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Nineteen Bethany College students were elected to the 2013 Homecoming court during the college's Homecoming festivities on Oct. 4 to 6.
Nineteen Bethany College students were elected to the 2013 Homecoming court during the college's Homecoming festivities on Oct. 4 to 6.
Every year, Bethany students select seniors to be Homecoming candidates and choose the Homecoming royalty after a second round of voting. Zach Dovenbarger, Kersey, Colo., and Eastin Casey, Natoma, Kan., were crowned the 2013 Homecoming king and queen.
Dovenbarger, son of Paul and Merilan Dovenbarger, is majoring in communications. He is a member of the football team, Fellowship of Christian Athletes president, a resident adviser and a Bethany Ambassador. Dovenbarger plans to pursue a career in network marketing and says coming to Bethany College was the greatest decision on his life and was exactly what he wanted from his college experience.
Casey is the daughter of Jay and Valerie Casey. She is majoring in biology and minoring in psychology. Casey is a member of Tri-Beta sorority, Bio-Chem Club, College Choir, Pathfinders, Bethany Ambassadors and basketball team. She will attend the University of Kansas School of Medicine next fall and plans to return to a rural Kansas area to practice as a family physician.
First runners-up were Mikhail "Misha" Zhilin, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and Tessa Peters, Palmer, Kan.
Zhilin is the son of Valery and Elena Zhilin and is a double major in international management and finance with a minor in psychology. He currently holds the leadership positions as Pi Sigma Chi fraternity president and Greek Council vice president. He is also a member of Alpha Psi Omega, Psi Chi, Student Activities Board and the Bethany College and Chamber Choirs. Zhilin plans to attend graduate school to pursue a career in hospitality.
Peters, the daughter of Bryce and Gaye Lyn Peters, is a psychology major. She is vice president of the Psych Club, president of Student Activities Board, member of Bethany Ambassadors and member of the Swede Government Association. She has also been a member of the cheer team and attended nationals. Peters plans to attend graduate school to study student affairs and counseling.
Second runners-up were Jedidiah Duarte, Pueblo, Colo., and Kelli Traffas, Medicine Lodge, Kan.
Duarte is the son of Joseph and Edna Duarte and is majoring in history and political science. He is currently the vice president of Pi Sigma Chi fraternity, vice president of Alpha Psi Omega theatre society and a member of the Bethany College Choir. Duarte will pursue a career on stage, television, or film.
Traffas, daughter of Rory and Jacque Traffas, is majoring in accounting with a minor in mathematics. She is a member of the softball team, secretary of the Business Club, chairperson of the Business Career Conference, member of Bethany Ambassadors, and a peer minister. Traffas plans to work at a public accounting firm while pursuing her Masters of Accountancy and CPA license.
Other Homecoming candidates include Kaitlyn Davis, Meghan Klaassen, Ethan Linden, Caitlyn Grey Ziegler, Wade Ahlvers, Elizabeth Ford, Eric Brown, Sarah Doering, Michael O'Connor, Hollind Englert, John "Rocky" Anthony Castro, and Kjerstyn "KJ" Hansen.


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The friend of the Ewan fan had you show this site.
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Discuss this movie. Filmed April 29-June 30, 2008
Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
ILYPM new photos!!!Kissing in the rain scan added-Cotton
The friend of the Ewan fan had you show this site.
all the pics from the press book that came out in May or June are online now except that one pic of them kissing in the rain. Its strange cause usually the pics are online first then put in the press kits/books after.
that french one that has been selling on Ebay is in both French and English. All you do is turn the book the right way and open it and read. I was happy with it If you like Press books then buy it. I love them.
NEW PICS!!!!!!!!!!! & a funny article!
One thing is for sure ... it's time they start to promote this thing. New poster (revised), 2nd trailer, website, wallpapers, ...
Thanks a lot for posting that one, Cotton. It seems to be a key-moment in the movie, or at least one of the most memorable. Can't wait for it to come out. (and to have a decent poster, for god sakes)
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College a Catholic women's college sponsored by the Sisters of Providence is committed to higher education in the tradition of the liberal arts. The College serves a diverse community of learners in undergraduate and graduate programs while maintaining its commitment to women in its campus program. By participating in this community students develop their abilities to think critically to communicate responsibly to engage in lifelong learning and leadership and to effect positive change in a global society.
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Since its founding in 1893, the Denver Art Museum has amassed more than 68,000 works of art, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of world art between Chicago and the West Coast. Internationally known for its holdings of American Indian art, the Museum has also assembled an extensive group of pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial art objects now considered one of the finest collections anywhere. Other areas of concentration are European and American painting and sculpture, architecture, design and graphics, modern and contemporary, Asian, African, Oceanic, western American and textile art.
Image credit: Gustave Dore, La Famille du Saltimbanque: L'Enfant Blesse (The Family of Street Acrobats: the injured child), about 1873. Purchase with departmental acquisition funds, 2012.4


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EPA and New York Harbor School Establish Ground-Breaking Green Partnership
Release Date: 10/04/2010
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(New York, N.Y.) The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School today marked its official move to the school's new location on Governor's island by signing an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work together. The college preparatory, public high school committed to a new level of environmental stewardship that will provide students and teachers a range of resources and experiences through EPA. The New York Harbor School's mission is to use New York City's unique maritime experience to develop in its students the ethics and skills of stewardship. Today's agreement is the first of its kind between EPA and a New York City public school.
"The Harbor School is ushering in a new era of respect for and understanding of New York City's waterways among city public school students," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck. "I applaud the school's efforts to instill the values of stewardship among their student population and I am proud to work with them to enhance the school's sustainable practices and environmental education curriculum."
"EPA is the ideal partner to help our school become a model sustainable community and a place where young people learn first-hand about their local environment and careers related to it," said New York Harbor School Founding Principal Nate Dudley.
Highlights of the agreement between the New York Harbor School and EPA include:
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- Water conservation initiatives such as using WaterSense products, promoting water efficient practices and discouraging the use of plastic water bottles
- Incorporation of environmentally friendly landscaping practices, using EPA's GreenScapes landscaping program as its guide
For more information on EPA's voluntary programs like the ones incorporated in the New York Harbor School's agreement, visit https://www.epa.gov/partners/. For more information on sustainability in the New York metropolitan area, visit http://epa.gov/region2/sustainability/index.html.
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OpenBSD strives to be the most secure UNIX derivation. Design principles, such as code auditing, extensive use of encryption, and careful configuration choices, combine to ensure OpenBSD's secure by default philosophy holds true. This article gives you a close look at the operating system so secure that it was once banned for use in a DEF CON competition, where crackers go after each other's systems.


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I know we can use any box for bento, and that's what I've been doing the few I have done, but with school starting I know my sont will toss it in a backpack and everything will shift so I'm looking for stackables. All I am finding is either in the 20 dollar range and/or necessitates me paying even more for imported shipping. I like the idea of the narrow ones, but I'm searching hopelessly for stores that even sell bento supplies around here.
I'd also like to get a few of the cuter items. More colorful silicone cups (I only have six so I normally use paper cups unless it's watery for now), smaller ones than I have, a couple egg molds for the egg lovers in the house, and veggie cutters to convince the kids to try the veggies (they seem to think they are evil), also the tiny sauce bottles would be nice. I'd like to get it all from the same place if at all possible instead of using different vendors like I would on ebay and yet if I import now it may not be here in time for the start of the new school year.
Oh. I'm a cheapskate by necessity too.
I probably am asking too much. Heck I may just put this out here, Harriburg/Reading PA area is where I live. Anyone have ideas of stores that sell bento goods around there?
Just the new girl around here looking for some lunch ideas.
Don't live near you but I have success buying bento cute boxes from Paper Chase an English company which imports through Border Books to their bookstores. The boxes are about $8.99. Some stack, some are a series that fit inside each other, others are divided single layer. Since I can buy them at the bookstore, no shipping. I really like www.fitjpstore.com located in Houston Texas. They fill orders very quickly, most boxes are $3.00. They come in every style and have lots of cute accessories for $2.00 each. It is worth a peak. Good luck.
Welcome to the JB forums BPGuru! It's not local to you, but Japanistic does have a number of cute bento boxes and so on which are quite inexpensive and kid-friendly, and they only charge $2.95 for shipping. Take a look around on Amazon also, especially for small supplies. You don't actually need everything by the way - for instance I rarely use sauce bottles myself. Also keep your eye out for things you can use in bentos that are meant for something else, such as silicone cupcake cups (my favorite ones are pastel colored ones I got at Target I think), or tiny cookie cutters or what are called aspic cutters, and so on. Have fun! ^_^
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Thanks for the ideas and I will check out those links. My son is drooling over a Disney cars bento box right now and the daughter wants one that is near 30 dollars. I told her no lol. I do have silicone cupcake cups just 6 though. I also have some real small cookie cutters but they are still too big for some of the smaller veggies like carrots. The poor lid has to pack due to food allergies so I thought the cuter the bento the happier he will be a about being different than the other kids. Off to check the links now. Thanks again
I took a look at their site, and they have some hilarious mistakes in the Japanese version of their navigation menu. I guess that means that it's not actually run by Japanese people (unless they've never actually looked at their own site, which would be unlikely), so it's interesting to see the concept of the 100 yen store being operated by non-Japanese people in America. (As far as I know the other ones in California and the like are run by Japanese-origin people mostly, e.g. Ichibankan in San Francisco.)
I have to say that I am personally a bit biased against 100 yen store bento boxes (for accessories they are fine) - in or out of Japan - they're not that good quality really - but that's just me. See my comments in Where to buy bento boxes and accessories in Japan.
So I was at te Disney store buying school clothes and stumbled on GOODS! I almost bought them all but refrained since they were child size. They were 3 for 12.00. I'm stoked and they were cute. LOL I wonder if I can upload pics. Off to see.
Let's see if this works.
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Thanks admin. It's still not working, but I posted from my phone so maybe that's why. Let me try it again from this computer. They aren't big, just Disney and cute and perfect for a 2 year old tummy and paired with an apple or bannana in a lunch box perfect for the soon to be 7 year old. Now to find a perty one for mamma.
Let's try the html link and see what that does. I took the pic with my phone in the car before I got them home, I was too excited to wait. :)
Adorable! I'm sure your kids will love them! ^_^
For the silicone cups, you can get a set (usually 12) of silicone cupcake liners, they come in different colors. I got mine from Hobby Lobby, with a 40% off coupon. Michaels would have the same thing (the big craft stores often have coupons with their sales ads that you can print online) I also got little tiny cutters (for fondant I think) in the cake decorating section. (used another coupon for those) My mom found little tiny containers at a Tupperware party. I found little containers with screw top lids for pills at a grocery store, just the right size for sauce. They're plain, but you can add a little decoration with stickers or puff paint on the lid. I also found those little plastic fake ice cubes on clearance on Pier One. They have the freezable gel in them, and you can refreeze them. Those are nice to put next to meat/egg or whatever you want to be sure stays cold.
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Update: I was prescribed APNO by my physician - and I noticed almost after the first dose that the itching and pain minimized. In saying this I noticed that things were not getting 100% cured. I started yesterday the GSE treatment (pills and liquid on the nipples) and I am already seeing pain minimizing. I am wondering though if I am still seeing redness around my nipples if I still have thrush?
Is there an easy way to know that I am "cured?" Also when will I be able to pump again and be able to freeze milk? I am not in a hurry to do this - but if I do end up pumping I am wanting to know if I am able to save it (versus having to pour it out which is hard when it feels like it is liquid gold!)


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State Sen. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge; state Rep. John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge; Sen. Ken Yager, R-Harriman; and Rep. Kent Calfee, R-Kingston, all spoke Monday morning at the January "Breakfast with the Legislators," sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge.
State Sen. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge; state Rep. John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge; Sen. Ken Yager, R-Harriman; and Rep. Kent Calfee, R-Kingston, all spoke Monday morning at the January "Breakfast with the Legislators," sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge.
McNally said the legislators talked about their recent appointments or reappointments to committees.
"Each member went over his committee assignments," said the Oak Ridge senator, adding he was reassigned to the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee as chairman, as vice chairman of the Rules Committee on pensions, retirement and insurance, and on the Fiscal Review Committee.
Gov. Bill Haslam was set to present his state budget plan in Nashville on Monday night. The state is required to have a balanced budget presented by Feb. 1, unlike the federal level, which will not make its deadline of Feb. 4, the senator said.
"The U.S. Congress can do a continuance resolution," McNally said.
The state budget will come in at "$32 billion and some change," the senator said. The main portion of that, which concerns many people on the local level, is the General Fund. He said the General Fund is budgeted at about $10 billion and includes education, TennCare and education in kindergarten through 12th grade, and other programs — with the exception of transportation and a few other funds which fall under dedicated funds.
"We reduced taxes last year on sales tax on food and will reduce that again from 5.25 to 5 percent," McNally said. "This will also be the second year for the inheritance tax reduction, at the exemption level."
McNally said the "Hall income tax" issue will come under discussion during this legislative session. He said the tax generates about $200 million and the Legislature could have several options, including fazing it out year by year, or increase exemptions or decrease the rate.
The Hall income tax is a state tax on interest and dividend income from investments.
"This will generate a lot of discussion,"McNally said.
McNally said residents at the morning breakfast had questions about TennCare expansion under President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
He said under the Affordable Care Act, the state is allowed to go to 138 percent of the poverty level, so people under that level will be eligible.
He said the federal government will pay 100 percent for the first years and then only about 90 percent around 2019.
"My concern is the federal government is broke and expanding services and doesn't have the money to pay for it," he said. "The deficit gap is at $1 trillion a year. It will increase the debt, which is over $16 trillion right now. It's the highest I've ever seen it."
McNally said the Obama administration had proposed reducing the state (TennCare) reimbursement for the current population.
"There are several things proposed that could greatly increase the state's cost," he said.
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15 Inspiring Black and White Ensembles To Try Now
To help you create noteworthy black and white outfits for every occasion this summer, we turned to a group of tastemakers, including Beyonce and Emma Watson, for some inspiring styling tips. And though you probably already have a majority of these key pieces in your closet, we're helping you shop each of the looks too! Keep reading for all the details.
Make a statement when you enter and exit the room with a two-tone, black and white dress.
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Equipment Kennedy Dress ($328) in Bright White
Marc by Marc Jacobs Contrast Heel Pump ($435)
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A graphic design takes basic black and white from understated to statement-making.
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CIU had Role at Lausanne Conference on World Evangelization
By Lenae Simpson
CIU Student Writer
I got chills as I read Columbia International University's blog on the third Lausanne Conference on World Evangelization. CIU Chancellor George Murray wrote about the many people he met at the conference who have a connection to CIU, over 30 in all. They came from 16 countries and performed a wide range of official duties: from the conference director's administrative assistant, to the six CIU students who traveled to Cape Town to serve the international delegates.
Over 4,000 international delegates from 198 countries gathered at Cape Town, South Africa for the five-day conference. In the tradition of the first two Lausanne Conferences (1974 and 1989), Lausanne III continued with the theme, "the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world." Delegates spoke on evangelical issues -- from women's role in ministry to the role of art in mission. Reconciliation was another hot topic discussed around the tables after seminars.
Two things impressed me after reading the blogs posted by CIU's participants. First, the Lausanne Conference attempted to reflect the evangelical demography of the world, making the majority of delegates from the "global south/east." The minority of delegates were from North America or Europe -- a drastic change from evangelical conferences in the United States. Secondly, one CIU blogger wrote about the 50,000 people groups still without Christian witness. The term "people groups" was applied at the First Lausanne Conference in 1974. Today, 36 years later, the need for reaching these people groups is even more apparent.
CIU made it possible for their students in Columbia, S.C. to also participate in this history-making Lausanne Conference via Globalink. "Lausanne III @CIU," included live Web discussions and interviews with Chancellor Murray and CIU Seminary professor Dr. William Larkin. The two led the CIU team in Cape Town.
Our school is making a difference in the world. The biblical education CIU students receive is making an impact on our lives, and consequently on the lives of thousands of others. The world needs Christ, and CIU is preparing workers for that great harvest.
The read the blogs posted by CIU's participants at Lausanne visit: http://lausanne3.posterous.com/?page=1.


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Kevin Wong - Teaching, General Teaching Projects in Tanzania
Gap year planning
Taking a gap year was never on my list of priorities when I left school at 18. I figured I would go straight from A-levels to university and then law school before getting a job. In 2007, at 17, this sounded like a great idea. Fast-forward to March 2011 and things changed. I didn't get that job offer I wanted, the recession was here to stay and my personality and life goals changed too. So I decided to take a gap year in between finishing university and starting at law school.
I immediately knew that I wanted to volunteer abroad. I've always loved travelling and seeing new places but I have always done it with friends and family. I wanted to do something on my own this time and volunteering in another country for three months appealed to me more than backpacking. I wanted to be able to really live in another culture, stay with a host family and build up a solid group of friends rather than stay in hostels and constantly be on the move.
I looked at many different organisations and projects before I made my decision to go with Projects Abroad. Projects Abroad just seemed to fulfil all my criteria that I was looking for. I wanted a reputable company with a solid support system and who would be able to place me in East Africa. I had always known that I wanted to volunteer in this part of the world because my parents grew up in Kenya and can speak some Swahili. However, I chose Tanzania over Kenya because there were both teaching and human rights projects on offer.
Arrival to Tanzania
After 3 months of preparation, the day came when I finally stepped off the plane into the Tanzanian midday heat. The feeling as you exit the plane into a foreign country for the first time, knowing that this was what you had been working so hard for, was incredible. The first few days flashed by in a blur and it was in this first week that I knew that I had made a great choice choosing Projects Abroad.
I was greeted at the airport and taken to my host family where they had already prepared some fresh juice and some lunch (chips to my surprise!), before being given an introductory tour of the town. As I had arrived on a Friday, I wasn't given my induction to the school until Monday. I wasn't left alone over the weekend though as I was invited to join some of the staff to watch football on the Saturday, which I thought was a nice touch to make me feel welcome as a Projects Abroad volunteer.
My teaching placement
For the first month, I taught at Gohechi Pre and Primary School, nestled in a small village ten minutes west of Arusha in the shadow of Mt. Meru. On a clear morning, the view of Tanzania's second highest peak as you walked up towards the school was breathtaking. The school itself consisted of classes ranging from baby class to class 3, the oldest children being 9 or 10 years old. I attached myself to class 3, primarily because I had wanted to teach children of that age but also because they only had the single teacher while most others had assistants.
Right from the go, the children were amazing. They were always happy to see you and would always want to hold your hand or sit with you at break times. It was an extremely daunting experience, standing up at the front of the class getting ready to take your first lesson. At first, the children just sat there quietly, waiting to see what sort of teacher I would be as there had been previous volunteers. Soon enough though, each individual personality began to shine through, from the bright, but shy, little girl with ambitions to be a pilot to the loud-mouthed classroom joker.
I was given a lot of freedom to teach whatever subjects I wanted and not just the fundamental subjects like maths or English either, but history, civics, and PDS (personality, development and sport). I even introduced spelling tests to help improve their spelling of common words from their textbooks. Working with the children everyday was a dream, although it was not without its own challenges. A typical day of 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. would usually leave me tired, heading home to relax with some music and a good book. I was really grateful that I was able to work alongside another volunteer as well. It made made the transition from Western to African teaching and learning styles much easier.
The hardest part of the teaching project was having to leave. Having become so close to the children in the past month, telling them that I would not be back to teach after Easter was heartbreaking but luckily for me I was only moving to another project and not leaving Tanzania completely.
Experience at the Human Rights Project
After the teaching project, I moved onto the human rights project. The Human Rights project is a brand new project in Tanzania so there was not going to be the same sort of structured approach that the teaching project had. In order to succeed in this project, I needed to take the initiative and be pro-active with the rest of the human rights volunteers. We worked with an NGO called Healthy Integrated Multi-sectoral Services (HIMS) and they have a wide range of projects we could be involved in. For the first three weeks, we participated in many of their different projects, taking time to visit the different site in which they worked. However, after this we decided to focus on HIMS's project targeting the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Maasai communities.
As this was the beginning of a brand new venture for HIMS, there was a lot of research involved so that we could create a blueprint for future Human Rights volunteers to be able to follow. We needed to identify the causes of the issues, what was already being done to combat them, and who we would need to reach out to in order for the project to be a success. During the month and a half that I was on this part of the project, we visited a group of women who had resisted pressure to be circumcised and were now educating young women about the dangers of FGM. We were also extremely privileged to be able to visit a Maasai village in a fairly remote area about and hour and a half outside Arusha, where we were able to hold a meeting with the leaders of the village to discuss their attitudes towards FGM.
On top of this, we were also able to visit a secondary school so we could talk to teenage Maasai girls about their views on the issues, finding out whether they would challenge their peers and community when it became their turn to be circumcised. Sometimes the stories were harrowing and each of the people involved had their own story to tell. It was an eye-opening experience and one that I will never forget.
Staying with my host family
A key part of any stay abroad is staying with a host family. It was one of the key reasons that made me choose Projects Abroad. I really wanted to be able to eat local food and stay with a local family with different customs from my own back in the UK. The family I stayed with for my three months in Tanzania were simply amazing. My host father, Moses, was a safari guide and my host mother, Benedeta, stayed at home with the maid, Imani, while Glory, the little ten-year old girl, went to school in the day and caused mayhem in the night.
It was an absolute privilege to be welcomed into their home and I was made to feel part of the family immediately. I am a food lover and I was looking forward to trying out the local food that my family would cook, especially the Tanzanian national dish ugali that I had heard so much of. Some of the food may not be to everyone's taste and I enjoyed many of the local dishes while not particularly liking others but my host family were extremely understanding and made an attempt to make more of what I liked as well as teaching me how to make ugali and chapatis. I even got to make them a full English breakfast too.
Social events and trips
Volunteering abroad is not all work though as everyone needs time to relax after a hard day at school or in a hospital and every week Projects Abroad organised a social event usually a meal on Thursday nights, followed by a trip to Via Via, a local bar popular with the mzungu. Each month there was also a Saturday trip either to Maji moto, the hot springs, or the waterfalls outside Moshi.
We went to restaurants and food courts serving local Swahili dishes and an Ethiopian restaurant, as well as the more familiar pizza, Chinese, Indian and Mexican. However, meeting up with the other volunteers is not confined to the Projects Abroad socials. Many of the volunteers regularly met for lunch or dinner at other times especially on Saturdays before heading to Empire Sports Bar for another night of dancing. Projects Abroad also organised regular workshops so you can discuss your placement and share ideas with other volunteers as well as 'dirty days' once a month where all the volunteers come together and help clean or paint one of our placements.
Travelling in Tanzania
I would recommend anyone going to Tanzania to set some time aside during or after their volunteering period to take in the tremendous sights Tanzania has to offer. Of the numerous attractions I was only able to go on a four day safari, taking in the wonders of Lake Manyara, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater. On our four day safari we managed to see all the big five animals. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, as I was before I went on safari, they are the rhino, leopard, lion, elephant and buffalo.
We were lucky enough to be able to see three leopards close up, which our safari guide informed us he had never seen in his six years of driving. Living in the UK and travelling across the world by plane means you never quite realise how big the world can seem, but driving though seemingly endless grassland or looking over a herd of wildebeest that stretches to the horizon really reminds you of nature's grand beauty. I also managed to take the time to visit the spice island of Zanzibar.
I've been back in the UK for just over two months now and it has taken me some time to adjust back to the life I once led. I have only just managed to fully get back into the swing of things and I'm spending much of my spare time spreading the word about volunteering overseas to anyone who will listen to me. I feel like I have been able to contribute something to the Tanzanian people during my three months, especially to the children at the school, but Tanzania has given me so much more than I could ever have dreamed of, or even deserve.
I have come away with a truly unique and exhilarating experience, with so many friends from all over the world who I will hopefully stay in touch with for many years to come, and with a great tan too! Although that's mostly gone now. Maybe it's time for another project abroad?
Kevin Wong
Dit verhaal is een persoonlijke ervaring van een vrijwilliger op dit project en dus een momentopname. Houd er rekening mee dat jouw ervaring hiervan af kan wijken. Onze projecten veranderen constant, omdat we inspelen op de lokale behoefte en we voortborduren op de behaalde resultaten. Ook verschillende weersomstandigheden kunnen de ervaring beïnvloeden. Lees meer over wat je kunt verwachten van dit project of neem contact met ons op voor meer informatie.


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Lila Downs to Give Concert at Wabashby Karen Handley • March 17, 2004 Share:
Wabash College's Visiting Artists Series will present a concert by Lila Downs on Thursday, March 25 in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center. The performance starts at 8 p.m.
In celebration of the arts at Wabash, admission to all Visiting Artists Series events are free. However, you must obtain your free tickets at the Fine Arts Box Office before attending Visiting Artists Series productions. Currently this show is fully reserved. To be placed on the waiting list, call 765-361-6411.
Singer Lila Downs is an inspiring performer whose life and music has been shaped by her ongoing search for identity. The child of a Mixtec Indian mother and an Anglo father from Minnesota, Downs spent her childhood moving back and forth from Mexico's culturally rich Oaxaca Valley to Minneapolis and to Southern California. Drawing from her rich life experiences, Downs often uses her music to explore the plight of people on the margins of our society. Said the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Whether she's belting a ranchera, cooing a Mixtec lullaby, or crooning a Woody Guthry ballad, she uses her extraordinary voice to celebrate the lives of common people."
Lila and the band's most recent performances have included touring in Mexico, South America, the U.S., and Europe. Lila presently lives in Coyoacan and collaborates with musicians from Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Peru, Argentina, and Paraguay. She performs her own compositions and also taps into the vast reservoir of native Mesoamerican music, by singing songs in the Indian languages of Mexico such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya and Nahuatl.
In addition to her concert on Thursday evening, Downs will give a special workshop on Wednesday, March 24, at 4:15 p.m. in Salter Hall. She will talk about her roots as a Native American from Mexico, as well as other cultural, musical, and vocal interest.


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A World of Wind
Wind is everywhere!
Wind is everywhere! All over the world, wind is blowing—gently, strongly, wildly. Wind scatters dandelion fluff in spring and blows leaves from the trees in fall. It brings thunderstorms in summer and howling blizzards in winter. A brisk breeze can carry a kite high in the sky; a tornado can uproot trees and knock down buildings.
Wind is moving air.
But what, exactly, is wind? Wind is moving air. All over the world, air—the same air we breathe—is moving. We can't see it move, because air is invisible. But we know why it moves. It moves because of the Sun.
Here's how. Heat from the Sun warms our Earth. Sunlight warms the ground, oceans, and lakes, which then reflect warmth back into the air. When air is warm, it rises. As warm air rises, cooler, heavier air rushes in to take its place. That moving rush of air is wind.
Winds come from all directions.
Winds come from all directions. There are west winds and east winds, north winds and south winds. We name the winds according to what direction they come from. A north wind blows from the north towards the south. A west wind blows from the west to the east.
It's a wonderful world of wind!
Wind drives weather all around the world. It can be wild and wonderful and fierce. But wind can also be tamed to provide power for people. Windmills are machines that are operated by wind power. They have been used for hundreds of years in countries everywhere. Windmills can provide power to pump water for farm animals, or to grind wheat, corn, and other grains. Modern windmills are often called wind turbines. They can be used to make electricity. Because the world will never run out of wind, windmills are a good source of energy.
It's a wonderful world of wind!
- electricity:
- Electricity is a kind of energy. It makes lamps light up. Electricity also makes refrigerators, computers, and many other things work.
- predictable:
- Something that is known about ahead of time.
- thunderstorm:
- A heavy storm with lightning and thunder.
- Draw a picture of a house. In the yard, draw some trees and tall grass. Draw a flagpole and a flag next to the house. Draw this picture to show that no wind is blowing.
[anno: Drawings should show a house, a few trees, tall grass, and a flag flying atop a flagpole. The flag should be hanging loosely from the flagpole. The trees and grass should be standing straight up.]
- Now draw the house, trees, grass, and flag again. This time, imagine that a strong wind is blowing. How do the trees, grass, and flag look if there is wind blowing?
[anno: Drawings should show the same picture. In this picture, the trees and grass should be bent over a bit. The flag should be flying straight from the flagpole.]


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Humans aren't the only animals on our planet that can communicate with other members of our species. As we study more of our fellow creatures, we continue to find surprising instances of intelligence and thought and problem-solving abilities. Here are just a few examples.
- Japanese scientists have created images showing how a thought moves through the brain of a zebrafish. The brain activity doesn't look particularly complex, but it's a start -- and it could lead to a better understanding of how other brains work. [url]
- Slime mold doesn't have a brain, but it can figure out complex problems -- if we give set it up under the right conditions. The slime mold Physarum polycephalum can navigate a maze and find the shortest path when given a map made of carefully-placed food. [url]
- Almost anyone who has observed ants closely knows that ants can communicate via trails of chemicals (pheromones) and by touching each other -- but some ants can also communicate using sounds. Researchers have recorded some of the sounds, and they've seen ants respond to the recordings as if their fellow ants were calling to them. [url]


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I bumped into Dennis earlier. Thank God he had to go right away! You know how he loves putting people in a Bridget Jones moment.
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Stuffed: A Napa Valley Venison Party
I got the call. My dear friend was invited to an exclusive deer hunt in northern California, but he still had much of last year's hard-won buck in the freezer. He needed the space. Would I please pick up the venison meat and make something worthy? How could I possibly refuse a friend in need? Especially given the opportunity to create a cooking experience and a dinner with a group of my Napa Valley friends, who cook, eat and drink together often and with great abandon.
We discussed our options for the deer and settled on fresh venison sausage and cured venison salumi. I ordered natural casings from The Sausage Maker, an old-school company in upstate New York, in which to stuff the sausage and salumi. These casings are made from the submucosa, a layer of the intestine consisting mainly of collagen, which are ideal for sausage and salumi.
We gathered in the chef's kitchen, loaded with fancy tools, and divided up the tasks: measuring and grinding the fresh and dried herbs and spices; peeling and chopping the mountains of red garlic harvested and dried weeks prior. The chefs chilled the necessary pork fat and began grinding it into the huge mounds of coarsely ground venison. In the midst of all this, the winemaker sent me down to his cellar to choose wines fitting for our prep and the ensuing dinner.
I rationalized aged Champagne appropriate for any occasion. I pulled several bottles of Veuve Clicquot Rosé Vintage 1979 and raced it to the fridge to chill down a few degrees below his perfect cellar temperature.
The Chefs were busy stuffing the casings, first with the fresh sausage mixture and then with the salumi components, the latter to be hung in the cellar to cure and dry for a future winter meal. They continually bantered about the perfect coarseness of the grind, the ideal amount of spice.
A few pyramids of locally produced goat cheese were plated, their temperature ideal from sitting out overnight. I uncorked red and white wine, both from France's Loire Valley, home of France's greatest chevres. The 2003 Charles Joguet Chinon, made from 100% Cabernet Franc, was earthy with notes of game, herbs and leather. Its medium weight and bright acidity was divine with the richness and slight funk of the goat cheese. The stellar match, however, was 1997 Pascal Cotat Sancerre 'La Grande Côte.' This amazing Sauvignon Blanc, whose grapes are grown on pure limestone slopes, has great complexity of mineral, earth, citrus and high acid. I told the group about the very steep vineyards, hand-harvested by volunteer Cotat fans from around the world. The harvesters tie cushions to their rears, holding a bucket in their hands, and slide down the cliffs, picking grapes as they go.
While we enjoyed the last of the Sancerre, the cast iron skillets were heated, but not smoking, and the sausages left to slowly sizzle. If fresh sausages cook too rapidly, the casings rupture and the precious juices are lost. We prepared freshly-milled polenta to accompany the sausage.
In choosing wines for the sausage and polenta, I considered both the flavor and texture profiles of the foods. I looked to France's Rhône Valley and Italy's famed Piedmont for inspiration. An incredible accompaniment was 1998 Gangloff Côte-Rôtie. Known for his rich, ripe wines, it complemented the savory earthiness of the venison perfectly, even mirroring the sweet notes of cherry in the polenta. Finally, I poured 1996 Giacomo Bologna Barbera d'Asti 'Ai Suma.' Fragrant with sweet berry aromas, the palate was weighty with red cherry, dried fruit, herb, and spice. Always a fan of the acidity displayed in Piedmontese wines, I was not disappointed. Its brightness balanced the richness of the sausage, its fat content ample and succulent. Satiated and contemplating our meal and its preparations, we raised our glasses with the remaining drops of the fine Barbera and toasted all who made it possible.
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TSA Screener Helped Himself To $200,000 Worth Of Your Stuff
Meet Pythias Brown. Until recently, he was a TSA screener at Newark airport, and if you're missing any pricey electronics, you might have Mr. Brown to thank for it. He's accused of stealing more than $200,000 worth of electronics, including a $47,000 camera from HBO. Oddly, it was CNN that helped bust the "one man crimewave" when an employee noticed some of their equipment being sold on eBay.
As you can see from the above screen grab, Mr. Brown, like so many other eBay thieves, practiced excellent customer service. His customers claimed to be "in love" with him, thanks to his prompt delivery and "good communication." One customer remarked that the camera he bought was missing its instructions. Guess the owner didn't pack them.
Mr. Brown's bail has been set at $100,000. He faces 10 years in prison if convicted. The TSA is reportedly taking the matter "seriously."
Bail set at $100,000 for airport baggage screener [Newsday]
TSA agent helped himself to a $47,900 camera (and more!) [Gadling] (Thanks, Geoffrey!)
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Economics Imitates Life, and Life Has a Lot to Do With CRM
May 8, 2013 5:00 AM PT
It's been wonderful this spring, being a part of all the vendor briefings now in high gear. That's because in short but sometimes painfully dense bursts, we get to know what each vendor has in store for the months ahead. It's a lot and that's a good sign. There seems to be a breakout happening.
One of the themes running through all the events -- like a kid on a tricycle -- is marketing. Everywhere you look, marketing is making noise.
Oracle completed the acquisition of Eloqua, Marketo filed for an IPO, Salesforce is putting significant resources behind its Marketing Cloud and, most importantly, marketers are in the ascent.
SiriusDecisions, an analyst firm, is holding a conclave this week in which it is discussing its new marketing waterfall methodology. Marketers as well as associated vendors like Lattice-Engines and Full Circle CRM, just to pick two, are sending contingents to the event to see and be seen, and to soak up the new marketing vibe.
Closer to home, I am attending HubSpot's second (?) annual analyst day at its Cambridge offices. HubSpot became an early darling of the new marketing movement a few years ago when it turned marketing on its head and said, "No, no, no, try this." That turned into inbound marketing, and it was very successful.
Marketing Up, Recession Down
Generally, when marketing kicks it up a notch, as it is doing now, there are a couple of economic possibilities. Either we're entering a new market/category/paradigm, or the economy is showing signs of life after a recession. I think it's possible both are happening right now. The recession is slowly ending, and marketing as a discipline is the new paradigm.
In fact -- and this is most interesting -- the marketing upsurge started at the depths of the recession when austerity was big news and almost nothing was getting traction. But it was almost as if the crowd said, "No, we don't buy it, let's get the economy moving again. Let's go on offense, let's start marketing and selling again and we'll spend some money to make it happen."
Here's where economics imitates life.
A couple of weeks ago, the economic ideas underpinning the austerity argument -- which has devastated Europe and made the sequester in D.C. a bad word -- fell apart. Two Harvard economists named Reinhart and Rogoff, whose work had led the austerity charge, were proved to have made significant spreadsheet errors.
If there was an Oopsie Award, they'd win it this year for sure.
The translation is that the Austerians (as Paul Krugman likes to call them) got it wrong. There were math errors and erroneous assumptions in the Reinhart-Rogoff model and the data did not support their conclusions. Overnight, austerity -- if not stinking like a dead fish -- is at least sitting in the sun and beginning to decompose.
What's interesting to me is that the general marketplace began reacting long before the fall of the Reinhart-Rogoff model. No one needed to be hit over the head with an old tire tool to change directions. We're anything but doctrinaire in this country, and when something doesn't work we make little adjustments, regardless of what officials and supposedly smart people tell us.
That's the beauty of our free market system. It's distributed and as non-hierarchical as you can get, and it works beautifully in a pinch.
Democracy, Capitalism and CRM
In my own mind, I often compare democratic capitalism practices in the West with totalitarian capitalism practiced across the Pacific. The Chinese have a great ability to marshal their people and resources to output great quantities of goods, but they still operate in a hierarchical command and control manner.
Democracy and totalitarianism are political systems, just as capitalism is an economic one. Politics and economics have to operate together. You need both.
I could never fathom how totalitarian capitalism could orchestrate the changes I've seen this spring. The very idea of individuals deciding for themselves what to do in a confusing market with a totalitarian political system -- even with free market capitalism as the economic model -- and breaking away from official thinking is hard to imagine.
To me that's part of what CRM captures. It's the chaotic and the spontaneous on which CRM tries to ride herd. Sometimes it works well and at other times it can fail. But CRM has made important leaps forward. Like economics, sociology or any of the soft sciences, it has come into its own as it has adopted many of the tools of soft science -- the bell curve, crowdsourcing, Big Data, analysis and, most of all, probability.
There's just no way a political-economic system other than what we have in the West could come to the same conclusion. It would be like asking a fish to invent fire.


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Gear Live E3 Podcast: Interview With The Wayans Brothers (The Dozens)
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So the Wayans Brothers are here at E3 to promote their new trading card/cell phone game "The Dozens". It is basically a game where you swap "Your momma" jokes with a friend (or stranger for that matter), and score points based on the originality or hilarity of the diss. We got a few moments to speak with Shawn and Marlon Wayans about The Dozens, but they were more interested in making fun of all the E3 schwag I had on me. Click here to download the MP3, or you can just subscribe to the Gear Live Podcast feed. Pardon the yelling - E3 is loud.
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The Final Cut: "Revenge of the Sith" Brings Star Wars Saga Full Circle
This weeks edition of The Final Cut, Devin takes a look at Episode III. Last week she gave us a look at the various season finales taking place on television:
This week we'll take a look at Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, a movie which hits theaters on Thursday, May 19th, and will have many theaters featuring a 12:01am showing to accommodate eager fans. Revenge of the Sith is the third and final installment of the Star Wars prequels and will bridge the gap between the Star Wars movies of the past 6 years and the original Star Wars, which was released in 1977. All 6 films in the Star Wars series have been produced by George Lucas. Lucas also has writing credits on all 6, and he directed Episodes, I, II, and III.
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Firefox vs. Opera
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Business Tools, Software,
These days, Microsoft Internet Explorer really is a risk to use. It is full of holes which can allow others to manipulate your computer, either through taking control of it manually or via spyware. Alternative browsers like Firefox and Opera offer great peace of mind as well as increased functionality. Check out this article which compares feature sets, as well as usage on systems wunning Windows 2000, Mac OS X 10.3.9, and SuSE Linux 9.1. Remember, Opera does have a small fee associated with it, so keep that in mind when comparing.
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Just Say No To Splash Pages
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Marketing,
One thing your visitors will not appreciate is your site taking more of their time than it needs to. One thing which you may think is a cool addition is the splash page. Hey - it delivers your logo straight to your captive audience, and you can even play a cute flash video with matching audio! Bad move. When someone types in YourSite.com, they want to see the information that they are looking to find in the smallest amount of time possible. Any type of introductory page will take time to load, and usually requires a click for the reader to move on and get to the content navigation tools. My advice is to simply leave it out - it is useless and really is more of a turn off if anything.
E3 2005: Saitek P990 Dual Analog Controller
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Accessories, PC,
Earlier today we got a look at Saitek's new PC game controllers, and figured we would bring you the goods. First up is the P990 Dual Analog. Let me preface this by letting you know that Saitek has decided to switch their hardware focus to cater to the first person shooter category. That being said, all of their new controllers reflect that mentality. We weren't able to get our hands on any of them, so our impressions are purely visual.
So, here we have the P990 Dual Analog which features backlit buttons and increased grip. I must say, the backlit button do look smooth - but control is more than just looks. There is an FPS button which automatically configures the controller for FPS games so that you no longer need to rely on the mouse, which the right analog stick taking its place. Saitek's Smart Technology software allows for advanced controller programming by identifying your specific control setup for each game you own. One thing I don't know about is the D-Pad. It's a personal thing, but I just don't like when they are shaped like that. Oh, you can't see them in the image, but there are 4 shoulder trigger on this one as well. It will be available in July for a price of $20 USD.
Samsung SCH-V740 Set To Challenge The Motorola RAZR
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An impressive piece of work, the Motorola Razr V3 is finally being challenged after being on the market for more than 8 months. While lacking more advanced features like a 1+ megapixel camera, which Samsung's phone will feature, the Razr's slim design has attracted much attention. Keeping the same thickness of the Razr when closed (14.5mm) and only weighing 3 grams more, the Samsung SCH-V740 is set to have Bluetooth, MP3 playback capabilities, and a file viewer - features not available on the current Razr.
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E3 2005: Killzone 2 - Hardware Demo or Pre-render?
Posted by Troy Categories: Video Games,
Killzone, while looking incredible, has gotten a lot of reactions from gamers and the media. Of course the media jumped on the PS3 like the second coming of Christ, but some gamers are rightfully curious about the nature of the video. Is it CGI, or is it done in real-time on the PS3 hardware? At this point it's unclear. I just hope Sony clarifies this—if indeed real-time it will have convinced many naysayers. If not, Sony is up to the same old tricks they did with the PS2.
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PalmOne's First Hard Drive-based PDA: LifeDrive
Named the LifeDrive Mobile Manager, this model is PalmOne's first PDA to have a hard drive. The PDA also features a 320x480 touchscreen, with the ability to transition from a landscape to portrait mode. It's also coupled with a fairly quick 416MHz Intel XScale processor and includes extras such as built-in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and SD-IO. Notable features of the 4GB hard drive device are its ability to act as a USB drive, drag-and-drop capability, and the ability to keep the transferred file structure intact.
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Mountain Dew To Give Away An Xbox 360 Every 10 Minutes
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In order to build more hype and bring the console to the mass market achieve in getting a console in the homes of most Americans, Microsoft has teamed up with Mountain Dew to give away one Xbox 360 every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 9 weeks straight beginning on August 28th. You will need to register on the website to build a profile and enter codes found in specialty marked beverages and choose when and which codes to play. Looks like I'm going to be drinking Mountain Dew a lot more than usual. Full press release and details are available after the jump.
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PalmOne Introduces LifeDrive
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Business Tools, Productivity,
PalmOne has finally made the official announcement of their LifeDrive multimedia PDA. If you are a Palm user, this is the one to look for in the next week or two, which is when they are expected to hit retail. This thing has a 4GB mini hard drive with 16 MB of built-in ROM and a 416MHz XScale processor. Keeping with the times, the LifeDrive also supports 802.11b WiFi and BlueTooth on the Palm OS 5.4 (Garnet) software. A 320 x 480 pixel 65,000 color touch screen round thing thing out. You can expect to drop $500 on this bad boy, but from what reviewers are saying, it may be well worth the price of admission.
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April 28, 2007
Final Stats | Pre-game Festivities Photos
It didn't take long for the bats to catch fire in Saturday night's Battle of the Boulevard between the Lipscomb Bisons and Belmont Bruins.
Three outs after Lipscomb's 1977 NAIA national championship team threw out the ceremonial first pitches, the Bisons placed the first two runs of the game on the board. Their lead was short-lived as the Bruins scored eight runs over the next three innings on their way to a 9-5 victory over the Bisons.
Neither starting pitcher lasted long. Combined, they threw 5 1/3 innings giving up thirteen runs. Lipscomb starter Taylor Merry tossed 3 1/3 of those innings giving up eight runs, seven earned. Belmont starter Josh Moffitt was pulled after giving up a no-out three-run home run to Caleb Joseph in the third.
"Belmont is the best team we've played so far in conference action," Lipscomb coach Jeff Forehand said.
After the bullpens went to work, the game changed 180 degrees. The bullpens combined for 12 2/3 innings of work giving up only one run.
In the bottom of the first, Ben Williams singled to right field. Shane Simpkins doubled to left field driving Williams home. Simpkins advanced to third when Caleb Joseph flew out to center field. Simpkins then scored on a ground ball to the shortstop by Ryan Wilkins.
The other three Bison runs came in the bottom of the third. Ben Williams and Shane Simpkins started the inning by each reaching base on walks. Caleb Joseph then nailed a 3-1 pitch over the left field fence.
Joseph's three run home run closed Belmont's lead to one run, 6-5. But the Bruins tacked on two runs in the top of the fourth and then added an insurance run in the top of the eighth.
Shane Simpkins was 2 of 4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Ryan Wilkins was also 2 of 4 with an RBI. Ben Williams scored two runs and collected one hit.
"Both teams hit the ball tonight," said Forehand. "Belmont collected eleven hits while we collected ten. Our hits need to be louder in order to score more."
For the Bisons, Taylor Merry pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up eight runs, seven earned off of eight hits and two walks. He struck out one while his earned run average increased to 4.67. Brandon McClurg pitched 5 2/3 innings pitched giving up one earned run on three hits. He struck out two and did not walk a batter.
"Brandon McClurg was excellent tonight," Forehand said. "I can't ask much more for him to come out of the bullpen and pitch like he did."
For Belmont, Josh Moffitt threw 2 innings giving up 5 earned runs off of four hits and two walks. He did not strike out a batter as his earned run average increased to 7.28. Eric Diaz was the first Bruin pitcher out of the pen pitching three innings giving up four hits and one walk. He struck out one and gave up no runs. Jimmy Stanley closed the game for Belmont pitching four innings giving up two hits. He struck out four and did not give up a run.
Eric Diaz was credited with the win improving to 1-1. Taylor Merry received the loss falling to 3-1. Jimmy Stanley earned his first save of the season.
Lipscomb holds a 65-40 advantage in the Battle of the Boulevard series since 1954.
Lipscomb falls to 25-20 overall and 9-8 in Atlantic Sun conference play. Belmont improves to 26-18 overall and 13-7 in conference play.
The Bruins and Bisons are back in action for the final game of the Battle for the Boulevard series Sunday at 1 p.m. at Ken Dugan Field.
Reigning Atlantic Sun Conference pitcher of the week Rob Smithson (5-3, 3.95) will take the mound for the Bisons. LHP Carlo Testa (3-3, 4.58) will get the start for Belmont.
Belmont     024 200 010 - 9 11 0
Lipscomb  203 000 000 - 5 10 0
Moffitt, Diaz (3), and Stanley (6). Merry and McClurg (4). W- Diaz 1-1, L- Merry 3-1. Sv: Stanley (1). HR- BEL: Simmons (10), LIP: Joseph (7)


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Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, is giving Shopify merchants the opportunity to extend their reach to considerable measures.
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To apply, please fill out this form no later than Saturday, August 3rd, 2013, by 5pm PST.
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text: USC target QB Drew Barker of Hebron, KY Friday was offered by Miami. USC has been out front for Barker with Tennessee also high on his list. Some of his other offers are Louisville, Purdue, North Carolina, Illinois, Cincinnati, Kentucky and Indiana. He plans to visit USC for the spring game in April. Barker visited Kentucky last week. He had planned to visit Tennessee this weekend for a junior day but can't because of basketball.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Apr 2007 21:11 UTC, submitted by judgen
"In this anniversary, I'd like to shed some light about my first-hand experience with [OS/2], especially since I see many attempts at history re-writing and over-simplification, when people compress OS/2's two decades into a single paragraph. An OS/2 user named Roger Perkins wrote to OS/2 newsgroups ten years ago: "Here's to OS/2's 10th Anniversary on April 2nd! No OS has ever died so many times!"


text: Seeking Shelf space October 3, 2013 08:55 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ben Potter AgWeb Social Media and Innovation Editor Email The direct-to-consumer phenomenon is catching on in the Pacific Northwest. Aside from Shepherd's Grain, other area farmers, including Joseph's Grainery in nearby Colfax, Wash., are milling and packaging a variety of wheat, lentil and garbanzo bean products. They are slowly but surely earning shelf space in local grocery stores. "We've really enjoyed getting to meet the people who are eating our grains and legumes," says Kelli Collins, marketer for Joseph's Grainery. "We used to harvest the crop, deliver the grains to the river for transport and then they would disappear into a black hole. Now we get to see the faces of the folks who enjoy our products. There's a great amount of pride and reward in that." Furthermore, emerging tech start-ups such as FarmAppetit make it easier than ever for farmers to digitally sell their wares with the help of mobile apps. Read Smith hasn't delved into the world of mobile marketing, but that doesn't mean it's out of the question. "You're never done," he says. "You continue to bring in new ideas and new technology. There's no fix to farming—it's a continuous process." Back to news


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Five Chic and Inspiring Paris Kitchens
We recently discovered Haven in Paris, a group of apartments for rent in Paris and other parts of France. We started browsing through these lovely apartments and were instantly smitten with the desire for a Paris visit — and a chance to cook in one of these chic kitchens! Here are a few of the inspiring kitchens we came across.
The main thing that strikes in all these kitchens is a reliance on natural light. We love how the sun comes into the 3rd or 4th story apartments. We also love the frequent mix of rustic and modern elements. Thank you to Joanna Goddard for the tip on these lovely little spots!
• 1 Rameau - Oh dear, we love everything about this kitchen: the classy black and white colors, the vintage-style posters, and the light over the table.
• 2 Rameau
• 3 Montmartre Studio - A small studio in Amélie's neighborhood.
• 4 Montmartre Studio - We love how this kitchen is tucked under the eaves, with a big window and sloping ceiling.
• 5 Houdon - Another blue studio kitchen in Montmartre.
• 6 Houdon - It's small, but we like the crisp Mediterranean blue mixed in with more rustic pieces.
• 7 Abbesses - A light, bright country-style kitchen with the table already set for dinner.
• 8 Marais - A sleeker, shinier kitchen. We rather like the open storage shelves on the far wall.
• 9 Marais - Another table set for supper.
• Visit the Haven in Paris website
Related: Kitchen Tour: At Home in Paris with David Lebovitz
(Images: Haven in Paris)


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Sep 2009 23:12 UTC, submitted by Still Lynn
Most of us are probably aware of Singularity, a research operating system out of Microsoft Research which explored a number of new ideas, which is available as open source software. Singularity isn't the only research OS out of Microsoft; they recently released the first snapshot of a new operating system, called Barrelfish. It introduces the concept of the multikernel, which treats a multicore system as a network of independent cores, using ideas from distributed systems.
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Up, Up and Away
The Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
I don't know about you, but the first thing I asked myself was: Who in the heck are Anderson and Abruzzo? As it turns out, if you weren't born and raised in Albuquerque, that's a very interesting question. If you were, and you're over the age of 30, you probably think I'm a complete idiot for even asking the question in the first place.
Some Milestones in Albuquerque Ballooning History
1882—In previous years, carnivals occasionally came through Albuquerque featuring hot air balloons. In 1882, however, a local saloon owner named Park A. VanTassel used coal gas to fill a 30,000-cubic-foot balloon. Over the two days it took to fill the balloon, enthusiastic coal gas customers volunteered to go without gas service. On July 4, VanTassel floated above the city, marking the first hot air balloon ascension by a local in Albuquerque history.
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Fiesta Schedule
Here's the whole enchilada—a full roster of Fiesta events that includes descriptions of a few special happenings that might not be self-explanatory. Tear this out and staple it to your chest for easy reference.
Entrance to Balloon Fiesta Park is $6 general, free for kids under 12. You can buy advanced tickets in packs of five for $25. General parking is $5 per car. An all-event parking pass costs $30. (The Fiesta's park-and-ride service will save you a lot of stress. Details at aibf.org.) To order tickets over the phone, call (888) 422-7277 ext. 303. Keep in mind if you're a cheapskate that there will be lots of good views of balloons located all over town where you won't have to pay a dime.
Want to go for a ride yourself? All paid balloon rides are coordinated through Rainbow Ryders, 823-1111. Also, if you volunteer as a member of a balloon chase crew, you might be able to milk a freebie out of a pilot. You can register at the park or online at the Balloon Fiesta website. For more information, go to aibf.org or call 821-1000.
Albuquerque Aloft
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Balloons rise up from various elementary schools throughout Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.


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ABC unveiled its fall schedule; it's got half as much Millionaire, and no Geena or Gideon.
The network (which, like Mr. Showbiz, is owned by the Walt Disney Company) is paring down the frequency of its hit game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from four nights to two nights next season. The Regis Philbin-hosted quiz show will now air only on Mondays and Thursdays.
Gone are Geena Davis' sitcom and the dour medical drama Gideon's Crossing. The network is renewing the midseason comedies The Job, starring Denis Leary; What About Joan, starring Joan Cusack; and Damon Wayans' My Wife and Kids.
Walters and Bochco Peeved at Being Moved The network's decision to move 20/20 from Friday nights to Wednesday nights for the first three months of the season has angered 20/20 anchor Barbara Walters, who told The Associated Press today, "[They] knew that I would be disturbed and I was. Having said that, we'll be OK. … This isn't the end of the world."
Another set of ruffled feathers belongs to Stephen Bochco, who is upset that his new show, Philly, which stars NYPD Blue alum Kim Delaney, is bumping Blue from its 10 p.m. Tuesday slot. In 1999, Bochco and his Blue crew were peeved at being temporarily bumped by Once and Again. Now, they'll go up against NBC's Law & Order on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. in midseason after 20/20's run in that time slot ends.
Alexander, Field Lead New Series ABC is trying its luck with new series from Jason Alexander, Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith, Sally Field, and John Stamos for the 2001-2002 season.
Alexander stars in Bob Patterson as a motivational speaker who fears he's lost his touch. It will air Tuesdays opposite NBC's Frasier at 9 p.m. Dharma & Greg and What About Joan will also air Tuesdays, at 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., respectively.
The network's other new comedy, The Dad, with Belushi and Thorne-Smith, will air on Wednesday nights at 8:30 p.m., following My Wife and Kids. The network is also planning the dramas Thieves, an action series with Stamos and Melissa George as thieves hired by the government to retrieve lost property, and Alias, about a female graduate student who is also a CIA agent.
On Mondays at 10 p.m., the network will introduce The Court, an hour-long drama set behind the scenes of the Supreme Court and starring Sally Field.
Matt and Ben's Runner debuts After the football season ends, ABC will offer up its nod to the reality programming genre Monday nights with The Runner, a kind of scavenger hunt combined with a children's game of Tag, in which the prize is $1 million. The show, which is produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, will air on Monday nights at 9 p.m., beginning in January.
In midseason, ABC is planning a series of specials created by James Cameron, director of Titanic, and scientist Jean-Michel Cousteau called Ocean Challenge. In August, it will launch The Wayne Brady Show, a sketch comedy show with the star of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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Can School Shootings Be Done "Right" on TV?
I'm not going to say that television can't accurately depict the horror and tragedy of a school shooting. I'm just saying that it hasn't, yet, and probably won't.
Television is meant to entertain people in order to make money for networks and studios. Full stop.
People can talk about messages, and education, and addressing issues -- but in the end, we as an audience know that the goal is to get ratings and make money. And we as an audience shouldn't be okay with a TV show blatantly using the plight of real dead children and their families in order to do that.
This week's "Glee" episode was about a school shooting false alarm. Gunshots were fired on campus, and the lockdown and chaos that ensued made for riveting, emotional TV. Kids left teary goodbye videos for their loved ones; one boy had a panic attack in an attempt to get to his girlfriend, who was in the bathroom down the hall. A show that's usually musically driven was stripped of its score. In the end, though, it was something of a false alarm. Becky, a popular, beloved student with Downs Syndrome, had brought a gun to school and accidentally discharged it. In a surprise twist, a teacher (Jane Lynch) covered for her, taking the fall -- and was ultimately fired.
Yes, a teacher covered for the student who brought the gun to school, thus insuring that the student won't receive the discipline and counseling that should follow up such an incident. (Yes, the student has Downs Syndrome, so circumstances are different than if a violent offender was involved. But that doesn't mean she doesn't need and shouldn't get help.)
The surprise twist is where it all falls apart. "Glee" has never shied away from "very special episodes." Personally, I think the show shines when it sticks to comedy and music, but there's no denying that it's broken ground with issue-based material about teen suicide, bullying, coming out, transgender kids -- even texting while driving has been addressed.
But in this case, instead of making a real statement about guns in school, or about gun control in general, "Glee" shied away from the issue. The kids just kind of... sang their blues away under a bunch of fake stars. And aside from the teacher -- who was portrayed as a martyr, not a problem -- leaving, all was well at McKinley High.
For the record, on the day that the "Glee" episode aired, a similar false alarm happened at my high school in Greenwich, CT. Rumors that a student brought a gun to school sent the whole place into lockdown mode, panicked -- and misinformed -- texts and tweets brought parents to the school and put the entire town in gridlock. Just an hour's drive down the highway from Newtown, the incident opened wounds and terrified the entire school district. Police entered the building with weapons drawn, yelling at people to get out. A student was apprehended. It wasn't exactly a day to sing about, particularly with nerves still so frayed after Newtown.
That heightened vulnerability is exactly what "Glee" was counting on to emotionally manipulate viewers. But to what end? To boost the show's dwindling ratings? Uh, yay.
And they're not the first television show to do that. In 2006, "One Tree Hill" aired a school shooting episode that, years later, creator Mark Schwahn touted as his favorite episode in the series' nine-year-run. I'm a huge fan of "One Tree Hill" -- I've gushed about it on this site on numerous occasions -- but I hated that the show went that route. I still hate it.
There were a lot of things that "One Tree Hill" did right with the school shooting episode, titled "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept." The shooter, Jimmy Edwards, was a character who had been part of the show at the beginning. He'd been bullied, abandoned by close friends, and had a lot of deep anger issues before he brought the gun to school. The episode forced every character to examine their behavior, actions, and relationships. The actors' performances were among the best ever seen on that show (or on The WB, which was still around then).
But the story went all wrong. The shooter fired the gun at nobody in particular; the bullet ricocheted and hit a student. Later, at the end of a truly terrifying and heartbreaking episode, Jimmy Edwards shot himself in front of Keith, a beloved father figure in the town, and Keith's brother Dan, the corrupt mayor and the show's central villain.
Then, in a (you guessed it!) surprise twist: Dan shot and murdered Keith, and blamed it on the desperate, dead young boy.
Yes. The school shooting episode -- which contained several clear nods to Columbine, including the fact that Jimmy was born on the anniversary of the shooting and a large portion of the episode taking place in the library -- was actually just a vehicle for a sudsy murder plot. Later, Dan would confess, and he'd spend less than 5 years in jail for murdering his brother and allowing the entire nation to blame it on a dead child. A dead child with a grieving mother. (Which, by the way, wasn't mentioned until four seasons and nearly 9 timeline years later.)
In the follow-up, the kids broke into the school and literally threw a party in the hallway where the bodies had fallen, caution tape still up. The student who was shot and injured was consoled during a brief romance with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, playing himself. Seriously.
There's no denying that the "One Tree Hill" episode was the most memorable of the series' long run. In fact, it was mostly lauded by critics at the time (and, years later, Twitter was full of "One Tree Hill" did it better statements). And, to their credit, there were strong messages about bullying and high school social hierarchy in the episode -- messages that were all clouded by a murder mystery and soap opera scandal.
What'd we learn from it? Bullying is bad, but not as bad as electing a murderer into office? Tragedy is not a good excuse to kiss your best friend's boyfriend? Or -- how about, doing a school shooting episode will boost your show to record ratings for that season? Oh. Yep. That last one.
Oddly enough, the show that came closest to getting it "right" was Canadian teen drama "Degrassi: The Next Generation." Perhaps because school shootings are much more rare in Canada (one happened five years before the episode aired, a Columbine copycat attack), the writers were able to approach the issue without dancing around it. This wasn't an accidental discharge, or a ricocheting bullet -- it was an attack with intent, as most real school shootings are.
The shooter, Rick, had a history of anger and dating violence -- which led to him becoming the victim of some calculated bullying attacks. He was humiliated at an important event, and retaliated by bringing a gun to school. One student, Jimmy (played by Aubrey "Drake" Graham) was paralyzed in the attack. Rick was ultimately shot when a fellow student, Sean, tried to wrestle his gun away.
Though "Degrassi" was always lacking in the acting department, the writing -- particularly the follow-up episodes -- did a relatively decent job of following it up. Certainly no one put a keg down where Rick had died. The students responsible for bullying him were not only expelled, but they were condemned by their friends for the harassment. Drake's character never walked again. Sean was so traumatized by the incident that he ultimately had to move out of town to live with his mom. Rick's only friend was left to deal with the implications of having been close with the shooter. School policies changed, memorials were discussed. Some characters experienced major changes in personality in reaction to the event.
Again, unlike "Glee" and "One Tree Hill," which followed real school shootings and drew connections to them, "Degrassi's" wasn't so much exploiting an actual tragedy as it was examining a trend. But still, was it necessary? No. Did it teach us anything we haven't learned from real life events? I mean, "bullying is bad" is sort of a foregone conclusion if kids don't have terrible parents. Did it help the ratings? Yep. The episode reached an all-time high in viewers.
The real reason why "Glee" and "One Tree Hill" failed is because, due to the nature of their genre, they have to move on. The "Glee" school shooting incident has to be fake because next week, these kids have to sing and dance and worry about whether they're going to win their competition. We have to go on caring about whether Rachel will ever win over her dance teacher in New York. So, it's used as a vehicle for Sue's exit, to make it emotional, and then we plow over it as if it never happened.
With "One Tree Hill," the soapy dramedy had to go on, so they make the school shooting a cover-up for a corrupt politician murdering his brother (who had a pregnant wife!). They distract with stunt casting (yay, Pete Wentz!) and a wedding in the season finale. And, of course, they can't have the actor playing the corrupt politician leave the show, so he only spends a summer hiatus' time-jump in jail and ultimately, his brother's ghost (seriously) forgives him his sins.
Maybe, someday, a show could do a school shooting right -- but from there on, the show would have to be a show about a school shooting. Over a decade after tragedy struck Columbine High School, kids that attend school there (who were infants and toddlers when the massacre happened) still field questions about what happened in 1999. Quite simply, your average teen television show can't offer the long-term attention and sensitivity required for such a touchy subject.
Critics have called these episodes gutsy, and brave, and groundbreaking. But they don't propose a solution, or address gun control issues, or shine a light on the various failures of the system that lead to these tragedies. So really, they're just foolproof ratings-boosters.
It's not that brave, you guys. It works every time.


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Minerva boys soccer plays tough but falls short during a Division II regional semifinal.
A goal for every sports team is to play hard and give everything it has got.
For the Minerva High School boys soccer team, playing hard was never in doubt during Wednesday night's Division II regional semifinal at River View High School.
The Lions left everything on the field against ninth-ranked Coshocton, but fell short 3-2.
The Redskins controlled the tempo of the game and were the more aggressive team, but Minerva hung tough the entire 80 minutes.
"We played hard enough to win this game," Minerva head coach David Gotschall said. "... They played their butts off tonight, that's for sure."
The game was high intensity throughout. Each team had great looks at the goal.
"This game was very intense and we knew they would control the middle of the field," Gotschall said. "But we kept it close like we have all season."
Coshocton got the last great look and Alex McPeak took full advantage as the ball found the net with 6:37 left.
The Redskins had more looks than Minerva — outshooting the Lions 17-6 — but it was goalkeeper Justin Schotts' gritty play that kept the Lions in the match.
"He had some spectacular diving saves in this game," Gotschall said. "He kept his eye on the ball the entire game."
Schotts finished the game with 13 saves, including nine in the first half.
Coshocton (18-0-2) got on the board first when Ian Hartley got the ball on a ricochet off the left post and found the back of the net.
The Lions answered right back when junior Tyler Stewart scored a goal with 7:09 left before halftime.
Going to the half tied 1-1 was a good feeling for Gotschall and his players.
"We weren't expected to outshoot them and they are a great team, but our defense played one whale of a first half and the entire game," Gotschall said.
Early in the second half, the Redskin regained the lead when Colton Jordan scored off an assist from Wilmer Marquez.
Once again Minerva (14-6) didn't lay down and tied the game at 2-2 when Justin Campbell's header off a corner kick found the net with 21:13 remaining.
The Lions are a young squad and plan to return to this point sometime in the near future.
"You can't ask for more than what this team did tonight, Gotschall said. "We'll be back here."


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In addition to the three novellas that Rachel Vincent wrote in the Soul Screamers series, she also wrote two short stories.
Fearless, which can be found in the Kiss Me Deadly anthology and Niederwald which can be found in the Enthralled anthology.
As these two short stories are not included in the original list of extra credit reads, I thought I would do a mini challenge for these two books here on the Soul Screamers Reading Challenge Blog for this month only.
The ChallengeTo read and review - or share your thoughts about - Fearless and Niederwald.
The Rules
- Read either or both Fearless and Niederwald between February 15 and March 14, 2012. (It can be a re-read, but it must be re-read between February 15 and March 14.)
- Review or post your thoughts on either or both books between February 15 and March 14, 2012. (The Linky will be open through March 17 for any reviewers who forgot to link them sooner, HOWEVER, posts MUST be from February 15 and March 14.)
- Post your link to each review or thoughts post in the Linky below. Make sure you leave a link for EACH post.
- Reviews MUST be posted between February 15 and March 14.
- You can get up to TWO entries into this mini challenge giveaway.
- There will be ONE winner.
The Prize
UPDATE: For those who are first time readers, you may want to skip this mini challenge as the stories involve a character that will appear later in the series. I WILL be hosting this Mini Challenge again during the monthly read for MY SOUL TO STEAL with a different prize up for grabs.


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Section 404 -Authorizes the mailing of wine and beer by a licensed winery or brewery in accordance with the laws of the state, territory, or district where the addressee or authorized agent takes delivery. Requires USPS to issue regulations requiring: (1) the delivery of wine and beer directly to the addressee or agent; (2) the addressee to be at least 21 years of age; and (3) the individual who takes delivery to present a valid, government-issued photo identification.
AFAIK, we have a state law prohibiting the mailing of beer, so nothing changes here.
Quote from: denny on May 26, 2012, 04:04:57 PMAFAIK, we have a state law prohibiting the mailing of beer, so nothing changes here.Not having read the full text of either this bill or the OR law, why wouldn't the federal law trump state law?