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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State will serve as the host site for Sitting Volleyball exhibition matches on Saturday, Feb. 25. Members of the Army Wounded Warriors sitting volleyball team, as well as athletes from Penn State Ability Athletics and the Penn State women's volleyball team will participate in the exhibition matches. The matches are scheduled to begin immediately following the Penn State men's volleyball match vs. George Mason scheduled for 5 p.m. on Saturday evening.
"We are very excited to be hosting the Army sitting volleyball team here at Penn State as they prepare for the Warrior Games," said head coach Mark Pavlik. "We are proud to be associated with the armed forces and this is our way of saying thank you for their time and sacrifices. We are also appreciative of Teri Jordan's efforts with the Ability Athletics program here at Penn State and glad she was able to assist in the arranging of this event. I hope our fans will stick around after our match to enjoy the sitting discipline of volleyball."
Prior to the exhibition matches, there will be a free clinic at Penn State's Intramural Building from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Preliminary candidates for the Sitting Volleyball team will participate in the training clinic. The U.S. Army Sitting Volleyball team coach and the USA Volleyball Sports Coordinator will conduct the training. This weekend's clinic at Penn State is the third of its kind for the Sitting Volleyball team.
The U.S. Army Sitting Volleyball team is in the midst of training for the third annual Warrior Games, a joint endeavor between the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the U.S. Department of Defense that is scheduled for April 30-May 5. As many as 200 wounded, ill and injured athletes from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy-Coast Guard, Air Force and Special Operations Command will compete in the spring for gold medals in seven sports at the USOC's National Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Warrior Games were created as an introduction to Paralympic sports for injured service members and veterans.
The Penn State Ability Athletics program offers multiple sports for adaptive athletes. There are a number of Wounded Warriors who live and train here with the Penn State program. Some of the sports offered include, track & field, wheelchair basketball, swimming and power lifting.


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The many benefits include improved IT resources management, improved IT agility to respond to business demands, lower cost of ownership, and more efficient IT resource utilization; there remains key challenges. Accenture and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) solutions not only address those challenges but help uncover new capabilities enabling enterprises to leverage next generation cloud infrastructure to speed up private cloud adoption to transform and advance their digital businesses.

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In this week's edition of the podcast we take a look at the awfully sparse list of free agents still there for the taking on the open market. In doing so Derek manages to compliment TJ Galiardi in a roundabout, backhanded manner, and we contemplate what exactly has happened to Devin Setoguchi in recent years. There was even, as promised, a discussion about the St.Louis Blues signing Chris Butler mixed in there somewhere.
Regardless of how anyone feels about the quality or entertainment value of this podcast, no one can dare say that we aren't asking all of the important, hard hitting questions here.
We then closed out the show by answering questions we received from you, our loyal listeners. Remember that in future weeks you can get involved yourself by including #AskMrFin in your Twitter reply. We always welcome input and participation, particularly during these dog days of Summer.
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Nokia has published a new video that shows off the Lumia 620 and how it can handle high levels of sound while recording. Much like we demonstrated with the Lumia 920 at a previous Nokia event in London, the company can pack some serious microphones inside its Windows Phones that help produce quality footage, especially when sound levels are higher than usual (concerts, etc.).
The team compares the Lumia 620 (albeit a prototype) against competitors recording the same footage. Not only can it handle the sound well with on-board microphones, but owners can also make sure the smartphone is water resistant. We positively reviewed the Lumia 620 as a cheap, but cheerful Windows Phone.
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Tricks of the Trade: The Wonderful Uses of HomeopathyHomeopathy is amazing. The remedies are versatile and can be used for many different complaints and conditions (many of which you may have never thought about). Dr. Lauren is beginning to compile a list of homeopathic medicines that can be used for x-rays, biopsy, and birth. Click Here
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John E. Sherman MD, FACS
About the Practice
Practice Philosophy
In practice over 20 years Dr Sherman is singularly experienced in facial rejuvenation, body contouring and all aspects of aesthetic surgery. He is the author of numerous papers in the professional journals and published a textbook in techniques in plastic surgery. He has been selected to appear on the "Best Doctors List of New York Magazine; Town and Country and Tatler, as well as Castle and Connoly Guide to the Best Doctors in New York. He is an attending surgeon at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. His office is fully accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.
Practice Specialization
Dr. Sherman specializes in Cosmetic Surgery including:
- Face Lift Surgery
- Breast Uplift (Mastopexy)
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- Removal of skin lesions and skin cancers
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Board Certification
- American Board of Plastic Surgery 1984
Professional Background
- BA 1972 New York University
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- 1975 - 6 Internship General Surgery Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 1976 -1978 General Surgery Residency Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 1978 -1980 Residency Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery The New York Hospital Cornell University Medical Center
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Much of America's grain belt is gripped in one of the worst droughts in 50 years, and grain prices are already surging.
While that's bad news for America's farmers, the real danger is the effect that will have in poor countries, where even small shifts in prices can have a big impact on the living standards of hundreds of millions of people from Central America to Egypt (the biggest wheat importer in the world) and right across to Indonesia and China.
The US is the world's largest wheat and corn exporter, and its third largest exporter of soybeans. This is less of a case of the beat of a butterfly's wings causing a storm on the other side of the globe then a storm here causing a catastrophe elsewhere. With the northern hemisphere summer less than half over, and no relief in sight for the US drought, the impact of rising food prices globally is set to become a big story in the months ahead.
Globalization has its upsides, but it also means that a peddler in Mexico City or a factory worker in Mumbai is more vulnerable than ever to the whims of North American weather and agricultural policies in the developed world.
Already some places are grappling with the issue. Take Indonesia, where soybeans are used to make tofu, the staple protein for the country's poor. There, soybean prices have risen 33 percent in the past month, and are already causing tensions. Yesterday, there were clashes in Jakarta and other major cities in markets as a coalition of tofu producers sought to enforce a national production strike protesting against a 5 percent soybean import duty.
At the Rawamangun wet market in East Jakarta, members of the Indonesian Tempeh and Tofu Cooperative (Kopti) attacked tofu and tempeh sellers who went against a verbal directive not to sell the two food items. Tofu and tempeh, derived from soybeans and eaten mainly with rice, are staples for many Indonesians as they are among the cheapest sources of protein... Suyanto, head of the East Jakarta chapter of Kopti, said the sweep was aimed to create a common goal between producers and traders as well as demonstrate against high soybean costs. The commodity's price has risen 33 percent in the past three weeks to Rp 8,000 (85 cents) per kilogram, mainly due to a drought in the United States that has shortened supplies.
The government has already promised to scrap the 5 percent duty on Aug. 1. But you don't have to be a math genius to realize that a 5 percent cut in costs will have little impact on prices that have risen by a third. Indonesia's import duty is to protect local producers in a quest for domestic food security. But in practice, such measures amount to a tax on the country's landless urban factory workers and others among the poorest and continues, despite the government having removed long-standing soybean subsidies at the urging of international organizations like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund four years ago.
Food prices first and foremost affect nutrition, but they can also have profound impacts on the overall health of an economy and society as children are pulled out of school to save money and consumer spending declines as a greater percentage of household incomes are spent on food. And market costs are about more than supply and demand. Speculation and hoarding by traders at times of grain scarcity is almost as old as human history, and will certainly amplify price increases across the globe as this hungry year moves forward.
Earlier this week, researchers at New England Complex Systems Institute, published a paper predicting a surge in prices as speculators pile into grain markets and an impact on the stability of a number of countries.
During the last six years, high and fluctuating food prices have lead to widespread hunger and social unrest. While the spring of 2012 had a relative dip in the food prices, a massive drought in the American midwest in June and July threatens to trigger another crisis... We find that the drought may trigger the expected third food price bubble to occur sooner, before new limits to speculation are scheduled to take effect. Reducing the amount of corn that is being converted to ethanol may address the immediate crisis. Longer term, market stabilization requires limiting financial speculation... Recent food price peaks in 2007-8 and 2010-1 have resulted in food riots and are implicated in triggering widespread revolutions known as the Arab Spring
Is revolutionary upheaval in the offing for the year ahead? Who knows. But it's a safe bet that government planners across the globe are bracing for the worst and working furiously to find solutions.


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Boston Marathon bomb suspect in custody after standoff
Updated 11:00 p.m. ET
WATERTOWN, Mass. A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt and intense standoff that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.
Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. They later tweeted, "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."
Tsarnaev's brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed early Friday in a furious attempt to escape police. Tsarnaev himself was in serious condition when he was apprehended, with gunshot wounds to his leg and neck, CBS News senior correspondent John Miller reports. He has been transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston for treatment. Several officials expressed relief that Tsarnaev was captured alive.
Col. Timothy Alben with the Massachusetts State Police said at a news conference after the arrest: "We are eternally grateful for the outcome here tonight. We're exhausted folks."
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been hiding in a boat in a neighborhood that had been on lockdown near Boston. The crowd gathered near the scene let out a cheer when spectators saw officers clapping.
"Everyone wants him alive," said Kathleen Paolillo, a 27-year-old teacher who lives in the area.
Miller reports a Watertown man who had been observing the lockdown came out for the first time late Friday and saw a tear in the tarp that covers his boat. He climbed up and looked inside. What he said in a later 911 call was "there's a bloody mess in there."
Three Boston police officers responded and they climbed up and looked in there and they said they saw somebody moving. They backed away and called for tactical teams.
They said something popped up out of the tear in the tarp and opened fire and they returned fire. The incident commander then called for a ceasefire so they could set up a perimeter.
The FBI's hostage rescue team arrived and took tactical control of that scene.
Bomb techs cleared a path to the boat to make sure it wasn't a booby trapped.
Boston Police Chief Edward Davis said they attempted to talk Tsarnaev out of the boat, but did not succeed.
The FBI hostage rescue teams made an entry to the boat, were able to observe the suspect still moving and pull him out. They confirmed he was wounded and there was a lot of blood, but said the wound appeared to have occurred earlier.
A Department of Justice official told CBS News no Miranda warning was given to Tsarnaev because government is invoking the public safety exception.
During a long night of violence Thursday into Friday, the brothers killed an MIT police officer and carjacked a passing vehicle before leading authorities on a dramatic chase during which they hurled explosives at law enforcement vehicles in pursuit. An intense gun battle ensued, leaving another officer severely wounded. In the course of the firefight, Tamerlan threw a pressure cooker bomb - the same as were used in Monday's twin bombings, though this one malfunctioned when the lid came off - at police before being gunned down. Younger brother Dzhokhar, believed injured in the gunfire, managed to flee the scene and elude police for another 20 hours.
The brothers were identified as ethnic Chechen brothers who had lived in the Dagestan region in southern Russia. They had been in the U.S. for about a decade, an uncle said. Dzhokhar had been a student at UMass-Dartmouth.
Their uncle in Maryland, Ruslan Tsarni, pleaded on live television Friday: "Dzhokhar, if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness."
- Did online chatter help the manhunt for Tsarnaev brothers?
- Boston suspects' father calls fugitive son a "true angel," says brothers were set up
- Boston Marathon bomb suspect went to Russia last year, gov't sources say
Authorities in Boston suspended all mass transit and warned close to 1 million people in the city and some of its suburbs to stay indoors as the hunt went on.
"We believe this man to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. "We believe this to be a man who's come here to kill people."
The bombings on Monday killed three people - 8-year-old Martin Richard, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell and 23-year-old Chinese student Lu Lingzi - and wounded more than 180, instantly raising the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Investigators in the Boston case have shed no light on the motive for the bombing. However, a search of the apartment of one of the suspects revealed extensive bomb making material, enough so that some officials called it a "bomb making factory." CBS News correspondent John Miller reports it is likely the Boston Marathon was just a beginning salvo in a larger plan.
State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said police realized they were dealing with the bombing suspects based on what the two men told a carjacking victim during their getaway attempt overnight.
Shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture, the White House said President Barack Obama has spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the investigation.
Obama "praised the close cooperation that the United States has received from Russia on counter-terrorism, including in the wake of the Boston attack," the White House said in a statement.
After Tsarnaev's capture, President Obama said the arrest of the surviving suspect closes "an important chapter in this tragedy."
The president said there are still many unanswered questions about the bombings, including whether the two men had help from others. He is urging the public to not rush to judgment about their motivations.


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Current Meter Data from Stevens Institute of Technology to Help NOAA Monitor Safe Ship Navigation Routes in New York Harbor
Hoboken, N.J. – Stevens Institute of Technology has become a strategic partner with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in monitoring critical waterway activity in the New York Harbor. A new current meter, operated by Stevens, will provide enhanced real-time information to mariners traveling halfway between the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Manhattan, the primary navigation route into New York and New Jersey ports.
"With this current measuring device we can detect the direction, and speed of the ocean currents in the harbor's navigation channels, north of the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island," said Alan Blumberg, director of the Davidson Laboratory of the Center for Maritime Systems at Stevens. Thomas Herrington, a Stevens research professor, designed the current monitoring system and worked diligently with his NOAA counterparts to make it operational. "His significant role will keep one of the nation's busiest ports safe" said Blumberg.
The sensor's data will be used in NOAA's Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) system, which delivers real-time environmental observations, forecasts and other geospatial information to mariners in 21 major U.S. harbors. The system makes maritime commerce more safe and efficient by giving ship captains instant measurements of the water levels and temperatures, and the direction and speed of the current and wind as they come in and out of port.
Stevens is a partner in the NOAA-led U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®), and is the first academic partner to have its research data incorporated into the NOAA real-time PORTS program.
"This is a great addition to PORTS," said Richard Edwing, director of NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services. "This collaboration between Stevens and NOAA gives us access to previously untapped data to help us address marine commerce and other coastal issues. It also lays the groundwork for future federal-regional collaborations."
NOAA's PORTS program helps reduce the chances for accidents. Also, enhanced marine information can increase the amount of cargo moved through a port and harbor by enabling mariners to safely use every inch of dredged channel depth.
"This data provides a larger picture of the interaction between the ocean and global climate systems and advances our understanding of potential climate change impacts on our marine ecosystems and coastal communities," said Zdenka Willis, U.S. IOOS program director.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University®, is a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, N.J. overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Founded in 1870, technological innovation has been the hallmark and legacy of Stevens' education and research programs for more than 140 years. Within the university's three schools and one college, more than 6,100 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with more than 350 faculty members in an interdisciplinary, student-centric, entrepreneurial environment to advance the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront global challenges. Stevens is home to three national research centers of excellence, as well as joint research programs focused on critical industries such as healthcare, energy, finance, defense and STEM education. The university is the fastest-rising college in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best national universities, and it is consistently ranked among the nation's elite for return on investment for students, career services programs, and mid-career salaries of alumni. Stevens is in the midst of a 10-year strategic plan, The Future. Ours to Create., designed to further extend the Stevens legacy to create a forward-looking and far-reaching institution with global impact.


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Scroll down to the announcements underneath Matisse's column ton one titled 'OKTOBERFEST':
In Toi Sennhauser's performance piece, audience members are invited to drink beer brewed with a trace amount of the artist's own vaginal yeast.
I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at the mention of vaginal yeast (because usually there's nothing funny about it). Nice. Is it a joke? I'm tempted to go just to find out.
***** DEC. 1ST 2010: EDITED TO ADD: I recently googled the artist's name and arrived at her site to discover photos and descriptions of her art which is just AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME to the point of bringing me to tears.
I'm trying to figure out what made me laugh upon reading the advertisement for the vag yeast beer, and I'm guessing just sheer delight at the subversiveness of it.Read More


text: In 2009, Drag City introduced devotees of rock obscurities to Death, a trio formed in the early '70s by the Hackney brothers of Detroit. Originally an R&B/funk act, Death's members became preoccupied with the proto-punk sounds coming out of their city, and recorded an abbreviated set of raging, experimental rock songs for a major-label debut album that was never completed. Drag City released those seven songs as …For The Whole World To See, and have now followed that up with Spiritual Mental Physical, a collection of demos. Nothing on the new set is as mind-blowing as The Whole World's alternately assaultive and trippy "Politicians In My Eyes," but in some ways, the Hackneys sounded even more ahead of their time when they were just dicking around. Songs like "World Of Tomorrow," "Can You Give Me A Thrill???", and "The Storm Within" aren't too different from what any other heavy bar band might've come up with at the time, but the dreamy instrumental "The Change" is surprisingly pretty for a bunch of garage-rockers, and no one in Death's era was trying anything as crazy as "The Masks," which rips off the melody to The Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life" between spells of flat-out thrashing. That song sounds ahead of its time even now.


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Hernán Cortés (1485-1547)
Cortés also spelled Cortéz Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519ş21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
Cortés was the son of MartÝn Cortés de Monroy and of Do˝a Catalina Pizarro Altamarinonames of ancient lineage. "They had little wealth, but much honour," according to Cortés's secretary, Francisco López de Gómara, who tells how, at age 14, the young Hernán was sent to study at Salamanca, in west-central Spain, "because he was very intelligent and clever in everything he did." Gómara went on to describe him as ruthless, haughty, mischievous, and quarrelsome, "a source of trouble to his parents." Certainly he was "much given to women," frustrated by provincial life, and excited by stories of the Indies Columbus had just discovered. He set out for the east coast port of Valencia with the idea of serving in the Italian wars, but instead he "wandered idly about for nearly a year." Clearly Spain's southern ports, with ships coming in full of the wealth and colour of the Indies, proved a greater attraction. He finally sailed for the island of Hispaniola (now Santo Domingo) in 1504. He was then 19.
Years in Hispaniola and Cuba
In Hispaniola he became a farmer and notary to a town council; for the first six years or so, he seems to have been content to establish his position. He contracted syphilis and, as a result, missed the ill-fated expeditions of Diego de Nicuesa and Alonso de Ojeda, which sailed for the South American mainland in 1509. By 1511 he had recovered, and he sailed with Diego Velázquez to conquer Cuba. There Velázquez was appointed governor, and Cortés clerk to the treasurer. Cortés received a repartimiento (gift of land and Indian slaves) and the first house in the new capital of Santiago. He was now in a position of some power and the man to whom dissident elements in the colony began to turn for leadership.
Cortés was twice elected alcalde ("mayor") of the town of Santiago and was a man who "in all he did, in his presence, bearing, conversation, manner of eating and of dressing, gave signs of being a great lord." It was therefore to Cortés that Velázquez turned when, after news had come of the progress of Juan de Grijalba's efforts to establish a colony on the mainland, it was decided to send him help. An agreement appointing Cortés captain general of a new expedition was signed in October 1518. Experience of the rough-and-tumble of New World politics advised Cortés to move fast, before Velázquez changed his mind. His sense of the dramatic, his long experience as an administrator, the knowledge gained from so many failed expeditions, above all his ability as a speaker gathered to him six ships and 300 men, all in less than a month. The reaction of Velázquez was predictable; his jealousy aroused, he resolved to place leadership of the expedition in other hands. Cortés, however, put hastily to sea to raise more men and ships in other Cuban ports.
The expedition to Mexico
When Cortés finally sailed for the coast of Yucatán on February 18, 1519, he had 11 ships, 508 soldiers, about 100 sailors, andmost important16 horses. In March 1519 he landed at Tabasco, where he stayed for a time in order to gain intelligence from the local Indians. He won them over and received presents from them, including 20 women, one of whom, Marina ("Malinche"), became his mistress and interpreter and bore him a son, MartÝn. Cortés sailed to another spot on the southeastern Mexican coast and founded Veracruz, mainly to have himself elected captain general and chief justice by his soldiers as citizens, thus shaking off the authority of Velázquez. On the mainland Cortés did what no other expedition leader had done: he exercised and disciplined his army, welding it into a cohesive force. But the ultimate expression of his determination to deal with disaffection occurred when he burned his ships. By that single action he committed himself and his entire force to survival by conquest.
Cortés then set out for the Mexican interior, relying sometimes on force, sometimes on amity toward the local Indian peoples, but always careful to keep conflict with them to a strict minimum. The key to Cortés's subsequent conquests lay in the political crisis within the Aztec empire; the Aztecs were bitterly resented by many of the subject peoples who had to pay tribute to them. The ability of Cortés as a leader is nowhere more apparent than in his quick grasp of the situationa grasp that was ultimately to give him more than 200,000 Indian allies. The nation of Tlaxcala, for instance, which was in a state of chronic war with Montezuma, ruler of the Aztec empire of Mexico, resisted Cortés at first but when defeated became his most faithful ally. Rejecting all of Montezuma's threats and blandishments to keep him away from Tenochtitlán or Mexico, the capital (rebuilt as Mexico City after 1521), Cortés entered the city on November 8, 1519, with his small Spanish force and only 1,000 Tlaxcaltecs. Montezuma, believing him to incarnate the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, received him with great honour. Cortés soon decided to seize Montezuma in order to hold the country through its monarch and achieve not only its political conquest but its religious conversion. Marina worked on the complicated, enigmatic mind of Montezuma so subtly that he finally became the voluntary prisoner of her master. With this stroke Cortés became the master of Tenochtitlán.
Spanish politics and envy, however, were to bedevil Cortés throughout his meteoric career. Cortés soon heard of the arrival of a Spanish force from Cuba, led by Pánfilo Narváez, to deprive Cortés of his command at a time (mid-1520) when he was holding the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán by little more than the force of his personality. Leaving a garrison in Tenochtitlán of 80 Spaniards and a few hundred Tlaxcaltecs commanded by his most reckless captain, Pedro de Alvarado, Cortés marched against Narváez, defeated him, and enlisted his army in his own forces. On his return, he found the Spanish garrison in Tenochtitlán besieged by the Aztecs after Alvarado had massacred many leading Aztec chiefs during a festival. Hard pressed and lacking food, Cortés decided to leave the city by night. The Spaniards' retreat from the capital was performed, but with a heavy loss in lives and most of the treasure they had accumulated. After six days of retreat Cortés won the battle of Otumba over the Aztecs sent in pursuit (July 7, 1520).
Cortés eventually rejoined his Tlaxcalan allies and reorganized his forces before again marching on Tenochtitlán in December 1520. After subduing the neighbouring territories he laid siege to the city itself, conquering it street by street until its capture was completed on August 13, 1521. This victory marked the fall of the Aztec empire. Cortés had become the absolute ruler of a huge territory extending from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
In the meantime, Velázquez was mounting an insidious political attack on Cortés in Spain through Bishop Juan RodrÝguez de Fonseca and the Council of the Indies. Fully conscious of the vulnerability of a successful conqueror whose field of operations was 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from the centre of political power, Cortés countered with lengthy and detailed dispatchesfive remarkable letters to the Spanish king Charles V. His acceptance by the Indians and even his popularity as a relatively benign ruler was such that he could have established Mexico as an independent kingdom. Indeed, this is what the Council of the Indies feared. But his upbringing in a feudal world in which the king commanded absolute allegiance was against it.
Later years
In 1524 his restless urge to explore and conquer took him south to the jungles of Honduras. The two arduous years he spent on this disastrous expedition damaged his health and his position. His property was seized by the officials he had left in charge, and reports of the cruelty of their administration and the chaos it created aroused concern in Spain. Cortés's fifth letter to the Spanish king attempts to justify his reckless behaviour and concludes with a bitter attack on "various and powerful rivals and enemies" who have "obscured the eyes of your Majesty." But it was his misfortune that he was not dealing simply with a king of Spain but with an emperor who ruled most of Europe and who had little time for distant colonies, except insofar as they contributed to his treasury. The Spanish bureaucrats sent out a commission of inquiry under Luis Ponce de León, and, when he died almost immediately, Cortés was accused of poisoning him and was forced to retire to his estate.
In 1528 Cortés sailed for Spain to plead his cause in person with the king. He brought with him a great wealth of treasure and a magnificent entourage. He was received by Charles at his court at Toledo, confirmed as captain general (but not as governor), and created marqués del Valle. He also remarried, into a ducal family. He returned to New Spain in 1530 to find the country in a state of anarchy and so many accusations made against himeven that he had murdered his first wife, Catalina, who had died that yearthat, after reasserting his position and reestablishing some sort of order, he retired to his estates at Cuernavaca, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Mexico City. There he concentrated on the building of his palace and on Pacific exploration.
Finally a viceroy was appointed, after which, in 1540, Cortés returned to Spain. By then he had become thoroughly disillusioned, his life made miserable by litigation. All the rest is anticlimax. "I am old, poor and in debt . . . again and again I have begged your Majesty. . . ." In the end he was permitted to return to Mexico, but he died before he had even reached Sevilla (Seville). (Ralph Hammond Innes, Encyclopaedia Britannica Article)


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Feb 01, 2011
Skyline Releases Men's Basketball Report #10
- Joshua Smith named to Honor Roll -
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the tenth Men's Basketball report for the 2010-11 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Junior guard Joshua Smith (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) was named to the Skyline Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll. Smith recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Rams past Bard.
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- Spanish media reported that Rosalia Mera had suffered a stroke while in Menorca
- The self-made billionaire was aged 69. She leaves behind two children, Sandra and Marcos.
- Mera and her ex-husband Amancio Ortega opened their first Zara store in Spain in 1975
- The clothing chain expanded worldwide, becoming one of the biggest retailers
Rosalia Mera, Spain's richest woman and co-founder of the international clothing giant Zara, has died at the age of 69.
Spanish media reported that Mera suffered a stroke while on vacation on the Mediterranean island of Menorca. She was transferred on Thursday from the hospital in Menorca to the private San Rafael Hospital in La Coruna, where she died at 8.30pm local time, according to newspaper reports.
Zara's parent company, Inditex, said: "The group wishes to send its sincere condolences to [Mera's] loved ones and friends at this extremely difficult time, after the loss of a person who contributed so much to the origins and development of the company."
Rosalia Mera Goyenechea was born on January 28, 1944, in La Coruna in Spain's Galicia region. The self-made billionaire began her career as a seamstress at age 11, when she dropped out of school to work as a tailor in a clothing shop.
Mera married Amancio Ortega in 1966 and nine years later they opened the first Zara store in La Coruna. Zara expanded worldwide and over the years, Mera helped build the company into one of the world's biggest retailers. She and Ortego went on to found Inditex, which also owns the Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands.
Mera and Ortega separated in 1986. They have two children, Sandra and Marcos.
In 1986, Mera co-founded Paideia Galiza Foundation, based in her hometown, La Coruna. The organization helps people with physical and mental disabilities -- like her son Marcos, who was born with a mental disability -- to find jobs and it also provides training and education workshops. The foundation was not immediately available for comment.
According to Forbes, Mera's net worth was $6.1 billion as of March 2013. Ortega, 77, remains Inditex's majority shareholder. He is listed by Forbes as the fourth-richest man in the world with a net worth of $57 billion.


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Hurricane Hazel, the fourth major hurricane of 1954, hammers southern Ontario, Canada, on this day in 1954. Hazel hit hard from Jamaica to Canada, killing more than 400 people and causing over $1 billion in damages.
On October 5 hurricane hunters spotted Hurricane Hazel about 50 miles east of the island of Grenada. The storm gathered strength as it moved west across the Atlantic Ocean and then began to turn north. First in its line of fire was Jamaica. Then, with winds reaching 140 miles per hour, Hazel struck Haiti on October 12. The towns of Cayes, Marfranc and Moton were demolished. Hundreds of families lost their homes and nearly half of the island's coffee and cacao crop was destroyed. Moving northeast, the Category 4 storm rocked the edge of Puerto Rico, where eight people lost their lives.
Early on the morning of October 15, the storm made landfall at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and then moved along the U.S. coast to North Carolina and Virginia. Though coastal towns suffered the worst damage, even cities far from the ocean were affected. In Raleigh, North Carolina, winds were recorded at over 100 miles per hour. In Wilmington, Delaware, a woman was killed when winds picked her up and slammed her into a trolley car.
As Hazel slowed, even inland areas experienced excessive rain. The Ohio River flooded in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Thousands had to be evacuated from their homes and four people died in Pittsburgh. Moving north on the night of October 15, Hazel caught the Toronto area relatively unaware. When the Humber River flooded, entire neighborhoods were washed away and 81 people were killed. The storm finally dissipated the following day.


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- Original Literature and Instruction Manuals
- Housing O-ring and 3x spares
- Port O-ring
- Maintenance Kit (as included with OEM package)
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Oct. 16, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard is meeting today with fellow state Attorneys General, industry representatives, health advocates and educators for the Third Triennial Tobacco Conference being held in Seattle, Wash.
This conference is required under the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) to evaluate the success of the MSA and to coordinate efforts by the Attorneys General and participating tobacco manufacturers to curb youth smoking. The meetings began at 9:30 a.m. today at the Seattle Downtown Westin Hotel.
Event Information:
What: Third Triennial Tobacco Conference The conference will focus on several issues relating to the MSA's stated goal of "reducing underage tobacco use by discouraging such use and by preventing youth access to Tobacco Products."
- What contributes to youth tobacco prevention?
- What is the role of the retailer in reducing underage access to tobacco?
- How does the proposed federal tobacco legislation address youth access concerns?
- What are the recent trends in youth smoking?
- What is the message youth should receive about smokeless tobacco?
When: Tuesday, Oct. 16
9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Media Availability at 5 p.m.
Where: Seattle Downtown Westin 1900 5th Avenue, Cascade Ballroom
Participants: National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) President and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, NAAG Tobacco Committee Co-Chair Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, NAAG Tobacco Committee Co-Chair Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw
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ASLA is pleased to announce that the California Complete Streets Act of 2008 was signed into law on September 30 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The new law, which complements an existing policy, instructs Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) to "fully consider the needs of non-motorized travelers (including pedestrians, bicyclists and persons with disabilities) in all programming, planning, maintenance, construction, operations and project development activities and products."
The legislation was supported by the National Complete Streets Coalition, of which ASLA is a member. The Coalition, comprised of organizations representing design professionals, transit users, pedestrians, bicyclists and disabled people, works to ensure that roads and transportation routes plan and implement multi-modal transportation routes with all users in mind.
On the Federal level, ASLA continues to advocate for complete streets legislation and encourage its members to ask their representatives to co-sponsor the Complete Streets Act of 2008 (S. 2686), introduced in the Senate by Senator Tom Harkin (IA) and the Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2008 (H.R. 5951), introduced in the House by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA). To learn more about ASLA's position on complete streets, please click here.
California joins Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon and South Carolina among states that have enacted complete streets legislation.
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Double award for Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy has been named the PGA of America's Player of the Year and winner of its Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average of the season
Northern Ireland's world number one won four times in the States during a 2012 in which he emulated Ryder Cup teammate Luke Donald's feat last year of topping the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Tiger Woods was runner-up for Player of the Year, but ineligible for the Vardon Trophy because of his injury withdrawal during the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami in March. But for that he would have finished with an average of 68.9 to McIlroy's 68.87, but second place instead went to Jim Furyk on 69.3.
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The Oregon Trail
©1995 by Beverly Whitaker, Genealogy Tutor
Landmarks numbered on the above map:
Route of the Oregon Trail
Starting points: Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, and Fort Leavenworth. Alternate routes along the way included Sublette's Cutoff and the Lander Cutoff. After 1846, there was also a choice at The Dalles between rafting down the Columbia River or taking the new Barlow Road across the Cascades.
Landmarks: Fort Kearny, Ash Hollow, Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff, Register Cliff, Fort Laramie, Independence Rock, South Pass, Fort Bridger, Soda Springs and Steamboat Springs and Beer Spring, American Falls, Three Island Crossing, Flagstaff Hill, Whitman Mission, The Dalles, Fort Vancouver.
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J. Upton homers twice in loss to Mets
ATLANTA -- As his club has struggled to score runs during the early days of this season, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has said he would rather his most-pressing concerns be focused on his offense, instead of his pitching staff.
Offensive woes can be compensated for by strong pitching performances. And as the Braves were reminded during Thursday night's 6-4 loss to the Mets at Turner Field, an impressive offensive performance can easily go to waste, courtesy of shoddy pitching and defense.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- As his club has struggled to score runs during the early days of this season, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has said he would rather his most-pressing concerns be focused on his offense, instead of his pitching staff.
Offensive woes can be compensated for by strong pitching performances. And as the Braves were reminded during Thursday night's 6-4 loss to the Mets at Turner Field, an impressive offensive performance can easily go to waste, courtesy of shoddy pitching and defense.View Full Game Coverage
"The outcome of the game wasn't great," Braves left fielder Justin Upton said. "But it's early in the season. There's a lot of ball to be played. We've got to keep our heads up and keep going in the right direction."
Upton homered in his first two at-bats against Mets starter Jenrry Mejia and his older brother, B.J. Upton, seemed to benefit from the quick tutorial Chipper Jones provided earlier in the day.
But with David Hale experiencing the worst of his four career starts and Luis Avilan denied the chance to complete what proved to be the decisive seventh inning, the Braves did not take advantage of the offensive contributions.
"When somebody comes in and doesn't do the job you expect them to do, it kind of screws up the entire rest of the way," Gonzalez said. "But it's still nine games into the season. So we'll figure that out and get some guys in the right situation."
With three of New York's first four scheduled hitters being left-handed, Gonzalez inserted Avilan, a lefty reliever, in the seventh with the hope that he would get through that stretch unscathed. He allowed two of the left-handed hitters -- Daniel Murphy and Curtis Granderson -- to reach safely and retired the third -- Ike Davis -- to account for the inning's second out.
Avilan was not bothered by the left hamstring cramps that forced him to exit Tuesday's game, and he threw just 12 pitches, including one wayward fastball that reached the screen, during that span of four plate appearances.
But instead of sticking with his veteran, who has limited right-handed hitters to a .205 batting average since the start of last year, Gonzalez turned to rookie right-hander Gus Schlosser, who surrendered Juan Lagares' decisive soft single to right that gave the Mets a 5-4 lead before recording the seventh inning's final out.
"That's not [Avilan]," Gonzalez said. "He usually goes 1-2-3 in that inning and gets those left-handers out and the game is still tied. If somebody doesn't do their job or get guys out they're supposed to get out, it puts guys in a situation where they're not comfortable yet."
This marked just the fourth time this season the Braves scored more than four runs. But the only thing that mattered was the fact that they surrendered more than four runs for the first time in nine games.
Though he was charged with four runs and five hits as he worked 4 1/3 innings without command of his patented sinker, Hale could have incurred a better fate with some defensive assistance. He had allowed just one run in the 16 innings that had encompassed his three previous career starts.
The Braves were willing to sacrifice defense for what they thought might be better offensive potential by using Ryan Doumit instead of Gerald Laird as their starting catcher. It didn't take long for that decision to become even more questionable than it was when the lineup was posted.
Doumit dropped a potential third-strike foul tip that gave Eric Young Jr. a chance to begin the game with the first of his three hits. Young raced to third base when Doumit's errant attempt to prevent him from stealing second base sailed into the outfield. Murphy followed with an RBI groundout.
"I felt good, but my fastball command wasn't great," Hale said. "I've just got to keep leadoff hitters off the bags and command that fastball a little better."
Young stole three bases and recorded each of his hits to begin an inning. This included a fifth-inning leadoff triple that fell out of B.J. Upton's glove as he neared the center field wall. Murphy then followed with game-tying single.
"When [Young] gets on base, he scores runs," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "He showed it again tonight. He scored three runs and stole three bases. He got on base and creates things, makes things happen."
Justin Upton began his seventh career multi-homer performance with an opposite-field shot to begin the second inning. One inning later, after B.J. Upton was awarded a triple on a ball misplayed by Granderson in right field, the younger Upton connected on a two-run shot that sailed deep into the left-center field seats.
ESPN's Home Run Tracker estimated the distance of Upton's second home run to be 477 feet. This was the longest home run at Turner Field since Adam Dunn hit a 479-foot blast for the Nationals on Sept. 14, 2010.
"Tonight, I was just comfortable," Justin Upton said. "The only thing I can try to do is take that same exact feel into tomorrow night and the next day and try to make something of it."
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Two magicians A and B perform the following trick:
A leaves the room and B chooses 4 members from the audience at random. Each member chooses a card numbered from 1 to 100 (each chooses a different card) and after B has seen their cards he chooses a card from the remaining deck of cards. The 5 chosen cards are shuffled by an audience member and handed to A who just returned to the room. Prove that A is able to figure out which cards each member picked. Consider that the chosen members form a row and e.g. the leftmost member picks the first card and the rightmost member (B) picks the last card.


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Despite an ingredient list that contains everything but the kitchen sink, these drop cookies are extremely easy to make and I think you will find them to be a real crowd pleaser. I found the recipe in Taste of Home magazine and while I have made no changes to it, due to the Silver Fox's penchant for crisp cookies, I must admit that I bake the cookies for a longer period of time than suggested in the directions below. Left to my druthers, I'd stick with the program and enjoy a moist and eminently chewable cookie, but for the sake of my audience I bake the cookies for a full 13 minutes, or until their edges begin to brown. The cookies, soft or crisp, are great keepers, and if you'd prefer not to bake the entire batch at one time, the dough can be frozen. This is a nice, if somewhat expensive, cookie that I suspect you and your family will thoroughly enjoy. Here is how they are made.
Cranberry Cashew and White Chocolate Chip Cookies...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Taste of Home magazine
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 package (10 to 12 ounces) white baking chips
1 cup chopped cashews
1 cup dried cranberries
1) Cream butter and sugars in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the chips,
cashews and cranberries.
2) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.
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Tours Organized by the Local Arrangements Committee
The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) has organized the following tours. Advance registration is highly recommended. Sign-up details and fees required (if any) will be posted on the AHA's web site after November 1. Individuals who wish to join a tour but have not registered in advance can check at the AHA information desk on Level Five at the Marriott up to 20 minutes prior to scheduled departure of the tour to see if space is still available. Additional information about these tours and recommended commercial tours of the city and neighboring areas will appear in fall issues of Perspectives.
All tours convene in the Marriott's Room 310 unless otherwise indicated. Individuals should gather at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the tour.
- Tour 1: Behind the Scenes at Independence National Historic Park
- Tour 2: Curator's Tour of "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World"
- Tour 3: Behind the Scenes at the Academy of Natural Sciences
- Tour 4: Philadelphia's Civil Rights Struggle
- Tour 5: Eastern State Penitentiary Tour
Tour 1: Behind the Scenes at Independence National Historic Park
Date, time: Thursday, Jan. 5, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Meeting site: The Independence Living History Center on Third Street between Chestnut and Walnut Street at 2:00 p.m., or join a walking group leaving the Marriott's Room 310 at 1:30 p.m.
Description: Spend an afternoon exploring new interpretations at Independence National Historic Park with research and curatorial staff. Venture behind the scenes of the Todd House and Bishop White House, two 18th-century houses that present contrasts in household technology, socio-economic status, and lifestyles, demonstrating the complexities of urban life during the early republic. Talk with the curatorial staff about a new interpretation of the Todd House set at the time of the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic, which devastated the Todd family and left Dolley Todd (later Dolley Madison) a widow. (Limit: 20 people. No fee for this tour.)
Walking directions: Walk east on Market Street to Third Street. Walk one block south on Third Street to Chestnut Street where the Independence Living History Center is located on the southeast corner of the intersection. There are also eastbound buses with the destination "Penn's Landing" on either Market or Chestnut Streets.
Tour 2: Curator's Tour of "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World"
Date, time: Friday, January 6, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Meeting site: National Constitution Center entrance at 8:50 a.m., or join a walking group leaving the Marriott's Room 310 at 8:40 a.m.
Description: Enjoy a private tour of the new exhibit "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," at the National Constitution Center, with Page Talbott, the exhibit's Chief Curator. The multimedia exhibit conveys the original genius, wit, and imagination of Ben Franklin through a series of interactive exhibit features combined with the largest collection of original Franklin materials ever assembled. (Fee: $8.50 per person, collected at the door.)
Tour 3: Behind the Scenes at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Date, time: Friday, January 6, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Meeting site: Marriott's Room 310 at 1:30 p.m. for a bus to the academy.
Description: The oldest natural sciences institution in the Western Hemisphere, the academy was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." The academy's collection embodies the historical development of the sciences and Americans' changing understandings of their natural environment. Go behind the scenes with academy curators to explore natural history collections dating back to the 16th century, including Lewis and Clark's specimens, Thomas Jefferson's fossil collections, and early natural history books. (Limit: 15 people. Fee: $19 per person.)
Tour 4: Philadelphia's Civil Rights Struggle
Date, time: Saturday, January 7, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Meeting site: Marriott's Room 310 at 9:45 a.m. for the trolley.
Description: Join V. Chapman-Smith, regional administrator for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the National Archives and Records Administration, for an exploration of the civil rights history of North Philadelphia, which was the epicenter of Philadelphia's civil rights struggle. Visit Girard College and learn about dramatic protests that brought about the integration of this school that once only admitted white boys. Take in the incredible murals at the Church of the Advocate and celebrate the leadership of local civil rights icons. Enjoy lunch with community members at the church at the conclusion of the tour. (Limit: 30 people. Fee: $15 per person, lunch included.)
Tour 5: Eastern State Penitentiary Tour
Date, time: Saturday, January 7, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Meeting site: Marriott's Room 310 at 1:00 p.m. for a bus to the penitentiary.
Description: Visit the 19th-century prison whose inmates included notorious criminals such as Al Capone. Eastern State opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor," otherwise known as the "Pennsylvania System." It is estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide are based on the penitentiary's radial, panopticon floor plan. After 142 years of consecutive use, Eastern State Penitentiary was completely abandoned in 1971, stabilized and opened for tours in the 1990s, and featured in the film, 12 Monkeys. Tour participants should bear in mind that the Eastern State Penitentiary is an unheated ruin, so bundle up if it's cold and wear walking shoes! (Fee: $7.50 per person.)
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For me personally the biggest pro, by far, is as a cousin finder! I have made connections with several "cousins" or otherwise connected family researchers. They have surfaced in Norway ( 4 all with new information I never would have discovered on my own), Germany( 2 from my husbands line and from my paternal grandmother's line), and Ireland ( 2 from my maternal grandmother's line), in addition to California, Texas, and Illinois. I am sure that between my on-line trees and this blog I will find other connections. Another pro would be that on someone else's on-line tree, I found that my husband's fifth great-grandfather was a Revolutionary War Patriot. I was able to compare the tree with what I had to ascertain the connection and I already had courthouse copies of corroborating evidence in the form of wills linking the third and fourth great-grandfather's to more recent family members. The Patriot's will has also been posted on-line making an application to the DAR easier to document.
Probably the biggest con for most genealogists is the fear of having your hard work "grafted" to someone else's tree or even posted and renamed as their tree. It happens! It happened to me but I don't post all of my sources on-line although I will share them if contacted. I know I did the work and I know it is correct although it is still subject to change as I make new discoveries. It is sad to know that someone has taken my work and posted it as their own but frankly I like that by posting on-line at ancestry.com and My Heritage.com are out there working on finding new "shakey leaves" and "record matches" for me. If my trees were not out there, they couldn't work for me!
Please, please, if you choose to put your tree on-line be sure to use the privacy protection provided by your program choice and protect any information of living people.
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Room 5
When it comes to the best romantic Inns in Vermont, The Village Inn of Woodstock is your ultimate romantic getaway with a luxurious inn that awaits you in this second-floor two-room suite. The sitting room boasts a large marble gas fireplace flanked by two Victorian chairs. Submerge yourself in the two-person Japanese inspired whirlpool soaking tub, or enjoy the luxury of the separate two-headed shower in your elegantly appointed travertine bathroom. In the separate bedroom, a king size bed invites a great night's sleep. This suite is the perfect place for a romantic honeymoon or vacation getaway in the beautiful village of Woodstock, Vermont.
Rates: $269 – $369
Rates: $269 – $369
Additional Amenities include:
- Two flat-panel TVs with extended cable
- Complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access
- CD player
- Refrigerator
- Individually controlled heat and air-conditioning
- Iron and ironing board
- Hair dryer


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Tech titans and their 'trust problem'
Tech companies have seized on a new tool to handle the PRISM scandal: transparency reports.
The Silicon Valley titans — desperate to distance themselves from the U.S. surveillance program that captures information on Internet users — are clamoring to disclose more about their national security requests. They're holding high-profile talks with the feds and unveiling buckets of data as they decry government overreach and deny complicity.
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The reports have become a front-line defense for tech companies seeking to salvage consumer confidence and show influence in Washington — and to do it first.
( PHOTOS: Pols, pundits weigh in on NSA report)
"They have a little bit more than a public relations problem; they have a trust problem," said David Di Martino, a partner for Blue Engine Message & Media. "Consumers expect their data to be protected and the tech companies are now trying to leverage their transparency policies, and contrasting themselves with the government's policies, to start regaining that trust."
( Also on POLITICO: Edward Snowden: Google, Facebook disclosures deceiving)
Apple and Yahoo released information Monday, with Yahoo saying it received between 12,000 and 13,000 U.S. law enforcement requests between December and May of this year. That followed disclosures by Facebook and Microsoft on Friday night. Facebook dished on its data just minutes after negotiations with the government.
"Recognizing the important role that Yahoo! can play in ensuring accountability, we will issue later this summer our first global law enforcement transparency report, which will cover the first half of the year," Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell said in a statement Monday night, adding the company will "refresh this report with current statistics twice a year."
( Also on POLITICO: Tech titans go on NSA offensive)
The new disclosures come with governmental strings attached. The companies bundled national security requests with others by law enforcement at the federal, state and local level. That means it's impossible to distinguish how many represent a local sheriff's warrant versus a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order.
On top of that, the companies reported the requests in a range, rather than a specific number, and for a six-month period only.
"There is a Kafkaesque quality to this," said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at American University. "It's hard to know what you are seeing without knowing the parts of it … I'm more interested in stuff that's not in the reports."


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As a long time teacher trainer and having had the honor to go into many classrooms – the one thing I see missing in most language programs is "repetition" or as we gently term it, "recycling" of content.
We all know intuitively that to learn a language, we have to use a word, encounter a word in different contexts, many times. (research suggests maybe more than 20 times!). Only then will it "plant" and grow and be part of us. We can't just memorize but have to get the words, the phrases, the structures into our long term memory. The only good way is to repeat things.
But repetition itself isn't the answer. It is "how" you do it. You have to time and space it out. It can't be done too soon nor too late. Language learners won't benefit as much "repeating" a word the same day, as they will the next. Even better, the next week. This is also a feature of our quiz system and the repetition in different contexts and on different days, is hardwired into the quiz.
On EnglishCentral, the videos you practice are put on your My English page. You can build up your library. But what good is that? Well, you can then go back, a week, 2 weeks later and do the same video and quizzes. This will dramatically help you retain and move the learning from short term to long term memory. Go to your My English page and repeat some videos – it will really help!
Also, we'll even be making this easier! Shortly, you'll be able to favorite a video right on the video page. Just click the star. Stay tuned for this…..


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From campground to hospital
Theresa Engbersen expected a fun weekend with her husband, Norman Greenleaf, when they booked into a Virginia Beach campground and brought their motorcycles. Unfortunately, they only got to enjoy one ride on their bikes before Norman started experiencing pain in his chest and left arm.
"It had happened to him three times before," Theresa says. "He had a stress test earlier and it didn't show anything wrong."
But Theresa, a nurse at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, knew to still take action.
Soon, an emergency crew arrived and started transporting Norman, 55, to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
"It all happened in 20 minutes," says Theresa. "Norman's a recently retired medic-firefighter with 36 years of service, so he knew by looking at the monitor that he was having a STEMI, (a ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, a type of heart attack)."
Norman was given a clot buster as a precaution. Dr. John Griffin and his team completed a cardiac catheterization.
"They went in and looked for a blockage," Theresa remembers being told. "Dr. Griffin said there was only a 'hazy' area. He thought maybe vessels in one area had died but nothing was showing. He didn't know what caused the pain."
More tests followed – a PVL (ultrasound of the lower extremities), an echocardiogram, a chest CT, a transesophogeal echogram.
"Dr. Griffin deduced that Norman was experiencing vasospasms," Theresa says, "where the blood vessels around the heart spasm and block blood flow."
From caregiver to receiver
Theresa wasn't used to being in a hospital as a family member instead of a nurse. She quickly adjusted, thanks to the nurses she met.
"They were excellent," she says. "They were thorough in assessing Norman's pain and following up. I found them to be so personable and they talked with me to make sure I had everything I needed, too. Whenever we had concerns or questions, the nursing staff was right there to assist."
The couple found the same with Dr. Griffin.
"He has been relentless in trying to pinpoint what happened to Norman," Theresa says.
Once back home, she helped Norman make lifestyle changes, encouraging him to eat well and exercise more.
"We'll hopefully improve our health and avoid any future encounters," she says. "This was an experience we would rather not repeat. Sentara's staff's care coordination has given us the tools to succeed. We got a complete package with discharge instructions. Every person is really taken care of individually."


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Mods covered:
- Air Restrictor (AR) Removal
- Plunger Padding
- Spring Replacement
Note: These mods are also applicable to the Nerf Recon as it shares similar internal mechanisms as the Nerf Raider (some of the info here may also be repeated at the Nerf Recon Mod Guide).
>> Nerf Recon Mod Guide
>> Nerf Longshot Mod Guide
Disclaimer: Modify at your own risk. Modifications may wear out or damage your blaster. Please be careful when using hobby tools!
:: AR Removal ::
Step 1: Disassemble your Raider. Make sure to remove all the screws before detaching the casing. There are 14 screws in the main body, 5 screws in the front grip and 2 larger screws in the grey plunger cap.
Step 2: Detach the bolt, plunger and bolt sled. Unscrew the top plunger guide rail for easier access.
Step 3: Knock out the metal retaining pin that holds the bolt and bolt sled, this will separate the bolt from the bolt sled.
Step 4: This is the "Pipe Cutter" method. You will need a rotational pipe cutter to cut the bolt in order to remove the AR.
Please observe closely the spot where the pipe cutter blade is positioned at. That is the correct position to cut (though you can deviate 1mm either way). Just tighten the pipe cutter slightly and do the rotational cut (not too much or else it might slice the bolt in half).
In the following photo, a pre-sliced cut has already been made for reference.
Rotate the pipe cutter 2-3 times, and try to pull apart the bolt. If it doesn't move, rotate the pipe cutter again, do not over-tighten the pipe cutter! Keep testing. Very soon, the bolt will separate into two parts and the AR will just drop out.
Step 5: Join back the 2 sections of the bolt sleeve using plastic hobby or epoxy glue. Let the glue set properly before re-installing back into the blaster.
Before AR removal (top photo) & After AR removal (bottom photo).
:: Plunger Padding ::
Without the AR, there is no air buffering system to cushion the plunger on bolt impact.
This results in very high wear and tear on the plunger, by both normal firing and dry firing. Due to repeated direct impact on the bolt (hence the loud cracking sound during firing), many users of modded Raiders have experienced bolts eventually punching a hole out of the back of the plungers!
Therefore, padding should be applied to the plunger to help cushion the impact.
In the following photo, soft rubber padding is attached to the base of the plunger.
The 20mm diameter soft rubber pads i used in the above example are from a brand called "Volkmar-Fix", they can be found at most common hardware shops.
Make sure to only use soft rubber pads that are easy to compress, so that it can allow the bolt to move backwards fully for proper loading/unloading of magazines and chambering of darts.
Experiment with various plunger padding methods to help maintain the durability of AR removed blasters over long-term usage.
:: Spring Replacement ::
One way to increase the speed of air delivery through the bolt is to replace the stock spring with a stronger aftermarket spring.
There are many different springs with different sizes and spring force ratings. Springs can be sourced from your local spring supply shops. Spring choice will depend on your usage.
This example below shows a stock spring (top photo) vs. an aftermarket 6kg load spring (bottom photo).
Stronger springs are usually made of thicker wires. Internal casing trimming and adjustments may need to be done so that the springs have enough space to expand when compressed, for smooth firing operation.
Stock internal casing (left photo) vs. Trimmed internal casing (right photo).
Depending on the strength of the spring used, extra catch springs may also need to be added to hold the increased tension.
Note that a stronger spring will require more effort to prime the blaster before each shot, and the impact of the plunger on the bolt and overall stress on the blaster casing is also much greater. It'll be important to account for these factors when doing a spring replacement.
:: Sample Test Fire Data ::
PTG: Parallel-To-Ground (Shoulder height, no elevation)
ATG: Angled-To-Ground (Aimed higher, 30 degrees elevation)
Distance is measured at where the dart lands (Average of 6 darts).
Stock Raider
PTG = 20 ft
ATG = 30 ft
Modded Raider (AR Removal & 6kg Load Aftermarket Spring)
PTG = 50 ft
ATG = 60 ft
Note that the test was done indoors with customized foam darts. The results are sample estimates for reference (your results may differ depending on materials and mod techniques used).


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The weekly "Improvised Double Dare" show at ComedySportz Theatre will be serving up a heaping pile of nostalgia Sunday, along with whatever messy concoction they decide to spill on the house improvisors.
Marc Summers — host of the popular 1980s and '90s Nickelodeon kids game show known for incorporating slime, eggs and mashed potatoes into challenges — will guest-host the sold-out show at the Lakeview theater. What exactly his responsibilities include, Summers isn't entirely sure. But he was so excited by the opportunity, he insisted on doing it for free.
"If I can help young performers, why not?" Summers said over the phone Monday. "When I started my career, there weren't a lot of people who would go above and beyond the call of duty to make things happen. I've had a pretty good career. Things are fine. I'm sort of paying it forward."
ComedySportz house team member Maureen Winston first reached out to Summers via Twitter. Once Summers knew when he would be in the Chicago area next (he will celebrate friend Charlie Blum's 25th anniversary as talent booker at Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Ind., this weekend), he was able to commit to a date.
"Improvised Double Dare" features eight ComedySportz house team members split into two teams of four. They compete in improv, trivia and physical challenges, occasionally with the help of the audience.
"We've had marshmallows thrown on stage, balloons filled with confetti, a big ball pit and everything from pumpkin pies to erupting volcanoes made of mashed potatoes," said "Improvised Double Dare" director and ComedySportz ensemble member Tim Whetham. "I'm on the committee to come up with the physical challenges for when Marc Summers is here, and we're going overboard with the kind of mess we want to create.
"In the beginning we didn't have a big audience, and it was easy to do physical challenges around the theater. But the show has been evolving and capturing an audience. We find that a lot of people are coming from the suburbs and bringing their children."
Since "Double Dare" came to an end, Summers has had much of his success with Food Network, hosting "Unwrapped" and "The Next Food Network Star" and being an executive producer on "Restaurant: Impossible" and "Dinner: Impossible."
Still, he gets approached often about his past life. While at a barbecue during the South Beach Wine & Food festival in Miami Beach, Summers said the Sports Illustrated swimsuit models on hand recognized him and told him they were "Double Dare" fans. Pop punk band Good Charlotte asked Summers to reprise his most famous role in its "Double Dare"-themed music video for "Last Night."
"It's fun to be a bit of a celeb to a certain age group," Summers said.
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Improvised Double Dare
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: ComedySportz Theatre, 929 W. Belmont Avenue
Tickets: Sold out, comedysportzchicago.com


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Parks and Trails
Welcome to the beautiful parks in Clive. Visit the Greenbelt Park and Trail from your nearby neighborhood connection or one of the seven trail heads with parking for your vehicle. Take a stroll, ride your bike, jog, dust off those rollerblades and enjoy all the natural scenery that's abundant in most of the 297 acres of this premier park in our City.
Click here to view the Parks and Trails Map brochure.
Parks and Shelters
Campbell Recreation Area has a shelter, sand volleyball courts and ball fields available for rental. Country Club Glen, Linnan and Porter Greenbelt shelters are also available to rent for your family picnic or other gathering. All the shelters are open-air shelters. Click here for indoor and outdoor facilities rental fees. Reservation forms are listed within each rentable shelter description.
|Parks w/ Rentable Shelters
Future Park Locations and Amenities
- Alice's Road Park Site
- The City owns nearly 20 acres along the west side of Alice's Road just north of Little Walnut Creek. Plans will be developed in the coming years for amenities for this new park.
- Alice's Road Greenbelt Trail
- With the assistance of grant funds from the Iowa Department of Transportation State Recreational Trails Fund, the trail and bridge have been completed.
- Greenbelt Addition West of Alice's Road
- With the assistance of REAP grant funds, the City purchased 53 acres along Little Walnut Creek.
- With the assistance of REAP grant funds, the City purchased 53 acres along Little Walnut Creek.
Greenbelt Trail
The Greenbelt Trail, including all of the connections to nearby neighborhoods, provides for a paved surface 11.3 miles in length. Motor vehicles are not allowed on trails, except for powered wheelchairs and scooters for the disabled. Fires are restricted to the grills provided at shelters. Dogs and cats must be on a leash. It is illegal to remove any plant or wild animal from any park.
Key points and distances are:
The Raccoon River Valley Trail in Clive is 2.6 miles in length. All of the Clive Parks are open from 5:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. Trail hours are from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Motor vehicles must remain on established roads, driveways and parking areas.


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Dear Sir and Madame
I appreciate this opportunity to provide further background information to support my application for entrance to International Business/Economics and Business Administration program at the Helsinki School of Economics for 2010 2014 years.
My name is Viktoriya Kuznetsova. I was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 6 august 1989 and I am currently living in Helsinki. My future university studies were always very important to me. When a was in high school I got some basic education of business and economics and by the time I graduated from school I already knew for sure that I want my future education and job be related to economics. Furthermore, my school was English speaking, thus I have been learning English since my early years.
After the high school I moved to Kiev, Ukraine, where I entered the Kiev National Economic University (KNEU). I studied there for the next three years. My major was International Affairs. Studying in KNEU strengthened my confidence in my choice, but I was looking for an opportunity to study in English. My sister, a full time student at HSE, told me about the Open University courses. I decided to take some of them and moved to Helsinki. I really enjoyed the studying process and met a lot of interesting, intelligent and hardworking students there from all over the world. Moreover I really loved Helsinki. Although the weather here is quite cold I really liked that the city is very safe and clean. After studying for a half of a year as Open University student I decided to apply for full time program. I am sure that in HSE I will get a high quality education in the field of business and economics which will equip me with the advanced intellectual, professional and technical skills.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I am going to look for some part job and take an active part in student life of the school. Thinking of my future plans, after a graduation I would like to return back to Kiev and use obtained knowledge there. I believe that HSE is the right place to get knowledge and skills to make my plans happen.
Thank you for considering my application
Sincerely yours
Viktoriya Kuznetsova
I would drop the first sentence. its not useful and there is already a lot to read. Try to imagine how the person who has to read loads of these letters feels when they read the letter.
If you want to say thank you do it at the end and separate it from the rest.