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Threads: From the Refugee Crisis - Kate Evans
Kate Evans discusses her new book Threads: From the Refugee Crisis, a work of visual reportage through the medium of comic-book storytelling - and makes a compelling case for the compassionate treatment of refugees and the free movement of peoples.
"We need to question why there are migrants, why it is happening, what is it about the state of the world which is displacing so many people. We need to question militarism, we need to be noticing climate change and the factor that it plays in wars as well as other forms of displacement. "It blows apart this distinction between the economic migrant and political refugee, when you consider that large parts of the planet are becoming uninhabitable."
Meet the Author: Jason Reynolds
Once a reluctant reader, author Jason Reynolds never imaged that he would become a writer of books for students in middle grades. And not just a writer, a New York Times bestselling author, a National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors.
During the live webcast, Mr. Reynolds discusses his reluctance to reading because the classics did not reflect the urban environment in which he grew up. Inspired by rap lyrics from Queen Latifah, he discovered poetry and his writing voice. Reynolds shares his writing tips and philosophy on life.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Visits the Young Readers Center
Debbie Levy interviewed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of the EveryBodyWinsDC literacy and career program in the Young Readers Center. Levy used her biographical picture book, "Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark" as background for their conversation about Justice Ginsburg's childhood, education and legal career leading up to her position on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Speaker Biography: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Speaker Biography: Debbie Levy is an author of books for children.
Public Health: A Very Short Introduction
Virginia Berridge, author of Public Health: A Very Short Introduction, gives her top 10 things you should know about Public Health.
Virginia Berridge is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. She has edited or co-edited 12 books and is the sole author of 7 books including Marketing Health. Smoking and the Discourse of Public Health in Britain,1945-2000 (OUP, 2007) and Demons (OUP, 2013). She has written overviews of health and medicine for the Cambridge Social History of Britain and of contemporary history for the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine. She has been Chair of the Society for the Social History of Medicine and President of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health.
A Moment With Chris Colfer
You may recognize Chris Colfer from his Golden Globe-winning turn on Ryan Murphy's hit show Glee, but we guarantee your kids will know him as the beloved author of The Land of Stories, a charming bestselling fairy tale series that wraps up with the sixth book, Worlds Collide, this summer.
With over a dozen published books to his name, and upcoming director and screenwriter credits for the film adaptation of The Wishing Spell, we just had to ask Chris—where does he get all his ideas?
Amazon Book Review: Marc Maron on WAITING FOR THE PUNCH
The comedian, actor, and creator of the popular WTF podcast talks to the Amazon Book Review about the origin of the show, his unusual interview technique, and the new book, WAITING FOR THE PUNCH
Yrsa Daley-Ward | Bone
Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward shares her work from her recent collection, Bone.
The inclusive and universal poetry of Yrsa Daley-Ward has touched the lives of many readers with her penetrating themes and raw humanity. Her work is known for biting to the core, the essence of what it is to be alive, and explores frequently clashing worlds from religion and desire to societal expectations and what it's like living in the world as a black woman. Yrsa writes about the realities often hushed in day-to-day interactions, the depression, the abuse, the vulnerability of love, and pens these ubiquitous experiences into works of beauty.
Robert Jay Lifton on the Apocalyptic Twins of Nuclear and Climate Threats
We spend the bulk of the hour with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, a leading American psychiatrist and author of more than 20 books about the effects of nuclear war, terrorism and genocide. As NBC News reports President Trump has called for a nearly tenfold increase in the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal, and as he threatens to attack North Korea and decertify the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Lifton examines what he calls the "apocalyptic twins: nuclear and climate threats." His new book is titled "The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival."
The revolutionary power of diverse thought | Elif Shafak
"From populist demagogues, we will learn the indispensability of democracy," says novelist Elif Shafak. "From isolationists, we will learn the need for global solidarity. And from tribalists, we will learn the beauty of cosmopolitanism" A native of Turkey, Shafak has experienced firsthand the devastation that a loss of diversity can bring — and she knows the revolutionary power of plurality in response to authoritarianism. In this passionate, personal talk, she reminds us that there are no binaries, in politics, emotions and our identities. "One should never, ever remain silent for fear of complexity," Shafak says.
Muhammad Yunus on Microfinance, Grameen Bank
Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, joins us for an extended interview on microfinance, the Grameen Bank, and how five men own more wealth than half of the world. His new book is titled "A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions."
Katharine Wilkinson: Drawdown
Katharine K. Wilkinson, D.Phil., is strategist, writer, and speaker whose work with Project Drawdown aims to change the narrative of Climate Change from "I have a nightmare" to "I have a Vision" by outlining tactics governments, industries and NGOs can take to make the earth carbon positive and reverse the buildup of atmospheric carbon within 30 years.
"The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming" maps, measures, models, and describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. For each solution, Project Drawdown describes its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, and how it works. Backed by rigorous analysis and peer-reviewed science, these solutions are well understood and expanding around the world.
Anna Kendrick: "Scrappy Little Nobody"
Anna Kendrick joins us to discuss her book, "Scrappy Little Nobody".
About the book: An "honest, effortlessly funny, and alternatively relatable" (Harper's Bazaar) collection of autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air,Pitch Perfect, and Trolls, "Scrappy Little Nobody lets readers feel like they have spent an afternoon chatting with their closest friend" (Booklist).
Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods, Anna Kendrick was unusually small, weird, and "10 percent defiant."
At the ripe age of thirteen, she had already resolved to "keep the crazy inside my head where it belonged. Forever. But here's the thing about crazy: It. Wants. Out." In Scrappy Little Nobody, she invites readers inside her brain, sharing extraordinary and charmingly ordinary stories with candor and winningly wry observations.
How America Got Divorced from Reality | Kurt Andersen
Americans have always been magical thinkers and passionate believers in the untrue. We were started by the Puritans in New England who wanted to create and did create a Christian utopia and theocracy as they waited for the eminent second coming of Christ and the end of days. And in the south by a bunch of people who were convinced, absolutely convinced that this place they'd never been was full of gold just to be plucked from the dirt in Virginia and they stayed there looking and hoping for gold for 20 years before they finally faced the facts and the evidence and decided that they weren't going to get rich overnight there. So that was the beginning. And then we've had centuries of buyer-beware charlatanism to an extreme degree and medical quackery to an extreme degree and increasingly exotic extravagant implausible religions over and over again from Mormonism to Christian Science to Scientology in the last century. And we've had this antiestablishment "I'm not going to trust the experts, I'm not going to trust the elite" from our character from the beginning. Now all those things came together and were super-charged in the 1960s when you were entitled to your own truth and your own reality. Then a generation later when the Internet came along, giving each of those realities, no matter how false or magical or nutty they are, their own kind of media infrastructure. We had entertainment, again for the last couple hundred years, but especially in the last 50 years permeating all the rest of life, including Presidential politics from John F. Kennedy through Ronald Ragan to Bill Clinton. So the thing was set up for Donald Trump to exploit all these various American threads and astonishingly become president, but then you look at this history and it's like no we should have seen this coming. The idea of America from the beginning was that you could come here, reinvent yourself, be anybody you want, live any way you wanted, believe any thing you wanted. For the first few hundred years, like everywhere else in the world, celebrity and fame were a result of some kind of accomplishment or achievement, sometimes not a great accomplishment or achievement, but you did something in the world to earn renown. America really was the key place that invented the modern celebrity culture, which was, beginning a century ago, more and more not necessarily about having won a war or led a people or written a great book or painted a great painting, but about being famous, fame for its own sake. We created that, we created Hollywood, we created the whole culture industry and that then became what I call the fantasy industrial complex where, certainly in the last few decades more than ever more than anybody thought possible before, fame itself, however you've got it, was a primary goal for people. And again, as so many of the things I talk about in Fantasyland, not uniquely to America but more here than anywhere. And then you get reality television, which was this unholy hybrid of the fictional and the real for the last now generation where that blur between what's real and what's not is pumped into our media stream willy-nilly. There are now more reality shows on television than there were shows on television 20 years ago. And that's another way for nobodies to become famous overnight. YouTube, another way for nobodies to become a famous overnight for doing almost nothing or nothing.
Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with Chris Jackson | One World Big Ideas Night
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses his new book WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER with Chris Jackson, editor and publisher of One World books. Filmed at the One World Big Ideas Night in New York City, 10/4/17.
In WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER, Coates takes us on a personal journey. Part memoir and part polemic, Coates' new book combines Ta-Nehisi's award-winning journalism with the more introspective storytelling of BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME to illuminate what the Obama era has taught us about the heart of America and it's unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the threads between the unprecedented election of Barack Obama and the vicious backlash that fueled the election of Donald Trump. He does so through his intimate and revealing perspective—the point of view of a young, black writer who begins his journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing the President of The United States.
Julie Houts & Karah Preiss | Literally Me
Star Instagram illustrator Julie Houts talks with Karah Preiss, of the Belletrist book club, about her new book.
Julie Houts has taken Instagram by storm with her beloved collection of dark and witty comic essays that satirize what it is to be a modern woman. Her work tends to center on the mildly antisocial women who try to maintain the balance between all the absurdities of life in the time of social media.
Karah Preiss is a writer/producer living in New York City. In March 2017, Karah launched the online reading community B E L L E T R I S T with her friend and creative partner Emma Roberts. Belletrist is a dedicated online community for readers, the books they love, and the authors who write them, with the goal of promoting intellectual curiosity both online and off. Recorded October 25, 2017
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First off I am glad I have signed up for the forum and look forward to getting to know everyone!! I am down here in San Diego so need all the Seahawk love I can find hahah.
I had an interesting story wanted to share with the board. Last night I was talking with one of the head developers of Madden 2010 about the Seahawks. He was telling me he had been playing with them alot on the new game and they are the sleeper team of the game. He said the offense looked great with Hass, TJ, and Carlson and also said the defense is a beast on the game with the LB core the best of any team.
I know it is just a game and all but lets hope this rolls over to the real season and this is what we have to look forward to!! I can't wait to prove all the haters wrong this year. Bring on the season!!! Lets go Seahawks!!

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Touchdown Tommie Frazier Still a Real Crowd-Pleaser for Husker Fans
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To "Respond to Randy" click on the link below and choose "Randy York's N-Sider" under "Area of Interest" on the new screen. Please include your name and hometown and share your thoughts on Tommie Frazier, Bo Pelini or anything else about Friday's Football 202. Your ideas may be published on "Randy York's N-Sider" page on Huskers.com.
Tommie Frazier has gained a pound or two, and he can't possibly be even close to as fast as he was when he carried the entire Florida Gator defense on his back in the Fiesta Bowl, but make no mistake, "Touchdown Tommie" still has plenty of lightning-quick speed in his mind.
In a nearly hour-long question-and-answer session for 328 fans from 18 states for Bo Pelini's Football 202 class Friday, Frazier warmed hearts and triggered laughs with his fast-moving, straight-forward candor at the Hawks Championship Center.
The standing ovation he received when he was introduced was followed by even longer and louder applause when he left the podium.
"I was really struck with how open and how honest Tommie Frazier was," said Omaha's Lou Caniglia. "I think the laugh of the day was his comeback to Warren Sapp in the (1995) Orange Bowl."
Sapp, Miami's All-America defensive tackle, kept baiting Frazier, who was making his first start in the national championship game after missing the previous seven games with a blood clot.
In that game, a 24-17 Nebraska win, Tom Osborne had decided that Frazier would play the first quarter, and the late Brook Berringer would play the second quarter. Second-half action would be determined by whichever quarterback was moving the team the most effectively.
A Quiet Leader Had Finally Had Enough of Sapp
"When I came back in for Brook, Warren Sapp kept saying, 'Where you been, Tom? . . . where you been?' I told him my name was Tommie. So the next time I came in, he said, 'Where you been, Tommie? . . . where you been?' Finally, I turned around, looked at him and said, 'It's not where I've been . . . it's where I'm going, fat a _ _!"
Frazier's punch line brought the Football 202 house down, and there were more to come.
Brett Bunney, who traveled from Redondo Beach, Calif., to Lincoln to attend the 10-hour session, thought Frazier's funniest line was his description of playing for Tom Osborne and Turner Gill at the same time.
Frazier gave animated impersonations of both coaches. For Osborne, the mock conversation was understatedly slow. For Gill, the dialogue was fast and inspired.
"It was almost like Coach Osborne was on No Doz for four years, and Coach Gill was on Red Bull, the energy drink," Frazier said. "Try putting up with that for four years."
Frazier gave similarly polar-opposite impersonations of two talented teammates – Aaron Graham, the soft-spoken All-America center and Christian Peter, the fire and brimstone-breathing defensive tackle.
When the laughs died down, Frazier was on to his next question, followed by another insightful observation and equal bits of candor.
Frazier's Wife Also Knows How to Fight Fire with Fire
Papillion teachers Heather Messer and Heather Klassen thought Frazier was funny, too. But they think his wife, Andrea, must be every bit as funny as he is, especially when they heard her response to a question from Tommie over the most recent Fourth of July weekend while the family vacationed in his native Florida.
When Frazier asked Andrea what she thought about moving their 6-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter from Nebraska to Florida, she told him that if they moved, she'd cut her hair and not wear makeup. "That pretty much settled the issue right there," Frazier quipped.
Arguably the best player in three straight national championship games (which produced two Husker wins and a two-point, last-minute loss), Frazier was asked about his fondest memory at Nebraska.
"Graduating!" he said to loud applause, explaining later that his mother and father both came from unusually large families and he was the first person in either family to receive a college diploma.
Asked about his favorite win at Nebraska, surprisingly it had little to do with conference or national championships.
"Beating Colorado every year," Frazier responded immediately, explaining how unimpressed he was with the way the Buffs recruited him as a quarterback, then changed their mind. When he called CU with the idea of a possible commitment, Buff coaches told him they were now recruiting him as a defensive back. Their loss, for sure. Nebraska beat Colorado four times by an average score of 35-13 when Frazier was wearing red.
Tommie Said No to Game's Biggest Winners
Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden, who have won more games than any other coaches in college football history, both recruited Frazier. So did Lou Holtz, who was at Notre Dame at the time.
Frazier said there are two reasons he came to Nebraska – 1) head coach Tom Osborne and 2) assistant coach Kevin Steele. He said their leadership, philosophy and honesty convinced him and his parents to head to the heartland. Nebraska, he said, was the only team that made him feel like he was part of a family – a culture that has returned under second-year head coach Bo Pelini.
In an hour-long presentation, Pelini explained his philosophy of academic and athletic accountability. The biggest laughs came when he described the experience of going right into classrooms to check on players in his second month as Nebraska's head coach. Six players who were forced to join him for a 5 a.m. workout cured attendance problems in a real hurry, Pelini said.
Bo Pelini's no-nonsense approach and his blue-collar philosophy "are what sold my son on Nebraska in the first place," Rick Burkhead said of incoming Plano, Texas, freshman running back Rex Burkhead.
Asked Friday about the Huskers' most promising newcomers, Nebraska tight end Mike McNeill mentioned Burkhead as a player who "has really caught my eye."
"Rex has been in Lincoln since June and really loves the culture here," said Rick Burkhead. An FBI agent for 13 years, he made the trip to Nebraska to get another inside look at the program that made such an impression on his family. "We're a blue-collar family," he said. "We like Coach Pelini's black-and-white approach to hard work and how that determines every part of something special. We don't think stars have anything to do with what's in the hearts of recruits. Nebraska's commitment to walk-ons is great. The best players play, and that's the way it should be."
Daryl Howard, a 34-year-old former Peru (Neb.) State College defensive tackle and now a mental health therapist in Omaha, also enjoyed listening to Pelini describe his defensive philosophy.
"I think Bo's going to make a lot of progress in a conference that's not playing a lot of defense these days," Howard said. "If you listen to everything he says, you can see why he's going to set Nebraska apart in the Big 12. He's straightforward, and he makes a lot of sense. He doesn't hide behind a veil of words. He knows he can scheme with anyone, but he also knows that defense in college football shouldn't be so complex. It needs to be fundamentally sound, and he's taking us back to our roots."
Even an OU Professor Made the Journey to Lincoln
Every other member of what Pelini called the best coaching staff in the country gave 20-minute presentations at Football 202. Prince Amukamara, Alex Henery, Menelik Holt, Zac Lee and McNeill participated in a player panel, and the last formal session of the day was a popular, war-story presentation by former Husker coaches Milt Tenopir, Charlie McBride and Dan Young. When Pelini wrapped up the day, he was given a third and final standing overation.
Fans came from California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia.
Mike Kaspari, who holds a master's degree from Nebraska but has been a biology professor at Oklahoma the past 14 years, felt compelled to return to his hometown, so he could soak in the Pelini philosophy.
"It's great to be around so many fans who want to learn more about the game and share an emotional connection with the team and the staff in equal portions," Kaspari said.
"It digs so much deeper than just the team and the staff, really," he added. "When I started to travel years ago, I was struck by how much the Nebraska football team and its coaches reflect the value system of the entire state. That's why I came back – to give them the same fundamental support they give to all of us who care so much about what happens with them almost every day of the year.
"Today," Kaspari said, "was everything I hoped it would be."
Others seemed to share his opinion.
No wonder attendance nearly tripled from Year 1 to Year 2 for Football 202.
Sounds like a much larger skid of chairs may be in order for next summer as well.
Voices from Husker Nation
"I live in Jacksonville, Florida, but I was living in Tampa, directly north of Bradenton (Tommie's hometown), in 1995 when we played Florida in the Fiesta Bowl. I had listened to the Gator trash for too long before the game and was looking forward to the game being played. My co-worker and good friend was a Florida grad and loved the Gators. After the game, the riddle here in Florida was this: How many Gators does it take to tackle Tommie Frazier? Answer: Nobody knows!!! I went over to his office the morning after the game, and his door was shut with a note taped to it. It said: "Make it stop. Nebraska just scored again." To this day, whenever Gator fans get mouthy, I just bring up this game, and it stops any bad talk about Nebraska immediately." Tom Myers, Jacksonville, Fla.
"The Fiesta Bowl in 1995-96 was the greatest weekend of my life. Ten of us took a mobile home and drove through Las Vegas and spent a night there. We parked a block from the stadium and really enjoyed having some fun with all the Gator fans we met. A news camera came and kept showing Florida's run-and-gun offense and our smash-mouth ground game. We sat on the side of the stadium of Tommie's greatest run and watched every move as if it were in slow motion. We still remember how Florida fans started leaving the stadium after that run. They couldn't take any more of it. All I heard from them was WOW! They could not believe how we stomped them. GBR!!!" Kim Fandry, Grand Island, Neb.
"Man, I remember Steve Spurrier having the strangest look on his face when we destroyed his Gators. Hopefully, we get some new stuff to talk about because that was 14 years ago. I live in Southern California, so I have to hear all the trash talk from Trojan fans. All I can say is, that was someone else's team, so give me a break." Justin McGill
"Great article! I loved Tommie's memories about the coaches as well as other players (Tom and Turner, and Warren Sapp, were very funny!)." Cindy Bethel, Plattsmouth, Neb. "As a lifetime Husker stuck in Florida, I look forward to all news concerning the Huskers. Hope to get information soon about next year's session with Coach Pelini. I would love to attend that event. I am an Omaha North grad of '73 and still bleed Husker RED 24/7. I look forward to future articles just like this." Brad Blackford
"Great article! I loved Tommie's memories about the coaches as well as other players (Tom and Turner, and Warren Sapp, were very funny!)." Cindy Bethel, Plattsmouth, Neb.
"As a lifetime Husker stuck in Florida, I look forward to all news concerning the Huskers. Hope to get information soon about next year's session with Coach Pelini. I would love to attend that event. I am an Omaha North grad of '73 and still bleed Husker RED 24/7. I look forward to future articles just like this." Brad Blackford


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I am one atheist who hopes the rapture actually happens... The sooner they all disappear the better.
LOL! But I suspect that there are many who expect to go that way and will be --- LEFT BEHIND.
Of course if the car is empty it will cause an accident perhaps killing innocent people. That bugger who was raptured broke one of the ten commandments. Off to hell you go.
I don't think I'd want to be raptured. I'm afraid of heights and the air is thinner up there too. I don't know how I'll breathe.
Definitely a BMW M3 ... in Imola Red!
I'd like a big white sport Lexus.
Reminds me of one of my favorite intros to "6 feet under". Just thinking about the scene makes me laugh. Starts with 2 guys driving a truck load of helium-filled porno dolls and swerving to avoid a skate-boarder.
"Praise Jesus, Oh My Lord, Praise Jesus!"
The bumper sticker is a favorite here in the Babble belt.
Glad I'm not there then. I liked the church I went to. MCC (Universal Fellowship of the Metropolitan Community Church) which is a Christian "protestant" denomination similar to the United Church but the members are mostly gay/lesbian with the belief that god loves them regardless of sexual identity or orientation. Being bisexual, that appealed to me. But when corruption entered our congregation it folded. I liked it though. I was accepted, my sexual orientation was accepted, and even my agnosticism was accepted. There was no pressure to "convert" me to christianity or force me to "believe" in their god or leave, nothing like that. But I used it as an experimental ground to see if I could sense any gods in their midst. None. Nothing. But nor was there a psychological stronghold upon them like with, say, catholics or pentecostals. I felt welcome there. Too bad it had to end. Even though IMHO god was no where to be found.
Lucky you. Although I had a friend or two in the local MCC, I found its services to be low brow and akin to Baptist and evangelical affairs. There also were parallels to the A.A. meetings in that many of the congregants were drunks from the bars who migrated (at least on Sundays) to the church out of guilt. I must suppose that the same motivation drove them to drink in the first place, using the excuse that I often heard: "Where else am I going to meet my kind of people?" The internet should have closed the bars by now, but no, it is the addiction that drives many if not most to such venues. When I quit drinking 18 years ago, I quit infrequent visits to the bars as well. I realized that they were havens for phonies who liked nothing more than playing head games with other patrons. I do not regret my decision to avoid both the bars and the pews.
How humble to declare certainty in your "worthiness". Very xtian.
I wouldn't wish for rapture to happen - there are too many bible-bashers who are almost proud to tell you that they're hell-bound because they're not worthy of "god's love". These are the people we'd be left with. The thought makes my toes curl.
Speaking of the certainty part, I am reminded of yet another goofball pumper sticker: "I am not perfect, I am just saved."
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Phillips Norelco has modernized its previous razor designs with the arcitec 1090, a slim and positively forward-looking razor that fits perfectly in your hand and promises shaving improvements. We happen to have a older Norelco razor of the previous design on hand here, and over the past two weeks have been comparing this latest Norelco arcitec's innovations with its previous generation in a hands-on, or should we say, face-on review. Let's sum up our experience in a few bullet points:
• The arcitec is beautifully designed, and its three lift-and-cut heads are situated on an unusual-looking articulating stalk.
• Each individual head can also tilt forward and back, in an attempt to get the heads to stay in more constant contact with facial contours.
• This thing is loud. It's not deafening, but it's about twice as loud as its predecessor, which makes a pleasantly soft whirring noise. This arcitec is a lot more shrill. It's especially noisy when shaving on the side of your face near your ears.
• Its pop-up trimmer is way too narrow and not as effective as the older models.
• It has a beautiful case into which it fits so perfectly it's like a little coffin especially made for it. But the case takes up more room than the razor by itself would, making it a little less convenient for travelers than previous designs, which just need a small head cover to protect them in your overnight bag.
• To remove whiskers and debris, each rotating head must be lifted individually to shake out the hairs, a lot less convenient than the older model which just popped up the three heads at once with a quick button push.
• A cool-looking blue LED display tells you precisely how many minutes you have left until you need to charge the battery again.
• The arcitec's charger works with electronic induction, similar to the way a lot of electric toothbrushes work, where there's nothing to plug in—you just set it down and it begins charging.
• This is by far the best-looking razor we've ever seen.
Summing up, even though Philips Norelco says these heads are newer/better/more advanced, we didn't notice any improvement in their ability to cut facial hair any closer or more easily. In fact, our old Norelco 9190 XL did a better job of shaving than this arcitec 1090, and that old razor's cutting heads needed replacing about a year ago. Nor was there any difference when shaving difficult areas such as the neck and chin. Those of us here who tried the arcitec were unanimous in our agreement that it's more of a pretty industrial design than an improvement in functionality. Overall, it's a disappointment hardly worth its $240 purchase price. [Amazon]


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I am a naturally born,
God-gifted psychic. I have over 40 years experience as a psychic,
and I have been reading Tarot cards for 21 years. I first noticed
my gift when I was a child of age 8 and I foresaw the death of our
family dog just moments before it happened. I grew up in a haunted
house built over an old Indian graveyard. I used to hear, feel,
smell and see spirits in our house. I did not understand my gifts
as a child, but they were revealed to me as I grew
As I grew older, I began
to foresee other events that happened in the lives of family
members and friends. I foresaw the death of my only sister in a
dream the summer before she died, not long after I donated stem
cells to her. In my dream, she died in a hospital room. This dream
took place in August of 1999. My sister died in February 2000 in a
hospital room at a local hospital. I also foresaw a terrible
accident that involved the eldest son of a very close friend of
mine. Another vision involved "seeing" my nephew in his black
casket at his funeral approximately one month prior to his death. I
unexpectedly received this vision while at home one day cleaning
the house. My nephew died on April 14, 2007 and was buried in a
black casket.
Another vision took place
in September 2008. The 14-year old nephew of a friend of mine had
just found out he had leukemia and had been hospitalized. My vision
involved "seeing" the young man in a casket. Initially the vision
came to me as flashes, but I saw the vision clearer upon
meditation. The young man died in the hospital on October 27,
Now I would like to share
my gifts with you to try to help you work through the issues in
your life.
I employ the use of
Tarot cards and the Pendulum, along with my natural gifts of
clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience, to convey to you
the message that Spirit has for you regarding your life.
During a reading Spirit
speaks to me and often through me. At times, Spirit will show me
names, numbers and visions which often come in short
flashes/glimpses. I am sometimes shown parts of the body that are
afflicted with pain or illness. And sometimes I can see death. I
have no control over what is shown to me or given to me by Spirit.
But I, as The Messenger, can only relay this information to you as
Spirit gives the information to me. What I tell you may not be what
you WANT to hear, but I will tell you the TRUTH. I only tell you
what is given to me by Spirit. Life is hard. Sometimes it helps to
know that someone is there. Let me be there for


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Since it began, the "Paranormal Activity" franchise has followed a fairly predictable path – the first was one of those low-budget, better than average student film throwaways that for some reason became wedged in the cultural zeitgeist. It was a simple premise, fairly smart with its scares, and it offered a welcome antidote to the increasingly tired "Saw" franchise.
Whereas that series had grown to mistake needless convolution for intelligent writing and graphic sadism for effective scares, the refreshing emphasis on minimalist atmosphere and suspense in PA1 were a welcome change. The second film however made the mistake of many a horror series before it – introducing a convoluted back story about haunted relatives, demons seeking first born sons, and throwing in a bunch of new characters who frankly weren't much chop.
The third film proved a pleasant surprise as "Catfish" helmers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman came onboard and shook things up in all the right ways. This included a well-realised 80's prequel setting, a better cast, moments of humor, clever new camera tricks (such as the oscillating fan scene), and an outright crazy last fifteen minutes. Perhaps the most common debate that will be had by fans coming out of this fourth chapter though is which is worse – this or the second one.
The most obvious way in which PA4 is a disappointment is that it feels like a hold over entry, a breather between more interesting chapters in a larger story. With the entire Katie and her family backstory played out, this film had nowhere to go but serve as a sequel to the first two films. With the only returning characters available being the possessed Katie and a baby, the filmmakers decided to move the action forward a few years and basically deliver the story of a new family growing increasingly haunted shortly after the arrival of new neighbours across the street (Katie and kid).
This was the perfect time to deliver a minor reboot to the franchise, shake-up some of the predictable patterns while answering some lingering questions from the last film like what was with all those old women in desperate need of a good moisturiser? Sadly Joost and Schulman fail to exploit the opportunity, falling back on overly familiar gimmicks and fairly conventional scares that reek of a lack of imagination.
The filming techniques may have shifted to webcams rather than handhelds or security cams, but it's still the same old tricks. There's a fairly decent twist at one point, the odd good jump, and a similar 'what the hell' style ending to that of the third one (albeit more expected now). However we're again left with more questions than answers.
The big new gimmick this time out, and something far more frightening than any deliberate scare in the series thus far, is the Microsoft product placement. The Xbox Kinect uses hundreds of laser tracking sensors that, when viewed through an infrared camera, turn a living room into a giant starfield. It's an arresting sight to see and yields one of the films few imaginative moments involving a moving human shape within the field. Unfortunately it's overused and has long worn out its novelty value by the end.
Looking and acting like a more believably human version of Dakota Fanning, Kathryn Newton is a fun teen female lead who refreshingly acts like a teenager rather than a hyper self-aware thirty-something. She, and her occasionally amusing horny geek boyfriend (Matt Shively) dominate proceedings and their company is the only thing that keeps us engaged through the slower than usual buildup in this outing. There are parent characters but they're so ancillary they may as well not exist, and the two young kids spend most of their time talking nonsense to thin air.
I admit I'm not a good person to review a film like this. Due to its found footage approach and contemporary setting, the scares in these films depend far more on one's belief in the paranormal than a classic ghost story. As an atheist who doesn't believe in ghosts, the scares have no effect on me aside from the occasional mild jump of surprise more than terror.
Also, though I'd seen the first film years ago, I re-watched it and the next two for the first time only the other week. Thus the films kind of blend together for me and I can't see a drastic difference in quality between each entry. All four films have played out like mildly enjoyable diversions I only need to see once. The only one I would honestly watch again would be the third one, and even it I'm in no hurry to see.
Thus why this one is being targeted for such heavy criticism whereas the others scored far gentler dismissals I can't quite figure. There's a distinct sense people who were actually caught up in and scared by the previous films are finally seeing these for the pleasantly silly pantomimes they really are and are overreacting in anger. Shame really, I certainly found it more agreeable than the second one.


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Secure Opportunities in Counterterror
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Looking for an opportunity with job security? Try a security job.
Corporate budgets for security are up, and government spending on counterterror measures supports about 140,000 jobs, public and private, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More important to job seekers, security spending grows each year, creating employment opportunities which are unparalleled by many other sectors of the government workforce.
Physical Security Jobs at Home and Abroad
Providing physical security – whether by installing concrete barriers around the White House or surveilling shopping malls for wanted international criminals – is a cornerstone of American counterterror efforts in the 2000s. Some of the best candidates for these jobs come straight out of the armed forces.
"When military people get out, some of them want to take off the green uniform and go to work for Halliburton or Blackwater Security and make a whole bunch of money in the Middle East," says Anne McKinney, author of Resumes and Cover Letters That Have Worked for Military Professionals.
Whether providing security for military convoys in Iraq at extraordinary risk to life and limb or just checking vehicles as they enter Fort Bragg in North Carolina, former servicemen and women with security experience are finding themselves in high demand, says McKinney.
Corporate Security
Large companies are not throwing money at the threat of terrorism as they did immediately after the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, but security is still a board-level concern. And major employers are the place to go for folks who seek upward mobility within the security disciplines.
For those who want to put security skills to work within corporate information technology, the future is promising. "The information security market could really be a driver over the next few years," says Timothy Starks, a reporter with the newsletter CQ Homeland Security.
"When you're talking about high-level security leadership – in charge of both physical and information security – demand is high and rising," says Derek Slater, editor of CSO magazine, which is written for security executives. It can be difficult for corporations to find candidates who can communicate effectively with everyone within a company, from the security guards to the chief information officer.
To successfully move up to the position of chief security officer, "an information security person must learn business language," says Slater. Similarly, those who rise from law enforcement must transcend the rigid, hierarchical thinking they've probably been trained in.
High Compensation at the Top
Generous rewards await those who reach the top echelon of corporate security. CSOs and VPs of security typically earn $189,000 to $250,000, according to a September 2004 survey commissioned by CSO.
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For security professionals now in government service, incentives to jump to the corporate side can be strong. "Anybody with a security clearance is in a heck of a lot of demand right now," says Starks. "Salaries are increasing exponentially, and you can generally get a $20,000 increase going from a government job to the private sector."
Another growing area is information security as applied to cyberwar defense. "I think it will create jobs," says Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service in Washington, DC. "IT demands in government have been substantial and are predicted to increase significantly."
Civil Service and Government Contracting Niches
Although the hiring surge for airport screeners has come and gone, many federal agencies are looking to beef up their workforces or hire privatized help in security-related positions. "There's significantly more hiring around issues like border security, particularly cargo containers and immigration," says Stier.
5 Steps to Gaining a Security Clearance
The government is also staffing up for intelligence, including biosurveillance, says Stier. "The government is developing a new capacity for the new bioterror threat."
Government has been the leading creator of jobs in the 2000s, but job seekers must put up with a lot in order to land a civil service job. "The hire process is broken," says Stier. "Applicants have to avoid being turned off by unclear and less-than-exhilarating language in job descriptions."


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Letter to the Editor
Tonight the Estherville City Council did not pass the rezoning of the property located at 201 South 6th Street. That is what we all know at this point. But there are still questions in my mind. Primarily, why? Why would any community be it rural, metropolitan or suburban vote against a group that is trying to make a difference in the very community that just opposed their efforts?
I know not everyone will look at this issue with the best interest at heart of the animals that the Emmet County Animal Shelter has helped and that is fine. Animals do not matter equally to all people. But from a purely business aspect this was a negative decision for our community in my opinion.
If we are to be living under our new mantra of Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Community we are sadly ignoring the 'Community' aspect of the council's vote against the rezoning of the former 6th Street Emporium location to be used as the Emmet County Animal Shelter's home.
The shelter's primary focus is on rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing lost, abandon, neglected and unwanted animals but it does much more than that. The ECAS is a non profit organization that our community can take pride in. We are a resource for the community to volunteer at and feel they are making a difference in what matters to them. We are also a source of education. We not only council owners when they are having issues with their own pets but we educate students and adults alike on the humane treatment of animals, the positive effects of spaying and neutering and what it takes to make a lifetime commitment to a pet.
The ECAS is also a source of advertising and revenue for our community. Approximately 50% of our adoptive families come from outside our area or even our state! When those families come to town they buy gas, meals for their family and supplies for their new pet at our local stores. With a physical shelter at the location of 201 South 6th street the potential for even more exposure to our businesses can only be an increased benefit to those business owners.
Some might say, "Is there a need?" I would say that the over 150 animals that we have placed in homes would say that there was indeed! Or how about the over 30 plus volunteers that help with various activities the ECAS carries out? Is there a need for those caring, concerned individuals to volunteer their time and efforts? Or consider the families that were connected with their new forever friend due to the efforts of the shelter's foster families and volunteers? Ask one of them if they feel that there was a need for the ECAS to step in and 'save' their new best friend? I believe they too would agree that there was and still is a need for the shelter to continue their good works.
I know as a group we will all continue as we have been and we will do the best that we can with what we have but what confuses me the most is that I feel like we - myself, the volunteers, the donors and the supports of the Emmet County Animal Shelter are offering a 'gift' to the Community of Estherville and Emmet county and it is being turned down. Our organization has the means to turn an unused deteriorating property in Estherville into something that our community can be proud of! Proud because of the renovations that will take place, proud of the services that will be provided, proud because of the number of community members that will be involved in turning a building that was once a lumber yard into what can be a wonderful resource for generations to come!
I do not ask that you share my passion and love for animals. I do ask that if you are a member of our community and you can see the community benefit of the function and location of the Emmet County Animal Shelter that you will express your views to our city council and administrators.
Thank you.
Kristy Henning
Director of the Emmet County Animal Shelter


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As a Professor of Innovation & Dynamic Management at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, can you tell us why innovation management is so key for the hospitality industry?
Innovation is about growth. In a mature industry like hotels, realizing above average rates of return and meeting performance expectations demand innovation.
But hotels can't innovate by doing the things that they have been doing all along. Commercializing new ideas means rethinking, reinventing and modifying the status quo—it's not about what worked yesterday.
This all sounds great—and that's why this industry and so many others talk a good game around innovation. But I question whether they mean it, or whether they know what innovation truly entails. The thing that no one talks about is that innovation is hard work.
What expectations about innovation do your students typically bring to your classes?
My students are entrepreneurial and interested in new ideas, products and services. They expect to learn THE WAY to innovate. But there is no secret formula, only scaffolding on how to think about innovation.
People are influenced by a mythology that innovation is about "the guy" working in isolation. Think Edison, Einstein or Steve Jobs. But innovation is a team sport, and it doesn't have a beginning or an end.
Everyone also thinks that good ideas will be embraced, which is so charmingly naïve. The sad truth is that it is difficult to move from what one is competent and skilled at to something new.
People resist loss, not change, and new ideas have some element of loss. People are all over the discovery part of innovation, but good innovation is always about execution.
What are the challenges to innovation in the hospitality industry?
The industry has many of the same misperceptions about innovation that my students do—but on a more complex scale of course.
The business franchise model is a big barrier to innovation. Franchisees are not locked into exclusivity. This creates a diffusion of innovation and loose treatment of intellectual property. Essentially owners can incorporate the best innovations from any of the companies into any of their properties.
And there's the heterogeneity and sheer size of some industry players that makes innovating around services very tough. I often say that it's hard to turn around a ship, but steering a dinghy is much easier. That's why we often see smaller industry players make the first moves to seed innovation in hospitality.
What leadership traits are non-negotiable for managing successfully through innovation?
I think more in terms of behaviors rather than traits. Good leaders must be aggressive listeners. They must also have a deep commitment to information sharing and clear communication over and over again—even to the people they don't like.
What industry innovations are you watching?
Intermediaries are driving a lot of innovation. They have the scale and market capitalization—without the physical assets—that go beyond what even the biggest hotel companies have, so I see them taking the lead in technology-driven innovation.
If intermediaries are good at technology innovation, where do you think hotels excel?
The heart and soul of hospitality is the person-to-person service experience. Engaging people with warm and welcoming behavior—truly treating them like guests. This might sound hokey, but this kind of earnest, genuine customer service that never feels forced distinguishes the industry.
As a rule, we don't disappoint. Hotel operators spend a lot of time thinking about building customer relationships. There is innovation in this, but it's process innovation, and that's not the sexy stuff.
You have certainly experienced this kind of distinctive service from hotels. What was your most memorable experience?
I have had quite a few of them. The interesting thing is that mine are almost always when someone touches you with an unexpected kindness.
I'll never forget taking a road trip in Arizona when my kids were little. We spent the night in an economy hotel. When we were on the road the next morning, we realized that my daughter had left her raggedy, well loved, and oh-so-special Little Bunny behind.
I called the hotel to ask if maybe they had found the bunny. They ended up mailing Little Bunny to us. They went the extra mile for us. It was this precious, unscripted gift. Moments like that keep me enamored with this industry.
So how do you describe yourself as a hotel guest?
I am a guest who pays attention to what is going on around me. I ask a lot of questions of employees. And yes, I time how long it takes to get services and I experiment.
Let me tell you about this hotel I visit often. The hotel charges me for a Wi-Fi connection for each of multiple devices, which I always ask about since the cost is high for three or four devices. They tell me every time that I stay with them that for just this one time, they will remove the extra charges from my bill. I'm fascinated that part of their protocol is essentially to scold the guest.
If a general manager asks me how my stay was, I'll offer a short answer—"Fine, thanks." The real test of a good hotelier is if he asks more questions. Rather than breathing a sigh of relief that I don't have any problems he has to address, he wants my feedback and is willing to take constructive criticism.
What is the one hotel amenity that you can't live without?
Forget those little shampoos. It's absolutely Wi-Fi. I can sleep on the floor if I have access to my phone, computer and tablet—my life! And the easier and faster it is, the happier I am.
What does the guest experience look like in five years?
People may not want to hear this, but I think there are a lot of things that we do in the industry that are artifacts of another time. While tradition is a wonderful thing in some instances, I think holding too tightly to it will mean that hotels miss opportunities to rethink how things are done.
After all, this is where innovation starts.


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Invertebrate Paleontology
The Invertebrate Paleontology Collections at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University are the oldest in the United States and hold material collected and described by the earliest workers in American and British paleontology. The collection contains more than 5,000 lots of type material of more than 100 authors including Timothy A. Conrad, William M. Gabb, Henry C. Lea, Isaac Lea, Samuel G. Morton, Axel A. Olsson, Anne Harbison and Henry A. Pilsbry. Strengths of the collection are in Cenozoic and Cretaceous Mollusca of the New World, particularly the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains; Quaternary Mollusca worldwide; and the Mesozoic of England. About 75% of the collection is molluscan fossils; total holdings are approximately 106,000 lots containing about 1,000,000 specimens.
Information on the type collection for the Invertebrate Paleontology Collection can be found at clade.ansp.org/invert_paleo/collections/.
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[Verse 1: Big L]
Yo, once again; it's the Big L, that kid who got much props
From killin' corrupt cops with motherfuckin' buck shots
So don't step to this, cause I got a live crew
You might be kinda big but they make coffins yo' size too
I was taught wise, I'm known to extort guys
This ain't Cali, it's Harlem nigga we do walkbys
No one can match me, tax me or wax me
If you want me to write you some raps G just ask me
Cause on the shelf is where your LP cold stood
Because it was no good, that shit ain't even go wood
I'm not the type to take sluts out, I just fuck they guts out
Get my nuts out, then break the fuck out
Me being a virgin, that's idiotic
Cause if Big L got the AIDS every cutie in the city got it
Once a nigga tried to stick me for six G's
And I put more holes in his ass than swiss cheese
(Thugs better scat when the gat goes click-clack)
Or I'ma have your family dressed in all black
[Verse 2: Big L]
I steal lives like a stone thief, so leave me alone chief
Or catch a buck shot to your domepiece
I must warn, I got it goin' on, word is bond
Ducks be gettin' thrown off platforms like P.M. Dawn
I'm catchin' bodies like a villain's supposed to
And I squeeze triggers, not just on niggas but hoes too
So don't try to test me, cause I can't stand testers
Fuck around, I'll introduce you to your ancestors
Step to this and get left with a face full of tears, pal
But man you've been rappin' for years now
And ain't made a hit yet, you flop in a split sec
In the shower's the only time you get your dick wet
I roll with scary crews, I come out of wars barely bruised
I'm puttin' motherfuckers on the Daily News
I was a gangsta from the git-go
Leavin' fags in bodybags with tags on they big toe
(Thugs better scat when the gat goes click-clack)
Or I'ma have your family dressed in all black
[Verse 3: Big L]
Yo ever since I was young, I ripped mics and I killed beats
And I'm known to milk freaks and hit em on silk sheets
No dame can give me a bad name, I got mad fame
I'm quick to put a slug in a fag brain
I be placin' snitches inside lakes and ditches
And if I catch AIDS, then I'mma start rapin' bitches
I'm all about makin' papes kid
I killed my mother with a shovel just like Norman Bates did
My old man in the past, stuck me up without a mask
Then his ass cold dashed with my cash fast
Fifty G's is what the creep stole; so the next day
Knocked on his door and shot his granny through the peephole
That's the type of shit I'm on, word is bond
Got it goin' on, from the break of dawns to the early morn'
You know my style I'm wild, comin' straight out of Harlem pal
It's Big L, the motherfucking problem child
(Thugs better scat when the gat goes click-clack)
Or I'ma have your family dressed in all black
[Outro: Big L]
This goes out to all y'all bitch-ass niggas
So if your mother ain't ready for a funeral, don't FUCK with me
Cause I know a good way to get your family together
And I ain't talkin' bout a reunion motherfucker
Yo, I'm bout to sign out, but before I go
I gotta say peace to the NFL crew, you know who you are
And all y'all niggas talkin' that gun shit
And won't bust a rhyme, stop fakin' the funk!
Word, I'm bout to get up out of here
Yo I'm out B, yo peace man
I gotta get this money
So all y'all niggas on my hitlist get your suits ready
Off Big L's magnum opus, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, he warns other rappers to watch out or he will attempt actual murder. All black referring to the suits worn at funerals when Big L murders the victim.


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From The Files Of November 30, 1989 '89 Apparent attempted robberies at the Needmore branch of The First National Bank of McConnellsburg and at the Breezewood
branch of the Everett bank last Friday, November 24, were thwarted when alert bank employees saw the alleged robber coming and were able to lock him out of both banks. Needmore bank branch manager Joyce Henry said that she and her employees first noticed a suspicious vehicle in the bank's parking lot. Henry said she was later informed by a bank customer that the suspicious vehicle had previously been parked on the county library side of the building for some time before employees first saw the car pull through the lot. The employees hid behind the bank's countertops after locking the doors. They heard the man attempt to open the bank's door. When they next looked up, the man and car were gone. Later around 5:30 p.m. Friday, a man in an orange ski mask approached the Everett bank branch office along Route 126 south of Breezewood. State police at Bedford later arrested Samuel Wills Jr., of Jerome, Pa., as he slept in the front seat of the Ford in the parking lot of the Rodeway Inn in Breezewood with the ski mask in plain view.
Although a reported record of 44,000 antlered deer were killed statewide on the first day of buck season, Fulton County's harvest was estimated at 400, down from an estimated first-day kill of 450 in 1988.
No one was injured in an accidental fire which destroyed a mobile home in Belfast Township on Thanksgiving Day, leaving five persons temporarily homeless. Fire company officials reported the first at the mobile home of Claie Hollenshead fully engulfed upon their arrival. Joanne Hollenshead was the only person in the mobile home when the fire began in the kitchen area. She said the fire either could have been started by grease from her Thanksgiving turkey in the oven or by leaking gas in the kitchen.
Rick Everetts and his brother, Melvin "Junior" Everetts, bagged a black bear last Tuesday in Clearfield County. The prize weighed in at 158 pounds fielddressed.
Barbara Sharpe became the bride of James Peterson, Greencastle, on September 30 at the United Presbyterian Church of McConnellsburg. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sharpe of McConnellsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peterson, Williamsport Pike.
Robert and Carole McCarty, Hancock, announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Leigh, to Joseph Daniel Hollenshead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hollenshead, Needmore.
Deaths: Mabel Figard, Six Mile Run; Dorothea Mark, Belleville; Clyde Cisney, Blairs Mills; Annie Bowman, Williamsport; Roderic Deike, Crystal Spring; Floyd Wink, Hancock; Ronald Bowman Sr., McConnellsburg; Arlene Perry, Fayetteville.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Middaugh of Shade Gap on November 20; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Morgan of Clear Spring on November 23.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 29, 1979 '79 Local service stations that stayed open during the first day of deer season were kept busy Monday pulling out of the mud
the vehicles of hunters who braved the wind and heavy downpour of rain to stalk the elusive buck. The take the first day was light, according to reports, but that could be due to the number of sensible nimrods who decided it's better to get wet inside than out, turned their backs on the not so great outdoors and opted for the relaxation of "cabin hunting" instead.
Ralph Watkins of Hustontown was one of the hunters lucky enough to bag an eight-point buck on Monday.
JLG Industries posted some of the strongest results ever recorded in the history of the company during fiscal 1979. Revenues for the 1979 fiscal year climbed 39 percent to $46.5 million compared with $33 million for the same 1978 period.
Marie Gunnery Sgt. David A. Knepper, son of Mary E. Knepper of Hustontown, recently departed for and deployment in the Mediterranean Sea.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Park of Fort Littleton announce the marriage of their daughter, Patti Jo Park, to Dennis Alan Hunsinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunsinger Jr. of Blairs Mills, on October 5.
Deaths: Mrs. Ethel Doyle, McConnellsburg; Mrs. Rosie C. Remsburg, Mercersburg; Mrs. Enza A. Tice, Greencastle; Grover C. Helman, Chambersburg.
Specials at the IGA; Pillsbury flour, 79 cents, 5-lb. bag; Coronet bath tissue, $1.39, 8 pack; shoulder butt roast, 99 cents; Esskay ham patties, $1.49 lb.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knepper of Three Springs on November 16; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hixon of Hancock on November 16; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Garman of Mt. Union on November 19; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Egolf of Mercersburg on November 21; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jerrill Maust of Berkeley Springs on November 22.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 11, 1969 '69 The resignation of Mrs. Marie Lane as justice of the peace
for District 2 in Fulton County was accepted by the county commissioners last week. Mrs. Lane, Republican, was elected to the office in the November election over Democrat Robert Lininger by a vote of 385 to 280. When queried as to her reason for resigning, Mrs. Lane told a "News" reporter that, when she ran for office, she was under the impression that the position would entail an 8-hour day, five days a week, in an office which would be located in her own home. Since then, she has been informed that a separate office must be established for certain hours, to which she could be called on a 24-hour basis.
Calvin H. Tritle, 19, Mc- Connellsburg, was admitted to Fulton County Medical Center on Saturday with a fractured skull, concussion and multiple lacerations as the result of a onecar accident. State police who investigated the crash said that Tritle was driving a 1957 Chevrolet south on Route 522, approaching the borough at a high rate of speed, when he lost control of the car on a left curve.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Sunnyway Food Market in Greencastle on Sunday. The loss was estimated at $300,000.
Deaths: Bryan Mellott, Harrisonville.
McConnellsburg is now "all lit up" for Christmas with decorations provided by the Chamber of Commerce and installed by the Jaycees. The Jaycees have also installed their brightly lit star on the ridge west of town.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clair Traxler of Hustontown on November 28; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mellott of Needmore on November 29; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Mason of Greencastle on November 29; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Morse of Crystal Spring on November 30; a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Beatty of Needmore on November 30; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cowan of Mount Union on December 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Shives of Mc- Connellsburg on December 2; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Shade Gap on December 3.
Specials at the IGA: 25-lb. bag flour, $1.79; bananas 12 cents lb.; Waldorf bathroom tissue, 25 cents, 4-roll pkg. Crisco, 79 cents, 3-lb. can.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 17, 1959 '59Firemen from Mc- Connellsburg, Bedford and Three
Springs were able to save the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman in Waterfall on Friday evening. The fire was caused by an overheated stove pipe burning the upstairs floor. Mr. Newman was a patient in the Medical Center at the time of the fire.
A record crowd of 250 members and guests of the Fulton Manufacturing Co.'s Social Club attended the annual Christmas banquet at the American Legion Home on December 11. Stanley Sagner, owner of the plant, acted as master of ceremonies. The Mary How Trio provided music for dancing.
There were 2,536 people Xrayed during the week of October 25 by the Bedford/Fulton Tuberculosis and Health Society. Abnormal conditions were found in 117 of the X-rays.
District Forester Fred W. Shearer reports that in Fulton County a total of 328,290 people used the state parks during 1959 with 277,144 at Cowans Gap; 27,335 at Sideling Hill and 23,811 at Jerry Springs.
Cadet William E. Shaffer of McConnellsburg, a member of the Reserve Officers Training Program, was recently promoted to the rank of sergeant in Company E of the 4th Battle group at Penn State School of Forestry at Mont Alto where he is a student.
Rev. T.P. Garland writes, "only a few years ago, a few men and women had a vision for a Medical Center. They were met with, 'it cannot be done,' but 'where there is no vision, the people per- ish.' (Prof. 29:18). Today we see our vision realized with a fine staff of doctors and nurses and a strong, organized group of men and women."
Velva May Gutshall, Chambersburg and Carlin Wayne Morris, Needmore, were married on December 5.
The First National Bank announces it will increase savings account interest rates to 3 percent effective the next interest period.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rajtik, McConnellsburg, on December 8; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Seiders, McConnellsburg, on December 8; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shoemaker, Big Cove Tannery, on December 12.
Douglas Shafer and family are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fraker, Fort Littleton, following his discharge from the service on Friday.
Sgt. and Mrs. William Schriver and two sons are expected to return to this country soon after serving for two years in Beiruit, Lebanon.
Mrs. Waneta Vechtel of Harrisburg has returned to her home after spending two weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mr. John Hixon, Amaranth, with a broken leg suffered in a recent car accident.
Center School was closed last Thursday with some of the pupils now attending Harmonia and Warfordsburg. They expect to have all the one-room schools in the township closed by the first of the year, according to the Amaranth correspondent.
Warren Peck has purchased the Norman Daniels property near Pleasant Grove, and he and his wife and two children will be moving in this week.
Deaths: William Sloan Warthin, 83, McConnellsburg; James Minick Mellott, 65, Bedford.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 15, 1949 '49 Deaths: Sam R. Martin, 64, prominent funeral director
of eastern Indiana; George W. Smith of Hunterstown, Pa.; Patricia Ann McClain of near Oak Grove.
Sponsored by the local Lions Club, the McConnellsburg merchants and other groups are cooperating this week in decorating the streets of the town for the holiday season. Many individual homeowners are also helping by placing lighted evergreens on the streets. The lights will be turned on Saturday to make an elaborate Christmas for McConnellsburg.
A coroner's jury decided on Friday afternoon in Mc- Connellsburg that the death of Walter C. Mellott of Breezewood was unavoidable. Mellott was killed by a pumpkin ball fired by a fellow hunter which glanced off a tree and struck him.
Game officials of Fulton County report that the number of deer killed here since the first day of the season is less than last year and probably for the last several years.
A committee consisting of Miss Mary Jane Kirk, Mrs. James McQuade, Mrs. Harold Welsh and Mrs. Frank Findley has been named by Mrs. George Resiner, president of the Mc- Connellsburg Woman's Club, to assist in the distribution of toys to children of needy families of the community. These toys consist for the most part of "cuddle toys," which have been made in the local WPA sewing room.
Before William J. Lowe's death, the Fidelity Bible Class of the Reformed Sunday School had decided, with his approval, to place a lighted star on the Reformed Church steeple as its part of the Christmas decorations. The class has decided to go ahead with the project and dedicate the star to his memory; and also to light the star each succeeding year during the Christmas season as a memorial to his ministry.
Mr. and Mrs. David Trott of Upper Montclair, N.J., announce the birth of a son on December 12. Mrs. Trott is the former Virginia Spangler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Spangler.
Thomas Bruce Appleby and Lois Elizabeth Rider were married on December 7.
Admitted to Everett Hospital during the past week were Asa Keefer of McConnellsburg for treatment of a fractured skull; Mrs. Clara Parsons of Mc- Connellsburg for treatment of infection of the right little finger and Goldie Welsh of Crystal Spring for a major abdominal operation. Treated at the hospital dispensary were Donald Shives of McConnellsburg for X-rays and application of a cast to a fractured right foot and James Hockensmith of McConnellsburg for X-rays of the sacrum.
Major Bowes, famous radio impressario, has made an outright gift of his famous Laurel Hill estate, located two miles out of Ossininger, N.Y., to the Lutheran Church.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rhodes gathered at their parental home on Sunday to celebrate their father's 74th birthday.
Douglas Layton was recently elected master of the Warfordsburg Grange.
Mrs. Russell Gordon entertained at a birthday dinner on Sunday in honor of her husband's and her daughter Dora's birthdays. The large cake had 42 candles; the smaller one, 20.
Mrs. Thurman Nesbitt fell and broke her nose. Miss Jessie Shimer and brother Arthur have closed their home on North Second Street for the winter and are living with their sister, Mrs. Olive Crouse of Webster Mills.
80 Years Ago
From the Files Of December 12, 1929 '29 Three full columns on the front page of this issue and a column
and a half on page five are devoted to a "Confederate Scout's Personal Narrative," telling the scouting experiences of William L. Moseby during the Civil War.
Deaths: Harry S. Mellott of Warsaw, Ind.; George B. Diehl of Breezewood; Benjamin Curtis Awkerman, well-known jeweler, optometrist and watchmaker of Mount Union.
N.H. Roettger, local plumber, has been installing a hydraulic ramp at George C. Sipes' home at Webster Mills, "with running water in the house upstairs and down."
Death: Miss Laura B. Gilland of Philadelphia.
Born: a son on Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Briggs of Decorum.
The Northcraft correspondent writes: "Owing to a limited knowledge of the anatomy of the human body, one of our neighbors suffered for several hours from nervous shock after reading a note left by his wife telling him he had gone to get her kimona cut out. Thinking she was in the hospital for a serious operaiton, all efforts to console him were in vain until she returned from the dressmakers with the new garment."
Death: Samuel Morrison Lauthers of Shavers Creek Valley.
Scott Runyan, manager of the A&P Store, was called to Springfield, Ohio, last week because of the critical illness of his mother who is still living, but whose death is expected.
Dr. D.E. Fischer, formerly of Needmore, has moved to Mc- Connellsburg and is practicing as a physician.
Ellis, 15-year-old son of John and Edna Carmack of Mc- Connellsburg, killed a 10-point buck on Friday.
Last October, Miss Blanche A. Swope, daughter of Dr. L.W. Swope of Pittsburgh, came to the Green Hill school in the interest of finding out some of its present needs. A detailed list was given to Miss Swope and within a short time 300 steel chairs were sent for the auditorium being completed this week. Twelve children's chairs were sent for the primary department, new books and dictionaries were sent and reading tables are now being made for the primary grades. These donations have created within the people of Licking Creek a renewed interest in their new school.
More deaths: Jack Beck of Media, Pa.; Wilson Wible Brown of Huntingdon County.
George E. Hill and Pearl Mae Remsburg were married on December 5.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Dancing to the beat alongside a Brazilian on Copacabana beach on New Year's Eve appears to be the dream way to ring in 2013 if a global survey of 17,000 people is any indicator.
The survey conducted by social network Badoo.com (www.badoo.com) across 17 countries and four continents showed Brazilians were considered the top nationality the rest of the world would most like to share New Year's with.
Americans ranked second in the poll, with Spaniards, Italians and the French coming third, fourth and fifth. Belgians and Swiss ranked joint last.
"This seems harsh on the Swiss and Belgians", Badoo director Louise Thompson said. "But I can understand that most people would rather celebrate New Year's Eve on a beach in Brazil than by huddling against the cold in northern Europe."
New Year's Eve falls in the middle of Brazil's summer, which makes the climate perfect for huge, outdoor parties of the kind Brazilians enjoy attending with friends or family to welcome the new year.
The festivities are held in cities across the country, but Rio is judged to have the best, including Brazil's most famous New Year's Eve event - the giant gathering on Copacabana beach, attended annually by some 2.5 million revelers and widely considered the best New Year's Eve party in the world.
Spanish also gather en masse on New Year's Eve in Puerta del Sol in Madrid, where both those present and many more watching at home listen to the clock chime 12 times while eating one grape on each chime, to bring prosperity for the new near.
The Italians, who ranked fourth in the Badoo poll, brought a more romantic flavor to New Year's Eve gatherings by staging a mass kiss in Venice's Piazza San Marco.
None of these gatherings, however, can match the scale of the festivities on Rio's Copacabana beach, which are also famed for their spectacular fireworks display. Ocean liners are known to moor nearby to watch.
For those near the beach on New Year's Eve, the tradition in Brazil is to jump seven waves at midnight while throwing flowers in the sea and making a wish - one wish for each wave.
Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, also boasts a giant New Year's Eve party, held in Paulista Avenue and attended by over a million merrymakers. Only in Brazil could a party this big rank second best.
There may, however, be one way Europeans can claim to surpass the Brazilians on New Year's Eve, which is when it comes to clothes.
Brazilians traditionally dress in white on New Year's Eve, to bring luck for the new year. This tradition turns Rio's Copacabana beach into a giant carpet of white.
Both the Spanish and Italians, however, take a more colorful approach - welcoming the New Year by observing the local custom of wearing red underwear for good luck.
Badoo is a site for chatting, flirting, dating and meeting new people, with 168 million users across over 180 countries.
Reporting by Paul Casciato


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Dear All,
My licence expired in 2005. I registered myself in the WPC website and found my licence details already listed. I tried to renew my application through WPC website, but, I could not do so. It does not even allow me to change my mobile number. I appreciate if someone could guide me through the procedures to submit my renewal application online and other subsequent procedures. Thanks.


text: Weed Control for Yield Protection July 8, 2013 12:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ellie Murphy Farm Journal Media Intern Email Weed control is all about the timing and rate of herbicide application. In Episode 5 of Corn College TV Season 3, Farm Journal's Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer discusses year-long management. "The first thing we need to think about is starting clean," she says. Controlling winter annuals is the best way to kick off weed control for the summer growing season. The hotter and later it gets into the season, the less effective herbicide will be. (Click here to order Corn College TV Education Series on DVD.) Bauer also notes how the spray nozzle is essential for good coverage. While timing is key, the correct rate of application will help to maintain a good yield. She says, "If we can have season long control and keep these fields weed free enough to protect yield, that's what we're after." Watch Corn College TV Episode 5 below to learn more about the weed management. Click here to register for 2013 Corn College events happening throughout the summer. Back to news


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The GLOBE® program brings together three of the world's best business schools to provide undergraduate students a premier business education that spans the globe. UNC partners with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) to offer a unique, integrated global business curriculum to prepare students as future managers and business leaders.
GLOBE Fellows are chosen upon application to the Undergraduate Business program during the early fall of their sophomore year. As this exceptional program spans eighteen months over junior and senior year, only sophomore students are eligible to apply.
Roots of the GLOBE Program can be traced to the groundbreaking alliance of five top business schools that created the global OneMBA® program for executives. The GLOBE program expands UNC Kenan-Flagler's international opportunities for undergraduate students and gives students the greatest immersion experience overseas.
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A week ago or so, someone in our LinkedIn group asked me some questions about IFPS certification, and I really couldn't answer. I don't know much about the certification courses, as I have never completed any nor will I ever. As an editor, I don't need to be certified in fluid power.
So I thought the timing was amazing when I saw this news from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) about a special review session it is offering on April 2-5, for IFPS Hydraulic Specialist Certification, a certification degree granted by IFPS based on passing a three-hour written test provided and proctored by IFPS. For more information, please visit the IFPS certification page.
The review is a three day session held and provided by MSOE followed by the certification exam on the fourth day. The objective of the course is to provide instructions and review basics of hydraulics to maximize the chance of passing the exam. It is a non-CEU program, meaning MSOE will not grant credit units or a certificate. Study material is based on the IFPS study guide.
It is required for candidates who are involved in hydraulic system sales, design, modeling and supervising system operation. The session registration does not include the exam fee. If you are interested in getting certified, you must register for the exam online or call (414) 277-7269.
Register for the review session here.
Perhaps a course like this will help others wanting to learn more about IFPS certification.