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You probably know already, but I am interested in family history. And living at my grandpa's house, where there is a plethora of family history information, has proved to fuel my interest. Just recently, I found a book with letters that Mary Lyman Reeve, Grant's mother, wrote and received from various people. The ones that peaked my interest where the letters exchanged between her and her future husband, John Reeve, as they met, and decided to marry. I think it is a great story, and with Grantpa's permission, I am going to post them here. I will fill in some of the story to provide details as necessary. These first two letters are from A.A. Hinckley, a general authority, to Mary Lyman, about meeting John Reeve, and Mary responding to him.
Office of
Hinckley, Utah
Mar 31, 1915
Miss Mary Lyman
Provo, Utah
Dear Sister: -- Just a line to learn if you would like to meet John Reeve, the brother I spoke to you about, our neighbor widower. He will be at Gen'l Conference in S. L. City, & would be pleased to meet you if it is agreeable on your part. Please let me know your views in reference to this matter and oblige.
Yours Truly,
(signed) A.A. Hinckley
P.S. I will be here until Friday morning, if your reply is delayed at all, better write me in S.L. City, 311 McCormick Building
Provo, April 1st, 1915
Pres A.A. Hinckley,
Hinckley, Utah
Dear Bro. Hinckley,
Yours of yesterday came this morning – among – shall I say more April Fool Jokes – And I value your opinion highly. You will excuse me if I decline your invitation to meet your friend John Reeve. For you can readily see what an embarrassing position it places one in. So I will trust I am not wrong when I choose to regard this as nothing more than an April Fool Joke!
Hoping you have said nothing serious about this to Bro. Reeve, so the affair can be immediately closed.
I beg to remain
Yours truly,
(signed) Mary Lyman
Should I just let the story be? Or continue? I assume you would guess that Mary and John met, despite Mary's misgivings in this letter.
I have not seen this part of the story written down. It might be in John Reeve's history, but I cannot locate grandpa's copy of that right now. He has told me the story a few times. But I'm sure he is a little hazy on details. So, this is what I know of what happened. John came from Hinckley to Salt Lake for General Conference. Mary came up from Provo to Salt Lake for conference as well. But, Mary either changed her mind about wanting to meet John, or came up to Salt Lake with the intention of staying away from conference so John, and Pres. Hinckley, couldn't find her. The story goes that Mary spent the entire time of conference hiding out in the Cathedral of the Madeline, just down the street from Temple Square. When she thought she was safe, and wouldn't run into John, she left the Cathedral and was walking down the street. When, by fate, or coincidence, she met John Reeve.
The letters continue a few days after this meeting, and the histories I have read do not go into detail about how this meeting went, or what happened for the next few days. The letters seem to imply that they spent several days together, so perhaps they went to the rest of general conference together. Whatever happened, it must have been a good meeting, as the letters will show.
I will try to post new letters regularly, so check back. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the letters, so I hope you will too.


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This morning,
I posted 'time flies' in both Facebook and Twitter.
Now, I am posting it in my blog.
Time's really fast!
I have so many assignments waiting me to complete.
I have many things to do.
I planned to read 50 books this year.
I need to read one book each week.
This week is the 5th week of 2010,
yet I completed just the third book today.
I am really behind the time a lot!
I need to chase it back faster!

subset: commoncrawl


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I'm really smitten by the Malifaux game, so much so that i'm tinkering with a simple campaign system. It would go like this:
* 10 game campaign
* the player with the most accumulated VPs win
* Sudden death victory is awarded to the player who completes 8 different schemes in order (selected at the start of the campaign).
* players must select a faction at the beginning of the campaign and stick with it.
Standard Malifaux rules apply for crew selection and gameplay.
What do you guys think?


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I noticed this in today's newspaper. No evidence? Or is the AG not looking very hard? Maybe no one is talking? They sure weren't too careful a couple of years ago, when I was in Empire, browsing the NYS wines. I asked a man who worked there (not one of the young clerks, based on what he said he must have been more involved in the business, perhaps the manager or owner) whether they carried one of my favorite Finger Lakes wines, Fox Run?
He said no, and he wouldn't be carrying it ever because the vintner supported changing the law so that wine can be sold in supermarkets. He said why shouldn't liquor store owners punish them for that position by refusing to sell their wine? The way he said it sounded like he expected me to be sympathetic, which I am not.
I love Fox Run, have even visited the winery. It is extremely hard to find in the Capital District, and maybe that's why. It makes me mad to think that some type of orchestrated effort on the part of store owners is harming Fox Run.
I would also really like the convenience of wine in the grocery store. I'm sure it would generate tax revenue, and be good for the agricultural sector. I think it is a win-win all around.
I said nothing to the guy at Empire, but I was extremely uncomfortable. It seems so inappropriate for a store owner to spout off politically to a customer. I happen to know that liquor stores mostly make a fortune. And while I might be able to gin up some sympathy for a mom and pop operation on Main Street, I feel not a bit of concern for a behemoth like Empire. Sure, it is extremely competitive both in price and selection. Efficient place, hard not to be impressed when you go there.
But it is doing to small local stores what big boxes did to smaller retailers - weakening them, putting some on the verge of going out of business. So why would I feel bad if supermarkets competed with Empire? What goes around comes around, if you ask me. The icing on the cake is that it would benefit the NYS wine industry.
So I don't buy that there was no evidence. Something else is going on, likely something borderline unethical. The liquor store lobby is more powerful than the wineries. That's too bad.


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Cappella Cantorum, a community chorus, is celebrating its 45th Anniversary Season under the continuous musical direction and Co-Founder Barry Asch of Old Saybrook. Cappella has been invited to sing the Dururfle "Requiem" in a Festival Chorus with the Masterworks Series in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City on Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. The Durufle "Requiem" reflects a Gregorian Chant influence.
A Deep River performance of the "Requiem" and the Easter section of Handel's "Messiah" will be Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m., John Winthrop Middle School, One Winthrop Road.
For additional Information visit http://www.cappellacantorum.org.


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ERIC Number: ED072424
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1971
Pages: 166
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The Effect of Native Dialect and Written Language Structure on Reading Comprehension in Negro and White Elementary School Children.
Jaggar, Angela Maestri
Two groups of children in grades 3 and 4 (80 lower-socioeconomic Negro children whose native speech dialect was Negro nonstandard English and 80 middle-class white children whose native dialect was standard English) were given two 50-item cloze reading comprehension tests to determine the effect of native speech dialect and written language structure on reading comprehension. The tests--one constructed from stories written in standard English and the other from the same stories written in Negro nonstandard dialect--were scored by an exact deletion method and a modified deletion method. Results revealed that both groups had better comprehension for stories written in standard English and that there was a significant relationship between the subjects' ability to comprehend written standard English and Negro nonstandard dialect; however, this relationship was weaker for the Negro subjects, indicating systematic differences in the test performance of the two groups. It was suggested that linguistic interference from a native dialect may not cause serious problems at the third and fourth grade level, but that if structural interference is a source of reading problems for lower class Negro children, then the effects are probably most serious at a younger age when they have competence only in their native dialect. (Author/HS)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cloze Procedure, Grade 3, Grade 4, Interference (Language), Nonstandard Dialects, Reading Comprehension, Socioeconomic Status, Standard Spoken Usage, Written Language
University Microfilms, A Xerox Company, Dissertation Copies, Post Office Box 1764, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 (Order No. 72-11,461, MFilm $4.00, Xerography $10.00)
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Located in the heart of Seattle, Washington, the Seahawks play on a level above the rest. Not only does the stadium offer spacious views of downtown, but it was specifically constructed to amplify sound. So much so, that the fans have set numerous world records for the highest decibel reading during a home game. Seahawks fans are the definition of loud and proud.
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No matter your team, we hope you'll agree these stadiums are all winners in their own right. That said, we understand there are few feelings more powerful than watching your favorite team step foot on your favorite field. We wish you all a stellar season, and if you get hit hard on your way to the big game, we'll be there to reverse the call. Because, as always, we're here to restore the rhythm of your life, and get your car back in the game.


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♥ミ⇒ How can I support this Project?
↘ If you have Paypal, you can send a donation through our Donation Tracker.
↘ You can send concealed cash to a trustworthy member of the Staff who is living in: US (cenara), Asia (`Alice☆엞랑), or Europe (La'MISS:fairy), according to your convenience. All addresses can be found here. The currency is irrelevant, we'll get it exchanged.
♥ミ⇒ Donations: Extra Information
↘ This Birthday Project is roughly estimated to be worth US$500.
↘ Your donations count towards Ryeowook's Project; if not all is spent, it will be used for future projects.
↘ You can donate as much as you want; the minimum donation amount is US$5.
↘ If the goal amount is surpassed, you can still donate.
↘ If you want to donate to Ryeowook's Project only, please state so in the notes when you process your donation, or send concealed cash.
♥ミ⇒ SJ-World Project Gifts
To. RYEOWOOK
To. RYEOWOOK
↘ MAIN GIFT: Piano-shaped Music Box
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↘ GIFT #02: Italian Leather Composer's Book
↘ We do know that composers use mainly their computer, but it's something pretty and personalised with a meaning behind it. (especially with his first self-composed song coming out in the 3rd album repackage.)
↘ GIFT #04: Clothes/accessories
↘ GIFT #05: Clothes/accessories
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This is another project asking for everyone's participation!
The project will be organised the same way as Eunhyuk's candies project, but this time we would like you to send in music CDs by artists from YOUR country, that are sung in your native language (or whichever language is mostly used by your country's artists)!
It can be any type of music - the aim is to help Ryeowook discover other musical styles, not just things we know he already likes.
You can send either brand new CDs or your own old CDs, if they are in good enough condition. (CD not scratched and plays well, box not broken)
DO NOT ask to send mix CDs you've made yourself! Only actual CD albums will be given to Ryeowook.
YOU NEED TO SEND ALL CDS BEFORE JUNE 7th
That's two weeks before Ryeowook's birthday, and two weeks is the average time it takes for shipped packages to arrive in Korea. (If you use express shipping, you can send CDs after the deadline.)
It might be easier if people from the same country can get together and arrange to send all their CDs at the same time.
Also remember to properly package the CDs when you send them, because we can't give Ryeowook any that are broken!
Obviously we want to make sure that the same CD isn't sent twice by anyone, so if you want to participate and send in an album, please check THIS TOPIC first to make sure nobody else has already listed it.
If nobody has, leave a comment in that thread with the name of the artist(s) and album(s) you're sending.
Everyone can send as many CDs as they want, as long as they're all by artists from your country!
Note for American & Canadian people: To make this more fun, also try to go for more underground and less well known artists and not take the ones Ryeowook probably knows already.
Note for Chinese people: Try to avoid all the artists we already know Ryeowook likes, like Lee hom, Jay Chou, etc. He probably has them already.
-- Send one or more music CDS from your OWN country in your OWN language to Ryeowook!
-- Remember that the idea is to help him discover new music, so please avoid artists that are already famous worldwide.
-- Check this thread and leave a comment telling us which CD(s) you're going to send!
-- Make sure all CDs are well-protected and packaged, and send them BEFORE JUNE 7TH to this address:
Alice Barthelemy
서울시 서대문구 창천동 29-81외 13필지
신촌르메이에르타운 5차 915호
120-180 South Korea
If you can't read korean language, use this image
서울시 서대문구 창천동 29-81외 13필지
신촌르메이에르타운 5차 915호
120-180 South Korea
If you can't read korean language, use this image
If you're not used to writing in Korean, the best thing to do would be to print out the address and attach it to your package!
Also always add in your package the country you come from! So we can give the Cds to Ryeowook by countries!
If your post office requires you to write the romanised address for custom forms, use this:
Alice Barthelemy
Remember that this is ONLY to be used on CUSTOMS FORMS -- the package itself must be labelled with the KOREAN ADDRESS or we won't ever receive the CDs you send!
♥ミ⇒ Wrap up & Reminders
↘ Ryeowook's birthday is on June 21st, it's in a month from now.
↘ Cds can be sent starting from Today, Do not send anything after June 7th or it might not arrive in time (except express shipping)
↘ Donations can be sent starting from Today, there is NO deadline.
↘ Paypal: Donation Tracker.
↘ Concealed cash to: US, Asia, or Europe
Thank you VERY MUCH for everything!
All your future donations will be highly appreciated,
let's show Ryeowook he has many loving and caring fans all over the world. ♥
If you have any questions, please ask here! :)
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Things You Might Have Mentioned Earlier
Dearest co-worker,
I am very thankful that you were able to get us a new, used printer for the office. I appreciate the opportunity to have colour printing that is not smeared like a 4-year-olds finger painting. I was blessed by the encouragement you gave me when I mentioned setting it up this afternoon because I had a very important, time sensitive, colour project to print and I was eager to see what crisp, sharp, detailed goodness it would produce.
The next morning you listened patiently while I complained about my failed efforts and then politely said, "Oh yes, the colour cartridge is defective. Well need to get a new one. I guess I should have mentioned that."
Ya think???


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text: Marvin Russell Lennarson, age 80, passed away Aug. 12, 2003 at Windsor Park Manor, Carol Stream, IL. Long time resident of Peoria, IL, beloved husband of the late Margaret H. Lennarson, nee Swanson; loving father of Helen, Mark, Paul, Jim (Debbie), Pete (Laura) and Margaret (Shaun) Fauley; proud grandfather of Brandon, Reese, Helen, Jessica, Jenelle, Alex, Holly, Taylor, Kaylin and Jack; fond brother of Larry Lennarson. Mr. Lennarson will be remembered for his Christian leadership as father and husband and head of his household. He was a dependable provider for his family throughout his life. Memorial service will be held on Friday Aug. 29, 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 715 N. Carlton Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187 630-668-5747. Graveside service at Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL on Aug. 30, 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to Windsor Park Manor, 124 Windsor Park Dr., Carol Stream, IL 60188 800-682-4388 would be greatly appreciated.


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Moshe Barasch. Icon: Studies in the History of an Idea. New York University Press (1992)
Sceptics and philosophers of the critical tradition, who so violently denounce idolatry and even the production of idols, seem hardly to have asked in detail why these images are made, and what it is that moves people to making and worshiping them. Philo [of Alexandria] seems occasionally to have departed from this inherited limitation; he did wonder, at least from time to time, what might be the reason for such production. In one of his most interesting essays, On Drunkenness, we read,Man, who is devoid of any consideration, who is blinded as to his mind, by which alone the living God is comprehensible, does, by means of that mind, never see anything anywhere, but sees all the bodies that are in the outward world by his own outward senses, which he looks upon as the causes of all things which exist.On which account, beginning to make gods for himself, he has filled the world with images and statues, and innumerable other representations, made out of all kinds of materials, fashioned by painters and statuaries, whom the lawgiver banished to a distance from his state.Philo uses passionate language to describe humanity's desire to see God. Of Moses he says that he "so insatiably desires to behold" God that "he will never cease from urging his desire," and though he "is aware that he desires a matter which is difficult of attainment, or rather which is wholly unattainable, he still strives on." But people who do not have the spiritual powers of Moses, we understand, attempt to substitute images of their own making for the true God they cannot attain. People, then, make idols not simply out of stupidity, but because of profound desire that will forever remain unfulfilled. In modern parlance one could say that images are the product of humanity's tragic limitation.


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Thursday, February 17, 2011
wild chickens
FITZGERALD, Ga. — At the end of the day in Fitzgerald, when shop owners hang up "closed" signs and the fierce heat fades, chickens come out of the shadows. They hop across Main Street. They scratch on lawns, with one ropy foot cocked in the air. Roosters, their wattles electric red, chase hens around azaleas.
It's been 30 years since wild chickens began roaming the town's streets, the unintended result of an experiment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. People learned to accommodate and even appreciate them: Traffic stops while rows of fluffy chicks cross to safety and hop up on the curb. "Love Dem Wild Chickens," reads a bumper sticker.
A government biologist named Gardiner Bump in the late 1960s asked to use a nearby fish hatchery to introduce an exotic bird to the Georgia forest — one that he thought might become a craze among hunters, like the runaway success of the ringneck pheasant, a bird from China that was propagated in North Dakota.
The bird in question was the Burmese red jungle fowl, native to central India. The ancient progenitor of all breeds of domestic chickens
Under the Raj in India, British colonial officers had considered them prime hunting birds. When flushed, they "blasted into the air with a flurry of wings," said I. Lehr Brisbin Jr., a professor of biology at the University of Georgia who is an authority on the bird.
The experiment, however, was disastrous. When released, the birds exploded into the air as expected — but they perished in the woods, and their chicks were gobbled up by raccoons and foxes.
By the mid-1970s, the results were so discouraging that employees killed the remaining birds, destroyed their eggs and shut the experiment down, said Frank Parrish, 74, who spent 30 years with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Not all the birds died — that much is clear. Parrish offers a commonly accepted explanation: A well-connected Fitzgerald man — whose name has remained a secret — persuaded the hatchery superintendent to give him a few jungle-fowl eggs, which he slipped under a bantam hen. The chicks bonded with their adoptive mother and went on to breed with bantams, and were allowed to roam free, Parrish said.
Descendants settled on the west side, among the stately houses of the city's leading families. They wake before dawn and spend the day hopping from one yard to another, scratching for bugs. They have little apparent fear of humans or other animals.
That is the story of the wild chickens of Georgia. This was a article in 2004 and if they still roam in spite of efforts to rid the town of them I know not.
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So Luke & Noah are apparently this young same-sex couple on the daytime drama, "As The World Turns". They appear to be a nice, loving couple (well, as nice & loving as any couple can be on daytime TV, I guess) but it seems the boys haven't been seen kissing since September! They got close apparently, but, in an episode that aired during this past Christmas season, when it looked like they were perilously close to "doing the deed," the camera panned up to the mistletoe instead, leaving the rest up to our imaginations! What's that about? If they had been a young opposite sex couple in Soap-land, they'd have done more than kiss, I'd wager!
According to CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/03/apontv.missingkisses.ap/index.html), it seems like ATWT's fans are engaging in a letter-writing protest! They aren't complaining about the fact that the CBS soap is addressing such a story line, though. NO! They are complaining because it's been nearly 6 months since the two young men have shared an on-screen kiss...and the fans want MORE! How truly delightful!!
I don't watch soaps (anymore) and I don't know anything about the couple, but the fact that the Soap Opera Powers That Be can't see fit to find a even a few moments to indulge the "voyeuristic intentions" of their audience and Let My People Kiss is just a little suspicious-sounding to me! Considering the need to keep things heated up in order to hook the fans into watching day after day after day, men & women kissing is pretty tame stuff in soap operas, but when the two people locking lips are of the same-sex, it appears that, in this case, ATWT has a bad case of cold feet! As Mrs. Slocumbe would say in Are You Being Served?: Weak as water! Anyway, I hope the fans keep fighting the good fight!
Of course, I may be a tad prejudiced, but I just don't think there's enough boys kissing boys on TV!
Here's a clip of the two young men in question in action (from August of 2007).
WARNING: If you fear that two guys kissing might severely offend your delicate sensibilities and/or make you light-headed, you may wish to pass on this clip. Otherwise, click away!!


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Michelle Kinney in her article "Of Mice and Marginalization" talks about her decision to teach Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and Men to her 10th grade ELA class. Similarly, I am in the midst of teaching the novel to my 9th grade students, so I was excited to get her perspectives on the book and her unit. As I continued to read Kinney's article, I began to become aware of some of our other similarities. She also teaches in a middle/upper middle class high school where many parents are educated and invested in their children's educations. Kinney explains, "Like many of the parents at Madison's Back to School Night, Meredith's mother was white, middle class, and well educated. Back at Marshall, where many parents were bogged down by making ends meet and other obligations, we were lucky to see a handful of parents show up at Back to School Night. At Madison the room was packed. I wasn't used to this kind of crowd." She then goes on to discuss the fact that she was "persuaded" by parents to stop teaching A Long Way Gone, a memoir of a boy's experience as a child slave during the civil war in Sierra Leone, because it was "too violent." This type of parental pressure is all too common in schools. Many times we as teachers feel pressured by parents to change grades/curriculum/practices and many times the administration backs these parents. While most parents have good intentions and their children's best interests at heart; occasionally, there are parents who don't value teachers nor trust them to do the job they've been trained to do.
While teaching Of Mice and Men, Kinney found that many of the Latino and black students in her class had "checked out" due to stereotypical roles portrayed in the novel. After reflecting on her experience in caving under parental pressure and teaching a novel she wasn't necessarily 100% comfortable with, Kinney asks, "Do I teach books that a narrow but vocal segment of the community promotes, or do I return to teaching equally challenging novels, plays, poems, and nonfiction works that speak to all students in terms of the themes and characters they introduce? I began the year prepared to have conversations about the suitability of the literature some parents expect to see on my syllabus. I decided to trust myself, my education, and my own experiences when making critical decisions about what will work for everyone in our increasingly diverse school, not just those whose parents are able to show up for Back to School Night." Essentially, Kinney decides to stand up to parents and trust her own experience and expertise. I think it is vitally important that we do this as educators. As long as we are coming from a place of sincerity and preparedness, we should never simply teach or do what parents "suggest" we do. WE are the educators. WE are the experts in our fields. I would never think of telling a doctor how to perform surgery or what test to give to a patient, nor would I expect anyone to tell me how to differentiate instruction or manage a class. I think sometimes people have the mentality that...Oh, she's just a teacher...I could do that job. I resoundingly answer...NO! You could not do my job without the necessary skill, training and (hopefully) passion that I have! We educators need to stand up for ourselves and our fellow colleagues and not let certain (and it's not a ton of people but definitely a few) individuals dictate what we teach or don't teach in the classroom.
**Interesting link to an article about the sometimes difficult "dicey" relationship between teachers and parents.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Colorblindness vs. Color Insight
In their piece "Colorblindness is the New Racism," Armstrong and Wildman make a case that the term "colorblind" in regards to a cultural "touchstone in race discourse" (64) is in fact hindering the idea it sets forth. In other words, the authors are suggesting that the colorblind mentality (not paying any attention to color or racial differences) is not working and actually… ironically…has worked against its fundamental components. OK…I get the idea…I get the term…however, I don't think in reality anyone could ever really believe that "it"….colorblindness…could ever exist in the real world. We all well aware of race and color and in denying that fact we are simply pretending. What the authors are suggesting is that we create a new term and thus a new mentality in "color insight" (65). Color insight involves four steps with the ultimate goal of understanding both race as an underlying context and the systems of power and privilege. However, it also asks us to come to a deeper understanding about individuals (the "me") as people with distinct histories and perspectives and not simply a color or a label.
Armstrong and Wildman argue that whites in general do not really think too much about their own race. The authors see this unawareness as privilege playing out in many scenarios. "Whites tend not to notice that they too have a race and their own race carries social meaning and generally positive presumptions" (66). I tend to agree with this idea; I think that most whites take for granted that their race allows them a certain power and privilege in most aspects of life. I thought it was particularly interesting to read excerpts from students who were asked to notice race in their worlds for a 24 hour period. It was only in this acute awareness and self reflection that they became more aware of how their "whiteness" gave them certain advantages and how others' "non-whiteness" worked against them. I think, as the authors suggest, that it is extremely important to be aware of privilege in our own lives but also not limit our perspective to race…or color…or gender… or class. We need to be able to delve a bit deeper and see individuals as first and foremost people; color insight allows for that.
In addition to the Armstrong/Wildman piece, I also read "stealing a bag of chips and other crimes of resistance" by Victor Rios. Rios did a study in which he follows a group of underprivileged boys and tries to get to the root of their "bad" behavior. Rios suggests that many of these boys find that the only way they earn power and respect is by committing crimes. He feels as though many of these boys have felt left out of a system which fosters and rewards "good behavior." "Feelings of exclusion from a network of positive credentials, education, and employment opportunities led to resistance identities"(50). He further suggests that, paradoxically, these boys commit crimes in response to their criminalization. "Many of the young men self-consciously 'acted stupid' as a strategy to discredit the significance of a system which had excluded and punished them"(53). They are, sadly, using the only method they know how to use to fight against a system that has excluded them. I think this idea is true and, in addition, I don't think it's changing. There is a certain culture that values crime as a way to earn power and respect. Unfortunately, events such as what happened in Ferguson, Missouri only add fuel to the fire by continuing to foster a sense of exclusion for blacks and power, control and authority for whites.
In this youtube clip, a man speaks to the culture of crime in regards to the Ferguson riots. He has also received a great deal of backlash from the black community in response to his comments...food for thought...
Saturday, September 13, 2014
The Silenced Dialogue
"We must keep the perspective that people are experts on their own lives."
In "The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children," Lisa Delpit explores the idea that people of color operate under different cultural norms and expectations than those of whites. She argues that because of these differences along with students' unawareness of the embedded "culture of power," (24) students of color are less likely than whites to succeed in the classroom. Further, she argues that students of color are not able to pick up on communicative clues when commands and directions are stated indirectly by white teachers. According to Delpit, students of color need clear and direct instructions in the classroom. "If such explicitness is not provided to students, what it feels like to people who are old enough to judge is that there are secrets being kept, that time is being wasted, and that the teacher is abdicating his or her duty to teach"(31). Delpit suggests that differences in cultural norms run so deep and are so embedded in both black and white culture that many students of color are not able to come to the playing field even ready to play. Furthermore, in some ways, these students are not even sure what game they are playing or what the rules of the game are. I find Delpit's suggestions intriguing and the implications of what she argues are mind boggling.
After reading Delpit's article and thinking about her perspective on educating students of color, I was drawn to the notion that for students to succeed in school, they need definite support and structure at home. Delpit argues that students are already at a disadvantage when they do not come to school with the necessary "culture of power" norms and routines. "This meant that the child who did not come to school already primed with what was presented would be labeled as needing "remedial" instruction from day one; indeed, this determination would be made before he or she was ever taught"(30). Students of color are well behind the proverbial eight ball before they even start school. This idea instantly reminded me of an excerpt from a Colin Powell speech in which he talks about the need for structure both at home and in the classroom.
**As a side note, I use the Powell speech and an excerpt from Helen Keller's The Story of My Life to discuss different teaching methods and ways for students to learn---which Delpit feels needs to be discussed and developed in every classroom for every student to succeed.
Powell, like Delpit, feels as though students of color are placed at a disadvantage right off the bat, not because of intellectual capability, but because they haven't been given the tools of structure they need to succeed at home. After contemplating this idea, I agree wholeheartedly. I think about my own children and the emphasis I placed on reading to them at home and how well this one habit has served them in school. Imagine if my home was one in which my children were not read to frequently and at an early age? I'm sure if that was the case, they would not have succeeded as well as they have in school. I never even thought about this before…and that's probably because I am part of the "culture of power" Deplit keeps coming back to. However, I know that I am…and I know that some aren't…and knowing is half the battle. The other half is figuring out a way to work with that knowledge in my classroom and my life.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Privilege, Power, and Difference...
Interestingly enough, a majority of the ideas Allan Johnson mentions in his article "Privilege, Power, and Difference" have been swirling around in my mind for most of my adult life. As a woman especially, it is easy to see how male privilege plays a role in my everyday existence. Whether males are being quickly being promoted or I am constantly scrutinized on my appearance, I know what it feels like to feel "Oppressed." Obviously, I fall under the upper middle class/white category as well so I know how it feels to be "privileged." I think the most important fact that Johnson mentions is that we can only imagine what it feels like to be oppressed. We can sympathize (and maybe empathize...); however, we can never truly experience what others have experienced as an oppressed group. (Not to mention fathom all the history behind their oppression.) The mentality that some of us hold that "Everything is ok...or Racism doesn't exist" is something that everyone in our American society needs to challenge. Everything is not ok; in fact, racism...and sexism...and homophobia...and a slew of other injustices still occur everyday, everywhere. It is not just being aware of their existence however; it is making a personal call to action to change whatever we can in our own...sometimes small but significant lives.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
My name is Melissa Colando. I am currently an English teacher at Cranston High School West where I have been teaching for the past seven years. In addition, I have previously taught English at the New England Laborers Construction Career Academy which is a charter school also located in Cranston. I decided to pursue a Master's Degree in Secondary Education because I feel as though education is my passion and I am hoping to extend and deepen my knowledge and experience in the field. I will have been married to my husband Jon for fifteen years this coming December. I have a daughter, Gwendolyn, who started college at Emmanuel this fall and a son, Zachary, who is a Sophomore ar Cranston West. I enjoy reading, cooking, running, and yoga. I am looking forward to a great semester...and improving my technology skills in the process!
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"An infield fly is a fair fly ball, NOT including a line drive or attempted bunt which can be caught by an infielder, pitcher or catcher with ordinary effort when first and second OR first, second and third base are occupied with less than 2 out. There is judgment by the umpire what ordinary effort is."
But if your glove looks shaky because the ball is so high that it probably went by the Milky Way on it's way down and it looks like you are not giving enough of an effort, even if the ball touches your glove on the way down....the infield fly rule will not be called.
But don't worry, when you botch a catch and the shortstop is there to back you up, you end up with an unassisted double out at second.
Unassisted double play you say? How can that be? This is how it can be. *Shortstop Lou fielded the ball that rolled off the tip of my glove, and threw it to Tyler who gave chase to the guy running from second to third. Scared, the guy ran back to second. But NO! Not possible! There is someone coming from first to second! What now?! Tag 'em. Both. The girl coming from first to second doesn't know what to do when someone is already there--she can't go back, the batter is at first, but she can't go forward because someone is still there...life must go on, 2 outs at second.
And just like that, we held them all game. Up by three in the first inning--and not one more run to show for it. There were some good catches, some good stops, and a lot of teamwork. The The Team really stepped it up. AND we got runs. Walks and Runs, hits and catches, plays like a real team.
The Team 7 - Variety Pak 3 (this might not be the actual final score)
*It has come to my attention that the botched catch + the 2 outs at second may not have happened at the same time, but, whatever, it SOUNDS good, right?
Sunday, July 27, 2008
The Infield Fly Rule
Labels: Game Recap, WIN
4 comments:
- chris. said...
That infield fly call was bogus. WAY bogus.
- July 28, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Jenny said...
That final score is correct.
- July 28, 2008 at 1:28 PM
- Tyler said...
No, the double play was a grounder to third. But you got the rest right, the dude tried to run back to second and then the girl didn't know what to do.
We almost got another double play an inning or two later when I tagged a guy and then threw to second, but the throw went over Sandy's head.
- July 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Infield Fly Rule
TV is not shown like this!
Watch now: http://tubedirects.net/index.php?q=infield-fly-rule
Cooolll! ))Highly recommended!
- October 27, 2008 at 11:36 PM
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So, between the flea market for the morning outting with the kids, we some how managed to make an appointment to see a John Deer riding mower, grab a bike for our daughter and made another appointment to pick up an Ikea lounger that we can place on the front porch so I can be the noisy neighbour staring at the in and outs of people. Well I volunteered to wear a tank top, sit on the front porch with a "shotgun" and have an old dog lying right beside me but Kari said NO. So with that we pawned off the kids, drove to see the John Deer mower, came home to paint the porch posts, and then the most amazing thing happened while I was painting. A Honda Fit came by and low'n behold the 12.5 HP John Deer tractor was piled in the back. We also drive a Honda Fit and never in our wildest dreams would we think it would be able to fit that. So paint-done, John Deer mower-done, and Ikea lounger was for later-got it too. Oh, my scabby came off too!
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2. There are police everywhere.
3. If you are a female and you pass a male standing/sitting on the side of the street, there is a 95% chance he will make some sort of comment to you. Regardless of what you are wearing or look like. There is an even greater chance this comment will make no sense, but you will undoubtedly know what is intended.
4. Even though New York is very fast paced, you have to have a lot of patience to live here.
5. As long as a car is more than 10 feet away, it is perfectly acceptable to walk in front of it. Even if they have a green light and are a speeding trash truck.
6. When you get onto a crowded subway car, you will know who the locals are. They are the ones complaining how they don't have any room or how your bag is touching them. You would think they would be used to it.
7. Do not, under any circumstances, get into the black cabs with no clear identification.
8. There is a fortunate lack of blonds here.
9. You need cash, and a lot of it. Get out as much as possible whenever you can.
10. If you are a germaphobe, agoraphobe, xenophobe, or claustrophobic, you will not do well here.


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SWWC Service Cooperative was first organized in May of 1966 by a group of educators interested in developing cooperative programs among small schools in the area. The agency was initially named the Southwest and West Central Educational Research and Development Council, and an office was established at Southwest Minnesota State College in 1967. Over the past fifty years, SWWC has grown and now serves the 18 counties of southwest and west central Minnesota. Offices are located in Marshall, Windom, Willmar and Pipestone – and educational learning centers are located in Belview, Cosmos, Pipestone, Willmar and Windom. Learn more at www.swsc.org.
FEATURED MEMBER: Quality Inn & Suites
The building was built and opened in 1990. It is a 2 story hotel with 50 rooms with an indoor pool and hot tub. It changed from a Comfort Inn to Quality Inn in May 2016. We offer a free hot breakfast every morning, free wi-fi, 100% smoke free rooms, and also are pet friendly. We are conveniently located next to Southwest Minnesota State University. Get Your Money's Worth at the Marshall Quality Inn.
Learn more at https://www.choicehotels.com/minnesota/marshall/quality-inn-hotels/mn016
FEATURED MEMBER: Legal Estate Planning Solutions, PLLC
At Legal Estate Planning Solutions, PLLC, we strive to help you answer your Estate Planning and Asset Protection questions for both Minnesota and South Dakota. Estate Planning is ALL I do! Our objective is to provide you with the information and education you need to feel comfortable directing your own, personalized estate plan. I work with my clients as I would my own family and look for the easiest, most efficient and cost-effective means to achieve your planning goals. Our Estate Planning Solutions are custom tailored to meet your individual needs and desires. Contact us today for your FREE initial consultation!
Learn more at www.legalestatesolutions.com
NEW MEMBER: Studio Z Interiors
Studio Z Interiors is a full service interior design firm working with both residential and commercial clients.
Learn more at www.studiozinteriors.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Advance Opportunities
Advance Opportunities, formerly Lyon County DAC, is a private, non-profit agency that provides quality employment and training for adults with intellectual or developmental disABILITIES (like autism, down syndrome, brain injury or mental health). Advance Opportunities is proud to serve over 114 adults in Marshall and surrounding area. A team of 40 job coaches/management provide transportation, job support and help with daily living skills. This year, Advance Opportunities will be celebrating 55 years!
Learn more at www.advanceopp.org
NEW MEMBER: MG Home Inspections
I am a certified home inspector serving Marshall and Southwestern Minnesota. I also provide radon testing. I look forward to working with you.
Learn more at www.mghomeinspectionsmn.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Great Plains Natural Gas
Great Plains Natural company serves natural gas to app 21,000 customers in 18 Minnesota communities. GPNG currently has 7 employees working out of the Marshall Office. Natural gas was brought in to Marshall in 1966.
Learn more at www.gpng.com
FEATURED MEMBER: HyVee Food Store
We started in Marshall at the current Dollar Store location in 1974 and started in our current building in 2001. We employ 200+ part time and 90 Full/Regular time people from the community. We have passion for customer service which comes from our logo, Where there's a helpful smile in every aisle. Our fastest growing department is Aisles Online. This department fits customers with a busy lifestyle or don't have easy access to our store. April 30th is our grand opening for Starbucks! We feature the full line of full service barista counter.
Learn more at www.hy-vee.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Customer Elation
Customer Elation is a nationwide provider of call center services, telephone answering service and virtual receptionist service for clients who want the capabilities of a large call center with the attention and customization of a specialized service provider.
Customer Elation opened its operations in Marshall in 2009.
Learn more at www.customerelation.com
NEW MEMBER: WoMen's Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP)
The WoMen's Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP) is a non-profit tax-exempt organization which received its determination letter on May 29, 1997 from the Internal Revenue Service. The main purposes of WRAP is to provide safety options, shelter, and advocacy and referral services for battered women and their children and alleviate domestic violence in the communities of Southwest Minnesota. This grass roots network of women helping women began in October 1979.
Learn more at www.letswrap.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Southwest Tour & Travel
Southwest Coaches, Inc./Southwest Tour and Travel is a locally owned family business. Southwest Coaches Inc. has been transporting the area children since 1965 and their top priority is the children's safety. Southwest Tour and Travel, a full service Travel Agency serving the needs of Southwest Minnesota was born from of a love of travel by the original owners Marvin and Jan Hey in 1975 and this tradition continues with their sons Tom and Jim Hey today.
Learn more at www.swtourandtravel.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Applbee's
On a larger scale, Applebee's was founded in 1980 and has grown to almost 2,000 locations in the US and around the world. Our location here in Marshall, MN opened almost 20 years ago, in 1999!
As a whole, we support neighborhoods across America by contributing to national and local charities. Just last month, our Marshall location raised over $2000 for the MDA foundation!
As for our restaurant, our casual atmosphere and attentive staff will make sure you're eatin' good with our extensive menu of delicious comfort food! Right now we $10 off a $30 or more online order! What a great value!
Learn more at www.applebees.com
NEW MEMBER: Marshall Lions Club
Our 46,000 clubs and 1.4+ million members make us the world's largest service club organization. We're also one of the most effective. Our members do whatever is needed to help their local communities. Everywhere we work, we make friends. With children who need eyeglasses, with seniors who don't have enough to eat and with people we may never meet.
Learn more at www.lionsclubs.org
FEATURED MEMBER: US BAnk Branch Office
The US Bank branch was opened in 2008 and it is a full service branch located downtown Marshall at the corner of E. College Dr and Main St.
US Bank's headquarters are located in Minneapolis and is the 5th largest bank in the country.
Our relationships are built on trust that we build every day through every interaction. Our employees are empowered to do the right thing to ensure they share our customers' vision for success. We work as a partner to provide financial products and services that make banking safe, simple and convenient. We're here to help navigate important milestones and strengthen futures together.
Learn more at www.usbank.com
NEW MEMBER: North Central Reforestation
North Central Reforestation, LLC., has been specializing in growing containerized tree seedlings for over 30 years. Learn more at www.NCRtrees.com
FEATURED MEMBER: AmericInn
AmericInn has 62 rooms and is 100% smoke free. Residential, whirlpool, fireplace & two room suites available, all with a microwave & refrigerator. Hot Breakfast, Indoor pool & whirlpool available. Meeting room for up to 100 people!
AmericInn is also the sponsor for the Let's Connect networking breakfasts hosted by the Chamber!
Learn more at www.americinn.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Marshall Independent
The Marshall Independent is your source for local news, sports and information. Established in 1874, the Independent is a six-day-a-week publication, including a weekend edition delivered Saturday morning. Earlier this year, the Independent redesigned the Country Spirit, which is now delivered to every residence in Lyon and Lincoln counties, offering advertisers a unique opportunity to saturate an entire market with their message.
Learn more at www.marshallindependent.com
NEW MEMBER: Coleman Management, LLC
Real Estates sales in Marshall, MN.
FEATURED MEMBER: Marshall Convention & Visitors BUreau
Visiting Marshall? We have everything you need to make your stay here perfect.
Learn more at www.visitmarshallmn.com
NEW MEMBER: Anavah Consulting, LLC
A company with a passion for finding business and organizational solutions with an eye toward customer and employee experiences. My company's mission is to help small businesses and outdoor organizations become people-centric and sustainable so that Main Street grows and Mother Nature flourishes.
Learn more at www.anavahconsulting.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Open Door Health Center
Open Door Health Center (ODHC) is an independently owned and operated, non profit clinic, with its main site in Mankato. ODHC has been providing affordable medical, dental, and behavioral health care to Southern Minnesotans for over 20 years. In March 2017, Western Mental Health Center (WMHC) and ODHC partnered to allow ODHC to provide family practice medical care inside the WMHC building at 1212 E College Drive. Dental services are provided at our Clarkfield location. Referrals are made for specialty services or mental health needs.
Private insurance plans are accepted, as well as state plans. Discounts are determined based on income and household size. Same day visits may be available. Services available include
- Family practice medical care
- Exams and physicals for all ages
- Immunizations (vaccines)
- Prenatal care
- Chronic disease management (diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid issues)
- Free breast cancer and colon cancer screenings for those who qualify through Sage and Sage Scopes
- Wellness coaching, including nutrition, fitness and tobacco cessation
- Full onsite laboratory
- Partner pharmacy available at this location
- Referrals for specialty care
- And more!
Learn more at www.odhc.org
NEW MEMBER: Country Enterprises, Inc
Country Enterprises, Inc. - a rural MN manufacturer that produces many agricultural related items such as field tile markers, intake markers, safety flags, city utility and fire hydrant markers, snow plow markers, recreational safety flags, steel banding, and much much more. Check out all our products online. Download our catalog and tell a friend about us.
Learn more at www.countryent.net
NEW MEMBER: Elysian Chiropractic Center
Elysian Chiropractic Center is a family and pediatric wellness office. Our mission is to take your family's health from good to great! We strive to empower families to take control of their health because we understand that true health comes from the inside-out. Our job is to remove neurological interference in order to allow you to live your best life.
Learn more at www.elysianchiropracticcenter.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Borch's Sporting Goods
Borchs Sporting goods was opened in 1963. Borchs is a full line sporting goods store featuring Hunting, Fishing, Athletic. Team sales and Casual clothing and Shoes. Borch's also does Screen Printing,Embroidery and Heat Transfer.
Learn more at www.borchs.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Minnwest Bank
At Minnwest Bank, we build relationships with doers — the people who start with a dream and are committed to turning it into reality.
At Minnwest Bank, we are committed to diversity and inclusion in all that we do — from our workplace, to our communities and to our customers.
At Minnwest Bank we are serving communities to get things done.
Minnwest Bank was founded in 1987 and Minnwest Bank Marshall opened in June of 1996. There are 24 locations serving in Minnesota and South Dakota.
Learn more at www.minnwestbank.com
NEW MEMBER: Enviropump pump plus, llc
Providing portable toilet rental and service, commerical and residental pumping; sewer jetting and telvised sewer inspection to Marshall and all of Southwest Minnesota.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/EnviroPumpPlus.Balaton/
FEATURED MEMBER: Titan MAchinery
Titan Machinery purchased the existing business in 2003. Titan Machinery owns and operates a network of full-service agriculture and construction equipment dealerships in the United States and Europe. Our primary new equipment manufacturer partner is the CNHi family of brands - including Case IH, Case Construction, New Holland Agriculture, and New Holland Construction.
Titan Machinery loves being a good community member and many employees volunteer with many different organizations.
Learn more at www.titanmachinery.com
NEW MEMBER: 4K Construction
A home is the biggest purchase you'll ever make, so it's important to understand the condition of your investment. Let 4K Construction provide you with a thorough inspection and report you can rely on.
Learn more at www.4kconstructionhomeinspections.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Stella House
Stella House Airbnb, located in Balaton Minnesota, started in 2004. Family generation owned. Quiet bungalow home good for couples, solo adventures,business travelers, and families with kids. Blocks away from Lake Yankton and a 3 par golf course. Weekly and monthly specials available. Don and Texas Swanjord started this place along with other homes as a place where people could stay and Texas's son Jason Whiteman took over The legacy a couple years ago.Jason and Nicki Swan manage the property. Call Jason at 507-227-3857 or Nicki at 507-227-7813 for questions or reservations.
Learn more at www.airbnb.com/rooms/14537896?sug=51
NEW MEMBER: Panka Insurance Agency
We sell and service the following lines of insurance: Auto, Home, Farm, Health, Life, Crop, Business, Disability & Annuities. We will tailor your policy to meet your specific needs so you pay only for what you need.
Learn more at www.pankainsuranceagency.com
FEATURED MEMBER: Marshall Municipal Utilities
The Marshall Municipal Utilities (MMU) is the community's water and electricity provider. The municipal utility was started in 1894, when the electorate decided to create a community water supply and start to generate electricity . Today, MMU produces about a billion gallons of clean water per year, and sells about 570,000,000 kilo-watthours of electricity. As one of 127 municipally owned electric systems in Minnesota, MMU is owned by the people it serves. The MMU Commission is made up of five appointed people. They are Scott Saugstad, Bill Ziegenhagen, Sonya Kayser, Cindy Verschaetse, and Bill Reilly. MMU General Manager since 2003 is Brad Roos.
Learn more at www.marshallutilities.com
FEATURED MEMBER: US Bank
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance is one of the largest equipment finance providers in the United States. And, we've been a major funding source for companies in almost every market sector, with transactions ranging from $50,000 to more than $50 million. We have been a proud member of the Marshall community since 2000.
Learn more at www.usbank.com
NEW MEMBER: Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus is a lay Catholic family fraternal service organization. Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to all practical Catholic men in communion with the Holy See, age eighteen and above. The term practical Catholic implies that a person accepts and abides by the Commandments of God and the precepts and tenets of the Catholic Church.
Learn more at https://kc1621.mnknights.org/
NEW MEMBER: US ARmy & Army Reserve
We recruit America's men and women for today's Army. We are committed to recruiting with integrity, and with the finest keepings of the Army values. We are a values based organization looking for people that want to defend our country.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/armymarshallmn
FEATURED MEMBER: The Dog House
The Dog House was started in June 2017 by Justin and Wendy McKinney, who wanted to provide an opportunity for area residents to kennel their dog in a facility that offers supervised play time, modern amenities, and a convenient location. They are passionate about animals, and have greatly enjoyed getting to know other dog owners since they opened. The Dog House is excited about serving Marshall and the surrounding area in 2018 and beyond!
Learn more at www.thedoghousemarshall.com
NEW MEMBER: Polish Nail Lounge
Treat yourself to a relaxing pedicure or pamper your nails with some creative free hand nail art!
Learn more at facebook.com/polishnailloungemarshall/
NEW MEMBER: LA Vintage Warehouse
Learn more on their Facebook group.
FEATURED MEMBER: Action Sports
Action Sports was started in 1979 by Tim and Donna Swenson, In 2009 Jim And Teah Swenson purchased it from Tim and Donna.
We are SW MN largest motorsports, Marine dealer….wth brands like…Polaris, Honda, Yamaha, Can Am, Sea Doo, Ski Doo, Alumacraft, Triton Trailers,Beartrack Trailers…and an all new Pontoon line up…Godfrey—with brands like Sweetwater, San Pan, Aqua Patio. We have a full service shop, parts and clothing department.
Your way to Fun….
Learn more at www.shopyourwaytofun.com
NEW MEMBER: Farm Bureau Financial Services-Kevin Byers
I'm here to make insurance simple for you. I'm committed to helping you prepare for the future and protect what matters most. Let me help you through all stages of your life.
For your insurance needs, call (507) 376-6567.
Learn more at kevinbyers.fbfsagents.com
MEET OUR BOARD: Kevin Reese, U.S. Bank
NEW MEMBER: Device Repair
Learn more at www.devicerepairmn.com
NEW MEMBER: Living Word Lutheran Church
Learn more at www.livingwordmarshall.org
FEATURED MEMBER: Seacret Direct-Karla Munkel
Karla Munkel launched Seacret in Marshall in January 2016. She enjoys sharing products that help your body heal with natural benefits of the Dead Sea.
Customers fall in love with the products once they try them. Seacret is a health and wellness company with personal care and nutrition products with minerals, salt, and mud from the Dead Sea.
Learn more at www.seacretdirect.com/kjm
NEW MEMBER: Rodan + Fields - Ellen Griebel
Learn more at egriebel.myrandf.com
NEW MEMBER: Marshall Downtown Business Association
MDBA's mission is to promote the downtown area business climate, coordinate activities and promotions, and help promote an attractive curb appeal for our downtown visitors and customers alike.
Learn more about MDBA here.
FEATURED MEMBER: 20/20 Clearview Window & Rain Gutter Cleaners
They provide quality window washing services at an affordable price!
Learn more at www.2020clearview.net
NEW MEMBER: The Tru Shrimp Company
trū® Shrimp has redefined shrimp aquaculture with our revolutionary technology. We raise the safest, cleanest, most natural shrimp possible through a sustainable and environmentally responsible approach. We have created a new paradigm of food safety that provides consumers with unprecedented transparency and traceability. Consumers know where their shrimp come from and how they were raised.
Learn more at www.trushrimpcompany.com
NEW MEMBER: Sabrina Ulrich, LICSW; Counseling Services
Bio: I am a clinical social worker providing therapy to individuals and families. I enjoy assisting people in their journey to overcome life challenges. I work with children and their families, adolescents, and women with concerns surrounding parenting difficulties, life adjustments, and blended families as well as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and behavioral issues. I utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches including Play Therapy Techniques, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Techniques. My goal is to provide a safe space for my clients to explore where they are emotionally, where they want to be, and to give them tools to reach their goals. (507) 476-0495
Learn more at www.sabrinaulrichcounseling.com
FEATURED MEMBER: PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue Company, has been operating in Marshall for 15 years. We offer staffing solutions to companies in SW Minnesota including direct hire associates, on demand labor, long term associates as well as temp to hire. Our purpose is connecting people and work.
Learn more at www.peopleready.com/market.
NEW MEMBER: Lyon County MN Republicans
Located in southwestern Minnesota, Lyon County is home to the cities of Marshall, Tracy, Cottonwood, Minneota, and many smaller towns and townships.
The Republican Party of Lyon County is dedicated to supporting and electing conservative candidates in House District 21A, Senate District 21, and Minnesota's 7th Congressional District.
Learn more at www.lyoncountygop.org
FEATURED MEMBER: Greig-Gregerson LLC
Greig-Gregerson LLC manages both Commercial and Residental Property in Marshall. We'll try to meet your needs. They offer apartments, single family homes, duplexes and many commercial office spaces in Downtown Marshall. Al Greig and Norm Gregerson both have 30 years of business and rental experience. Contact them today if you are looking for rental options!
Learn more at www.greig-gregerson.com.
NEW MEMBER: Murphy Business of Minnesota, LLC
Learn more at http://www.murphybusiness.com/minnesota
NEW MEMBER: Shopko
Learn more at www.shopko.com
FEATURED MEMBER: ACE Home & Hardware
Ace Home & Hardware is your locally owned home improvement store. We specialized in home remodeling, new construction, flooring & cabinets, a full hardware store and beer and wine making supplies. The business is owned by Jennifer Johnson and Mike Fox, which are 3rd generation owners. Roy Fox bought the business in 1965. It was just a lumber yard at the time.
Learn more at www.marshallace.com.
NEW MEMBER: Edward Jones-Snodgrass
Brent Snodgrass & Ryan Snodgrass are our newest Edward Jones members. They believe it's important to invest my time to understand what you're working toward before you invest your money. It's also important to understand the level of risk you're comfortable accepting when investing so we can balance it with the steps necessary to reach your long-term goals.
Contact Brent here. Contact Ryan here.
New MEMBER: Park N Sell
Park 'N' Sell!
Sell your vehicles or equipment including Autos, atv's, trailers, RVs, lawn equipment, boats, fish houses, skid steers & more!
Learn more at www.parknsell.info


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Winter Raider Welcome Week began the first day of spring semester, Jan. 19 and will run through Saturday Jan. 23.
There were a wide variety of events for all students to enjoy. Many organizations held their events welcoming students through fun activities in the Student Union Building and around campus. The activities offered students both new and old a chance to make new connections and friends.
The Tech Activities Board held numerous events such as Bag to School, where students to make survival kits filled with school supplies and snacks, and sponsored Mark Tollman, a mind reader and TEDx speaker.
Transfer Connection had a t-shirt swap where transfer students could bring a t-shirt from their former school for a Tech Power shirt. The traded in shirts are donated to various charities.
The Aquatic Center is holding a Polar Bear Swim on the 23rd for members of the Tech community. The pool will be chilled to 40 degrees with contests such as the Longest Swim and the Fastest 50 in the chilly water. The hot tub will be turned on for individuals that would rather watch the Polar Bear Swim than participate.
Each Welcome Week, the committee selects a service project. This years Winter Welcome service project is a blood drive with the United Blood Center.
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Lately sad things happen around me…
First, my friend has lost her being born baby. The baby died while still inside the comb, in wait to be born. She said it's a slow reaction from the "bidan" (traditional delivering baby person) to suggest her to the hospital. On the last minute, she still can feel the baby movement, but it stopped moving on the way to the hospital.
I was very sad with the news. I was hoping for another nephew and also because she's the first one between my closets friends that will become a mother. She looked very calm when I visited her. I brought her chocolate and grapes. I do hope it would cheer her up. She's very calm when telling me what has happen, sometimes we laugh. There's no tears from her. She's smiling and looking fine. I guess she has overcome the lost. She's so damn strong! I think I can't be as strong as her if I was in the same situation. I was glad and relief. Though I know it was terribly hard for her, to lost such soul that she's expected to have and had taken care for 9 months inside of her. I can feel the lost though I can't cry a tear. I'm wishing the best for her and pray that the little soul will have the most respectable place beside Allah SWT. Amen.
Second, a sudden death happen to one of my "high position" people at the office. Mr. Mula Harahap, the big boss of Tangga Pustaka has passed away because of an sudden heart attack. He was gone while he's sleeping. The news shocked me since the day before he passed away, I still seeing him. That time I was thinking to greet him Ied Mubarak, but I didn't do it. I thought I can do it later. How I regret it now that I won't ever see him again. I thought maybe I could have his last smile….
Mr. Mula was one of my respectable person. I rarely have people that I respected, so maybe he's the only one. He's tall and looking scary with his white hair, but the truth he's warm and kind inside. One thing I'm so grateful was that I don't feel as scared as the first time when I saw him. I can greet and see his warm smile, listen to his funny stories and jokes.
I have this wishes to show him this blog. I always remember his words at one training that I participated.
"A writer mustn't stop writing and reading. Keep writing though it may be meaningless. Keep reading no matter how busy you are."
His words has also encourage me to maintenance this world of mine. I wanted to show him the writings I've made. I want to know his opinions. I thought finally I have someone that I can ask his opinions for my stories. Now, all of it will be just a wishing and thought. I can't ask him to do it now. I don't want to bother his eternal sleep.
Sayounara Mula-san…though it's a short time but I'm glad I can meet you. Thanks for your sharing experiences and stories. You will surely be miss.
p.s. Was it a premonition? After the Ied Mubarak holiday, I was cleaning files on my laptop. One of the folder there was named "Pak Mula". It's the file of his training I've been participated. The training was postponed and so I still keep the training files, incase it will be started again someday. I was confused that time, should I delete it or not? Since the postponed has taken long time. But, I decide to keep it, maybe it would be useful later. Several days later Mr. Mula passed away…Now I think I can delete the files. Since he won't started the training again. So, was it a premonition??


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Margie Patton
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It looks like Gerard Butler won't be riding waves, robbing banks, and waxing poetic after all. The busy actor has pulled out of the role of Bodhi in the remake of Point Break. Butler reportedly left the project due to "creative differences and scheduling conflicts."
Production on the movie will go ahead as scheduled with filming starting in June. Luke Bracey will take on the role of undercover FBI agent turned surfer dude Johnny Utah, played by Keanu Reeves in the 1991 original.
With Butler out of the picture, who will now fill the wetsuit and Ronald Reagan mask Patrick Swayze left behind? Any suggestions, PopWrappers?
Or do you think this remake will be a massive wipe-out regardless of casting and Butler made the right choice to paddle back to shore?
Let us know in the comments!
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(PRWEB UK) 11 October 2012
The stunning and highly capable Steel Sintesi range cookers have recently been added to the already comprehensive collection available from Rangecookers.co.uk. The Sintesi, which sits alongside the heftier Genesi stablemate, offers a degree more simplicity with a sleek, linear appearance. It has a bold yet elegant persona, perfectly balancing professional and domestic which does wonders to inspire confidence in the home chef.
The Sintesi is available in 70cm, 90cm, 100cm and 120cm widths with each size sharing a solid, well put together feel which is apparent as soon as you close the triple glazed oven door, or turn a metal control knob. Quality of this kind is usually at the more expensive end of the market, but the Steel Sintesi is refreshingly well priced starting as it does at £1695 for the 70cm cooker, and increasing to £3495 for the 120cm model.
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2. Forest mine hunting mine!- chirutha.
3. Veerashankar reddy!! if plant neglect pickout cut your neck- indra.
4. Pigs only come crowd,lion comes single - shivaji.
5. That man go this man,this man go that man,that man go my mothers husband like that for power anyone come aah?- chathrapathi.
6. Mothers promise horizontally cutt!!- aadhi.
7. You know guntur? i beat here there resound will come- deshamuduru.
8. Brother do you know fruit? phattt!!!! who beat head revolve ,mind blocks he is fruit - pokiri


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Cape Town City coach Eric Tinkler aims for a positive start when they take on Kaizer Chiefs in the MTN8 quarter-finals at the Cape Town Stadium on Friday.
The former Orlando Pirates mentor insists that their clash against Amakhosi is an important clash and he insists that he plans to have the same mentality throughout the tournament.
'Yes, we treat every game irrespective of who we play, it's an important fixture for us to win,' Tinkler said.
'I've reiterated this to the players that starting off the season with a Cup like the MTN8, you got four games, you win your first title, that all there is.'
Tinkler continued to say his players should stick to keeping a positive mindset heading into the cup tie.
'It's important that you go out there with a positive mentality, with that same title mentality, particular Majoro, and Tshepo because they've been there, they've played against Chiefs before.
'We've got a few players that have signed for us, the oversea's players that have not had that experience of playing against a team like Kaizer Chiefs. the type of environment they going to encounter in terms of the fans.
'Already for some of the players walking into the stadium and listening to the Polokwane fans gave them a bit of a fright, they not use to that. It's about that adaptation as well, particularly for the foreign-based players.'
The 46-year-old coach says he will use his past 'experience and knowledge' playing against the Glamour Boys to give his side an edge over Steve Komphela's men.
'It's important for me as a coach to take that experience and knowledge that I have of past games against Kaizer Chiefs and obviously with the aid and help of those players to ensure that we get a positive result.
Kick-off has been set for 20:00.


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My husband and I were driving north in West Boca Raton, Florida around 12:15 a.m.
We both saw 20-30 orange orbs in a constellation like pattern (the only one we could recognize was something that looked like the big/little dipper).
They were about 1,500 feet in the air. At first, they were stationary, and then the pattern condensed or contracted. They moved relatively slowly, and eventually they began to disappear in a random order. A few remained when a large firework exploded in their general area, and they all disappeared at once.
I would have liked to explain them as being Chinese lanterns, as I have seen many people suggest on the internet, but they moved in a way that no wind could have moved them (i.e. condensing them in the exact pattern they were hovering in).
My husband and I have seen several similar reports of this in the area and are quite perplexed by the sighting.
Thank you for any information and for your blog that proved to us that we weren't the only ones seeing this phenomenon.
If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind enough to contact Brian Vike at: email@example.com with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept confidential.
Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.
The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/
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