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The Austin Parks and Recreation Department offers after school programs for the community that foster youth development in a safe and caring environment. Our goal is to create opportunities for Kindergarten (5 years old) -12 years old to engage in critical thinking and exercise decision-making skills.
Discover local art and artists. Watch a play under the stars or in a vibrant community theater. Visit a serene and natural setting from the work of a 20th century American sculptor.
The Artist Access Program provides free or low-cost rehearsal and production spaces to both emerging and established performance artists from the Austin area. Created to address the needs of local artists, participating organizations collaborate with the City of Austin's Cultural Centers to produce professional performances for both local and visiting audiences. AAP organizations produce work year round, which means there is always a show opening, cultural festival or workshop open to anyone who wishes to attend. Experience Austin authentically today!
Athletics organizes adult recreational leagues for men, women and co-ed teams. Athletics reserves the Krieg and Havins softball complexes. Athletics partners with non-profit Youth Sport Organizations to provide recreational opportunities to Austin youth. Athletics collaborates with Recreation Centers to set standards for Youth Sports leagues.
Visitors of all ages can experience and learn about a wide variety of awesome wildlife, hosted in a zoo setting, through touring the Birds of Prey, Small Wonders and Mammal Enclosure. By partnering with licensed rehabilitators many of these animals are given a permanent home. Some are former pets that have imprinted on humans and others have injuries that prevent them from surviving in the wild. At the Austin Nature & Science Center (ANSC) these amazing animals can live out their lives receiving daily care, grooming, quality food, medication and veterinary assistance.
The City of Austin was founded in 1839 and shortly thereafter, the State of Texas deeded what is now known as Oakwood Cemetery to the City. Today, City of Austin Cemetery Operations, a division of the Parks and Recreation Department, operates five municipal cemeteries and maintains two family cemeteries. These cemeteries are located across the city of Austin and consist of 200+ acres of cemetery grounds, more than 80,000 burials, and five historic buildings.
Austin's Community Gardens are currently producing an estimated 100,000 pounds of fresh local, organic produce for Austin residents every year! They are also places where both adults and children learn, fostering community and good-neighbor relationships.
The City has experienced a growing demand for the use of parkland by a variety of private commercial entities including health and fitness consultants, dog trainers, yoga instructors, and other outdoor professional service providers. In order to effectively manage the commercial use of parkland, the Parks and Recreation Department established a Commercial Use of Parkland permit, policy and fees for regularly scheduled fitness activity in certain recommended park sites.
Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) is excited to launch the new and improved Community Activated Park Projects Program (formally Community Initiated Project). PARD's goal for the Community Activated Park Projects program (CAPP) is to streamline the proposal process for our nonprofit partners and community member's seeking to initiate improvements on parkland. CAPP proposals will be reviewed on a quarterly basis by the PARD Review Committee (some exceptions apply – please read the proposal form for details). The proposal encompasses all phases of project inception.
Austin is a vibrant, unique, and passionate community. Our city is known for its 300 plus parks and the amazing community members, nonprofits, civic groups, and business partners who help to build and maintain them. The Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) is dedicated to creating diverse programs and experiences in sustainable natural spaces and public places, and we value your interest in helping us achieve those goals.
The Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of programs for youth and teens, adults and 50+ / seniors at our Community Recreation Centers. Youth programs include camps, sports, art clubs, teen events, toddler sports, and youth sports hosted year round. Adult and senior classes include anything from arts and crafts and aerobics to pickleball, citywide events and field trips. Recreation Centers provide a comprehensive menu of activities and events for all ages and abilities to come together, connect with each other and create community through various experiences.
View information on special event concessions, temporary concessions, new permanent concessions, and commercial use of dedicated parkland.
The arts school provides a variety of classes and camps for adults and youth. Call 512-974-4040 or select one of the following links to view additional information:
Austin Parks & Recreation contracted the National Golf Foundation to conduct a study of the City of Austin's Golf System. The NGF was charged with the following 1) review the City's golf operations 2) submit recommendations to improve efficiency of operations, and 3) make a determination on the future market potential of its golf facilities. The NGF report has now been completed and the full report will be posted shortly, please check back.
The Health Promotions Unit is committed to providing lifelong recreational, cultural and educational opportunities to promote healthy lifestyles and environments which create a sustainable and livable community.
The Health Promotions Unit supports active, healthy living by offering free programs to the Austin community.
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department provides opportunities wherein all individuals are accepted, included and welcomed to participate, play and recreate together. Individuals interested in additional services are encouraged to request modifications to participate in our programs.
Austin Parks and Recreation Department internships provide that critical link between the academic setting and the work environment. They enable students to explore areas of interest and apply their knowledge to determine the appropriate work environments that best match their skills and abilities.
Memorial benches allow your loved one's memory to live on in an act of service to our city parks. Your contribution will be a great enhancement to many people's quality of life.
Enjoy music in Austin Parks this summer. Bring a lawn chair, enjoy a musical, go swimming, watch a movie, or sit on the grass and enjoy some great local entertainment.
Austin PARD contracted the NGF to conduct a study of the City of Austin's Golf System. The NGF was charged with the following 1) review the City's golf operations 2) submit recommendations to improve efficiency of operations, and 3) make a determination on the future market potential of its golf facilities. The NGF report has been completed is now available, please click here for the report.
Unlike the traditional museum setting, the Naturalist Workshop encourages the touching of specimen. How much does a sugar pine cone weigh? Can you fit together a cow humerus and pelvis? How many kinds of minerals can you see in one rock? Tables laden with fur, rock, bones, plants, insects, a balance, magnifying glasses, and more provide opportunities for all ages to get in touch with items straight from nature. Additionally, there are field guides and a sightings board for any living organisms you might encounter as you explore the Austin Nature & Science Center.
Austin's preserve system began in 1935 with the creation of Zilker Nature Preserve. Over the years, the City of Austin has acquired over 2513 acres of preserve land. Preserve land is a unique type of park land that is set aside because it provides essential endangered species habitat, includes a unique natural feature such as a cave or stream, or provides a prime example of a specific type of ecosystem. Preserve land is set aside by either purchasing property from private or commercial land owners, if an area is designated as endangered species habitat or if it is deeded to the city.
Through historical tours, exhibits, events and memorial services, the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel provides a place to connect, heal and reflect, that is open to all.
The people who made Austin are at Oakwood Cemetery. We are united here in search of love, life and meaning.
The Parks and Recreation Department operates 12 off leash areas in Austin for you to enjoy with your dog. In general, all parks are open for public use each day from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. unless otherwise posted. At times, access is limited or affected by events or maintenance issues.
On Saturday, February 9,16 and 23, 2019, customers may experience slower processing speed of the online registration site during summer camp registration. Thank you for your patience.
The City of Austin Park Ranger program was created to provide educational services and safety in Austin's parks and recreational facilities.
Parkland dedication is a local government requirement imposed on subdivision and site plan applications mandating the dedication of land for a park and/or the payment of a fee to be used by the governmental entity to acquire land and/or develop park facilities. The City of Austin passed its first Parkland Dedication Ordinance in 1985, updated in 2007
The Office of Special Events coordinates picnic and facility reservations, large special events/festivals, and commercial filming/photography requests for movies, commercials and advertising campaigns within the Austin parks system.
Non-profit organizations, conservancies, community groups and businesses are invited and encouraged to partner with the Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) to enhance and improve parks, increase recreational and cultural opportunities and preserve natural areas in Austin.
A paddle sport created for all ages and skill levels. The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. It's a game for everyone!
Global Grooves. Austin Moves.
Connect with culture & celebrate Austin's rich diversity of music and dance.
The Aquatic Division operates 45 public aquatic facilities, which includes 7 Regional pools, 3 Community pools, 22 Neighborhood pools, 1 Wading pool, Barton Springs Pool and 11 splash pads. In addition to coordinating open water events and swim team competitions, we also offer instructional programs such as masters swim, lifeguard and water safety training
Roving Leaders teach life skills and incorporate social-emotional learning to explore difficult topics teens encounter daily, such as violence, addiction and peer pressure. Youth are given a safe space to practice problem solving and encouraged to use critical thinking skills. The philosophy of the program is to aid and enhance the quality of life for the teens of Austin by providing a variety of quality recreation, education and cultural activities.
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department offers a variety of programs and services for people 50 years of age and older. Activities include traveling, pursuing old hobbies and learning new ones, socializing with friends, meeting new people, increasing knowledge, becoming and staying physically fit, supplementing income, contributing to the community and much more!
Slacklining is the sport of walking a small, flat nylon rope between two anchor points. The most common anchor points for slackline ropes are between two trees.
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of summer programs for children 5-12 years old, and some facilities provide preschool and teen programs. Whether you're looking for active play, outdoor adventure, strategic games or cultural activities, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department's summer camps have something for everyone. PARD's goal is to provide children with exciting experiences through structured recreation in a safe and welcoming environment.
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is looking for extraordinary, talented people to join our Summer Camp Program. Work with kids and teens, be a role model, and make a difference in our community. Pay starting at $15/hour. Must be 18 years or older to apply.
Summer Playgrounds Program is a free drop-in program for children to participate in fun, supervised, outdoor activities during the summer months. Summer Playgrounds staff provide quality recreational experiences that promote healthy living, character building, and teamwork through collaborative and active play.
The recreational Swim Team Program is organized to develop the potential and serve the recreational needs of boys and girls who are interested in learning about competitive swimming. See the Aquatics brochure for more information.
The purpose of the municipal tennis centers is to offer year-round tennis play and supervised tennis activities to the community through comprehensive programs for all ages.
Totally Cool, Totally Art (TCTA) is a free after school art program that takes place in 12 recreation centers throughout Austin. While providing teens, grades 7th-12th, a chance to discover the wonders of self-expression through a multitude of mediums.
Austin's urban forest provides millions of dollars annually in social, economic, and environmental benefits to the community and enhances the quality of life for Austin residents. Our community's tree resource is an integral part of what makes Austin one of the most attractive cities in the country. As the city continues to grow and develop the urban forest remains an integral part of the Austin landscape, quietly performing as one of our most invaluable community members and infrastructure components.
Wildlife Austin promotes the creation and conservation of wildlife habitats through community-wide collaboration and public education, and helps bridge existing city initiatives that encourage a well balanced and healthy urban environment for people and wildlife. Austin has a long track record of being dedicated to preserving and enhancing our environment. All of us have an important role to play! We all can make a profound contribution to keep Austin wild!
The Zilker Tree stands 155 feet tall and is composed of 39 streamers, each holding 81 multicolored, 25-watt bulbs - totaling 3,309 lights. At the top of the tree, a double star measures 10 feet from point to point. The double star displays 150 frosted bulbs. This unique spiral pattern of lights was created by City of Austin electricians. At its circumference, the tree measures 380 feet. The diameter is 120 feet.


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All you need to know is that this is a very fine, colored powder that changes to a clear powder when you heat it to about 92°F (33°C). This is really cool for a lot of reasons. You can mix this pigment with paint to create thermochromatic paint for craft projects or to make temperature indicators. It mixes with Sugru and Polymorph as well, rendering them both thermochromatic. Use a controllable electric heating source and you could even build a thermochromatic display!
This pigment comes in a 20g bag, which is more than enough to play with and just enough for a good sized project (depending on what you're doing with it). Careful not to overheat the pigment as temperatures over 200°C can cause irreversible damage to most Leuco dyes.
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Army Sgt. Christopher Birdwell, 25, was on his third tour of duty when he was killed Monday in eastern Afghanistan.
"He fit really well into the service," his father, Jim Birdwell, said Tuesday. "He was going to make it a career."
The Birdwell family was notified Monday afternoon that Chris, who grew up in Windsor, had been shot in the chest by small-arms fire, Jim said.
Another soldier believed to have been in Chris' squad died in the same incident, Jim said.
While his death is still under investigation, the Associated Press reported two soldiers were killed Monday when an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on international allies in eastern Afghanistan. NATO said in a statement that international troops returned fire and killed the attacker.
There have been at least 33 insider attacks with in U.S.-led military coalitions so far this year, killing 42 coalition members, mostly Americans, the Associated Press reported.
Chris was the oldest of four siblings. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother and two sisters.
Jim said his son was a wonderful person, a true leader and a good friend.
Chris' mother, Pam Birdwell, said her son had a gift for brightening a person's day.
"He could make anyone smile," she said. "There was just something about him that made him able to bring a smile to anyone's face."
Chris was a graduate of Windsor High School.
After high school, when he was 18, Chris joined the Army. He re-enlisted when his initial contract was up, Jim said.
Chris was promoted to sergeant in February 2011 and was a squad leader with eight soldiers in his command, Jim said.
Chris was airborne certified through the Army Airborne School and top of his class in Army sniper school, Jim said.
While all are still in shock and mourning, family members said the Windsor community has shown them amazing support.
"We have a lot of friends and family who are here for all of us," Jim said.
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Homeowners are being warned to expect a summer of bugs.
Warm spring temperatures, following one of the mildest winters on record, have helped to create ideal breeding conditions for insects.
And experts say the population of wasps, flies, ants and fleas could soar as a result.
Ian Urquhart, of pest control register Basis Prompt, said: "The numbers of many pests are naturally diminished by cold winters, but the weather has been very different this year and it has been much milder than normal.
"Many will have come out of hibernation early to seek food and begin the reproduction process and that will have continued through a warm spring.
"Pests that would usually remain dormant for much longer could have become active sooner, potentially leading to more prolific breeding trends and a larger population.
"We'll only know for sure later in the year, but it could be that we're facing a bumper season for insects."
Similar conditions last year contributed to a spike in summer pest activity.
Stephen Jacob, Prompt chief executive, said it was vital homeowners exercised good hygiene habits and took suitable precautions to avoid an infestation.
He went on: "Pests are always on the lookout for food, so cleaning up mess and ensuring bins are emptied regularly are simple precautions that we should all be taking.
"People who do end up with a serious infestation would be well advised to appoint a professional pest controller to tackle the problem."
Prompt is an industry initiative which provides independent proof that a pest controller has received proper training and continues to update their expertise.
Mr Jacob added: "All technicians on our database are fully qualified and up to date with the latest products and techniques, so homeowners can be sure anyone carrying the card is exactly who they say they are."


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Column: Animal News Desk
Want to have a great night out with your dog? On Thursday, June 26, Adopt-A-Dog will have its first Barks & Blooms event at McArdle's Florist and Garden Center at 48 Arch St. in Greenwich from 6 to 9 p.m. The donation for two-legged creatures is $100. Dogs attend for free.
What can you expect at this beautiful location surrounded by flowers, bushes and trees? An assortment of local merchants have donated their services to make the evening special for you and your dog.
There will be a fine spirit tasting by Horseneck Wines & Liquor of Greenwich. Sample great scotch and bourbon or sip some fine wine. Catering is by Fairway Market.
If you've always wanted a family portrait with your dog, here's your opportunity. Portraits by Geoffrey Tischman will capture the love you have for your pooch. Have a few photos taken of your dog alone -- all suitable for framing to display in your home.
Expect photo bomb fun. Adopt-A-Dog will have life size photos of some of the dogs looking for a new home that may suddenly appear during a group shot. This year alone the organization has placed 50 to 60 dogs in a forever home.
Not sure that you have the time to care for a dog? Consider fostering one. Fostering lets you find out if a dog fits into your lifestyle and family situation. Adopt-A-Dog has a great track record of failed fosters as many foster parents decide to adopt the dog placed with them. There's nothing like coming home to a dog who can barely contain his excitement when you walk in the door.
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The evening's silent auction will feature products from the nursery. Here's your chance to spruce up your garden for summer with plants, bushes, trees and flowers at an incredible savings.
All proceeds from the evening will support the work of Adopt-A-Dog. For 33 years this Greenwich-based organization has been rescuing and caring for dogs. The money raised will help buy food and ensure good vet care at the shelter in Armonk, N.Y.
I have two dogs that I found at Adopt-A-Dog. They are the love of my life. Allyson Halm, the president of Adopt-A-Dog, does a fabulous job finding homes for dogs that she rescues from surrounding shelters. Since 1981, she has worked tirelessly to get better lives for the dogs in her care.
So go online to www.adoptadog.org and get tickets for this great event. Or just show up with your dog at the door of McArdle's Florist and Garden Center on Thursday, June 26, and enjoy a fabulous evening benefitting a great cause.
New Canaan resident Cathy Kangas is a member of the board of directors of the Humane Society of the United States. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CoolForce LED Fitting 16/13 - Green
Under the label "Coolforce - powered by Nanoxia" we present selected components for demanding water cooling and modding enthusiasts.
We offer you a broad variety of straight and angled connectors and screw caps for every demand. Using those makes it very easy to lay out your tubing inside your system as desired. Our fittings are of the highest grade and offer outstanding quality. Sealing rings ensure that the fittings are permanently sealed.
This barb fitting is ideally suited to connect our CF 16/13 mm PETG tubes (or any other acrylic tubes with identical dimensions) and components with a G 1/4 inner thread in a water cooling circuit. The nut is used for stability and ensures an attractive appearance. The fitting comes with a specially designed LED light with 6 LEDs included. The PETG tubes are continuously illuminated by the LEDs and shine in the respective color. The LEDs illuminate specifically the cut surface of the PETG tubes and thus achieve a particularly impressive luminosity.
The advantage of this set-up is obvious. You don't need to illuminate your complete case with LED stripes, and you don't have to ever use UV lights again. The lightning of the tube is very selective and allows you to illuminate only the parts you chose. Even when using a neutral color, like white, you can achieve a very beautiful result with our fittings.
The fitting has a cable duct to provide the LED ring correctly with power. The LED ring is powered by a 3-pin Molex cable and can be dimmed via a compatible fan controller.
Please note: These connectors are designed especially for the CoolForce PETG tubes (or acrylic tubes with identical dimensions)! Please do not use these ports for conventional PVC tubing.


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X-ray and Metal Detectable Plastic Resins
Detectable Plastic
DuPont offers X-ray and metal detectable plastic in acetal resin grades that provide excellent wear resistance and lubricity for improved longevity and reduced noise, high mechanical properties without reinforcement, and detectability for reliable contamination control.
Food Processing Industry
Grades are available for applications where food contact compliance and detectability are required.
Offers peace of mind in applications:
- Contamination of products with parts of detectable Delrin® over the size of a 3mm cube can typically be detected using standard inspection systems.
- Reduce the risk of particle contamination.
- Lighter items and quieter systems due to lower noise emissions compared to metal equivalents.
- Bisphenol A and phthalate free.
Food Processing Equipment Applications:
- Food processing equipment components
- Material handling such as conveyor chains and hoppers
- Food manipulation items such as cutters, shovels, scrapers
- Forms/molds for chocolate and other food
Potential Savings:
- Cost and maintenance savings based on cost effective molded parts due to improved design and functional integration.
- Reduced energy consumption due to lighter components.
- Longer replacement intervals based on excellent wear/friction properties.
Food contact compliant detectable Delrin® grades offer compliance with regulations including: FDA, European Regulation (EU) N° 10/2011 as amended (Food Contact for Plastics) and European Regulation (EU) N° 2023/2006 (GMP).
Additional food compliances may also be available. Please contact us to discuss how DuPont can help you achieve a competitive advantage in the applications you design and manufacture.


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Enabling End-Users to Program New Robot Skills
Mobile manipulators like the PR2 have the physical capability to do a range of useful tasks for humans, however their actual capabilities are limited by the software applications written by highly specialized programmers. Instead, Maya Cakmak from Georgia Tech, envisions robots that can be programmed by their end-users for their own specific needs. This past summer, Maya worked on developing a spoken dialog interface that allows a user to program new skills by physically moving PR2's two arms and using simple speech commands.
Imagine purchasing a brand new "programmable" robot. How would you know what to do, to make the robot do something? This is not a problem for many of our daily appliances as they considerably limit possible user actions. For functionality like robot programming with a verbal dialog interface, however, it is important to guide the user with appropriate feedback from the robot and provide supplementary materials such as user manuals, tutorials, or instructional videos. Maya conducted a user study that replicates the described scenario. Participants in this study (15 men and 15 women, ages 19-70) with no prior knowledge of how to program the robot were left alone with the robot and a combination of supplementary materials. They had to figure out on their own how to program different skills such as picking up medicine from a cabinet or folding a towel.
The study revealed that information presented in the user manual easily gets overlooked and instructional videos are most useful in jump starting the interaction. In addition, trial-and-error plays a crucial role especially for achieving a certain proficiency level.
User studies like Maya's, provide important insights into how the interface and the supplementary material should be designed to improve the learnability of end-user programmable robots. Check out the video for sample interactions and look for Maya and Leila Takayama's upcoming publication for more details.


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Airstream Inc. unveiled its latest family-oriented five-berth trailer at the ExCel Motorhome, Caravan and Camping Show in London yesterday (Feb. 14), according to a report in Caravan Times.
Having flown in from the U.S. to take part in the show, Airstream President Bob Wheeler, said: "Airstream has always been synonymous with great style and design and these two additions to the European range have got both in abundance."
The new 685 has a neat layout that includes three fixed bunks at the rear, with a clever partitioning door allowing a children's bedroom to be created in addition to the traditional double or twin singles at the front.
Anthony Slocock, technical director of Airstream, said that in creating the 685 the company was responding to demand for a bigger family model.
"The Series 2 534, meanwhile, is still gracefully compact but is incredibly roomy for a single axle trailer," he added.


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Add a touch of colour to your travels. This brightly coloured suitcase strap is ideal in keeping your case closed shut and instantly recognising your bag whilst travelling.
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About Itemscript
Itemscript is a project to build a set of open-source tools for working with JSON, both in server-side Java environments and client-side GWT/browser environments.
Itemscript JSON library
The Itemscript JSON library is a JSON library for both standard Java environments and the GWT Java environment. It's released under the new BSD license.
Itemscript Schema
Itemscript Schema is a draft specification for a simple schema language for JSON. The goal is to be useful for any kind of JSON application as well as for Itemscript applications.
Here's why we think the world needs a new schema language: The Problem with Schema
Itemscript Schema provides a common data language for all the components, and is used to describe declarations and data exchange formats.
Itemscript enables a concise declaration of data and components and allows refinement or replacement of services and components without requiring changes to the application source code.
Itemscript is an open platform that allows anyone to build plugins and modules that take advantage of easy type declaration, easy and standardized object initialization and wiring, and easy client development without having to write Javascript code - or at least, keeping it to a minimum.
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December 27 – Happy Birthday Roy White
"Rippin Roy" was one of the few bright lights in the dreadful Yankee lineups of the late sixties. In eighteen years with New York, this speedy, switch-hitting outfielder appeared in almost 1,900 Yankee games, smacking over 1,800 career hits. I will never forget White's performance during the 1970 season. The previous year, the Yankees had finished next-to-last in their division during the inaugural season of Major League Baseball's switch to divisional play. With Roy leading the way with 180 hits, 109 runs scored, and 94 runs batted in, the 1970 club won 93 games, finishing second to a very strong Oriole team. That was the same year Thurman Munson earned the AL Rookie of the Year award. When Bobby Murcer broke out as an offensive force the following season, my beloved Yankees became fun-to-watch again, ending the nightmare performances of the late sixties.
It was a special treat for Yankee fans to see Roy play well enough long enough to take part in the Pennant and World Series winning Yankee teams of the late seventies. Roy was born in Los Angeles and turns 68-years-old today.
Until Bernie Williams came along, White was the second most productive switch hitter in Yankee franchise history. Let's take a look at my All-Time Yankee lineup of switch hitters:
1B Mark Teixeira
2B Horace Clarke
SS Tom Tresh
3B Gene Michael
OF Mickey Mantle
OF Bernie Williams
OF Roy White
C Jorge Posada
DH Melky Cabrera & Chili Davis
P Herb Pennock
RP Bob Kuzava
Note: Gene Michael played just a few games at third for New York during his Yankee career but deserved this spot because the only switch-hitting starting third baseman in pinstripe history was an old Highlander named Pepper Austin who hit even worse than "Stick."
This former Yankee catcher and DH and this current Yankee reliever were also born on December 27th.


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avia36 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
We need a brandable logo, labels & stationary set for a new coffee company, Monde Coffee/Monde Kulture (Monde=French for World). This design contest is open to your interpretations & creativity. The logo will form the design basis of all web, print, marketing, stationary, labels & packaging.
Monde Coffee
Traditional, Exotic Coffee Tea & Spice of the world
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Monde Coffee. A new premium Coffee Co wanting to enter a market already saturated with well established retail & on premise brands. The company is the re-activation of a 30 year old family business, with the operators passionate about coffee and excited about introducing customers & consumers to a innovative new range of Caffe du Monde.(Coffees of the World).
We need a brandable logo and stationary set for Monde Coffee/Monde Kulture (Monde=French for World). Please avoid the use of coffee cups or beans, aside from that this design contest is open to your interpretations and creativity. The logo will form the design basis of a web, print, marketing, stationary, labels and packaging.
Ideally beginning with the our signature (logo, brand mark) and then moving on to complete the rest of the 'design items being the label/s & stationary kit related to our business identity. The individual designer 'whose' logo design is chosen to have the most appeal will be the selected winner and would be expected to provide all the design items and complete the full 'contest' requirements winning the total prize pool of $450.00 (USD) offered in this contest
A Bit About Monde..
Monde is a premium independent brand offering select origin beans, handcrafted & infused blends, tea, spice & cocoa & nuts. All components of Monde will carry the identifiable mark of the brand. Monde offers a deeper, authentic & outstanding experience, merging the familiar with a hint of the traditional & exotic. The product range will encompass various Coffee, Tea, Spice, Chocolate & Nuts of the world for trade, retail & corporate gifting.
Design notes
This design is a key step in developing a brand that will be identifiable to our target market; we require a clean, fresh, professional, eye-catching logo and are open to all creative ideas.
Distinctive, stylish & flexible enough to cut across coffee, tea, spice, chocolate & nuts. Something new with old world rustic charm.
The design should be shown in the following ways;
Logo on its own
Logo with tagline
Logo with sub brand eg: Monde Coffee Dark Roast
Design Items - $450 1st prize
Logo $150
Labels $100
Stationary Kit; business Cards, Letterhead, Envelopes & With Comp's slip. $200
1 x Full Color
1 x One color
1 x Grey-scale
1 x Monotone
1 x Translucent
1 x Full Color
1 x One color
1 x Grey-scale
1 x Monotone
1 x Translucent
The labels will be used on clear packaging, so visual text clarity and color appeal are paramount.
Business card (Standard Size 90mm x 55mm) Front to include main logo & contact details, Back open to options).
Letterhead (Standard A4 Size, letterhead 297mm x 210mm to be used on Letters, Fax & Invoices)
Envelopes (DL Size 110mm x 220mm)
With Compliments Slip (100mm x 210mm)
Business card details:
Product Name
Product Notes?tasting Notes
Letterhead /With Comp's details
Contest Conditions
- Contest duration is limited to twelve (12) days
- Last day for entries is 06/04/2007
- The award will be distributed to PayPal for processing after all design materials are received by AVIA Group Pty Ltd.
- The criteria by which all submitted work is evaluated and a winner is selected is solely at the discretion of AVIA Group Pty Ltd.
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Monster Hunter 3: Tri
Monster Hunter 3: Tri shots show large angler fish
GamersHell's got some new Monster Hunter 3: Tri screens, showing what looks to be a large, really angry angler fish. Wii never had it so good. No solid release date as yet.
Monster Hunter 3: Tri headlines
Monster Hunter 3 (~tri) gets new footage
A brief new glimpse of Monster Hunter 3 (~tri) popped up this morning. Get it after the break. Looks bloody mint for a Wii game. Watch E3 for US and European announcements.
Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) listed for US launch
Capcom's listed Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) as an upcoming US release on its press site. This isn't shocking in any way. If there's one thing Capcom's more than anxious about getting busy with in the West, it's Monster Hunter. There's been no announcement as such, but, well, you know.
TGS: Monster Hunter 3: tri shots bring the pretty
On Kotaku, especially for Blerk. As reported, the latest in the Monster Hunter series is looking pretty special in the graphics department. Take a look. No guarantee of a western release as yet.
Official Monster Hunter 3: tri site updates with new screens
Capcom's updated the Monster Hunter 3: tri site with new shots and art. The Wii game's looking dandy. There's going to be a showing at TGS next month, so expect to see more then. Thanks, GoNintendo.
Monster Hunter 3 playable at TGS
The latest Famitsu's got scans of Monster Hunter 3 and a confirmation the game will be playable at TGS, Kotaku reports. The Wii game's specifically called Wii title Monster Hunter 3: tri, and is likely to be mentally successful in Japan given the seemingly unending fortunes of Monster Hunter on PSP this year. Tons of […]
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May 2. Americans sicker than Brits:
White, middle-aged Americans -- even those who are rich -- are far less healthy than their peers in England, according to stunning new research that erases misconceptions and has experts scratching their heads. Americans had higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, strokes, lung disease and cancer -- findings that held true no matter what income or education level. Those dismal results are despite the fact that U.S. health care spending is double what England spends on each of its citizens.
Despite? These dismal results are because the US spends more! It's been mathematically proven that you can't maximize more than one variable. So which should a medical system maximize -- human health, or profit? Silly English! This is why your economy is crumbling and ours is booming! Americans make all decisions to maximize profit, and the way you maximize the profit of a medical system is to ignore the causes of sickness, repress cheap cures, and focus on very expensive treatments that keep people sick longer.
May 6. Genetic engineers have figured out how to stop plants from growing. In 200 years, when the last life on Earth is dying, the last humans will ask what the hell we were thinking. Of course: No-mow grass may be coming to your yard soon!
May 9. George Monbiot covers the link between diet and criminal behavior. It turns out that eating badly is more predictive of violent behavior than psychopathy. People with bad diets are more dangerous than psychopaths! The good news is, when the American government breaks down, and can no longer subsidize white sugar and high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils and factory farmed meat, when less processed foods are cheaper than more processed foods, as they should be, the people who eat those foods will get less violent, and Americans everywhere will look back and say, "Wow, why was I such an asshole?"
May 11. Flying robot attack 'unstoppable'. The propaganda on this article is so thick you have to scrape it off with a shovel. And when you do... great news! It appears that drone aircraft will be more useful to destabilize Empire than to enforce it. I already thought flying robot attacks were unstoppable, but maybe they'll be attacking the bases of the Chinese occupiers and not me for failing to register my fruit trees.
May 24. Pot smoking doesn't cause lung cancer. If you think that's strange, tobacco didn't used to cause lung cancer. Lung cancer was super-rare until around 1930, even though people have been smoking tobacco for hundreds of years. Exclusionists will say it just wasn't being diagnosed, but they haven't exhumed any 19th century corpses to confirm that theory -- they're just telling a story so they don't have to change their thinking. So where does the cancer come from? It could be the additives, or Patricia points out that it could be from the filters or the bleached paper. Mike reports the theory of raw food guru Gabriel Cousens, that the carcinogens come from a fungus that grows when the tobacco is cured. My favorite theory is that it comes from radioactive polonium from phosphate fertilizers. Here's another link, Radioactive Tobacco.
May 27. Great profile of a struggling actress in L.A. It occurs to me how strange it is that an activity should be scarce. She wants to act -- why can't she just act? Why does she have to pander to sleazeballs for the right to do it?
Because we live in Hell, opportunities to do enjoyable and meaningful things have been artificially constrained from every angle: 1) If she started doing a performance on a street corner, or in a tent in a park, the police would shut her down. 2) She's also struggling against the myth of "making it," that unless your work reaches a huge audience, you're nobody. 3) She has to pay rent, a cleverly disguised mechanism to channel "money" (power) from those who don't have enough to those who already have too much.
May 29. Anthropik returns with a surprising new game project, The Fifth World. That manifesto makes a fascinating argument that role-playing games are a primal revival.
I was in 7th grade when D&D hit the culture, and I still remember the feeling of going through the dungeon in the basic set, and later reading the advanced books for the first time. It was the most wonderful thing ever! And now I know why: Humans have a history, possibly as old as language, of cooperatively telling stories about fantastic places, and Patricia writes that "dice are so old that we don't know how old they are." I've often thought, if I ever spend a whole winter with friends on my land, we'll just make pies from stored apples and play D&D all day.
May 30. Suburban family with no car!
To transport the baby, Kent found a metal shopping cart, pulled off the wheels, fashioned it with bike tires, and secured it to Christine's bike. He strapped the baby's car seat in the metal cart and bundled him up like a starfish. "We rode like this in the snow," Christine said, laughing. "So when people say now, 'You're so lucky you don't have to pay for gas,' I tell them it's not something that happened overnight. You make your choices and you figure out what you have to do."
June 1. Great news! You know that story about the frog that will boil to death if the water temperature is increased slowly enough? It's not true! Maybe what's literally true for frogs is metaphorically true for humans:
The 'critical thermal maxima' of many species of frogs have been determined by several investigators. In this procedure, the water in which a frog is submerged is heated gradually at about 2 degrees Fahrenheit per minute. As the temperature of the water is gradually increased, the frog will eventually become more and more active in attempts to escape the heated water. If the container size and opening allow the frog to jump out, it will do so.
June 14. Last night I watched Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog's documentary about Timothy Treadwell, and one bit really stuck out. It was when a summer drought lowered the water so much that the fish couldn't swim up to the bears, and the bears were starving, and Treadwell tried to make a path for the fish to get up. Herzog couldn't help editorializing that Treadwell was "interfering with nature," and with that comment, the cynical film director revealed that he romanticizes nature more than a guy who lived with deadly giant bears.
Westerners think nature is some kind of magical other world that needs to be completely left alone, and if you can't leave it alone, you might as well just make parking lots and office buildings. In the book Keeping it Living, Nancy Turner looks at the journal entries of the first European visitors to the Pacific Northwest, and how they missed the overwhelming evidence that the natives were actively building natural abundance, because their culture didn't contain that concept. Civilized humans know only two ways of relating to anything: absolute control, or absolute detachment.
In fact, nature is all about "interference." One of the principles of permaculture is that everything gardens. Every creature tweaks the environment for its own interests. The key question, the difference between participation and exploitation, is whether you respect other creatures. If humans can learn to relate to other life respectfully, on equal terms, we can use our giant brains and opposable thumbs to make the biosphere ten times as good as it would be without us.
June 16. In L.A. they just destroyed the South Central Farm. I've been withholding my attention from the issue because I recognized it as a psy-op designed to reinforce our subconscious awareness that we're in hell, while our conscious minds refuse to accept it and we go gradually insane. Our chance to save the farm was exactly the same as the chance that the audience of a performance of Hamlet can convince the actors to not have everyone die at the end.
I often feel like I'm in the trenches of WWI, and the other side is fighting effectively, while half the people on my side are saying, "They're shooting at us! I can't believe they're shooting at us!" There is a fucking war on. If people without jobs want to be self-sufficient in food, the first thing we need to understand is that the world is ruled by a satanic collective consciousness that cannot stand for anyone to live outside its control. Then, instead of offering up a highly visible urban farm for ritual sacrifice, we'll fight effectively, with subtle edible landscaping and guerrilla gardens. The domination system does not have the skills or resources to go around the city killing tens of thousands of berry bushes and edible weeds.
June 20. In Tim Boucher's review of The Politics of Experience, he comments that R.D. Laing thought mental illness "was not really even illness at all, but a natural healing process." I'm starting to see this idea everywhere. For example, some parts of my land are covered with bull thistle. The dominant culture says to exterminate it, but I think it's part of the healing process of the land. Specifically (thanks Fairlight) it's correcting magnesium depletion by pulling it up with its deep roots and leaving it on top of the soil when it dies. Then the soil will be ready for other things to grow.
Or consider sewer rats. If a lab rat went straight to the sewers, it would get very sick. It's sterile system would first be colonized by the nasty "weedy" germs, and then if it survived, it would develop a balanced diversity of microfauna that kept it healthy.
So, here we are in sterile, controlled Empire culture, and when we begin to move outside it, unpleasant things happen. Stop poisoning your lawn and weeds grow; switch from dead to living foods and you feel sick; take time off work and you feel a little insane. If you push it too fast, you might have to go back, or crash so hard you never recover. But if you are patient and persistent, you'll eventually get through the "sickness" and feel better than ever.
June 23-30. Air-conditioning: Our Cross to Bear and America's Air-Conditioned Nightmare, a two-part article with the kind of deep analysis of a particular technology that you seldom see outside old Ivan Illich books. Here's an additional comment posted on Life After the Oil Crash:
My old pre A/C house, situated in an old pre A/C neighborhood, has a porch. It has beautiful old pecan trees around it for shade. The neighborhood has sidewalks. People used to use those sidewalks to walk to the store, the park, the library, passing residents fanning themselves on their porches, stopping to chat just so they could enjoy the respite of a shady spot.
Newer, post A/C neighborhoods in my town are devoid of porches and sidewalks. Each resident lives in their own tightly sealed bubble of privacy, emerging just long enough to scurry to their tightly sealed mobile bubble of privacy which they then navigate to yet another tightly sealed bubble, usually of commerce. There is no chance to build community when each person is so preoccupied with their separate concerns (most of which seem to revolve around earning enough money to pay for all these bubbles!)
Also, Gore Vidal once wrote, "I date the end of the old republic and the birth of the empire to the invention, in the late thirties, of air conditioning," because it enabled the elite human hosts of the empire to work through the hot Washington summer.
June 26. Creepy article on immortality. I've already written (in this essay) that immortality would have to be reserved for the elite, and to leave space for them, the non-elite would be prevented from having kids. And I've pointed out that our culture would stagnate without being constantly renewed by death and birth. Immortality means young George Lucas gets snuffed so old George Lucas can keep making shitty films for a thousand years.
But this guy raises another great issue and then fails to think it through: if we could die only from accidents, we would become insanely cautious! Life would be a thousand years of hell, living in terror of pricking your finger or falling down stairs. We wouldn't even have anything as fun and dangerous as stairs! Here's what I wrote back in Superweed 1:
What if, two hundred years from now, this world seems like a paradise because there are still wild trees and people still routinely go outside, and touch each other with their actual skin, and pavements are so primitive that grass still comes up through cracks. People still do exciting dangerous things like drive in those old rumbling metal "cars," and you can still get sick or wounded, and how your kids turn out is a total surprise. There are still old empty houses and secret places and open windows and broken things and different countries and kings and outlaws and tribes of pygmies and wild horses and freight trains and bee stings and thunderstorms and power failures and open fires and dirt roads and isolated beaches where the waves have not been harnessed for energy but crash wastefully on the shore. People still spit and bleed and throw up and have sex and give birth and eat actual plants and animals. You can still get lost in the woods, or caught in the rain, or lose everything.
July 5. This revisionist theory of Columbine stinks worse and worse the longer you leave it out. The article seems to be enlightening, when really it's closing doors, dismissing the whole social context and blaming it all on "Eric Harris, Supervillain." But I don't agree with their definition of "psychopath," or even that Harris was a psychopath. The "seminal book on the condition" is not the one they mention, but The Mask Of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley, in which psychopaths are not grandiose or contemptful, just charming people with no empathy who usually leave no mark on the world but a long chain of small crimes.
To do a big crime, you need a strong sense of right and wrong -- it's equally hard to find the north or south pole without a compass. I think the worst criminals are not people with too little empathy, but people with too much. In a meaningless world full of horrible suffering, a psychopath just wants to party! But a highly sensitive person wants to end the pain by any means. The hardest way is to heal the whole world. An easier way is to blow it up! Even easier is to invert your empathy, to learn to feel good about the pain -- and then you want to cause more. Where euthanasia and sadism overlap, that's where you get the big body counts.
Of course, the easiest and most common strategy is to numb yourself. I remember wanting to blow up the school as early as fourth grade. But gradually I discovered that most people have cut off their sense of the horror of this world so they can make it through the day.
July 12. Are corporate box stores the business-ecology equivalent of invasive weeds? I think they're not at all like weeds, which can thrive anywhere, but like monoculture crops, which need a very specific managed environment. In this case: a culture of consumption, air conditioning, a corporate socialist government, an overvalued dollar, somewhat cheap energy, and prison labor in China. Take away any of those and Wal-Mart is in trouble. As the present system breaks down, the noxious weeds will be the crime gangs that scavenge and recycle the raw materials, and then they will give way to a healthier and more diverse social ecology.
July 20-21. So there's a new war in Southwest Asia. It's interesting to watch as people who have no obvious stake in the outcome still passionately take one side or the other. It's almost like there are two demons, Proisrael and Antiisrael, possessing us. Years ago I always sided with Israel, because they're such bad-asses. They're like the Chuck Norris of nations, all alone and surrounded by enemies which they will defeat in vengeful wrath. Israel is like a psychic attractor for the personality of Empire: If you've always been on the side that's winning, you instinctively side with the dominator in every confict, because your worst fear is to go through the pain and transformation of being a loser. And because you've never been a loser, you've never learned the skills to navigate a conflict from the weaker position, so you think the only way to deal with conflict is overwhelming force.
This whole issue reminds me of something a reader sent me a couple months back, the final chapter of Stanislav Grof's book Beyond the Brain, in which he identifies two mental states that humans can get into, which he calls BPM II and BPM III. He writes, "Both are closely related to the theme of horror, agony, and death and both are typically associated with the imagery of war and concentration camps." But in BPM II you identify with the victims: "The general atmosphere of these scenes is that of desolation, despair, anguish, hopelessness, and the absurdity of human existence." And in BPM III you identify with the aggressors: "The predominant emotional atmosphere is that of wild instinctual arousal involving aggression, anxiety, sexual excitement, a strange fascination, a peculiar mixture of pain and pleasure, and a scatological component."
Then Grof makes a clever picture correlating those mental states, plus two more, to stages of birth. That doesn't interest me. Where I take it is just to say that both states are key parts of human nature and human potential, and that it's important to explore both, but not get stuck in either.
July 24. Foreign companies buying US roads (dead link unrecoverable). What interests me is not the foreign angle, but the privatization angle. A few months ago I speculated that we would see nice toll roads for the rich while the free public roads decayed. Then several people commented that toll roads are often in worse shape than public roads. Of course! My new guess is that more and more public roads will be sold off to corporations which will do the usual corporate thing: maximize short term profit by ruining whatever they get their hands on. Driving will get more expensive, roads will get worse, and the rich/powerful will get more rich/powerful. Collapse, repeat.


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MSC overview
MSC Cruises is best known for their signature Italian hospitality and features one of the youngest fleets in the industry. All of their ships are named after Italian words and there's always a strong Mediterranean inspired atmosphere onboard. Not to worry if you don't speak Italian because all of their crew members are fluent in English, Spanish, French and German. The newer MSC ships continue to raise the bar with exciting attractions like the longest Zip Lines at Sea, Formula 1 Racing Simulators, Full Size Bowling Alley and Multi-Story Waterslides. MSC has always been passionate about world class entertainment and their newer ships feature fantastic shows like the Cirque du Soleil acrobatic performance, Broadway style stage shows, Italian Opera and more. And unlike other cruise lines, MSC takes great pride in offering a different show each night, with 6 completely different shows on a 7 night cruise. With over 80 different original production shows throughout their entire fleet, their accomplished performers will have you joining everyone else with a standing ovation as world class entertainment is at the core of the MSC cruising experience.
The newer MSC ships offer endless fun for the whole family with exclusive kids activities, a multi-story waterpark with 4 slides and youth camps for children of all ages. With additional entertainment options including a 4D cinema, Zip Lines, Ropes Course, and more, the newer MSC ships were built to create an unforgettable cruising experience. MSC has some of the most technologically advanced ships at sea and unlike most ships that require you to keep your ship card with you at all times, guests can now custom tailor their cruising experience with MSC bracelets that allow you to access your stateroom, charge things to your onboard account, make reservations for restaurants / shows and even keep track of your children, all with a single tap.
When it comes to dining, it should come as no surprise that this Italian based cruise line is extremely passionate about providing an outstanding culinary experience that rivals that of the restaurants you'll find on land. With the newer MSC ships featuring over a dozen restaurants, there's plenty of fantastic dining options to choose from like the Eatly Restaurant, the Butcher's Cut Steakhouse, Teppanyaki Sushi Bar and more. For those guests with a sweet tooth, you won't be disappointed with their fresh made Gelato, ice creams and Italian desserts that are available all throughout the day. And with most of their restaurants strategically positioned to bring you closer to the sea, you can expect amazing views to compliment your culinary dining experience.
If you're looking for a cruise that offers world class entertainment, incredible dining experiences and the latest technology, MSC Cruises should be at the top of your list.


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Posted Date: Jan 21, 2020
- SIGN-ON BONUS: $250 after 30 days and $250 after 90 days.
- We have an opening for a full-time COOK position.
- Location: Maine School of Science & Mathematics – 95 High St, Limestone, ME 04750 /Note: online applications accepted only./
- Schedule: F/T- Various shifts available – 1 weekend day required. More details upon interview.
- Requirement: Previous kitchen experience highly preferred. Willing to train!
- PERKS: Free Shift Meals & Free Uniforms/Shoes!
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If you have a positive attitude and a love for learning, you may be interested in joining our team.
At FLIK, our operating philosophy is centered on three essential factors: great food, great service and great people. A FLIK Family-Then & Now. Great Food and Great Service are only possible with Great People behind the scenes. FLIK's steadfast dedication to the training and support of our associates continues to nourish our vision and growth. Dedication, diligence, operational excellence and hands-on expertise are FLIK trademarks – only achievable through the work of our team of professionals. We embark on a relationship with every FLIK associate that provides, demonstrates and cherishes growth, education and ongoing mentoring – today and every day.
Full time associates at FLIK are offered many fantastic benefits such as:
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Summary: Prepares food in accordance with applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations with established policies and procedures. Ensures quality food service is provided at all times.
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- Prepares high-quality food items according to standardized recipes and instructions to meet production, delivery and service schedules.
- Serves meals or prepares for delivery by using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, ensuring that food is at the correct temperature and is attractive and tasty. Tastes all prepared food items.
- Uses established ticket collection procedures during service. Responsible for records from area worked during service periods.
- Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness. Stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food-handling procedures.
- Keeps refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. Ensures food and supply items are stored per standards.
- Operates and maintains kitchen equipment as instructed.
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- Reports needed maintenance, faulty equipment or accidents to the supervisor immediately.
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Hellgate Classic – Missoula
Spring is officially here and we have been couped-up inside for far to long. It is time to get active, and we have the best way to kick start your spring. The Hellgate Classic is coming to Ogren Park Allegiance Field on Saturday April 26th, featuring some exciting crossfit challenges. Our friends at Crossfit Hellgate are putting on a full day of family fun and fitness at Ogren Park Allegiance Field, with the first ever Hellgate Classic. The event features competitors from all over the northwest to compete in crossfit style competitions.
Some of which include:
- Strongman competitions
- Squat competitons
- and even the Home Run Chipper
You can register to compete, by clicking the button below or you can also make your plans to be a spectator and cheer on your favorite competitors. Ogren park offers stadium seating, concessions and a state of the art sound system. So don't miss it.
Admission $3 (Kids 10 and under free)
Entry fee to compete $50
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A St Helena Lullaby
"HOW FAR is St. Helena from a little child at play!"
What makes you want to wander there with all the world between.
Oh, Mother, call your son again or else he'll run away.
(No one thinks of winter when the grass is green!)
"How far is St. Helena from a fight in Paris street?"
I haven't time to answer nowñthe men are falling fast.
The guns begin to thunder, and the drums begin to beat.
(If you take the first step, you will take the last!)
"How far is St. Helena from the field of Austerlitz?"
You couldn't hear me if I toldñso loud the cannons roar.
But not so far for people who are living by their wits.
("Gay go up" means "Gay go down" the wide world o'er!)
"How far is St. Helena from the Emperor of France."
I cannot seeñ I cannot tellñthe Crowns they dazzle so.
The Kings sit down to dinner, and the Queens stand up to dance.
(After open whether you may look for snow!)
"How far is St. Helena from the Capes of Trafalgar?"
A longish way ñ longish wayñwith ten more to run.
It's South across the water underneath a falling star.
(What you cannot finish you must leave undone!)
"How fair is St. Helena from the Beresina ice?"
An ill wayña chill wayñthe ice begins to crack.
But not so far for gentlemen who never took advice.
(When you can't go forward you must e'en come back!)
"How far is St. Helena from the field of Waterloo?"
A near wayña clear wayñthe ship will take you soon.
A pleasant place for gentlemen with little left to do.
(Morning never tries you till the afternoon!)
"How far from St. Helena to the Gate of Heaven's Grace?"
That no one knowsñthat no one knowsñand no one ever will.
But fold your hands across your heart and cover up your face,
And after all your trapesings, child, lie still!


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Base your decision to buy on facts, not fears.
Seven main roles of your real estate agent.
From start to finish, you will follow a six-step, easy-to-understand process to securing the financing for your first home.
Looking for your home begins with carefully assessing your values, wants, and needs, both for the short and long terms.
Price-the right price to offer must fairly reflect the true market value of the home you want to buy. Your agent's market research will guide this decision.
Unlike most major purchases, once you buy a home, you can't return it if something breaks or doesn't quite work like it's supposed to. That's why home owner's insurance and property inspections are so important.
The final stage of the home buying process is the lender's confirmation of the home's worth and legal statue, and your continued credit-worthiness. This entails a survey, appraisal, title search, and a final check of your credit and finance.
Throughout the course of your home-buying experience, you've probably spent a lot of time with your real estate agent and you've gotten to know each other fairly well. There's no reason to throw all that trust and rapport out the window just because the deal has closed. In fact, your agent wants you to keep in touch.


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Unfortunately Jupiter/Neptune contacts are often overlooked because they are thought of as short lived or fast moving. However, if we call on the doctrine of whole sign aspects, then for as long as Jupiter is in Virgo (the next year) then Jupiter's opposition to Neptune will be in effect. Regardless, the aspect is nearly exact right now by degree, so let's take a look at its symbolism.
The combination of Jupiter, the planet of faith, hope, growth, adventure, good luck, expansion, and exaggeration, and Neptune, the planet of mystery, mysticism, illusion, imagination, fantasy, and romanticism, combines to give us any of the following themes or images:
* Space flight or expanded exploration of distant, romantic, worlds
In 1990 under a previous Jupiter/Neptune opposition the Hubble deep space telescope was launched into space. In 1996 under the subsequent conjunction the first modular space station was completed, and in 2003 under the following opposition space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon its reentry into the earth's atmosphere over Texas.
Looking back at Jupiter/Neptune aspects, there are an abundance of science fiction, space and space travel themes related to these two planets in their interactions.
* The imagination, art, and cultural innovation
In 1971 under a Jupiter/Neptune conjunction Disney World opened in Florida. In 1977 under the next opposition, Apple Computer was incorporated and Star Wars and Close Encounters were released. In 1984 under the next conjunction the Macintosh personal computer was released, MJ's Thriller was album of the year, and in 1990 under the next opposition the Simpsons and Seinfeld were launched and the internet debuted. This is just a short list of an incredible synchronization of themes under these time periods that relate to hallmarks of the human imagination or major cultural shifts related to fantasy, the arts and imagination.
* Charity work, global humanitarianism, and religious reform
In 1971 under the same Jupiter/Neptune conjunction that saw Disney World open in Florida, Greenpeace was also founded in Canada. In the opposition of 1977 the first female episcopal priest was ordained, the nuclear proliferation pact was agreed to by 15 countries, and the president pardoned Vietnam draft evaders. Then in 1984 Italy and the Vatican agreed to end the state religion of Catholicism in Italy, and in 1990 the cold war ended. Again this is just a brief list.
Under the last Jupiter/Neptune conjunction the movie "Avatar" was released alongside a remake of Star Trek. Michael Jackson passed away (there is also a history of assassinations or the martyr like passages of important cultural figures during these transits, including the death of Indira Ghandi and Marvin Gaye, among others), and a wave of political/religious issues surrounding same sex marriage commenced (2009). The government also decided to no longer prosecute people for using marijuana for medical purposes, Obama announced plans to pull troops from Iraq, and the Kepler space photometer was launched, beginning the most active search for planets outside of our solar system to date.
After examining my own history with the Neptune/Jupiter conjunctions and oppositions I also found a fascinating pattern. Under the first contact of my lifetime my father, a methodist minister, took his first church and we moved from his seminary in Kentucky to Minnesota. Under the next he was promoted to a larger church and again we moved. Under the next, again he was promoted and we moved, and under the next I finished college and I moved to begin a career in church work as a youth minister that would be short lived because of psychedelic experiences that "launched" me into a different orbital pattern. Under the next transit I finished graduate school and took a job working for Franciscan priests at a residence home in New York (again moving), and by the end of the last transit I had begun my career as an astrologer and once again moved to launch a yoga studio in DC with my now wife. Each Jupiter/Neptune contact has involved religious/imaginative expansion and travel.
Here are the years to look for going back to the 1970's:
1971, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2003, 2009, and now...
See what you can see. Remember the themes of inspiration, imagination, fantasy, expansion, faith, reform, progress, hope, broadening and adventure, and reaching beyond this world...also the tragedy of martyrs, saints, victims, and heroes of the faith!
Prayer: I've got a river of life, flowing out of me. Makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see. Opens prison doors, sets the captives free. I've got a river of life, flowing out of me. Spring up a well, within my soul. Spring up a well, and make me whole. Spring up a well, and give to me, that life, abundantly!


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The Danvers High School Football Falcons will begin a brand new season at Dr. Deering Stadium on the site of the Morse Athletic Complex on Friday night, Sept. 8, against the Winthrop Vikings, starting at 7 p.m. They will have one more final tune-up tomorrow night, Sept. 1, versus Bishop Fenwick, beginning at 6 p.m., before next Friday's opener.
The Falcons have a new head coach. Their former mentor Shawn Theriault is now an assistant coach at Framingham State University, and so subsequently Ryan Nolan, one of his former Danvers' assistants, has succeeded him as the program's top boss along the sidelines. Nolan was Shawn's defensive coordinator the last three years.
The Falcons, under Theriault's leadership, have been a perennial playoff team, and Nolan doesn't anticipate anything will change in terms of the team's winning work ethic.
Nolan has been getting the team ready for the season opener throughout this past week, but he still found time to answer the following questions for the Danvers Herald.
How have things gone in the first week as a first-year Danvers head coach? Any surprises? Have you made any changes in terms of style between Sean's and yours, or has it been pretty much the same?
The biggest surprise has been the commitment of the underclassmen, and their development.
Our program will be similar, but we have made changes just like we have made them throughout the last three years. We want to continue to strive to be as efficient and effective as possible.
Has the transition been smooth so far? Did you implement the usual off-season workouts that they have been accustomed to under Sean, or did you add something new to the regiment?
Shawn and I instituted the off-season training together when we came in, and we have made some changes in modifications.
At the heart of our program, we emphasize Olympic- and power-lift weight training to create explosive, dynamic athletes.
In the early going, what are the strengths and weaknesses on the varsity? What are things you still have to work on?
We feel like we have really good skill athletes, who have varsity experience.
Although we are young on the lines, we have several very talented athletes, who will be playing for years to come, and we feel we have tough upperclassmen that understand the amount of work it takes to live up to the standard set forth by previous groups.
What are the expectations for this coming season? When and where are the scheduled scrimmages?
We scrimmaged Woburn last Saturday, Aug. 26, to what I would call a draw. However, the toughness, intelligence and resilience displayed that day make me believe we can play with anyone on our schedule. We asked our players to show great effort, toughness, physicality, energy and unity, and they have delivered in every department.
We scrimmaged Westford Academy on Tuesday, and then Fenwick Friday night.
Our goal as a group is to be the best possible team we can be.
What was the turnout like? Are there more players from one grade to another? Do you have an official count of players in each grade?
We had 67 participants during our team-building bowling activity at Sunnyside Lanes, and we anticipate adding to the freshman class once school begins.
Do you have any positions set as of yet, and if so can you list the players who will definitely be starting, and where?
Justin Mullaney has worked tirelessly to make himself the best quarterback he can be, and I believe he will be one of the top players at his position throughout the area.
Colby Holland as a three-time state wrestling state champ is a top-tier athlete, along with Zack Dillon, linebacker/tight end, who is also a standout baseball player.
Tahg Coakley is a scholarship level football player, who has shown himself to be a leader during the preseason.
Can you name your coaching staff, and their specific responsibilities? Who are the captains?
Ryan Nolan (head coach, defensive coordinator), Bruce Rich (offensive coordinator, backfield and kicking coach), Tim Rich (quarterback, defensive back coach), Brent Loveless (defensive back, wide receiver coach), Peter Spiros (defensive and offensive line coach, and varsity strength and conditioning coordinator), Jeff Smith (linebackers, tight end coach) and Todd Lemoine (defensive, offensive line coach).
Pat Hennessey (defensive, offensive line freshman coach, and strength and conditioning freshman coordinator), Tim Pierce (linebacker, backfield freshman coach), Steve Hennessey (defensive back, wide receiver freshman coach) and Tom Ladd (backfield, defensive back, special teams freshman coach).
We have a great staff of great coaches and people. Zack Dillon and Justin Mullaney are this year's captains.
Which teams are the biggest threats this year in the NEC? How do you think the merger with the GBL will affect the conference with now the likes of Malden, Medford and Somerville in the mix?
Marblehead is the top of the heap until someone knocks them off. They have tough kids, and they are very well coached.
Beverly is the same type of team that can beat anyone. They defeated Tewksbury and Billerica in back-to-back last year, which made our conference look strong to the rest of the state.
Peabody has had our number up until last year, and they have played top Division 1 teams like Everett to the wire in the playoffs.
I think Malden may be the last public school to beat Everett, which is no small feat. I really believe the NEC Large Division may be one of the most underrated in the state.
I know we are proud to play in this league, and except and embrace the challenge of playing these strong football programs.
What do you think is your biggest challenge as a first-year Danvers head coach?
My biggest challenge as a first-year head coach is to get our players to work non-stop to be the very best players, students and community members they can be. Also, to take pride in themselves as individuals, as well as in Danvers football, while creating a culture of excellence and pride that only comes from giving your best effort and believing you are a part of something special.
As a Stoneham alumnus, have you implemented anything from your scholastic days as a Spartan, and the coaches you have played under while there?
My experience at Stoneham means so much to me. While I was in high school, we had the best football and baseball seasons in school history. We won the state title in baseball, and were a Super Bowl runner-up. I was a sophomore that year [1995] on the football team, and didn't contribute that much. We also won over 13 basketball games each year, and lost to the eventual state champs in the North semifinal round in each of my last three years.
I played with big-time athletes that went on to Louisville, Brown, Harvard, Marist and Alabama, and I played with some tough kids and great athletes that never played after they graduated from high school.
My experiences with my teammates, and guidance that my coaches provided me are the foundation of what I believe in today – be tough, play hard, be unselfish and be at your best when the stakes are the highest – and I see Danvers as a very similar community to Stoneham.


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I wish I could recap the American Idol finale with tales of cat fights and eye rolls and backstage drama. But Candice Glover and Kree Harrison, the last two contestants vying for the title on Thursday's (May 16) American Idol finale, were just too nice. It's like they had some kind of "no divas allowed" rule. For starters, they were holding hands through most of the would-be tense parts. And they smiled genuinely at each other until the bitter end when Glover was named the new American Idol. Then they were even arm in arm, forehead to forehead, when Ryan Seacrest read the official results. "I can't even. Oh, my God. Three years," Glover said, referring to her previous attempts at the crown in seasons nine and 11. After hugging nearly everyone onstage, Glover sang what will be her debut single "I Am Beautiful." So fitting because she really is.
The rest of the two-hour show was pretty drama-less, too. Highlights included The Band Perry's performance of "Done" with former Idol contestant Janelle Arthur, Jordin Sparks dissing The Voice, seeing Keith Urban sing along with Frankie Valli on "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and watching Mariah Carey try to fool the world into thinking she was singing.


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