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Rick Steves' Europe "Barcelona and Catalunya" Rick enjoys the vibrant street scenes, tasty tapas, and pedestrian-friendly Gothic Quarter in Barcelona. He takes a scenic side trip to mountaintop Montserrat.G
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KIT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - An Oregon man who lost his gay son to suicide and was walking across the country to raise awareness about bullying is dead after being hit by a truck in Colorado.
The Colorado State Patrol says 48-year-old Joseph Bell of La Grande, Ore. died Wednesday after being struck along a two-lane highway in a rural area 20 miles northwest of Kit Carson. Investigators believe the driver fell asleep.
Bell's 15-year-old son, Jadin, died in February after hanging himself in a schoolyard. He had reported being bullied but he didn't leave a suicide note.
Bell began his walk in April and planned to finish on the Delaware coast. He walked through Ogden this summer.
The truck driver, 49-year-old Kenneth Raven, of Bryan, Texas, has been charged with careless driving resulting in death, a misdemeanor.
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She was ready for flight on May 21, 1937. Amelia took off from Oakland to Miami. Amelia's plane, the Electra, was checked and repaired during the days spent in Miami. Amelia said that she was excited about her trip because she felt like she had one more great trip left in her.
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Six innovative research projects at Iowa State that are tackling scientific challenges facing Iowa agriculture recently received start-up funding from the Plant Sciences Institute. The projects relate to the institute's research initiatives in biopharmaceuticals, biorenewables, crop protection, genomics and nutrition.
ISU's Bugeja calls for moral convergence of today's high-tech media in new book
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First class in new global master's
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An estimated 837 students will receive degrees from Iowa State University during its summer commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Hilton Coliseum. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
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Frankie Santos Laanan -- an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) at Iowa State -- will share results of two of his most recent studies on Iowa community college students with the State Board of Education during its meeting on Thursday, July 26, in Des Moines.
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Ruth Brown acutely felt the changing times at Atlantic Records. She had been there since the label's inauspicious launch, but saw that her champion, Herb Abramson, was sidelined and would soon be bought out. She didn't get along as well with his replacement, Jerry Wexler, and felt that the label's co-founder, Ahmet Ertegun, was becoming remote. One of the artists assigned to Herb Abramson was Bobby Darin, and it took some time for Abramson or anyone at Atlantic to know what to do with him. For Ruth, it was unusual enough just seeing a white performer on the label.
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An Easthampton middle school student, in a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story" got their tongue stuck to a metal pole.
Fire Chief David Mottor says firefighters responded to White Brook Middle School at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, when temperatures were well below freezing.
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In the 1983 movie, a character named Flick gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole after being triple-dog dared to do so.


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I guess you could say Faction Champions was harder. Exactly twice as hard if you use our experience. We two shotted it instead of just one. I don't say this to stroke my epeen or to say "look how awesome I am." My point is that with the right approach this fight isn't that hard. Here are my observations.
It's NOT a PvP fight:
Most of the QQers seemed to misunderstand what this fight is about. They make comments like "if I wanted to PvP I would go to arena" and "not all of my guild has PvP specs."
I've got news for these posters. There may be similarities like the Diminishing returns on CC, but this is NOT a PvP fight. Here are the differences:
- In PvP the two sides have even numbers of 5v5 or 15v15. In Faction Champions25 its 25vs10. Three of them are going to be healers so you only have 7 running around DPSing people maybe a little bit more if you include pets.
- Players do not control the mobs. The mobs may not behave the same way that traditional bosses do, but they don't behave like players either. Players would focus target and kill as single member of the opposition first. These mobs don't focus much if at all. I never had more then one mob on me, and if I could get away from him long enough he would switch targets .
This fight is all about Individual Responsibility and Surviving. Everything that these mobs do can be countered, so as long as your raid is prepared you shouldn't have a problem getting around any of the issues that they present. Here are my tips:
- Dispels: If you see your Decursive or what ever mod you use light up like a Christmas tree then start dispelling. Most of your dispellers are healers, and they are pretty busy preventing people from dying. So as a moonkin you can dispel curses and poisons to prevent a lot of incoming damage. You obviously sacrifice some of your own damage to do so, but it is more then a fair trade.
- Crowd Control: If your like me you haven't touched your Nature's Grasp or Cyclone spells in a very long time. The only time I use Entangling Roots or Hibernate is on specific mobs and I have macros for those situations. So it may seem a little strange for these spells to be come so important. Moonkin don't have a lot of escape spells like Blink or Iceblock so the key to our survival is CC. These are the spells we have available.
- Nature's Grasp - This is probably the best CC we have for this fight. It's purely reactionary and you don't have to target a mob to get it off. Try to keep this buff up as much as possible.
- Entangling Roots - This is only good on melee targets, but it is a very short cast that you can get off quickly if your Nature's Grasp is down.
- Cyclone - It only CCs the mob for 6 seconds, but that is a lot of time to run away if you need to. It also works well on Casters to interrupt casts if your being focused on by a Caster DPS mob.
- Hibernate - This spell wasn't that useful. We did have the hunter up with a pet, but my CC was broken pretty quickly. Since there is only one mob that you can CC with it and it wasn't affective, I wouldn't worry about having Hibernate on your bar.
- Typhoon - I don't have the spell and I wouldn't pick it up just for this fight. To be honest I don't know how I feel about Typoon for this fight. The knock back is a double edge sword. It can save people's lives, but it can also slow DPS on the target. You may want to talk to your raid leaders before you use it to much.
- Heal Yourself: This is a very chaotic fight. Don't assume that the healers have you covered especially in the beginning. I have all of my healing spells macroed to target me and cast a heal. It's very easy to pop a couple of Lifeblooms on myself while I'm running away from a mob I just CCed.
Of course, it also goes without saying that you should use Barkskin, Healthstones, and healing pots if you can.
(Side Note: Try to have a little space between you and your fellow raid members. This will make it easier for you to target a mob that is beating on you.)
I know how easy it is to get lost in DPSing a target, but this is one of those fights where it is paramount to pay attention to your surroundings. Make sure all your CCs are close at hand and don't be afraid to use them, but be sure not to spam them either. As long as your raid does what it can to survive, focuses on a single target, and does what it can to take the healers out of the fight, you should complete this encounter without much difficulty.


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Combined, Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett have invested a total of $6 billion in Phillips 66, Conoco Phillips, National Oilwell Varco and Exxon Mobil. When added together, these investments make up 8% of the total of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio. When combined, they make up the fifth biggest investment in the portfolio, where they trail the big four investments in Coca-Cola, American Express, IBM and Buffett favorite Wells Fargo.
In North America, demand is falling. This is an excellent sign for a number of reasons, including: First, when tied directly into international demand growth, this will increase the total amount of production that will be exported, and this is a boon to overall domestic employment. Next, it can also have massive benefits for the domestic economy if it swings from being a net importer to becoming a net exporter.
Mexico and Canada also have a capacity for production in much greater excess of domestic demand, which plays directly into several companies' strengths, and this especially includes Exxon Mobil and Conoco Phillips. There is also a great deal of upside because of Mexico's expansion in private investment in its gas and oil production. This will help a supplier company such as National Oilwell Varco. The demand worldwide for flexible and cheap fuel is going to continue to grow for decades, even as natural gas and other alternatives like electric vehicles become more viable options, and when engines of a traditional nature become even more efficient.
Out of everything, population growth is the main key driver of everything. This is going to continue to put more pressure on producers in order to feed the addiction that the world has for oil.
Let's Speak about Mexico
Conoco Phillips and Exxon Mobil are the two biggest oil producers that will most likely benefit the most from the market opening up. Exxon Mobil is currently the largest producer of natural gas in the United States, and has a tremendous amount of experience in offshore fields like the Julia Field in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as shale exploration. Pemex – the state oil company of Mexico – could use this kind of help in order to maximize their resources.
Conoco Phillips will continue to expand its deep water productions throughout the Gulf of Mexico, and it even announced last week that it has discovered another large reserve in the Gulf, making it the fourth already this year. The well depth is more than 29,000 feet, which leaves it under 4900 feet of water. Conoco Phillips expertise in this particular area could also be attractive to Mexico's state oil company, as they begin to expand offshore production.
It All Comes Back to Growing Global Demand
A few months back, Warren Buffett chose to reduce Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Conoco Phillips by a significant amount. If you tie that into Berkshire Hathaway's recent announcement saying that they are going to acquire Phillips 66's Phillips Specialty Products really points this out. The potential Conoco Phillips investing risk is that, as a production and exploration company, the price of gas and oil (of which oil companies do not control) can have a major impact on the profitability of the company. On the flipside, the PSPI chemicals aren't nearly as affected by the ups and downs of the market and the price of oil, but Buffett can still receive the benefit of the increasing energy demands.
In all honesty, the move Buffett made in lowering his position in Conoco Phillips by cutting it in half, coupled with the move to use the majority of Berkshire Hathaway's Phillips 66 shares in order to acquire PSPI, are likely the result of Berkshire looking to limit the potential falling oil prices downside, if they were to occur within a few years. But it also gives them exposure to energy demand and the long-term growth that it provides.
The Largest Falling All Oil Prices Hedge?
The National Oilwell Varco nickname "No Other Vendor" rings true and puts the company in an enviable position. They offer a wide variety of diverse products and services that fully cater to the gas and oil industry. There is no other company in the world that offers so many and so much, and it has very little direct competition. Even though NOV shares have underperformed the market since 2010, there's plenty of reason to be positive about the company's future.
For starters, they have long-term results under matched by anyone else in this field. An investor that held their shares for any five-year period since the year 2000, with the one exception being the period of 2008 through 2012, have even outperformed the S&P 500. And for those investors that purchased during 2008, the business' history of very strong long-term earnings growth points to outperforming the market once again. This is especially true when you consider the following:
Unlocking Shareholder Value
In September 2013, National Oilwell Varco said that it have plans to spin off its distribution business, named DistributionNOW, and will distribute the shares to the shareholders of NOV in a tax-free way. When the spinoff of the company is complete, current company leader Robert Workman will eventually become the CEO. Workman has been working at National Oilwell Varco since 1991, and he's even headed up the distribution business since 2001. He grew this business to more than $4 billion in annual sales through acquisitions and organic growth. In 2002, their annual sales were less than $700 million. So it's obvious that he's done a tremendous job at his post.
This spinoff is going to simplify a very complex company that already has many divisions and a lot of moving parts. It will allow both entities to function and grow better. The overall final result will be two companies that will be more valuable as separate entities than as a single company in NOV.
Final Thoughts
Since roughly 10% of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio is in gas and oil, it would make sense for some investors to have exposure to this segment of the market. The big advantage to following Buffett – other than his incredible track record – into a company is knowing that he and Berkshire Hathaway invest for the long term. When it comes to other managers, this is not necessarily the case. If you want to buy and hold a stock for years, every one of the companies in the Berkshire portfolio has tremendous long-term benefits and a unique advantage. Do they make sense for your portfolio? Only you can decide.


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Our apartment has one small closet dominated by a water heater, which forced us to make design decisions focused around adding storage. Our IKEA wardrobes (which grew in number when Joni and our puppy, Ernest, moved in) serve double duty as note space We designed our bed when we couldn't find a ready-made solution that would keep the open flow of the space, provide privacy when we have house guests, and hold/hide our things in an unobtrusive way.
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NCSE Supporter Francisco Ayala was profiled in the November 2008 issue of Scientific American. "After some 30 years of proselytizing about evolution to Christian believers, the esteemed evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Irvine, has honed his arguments to a fine point," Sally Lehrman writes. "The 74-year-old Ayala is preparing for an exceptionally busy 2009. The year marks the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birthday and the sesquicentennial of the publication of On the Origin of Species, and the battle over the teaching of evolution is sure to heat up. Ayala says the need is especially great for scientists to engage religious people in dialogue."
Three antievolutionists have been appointed to a six-member committee to review the draft set of Texas state science standards, and defenders of the integrity of science education are livid. "The committee was chosen by 12 of the 15 members of the board of education, with each panel member receiving the support of two board members," as the Dallas Morning News (October 16, 2008) explains. Six members of the board "aligned with social conservative groups" chose Stephen C. Meyer, the director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, Ralph Seelke, a biology professor at the University of Wiconsin, Superior, and Charles Garner, a chemistry professor at Baylor University.
On October 10, 2008, NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott was presented with the Field Museum's Award of Merit at a ceremony at the museum, where she gave a talk, attended a gala dinner, and received a $7500 honorarium for NCSE. The award is presented by the Field Museum's Founders' Council each year to "a leading scientist who has brought issues of cultural and environmental understanding to the forefront of public attention." Previous recipients include NCSE Supporter Stephen Jay Gould, Edward O. Wilson, James Watson, Richard E. Leakey, Jane Goodall, NCSE Supporter Lynn Margulis, Walter Alvarez, and NCSE Supporter Niles Eldredge.
Randy Moore is the winner of the 2008 Evolution Education Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers, according to a press release issued on October 14, 2008, by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The award, sponsored by AIBS and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, recognizes innovative classroom teaching and community education efforts to promote the accurate understanding of biological evolution.
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Facebook Abusing Computer Crime Law To Block Useful Service
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Last year, we wrote about a bizarre lawsuit where Facebook sued Power.com, a website that tried to aggregate various social networks into a single interface. That could be pretty useful. Facebook didn't like it and sued. But just because Facebook doesn't like something, it doesn't make it illegal. What if users want to access Facebook that way? Facebook tossed out a variety of legal theories, including the idea that this was criminal hacking, because it was unauthorized access. How is it unauthorized? Well, here Facebook got creative. It has, hidden within its terms of service the note that accessing Facebook through "automatic means" is forbidden. Facebook says that Power.com's aggregator is "automatic means" (which seems questionable), and thus accessing Facebook via Power.com is no longer authorized. Since the access is not authorized, then it's... unauthorized access, aka hacking, and a crime under California's computer crime statute.
The EFF has now filed an amicus brief in the case, pointing out that this would be a ridiculous stretch of California's computer crime law:
"California's computer crime law is aimed at penalizing computer trespassers," said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick. "Users who choose to give their usernames and passwords to aggregators like Power Ventures are not trespassing. Under Facebook's theory, millions of Californians who disregard or don't read terms of service on the websites they visit could face criminal liability. Also, any Internet company could use this argument as a hammer to prevent its users from easily leaving the service as well as to shut down innovators and competitors."Hopefully, the court agrees...
Even the simple use of the automatic login feature of most browsers would constitute a violation under Facebook's theory, since those services are "automatic means" for logging in. But the risk for users is even broader. If any violation of terms of use is criminal, users who shave a few years off their age in their profile, claim to be single when they are married, or change jobs or addresses without updating Facebook right away would also have violated the criminal law.


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"Hey, just downlaoded a pirated App off Internet, Walk and Text for Android. Im stupid and cheap, it costed only 1 buck. Don't steal like I did!"
Finally, the app displays a scolding message to the user, saying, essentially, we hope you learned your lesson.
This is a similar tactic to music labels seeding file sharing networks with phony mp3s, or the whole concept of "Rick Rolling" on YouTube, but of course a whole lot darker, as in includes a punitive violation of your privacy and a public shaming. Ironically, one of the mechanisms used to perpetrate this takedown is Android's own LicensingService and LicenseCheck routines, which are used to verify that an app has been licensed properly.
Symantec believes that this is the first example of an app developer striking out against unauthorized downloading in this way, but I suspect that it won't be the last.


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Steve Jobs writes about Apple's efforts to become a more enironmental friendly company. "Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. Upon investigating Apple's current practices and progress towards these goals, I was surprised to learn that in many cases Apple is ahead of, or will soon be ahead of, most of its competitors in these areas. Whatever other improvements we need to make, it is certainly clear that we have failed to communicate the things that we are doing well." Among other things, Apple will introduce LEDs in displays to Macs this year.


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Dr. King delivered this speech, "The Other America," for the Local 1199 Salute to Freedom program. The speech emphasized the need to address poverty, the Vietnam War, and race relations in America.
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Department of Revenue News Release
December 31, 2009License Offices Awarded in Carthage and Farmington
JEFFERSON CITY - A reformed competitive bidding process has been used to select the winning proposals for two more local motor vehicle license offices.
"In the past, license offices were largely given to political cronies," said Gov. Jay Nixon. "One of my first actions as Governor was to make the process open to any interested person or group, and the offices are now awarded to those who put forward the best proposals for the offices' customers."
The two offices awarded today are in Carthage and Farmington. Both offices will remain at their current locations.
Bidders have the option of returning a portion of an office's revenues to the state. The winning bidder for both offices has opted to return some of its revenues. The estimated amount of money that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 169 offices that have been awarded so far under the new bidding process is $886,325.
The Carthage License Office has been awarded to a new agent, Alternative Opportunities, Inc. of Springfield. The not-for-profit corporation provides a variety of comprehensive services, including job placement and assistance for people with disabilities. The corporation's winning bid was one of three submitted, and a 5 percent ($11,102) return to state was included in the proposal. The incumbent agent, John Putnam, did not bid. The office is located at 407 S. Garrison Ave.
Alternative Opportunities, Inc. has also been selected as the new agent for the Farmington License Office, which is located at 103 Walker Dr. The corporation's bid was one of four submitted, and a 5 percent ($11,093) return to the state was included. The incumbent agent, Tom Burcham, did not bid.
Details about changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
Although Gov. Nixon authorized the Missouri Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor this past summer. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Of the 169 offices awarded so far, 97 have gone to incumbents, groups associated with incumbent agents or interim agents. Seventy-two of the offices have been awarded to new agents. There are 183 offices statewide.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, noted how the selection process works.
"Bidders are given five weeks to deliver detailed responses to the Requests for Proposals from the Office of Administration," she said. "Professional staff members from the Department of Revenue then review all of the bids and use a scoring process to choose the best bid in terms of experience, financial stability, customer service, office location and the return to state. Once a winner is chosen, the Office of Administration reviews all of the paperwork and notifies the winning bidders."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
To follow the Missouri Department of Revenue on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue. If you don't already have a Twitter account, you'll have to create one before you can follow the Missouri Department of Revenue.


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Local emergency service workers, Chestnuthill Township officials, Pleasant Valley School District staffers and other entities that participated in an emergency drill in October did a good job, but there is lots of room for improvement.
Local emergency service workers, Chestnuthill Township officials, Pleasant Valley School District staffers and other entities that participated in an emergency drill in October did a good job, but there is lots of room for improvement.
That's according to a report drafted by the company hired to create the drill and then assess the emergency response.
"The entire response remained focused on rescuing victims and protecting the community, but there are definitely areas for improvement," A6A Associates wrote in an "after-action" report.
The drill, which the Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Counter-Terrorism Task Force paid for using federal dollars, was held Oct. 13 on Firehouse Lane in Chestnuthill Township.
The scenario: A Pleasant Valley school bus packed with students crashes into a chemical tanker filled with anhydrous ammonia, a deadly chemical.
All parties participating in the drill were to respond to the mock accident just as they would if the entire situation were real.
About 15 separate entities participated, including the Monroe County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The report said all responders tried to help students on the bus, noted there was "excellent teamwork among agencies" and pointed to how well Pleasant Valley School District in particular did at protecting the students who were within the district's buildings when the accident occurred.
However, the report did say some major mistakes were made.
"The aggressive approach by responders and (some) school personnel may have resulted in additional casualties from the chemical hazard."
The report specifically took issue with Pennsylvania State Police and members of fire police, who first responded to the scene.
The report noted that troopers and fire police came within 230 feet of the crash scene. The recommended space that first responders should put between themselves and a tanker spewing contents that are yet to be determined is 2,625 feet.
In addition, the report said, police and fire police approached the crash site from downwind — the deadlier way to approach — when "approaches from upwind and cross wind were available."
The report also said police and fire personnel did not appear to have weather data, which could have told them which way the wind was blowing, nor did they at first use binoculars to look for placards on the tanker that might indicate that the tank was carrying deadly chemicals.
The report recommended that state police and other emergency responders always have the number for the National Weather Service on hand so they can find out which way the wind is blowing.
The report also had recommendations for several Pleasant Valley High School staff members who responded to the scene.
Moments after the staff members arrived, they "were soon moving in and out of the chemical cloud" in an effort to help the people on the school bus.
But according to health experts, exposure to high levels of anhydrous ammonia can cause death from a swollen throat or from chemical burns to the lungs.
The report said that all three staff members would have "become chemical casualties," meaning they probably would have died, if the crash had been real.
A6A Associates recommended that school staff — especially those who are more proactive or can see themselves responding to emergency situations — receive training on how to respond to crisis situations.
The report also said that a water cannon set up by the West End Fire Company was not employed optimally, ultimately allowing more vapors and fumes to escape from the tanker.
The report, while acknowledging that triage is difficult when circumstances are treacherous, said this:
"Numerous victims were assumed to be dead by fire personnel operating in the hot zone. Prioritization is a must, but "� all victims should be recovered and moved to (decontamination stations) and triaged."
But, for obvious reasons, victims who have been decapitated don't need to be moved to triage, the report said.
The report made about 20 recommendations in all.


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Good Sam, Allstate Extend Roadside Services
December 19, 2012 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Good Sam, Allstate Extend Roadside Services
Good Sam Enterprises LLC announced that it has extended its long-term business agreement with Allstate Roadside Services into 2019.
According to a press release, Good Sam Roadside Assistance has contracted with Allstate Roadside Services to provide customers with "multi-layered roadside assistance protection by keeping RVs and household vehicles protected in the case of roadside breakdowns."
Commenting on the business agreement signed with Allstate Roadside Services, Marcus Lemonis, chairman and CEO of Camping World Inc. and Good Sam, noted, "I am very pleased with our expanding relationship with Allstate Roadside Services, which will provide customers with the most comprehensive roadside service in the marketplace. Our main focus will always be exceeding our customers' expectations and only providing service we can confidently stand behind."
Lemonis said that over the past year, Good Sam Roadside Assistance has improved and expanded its customer service ratings by lowering wait times, providing continued education and training of their dispatch agents and expanding its relationship with a network of 30,000 tow and service providers. Good Sam Roadside also maximized the quality parts and service of their 100-location network of Camping World accessory and service centers across the U.S. to assist their customers with preventative maintenance tips and services.
"Allstate approached us regarding an extension and after receiving positive customer feedback and an increased approval rating, it made sense to extend our relationship," Lemonis said of the collaboration that was first established in January 2011.
Benefits of the Good Sam Roadside Assistance program include 24/7 toll-free dispatch, unlimited distance towing and dispatch of a mobile mechanic, along with roadside services such as battery jump-starts, flat tire service and fuel and fluid delivery. Good Sam Roadside Assistance also utilizes Caller Locator Technology to pinpoint a member's exact location when they break down.
Vehicles covered include one RV and any household cars, minivans, SUVs, pick-ups trucks, motorcycles and boat trailers. Good Sam Roadside Assistance members can also visit any Camping World SuperCenter for free 22-point unlimited RV inspections.


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Lady Dutch volleyball downs Johnsonburg 3-1
The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch volleyball team defeated the Johnsonburg Ramettes by a 3-1 score Tuesday night at the SMAHS Dutch Oven.St. Marys won the first set by a 25-21 score. They took the second set by a 25-18 score. Johnsonburg won the third set by a 25-21 score. The Lady Dutch won the match by taking the fourth set by a 25-22 score.The first set was a close affair early on, as St. Marys gradually built an 11-8 lead. With Kiana Hoohuli serving, St. Marys moved out to a 16-8 lead. Brittney Tarle had two kills in that stretch and Hoohuli recorded one ace. St. Marys moved out to a 24-14 lead before Johnsonburg got the serve back. With Chelsea Benson serving, the Ramettes closed to 24-21. Benson had two aces and Brittany Watts recorded a block during that span. St. Marys would win the set 25-21.Johnsonburg went up 2-1 in the second set. St. Marys got the serve back. With Lena Hanes serving, St. Marys went up 5-2. Hanes had two aces and Taylor Bellina recorded a kill. The teams traded sideouts. The Lady Dutch got the serve back, leading 13-9 on a kill by Bellina. With Tarle serving, St. Marys went up 18-9. Tarle had two aces and Bellina had a block. The Ramettes got the serve back on a kill by Watts. With the Lady Dutch leading 19-11, Johnsonburg got the serve back with Allyson Wheeler serving. Benson had two blocks to cut the St. Marys lead to 19-13. St. Marys got the serve back, leading 20-13. They would maintain the seven-point lead to win 25-18.The third set was a back-and-forth affair. Johnsonburg got the serve with the score tied at 13. With Watts serving, Johnsonburg went up 18-13. The Lady Dutch got the serve back, trailing 18-14. With Hanes serving, St. Marys took a 19-18 lead. Hanes had four aces and Bellina recorded a kill. Johnsonburg tied the set at 19. With Raimi Akers serving, the Ramettes with up 22-19. Benson had a kill in that run. Johnsonburg went on to win the set 25-21.The fourth set saw the Ramettes open an 8-4 lead. St. Marys battled back and closed to within one, 15-14, on a kill by Kristen Anderson. With Bellina serving, St. Marys tied the set at 15. A kill by Kayla Nussbaum gave St. Marys an 18-15 lead. The set was tied at 20-20 with Nussbaum serving. She recorded a kill and Hoohuli scored on a tip. St. Marys hit the ball out of bounds, 22-21. The teams traded sideouts, 23-21. With Hoohuli serving, Hanes got a block. A block by Watts gave the serve back to the Ramettes. The serve went into the net as St. Marys won 25-22."Tonight's game ball went to Kayla Nussbaum for her passing, while Lena (Hanes) played consistent, Jolene (Young) passed well and Brittney (Tarle) had some awesome blocks," said St. Marys coach Erica Vogt."In the third set we tried a new offense sets and didn't fare too well with them. But we'll take the win," she added.The Lady Dutch were led by Lena Hanes with 11 service points and four kills. Kiana Hoohuli had eight service points and seven kills, while Brittney Tarle had three blocks, four kills and four service points.The Ramettes were led by Brittany Watts with six kills and six service points along with three blocks. Chelsea Benson had seven service points and three blocks, while Emilee DeMay had five service points."We're not a very good volleyball team. We have no chemistry on the floor and no leaders on the floor. It was ugly volleyball by us," said Johnsonburg coach Bill Shuey. "St. Marys played well. They set the ball well, passed well and hit well. But we'll get better. It's a long season," added Shuey.St. Marys won the junior varsity match 2-0.St. Marys, now 2-3 on the season, will travel to Bradford on Thursday. The junior varsity match is set for a 6 p.m. start, with the varsity to follow.Johnsonburg is now 2-2 on the season and will host Kane on Thursday. Junior varsity action begins at 6 p.m., with the varsity to follow.


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|General Information
|Other names
|Brandywine, Branda-nîn, Bralda-hîm
|long, golden-brown river
|Arnor, Arthedain, the Shire
|Images of Baranduin
- "And no wonder they're queer, ... if they live on the wrong side of the Brandywine River, and right akin the Old Forest. That's a dark bad place, if half the tales be true."
- ― Daddy Twofoot, A Long-expected Party
The Baranduin was a river in Eriador. To the Hobbits of the Shire, the Brandywine (as they called it) was the boundary between the known and unknown, and even those who lived in Buckland on the immediate opposite shore were considered "peculiar".
Flowing out of Lake Evendim in northern Eriador, the river flowed eastward for about 60 miles before turning generally southward; after about another 120 miles it flowed through the easternmost reaches of the Shire, forming that land's eastern border, except for Buckland, which lies east of it. Its only major crossings in the Shire are the Brandywine Bridge (originally Bridge of Stonebows) on the East Road and the Bucklebury Ferry.
Skirting the Old Forest to the south, the river then looped south-westward, crossing an old road at Sarn Ford and flowed to the north of the depopulated region of Minhiriath before flowing into the Sea to the north of the forested region of Eryn Vorn.
After the realm of Arnor was broken up in T.A. 861, the river south of the Brandywine Bridge served as part of the border between Arthedain and Cardolan.[1]
Primula and Drogo Baggins, parents of Frodo, were lost along the river in a boating accident in T.A. 2980.
No tributares of the Baranduin are described except those near or in the Shire:
- The Water - central Shire, from the northwest
- The Stock-brook - arises in the Woody End
- River Shirebourn - rises in Green-Hill country, tributary is Thistle Brook
- Withywindle - from the Old Forest
- River Norbourn - in the Northfarthing
There is a Girdley Island in the river just above the Brandywine Bridge.
The name Baranduin was Sindarin for "golden-brown river", from baran and duin.[2]
The Hobbits of the Shire originally gave it the punning name Branda-nîn, meaning "border water" in original Hobbitish Westron. This was later punned again as Bralda-hîm meaning "heady ale" (referring to the colour of its water), which Tolkien renders into English as Brandywine.[3]
The word "Brandywine" both resembles the original Elvish name "Baranduin", and provides the Hobbitish meaning adequately.
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 765-6
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"


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Bulldogs post 5-2 and 2-1 victories over Comets
While both teams battled the cold elements, the Adrian College baseball team found a way to maintain its hot start to conference play.
A pair of strong pitching efforts and key plays in the outfield helped the Bulldogs grind out 5-2 and 2-1 victories over the Olivet College Comets in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association doubleheader Saturday at Nicolay Field.
Adrian (11-5, 5-1 MIAA) scored three runs in the fourth inning before holding off the Comets in the opener. Rylie Robinson (Clinton) threw a complete game two-hitter in the nightcap as the Bulldogs completed the sweep.
Olivet (2-8, 0-2) was originally scheduled to host the games, but the series was moved to Adrian due to unplayable field conditions. The teams will conclude the four-game series today with another doubleheader at Nicolay Field.
"It was not a hitter's atmosphere with the tough conditions, but we grinded out at-bats," Adrian coach Craig Rainey said. "We were able to manufacture runs when we needed to keep us in it."
The second game was tied 1-1 entering the top of the seventh when Ryan Dorow led off the frame with a single. The freshman moved over to third base, before Dan Heatherly drove him in with a RBI single.
"I was able to get a good swing on it and relied on my teammates to get me in," Dorow said. "We have a good senior class, and as a freshman I look up to them. All of us know how to grind it out."
Robinson preserved the lead in the bottom half of the seventh, striking out Stephen Botti to end the game. Entering the game 2-0 but with a 6.00 earned-run average, Robinson shut the door on the Comets after allowing two hits and a run in the first inning.
"The elements were not the best, so I just tried to pound the strike zone," Robinson said. "I have a great defense behind me with great gloves, and it was a matter of time before our offense pushed a few across."
Olivet loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, but was held to one run. Sam Fischer caught Joey Myers' fly ball in center field, then threw out Tom Kort at home for the double play. The Comets grabbed a 1-0 lead on the next at bat when Drew Thompson's RBI single scored Dylan Betcher.
The Bulldogs answered in the top of the third inning when Mitch Stefanski's RBI single brought home Fischer.
Dorow finished 2-for-2 at the plate, while Stefanski and R.J. Rios each added two hits. Robinson threw 77 pitches in the win, striking out two.
"We went through some tough stretches down south, but now everyone is figuring out their roles," Robinson said. "We're starting to pick up our stride and hopefully that momentum carries on throughout the league."
Thompson and Jonny Zawacki had the hits for Olivet. Colin Boak took the pitching loss despite scattering eight hits and striking out six while going the distance.
Adrian led 1-0 in the first game before plating three runs in the top of the third inning. Drew Shutes scored Dorow with a single, the Rios plated Stefanski with a fielder's choice. Heatherly scored on an error during the same play, making it 4-0.
Eric Schmidt (Blissfield) held the Comets to one hit through the first three innings, but ran into trouble in the fourth. Peter Panos delivered a two-RBI single with two outs, scoring Botti and Thompson. Schmidt struck out Tom Kort looking on the next at-bat to limit the damage.
"Both our pitchers battled all day and kept us in it," Rainey said. "That's all we ask is for them to give us an opportunity to win, and they competed."
Shutes drove home Stefanski with a RBI single in the top of the fifth, making it 5-2. The Comets had a chance to get back in the game in the sixth inning, but left the bases loaded as Dorow made a diving catch at shortstop on a line drive.
"Ryan is a high energy guy who hates to lose, and if you have nine or 10 guys like that, it makes the game easier," Rainey said.
Shutes finished 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for Adrian, while Stefanski was 1-for-2 with two runs scored. Schmidt pitched six innings, allowing two runs on six hits while striking out seven. Tommy Eng recorded the save.
Panos went 2-for-3 to lead Olivet. Jake Ball pitched five innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on six hits while striking out four.
-- The Bulldogs have won 31 straight games against Olivet. The Comets last victory over Adrian came April 5, 2006. Olivet's last win at Adrian came in 2004 at Riverside Park.
-- Dorow entered the doubleheader batting .400.


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|Concrete Jungle (cont.)
|Little Jacob
Follow the GPS' route on your HUD back to Savannah Avenue, where Jacob will be waiting for you to pick him back up. Beep the horn to get his attention if he doesn't immediately see you. Once back in the car, he'll order you to head over to Meadows Park, which is slightly to the east. The drive isn't very long at all. When you arrive at your destination, you'll quickly realize that Jacob has more plans for you and he.
Make sure you're strapped with a gun as you get out of the car (you should have a pistol, so be sure the clip is fully loaded). Then, run up the stairs towards the house in pursuit of Jacob. Follow the on-screen prompts to hug the wall as Jacob busts the door open and begins firing on those within. Follow suit, helping him take out the thug on the staircase. Then, head to the adjacent window and cap the fool firing on Jacob (he won't see you until it's too late). Following his death, work your way into the house and to the left, into the living/dining area, and the kitchen. Two more foes, including one packing a shotgun, will need to be eliminated. When they're both slain, pick up their weapons, money, and the first aid kit on the table. Then, since the rest of the house has nothing of interest in it, break back for the car.
Once back in the car, the GPS will map the final route you'll have to take on this mission. Jacob praises your hard work as you bring him to his final destination, and once you let him out, you know that you did right by him and his people. You can expect more work from them, for sure.
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Martha Coakley, the attorney general and Democratic candidate for governor, continued on the campaign trail on a drizzly Sunday at the St. Michael Parish feast.
FALL RIVER — Martha Coakley, the attorney general and Democratic candidate for governor, continued on the campaign trail on a drizzly Sunday at the St. Michael Parish feast.
She answered questions about the Market Basket employee standoff, gun control and how she'll advocate for South Coast Rail to benefit this region between sharing chourico sandwiches with Mayor Will Flanagan and pulling buttery dough from a large vat to be formed and deep-fried for popular malassadas.
"It kind of puts us on the map," Michael Aguiar, president of the feast, said of Coakley's appearance. Coakley arrived shortly before the procession was slated to begin, from Everett to North Main streets and back to the church.
On the last day of the three-day festival that's been tradition since 1978, Aguiar said, "So far everything's gone well, except for the bad weather yesterday."
"This is the best part, to hear the music and sample the food," said Coakley, who was game for trying a few ethic dishes Flanagan suggested.
"We're honored and proud to have Martha be part of the tradition," said Flanagan, who endorsed Coakley less than two weeks ago, while touting her experience.
A bit earlier, she greeted guests nearby at a Highland Avenue coffee shop.
She said several people asked her about the $2.3 billion South Coast Rail project, which is a long way from full funding.
"That's going to be a top priority for me," Coakley said. The project is one that Gov. Deval Patrick has pushed along during his tenure.
She cited planning, permitting and background work that's been accomplished, stating, "I think we're on the way."
She said in meetings with legislators and Flanagan she believes the mega-rail project is "one thing" among others to improve the waterfront and the economic outlook in Fall River and New Bedford, which was her next stop Sunday.
Coakley mentioned the importance of improved funding for education, and when asked defended her record toward gun control as attorney general.
She said she supported the legislation for better background checks by police chiefs.
"I'm always going to put my resources into legislation and policies," she said, "to keep guns out of the state and out of the hands of people who are unstable."
She said more needs to be done on the federal level to ban assault weapons.
Regarding Market Basket, where the board of directors ousted Chief Executive Officer Arthur T. Demoulas and two executives in late June, Coakley said she and New Hampshire's attorney general in the states where the chain operates remain concerned about workers' rights.
The situation has become increasingly unstable after 2,000 employees rallied and eight workers were fired two weeks ago. It's led to food shelves being poorly stocked, depleted sales and the new executives ordering workers back to work by today or risking losing their jobs, according to published reports.
Coakley said she believes protesting workers "took a big risk," adding, "I do hope the Market Basket employers and workers can come to a resolution."
She said with loyal workers and customers, she hoped "common sense will prevail."
In her race against Democratic Treasurer Steven Grossman and former pediatrician and CEO Don Berwick, she called it "yesterday's news" that recent polls show her 25 percent ahead of Grossman and Berwick garnering just 5 percent from would-be voters.
"Nobody knows that better than I do," she said, a reference to being ahead and heavily favored against Republican Scott Brown for Senate in 2010, to fill the remainder of a term left by the death of Ted Kennedy. Coakley lost that race to Brown.
If she were to win the Sept. 9 primary and face Republican Charlie Baker, whom she leads in a recent Boston Globe poll by a few percentage points, "we believe it's going to be a tough fight," Coakley said.
In the meantime, when leaving St. Michael Parish Feast she was off to New Bedford and Whitman, then Boston for a Puerto Rican festival.


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Resources to prep for the academy?
I have until april to prep on my own for the academy, and after reading as much as I can, I am convinced I need to work on report writing, as well as several other things academically. So I would like to see if anyone here could pass on some resources for me to get started?
Push yourself hard on physical training. The better shape you are in the better off you will be. If you struggle in PT, the Drill Instructors will ride you even harder. If you are excelling, they will focus on one less fortunate than you. You don't want extra attention in that area.
If you don't already know how, learn to spit shine shoes. We weren't allowed patent leather anything
Sharpen your basic writing skills, spelling, and grammar. If your local community college has a condensed winter session, take a basic English course covering grammar and sentence structure.
We had to print everything. Practice your handwriting. Neatness counts.
Find out what kind of footwear the academy authorizes and get your shoes broken in before you start. Some, like LASD, do not allow you to wear boots during the academy except under special circumstances. Also make sure you break in your PT shoes.
Even though Im retired, I still seem to encounter incredibly stupid people.
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When I went through, for every word spelled wrong, you had to write it 50 times. I spent at least an hour a day writing words.
It REALLY sucks when you then spell all 50 wrong. I did that ONCE
I suggest the following:
-Find a local tutor to help you with spelling, grammar and any other academic deficiencies you may have.
-Either buy or make your own PC flashcards and study them now. They'll come in handy, trust me.
-Prepare your body for PT now. Running (work up to 2 miles minium) and calisthenics (push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups) are a must.
-As someone mentioned earlier, learn how to shine boots. Make sure the boots you're going to use are broken in prior to your start date.
Thanks for all the insight everyone. I'm not overly concerned with the pt. I've dropped from 296lbs to 220lbs over the last few years. Pull-ups will be one of my major focuses since I can only do a few as of now, but thankfully I have several months. I'm more concerned with the academics. Report writing, pc memorizing etc.
I currently have a 2011 pc but am not sure of how to start studying it. Prioritizing what will be needed to be committed to memory, or how they will test on it. I would love to start making flash cards if someone can point me in the right direction of what pc's should be on the cards.
Would this be a good start? http://www.flashcardmachine.com/capenal-code.html
Any others you would recommend committing to memory?
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Check out http://www.lawtechpublishing.com/index.asp. They have a lot of valuable resources which can help you prepare for the academy.
See if you can pick the brain of a recent grad from your academy. That will likely give you the most current info.
If you are weak in writing, take an inter-session English class and read some more.
If the college offers it, take their academy prep class. It'll jump start you on procedures/protocols.
If there is a recruit orientation manual, get it and start studying. Doesn't make sense to study "10 codes" if your area/department uses plain language.
Get your gear sooner rather than later. One less thing to worry about.
You can probably find flash cards for the common penal codes at the local uniform store. You do not learn the entire penal/vehicle/H&S code, only the common sections.
PT...OK, the actual POST required PT tests aren't bad at all. Same typically goes for the department or academy test. That's assuming you are not a slug or re-habing some injury. BUT the regularly scheduled discipline throughout the day is what tears most recruits up. At a local academy, it is normal to bang out 400-600/ea push-ups, squat thrusts and mountain climbers through the day, every day before getting to PT. Then you get hammered with PT. If you need help running, check out the cool running website. Pick a 5K training program appropriate to your experience/current mileage. Hit day 1 of the academy being able to run 3 miles at a 9min/mi pace and you are likely on track. For the rest; P90X, Insanity, Crossfit and/or the navy SEAL prep program are all reasonable paths. A good boxing or muay thai place that does conditioning wouldn't be bad either. Your conditioning program should be high rep, body weight centered not power lift/body building weight room routines.
I remember during our PT test a recruit in the Army reserves was cranking out unbelievable amount of sit ups like 70+. He mentioned " Insanity helped me do this", the TO's were impressed by his fitness level.
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I'm not super concerned with the pt, and know how to train. I'm ramping up my constant stuff like squats and push-ups by setting a clock for the hour and alternating each hour. Then as I progress ill be going to half hour intervals while I'm at work. I live just over a mile from my gym so my day starts by running there and then a hi rep/low weight routine and a run home where I sprint then job in intervals. My day off work is a five mile loop with four hill sprints, or a spin class for an hour.
I can run a mile under 8 mins, do 54 pushup in two minutes, over 75 situp in two minutes. Should I be worry about PTs?
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Yup thats it. Imagine him being your TO lol. 8 mile/min is excellent pace. Most of the fat bodies did like 10 to 12 mile/min.
Your more than good if what you say is true about your numbers. Get the regular version if insanity, not " fast n furious".
Most people fail to realize what nutrition needs their bodies require, most academies with the PT burn like 2000+ calories. Each session is usually like 500-600 (based off insanity). I remember one guy told me he had a " sugar cookie this morning" then from 7:00 to 8:00+ we were doing pt getting smoked. He didn't fare to well. Pack your own meals everyday. And look at the " Harris benedict equation" which will tell you how much calorie intake you need for energy per day.
At our academy we were attached to a community college. The recruits and myself were guilty of eating that horrible garbage at the schools caffeteria. I remember they had mexican food one day, and I thought to myself " this is going to suck" we had PT after lunch my stomach was jacked up.
Best advice I can give you is don't cheat your bodies nutrition needs or you will pay for it..
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and they think those number were" not good enough"
(8min a mile was actually a barely passing for my age group.)
How often and how long did you usually run in academy? did you run on flat tracks, around campus or cross-country?
I was struggling with nutrition too, until I made a few friends in Kinesiology.
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The Army fitness standards are tougher than POST. But in our academy those times were from our first run around the track, most of us had pt prior to the run. The TO's put the runs usually at the end of the day, which contributed to the poor times. We were barley hanging on. The furthest run in ours is 8-9 miles around a lake which is required to complete in order to graduate. But it's a gradual incline in fitness, they wouldn't slam you with the lake run before assessing the classes fitness levels first.
I mean I remember the girls had it the worst on the "grinder" or "quad" which is a assembly area. Half of them couldn't do a push up without resting on their knees. The TO would come up and give them a ear full. Hell, half the guys had the same issue also. Group punishment is another fun game they'll play. One person screws up on I.E. facing movements, they'd bring you up front and have everybody yell "thanks recruit x" and you'd run up the stairs till your knees felt like their going to explode.
The most important thing you can do to prepare for the academy is physical training, mainly upper body strength and endurance. Get in a lot of cardio!
Report writing is something that will be very difficult to prepare for ahead of the academy. Every department's report forms and styles of writing are quite different. If you are good with spelling and clean printing, you are ahead of the game. Report writing is something that you will learn in the academy and through additional training after the academy.
What I learned after going through the academy, then working the jails, then going to patrol is; Every training officer you have will want you to write his way. My style of writing reports has become a hybrid of my style, a few old supervisors, and two training officers. Just make sure you are good with spelling, punctuation, and basic high school english. Report writing is not rocket science
Go on some ride alongs and ask a lot of questions.
"If you expect logic associated with California law, it will only make your head hurt.." - Ron-Solo, 2013
Putting myself through, but would ideally like to end up at one of the sheriffs dept in the Bay Area. If I was to go to a pd I would prefer SF. With that said I know I would enjoy starting my career anywhere that would give me the opportunity.
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Letter, P. S. Post to Judge J. A. Halderman
Author: Post, Philip Sidney
Date: September 23, 1857
With this letter, P. S. Post sent Halderman "some copies of the first no. of the 'Wyandott Citizen'--our new democratic paper." This was obviously the project A. C. Davis had corresponded with Halderman about the previous June, as Davis is commended for his support. This short-lived newspaper was edited by Ephraim Abbott. (In 1858 Post would be involved with the founding and publication of the Western Argus in Wyandotte.)
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Liverpool sign Lovren for £20 million
Dejan Lovren has completed his move from Southampton to Liverpool for a fee of 20 million pounds.
Croatia international Lovren has signed a four-year contract after passing a medical on Merseyside on Saturday. The 25-year-old has become the Reds' fifth signing of the summer, and their third from Southampton.
Midfielder Adam Lallana -- who is currently out of action with a knee injury suffered during pre-season training -- and striker Rickie Lambert have moved to Anfield from the south coast, while Germany Under-21 international Emre Can has arrived from Bayer Leverkusen and Serbian winger Lazar Markovic has come in from Benfica.
Lovren told Liverpool's website: "It's a dream come true. I'm happy and glad to be here. I'm proud and can't wait to start. I know we have millions and millions of supporters -- Liverpool is more than a club.
"After I played at Anfield last season, I said to myself: 'One day I hope I'll be able to play here for Liverpool.' The fans will know from the first minute that I'm a player that will give 100 percent on the pitch."
Lovren: "I know it is something special to play at Anfield." #LovrenLFC Full story: http://t.co/ZbGmNscmO1 pic.twitter.com/4dA3DljCfO
- Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 27, 2014
The Croatia centre-back has been manager Brendan Rodgers' top defensive target this summer. The boss had been looking to strengthen a defence that conceded 50 Premier League goals despite finishing in second place last season, and feels that Lovren -- who played in all three of Croatia's matches at the recent World Cup in Brazil -- has the leadership qualities to make Liverpool more solid at the back.
"This is a very important signing for us and I'm delighted it's completed so Dejan can join up with us on our US tour," Rodgers told Liverpoolfc.com. "He is a commanding and powerful presence and clearly has leadership skills, which is important; he fits the profile of player we are looking for.
"He is still relatively young, so his peak years are ahead of him and I believe he will improve and progress even further with us. I'm looking forward to him arriving and working with us as we continue our preparations for the new season."
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Lovren has happy memories of that visit to Anfield last September -- he scored the only goal as Southampton secured a 1-0 Premier League win. The defender, who played in all three of Croatia's matches at the recent World Cup, moved to St Mary's Stadium from Lyon in June 2013 for 8.5 million pounds.
His signing has been confirmed hours after Liverpool pulled out of a deal to sign QPR striker Loic Remy because of concerns over his medical.
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A statement on the Southampton website read: "Southampton Football Club can confirm that it has reached an agreement with Liverpool over the transfer of Dejan Lovren. The defender, who joined Saints last summer on a four-year contract, departs for a significant fee after negotiations with the Anfield club."
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Chi Cheng Xi'an (Gallop?) Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Chi Cheng Xi'an (Gallop?) Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message rubert7Joined: 29 Nov 2012Posts: 4 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: Chi Cheng Xi'an (Gallop?) Hi all, I have received an offer from Chi Cheng International English School. I have read terrible things about Gallop, which apparently changed it's name to Chi Cheng, and wanted to double check it was the same. Based on the experiences of others, I would need serious reassurance to accept this. This is a website I found (link wasn't provided by the school), but I assume it is the same. http://www.chichengenglish.com/LstNewsNPic.asp?TT=5 A bad review for sure, http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/review/index.pl?page=2;read=8671 Basically, is this the only Chi Cheng people have come across? Back to top rogerwilcoJoined: 10 Jun 2010Posts: 1546 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:41 pm Post subject: Sounds fun : "The three people in the pic at the bottom:The first calls himself BBC stands for Big Boss Chen this guy is the worst one of them all he uses your visa's to buy cars illegally from South China we found documentation in their office with our names on for 7 cars from south China." "Before Chinese New Year we were going to collect our wages. All FTs and some chinese teachers were allocated a classroom for which we were to scrub clean before inspection by the managers. If the classroom was not clean enough (chairs scrubbed washed, floors, walls, desks, windows, fans seen to) we were told to go back and do it again. Only until this was done we were allowed to collect our pay and go home. They told us this was a traditional Chinese tradition of cleansing before the New Year," http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/review/index.pl?page=2;read=45528 Back to top rogerwilcoJoined: 10 Jun 2010Posts: 1546 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Chi Cheng Xi'an (Gallop?) rubert7 wrote: Hi all, I have received an offer from Chi Cheng International English School. I have read terrible things about Gallop, which apparently changed it's name to Chi Cheng, and wanted to double check it was the same. On one of their webpages they refer to themselves as "Gallop International English School". http://www.chichengenglish.com/job.asp As has been mentioned many times on this forum, your best bet is to ask for the contact information for the current foreign teachers. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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AN OLYMPIC pool used by the world's top swimmers could be relocated to the Link Centre after the summer's Games.
Swindon Council is to bid to the London 2012 Organising Committee to get about £1m worth of top-of-the-range equipment used in a temporary training pool, based in London.
A 50metre pool, incorporating this key equipment, would be constructed in a new £5m building on the site of the Link's 3G sports pitches, which would be relocated elsewhere on the site.
The pool, which would replace the existing 25m pool, would be Swindon's first Olympic-sized pool and would allow the town to host more swimming galas.
The nearest Olympic-sized pool is at the University of Bath.
Coun Keith Williams, cabinet member for leisure and corporate services, said: "It would bring an excellent venue. It will bring far more people to Swindon for swimming galas and the like.
"Obviously we have some already-established swimming clubs in the town, but if you look at the provision for swimming galas and look at the Link Centre, the pool is a little bit limited.
"It's an ageing pool. It's in a good condition still but when opportunities like this come along for a more modern swimming pool and the running costs are comparable, it's something we should look at."
Coun Williams said the council would have to find the money to build the pool building, probably through borrowing, but it would be more energy-efficient and cost a similar amount to run as the existing pool, which would no longer be used.
He said, if the bid were successful, he hoped the pool would be installed in 2013 when the plant system for the ice rink would also be upgraded. A trainer pool would be built inside the building as well.
Coun Williams said the Link was chosen because it is already a sports hub and has the available land.
He said the council was still in the early stages of working up the bid with the help of the Amateur Swimming Association, which had 'looked favourably' on the application, although the pool's owners, LOCOG, would make the final decision on who would get the facility.
Bernie Brannan, Swindon Council's board director for service delivery, said the council was working out how to pay for the building costs and how the space currently occupied by the 25m pool could help towards this.
The news was welcomed by Geoff Pearce, the chairman of swimming club Swindon Tigersharks ASA, which has about 200 members, trains at the Link, and has produced championship swimmers including Jaz Carlin and Grant Turner.
He said: "There's a number of swimming clubs in and around the town and that sort of facility would be an absolutely massive boost for the sport."
A spokeswoman for the ASA said that there are three 50m pools up for grabs at Eton Manor, in London, which has temporary training pools for participants in aquatics events at the Games.


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England 57-26 Barbarians, Twickenham
Lancaster hoping Tuilagi will escape judiciary
May 27, 2012
Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi thumps Quins scrum-half Danny Care into the turf during Saturday's Aviva Premiership final © Getty Images
England coach Stuart Lancaster is "pretty confident" Manu Tuilagi will escape censure for a dangerous tackle on Danny Care and be available for the tour to South Africa.
Tuilagi was seemingly lucky to escape a yellow card in the second minute of Leicester's Premiership final defeat to Harlequins yesterday for lifting Care off the Twickenham turf in a tackle. The citing officer has four working days from receipt of the match video to act if he sees reason but Lancaster is hopeful Tuilagi will not be cited and therefore free for England's three-Test series with the Springboks.
Lancaster has also stated he expects Toby Flood to be fit, despite the injured Leicester fly-half being withdrawn from both the Aviva Premiership semi-final and yesterday's final. Phil Dowson took a heavy blow to the head during England's 57-26 victory over the Barbarians today but Lancaster expects the back-row forward will also be available to tour.
"We have not heard anything. Looking at the incident I am pretty confident he will be fine but we will wait and see," Lancaster said of the Tuilagi incident. "Phil Dowson had a bang to the head but he is up and walking around in the changing room. We have some time before the first Test but at the moment he is looking okay.
"Toby hurt his groin kicking prior to the game and Leicester chose not to risk him. He will turn up in camp tomorrow and we fully expect to take him on the tour."
England ran eight tries past the Barbarians today, with wing Chris Ashton rediscover his scoring form with a Twickenham hat-trick. Dylan Hartley, Christian Wade and Richard Wigglesworth also touched down before replacement Jonathan Joseph marked an impressive cameo with two tries.
Ashton had not scored for six previous Tests and, although this was not a capped game, the hat-trick is the perfect confidence boost ahead of the South Africa tour. "I am pleased for Chris that he has got the three tries," Lancaster said. "His work rate off the ball is tremendous. Sometimes he can work and not get the off-loads but today he did and it is great.
"Credit to him for working hard and getting the rewards. As a team we recognise areas we still want to improve and tighten up on but overall he and others did well. I am pleased."
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Jeff Sullivan brings the noise about the Astros in a post titled, "The Worst Team Ever Projected?"
This stems from CAIRO projecting the 2012 Astros to go 60-102 - and from the list of projections compiled, that's the worst projection. Maybe ever.
But get through all the ugly, and you read this:
The Astros are in the hands of smart people, and in time, smart people usually build competitive teams. It's just ... it's probably going to be a while. Keith Law just ranked the Astros' farm system No. 27 in baseball. And CAIRO just ranked the Astros' major league product as one of the very worst that a projection system's ever seen. Steps forward have been made. There are a lot more steps.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Lookout Landing brings the noise
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I would love to see an Astros County projection for this team. I have no hope that this team will be good, but I certainly think we're better than last season and significantly better than 60-102. Last year Sanchez, Hall, Keppinger, Michaels, Inglett, Towles, Corporan, Cancel combined for 1200 PA's. That's 20% of our offensive chances, and we've made significant upgrades offensively and defensively at every one of those positions. Right?
- February 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
Funny you should mention an AC projection. Stay tuned...
- February 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM
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Vazquez gets hot, leads Fairfield women past Manhattan
RIVERDALE, N.Y. -- Alexys Vazquez scored 20 points and Katie Cizynski had 15 points and 10 rebounds to power the Fairfield women to a 55-50 victory over Manhattan College on Monday night.
Vazquez was 7 for 10 from the floor and 6 for 9 on 3-pointers for the Stags (14-9, 8-4 MAAC), who remain in second place in the league. Vazquez made 4-of-6 3-pointers in the first half as the Stags built a 23-9 lead.
Manhattan (6-17, 3-9 MAAC) was within 11 at the half and tied it 37-all five minutes into the second half, but the Stags built the lead back to double figures. From there, the Jaspers came no closer to the lead than the final margin.
The Stags made 10 3s, two shy of the single-game mark.
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