Scientists satellite-tagged sharks for long-term tracking to visualise where they go over the coming months. Robots were also used to go down hundreds of meters in the ocean to see what's there and learn more about untouched coral reefs.
Their report highlights that both Salas y Gómez and Easter Island have one of the highest endemic fish populations for oceanic islands in the world.
"Our work in Chile provides us with considerable information in terms of understanding ocean life in the Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park and its surroundings. It is the first quantitative study conducted in Motu Motiro Hiva and Rapa Nui, and data collected here reveal that both islands are a biodiversity hotspot for reef fish," said Dr. Enric Sala, marine ecologist and National Geographic Ocean Fellow.
The report reveals that 77 percent of individual fish species in Easter Island and 73 percent in Salas y Gómez are endemic. The expedition also confirmed that 53 percent of the seabed in Easter Island and 44 percent in Salas y Gómez contains live corals, with an excellent conservation status, that serve as habitat for several species of fish and invertebrates. Oceana staff recently met with local decision-makers and stakeholders in Easter Island to share the report and discuss the next steps required for the protection of the marine resources of the Rapa Nui community. At the end of April, representatives from Oceana and National Geographic met with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and shared the most relevant findings of the scientific study, expressing the need to extend the area of the Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park.
Supporting this partnership is Hollywood actor Paul Walker, the face of Davidoff Cool Water. Paul has studied marine biology and is known for his passion for the ocean. To learn more about the Pristine Seas Mission and the partnership with National Geographic visit www.love-the-ocean.com


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Rural North Florida has features that have attracted equestrians, anglers, farmers, and others who are willing to eschew conveniences.
Cast net fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Horseback riding and playing bluegrass music.
Cheering for the hometown football team on Friday nights, or singing for the church choir on Sunday mornings.
Those are seasonings that provide unique flavors to the small towns of North Central Florida. While many of the activities are unique to a specific community, others can be found in several places.
Rural North Florida has features that have attracted equestrians, anglers, farmers, and others who are willing to eschew the conveniences of nearby shopping, medical care and schools for the freedom to pursue their outdoor interests.
In some cases, those who left the area to pursue a job or an education or for some other reason find themselves returning again and again for the atmosphere they associate with rural life.
A big draw each fall is Friday night football, regardless of the weather. With few exceptions, rural high schools have football teams that play under the lights on Friday nights, drawing hundreds of local residents to the stadiums.
Valencia Mells, a 1985 graduate of Newberry High School, is among those still sitting in the bleachers every Friday night.
"I am here every year, every game," said Mells. "It's Panther pride in this small town. It's like a close-knit family."
Newberry High School graduate Tommy Hemphill, who played tight end for the Panthers nearly 20 years ago, brought his 13-year-old daughter, Taylor, from Orlando to attend this year's homecoming game on Sept. 28.
"This field brings back memories," said Hemphill. "The family brings you back to town and back to the game."
In some communities, there is a specific bit of geography that draws residents together regularly. In Orange Lake, it's the lake.
"We are swamp rats in this community," said Troy Abner, a native of the area. "When we get up, we go down to the lake. We like frog legs instead of filet mignon."
Abner said he has seen the lake go dry four or five times since he was born in the area in 1962. The bouts of drought can have a significant effect on those who rely on anglers and other visitors. But in good times and in bad times, Orange Lake has a place just like the place found in most small towns — the local pub.
In the Orange Lake community, the pub is U.S. Veterans Post 102 on U.S. 441. It is part bar, part restaurant and a total social club for patrons.
"We don't have nothing," said Joe Kutcher of McIntosh. "But we sit here and we socialize. This is a gathering hole for us. It's socialization — being friends with people you can talk with whether it be right, wrong or indifferent."
With daily drink and lunch specials, frequent karaoke nights and special events like the annual Christmas party, the post is a place where guys like Rod Walker of McIntosh feel comfortable and accepted.
"I live up in the big city (McIntosh). We have a flashing light," Walker said. "I wanted to come back to the country people. People around here are just trying to get along."
Cyndi Purvis has been bartending at the Orange Lake post for a few years, serving an older crowd, weekend visitors escaping boredom, boaters and locals, she said. "We have a preference for country western music here," she said. "They come for steak dinner, and stay for karaoke and dancing."
Another activity that draws North Florida residents in droves is an annual festival. The region has only a few months each year that don't offer at least a couple of weekend festivals. Windsor has its zucchini fest. Trenton hosts a quilting extravaganza, and in Williston, it's the Peanut Festival on the first Saturday in October.
Mary and Walter Duvall of Lecanto drove about 40 miles to get to this year's ode to peanuts on Oct. 8.
"We haven't seen peanuts this big in a long time," Walter said to Mary as they sampled a few. "We come because we like the local, old-time color here. It's all like folks back home. The people are nice, they are country."
The feeling of back home or down home is what draws many to other festivals as well, such as the Bluegrass Festival held in Palatka at the Rodeheaver Boys' Ranch.
Sitting in a rocking chair at this year's event was Beaufort, S.C., resident Barbara Body. She was munching on fresh popped kettle corn while listening to one of the first bands play.
"We come to this event faithfully," said Body. "My husband (Lou Body) enjoys the music."
Lou enjoys the music so much that now his trips to the festival include arranging time to take finger-picking lessons on a dobro.
Robert and Shirley Williams of Lake City like to get front-row seats and spend their time between performances reading.
"We come for the music and the atmosphere," said Robert. "The nice thing is you can sit in the front row and you can still hear."
The front row is often a preferred seat for another sort of small-town fun. Horse events ranging from trail rides to rodeoing to dressage attract enthusiasts to live, work and play in North Florida.
Horses are big animals that require big spaces to compete in. The owners, trainers and fans who are at the events also need big spaces to accommodate the motor homes, travel trailers, horse trailers and other gear they travel with. North Florida, especially Levy and Marion counties, have plenty of space that has proven ideal for all sorts of horse events.
At the Florida Horse Park in Marion County, an October event drew riders and trainers from across the state. The three-phase competition involved dressage, jumping and running a cross country course.
Paige Ammons, 14, a cross-country rider from Land O'Lakes, arrived confident and excited to show off the skills she has acquired since beginning to ride five years ago.
"Horses are my favorite animal," Paige said. "They really catch my eye. I like jumping. I like flying through the air."
Not every small-town event is structured and organized. A big part of rural life includes time to just enjoy local, everyday activities.
For teens in Dixie County, a favorite way to spend time is to cruise along U.S. 19 after the sun sets while looking for their friends. The teens tend to cluster around their pickup trucks in a business parking lot where they can swap stories, laugh and generally enjoy each other face-to-face without constant texting.
In tiny, coastal Cedar Key on a sunny after-school afternoon, the preference is often walking through town in bare feet just to see what's going on.
Cassie Lozier, 11, and Ciera Beckham, 13, who have been best friends since toddlerhood, routinely leave their shoes behind. "We go bare-footed because it's just like home," said Ciera. "Nobody cares."
Instead of shoes, the girls said they like to carry cast nets when they head out onto a dock or boat in search of mullet, catfish, pinfish and yellow tip.
"You never have to go anywhere," said Ciera. "You can fish right off your own deck with your own cast nets."


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migya wrote:On the subject of everyone decending from Adam and Eve - I am a geneticist but it doesn't take a scientific degree to understand that if Eve was Adam's rib, she was an exact clone of Adam but with two X chromosomes as opposed to Adam having X and Y chromosomes.
POINT = No way can you get so much diversity (Black race, white race, arab race and asian race to keep it very simple) from two exact clones!
I don't think anybody really believes in the Adam and Eve myth literally. People who believe in it gotta take it as an allegory...


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text: Student Profiles Jocelyn Foulke '05 Jocelyn Foulke '05 Hometown: Monmouth, Oregon Major: Chemistry, with a minor in English Why did you come to Bowdoin? I'm really lucky because it was almost a little bit random. I knew Alissa Cordner ['04] - she went to my high school, so that's how I first heard of Bowdoin. I wanted to get away from home, somewhat. I wanted to go somewhere new, so I thought going to the east coast would do that, and it has, although Maine and Oregon are somewhat similar. I was attracted to Bowdoin because of its reputation for really high academic standards. Also, as soon as I stepped on campus, I felt really good about coming here. I felt like it was a place where I could definitely be happy for four years. How did you decide on your major? When I came to Bowdoin, I wanted to be an English major, and then freshman year I had a couple chemistry classes that I really liked - I had taken chemistry in high school and liked it - and I [thought] "Well, maybe I should continue with it," and I took more classes, and eventually I signed up to be a major. What extracurriculars do you participate in? Well, I've been on the women's rugby team ever since freshman year. What I like about it is being a part of this huge team, and I think that women's rugby is a unique group on campus because we're such a big team, and we're also a team of incredibly diverse people. We've got to be one of the most diverse groups on campus. And we've always tried to be a team that really appreciates difference and celebrates the fact that we're all involved in a lot of things outside of rugby. We had gay pride practice this year! And we had eighties day practice - all these theme practices. I just like being a part of this team that is very welcoming, and every time someone new joins the team, we want to make [her] a part of the team, and everyone appreciates you for who your are. It's very unique among sports teams, I think. This year I've been doing a lot more community service. I'm leading this [Alternative Spring Break] trip down to New York to work with the Children's Aid Society in Harlem. That's a weekly [commitment], getting prepared for that. And then in the spring we're going to be doing a Math Club at Harpswell Island School. It sounds super nerdy, but we just go and prepare fun math lessons for kids who are in first through fifth grade. These kids are marginally interested in math, [but] more interested in interacting with you and having fun. We do things like guessing how many M&Ms are in a jar, or doing simple addition games. What is your best Bowdoin memory? I have a lot of good Bowdoin memories. I would say that my interactions with my professors overall has been incredibly positive, and my interactions with other students have been really great, as well. I think that rugby also sort of put the icing on the cake in terms of having this wonderful group of people to see every day. It will always be a support group and a fun group, as well. What has been your favorite class? My absolute favorite class that I've taken at Bowdoin has been my Gay and Lesbian Studies class with Professor [Peter] Coviello [of the English Department]. It made me realize that a lot of things in your life that you might consider to be separate from academics are not necessarily separate. It's just using your intellect to think about your life, which I think is so interesting, because, for one thing, it's really personal, obviously, and it has a lot of potential to change the quality of our lives. That class was definitely an eye-opening experience for me. There was a lot of talk about the history of ideas. We talked about cultural perspectives and representations of homosexuality, [and] we talked a lot about the AIDS epidemic and how representations of homosexuality changed through that. We [also] talked about how when you read literature and find what you might call "queer readings" in literature. One thing you hear people talk about is, "Oh, why does that person read this Shakespeare play and then say it's about homosexuality when it's not explicitly in the text?" The fact is that finding queer readings in a text is something that you do, but all readings are something that you do. You're always finding something in the text, so it's not really that different. And furthermore, [a queer reading is] often a much more nuanced, perceptive or sensitive reading. Have you studied away during your time at Bowdoin? I wanted to go to England because I wanted to go abroad, and because I don't speak any foreign language very well. I wanted to go to Cambridge because I didn't want to just have a party semester, I wanted to be challenged. I took two English classes, which was a full course load. Each class was like an independent study on one topic of literature. The academic structure there is very self-designed - I spent only a few hours a week actually "in class"; all lectures are optional, and the core of the program was a weekly meeting with a tutor. Mostly, I would get up in the mornings and read either novels or criticism and then work on writing weekly essays. I found that although it was nice to be able to focus so much on what I'm interested in, there wasn't enough interaction with other students and professors built into the curriculum. I felt a little bit like some isolated little bookworm reading away in the library all the time. Overall I had a good experience abroad - I feel that I grew up and became much more self-reliant. Although I didn't realize it at the time, my paper-writing abilities definitely improved after so much practice. English university students study only one subject, so I was in seminars with people who had spent three years studying nothing but English literature. I found that they had a much more broad knowledge of literature than I did, but that my Bowdoin education had prepared me to give as good of an analysis as most students. Studying abroad was a great experience and I would recommend it to any Bowdoin student that has the means. What are your plans after graduation? I'm in the process now of applying to the Science Writing program at M.I.T. - the master's program. I think it's important because you hear about the gap between rich and poor diverging more and more, and one thing that goes along with that [gap] is access to technology and information about science. If you think about a lot of the political debates that are going on today about stem cell research, I honestly think that if people understood the science better, the debate would be very different. From a scientist's standpoint, the debate doesn't necessarily make sense. So if public opinion and science were a little bit more interconnected, I think our debates would be different. If that [program] works out, then I would do that, and then hopefully get a job writing. I don't necessarily see myself doing that forever, but [I would] sort of see where it goes from there. If I don't get into that [program], I may also apply to Teach for America. I feel like I could do that for a couple of years and then figure out where to go from there. I don't have a very long-term plan, but I have some ideas. Is there anything else about Bowdoin or your experiences here that you would like prospective students to know? Take advantage of all the different things that are going on here. If you decide you're going to do a certain major, don't take all classes in that certain major. Try to branch out a bit. Some of my best experiences have been taking classes in different areas than my main interest. And don't wait until you're a senior to become involved in different kinds of groups. No one minds if you try something and then [find that] it's not for you. Some things you might not have predicted that you would like end up being really important to you. Story posted on December 20, 2004 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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History books refer to the Korean War as "the forgotten war." The purpose of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Honor Flight on May 18 is to remember and salute those who served in that conflict, along with veterans of World War II.
History books refer to the Korean War as "the forgotten war."
The purpose of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Honor Flight on May 18 is to remember and salute those who served in that conflict, along with veterans of World War II.
This is the first trip that will include veterans of the Korean War. More than 1.5 million Americans served in the Korean War from 1950-1953. About 36,000 Americans died in the war.
"We don't want to forget them," said Jordan Plaster, the chairman of the 15-member committee that organizes the flight. "We want to give them a �hero's welcome, because that's what they deserve."
The Honor Flight is a one-day plane trip to Washington, D.C., that provides veterans a chance to see the city's war memorials. Plaster said that for many of the veterans, it's the first time they have been able to see the memorials to the war they served in.
All meals, transportation and medical assistance are provided.
Plaster said that the previous three trips have given 245 World War II veterans from West Alabama the opportunity to see such sites as the World War II Memorial, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
Ray Farabee, 86, of Tuscaloosa took part in the first honor flight.
"It's very impressive," Farabee said of the trip.
He said he served in the Army infantry and the Signal Corps primarily in the South Pacific during World War II.
Farabee said he was one of the first U.S. troops to set foot on Japanese soil and he served on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's photographers staff.
He said that seeing the memorials is an important part of the trip, but that receiving thanks from so many people was the most emotionally satisfying part.
"We had a tremendous send-off from Tuscaloosa, with city leaders and families cheering us on at the airport." Farabee said. "At every point in Washington, there were groups of dignitaries to welcome us. But the best was the random tourists in D.C. who would come up to thank us.
"Everyone, from teenagers and young adults to folks closer to our age would thank us.
"I never thought of myself as a hero, but everyone treated us like one. It was very humbling.
"You never really think of yourself as doing something special because so many people served their country."
Plaster said the goal is to send about 80 veterans to D.C. this time around and the group is halfway toward meeting the mark.
Here's the itinerary for theMay 18 trip:
- 5 a.m.-6 a.m.: Arrival at Bama Air Terminal, 4800 Carter Drive.
- 5:30-6:15 a.m.: Boarding.
- 6:30 a.m.: The flight will take off. Breakfast will be served on the plane.
- 9:25 a.m. Eastern time: Arrival at BWI in Baltimore, Md.
- 10:15 a.m.: Depart for WWII memorial.
- 11:15 a.m.: Arrival at WWII Memorial.
- 1:15 p.m.: Depart for Korean, Vietnam and Lincoln memorials. Lunch will be served on the buses.
- 2:45 p.m.: Depart for Iwo Jima Memorial.
-n 3:30 p.m.: Depart for Arlington National Cemetery.
- 3:40 p.m.: Enter the gates of Arlington National Cemetery.
- 4 p.m.: Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 4:45 p.m.: Depart for BWI (Baltimore).
- 6:15 p.m.: Depart for Tuscaloosa.
- 7:15 p.m. Central time: Arrival at Bama Air Terminal in Tuscaloosa with a welcome home celebration.


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Tea & Books - What are you reading?
I finished Clash of Kings last night and moved onto Storm of Swords. Today is also my first day of class so I'll be reading a lot more books soon!
I enjoyed all of those. Now the 5 year wait for the next one…
I finally finished Anna Karenina & have several books lined up. The first one I'm reading is the latest Harry Dresden, "Cold Days".
I love me some magic!
Dresden Files is great. I always read them in less than a day.
I've loved the whole series! Claire, did you read his other series? The Codex Alera was the title, I think.
Lariel, I've been known to camp in the bubble bath with a book & tea for way longer than I should. I just keep adding more hot water & bubbles. Sadly, the tea runs out fairly quickly. I've been trying to avoid reading obsessively (as in 3 hour baths, reading until 3am, reading instead of doing (whatever it is I'm really suppose to be doing). Otherwise I never get things done, and being self-employed, I really need to get things done! BUT, I will finish this book pretty quickly!
The Steepster book club will start a new book in a few days.
I've read the first book in Codex Alera but didn't get into it much, so I haven't read the rest of the series yet. I'm sure I'll get to it some day. :)
First day of class and I'm starting Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays, Heart of Darkness, and Northanger Abbey. I'm actually really excited about this term!
I read them all. They weren't nearly as interesting as Dresden, but I didn't have anything else to read at the time.
I tend to have a "too many good books" problem. I'm always reading at least 2 books for school, people know I love to read so I get books as gifts quite a bit, and my partner is an avid reader and we share a kindle library. I basically have a never ending supply of good books to read! Oh, and of course I work in the library.
I finished The Death List- 4 stars
Then yesterday I read Long Drive Home- also 4 stars, good book!
Now I am on "Cook the Books" since my backpack is literally breaking and I needed something small to shove in there! :D
Finished: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell.
The cast of characters mingling on Dejima, a port on the coast of Japan reserved for Dutch traders, in 1799 is a hotbed of intrigue and hilarious miscommunication. Mitchell renders the different voices with unparalleled vividness, and renders this time and place with the perfect balance of historical precision and literary elegance.
Reading: The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling.
Not impressed so far :(
Keep us updated on The Casual Vacancy. I want to read it since it's Rowling, but I haven't heard too many things to make me really want to read it :-/
I made it 7% through the Casual Vacancy before giving up. She just throws SO many characters at you and gives you zero reason to care about any of them. Go back to fantasy, JK!
It took 50% of the book before a story started to emerge. It is a grim and depressing story with very predictable ending. Disappointed :(
I'm halfway through Haruki Murakami-1Q84
I adore Murakami, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle is one of my all-time favorite books. I have IQ84 but it's dauntingly massive!
I haven't read The Wind Up Bird Chronicle yet, but I am planning to buy more books of Murakami after I finish 1q84.
Wind Up Bird is my favorite, but pretty much everything he writes is magical. I'd highly recommend A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance (which loosely go together)
I read 1Q84 right after it came out in the states and I have to say that it wasn't a favorite of mine…I wonder why it didn't click with me. My favorites so far have been Sputnik Sweetheart and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (in part due to its influence on Haibane Renmei).
I'm so excited that people on here like his writing too!
I have read 1Q84 (but not any other books by Murakami).
I was hugely disappointed. I would even go as far as describing it as adolescent fluff.
I read 1Q84 and enjoyed parts of it, while being annoyed at other bits. I'm happy I tried it though as it was quite refreshing. Maybe I'll try another Murakami book.
Murakami is definitely an acquired taste, though considering how well-respected and renowned he is I think "adolescent fluff" is taking it a bit too far. ^^; The issue most people have with his books that there is rarely any explanation for what is going on. It's like… Japanese-style magic realism infused with French ennui.
I like your description Alpha! I think that the cult aspect of 1Q84 is what I was looking forward to most and it really wasn't what I thought it would be. I think that the whole thing could have been said in about 1/2 the pages. Murakami is an acquired taste for sure! Sometimes I look at my shelf and wonder how I started collecting his books.
His books do meander a lot, in terms of plot they could definitely be slimmed down. But to me, that's part of the charm—he definitely captures that modern life malaise very well.
Perhaps I did take it a bit too far :) I was so disappointed because I had such high hopes.
I don't think his big books are the best to start with since they're so dense and tend to meander a lot—something thinner might be better, maybe Dance Dance Dance or Kafka On The Shore? But he's definitely…. weird, and not for everyone at all. (However, 'weird' happens to be my favorite genre) XD
I just finished a really good multi-chap, Regency Period AU fanfiction for Teen Wolf [I'm a hopeless fangirl] this one was SO much more than a fanfiction, the way it was written [aside from all the M/M smut] you'd think Jane Austen herself had penned it. I do need to get back up to reading ACTUAL books. I'm hoping to get started on Anna Karenina tonight [though I know it's a little too late to join the steepster discussion on it].
Ooh that sounds aMAZing!
Come on over and talk Anna K. with us over there any time. We are picking up a new book soon, but I for one will always be glad to check back and talk Anna with you.
Thanks Serenity, I will definitely take you up on the Anna discussion.
I'm starting book Twelve if the Wheel of Time. Now that the last one is out I have no excuses not too. After that? A Song of Fire & Ice? I loved the first one but want to delay it because I hate waiting YEARS for sequels.
Those are both series I keep meaning to read, but don't get around to it. I used to like reading fantasy trilogies, and waiting until the third book was out.
I have the first book of the Wheel of time, & have had it for a great deal of time, but have yet to read it. It's like I have this aversion, so it's just sitting there waiting…
I read all of the Song of Ice & Fire books last spring or summer.
I've decided to finally tackle the Wheel of Time series this year since Brandon Sanderson took over for the last 3 books and I am a huge fangirl when it comes to his work.
Anarchy Evolution: A World Without God
Really good, plan to read Ideals and Ideologies:Capitalism, Socialism, Communism
I'm in 9th Grade so yeah… Little bit odd taste in books
Drinking Ceylon Earl Grey
actually, the anarchy evolution book sounds interesting :)
I'm starting Fire Bringer by David Clement Davies again since I haven't read it in a long time – 7th grade I believe. I'll be pairing it with Jumpy Monkey because I need a stimulant in the morning…
(I have a tendency to read a lot of Young Adult & Junior books since tales of Dragons and talking animals interest me a lot more than most adult books)
Was that the one about the deer?
I tend to read a lot of young adult books too, grown up books aren't as much fun. And I love talking animals, Watership Down is still a favorite of mine.
I'm not sure if they talk or not, but I have "The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents," a YA by Terry Pratchett in the to-be-read pile. Good fiction is good fiction, no matter what age it's written for!
Lazey – Yup! One of my favourite books ever, next to Watership Down too!
gmathis – I will DEFINITELY check that book out. And I do agree, good fiction is good to read no matter what.. but I'll take a day of reading Percy Jackson over an Oprah Book Club novel any day…
I teach fifth graders at my church, so not only do I stumble across some good reads, it keeps me in touch with what's current with my kids. A librarian buddy fixed me up with a couple of Riordan titles, but I think they're from the Kane Chronicles. Ever read those? (I'll be an old lady with cataracts before I get to the bottom of Mount To-Be-Read.)
Hahaha, no, not yet. The paperback of the third book is coming out in May so I plan to then get all the Kane Chronicles then and read it after I brush up on my Egyptian mythology.
Oh and me too. There's so many books I want to read but then work gets in the way (or the library calls needing them back)
I read the first Kane Chronicle book and didn't like it as much as the Percy Jackson books. I read the first Heroes of Olympus book and thought it seemed good but haven't had time to read the next book, I read so many other books.
I've been thinking about reading some YA lately but I have a stack of books from the library to get through first. I've just finished Child of my Heart by Alice McDermott which I actually quite enjoyed. I had picked it up in the bargain bin years ago and never got around to reading it. Fluffy, but about serious topics so an interesting read.
I'm not an e-reader person but I just got a Galaxy III and put some classics on there for when I'm on the go and forgot my book. At the moment I am reading The Reef by Edith Wharton on the Galaxy and the first Discworld book on paper. I tend to read only one book at a time so we'll see how this goes. :)


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New miniature infrared ChipLEDs provide high output for super low-profile optical touch screens
Osram ChipLED SFH 4053 is ideal for small and medium size touch displays
Touch screens demand infrared components that are super low-profile and extremely powerful. The new ChipLED SFH 4053 infrared emitter (IRED) from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors combines tiny dimensions with high efficiency, making it ideal for low-profile all-in-one computer, tablet PC and laptop displays. And the new IRED is so small that it can be easily integrated into smart phones as well.
Sunnyvale, CA, July 20, 2011 - Optical touch screens are available in a wide variety of designs, but they share a common principle in that the touch of a finger will either cast a shadow or reflect light. In basic versions, an array of infrared emitters (IREDs) and detectors create a grid of vertical and horizontal beams. The components are housed in a low-profile frame, known as the bezel, measuring a half to one millimeter in depth around the screen. "To make this frame even shallower requires particularly small IREDs and detectors," said Bianka Schnabel, Product Marketing Manager at Osram Opto Semiconductors. "This is especially important for mobile devices such as tablet PCs and laptops because of the positive effect on the design aspect." The new ChipLED SFH 4053 measures just 0.5 x 1 mm, so it takes up exceptionally little space. Combined with a height of 0.45 mm in industry standard 0402 (length/width), it is one of the smallest IREDs on the market.
In addition to their miniature size, the high light output of these components plays an important role, particularly for camera-based touch screens. Such a display setup requires considerably fewer IR emitters than the traditional version, but the emitters must have a very high output because they flood the display with infrared light from two corners. Next to the IR emitters are camera chips that detect a change in the signal when a pen or finger touches the display.
Thanks to Osram's thin-film chip technology, the SFH 4053 high-efficiency IRED provides high output from a very small package for this application, rated at 35 mW from an operating current of 70 mA. In pulse mode, it can achieve as much as 260 mW from 700 mA. "This ChipLED provides enough light to make it easy and cost-effective to expand camera-based touch screen systems to larger diagonal sizes," Schnabel added.
The new ChipLED SFH 4053 is part of a broad range of components that are being used in more and more touch screen applications – from narrow-angle emitters for light grids to low-profile components for optimum coupling into light guides. Osram ChipLEDs are available in 0603 sizes with lens types from +/- 40° to +/-10° and with different chip technologies, including thin film and nanostack.
The wavelength of the Osram ChipLED is ideal for the requirements of these applications. At 850 nm, the light from the IRED is barely discernible to the human eye but receiver components are highly sensitive to this wavelength.
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Wow. It's been almost a year since somebody last posted a topic on this Moreland & Fleisher board! It seems that this textbook isn't anywhere near as popular as Wheelock's based upon the infrequent activity on this discussion forum.
Anyway, myself having just finished reading M&F for the first time, I'm not surprised that most would prefer using Wheelock's over M&F. My impression is that M&F attempts to package everything there is to know about Latin into a begining grammar book. I think much of M&F would be better suited for an intermediate textbook instead--there is just way too much information about the rare, intricate features of syntax, which I felt was just time-consuming and unnecessary for the beginning student just wanting to learn how to translate. Perhaps it would be better marketed as a beginning and intermediate textbook all wrapped up into one.
Hard to imagine the textbook was originally designed for the 4-week summer workshop courses at UC Berkely and Brooklyn College!
Undoubtedly if the student has the discipline to finish this book and work through all the exercises, he will be better equipped than the student who has only completed Wheelock's. But it will take much longer for him to work through M&F than it would Wheelock's.
Well, these are just my thoughts about the matter. Anybody else care to share some impressions?


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|Title of the marriage bond record of Thomas E. Green and Jane Warren, daughter of John M. Warren
|The upper record is a declaration of age for Thomas E. Green The lower record is the bond for the marriage of Thomas E. Green and Jane Warren, daughter of John M. Warren (transcribed below)
Transcribed by Carole Kelly (errors may have occurred as the writing was difficult to read)
[Upper Portion]
Washington County
Personally came John M Warren before me a Justice of the Peace for said County made oath that Thomas E Green who is about to intermarry with his daughter Jane Warren is above the age of Twenty one years Given under my hand this 20th day of January 1819.
A. E. Gibbons
[Lower Portion]
Know all men by these presents that we Thomas E. Green & John M Warren are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the full and just sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment of which will and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth we bind ourselves and our heirs and jointly and severally and firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 20th day of January 1819 The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended between the above bound Green and Miss Jane Warren daughter of the above bound John M Warren
For which a License has issued now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage then this obligation is to be void else to remain in full force & virtue in law.
Step [C.?] Brown
Thomas Green
John M Warren [marked with X]


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More than 200 professionals from across Western New York are expected to attend the 14th annual Family Violence Intervention Project conference "Safe at Home: Seeking Solutions for Adult and Child Victims of Family Violence" on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. The conference will feature national and local speakers who train attendees on state-of-the-art techniques to prevent and intervene in cases of child abuse and domestic violence, with the goal of keeping children and families safe.
Of particular note:
•In her 8:45 a.m. keynote address, "Helping Children Thrive by Understanding How They Think and Feel About Domestic Violence," Alison Cunningham, M.A., director of research at the Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System located in London, Ontario, will discuss why domestically violent homes are not healthy places for children to grow up. She will show that by understanding how children are changed by living with domestic violence, we can begin to counter the distorted messages, address problematic emotional states and build healthy coping skills.
Cunningham has authored many training resources on working with abused women and understanding children living with violence against their mothers. Her address will serve as the prelude to a workshop that will address a critical issue in this community - "Designing Interventions with the Mothers of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence."
•The morning plenary session will feature Mike Lew, M.Ed., director of The Next Step Counseling and Training Center. Lew will present "Protecting Our Boys: The Critical Need to Prevent and Address the Sexual Victimization of Males," sharing current perspectives on male sexual victimization and recovery. He will follow up in the afternoon with workshops addressing how male child sexual abuse victims differ from female child sexual abuse victims and how to address professional stress and burnout.
•Afternoon workshops also will be presented by David Heffler, Ph.D., president of Forensic Mental Health Counseling of Western New York, who will discuss normative sexual behaviors and characteristics and distinctions among juvenile sexual abusers, and The Department of Homeland Security, which will present on working with immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual exploitation investigations.
Tuesday's conference is sponsored by the Niagara County Family Violence Intervention Project, Child Advocacy Center of Niagara and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Co-sponsors are the Niagara County Department of Mental Health's trauma treatment specialty services division, Catholic Charities of Buffalo - Niagara County Services and the Northeast Regional Child Advocacy Center.


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LLers vie for state championshipBy HARRY KOZLOWSKI
Special to the Union Leader
July 17. 2014 10:41PM
The team that will represent New Hampshire at the Little League New England Regional in Bristol, Conn., will be decided in a best-of-three series between Goffstown and Portsmouth.
The games will be played at Donati Field in Hooksett on Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.If a third game is needed it will be played Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Both teams enter the series undefeated in tournament play. Goffstown tore through the District One's double elimination tournament, scoring 62 runs and allowing 19 in five games.
Portsmouth went 10-0 in the District Two round robin. It scored 92 runs while allowing just 26.
"We are a pitching and defense team, but our scoring has a little way to go," said Portsmouth coach Kyle Griffin. "There is some pop there but we have to get on the same page."
Griffin's top hurlers are Timm Kutzer and Calvin Hewett. The duo should see the lion's share of action this series.
"They have great command of the strike zone, great off speed pitches," said Griffin "They have great confidence on the mound and they don't get rattled."
"Our team has faced a lot of good pitchers and have fared well. So were excited to face Portsmouth," said Jim Hujsack, president of Goffstown Junior Baseball.
Hujsack feels his team has the balance needed to win it all. "The kids are all doing great at the plate," said Hujsack. "Everyone is hitting the ball, not just a few kids."
His son, Connor Hujsak, and Derek Steckowych hit multiple home runs in their tournament.
"We also have five solid pitchers. It's a strength of ours," said Hujsack. "You need depth if the series goes to three games. "
Portsmouth Little League has a long history of success. It won the state title to advance to Bristol six times since 2000.
Its best season came in 2006 when it advanced to the U.S. semifinals, where it fell to Columbus, Ga., the eventual World Series champion.
"The last two or three years that run kind of stalled," said Griffin. "I'm hoping this team brings that pride back that we can contend every year."
Goffstown made it to Williamsport back in 2000 but went 0-3 in pool play. More recently in 2011 Goffstown went undefeated in the round robin round in Bristol, only to fall in the semis.
"I think there are a lot of similarities between that (2011) team and ours,'' said Hujsack. "That team got hitting from almost anywhere in the order, something we're doing now."
Griffin thinks his squad has a few advantages going into this final series. For one, Portsmouth plays on a 225-foot field. The fences at Donati are just under 200 feet away from home plate.
"We have 7-8 kids who can hit it out of of our home field so I think it benefits us to play on a shorter field," said Griffin.
"We played 4 or 5 close games in the round robin which I think will help us against Goffstown, who blew everyone out," said Griffin. "It also benefits us that the District Two tournament is a round robin and plays more games. It gave us more time to gel as a team."


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Every other week, John J. Ryan, a former Republican state representative, and Advertiser editor Joshua Fisher, share their back-and-forth about news going on around the state, among other items of interest. Links to all the articles and other items mentioned in the column can be found in the Opinion section of NCAdvertiser.com.
Fisher: With Opening Day on Monday, I think we'd both rather write about baseball and how hope springs eternal than deal with crumbling integrity and stability of the once great Nutmeg State. But we don't get paid big bucks to write about the National Pastime. We get paid very little to write about the Connecticut Pastime: bad government.
Ryan: Like the Yankees, Connecticut enters this season with a lot of nagging injuries. While it's hard to not hear about the Bronx Bombers' woes these days, you might have to do some legwork of your own to see what's happening in our state capitol. (Of course, one of the purposes of this column is to shed a light on Hartford for our Fairfield County readers. That's why when you read this online, you get the bonus of links to articles and other news of note of how Hartford is affecting us down here.)
For instance, every year politicians tell us that the state affordable housing statute, known as 8-30g, is going to be amended, or "we're working on it." Every year we encourage voters to look up what bills are before the legislature and how to track for them.
Fisher: And of course, every year, nothing gets done. For this is a law written for developers — not for residents. If you follow the politics of it, it comes across as something that can be achieved in the cities of Connecticut but not the towns — particularly the nearly 100% developed towns of Fairfield County. For the law calls for every municipality in the state to have at least 10% of its housing classified as affordable. For towns that don't have that 10%, developers can overstep local zoning laws if their proposals contain at least some affordable housing units. So theoretically, a big, 20-unit housing project could be built in a residential neighborhood with single-family, one-acre zoning so long as seven of the units were to be sold or rented as state-classified "affordable."
And if you read it, you end up scratching your head about how a town such as New Canaan or Darien (both of which are highly developed and are less than half way to that 10%) could ever get there.
This is a law that, for the most part, Republican and Democrat leaders from Fairfield County have agreed needs changing. So some might have thought there was hope with the recent appointment of Evonne Klein, the former Darien first selectman, as the state's new housing commissioner. (See "Klein confirmed as housing commissioner," DarienTimes.com, March 7.) Finally, some common sense from someone who has supported change to this law would come to Hartford.
Ryan: See, you can't say that folks from the "Gold Coast" don't get important positions in our state government! As we try to point out every year you can look up at cga.ct.gov what each committee and each legislator is doing, you can track votes and bills, and you can even read the Journal of each chamber (House or Senate) to peruse what they did every day! And you can even review the testimony of Mrs. Klein concerning her nomination. (See "Klein Testimony," DarienTimes.com, March 21.)
Fisher: As someone who covered Mrs. Klein for more than two of her terms as first selectman, at first I thought I misread that testimony. Because when she was first selectman she consistently said the law needed to change, submitted testimony supporting that and even included a call for changes to 8-30g in the official Darien housing plan. But this month when she appeared in Hartford, she supported the law as it is and said that Darien, a town that is 98% developed, could "creatively" meet the need for 10% affordable housing. (See: "Klein supported 8-30g changes in office," DarienTimes.com, March 22.)
I am no math major. But how could you get to 10% affordable housing without knocking down some "regular housing" or building some big housing projects?
Ryan: Of course you are ignoring the fact that Hartford "creatively" balances the budget every year.
Fisher: Time and again we have seen proof that we do not need "creative" solutions, just straightforward honest answers from elected officials.
Because of this toxic law — that forces governments to not be creative — Darien has faced a potential developer who has threatened quiet neighborhoods with housing projects for the past seven years. And while he hasn't built so much as a front step to any new housing, he has made millions of dollars. This law is all about developers making money. Affordable housing is just a potential, hoped-for side-effect. And these sorts of threats are out there for every small town in Connecticut.
It's too bad someone who obviously once knew and dealt directly with the basically impossible challenges of 8-30g has chosen to take a political appointment in Hartford (that pays six figures) over doing the right thing. The right thing would be using her apparent clout with the governor to change the law.
Ryan: There you go again, expecting elected officials to do the right thing. In the not so distant past, the Weicker Administration proposed that a new income tax, and casinos in Connecticut were the right thing for Connecticut's economy. (See: "Casinos' slots revenues plummet to historic lows," TheDay.com, March 15.)
Currently, Gov Malloy is touting spending many millions on his First Five economic program. (See: "First Five Manufacturer Working to Save Deal," Courant.com, March 26). A company promised millions by the state possibly doesn't even exist anymore.
The right thing for lower Fairfield County voters (who send so many tax dollars to Hartford) would be to pay some attention to what their state government is actually doing.
John J. Ryan is of counsel to the Fairfield County law firm Russo & Assoc., and served 14 years as Darien and Rowayton's state representative — and has been writing this column for Hersam Acorn even longer. Joshua Fisher has been an editor with Hersam Acorn Newspapers since 2003.


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Tournaments Hosted by Parishes and Schools in CYO NY Counties
This page is provided for the convenience of CYO Coordinators and Coaches to help identify Basketball Tournaments in the area. The tournaments listed are not endorsed by the CYO and the list is limited to tournaments hosted by Parishes and/or Schools with teams in a CYO League.
A Tournament sponsor may submit information and/or a flyer to be posted on this page using the email button in the upper left corner of this website.
See Tournaments below for all Counties. Click on a County Name below to go right to that area:
Staten Island
Tournament Name: Mount Carmel Tournament
Location: Bronx Gyms: Mount Carmel, SFDC, Villa, Holy Rosary, St Lucy, Mount St Michael
Dates: January 6/7, 13/14, 20/21. work around your schedule.
Fee: $175 for 3 games or $150 for 2 games. Ref Fees are $40.
Age Groups: CYO A, B, C Division. AAU teams are welcome.
Deadline to Register:
Contact: Contact Mickey Boyle at: email@example.com or 917-749-2220
Tournament Name: 5th Annual Crusader Classic
Dates: February 16th - March 4th
Age Group: 3rd through 8th Grade Girls and Boys, JV Boys, HS Girls. A, B and C Teams Welcome.
Registration Deadline: February 5, 2018
Cost: $250 per team. 2 game guarantee.
Contacts: Boys Coordinator Artie Mondrone: 914 447 2589 - email@example.com
Girls Coordinator Sal Recupero: 914 274 7550 - email@example.com
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Starting with HTML + CSS teaches how to create a first style sheet. For a quick intro, try chapter 2 of Lie & Bos or Dave Raggett's intro to CSS. Or see examples of styling XML and CSS tips & tricks. W3C's Core Styles are simple style sheets ready for use. Web Standards Curriculum is a self-study course.
W3DevCampus is W3C's online training site (in several languages) and W3Cx is W3C's free MOOC. Web Platform Docs is W3C's community-driven site for Web developer documentation.
Also on this page: English and non-English articles, discussion fora, books, and secondary resources. Jens Meiert maintains an index of CSS properties.
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Mailing lists and Usenet News groups.
A selection of books on CSS (in no particular order). Note that I have not read most of them.
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The slides of all (public) presentations given by W3C staff can be found on the W3C Talks page.
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October 07. 2013 9:02PM
UNH 'sexologist' was paid $1,825 to lecture students
By JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
— The self-described "sexologist" who gave a graphic presentation on orgasms to some 500 students at the University of New Hampshire last week was paid $1,825 to cover her talk, her hotel room and meals, the university said Monday.
According to figures provided by UNH spokesman Erika Mantz, Megan Andelloux, who presented "Orchestrating Orgasms," earned a $1,600 speaker fee while UNH shelled out another $125 on her hotel room and $100 for food.
The public event was held Thursday night in the Memorial Union Building and attracted a standing-room only crowd.
The sex talk that featured students wearing sex toys on stage has drawn criticism because of the subject matter and the way it was funded using student activity fees.
UNH President Mark Huddleston was not available for comment Monday. Mantz said he "will not be commenting on the presentation."
A woman who answered the phone in Huddleston's office also said he wasn't available.
Students who supported the event touted it as an educational experience that would make them more aware of their bodies, but many also said they came for fun.
The event was hosted by the Memorial Union Student Organization (MUSO), a student-run organization that UNH says works to provide enriched and enlightened programming and group interactions.
MUSO receives funding from student activity fees — mandatory fees paid by all full-time undergraduate students to support various student organizations and other student functions.
The two-hour presentation was filled with laughter from the students as Andelloux talked about different types of orgasms, demonstrated sex toys, offered tips on sexual positions, encouraged masturbation, and touched on other sexual topics.
Andelloux sprinkled humor throughout the event and at times used vulgar language when describing sex acts.
"Sex is supposed to be a party. It's not supposed to be a funeral, and meeting our desires is really important," she told the audience.
At one point, Andelloux lowered her body to the floor and showed students how to move their hips up and rotate them in a certain way to enjoy the experience.
"The things I do for this job," she said. She then invited four student volunteers to come onto the stage where they were asked to wear strap-on sex toys in front of the crowd for a demonstration.
"You all are going to be my strap-on people," she told them as the audience broke into laughter.


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When are Anonymous, Glenn Beck, and Scientologists on the same side? When they're taking up the cause of Justina Pelletier. The 15-year-old with hard-to-diagnose medical problems was taken from her parents' custody more than a year ago, after Boston Children's Hospital doctors said her symptoms were largely psychological. The hospital accused her parents of medical child abuse. A juvenile court judge agreed. It's one family's saga, but to a broad group of outsiders, Justina's story has become something more: a symbol of what happens when parental rights collide with institutional power.
Now, a range of groups with disconnected agendas — from protection of the unborn to awareness of Lyme disease — have rallied, separately, behind the "Free Justina" banner. This sometimes happens in a high-profile medical case. When Terri Schiavo languished, comatose, in a Florida hospital a decade ago, she was fodder for Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson, Christian conservatives, advocates for the disabled, and thousands of onlookers who found that her predicament fit perfectly into their personal agendas.
Justina Pelletier is very much alive. But she's just as much of an abstraction to many of her self-appointed champions. The ragged coalition means well, for the most part. It knows how to capitalize on a cause celebre. But will all of this attention secure a better fate for Justina herself?
What follows is a partial list of players in the Pelletier case: The local institutions that supported her removal from her parents' custody, and the many outside players that have rallied to return her home. Some of these groups have logical connections. Some are the strangest of bedfellows. Explore what they've said about Justina – and, in some cases, about each other.
Related: Part 1 – Teen in custody fight | Part 2 – Family battles the state
Related: Part 1 – Teen in custody fight | Part 2 – Family battles the state


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A hovercraft may look like some high-tech alien vehicle, but the concepts behind its inner workings are really quite simple. Building a hovercraft is an excellent way to investigate the principles of air pressure, friction, lift, thrust, and drag and serves as an excellent motivator for hands-on discovery — for even the most reluctant of learners.
A hovercraft is an ACV (air cushion vehicle) that rides on a pillow of slightly pressurized air. The hovercraft sports a skirt around its perimeter designed to contain air generated by a fan, or in the case of our craft, a repurposed leaf blower.
The air contained by the skirt in turn creates a cushion that lifts the hovercraft a small distance off the ground. Note: The weight a hovercraft can lift is easily calculated by multiplying the cushion pressure by the area of the craft.
Once lift is achieved, the craft uses directed air to create a forward thrust, allowing the vehicle to be forwardly mobile. A typical hovercraft creates this forward thrust using a propeller or propellers that push air toward the back of the vehicle. Using the principles of lift and thrust, as explained above, the hovercraft operates much like an airplane.
Now that the craft has forward momentum, it must be steered. Steering is achieved in various ways, depending on vehicle design. A system of rudders placed behind the fan may be used to direct air in different directions, allowing the vehicle the freedom to turn. This configuration is similar to the mechanism used to steer some boats. Other hovercrafts use subtle shifts in the operator's body weight to steer, a skill that takes practice to master.
The Museum's simplified hovercraft was constructed by our own Carolyn Leap using a collection of ideas with a few modifications:
• Rounded off corners on a square of plywood in order to reduce the weight of the vehicle – a circle of plywood is an even better option for reducing weight.
• We sought help from the Exhibits Department to cut a hole to accommodate an unusually shaped leaf-blower outlet.
• We used a plastic tablecloth completely reinforced with duct tape because the plastic seemed inadequate on its own.
• Reinforced the skirt's attachment by stapling AND taping around the edges.
• Added pool noodles (split along one side) instead of pipe insulation as a bumper
• Added duct tape flaps (sticky sides together) and attached them around the perimeter of the nozzle to create a more effective seal to improve lift.
This hovercraft is used in the Museum's Xplorations Summer Camp Programs to illustrate various physics concepts. Our hovercraft does not create its own forward thrust and has no steering mechanism, so the craft and rider are guided by the instructor. Take a look at the fun pictures of one of our campers, Noah, as he rides on a pillow of pressurized air!
For instructions on how to build your own hovercraft, click here.
Sciencebuddies.org and Wired.com have some great additional info. See you same time, same place next month!