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SANTA CRUZ — A chow chow was rescued and resuscitated by Santa Cruz Seaside Co. security officers Thursday morning after it fell from the train trestle bridge into the San Lorenzo River.
About 10:20 a.m., a caller reported the dog walking across the trestle when he fell 20 feet to the water below, said Sgt. Darryl Kriner with the Seaside Co.
Kriner and his partner, Cpl. Carlos Garcia, heard the call over the radio and helped to guide responding agencies to where the dog was, Kriner said.
When they arrived on the beach near the mouth of the river, they met Brandon Ennis, who had made the initial call about the dog.
The dog was swimming in circles just below the trestle toward the East Cliff Drive side of the river, Kriner said.
"We were whistling and saying, "Come here boy,"" Kriner said. "But I think with the current and the water coming in from the bay, it was stopping him from getting over."
After 10 minutes of coaxing, the men noticed a seal lion approach the dog. The sea lion examined the dog and then pulled it down, Kriner said.
While the sea lion pulled the dog down, it didn"t looked like an attack, Kriner said.
"It was weird," he said.
The dog disappeared for 15 to 20 seconds before resurfacing, Kriner said. But when he resurfaced, he wasn"t moving.
The current carried the dog closer to the shore and Ennis waded out to rescue the dog, Kriner said.
On the shore, Kriner said the dog wasn"t breathing and didn"t appear to have a pulse. Training kicked in as he and Garcia began CPR.
"We"re just like if it works for humans, maybe it"ll work for animals," Kriner said.
They gave the dog chest compressions for 15-20 minutes, with the animal coughing up water until he eventually began breathing on his own.
It was those actions that saved the elderly chow"s life, said Todd Stosuy, field services manager for the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.
"The fact that these officers were able to use CPR to bring the dog back is nothing short of amazing," Stosuy said.
The dog was taken via a stretcher to the animal services truck and brought to the animal shelter where after being examined by a veterinarian is expected to make a full recovery.
While the dog had a collar, he had no tags and no microchip.
But hours later, Stosuy said he was in the same area and was approached by folks looking for Kobi, a 15-year-old chow.
Kobi and his owner had moved to Santa Cruz just two months ago and live in the Seabright neighborhood. Stosuy said it appears he got loose and was disoriented while walking on the trestle before he fell in.
"He"s just an elderly dog lost and trying to find his way," Stosuy said.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Lihle Muhdin was 11 years old when he first picked up a Kalashnikov rifle, pushed into combat by an Islamist militia in Mogadishu.
That was 15 years ago. Now he wields a microphone in his fight for peace. Muhdin is a member of the Somali rap group Waayaha Cusub, or New Era, whose music calls on young Somalis to renounce violence.
"I want to tell the Somali youth, don't kill," he said. "We must stop this violence."
The 26-year-old rapper recently returned to Mogadishu after 14 years as a refugee in Kenya to be among the headliners at the Somali Reconciliation Festival, Mogadishu's first major music festival in two decades. For security reasons, the event, which opened this week, is being staged over six days in scattered venues and at different times.
In 1991, the fall of Mohamed Siad Barre's dictatorship triggered more than two decades of devastating civil war, clan battles and Islamist insurgency. Just two years ago, the musical festival would have been unthinkable.

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Dragoborne returned this month with a fourth trial deck in the series that will engage you in more ways than one… The reaper will come for your creatures often in this deck, but it also bears gifts, allowing you to send your creatures into the fray with the knowledge that all's well that ends well. RRP £17.99 as with the other titles: check this site to find your local stockist.
You can also purchase two Booster Packs - volume one, Rally to War, and volume two, Oath of Blood! Once you've mastered the basics with the trial decks, continue your adventure and extend the fun with these 8 card packs. Recruit even more fearsome creatures to challenge the tough adversaries you face! Oath of Blood even features cards from all of the five colours which allows players to build all sorts of decks!


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New mankarr site found
The day was proceeding as planned for the Kunawarritji ranger team performing track side burns to the southern side of the Kiwirrkurra Road. While stopping to pick up rangers who had finished their burning ranger Lawrence Whyoulter recognised mankarr (bilby) tracks in front of the vehicle. Everyone stopped what they were doing and searched the surrounding area. The rangers were able to identify a number of active burrows and decided to set up two remote sensors cameras.
The next day the rangers came back to the area to conduct a more extensive search. They were able to find 16 burrows, seven of which were active. The network of burrows stretched a distance of approximately 1km. The remote sensor cameras captured a number of photos which the rangers were able to identify at least two mankarr.
This is possibly the first time mankarrhave been found around this particular area since pujiman (bushman) days. The mankarr's survival is thwarted by impacts such as habitat loss, invasive predator species, changed fire patterns and competition. Conservation work for this species, and specifically this population, will be an ongoing activity for the Kunawarritji ranger team with the hope more populations will be found.


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If you haven't yet met Chet and Bernie, allow me to introduce you. Bernie Little is founder and part-owner (with his ex-wife) of the Little Detective Agency, and Chet is his partner. This confuses some of his potential clients, since Chet is a very large dog of indeterminate breed. Bernie always assures the dubious that Chet was top of his class at the police dog training school, though this is not, strictly speaking, accurate. Chet explains:
I'd done pretty well in K-9 school, up until the very last day. The only thing left had been the leaping test. And leaping is just about my very best thing. Then came some confusion. Was a cat involved? And blood? I ended up flunking out, but that was how Bernie and I got together, so it worked out great.Yes, gentle reader, Chet narrates the whole series. Don't think, though, that it in any way resembles Christmas letters you may have received from addled friends' family pets. As Stephen King blurbs on the back cover: "Spencer Quinn speaks two languages - suspense and dog - fluently."
Here are 10 reasons you might want to get acquainted with Chet and Bernie:
- You've overdosed on bleak literary novels and want to read something funny for a change.
- You're a fan of Peter Abrahams, whom Stephen King calls his "favorite American suspense novelist." (Spencer Quinn is Peter Abrahams' pseudonym.)
- You live with a dog and would like to know how he or she thinks.
- You need an antidote for seasonal affective disorder. Chet and Bernie live in an unnamed Southwestern state whose temperatures range from warm to hot.
- You can't resist dogs who are bloggers (see Chet's blog here).
- You'd like to season your regular hardboiled detective story diet with a mystery that's softboiled or possibly even scrambled.
- Nevertheless, you demand intelligent plots and clever dialogue.
- You like detectives who are not only smart but also nice. Even if clueless about their finances.
- You figure that any books Books and Culture editor John Wilson likes must be worth reading (hey, he even included two Chet and Bernie titles in his list of 2010 favorites!).
- You want to get a head start so you're ready to read book 4 in the series, The Dog Who Knew Too Much, when it's published in September.


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Gabriel Hernández in San Miguel
By José Luis Mendoza
After his successful tour throughout Europe and the US, as a guest musician with the important and worldwide prestigious group Afro-Cuban All stars, San Miguel de Allende receives with deep thrill the virtuous-maestro pianist Gabriel Hernández, There will be a welcome concert at El Sindicato, Espacio Cultural Alternativo downtown. Gabriel Hernández lives and plays in San Miguel for the pleasure of all of us, the good music lovers. Come and join us this Saturday, March 30. The cast could't be better; Gabriel Hernández at the piano. As a guest artist, the international and beloved guitarist Gil Gutiérrez; percussions Kimani Carrazana, directly from Cuba with his special way of "slamming the drums," and at the bass the San Miguel revelation, Rubén Olvera.
Pianist Gabriel Hernández
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When South Africa's Alan Paton wrote Cry The Beloved Country in 1948, it was to protest against the injustices that pervaded South African society at the time. Paton's book sought to highlight fear, sabotage, racial segregation and looming entropy infiltrating South Africa in those days, in order to force the world's attention to his country's direction. Paton aptly demonstrated that the restrictive governance system, in which South Africa was operating in yester years, was inimical to both whites and blacks and when left unchecked, could ultimately lead to the destruction of the country. The book however ended on a positive note, indicating that all was not lost for South Africa, and that after all there was light at the end of the dark tunnel. That dark tunnel turned out to be the oppressive system of apartheid. Cry The Beloved Country has been rightly adjudged to be one of South Africa's greatest literary successes, attracting in its wake rave reviews, movies, plays and other inspired work.
The current Ghanaian situation is no where near what pertained in the South Africa of those days. On the political level, Ghana has just emerged out of a very close elections, scoring full marks (or nearly full marks) in the process. Never mind the hegemony and cross-party accusations that characterised the days leading to the final declaration of results. Socially, there is relative peace in the country with largely equal opportunity for all irrespective of ethnic, religious, gender or political leaning.
However, the critical hurdle that the country has to climb comes in the form of development and social progress. Fifty-two years into the post-independence period, Ghana is still struggling to come to terms with basic developmental landmarks such as education, health, agriculture and now ICT. Poverty still stares the masses closely in the face. It is as if the life of chronic deprivation, want and squalor have hugged our people so tightly, the way super glue sticks to stuff, that they cannot disentangle themselves. Here in lies our shortfall as a nation.
In a related development, the World Bank has waved red flags at the current state of the Ghanaian macro economy. Recently, the World Bank country director warned in a January report that despite recent growth, both the fiscal and balance of payments deficits of the country were "unsustainable." Additionally, we are currently enjoying a respite due to the rapid decline of the price of crude oil on the international market. But I ask myself the question: "if this trend should continue, what are the implications for the country in mid 2010 when we start exporting oil?" I am no economist, so i leave this to those who are more qualified to answer. But my lay mind tells me that things are going to be quite tough within the next couple of years and we must brace ourselves for it. Also we should lower our expectations with regards to the potential revenue we would get from crude oil sales.
But all is not lost. The resilient Ghanaian personality has been through some pretty rough times and come out strong. We have been through colonialism, many coup d'etats, famine and we are still moving on. What is required now is a concerted broad-based social initiative to lift the country out of the quagmire of poverty and underdevelopment, and to pull the chestnut out of the raging flames. That positive Ghanaian attitude that refuses to waver in the face of the storm, the tendency to smile calmly, irrespective of the situation at hand, must be called into action.
To wind up, struggle, politically, socially and economically, threaten the development efforts of many countries. Ghana's current situation should not be a disincentive to the country's known hallmarks of hardwork and excellence. I therefore exort every Ghanaian to put their hand to the wheel and do service to the motherland. Yes we can! Smile the beloved country, smile at the storm!


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Well Christmas is just over 3 weeks away!
This really is my favorite time of the year. I LOVE planning and finding gifts, especially for my kids.
One of my favorite things is finding something educational, fun, and can be used in different ways.
So today, I am happy to share this review with you, this game fits in all of those categories, and I'll explain why.
The game contains 4 playing boards, 36 animal cards, and an electronic button.
The boards and animal cards are all made of a pretty thick, sturdy cardboard making me think they will stand up to some play :)
On one side of the playing boards we have the pictures of the animals with the names below them,
and on the other side it only has the animal names listed.
Here are the animal cards and button I mentioned before.
The typical way to play is to pick out a board and press the button. It will make an animal sound, and you grab an animal card to cover that square. Once you get three in a row, you win.
My only negative comment with this game is regarding the animal sounds. I have to admit it actually took us a few tries to decipher between the zebra and hyena, and still every once in a while I get them mixed up. It's a little confusing.
I do like that my toddler listens intently and can recognize the animal noises, he gets really excited and thinks it's funny when it makes an animal sound we've already covered up.
Like I mentioned before, I like games that can be played different ways.
With this game you can play matching the animal pictures, matching pictures to words, or matching words to words.
That was really good for his letter recognition.
We also flipped the animals over and played a game of memory.
I love watching my little guy play and learn and this is one we'll be using for a while!
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* The front card panel was stamped Mum's the Word using Summer Sunrise
and Canyon Clay (flowers) and Simply Chartreuse (stems and leaves).
* Several flowers were die cut, stamped and popped up with 3D foam dots.
I outlined the flowers with a copic marker (BG10) and then added glitter
to the center of the flowers with a yellow gel pen.
* The front panel was matted with Canyon Clay card stock.
* The sentiment was stamped with Autumn TerraCotta (Close To My Heart)
onto a Double-ended Banner Die cut. A button accents the sentiment strip.
I didn't have a square envelope for this card so I made one with
white computer paper. The front and back flap were stamped with
more of flowers, stems & leaves to co-ordinate with the birthday card.
The inside of the card was also stamped with a flower and a combination
of sentiments (Big Birthday Wishes Sentiment and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday).
Card Details (PTI, unless noted)
Stamps - Mum's the Word, Big Birthday Wishes, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
Inks - Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Simply Chartreuse; CTMH: Autumn TerraCotta
Paper - Stamper's Select White, Canyon Clay
Dies - Mum's the Word, Double-ended Banner Die; Spellbinder's Large Classic Squares
Other - Herringbone Impression Plate; Sakura Yellow Glitter Gel Pen; copic marker;
button/embroidery floss (from my stash)
Thanks for visiting today.
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There are a few times when a little one-off delay in providing UI interaction or animation provides some polish to your UX in an iOS application. There are two ways that one can go about doing this:
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self selector:@selector(turnOffSpinner:) userInfo:nil repeats:NO]; // or [self performSelector:@selector(turnOffSpinner:) withObject:nil afterDelay:1.0];
They work in the same way, and since there is no repeat (no nth time to consider, etc.) I don't know if there is really a difference here besides preference or code appearance. I can't invalidate the performSelector of course.
I am curious if anyone has an opinion on this type of use case or not.
Personally I like the performSelector path for this type of thing – it's cleaner in appearance and communicates the idea a bit better. To me at least.


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Ethiopia in the Crosshairs
The Trumpet does more than simply analyze blockbuster headlines. We also write them—often months, years, decades even, in advance.
Here is a blockbuster headline soon to come out of Ethiopia: Islamists gain control of Ethiopia, Eritrea.
It's easy to glance at Ethiopia, a pro-Western, comparatively stable, predominantly Christian country that rarely makes prime-time news, and think that's absurd. But if you look closely, and consider the broader perspective, Ethiopia's future is grim, very grim. In fact, Ethiopia is in jeopardy right now.
Surrounded by Islam
First, consider Islam's control over the region. Start in Morocco, the western gateway into the Mediterranean, where in November the Islamist Justice and Development Party, which represents the Muslim Brotherhood, came out on top in parliamentary elections and now leads the nation's coalition government. Islam's victory in Morocco occurred less than a month after the Ennahda Party, another outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood, dominated national elections down the road in Tunisia. Next door in Libya, where Col. Muammar Qadhafi was recently ousted and killed, Islamist parties, some of which are associated with radical terrorists, are gaining the upper hand.
Head a little farther east and we come to Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood and hardline Islamist political parties trounced their competitors in parliamentary elections last November and December. In the first two rounds of voting, Egypt's Islamist parties garnered nearly 70 percent of the vote! It's now abundantly clear, lamented Caroline Glick last December, that "Egypt is on the fast track to becoming a totalitarian Islamic state" (emphasis added throughout).
Travel north from Cairo and we hit Gaza, the stronghold of Iranian proxy Hamas. Farther north still are Lebanon and Syria, where there are an assortment of Islamic terrorist organizations, one of which recently lobbed two missiles into Israel. Syria is led (still) by Bashar Assad, a stalwart ally of Iran, and is a key staging ground for radical Islam's war on Israel. North of Syria is Turkey, a nation that has in recent years slid toward the radical Islamist camp.
Skip east of Turkey and you find Pakistan and Afghanistan, two bastions of radical Islamic terrorism. Retrace your steps west and there's Iran: the command center of global Islamic terrorism, a nation on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons, led by mullahs determined to create a nuclear apocalypse. Across the border in Iraq, Iranian proxies are right now filling the power vacuum created by the departure of U.S. forces.
Farther south, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are all alarmed by the rise of Iran-sponsored Islamic terrorism. Head south from Riyadh and we come to Yemen: a chaotic, headless state where Islah, the Islamist political party created by the Muslim Brotherhood, will likely get the victory when Yemenis finally get around to voting. From Yemen we hop the Gulf of Aden to get to Somalia, where Islamist pirates routinely hijack vessels in the Indian Ocean and the fragile Transitional Federal Government (tfg) routinely wards off attacks by al-Shabaab and its terrorist partners.
Finally, we come to Ethiopia, a nation standing in the path of this barreling, Iran-steered, radical Islamist freight train! Is it any surprise that the Ethiopian government recently discovered a plot by Wahhabi Muslims to turn the country into an Islamic country governed by sharia law?
And Next Door, in Eritrea
Meanwhile, radical Islamist forces have gotten a foothold in Eritrea, Ethiopia's regional adversary and a nation strategically situated at the gateway of the Red Sea.
In 2006, the United Nations accused Iran, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Hezbollah of providing arms, training and financing to Islamic militants in Somalia via Eritrea. In December 2008, reports emerged that Iranian naval vessels had visited the Eritrean port of Assab and deposited an undisclosed number of Iranian troops and weapons there, including long-range and ballistic missiles. A few months later, an official in Somalia's tfg government accused Iran of arming al-Shabaab via Eritrean middlemen.
Most recently, Kenyan media reported in November that a shipment of arms, the third of its kind, had been delivered via Eritrea to al-Shabaab in Somalia. Eritrea's support of al-Shabaab, and of Islamic terrorism in general, is so serious that the UN Security Council last November imposed sanctions on the country. The sanctions, stated U.S. ambassador to the UN Susan Rice, will send the message to Eritrea "that it will pay an ever higher price" for its support of Iran and radical Islamist groups.
In fact, sanctions are more likely to drive Eritrea more firmly into the Iranian camp.
Still More Pressures
In addition to the radical Islamist problem festering inside its borders and the growing threat from Eritrea, Ethiopia is under increasing threat from the radical Islamist presence in Somalia. Mogadishu's Transitional Federal Government is frail and politically immature, two issues made worse by the fact that it is under near-constant attack from al-Shabaab and its regional supporters, including Iran. Ethiopia's border with Somalia is nearly 1,000 miles long, and the risk of the Islamist war spilling over into Ethiopia is real, which is why Ethiopia supports the tfg. By doing so, however, Ethiopia risks becoming a target of al-Shabaab and its radical Islamist partners.
That's not all Ethiopia has to worry about. Last August, Iran's foreign minister visited Somalia and met with President Sharif Ahmed and other leaders in the tfg. The official purpose of the visit was to discuss Iran providing humanitarian aid. According to Stratfor, relations between Ethiopia's leaders and Ahmed are strained. It's possible, explained Stratfor, that the meeting between the Iranian foreign minister and the president of Somalia "could have been used to explore other sources of political backing" (Aug. 26, 2011).
No doubt, the visit to Somalia by the foreign minister of the number one state sponsor of Islamic terrorism gave more than a few Ethiopian officials nightmares!
No matter what angle you view it from, the picture is the same: Ethiopia is under extreme pressure to come under the influence of radical Islam!
When you look at a map, it is not difficult to see why Iran wants to ramp up its presence in this region. It wants control of the southern entrance to the Red Sea! To get this, the regime in Tehran needs sympathetic Islamic governments in Eritrea, Djibouti and Ethiopia. This is what makes the Islamist encroachment on Ethiopia so significant!
Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, and via its Islamic allies in Egypt is fast gaining decisive influence over the Suez Canal. When it eventually gains influence over Ethiopia and Eritrea, Iran will control the Red Sea.
When that happens, Iran will have the power to lock down virtually the entire Middle East!
Ethiopia in Prophecy
Last year, as the West was merrily endorsing the "democratic" revolutions sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry warned that something more sinister was afoot in the Arab Spring. In the end, he warned, Iran and radical Islam will emerge the victors.
In the April 2011 issue of the Trumpet, Mr. Flurry prophesied specifically that Libya and Ethiopia would be the victims of radical Islam. "Why would Iran be so interested in getting some measure of control over Libya and Ethiopia? To me, the answer is intriguing. All you need to do is get a good map of the Middle East, with the emphasis on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Then you can see why the king of the south, or radical Islam, is so interested in an alliance with or control over these two countries (as well as Egypt and Tunisia). They are on the two seas that comprise the most important trade route in the world!"
When Mr. Flurry delivered that forecast, there was very little physical evidence to suggest Ethiopia could ever be threatened by Islam. What did he base his analysis on? In his April 2011 article, Mr. Flurry explained the prophecy in Daniel 11:40-43, which foretells an end-time clash between a German-led Holy Roman Empire and an Iranian-led Islamic coalition called the king of the south.
In verse 43, Daniel lists the "Libyans and the Ethiopians" as part of the king of the south alliance. "This verse states that Libya and Ethiopia are also going to be closely allied with Iran!" stated Mr. Flurry. Then, with confidence invoked by the "more sure word of prophecy," Mr. Flurry stated even more emphatically: "Watch Libya and Ethiopia. They are about to fall under the heavy influence or control of Iran, the king of the south."
It's amazing, though not surprising, that since Mr. Flurry penned that article, radical Islam's grip on North Africa and the Middle East has tightened immensely. From Morocco to Yemen, Istanbul to Cairo, Iran and radical Islam have grown, albeit to varying degrees, in power and influence.
Believe the facts, and believe biblical prophecy. It won't be long now till you read this headline: Islamists gain control of Ethiopia, Eritrea. Not on the front page of the Trumpet, but on the front page of the New York Times.
And when you do, remember where you saw it first!


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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
What I've been up to and Prima Flower winners!
Well the holiday season is fast approaching and things just seem to kick up a notch into the crazy realm around here. The annual Christmas craft fair is looming close which means I have to dig out my jewelry supplies and get busy making! Also, for the craft fair, our church has a table in the non-profit section of the fair. We are a fairly new church to the area and just want to get involved with different community activities, so we are giving away free handmade cd christmas ornaments at the fair.. Here is a sample of some of the ones we have done:
This is the lot that our teen group made last Friday night and they had a blast! Our goal is to have 600 made by the end of the month and I believe we have about 400 so far :)
And...... the WINNERS of the Prima flower giveaways are:
Prize box #1 - Mynnette
Prize box #2 - Annette
Ladies if you could e-mail me your full mailing addresses to firstname.lastname@example.com, I will get your goodies out in the mail on Monday!
Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
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aww this is so awesome...thank you thank you thank you...I just emailed you... also congrats to Mynnette..ReplyDelete
I got so excited about the win... I forgot to comment about how awesome that is that your Church is getting out into the community and sharing... What a blessing...ReplyDelete
BEAUTIFUL tags!! LOVE that your church is getting involved in the community! What a blessing:)ReplyDelete
Fabulous that everyone's getting involved in this :) Best way to show people what your church is about!ReplyDelete
Congrats to Annette & Mynnette!
Wow--you have been so busy! All of those tags are super fabulous! Thanks so much for the beautiful flowers! :) Just emailed you!!! :) Good luck at the craft fair!ReplyDelete
Look at all those fun tags! Cute!ReplyDelete
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Castle Casts Tahmoh Penikett in Season 4 – TVLine
Another actor from the Whedonverse is joining Castle this season (and possibly next!) – Tahmoh Penikett! He's probably best known for playing Helo on the epic space drama Battlestar Galatica, but he also had a major role in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse as FBI agent Paul Ballard.
On Castle, he'll be playing Cole Maddox, who's "cold, calculated and has a military background," in the season finale May 7th.
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Good choice. I remember him on Smallville.


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Although London might not have the best reputation for food, I can promise you that things are changing. There are a lot of great neighborhoods in London, but after having spent the past year exploring Marylebone High Street, I can tell you that this is where the foodies are hanging out. From great restaurants, speciality food shops, cooking schools and a Sunday farmers' market, Marylebone has it going on.
Speciality Shops:
•Chocolate- Rococo Chocolates is an adorable little shop with some of most delicious handmade chocolates in London.
•Fishmonger- The fishmonger Fish Works also has a restaurant and cookery school.
•Cheese- With a great cafe, shop and hundreds of types of cheese, La Fromagerie is definitely worth a stop!
•Butcher- The Ginger Pig sells some of the highest quality meat around, and if you're interested, they have butchery classes as well.
•Tapas- The Providores is hands down one of the best restaurants around!
•Fish + Chips- The Golden Hind is an institution in and of itself. Started in 1914, this restaurant has some of the best fish n'chips in the area.
•Steak- Le Relais de Venise doesn't take reservations and doesn't even have a menu. You simply tell your waiter how you'd like your steak cooked and you are presented with a delicious steak and frites.
•Organic/Artisan Cafe- The Natural Kitchen offers fresh seasonal food to eat in their restaurant or to take-away.
•Italian Cafe- Cocorino is a delicious hole in the wall Italian cafe + gelatoria.
•Coco Momo Cafe Bar is a charming little corner place to stop and have a glass of wine or cocktail.
•Marylebone Tup, a cute place to grab a drink.
•Purl is a personal favorite. This underground speak-easy requires reservations and has some of the most interesting cocktails around.
Cooking Schools:
•Le Cordon Bleu, one of the most reputable culinary institutions in the world, offers 3-9 month long courses.
•Divertimenti has daily and evening classes along with a great kitchenware shop.
• La Cucina Caldesi is a charming little Italian cooking school.
Farmers' Market
•Marylebone hosts a Farmers' Market every Sunday from 10am-2pm at the Crammer Street Car Park. With over 40 stalls of locally grown produce, your tummy will be singing its praises all week.
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BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say three Michigan duck hunters ended up wounded following a mishap involving another hunter.
MLive.com reports the men were among a group of four hunting Saturday in Lapeer County's Burnside Township about 55 miles north of Detroit. The sheriff's department says the three were leaving when the fourth hunter took a shot at a duck, hitting the three men with birdshot.
Authorities say the men ages 42, 59 and 65 were treated at a hospital and released.
No charges are expected. The sheriff's department says the men who were shot were wearing camouflage and the 43-year-old shooter didn't see them.


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When you read this, you will understand why I am writing in the first person. I would like to make it perfectly clear; this is my voice and not the opinion of Dolphinshout. The reason is the touchiness of this subject always draws out the worst in people, but that is not my intention. I believe I would not be doing my job for the readers if I ignored the subject, because it is reality and we deal with it everyday.
The phrase, "Black Quarterback," has been finding its way onto the blogs and it is something I believe should be discussed rationally and realistically. The facts are there for everyone to see, but the moment they are brought up, it is an immediate indictment the writer is prejudiced. I am not racist in the least, so please take that out of the conversation before it starts and let's delve behind the closed doors and the closed minds of a society that thinks one thing, but says another.
The fact is, Doug Williams broke the black-QB-winning-the-Super-Bowl barrier in 1988. No other black QB has been able to duplicate the feat, and 24 years later, it doesn't look like it will happen again soon. To me it is very strange, because the opportunity has been provided and no one has succeeded. There have been many black QBs to follow in Williams' footsteps, McNair, McNabb, Vick, Young, the list goes on and on and for some reason, it does not happen.
It reminds me of the old movie, White Men Can't Jump, which uses this humorous catch-phase to say, blacks are better athletes than whites. In our society, it's okay to stereotype whites as unathletic, but very politically incorrect to say whites make better QBs. Is 24 years enough to make a conclusion that perhaps this is true? Will there ever be a day when our society can look at certain races and say, one is better suited for a certain function? Can that ever be acceptable? Probably not…
It doesn't really matter, of course, because people think this way whether they are willing to put themselves out on a limb and actually say it. Behind closed doors, even if the closed door is Jeff Ireland's mind, the thought has to be running through it; will RG3 be the guy who breaks the trend? The barrier was broken a long time ago, but the lack of success has to be reckoned with or Ireland is not doing his job.
Ireland will never, ever, make light of these thoughts. After asking Dez Bryant if his mother was a hooker, I can just imagine the fallout if Ireland were to say, "I didn't want to take a chance on RG3 because he is black." The truth is, Ireland is wondering just that, he could say I'm putting thoughts in his mind, or words in his mouth and that's fine. From the grandstand where I'm writing, I can say these things, he cannot.
Whether we accept it or not, every one of us knows there are differences between people, is it upbringing, education, anatomy, we may never know, but it is probably about time we admit it to ourselves. We are different, and some things one race does better and some things another race does better. I guess I am somewhat naïve to believe the world will be a better place when we can look each other in the eye and say, white boys can't jump, but they make good QBs.
The question then becomes, is this a compelling reason to hesitate about giving up 2 maybe 3, 1st round picks for a player that has so much history going against him? Should it be taken into consideration? If I'm Jeff Ireland, I have to say yes, which means the conviction on RG3 has to be through the roof because selling out for him means putting everything on the line, including history. It's a hell-of-a burden for Robert Griffin III to carry into the NFL.
That burden is not so high if the Rams were to take him because it would be their draft pick. He would land in his slot, without some team paying a king's ransom. The Rams have already placed him on the trading block, which means some team is going to pay that ransom and by doing so, they give up their future for the next 2, perhaps 3 years.
I feel sorry for Griffin; the league has become so QB centric that he is walking on a minefield. Whichever team takes him has no choice but to play him, probably from day one and it begs to reason whether the situation he finds himself in, is a recipe for failure. The enormous price is not fair to this kid, the NFL and the Rams for their own good, without regard to his welfare, are using him.
The rookie salary cap does not consider this inequitable situation. If a team trades 3 first rounders for RG3, shouldn't he earn the salary of 3 first round paychecks? If he is to carry this entire burden, shouldn't he at least be paid for it? No, Griffin will earn the salary where he is slotted, but his team will feel the price of acquiring him for next 3 years.
For these reasons, I believe I would take the coward's way out and stay away from RG3. The sad thing is, it has nothing to do with his talent. It has everything to do with the unfortunate place he finds himself. April 26th should be the greatest night of his life and yet he will be walking with trepidation up to that podium, knowing he will be looked upon as the savior of some franchise that has just traded their future for him.
What's worse is, he is carrying the burden of his race on top of all that. It shouldn't be, but his folks will be looking at him to break the trend and stop the foolish talk I outlined above. I find it ironic that so many people look at Tim Tebow as some kind of savior when the real savior will be selected with the 2nd pick of this draft.
Does Ireland have the conviction for the scrutiny that will follow a move bold enough to land RG3? Do the Dolphins have the wherewithal to overcome the vitriol that will follow should RG3 fail and the franchise be decimated for the foreseeable future? No…
The Dolphins will go the free agent route. There are simply too many things that stand in the way of RG3 landing in Miami. I like the kid and I think he has the strength to overcome what is ahead of him, but it will play out in another city, for another team. Jeff Ireland will never place himself in the precarious position of trading away his own future. History makes RG3's chances of success an incredible exception to a very politically incorrect reality.


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windows 8 taste, well this post is actually my friend's opinion and experience about the newest edition of windows available, windows 8 developer preview. microsoft gives us a chance to experience these features :
1. windows 8 start screen
This is the default start screen replacing the classic desktop. you can still click the classic desktop to switch to the classic layout
2. windows 8 socialite
Socialite is also the name for multiple social network client software in Mac, Microsoft also use this name for its built in facebook client.
3. Windows 8 Search of Apps
This is Windows 8 "search of app". All applications sorted alphabetically but, good look, but rather confusing for my friend.
4. Windows 8 windows Explorer
this is windows 8 windows explorer, not much different with the previous version we can find in windows 7, but microsoft has added new look in its main menu.
5. Windows 8 task manager
windows 8 task manager has different look. same function with new way to display information, so that it is easier for us to monitor our cpu activities.
6. Windows 8 Control Panel
yup it is really different with windows 7 control panel, it offers us better display, but i personally, like windows xp control panel than any other version of windows till now.
7. Windows 8 Twitter Account
Windows 8 has Twitter client application or Twitter Account, This is nice.
8. Windows 8 Paint Play
Windows 8 Paint Play, this is microsoft paint in touch screen version, designed for touch screen device.
9. Windows 8 Powershell
Windows 8 Powershell is another version of windows command line interface CMD, but as microsoft says, it comes with powerful support to shell command or shell scripting in windows.
10. Windows 8 Internet Explorer
Windows 8 Internet Explorer comes with nice layout. internet menu is very simplified, but give us fullscreen display, where we can see only the web page we access. FYI if you don't notice, the address bar and few menus is located in the bottom of the picture / application.
Thats it, some pictures and newest taste of windows 8, enjoy :).
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Win 24 HOT Paranormal Titles for Halloween!!!
It's crazy-easy to enter, all you need to do is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter, fill out the form, and wait to hear if you're the BIG WINNER!
And just check out all the cool books you can win:
The Body Finder and swag by Kimberly Derting (I mentioned this is a great Halloween read, right?)
Nightspell by Leah Cypess
Ascension by Sable Grace
Afterlife and Fathom (e-book) by Merrie Destefano
A Blood Seduction by Pamela Palmer
Wrong Side of Hell and To Hell And Back (both e-books) by Juliana Stone
The Heir of Night, US edition by Helen Lowe
Dream of Asarlai trilogy (Secret Ones, Power Unbound, Rogue Gadda) in e-book by Nicole Murphy
Night Forbidden by Joss Ware
Angel's Ink by Jocelynn Drake
A Devil Named Desire by Terri Garey
Tatsania's Gift (e-book) by Kim Falconer
Darkness Becomes Her by Jaime Rush
Last Vamp Standing by Kristin Miller
Diamond Eyes by AA Bell
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Diaries of an Urban Panther by Amanda Arista
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Good luck, you guys!!!
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Birchwood Recreation & Shooting Park is a non-profit corporation run by a board of directors that is elected by the membership. The park is located 2.5 miles from the Glenn Highway on the North Birchwood exit, adjacent to the Birchwood Airport.
Established in 1964 on 72 acres, the park is Alaska's largest private shooting facility. Currently, the club includes eight rifle and pistol ranges. Our shortest range will allow shooting as close as 7 yards. The longest range will allow you to shoot out to 300 meters. Currently two ranges have heat and lighting for night shooting. The shotgun range has 5 trap, 4 skeet, 3 Five-Stand and a 100-target sporting clay walk -through course. Twelve of these fields are lighted for night shooting. All ranges are available for EPM members from 7am to 10pm, and public shooting during business hours or can be reserved for club use by scheduling in advance with the Range Officer.
The park offers RV parking for up to 24 campers on a first come first served basis. The RV park has water and electric hookups.
Due to insurance requirements, all shooters must be members. As a requirement for membership, each person will be provided with BRSP Safety & Range Rules. Prior to shooting, each member must acknowledge that they have read and understand the posted rules.
Our goal is to be the best shooting club in Alaska. BRSP promotes firearm education and safety in a family oriented environment. BRSP provides membership with quality facilities for the enjoyment of a variety of shooting sports.


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I had to make 6 half nine patch blocks because I didn't have enough of the light fabric to cut enough 5 inch squares. I thought I would have to get more fabric but from each 5" strip there was a leftover piece that was big enough to cut a 2 1/2 inch rectangle.
These are blocks that that I have cut from the ninepatches. I am not sure yet how I will lay them out. I have worked out a layout in EQ but I will make my decision when they are up on the wall.


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Understanding About Online Sports Betting SystemSaturday, March 20, 2010
Sport betting is one of other type of casino. The reason why gamblers like to choose sport betting is because they can enjoy the game as well as hoping that they can win the bet. Sport betting becomes a famous casino game since it reaches in internet.
The popular name of this casino game is online sports betting.Although not all sports can be taken to sport betting but there are several popular sports that they can bet. For example the gamblers can take basketball, football, and horse betting. Because it reaches their popularity more gamblers want get more information about it including the basic rules for starting this kind of betting.
Fortunately, internet serves them with sufficient information about online sports betting. One website that they can choose is SportsBettingSpot.com.Of course, there are several conditions that make online sports gambling different compared to land based sports betting. For that reason, the gamblers need to understand the basic rules carefully so they can bet safely.
The complete information is available there. One thing that they need to consider is about the betting system. Each sport has different rule and online sport betting game follows its rules to make their own rule. This is the consideration because most of the gamblers are confuse and unsuccessfully winning the betting.
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How to take great group photos
I was searching some material about group photography when I found this article on the digital photography school webiste. It quickly shows how great group photos can be made.
I was searching some material about group photography when I found this article on the digital photography school webiste. It quickly shows how great group photos can be made.
I started to convert some of my old 35mm negatives into digital images. Just as a test I stuck a negative on the window and made a picture of it using my 5D. Then the trouble started, Lightroom does not have a "invert colours" option. Lucky for me I found a website with a handy preset which does the trick. Keep in mind that all your sliders invert as well. This means that if you want to make your picture brighter you should lower the aperture slider.
Gawno.com has a really interesting article on their website. It is called "78 photography rules for complete idiots" which visually shows a lot of do's and dont's in the world of photography. Really interesting for starters, mind refreshing for the novice.
If you are new into wedding photography this could be something for you. Canon uploaded a master class about wedding photography to their website. It gives you insight in the world of wedding photographer Jeff Ascough who takes wedding pictures since 1994.
Macperformanceguide.com posted a really interesting article about how to optimize your Adobe Lightroom performance. It turns out for example that when exporting 100 images, you can better export 50 images twice since Adobe Lightroom starts to process them in parallel. More tips can be found in the original article.
It might be the case that you are going to do some more professional photography. In this case it is useful to have a contract telling you and your model what you can and can't with the photos. These contracts are so called "model release forms". Yuri Arcurs was kind enough to share some example contracts which can be found on his website.
Tilt-shifting is a special photography technique, which requires special lenses. If used a "normal" picture looks like as if it has been taken in a miniature world. Now there is an online tool, called TiltShiftMaker which can create these images artificially. You simple upload your picture, adjust the parameters and download your own tilt shifted picture 🙂
Yuri Arcurs gives us a guided tour through his photo studio. The video gives you a very good impression about the studio of a stock photographer.


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A Day at a Time
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017
Reflection for the Day
A friend in The Program told me of a favorite hymn from her childhood: "Open my eyes that I may see glimpses of truth Thou hast for me." In actuality, that is what The Program has done for me – it has opened my eyes so that I have come to see the true nature of my addiction, as well as the true nature of the joyous life that can be mine if I practice the principles embodied in The Program's Twelve Steps to recovery.
Through prayer and meditation, am I also improving my inner vision, so that I can better see God's love and power working in me and through me?
Today I Pray
May each glint of truth that I catch sight of as I work the Steps begin to take on the steadier shine of a fixed star. May I know that these stars are all that I need to chart my course and navigate safely. May I no longer feel the frantic need to put in to every unknown port along the way in search of direction. These stars are always mine to steer by.
Today I Will Remember
Find the fixed stars and fix on them.
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Exploring Colleges:
The process of selecting a college can be an overwhelming one. After all, there are over 3,000 colleges and universities in the United States alone. Narrowing that list down begins with students knowing what they are looking for and what things are important to them. They may want to consider things like geographic location, school size, programs offered, cost of tuition, entrance difficulty, religious affiliation, campus resources, and sports, clubs or activities available. Once they have determined what they need and want from a college, it will be much easier to find colleges that meet their criteria. The following resources might be helpful in this process.
- http://www.collegeincolorado.org/ This website is designed to help students plan, apply and pay for college. Among the many resources available on this website, students can use a "Matching Assistant" tool to help them locate colleges of interest to them both inside and outside the state of Colorado. It also allows students to compare colleges side by side and to take virtual campus tours. Students can find these tools on the College in Colorado website under the "Apply" tab. For further information, students can check with their counselor.
- There are several websites that provide college search tools. Students can check out any of the following:
- Individual college websites: these sites typically offer a vast amount of information often including virtual tours of their campuses. http://www.google.com/ offers a university and college database arranged alphabetically to help students locate particular institutions. Just type in "university search" in the Google search bar and then click on the link to "Google University Search."
- College Guide Books: There are many college guides that profile hundreds of schools. Local bookstores and libraries often carry a variety of these guides.
College Visits:
Each year college representatives from all over the state visit Rye High School. These visits are excellent opportunities for students to gather information and ask questions about particular programs and institutions. Students are encouraged to schedule college visits to schools that they are interested in attending.
Tips for Visiting Colleges:
There are essentially two types of college visits. The first type usually occurs early in the student's high school career and is an opportunity to get a general idea of what different types of colleges are like. Visits of this nature may help a student determine what kind of school he/she would like to attend: two-year or four-year, large or small, urban or rural.
The second type of college visit is typically an opportunity for students to visit specific colleges that they may be interested in attending. A visit of this nature will afford the student the chance to examine dorm life, talk to students, sit in on classes, visit programs or departments of interest, and look at resources (like libraries, science labs, internet access, smart classrooms, etc.). Sometimes this type of visit is used to narrow down the list of colleges a student is considering for application. In other instances, students will conduct this type of in-depth campus visit after they have applied and been admitted. Then, based on the experience, they will make their college selection. In any case, if a student is seriously considering attending the college, an overnight visit is highly recommended.
Admissions Timelines:
Once they start researching colleges, students will discover that colleges have different application deadlines. Students should pay close attention to the deadlines for each of the colleges they are interested in attending. Additionally, students may need to decide whether they want to apply under an early application process or during the college's regular admissions process. To help them determine what's best for them, the different types of admissions options are outlined below:
Regular Decision: Each individual college or university selects a date by which all application materials must be submitted. For instance, if a college selects January 15th as their regular admission deadline, then students must submit their application, application fee, transcript, test scores, letters of recommendation and any other requested material by that date in order to be considered for admission. Most regular decision deadlines fall between December and March. There is no limit to the number of schools a student can apply to under the regular admission option. This is the process selected by a majority of students.
Early Decision: Some colleges and universities will offer students the opportunity to apply to their first choice institution by an early admission deadline. This is a deadline selected by the college that falls well in advance of their regular admission deadline-typically in the month of November. By applying Early Decision, the student is making a binding commitment to attend that school if he or she is accepted. Students may apply to other institutions under their regular application procedures but may only have one Early Decision application pending at any given time. The advantage to this method is that the college will typically notify the student of their admissions decision within four weeks. If the student is accepted, he or she is expected to enroll. If they do not, it is unlikely that another school will accept the student as colleges and universities typically honor one another's binding decisions. Financial hardship is the only way that a student would be released from an Early Decision commitment.
Early Action: Unlike early decision, early action allows students to apply early to a school without having to make a commitment to attend. Students can apply to more than one school under this option and, even if they are accepted, they do not have to attend. Early action deadlines are usually in November and students are typically notified of acceptance decisions within four weeks.
Restrictive Early Action: Some schools will offer students the opportunity to apply early to their school but may place restrictions on student's applications to other school's early plans. Most commonly, a school will give the student the opportunity to apply to their school only through the early action program but will restrict them from applying to any other schools early. Students who are admitted under a Restrictive Early action plan are not obligated to accept the offer of admission and have until May 1st to inform the school of their decision.
Rolling Admissions: Some colleges and universities accept applications on an on-going basis and evaluate them as they receive them. This type of admissions process typically favors students who apply early. In November and December, colleges usually have many seats available for the next year so students with good but not great credentials will be considered. Later in the application process, colleges may be pickier as they will have fewer seats available.
College Application Process:
Senior students are encouraged to work closely with their counselor to ensure that all of their application materials are submitted on time. Students can turn in their college application materials to their counselor. The counseling office will mail applications for students. This process ensures that the institution receives all application materials in one complete package and minimizes the opportunity for individual pieces to get lost in the mail. Student submitted materials should include:
- A completed application form. Even if the student has completed and filed the application online, he/she still needs to inform his/her counselor.
- The application fee-if necessary. Many schools now offer students the opportunity to pay the application fee online. However, if a student wants or needs to mail the fee to the school, he or she can bring a check to the counseling office to be mailed with the rest of the application materials. This fee should always be in the form of a check or money order made payable to the college. Cash is not accepted.
- An essay, if required. Many schools now offer students the opportunity to submit the essay online. In any case, in may be helpful for your counselor to have a copy to keep on file.
- Letters of Recommendation, if required. Teachers are encouraged to turn in their letters of recommendation directly to the Counseling Office to be submitted with the rest of the student's school materials.
- An activity sheet, if desired. Students sometimes opt to include a copy of their activity sheet or student resume highlighting any special skills, work experience, and honors or awards.
- Any other materials requested by the college (i.e. writing sample, photo).
The Counseling Office will add the following to the student's application:
- An Official Transcript:
- Official ACT/SAT test scores, if available.
- A completed secondary school/counselor report, if requested.
- A profile of Rye High School.
NOTE: All college application materials should be completed and submitted to the Counseling Office at least two weeks prior to the college deadline! Students should pay close attention to whether the application needs to be "received by" the college on that date or "postmarked" by that date. Please be aware that the Counseling Office is closed over Winter Break. This means that counselors will not be available to process applications that are due during the break. Students with applications due during this time should turn in their application materials two weeks before the last day of school in December.
Entrance Exams:
As part of the application process, most colleges require students to take a college entrance exam designed to predict success in college. The two tests, described below, are written by separate organizations and are slightly different. Most colleges will allow you to submit scores from either exam. However, some colleges prefer or require one over the other. For more information including test dates as well as to register, go to the websites listed below.
|Multiple Choice
|Approximately 3 hours
|English (45 minutes), Math (60 minutes), Reading (35 minutes), Science (35 minutes)
|One point for each correct answer No points for incorrect or unanswered questions 1 to 36 on each of the four sections as well as an overall, composite score NOTE: Currently, the State of Colorado requires high schools to administer the ACT test to all juniors during their spring semester. The ACT is given at Arvada in late April. This state sponsored exam is accepted at most colleges and universities.
|Multiple Choice and Student-produced responses
|Approximately 3.5 hours
|Math, Reading, Writing
|One point for each correct answer No points for unanswered questions Lose one-quarter point for every incorrect answer Scaled scores range from 200 to 800 on each of the three sections and a composite score
|(Also called Subject Tests) http://www.collegeboard.com/
|Mostly Multiple Choice
|One hour for each test
|There are currently 22 subject tests
|Many highly selective colleges require two or three Subject Tests in addition to the SAT I
Practice Exams:
PSAT: The PSAT is not a college entrance exam; however, it is a good predictor of how well a student will do on the SAT. It is also the qualifying exam for National Merit Scholarships. The PSAT, which is typically given at Rye High in October, is open to juniors. Students can register for the exam in the Counseling Office. The exam fee changes from year to year but is approximately $15.00. For more information on the PSAT and the National Merit Scholarship, check the College Board's website at http://www.collegeboard.com/.
PLAN: The PLAN is not a college entrance exam; however, it is a good predictor of how well a student will do on the ACT. It is also a valuable resource for career planning because of the extensive interest inventory included. The PLAN test is open to sophomore students only. It is typically given in November. Students can register in the Counseling Office. For more information on the PLAN test, check ACT's website at http://www.act.org/ .
Free Online Test Prep:
- College in Colorado: http://www.collegeincolorado.org/ (Click on the "Plan" tab)
- http://www.act.org/
- http://www.collegeboard.com/
- http://www.number2.com/
Financial Aid/Scholarships:
There are many types of financial assistance available for furthering an education beyond high school. In general, money available for college may be divided between public and private aid. Public, or federal aid, is supported by the United States Government and is, by far, the most common type of funding for school. This aid can take the form of loans subsidized by the government to ensure low interest rates and grants that do not have to be paid back at all. All federal aid is "need-based" or available to those families that have a demonstrated need for financial assistance to pay for tuition, books, fees and other costs associated with getting an education. In general, we encourage all students planning on attending a two- or four-year school to apply for federal aid rather than assume that they will not be eligible.
The application for federal aid is called the FAFSA, (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). The best time to file the FAFSA is in January of the senior year. Students are encouraged to complete the FAFSA online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ ; however, students can request a paper FAFSA by calling the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) or by visiting http://www.edpubs.org/. (Note: the online version of the FAFSA is processed much more quickly than submitting a hard copy through the mail. Typically, online forms are processed in four to six days as compared to four to six weeks through the mail.) Much of the information needed to complete the FAFSA is based on the federal tax return and many people find it useful to fill out both forms together. In either case, full knowledge of the previous year's income is required to complete the FAFSA. Most of your questions regarding federal aid may be answered by reading the Funding Your Education publication available in the counseling office or by visiting http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/
Private aid is available from many sources; however, most private aid is "merit-based." In other words, it is available to students whose performance in high school or extracurricular activities has made them eligible to receive private funds for college. In addition to public aid (like loans, grants, and work study), individual colleges will offer private, merit-based aid in the form of scholarships with specific criteria. Sometimes students who complete and submit the college application are automatically considered for all of that particular college's available scholarships. In other instances, students will need to fill out a separate scholarship application to be considered.
In addition to colleges, private aid is also available from various organizations and businesses. Many national companies like Coca-Cola and Kohl's offer substantial college scholarships; however, these are highly competitive as many students typically apply each year. Local groups also offer college scholarships. Although the dollar amount of the scholarship may be less than that offered by national corporations, they are usually not as competitive as fewer students apply.
Scholarships Search Resources:
- Rye's counseling department has worked hard to develop a scholarship database. Scholarship opportunities are listed in the counseling office and available on the RHS website. Applications for these awards are available in the counseling office.
- The College in Colorado website, http://www.collegeincolorado.org/ is a valuable tool for students looking for financial assistance. Not only does the site provide information about various forms of financial assistance but it also provides links to other helpful sites.
- There are many Internet sites that may assist students in their quest for private scholarships. These include
- http://www.fastweb.com/
- http://www.scholarships.com/
- http://www.college-scholarships.com
- http://www.edutrek.com
- as well as many others.
College Opportunity Fund:
Created by the Colorado Legislature, the College Opportunity Fund provides a stipend to eligible undergraduate students who attend college in the state of Colorado. Students can find more information and apply for the fund by clicking on the "College Opportunity Fund" tab in the upper right corner of the http://www.collegeincolorado.org/ website.
Scholarship Opportunities for Underclassmen:
Occasionally scholarship opportunities arise for freshman, sophomores and juniors. Typically these are in the form of a contest such as an essay contest or oratorical competition. Students interested in these opportunities can find information and applications in the Counseling Office.
Scholarship Scams:
Please beware that there are also many scams that prey on parent and student fears regarding educational funding. There are many companies that charge hundreds of dollars for services that are widely available for free. In general, a good rule of thumb in looking for private aid is DO NOT PAY MONEY TO GET MONEY. It is estimated that students and parents waste millions and millions of dollars unnecessarily in their pursuit of financial assistance for college. If you have a question, ask your counselor.
College Planning Timeline:
- Read as much as possible. Studies show reading is one of the best ways to improve college entrance test scores and help students be more successful in their classes.
- Take academic studies seriously from day one of ninth grade.
- Take the EXPLORE test.
- Look for opportunities to get involved in school and community activities.
- Take time to evaluate career interest areas.
- Develop a four year academic plan.
- Establish a high school portfolio.
- Find productive summer activities.
- Remember–what is gained from high school will be directly proportionate to what is given to it.
- Maintain academic progress; as things get more difficult, increase your effort.
- Take the PLAN test (practice ACT) when it is offered first semester.
- Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses.
- Examine your interests and aptitude.
- Explore career opportunities in more depth through classes, College in Colorado, and/or independent research.
- Start to explore postgraduate options by attending college fairs, college presentations, and through informal campus visits.
- Review and update your academic plan and high school portfolio.
- Take advantage of leadership opportunities whenever possible.
- Explore meaningful summer activities.
- In order to prepare for admission to college, take the most demanding academic schedule you can handle successfully.
- Continue to be involved in worthwhile school/community activities and leadership programs.
- Start to sort through and narrow college options using College in Colorado, the Internet, and college guide books.
- Attend College Fairs and College Nights, get on mailing lists, and visit with College Representatives.
- Take the PSAT. This is strongly encouraged for all college-bound juniors and necessary for anyone wishing National Merit recognition.
- Schedule an individual conference with your counselor to:
- Discuss post-graduation plans and begin the formal college planning process.
- Review your strengths. Be sure to include grades, activities, test information, etc.
- Plan for college admission tests and register for the ones appropriate to your needs (ACT, SAT, SAT II).
- Start developing a list of colleges that appeal to you.
- Review application deadlines and procedures.
- Select appropriate classes for the senior year keeping in mind goals you have set. Continue to challenge yourself as much as possible.
- Plan visits to college campuses over Spring Break.
- Take AP exams if enrolled in AP classes.
- Complete and return the NCAA Clearinghouse form if you plan to participate in a Division I or II sport in college.
- Consider summer activities and how they relate to current interests; academic summer programs may prove valuable.
- Attend college summer academic programs, if interested.
- Visit college campuses.
- Narrow your college list to 3 to 10 colleges that meet your criteria and peak your interest.
- Contact all of these schools and notify them of your interest. Obtain admission and financial aid information and applications.
- Work, travel, volunteer, or participate in other educational experiences.
- Continue solid academic courses and performance.
- Meet with your counselor to:
- Verify graduation credits and college entrance requirements.
- Review college choices and the application process.
- Finalize teacher and counselor recommendations.
- Review scholarship and financial aid information.
- Consider re-testing (SAT, ACT, SAT II).
- Meet with college representatives who visit your high school.
- Attend College Fairs and College Nights.
- Check on Academy and ROTC deadlines, if appropriate
- Check admission applications and deadlines for the colleges you have chosen to apply to. Complete those with a November, December, or January deadline.
- Complete and return the Profile Form if your college choices require it.
- Complete college applications with February or Rolling Admission deadlines
- Attend a Financial Aid Workshop at a local college if possible.
- Complete the FAFSA and any additional institutional financial aid forms required and explore other financial aid opportunities further.
- Submit additional credentials (new test scores, first semester grades, etc.) to colleges if requested.
- Research and apply for scholarships through various resources including the college itself, College in Colorado, fastweb.com, etc.
- Make final campus visits if needed.
- Notify colleges of your decision to attend or not to attend.
- Send confirmation and housing deposits.
- Request that your final transcript and verification of graduation be sent to the college you plan to attend.
- Take AP exams if enrolled in AP classes.
Higher Education Admission Requirements: (HEAR) Pre-collegiate curriculum
In 2003, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education adopted the Higher Education Admission Requirements which are entry requirements for students planning to attend any of Colorado's public four-year colleges or universities. The requirements go into effect in two phases: Phase 1 for students graduating in 2008 and 2009, and Phase 2 for students graduating in 2010 and beyond. Private colleges and universities set their own admission standards, so students should contact those institutions directly for information regarding their enrollment policies. Additionally, public two-year colleges have open enrollment policies, meaning that students applying to these schools do not need to meet the following admissions requirements.
Students planning to attend a four-year college or university in Colorado will need to complete the following classes in order to fulfill the Higher Education Admission Requirements. Meeting the Higher Education Admissions Requirements does not guarantee admission to a four-year public institution. Colleges and universities may have additional requirements.
|Academic Area
|2010+ Graduates
|4 years
|Mathematics (Must include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II or equivalents)
|4 years
|Natural/Physical Sciences (two units must be lab-based)
|3 years
|Social Sciences (at least one unit of U.S. or world history)
|3 years
|Foreign Language
|1 year
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Collector Cars • Antique Gas Pump • JD Doctor's Buggy
502 Main St., Concordia, MO 64020
Bidding Ends Tuesday, April 2nd at 12:30PM
This Auction Features Staggered Ending Times & Extended Bidding On All Lots.
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Note: Attention car collectors! Are you looking for a new project? The 1940 Packard 120 18th Series convertible sedan and the 1949 Plymouth Super Deluxe Woody Wagon, as well as the Ford and Edsels, would make great restoration projects. Besides the collector's cars, this auction includes a Sinclair Refining Co. gas pump, a 1912 John Deere Buggy, car parts and accessories, advertising signs, antique service and shop manuals, and lots more! For a private or separate viewing of the items in this auction, please contact our office.
Preview: Monday, April 1st from 12:00PM to 3:00PM
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In an Orlando Summer League loaded with big men of various ranges and talents, no player has more to prove over the next few games than former University of Connecticut forward Jeff Adrien. Competing against countless other former college standouts for the attention of any coach and general manager making their way to Orlando's RDV Sportsplex, Adrien has potentially been presented with his last opportunity to show the League he's worthy. Even after a successful season overseas, the knocks against Adrien throughout his career in Storrs, Conn., will once again become talking points as Adrien hits the hardwood in Orlando.
As a player fighting for a roster spot, Adrien's debut against Indiana was undoubtedly a step in the right direction. His 13-point, 10-rebound performance for Orlando, the only double-double in the game, was highlighted by 15 trips to the line and an exhibition of pure strength on the blocks. The 24-year-old, who averaged 12.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in his lone season with Leche Rio Breogan of the Spanish League, has always played much bigger than his 6-7 size would indicate. As a senior captain in 2008-2009, Adrien finished his career as one of the most prolific big men in UConn history by becoming the second player ever (Emeka Okafor was the first) to finish with 1,600 points and 1,100 rebounds.
The biggest challenge for Adrien may be proving his worth over players on his own summer team roster. He doesn't have the range of Paul Davis, the athleticism of Stanley Robinson or the size of Daniel Orton, and his lack of shooting ability and 6-7 frame have constantly managed to keep him out of the picture as a player on the NBA fringe. But even so, it may have been Adrien who turned the most heads (okay, other than Lance Stephenson) with his strong performance on the first day of Orlando Summer League action.
Over the next four days or so, Adrien has a lot to prove. Even after leading his Vegas Summer League team in rebounding last summer, Adrien was forced to ship overseas to Spain. If his past is any indication, however, Adrien will be fighting until the very last whistle to prove himself worthy of an NBA contract.
What do you think? Should Adrien get a shot?
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Flickr photo by LaBellaVidaSummer is just around the corner, which means it's prime time for those summer flings for all you single ladies out there.
- In case you don't have a summer fling lined up yet (it's still early), check out these hot spots to meet men.
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1. Sawyer-- growing so much, reading, being a great friend to Ridge and a great help around the house. He is getting too big for me....he understands things, good and bad, that I don't think he is old enough to understand. He is truly not a baby anymore. And so this is sad. It is also happy, because he is becoming a wonderful young man.
2. Ridge-- is a mess! He looks like his daddy and is as ornery as his daddy (who is as ornery as HIS daddy...who probably was as ornery as HIS daddy...Cary men have a mischievous streak in them! and it is to be admired!). Ridge has figured out how to dance-- if we sing or play music, he dances....which to him, is spinning around and around in circles. It's quite hilarious. He has had 4 blood transfusions, I believe, this month. He was sick for the first 3 and we aren't sure what was up with the 4th one. His diapers look good though and his hemoglobin today was very good. His platelets have been running low (30,000ish, and usually he is about 50,000)-- so prayers for an increase there would be great. The 30s aren't a big deal, I just worry if he begins bleeding he will not have very many platelets to help him out, and we reaaaaalllllllyyyyy don't like to transfuse platelets as they irritate his condition.
3. Bdawg-- is off work for one more entire week and that is WONDERFUL for us all. He got a dehydrator for his birthday and has been making lots of deer jerky. Some has been grooooosssss but some has been very tasty! He had his 31st birthday this month...
4. Me-- I had my 29th birthday this month and I plan to live this year like the 20something I still am. Not a lot else is new with me. Oh, but exciiiiting about this birthday this year: My sweet friend Emily delivered her baby girl, Nora, on MY birthday! Nora and I share a birthday now, AND she was born weighing in at the same weight, and measuring the same height, as Sawyer did when he was born! How neato!
Christmas is tomorrow. The boys are receiving a boatload of gifts, because some fellow friends/coworkers/community members were very giving to our boys again this year. We didn't expect it and are so appreciative. I'd already done a little bit of shopping for both kids. This might be one of the biggest Christmases they ever have, as far as "getting" goes....I can't believe how good people are to us! We have saved many of the gifts to use for birthdays (both boys have spring birthdays), which will be nice, because not only did this generosity help us out with Christmas, but it is going to help us out with birthdays as well. I am overwhelmed at the love people have for our kiddos! Sawyer is very into Santa this year, and Ridge is pretty muchso too...except sitting on his lap at Bass Pro was NOT fun for Ridge. He screamed and screamed! See:
Oh well. We are also talking a lot about baby Jesus and how Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ. In fact, I overheard Sawyer telling Ridge how to pray the other night. He said, Ridge, you just say, "Dear Jesus, I want a (i forget what he said). Amen. But you can say whatever you want. I mean, it doesn't matter you can tell Jesus whatever you want to say." So...he started out teaching Ridge to pray to Jesus like Santa (which I know isn't right, but if you overheard the conversation, it WAS funny), but he finished it off by teaching Ridge you can talk to God about anything, you can say whatever you need to say to Him (which IS right). Sawyer is a great big brother.
I'm starving. I'm tired. And I have a toy to build tonight, so I will sign off. But not without remembering where we were this time LAST Christmas Eve. We were home. We had been home about 48 hours. Ridge was still bleeding, and was on Octreotide 24/7. It was the night of the Oklahoma Blizzard (INSANE!) and our home health delivery guy wasn't able to get Ridge's Octreotide to him. A coworker of Brandon's, and a lifesaver, for sure, got in his 4wd on Christmas Eve and went and found the delivery guy, got our meds, delivered them to us (but first took the delivery guy back to his office), then went around helping other people he knew were stranded in the blizzard. And the next morning, Ridge went to the hospital again. Last year was horrendous-- not just Christmas. We have come so far, Thanks be to God. Only by His grace, that is for sure. Tonight, our thermostat seemingly quit. Another coworker of Brandon's, a wonderfully nice man, came by and he and his son figured out the problem and got our heater up and running again. On Christmas Eve. Thank you, Lord, for people who are willing to help people out. May we all be willing to do what we can to help a "neighbor." Since Christmas is really about giving, anyway! And we are so indebted to those two men, as well as many other people who have helped us along the way, and mostly to our Saviour, who many years ago came to earth, as a sweet baby, and grew to be a perfect, sinless man, who has given us the salvation and freedom we never deserved in the first place. That is Who we are mostly indebted to...and because of some of you, His love has shown even more brightly upon us this last year and a half.
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!


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|Managing and Monitoring GemFire XD / Best Practices for Tuning Performance
Using a newer operating system version such as Red Hat 6 or SLES 11 can help performance in virtual environments. VMware also provides best practices guides that are directly applicable to applications such as Pivotal GemFire XD.
Use newer operating system versions, such as RedHat 6 and SLES 11, to avoid issues with the performance of gettimeofday in virtualized environments. GemFire XD makes calls to gettimeofday for managing membership, distribution timeouts, expiration, eviction, recovery, and so forth, and a much larger number of calls when enable-time-statistics=true or enable-timestats=true.


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Gold closed yesterday below 1330.00 level and it is currently traded below that,since it is under some pressure following moderate dollar strength this morning. Hence it is back on September 1st levels. Risk-on conditions have weighed as well, as N. Korea refrained from any missile or nuke tests over the weekend, and as hurricane Irma runs out of gas and heads north as a tropical storm, causing less damage than the worst case scenario.
Despite the weakness seen the last two days, XAUUSD presented a slight retracement in the hourly chart this morning, since it picked up at 1328.50 from 1323.40 lows. However the upwards was temporary since long down wicks can be observed on the latest 3 hourly bullish candles. Therefore, we entered SHORT in the Market at 1327.07, by taking positions into two different time frames, i.e. 1- Hour and 4-hours . In both time frames, the pair in moving on the lower Bollinger Bands Pattern, while RSI is in both at around 35 looking for further intra-day weakness. Hourly target was set at 1324.00, with support at 1328.90 (upper fractal in the 30M chart). The 4-hour targets were set at 1320.50 (based on ATR14) and 1313.00 (at the 61.8 Fibonacci level since 1300.00 break up on August 31. The support in this timeframe is at 1333.00 which is the 50-period SMA.
In the 1-hour chart, pair is below the 200-period SMA, while it did not manage to break the 20-period SMA for the last 3 consecutive sessions. Meanwhile in the 4-hour chart, XAUUSD broke the 50-period SMA on US Open yesterday, while it is important to mention that MACD (12,26,9) turned negative just today, since August 16.
Gold is still in a possible uptrend up, with resistance up to to 1360 high, in higher time-frames such as Weekly and Monthly.
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Ninja Dice
My game Dorobo, a push your like dice game about medieval Japanese thieves breaking into houses, has been signed by Greenbrier Games (www.Greenbriergames.com) ! That's right – the game is going to be published!
The game has now been re-named to Ninja Dice. As the game is now a Greenbrier property, I'll keep this page available to forward to Greenbrier Games. I'll also be updating the website to reflect this name change.


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More people are flinging Pokéballs at Pidgeys than swiping right on prospective lovers — and that was before Pokémon Go became available to the some 80 million people of Germany.
Pokémon Go is available in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Germany and now the UK. It's expected to officially arrive in Japan shortly.
Here's a map of where Pokémon Go has been officially released, where mobile phone users are reportedly playing it anyways, according to iMore; and where it will likely be coming next:
Countries that have Pokémon Go, as of Thursday:
The U.S.
New Zealand
Countries where people say Pokémon Go is reportedly working:
Dominican Republic
Countries where Pokémon Go is supposedly coming next:
The game developer — Niantic Labs — originally planned to roll out the augmented reality game worldwide in the first week of July, but that plan was foiled after its servers failed to keep up with player demand, CNET reported. Rumors pointed to a Pokémon Go release in Europe and Asia this week. No whispers through the grapevine yet on Canada or South America.
And while Pokémon Go hasn't launched globally, there were still plenty of PokéStops and Pokémon abound in countries ahead of the games' release, like the U.K., for example, as Pocket-Lint noted.
Instead, trainers with Android devices thirsty for Pokéblood have to download and install a version from a file-sharing site — which is only a good idea if you don't mind infecting your phone with malware in return for a sweet, sweet catch.
We have reached out to Niantic Labs for comment.
July 14, 2016, 11:00 a.m. Eastern: This story has been updated.
Read more:
• Trevor Noah Set 'Pokémon Go' Lures Along the Hudson River
• These Numbers Show Just How Staggering the 'Pokémon Go' Phenomenon Really Is
• 'Pokémon Go' Players Will Kayak Into the Ocean If It Means Claiming a Gym