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TUSCALOOSA | The students and fans in Stillman Stadium erupted with a minute left in regulation, cheering on their Stillman Tigers football team, as they closed out a nail-biter.
The Tigers defeated the Central State Marauders 35-33 on Thursday night.
Safety Cameron Stallings denied Central State wide receiver Zach Thomas on a two-point conversion and a possible overtime.
"I knew it would be a big stop for us, because they were down by two and they needed that," Stallings said.
Stallings said the team understood they could not afford to play extra minutes with a solid team like the Marauders, and had to capitalize on finishing the job.
Both teams went back-and-forth in the opening four drives to start first quarter.
Tigers quarterback Torrance Moise connected with wide receiver Dondre Purnell on a 4-yard pass to put Stillman on the board early.
The Marauders responded quickly, as quarterback Michael Wilson ran up the middle, through the Tigers defense, to tie it at 7-7.
Purnell gave the Tigers an advantage on its second possession, returning a punt to the Marauders' 39-yard line.
Seeing scoring territory within reach, wide receiver Jalen Hooks ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 6:27 left in the first quarter.
Wilson controlled the tempo for the Marauders and finished their second drive of the game, running 3 yards for a score to tie it again, 14-14.
"He (Wilson) is a good quarterback and hard to stop," Stillman coach Teddy Keaton said.
Keaton said Wilson's strong point was cutting to the right and being successful each time.
After a battle-tested start, both defenses locked up, forcing each side to punt for the first time in the quarter.
Safety Robert Crosby led the way for the Tigers defense in the first 15 minutes of play with four tackles.
Linebacker Michael Herrod and cornerback Carlos Wilson followed behind Crosby with three of their own.
For the Marauders defense, linebacker Blake Riley totaled five tackles.
With each team increasing the intensity to start the second quarter, Marauders kicker Dustin Bryan converted a 42-yard field goal at the six-minute mark to make it 17-14.
Running back Rovonta Johnson answered for the Tigers and ended the half on a 2-yard scoring run.
Johnson said coming off of last week's difficulty in the red zone, the Tigers did a better job this game in converting.
"For Coach Keaton to come this week and trust us again and let me get the ball, I love that," Johnson said.
Johnson scored another touchdown on a 4-yard run with 4:12 in the third quarter and finished the game with 10 rushes for 32 yards.
As the clock wound down in the third, cornerback Greg Abrams made an interception that gave the momentum back to the Tigers entering the fourth quarter.
"Greg has played well all year and it was a huge play," Keaton said
Tight end Sturgis Reese got into the action midway in the quarter and scored off of a 55-yard pass from Moise, putting the Tigers up 35-27.
The Tigers finished with 156 rushing yards and 201 passing yards.
With this being a short-week, they will have extra time to prepare for Miles on Nov. 2 and Keaton said it will be another tough match-up.
Stillman holds off Central State
TUSCALOOSA | The students and fans in Stillman Stadium erupted with a minute left in regulation, cheering on their Stillman Tigers football team, as they closed out a nail-biter.


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Taylor Swift Covers Billboard + Makes Chart History
Congratulations to Taylor Swift! The singer, whose album 'Red' hits shelves today (Oct. 22), made both the cover of Billboard and history on its charts.
On the cover, Swift keeps it simple, if not necessarily flattering, in blue clam digger pants, a white striped sweater and unfortunate brown oxfords, with her blond hair in a bun. Anyone else sort of miss the ultra-glam Swift? We loved her curls, too — we could see more of her face that way! Not that she looks bad by any means, since that's pretty much not possible when you have that kind of genetic material to work with. She poses with an old guitar, a testament to her sound and her maturity.
Speaking of that maturity, Swift told the mag, "For me, being 22 has been my favorite year of my life. I like all the possibilities of how you're still learning, but you know enough," she said. "You still know nothing, but you know that you know nothing. You're old enough to start planning your life, but you're young enough to know there are so many unanswered questions. That brings about a carefree feeling that is sort of based on indecision and fear and a the same time letting lose. Being 22 has taught me so much."
Swift says that her age played a big role in her lyricism for 'Red,' as well as her outlook on life. "It's all the different ways that you have to say goodbye to someone," she said of the record's themes. "When you're experiencing the ups and downs of a relationship, especially when you're 22 years old, they all strike you different ways. Every different kind of missing someone, every kind of loss — it all sounds different to me. When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster. So I think, because time seems to move so slow when I'm sad, that's why I spend so much time writing songs about it. It seems like I have more hours in the day."
That explains why, other than 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,' most of Swift's breakup tracks on 'Red' are slower songs: Because that's how time is going when you're down and out on love. One of those sad songs is particularly meaningful for Swift. "'Sad Beautiful Tragic' is really close to my heart," she revealed. "I remember it was after a show and I was on the bus thinking about this relationship that ended months and months before. The feeling wasn't sadness and anger or those things anymore. It was wistful loss," she sighed. "And so I just got my guitar and I hit on the fact that I was thinking in terms of rhyming; I rhymed magic with tragic, changed a few things and ended it with what a sad beautiful tragic love affair. I wanted to tell the story in terms of a cloudy recollection of what went wrong. It's kind of the murky gray, looking back on something you can't change or get back."
On a brighter note, Swift is planning to tour in support of 'Red,' and she's promising big things for it. "I know it will be theatrical, but different than the Speak Now tour," she said. "It felt like we put on a play every night." In terms of what songs you'll hear, Swift promises also to include old favorites with new ones. "I like when I go to a concert and the artist respects what the people's favorite songs are. I'm going to be playing 'Love Story' for the rest of my career because the fans really like it. If I ever get sick of it, I would continue to play it at my shows," she assured. "You have to, as an artist, remember your experiences as a fan. And as a fan you heard the song in your bedroom, you played it over and over again, you know where the fiddle part is, you know where the banjo part is and you like the way it is sung on the record. I don't see me altering the way my previous work sounds live because people want to hear it the way they heard it on record," she explained.
Still, there will be some tricks up Swift's sleeve. "That being said, we've done some fun mash-ups," she said. "Sometimes it's fun to weave someone else's song into your song as a surprise. I'm always balancing — how much new material do people want to hear, how much old material — and at the end of the day I'm trying to put on a show that accurately represents where I am now."
Where she is now happens to be in the record books. After a mere six years on the Billboard charts, ABC News reports that Swift has her 50th — yes, five-zero — charting song on the Hot 100, an achievement few could even dream of, let alone accomplish. 'I Knew You Were Trouble' pushed Swift over the edge, landing her in elite company with Connie Francis, Aretha Franklin (who has the second fastest record for 14 years, six months and three weeks), Madonna and Dionne Warwick. However, it's important to note that part of Swift's speedy success is due to her charting of unofficial singles, something the other ladies didn't have on their sides. Still, it's something to be proud of.
Something else to smile about? 'Red' is predicted to sell between 900,000 and 1 million copies in its opening week!
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A couple of days ago I moved the sewing machine up from the basement. At our old house my sewing table was in the middle of the family room. While I don't miss the mess that came with that set-up, I do sometimes miss sewing in the hub of the action (I seem to get more done that way). So in honor of the Olympics, I relocated for a couple of days.
This afternoon while all the bigger kids were at school and my little guy was being entertained by Curious George on PBSkids [see above], I was quite productive! (Just so I don't sound like a totally negligent parent, he did relocate to the table with me and draw pictures with markers while I sewed. It was a "picture" of a dragon, a knight, and a queen. The Queen had just cut-off the dragon's head. I think this was Cupid's symbolic tribute to his heroic mother.)
I made my first ever string blocks. I've been wanting to try this method forever and once again, a Bee project finally got me to do it. These blocks are for Rachel. She has a great tutorial if you want to make some of your own!
And here is the mess at the kitchen table. The reason the mess is usually confined to the basement. But it was worth it to watch the Women's Figure Skating finals last night while I made more Union Jacks. Did anyone else watch? Weren't they wonderful? I was so impressed with that final group especially. I even got teary watching Kim Yu Na from Korea. Gorgeous performance in every way. And I was so relieved for her. I can't imagine that pressure and those high expectations. And then Joannie Rochette. Such inspiring grace.
Speaking of women's figure skating, the other night we were watching the short program and I was touched by the girl skating for Turkey. (I think that is what I love about the Olympics – not just the big-name gold medalists, but the athletes who are just as dedicated and sacrifice just as much for their sports, who proudly represent their countries, with little recognition.) Anyway, I pointed her out to my 8-year-old, thinking I would be a culturally illuminating mother and said, "Look! This girl is from Turkey! Her name is Tugba." My daughter responded, "Hmm. I think I'd rather call her Lynelle."
Okay . .
Hope you have an equally sunny, productive, inspiring, culturally illuminating weekend at your house!


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Yes, I know it's only May, but it's May 31 and hot damn, this trailer music is awfully wonderful. Or is it, wonderfully awful? Whatever, who cares, it's great and terrible at the same damn time.
The trailer is for new Ridge Racer DLC for the PS Vita. The car in the above trailer is the Hornet from Daytona USA, while the song is "Ridge Racer USA Mix."
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an incredibly difficult 24 hours for our family."
Hunt spoke to The Associated Press on the field before the Chiefs' game against the Carolina Panthers. He said the Chiefs consulted with the league about whether to play the game as scheduled, but ultimately left it up to coach Romeo Crennel and the team captains to decide.
Related: Belcher dead in apparent murder-suicide
Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli were in the parking lot of the Chiefs' practice facility Saturday morning when linebacker Jovan Belcher shot himself in the head. Belcher had shot his girlfriend multiple times at a nearby residence just minutes earlier.
Hunt said Pioli called him from the parking lot immediately after the shooting, and that he flew from his home in the Dallas to Kansas City on Saturday afternoon.
"I spent the evening last night at the team hotel with them," Hunt said. "I wanted to be there with the team, with the coaches, to let them know I love them and support them and know what they're going through, and particularly the guys who were present in the parking lot when Jovan took his life. I know this has to be incredibly difficult."
The Chiefs had several counselors on hand at the team hotel Saturday night. The NFL and the players' association have also pledged their support to the team.
Hunt said that Belcher was "a player who had not had a long concussion history."
Belcher was in his fourth year with the Chiefs after making the team as an undrafted free agent out of Maine, and team officials said he was particularly close to Pioli.
"We have a lot of players who were struggling, people who had spent countless hours with Jovan over the last several years, the linebacking group in particular," Hunt said. "I know it's going to be difficult for them today. I told them all we can do in a situation like this is pull together as a family and support each other."
Kansas City police have not released a motive for the shooting of 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, other than to say the couple had been arguing in recent days.
They left behind a 3-month-old daughter, Zoe.
"We lost two members of the Chiefs family," Hunt said. "Kasandra was part of our Chiefs women's organization, and had done things in the community with the CWO group. They have a daughter now, Zoe, who is an orphan. I can't imagine how difficult that's going to be for her."
Hunt said that he had a number of conversations Saturday with Commissioner Roger Goodell on whether to play the game against Carolina as scheduled. Ultimately, Hunt asked Crennel to discuss with team captains how they wanted to proceed.
"Of course, the captains had been in conversation with their teammates," Hunt said, "and they unanimously believed the right thing to do was play the game."
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Pfizer's little blue pill, Viagra, is getting a boost these days from children.
That's right, the active ingredient in the erectile dysfunction blockbuster (almost $2 billion in sales last year) was recently granted an additional six months of U.S. patent protection because it is being tested in studies on children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
Viagra shares an active ingredient, sildenafil, with another Pfizer drug, Revatio, which is marketed to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure in the lung's arteries.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration previously asked Pfizer to test Revatio in children with pulmonary hypertension. Pfizer conducted the studies and has applied for FDA approval to market Revatio for use in children; an FDA decision is expected in May.
Federal law provides for such extensions of exclusivity as an incentive for drug makers to test products that may be helpful to children. During exclusivity periods, competing generic copies are generally prohibited from entering the market. The FDA granted the six-month pediatric extension for sildenafil on Feb. 9, according to the FDA website.
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About a year ago, Lane examined the infant girl, who had severe lymphatic malformation with growths that had swelled up in her chest and wrapped around her aorta. The pressure caused high blood pressure and, eventually, heart failure, so Lane gave her sildenafil.
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In the last Travel Mechanic column, I examined the fare prognostication tools used by Kayak and Bing, which advise travelers whether to buy plane tickets while searching those websites or to wait. Both sites use data from scores of past searches to predict whether you're finding a fare at its lowest point or if it may fall.
I examined about 10 random routes and dates of travel, and the companies were generally united on their predictions, with one exception: For a hypothetical trip from Los Angeles to Portland, Ore., in mid-April, Bing and Kayak both brought back the same fare — $178 on both Delta and Alaska airlines — but differed in their recommendations.
Kayak said with 85 percent certainty to buy. Bing said to wait with 75 percent confidence.
Who won? Bing.
A week later, the price had fallen to $158.
And that led me to a simple question: Why must we spend so much time guessing whether fares will rise or fall?
Darren Rickey, a vice president at Sabre Airline Solutions, said prices are in constant flux for a simple reason: Airlines are trying to fill planes. He said they see passengers as two types: business, with flexibility on price but not on dates, and leisure, with more flexibility on dates and wanting to spend as little as possible. The airlines know they will be able to fill the plane at varying price points.
"They ask themselves, 'How many seats do I need to sell at $1,000, $500 and the cheapest level, knowing I don't want to fly with empty seats?'" said Rickey, who has worked in airline revenue management for an Australian carrier. "They don't want to fly full at the cheapest fare if they can upsell some people."
And they always can.
Airlines are trying to figure out how to fill flights months ahead of time and usually long before anyone actually is thinking about getting on those flights. They know that the earliest people to book on a typical flight will be leisure travelers, and they will be enticed with decent, but maybe not the best, prices. Airlines don't want to sell too many tickets too soon, however.
"You want to leave plenty of seats available, because you know plenty of business travelers will book in the last couple of weeks," Rickey said.
About 45 days out, he said, airlines begin considering whether they have sold enough seats on a particular flight. If the answer is no, as it often is, that's when the most appealing prices pop up. And, indeed, conventional industry wisdom says the optimal time to buy a plane ticket is three to four weeks before departure, the sweet spot between early bookers and last-minute shoppers.
Meanwhile, airlines are responding not only to their own loads but to competitors' sales, a key reason that many analysts say consumers can't afford for the industry to become any further consolidated.
Not jumping too early or waiting too late turns out to be the best practice for airline customers. That, a little guessing and a little luck.
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No, seriously. What would you do if you were asked to define yourself? You have seven pages of the common application, plus a supplement if asked. But don't tell too much, after all, only fifteen minutes are spent reviewing your application. So you better be your best self. Don't make any mistakes, mind you, and don't be cliche.
Argh! Colleges have to know that I can't define myself in an application. Yes, you know my grades, my SAT scores, my AP scores, my extracurriculars, my most important activity, and my family information. But how can you possibly know from the info on my Mom that she likes brain/cognitive science and that influenced me? Or that her organization has helped me? How can a college know about everyday things that I do that I think set me apart? They won't know. So please, don't tell me that I'm defining myself! I'm trying to give you a picture of myself, my academics, and my life. I'll forget some things, undoubtedly, and I'll never have enough space to write how my family has impacted me.
Obviously, I'm in the process of writing my applications. I hate waiting, and I hate knowing that there's a point you get to with SATs, GPAs, essays, etc. where it really is just luck of the draw. The worst part is I made two small mistakes on my common application. One is similar to [a but the problem was resolved]. See that extra a? Isn't it annoying? I hope the readers don't notice or don't care. Another is just schoolyear instead of school year. I'm okay with that one. I'm just so paranoid that I have more mistakes. I've read it ten times, and only found those two. Hopefully, since they read it ONCE, they won't see them.
Anyway, I am submitting two more applications today. I was going to submit three, but I have not had an interview for the third. I just want to be able to click the check box "off campus interview."
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Erin Stout and Doucheous Racoonus.
I give the pannel 9, ( not sure if that was intentional but i'm rolling with it. )
Poor duke, not even the man himself can give his own game ten out of ten...
You're teelling me Ten, but your body...! Your body's telling me Eiiight!
Was Sly any good, I never got to play it?
Ammy is right.
You should give her a ten.
So that's why game reviewers keep giving so many inflated high scores to so many undeserving games.
(*Hauls ass out of the building to hide in the nearest underground concrete bunker*)
Actually Altair is being a little modest. He's only giving his game a nine, and Samus' 6 seems to be right on Par with Other M =P
At best, this comic can only rate a seven, if only because you didn't bother to put in a functioning link to it for over an hour! What is with the escapist these days?
How come Samus only wants a 5 for her's?...oh right other M.
The first one a bit.
I think Sly has the right idea. Cut out the middle man or woman in this case and just make his own review.
Damn you! I went into this thread, hoping to say "inb4 Daystar saying Erin should give Okami 10 <.<"
lol poor Altair only gets a 9. xD
But yeah...it's pretty bad when you hallucinate a small, anthropomorphic racoon mauling you.
Sly bit Erin? Doesn't that mean she's going to have some super awesome Ninja Raccoon powers now?
Running around town stealing from the rich and giving to the poor!
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The Coooooooh, wait.
white bread, that fits perfectly captcha.
Oh my, an Epic Rap Battles Of History reference. Did not expect that.
And Duke, there's no way in hell that you're getting a 10 for Duke Nukem Forever. It was damn bad.
Shamus? Did Shamus Young start wearing the suit after Other M? Huh, his blog says nothing about it.
So Altair or whatshisname has only 9 finger? cause it sure looks this way ;)
Samus, put that down. 15 isn't a viable option for a score.
These comments have been very interesting.
CURSE YOU SPELLING! You dam well who I meant, 'your highness'.
what epic rap battle of history reference?
what epic rap battles of history reference?
Wait, Erin's dress changed colour? WHAT IF THIS MEANS THIS COMIC IS BEING TAKEN PLACE ON A DATE WITH HIM LATER?!?!?!?!
Or that the dress is made from the same material the underwear was from a few strips ago.
Calumon: She didn't change just there in front of him, did she? D:
Samus only asked for a 5?
Wow. She must've hated Other M's story too.
Wouldn't it be a 6 if you counted the arm cannon?
I'm assuming I can guess your opinion on Okami's score.
In any case, Duke Nukem asks for ten, but holds up eight fingers. Thus proving how brain dead he really is.
edit: For all I know Ammy might be an Okami character, I don't fucking know. I never played it.
You guessed correctly.
Also, go play Okami.
...True. I guess I should've thought of that. XD
Wait, that's Duke Nukem?
Huh, thought it was Albert Wesker.
Gotta be hard to get to ten when you never learned to count.
yep, in game lore thing, something about proving loyalty/provide a way for the hidden blade to pass the hand.
Also, Samus says 6, Altair 9 and Duke 8?
Hmmm, well this is probably the most biting expose on how game reviewers do their thing. :)
I am waiting for a reveal that Erin is not alone with this condition, and that it's more common than anyone believes or something. :)
That said, the bit with the fingers was cute, poor Altair.
I'm gonna sound like a total fanboy but... HALO 4! 10?! WTF! ITS HALO IT DESERVES NINETY-BILLION OUT OF TEN!!!! GUH!
Yeah, assassins had to lose a finger in order to use the hidden blade, it was changed after Altair took charge.
Must admit, the Altair and Amaterasu ones were a good touch.
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- Distance from NYC: 55
- Distance from Philadelphia: 47
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Located amid the gently rolling hills of Hunterdon County along the South Branch of the Raritan River, Clinton Township encompasses 39-square-miles which encircle Lebanon Borough and border High Bridge and the townships of Franklin, Union, Lebanon, Tewksbury, Readington and Raritan. The township includes the rural hamlets of Annandale, Allerton, Readingsburg and part of Cokesbury.
Clinton's charming Victorian-era village attracts visitors and locals with its historic shopping area, flowering cherry tree-lined streets and scenic river and waterfall views. The antique truss bridge constructed in 1870 crosses the South Branch of the Raritan River and overlooks a 200-foot wide waterfall separating two old grist mills: Clinton's landmark Red Mill, home of the Hunterdon Historical Museum, and the Stone Mill, which houses the Hunterdon Museum of Art.
Often described as a quintessential American small town, Clinton has drawn the attention of Hollywood stars and movie producers over the years. Scenes from In and Out with Kevin Kline, One True Thing with Renée Zellweger and Meryl Streep, My Giant with Billy Crystal and Turbulence with Ray Liotta have all been shot in Clinton.Back to top
In the late 1700's the area was known as Hunt's Mill for Daniel Hunt-- who built several mills on one side of the river--and for his son, Ralph, who built a woolen mill on the other side. Clinton was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1841. In 1865, the town of Clinton became incorporated as a separate entity. When the post office was established in 1929, the town was named for DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York.
The Red Mill is one of New Jersey's most instantly-recognizable landmarks. Located just below the confluence of Spruce Run and the South Branch of the Raritan River on the west end of Main Street, the mill and its surroundings have played host to a succession of industries and activities spawned by the region's rich agricultural history.Back to top
Community Life
Clinton's one-square-mile shopping district is known for its eclectic dining and retail options. Boutiques, coffee houses, tea rooms, restaurants, an ice cream parlor, bake shops, art galleries, museums and even a retro five-and-ten are among the offerings.
Special events in the community have included a Tour of Historic Clinton Houses, Spring Pansy Festival, Antique Shows, Car Shows, Summer Shakespeare festival, Christmas Parade, Dickens' Days in November and a Blacksmith Hammer-In. At the end of October, the mill is transformed into a haunted house, attracting visitors from all over the east coast.
Houses of worship, youth sports leagues, a municipal recreation department and a lively senior citizens group serve Clinton's growing population. A north branch of the Hunterdon County Library is located at Halstead Street.Back to top
The Clinton Township School District serves local students from pre-kindergarten through grade eight. Students are spread among four schools in the district, which are Spruce Run Elementary School (kindergarten to grade two), Patrick McGaheran School (grades three to five), Round Valley School (grades four to six) and Clinton Township Middle School (grades seven to eight).
Students in grades nine through 12 attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. North Hunterdon High School also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township.Back to top
There is a New Jersey Transit railroad station for the Raritan Valley Line in the Annandale section of Clinton Township providing service to Newark, Hoboken or Penn Station in Manhattan. Trans-Bridge Lines' bus service from the Park and Ride along Route 31 ends at Port Authority in midtown Manhattan, a trip that takes about an hour and 15 minutes. Some routes also stop at Newark and JFK International Airports. Interstate 78 and Route 31 both pass through Clinton Township.Back to top
Real Estate
Fine examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Colonial, Late 19th and 20th Century Revival and Victorian architecture abound in Clinton. There are also a select number of town houses, condominiums, estate homes, antique homes, farm houses, historic properties, water view homes, Cape Cod styles, modern, contemporary, renovated barns and mid-century houses to choose from.Back to top
Local Attractions
The Red Mill Museum Village at 56 Main Street contains the circa 1810 Red Mill, the Mulligan Quarry and its outbuildings, the Bunker Hill Schoolhouse and a replica log cabin. All permanent exhibits are open to visitors. The Mill, the outbuildings and the grounds are on the State and National Register of Historic Places.
Since early times, the mill and the adjoining Mulligan Quarry have produced building materials, textiles, baskets, and food. Starting in 1963, the museum used its National Historic Site status to tell of the region's rural heritage. Special exhibits, concerts, Civil and Revolutionary War re-enactments and Living History Days are frequently on the calendar. Educational tours and programs are available for adults and students.
Hunterdon Museum of Art at 7 Lower Center Street offers exhibitions of contemporary art, classes and education programs for children, adults, schools, summer art camps and other groups, as well as a unique museum shop.
The Clinton Book Shop at 33 Main Street is one of the state's leading independent book shops and is located in the heart of the historic shopping district. Clinton Book Shop and the Clinton Business Guild host many community-oriented events throughout the year including author appearances, sidewalk sales and a spring celebration when the cherry trees lining Main Street are in full bloom.Back to top
Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve on Old Mountain Road offers 380 acres in Clinton and Readington Townships for mountain biking, hiking/nature trails and nature study. Cushetunk Mountain is a ring-shaped mountain located within Clinton Township. Once an active volcano, the mountain was formed 160 million years ago. The Lenape called the mountain "Cushetunk" meaning "place of hogs" after the wild hogs found there. In the 1960s, the valley was filled with water to create Round Valley Reservoir in this popular recreational area.
Round Valley Recreation Area on Lebanon-Stanton Road offers wilderness camping, beaches, trails, fishing and boating.
Hunterdon County Arboretum is a 63-acre park with greenhouse, hiking, nature study and formal gardens.
South Branch Reservation contains 1,347 acres of mountain biking, hiking/nature trails and nature study. Part of the Hunterdon County Park System, it offers fishing, canoeing, cross country skiing and picnic sites.
Spruce Run State Park Recreation Area on Van Syckel's Road is open year-round. Its 1,961 acres have areas for picnicking, boating, fishing and seasonal camping.
The Landsdown Trail was once a spur line for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Now a graded rail trail, the trail starts about two miles south of Clinton on Landsdown Road and enters Clinton town center near the lumber yard.
Fun Fact #1: The historic Red Mill is known across the country as a photogenic symbol of early America's rural industry. The familiar red building can be found everywhere, including official New Jersey tourism posters, road maps and postcards. It is the most photographed spot in New Jersey, and one of the top ten most photographed buildings in the United States.Back to top
Clinton Township Info
Size: 39 square miles
Incorporated: Clinton Township, 1841; Town of Clinton, 1865
2000 Census Population: 12,957
Location: northern Hunterdon County
Distance from New York City: About 55 miles
Distance from Newark: About 37 miles
Distance from Philadelphia: About 47 miles
Parks: Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve, Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon County Arboretum, South Branch Reservation and Spruce Run State Park Recreation Area.
Local Sites/Attractions: The Red Mill Museum Village, Hunterdon Museum of Art, shops in historic downtown Clinton.
Mass Transportation: New Jersey Transit's train station in the Annandale section of Clinton Township. Trans-Bridge Bus Lines' provides service to midtown Manhattan.
Housing: Antique farmhouses, antique Colonials, luxury real estate, Cape Cods, Victorians, executive homes, custom homes, cul-de-sac homes, new homes, bungalows, four square styles, ranch homes, cottages, contemporary designs and a variety of architectural styles spanning the centuries.Back to top
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What Is the Emerging Leaders Program?
Emerging Leaders began in 2007 as one of ALA Immediate Past President Leslie Burger's six initiatives. The Emerging Leaders program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in problem-solving workgroups; network with peers; gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts them on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership.
Connie Paul, Executive Director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and Maureen Sullivan, organizational consultant (Annapolis, Maryland), are spearheading the project.
For more information, contact Beatrice Calvin, Program Officer, ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment.
[edit]How Are Emerging Leaders Chosen? The selection committees seek diversity based on geography, gender, ethnicity and type of library. They pay particular attention to, and value candidates' statements as well as those of their references.
Group E: IRRT (International Relations Round Table)
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Katherine Artzner, Kodjo Atiso, Paloma Celis-Carbajal, LaVerne Gray, Robin Kear, Laura Park
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Help develop and identify free web-based tutorials and professional development opportunities that librarians in other countries can access.
NOTE: The first ALA Emerging Leaders conference took place on 11 January 2008 in Philadelphia
The goal of the our initiative is to develop and identify free web-based tutorials and professional development opportunities that librarians in other countries can access. This portal will help international librarians who do not have the funds or access to professional development resources. The areas of professional development the portal focuses on are grant opportunities, collection development, digital collections, information literacy, leadership/management and technology training/issues. The resources will be pulled together into an online wiki linked to the IRRT website. Links will be evaluated to determine relevance, accessibility/format, language choices, organization, and currency.
From Paloma for the future list:
QUESTION: Can anybody recommend some scholar-friendly non-English language/multilingual social bookmarking sites? How are subject librarians working with these? Are you adding them to your subject web sites, creating output options from the library catalog...?
ANSWER: (from Brown Univ.): My colleague recommends this site: http://www.jasonbartholme.com/2007/02/22/67-foreign-language-social-book marking-sites-revealed which organize 67 sites by language. We are not doing anything in the Libraries with these kinds of sites yet. The most I have done so far is to promote Oen Culture's foreign language pod cast site to our language faculty (http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/foreign_languag.html).
Another possible resource: (from Robin)
A new series of free online OPAL (www.opal-online.org) events is about to get underway. As the series name implies, these "Casual Conversations" will be one-hour informal conversations with librarians. Everyone in the world is welcome to participate. There is no need to register. Just show up online, listen, text chat, and talk if you want.
If you cannot participate live online, we plan to record, archive, and podcast these casual conversations, adding them to the OPAL Archive (http://www.opal-online.org/archive.htm) soon after the conclusion of each conversation.
The complete list of upcoming OPAL online programs can be found at: http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm


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If sheer animosity from one's opponents is any gauge of one's effectiveness, then Michael McKee may be the most effective tenant organizer in New York City: The landlords I talked to flat out refused to comment about him, not even anonymously.
Whether or not he is the most effective, McKee is certainly the longest-serving. It has been 36 years since he first became an advocate for rent regulation.
"If you go through the list of tenant victories, there isn't one that doesn't have Michael as its leader," City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told about 150 people who gathered recently to honor him. "Whether faced with bad speakers, bad governors, bad Rent Guidelines Boards, I've never seen Michael give up faith in the tenants movement."
The tenant movement has faced rough times over the last few years. I thought it a good time to ask one opinionated man his opinion of tenant organizing, and the housing picture in the city:
How did you get involved in housing?
I stumbled into community organizing by organizing a rent strike in the building I was living in at the time.
What would you list as some achievements?
1. The warranty of habitability, which was a bill we drafted. We put a remarkable coalition together that supported that bill and it was one of the few times we got a bill through without having to water it down. And the landlords lobby at the time predicted that if it became law it would lead to another wave of abandonment, which of course did not happen.
2. The 1977 fight to renew the Emergency Tenant Protection Act when there was a danger it was going to be gutted.
3. The 1997 rent law fight, where Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno basically said he would not renew the rent laws and meant it, which I don't think a lot of people understood. If only Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver hadn't gone in the last weekend and given everything away, it would have been a great victory.
Why do elected representatives seem to discount housing as an issue?
I think the reason elected officials don't take tenants seriously is because tenants don't vote as tenants when they go into the voting booth. They vote pro-choice or anti-war or whatever. It's much more difficult to organize tenants than it is to organize workers.
How do you explain your staying power?
Organizing is very difficult work, there are more defeats than victories. You have to be prepared to deal with that and roll with the punches.
In your opinion, what is the housing situation like today?
While we've always had too many people chasing too few housing units, it's getting worse all the time. The rent laws were weakened at exactly the wrong moment, allowing landlords to take apartments out from under rent regulation. We don't have an emergency anymore, we have a crisis, objectively speaking, and I think it's going to get worse.
What do you mean objectively?
The number of people spending 50 percent or more of their income on rent has gone up dramatically. Overcrowding has gone up: Twenty years ago, overcrowding was six or seven percent of households; in 2002 it was 11 percent of households. I mean any objective measure you want to use, including the fact that homelessness is at an all-time high. If you look at the overall picture – rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments – we lost probably 57,000 units between 2002 and 2005. There's virtually no measure that would show you that the housing situation is better.
And how would you say politicians are dealing with it?
I think it's deplorable. The smart thing the real estate lobby did this time, unlike 1971, is they figured out that a gradual decontrol mechanism would not stir things up. People got totally up in arms between 1971 and 1974, resulting in the repeal of vacancy decontrol.
Do you think some form of rent regulation in New York City will always be necessary?
Absolutely. I think rent regulation should be universal…covering all buildings of, say, four units or more, regardless of when they were constructed or regardless of when people moved in or moved out.
We can't sit around and wait for 2011 [when the legislature will decide whether to renew the rent laws]. It'll be too late by then. There won't be anything left. I think in two or three years it'll be too late to turn it around. The real estate strategy is to have the laws come up in five more years and have many, many fewer rent regulated apartments so that we will be politically weaker.
What are the major areas you'll spend your energy on over the next few years?
I don't think anything is going to change until the Democrats take control of the State Senate. Not that the Democrats are so wonderful, but they are certainly better than the Republicans. And certainly there are more Democrats that will fight for us than there are Republicans who will fight for us. There are no Republicans who will fight for us. So even though some Democrats are not so pro-tenant or pro-rent regulation they are offset by people who are.
In NYC, does it all come down to money? Is that the root of the problem?
No question. The NYC real estate industry funnels money to state elected officials and state parties – they basically buy what they want in Albany. In my view it's a form of corruption. They basically are buying deregulation by paying off legislators from upstate New York who do not have a single rent regulated unit in their districts. And yet who are the ones who make the decisions?
Knowing what you do about incremental changes, what can be achieved for tenants over the next few years?
I don't think anything can be achieved legislatively until the Democrats take control of the senate. And that's why I have not gone to Albany since June of 2003. There's no point in doing any lobbying right now. Next year there will be a point in that there is a new governor.
Is there any hope that Spitzer will be more progressive with housing?
I think he's going to be better than Pataki, but that's not saying much. And who knows – we don't know what Eliott Spitzer really thinks of rent regulation. He hasn't said. I think he would not veto a bill passed by both houses, for example. The question is will he fight for anything? We know he's opposed to home rule, although they've never told us that. Every meeting we had with him, they never would say what his position was. But now it's official" He told the Times he opposed the repeal of the Urstadt Law.
Once there is a change in Albany, what can be done?
We can get a lot. We can get vacancy decontrol repealed, and I think we can get the Urstadt Law repealed. I think it would be very hard for the Senate Democrats not to do that when they're the majority.
Housing advocates in Los Angeles told me once that that city got cyclical inspections of buildings to make sure they are up to code and that landlords love that system, that they say it helps them maintain their buildings. But the idea of housing advocates and landlords working together in New York City seems laughable. What do you think explains the housing climate in this city?
You have some of the richest people on the planet owning real property here. Literally, some of the richest people in the world own residential real estate in New York City. One difference between us and Los Angeles is we can't spread out horizontally. Or the way Dallas can. We don't have a sixth borough lying fallow waiting to be developed the way the Bronx was 100 years ago.
The real estate lobby has a ton of money and they use it.
What would you give as your strongest arguments for people to care about housing and get involved?
Well, you can't do anything really without a roof over your head. There are people living in shelters who go to work every day, there are kids living in shelters who go to school every day. But it's very difficult.
Housing is not, in my view, a luxury item. People need a place to live. Some people think the market should take care of it. There will never be a perfect tango between supply and demand the way the marketers think there will be. You will never have enough housing in a place like New York City to go around for everyone who needs it. You will always have an imbalance. The only way you would have that is if there were a national depression and people started moving out of the city. God forbid.
People want to live here. They come here and they want to live here. They come here from all over the country, they come here from all over the world. And in some cases they come here with a lot of money and in other cases they come here with no money and they end up eight to a room in a basement in Queens. So, you know, that's not going to change. We're going to be a magnet.
And as good as it is that the Bloomberg administration is embarking on a plan to build new housing, they're being very shortsighted in the need to preserve the affordable housing that we have. The mayor is never going to build as much as we are losing. It's not that the housing disappears, it just becomes unaffordable.
Is it just politics to them?
I think the mayor fundamentally believes that the city would be better off without rent regulation. I think he really thinks that the market would do a better job. I think he's fooling himself but I've come to the conclusion that that's what the man believes.
How would you rate the tenant movement today?
I think the tenant movement is amazing for hanging on in extraordinarily difficult circumstances….
This last year for the first time we succeeded in making a lot of new groups, that had never ever dealt with the Rent Guidelines Board before, ever, understand why they should pay attention to this board [which determines how much rents will go up in rent regulated apartments]. And they did.
The board had a historical practice of having daytime hearings in Manhattan. Who goes to daytime hearings? Elderly people. Younger people can't go as a rule because they're working somewhere. So consequently you'd have reporters writing, "A crowd of mostly elderly tenants blah blah blah." We succeeded in bludgeoning the RGB into having nighttime meetings somewhere outside of Manhattan in a neighborhood like Harlem.
It's a very different crowd and it's a very different dynamic. I think some of the members of the RGB actually appreciated that and they were able to see a bigger picture by going to the Brooklyn hearing, the Bronx hearing.
You're working on new things and still thinking about the fights. You've got a new group – Tenants PAC. You're going to continue working on this stuff?
I haven't really retired. It's not a new group – we started Tenants PAC in 1997. But it was clear to me that if we were going to have a chance of having an impact on elections I had to free myself up to devote more time to Tenants PAC because I was essentially doing Tenants PAC in my spare time, of which I had none because my job at Tenants & Neighbors was like having two-and-a-half full time jobs. And I'm still doing things for Tenants & Neighbors as a volunteer, but I can pick and choose what I do. It has freed me up to concentrate more time on Tenants PAC to raise more money, to open an office and to really concentrate on a campaign in a way that we haven't been able to do in the past because we didn't have any staff. And I believe, and I've convinced a number of people in the tenant movement, that until such time that there is a change in Albany in terms of the political line-up there's not going to be any chance of getting legislation.
The housing movement doesn't seem to have high energy.
It's a lot better than it was a couple years ago. People are much more motivated, I think. And there's new people coming into the movement all the time.
Would you say you're optimistic?
If I weren't an optimist, I couldn't do this work.
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The Copa MX may not be the European Champions League, Spain's La Liga or even the Liga MX trophy that Cruz Azul fans so crave, but it was a piece of silverware after a long 15-year wait.
The 4-2 penalty shoot-out victory against minnows Atlante, after a dull 0-0 draw in normal time, was not the incisive, confident sweeping aside of a team at the bottom of the Liga MX and in relegation form. Indeed, goalkeeper Jesus Corona pulled off some spectacular saves late in the game to keep Cruz Azul in it. When the game ended, everything pointed to La Maquina's curse of losing their last seven finals striking again and that number becoming eight.
And so while it may not be the most prestigious trophy, it is a trophy, and lifting one felt like one huge sigh of relief for Cruz Azul fans and players -- a collective catharsis for the institution.
"Honestly, it was a lot of years, a lot of finals that we hadn't been able to win, but today we lifted a lot of pressure and hopefully more trophies will follow," captain Gerardo Torrado said in a TV interview after the game.
The celebrations of the players and the fact that angry Atlante fans invaded the pitch at the Estadio Andres Quintana Roo, showed there was something important at stake.
"It's a precious feeling, being champion is special, above all because a psychological trauma had built up, and we broke it," Cruz Azul sporting director Alberto Quintano said.
In Mexico City's Benito Juarez airport, over 500 fans gathered to welcome the team back with raucous scenes. Though supporters of other clubs joked about the supposed "Mickey Mouse" nature of the Copa MX, everyone would've loved her club to be in the same situation.
As the above quotes suggest, the biggest thing for Cruz Azul is what the cup win will have done for confidence and whether in five or 10 years it will be seen as a one-off or the moment that Cruz Azul turned it around.
The historic omens look good. La Maquina's first real trophy was the Mexican domestic cup back in 1969. After winning it, the Mexico City side, owned by a cement company, went on to dominate domestic and continental soccer.
Seven league titles came in the following 11 years, as well as a hat trick of victories between 1969-71 in the predecessor to the CONCACAF Champions League. Indeed, in 1969, Cruz Azul won the league, cup and continental title – the only Mexican club ever to achieve such a treble. It even repeated the same feat in 1997.
Obviously, that kind of success is still a long way off. First up is making the liguilla. Cruz Azul currently sits in ninth place, but is just one point off the playoff spots. Saturday's game against Club Tijuana is vital, with Toluca away to follow, then Santos Laguna at home and a difficult trip to Monterrey to finish up the regular season.
But the bottom line is that if the players can pull off three victories, Cruz Azul is pretty much in the playoffs.
After that, the pressure is off. Unlike any other Liga MX club, Cruz Azul already has a trophy already in the cabinet this season.
"It was an important step for the club, the fans and the players so that they have the security to confront what is coming," summed up coach Guillermo Vazquez on arrival back in Mexico City.
If Cruz Azul can make the Copa MX a short-term springboard to some good form, no-one will be wanting to play them if it does get into the postseason. That certainly hasn't been the case in recent years.
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Nothing very interesting to report, the training camp lifestyle is not very exciting, especially in a little ski town where everything is closed for the season. It's absolutely beautiful here, but there's nothing else to do except train hard, nap, eat and recover properly, which is exactly what we're here to do. Boring places are probably the best places to train as there are very few distractions. My recovery days at home often become the busiest and most stressful ones, filled with appointments and grocery shopping and laundry and all the things that I don't have time to do throughout the week. So I'm trying to appreciate how lucky I am to be here, even though I do really miss home!
Two new fun things that I got before I left: NormaTec and Bonk Breaker Bars. I am so grateful to have received the new NormaTec pro, which is a smaller and more travel-friendly version of their original machine. Personalized and everything! Normatec is a "muscle pump" compression machine used to help with post-workout recovery, and I find it helps me feel so much better after hard training days.
Ok, that's all the updates. And I've refreshed twitter about 5 million times. Now what do I do… I'm bored.
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How to Copy and Paste Notes from Microsoft OneNote into the WordPress Admin
This post will explain how to post notes from Microsoft OneNote into the WordPress admin. When you copy and paste from most Microsoft products into a visual editor such as TinyMCE that WordPress uses you will typically include a bunch of unwanted tags from the Microsoft application. These tags will make it complicated to format correctly and can even spill over outside of your post and cause issues with your entire WordPress page. The method to input this data into WordPress will work with any of the Microsoft products such as Microsoft OneNote and Microsoft Word.
Below is an example of some basic formatted text copied directly from MS OneNote and pasted into WordPress's visual editor.


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Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 22, 2012
Suffolk University has been named to the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for its work in service-learning efforts in Boston, the nation and abroad.
The distinction is an indication that Suffolk University displays a strong institutional commitment to service and has formed compelling partnerships that produce measurable results in the community.
"This honor serves as a validation of our commitment to community and service," said Suffolk University President James McCarthy. "We applaud the efforts of our students, who contribute more than thirty-thousand hours to community service projects each year, and our staff members, who have created volunteer opportunities by building partnerships with more than fifty community-based organizations."
The Suffolk University community engages in service work through the efforts of Suffolk's Organization for Uplifting Lives through Service (S.O.U.L.S.), the Law School's clinical programs and the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service.
The University helps students establish an ethic of service by finding service opportunities that enhance classroom learning through practical community experience. These opportunities help students develop a greater understanding of social justice and advocacy, achieve a sense of personal growth, and discover opportunities for leadership development. More than 1,800 students engaged in service learning in the 2010-2011 academic year.
The University recently sponsored 10 Alternative Spring Break trips, through which 130 students engaged in environmental, LGBTQ, Habitat for Humanity, and youth service programs across the country. Next up is the 15th annual Service Day, when more than 200 students, faculty and staff will volunteer at agencies throughout the local Boston area.
Ongoing projects include Jumpstart, a literacy program for preschool children; a long-term partnership with the Eliot elementary school, providing meals for the homeless and hungry through Supper Clubs; Saturdays of Service; and the Prison Book Program.
The Law School's clinical law programs offer students opportunities to learn about the real practice of law while providing essential services to a population that is largely underserved by the legal profession.
The University has been named to the honor roll for three years running, achieving the honor with distinction for the first time this year.
Institutions such as Suffolk University "are creating the next generation of leaders by challenging students to tackle tough issues and create positive impacts in the community," said Robert Velasco, Acting CEO of Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education.
"We applaud the Honor Roll schools, their faculty and students for their commitment to make service a priority in and out of the classroom. Together, service and learning increase civic engagement while fostering social innovation among students, empowering them to solve challenges within their communities," said Velasco
The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Inspired by the thousands of college students -- including Suffolk University students -- who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, the initiative celebrates the transformative power and volunteer spirit that exists within the higher education community.
Suffolk University, located in historic downtown Boston, with an international campus in Madrid, is a comprehensive global institution distinguished by the teaching and the intellectual contributions of its faculty. Suffolk University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 90 areas of study. Its mission is to provide access to excellence in higher education to students of all ages and backgrounds, with strong emphasis on diversity.


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BATON ROUGE — Since it was implemented in 2009, the state's Internet adoption portal has helped transfer 64 children from foster care to permanent homes, including some in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
BATON ROUGE — Since it was implemented in 2009, the state's Internet adoption portal has helped transfer 64 children from foster care to permanent homes, including some in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
It's among the reasons why the state has seen a recent uptick in adoptions, officials with the Department of Children and Family Services said.
The Houma-Thibodaux region has been a contributor to this trend, going from 45 adoptions during the 2009-2010 fiscal year to 77 during the fiscal year that concluded June 30.
Statewide, there were 654 Louisiana children adopted by 468 families last fiscal year, an all-time high.
The state's Online Adoption Initiative connects foster children with potential adoptive families by featuring and profiling the children on the DCFS website.
The initiative recognizes the goal that safety and permanence for children is a top state priority, said DCFS Secretary Suzy Sonnier.
"When reuniting children with their families is not possible, the DCFS works to connect them with loving homes through adoption," she said. "Featuring adoption profiles on our website not only helps to connect children with families who are interested in adopting, but it also brings attention to the need in our state for more foster and adoptive parents and families."
Here's how it works:
Children from each region of Louisiana are selected on a monthly basis and profiled on the DCFS home page.
This month, potential adoptive parents were introduced via the site to Brandon, an "energetic Star Wars fan" who excels academically, among other things. Last month, it was a 4-year old who's described as "lovable" and "enjoys chicken nuggets and giving hugs."
Potential adoptive parents can select a child's profile and obtain information such as their interests, needs, favorite foods and future aspirations. Photos are included as well.
The DCFS has so far profiled 137 children on the website, Sonnier said. Of these, nearly 47 percent, or 64 children, have been or are in the process of being adopted, including 14 sibling groups.
In addition to being profiled on the site, the children are featured in television and radio segments and in newspaper articles across their region.
There are 4,040 children in the Louisiana foster care system in 2,016 certified foster homes.
Still, there's a need for more, and Sonnier said the department's staff works together with community organizations to recruit homes for children who are available for adoption and who do not have an identified placement resource.
Foster and adoptive families are often recruited at community-speaking engagements with informational fliers, she said, and they're encouraged to attend orientation meetings in their area to gather more information.
"The support and nurturing provided by foster parents and adoptive families is essential to ensuring positive long-term outcomes for those children who are unable to remain safely with their families," Sonnier added.
Since September, 352 applicants have begun the process of becoming a foster family.
Orientation meetings are held every month across Louisiana for those wishing to learn more about foster parenting, qualifications and the certification process.
More information can also be found at www.dcfs.la.gov/fostercare, where there are guides to determine if families are ready to open their home to a child.
Instructions on how to start the adoption process can be found at www.dcfs.la.gov/adoption.
To view foster children featured on the DCFS website, visit www.dcfs.la.gov/adoptionprofiles.
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Critics' Choice Award Nominations
The Good Wife is nominated for FOUR Critics' Choice Awards! The show is nominated for Best Drama Series and Julianna Margulies is nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Martha Plimpton & Carrie Preston are also nominated for their guest performances! The Critics' Choice Awards will air Monday, June 10, 2013.


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New Year's Resolutions for Congress
"As I prepare to retire from Congress, I'd like to suggest a few New Year's resolutions for my colleagues to consider. For the sake of liberty, peace, and prosperity I certainly hope more members of Congress consider the strict libertarian constitutional approach to government in 2013.In just a few days, Congress will solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. They should reread Article 1 Section 8 and the Bill of Rights before taking such a serious oath. Most legislation violates key provisions of the Constitution in very basic ways, and if members can't bring themselves to say no in the face of pressure from special interests, they have broken trust with their constituents and violated their oaths. Congress does not exist to serve special interests, it exists to protect the rule of law…"
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American Airlines and US Airways signed a non-disclosure agreement Friday allowing the two airlines to share information as they analyze a potential merger. What would a combined airline mean for travelers? We break down the key issues.
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Don't assume a merger would result in less competition and higher fares.
Henry Harteveldt, co-founder of Atmosphere Research Group, tells CNBC.com in an email, "You have a lot of competition in the airline business. You have airlines like Southwest , JetBlue , Virgin America, Allegiant and Spirit bringing low fares." Even if an American-US Airways merger moved forward, the industry is still highly fragmented among multiple carriers and and fares would not spike, Harteveldt says.
Adjusted for inflation, government data shows first quarter U.S. domestic air fares for this year actually cost 19.2 percent less than what they would have cost in 1999, illustrating the great financial value air travel offers consumers, Harteveldt says. He detailed his analysis in an August 9 blog post.
I have hinted an American-US Airways merger could lead to higher fares in a post in April (More: American, US Airways Merger Could Spell Frequent Flier Trouble). While airlines could have an easier time pushing through airfare increases, I agree with Harteveldt that multiple, low-cost carriers tend to dictate the majority of domestic airfares. He says, "Only when airlines like Southwest or JetBlue participate do fare hikes take place."
Route Changes and Fewer Seats
In addition to potential price changes, mergers can affect routes. Smaller cities typically feel the most pain from mergers. Smaller cities can lose flights or get dropped altogether, said Rick Seaney of FareCompare.com in an email.
Harteveldt isn't as convinced. According to his research, the routes of US Airways and American have very little overlap. Of the 508 nonstop city pairs (flights from one city to another without a stop) thatAmerican operated on a peak day in July (384 for US Airways), only 12 were identical with US Airways. That's a little more than two percent overlap.
Harteveldt does agree, however, that markets which aren't profitable — regardless of size — are indeed at risk of losing service.
Frequent Flier Program Changes
Merging airlines are careful not to mess with their rewards programs because they don't want to irritate their loyal customers and fliers, says Seaney of FareCompare.com.
While redemption levels for free travel and other benefits haven't changed, my experience with United since their merger with Continental says otherwise. United's parent is United Continental Holdings .
When United migrated over to Continental's reservation system in March, it caused numerous problems on my reservations related to my frequent flier status. Upgrades weren't being processed, mileage for flown flights wasn't posting on schedule and seat assignments were randomly changing. Many of my issues on United have since been fixed.
American and US Airways were not immediately available Tuesday for comment.
What's your opinion? Would another merger in the U.S. airline industry worry you?


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Shuttle Discovery to be a "Morning Star" on Monday main content.
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Early next Monday morning (April 5) at 6:21:22 a.m. Eastern Time, the Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to be launched on mission STS-131 to the International Space Station. If the flight comes off on time, it will take place 46-minutes before sunrise at the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Along much of the United States Eastern Seaboard, it will be morning twilight . . . a most unusual circumstance for the launch of space shuttle. Only five out of the 130 previous shuttle flights have taken place just before sunrise on Florida's "Space Coast" and this will be the very first morning twilight launch to take a northeast trajectory parallel the East Coast.
The question one might ask at this point is, "Will Shuttle Discovery be visible locally from the Greater New York Area soon after it leaves Pad 39A in Florida?" To answer this question, I revisited a similar shuttle launch which took place back in 1991.
On September 12 of that year, shuttle Discovery was launched on mission STS-48, in order to place UARS (Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite) into orbit. Liftoff came at 7:11 p.m. Eastern Time. In Florida this was 20-minutes before sunset, while it was exactly the moment of sunset in New York. Eight minutes later, the shuttle came up over the southern horizon as seen from here in the Metropolitan Area. It streaked rapidly on a relatively low trajectory above the horizon, appearing to equal or even rival the planet Venus in brightness. At the moment of MECO (Main Engine Cut Off), ground observers could see a "puff" of vapor emanating from the shuttle and immediately afterward, looking at the shuttle with binoculars revealed two objects: the shuttle orbiter and the orange external fuel tank which had just been jettisoned over the Atlantic. It only lasted about a minute, but it was all very exciting to watch.
Now . . . we may have another chance to see something similar in our early morning sky next Monday.
The 1991 shuttle launch was during the evening hours. When the shuttle appeared over New York it was eight minutes after local sunset and the Sun was 1.7-degrees below the horizon.
On Monday morning, assuming an on-time liftoff at 6:21:22 a.m., prospective shuttle watchers should start to concentrate on the south-southeast horizon at 6:28:30 a.m. EDT. The Sun will be 2.3-degrees below the horizon, so twilight conditions will be quite similar to September 1991. Sunrise will come about five minutes later.
Shuttle Discovery will appear to rapidly streak eastward, and will appear about 7.5-degrees above the southeast horizon at the scheduled moment of MECO (6:29:43 a.m.). I expect Discovery to appear between magnitude -2 to -4 or somewhere between the brightness of the planets Jupiter and Venus. Since the amount of reflected sunlight will be diminishing as the shuttle races across the sky toward the east, it might appear to rapidly fade from view around the time of MECO. While the shuttle should initially be readily visible to the unaided eye, binoculars will certainly aid in keeping the shuttle in view for a longer interval of time.
Good Luck and clear skies!