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Gavin The Main Ma'ho'n as QPR Beat Cardiff...
QPR 1-0 Cardiff
A goal from substitute, Gavin Mahon ten minutes from time, gave the R's victory over previosly undeafeted on their travels, Cardiff, who ended the game with just nine men.
Sadly, as always when Cardiff come to town, the police were out in force which may have made it uncomfortable for some outside the stadium, but the pre match entertainment today came at the Springbok pub where a certain purchase of mine at Ipswich last week, was yet again a topic of conversation. With that,also came some, let's just say, healthy banter exhanged between supporters as an escorted group of Cardiff fans were marched past the pub at about 2.30.
Moving onto the game and during an easily forgettable first half, Darren Purse was given a straight red card for a quite awful challenge on Lee Cook. Before then, in truth, Cardiff were having slightly the better of things and Rangers rarely threatened, as was the case for the remainder of the half.
Onto the second, Rangers were still struggling to make the extra man count, until some inspired substitutions from Gareth Ainsworth, swung the game in Rangers favour with Buzsaky, Mahon and Agyemang all joining the game. Buzsaky had a 30-yard drive pushed away by Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton and Cardiff looked like securing a deserved draw when Agyemang, although offside, fired the rebound wide.
But on 80 minutes, the R's finally made the breakthrough when Peter Ramage delivered a superb cross from the right for Gavin Mahon, who rose to head home superbly.Things got worse for Cardiff three minutes from time, when the annoying Comminges received his second booking in as many minutes for dissent, and was given his marching orders. But despite being down to nine men, Cerny produced a last-gasp save to keep out Roger Johnson's header in stoppage time.
QPR: Cerny, Stewart, Hall, Blackstock, Rowlands, Ramage, Connolly, Cook, Tommasi (Mahon 67), Ledesma (Buzsaky 55), Di Carmine (Agyemang 71). Subs: Cole, Delaney.
Lofty's Man of the Match - Matthew Connolly. Credit also to Peter Ramage who had his best game in a QPR shirt to date.
In summary, this was by no means the best game in the world, but a great result for QPR and indeed, Gareth Ainsworth. As mentioned, Cardiff were unbeaten away from home until today and next week, we have another home game against another top six side, as Burnley visit Loftus Road. But in between, we have the small matter of Manchester United away in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night!
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Metal Storm in further grenade-gasm tests, paper issues
A 'certifiable' idea
Famed Australian gun-tech company Metal Storm, in a characteristic move, has announced details of further prototype testing and also signalled its intention to raise more money on the stock markets.
The company was pleased yesterday to say that it had "conducted successful Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Testing on its 40mm ammunition tail propulsion system". The testing was not, however, of a level that would indicate imminent sales - or even imminent certification.
"Our ultimate goal is for the Metal Storm tail system to be certified according to current military standards for anticipated operational use," said CEO Lee Finniear.
Metal Storm's main idea is that it would be a good idea to stack rocket-style rounds of ammunition nose-to-tail inside a gun barrel. The rounds could be fired in sequence from the top of the stack using electric ignition, briefly allowing a very high rate of fire. A number of such multi-shot barrels could be combined, producing a weapon which could splurt out a large amount of ammo disconcertingly quickly.
The only likely application for this at the moment would seem to be in 40mm launched grenade formats, perhaps in order to produce three-shot single barrel models for mounting under military rifles. (Current underslung grenade launchers offer only one shot before reloading.)
Thus, Metal Storm is trying to get its 40mm all-burned-on-launch mini rockets ready to go. Just last month, it announced partially successful jungle test firings fitted with headline-grabbing thermobaric warheads (and issued nearly ten million new shares at the same time).
The electromagnetic trials are evidently proceeding at a cautious pace, which is probably just as well. The Metal Storm screw-on tail propulsion modules designed to attach to 40mm warheads are initiated by electric induction. This is hard to avoid given Metal Storm's configuration but it's unusual in small-arms ammo and would seem to present serious safety and certification issues. It may take a while before the "ultimate goal" of milspec clearance - without which serious sales are rather unlikely - is achieved.
"These tests have given us peace of mind about our ability to ultimately certify a unique inductive firing capability," said Finniear, suggesting that the basic idea was - ultimately - certifiable.
In the meanwhile Metal Storm needs to keep the bills paid. The company also announced yesterday that it's thinking about extending the maturity date of its listed convertible notes, and about raising approximately A$6m by the offer of new ones. The company was formed in 1994, went public in Australia in 1999, and listed on NASDAQ in 2001. The stocks have plunged to a fraction of their original value. ®

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The potheads ate turkey then came out again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was Number One at the box office for the second weekend in a row with $50.3 Million for $220.3 Million so far. Tangled premiered in Second Place with $49.1 Million. Megamind was Third with $12.8 Million for $130.4 Million so far. Burlesque premiered in Fourth Place with $11.8 Million. Unstoppable was Fifth with $11.7 Million. Love and Other Drugs (which premiered this weekend), Faster (which premiered this weekend), Due Date, The Next Three Days, and Morning Glory rounded out the top ten respectively.
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The governor begins his annual administrative budget hearings next week. Whether his last soiree through the state's beleaguered books will be a cursory review or will, instead, face the truth and realistically deal with the challenges Tennesseans face remains to be seen.
Earlier this year, Senate Republicans tried to proceed with budget cuts in a responsible way based upon the forecast decline in revenue. We called it the Truth or Consequences budget. We thought it best to face the truth — that Tennessee was enduring the worst economic downturn in modern history — and brace against the consequences of continuing to borrow and spend. We built in a contingency. If the governor's forecast of revenue growth failed to materialize, we would accelerate cuts the governor himself had identified, but deferred, in hopes the economy would improve. This angered the governor so much that he resorted to calling Republicans "stupid."
The governor preferred to ignore what everyone knew: that revenue would continue to decline. By projecting revenue growth of about 1 percent in the new fiscal year beginning July 1, the governor delayed the inevitable. He implemented what he called his "cash preservation plan" — to save cash by borrowing more. As a result, the state's debt service — the interest on what we have borrowed — has nearly doubled from $167.9 million to $319 million annually. And he used non-recurring federal stimulus money to pay recurring obligations.
Cuts were inevitable
The moment of truth has arrived, and it is time to face the consequences. The facts are these: Tennessee has now had 17 consecutive months of declining revenue in the worst economic downturn in modern history. Tennessee was $1.2 billion in the red a year ago, and it is going to be worse in 2010. With $227 million in cuts already made, $526 million in more cuts on paper but postponed at the governor's insistence, another $350 million in additional cuts will likely be necessary just to balance our books. In Tennessee, unlike Washington, we are required to balance our books every year.
Democrats have a way of suspending disbelief. They knew the truth and didn't believe revenue would increase to meet the governor's budget any more than Republicans did. But they found it more politically expedient to mislead the public than deal with reality.
Tennesseans suspended disbelief because the governor said it was "stupid" not to. The media was complicit. When organizations like Vanderbilt's Poison Control Center confronted the reality that funding would eventually be cut even under Bredesen's budget, they blamed Republicans — not Bredesen. When the human resource agencies were told they, too, would ultimately be cut under Bredesen's budget, they indignantly demanded copies of it because "no one ever told them that." When medical schools were told the cuts were not a matter of "if" but "when," they said Bredesen's budget would protect them.
It has not protected them. Delaying the inevitable gave many a false sense of security, which may have done more harm than good. We amended the final budget to require the administration to notify each recipient of state funds in writing that cuts were coming.
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This week on the Key of A, you'll meet Marlon Wilson, producer with the Edmonton hip-hop group Politic Live. He'll play you some of his favorite tracks from the group's new album, Ellipsis, and talk about the show they're putting on Saturday night at the Haven Social Club.
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Sphene is a gemstone known for its impressive fire. In fact so much so that it rivals that of a diamond as far as its shine is concerned. It is not a hard stone though so it should be handled with care in order to prevent scratches and other types of damage. So as such Sphene may be most suitable in use in perhaps earring or pendants to avoid contact with other objects. Its other name is Titanite.
The color of this stone is important and generally one that has a yellow & green primary coloration that makes it absolutely stunning. Other colors may be present as well like orange or brown. In order to get the most brilliance out of Sphene it should be cut in a masterful fashion. It can be found in various shapes like round, cushion, emerald, oval and others.
Sphene can be found in various sizes commonly .5, 1 and 2 carat. Larger specimens can be found as well and can also command premium prices especially if accompanied with a good cut and a desirable yellow-green color.
Sphene is discovered in a variety of locations some of which are: Mynamar, Madagascar, United States, Canada, Austria and more. Though it really isn't a common gemstone it is one that collectors treasure and I appreciate a lot.
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Over the next 10 years, medical, personal and household services firms may benefit greatly from aging Baby Boomers.
Will history be repeated? Over the past 10 years, we have witnessed a wealth-producing coincidence: the fastest growing age group — leading edge Baby Boomers, ages 45 to 54 — also had the highest household income and spent more on consumer goods than any other age cohort. Savvy investors and business planners reaped billions in asset appreciation by realizing that the 1990s were going to be a boom decade for the goods and services those Boomers wanted.
Is the spending spree over? Based on the behavior of pre-Boomers, one would expect that throughout this decade, as leading edge Boomers enter the 55 to 64 age range, they will earn less and spend less. Surveys conducted during the 1990s by both the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported declines in household income and spending between the 45 to 54 age group and those 55 to 64. This history suggests that the big spenders are on the wane.
However, Baby Boomers have repeatedly shown a tendency to break with the behavior of the generation that preceded them. If they do it again, we are about to see an important shift in the historical age/income pattern: Boomers will delay their exit from the labor force — and forestall any decline in household income — in the same way they delayed marriage and having children. As a result, Boomers may enter their mid-50s and 60s with their household income undiminished — a change in a demographic pattern that would create huge investment and business opportunities, especially for service firms.
In fact, the number of big earning, high spending Boomer households is continuing to increase, even if the pace is slowing down. During the past decade, more than 12 million consumers were added to the 45- to 54-year-old cohort. This decade, another 6 million to 7 million will be added. But by 2010, the number of people in their peak earning years is expected to crest — until Generation Y comes of age. Thus, between now and 2010, the highest population and household growth will shift to an age group — 55 to 64 — that has historically worked less than those ages 45 to 54, earned about one-fifth less than those 45 to 54 and reduced their spending as well.
The reasons Boomers are likely to break with patterns set by their predecessors stem from core differences between the two groups. For the most part, the 24 million people who are now 55 to 64 have very different attitudes and attributes than the 37 million older segment of the Baby Boomer population who will follow them. Therefore, the past income and spending trends we have observed among 55- to 64-year-olds will likely be of little help in predicting what Boomers will do when they move into that age category.
Several striking differences exist between Baby Boomers and the pre-Boomers. For instance, more Boomer households have two incomes. Since most Boomer families had their children later in life, most have to keep working to pay for their children's college education. Also, on average, Baby Boomer households have saved less and have taken on more debt. Therefore, the vast majority must keep their earnings up if they plan to retire someday.
Boomers are also better educated than the elder group. For example, 28 percent of women ages 45 to 54 are college graduates versus only 19 percent of women 55 to 64. And nearly two-thirds of those college grads, ages 45 to 54, work full-time (and earn an average of about $50,000 a year) versus less than half of similarly educated women who are 55- to 64-years-old.
To revert to the employment profile of pre-Boomers, nearly 4 million fully employed women at the leading edge of the Baby Boom would have to give up that earning power just when they need it the most. That's not likely to happen, and their male counterparts are not about to give up their jobs either.
As a result of older Boomers delaying their exit from the labor force, this decade will likely include not only the largest ever age cohort in their peak earning years of 45 to 54, but also the most rapidly growing group of 55- to 64-year-olds with their household income undiminished.
One potential beneficiary will be the stock market. Suppose, for example, that when Boomers reach their late 50s and early 60s, they decide it's finally time to start saving. One percent of the 1999 aggregate income of 45- to 54-year-olds Boomers is about $15 billion. In a year or two, that will probably be in excess of $20 billion. Suppose further that over the next decade, to make up for a lifetime of not saving, Boomers just match the savings rate of today's 55- to 64-year-olds. That would mean investing an average of another 5 percent of their aggregate income or $100 billion a year. With the promised tax cuts and rising incomes, new investments in the stock market over the next nine years just from future 55- to 64-year-olds could easily exceed $1 trillion.
The bottom line is that with retirement looming and bigger tax breaks on the horizon, a lot more cash will flow from older Baby Boomers into stocks or mutual funds, keeping the market indexes generally rising. No other place than the equities market holds the promise of building an adequate retirement account in such a short time frame.
In addition to the market, where else will Boomers put their money? Over the next 10 years, three types of service firms may benefit greatly from this anticipated demographic change: medical, personal and household services. As Baby Boomers approach age 60, the number of people who have chronic conditions like high blood pressure or arthritis will increase, along with the number of folks wanting cosmetic surgery. Almost any walk-in neighborhood medical clinic should see its business growing over the next decade.
The businesses of providing personal and household services will grow for the simple reason that as people age, they want more tasks done by someone else that they previously might have done themselves, like mowing the lawn or cleaning the house. And they also want more personal services, like facials or massages, that make them feel better.
Providing consumer products for aging Boomers is going to be a marketing challenge. By the time most people reach age 60, they have already bought most of the personal or household goods they need. As this is a replacement market, encouraging them to toss out or trade in a perfectly functioning appliance or other consumer product will mean creating pure desire, because there is no need. It means playing Boomer psychographics like a violin.
Successfully marketing consumer goods to this group will require more than a big advertising budget. It will require a deeper understanding of the inner need of this generation for something that they think is created only for them. So the antiques (or clever reproductions thereof) business, firms that make customized cars or anything with a "one-of-a-kind� appearance, as well as architectural or other design firms should have no trouble finding work. Makers of generic or low quality, mass-produced goods may be in for a tough decade.


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EV Group, AT
Nanotechnology Based Optical Power Control Devices
A. Donval, B. Nemet, M. Oron, R. Oron and R. Shvartzer
KiloLambda Technologies Ltd., IL
Engineering the Spectral Response of Waveguide Bragg Gratings Patterned by Deep Ultraviolet Nanolithography
C.M. Greiner, D. Iazikov, T.W. Mossberg, A. Ticknor and B. McGinnis
LightSmyth Technologies, US
Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Ultraviolet Detectors Utilizing Ge Nanocrystals Active Medium on Si Substrate
S.Y. Lo, P.J. Wu, R.H Yeh and J.W. Hong
National Central University, TW
Integrating 1D Nanostructures in Devices and Circuits for Massively Parallel and Manufacturable Nanoscale Electronics and Photonics
M. Saif Islam, A. Choudhry and E. Fong
University of California- Davis, US
Kinetic Monte Carlo Study on Silicon Pre-Implant Technique
J.S. Kim, Y.K. Kim, K.S. Yoon and T. Won
Inha univ., KR
Theory/experiments of X-Ray flux effect on periodic lattice distortions in YBCO
H.S. Sahibudeen, M.A. Navacerrada and J.V. Acrivos
San Jose' State University, US
Area Effect of Patterned CNTs Bundle on Field Emission Characteristics
T.W. Weng and K-Y Lee
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, TW
Theoretical study of Graphene Nanoribbon Field-Effect Transistors
G. Liang, N. Neophytou, D. Nikonov and M. Lundstrom
Purdue Unioversity, US
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes based Three Dimensional Flexible Electronics
P. Makaram, S. Selvarasah, C. Chen, A. Busnaina and M.R. Dokmeci
Northeastern University, US
Hybridization of CMOS with CNT-based Complementary Nano Electro-Mechanical Switch for Low-Leakage and Robust Embedded Memory Design
R.S. Chakraborty, S. Narasimhan and S. Bhunia
Case Western Reserve University, US
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G.K Nzulu
Linkoping University, SE
Extraordinary Transmission through Al/Si Structure Perforated with Random Distribution of Holes
Y-T Chang, I-C Tung, C-Y Chen, M-W Tsai, C-H Chan, C-C Chen and S-C Lee
National Taiwan University, TW
Application of Nano-Technology in Planar Silica Waveguides to Enhance the Performance of AWG's and Other Standard Devices
A. Ticknor, M. Yan, L. Zhao and H. Xu
NeoPhotonics Corp., US
Depth resolution capabilities using optical standing waves near surfaces
F. Neumayer and W.S. Bacsa
University Paul Sabatier, FR
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L. Forbes, D.A. Miller and M.Y. Louie
Oregon State University, US
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University of Connecticut, US
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Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnologies Institute, US
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University of Missouri-Rolla, US
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Pohang University of Science and Technology, KR
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San Jose State University, US
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Arizona State University, US
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Y. Li and C-H Hwang
National Chaio Tung University, TW
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With hunting wild turkeys, it's not always about how good you can call. Don't get me wrong, you definitely need to master true-hen sounds with all the calls you plan to use. However, you don't necessarily have to be a world-champion caller to consistently punch your tags. In fact, I've been around some competition callers in the past that could absolutely spit feathers, but often struggled on the stage that really counts – in the woods. The truth is woodsmanship skills coupled with an in-depth knowledge of wild turkey behavior is basically what separates a turkey hunter from a turkey harvester.
Correctly reading the current hunting situation, turkey activity and transitional phase of the season is the real secret to success. Knowing exactly how and where to setup and what calling strategy to use for each hunting scenario is the key to consistency. On that note, I'll break down each transitional phase and go over some matched hunting strategies that will keep you busting beaks and ground-checking beards from opening day through the end of season.
1st Phase Explained: Early-Season Transitional Period
In many parts of turkey country, you'll find fall and early-winter bachelor groups of longbeards have recently split up, and mature birds are becoming increasingly more interested in hens. You're subject to see a lot of strutting, posturing and even fighting among gobblers. It's not uncommon to find multiple male birds locked down with several hens throughout this early-transitional phase.
In most cases, major gobbling activity will peak on the roost and right after fly-down with an occasional sporadic gobble throughout the day. Mature longbeards will spend the majority of the day strutting for large flocks of hens and following the ladies wherever they may go. "Henned-Up" is the term that many hunters use to describe this period.
1st Phase Hunting Strategies
During this early segment of season, it can be extremely difficult to coax a gobbler away from multiple hens. This is why you need to setup as close as possible to these lovesick longbeards before calling. Start out with soft and subtle calling tactics consisting of muffled purrs and light clucks. Out of curiosity, you might be able to pull the entire flock into close range or bring that gobbler those much needed extra few steps.
If this fails to do the trick, switch gears and try aggressive calling strategies. Loud challenging yelps and agitated cutts can potentially strike a jealous nerve with the lead hen. With this tactic, you want to trigger a response from the dominant hen and then basically call her out. The key is to mimic the boss lady's yelping, but call louder and interrupt her as much as possible. Over the years, I've witnessed dominant hens lose their cool, ruffle their feathers up, and lead the entire flock right down my gun barrel.
Another aggressive calling strategy is to initiate a fighting purr sequence to simulate a fight. Hitting locked-down gobblers with screeching purrs, intense cutts and angry yelps can turn the tables in a hurry. You can add some serious realism to your calling by simply beating your hat against the ground or your chest in short spurts to generate the sounds of flapping wings during this staged fight.
Consequently, you can get even more aggressive with your tactics by implementing spot and stalk strategies to move in dangerously close. Glassing high-traffic areas to pinpoint large flocks of turkeys and utilizing the terrain to sneak into range is a deadly technique. In heavily wooded areas, try using shock calls to locate gobblers and monitor their line of travel. Once you know the direction the flock is traveling, carefully circle out and sneak ahead of the turkeys before setting up for a sit. Layoff of your calls and simply let the flock work their way to you for a potential shot opportunity.
If you feel safe in your hunting area, you might want to try fanning and stalking. There are several oversize-strutting decoys and tail-fan mobile blinds you can hide behind and crawl right up to henned-up gobblers. However, make sure you exercise safety and extreme caution when using this aggressive tactic. You also need to be prepared to shoot in a hurry and at point-blank range, because dominant longbeards will often run straight at the intruding gobbler all swelled-up and ready to rumble.
2nd Phase Explained: Peak Transitional Period
As the season progresses, more and more hens will start mating and begin breaking away from gobblers after they've been successfully bred. This period is very similar to the peak of the whitetail rut, and is considered to be one of the best times of the season to hunt turkeys. Gobblers can be extremely vocal and very responsive to calling, especially those mouthy 2-year-olds that are overly excited and desperately looking for love.
Toward the end of this second transitional period, a large percentage of hens will be sitting on the nest throughout extended periods of the day. This scenario leaves fired-up longbeards feeling lonely and neglected, which makes them gobble more frequently and cover more ground looking for hens. With the right hunting strategies, mature Toms are highly vulnerable during this brief segment of the season.
2nd Phase Hunting Strategies
When things are really starting to get cranked up, implement run-and-gun tactics that enable you to call and cover a lot of ground. Simply sneak through the woods or along field edges behind cover to locate gobblers. Glass open areas and utilize shock calls to trigger a response from lonely longbeards. You also can hit gobblers with a series of loud cutting calls followed by pleading yelps. If you use hen calls with this tactic, exercise caution around other hunters and be ready to setup quickly on longbeards that answer you within close proximity. When at all possible, call from high-ground vantage points and with the wind to get more reach and volume.
After triggering a response, setup close to the gobbler and hit him with an aggressive and seductive series of cutts and yelps. Once you've got the longbeard fired-up and moving toward your setup, tone down your calling and use soft yelps and light purrs to coax him the rest of the way. Running-and-gunning is an exciting way to hunt turkeys, because it keeps things interesting, allows you to cover a lot of ground, and increases your chances of getting on a fired-up gobbler.
3rd Phase Explained: Late-Season Transitional Period
Toward the end of season, the majority of hens are no longer available to breed and gobblers spend the majority of their time working and visiting their strut-zones. At this point, the remaining longbeards are often increasingly more call-shy, and very skittish due to extended periods of intense hunting pressure. These survivors have been bumped, jumped and in some cases even shot at. In addition, they've heard so much good and bad hen calling over the spring season that their heads are still ringing.
Plus, several weeks of fighting, strutting and breeding have left them feeling tired and not as anxious to go the proverbial extra mile for a hook-up with another hen. Overall gobbling activity will significantly decrease during this late period, and longbeards are more likely to spit-and-drum to attract any willing hens. If you want to punch those remaining tags during this time, you'll need to adapt and modify your tactics and setups.
3rd Phase Hunting Strategies
During this late transition, target strut-zones and use minimal calling to avoid spooking call-shy longbeards. Go with super soft clucks, light purrs and gently scratch the leaves with your hand to mimic the sounds of feeding hens. When hunting conditions are tough, this type of finesse-calling can generate some action. Overcalling or just calling too loud in general at this point can cause gobblers to stray off in the opposite direction.
Another productive strategy during the late-season is to pull out a play from your deer hunting playbook and use ambush tactics. Setup a blind overlooking a turkey high-traffic area and simply wait them out. Focus on key locations such as feeding areas, roosting sites, strut-zones, dust bowls and major travel routes. In areas offering good visibility such as fields, try placing a single hen or half-strut Jake decoy in plain view. If you're hunting a known strut-zone, setup a full-strut gobbler and receptive breeding-hen decoy pair to grab a wary longbeard's attention.
In order to have continuous success throughout the entire spring turkey hunting season, you have to be able to identify each transitional period and adjust strategies to each of these behavioral phases. Learning how to do this will ultimately put more gobblers in the back of your vest than fancy calling. This knowledge, coupled with good woodsmanship, is the difference between a turkey hunter and a tag puncher.


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Kaegebein fire
Students at the Kaegebein Elementary School responded well when the fire alarm bells rang, signaling an evacuation drill Monday morning. This time it was no drill, and the students were met with the arrival of the Grand Island Volunteer Fire Co.
A small fire of undetermined origin had started in the office of the school's gymnasium while teachers and students were enjoying outdoor physical education because of the pleasant spring day.
Returning to the gym, the instructors smelled smoke and upon opening the office door, discovered the blaze. Mr. William Flaherty, gym instructor, quickly obtained a fire extinguisher and the blaze was out by the time the fire company arrived. Nevertheless, students were held out-of-doors, according to Mrs. Norma Sutter, principal, until firemen had checked everything thoroughly and assured her that it was safe for them to return to the building. School continued on without further interruption.
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"Drunk driving is a crime that must be stopped, not a bad habit to be excused," said New York State Police Superintendent Donald O. Chesworth as the new "Sobriety Checkpoint" program started in the area.
Troop A of the State Police started setting up "announced moving locations" last week, keeping them in place for at least two hours at sites and times determined by traffic analysis on the basis of "alcohol-related accident experience." ...
Sgt. Patrick O'Reilley, State Police public information officer, explained that while State Police roadblocks have routinely been set up in observance of all motor vehicle rules and regulations, this is the first ongoing program that will stop cars specifically for DWI violations.
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Grand Island firefighters will observe the 56th anniversary of the fire company's founding at a dinner tomorrow in the firehall. The fire company was just six years old when the first Island Dispatch made its debut in 1944.
The Island's population was less than 1,000 when the Town Board approved the formation of the organization in April 1938. The state granted a certificate of incorporation two days later and the first meeting of the fire company was held May 18, 1938, when 53 charter members elected the late Edward L. Kruse president and Thomas Benton chief.
The town government moved from the original Town Hall into a former schoolhouse on Baseline Road, vacated when Sidway School opened its doors for the first time and the hall became the firefighters' first headquarters. Grand Island was designated a fire protection district in 1940. ...
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Who are you stealing from?
If you're building a product, you should be able to answer this question:
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- When the iPhone launched, Apple took customers from Kodak and the film industry.
We only have so much time and attention. Most people aren't going to use Instagram and Snapchat and Vine. Who's going to carry an iPhone and a Samsung? We're going to choose just one.
Teams are the same. They won't use Slack and Hipchat and Campfire. They'll make a decision. They'll pick one.
You might not have thought about this side of running a business. When Alan Klement introduced this idea to me, of stealing customers, it took me aback.
But that's what business is: it's competition. When customers start using one product they stop using another one (just ask Blackberry).
You might say:
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But people only have so many resources. Whatever time, attention, and money they spend on your product they're going to have to take away from something else.
What does this mean for you?
Your product has to make a customer's life significantly better than it is right now.
People want to make progress. If you can show them how your product helps them move forward, you can earn their business.
Steve Jobs was an expert at observing people's behavior, and finding the gaps. Here's a great example:
"You know, everybody has a cell phone, but I don't know one person who likes their cell phone. I want to make a phone that people love."
When Steve introduced the iPhone, he was able to meet a need that folks had felt but weren't yet able to articulate. Getting an iPhone felt like a huge step forward. So people switched. They left their Blackberries behind.
Look at where people are struggling right now. They're unsatisfied with their current solution. They're ready to switch.
What could you build that would help them make progress?
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Internet, this needs to stop. You keep finding moderately cool things and driving them into the ground, and what you've done with "Keep Calm And Carry On" is just the worst.
Stop. Now.
I saw a bunch of people wearing "Keep Calm It's The Henderson Family Reunion" shirts at a park recently. That's not a parody of the poster: it's "Keep Calm" followed by some random words. There's no semblance of thought here, it's just using the font and the words "Keep Calm" because they've been used in other places.
Which is too bad, because the poster itself is actually pretty cool. The UK government printed 2 million of these during World War II, but never hung them up. They were forgotten for half a century, until one was eventually found in an old box by the owners of Barter Bookstore in northeast England.
It's instantly iconic. The crisp typeface looks downright contemporary, the white-on-red stands out, and the message easily resonates in a complex age when obscure things like Greek financial policy can bring western civilization to the brink of destruction overnight. The modern world is complex and frightening, and something about this message from the past stands out.
So naturally, the Internet had to ruin it.
Keep Calm and Any Combination Of Words
The parodies started early, one of the first examples being a straight-forward reversal of the concept:
Kind of funny, right? And the upside down crown is a nice touch. A sane civilization would have stopped at this point.
But we're not sane, and eventually every niche interest on the Internet decided they wanted in on the "fun". Zombies came quickly, of course:
Moderately amusing. Perhaps worth putting in the background of yet another comedy set in a zombie post-apocalypse. But that's the end of the trend, right?
No. People kept making it worse, designing "parody" posters only loosely connected to the original concept.
Yep, we're using "parody" to compare the mass-hysteria that results from needing to wait for an Apple product to a Nazi invasion of the UK. Get it?
Me neither. Don't worry, though, because I'm sure someone made something worse.
I'm probably biased, because I'm never going to forgive Justin Bieber for making it impossible for me to Google myself Destroy The Web: Shoot Things You Dislike, For Fun and Profit [Firefox, Chrome] Destroy The Web: Shoot Things You Dislike, For Fun and Profit [Firefox, Chrome] Tired of seeing stuff you hate on the web? Shoot it. Destroy the web is a stress-relieving diversion that allows you to target elements of any site you dislike, leaving destruction and high scores in... Read More . But seriously: transparent text? You're so opposed to anything covering this guy's face that you resorted to an overlay?
And what does "keeping calm" have to do with being a fan of a particular singer? Speaking of not having anything to do with anything:
Ahh, I see you've ditched the "Keep Calm" thing entirely, and replaced the solid-red backdrop with pixelated racism. Interesting choice. Now I'm probably too Canadian to really "get" what you're trying to say here, and I'm not going to tell you what to do. Still, I bet your southern ancestors would be pretty angry you put the symbol of Abraham Lincoln's party at the top of this nonsense.
Rise Of The Machines
So yeah, humans made some pretty terrible "parodies", but I bet your wondering: could a computer do an even worse job? As it turns out, yes!
Holy crap that's offensive. No person in their right mind would try to sell that shirt, right? Perhaps not, but a machine programmed to combine "Keep Calm" with random noun-verb combinations did. The above shirt was actually on Amazon, as PopSci.com explains. It clearly points out why this is a bad idea, but that it was even attempted is telling. Humans are just jumbling random words together, why not let a machine do it? Might sell a few shirts…
You might be wondering: is there a voice of reason in the midst of all this? This is the closest I could find:
It's hard to disagree, but no one listens. These "parodies" keep happening – Keep Calm O Matic, which automates making these awful parodies KeepCalm-0-Matic: Create a WWII Style Propaganda Poster Online KeepCalm-0-Matic: Create a WWII Style Propaganda Poster Online Read More , claims over six million of them have been created using their service. Think about that: for every original poster the UK printed, three people have effortlessly re-arranged words to "parody" it.
And I'm sure I haven't found the worst ones here. Can you find anything worse? Point them out in the comments below, if you must.
Or check out these fascinating British propaganda videos from World War II 80 Fascinating Historical British WWII Propaganda Films [Stuff to Watch] 80 Fascinating Historical British WWII Propaganda Films [Stuff to Watch] Recently the British Council, an organization that focuses on educational and cultural importance, released a bounty of historical films produced during the Second World War for viewing online. These reels were produced to counter Nazi... Read More . It's a better use of your time, really.
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You want to know some serious keep calm sh*t? There's a picture of a btirish women having tea time on some rubble after a bombing in WW2, how did this silly saying go viral but not that pic!?!
Do you have a link to said picture? I'd love to see it.
lol! I made one for a guy on G+, he had issue's getting rid of his facebook account.
(it was supposed to be deleted) Mine said: "Keep Calm, Adam was here"
Why does facebook keep an outline of your profile in any case?
A few people I know and help still have ghost type profiles on facebook.
God! I can't believe this. They're doing such a horrible thing. You must be feeling horrible.
This is why I wish the French had ruled India rather than the British. You and your dictatorships, tradition and censorship!
For some reason I thought it was a quote from "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
I thought it was a Dr. Who reference. I'm the last person on the inet who has never watched dr. who.
This is well-written and hilarious. So I can stop wasting my breath trying to explain to people why the original slogan was so awesome (and the overdone parodies completely take the power out of it), I will just send people to this article! Well done!
Thank you Justin. That is all.
I love the Internet. Some days though, I do get to the end of it; like last night for example. But, here I am starting all over! :-)
I like those intelligent/funny reworks of the original "KEEP CALM AND"; sadly, this is often not the case. Example: None of the instances you highlighted above!
Yes, I do agree the Internet has a tendency to spoil things. Not to worry though; the idiots we are, WWIII will give us a fresh start.
This is so freaking stupid, but it became viral so quickly. Why do internet users like stupid random shit?
I made one for my sandwich shop: Keep Calm and Carry Out!
Now see; I think this one is smart.
An actual pun, and not just a random series of words? Whoa.
I'm with you on this one. The "Keep calm" shit is so overused.... most people probably don't have a clue of it's true story.
Of course, the phrases "this is why we can't have nice things" and "you need to stop" are worn out too.
You're not wrong. I'm part of the problem.
I too hate how the internet ruins everything. FAIL and EPIC are the worst offenders, IMO. I hate the internet.
I agree, Justin, I hate this meme. It's just a bunch of idiots slapping shit beneath a crown and saying "lookie, I made a funny!"
Keep calm.
Seriously, people. It's just a slogan.....
I'm glad I don't know what a 'meme' is, since said memes rock the boat so much.
Nice history lesson, but you're pissing in the wind my son. What Joel L said.....
Unfortunately, that's what the Internet does. Look at image macros and meme phrases, especially on sites like Reddit, 9gag, etc. These things are like inside jokes: 1) everyone wants to feel like they're "in" on the joke and 2) it's a way to tell a joke without requiring any effort in creating the joke. It's a way for the uncreative to feel creative.
I think the OP should Keep Calm and Move On. How sad is your life that an internet meme troubles you?!
My life is freaking fantastic. I have an awesome wife, I live in a great town and I have a job that pays me to write about how an Internet meme trouble me.
How sad is CJ's life that an Internet article troubles him? Justin writes for an Internet site. On the Internet. ABOUT the Internet. What's your excuse, CJ?
I remember "Keep calm and switch to Nokia Lumia" :D
So made because Nokia was freaking out about no one buying any. :)
I don't quite understand this. Lumia is good (and so does Windows Phone), yet folks don't like it even most of them have never seen it or use it in action.
@Manuth C I don't like it because 1, It doesn't work, 2, updates make it worse, 3, Nokia went five stories down to work with Windows Phone, 4, MS likes to keep everything secret, 5, They tend to trash everything else when there is a new version, 6, They do it dispite what customers think, 7, Lumia isn't the Nokia of Innovation and beauty which I fell in love with, 8, That is a few reasons why other than the UI which I don't like, but that could just be personal preference. TBH, I prefer the old Nokia rather than Android, they are just more fun; that said there is little you can do with them at this time seeing the Tech is quite outdated; they still are good for calling though. :)


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San Ramon Valley High School quarterback Joe Southwick stood to be a hot commodity this offseason, with several colleges already vying for his services in 2009.
But after a visit to the blue turf of Boise State, he is off the market. Southwick, currently a junior, orally accepted a scholarship offer Tuesday while on an official visit to Boise.
"They play a great brand of football. They tend to be a top 25 program consistently," he said of the WAC school. "One big thing was they were really sincere in everything they said. Some other schools, I felt like they weren't trustworthy in everything they were saying."
As a junior, Southwick passed for 2,096 yards and 27 touchdowns in the regular season.
He was even better in the postseason, completing 65.9 percent of his passes for 992 yards and eight TDs in just four games.
Southwick said he had already been offered scholarships by Nevada and San Jose State and also was considering Oregon State, Oregon, Washington and Arizona.
Scholarship offers for football players are not official until they sign a letter of intent, which they can begin doing on the first Wednesday of February as seniors.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Interview with Terry's Client Bryn Jones
What is your latest project? Tell us about it.
The book is called The Next Chapter. It is a thriller where Sal Russo, a writer, finds his career in a freefall after losing his wife and daughter to a terrible accident. While missing deadlines and facing an ultimatim from his publisher, he finds a mysterious package in his garden. In it, he finds a chapter detailing a young girl's abduction. It ends with a challenge: Write the next chapter in her life, or she dies. Proving this is no mere hoax, the package also holds a plastic bag with a heart inside. Meanwhile, the police are investigating the girl's abduction as well as the reappearance of bodies of girls who'd gone missing years earlier. At each of the body dump sites the police find a page of one of Sal Russo's novels. With evidence mounting against Sal as a suspect, his only chance for vindication is to write the next chapter and save the girl before time runs out.
How did you research for this book?
I set the book in Bloomington, Minnesota and its surrounding cities since that's where I live. I called various law enforcement agencies, including the Bloomington Police Department, the FBI regional office and the BCA. I spent hours reading police procedure for abductions and crime scene investigation. I also had a contact who gave me detailed information on the Mall Of America's security procedures for the abduction scene.
Where do you get your inspiration from?
In the most unsuspecting places. For this book I woke up with an idea of a writing game where one person starts a story and the next person has to continue it. In my sleep-adled brain, I wondered what would happen if whatever someone wrote, it really took place. Around the same time I was doing a lot of thinking about God's sovereignty and why bad things happen to good people. I had an idea of a story that would show how even though God is directing our fate, he sometimes allows us to go through terrible things, knowing that he's working it to our ultimate good (in this case, Sal Russo directs the girl's fate in his writing).
What has been the hardest part of writing your latest book and how did you overcome it?
Getting from one chapter to the next. The first 100 pages were both fun and hard. As I got into the story, my outline changed completely and at times I felt like I was driving blind. I overcame the writing by doing what I call the Dean Koontz method. I wrote each chapter over and over until I had it down to what I wanted it to be. Then I moved on to the next. This allowed me to focus in on each scene and craft it for tone and feel. It also allowed my brain to get the story's tempo. I noticed the chapters get shorter and more intense as the story moved toward its climax.
What do you hope people will take away from reading your book?
That while we don't understand why God allows bad things to happen to us, He is in ultimate control and both sees us and knows us.
What new projects are you working on?
I'm working on a thriller/Adventure where treasure hunters are looking for the broken fragments of the original Ten Commandments that Moses brought down and shattered at Mt. Sinai.
Where can people find out more about you and your writing? The programs and speaking that you do?
I have a web site, www.brynjones.celestialsign.com. There you can read about me, view a few sample chapters of my novel and read a number of short stories that have been published.
What is the best writing advice you ever got? The worst?
The best advice: My mom: "Is that the best word you can use to describe that?" also a book called "Between the Lines."
The worst advice: The market doesn't like novels with writers as the main characters. Or men. Male writer characters aren't going to sell.
Anything else you'd like to take this opportunity to say?
Writing fiction is like being a superhero. There's this gift that seems so hard to use, is often overlooked or underappreciated, and yet it comes with great responsibility to use properly and constantly, regardless of compensation.
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I pray your book helps many people to make it thru those bad times in life. What a great goal for a book.
When our baby was six months old; the doctors told us she had such a severe deformation of her bones, that she would not be able to walk, and not even crawl...she would only be able to learn to drag herself on her belly with her hands and arms. The specialist showed us the x-rays...and we were utterly devastated.
I knew my only hope was in God's supernatural power. I got home and held my baby and prayed, "Dear God, you know that my whole life I have always fervently THANKED You continually for everything in life...rather than ASKING You for things. But now, finally, I'm here to ASK You for something: God!!!! Please heal my baby!!!!"
I took her back to the doctor, and as soon as he felt her little body he was stunned...and did another X-ray. He went into shock, and said "This is unheard of ...she is 100% totally normal!!"
This experience, and other similar ones, have helped me to show others how real God is, and that He truly does miracles today. YET it is also SO important that we honor, love, and serve God; not just come to Him when we need help.
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Gosselin: Is Michael Phelps the best Olympian ever? Not in my book
Rick Gosselin chatted with readers on Monday. Here are some excerpts:
Q: What's been your favorite Olympic story so far?
Rick Gosselin: Oscar Pistorius. In my mind, the Olympics has never been about LeBron James, Roger Federer, Serena Williams are any of the pros in London. It's about athletes dedicating a lifetime just to compete there. Winning becomes secondary for most of them. I'm not sure there has ever been a better Olympic story than Pistorius just making it to London -- then running fast enough to qualify for the semifinals in the 400 meters. Heart-warming.
Q: Do you buy that Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian or just a great swimmer?
Rick Gosselin: What Jesse Owens did in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics in such a volatile environment puts him ahead of Phelps in my book.


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Our pals at The iPhone Blog point us to a piece that could pit Google and Apple against each other in the search market, with Microsoft a key player. The gist is that Apple reportedly is considering dropping Google as its default search engine and would switch to Bing, for which there already is an iPhone app. That would move a lot of iPhone eyeballs away from Google and onto Microsoft. From the BusinessWeek piece:
"Apple and Google know the other is their primary enemy," says one of the people, who's familiar with Apple's thinking. "Microsoft is now a pawn in that battle." Apple is also working on ways to manage ad placement on its mobile devices, a move that would encroach on Google's ad-serving business, the person says.
Rene at TiPB sums things up nicely: This could be a big shift. Or it could fall apart and be nothing at all. Or it could be Apple stalling for time while it ramps up its own mobile search strategy, which likely was set back when Google bought AdMob and Apple was left with Quattro Wireless.
Either way, it means there's a mobile search battle brewing, and Android and the iPhone are on the front lines.


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The question is whether Pence will be well-prepared enough to pivot the discussion back to policy, economics, and the frustration of the everyman," Ajjan said. If he succeeds in distilling the nuggets of clarity from Trump's debate performance and explain them in his rational and calm way, he can come out the winner. But Kaine is no slouch and, in either case, the two presidential candidates are so larger-than-life that it's hard to see this as a make-or-break moment for anyone."
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I've just got back from Lyon after spending a week there with one of my friends.
It's almost 3 years since I first stepped foot into the city, and I'm pretty sure I am still just as in love with it! The only thing not too romantic about the week was the weather, which was mildly depressing.
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting mini-posts about my favourite spots in Lyon – so watch out for tourist sites, restaurants, cafés, shops and beauty spots.
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In loving memory of Pearle Priscilla Hariet (CONLEY) NELDER, July 6, 1909 - October 19, 2002 at the Manitoulin Centennial Manor, Little Current on Saturday, October 19, 2002 in her 94th year.
Born in Carnarvon (Central Manitoulin) Township, daughter of the late William and Agnes (SHEPPARD) CONLEY. Pearle was a school teacher, having taught at various Manitoulin Public Schools for more than 27 years. She enjoyed her United Missionary Church, music and the success of her many students. Her greatest joy was her family and Friends.
Beloved wife of the late Burton E. NELDER (predeceased 1983.) Survived by her children Helen McEWAN (companion Mel) of Katrine, Pat NELDER of Toronto, Clifford NELDER (wife Vicki) of Belize, David NELDER (wife Shirley) of Tehkummah and Blaine NELDER of Mindemoya.
Dear Grandmother of Derrick (wife Mandy), Jada, Jeffery (predeceased), Mark (wife Monica), Jason (wife Lisa), Nadia, Sara (predeceased), Dayna (partner Bonnie), Todd (wife Colleen), Virgina, Kathryn, and Christian.
Great Grandmother of Madison, Kathryn, Hana, Cole, Kendra, and Chelsea.
Survived by brother Cliff CONLEY.
Predeceased by her three brothers Roy, Albert and Arthur CONLEY.
Loved by many nieces and nephews. Relatives and Friends called Tuesday, October 22, 2002. Funeral Service 2: 00 p.m. Wednesday, October 23, 2002 both at United Missionary Church, Mindemoya. Rev. R.W. KLOETSTRA officiating. Burial in Mindemoya Cemetery.
Donations to Manitoulin Centennial Manor, United Missionary Church or the Starlight Children's Foundation would be greatly appreciated by the family.
Arrangements in care of Island Funeral Home.
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SWOSU-Sayre Adds Criminal Justice Degree
SWOSU-Sayre is adding an Associate in Applied Science degree with a major in criminal justice.
Registrar Kim Seymour said the program is expected to benefit employees who work in the corrections industry, law enforcement agencies and other related fields.
"Students who provide proof of Corrections Corporations of America training completion will be awarded 32 credit hours toward the new degree," Seymour said. "The degree only requires 65 hours, so corrections employees with CCA training have completed half the degree before taking a single college class."
In order to receive the 32 credit hours, a student must provide documentation and pay an advance standing fee of $160.
Employees with the degree could be eligible for promotions and pay raises at corrections facilities, such as the Northfork Correctional Facility in Sayre.
Seymour also said SWOSU-Sayre accepts transfer credit from other colleges and universities for all its degrees, including the new criminal justice degree, regardless of how long ago the credit was earned. And, SWOSU-Sayre has an open-door admissions policy, so students who did not graduate from high school or earn a GED are eligible to enroll.
Enrollment for the spring semester begins October 15. Classes begin January 10.
For information about the criminal justice degree, contact the SWOSU-Sayre Registrar's Office at 580.928.5533 or stop by the campus at 409 East Mississippi in Sayre.


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Carroll County
Prince George
Belair Road
Where have our little girls gone?
By Susan Reimer
October 13, 1998
DOES ANY of this sound familiar?"Yeah. Right. Fine. Whatever.""Saw-R-E-E-E!""Don't worry about it, oh-KA-A-A-AY?""Oh, never MIND.""Fine!" (Stomp, stomp, stomp up the stairs. Door slams.)Congratulations! You are the mother of a middle-school girl!For the next several years, you will be on an emotional roller coaster that will make the wildest amusement park ride feel like the Christmas train in the mall.Your perfect little girl has become a perfect little -- well, it rhymes with witch."Sometime during seventh grade, it all goes south," a friend warned me. "You won't believe it."
Wedded: Brittany MacDonald and Cale McConnaughey
By Samantha Iacia, For The Baltimore Sun
November 15, 2013
Date: Sept. 14 Her story: Brittany MacDonald, 25, grew up in Delta, Pa., in southern York County. She is a nurse at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Rosedale. Her mother, Michele Mullins, lives in Delta and her father, Gary MacDonald, lives in South Carolina. His story: Cale McConnaughey, 28, grew up in Forest Hill. He is a carpenter for Baldwin Mill Cabinetry of Forest Hill. His parents, Cherie and John McConnaughey, live in Forest Hill. Their story: Brittany and Cale met in the summer of 2009 when Brittany was working in the customer service department of a grocery store located near the Maryland-Pennsylvania line.
Brittany Wiseman, Southern, basketball
By PAT O'MALLEY and PAT O'MALLEY,Sun Reporter
January 10, 2007
Afour-year starting guard and a team captain for Southern, Brittany Wiseman makes the offense go and has a penchant for taking care of the basketball. She has helped the team get off to a 9-2 start. Her clutch jumper with 20 seconds left gave the Bulldogs a 45-44 win over Annapolis last Friday. The victory was a county-career record 416th for coach Linda Kilpatrick. What does Coach Kilpatrick's milestone mean to you and the team? It means that we've been helping her set the all-time record.
Isabel H. Klots, artist
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun
August 13, 2013
Isabel H. Klots, an artist and widow of noted portrait painter Trafford P. Klots whose medieval home in Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany, France, served as a venue for several generations of artists who came there to paint and study, died Thursday from heart failure at Roland Park Place. She was 96. "Isabel was a grande dame, if there ever was one, with a strong sense of absolute authority. Yet she could be very warm and embracing, and she also had a real artist's sensibility," said the celebrated Baltimore painter Raoul Middleman.
Tour de France puts brooding Brittany on the map--and in the sun--for a day
By Diana Jean Schemo and Diana Jean Schemo,Paris Bureau of The Sun
July 18, 1991
QUIMPER, France -- The Tour de France has something that is seldom noticed by the world's greatest cyclists and those who travel with them. It rides into France's cities and large towns like a flare across the night sky, illuminating the drama below: the traditions, hopes, frustrations and pleasures of a people, awaiting an event.Eventually even the worse skeptics are infected, like Jose Colin, a local taxi driver, who looked through his windshield into the windswept streets of Quimper last weekend and swore he had no intention of going to watch the arrival of the Tour de France.
Leadership that's catching Mother Eagle: Catcher Brittany Deuchler is the player who holds Centennial's softball team together.
By Stan Rappaport and Stan Rappaport,SUN STAFF
April 28, 1996
Brittany Deuchler has applied for a summer internship at the CIA.If agency officials are smart, they'll say yes.A National Honor Society member the past two years, the Centennial senior carries a 3.7 grade-point average and has scored 1,250 on the Scholastic Assessment Test. She is in her fourth year of Latin and has received an academic scholarship to major in international studies at Towson State.Should the CIA accept her solely on the basis of intellect?Perhaps.But that is only one side to this cheerful 18-year-old.
Isabel H. Klots, artist
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun
August 13, 2013
Isabel H. Klots, an artist and widow of noted portrait painter Trafford P. Klots whose medieval home in Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany, France, served as a venue for several generations of artists who came there to paint and study, died Thursday from heart failure at Roland Park Place. She was 96. "Isabel was a grande dame, if there ever was one, with a strong sense of absolute authority. Yet she could be very warm and embracing, and she also had a real artist's sensibility," said the celebrated Baltimore painter Raoul Middleman.
Emerald Coast is a gem St.-Malo: Once an independent nation, this city on the coast of Brittany in northwest France is charming, historic and cheap.
By Barry Zwick and Barry Zwick,LOS ANGELES TIMES
January 21, 1996
Another misty day in Brittany and no way to spend my big wad of francs. All I could do was drink Campari for 20 cents a shot, bicycle through the medieval lanes of this ancient walled city, jog atop the great stone ramparts, wade into the English Channel, play low-roller games in the casino, chow down cheap crepes or quenelles, board the mini-train at the city gates or take the sea shuttle to the posh resort town of Dinard.Then again, I could listen to the free brass band at Place Chateaubriand; walk out to the Petit Be before the 50-foot tide turned it into an island; shop for UCLA Bearwear or Levis for less than they cost at home, or take the bargain bus to the abbey at Mont St.-Michel, an hour's drive to the east.
Teammates now, sisters forever
By Glenn P. Graham and Glenn P. Graham,SUN STAFF
May 9, 2004
Tom Owen enjoys the view twice as much this softball season. A volunteer assistant coach for the top-ranked Chesapeake Cougars, he looks over at third base and finds his oldest daughter, Brittany, a senior All-Metro first-team pick with a slick glove and knack for driving in big runs. He then glances behind Brittany and there's his younger daughter, Brooke, a freshman left fielder who has played like anything but a freshman this season. Brittany and Brooke: captain and rookie, cleanup hitter and leadoff hitter, big sister and little sister.
When Courtney Kobal joined sisters Amber and Brittany at Kenwood, it gave the Bluebirds a triple threat and dreams of a state championship
By Katherine Dunn and Katherine Dunn,Sun Reporter
October 11, 2006
Not too many people were happy last season when Kenwood and Eastern Tech's girls soccer teams tied, 1-1. Jeff and Tammi Kobal, however, couldn't have asked for better. They had a daughter on each team - Amber, a Kenwood defender, and Courtney, an Eastern Tech striker. This season, the Kobals haven't worried about neutrality. Courtney transferred to Kenwood and now both girls, along with their youngest sister Brittany, are starting for the Bluebirds. For Amber, a senior, having her sisters on the team is a great way to finish her high school career.
Goalie Kasey Howard has made the most of her improbable opportunity with Terps
By Katherine Dunn, The Baltimore Sun
May 23, 2013
When the call came from Maryland coach Cathy Reese, Kasey Howard was sitting in senior English class at Broadneck High pretty well convinced her days as a lacrosse goalie were just about over. Howard, who led Anne Arundel County in save percentage her last two seasons at Broadneck, figured she wasn't meant to be a college athlete when things didn't work out with another Division I program. Instead, she would go to Maryland for the education. Then her cell phone rang with an opportunity Howard had never imagined.
Actress Brittany Snow to speak at Towson University
By Rebecca Hyler and The Baltimore Sun
April 23, 2013
Actress Brittany Snow -- known for her roles in "Pitch Perfect" (2012) and "Hairspray" (2007) -- will speak at 7 p.m. April 23 at Towson University. The event is sold out. Snow will be discussing Love Is Louder, an anti-bullying organization that she co-founded. According to the organization's website, the Baltimore event is part of the Love Is Louder Road Trip . Get more information about the Love Is Louder campaign at loveislouder.com .
CMW junior earns Girl Scout Gold Award
April 22, 2013
Brittany Jackson, a junior at C. Milton Wright High School, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award on April 14. An awards banquet was held at Martin's East to celebrate her success. Brittany's Gold Award project, entitled "Confidence for Kids," involved working with the homeless children living at Anna's House in Bel Air. She created and led the children in many confidence-building activities, such as building a beautiful butterfly garden with them and instructing them on how to care for it in the future.
'Glee' recap, Shooting Star
By L'Oreal Thompson, The Baltimore Sun
April 11, 2013
Hide your kids, hide your wives. There's an asteroid/comet/meter coming to Lima, according to Brittany. And we know how reliable she is. So, just in case the world comes to an end, Mr. Schu tells the glee club kids they need to say everything they need to say to the people they love. And so, we have this week's lesson: Last Chance. Meanwhile, Ryder is infatuated with a girl he "met" online. Manti Te'o, anyone? Except Ryder thinks he's found Katie, so he serenades her with Elton John.
Brittany Mallory joins Notre Dame lacrosse team
By Katherine Dunn
April 10, 2012
Brittany Mallory's decision to focus on basketball at Notre Dame gave her the chance to play in two NCAA championship games, but back at McDonogh, Mallory was also known as one of the area's top high school lacrosse players. Her final athletic turn in college will come on the lacrosse field. The Fighting Irish announced Monday that Mallory has joined their No. 7 women's lacrosse team. A two-time All-Metro midfielder at McDonogh, Mallory played three years of lacrosse and led the Eagles to the IAAM A Conference final in 2006.
Lacrosse Q&A: Maryland senior goalie Brittany Dipper
By Katherine Dunn, The Baltimore Sun
February 23, 2012
Each week, The Baltimore Sun will publish a Q&A with an area college lacrosse player to get you more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Maryland All-American senior goalie Brittany Dipper, who has allowed just 4.5 goals per game and has a .654 save percentage through the first three games. A starter on the 2010 national championship team, the New Jersey native also started in the goal for the Terrapins' national champion field hockey team when she was a freshman but opted to concentrate on lacrosse after that.
Ellicott City: 4100 block of Brittany Drive...
August 3, 1994
POLICE LOG* Ellicott City: 4100 block of Brittany Drive: Someone beat on a mailbox and ripped it from its post Thursday, police said.
Girls Athlete of the Week: Brittany Thornton, Joppatowne, basketball
January 20, 2010
Brittany Thornton, Joppatowne, basketball The senior point guard showed off all her talents in leading the No. 14 Mariners to a key Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference win over then-No. 13 and unbeaten Aberdeen, 62-55, last week. Thornton, 5 feet 10, had 17 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and four steals. Her 3-pointer with 2:44 left sealed the win. An Amateur Athletic Union veteran with the Maryland Elite, Thornton also contributed to wins over Bel Air and Glen Burnie last week.
Sikorski, Russell C.
August 20, 2009
On August 17, 2009, RUSSELL C. SIKORSKI, devoted father of Brittany; loving grandfather of Grace; brother of Edward, Charles, John, Victoria, Doris and Pam; son of Elsie and the late John Sikorski. Services Saturday, August 22nd, 11 A.M. at Lake Shore Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Diabetic Association.
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The Glock 30S is a hybrid gun between the Glock 30 and the subcompact G36. It gives you a thinner, sleeker 10+1 G30.
Glock USA
By Brian Jensen
For years there has been something of a Glock Unicorn. It's been called a hybrid Glock .45 ACP pistol made from the thin slide of a Glock 36 and the wide body frame of a Glock 30. According to the Internet forum mavens, you end up with a high capacity Glock (10 rounds) with the thinner slide of a the subcompact (and only 6 round) G36, making it lighter and easier to carry. But unlike Unicorns, this wasn't a myth. People actually did it. They bought two guns and cobbled them together since, just because they could. Glock fanatics have wailed and begged for such a gun to be made in production, but Glock seemed to not hear the call.
Then, at the 2013 SHOT Show, I saw a Unicorn, uh, I mean a Glock 30S – the very gun that consumers wanted. I wanted to know the "why" behind this, and after talking to LAPD Staff, Glock Representatives, and people in the industry I found out how an internet forum phenomenon became a regular production pistol.
Enter LAPD's Special Investigations Section, or SIS, a unit who is well known for dealing with lots of dangerous bad guys, and who did so in undercover roles. They were looking for a smaller .45 ACP with more capacity than the standard compact 1911. They chose the .45 ACP because they wanted something potent to get through intermediate barriers, and they wanted 10 rounds to minimize reloads in a gunfight. Some members carried the Glock 30 already which matched their issued Glock 21's, but it was still pretty thick and not as light as they wanted.
Then, SIS staff read the internet message boards and saw the reports of the G30/G36 hybrid people were making. Special Investigations staff checked out a few of the department-owned Glock 36 and 30 pistols, to create a few of the hybrids. When they tested them, they asked the representatives from Glock to come by, and see what happened. What they found was a small .45 that performed reliably, and was exceptionally accurate for its size.
One problem stood in their way. Due to the litigious society police departments find themselves in, they can't go and use weapons cobbled together from parts and pieces – they need a production gun. So LAPD SIS staff with Glock Representatives in tow went to Glock Inc. and basically said, this is a great weapon, if you build it, we'll buy it.
Glock is no dummy when it comes to marketing. (They do control some 60% of the police firearms market and sell out in most local gun stores.) They saw a gun with customers ready to buy it, needed minimal R&D to work out, and used parts already on the shelf. I can only guess seeing the up side of this equation wasn't hard, and made the creation of the 30S an easy decision.
So, come SHOT Show 2013, I met with Glock Representative Dave Larson, who let me see and shoot the G30S for Guns America on media day. Initially, I was not all that excited, I already owned a Glock 30SF and was skeptical that the 30S was all that different. I wondered if the lighter slide would make recoil unpleasant, or if it would make finding holsters difficult.
The first time behind the trigger of the Glock 30S showed me that I was definitely wrong on the first count. Recoil was more than manageable, and accuracy was outstanding for such a small .45. I soon found I was very wrong on count two as well. All my holsters for my Glock 19 fit the 30S perfectly.
What really sets this gun apart, is that Glock took their compact .45 that was pretty thick and put it into a 9mm/.40 sized envelope, while still giving you 10+1 rounds of .45 ACP capacity. While the frame is somewhat thicker, it is still easy to get a grip on. To be clear though, this is definitely not a subcompact like the Glock 27 or 26, but it carries smaller than a mid size Glock. If you can find the 9-round flush fit magazines the 30S becomes exceptionally compact with a total of 10 rounds. (Glock has discontinued this item, but there are plenty out there still – you just have to look.
The size difference between the 30S and the 30 is mostly in width and weight. The width difference is 1/8 an inch thinner, which doesn't sound like a lot. That being said, it's amazing how important each fraction you shave off can be. Thickness makes a big deal on a CCW weapon; it just conceals better on your side. The Glock 30S weighs in at least 3 ounces lighter fully loaded than the G30 standard or SF version. Again, weight counts as well when it comes to the comfort of carrying.
Well, if anyone has read my columns, they know I love my Glocks. In the recent downturn, many of mine fell victim to the economy, but I soon found myself with enough funds to purchase a G30S. I then learned that wanting the 30S and finding one are two very different things. Gone are the days of just walking to a local gun store and finding the very Glock you want (or most guns for that matter). The gun purchase madness brought on by politicians beating the gun control drum made a very huge dent in the supply of new firearms. Guns fly off the shelves faster than stores can order them. Today it is often the case you need to find one you want, order it, then be prepared to wait.
I searched high and low for a G30S, and was told that waits ranged from 3-6 months. The Glock 30S was even more rare, as it's a new model, and are not out readily in the market. (Glock builds guns in waves, so you may have to wait until the next batch of your pistol is made.) Finally, I got lucky and found a local gun store who had one.
The Glock 30S comes with the usual dual 10-round magazines. The frame for all current G30S pistols use the Third Generation "SF" or short frame version. (Supposedly the Gen 4 version is coming.) Mine was also supplied with the Glock factory night sights. My best bet is that they use Meprolights made for Glock, as that what they look like, but I could be wrong. The sights were very bright in low/dark light, with excellent white outlines for daylight so they were easy to pickup either way. The frame also has a rail for a light or laser, but I really can't see using one for this gun. This pistol is for concealment.
Of course, you know I can't say yea or nay on a pistol until it goes to the range. I took my G30S to the range and had at it. The first shot out of the barrel was like a laser, punching a hole right where I pointed. The next shot's hole was touching the first. The range for this was 7 yards, two handed. The third shot made it about a 2 inch group. Overall, I've shot a couple of hundred rounds through the gun by now, without a single hiccup.
The handling was a little snappier than my 30SF I used to own, but not nearly as jumpy as my Springfield XDs. Ammo was either American Eagle 230 gr FMJ or Federal 230 grain HST's. Velocity lost from the Glock 30S's 3.78 inch barrel compared to a 5″ 1911 was a mere 48 FPS at most using the Federal HST. (See chart). +P Loads could be more of a difference, but as I didn't have access to any at the time.
I have carried the 30S now for about a month. It's been easy to carry, even in shorts and T-Shirt weather in Southern California. It is not, however, much of an option for pocket carry – that needs to one BIG pocket. Holster selection is still very important with this gun, and really will make or break the comfort level of this 10-round .45 ACP. I still have to give a nod to my Springfield XDs, as it still wins in the CCW category overall due to the thin body of that pistol. It is still viable for pocket carry and is easy to IWB.
However, sometimes the 5+1 capacity of the little Springfield isn't enough. In that role the Glock 30S is far superior to any other compact .45. You have 10+1 capacity in .45 ACP in a highly concealable package – about the overall size of Colt Officer's model. So to be clear, this gun may not be for everyone, but it is a far cry of an improvement from the standard Glock 30 from a concealment standpoint.
Some aftermarket suggestions for the G30S are in order. The standard Glock floorplates still pinch your little finger if you're not careful so a quick fix is a small "O" ring or the Pearce floorplates. I would also hunt for a Glock factory 9-round magazine for concealment. Like mentioned earlier, a good holster is just plain mandatory with any carry pistol. Fortunately, most Glock 19 or 23 holsters will fit the G30S. There are a lot of them out there.
The G30S is an example of what happens when the industry listens to what the consumer wants. When it does, you will likely come out with a better product, and likely with a built in buyer base. I carry the G30S a majority of the time, and I feel well protected with 11 rounds of .45 ACP.


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Revitalization Plan
View the Updated and Final Version of the Community Revitalization Plan.
For economic change to happen in Lake Havasu City it is essential all five Pillars be implemented. Our current economic path needs to change for us to have a healthy economic future, see 2007-2014 Economic Scan for our current situation.
The cornerstone of this plan will be the creation of a Virtual Entrepreneur Center, leveraging resources and programs of various agencies to focus on those businesses that have the greatest opportunity to grow and create jobs.
The plan includes the new ASU EON Chapter, boot camps and focused trainings, programs and services. The vision is to move from a Virtual Center to an Innovation Center over time.
Other actions:
• Downtown Catalyst Project and transforming downtown to be more inviting to all age groups.
• Business Attraction recruiting a 50- to 100-seat call center.
• Create a value proposition package to attract niche markets, collaborating with Mohave County Economic Development Department.
• Special projects, including technology infrastructure as a Smart Connected City, assistance on project developments.
• Ensuring a positive business climate, fast-tracked process.
• Virtual Entrepreneur Center
• Downtown Catalyst Project
• Call Center Recruitment
• Technology Infrastructure
• Niche business attraction plan
Mark Nexsen, Mayor
Jerry Ernst, President, Horizon Community Bank
Partnership for Economic Development
Mohave County Economic Development Department
Small Business Development Center
Mohave Community College
Mohave County Workforce Development Division
Lake Havasu Downtown Association
Arizona State University, Colleges at Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu Chamber of Commerce
Lake Havasu City
View .pdf for Pillar 1
The priority objectives in this Pillar are to
1) pass a school funding measure(s),
2) retain teachers,
3) increase student attainment and achievement and
4) create a talent supply for businesses.
• With Chamber's Foundation for Education and Leadership, there is an opportunity to bring business and education together as a collaborative to address career pathways.
• Improve technology infrastructure at the schools to advance to digital education.
• Sector-based training in collaboration with Mohave Workforce Development Division and Mohave Community College, initiate as needed sector-specific training meeting business needs, starting with Hospitality Training.
• School Funding
• Education Town Halls
• Hospitality Training
• Business-Education Collaborative
Dr. David Young, Director, ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City
Jo Navaretta, Governing Board President,
Education: Chamber Foundation for Education and Leadership, LHUSD, WAVE, J-TED, MCC, ASU, NAU
Business: Chamber, CVB, PED, Marine Association, Hospitality Association
Government: Mohave County Workforce Development Division, Lake Havasu City
View .pdf for Pillar 2
Lake Havasu City's economy has been and will remain dependent on a healthy tourism trade. Strategies to maintain and strengthen the tourism economy incorporate objectives in three distinct but interdependent areas:
1) Place Development,
2) Tourism, and
3) Hospitality Excellence.
• Wayfinding Signage, a pilot project with the Arizona Department of Transportation, will make the city's places and amenities more visible to visitors.
• Revitalization of downtown including a Public Arts project to connect the Channel and Downtown.
• Site Six, Havasu 280, and a potential Sports Complex will provide many long desired and needed amenities.
• Collaboration between Workforce, Mohave Community College, and the Hospitality Association for hospitality training to meet the needs of business and initiate a culture of excellence in hospitality
• Wayfinding and Public Art
• Culture of Hospitality Excellence
• Visitor and Water Related Developments
• Promotions
Cal Sheehy, London Bridge Resort
Mike Bonney, Lake Havasu Hospitality Association
Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu City Convention and Visitors Bureau
Arizona Parks Department
Havasu Riviera LLC
Lake Havasu Downtown Association
Lake Havasu Hospitality Association
Lake Havasu Marine Association
Mohave County Workforce Development Division & Mohave Community College
View .pdf for Pillar 3
Water is Lake Havasu City's most precious asset—and it's the economic driver. The Water Pillar is based on proactive and preventive actions to
1) retain and increase domestic water supply and 2) understand and manage existing threats to the Colorado River and Lake Havasu.
• Implement water treatment, conservation, reclamation and reuse
• Pursue using the existing database of lake and river water samples for
comprehensive research.
• Increase collaboration with all agencies to protect and manage the health of the lake.
• Move forward with Botanical Garden, Water/ Environmental Science Center vision at Havasu 280.
• Investigate the feasibility of fallow farm land water rights leasing during periods of severe drought.
• Water Right Acquisition
• Proactive public education on conservation, reclamation and reuse
• Pursue research
Charlie Cassens, City Manager
Dr. Doyle Wilson, Water Resources
Lake Havasu City
Clean Colorado River Sustainability Coalition
Mohave County Water Authority
Lake Havasu Management Partnership MOU
View .pdf for Pillar 4
Community Engagement, a foundational Pillar, will keep the committed leadership and residents informed of the plan's progress, embracing resident volunteerism in any Pillar and convening listening venues for input as to community priorities, actions and directions.
• Create a collaborative communications strategy with Implementing Partners.
• Use social media.
• Celebrate progress.
• Annual gathering in a town hall format to receive input and keep the Revitalization Plan a living document.
• Framework to create checks and balances, implementing plan and continuous feedback
• Communications
• Annual community meeting
Donna Brister, Vice Mayor
Mike Patterson, CEO, Havasu Regional Medical Center
Lake Havasu City
ABC Team
Other Implementing Partners
View .pdf for Pillar 5
Do you have a question or a comment on the the Pillars? Please send us your thoughts. If you are interested in Volunteering for any of the Pillars, fill out the form and we will contact you.