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It's been a long four years for President Barack Obama. His first term in the White House was filled with lows and highs -- on one side, the shaky economic recovery and stubbornly high unemployment, and on the other, the passage of sweeping health-care reform and the capture and killing of Usama Bin Laden.
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Obama renewed his oath of office just before noon on Monday in front of an estimated crowd of at least 800,000 on the National Mall in front of the Capitol. The president used two bibles during the swearing in: one that belonged to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and another from President Abraham Lincoln.
In his address Monday, the president said "a decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun," and outlined his goals for his second term, which included reducing the nation's deficit and the cost of health care as well as education, immigration and tax reform. His text also addressed, indirectly, the battles he is sure to face with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
"We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future," the president said . "The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."
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The president also stressed the need to respond to the threat of climate change. "…The failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms."
With much of the 2008 Great Recession and its aftermath behind him, the president also called for new responses to new challenges and said the nation's journey is not over. "Our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity"
After the swearing in, Obama and the first lady joined Biden and his wife at the capital luncheon before taking part in the inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. The president and Mrs. Obama got out and waked a portion of the parade starting at Pennsylvania and 9th Street, NW. The couples started the day's festivities at St. John's Episcopal Church across Lafayette Park from the White House. After the service the president tweeted: "I'm honored and grateful that we have a chance to finish what we started. Our work begins today. Let's go. -bo."
Second Term, New Challenges
The tone on Capitol Hill has become even more partisan since 2009, and consumer sentiment has stumbled as Americans worry about the financial future and their long-term economic stability. It's a simple equation – when consumers are frightened they don't spend, and consumer spending accounts for 70% of the U.S. economy.
This year's inauguration and events were much more scaled back from the record-breaking 2009 ceremony that brought in close to two million people and boasted the largest attendance of any event in the history of Washington, D.C. It's standard for second-term presidents to have smaller festivities and the inaugural committee has downsized its plans, including only two (down from 10 in 2009) official inaugural balls, both taking place in the same location.
"It's normal for the second inauguration to be less grand and memorable, maybe with the exception of Abraham Lincoln's in 1865," says Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. "He is more tired, there's less optimism on what he can accomplish and there's less excitement."
While the pomp and circumstance surrounding the event might be toned down, that doesn't mean there's less excitement from attendees.
The Moore family traveled from Detroit and California to see the 44th president take the oath and said the day is particularly special to them. Jeane Moore's husband was a lawyer in Meridian, Miss., in 1965 and helped those arrested during the Civil Rights Movement.
"He told us he didn't want to sit by and watch history happen, he was going to be part of it and fight for equality. He also slept with a gun under his pillow at night," said the 79-year-old Moore. "Today's event is just…wow, I am glad I get to witness history."
Obama entered the White House with a campaign slogan of hope and change and Congress was controlled by the Democratic Party. Now, the Republican Party holds the majority in the House of Representatives and the Democrats hold the Senate and any sense of bipartisanship is practically non-existent.
"The interesting thing to pay attention to is how the president will frame his overall relationship with Congress and how he seeks to achieve his goals," says Peter Hanson, political science professor at the University of Denver. "In any inaugural address you call for the country to come together, but the president is somewhat jaded on how things have gone over the last four years, he has been taking a sterner tone with Republicans and less conciliatory in recent weeks."
That tone was notable again during his inauguration address.
Warfild Moore, III, Jeane's son, who traveled from Detroit, agreed that the president's biggest challenge this term will be "getting around the Republicans."
"We are going to have issues come up that won't be fixed and it won't be his fault if the parties can't learn to work together."
Zelizer adds that preservation will also be on the president's agenda. "This term will also be about making sure the health insurance program is up and running, funded properly and working well, so that in four years it will be in good shape when he is gone. He will also be protecting existing programs that he didn't create from budget cuts—things like Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid."
Monday's oath will be the fourth time the president says the 35-word pledge. He took the oath on Sunday at a private ceremony in the Blue Room at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama and their children Malia and Sasha in a less-than-two-minute ceremony. In 2009 he had to retake oath at the White House after the public ceremony because Chief Justice John Roberts botched part of the oath .
This is only the second time in history the presidential day falls on the Martin Luther King Jr., federal holiday. It also happened to President Bill Clinton in 1997. The president will use two bibles during Monday's swearing in, one that belonged to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and one from Abraham Lincoln.
While the event may be scaled back, the guest list is still filled with celebrities including Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, and James Taylor. New York Senator Charles Schumer will serve as master of ceremonies for the inauguration and as head of the planning committee. Most of the food and drinks at Monday's events will be derived from his home state.
The 57th inauguration was much warmer than the 2009 ceremony that showcased 28 degree temperatures, tying President Jimmy Carter's 1977 inauguration for the third coldest on record since 1937.
All eyes were on the first lady's wardrobe choice after she made headlines four years ago with her chic outfit featuring a yellow dress from designer Isabel Toledo and green gloves from mall-staple J.Crew. This year Mrs. Obama wore a navy Thom Browne coat and dress along with a cardigan designed by Reed Krakoff. Her belt and shoes were once again from J.Crew.


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BOSTON, Mass. - Just as it has done every year since the conference began, the MIT men's cross country team captured the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship Saturday at Franklin Park. On the strength of eight All-Conference performances, the Engineers were able to extend their streak of league titles to 12. Hemagiri Arumugam was named the NEWMAC Runner of the Year as the top overall finisher.
Arumugam broke the tape in a time of 25:50, 11 seconds faster than his closest competitor. Bill Phipps picked up an impressive third-place showing, coming through the chute in 26:22. Gihan Amarasiriwardena (26:34) also cracked the top five. Dawit Zewdie was the first of four straight Tech runners on the back end of the top 10, with a seventh-place finish in 26:42. Dan Harper was the final scoring runner for the Cardinal and Grey, in eighth place at 26:48. Paul Welle (26:58), Stephen Serene (26:59) and Ben Mattocks (27:10) were the other All-Conference honorees.
With 24 team points, the Engineers edged runner-up Springfield by 17. It was also the third straight year that both the MIT men's and women's squad took home the conference crowns.
Tech will travel to Southern Maine in two weeks for the Division III New England Championship. The meet begins at 12:00 p.m.

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Efficiency Analysis
One of the things I've noticed over the last year is the tactic by some vendors to hop on the Green bandwagon and try to use the attention being paid to it as a competitive differentiator. Let me be the first to say (as someone with ~10 years in facilities) beware of bad or incomplete math. Analyzing the efficiency of a single box is less complicated than you might think. Let me try to impart some lessons learned in planning the power and cooling design for 20+ enterprise class data centers.The three main considerations for power and cooling are; capacity, density and efficiency. Capacity is typically used in planning the power you need to provision. Density for cooling supply and airflow. My boss Doug "Dawg" Gourlay likes to call this Air Supply after his favorite band… Then there is efficiency. The later metric can be applied to a box, system, architecture and of course travel.Box level efficiency is almost purely dependent on the products power supplies as the power distribution within the chassis is Direct Current (DC) and rarely gets re-converted. Almost all IT equipment uses an Alternating Current (AC) Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) these days. These power supplies are typically sourced from Asia and have different levels of quality that can be specified. The quality typically relates to how efficient said supply is. For years Cisco has been paying a premium for highly efficient power supplies, particularly in the data center. Prior to roughly 2002 AC power supplies had efficiencies in the range of 70% efficiency at optimum load. Why did their efficiency jump up so high? This was a carry over from the .com boom where space efficiency was the big concern – we had plenty of power but not enough space. Therefore the likes of Exodus and GlobalSwitch pushed equipment suppliers to make smaller boxes. So how do you do that? You make more efficient components. So highly efficient power supplies are readily available on the open market today.The best way to compare one box to another box is to first start by looking at the power supplies. This is purely predicated on how the supply is loaded. We at Cisco have power supplies that are ~90% efficient when loaded at 70% or higher. As an example, if I have a power supply that requires 1000 Watts I want to make sure that power supply is on average drawing 700 Watts. If I do this I am in the "efficiency sweet-spot". The next level of box and ultimately systems comparison is much more complex. Power per port is a good starting point but must be blended with a use case. This involves a back and forth if you will between vendors and customers. First, the user must clearly define a use case, then the vendor can show how the feature sets in that product or solution address the use case. So in essence its Power Per Port to do "what" or what we typically refer to as Power Per Work Unit Performed.Given the complexity of IT operations this is still very much an emerging science. The broad scope of interoperability, scale up, scale out, virtualization, etc. of systems level comparison, this is not a simple task. Given the fact there is only a small difference at the box level, we've been laser focused on driving efficiency within the architecture and through improved asset utilization using things like storage virtualization. In case you have been wondering this is why we only engage on efficiency analysis at the product level with customers who ask us to and when the comparison has to do with operative efficiency using sound metrics. We are not adding to the "Green-wash" by using misplaced metrics and over-simplifying what can be a very complex comparison.So the moral to the story is while capacity, density and efficiency are all intra-related they are not the same. Don't confuse capacity requirements of a single box with that boxes operative efficiency or systems efficiency. A good way to think of it is the automobile example which Omar Sultan described in earlier postings. My spin on his example is a Prius versus a Big Rig. Which is more efficient? Please answer back if you know the answer. I would also be very interested if there are any facilities professionals reading and would like to comment on efficiency analysis.
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John D. Moran Jr., cameraman
John D. Moran Jr., 49, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a freelance cameraman, died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 29 at his home in Norristown.
Until his illness prevented him from working, Mr. Moran had been a freelance cameraman and grip for weddings, commercial productions, special events and sporting events at Veterans Stadium and The Spectrum.
Raised in Chestnut Hill, the son of John D. Moran and Ann Biddle Moran Hepburn, he graduated from Chestnut Hill Academy and spent a postgraduate year at the Lawrenceville School before moving to New York City to study acting at the HP Studio.
Returning to Chestnut Hill, he worked for a time at Kilian's hardware store and Future Video. He pursued acting with The Stagecrafters and performed with a band he started called Dougie and the Dogs.
In his 30s, Mr. Moran attended Temple University, receiving a bachelor's degree in radio, television and film. At Temple he won a prize for a short film he had made about his struggle with bipolar disorder.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Kowalski, and a brother, James Biddle Moran.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in the Blue Room of St. Martin's Clubhouse, 415 W. Willow Grove Ave., in Chestnut Hill.
Memorial donations may be made to the Morris Animal Refuge, 1242 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA 19147, or to the charity of the donor's choice. – WF


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North Wales Social Enterprises scoop the 2012 Social Enterprise Awards Wales
Three North Wales social enterprises have won categories in this years Social Enterprise Wales Awards which took place today (Friday 19th October) at the Scala Cinema and Arts Centre in Prestatyn.
The awards were hosted by Wales Co-operative Centre and Wales Social Enterprise Coalition and was sponsored by not for profit internet registry company Nominet.
The full list of winners reads as follows:
Social Enterprise Leader of the Year
Kelly Davies of Vi-ability
Kelly Davies has been Managing Director of Vi-ability for nearly three years. Kelly has succeeded in positioning Vi-ability as one of the leading personal development/employment facing sport industry programmes in UK and Europe for socially disadvantaged participants It produces consistently positive outcomes in relation to engagement, retention and progression.
Kelly was delighted to win the award, "I'm overwhelmed! I really didn't expect to win after our success in these Awards last year. It shows that we haven't stood still and we're still doing something right!"
Social Enterprise Start up of the Year – North Wales Credit Union
North Wales Credit Union is a financial co-operative which provides a wide range of ethical financial services across North Wales. Regulated by the Financial Services Authority, it is the fourth largest financial mutual in Wales. It was formed in January 2011 through the merger of five credit unions. Since then it has been looked to as a model of excellence by credit unions and policymakers from across the UK.
Mac McCarthym from the North Wales Credit Union, commented, "Wow! From our persepective, this award is fantastic. Creating North Wales Credit Union took 18 months of really hard work by both staff and volunteers, and we're accepting this Award on their behalf."
Social Enterprise Supporter of the Year – St Illtyd's Communities First Partnership
St Illtyds Communities First is part of a Welsh Government anti-poverty campaign which has been established for 10 years. The team consists of 5 individuals who are dedicated to supporting and encouraging initiatives that make positive changes to the social economy. They work in Llanhilleth Institute supporting communities from Brynithel, Swffryd, Aberbeeg and Llanhilleth. St Illtyd's Communities First has been responsible for starting up and supporting 3 social enterprises and creating 16 jobs in a socially deprived area of Wales.
Anna Chard from St Illtyd's Communities First Partnership stated, "Its a real honour to accept this Award on behalf of the Communities First Partnership Board, the staff team and the social enterprises we support."
Social Enterprise Supporter of the Year – Special Mention
The City & County of Swansea, Housing Renewals & Adaptations Department was singled out for a special mention as an example of a Local Authority who have made a major contribution to supporting the development of a social enterprise. City & County of Swansea has provided support and been available to reflect, counsel and steer changes to other organisations that resulted in the development of social enterprises such as Swansea Care & Repair Services.
Social Enterprise of the Year – Crest Co-operative
Crest Co-operative operates a number of recycling enterprises including , a food poverty project that distributes in-date food from food manufacturers to the homeless and vulnerable across North Wales; a textile recycling operation throughout Conwy County Borough Council; and finally Crest Co-operative work with North Wales housing associations to clear empty properties and save kitchens/bathrooms from landfill. Crest Co-operative's work primarily focuses on social and environmental purposes, working to promote social inclusion and at the same time work to save materials and food from landfill. Sharon Jones from Crest Co-operative recieved the award, "I'm speechless. This is a real surprise and its great to win such as prestigious award."
Wales Co-operative Centre Chief Executive Derek Walker commented, "The quality of nominations this year demonstrated not only the breadth and versatility of the sector but the importance the sector has to communities across Wales. The judges this year had a tough task deciding between a number of very dedicated people and a number of extremely deserving nominees. The winners chosen demonstrate an impressive commitment to their area of expertise and a level of service that is outstanding. We congratulate Crest Co-operative, St Illtyd's Communities First Partnership, North Wales Credit Union and Kelly Davies and all of the other excellent social enterprises who were shortlisted."
Not for profit Internet registry company Nominet sponsoredthe Social Enterprise Awards Wales 2012. Nominet run one of the world's largest Internet registries and manage over ten million domain names. They are entrusted with the safe, stable and secure management of the .uk Internet name space and recently submitted applications for the new .cymru and .wales top level domains. For more information visit www.nominet.org.uk
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October 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Posted in co-operatives, credit unions, social enterprise
Tagged with awards Prestatyn. Scala, co-operative, Crest, Derek Walker, housing, jobs, Llanhilleth, Nominet, North Wales Credit Union, recycling, social enterprise, ST Illtyds, swansea, Viability, Wales


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Both of my parents were musical. My mother and father, Alwynne Jean and Colin John McDade (pictured right on the day that they became engaged),learned to play the piano from the same piano teacher in Brisbane, Queensland as children. My father, Colin John MccDade was somewhat of a child prodigy, performing his first classical music concert at the age of four years and winning a scholarship to attend the Conservatorium in Sydney at the age of 15 years.
At that time he was attending the Brisbane Boys Grammer School in Brisbane, on an academic scholarship, and his parents wished him to complete his education there. There was no Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane at the time, and my father's family did not want him to move to Sydney so he turned down the offer of a musical scholarship. As a young boy, Colin John won a television contest called Steps to Stardom. As anyone who ever heard him play, will testify, that my father was truly a gifted pianist. He did not make a career out of his talent, however, choosing to get a job when he left school to help his family.
Right: My father, Colin John MacDade as a young man playing the piano
Music was an important part of my life growing up. My father played in a band on Saturday nights and composed musical scores, including some for film tracks. My mother was a music teacher, giving lessons on the piano and electric organ. My uncle owned and operated a Music Academy in Brisbane which launched the careers of a number of well known Australian bands including, Savage Garden. He also played the saxophone and the clarinet in a jazz Big Band.
As soon as I began school I played in the fife band and later played in a recorder band. My sister and I were both choristers in church choirs and I have fond memories of wearing chorister's robes and singing with the choir at church services and weddings. Piano lessons with my father were not a great success as he was a perfectionist, and not patient with my lack of practice. I decided to learn to play the guitar and discovered I had a passion for this instrument. I certainly inherited my father's love for music from him.
From the age of three, my grandfather gave me lessons on a small button accordion which had come to Australia with the family from Scotland. Although I do not have the accordion, it is safely still in the hands of a family member. Later I went on to learn to play the flute, piano and organ. Just before he passed away, my grandfather, requested a family gathering to which every family member was to bring a musical instrument or their voice. The last memory I have of Colin Hamilton McDade is of him happily listening to all of his grandchildren, as well as his grown children and their partners entertaining him with the piano, guitars, a trumpet, drums, and other instruments and everyone else singing along to the music. It was a musical delight which I will never forget. My grandfather died the same week, however he had truly left a musical legacy in his family.
Right: My father, Colin John MacDade
My grandfather, Colin Hamilton McDade ( it is another story as to how the name was changed to MacDade) taught me to sing songs in the Gaelic language. Only many years later did I discover that I had taken these ditties to school and sung songs full of quite rude words for show and tell. My father was horrified when he discovered I had been singing songs my grandfather had though to be hilarious. Fortunately my teacher didn't understand a word of the Gaelic language. Either that, or she had seen the humourous side to my innocent 5 year old singing. My grandfather had his own band in Brisbane. It was called 'The White Heather Band', ( pictured above top) named so because the McDade family were from Glasgow in Scotland. Recently a search of the Trove website and digitised newspapers from Australia revealed some interesting articles featuring this band and my talented piano playing grandfather.
Recently I discovered that my grandmother's family were also very musical, although I did not know this growing up. Jemima Florence White ( married Colin Hamilton McDade)had arrived in Australia at the age of 11 in 1913. The family lived in Kaimkillenbun on the Darling Downs in Queensland and articles from the Dalby Herald and other local newspapers tell of the beautiful singing voices of the White girls, Violet and Florence as my grandmother insisted on being called in Australia (she thought the name to be much more modern than Jemima). Her eldest brother, William Thomas White played a pump organ, which is still in the family.
I am now on a journey to discover more about my musical ancestry. My own children between four of them, play or have played the flute, piccolo, guitar, base guitar, banjo, mandolin, drums, piano, clarinet, violin and the saxaphone. One daughter has inherited a great aunt's singing voice. The same daughter, my youngest, kept us most entertained at the age of 6, being convinced that she had a stage career ahead of her playing the spoons! Talented as she may have been with two spoons clanging together, we were most relieved when she moved on to learn the flute.
Musical talent, is something that seems to be inherited, although music excludes no-one. I am looking forward to discovering more of my musical ancestors.
Right: My daughter learning to play her tiny violin.
Note - The surname McDade and MacDade have been used by various branches of this family.


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SC National Guard's last Vietnam veteran retires
SC National Guard's last Vietnam veteran retires
The South Carolina National Guard said goodbye to its final Vietnam veteran.
The Guard held a ceremony Sunday to honor Chief Warrant Officer Eric Seymore as he retires after 43 years of service.
The event was held at the Adjutant General's Building auditorium in Columbia.
Seymore started his military career in 1970. He flew helicopters for the 114th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam and joined the South Carolina Army National Guard in 1972 in St. Matthews.
Seymore has flown 16 different aircraft during his service. He retires as the state's command Chief Warrant Officer.
Seymore lives in Easley and has two sons who also have served in the military.


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Interview by Beppe Strambini
Beppe Strambini: There are a like a bunch of new tattooists that are very recognizable and you are one of them and there's like a connection between all you guys… It looks like a family… can you talk about them… Xed, Hooper, Freddy, Filip…
Jondix: Xed, I was his customer many years ago and we become friends. He visited Barcelona every once in a while, we even did holidays together in Athens… He played the Tibetan conch at one of our concerts. He can do continuous breathing from didgeridoo. He's fantastic. The king of psychedelic. He was the pioneer of dot work… the source… rotaries, patterns, e-Bay… Last year I gave him a gift -it was a tongue depressor with a natural hole on it, and I think he got pissed off? He's a real artist… We have a big dialectic gap between tattooists… And I'm still not used to it…
It happens in all tattoo styles, but I think in dots, people know other tattooists better that the original ones like Xed…
Yes, it happens all the time, but for some reason I've started to like it… The good stuff is hidden, and more difficult to find. That's one of the reasons I don't like working in a fixed shop anymore… And of course if you publish a lot and become well known, then people will start copying you, it's normal… Xed's work has been copied to death, but every time we meet he has something new to blow my mind on his computer…
You are also a good friends with Hooper, and you both have similar but different approaches to tattooing… Did you start together?
Yes, but he's darker and bigger… Victorian, as opposed to Mediterranean… Ha-ha. We discovered a lot of interesting things together; we've done a dozen collaborative paintings and tattoos… Since he moved to the States we have become more distant 'cause he works in a different system with different rules.
You are one of the few people I've seen working with the Leu family…
I became friends with Rinzing and started visiting the studio in Lausanne years ago. They let me work with them as a guest and later on we did some conventions together… I'm just another customer, and big fan.
And how much does it influence you…
Well, when you see such perfect work in front of you, your mind changes forever…
Going back to drawing… How do you approach your designs? How do you get the shapes you want in geometric stuff? Why are you interested in it?
I love complexity… people were always saying straight lines and circles are difficult to tattoo, so that got my interest, and maybe having studied architecture for many years was also an influence, and being a customer of Xed. But honestly I'm trying to leave it all behind. I mean, I use it but as an extra tool, not as the main subject… We'll see.
Maybe because you were born in Barcelona with —-? You have it in you and you don't even know… For me as Italian, I have the Roman art.
When you draw geometry on flat surface I understand, but how do you make it work on body shapes?
Deformation of the X or X axe, depending on with part F, the body…
Xed Lehead and Tomas use the computer, me sometimes, but I prefer paper and scissors, ha-ha.
When I was working with you I was paying attention to how you built stuff with 30 photocopies and cut-and-pasted it to do those epic images… The preparation can take a lot of time, no?
Yes, yes… you have to be in a good mood… You don't want to erase stencils. I hate it…
I have seen big pieces; you want first session all outline?
Yes, sometimes 10 hours meditation/preparation and than three hours of tattooing.
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Russo competed 10 of Northridge's 11 tournaments, playing 30 rounds as a true freshman ... finished third on the team with a 74.2 stroke average after taking 2,227 shots over 30 rounds ... had his first collegiate top-10 finish when he placed a Northridge-best eighth at the Big West Championship (May 3-4) ... finished with a six over-par 222 (70-70-82) ... finished tied for 20th at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic (Apr. 4-5) with a five over-par 215 (72-68-75) ... his second round 68 was his low round of the season and his 215 total was his low for 54 holes.
Lettered in golf at Westlake High School in Westlake, Calif. ... was the three-time golf team MVP (2007-2009) ... began his prep career at Chaminade High School in West Hills, Calif. ... graduated in 2009.
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Free House Bungalow
175/7 Moo. 1, Bophut Beach
Koh Samui, Suratthani 84320
Bophut Beach
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Free House is one of the last traditional bungalow resorts on Samui, located directly on Bophut Beach. Choose from a wooden fan bungalow or a more comfortable bungalow with TV and air-con, and you can come as well and bring your kids and enjoy the comfort of Family room. If you don't like to stay in a big hotel with hundreds of rooms and looking for a more private atmosphere, Free House is the right place for you. The Free House Samui Restaurant is known all over the island for its outstanding quality and offers a wide variety of very tasty original Thai style food. Enjoy the lovely views over the island of Koh Phangan.
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Date of stay:
Mar 03, 2018
Accommodation and facilities:
older furniture, no refrigerator in deluxe bungalow. location at the beach. friendly staff.
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Mar 05, 2018
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Andreas Meyer
Date of stay:
Feb 18, 2017
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Nice, quiet place to stay. Sand on the beach is little bit rough against your feet, after a long walk you really feel it. Only let down is the service, most likely because they don t understand English that well and like in my case when they booked wrong for me , they got pissed off like it was my fault.
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Works fine with different options of payment
Mar 10, 2017
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Jan Peltomaeki
Date of stay:
Aug 02, 2016
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Highly rated. The best food on the Island and averages 160baht a dish. Fabulous hosts. All you need for accommodation - room with fan, own bathroom, deck with hammock, by the beach. Have returned with family 5 times now.
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Aug 05, 2016
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Annabel Mitchinson
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Jun 28, 2016
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Enkla rum, men rent och snyggt AC finns i rummen men ej i lägenheterna Saknade en stol på rummet Saknade ett litet kylskåp på rummet Trevlig personal och god mat i restaurangen
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Fungerade bra. Taxibeställningen via hotellet dyrare än om man valt transport från flygplatsens egen transportservice
Jul 02, 2016
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Jan Lundgren
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Jan 05, 2016
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quiet place with a very nice staff and nice rooms!!
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Jan 09, 2016
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Marilou Chevalier
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Oct 24, 2015
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Everything is old Thailand style. Simple, but useful. Not more than needed. If you expect that then you will be happy. The personel is exceptional. Friendly and always open for your requests.
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Nov 04, 2015
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Wir hatten das günstigste Fan Bungalow inkl. Badezimmer. Da dies direkt angrenzt und kein Fenster hat, wurde es schnell sehr feucht im ganzen Bungalow. Innerhalb dessen gab es keine Sitzmöglichkeiten aus des Betts, welches von dem Moskitonetz umgeben ist. Auch die Möglichkeiten seine Sachen zu ordnen sind bei der Größe eingeschränkt. Das Restaurant vor Ort ist recht teuer im Vergleich zu dem was abends auf dem Markt angeboten wird und schneidet auch im Vergleich zu gleichpreisigen Restaurants schlecht ab. Die Anlage ist direkt am Strand gelegen, was positiv zu bewerten ist, dennoch ist das Wasser dort sehr trüb und kein im Wasser schwimmendes Lebenszeichen zu erkennen. Diese Tatsache, und das wir die einzigen am Strand waren, ließ uns stutzen, kann aber auch eine Fehleinschätzung unsererseits sein. Wir würden kein zweites Mal dort Baden gehen. Entfernung zum Fisherman Village: 15 Minuten. Rollermietung am Hotel: 200 Baht am Tag.
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Sep 17, 2015
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Jan 15, 2015
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The room wasn t cleaned at all in the 3 nights stay, the covers and pillows felt filthy and when I asked for a clean sheet the staff was rude. Before even checking in I was being pressured into buying a return journey. Poor customer service and the room felt tiny and dingey.
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Efficient booking service
Jan 30, 2015
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Laurie ROONEY
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Jul 15, 2014
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A lot of money stolen in our bungalow. The woman (one of the boss) didn t help supporting her staff. The thief didn t recognise the facts and lied to her of course putting us in a bad position. Then the woman was not cooperative and unpleasant at all for the rest of the trip. They organise tours but make a lot of commissions on them (ex: 2500 bahts for a trip of 1500 bahts), same with taxis: your order a taxi to the aiport and they appear with their own car using it as a taxi, they charge you the same price and don t even help you with the luggage. Hygiene: check your food, some metal in my breakfast.
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Booking was ok.
Jul 31, 2014
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Bertrand MOUSCARDES
Date of stay:
Apr 14, 2014
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We had a lovely time. Bungalows are typical old Thai and the food in the restaurant/bar overlooking the beach is excellent. Could do with supplying beach towels and mattresses for the sun beds.
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Apr 24, 2014
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Margaret Burgess
Date of stay:
Apr 06, 2014
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We are very satisfied with our staying in the Free House. Everything was going without any complikation. The bungalows are simple, but nice and clean and in a good relation to the price - directly on the beach. The restaurant is really good, same as the massage directly at the Free House at the beach! The owner is a very kind and sympathic person, the most of the staff also!
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Everything ok
Apr 10, 2014
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Renate Roeder
Date of stay:
Aug 31, 2013
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Fantastic location, friendly helpful staff, good food - worth every penny!
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Very helpful
Sep 03, 2013
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Luanne Botha
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The Free House
is beautifully situated at one of the most peaceful and beautiful beaches of Koh Samui, Bo Phut Beach. Close to the airport, close to the island's main city and harbour Nathon and close to the more lively Chaweng Beach. As Chaweng is getting busier every year, the clean and placid Bo Phut Village nearby the Free House still breathes the original Thai island atmosphere. The Main road is comfortably just a 2 minutes walk from your bungalow and you get a cheap ride with a "Song Taew" or Thai taxi anywhere you want.
At the north side of the island you get a breathtaking view at the next island Koh Phangan, right from where you are having lunch and dinner at our seaside restaurant. While you are enjoying a refreshing cocktail at the bar you can see how the gold painted main attraction of Samui, Big Buddha, is changing color towards the evening. Together with the golden beach - sand and the beautiful blue sea you will have an unforgettable holiday at the Free House.
:: Fan Small Cottage ::
20 sq.m., 2 units - Queen size bed
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Fan, save box and hot shower
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:: Deluxe A/C Bungalow ::
35 sq.m., 6 units, 2 persons - 1 Queen size or 2 single beds, A/C, TV, save box, hot shower and hammock
:: Family Fan Bungalows (2 Connecting Fan Bungalows) ::
2 units, 2 - 4 persons - 1 Queen size and 2 single beds, fan, save box, hot shower and hammock
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Private balcony
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Our Free House Samui Restaurant is known allover the island for it's outstanding quality and offers you a wide variety of original Thai style food, very tasty and always fresh. Every day our cooks go to the market to buy fresh squid, king prawn, shrimps, snapper or fish from your own choice! Would you like a special BBQ with friends at the beach? No problem at the Free House! Just in form our staff and you will enjoy an unforgettable dish by moonlight.
Of course we also serve European food. All according to Western standards concerning hygiene (All our vegetables are rinsed with bottled clean water, just to mention one of our principles). The taste of our food and the scenery in which you enjoy it are unique on Samui. In the Free House Beach Bar, which is next to the restaurant, we serve you a wide variety of refreshing drinks, including some surprising and tantalizing cocktails.
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Beach wedding style with the view of the Koh Phangan on the back and closed to the sand and wave. Free House located in the middle of Bophut beach which s nice and quiet beach.
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BAKER CITY — Hot-shooting, strong-rebounding Horizon Christian School toppled Triad 75-59 in Thursday's first round of the Class 1A state basketball tournament at Baker City High School.
The Hawks shot 57 percent from the field and enjoyed a 44-19 rebound advantage against the smaller, but aggressive Timberwolves from Klamath Falls. The win put Horizon in Friday's 8:15 p.m. semifinal game against top-seeded Country Christian. (Results were unavailable at press time.) Big Sky Conference rival Sherman County faced McKenzie in Friday's other semifinal.
"Our players were motivated to play them again; they came out inspired because it was Triad," Coach Darrin Lingel said.
Triad ended Horizon's title run last season on a last-second, desperation three-pointer at the final buzzer. There would be no such heroics for the T-Wolves this year, as Horizon controlled the game from the outset and built a 25-point lead at one point in the second half.
"We dealt with their pressure fairly well. We effectively passed the ball well and we got some easy looks early," Lingel said of his team's ability to control the game.
Senior wing Sam Anthony led all scorers with 22 points. Anthony was 2-for-3 in the first half on three pointers, and senior guard Max Totaro was 2-for-2 from beyond the arc. The Hawks finished 6-for-10 on three-pointers.
Triad appeared to be focusing on stopping Horizon sophomore wing Matt Totaro, which gave older brother, Max, and Anthony room to shoot from long range. Matt Totaro likes to roam the key area, where his mid-range jumper and slashes to the basket are most effective.
"I saw they were giving a lot of attention to Matt, so that gave us some open looks from the outside," Max Totaro said.
Matt Totaro was his steady self, contributing another double-double: 19 points and 12 rebounds. Junior 6-foot-7 post Jake Wells was a force inside, with 12 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.
Matt Totaro said when Horizon can control the boards, it usually will win the game.
"That's been important for us this season, especially limiting our opponents to second-chance points," the 6-foot-4 Totaro said.
Horizon took a 39-31 halftime lead into the locker room, despite 13 turnovers. The Hawks did a much better job taking care of the ball in the third period, when they built a 22-point lead.
"The third quarter was our key quarter," Lingel said. "I felt that we came out and really looked inside; we didn't settle for the outside shot. We had some nice opportunities on the inside — lots of twos."
Horizon got a scoring burst from guard Micah Engel in the third period, when he scored all five of his points, including a three-pointer to give his team its 22-point margin.
Lingel said his team is anticipating another rematch in the semifinals against Country Christian of Molalla. The Hawks defeated Country in December.
"We're looking forward to the game tomorrow," Lingel said. "We've played them before and were successful. But they're a good basketball team."
Country advanced to the semifinals with a win over Imbler in Thursday's first round.
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As Syrian government gains ground in Aleppo, it loses its people
As Syrian government gains ground in Aleppo, it loses its people
By Ariel Zirulnick
July 30, 2012
Reports out of Aleppo indicate that Syrian government troops launching an assault on the city have so far been unable to retake rebel-held neighborhoods there, despite the use of heavy weapons such as tanks and helicopter gunships.
Yesterday Syrian state media reported government victories in two Aleppo neighborhoods, but activists denied the reports, telling the Associated Press that there has been only "fierce shelling" and some fighting on the ground.
But the regime remains much better armed than the rebels. The leader of the Syrian National Council, the main opposition group, requested countries ignore United Nations Security Council opposition and provide heavy weapons that would allow the rebels to actually fight back against the regime's superior weaponry, Reuters reports.
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"The rebels are fighting with primitive weapons...We want weapons that we can stop tanks and planes with," SNC chief Abdelbasset Seida said in Abu Dhabi. "Our friends and allies will bear responsibility for what is happening in Aleppo if they do not move soon."
The brutality of the regime's offensive to re-take Aleppo will be the beginning of the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said yesterday, according to Reuters.
"If they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people in Aleppo, I think it ultimately will be a nail in Assad's own coffin," Mr. Panetta told reporters.
"What Assad has been doing to his own people and what he continues to do to his own people makes clear that his regime is coming to an end. It's lost all legitimacy," he said, adding, "It's no longer a question of whether he's coming to an end, it's when."
Valerie Amos of the UN humanitarian affairs agency said yesterday that 200,000 people have fled Aleppo and nearby areas in just the past two days, and Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby voiced concerns that war crimes are being committed in the city, CNN reports.
Comments from residents in Damascus back up Panetta's claim. The government has reasserted control over the capital, but the success has come with a cost from the Syrian public, Reuters reports.
"To begin with I was with the regime, for sure," said Ahmed, from one of the southern suburbs where the army, backed by helicopters and tanks, launched its counter-offensive. "But now, no, the regime must go. Take what they want with them, but they must go."
The Christian Science Monitor's Scott Peterson heard similar accounts of turning points when in Aleppo last week.
Abu Omar, for example, says he left his special forces unit while deployed to a rebel-held area of northwest Syria.
"They gave us orders to kill the people who don't have a gun, but who just went out of their homes and shouted 'freedom,'" says Abu Omar. "There were girls and little boys killed. I was just shooting in the sky. If we don't shoot, they take us to jail, or kill us there."
Likewise, Abu Hamza left the Syrian police after being ordered to shoot people as they left Friday prayers in the coastal town of Latakia after they began shouting "God is great."
"My moral sense wouldn't let me do it," Abu Hamza recalls. He still carries his police ID card. "My father and brother go to mosque and shout in Aleppo every Friday. How could I shoot such people in Latakia? These people are family."


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DENVER—The state of Colorado has paid more than $34,000 to private law firms to defend Secretary of State Scott Gessler against an ethics complaint that he misused public funds.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan ( http://noconow.co/128zFDJ) reports that the three lawyers from separate firms representing Gessler are collectively charging the state a discounted rate of $190 an hour and also billing for work by their paralegals.
Gessler believes the investigation of complaints he misspent state funds on political activities are unjustified and politically motivated.
The complaint was brought by Colorado Ethics Watch.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Speaker Tip: Let people know about your blog and website
I typically submit a bio and description of my talk to organizations whenever I give a talk. I've never thought much about it. It includes the basics with a little effort to try to make my talk and bio sound good.
For several years I have participated in the New England Family History Conference which is held every March in Franklin, MA. I was scrolling through the speaker bios and I noticed one of the speakers had an active link to their web page. "Hmm, that's interesting," I thought to myself. I checked the bios of the other speakers. No, they didn't all have links to their websites. Clearly this speaker knew something that all the other speakers didn't - "If you include it, they will print it".
I learned something very important that day. Ever since then I have started including a link not only to my website but also to my blog, in my bio. The worst that can happen is that it will get edited out of publication. If you're lucky, and most of the time you will be, at least one of the links will remain for readers to follow through and learn more about you.
Just tonight I was checking my presence on the web. I have an upcoming house history talk in Swampscott, Massachusetts on October 12th. What do you think I came across? A live link on the local newspaper website with both my blog and my website included as active links. What better chance for people to learn more about me before coming to hear my talk.
I knew that people were making it to my blog from this newspaper because I was seeing the hits in my stats. But this newspaper is a large franchise covering many towns, so until tonight I wasn't sure where exactly they were coming from. Now I know it was because I inlcuded the links in my bio for that specific talk.
The next time you send out your bio for a talk,whether for a conference or a society meeting, do yourself a favor and include links to your blog and your website. You'll be amazed at how often they do get published.
Posted by Marian Pierre-Louis at 9:00 PM
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I also make sure that links to my website & blog are on all my handouts. Never hurts to spread the word!
I really enjoy your blog and the things you post on Facebook!
Good for you, and I hope more people find you. Many of the speakers I know of, don't bother with blogs and have very uninteresting websites. Yours is top notch!ReplyDelete
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Two new BlackBerry® smartphone models were recently announced: the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 smartphone and the BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380 smartphone. From a developer's perspective, here is what you need to know about these new devices.
BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone
- Support for NFC (Near Field Communication) technology
- 480 x 360 screen resolution 246 dpi, 16 million colors supported (24-bit)
- 5 MP camera
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS
- Capacitive touch screen, optical trackpad, 35-key backlit QWERTY keyboard
- Wi-Fi®: 802.11 a/b/g/n UMA support
- Networks: HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Memory: 768 MB RAM, 8 GB eMMC
- Mime type: Mozilla/5.0 (BlackBerry; U; BlackBerry 9790; en-GB) AppleWebKit/534.11+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.104.22.1686 Mobile Safari/534.11+
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- Support for NFC (Near Field Communication) technology
- 480 x 360 screen resolution, 188 ppi, 16 million colors supported (24-bit)
- 5 MP camera
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS
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- Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n UMA support
- Networks: UMTS, GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Memory: 512 MB DDR SRAM / 512 MB eMMC
- Mime Type: Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (BlackBerry; U; BlackBerry 9380; en-GB) AppleWebKit/534.11+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.104.22.1687 Mobile Safari/534.11+
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- Native Window API
- HD Video recording
- UDP Multicast
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- Unified Search
- Travel Time API
- NFC technology
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Poul Kjærholm
Designer: Poul Kjærholm, 1929 - 1980
From: Denmark - Born in Oster Vra
The work of Poul Kjærholm, a master of Danish mid-century furniture design, has often been described as 'modest in means, but rich in expression'. Unlike his Scandinavian contemporaries, who worked primarily in wood, Kjærholm revered the properties of steel and used it as his construction material of choice. His resulting works are undeniably understated and elegant, with an emphasis on clean lines and remarkable attention to detail.
• Wanted to be a painter, but his father insisted that he learn a more practical trade.
• Studied under Hans Wegner at school.
• Each furniture type is labeled with the initials PK followed a number from a series. For example, PK 0 through 9 denote small chairs with no armrests; PK 10 through 19, small chairs with armrests; and so on.
• The PK-22, created in 1956, was the designer's breakthrough piece. It won the Grand Prix at the Milan Triennale in 1957 and has remained in production ever since.
Quote: Steel's constructive potential is not the only thing that interests me; the refraction of light on its surface is an important part of my artistic work. I consider steel a material with the same artistic merit as wood and leather.
Attended: Danish School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen
Known for: Structurally pure pieces made primarily of steel, combined with leather, wood, cane or marble.
Representative Pieces Shown Above: (left to right)
1) PK31 lounge chair, PK31 3 seat sofa, PK 33 stool and PK61 coffee table
2) PK20 lounge chair
3) PK80 daybed
4) PK13 armchair
5) PK25 lounge chair
6) PK26 sofa
7) PK15 chairs
8) PK22 chair
9) PK24 chaise
10) PK9 chairs, PK54 table
Kjærholm On the Web:
• 1st Dibs
(Images: as linked above. Info Sources: Wikipedia, ARTINFO, mid-centruryonline )


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Patriotic crafts and fun food recipes to make your 4th of July celebration a big success! Try this easy 4th of July craft to make a red, white and blue Star napkin ring. These will dress up your picnic table for any holiday and the kids can help with this fun patriotic craft.
- Red, white & blue cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Stapler
- Glue
- Print patterns and cut out. Trace patterns on paper and cut out. You might want to alternate large stars of red and blue if making a group of napkin rings.
- for each napkin ring, also cut a strip of red or blue paper that is about 1 inch wide by 6 inches long. Roll into a circle, overlapping ends, and staple ends together.
- Glue large, medium and small stars together and set aside to dry. Glue onto napkin ring and let dry before handling.
To make the Stars and Stripes placemat.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Kroger Co. and Best Buy Co. rallied to the summit of the S&P 500 on Friday while Deckers Outdoor Corp., the maker of Ugg boots, sank on a weak outlook.
Kroger US:KR shares added 4.5%. A Deutsche Bank analyst said in a report that Kroger's stock is trading at a substantial discount given its metrics, including comparable store sales in the 3% range and earnings-per-share growth of 8% to 12%. "We believe that KR stands apart from other conventional grocers given its much greater scale, stronger local market share positions, broad private brand portfolio, and very consistent history of positive non-fuel ID's," said Karen Short.
Deckers Outdoor US:DECK shares slumped 12%. The footwear company said it expects full-year earnings to increase about 8%, less than the 12% growth expected by analysts, according to a Thomson Reuters survey. Deckers also said it expects a first-quarter loss of roughly 16 cents on revenue gains of 6%, missing Wall Street projections.
Best Buy US:BBY shares rose 4.2%, recovering from the previous session's 1% drop. The retailer on Thursday reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.24 a share. Though it was below the $1.47 a share earned in the same period a year ago, it beat consensus analyst estimates of $1.01.
Monster Beverage Corp. US:MNST shares rose 4%. The company posted fourth-quarter per-share earnings that rose to 44 cents from 39 cents a year earlier. Net sales rose to $540.85 million from $471.52 million a year earlier. Analyst Mark Astrachan at Stifel Nicolaus on Friday lifted the stock's price target to $80 from $75, due to expectations of steady sales growth over the next few years.
Men's Wearhouse Inc. US:MW jumped 6.7% while Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. US:JOSB rose 3%. Jos. A. Bank on Thursday rejected the latest offer from its rival, which came to $63.50 a share. But Jos. A. Bank left the door open for a deal, saying it is willing to talk with Men's Wearhouse about a higher price.
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Southwestern Energy Co. US:SWN shares fell 4.2%. The oil and gas company on Friday reported better than expected fourth-quarter earnings. But the stock came under pressure after an analyst at Morgan Stanley reiterated his underweight rating and cut its price target to $33 from $36, according to Benzinga.
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|Nate Kmic led the team in receptions, again, in the
USA's win.
File photo for IFAF
From an IFAF release
The United States and Mexico are neighboring countries that share a passion for many things.
Count football among them.
Playing its third game in five days at the IFAF Senior World Championship, the United States overcame its toughest test of the round-robin schedule, beating Mexico, 17-7, on Tuesday in Innsbruck, Austria, to advance to Saturday's gold medal game and the chance to defend its title.
The U.S. men finished Group A play with a 3-0 record and will take on the winner of Japan and Canada in the title match. Those two countries play Wednesday in a Group B finale between 2-0 teams. Mexico moves on to the bronze-medal game Friday against the loser of Japan and Canada.
U.S. National Team head coach Mel Tjeerdsma knew coming in the test his team would face. He admitted feeling "nervous for about 48 minutes" as the U.S. was never able to put Mexico away.
But in the end, the scoreboard told the story Tjeerdsma wanted to see.
"Most of these players didn't know each other two weeks ago," Tjeerdsma said. "So the first meeting, we said we had one goal – and that is to win the gold medal. Now we are one step away."
Defenses dominated early as neither team scored in the first quarter. U.S. cornerback Jeff Frankllin knocked away a would-be Mexican touchdown pass, and a Jorge Valdez interception for Mexico in the back of the end zone ended a U.S. drive.
Team USA finally broke through with 10:05 left in the first half as a fumble at the Mexico 27-yard line set up a Gregg Berkshire 46-yard field goal to give the Americans a 3-0 lead.
The Americans made it 10-0 just before halftime as Da'Shawn Thomas scored on a run from 2 yards out.
Thomas finished with just 16 yards on 10 carries as neither defense gave up yards easily. Mexico's rushing duo of Jose Conn Reyes and Jonathan Barrerra combined for 16 carries and 46 yards, while the U.S. runners totaled 27 yards on 22 carries.
"Their defensive line was outstanding, doing different twists and really giving the offense a hard time of running the ball, and on pass plays they were getting to our quarterback," Team USA linebacker Osayi Osunde said. "Mexico is athletic and physical. We could not really find a way to run a full drive, so our defense was able to pull the slack and allow as few points as possible."
Mexico head coach Raul Rivera Sanchez said his team rose to the challenge of a tough, physical U.S. squad. He is not satisfied with playing close, though. His team played to win.
"I feel sad because we came here to win this tournament," Sanchez said. "We faced a good team. We knew it was going to be a tough game."
Team USA appeared poised to extend its lead in the third quarter but a fumble stalled one drive at the Mexico 10.
The Mexicans took advantage as a 65-yard pass from Bruno Daniel Marques to Jose Antonio Alfonso set their team up at the U.S. 19. Five plays later, Reyes took an option pitch from Barrera for a 3-yard touchdown run.
"We could never feel comfortable because Mexico can score – and score quickly on big plays," Tjeerdsma said.
The U.S., though, immediately pushed its lead back out to 17-7 as Thomas capped an eight-play, 68-yard drive with a 2-yard TD run. Team USA QB Cody Hawkins hit Ricardo Leinhart for 13 yards, Richie Brockel for 14 yards and Alex Anderson for 25 yards on the possession.
Hawkins finished 21-of-35 for 267 yards. Running back Nate Kmic again led U.S. receivers with six catches for 53 yards. Tight end Mike Peterson added four receptions for 38 yards.
Mexico's QBs Marques and Rodrigo Perez combined to go 14-of-24 passing for 179 yards. Both were hurried throughout as the U.S. had four sacks, including sacks from Maurice Banks and Charles Bay on Mexico's final two downs.
Team Mexico (2-1) vs. Team USA (3-0)
Site: Innsbruck
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 1500
Team Mexico......... 0 0 7 0 - 7
Team USA............ 0 10 0 7 - 17
Scoring Summary:
10:05 USA - Greggy Berkshire 46 yd field goal
3 plays, -2 yards, TOP 0:48, MEX 0 - USA 3
7 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:24, MEX 0 - USA 10
00:00 MEX - Jose Conn Reyes 5 yd run (Jose Carlos Maltos
6 plays, 89 yards, TOP 3:15, MEX 7 - USA 10
8 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:52, MEX 7 - USA 17


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"New Mexico"
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R.G. Armstrong
Actor a favorite of Peckinpah
R.G. Armstrong, 95, a veteran character actor who started his career in the 1950s on Broadway, segued to television, then solidified his standing as a favorite of filmmakers Sam Peckinpah and Warren Beatty, died Friday at his home in Studio City of natural causes, said his daughter Daryl Armstrong.
Robert Golden Armstrong was born April 7, 1917, in Birmingham, Ala., and graduated from the University of North Carolina. After college he studied at the Actors Studio in New York and was cast in Elia Kazan's original 1955 Broadway staging of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." He also acted in Broadway productions of another Williams play, "Orpheus Descending," as well as "The Miracle Worker."
From the mid-'50s to the late '90s, he was featured in a string of TV series, including the westerns "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Rawhide," "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke," "The Westerner" and the pilot of "The Rifleman," and also "Dynasty," "Trapper John, M.D.," "L.A. Law" and many others. He also had a regular role in "T.H.E. Cat," a 1966-67 adventure series that was set in San Francisco and starred Robert Loggia.
Peckinpah, a writer and director on "The Westerner" and "The Rifleman," added Armstrong to his stock company of actors for his bloody western movies, beginning in 1962 with "Ride the High Country" and continuing with "Major Dundee," "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."
For Beatty, Armstrong played Pruneface in the 1990 film version of "Dick Tracy" and had small parts in "Heaven Can Wait" (1978) and "Reds" (1981).
He also had supporting movie roles in "The Fugitive Kind," a 1959 film version of "Orpheus Descending" starring Marlon Brando; "The Great White Hope," a 1970 boxing drama with James Earl Jones; "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid," a gritty 1972 bank-robbery tale; and the 1987 sci-fi thriller "Predator," with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Norman Alden
Prolific character actor
Norman Alden, 87, a prolific character actor whose long career included a wide range of roles in film, television and commercials, died Friday of natural causes at a Los Angeles nursing home, according to his life partner Linda Thieben.
A native of Fort Worth, Alden moved to Hollywood in the mid-1950s. He began appearing in what would amount to hundreds of TV acting jobs, playing cowboys, blue-collar workers, police officers and a host of other characters. Among his highlights in the '60s and '70s were Coach Fedders in "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," Captain Horton in "Rango," Johnny Ringo in "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" and Frank Heflin in "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl."
As a voice actor, he was Aquaman in the animated TV series "Super Friends" (1973) and "The All New Super Friends Hour" (1977) and Sir Kay in the 1963 Disney film "The Sword in the Stone."
His other film roles included small parts in "The Great Bank Robbery" (1969), "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Back to the Future" (1985), "Ed Wood" (1994) and others. He starred in the 1965 drama about a mentally disabled man, "Andy."
Ted Hinshaw
Investment advisor, yachtsman
Ted Hinshaw, 83, an investment advisor who served as yachting commissioner of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died July 24 at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach of complications from Parkinson's disease, his family announced.
Hinshaw learned to sail as an adult while living on Lido Isle in Newport Beach. He became a race volunteer and yacht club administrator before he was chosen to organize and oversee the 1984 Olympic yachting events off Long Beach.
As a longtime business executive in Los Angeles and New York with Capital Research and Management and the Capital Group Cos./American Funds, Hinshaw was a financial analyst and later a director of funds.
Ernest Theodore Hinshaw Jr. was born Aug. 26, 1928, in San Rafael, Calif. At Stanford University, he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1951 and a master's in business administration in 1957. He also served in the Marines.
Neil Reed
Basketball player choked by Bob Knight
Neil Reed, 36, the former Indiana basketball player whom coach Bob Knight was caught on tape choking in 1997, died Thursday of heart complications after collapsing at his home in Nipomo, Calif. His death was confirmed by Shanda Herrera, principal at Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria, where Reed was a coach.
In March 2000, Reed accused Knight of choking him during a practice in 1997.
When video of the practice surfaced backing Reed's claim, the Hall of Fame coach, who was known for his temper as well as his success, was put on a zero-tolerance policy by then-Indiana University President Myles Brand.
That September, Knight, who became head coach at Indiana in 1971 and won three national championships, was fired after a student accused him of grabbing his arm.
"Believe it or not, I'm not happy that Indiana fired Coach Knight," Reed told ESPN The Magazine at the time. "I don't have any feelings about it, mostly because I've had to stand alone for so long. In a way, I've been proven right, but that doesn't make my life any easier."
Reed transferred to Southern Mississippi shortly after the incident at Indiana and played there in the 1998-99 season. He received a bachelor's degree in sports administration from Southern Mississippi and a master's from Chapman University.
Herrera said Reed had worked at Pioneer Valley High School coaching football, basketball and golf and teaching physical education since 2007.
Reed was born Nov. 29, 1975, in Hot Springs Ark., and was a McDonald's All-American basketball player at East Jefferson High School in Metairie, La.
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An Afton man and a woman from Indian River have agreed to a prosecutor's plea agreements in connection with the seizure of an active methamphetamine lab, cash, marijuana and weapons.
An Afton man and a woman from Indian River have agreed to a prosecutor's plea agreements in connection with the seizure of an active methamphetamine lab, cash, marijuana and weapons.
Eric Jason Masson, 30, was originally charged with 15 counts relating to possession and manufacturing of methamphetamine and felony firearm. Masson has pleaded guilty to operating and maintaining a methamphetamine lab and with being a three-time habitual offender. The latter charge could enhance his sentence by doubling the 20-year maximum to 40 years in prison, leading to dismissal of the other charges. Masson will learn his fate on Oct. 23 in Cheboygan County 53rd Circuit Court.
A second subject in the case, 23-year-old Rebbeca Ashley Nichols-Zimmer of Indian River, has also accepted a plea agreement and admitted to operating and maintaining a lab with hazardous materials - methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. Six other charges were dismissed in return for her guilty plea. Nichols-Zimmer could receive a prison sentence of up to 20 years at her Oct. 9 sentencing.
The Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement Team, commonly known as SANE, conducted a raid in June of two Afton residences with the assistance of Michigan State Police, the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department, Tuscarora Township Police Department and the 7th District Methamphetamine Response Team. At the Masson residence, police seized two long guns and evidence related to the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
A Michigan State Police K-9 unit was also called in for support and a disposal company was contacted for the clean-up of the methamphetamine lab.
Still awaiting trial in the same matter is John Charles Wilson III, 33, on 20 charges in connection with his affiliation with Masson and Nichols-Zimmer.
All three subjects remain locked up in the Cheboygan County Jail. A cash bond of $500,000 has been set for Wilson.