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Salazar, who runs Vida FM radio station and news website Vida Dominicana in the northern town of Nagua, told CPJ that he had used both media outlets to make a series of allegations against Pedro Baldera, a lawyer who also directs a local human rights organization. Salazar said that since January 2011, he had accused Baldera of using the organization to defend criminals with ties to drug traffickers. Baldera denied the accusation and filed a criminal defamation complaint against him in July, Salazar said. The journalist was handed a US$26,000 fine as well as the six-month prison term, news reports said.
On January 18, Judge Salma Bonilla, who prohibited the media from covering the trial, found Salazar guilty of damaging Baldera's honor, according to news reports. Salazar, who was also a local congressman, said he would appeal the ruling and that he believed the case was politically motivated as Baldera had ties to a rival political party. The journalist also said he had received threats and that his radio station was twice attacked by bombs last year.
"We condemn the prison sentence handed to Johnny Alberto Salazar, and we urge Dominican judicial authorities to reverse his conviction upon appeal," said CPJ's senior Americas program coordinator Carlos Lauría. "Journalists should not fear jail time for critical reporting."
Criminal defamation laws run counter to the emerging consensus in Latin America that civil remedies provide adequate redress in cases of alleged defamation. In December 2009, the Costa Rican Supreme Court eliminated prison terms for criminal defamation. One month earlier, in November 2009, the Argentine Congress repealed criminal defamation provisions in the penal code. And in April 2009, Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal annulled the 1967 Press Law, a measure that had imposed harsh penalties for libel and slander.

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(July 6, 2011) The first two weeks of June 2010 were a blur for six scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). As the world focused on the ongoing crisis in the Gulf of Mexico after the blowout of BP's Deepwater Horizon Macondo well, the scientists dropped everything to estimate how much oil was flowing from the mangled wellhead.
The clock was ticking: Their work would help assess the environmental impact of the disaster, as well as develop ways to cap the well, which had been spewing unchecked since April 20.
They used some of the world's most sophisticated numerical modeling tools, developed at Berkeley Lab over the past two decades for applications ranging from geothermal energy production to environmental hydrology.
Working quickly and amid abundant uncertainties, they estimated that between 60,000 and 100,000 barrels of oil were flowing into the Gulf each day. Their calculations were in line with a final estimate derived two months later based on much more information.
Their research is recounted in an article published in this week's online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"We were able to harness Berkeley Lab's expertise in multiphase flow and computational tools to quickly take on this urgent problem," says Curt Oldenburg, a staff scientist in Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and lead author of the article. Also on the team were fellow Earth Sciences Division scientists Barry Freifeld, Karsten Pruess, Lehua Pan, Stefan Finsterle, and George Moridis.
The scientists were part of a group established by the National Incident Commander in May 2010 to estimate the oil flow rate from the wellhead. One component of this effort comprised scientists from five Department of Energy national laboratories, including Berkeley Lab.
The Berkeley Lab team first developed a simplified conceptual model of the system despite a lack of knowledge about the flow path from the reservoir into the well, reservoir permeability, and pressure in the blowout preventer. They then developed a coupled model of the reservoir and wellbore using a numerical program, called TOUGH2, which simulates fluid and heat flow in porous and fractured media.
Their simulations painted a range of flow rates, from a low of 60,000 barrels of oil per day to a high of 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Their initial estimates are in line with a final estimate established in August 2010 by the entire group and based on independent analyses and observations. It pegged the rate at 62,200 barrels of oil per day upon initial blowout in April, tapering to 52,700 barrels per day just before the well was capped in mid-July.
The Berkeley Lab team's modeling approach also allowed them to determine the role played by various uncertainties. For example, they found that the rate of oil flow greatly increased as the length of the well in contact with the reservoir increases.
Surprisingly, they also determined that oil flow rate is relatively insensitive to the pressure at the bottom of the blowout preventer. Common sense dictates that as pressure drops at the bottom of the blowout preventer, the oil flow rate increases. Instead, the scientists found that the lower the pressure, the more natural gas exsolves from the oil. Natural gas interferes with oil flow and counteracts the pressure that drives oil upward in the well.
The work was supported by the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory and Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.
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The poverty-stricken women of Haiti have a brave champion in Joune Viaud, a pioneer in providing medical services — and a sense of empowerment — to those most in need.
By Jennifer Margulis
First published in Ms. magazine
Born in the coastal town of Port-Salut in the south of Haiti, Loune Viaud is a woman of action. In her 37 years, she has braved exile, scorn, illness and death threats, and worked to procure health care for hundreds of thousands of Haiti's poorest while also empowering them to overcome a cycle of poverty and disease. She brings to her work courage, compassion and a refreshing perspective on health as a basic human right.
"We believe in social justice and health care for all. It's like you need food to live—you need to be in good health to be able to live a good life. Health care is a right that every human should have," says Viaud, who serves as the Director of Strategic Planning and Operations and the Drug Procurement Officer for a network of hospitals including the Clinique Bon Sauveur in Cange.
That hospital began as a rural clinic with few facilities and even fewer supplies. Under the direction of Viaud and her colleagues at Partners In Health (Zanmi Lasante in Creole)—the nonprofit umbrella organization that supports the project—it has grown into a state-of-the-art health center, including a children's hospital, which offers free care to any sick person who needs it. "It doesn't matter if you are poor or rich—everyone is welcome. We have patients coming from everywhere in the country to Cange," Viaud says.
As a feminist determined to help women in poverty, Viaud pioneered central Haiti's first women's health center—she helped inaugurate Proje Sante Fanm in December 1990—and has since helped train scores of women's health agents and traditional birth attendants. In addition, she has implemented several women's literacy projects, a scholarship program for girls and a gender-awareness curriculum for training health care personnel.
"It's no exaggeration to claim that Loune's pragmatic solidarity has reached hundreds of thousands of Haitian women living in poverty," says Partners In Health co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer. "Her efforts have reached, and transformed, the lives of these women and inspired other women to rethink their own choices."
From a political perspective, women's health care is particularly important in Haiti. Women are the majority of heads of households in the country (over 60 percent); they are responsible for paying rent, feeding and raising children and guarding the health of their families. Yet, significantly for their health and quality of life, Haitian women live in an extraordinarily unequal society in terms of gender.
According to the United Nations Development Programme, Haitian women rank last in a gender development index of countries in the Western Hemisphere; of women in 25 Latin American countries, they place at the absolute bottom in female-male life expectancy differential, incidence of teen marriage, contraceptive use, primary school enrollment and so on. They are at the bottom as well in mortality in childbirth.
In part due to Viaud's tireless efforts, Cange today is a thriving health center, a village de la médecine. On the drive to Cange, the closer you get to the hospital, the healthier the people become. "You can literally see the difference in their faces," says Monika Kalra Varma of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, which chose Viaud as a human rights laureate in 2002. "It's not only that they're healthier. There's something in their eyes. They know they have a right to health."
Every day, between 200 and 300 Haitians benefit from the free treatment at the Clinique Bon Sauveur, originally planned to accommodate 80 people daily. In addition, Viaud and her colleagues have trained more than 800 community outreach workers to do follow-up home visits.
The success of the hospital has not only led to many other positive programs in Cange, but also changed the way the village sees itself. More important, perhaps, Viaud's program of empowering Haitian women to recognize their right to good health has started a quiet revolution of its own.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two U.S. F/A-18 jet fighters bombed artillery batteries of Sunni Islamic extremists in Iraq on Friday, escalating America's military involvement more than two years after President Barack Obama brought home forces from the country.
Obama authorized "targeted airstrikes" if needed to protect U.S. personnel from fighters with the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The U.S. military also could use airstrikes to prevent what officials warn could be a genocide of minority groups by the Islamic State fighters.
The U.S. aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a "mobile artillery piece" used by ISIS at about 6:45 a.m. ET Friday, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said. The commander of U.S. Central Command made the decision to strike under authorization granted him by Obama, Kirby said.
The Islamic State has advanced toward what officials call U.S. interests in Iraq's Kurdish region in the north this week, taking towns from the Kurdish fighting force, known as the Peshmerga.
Before the Islamic State's onslaught, the region had been the most stable in Iraq and a cooperative ally of the United States. U.S. military advisers and consular personnel are stationed in the Kurdish capital, Irbil.
The mobile artillery batteries hit Friday were based outside Irbil, Kirby said.
In announcing his decision Thursday night, Obama said he has directed the military to strike the militants "should they move towards the city."
Kurdish leaders have been pleading for the United States or NATO to buttress their forces against the Islamic State from the air. The President seems to have heard their appeal.
"We do whatever is necessary to protect our people," Obama said, adding, "We support our allies when they're in danger."
Obama: Potential 'genocide'
U.S. airstrikes could also hit the Islamic State if militants continue to endanger the lives of thousands of ethnic Yazidis stranded in mountains by the militants' siege.
The President and other administration officials are using the term "genocide" when referring to the situation and is already sending supplies to help the Yazidis.
Militants raided the Yazidi town of Sinjar in northern Iraq over the weekend.
Yazidis are among Iraq's smallest minorities. They are of Kurdish descent, and their religion is considered a pre-Islamic sect that draws from Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism.
Islamic State has executed people who don't share their fanatical interpretation of Sunni Islam and posted videos of their killings to the Internet. "Convert to Islam or die" is the Islamic State's ultimatum given to those captured.
They have also beheaded victims and placed their heads on spikes to strike terror in the population, a senior administration official said.
Christians, Shiite Muslims and Yazidis have fled from the militants' blood-paved path.
Multitudes of harried refugees have poured into the Kurdish region and camped in and around Irbil.
When Islamist fighters stormed Sinjar, thousands fled into the surrounding mountains.
Until Thursday they were without food and water, and some children died of thirst in the Iraqi summer heat.
Before the President's address, two U.S. military cargo planes airdropped 5,300 gallons of water and 8,000 meals onto Mount Sinjar.
U.S. forces are standing by with plenty more food and water, a senior administration official said.
Possible strike to break siege
If militants continue to surround the mountain, they may have to reckon with U.S. intervention from the air.
"When we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, then I believe the United States of America cannot turn a blind eye," Obama said. "We can act, carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday repeated the administration's concerns about genocide.
The Islamic State's "campaign of terror against the innocent, including the Yazidi and Christian minorities, and its grotesque targeted acts of violence show all the warning signs of genocide," Kerry said Friday during a televised press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. "The stakes for Iraq's future could not be more clear," and "for anyone who (needs) a wake-up call, this is it."
Fear of U.S. ground troops
Obama brought home American forces from Iraq more than two years ago, and on Thursday, he addressed American concerns about boots on the ground there.
"As commander in chief, I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq," Obama said.
The administration has put the onus on the Iraqi government, which it has pushed to reform.
It wants Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shiite-dominated regime replaced by an ethnically more inclusive government.
Already, the Obama administration is rapidly funneling weapons to Iraqi forces. Factories in the United States are operating seven days a week to produce them, a senior administration official said.
But two Republican senators said in a statement that the President's actions do not go far enough. And the United States should not wait on Iraq to pull together before Washington takes action.
Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina want to see U.S. forces take the fight to the Islamic State.
"It should include U.S. airstrikes against ISIS leaders, forces, and positions both in Iraq and Syria," their statement read.
Iraqi forces fight back
The Iraqi air force bombed a number of Islamic State targets Thursday night, Qubad Talabani, deputy prime minister of the Kurdish regional government, told CNN. The strikes killed at least two of the group's emirs, he said.
The United States has been sharing intelligence through reconnaissance but is not involved in any airstrikes, a senior Iraqi military official told CNN on Thursday.
Americans "almost consistently" have manned or unmanned observation aircraft over Irbil, a senior administration official said.
The United States has 245 military personnel in Iraq, 90 of whom are advisers. The carrier USS George H.W. Bush and other Navy ships also are in the region.
The Islamic State fighters have captured armored vehicles and other military hardware from Iraqi forces in a lightning sweep through the north earlier this year.
The militant group's name, Islamic State, reflects its goal to establish a Sunni caliphate stretching from Syria to Baghdad.
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Steve Munisteri, chairman of the Texas Republican Party, will be the guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the Republican Women of Northeast Texas.
The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Februrary 27, at the Mount Pleasant Country Club. See the Februaary 27 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for more information.


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Pick a Sunny Site
Whether you want a raised garden for growing your own vegetables or for brightening up your landscape with a colorful collage of flowers, the first step is to choose a location that gets at least 6 hours of direct sunlight each day. In the U.S., that usually means a site that faces south. Because you're building a raised bed, you can choose a site on a sloping yard; just level it with a shovel first. But avoid a low spot in the lawn that doesn't have good drainage so your garden doesn't end up sitting in a giant mud puddle.
Choose Your Materials
I built my raised garden bed six years ago using 4 x 4–inch, 8-foot cedar timbers, which naturally resist decay. Mine has held up wonderfully. You can use redwood, too, which also resists rot.
If you're growing flowers, you can use pressure-treated lumber. But definitely don't do this for a vegetable garden, since the chemicals in the wood can potentially seep into the soil and end up in your food. You can also use stone or concrete blocks for a raised bed. That'll raise the price, but you'll get an elegant look.
The 8-foot timbers I used make an ideally sized garden bed—big enough for growing a variety of veggies, but small enough that I can weed it in less than an hour.
Step 1: Build the Raised Bed
Start by mowing the site with the lowest setting to get grass as short as possible (this makes killing the grass easier). Then build the raised bed. If you're using 4 x 4–inch timbers like I did, use 6-inch nails to assemble the wooden box. Intertwine the corners by having the timbers from one course overlap the joints from the previous, as seen in the photo. If you're using masonry products, follow the manufacturer's directions.
Step 2: Cover the Grass with Fabric
One benefit of a raised bed is that you don't need to dig out all the grass. But you do need to keep grass at bay so it doesn't invade your new garden. So cover the ground with a biodegradable landscape fabric, sometimes called biodegradable weed fabric or organic weed control. Make sure to cover the entire ground, and overlap the seams by least 4 inches. A garden expert at my local nursery tells me that cardboard or four or more layers of newspaper can work, too.
When I built mine, I used the fabric method described here but still ended up with errant blades of grass poking up in the corners and in spots along the perimeter. To avoid that, dig a 6-inch-wide strip along the edges of the bed.
Next, fill in the bed with topsoil until you're about 6 inches from the top. (Because you're using store-bought topsoil, you'll have good soil in the garden even if you live in an area where the ground is rocky or sandy.) Under the weight of the soil, the landscape fabric (or cardboard or paper) will suffocate and kill the grass beneath, then decompose, so it won't form a permanent barrier between the garden and the ground.
Step 3: Mix in Compost and Fertilizer
Mix two 40-pound bags of topsoil with one 40-pound bag of compost manure in a wheelbarrow. I like to add a shovelful of slow-release fertilizer to the mix. It can be a little more or less than that—backyard gardening isn't an exact science.
Shovel in the mixture of soil, compost and fertilizer to top off the bed. The compost improves the soil structure by encouraging root growth, helping the soil hold water and adding nutrients for plants. The fertilizer gradually releases its nutrients over time to feed your plants as they grow.
Step 4: Start Planting
Now that you have a bed of rich soil, plant your vegetables or flowers. It's worth talking to experts at a local nursery for recommendations on what grows well in your area. I learned this the hard way after wasting a fair amount of money on plants that just don't thrive where I live in Minnesota; just because a store in your area sells certain plants doesn't mean they're suited for your region.
For a flower garden, cover the soil with mulch after planting to hold in moisture and keep out weeds. For vegetables, you'll need to pull or hoe the weeds every other week.
Finally, water regularly. It's best to do it early in the morning or in the evening rather than the middle of the day, when water evaporates more quickly.


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A Tourist Magnet in Post-war Iraq
Here in Europe we have a different idea of what a museum director should look like. He might have expensive rimless glasses or grey hair, he would probably wear a sober suit, and he would definitely be one thing: old. That may be the case in Germany. How nice, then, that there are places in the world where you don't have to be a grandfather to be taken seriously and where you can implement an idea that turns into headline news.
Qahtan Alabeed was given the chance to do exactly that at an age when most people in Germany are still studying or have at best a few work experience placements under their belts. He has just turned 30, wears jeans and trainers, and will shortly be moving into an office that has a stunning view of palm trees and water.
Alabeed's office is on the first floor of a splendid edifice originally built for Saddam Hussein. The Lakeside Palace is one of a group of governmental palaces in the south-eastern Saraji district of Basra. It was Alabeed who came up with the idea to house the National Museum there. He was, therefore, the obvious choice to become its director.
The young Iraqi studied Archaeology and is a specialist in cuneiform script. "My first job in 2005 was with the Directorate of Antiquities; then in 2007, I was made a permanent member of staff. A year later I had the job of museum director. It's absolutely insane the amount of work I've had since then; I'm constantly on the road."
This is how Alabeed describes his new life as director of the museum; but he is happy to give up his time. After all, this was his idea. It took a long time, though, for the idea to be implemented – a long and difficult time, especially in post-war Iraq.
Iraqi obstacles, British support
Initially Alabeed received no support at all from the Iraqi authorities. "I'd written to the government many times, but they rejected my suggestion that one of the palaces should be converted into a museum," he explains; and that despite the fact that the building, with its luxurious interior decoration, including sumptuous Moroccan mosaics and frescoes, was simply standing empty.
"Saddam had five palaces in Basra alone, and we chose the biggest. But the dictator never even set foot in this building. He wanted to possess everything, but he didn't spend a single night of his life there."
In contrast to the Iraqi government, the British troops stationed in Basra took an interest in the project. One day Alabeed received a phone call from the base. "I don't know how the British came to hear about it," he says, "but the commander told me that they wanted to help move the project forward, at first simply by helping to clear up the building. Just a few months later they withdrew from Basra, and back in England they must have spoken to the British Museum, because they then offered to help me. They asked me whether I'd really chosen the right building, and I said they could come and take a look."
No sooner said than done. A group of international experts, which included Margarete van Ess, Iraq expert with the German Archaeological Institute, was put together and dispatched to Basra. They were unanimous in their judgement: the palace was ideally suited to the purpose.
Private British financial support
This expertise and the exertion of British influence finally got the ball rolling. After a protracted bureaucratic process, the Iraqi authorities eventually gave their approval. In 2009, the British Museum sealed its cooperation with Alabeed and raised five million dollars in private donations.
With this budget at his disposal, Alabeed began to make plans. The museum staff are paid by the government, and the palace is essentially intact, so almost all of the donated money can be spent on the collections themselves.
In December 2010, in London, Alabeed presented his final concept to the general public for the first time. The Sumerian Gallery and the Basra Gallery, two large exhibition halls of around 400 square metres apiece, will house exhibits from each of the nominal historical eras. Two further rooms of 111 square metres each will be dedicated to the Ashur Gallery and to temporary exhibitions.
Cultural treasures back on display
The museum brings a highly symbolic degree of normality back to civic life in Basra. The fabulous cultural treasures of the region have been inaccessible to the public for the past few years. The building where the museum was formerly situated in an old quarter of Basra is practically falling down, not to mention the difficulties involved in securing it against burglars.
It is also far too small. Around half the exhibits went missing – stolen and plundered during the war – and those that remained have been in storage in Baghdad for years now.
"Basra has always been the cultural centre of Iraq; that's why people here are so enthusiastic about the project," says the young museum director, who is of course looking forward to the grand opening. "Many people in Basra are very excited about it; they're always asking me when the museum will finally open."
However, the locals are not the only intended beneficiaries of the museum. The idea may sound strange to German ears, but Alabeen can hardly wait to put it into practice: promoting Basra in its new role as a magnet for tourists.
"Of course the situation in Iraq as a whole is not particularly good, but tourists are already starting to come to Basra again because it's quiet here. Our city is situated on the Persian Gulf, and it's the gateway to Iraq. People here are friendly and open-minded. We're a commercial city; no one is surprised to see foreign faces on the streets because they've always been here. Also, we're the Iraqi city with the most buildings on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The oldest Islamic city outside the Arabic world was built on this spot in A.D. 636!"
Sebastian Blottner
© Qantara.de 2011
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
Editor: Aingeal Flanagan/Qantara.de
Iraq's National Museum Reopens
Only Photos on View of the Nimrud Treasures
The National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad reopened a few weeks ago – prematurely, say critics. Inadequate security systems jeopardise the legacy of Mesopotamia and Babylonia, reports Birgit Svensson from Baghdad
Iraqi Art
A Culture in Exile
Much of contemporary Iraqi art has been produced abroad - the main focus of exiled artists has nevertheless remained on the motherland, as an exhibition in Berlin goes to show. Ariana Mirza recounts here her impressions
Ancient Babylon
A Metaphor for the Dark Side of Civilisation
Was the city state of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia really a den of iniquity or was it in fact the world's first city of learning? Berlin is currently showing a comprehensive exhibition that dispels the myths about Babel and tells the truth about the ancient city of Babylon. Ariana Mirza reports


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1st and 62; packing up and leaving at halftime when you are winning; a team allowed 24 points yet still hasn't allowed a point this season; school has a JV yet only has 7 kids out for football; school's only team loses game yet gets a varsity win, then cancels season…week 6 without a doubt, must have been played in the Twilight Zone!
-In the hottest topic of the week…Tioga squared off with Fort Worth THESA, a private, independent school, and took a 20-14 lead into the locker room at halftime… and then decided not to play anymore, shook hands, and left. Result… a Tioga forfeit, due to failure to come out for the second half. Control of the game being lost and fear of players' safety was cited as the reason why Tioga packed up, left, and took the loss.
Tioga HC Cody Patton told me:
"I had to make a tough decision last night to leave at half with a 20-14 lead, control of the game was lost and it is my job as the head coach to keep the safety of my players my main priority and protect them. THESA's players and coaches were not to blame, we have played them the last four years and they have a solid program and really great athletes. Our players and their players shook hands after the first half and wished each other luck on the rest of the season."
My email to the UIL regarding this odd game and outcome has yet to be answered and a call to the UIL asking for clarification was passed on to their Media Coordinator Kate Hector, instead of someone familiar with the rules and regulations. Mrs. Hector did say that she believed these issues are usually handled on the local level by the district director. Coach Patton himself has filed an incident report and called and spoke with the UIL, who told him as the head coach, if he felt his players' safety was in jeopardy, he could take action to protect his players. Tioga will also file a report with TASO. Ironically, the UIL could actually review the game and incident and award Tioga a win.
(editor's note – I am not sure how this works, as THESA is not a UIL school. So I am guessing this doesn't happen.)
-White Deer traveled to Follett to put their win streak and streak of not allowing any points to the test. With seconds left before halftime, White Deer was down 24-14 to the hometown squad, when lightning struck… literally.
The game went into a lightning delay that lasted over two hours, ultimately resulting in the game's cancellation with no make-up. So even though they allowed 24 points, because it was a cancellation, it is as if no game was played, and therefore White Deer's officially undefeated and still has yet to allow a point this season.
-Sticking with technicalities, Guthrie has less than 10 kids out for football… seven to be exact… and yet they have a JV… or rather are technically having to play as a "JV" as the Jaguars have two players on their roster that are move-ins and thus only eligible to be playing on "sub varsity" at the present time. So, for the past few weeks, and this week against Valley, Guthrie "Varsity" has "forfeited" their games and Guthrie's "JV" has been filling those games.
…The weirdness continues…Guthrie "JV" recorded a win this week against Rule 59-24. Oh, but it is technically a "sub-varsity" game, so even though Rule has no JV, it doesn't go against Rule's "varsity" record and is considered a Guthrie varsity forfeit to Rule's varsity, even though in reality Guthrie's only team beat Rule's only team.
…and it goes on… Rule, who only had seven varsity eligible players, had a player quit this week, taking them down to six players, one of which is nursing an injury, and thus they decided to cancel the remainder of their season.
-In a big matchup in Division II last week, Valley faced off against Crowell. The game was very competitive, with Valley holding a slim lead throughout most of the game and a 46-36 lead going into the fourth quarter. In that final stanza, the Patriots pulled away and held a 62-36 lead with about a minute left to play in the game. Crowell had the ball with a 1st and 15 with the ball marked at the Valley 30, then things got weird… a series of plays all resulting in penalties backed Crowell all the way up to their own 3-yard line. Not a single down was played, resulting in a 1st and 62! Crowell then took a knee to just try and kill the clock, resulting in a 2nd and 64 from their own 1 yard line. They ended up punting to Valley, who kneeled it out to end the game.
-Lorenzo edged out Silverton in a battle of unbeatens in overtime! However, even this great game wasn't without controversy! In OT Silverton had the first possession and threw an INT. Lorenzo in their possession is about to score, fumbles the ball forward into the endzone, a whistle is blown before the play is dead and a Lorenzo player, not the one who fumbled it, recovers the ball in the endzone… refs ruled it a Lorenzo TD and game over. Lorenzo 54 Silverton 48.
While it didn't happen this week…here are some other oddities from this season:
-In week 4, Trinidad had their game with Fruitvale end in the 3rd quarter with the Trojans leading 55-25 due to a blown breaker causing the lights on half the field to go out.
-It was also in week 4 where the Fannindel vs Campbell game ended before the fourth quarter due to Fannindel having injured players and both coaches meeting, and mutual agreeing to consider the contest an official game…the shortened game was also the highest combined scoring game ever in Texas Campbell winning 125-122.
-In week 2, Lazbuddie had a large 61-28 lead over Lubbock Plainview Christian in the 3rd quarter and was forced to forfeit due to injuries taking them down to only five players. Lazbuddie was then forced to cancel/forfeit their next game against Wilson, a game they would have likely won. Lazbuddie is now 3-2 on the season and those two loses are those two forfeits, one a game they were winning handily and one they likely would have won if they had six kids to play.
Got any more oddities… let me know what I have missed out on!


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Career Highs
Saves: 14 (Stanford, 2/24/13)
Ground Balls: 3 (Stanford, 2/24/13)
Sophomore · 2013
Saw action in four games ... Made 25 saves and posted a .357 save percentage ... Recorded a career-high 14 saves and grabbed three ground balls at Stanford (Feb. 24) ... Had three stops and a ground ball at Cornell (March 2) ... Turned away five shots against Penn (March 9) ... Stopped three shots at Marquette (March 19).
Freshman · 2012
Did not see game action.
Before Harvard
Lettered four times in lacrosse, three times in ice hockey, twice in field hockey and once in soccer … Named US lacrosse All-American honorable mention as a senior … Academic All-America selection as a junior and senior by US lacrosse … Founders league all-star in lacrosse, field hockey and ice hockey as a senior … Winner of the Hotchkiss girls' athletics prize for lettering more than nine times … Named the lacrosse team player award winner as a senior and Rookie of the Year as a sophomore … Present the Neil H. Scott field hockey prize for most improved as a junior … Selected to the USA ice hockey national camp as a freshman … Led lacrosse team to Founders League and Western New England championships in 2011 … Helped field hockey team to ninth consecutive New England class A championship … Attended Darien High School for one year and won a lacrosse state championship … Captured the lower mid history prize in 2009 and senior biology prize in 2011 … National Merit and AP scholar … Graduated cum laude.


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However, the line between hardcore and casual games has always been well defined; the hardcore don't expect anthropomorphic creatures and cartoony graphics when they purchase the latest Halo title, and those looking for an easy game to keep visiting friends busy know they won't be knee-deep in alien innards and doomsday scenarios when they pick up Animal Crossing.
But what if this line was crossed, and the big-name hardcore game franchises we know and love got the casual treatment to bring in new fans? It might look a little like this.
Metroid Prime Numbers
In space, no one can hear you scream. But in Metroid Prime Numbers, everyone will be able to hear you recite those unsung numeric heroes.
Thanks to the innovative use of the Wii Speak peripheral, you can actually answer a bevy of questions regarding prime and composite numbers in the comfort of your own home. Jump online via Nintendo's WFC service and go head-to-head against friends across the country to see who can correctly identify every prime number in their Friend Code, or just hop into a Quick Match and battle opponents blaring Kanye West and screaming obscenities about your mother. You'll even be graded with a daily "Mother Brain Age" which is not an arbitrary measurement of your intelligence based on AI guesswork and should be taken very, very seriously.
Perfect for home-schooled kids who want to practice math between milking cows and churning butter and even those nerdy brats who would carry a ruler in their pockets to recess "just in case," Metroid Prime Numbers combines the two best things in the universe: Euclid and Samus Aran.
Red Fraction
Having trouble solving those difficult algebraic equations? Confused by improper fractions? Tired of hiding erections from your cute math tutor every time she leans over to check your work, a pencil loosely held between her wanton lips? With Red Fraction, the best math game since Donkey Kong Jr. Math, you can improve your math skills and gain the confidence to finally ask her out.
Thanks to a brand-new construction engine developed exclusively for the game, Red Fraction is able to generate hundreds of thousands of math problems on the fly, keeping even the most brilliant number-crunchers on their toes. A finely tuned training mode helps flunkies learn the basics while a punishing "Pythagorean" difficulty will test the mental mettle of master mathematicians. The already-announced DLC pack entitled "Raiders of the Acute Triangles" expands the game's focus to geometry, promising an all-around balanced educational experience that trumps that other popular math game, Geometry Wars.
Plus, underlying themes within the game condemn Communist ideologies, health care reform, and illegal immigrants while propagating rugged American individualism, NAFTA, and McCarthyism, so parents -- you know it's safe for your youngsters!
Call of Duty: Modern Linguistics
Are you ready to fight in the greatest battle known to mankind? The war is raging, and only you can help defeat the un-American scourge of double negatives, run-on sentences, improper subject-verb agreement, and violent religious extremists hell-bent on the destruction of the United States and our way of life.
In Call of Duty: Modern Linguistics, you're enlisted in a verbal boot camp designed to test your semantic knowledge and push your language skills to the breaking point. You won't find out if you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose, but you will learn the etymological root of the word "suck" and a slew of racial epithets thanks to Xbox Live support.
Over a dozen word games offer hours of challenge as you square off against hilarious multi-ethnic computer opponents like Omar al-Wordsadi, Mikael Beatyourov, and Capt. "Smarty Pants" Price to find out once and for all who is the smartest word warrior. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. A more in-depth and difficult Veteran mode offers compelling new tasks. Can you decipher the proper nouns of possible terror cell locations in a 512-bit encrypted email? How good are you at translating Farsi to English? With Call of Duty: Modern Linguistics, the war on terror has never been more fun, or educational!
Ever want to play a Final Fantasy game without the pesky window-dressing of a convoluted story about an angst-ridden tween and his ragtag posse of fellow post-adolescents joined by an older, wiser bad-ass with a mysterious past as they confront an evil bent on destroying the world? Now you can, thanks to the hottest new pet-raising sim, Chocoboz!
The famous yellow birds have always been adorable, and thanks to the DS' innovative features the upbringing of chocobos is literally in your hands.
It begins with you using the stylus and touch screen to artificially inseminate an adult chocobo. You know you're doing well if she screams, "WARK!" Soon, you'll be using the built-in mic to imitate chocobo sounds to calm the pregnant pet as she squeezes out her offspring -- a process again helped along by the player via pulling the runt free of its placental prison.
Once born, it's up to you take care of it: feeding, bathing, and loving your young chocobo. You can also look forward to training it for races, teaching it new tricks, and outfitting it with the hottest fashion accessories this side of Vana'diel. Fabulous!


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Designer Interviews: Sharon & Ted Burnett of Strand Design
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Hey All, today we're chatting with Sharon Burdett, co-founder, along with Ted Burdett, of Strand Design. Thanks so much to Sharon for sharing a little more about how a career leads to designing furniture at your own company, choosing recycled and recyclable materials, producing goods locally, and hip-hop night in Florence …
Please tell me a bit about your background – what led you to creating Strand Design?
Strand Design was created out of our desire to work together on collaborative projects, and became an actual company three years ago when we both decided to pursue these collaborative projects on a full time basis.
The first project that we created together was a line of reclaimed vinyl bags that we called "Tree Theory." We sourced almost all of the components from the waste stream, literally taking vinyl billboards out of the dumpster, and cutting seat belts out of cars in the junk yard. It was messy, and very fun. Since that project, we've continued to produce designs that utilize recycled materials, or can be recycled easily (i.e., no "monstrous hybrids") but we don't feel that the designs should have a specific "green" aesthetic; we want the designs to speak for themselves.
Strand Design Birdhouse Floor Lamp
What preceded the Strand Design phase of your lives?
Ted has been designing, creating, and making things from the moment he could hold a pencil in his hand (that the pencil was made from old-growth lumber would become an issue as his awareness of and love for the natural world matured).
Ted's relentless curiosity, lust for life, and desire to create led to an equally curious education — anthropology, fine woodworking, and environmental ecology at The University of Wisconsin at Madison; dinner parties and hip-hop night at the Lorenzo de Medici Art Institute of Florence, Italy; and, finally, The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where he received his BFA in Industrial Design in 2004.
Ted's design career began in soft goods at California Innovations' Chicago office. There Ted was drawn deep into the world of product design on a massive scale, simultaneously enchanted and challenged by cost engineering and development trips overseas, high stakes design presentations for large retailers, and the ultimate challenge of trying to design products for six year old girls … luckily, there was foosball and the most amazing coworkers to help him cope with the stress.
In addition to his work at Strand, Ted is an instructor in Industrial Design at UIC. He loves it there.
Strand Design Better Dog Spotlight
As for myself, though fascinated by just about everything, a passion for writing and image-making led me to study graphic design over biochemistry, philosophy, psychiatry and poetry …
I received her undergraduate degree in graphic design from California College of the Arts in 2000, where I had the good fortune to learn from and work with some of the best designers in the profession. After graduating from CCA and working in The Bay Area for a few years, I headed back to Chicago to earn my MFA at The School of The Art Institute Chicago.
Before starting Strand with Ted in 2009, I worked as an in-house designer for the international fashion company Oilily, then at RGLA, one of the top retail design firms in the country, and I freelanced for several boutique design firms in San Francisco and Chicago.
When I'm not at Strand, I can be found practicing yoga, reading books, or eating chocolate. Sometimes all at once.
What's your workspace like?
Our workspace is in an old warehouse in the west loop of Chicago. We are lucky to have a large amount of space, and we've been tweaking it continuously for the last three years. We have our prototype workshop in the basement of the building, our office on the ground floor, and our storage and assembly space on the top floor.
Tell us a bit about your neighborhood.
We absolutely love our neighborhood. It's an exciting and almost bizarre mix of different businesses. The west loop is home to some of the most respected restaurants in the city, great galleries and boutiques, and packed in between all of these "tourist friendly" destinations are old meat packing shops and food wholesalers that have been around for decades. It inspires us both to think about how much the city changes, and how many layers of history are present simultaneously.
Tell us a bit about designing sustainable products and some of the sustainable materials, processes and/or technologies you employ.
There are many reasons that we are committed to sustainability, and some of those reasons may not be as obvious at first as others. As designers of objects, we are certainly interested in reducing the environmental impact of the objects that we make, and this can be seen most clearly in our material choices.
• We use urban lumber or reclaimed lumber instead of wood from forests
• We use locally fabricated steel because of steel's almost endless ability to be recycled,
• We use recycled rubber and recycled plastics.
• We also design our products with the intent that they can be disassembled into their component parts, which facilitates recycling as well as ease of repair.
Strand Design Eleven Side Table
In addition to our commitment to responsible sourcing of materials, we're passionate about producing our designs locally. We work with local manufacturers, many of whom have been in business for decades, and the relationships that we have forged with these great local companies have a huge impact on the quality of our work. In addition to supporting the local economy, we truly believe that we can produce better products here.
Strand Design Tripod Table/Stool
Where did the name Strand Design come from?
The name Strand Design came from the very first collaborative project that Ted and I did together almost a decade ago. We were experimenting with carbon fiber jewelry, and the tiny fiber "strands" are just so amazing looking! The name just came from that moment of inspiration and we stuck with it.
What's next for you and your company?
Slow and steady growth, and collaborations with other designers are on the horizon.
Thanks so much to Sharon Burdett for visiting with us today! Click here to see all of Strand Designs's current line.
Hi, I'm Becky. I live in Atlanta. Besides acting as the Editorial Director here on Hatch, you can find me talking design over at Houzz. Make me happy — leave a comment!


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Police: Man dressed as Santa robs Port Orange bank
Bank evacuated after robber places wrapped gift on counter, leaves with cash
PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Police are investigating after they say a man wearing a Santa suit robbed a bank Monday in Port Orange.
The incident happened at 3:15 p.m. Monday at the SunTrust on Nova Road.
Port Orange police said the man placed a wrapped gift on the counter and told the teller, "This is not a joke," and demanded money.
The robber was able to get away with an unknown amount of money.
The Santa fled the area in a dark colored vehicle prior to law enforcement getting to the scene.
The bank was then evacuated as Volusia County Hazmat and bomb squad were called to the scene to investigate the suspicious gift that was later determined not to be an explosive device.
Anyone with any information on this robbery is asked to contact Detective George Oliveira at 386-506-5895.
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By Charlene Ochsner Carson
First Baptist Church
The year was 1864. President Abraham Lincoln was steering the country through the third year of the Civil War.
The Confederate flag flew over Texas; and Sam Houston, the Governor of Texas, had recently been replaced for his refusal to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
On May 28th of that turbulent year a group of eleven men and women, under the leadership of Elder W. W. Harris, met in the Chapel of Salado College for the purpose of organizing a Baptist church.
One of the three men present was James Lowry Smith formerly from the Independence Baptist Church of Independence, Texas. Professor Smith had moved to Salado in 1863 to become principal of Salado College, a position he held for several years.
This small group of believers named the church Salado Baptist Church of Christ. It was later named First Baptist Church. The Sunday School was organized on October 20, 1878, fourteen years after the organization of the church. Seventy-seven people enrolled on that first Sunday. The church met in the Salado College building for a number of years.
In May 1877, a committee was named for the purpose of selecting a building site for the erection of a permanent place of worship. The search ended when church member Judge O.T. Tyler donated a choice plot of ground on the north bank of Salado Creek.
Another member, Dr. Welborn Barton, purchased and then donated the adjoining lot on the west. Upon the donation of those two lots, church members agreed to move the church to the corner of Salado Creek and Main Street.
A year later, 1878, the first building of Salado Baptist Church was ready for occupancy. It was a wooden, two-story building that had been built jointly by the church and the Masonic Fraternity of Salado. The lodge used the top floor as their meeting place, and the church used the bottom floor.This humble structure would be the first of three sanctuaries that the church would build.
The second sanctuary, a yellow brick building designed to seat 250 people, was constructed in 1958.
The third, a large, beautiful worship center designed to seat over five hundred people, was completed in 2001.
In addition to building three worship centers, the church has also built two education buildings. The first building was completed in 1962 and the latter in the early 1990s.
In July 2013, the congregation voted to purchase the property formerly owned by the Salado United Methodist Church. The Methodist church had occupied this choice piece of property, located at the corner of Thomas Arnold Road and Church Street, since 1890. In 2005, the Methodist congregation moved to their new location on Royal Street, taking their historic chapel with them. In 2013, the Baptist church purchased the property and converted the buildings remaining on the property to a youth center. The First Baptist Church Youth Ministry Building provides an adequate and comfortable meeting place for the youth of the church and the community.
Church history shows that from the very beginning Salado Baptist Church has been blessed, chosen, and privileged to do God's work in Salado and around the world. During the past 150 years, the congregation has grown in membership from its original eleven members to over eight hundred members. The church has also grown in the ways in which it serves the community.
The Sunday School which began with 77 members now reaches over 300 people each Sunday. In order to accommodate even more people, the church began conducting dual worship services in September 1992. Recently, the church adopted a strategic plan called Imagine FBC Tomorrow. The first concept of this plan calls for church members to make the worship of God their first and greatest priority. The plan also calls for the membership to be a caring fellowship of believers, taking care of both the physical and spiritual needs of the community. The third concept of the plan is to equip or teach church members how to share the gospel with others, and the fourth concept is for the church to be actively involved in sharing and spreading the gospel through local, state, national, and international mission efforts.


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Today's Checklist
- Shop for all fruits, veggies, and other perishables.
- Prepare a delicious make-ahead gravy that will save you time on the big day. Today's the day to make it.
- Make or buy extra ice.
- Chill white wine.
More Help:
- Picking the Best Produce
- Guide to Sweet Potatoes
- All About Onions
- ABCs of Asparagus
- Potatoes A-Z
- Root Veggies You Should Try
- Pumpkin Cooking & Buying Handbook
- Best Do-Ahead Gravy (video)
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The Skandinavisk Ro scented candle will gently fragrance your room with a delightful floral scent.
RO [RO], peace, calm and tranquility from the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. A subtle symphony of fresh grass and crumpled leaves, ambered woods and hidden blankets in the dunes.
Skandinavisk scented candles are made from a blend of perfume and vegetable wax with a 100% cotton wick and engraved beechwood lid. Hand-poured into a painted glass votive, it will burn beautifully for up to 50 hours.
Designed in Denmark, assembled in France.
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SKANDINAVISK is 2 English chaps, Shaun and Gerry, who fell in love with 2 blonde Scandinavian girls 15 years ago and never left.
Shaun and Gerry believe the absolute essence of Scandinavian lifestyle is right here - in the colour, scent, light and warmth of a flickering candle flame and a glow that not only burrows deep through the wax, but one which nourishes the soul too. After all, Scandinavians use more candles than any other nation in the world. They use them morning, noon and night. 12 months a year. Because they know that a candle makes any moment softer, more informal, more cosy. And they are the world's happiest peoples, so we think that's something worth sharing.
The Skandinavisk home fragrance collection is inspired by more than 15 years of travels and experiences across the Nordic region.
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Alpha-hexylcinnamaldehyde; 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)ethanone; hydroxycitronellal; linalool; isocyclocitral.


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Here is Megan as Pippi Longstocking. In fact, she is one of the CUTEST Pippi's I think I've seen. Mom makes the statement that she thinks her "Homemade" Pippie turned out much better than a "store-bought" Pippie Costume would have been.
I AGREE Whole Heartedly Melissa!
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The film focuses on Macedonia's north-western region, inhabited by the Albanian minority. In 2001 this was the site of a conflict between ethnic Macedonians and Albanians, which produced armed clashes. Only thanks to determined intervention on the part of the international community was a civil war averted. The Ohrid framework agreement, which sealed the peace and set up guidelines for a peaceful coexistence between ethnic groups, became one of the most important success stories of European policy in the Balkans.
The film traces the roots of the conflict, using individual stories to describe realities that confront the people of the region to this day. It illustrates not only political and social events, but also the impressive cultural diversity that characterises this multiethnic state, a product of centuries of coexistence between Orthodox and Islamic cultures. Ohrid, one of the earliest centres of Slavic culture, and Tetovo, Macedonia's second largest city – in which Muslim Albanians form the majority – are a window into a culturally heterogeneous country.
Some of the protagonists closely involved with the Ohrid Agreement, give their – often very personal – accounts of the uphill battles they fought to restore peace in the region. They include Javier Solana, whose intervention led to a crucial breakthrough in the negotiations; Ali Ahmeti, the leader of the Albanian uprising, seen by many Macedonians in 2001 as a terrorist; and Radmila Sekerinska, who presided over the agreement's implementation as Macedonia's deputy prime minister.
If you would like to watch the complete film please go to ESI's Youtube page.
Ali Ahmeti
The industrial city of Kicevo, halfway between the capital Skopje and Lake Ohrid, exemplifies the problems Macedonia still faces today. After the collapse of communism, it was above all ethnic Macedonians who bore the full brunt of the country's economic decline. Many lost their jobs in the industrial sector, jobs that had formerly been secure. Not so the Albanians. Largely excluded from Tito's modernisation policy, many had been forced to leave the country. As guest-workers they supported their families from abroad. As a result, many are now financially better off than their ethnic Macedonian counterparts.
In the precarious economic conditions of the 1990s tensions between the ethnic groups increased steadily. Distrust and resentment sprung up on both sides.
Lake Ohrid
The Albanians' demands for stronger minority rights – ignored for years – were fulfilled through the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement. Minorities are now proportionally represented in all state institutions, even the Macedonian army. An Albanian university was opened in Tetovo and now counts ethnic Macedonians among its students. Albanian was made an official language and is now used in Parliament. The measured intervention by moderates in Macedonia has contributed to a significant decrease in ethnic tensions.
Charting a path towards EU accession the current government under Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski first faces the task of reviving Macedonia's economy. Yet the painful transition to a market economy is proceeding at a sluggish pace. One encouraging exception is the economic boom in the textile town of Stip in the country's east.
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski


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For details on program times, location and fees
for the recreational and instructional YMCA programs listed below,
visit www.lincolnymca.org
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guide (PDF).
For information on
Lincoln Area YMCA programs and events, visit the downtown office, 604 Broadway St.,
Suite 1; call 735-3915; or visit
www.lincolnymca.org. The YMCA Activity Center is at 719 Wyatt Ave.
Winter Olympics party —
Represent your country as you compete for a gold medal. Some of the events
will be speed skating, ice hockey, ice dodging and figure skating.
Join the party and see if you have a "snowball's" chance of winning.
Each participant will receive food, drinks, snacks and a night worth
of fun. The party will be on Friday, Feb. 28, for first- to
sixth-grade children.
Art fun —
No paint brushes allowed. On Monday, Feb. 17, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.,
kindergarten to third-grade children will use a variety of items
from nature as well as grocery produce to create works of art.
Combine that with a variety of colors and you will get some great
masterpieces. Have you ever painted with corn? With green peppers?
With pine cones and evergreen needles? Come to the Y and experience
some art fun. Then, the next art class will be "Flowers Gone Wild!"
scheduled for Monday, April 21, 9:30-11 a.m.
Volleyball —
Where better to come play volleyball than at the place that invented
it, the YMCA. The volleyball program is a great sport for any child
from kindergarten to sixth grade. Team concepts like basic rules,
game strategy and mechanics will be introduced as well as work on
individual skills like passing, setting and hitting. Have fun
Wednesday nights from early April to mid-May.
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Spring soccer —
The soccer program focuses on sportsmanship, teamwork and teaching
the basic skills of soccer through games and drills. Children 3 1/2
to 12 years old are divided into four age groups for a practice and
game each week. With an emphasis on fair play and safety first, the
YMCA soccer program is progressive, with age-appropriate rules to
help teach the game and keep it fun at every level. Come join the
excitement from early April to mid-May.
Before and after school —
If you are in need of a before- or after-school program for your
child in kindergarten through sixth grade at District 27 schools,
Chester-East Lincoln or Olympia South Elementary, then call the Y
for registration information. Tuition rates, registration forms and
a parent handbook are available online at
Financial assistance is available. Call the Y office for more
program and financial information.
School's Out Fun Days —
Register your kindergarten to sixth-grade children for a full day of fun
with their friends when school is not in session Feb. 17 and 21,
March 3 and 21, and for spring break, April 14-21. Kids will enjoy
recreational and group games, art projects, table activities and
games, playtime with their school friends, and much more. Visit the
www.lincolnymca.org home
page and click on the
guide (PDF) for more details on times, location, fees and
registration deadlines.
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Kristin Halbrook is the author of the critically-acclaimed young adult novels Nobody But Us (HarperTeen, 2013) and Every Last Promise (HarperTeen, 2015). She likes many things.
Some of us have already been doing today's RTW in anticipation of the article going up. :)
Here's my Book of the Month selection.
sorry -- we just realized this had been scheduled, but saved to draft!
while I'm here: best book I read this month was Nina LaCour's The Disenchantments. excited to moderate a panel with her (& Stephanie Perkins & Gayle Forman) tonight in San Diego!
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127RD? Haha. I read eight books this month (so far) so I picked two. Here's mine, also already posted.
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Happy RTW and Happy Birthday to Maud Hart Lovelace! I go a little nuts about Betsy-Tacy again. :)
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That was my favorite April read, too, Kirsten!
Here is mine!
Here's mine: April FavReplyDelete
Another slow month for me (I'm on my third book right now but it's a reread) when it comes to reading, but it was a great one.
I loved Holly Black's latest Curse Workers book, Black Heart. Here's my reviewReplyDelete
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I'm going to cheat and link to the recommendation I wrote for this last week! I can't believe I waited so long to read The Book Thief! I loved this book so much that it's almost impossible to talk about it.ReplyDelete
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I've had a huge reading month. Here's what I learned about including legal outcomes in books:
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I've only read four book this month but my favorite would be "Someone Else's Fairytale" by Emily Tippetts.ReplyDelete
Here's mine!
This was an awesome month--two five-star ratings to choose from!
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Mine was BZRK by Michael Grant :)ReplyDelete
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"Thank you for kindness. I look forward to celebrating this holiday season with my son, and will think of our troops, and offer up a prayer of gratitude each time I look at our tree. Merry Christmas and God Bless you."
- Cheryl
"I would like to thank you for the wonderful gift we receive every year through this amazing program. We are extremely grateful to have a beautiful Christmas tree to place presents under. Thank you for all the love, support, and donations to every and all forms of military personnel."
- Ally
"We thank you all for your kindness and generosity. The tree we picked out is PERFECT for our home and we love it very much."
- Don, Tami and Donald
"On behalf of my family & myself we would like to say thank you for our tree. It is a tradition in our family to have a real tree. We received our tree prior to my husband returning from Iraq. We have a few special ornaments we always hang as a family & were so thankful to have him return prior to Christmas to be able to hang on our tree. Thank you again for supporting not only our family but all military families."
- Autenrieth Family
"I am deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq and I would like to give you all a Big Thank you for this Christmas tree that we got from you. Please let everyone in your areas know that I appreciate the tree and am ever grateful for what you have done to make my Christmas season better. I will never forget this and just want everyone to know that. May God bless you and your families."
- TSgt Kemp
"I'm from the USO on Joint Base Balad in Iraq. Every person who has seen the tree has been pleasantly surprised and exclaimed, "How'd they even get this over here?" It means a lot out here to see some normal Christmas-time cheer. We couldn't have done it without your help. We want to thank you for your generosity to provide these trees. We're lucky to get it, because many troops come through, and they're from all over the Theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan. It's always a nice surprise for them."
- Erin
"We just wanted to express a heartfelt thank you to those who selflessly gave of their time and money to make this tree possible for our family. It brings a glimpse of joy in the absence of our Hero, father, husband & friend. As well as a tear to our eyes because of the generosity of someone unknown to us who is willing to give for the joy of another."
- Adee & The Boys
"Thank you so much for providing such a kind and thoughtful gift for military families. Your giving has helped us bring a beautiful part of the Christmas spirit into our home. Thank you again!"
- Jason & Liz
"My husband is currently serving in Afghanistan and I knew that the holidays were going to be especially hard on me and my two children. All of our Christmas things including our tree are in storage, so I thought we weren't going to be able to have a tree or any decorations this year. When I found out about trees for troops I couldn't have been more excited because now our holiday will be just a little bit brighter because your generosity."
- Sara
"Thank you so much for your generosity! We did not expect this wonderful gift. Thank you to all that donate to this foundation! We are very pleased with the tree! Our five kids enjoyed decorating the tree! It is a great addition to our front living this time of year! We cannot express how much this helped us out! Thank you so much again!!!"
- Dudley Family
"Thank you for the beautiful tree! It makes me smile every time I walk by it. It is so nice to know that there are good people out there that care!"
- Heidi
"We loved our tree we received this year! It was a great experience and really made getting our tree very special. We appreciate the donation and having truly made our Christmas memorable. Thank you for your generosity."
- Carlsson Family
"We would like to express our gratitude for the Christmas trees provided to us from "Trees for Troops." Your generosity was greatly appreciated and spread holiday cheer amongst the Soldiers and their families during this past Holiday Season. Thank you again!"
- The 368th Seaport Operations Company
"We are so grateful!!! And blessed Because of the Christmas tree we were given, we were able to have a Christmas for our kids. This was the first year having a Christmas without having family nearby. Thanks to you and our family and friends back in California it was good."
- Allen Family
"We got our tree from Ft. Story and could not have been happier with it! It was a beautiful tree even before we got it decorated. It was so nice to be able to have a tree in our home for Christmas this year. We are so appreciative to those who donated the trees and made the program possible. It really helped to make our holiday season bright!"
- Ben and Sandra
"Thank you for truly living up to the meaning of Christmas. You've given more then you'll know; especially hope! May you continue blessing others with your kind generosity."
- Irene & Eric
"I wanted to thank each and every one of you for donating these wonderful trees to us. I got it home and when I cut it loose it popped open and was absolutely beautiful. I appreciate what you all do, and thank you so much for remembering us. It's an amazing feeling when you come home and have this much support. Thank you for making our Christmas magical."
- Kevin
"Thank you for the tree - it looks and smells wonderful in my house. It is my baby's first Christmas this year and she loves to look at the tree all decorated and flashing. I couldn't have asked for a better tree. Thank you again!"
- Ms. Fury
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- Friend Family
"We are really grateful to have been given a Christmas Tree this year from Trees For Troops. It is so nice to see so many supporting the military. It really means more to us because it was given by those who have a kind heart and realize the sacrifice made by the military. Thanks so much for this wonderful cause!"
- Noel Family
"Thanks to everyone who worked to make Trees For Troops a success again this year. The families of the 52nd Ordnance Group/Brigade at Fort Campbell sincerely appreciate the generosity of all who contributed financially and by dedicating their time and effort to this program."
- Suzanna
"Thank you for all the generosity from your organization, all the wonderful tree farmers, and the kind people who support your organization. Thank you and Merry Christmas!"
- Debelius Family
2018 Donors
We'd like to recognize the many individuals, businesses and organizations who have made contributions to the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation to help make the Trees for Troops program possible. The following list of contributors were paid as of January 15, 2019. Thank you to everyone who contributed their time, talents and resources to this effort. we apologize in advance if we have overlooked anyone. Please let us know of any errors by contacting us at
Contributions of $2,000 and above
Big Red Inc.
Christmas Tree Promotion Board
Geissler Tree Farms Inc.
Harry and Juanita Peckham
JM Family Enterprises INC.
Mahoney's Garden Centers
Monarch Beverage
New England Wire Technologies Community Outreach Program
Patrons of Richardson Christmas Trees LLC and Richardson's Adventure Farm
SureID Veterans Employee Group & The RAPIDGate Program
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States-NY
Wyckoff's Christmas Tree Farm, LLC
Yenser's Tree Farm
Master Sergeant
Contributions of $1,500 through $1,999
Battaglia Ranch Christmas Trees
Darling's Tree Farm
English Gardens
Homestead Gardens, Inc
Strathmeyer Christmas Trees
Sugargrove Tree Farm
Contributions of $750 through $1,500
Bank of New Hampshire
Barbara Beck-wilczek &. William Wilczek
Becktree Farms
Bustard's Christmas Trees
Christmas Ranch Tree Farm
Donaldson's Greenhouse and Nursery
Dull's Tree Farm LLC
Fish River Trees
Gary Roberts
Grandma's Gardens
Redrock Farm
Schroeder's Forevergreens
Skookum View Nobles
Stokoe Farm Trees
The Fir Farm
YNOT Lifestyle Brand LLC
Contributions of $250 through $749
4 C Tree Farm
7 G's Christmas Tree Farm
Bethlehem Elementary School Programs Account
Boone County Farm Bureau Inc
Christmas Trees Delivered
Christopher Stanley
Chub Lake Tree Farm
Crawford Tree Farm; Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm
Evergreen Farms Christmas Trees
Farmstead Acres
Finestkind Tree Farms
Greenbriar Creek Farm
Heritage Valley Tree Farm LLC
Janet Nizinski
Jay Asher
Kenny's Trees; P&K Trees
Littleton Food Coop
Marian Myers
McConnell's Nursery
Medina Christmas Tree Farms
Moore Tree Farm LLC
Mountain View Trees
Mr. and Mrs. Tom & Judy Lang, Balsam Acres
Mrs. Diane Masson
Noel's Tree Farm, LLC.
North Countree Christmas, Inc
Philip or Helen Hartley
Richmond-Spring Grove Area Rotary Club
Severt Brothers Tree Farm LLC
Spilker's Pineridge Tree Farm
Strafford School District
Todd Lenhart, Lenhart's Tree Farm
Windy Meadow Tree Farm
Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association
Woodcrest Farm, LLC
Wright's Christmas Tree Farm
Contributions of $100 through $249
Alfeldt Brothers Farm LLC
American Legion Altenthal-Joerns Post 158
Amy Stolarski
Andrea Baruffi
Ardell Loncosky
Barbara Fonner
Beckman Motors
Bienie's Body Shop Inc.
Bob White
Bob's Trees
Brian Hart
Carol Fus
Carolyn Nethery
Catherine Ruhling
Celeste Chen
Claybrooke Farm Christmas Trees
Country Pine Farms
Dale & Shelia Cullum
Davenport Christmas Tree Farm
David M. Corr
Denise Suzuki
Dr. Stanton Cole
Dr. William H. Burks DDS
Dun Roamin Christmas Tree Farm LLC
Ernst W. Kohn
Evergreen Acres Tree Farm
Forestville-Quicksburg Ruritan Club
Forsyth United Methodist Church
Geoff Wright
Greg, Jim & Karen Alfeldt
Gurley Supermarket
Hague's Christmas Trees
Hamamatsu Corporation
Heritage Tractor Inc
Highland Trees
Hollow Creek Tree Farm
Jacqueline Or David Lurio
james runkles
Jillian Simpson
Joe's Trees
Jon Lindstrom
Kimberly Oda
Lee's Trees
Lois & Eugene Nicandri
Maplehorst Farm Nursery
Mark Fisher
Martha Wurtz, Hearthland Hospitality
McConnell Machinery
Meier's Horse Shoe Pines
Michael J. Kodey
Midwest Engravers
Mindy Maxwell
Mountain View Dental
Mr. and Mrs. Bentley & Sandy Curry, Curry Farms, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Clemmons
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Coy III
Mr. James McCann
Mr. Rick Cornejo
Mr. Tommy Cardone
Mr. William Tunno
Mrs. Joyce Mclane
Mrs. Patricia Morgan
Ms. Candyce Discavage
Ms. Keri Jackson
Mystic Farm
Northern Builders
Notchnet, Inc.
Paul Lister
Peacock Road Tree Farm LLC
Penland Christmas Tree Farm
Perfect Christmas Tree Farm
Price's Tree Farm
Radde Tannenbaum Farm
Russell Reay
Severt Tree Farm
Susan Graham
The Gun Guys
Tracy & Sherry Sorrells
Vickie Perry, FedEx Ground
Wellsville Chamber of Commerce
Wicker's Christmas Tree Farm
Contributions of $99 and under
Alan And Sylvia Vazquez
Amanda LaVoie
American Legion Auxiliary #257
Amy Ralston
Ann & Tim O'Connor
Ann Marie Garritano
Anna Casey
Appalachian Stitching Company
April And Frederick Bergeron
Ashley McLaughlin
Bac Tran
Beech Hill Automotive
Bell's Christmas Trees
Belmont Community Ruritan Club
Bill & Danna Segel
Brendon Cooper
Bridgewater Ruritan Club
Bruce Ladron
Candice Brown
Carol Bidner
Carol Keckley
Carol Thibeault
Carolyn Low
Catholic Health Initiatives
Charle Ann Martin
Cheryl Lytle, Christian Life Church
Christine Eaton
Christine Greenleaf
Christine Ordinetz
Christopher Mest
Cupkie Christmas Village
David Pearson
David Weaver
Dayne and Kathi Tharrett
Deborah Rizzo
denise kahn
Denise Tomlinson
Donna Reichard
Dorothy Newland
Dr. John Wisman, Bellevue Chiropratic
Dr. Michael Vorozilchak
Edmund Kip Kowalewski
Edward Iwanski
Elea Hoffsetz
Embroidery By Everything Personal
Erissa Scalera
Felicia Moreno
Fleming's Christmas Tree Farms
Frances S. Parks
Franconia Village Store Inc
Greg Smith
Hampton Foley
Harmony Rebekah Lodge 16
Heather Campbell
Hill & Valley Garden Club
Holly Zessin
Jacob Sell, Sell Brothers Farms LLC
Jacquelyn Koerner
Jaime Guerrero
James Dale
Jan Kovariik
Janice And John Robie
Jayne C Gorski
JDH Industries
Jeanne Donovan
Jennifer Britten
Jennifer Giannattasio
Jennifer M. Stivoric
Jennifer Mills
JL Lally
Joan Godsell
Jody & Bethany Wood
Joe and Carrie Worthy
John Arganian
John Blasz Trees
John Fannan
John Kozlowski
John Laibinis
Jonathan Jon
Joseph McSorley
Joyce Allensworth
Julie Schrank
K A Darges
Karen Rien
Kathleen Cortright
Kathleen Crocker
Kathleen Kohatsu
Kelly Holmes
Kelly Thompson
Kelly Vereecke
Ken & Mary Dion
Kendra McCoy
Kenneth & Verla Carr
Kimberley & Scott Johnson
Laura And Christopher Hood
Laura Stukel
Lebanon Christmas Tree Farm
Lee Griffin
Linda Hoade
Lori Norian
Lori Pranz
M., and Mrs. Jon and Charity Keith, Ozark Valley Christmas Tree Farm
Marcia Boermeester
Marcus Dawes
Matthew Giordano
Matthew Giordano
Maureen Flynn
Meggin Dossett And Joshua Tuohy
Michael & Azure Neveln
Michael A Interbartolo Jr
Michael Cluchey
Michael Hefner
Michael Walczyk
Michigan Christmas Tree Association
Misti Kahler
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Marion Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Misner
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Marcy Gallagher
Mr. and Mrs. David and Cindy Risner
Mr. and Mrs. David DeBarge
Mr. and Mrs. Jonothan Tarkowski
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence and Christie Leslie
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Saloma & Robert Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Meek
Mr. Donald Feltman
Mr. Douglas Archdeacon
Mr. George Middleton
Mr. James Kelley
Mr. John Brown
Mr. William Barlow
Mr. William Lavelle
Mr. William Liddell
Mrs. Catherine Keen
Mrs. Danielle Weiler, Danielle Renee Photography
Mrs. Debra Schweitzer
Mrs. Ellen Buck
Mrs. Georgette Nichols
Mrs. Jana Hagan
Mrs. Jane Roush
Mrs. Jonelle Hill
Mrs. Maria Eveslage, Eveslage Photography LLC
Mrs. Mary Oconnor
Mrs. Renda Edwards
Mrs. Stephanie Berl
Mrs. Suzanne Anderson
Ms. Carole Barra
Ms. Jennifer Eboh
Ms. Mary Lou Sheridan
Ms. Melinda Bloom
Ms. Patricia R. Smith
Ms. Virginia Jahrmarkt
Nancy Cormany
New Market American Legion Auxiliary Unit 166
Newby's Evergreen Farms
Noffke Tree Farms Inc.
Nora Veazey
North Butte Tree Farm
North Carolina Christmas Tree Association
Pamela Shustha
Patricia Hussey
Patricia Yelicanin
Patt Phillips
Paul Mathis
Paul Sample
Paulette Uvino
Philip Cusumano jr
Quackenbush's Trees and Wreaths
Rachel Aslett
Ralph Jacob
Richard & Katherine Moses
Richard & Shannon Leslie
Richard Boisseau
Rileyville Ruritan Club
Robert Altavilla
Robert Bittelari
Robert Day
Rochelle Holland
Ronald Hunsberger
Rosie Shea
Sam Waldrop
Samantha Fillion
Sandra Lowell
Sandrine Martin
Sara Chamberlain
Sara Stewart
Scott Lawrence
Shelli J. Roberts
Sherman Miller
Sonia Viands
Stefanie Hurley
Sun Valley Christmas Trees, LLC
Susan Benesch
Taylynn Snyder
Tiffany E. Mousel
Tom Sawyer's Christmas Trees
Tree Haven Trails
Truman Kennedy
Ttamara Shuey
Weir Tree Farms
William Barlow
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If, no matter what your job, you had to go join Terrible Anonymous if you were terrible at it?
Sit in a room with your terrible peers and admit your terrible-ness by telling terrible stories about the terrible decisions you made to make your team or business or government more terrible?
Certainly the guys in the drawing would be there.
Yes, I am aware that the Bears are 4-2, and that they are in first place.
But do any of you think they're a first place team?
Do you think they're destined for the playoffs?
Man, I don't.
Okay, baseball.
Ex I-Hate-The-Astros Ace Roy Oswalt and his new Phillies beat the Giants 6-1 and are now tied at one game apiece in the NLCS.
And tonight the similarly tied Yanks and Rangers play in NY, mounding with Andy Pettite and Cliff Lee.
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America's Next Top Model?
There are several concurrency schemes that describe how parallelism can be performed. Concurrency schemes such as peer-to-peer, boss-worker, workpile, and pipeline describes how tasks distribute work in parallel. SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) and MIMD (Multiple Instructions Multiple Data) are concurrency schemes that achieve data level parallelism.The PRAM (Parallel Random-Access Machine) is a simplified theoretical model that can be used to estimate an algorithm's performance. In the PRAM model there are N processors labeled as P1, P2, P3, . . . PN, that share one global memory. All the processors have simultaneous read and write access to shared global memory. Each of these theoretical processors can access the global shared memory in one uninterruptible unit of time. The PRAM model has four basic algorithmic approaches to access the shared global memory:
- Concurrent read algorithms are allowed to read the same piece of memory simultaneously with no data corruption.
- Concurrent write algorithms allow multiple processors to write to the shared memory.
- Exclusive read algorithms are used to ensure that no two processors ever read the same memory location at the same time.
- Exclusive write ensures that no two processors write to the same memory at the same time.
They can be combined into the following four strategies for possible read-write access:
- EREW (exclusive read and exclusive write)
- CREW (concurrent read and exclusive write)
- ERCW (exclusive read and concurrent write)
- CRCW (concurrent read and concurrent write)
These strategies can be viewed as access policy implemented by the tasks sharing the data and executed on multiple cores. Figure 1 shows these access policies.
Each of these four access policies requires different levels and types of synchronization. They can be analyzed on a continuum with the access policy that requires the least amount of synchronization to implement on one end and the access policy that requires the most synchronization at the other end. EREW, the simplest to implement, means access to the shared memory is serialized where only one task at a time is given access to the shared memory (write or read access). An example of EREW access policy is the producer-consumer. You may have thought CRCW was the simplest because it means access to memory without restriction. But this is the most difficult to implement and requires the most synchronization. The goal is to implement a synchronization process that maintains data integrity and satisfactory system performance. So its on the far end of the continuum.
CREW access policy allow multiple reads of the shared memory and exclusive writes. There are no restrictions on how many tasks can read the shared memory concurrently but only one task can write to the shared memory. Concurrent reads can occur while an exclusive write is taking place. With this access policy, each reading task may read a different value while another task is writing. This may be intended, it may not. ERCW access policy is direct reverse of CREW. Only one task can read the shared data but concurrent writes are allowed. Ahem...
Considering massive multicores, is this model too tired or too old or could it be America's next top model?