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Creative Mornings - A Lecture on Crossover
This month's Creative Morning's theme was Crossover. The Austin chapter recruited Jen Spencer, founder of The Creative Executive, to give a talk at the new TOM's Roasting Co. (pretty cool space!). Spencer has dealt with a lot of crossover in her career - from changing careers entirely, to starting a family and having a baby to creating a consulting agency that is true to her transitional values.
Her consulting practice is in the business of transitions and inspirations. The overall theme of her lecture revolved around a motivation to honor who you are and who you want to be.
Here are a few inspirational nuggets:
- There are three phases in a professional career: Direction - Achievement - Legacy. Between achievement and legacy the question, "Is this right for me?" always arises. If the answer to that question is YES, keep on keeping on. If that answer is no, it is time to reevaluate.
- In that reevaluation stage, vulnerability is the key to success. Risk, uncertainty and emotional exposure give us opportunities to look deep and ask the meaningful questions.
- "Be present in your work and life, and if you're honoring who you are, you won't be worried about where you're supposed to be."
5 Things I Learned at Creative Circles Conference
I had the opportunity to stop by the Creative Circles Conference this year. The atmosphere was flooded with passion for design and an eagerness for inspiration. Below are just a few things I learned from some pretty cool creatives:
- A Kick-Ass Mobile App Helps Support a Great Conference: Inner Geek created an elegant application for the conference. It offers a great user experience that you can check out here. With a personalized schedule builder included, this could be perfect for something like sxsw!
- Using Heritage as Innovation: Co-Founders of The Heads of State, Jason and Dusty, discussed the importance of preserving tradition & history in creative work. In their work they often use a style equation, which combines artistic elements from history that they are inspired by to create something new. Another piece of advice from the duo is to continue to bring all ideas to the table, and allow personal passions to keep you inspired and motivated. One project, that came out of a personal hobby of collecting luggage tags, is their side company, Pilot & Capt. which prints t-shirts and other merchandise to further the life of these iconic luggage tags and their timeless typography.
- Art First, Photoshop Second // The Importance of Limitless Brainstorming: Jay Argaet, Creative Director at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, stressed the importance of designing outside of the box, or more so computer, by using real objects, rather than just pixels, to create. Here is the process of one album cover art he created not in photoshop, but with actual mirrors and a camera in the New Zealand landscape. He ended his talk emphasizing the importance of limitless brainstorming, saying "aim for the impossible, until you know for a fact that it can't actually be done."
- Innovation enhanced through SPARK: The combination of stories, perseverance, adventure, restoration and kindness are how Lee Steffen, founder of Creative Penguin, sparks his own innovation process.
- Everyone Has a Voice: Doug Bowman, former Creative Director at Twitter, reminded us that Twitter's main goal was to play a supporting role in human connection. He said, "it has always been about people and should always be about people." As creators, we have a responsibility to give everyone a voice, and Twitter was the beginning of that: connecting people not just through those we know, but with those we want to know and might not have had contact with otherwise. The social network even changed how businesses interact with their customers. Doug ended his talk restating that, "we are the creators of the modern era. We each have a voice and every voice deserves to be heard."
This Week's Pretty Type
1. Just Cook - It's hard to pass up well designed seasoning. It was the first time I saw someone spice things up in this packaging category.
2. Brew & Brew - Local Austin coffee shop that does type right. And coffee too.
Free Font Friday
Once I create a piece with a typeface I love, I tend to go a little overboard with it. My overused typefaces lately have been Dosis and Museo Sans Rounded. I love the variety of widths in both and the simplicity of their clean, rounded san serif features.
Here are a few snapshots of the type in action:


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The South Australian Branch of the Statistical Society would like to invite you to the August talk of the 2016 program. Please note that this talk will be on a Thursday night in September!
Venue: Basement Room 18 (B18) Ingkarni Wardli Building, North Terrace, Adelaide University.
Campus map is available at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/northtce/.
***Please note that most entrance doors to Adelaide University buildings close at 6pm so make sure you arrive in time for the talk.
5.30pm – Refreshments.
6.05pm – General Meeting Talk.
7.30 pm – A dinner will be held after the meeting at Lemongrass Thai Bistro, 289 Rundle Street, Adelaide.
Please rsvp for dinner to [email protected] by 29th August.
Speaker: Professor David Roder (University of South Australia)
Topic: Extending Cancer Registry Data for Monitoring Cancer Control
Abstract: Australian population-based registries have comprehensive geographic coverage and include data on all cancers except non-melanoma skin lesions. They enable monitoring of cancer incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival by sociodemographic characteristics, and cancer site and histology, plus secular trends.
The data are thin, however, excluding information on cancer stage, other prognostic characteristics, co-morbidity, patterns of care, treatment side effects, cancer progression and recurrence, and late effects. These data are sought through clinical cancer registries for selected patient groups and through data linkage of population-based cancer registries with inpatient data, radiotherapy centre data, health insurance data (MBS/PBS), screening and vaccination registries, and patient self-reporting.
The comparative advantages and disadvantages of these data strategies are discussed. The availability of government funded data linkage units at Commonwealth and State/Territory level is described, along with remote access facilities for data analysis and secure data storage.
Since 2011 David Roder has been Chair of Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health at the University South Australia in collaboration with Cancer Council SA's Beat Cancer Project. He is also employed under contract by Cancer Australia, the NSW Cancer Institute, and Cancer Council SA. He has been a WHO consultant in Mongolia, Malaysia and Indonesia, and has worked under contract to the Malaysian, South Australian and New Zealand Government.
He presently Chairs the National Cervical Cancer Quality Safety Monitoring Committee, the Australian Prostate Clinical Cancer Registry Steering Committee, the National Prostate Cancer Health Research Outcomes Unit, CanTeen Youth Cancer Service Data Advisory Panel, and Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Interactive Atlas Committee. He sits on a range of other advisory, data set specification, accreditation and redevelopment committees.
He has authored over 240 peer-reviewed research publications and is active in research both as a researcher and research reviewer for numerous international journals and research funding bodies and has reviewed research units in SA, WA, NSW, Qld, Victoria, Tasmania and nationally.
David Roder's research interests are broad, but with a focus on cancer, health-services evaluation, safety and quality monitoring, and data-infrastructure development, and with an additional emphasis on data linkage. As Deputy Chair of the SA Government HREC, and member of the Population Health Research Network of Australia's Privacy Committee, he is interested in, and is optimising data use through data linkage within legal and ethical constraints.
Feel free to forward this meeting notice to colleagues, all welcome.
Paul Sutcliffe
SA Branch
Statistical Society of Australia
Tel. 0438 446 064
|5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
|Basement Room 18 (B18) Ingkarni Wardli Building, Adelaide University,
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Chris DeVoe
Managing Director
Chris DeVoe is a Managing Director in Andersen Tax's Greenwich office. He has over 15 years of tax experience, in both public and private practice.
Chris specializes in providing ASC 740 and tax operations services, with a focus on assisting clients in implementing global best in class processes. In addition, he has extensive experience in all areas of the tax life cycle, including journal entry preparation and quarter close procedures through the filing of Federal and State corporate tax returns and the subsequent return to provision analyses.
Prior to joining Andersen Tax, Chris was a Director at a national tax firm and a Managing Director at WTP Advisors. Before WTP Advisors, Chris was a Senior Manager at EY, where he was responsible for leading large-scale tax process initiatives for clients required to restate financial statements due to weaknesses in the tax function. Chris also worked in the tax department of GE Capital, where he was responsible for the International Tax Operations and Reporting for a multi-billion dollar business.


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Eco Council
Our Eco Council is led by Mrs Hobson (Year 1/2 class teacher) and is made up of pupils from across the school who have been elected by their peers. We meet once a week to discuss how we can be Eco friendly in school and at home. We also love to check every classroom in school is being as Eco friendly as possible and we bust them if they're not!
Please click the links below to take you to some fabulous ECO sites.
You can find minutes from our meetings below.


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Veterinary Medicine: Small Animal Practice
Credits: 3 credits
Eligibility: current sophomores, juniors, seniors
(see eligibility requirements)
This program is offered at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, consistently ranked one of the top veterinary schools in the nation.
During the program, you'll become familiar with the anatomy and physiology of cats, dogs, and other domestic animals, and the basics of how these subjects apply to small animal veterinary practice.
Led by Dr. Allison Miller and Dr. Kelly Lyboldt, you'll learn the basic form and function of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and digestive systems, and you'll have the opportunity to learn about common topics in small animal practice, such as spaying and neutering and handling emergencies.
Through laboratory exercises you'll gain hands-on experience and an understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of companion animals.
You'll attend lectures in the morning and labs in the afternoon, focusing on practicing skills and utilizing equipment.
Read more about this program on the College of Veterinary Medicine's website.
Course expectations
Students are expected to:
- be able to understand and recall selected major topics of anatomy and physiology subject matter content in appropriate depth;
- understand how anatomy and physiology subject matter content is applied to common veterinary medical practice;
- work cooperatively with others to achieve stated goals in class laboratory activities;
- gain an appreciation for the scope of work of being a veterinarian; and
- maintain a positive, respectful attitude towards themselves, classmates, instructors, and animals.
You'll be enrolled in the three-credit course Veterinary Medicine: Science and Practice (VTBMS 1200). It is highly recommended that students have taken a high school biology class to enroll in this course.
This course meets Mondays through Fridays, 9:00 a.m.–noon, with labs from 1:30–3:30 p.m. Office hours will be held immediately after class from 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Maximum enrollment: 75
There are no required textbooks for this course. All notes for the course will be provided electronically on an LMS system. Students should have a computer or tablet to be able to access these notes, or use a campus computer available at a university library. Students will need to set up a Net-Print account either prior to arrival at Cornell or during orientation weekend so that they can print any necessary notes for lecture or lab.
Note: You may combine this program with Equine Practice, Conservation Medicine, or any other three-week 2 program to create a six-week Dual Program.
Special scheduling
- Wednesday, July 4: In observance of Independence Day, we will not have classes.
- Monday, July 9: College Admissions Workshop, 2:30–3:45 p.m.
Checkout dates and times
Before making travel plans, review the checkout dates and times for your program. We strictly adhere to these deadlines.
Program directors
Allison Miller
Dr. Allison Miller earned her bachelor's degree in animal science and her doctorate of veterinary medicine at Cornell University. After graduation, she completed a year-long internship at the Vermont Large Animal Clinic Equine Hospital in northern Vermont, focusing on equine medicine.
After completing her internship, Dr. Miller worked for five years at a busy sport horse practice near Boston, Massachusetts. There she gained valuable experience diagnosing and treating many different types of lameness, as well as managing medicine cases on the farm and providing routine and emergency care to horses in the field.
A native upstate New Yorker, Dr. Miller is excited to be back in the Finger Lakes region helping to teach first-year veterinary students in the subjects of anatomy and physiology. She is looking forward to teaching students in Cornell Summer College and introducing them to some of the fascinating aspects of veterinary medicine.
"Every summer I look forward to teaching my students about veterinary medicine. Their enthusiasm and drive are inspiring, and I enjoy teaching them many facets of the veterinary field in the three weeks that they are in my course. The class size and the design of the course allow for a great learning experience in a small-group setting."
Dr. Kelly Lyboldt
Dr. Kelly Lyboldt is a lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, from which she holds a doctorate of veterinary medicine.
Following her graduation from Cornell, Dr. Lyboldt practiced small animal emergency medicine and surgery for six years at a busy emergency referral hospital. Looking for a change of pace, she transitioned into general practice, focusing on general surgery, oral surgery, preventative medicine, and geriatric care.
At the veterinary college, Dr. Lyboldt teaches first- and second-year students. The courses in which she is involved include The Animal Body and also Function and Dysfunction. The Animal Body focuses on gross, radiographic and histopathologic anatomy. Function and Dysfunction focuses on physiology and pathophysiology. She looks forward to exposing Summer College students to exciting aspects of veterinary medicine as well as to the veterinary college's problem-based learning curriculum.
Alum in the news
Madison Luker, 2016, writes about her summer in the Veterinary Medicine: Small Animal Practice and Equine Practice programs in Imagine magazine (January/February 2017), Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Read article.
Student experiences
"My professors were amazing. They made sure we understood the material, and they made class interesting and fun. They reinforced the material in our labs, which was very helpful, because we got to physically feel and see the anatomy we learned about in class. I took the course to see if I wanted to apply to college on a pre-vet track—and I now know that I do." — Kiley Horning, 2016
"Cornell has the best veterinary school in the country, so being able to come here and learn in the highest ranked facility was the major deciding factor in my decision to come to Summer College." — Madeline Panlilio, 2016
"My teachers were absolutely wonderful and exceeded my expectations. " — Stephanie Perez, 2015
"Dr. Maza was an awesomely funny and helpful professor who loves cats, which I loved. Dr. Miller was inspiring. My favorite TA was Gabby Woo, who was kind, funny, understanding, and helpful. " — Vivian De Almeida, 2015
"The pre-vet program was outstanding. Our son was taught by dedicated, energetic, and inspiring professors and graduate students... It was a rewarding and challenging summer at one of the most beautiful campuses in the world." — Paul J. Balson, parent
"(My daughter) got a good taste of what college life is all about and it reinforced her desire to follow her career goal of being a vet. It is a very worthwhile experience and I highly recommend it... I felt the program was professionaly run and well worth the tuition." — Howard Roth, parent
"In three weeks she learned and experienced more than in most college courses during a semester. Studying at Cornell with the other motivated children was an outstanding first experience that will guide her in making decisions for applying to college. Exceptional by far." — Pam Gulla, parent
"It was a great introduction to veterinary medicine. The afternoon session helped me to visualize the concepts learned in the morning session. I now have a better idea of what the requirements are for applying to college and graduate school... I would describe it as a great experience. I would highly recommend it to all of my friends." — Brennan Balson
"I know that Cornell's vet school is the best, so I wanted a chance to utilize some of their resources and see if I really wanted to pursue a career in veterinary medicine... It really prepared me well for freshman year... All of my professors were amazing. They really made it so that we were able to understand basic anatomy and physiology of veterinary medicine, even as high school students... It was a fantastic experience that I will never forget." — Lily Lewis
"(This program) is a great way to experience college both socially and academically. It was one of the best experiences of my life... It has encouraged me to continue to be involved in veterinary related things and I loved Cornell. The professors and TAs were all incredibly helpful." — Jenny Beizer
"The program helped me decide that being a veterinarian is what I want. I loved being in a college environment surrounded by many kids who shared my interests... I really liked being able to do the labs in the afternoon; it was a great way to review the material from the morning. I loved being able to give a physical exam to a real live dog." — Nina Cerminaro


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Because the name "Harry Terjanian," is too odd for people to remember or look up,
my website is "IHateComedy.com." It's not done to be ironic; it's true. I'm a comedian who hates comedy. Bad comedy. Comedians are a jaded bunch. We don't start out that way. But when you love something so much, you hate seeing it destroyed and you hate being denied the opportunity to make it better. But every once in a while, there comes an opportunity that reminds you why the hell you go through all this in the first place. For me, that event was the great American Comedy Festival.
For five days in Johnny Carson's hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska, 19 other funny, talented, and unique professional comedians and I were treated to everything that comedy should be. Professionally, financially, and artistically. And while being Mr. Positivity goes against every fiber of my comedic being, I have to be honest, bad or good. Thus here are some of the lessons I discovered and/or was reminded about in the world of comedy thanks to my trip to the festival.
There are still people in comedy, who care about comedy
Eddie Brill (comedian, booker and organizer of this festival) didn't just find a town and some microphones. He had a vision; a place to showcase the smart, witty style of comedy that was favored by the legendary Johnny Carson. There was a concerted effort to find the best kept secrets in the comedy world and it showed.
A funny thing happens when you book good comedians. Everyone steps up their game and becomes a better performer. There was not one comedian I watched perform and thought, "What the hell are THEY doing here?" They were more than just people who told jokes for a living; these were people who worked hard on their craft and poured everything they had into their comedy.
There are still places where comedy is a real profession and not the circus
We were well taken care. I won't say how much because frankly, some of us have ex-wives and needy relatives. But it was more than necessary. Most of us would have done it for a free trip and chance to perform at theater shows alone. But this "small town" ran a tight production which rivals a lot of festivals whose extent of preparation consists of "Congratulations, you've been accepted into the Smiley Face Comedy Festival. If you can find a way to get to Roanoke, Virginia and a place to stay, you're in!"
We were legitimate working comedians and not amateurs. Eddie made it a point to not treat us like of group of contest winners getting back stage passes and a quick picture with the Rolling Stones. We were the Rolling Stones.
And when you put on good shows year after year, good audiences come out and bad audiences stay home. It was a nice change of pace to perform for audiences who wanted to see good comedy. They weren't there to drink their troubles away while a comedy show played in the background. They were there for every subtle nuance of every joke. They were there for a good show and because of that, we delivered.
Funny is funny
There's a reason for alternative rooms, mainstream clubs, city rooms, black rooms, Hispanic rooms etc. Some people's styles are appreciated more by a specific demographic. However, the best comedians can branch out. The best comedians learn to adapt and make the audience get them.
Everyone had a different style, pace and unique voice. They had something special that was interesting and used their experience and skill to command those audiences, no matter what style or where they were from. Comedy isn't just a New York or L.A. thing. I got to see some of the best new comics from Cleveland, Denver, Minnesota, Indianapolis, etc.
Not all of us are backstabbers and jerks…some of us just want to create art
Eddie went out of his way to not make this thing a competition. He made sure all of us were paid equally (with a little bump up for finalists and winners). "Art is not a competition, so don't worry about that. You are all here because you deserve to be here. Because you are all the best."
Eddie didn't just find great comedians, he found people with a passion for comedy. People who want the best comedy to succeed. To put it simply, everyone on the shows were…nice. Since the trip I've had several of my new friends help out by calling in favors and I hope to do the same for them when I can. I have a couch that's always free for anyone who wants to make the trip (I hope you like dogs though).
We were all willing to share advice and info with one anther about how to be more successful or how to get more work. Everyone offered suggestions on ideas or lines that would make a joke stronger or a smoother.
We made sure each of us didn't miss anything and had a ride to the next event (Thanks Kevin McCaffrey).
We reminded those of us that were slightly nervous to "knock it off because you're good and funny."
We'd find medicine for those of us with headaches, upset stomachs or the myriad of injuries that result from the full court basketball game. That's right. 20 out of shape, un-athletic, uncoordinated, alcoholic, smoking comedians….playing full court basketball…after a hotdog picnic. If we made good decisions, we wouldn't be doing comedy.
And let's not forget the wise decision to turn a 2-hour bus ride back from a great show in Omaha into an impromptu 30th birthday party for Kevin McCaffrey by stopping off for Jack Daniels, some balloons and a cake shaped like a monkey. The festivities were capped off by Tom Waits style rendition of "Happy Birthday," immediately followed by Tom Waits renditions of classic hip hop and pop songs.
Funny People
Between the treatment we received from everyone, the respect for the craft, and the skill level of everyone involved…we were free to just be people. The best kind of people: funny people. There might have been several hundred ongoing bits or lines of comedic genius:
- Ryan Dalton's mission to visit "Steak Buffet USA," despite appeals that he avoid it.
"I have to, man. It's 'Steak Buffet USA.' I love all three of those things!"
- Headliner Jake Johansson preforming a one of the shows in his newly purchased overalls. Yes, really.
- The comedic tragedy of terrible bookers and road gigs.
"I told that jerk that I'd rather headline a show on the Hindenburg."
- Dave Wait's ongoing bit about Pete Lee's likeability with the locals.
"Where's Pete?"
"Uh I think he's out campaigning for mayor,"
"Hey Pete, how was the city council meeting today?"
"The town's in trouble you guys."
"The town's in trouble you guys."
- The trend that grew daily of comedians buying sleeveless Larry-the-Cable-Guy-style flannel shirts.
- Comedian Ben Bizuneh admitting on the long 2 hour confessional from Omaha to Norfolk that he'd never been to a strip club and Owen Smith's response of "Well maybe Nebraska shouldn't be your first."
I'll admit that I suffer from severe depression, for various personal and professional reasons. Don't worry, I won't every go on a rampage or anything, but it's something that most performers and especially comedians deal with. If you have any real perspective on the world around you (which is what you need in order to be a good comedian) then you probably have some form of it. But for five days of my life, I was cured. No meds, no meditation, no therapy. I was just too busy working and laughing.
Am I now "Mr. Happy-go lucky, life is great, cease the day!" guy? No. I'm a comedian. We only feel as good as the last set we did, and we're too stupid to stop after a good one because we hope the next one is better. But as the people of Norfolk bid us farewell with pleas of, "Please come back next year," I couldn't bare to tell them that we won't be back next year. Next year's fest, which will only be bigger and better, will host 20 other comedians. I'll be envious them for sure, but also be happy that someone else will get the rare opportunity to be one of the Rolling Stones.
If you're looking for great new comedy, please check out these comedians from the Great American Comedy Festival competition. It'll definitely be worth your time:
Pete Lee, Harry Terjanian, Brian Hocker, Amber Tozer, Andrew Orvedahl, Dave Waite, Tom Keller, Andrew Sleighter, Amber Preston, Kevin McCaffrey, Gary Peterson, Denise Ramsden, Janine Brito, Sasheer Zamata, Owen Smith, Ben Bizuneh, Stephanie McHugh, Ryan Dalton, Johnny Beehner.
Also I documented some of our offstage activities in 360 panoramic video with my new toy, the Kogeto Dot. Swipe with your mouse or fingers to view the full 360 video and pass it along.
Outrunning the sprinklers
Talking about pigeons on a hayride in Nebraska.
Comedians meet cows. Cow meet comedians
Ticks and Redbox
Mookie in the Morning
Country Music in New York
Are you ready to tear some groins.
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To be able to control live TV with i-Guide, you will also need to have DVR service. When you tune to a channel, the DVR automatically begins a temporary recording of the program with an approximate two-hour buffer. You can pause, rewind or fast-forward through this temporary recording and, in effect, control live TV by using the buttons on your remote.
While you're pausing, rewinding or fast-forwarding a program, the status bar will appear. Green indicates the length of the program in the buffer. Red indicates you are watching a DVR recording in progress. White indicates the length of multiple programs that have been recorded in the buffer.
Note: The temporary recording will be erased if you turn off the DVR, change channels or watch more than approximately two hours of the same channel.


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Dayton in Lyon County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Odeon Saloon - Billiard Parlour Dayton Lodge No. 5 I.O.O.F.
In August, 1863, Territorial Governor Nye, escorted by Fort Churchill troops, spoke from the balcony to an empty street following a reported riot, and committee of vigilance hanging. President U.S. Grant, prior to visiting Sutro's tunnel, in October, 1879, used the balcony to speak to a more responsive group of townspeople.
After the Dayton fire of July, 1866, the building was sold and remodeled. The second floor became the Melodeon Hall where dances, minstrel shows, and operas were held. Some town meetings were conducted here.
Mr. & Mrs. Grahame H. Hardy purchased the property in 1964 and through their restoration, have preserved the past for the future.
Erected 1974 by E Clampus Vitus- Julia C. Bulette Chapter 1864.
Marker series. This marker is included in the E Clampus Vitus marker series.
Location. 39° 14.203′ N, 119° 35.45′ Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dayton NV 89403, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Nevada Added Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Union Hotel & Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Carson & Colorado Railroad (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chinatown (about 500 feet away); Dayton (about 500 feet away); The Pony Express (about 500 feet away); Chief Truckee (about 500 feet away); Hall's Station (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dayton.
Categories. • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on October 8, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 8, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. 2, 3. submitted on October 9, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.


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Breaking the Block
The only thing scarier than sitting down to write is NOT sitting down to write.
After four years of floundering through a creative vacuum, where having a job seemed more critical than coughing up what ever spurts of creativity would provide--a sort of creative spatter cone approach-- I've refocused, revamped the web-site, ellenmorrisbishop.com, started TERRANES, an LLC to do photography and interpretive work, replaced Canon gear with Nikon, and prepared to leap once again into the creative fray. (Not that working for the PaleoLands Institute wasn't creative--it was just creative in a single direction.) Overcoming resistance requires replacing distraction, excuses, and instant gratification with focus and perseverance. I think I've made the leap.
In this rebirth, there's a more visual person, focused on photography first, the Earth's legacies second, and writing as a way to convey and refine the stories of landscapes. I'll share thoughts on how images can help convey both process and history. I'll post at least once each week.
There will also be a place for dogs. (We need some levity, no? And dogs can be, as Harry Ward Beecher noted, the gods of frolic.)
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6 Tips on How to Get Ahead in Your Career
Better money, increased job satisfaction, and not dreading the day ahead can all be perks of landing your dream job. This advice can help you make it happen.
Talk to Someone Who's Done It
New to the job market or looking to take a career turn? "Find someone in the occupation to speak with," suggests Deb Keary, director of human resources at the Society for Human Resource Management (shrm.org). Pick his or her brain. Ask what the job entails, what skills are needed, what level of education you'll need, what professional organization you should join—and even if you can shadow the person at work for a day. Then take steps to qualify yourself for the position, and make sure the person in charge of hiring—whether you're applying for a new job or for a promotion—knows you've taken them.
Learn to Play the Game of Office Politics
"Whether you want to be or not, you're in the game," says career consultant Roberta Matuson, author of Suddenly in Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around ($22, amazon.com). Make an effort to understand how work gets done in your organization. Build relationships with others by being a team player, being professional, and avoiding gossip and unprofessional outbursts.
Use Peer Pressure to Your Advantage
"Hang with the hard workers," advises Joseph Grenny, coauthor of the New York Times best-seller Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success ($18, amazon.com). "The career-limiting habits that keep you back are likely enabled, tolerated, or encouraged by others." Use positive peer pressure by surrounding yourself with hardworking friends who share your career goals.
Take Advantage of Your Connections
Sometimes it is all about who you know. Think about the person who is hiring for your dream job. Do you know someone who is acquainted with him or her? Or someone who knows someone? Ask around: You want somebody to put in a good word for you. "It's so much more valuable to do that than send out dozens of résumés that could get thrown into the reject piles," says Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School in New York City and coauthor of Discovery Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity ($28, amazon.com). Sending resumes can still help you find work, but using your networks to put yourself forward and get your name out there may help you land your dream job much more quickly.
Dream Big, Act Small
"Dream big about your possibilities, but take small steps to meet your goals," says Rachelle J. Canter, Ph.D., author of Make the Right Career Move: 28 Critical Insights and Strategies to Land Your Dream Job ($30, amazon.com). "By picking small steps, you won't feel overburdened with the demands of your resolution." Set aside, say, 15 minutes each week to help you work toward your goal—perhaps going online to research qualifications for the job you want or working your way through a book on your desired field.
Reframe Failure
"Social conditioning too often leads us to believe that if we fail we should go home, hide our dreams under the bed, and never let them out to see daylight again," says career and success coach Margie Warrell, author of Find Your Courage: 12 Acts for Becoming Fearless at Work and in Life ($16, amazon.com). But "your failures will not define your success in the year ahead." Don't make a failure mean more than it does. "Reflect on the lesson the failure offers, making adjustments accordingly, then climb back on your horse!" advises Warrell.
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American Family Care (AFC) is an Englewood AFC Urgent Care Clinic that offers comprehensive healthcare diagnoses and treatment. We provide a convenient location with after hour care.
Most illness and injuries are not meant for emergency room treatment. Walk in to our clinic any time without appointment. Avoid extended wait times and expensive bills commonly associated with emergency room visits.
Our facility is always staffed with Board Certified Physicians that allow us to treat people of all ages. You should always feel comfortable that your Medical Diagnosis and Treatment is being done by a qualified and experienced individual.
We're here to treat you for common issues like ear infections, sore throats, sinus pain, flu symptoms and more. Our on-site lab allows us to meet a wide variety of testing needs including; Strep, TB, Hepatitis as well as STD concerns.
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Florence and its magnificent gardens
When Summer comes, the city of Florence offers the joys of gardens that are unequalled in Italy, in addition to its magnificent monuments.
In this brief presentation of ours, we have decided to introduce some gardens that are less well-known than the monumental Medici gardens but are magnificent examples of beauty.
Giardino delle Rose (Garden of the Roses), created in 1895. In recent years, this wonderful place in the city has become one of the most popular photographic subjects in Florence, that is, since twelve sculptures by Jean-Michel Folon were placed in this garden open to the public all year round.
Japanese garden Shorai-Teien, the only one of its kind in Florence, donated in 1998 by Japanese architect Yasuo Kitayama to celebrate the bond between the twin cities, Florence and Kyoto.
Giardino Corsi (Corsi Garden), by appointment. The entrance to the park is in Via Romana. The garden has the typical layout of an English garden, which became popular in Florence in the mid-19th century.
Giardino Corsini. The visit by appointment will allow you to admire an imposing garden, a harmonious geometrical parterre with hedges of box, two lovely English groves, two well-conserved lemon-houses and an important collection of peonies.
Near Piazza SS. Annunziata, the Giardino Budini Gattai hides behind the walls of the family palace. Although the dimensions are small, the garden is famous for its collection of camellias, among the best in Florence.


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A patient recently told me she felt unloved. She blamed her husband for not doing enough to demonstrate his love for her and said she was having doubts about whether or not to stay in the marriage. I asked her how long she'd been feeling this way. "Not long," she told me. "Maybe a week." I asked her what had changed about her husband's behavior over the past week. She was not able to identify a single thing her husband was doing differently than he'd been doing when she did feel loved.
The problem, I concluded, was that she was accepting her feelings as fact. This is called emotional reasoning and it goes something like this: "I feel unloved; therefore, I must not be getting enough love from my husband." Another example: "I feel anxious and worried; therefore, something must be wrong." Yet another example: "I feel sad/depressed; therefore, something must be wrong with or missing in my life."
Now any of these statements might be true. However, feeling a particular way is not enough evidence for us to draw any conclusions one way or another. We need more information.
The point is this: Feelings are not facts. Emotions are a valuable source of information but they should never be the only source of information. This is particularly true with those emotions that have been problematic for us in the past.
Here's a personal example. I used to be very insecure and jealous in romantic relationships. I became upset when my significant other talked to or even talked about other females. It didn't take long before this caused problems for me. I often over-reacted to benign situations. My suspicions and accusations pushed those I cared about away. I knew I had to make some changes.
I started to interpret feelings of jealousy as a sign (or a "red flag" of sorts) that I need to take a step back or remove myself from a situation for a few moments. First, I would acknowledge my feelings of insecurity. Then I would attempt to determine whether or not they had any basis in reality. Sometimes that meant calling a trusted friend or family member to explain the situation and get their point of view. If I determined that I was over-reacting (because of my own insecurities) I did what I needed to do to cope with my emotions without taking my feelings out on my significant other. If I decided that my significant other had, in fact, done something to warrant my jealousy I worked to identify an appropriate way to address the issue with him.
This took a lot of practice but over time it became second nature. Eventually I even started to feel more secure in my relationships.
Anyway, the moral of the story is that accepting feelings as facts can create a lot of problems. To really make good decisions you need a good balance of reason and emotion. In other words, when your head and your heart are in agreement you know you are on the right path.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
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I've especially noticed this mindset in working with people who are suicidal. They feel that their lives are worthless and that things will never get better, and because they feel that way, they assume it must be so. Getting them to realize that they are mistaking feelings for facts, however, is a real challenge, and sometimes can't be done outside a hospital setting.ReplyDelete
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Very good post. Perception is reality for many. This is why people come to see you...
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Khairin is in her final/last week at Camp. She asked me to bring her favorite socks.
Quote: Yang sama macam Fatin punya, kaler hijau.
The Mama has no idea which one she meant and just grabbed the first green socks I saw.
As Khairin was unpacking/packing the things I brought her last weekend (in the car), she pounced on the socks and gave a groan.. "Bukan yang ini tapi tak pe lah". Dalam hati Mama, "Ada aku kisah, hehe..". She put the socks on (Yes she didnt have any socks on at the time). Shoes look 'tired' although still shiny!
Note: One time, the girls (KA and cousins), were into mismatched socks. They purposely bought 2 pairs of sock of different colour but with the same design. Then they will switch sides when using them. That is how she ended with an apple green sock on one foot and a turquoise on the other.


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It's been an entire week since your last confession and there's been a lot of good, solid sinning going on across the country. Check out the top 5 and don't forget to submit your misdeeds here.
Nate Miller, Ithaca College
Billy, because you wouldn't shower, we would febreeze you while you slept. Also, stop calling yourself Billy, your name is Bih-Chuan.
Phil C, Maryland
Remember how every week freshman year all the guys on our floor would get hammered and never get caught while you would just sit in our room and do homework because you wanted to be a RA the next year. Isn't it funny though that the one time you did drink, you got in caught and fined and automatically disqualified from the RA selection process. Maybe you shouldn't throw a basketball at my girlfriend's face from three feet away in a sad attempt to be flirty. Especially when I'm in the room.
M G, St. Thomas
So, now that you're 8000 miles and an entire ocean away, you want to talk shit. Listen, you're like the 7th guy IN A ROW she's been engaged to. You're not special, you're a statistic. You're number 8 and Tuesday to her. By the way, yeah, we slept together like 9 times while you we're together. Nothing like seeing them thighs quiver! I hope she has your chud baby.
Jacob A., US Navy
Some friends and I went backpacking through Europe this past summer and spent some time traveling with these cool dudes we met in Italy. Except for Dave. Dave was apparently having a horrible time because his girlfriend cheated on him with some French dude and abandoned him in Paris. He complained about everything we did, where we stayed, what we ate, etc. I'm Croatian, and so our next stop was Croatia and we invited the cool dudes to come with us. By this time, Dave was becoming unbearable. My family was kind enough to put us all up for a few days, cook for us, do our laundry, even let us borrow their cars (all for FREE) and Dave was just a straight up douche to everyone. We were walking through a town one day and he would not shut up about how hot it was and how pissed he was we didn't go to the beach. We'd all had enough of Dave at this point so I let my traveling companions in on a plan. I told Dave that when it got this hot in Croatia, it was tradition to jump off the dock into the ocean while screaming a certain phrase, and if he'd just shut up for another hour, we could all jump in. So we all went down to the dock, I taught everyone how to say the "traditional phrase," and we did the whole "everyone jump on 3" bit. Thing is, Dave was the only one that jumped. What we didn't tell Dave was that no one ever swims in that water because it's where the city sewage system drains out, and the phrase he screamed at the top of his lungs was, "I suck dick for free!" Needless to say, Dave was not too happy with me. He left 2 days later while the rest of his friends hung out with my family for a week. We didn't miss Dave, but my family sure loved the story.
Olivia K, School Not Given


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Florence hotel in Santa Maria Novella, walk to Ponte Vecchio
Popular property highlights
Located in Santa Maria Novella, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Museo Marino Marini, Ponte Vecchio, and Santa Maria Novella Basilica and Museum. Piazza della Signoria and Florence Baptistery are also within 10 minutes. Florence Santa Maria Novella Station is 9 minutes by foot and Porta al Prato Station is 14 minutes.
Hotel Features
A bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and valet parking are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include 24-hour room service, concierge services, and dry cleaning.
Room Amenities
All 20 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus 24-hour room service and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Refrigerators, minibars, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Languages Spoken
- English
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This Florence hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Hotel Goldoni is a smoke-free property.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Express check-in
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Elevator/lift
- Concierge services
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Laundry facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 20
- Coffee shop or café
- Television in common areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
Valet parking (surcharge), Offsite parking discounted rates available
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room safe
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 3 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 25.0 per night.
- Pets stay free
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 4.00 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
Optional extras
- Valet parking fee: EUR 30 per day
- Nearby parking fee: EUR 30 per 24 hours
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 25.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Goldoni Florence
- Goldoni Hotel
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. One child 3 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Is it still planned to use an Apache rewrite rule? It seems to me that the current version ("Dev FS" on the map browser) uses a PHP script to return the tile, which I assume to be drastically less efficient than having apache return the file directly, especially if the machine is busy. But I may be wrong in assuming that a PHP script is currently used, and I may also be wrong in assuming that it wastes resources compared to mod_rewrite. --Frederik Ramm 00:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
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Richard K. Wilson, a Kent native who heads the Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently named one of "The Hottest Scientific Researchers of 2012," by "Sciencewatch," a division of Thomson Reuters one of the world's leading sources of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
The award recognizes those whose research is most frequently cited during a period of a year. To qualify, the research must have been published within two years of the recognition by Sciencewatch and must be cited at a level notably about papers of comparable type and age.
With 15 so-called "hot" papers to his name, Wilson heads the list.
A member of Theodore Roosevelt High School's Class of 1977, he majored in microbiology at Miami University in Oxford and obtained his doctorate chemistry and biochemistry in 1986 at the University of Oklahoma. At the Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, he was a breakthrough researcher in mapping out the human genome and was one of the scientists invited to the White House by President Bill Clinton to celebrate the accomplishment.
His father, Richard Wilson, taught biology at Rootstown, Davey Junior High and Roosevelt before becoming an administrator in the Kent City Schools. His mother, Pat, is the daughter of the late Roy Metcalf, music professor at Kent State, and her brother, Roy, was president of Colonial Machine. She started out teaching home economics, but then obtained a degree in library science and was a librarian in the Kent schools for 22 years.
Watching his father prepare for his biology classes may have whetted Wilson's appetite for biology and chemistry, his mother said.
Whatever the stimulus, he is enjoying a great career as an expert in molecular genetics and large-scale DNA sequence analysis. According to Wikepedia, his laboratory has sequenced and analyzed billions of bases of DNA from the genomes of bacteria, yeast, roundworms, plants, vertebrates, primates and humans. He and his colleagues at The Genome Institute sequenced the first animal genome and contributed substantially to the sequencing and analysis of the human genome.
More recently, the literature states, his laboratory was the first to sequence the genome of a cancer patient and discover genetic signatures relevant to the pathogenesis of the disease. Building upon this achievement, Dr. Wilson's laboratory has sequenced the genomes of several hundred patients in an effort to discover clues that will facilitate more effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other human diseases.
In addition to his position at The Genome Institute, Dr. Wilson is also a Research Member at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, and a member of their Senior Leadership Committee. He was a Research Fellow in the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology from 1986 to 1990. In 2008, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2011, he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from Miami University, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. He was inducted into the Kent City Schools Hall of Fame in 2007.
Wilson and his wife, Allison, have twin sons, Taylor and Evan. When I asked about their career aspirations, he said, "career paths are pending."
New life for a Ravenna landmark
Architect Rick Hawksley, who is restoring the pre-Civil War Ravenna house at 160 N. Chestnut St., has chosen a Sherwin Williams Classical Yellow for the exterior with a cream, ecru-like color for the trim.
"Yellow was a popular color back in the early and mid 19th Century so it's appropriate," Rick said. The color black was seriously considered for the trim, he said, "because it was probably was the color used for that part of the house, but it just looks too severe."
Crown molding on the outside and inside at the time the house was constructed took weeks to be created by hand. Rick said he and his assistant, Tim Ong, a Kent State architecture student, are giving the crown molding special care.
Pedestrians are curious and keep stopping to ask questions. Employees the nearby Ravenna Post Office after an informal poll, "told us yellow is their choice," Rick said.
Drive to save flagpole continues
I was checking out progress at 160 North Chestnut Street after lunch at Guido's with businessman Jack Shafer and Attorney Peggy DiPaola, who head Friends of the Flagpole, the effort to raise $130,000 necessary to repair and restore the flagpole at the Portage County Courthouse. Architectural historian Robert Bruegmann says the flagpole is an historically significant type of steel box-lattice construction, popular in the late 19th Century and utilized by Gustav Eiffel when he constructed the Eiffel Tower in Paris as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair. Ravenna's flagpole was built by the Van Dorn Company in Cleveland in 1893.
Peggy, who is keeping the books, said the campaign to privately fund the repair of the Ravenna structure stands at approximately $90,000. If everyone with a vested interest in the city's future and capable of giving $1,000 as a tax-deductible gift did so, the goal would be surpassed easily and quickly, she said.
Those refrigerator magnets that benefit the flagpole restoration are available for $5 apiece at Hometown Bank in Riddle Block No. 1. A handsome photo of the flagpole with the American flag flying is on the face of the magnet. The photo looks to have been taken from the Portage County Courthouse because Riddle Block No. 9 and the Apaydin Building can easily be seen across the street.
Many communities, lacking a plan, have lost their downtowns to the relentless pressure of vehicular traffic which seems to prefer big box stores with parking in the front. Ravenna's traditional downtown remains a beautiful one and its preservation and enhancement represent an opportunity that can make the county seat community more of a destination point. The Friends of the Flagpole campaign can be a catalyst in that larger effort.


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MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Residents are invited to celebrate Latin traditions at the Hispanic Heritage Festival on Sunday, July 20, from noon to 7 p.m. at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla.
The Kensico Dam Plaza is at 1 Bronx River Parkway.
Now in its 32nd year, the event will bring together representatives from more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries, attracting up to 15,000 people.
Festival highlights include music, dancing, arts and crafts, foods and fun for all, with special activities just for children. Festival-goers can visit booths staffed by more than 20 not-for-profit agencies and learn about the programs and services they offer.
The event is sponsored by Westchester County Parks, Alianza Latina, Optimum, Affinity Health Plan, Brady Goldberg, Better Homes/Rand Realty, The Examiner News, Westchester Hispano, and El Aguila.
For sponsorships, booth information and volunteer opportunities, call 914-630-1829 from noon to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (WWBT) – Wednesday night, thousands gathered on the University of Virginia campus to mourn the loss of a fellow student. 22-year old Yeardley Love was found brutally murdered early Monday morning. Her alleged killer George Huguely, a student whom friends say she dated, remains behind bars.
The pain of Love's fellow students was palpable Wednesday night. Even after the last note was sung, the 3,000 gathered at the UVA amphitheater did not move a muscle. They continued to sit in silence, united in their grief.
In that moment of silence all you could hear were sniffles and sobs for the 22-year old lacrosse player.
"Just a sense of sort of heartbreak for the loss of another human life, how can you not feel something," asked student Claire Thomas.
At a time when students should be cramming for finals, they gathered to remember a life ended far too soon and in such a brutal manner.
"Yeardley's death is beyond belief and the actions that led to her death are painfully difficult to think about. But for many of us, there has been very little else that we have been able to think about," said 4th Year Class President Sarah Elaine Hart.
University President John Casteen spoke candidly to his students, at times, choking back tears.
"My hope for Yeardley and for you is that her dying inspires an anger, a sense of outrage that engenders determination here and wherever Yeardley's name is recognized," he said.
The message to this stunned community, haunted by a tragedy they're struggling to understand was clear: "When you hear a scream, don't stay silent."
Yeardley Love was set to graduate in just a few weeks. Family and friends will say their final goodbyes this weekend. Love's funeral will take place Saturday at 10 o'clock in the morning at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.
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I already have planted basil and cleome among the perennials in my sunny bed.
I did so knowing there still is a statistical possibility of a frost. Here's a link to a post I wrote a couple of months ago about the growing season and frost dates. It has some handy graphs and charts I copped from the Tribune weather page:
Also, it's not Mother's Day yet. By tradition or deep-rooted instinct, Mother's Day is the start of the gardening season in Chicago. Lots of people get gift certificates or trips to nurseries as Mother's Day presents. It's the Saturday before Christmas for garden retailers. (My theory is that the people who go to nurseries on Mother's Day are the same people who enjoy Taste of Chicago and malls on Dec. 26. Some people like mob scenes; some don't.)
North Michigan Avenue is all about tulips (the cold weather meant they weren't in bloom for the start of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association's Tulip Days festival April 16, but they've caught up).
Just south of the river, though, is a reminder that tulips are not the only game in town. The huge urns that march down the avenue toward Millennium Park really caught my eye with their exuberant ranunculus, and I asked the folks at Douglas Hoerr Landscape Architecture in Chicago, who designed them, to identify the plants:
Yellow ranunculusNemesia 'Safari Plum'Verbascum 'Southern Charm'Pussy willow branchesAlgerian Ivy (not in picture)
Gotta put ranunculus and verbascum on the list for next year. I've been developing some gaps in my beds as the tulips give out, and ranunculus might be just the ticket. They are a tender bulb, like a dahlia, that would have to be started indoors, but maybe it's another incentive to invest in a plant light.
My favorite plant so far this spring: Narcissus x 'Hawera,' with tiny, delicate lemon-yellow blooms, three or four to a bulb. I planted bunches of it among some grape hyacinths, and the insouciant fairylike yellow sparkling with the pudgy blue flower spikes of the muscari and the grassy green foliage is a marvel. Next year I want hundreds more. (I can feel my back aching already.)
For all my moaning and wailing a couple of weeks ago about the damage from the late freeze and the big April 10 snowstorm, it's turning out to be a fine spring in my garden. Even the bleeding heart, which I had given up for dead, has bounced back and begun to bloom. As near as I can tell, I haven't lost anything.
I have a very nice display of tulips. I've been deadheading some daffodils but more are on the way. The scilla in the lawn bounced back remarkably well after being buried in heavy, wet snow. The yellow celandine poppies are blooming and the Virginia bluebells are blue all over.
A lot of lilac leaves, newly emerged in early April, got frazzled by the frost, but there seem to be at least some lilac flower buds getting ready to open.
Many people lost their magnolia blooms. But magnolias are always going to be a gamble in this climate. Maybe next year we won't get a late frost and the blooms will be glorious, but maybe the year after we'll get another harsh spring and the flowers will be lost. If you "push the zone" and put in a marginally hardy plant like a magnolia -- or a cherry -- you take a risk.
But as far as my garden is concerned, it wasn't the end of the world. It was just the weather.
Wintry weather has slowed down the hundreds of thousands of tulips in the planters on North Michigan Avenue. "Tulip Days" are scheduled to start Monday, but sunshine will determine how soon the flowers actually bloom.
During the festival's run through May 31, sculptures created from recycled bicycles by teenage artists in the "After School Matters" art program also will adorn the planters along the avenue from Oak Street south to the Chicago River.
Business, which sponsor the plantings, also sponsored the "Flights of Fancy" sculptures.
For a map of the gardens and information about offers and events, in connection with the annual flower display on the shopping strip, see www.themagnificentmile.com
Gardeners with questions about tulips or tulip care can e-mail them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
From the Chicago Tribune Home&Garden section of April 15, 2007. For more on gardening, see www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/.
The same daffodils that on Wednesday were bent down to the mulch with heavy, wet snow are standing tall and bright today. Even the scilla and irises, though battered, are less bowed.
That's what gardening does for you: It knocks you down and then it lifts your soul.
On the other hand, I couldn't bring myself to publish a picture of the bleeding heart. It would be like a snuff film.
I am all Zen about the weather now. What will happen will happen, and I am going to let it go by and then deal calmly with whatever I have left. The early spring garden I was grateful to glimpse for a few days is gone.
Goodbye, pretty little daffodils. Goodbye to the delightfully dense patches of violet-blue Iris reticulata, with the dashing yellow streaks down their petals. Goodbye to the scilla that, for the first time in the decade I have spent tucking the bulbs into the lawn, finally had that blue-pool-in-the-green-grass effect I was looking for. Goodbye, bleeding heart. You tried, you really did, and I salute you for it. But I no longer expect to see any dangling pink-and-white blooms this year.
The latest plant attack, Tom Skilling says, is a big storm that is likely to bring accumulating snow up in Wisconsin and wind, rain and sleet elsewhere in the Chicago area.
Plants that already have suffered from the recent bone-chilling, bleeding-heart-freezing cold could suffer some more. The wind, as well as the cold, could blast just-opened flower buds or tender young foliage, especially if they already have been damaged by the freeze, says Nancy Clifton, horticulture writer at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe (and Chicago Tribune Q&A gardening columnist).
It's warmer and sunnier today, and I hope it means we've turned the corner on the cold weather. But Tom Skilling is still warning of possible freezing nighttime temperatures Wednesday or Thursday night, so not all of us are out of the woods yet.
I have some sad-looking bleeding heart and pulmonaria, and I noticed Sunday that a lot of lilac and mock orange leaves are all dark and mushy.
The following is a story I wrote for today's (Tuesday's) paper.
By Beth Botts, Tribune staff reporter
Late and patchy flowers on shrubs and trees, leaves that are dried out or have holes, perennial flowering plants that will delay flowering or just didn't make it: Those are the likely costs of April's deep freeze. But in the long run, most plants should recover.
Now — before they get too tall — is the time to add stakes or other support for floppy or unstable perennials. It is much easier to plan ahead than to wrestle with a grown plant later.
A peony ring – a circle with crisscrossed wires — should be placed on its legs over a young plant. The stems will grow up through the interstices of the wire, which will hold the stems off the ground, even when the big flowers are heavy with rain. Never try to add a ring once a peony has set buds; the handling may damage them.
Many other designs of wire supports also are available to corral sprawling plants or keep tall stalks upright.
From the Chicago Tribune Home&Garden section of April 8, 2007. See more about gardens at https://www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/
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World War One: The unprotected Protector
Halfway though World War One a mine meant for a British warship blew up an entirely different target. The explosion killed all 19 men on board, many from only two streets, some from the same family.
In the early hours of New Year's Eve 1916, a pilot boat - the Protector - was waiting at the mouth of the River Tyne.
The men on board were about to be blown clean out of the water.
"There was a noise as if it was a volcano and all they saw was a column of water and smoke and the pilot cutter was no more," says Bill Watson, whose uncle Ralph Phillips and great-grandfather Robert Phillips were on board.
The cutter took pilots out to ships coming in to port. These men, specialists in the hazards of the river, would board via rope ladders and steer the ships in.
On 31 December John Burn's grandfather should have been on shore, not on the Protector.
"She was waiting to start boarding pilots on to a number of vessels lying outside and she hit a mine," Mr Burn says.
"It's believed this mine had been dropped the day before to catch a warship. Only the Germans got it wrong - she left the day previous."
The explosion shattered families and neighbourhoods. Nine of the dead had lived on just two streets - Trajan Avenue and Baring Street in South Shields.
Ralph Phillips's mother sat at the window "from morning until night" waiting for him.
Because there was no body, she was convinced the Germans had taken him prisoner and he would eventually come home.
The job of river pilot was kept within families, eligibility inherited, and both Mr Phillips' father, also called Ralph, and his grandfather Robert, worked on the Protector.
However, Ralph senior had not been on board that day.
Grieving for two generations, Ralph senior walked the shoreline, looking for bodies.
World War One at home
Football-playing munitions women
One day, three months later, he found a body floating in King Edward's Bay.
"He waded in up to his neck and pulled the body out," Mr Watson says.
"He didn't know it was his own father."
Seventy-year-old Robert Phillips was the only one found.
He was given an official Commonwealth war grave and was buried in Tynemouth's main cemetery.
Wartime censorship meant the loss of the Protector would be Tyneside's secret until the end of the war.
In 1924 a plaque in memory of the men was put up at St Stephen's and St Aidan's Church, South Shields. They are also commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial in London.
- The demise of the Protector, a Tyne and Wear pilot cutter, and how the war was fought on the British seas.


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decorate my modest 'stead,
and tantalizing scents do drift
upon the air so cool and crisp,
the Autumn season beckons me
"Prepare now for 'All Hallows Eve'!"
Now that my Cauldron's seasoned right, the besom dusted well for flight,
the cupboard's stocked and crops put in, incense and oils brewed fresh again,
It's time to say farewell to Sun. Too soon the Mabon rites are done!
Days grow shorter without fail, making way for thinnest veil ~
between the planes I'll travel free with atmospheric energy!
The magic charge is strong to lend, love and light toward Summerland.
To all whom I was let to know: "farewell and blessings" as you go.
~Polly Taskey~ Poem may be freely used/reprinted with link back and credit given please______________________________________________________________
Inspired by her Native American roots and Bradbury lineage, Polly Taskey is a writer and grandmother in the northern USA. She shares her wisdom and pagan interests through Pagan by Design and The Moonlit Grove.


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A gun brought to a Southwest Miami-Dade high school was accidentially discharged this morning, the latest incident involving a weapon at a South Florida school in a week filled with them.
Today's incident happened at Robert Morgan Senior High on SW 122 Ave., when a teacher found a loaded gun in a backpack in one of the school's bathrooms, police said.
Sources said the gun went off when a teacher picked it up, but thankfully no one was injured.
The school was placed on lockdown, with students unable to leave while police investigated the incident.
Yesterday, Miami-Dade police arrested seven students for bringing guns and knives to middle school and high school campuses. One student even brought a Taser.
Students were arrested at Palm Springs Middle, Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior, Michael M. Krop Senior, Miami Coral Park Senior, Lake Stevens Middle and Miami Springs Senior High.
The discoveries come just two days after 17-year-old Juan Carlos Rivera was stabbed to death at Coral Gables Senior High. Classmate Andy Rodriguez, also 17, has been charged with murder in the incident.


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unearthed, my first solo art show
September 19th, 2007
You've got to come check out my first solo art show! I've been doing ceramics for a couple of years now and I guess people have been diggin' it, so Jennifer Joyce offered me a show at her gallery!
Working in clay has been so satisfying — plunging my fingers into something substantial, away from the computer, in real life. And being able to create things that just ooze out of my brain. No flow charts, no code, no organization, no usability testing.
So, with complete disregard for utility or what anyone else thinks, I've somehow been making some nice pieces that people like. I don't want to whine… I'm not quite satisfied with the work I'm producing. I feel like I'm just now starting to control the clay more than it controls me. But I'm pleased with enough that I'll be able to fill a small room with some interesting stuff I've made.
Anyway, the show is called 'unearthed' and you can check out a few pieces of pottery at www.quixo.com/unearthed. You can give each piece a little spin with the fancy interactive-online-art-spinning-widget. And I hope you'll join me at the opening Saturday, October 13, 5-8pm.
I try not to analyze it too much, but I like to think of it as punk pottery, all spiky and pock-marked. But, you know, not the punk rock of pure oblivion, destruction and fury, but more the throw out the rules, start over from scratch, anti-pop punk. And I'm sure you can see the other influences banging around in my head too. It is abstract but with enough direct connection to the natural world that the forms are sensual, grotesque and maybe a little humorous. The kind of thing you might find in the forest or under a microscope or possibly just after a meteorite has made landfall delivering artifacts from a lost or future civilization. Or whatever. I'm just making this stuff up. Come on out and you can take from it what you like…
Oh, and the art will surely be upstaged by the yummy munchables crafted by Stacy TenHouten who is firing up her new business, Butterlove Bakery.
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iPad 2
So a imagine a computer, on a phone, then that same phone onto a screen that's 7.31″ by 9.50″. So what do you get? An iPad 2! This little gadget is awesome. Think of something you want to do on a laptop and do it on here, except its smaller! This is very handy. Now only if you can talk on it also… but that's fine it comes with 3g internet and wi-fi also. It's also like a portable camera. It has a camera on the back and front. And in case you were wondering its only .34″ width weighing in at 1.33 lbs. The iPad 2 has a screen resolution of 1,024 x 768. It comes in 16gb, 32gb, and 64gb. You have more storage in a tiny computer than you had on old hard drives. Tsk tsk, my how time fly's. It has a 1 GHz dual core processor. If you like apps and want the iPad specifically for apps, well lets just say it has over 90,000+ apps. it comes along with a 7.5 hour battery life, and to be honest I think thats an improvement for apple, especially a tablet.
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Wifi Wifi + 3G
16gb – $499.99 16 gb – $629.99
32gb – $599.99 32 gb – $729.99
64gb – $699.99 64gb $829.99
Kindle Fire
Amazons newest addition to the tablet market/community. Just like the Nook its mostly an e-book reader. it is 7.5″ x 4.7″ x .45″ and 14.6 oz. It also has a 1 GHz dual core processor. Kindle Fire has an eight hour battery life, which is plenty for an Android OS. You can buy apps from the Android app store or the Amazon app store with over 15,000 apps. The Kindle Fire only has 8gb. The screen resolution is 1,024 x 600. Unfortunately, the Kindle Fire has no camera but don't let that discourage you, the Kindle Fire is small, light, compatible, and fairly inexpensive compared to the things it provides and does.
Price: $199.


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DevOps is great. I like it. Some days, it even boosts morale more generally, as related Agile practices do, at their best.
It never gets easy, though. DevOps isn't an answer to adopt, as much as an awareness to practice. Whatever methodologic labels we use, we have a professional responsibility to keep them in balance.
Recent pieces by Julia Evans and Charity Majors reminded me of this. Those of us in the trenches know that Everything-As-A-Service doesn't solve fundamental problems, it just shifts them. Some of the shifts are to a better, safer place. It's not guaranteed, though; a little insight's required. A human who combines empathy (!) and experience needs to make delivery of business functions to paying customers real.
Evans and Majors shine useful spotlights on how absurd we can be when we lose perspective: development is trivial because it's just gluing APIs together, operations is trivial because this stuff works on my desktop, and so on. Over and over, I see startups that strain for "scalability" for operations that peak at a few dozen transactions per second, or evenper day! Plenty of real-world projects would be better off an a well-maintained Raspberry Pi than with the fancy rack-mounted blade where they end up.
Engineering is about trade-offs. At its best, DevOps helps us reach better judgments about how we combine reliability, flexibility, economy, responsiveness, and function. DevOps does not remove all the limits, give answers that plug into every possible situation, or implement stateful business results over a stateless architecture.
Majors says it well: "You can outsource labor, but you can't outsource caring." DevOps is about clarifying our responsibilities, not walking away from them.


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Norway massacre: Tape of Breivik call to police aired
Norwegians have for the first time heard the voice of self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik after his first call to police was broadcast.
Introducing himself as a "Norwegian anti-communist resistance commander", he says he wants to surrender, but hangs up when asked to give his number.
After the call, he resumed shooting people at the island summer camp of Norway's ruling Labour Party.
Breivik killed 77 people and injured 151 in the attacks on 22 July.
The carnage, which he sought to justify as "necessary" for the salvation of Norway and Europe from Muslims and multiculturalism, traumatised the nation.
He is due to go on trial on 16 April, pending psychiatric tests.
'Operation over'
Breivik has admitted that, disguised as a police officer, he planted a car bomb that exploded close to government offices in the capital Oslo, killing eight people.
He then drove to the island of Utoeya, where the summer camp was being held, and shot dead 69 people, most of them teenagers.
It was from Utoeya he made his calls to emergency services.
In his first call at 18:00 local time, which lasts just a few seconds, he gives his name and says he is calling from Utoeya and wants to surrender, without explaining why.
He hangs up when police ask for his phone number.
At 18:26, after further shooting, he calls back to say he has completed his "operation" and wants to surrender. Only a transcript of that call is available.
A recording of the first call was broadcast by Norwegian commercial TV channel TV 2 on Tuesday.
Speaking to TV 2, lawyer John Christian Elden, who represents Breivik victims, said people affected by the attack would not have been "very happy to hear his voice broadcast into their living rooms".
Breivik's lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said it was difficult to understand why his client had continued shooting after offering to surrender in the first call.


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Day camps in area see steady enrollment numbers in spite of recession
Summer camps can be an affordable alternative to vacations
This story was corrected on April 16, 2009
As families across the county are pinching pennies, day camps are still thriving during the recession. Summer camps across the downcounty are reporting steady enrollment and in some cases a spike. Camp officials say a combination of things, including a need for daycare, more families shying away from vacations and a drop in sleep-away camp numbers, have been a boon to the seemingly recession-proof industry.
"I think for a lot of working families, day camps are necessary," said Susan Spingler, director of special programs at Bethesda's Holton-Arms School, which hosts an annual summer camp. "And in some cases, moms are going back to work and want their kids to go somewhere safe."
Spingler said Holton holds two three-week sessions over the summer, with about 665 children in each session. To try and accommodate families this year, the school decided to only raise the cost of camp $25, to between $900 and $1,000 per three-week session. The plan worked: for each session there are between 200 and 300 students on the waiting list just to get into camp.
Tracey Dorfman, chief program officer for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, on Montrose Road, said enrollment has stayed relatively flat this year, to her delight.
"I just think everyone recognizes that camp is one of those important experiences in a child's life," she said. "Children still need a good environment, and I think parents are aware of that regardless of what's going on."
Dorfmann said she has seen some changes, like parents enrolling their children for fewer sessions this summer, but an increase in the overall number of campers has kept enrollment steady.
"We just have so many different types of sessions and options for kids to enjoy that people are able to pick and choose," she said.
Camp enrollment is within 13 percent of last year's total, and Dorfmann said she expects to reach last year's enrollment numbers soon.
An increase in day camp enrollment may be due in part to a decrease in sleep-away camp numbers, according to Nancy Canter, executive director of the American Camp Association's Chesapeake branch. Canter said residential camps saw a five percent decrease last summer, and she expects a higher spike this summer.
"I think because day camps are usually a little more affordable than overnight camps, parents and families may be looking at them more favorably," she said. "Plus you have a lot of day camps in this area and almost no residential ones, so it may be easier for a family to send a child to a day camp."
The American Camp Association is a group of more than 7,000 camp professionals who work together to better their own camps.
Residential camps can cost up to $2,000 for a single week, while costs for day camps in Montgomery County range from a few hundred dollars to about $1,000 for a five-day camp.
Montgomery County Department of Recreation day camps accommodate 9,500 children each summer, according to Lori Tyer-Ellis, supervisor for the summer camp program. So far this year about 47 percent of the slots are full, she said, which is on par with recent years.
"We get that mad rush at the beginning then we get the lull," she said. "We're pretty close to what we expected, and we'll fill up by the end of May."
The Bullis School in Potomac offers sessions in everything from circus skills to soccer, and has seen a 10 percent spike in enrollment this summer, according to Phyllis Elperin, director of summer and auxiliary programs at the school.
So far, families have signed up for 2,352 "camper weeks," she said, and nearly 950 students will attend a program at Bullis this summer. Camper weeks are the number of weeks students have signed up for, Elperin said; it varies from the number of campers because students could be attending the camp multiple weeks.
Elperin said in addition to working parents needing a place for their children to go during the day, she's heard that some families are skipping vacations and staying home instead.
"Parents still want their kids to have exciting summers, and certainly these camps can offer that," she said. "We've increased the selections to choose from, and I think people look for a variety of things for their children."


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Smart phones
Why do we like smart phones so much?
Those seeking to buy a smart phone will certainly be surprised by the countless choices readily available on the market. Obviously, all those phones enable the individual making and obtain phone conversation and also message, however besides that, each vehicle features a number of intriguing as well as useful attributes. These phones with wise features are currently called smart phones. Probably nothing else electronic device has actually ended up being as prominent as the smartphone over the last decade or two. A number of individuals proceed making use of freedom251 for the fundamental function of receiving and also making phone calls, an additional area of society is realizing that this type of gadget could be placed to numerous other handy uses. The consumers are acquiring the advantages of an open market, as each supplier, with the intent of defeating his rivals, creates a new design having some novel features.
The features readily available in a smartphone make it worthwhile not only for personal use, yet likewise for business. This sort of phone is comparable to a tiny computer system having a full os, with key-board et cetera of the advanced attributes. Really, a lot of designs come packed with traditional features to include amusement with mobile computer, plus the fundamental communication attributes.
Below are some excellent attributes that cue the customers to opt for smartphones:
- The Internet – Access to the Internet as well as thus email is amongst one of the most useful features of a mobile phone. It is of excellent aid to company people, as they could conveniently examine or send mails as a full keyboard comes built-in with their smartphone. This function is additionally of excellent help to students as well as families, as they can remain in touch regularly. In addition, you could surf the web anytime of the day or evening and do some on the internet purchasing.
- Loaded operating system – mobile phones come loaded with don os to facilitate mobile computer. You can perform most of the features offered on any type of computer system, like the copy-paste of records as well as text editing. Moreover, you obtain a complete key-board, making it fun to do calculating while taking a trip.
- Applications – Almost all smart phones come packed with numerous applications, and they have room for downloading various other applications, base on the individuals' requirements. For instance, you could download and install applications for pets or stock updates. A huge percentage of customers find these products useful primarily for the center of hundreds of applications. Several individuals acknowledge that these gizmos have actually made their life a lot more comfortable as well as enjoyable.
- Touch displays – A really appealing and also handy attribute of smartphones is their cinema display screen, with the establishment of touch display that makes browsing a delightful experience.
- Cam with video – Smart phones has built-in still electronic camera, as well as the alternative of video recording. Numerous consumers discover this camera ideal for their requirement, and they save the expenditure of acquiring another digital cam. You get a computer, video camera and also the Internet, all in a small hand-held tool called wise phone!


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Residents of Musajjalumbwa flats in Kisenyi zone are complaining of consistent blockage of their sewer pipe lines resulting from an old sewer system.
By Vivian Agaba
Residents of Musajjalumbwa flats in Kisenyi zone are complaining of consistent blockage of their sewer pipe lines resulting from an old sewer system.
The residents say the system always breaks down leading to a terrible stench but when they contact officials from National water and Sewerage Corporation, they hardly get a quick response.
"Our sewer system always breaks down leading to the blockage of the pipes thus waste is stagnant and the stench is unbearable; our health and that of our children is at risk but when we contact officials from National water, they take long before coming to fix the problem," said Rukia Mubarak, a resident.
However, Fatuma Karama also a resident puts blame on their area chairman whom she says residents gave money to have a new system fixed but to date thye have not seen it.
"In 2011, members in each flat were asked to pay sh200,000 for the fixture of a new system; all the 75 blocks paid but to date, we have not seen a new system and the residents fear asking the chairman to account for that money, "said Karama.
Pelwan, chairman Musajjalumbwa, in his defense, said the money residents claim to have given him to have a new system fixed was the money he paid to National water to connect the flats to the sewerage system.
"Before the present sewer system was put in place, we used septic tanks which became old and would fill up very fast. Residents paid and we were connected to the sewage system by National water but it has now grown old and pipes get blocked," said Pelwan.
He confirmed that the system breaks down frequently but when officials from water are informed, they take days before responding yet residents pay a lot of money for the services.
Samuel Apedel, Public relations officer National water says such problems of sewage brokerages are as a result of old infrastructure that brings about water bursts but the ministry has service delivery plans under way around Kampala and the surrounding areas from January to June this year.
He adds that much as there is a standby team to work on such complaints of blocked sewage systems, they cannot be everywhere; he encourages the public to always report such problems as soon as possible to have the problems fixed
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Birchwood Field in Charlottetown was one of the 10 winning communities in the Kraft Celebration Tour.
The winners were announced Tuesday during Canada Day celebrations.
Each winner receives $25,000 towards its project. Canadians will get to vote online July 21 and 22 to determine which winner will receive $100,000.
"$100,000 would give the Privateers Football Club a home," says the Birchwood Field section on the Kraft Celebration Tour site.
It talks about the club's history and development during the past 12 years and the players bouncing from field to field for practices and games.
"We want to create a home for minor football in Charlottetown," the site says.
Organizers would like to add a scoreboard, storage facilities and other amenities.
Each of the 10 winners will host a live broadcast of TSN's SportsCentre between Aug. 15 and 24. Birchwood Field's tour date is Thursday, Aug. 21.


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This earthquake puts Cameron on firm ground
Ukip has completed the detoxifying of the Tories. The prime minister can now cash in as he prepares for the next election
Since commentators have been predicting the rise of the "far right" for over a year, the weekend's European populist "earthquake" was not much of a surprise — and the elimination of the BNP was more the "vanishing of".
Across Europe, 70 per cent of the vote went to mainstream centrist parties, with no sign of a "rising" far right in austerity-blighted Spain or Portugal. Beleaguered coalitions in Greece and Italy emerged with their legitimacy enhanced, despite challenges from left-wing or anarchist populists. Blond Geert Wilders' bombed in the Netherlands. For sure, both the Front National and Ukip topped their respective polls, though not for the same reasons, and translation of mid- to late-term protest votes into a durable domestic presence will be harder. The Front…


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These Coca-Cola 2014 FIFA special edition mini bottles will be available to promote the world cup this year. The Coca-Cola campaign features previous country flags that hosted the event including Brazil as a special tribute.
There will be 18 special edition mini-bottles bottles that have a unique flag printed with animations that have interactive elements. Fans can create and send special messages and avatars to other bottle owners through social media platforms on their Androids or iPhones.
The bottles can also activate augmented reality animations when held up to camera smartphones. These bottles will not contain the soda but will be praised for its modern and interactive design elements. The Coca-Cola 2014 FIFA mini bottles will be unveiled soon as part of the world cup promotion.
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