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1. Binding Arbitration: S&M Gals Dig In Their Heels with Union Bid
2. 'The Lifestyle' -- The world or couples who swing
3. Police again arrest owners of Cherry Pit
4. St. Paul Man Charged with Murder in Kinky Sex Act
5. Thousands attend kinky San Fran festival
6. S.F. kinky naked romp a spanking success
7. Puppy play
8. Kink dreams
9. Swingtown
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
October 6, 2008
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Binding Arbitration
S&M Gals Dig In Their Heels With Union Bid
by Rebecca Rosenberg
The New York Post (NY)
October 6, 2008
New York's dominatrixes have been getting spanked by the economy recently
- and now, they're lashing back.
Already reeling from a series of local prostitution raids, dommes have
also had to grapple with disobedient clients who can't afford to pay for
their punishments.
To address the double-whammy hitting their industry, many of them want to
form a political-action committee and union to represent their interests.
"It's never been worse. Business is down 70 percent," said Mistress
Johanna, owner of Chelsea's Le Salon DeSade. "We've had all these busts,
and now the economy is out of control. The uncertainty is torturing us."
On Thursday, 10 dominatrixes at DeSade were dressed to the hilt - in red
corsets, latex minis and thigh-high boots - with no one to flog.
On what used to be one of the house's busiest nights, only two customers
came in, and the phone barely rang. The few clients who still trickle in
have scaled back their sessions.
Most houses on Dungeon Alley, the cluster of S&M clubs in Midtown,
complain of similar woes.
Mistresses say the economic downturn and recent spat of busts - namely of
Rapture NYC, Rebecca's Hidden Chamber and Avalon - has created an
atmosphere of fear and panic.
More than a dozen dominatrixes and dungeon owners have retained John
Campbell, partner of the Tilem and Campbell law firm.
"This isn't like the escort industry, where there's a lot of illegality
and everyone knows it," said Campbell, who also represents escort
agencies. "In the BDSM [bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism]
industry, virtually everyone was operating under the belief that what they
were doing was legal."
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'The Lifestyle' -- The world or couples who swing
by Matt Soergel
The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL)
October 4, 2008
When Janet and her husband started swinging seven years, they had rules
governing the various permutations of what they would do, and with whom.
"I had so many rules when we started off," says Janet, sitting in the
courtyard of a San Marco nightclub with several swinging friends. "But
now, seven years later, it's like, whatever."
One thing though: There will be no cheating. Sure, her husband travels a
lot on business, and she's given him permission to have sex with other
women while he's away. Just tell her about it, she says.
Don't keep it a secret. That would be cheating.
He's lived up to his word: One time, on a trip, he called Janet on the
telephone after he'd been with another woman. He sounded a little bummed,
Janet remembers. "He even said, 'It wasn't as much fun without you.' "
It wasn't as much fun without you.
That, say some swingers, is key to understanding what they call "the
lifestyle." Swinging is a couple's thing, they say. It won't save a bad or
sexless marriage. But it does spice up their marriages, allow them to
explore their sexuality, and keep their emotions open, they say - without
cheating on their spouses. After all, their spouses are in on the game.
It's true, says Stacy, a personal trainer who makes it clear that she
likes to swing. Just so long as it's with her husband, William, who works
for a supermarket chain.
She smiles. "I don't do anything without him. Period."
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Police again arrest owners of Cherry Pit
by Associated Press writers
via The Houston Chronicle
October 4, 2008
DUNCANVILLE, Texas - Police have again arrested the owners of a suburban
Dallas swingers club called "The Cherry Pit."
Jim Trulock, 59, and Julie M. Norris, 30, who host swingers' parties at
their home, were arrested on suspicion of engaging in organized criminal
activity, The Dallas Morning News reported in its Saturday editions. The
first-degree felony carries a penalty from five to 99 years or life in
prison and a fine not to exceed $10,000.
Trulock was taken into custody late Thursday, and Norris was arrested
The attorney for Trulock and Norris, Ed Klein, said Saturday that the two
continue to maintain their innocence. Klein said that the two were
released from jail on $20,000 bond each. He said Trulock was released late
Thursday or early Friday and Norris was released Friday.
Officials in the Dallas suburb are trying to halt parties at the home.
Last year, the City Council passed an ordinance banning sexually oriented
City officials say patrons are asked to donate money to get into the
parties, which qualifies it as a business.
Trulock and Norris have a Duncanville municipal trial date set for Oct. 27
on several citations issued for violating the ordinance. They also have a
civil case pending against the city challenging the ordinance.
The two were arrested last month on suspicion of violating the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Code for allegedly possessing large amounts of liquor
in their home.
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St. Paul Man Charged with Murder in Kinky Sex Act
by staff writers
KMSP TV (St. Paul/Minneapolis)
October 2, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A St. Paul man was charged with second-degree murder
Thursday in the bleeding death of a woman early Tuesday in what he claims
was a sex act gone wrong.
Gabriel Patricia Romo, 31, was found dead early Tuesday after losing a
large amount of blood.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide. They said
Romo bled to death from traumatic injuries to the pelvic and abdominal
cavity due to sexual assault.
Michael Carrasco Sontoya, 31, was charged in the death and faces up to 40
years in prison, if convicted.
According to the criminal complaint, Sontoya and Romo had been drinking at
Fernbs Bar in St. Paul before going to his house between 1:30 and 2 a.m.,
where they had consensual sex in the bed.
Sontoya called 911 around 7 a.m. when he found Romo unconscious. Police
and paramedics were called to the home, on the 700 block of Robert Street,
where they found the single mother of four, surrounded by blood smears and
Police also saw what looked like a piece of human or animal flesh on the
floor near the bathroom.
Sontoya told police he may have torn Romobs vaginal walls when they were
having sex, but officers thought it was suspicious that Romobs underwear
and inner thighs were not bloody, like they would have been if she were
bleeding profusely from her vagina.
According to the charges, Romo was lying on her back on the carpet,
wearing only underpants, two socks and one shoe. Police saw handprints on
the wall and smears of blood on the bathroom floor. Blood on the walls and
in the hallway led police to cleaning supplies in the kitchen sink,
including a wet sponge and bucket.
After he was arrested, Sontoya told police he and Romo left Fernbs Bar,
came home and undressed each other. He said he put two fingers in Romobs
vagina, then inserted his fist to the furthest point up his hand.
Sontoya said they had about 1 1/2 hours of anal and vaginal sex, then they
got up and saw a large amount of blood. He said he cleaned himself off in
the bathroom while Romo cleaned up her vomit on the floor.
Sontoya then said the two went to sleep before we woke up, realized the
situation, called his brother and called 911. Sontoyabs brother is a
Ramsey County deputy, who advised him to call police.
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Thousands attend kinky San Fran festival
by staff writers
UPI (news wire)
September 30, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The 25th Folsom Street Fair in San
Francisco drew hundreds of thousands of leather, bondage and sexual fetish
enthusiasts to the 13-block neighborhood.
The celebration Sunday included spanking booths, nude vendors and a man
dressed only in an 11-foot Burmese python, the San Francisco Chronicle
reported Monday.
"It brings kink out of the closet," said Al Waddell, 58, one of more then
250 vendors at the festival. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with kinky
play as long as it's between consenting adults."
However, about 10 protesters gathered outside the event disagreed. They
distributed brochures describing homosexuality as a "disorder" and
encouraged passersby to vote in favor of Proposition 8, which would
overturn a California Supreme Court ruling that a ban on same-sex marriage
violated the state constitution.
"If you go in there, you see public nudity and street orgies," said
Anthony Gonzales of San Jose, the president of the St. Joseph's Men's
Society, a Roman Catholic fraternal group. "We want to know why this is
allowed on the streets of San Francisco without any sanction at all ...
it's anarchy."
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S.F. kinky naked romp a spanking success
by Demian Bulwa
The San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
September 29, 2008
They held the world's biggest celebration of leather, bondage and sexual
fetish in San Francisco on Sunday, and due to the event's interactive
nature, many people are now walking gingerly.
"Enough is enough," said Lowell Clark, pulling up his blue jeans after
emerging from one of dozens of spanking booths at the 25th Folsom Street
Clark, a 30-year-old San Francisco waiter, conceded he was a novice at the
booths, where men and women in search of stimulation were struck with
whips, paddles or bare hands. Clark was last spanked at the age of 6 at
the hands of his mother in Oklahoma. A stolen pack of chewing gum was
"I still don't think I'll steal anything," Clark said. Still, he called
the spanking a "stinging pleasure" that he would try "maybe once a year."
It was just another scene from the city's most unabashed bash - a public
display of all things kinky that covered 13 blocks in the South of Market
neighborhood and drew hundreds of thousands of people, many of them not
wearing leather in key places.
There were naked people selling bondage gear and naked people seeking
support for measures on the Nov. 4 ballot. There were naked people with
cameras, taking pictures of other naked people.
One man wore only an 11-foot Burmese albino python, which curled around
his waist. The arrangement seemed risky.
The fair is fun but also important, said Al Waddell, a 58-year-old
entrepreneur from Oregon whose Paddle Daddy flogging implements were
available in mahogany, hickory and walnut.
"It brings kink out of the closet," he said as he tried to coax visitors a
step further - onto his $645 leather sex sling, complete with metal frame
and stirrups. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with kinky play as long as
it's between consenting adults."
A group of about 10 protesters standing outside the fair didn't agree with
Paddle Daddy. They passed out brochures that called homosexuality a
"disorder" and urged voters to pass Proposition 8, which would prohibit
same-sex marriage in California.
"If you go in there, you see public nudity and street orgies," said
Anthony Gonzales of San Jose, the president of the St. Joseph's Men's
Society, a Roman Catholic fraternal group. "We want to know why this is
allowed on the streets of San Francisco without any sanction at all. ...
It's anarchy."
Inside the partitions, bands played on two stages and people drank beer
and margaritas. The many gawkers at the event were easy to spot: they were
fully clothed, clung to the sidewalks of Folsom Street, and often stared
with mouths agape.
"It's great we live in a country where you can do this," tourist Brian
Churchwell, 34, of Seattle said as a topless woman was tied up and then
suspended by ropes on a raised platform.
More than 250 vendors sold whips and chains, tattoos and piercings,
artwork, pornography, leather-scented soaps and oils, and products for
those drawn to "bears" - men who tend to be, among other things, large and
hairy. One booth offered "Free spankings for the religious right."
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Puppy play
Cosmo Jetson helps Beyond Vanilla attendees find their inner dog
by Daniel A. Kusner
The Dallas Voice (TX)
September 25, 2008
As a little boy, when Barry Fiddick would see a dead doggie on the side of
the road, it felt like he lost a family member. Squirrel or cat road kill?
Not so much.
Whenever he'd meet a dog, he wouldn't just stoop over and pet its head.
Fiddick would crouch down to wrestle with a furry canine - like a playful
It wasn't until he was an adult, circa 1992, that he really got into the
puppy headspace and was "collared" for the first time. From there, it's a
world of leashes, growling, fire hydrants and even a leather-stitched hood
that looks like a doggie mask with ears and a muzzle.
A proud member of the leather community, Fiddick presents "Pup 101", a
Saturday morning workshop at the International Puppy & Trainer Conference
which will be held in conjunction at this weekend's Beyond Vanilla
conference, a BDSM social weekend.
Fiddick explains that puppy play isn't really that sexual. Now some
canines are into "breeding sessions", but that's usually geared for dogs,
who are generally more mature, might not have as much energy as a puppy
and are typically less playful.
"And in no way do we condone anything remotely related to bestiality", he
There are service dogs and security dogs, too. Security dogs protect their
master, or "Sir".
But most dogs just want to be petted and loved.
Of course, all this canine nonsense sounds silly.
It's meant to be lighthearted. You shouldn't be afraid to laugh at my
workshop because it's funny to see grown adults walking around on all
fours growling. You can't help but laugh", Fiddick says.
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Kink dreams
by Molly Freedenberg
San Francisco Bay Guardian (CA)
September 24, 2008
When it comes to BDSM porn peddlers Kink.com, apparently size does matter.
At least, that's how it seems now that the steamy studio has purchased the
200,000-square-foot San Francisco Armory. Suddenly, everyone wants to
know: What's the carnal concern going to do with all that space?
The answers are more diverse and ambitious than one might expect b ranging
from creating a racy reality show to starting a perfectly PG-13 public
community center. And thanks to the lascivious and lucrative imagination
of Kink.com founder Peter Acworth, it might all be possible.
Though Kink.com has been producing independent niche fetish sites like
Hogtied.com, WiredPussy.com, and FuckingMachines.com for the Folsom Street
Fair crowd for more than 10 years b first from Acworth's rented Marina
District apartment and then from the Porn Palace on Fifth and Mission
streets b it wasn't until Acworth purchased the historical landmark in the
Mission District, and was met with opposition, that the provocative porn
empire really made it onto the public's radar screen.
The armory, which was a training ground for the National Guard prior to
its decommissioning 30 years ago, has been the center of controversy
before. But that was mostly in-fighting between potential developers.
Stringent zoning requirements and necessary but cost-prohibitive
renovations discouraged buyers, leaving the Moorish behemoth on 14th and
Mission streets vacant and outside public scrutiny.
But everything changed when Acworth got involved. His intended commercial
use, for shooting scenes for all of Kink's Web sites, complied with
planning codes. And he didn't need to do expensive renovations before he
could start using, and profiting from, the building: what could be more
perfect for bondage shoots or movies about women fucking machines than
dungeons in disrepair? The only thing more ideal than the structure
itself, according to Acworth, was its location in the heart of America's
most fetish-friendly city. "You couldn't have dreamt up a more perfect
place than a castle in the middle of San Francisco," says Acworth, who
purchased the armory for $14.5 million in 2007 and started operations in
January of this year. "It's like divine intervention."
Acworth had to contend with a different kind of intervention b from a
neighborhood group called the Mission Armory Community Collective, which
opposed Kink.com as a potential neighbor. Though careful not to condemn
porn per se, the group said it feared that the company's presence in an
already troubled neighborhood would introduce more problems. Even the
Mayor's Office, potentially bending to pressure, issued the following
statement: "While not wanting to be prudish, the fact that kink.com will
be located in the proximity to a number of schools give [sic] us pause."
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Swingtown:Local swingers think life is a bowl of cherries, but Duncanville
wants to spit out the Pit
by Mike Fisher
The Dallas Observer (TX)
September 18, 2008
Horses roam aimlessly in a meadow just around the block. There's a Boy
Scout camp about a half-mile away.The green thicket behind the plain,
ranch-style house prevents exposure to adjoining homeowners, one of whom
waveswarmly at passing motorists as he mows his lawn. In this Duncanville
neighborhood, there exists a rural serenitybor at least there used to,
before Jim Trulock's home became notorious in North Texas and across
America.His house, also known as The Cherry Pit, has grabbed headlines
because of what has for years transpired behind its closed doors.
"We're swingers," says Trulock, smiling. "But we're not criminals."
Trulock, 59, and his sweetheart Julie Norris, 30, are avid participants in
what swingers refer to as "the lifestyle," and are overseers of this
controversial party house where men are urged to make "donations" to
defray expenses, women are admitted free, and anything-goes debauchery is
the raison d'C*tre. For more than a decade before the police raids and the
bad publicity, The Cherry Pit would draw 50 to 100 people each weekend; in
the last year alone, it has played host to as many as 7,000 guests.
Trulock contends his slice of this mushrooming subculture is merely a
family hangout where First Amendment rights are exercised in the form of
saucy games such as "Naked Twister."
"We don't push it on anybody. We don't recruit. We teach people who want
to learn," Trulock says. "We're an honest, loving, extended family."
The City of Duncanville, however, is not feeling the love. It sees The
Cherry Pit as an illegal and immoral business gobbling up unreported
income and sullying the neighborhood. City fathers couldn't have been
pleased that The Cherry Pit maintains a Web site that encourages others to
come to Duncanville to join the fun: "We are a group of like-minded
friends who enjoy living the swinging lifestyle. We party on weekends and
enjoy meeting new friends."
In September 2007, acting on a traffic-related complaint from a neighbor,
the Duncanville police visited the house but did not arrest Trulock.
Instead the city posted "No Parking'' signs in front of his home. On
November 6, 2007, the Duncanville City Council enacted an ordinance making
it illegal to operate a "sex club" in a residential area. A month later,
Trulock received the first of five citations, each alleging three distinct
charges: operating an illegal sex club, operating a sexually oriented
business without a license and operating a business in a residentially
zoned area. All 15 offenses were low-grade Class C misdemeanors,
punishable only by fines.
Trulock's lawyers, Ed Klein and Garry Cantrell, wasted no time in
attacking the constitutionality of Duncanville's new sex club ordinance,
filing a civil rights case in state court alleging that the new law
infringed on the free association rights of their client. "These are
people who get together because they want to be with each other," Klein
says. "It's not a business, there is no president or stockholdersbit
doesn't even have registered members."
In May 2008, the city of Duncanville again voiced its disgust with The
Cherry Pit. It amended its sex club ordinance, says Klein, in what
appeared to be an attempt to cure its constitutional shortcomings.
And things were just beginning to heat up.
Two Duncanville police raids, on July 19 and July 22, led to one arrest as
well as the at-gunpoint confiscation of a variety of items inside the
house. Based on an informant's tip, police executed search warrants,
seizing thousands of dollars in "Fun Money'' (vouchers used like arcade
tokens), $815 in real money, volumes of porn and "Cherry Pit business
cards.'' (If it has business cards, isn't it a business?) Authorities also
seized partygoers' cell phones, one man's Viagra pills and a bag of
donation forms. (If the forms say "donation," isn't that what's being
During the July 19 search, the Duncanville police allegedly found an
assortment of tools of the sex trade: A stripper pole. A bondage room.
Unclean mattresses on the floor. Porn. A dance floor. Panties hanging from
the ceiling. A hot tub with an unsavory broth.
Police returned the second time to seize alcohol they had found the first
time but failed to specify in their earlier warrantb582 bottles of liquor.
In the first raid, Norris claims, she received a bruise to her forehead
when she attempted to answer the door as the police broke it down with a
battering ram.
"We tried to play nice,'' says Duncanville City Manager Kent Cagle, noting
that over the last few years, Trulock was visited by the police chief, the
fire chief and a city building official. "They spoke to him, [but] he came
back with a new, even more defiant attitude.''
Cagle is leading the charge against The Cherry Pit and rattles off his
city's well-publicized list of potential allegations against Trulock:
Organized criminal activity, prostitution, narcotics trafficking, money
laundering. He mentions that a home with a septic system is not equipped
to handle a houseful of 100 people and that guests "walk around drunk'' in
the front yard.
"It's 95 percent a legal issue,'' he maintains. "If your neighbor was
raising pigs in a slaughterhouse next door, or running an auto-repair shop
with junkers in the yard next door, they would be in violation. That's
what's happening here, and when they claim they are not a business, they
are not being honest.''
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"Don't be deceived," Duck Commander and A&E reality television star Phil Robertson insisted, when asked to define what he considered to be sinful behavior. "Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers — they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
It's a free country. The First Amendment protects both the tolerant and the intolerant, those who understand the value of inclusiveness and those who spread hate. I'd put Robertson in the latter category. That's my right.
And A&E has the right to fire him, as I hope they do.
Speech is powerful, which is why it gets protection from the Constitution. Robertson didn't go out and attack "homosexual offenders" (offenders, I assume, not because being gay violates the law — the U.S. Supreme Court got rid of that vestige of bigotry in Lawrence v. Texas — but because they offend Robertson) with a physical weapon, but words can cause just as much harm. Just check out the suicide rates for teens who are gay and lesbian. Telling a teenager that they are doomed because they aren't heterosexual is ignorant and cruel.
Change is never easy. On the very day that New Mexico became the 17th state to allow gay marriage (and the sky hasn't fallen in any of them), Robertson was making headlines for his unabashed bigotry, and the United Methodist Church on Thursday "defrocked" a Pennsylvania pastor because he officiated at his own son's gay wedding (legal in Massachusetts) and refused to agree to follow church dogma that discriminates against gays and lesbians.
The Rev. Frank Schaefer, who was suspended for 30 days for performing his son's wedding six years earlier, had until Thursday to agree to abide by the United Methodist Book of Discipline, the church's rules and doctrine. Earlier in the week, he made clear in a news conference that he would not denounce his son and others who share his sexual orientation. "I cannot uphold those discriminatory laws and the language in the United Methodist Church's Book of Discipline that is hurtful and harmful to our homosexual brothers and sisters in the church."
Notably, Bishop Peggy Johnson, who leads the church in Pennsylvania and announced Schaefer's punishment, explicitly acknowledged that "(s)everal statements in our Book of Discipline are discriminatory (forbidding ordination of homosexual persons, forbidding the performing of same-gender marriages and considering the practice of homosexuality incompatible with Christian teaching)," and that these prohibitions, considered in light of the church's stated policy of inclusion, have "led to confusion by many from the outside of the church wondering how we can talk out of two sides of our mouth."
Confusion is a nice way to put it. Hypocrisy, insensitivity and cruelty also come to mind. But according to Johnson — if not Robertson — "our LGBT sisters and brothers are of sacred worth regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity." It's just that your father can lose his job if he marries you.
Change is never easy. My favorite section of the Sunday newspaper is "ladies' sports" — the "weddings section," where once I followed the lives of my friends and now keep an eye out for their children and for my gay and lesbian friends, who tend to the be the older couples, marrying for the first time. Who would have thought? I smile when I read the stories of couples my age, together for decades, "tying the knot."
So why are we still debating whether it is "sinful" to be gay? Who is Phil Robertson, reality show star, to tell young men and women who work hard and love God as much as he does that they are "sinful"?
How can the Methodist church openly acknowledge that it is talking out of both sides of its mouth and then keep talking?
Schaefer may be a "bad" minister in the eyes of his church, but he is a good father and a good man, and hopefully, this Christmas season, that will be enough. As for Robertson, it took some doing for someone to find a family that makes the Kardashians look like a crowd of sensitive brainiacs, but the Duck Dynasty guy did it. No more jokes about Kris and Bruce.
— Susan Estrich is a best-selling author, the Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science at the USC Law Center and was campaign manager for 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis. Click here to contact her or click here to read previous columns. The opinions expressed are her own.

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Alexandria "Lexy" Nicole Bertrand funeral scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 16
(From Memorial Funeral Home website)
Alexandria "Lexy" Nicole Bertrand Birth date: April 19, 1997 Death date: February 10, 2014 Obituary:
Alexandria "Lexy" Nicole Bertrand, 16, of Vidor died Saturday, Feb. 8 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, TX, she was a lifelong resident of Vidor. Lexy was a VJHS Brigadette and a NBHA Association member. She attended Vidor High School where she was a member of the Nursing Program and attended Auto "Valvoline" Shop.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 at Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor, with burial to follow at Del-Rose Cemetery in Vidor. A gathering for family and friends will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 at Memorial Funeral Home. Lexy is survived by her father Lindsey Bertrand, III, mother April Burge Bertrand, step-mother Miranda Bertrand and step-father Will Gilthorpe IV, brothers Chad Bertrand, Chase Bertrand, Caleb Burge, sister Anna Belle Bertrand all of Vidor, TX, grandparents Charlotte and Tony Williams of Tomball, TX, Jan and Mitch Burge of Vidor, TX, Cynthia Bertrand Vidor, TX, and her dog Todd.
Visitation: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 at Memorial Funeral Home, 1750 Hwy 12 in Vidor (map/driving directions)
Service: 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor (map/driving directions)
Cemetery: Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor (map/driving directions)


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Air quality; Public health; Bioaerosols; Nosocomial infection control; Biohazards; Photocatalysis
Maintenance or rapid restoration of healthful indoor air quality is critical to the continuing welfare and performance of building occupants and infrastructure, especially when challenged by hazardous excursions of outdoor air quality that may be associated with combustion-spawned or deliberate threat pollutants. New York Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) has equipped Buffalos Center for Biosurfaces and Environmental Quality System Center partners across NY State to reliably monitor and detect respirable particulate and other air quality indicators associated with emissions from sources as diverse as diesel-operated vehicles and dental clinic operations. Practical means to combat and control risk factors in both public health and hospitality industry settings are being introduced and independently assessed by cooperative industry/university research teams. Air quality control mechanisms based on photocatalytic disinfection via UV-A-illuminated titanium dioxide particles show promising test results in pilot-scale studies utilizing a unique 600 m3 atmospheric test chamber.


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Trends in Kitchen Lighting: Pendants
Bold looks for kitchen lights are having a moment. More and more, we are seeing bright colors and large industrial-style looks that previously would have been relegated to other rooms.
The kitchen, which was once an area more commonly kept separate from the rest of the house, is now thought of as a hub for socializing. Many homes are built with the kitchen over looking either the dining room or living area, making them highly visible spaces in the home.
While this shift has been a gradual one over the course of time, the idea of how to decorate the kitchen has also changed. The trend has been towards designing the look of the room much in the same way that other rooms are styled and pendants are a popular look. Here are 10 pendant options that include many trending styles: bold color or black, glass or metal, industrial or modern.
1 Bolig Magazine
2 Hanging Lamp, Price upon request from Inga Sempé
3 Buffer Lamp, $350.00 from Lekker Home
4 Enamel Pendant Light , $149.00 from Old Faithful Shop
5 Finn Chandelier, $129.99 from West Elm
6 Bluff City Light, $750.00 from Roll & Hill
7 Unfold Pendant Lamp, $198.00 from Muuto & Form Us With Love
8 Ivanhoe Union Warehouse Porcelain Pendant, $159.00 from Barn Light Electric
9 Tomato Pendant Lamp, $81.00 from Superliving
10 Lavoisier Pendant Lamp, $168.00 from Anthropologie
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You're with your bedding longer than any other fabric, so why not love what you have? With the endless bedding options out there, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Whether you are seeking to buy all bedding items including; comforters/duvets, sheets, pillows, quilts/blankets, decorative pillows, shams or bedskirts; or you want to keep it easy and buy it in one shot as a set to meet all your needs with minimal hassle - the thing to always keep in mind is that bedding and all its accessories should be unique to you. Here are some tips to help break it all down so you can stop feeling lost and start feeling empowered.
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Fairfield co-op hockey to vie for claim Division II hockey title
In December, the Fairfield co-op hockey team set a Division II state-tournament run and trip to Yale as its primary objective.
Tonight, Fairfield has the chance to exceed that goal and take home the ultimate prize.
The 13th-seeded co-op team has won its last three state-tournament games, reaching tonight's Division II state final. Fairfield will meet No. 2 East Catholic at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink in New Haven.
"We worked really hard to get here," Fairfield coach Mark Pettorini said. "The guys are all amped up."
Fairfield will vie for its first state championship in ice hockey-- the co-op team lost to Amity 5-1 in 2008, its only other title-game appearance. East Catholic will attempt to claim its second state championship ever. The Eagles' only other hockey crown came in 1984.
Fairfield's roster sports 11 seniors, yet it has been led by a sophomore in cage. Kyle Greenhunt, starting in place of Fairfield's senior netminder Connor Frawley whose high-school career was cut short by a concussion, played in just one regular-season game but has won all three state tourney games, posting a .938 save percentage in Fairfield's last two wins.
"He's been phenomenal," Pettorini said. "He's matured a lot in the past three weeks, and he's been playing really well."
Co-op's top-line center, senior Tom Kryspin, has found his scoring touch. Playing on Fairfield's top line in Matt Larouche's absence, Kryspin's scored three goals in the team's last two state tournament games.
"I told the guys in practice, `throw pucks toward Kryspin, because everything he touches seems to be going in the net,'" Pettorini said.
To slow the talented Eagles, Pettorini believes his club must contain East Catholic's potent offense-- a unit that uses stretch passes to move the puck quickly.
The Eagles have scored 14 goals in three state tournament games, an average of almost five per game, and they could be even more dangerous on Ingalls' larger ice surface.
"We have to take away the middle of the ice," Pettorini said. "This game will be won or lost in the neutral zone."
Neither side has played in nine days-- both teams claimed their state semifinal wins on March 11-- which could lead to rust.
"The first period is going to be a little ugly," Pettorini said. "Whoever can come out of that funk first will have the edge."
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Strenghtening public fundraising across Central and Eastern Europe
Posted on 03 September 2012
Meet Maryna Yaroshchuk, Regional Public Fundraising Coordinator at WWF CEE, who is based in Budapest.Meet Maryna Yaroshchuk, Regional Public Fundraising Coordinator at WWF CEE, who is based in Budapest.
I come from the town of Rivne in Western Ukraine. If I were a painter, I would choose to paint it at sunset. My brush would paint in dark-green the Polissya forest with tall pine trees, swinging in the wind and whispering stories from the past. When I was little, my parents decided that artist is a very ungrateful vocation and sent me to music school instead. Playing the violin was my first real challenge, but it brought me no satisfaction, whereas the need to reflect beauty by means of colours still lives inside.
A later challenge in life was adjusting to another culture at the age of sixteen and living for a year in the United States far from friends and family. Yet, this unique chance to study at an American high school (part of the US Department of State exchange programme) and witness life in a democratic society and market economy, expanded my horizons. I became interested in international affairs, my professional goals got solidified.
While studying business with ethical dimension at the International Christian University-Kyiv, I worked part-time at the American Councils for International Education. I was also an active member of the European Youth Parliament-Ukraine, which truly kindled my interest in the European Union project and developmental issues. Needless to say, when I received a fellowship to pursue an MA degree in International Relations and European Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, I got very excited and grateful to George Soros for this opportunity.
At the American Councils for International Education I learnt the ropes of event organizing, while at the same time studying the tricks of marketing and management. As a coordinator of the Future Leaders Exchange Programme (FLEX) alumni, I was a head organizer of the two annual alumni charity balls. Beneficiaries of our activism were children's departments of Ukrainian hospitals. Each year our group of volunteers doubled the proceeds to improve children's conditions.
Later, as a fundraiser and coordinator of the three annual alumni giving campaigns at CEU, I had the opportunity to implement my creative ideas by cooperating with colleagues from various departments and supervising student-interns from different countries. I came up with the "CEU to Infinity" brand for the campaign, which implies that CEU does not end after graduation and timeless gifts of alumni have an ever-lasting impact on the University. My latest contribution to my alma mater was the Baobab Leaves campaign, aimed at promoting sustainable development in university and alumni communities worldwide.
At WWF CEE, I will work with a matrix management model for the first time, which has pros and cons. However, at the end of the day, it all comes down to individual decisions, hence good personal relations are a key in any organizational system.
I also believe that sharing is caring. Once I have enough useful and inspiring fundraising best-practices and ideas, I will do my best to spread them among my colleagues in WWF CEE. Let's test it all together!
I have a feeling that 2013 will be an exciting year! We will develop a good fundraising infrastructure in three countries – Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. The goal is to strengthen face2face programmes and start direct mailing in Romania, launch public fundraising activities in Bulgaria, and have a successful direct mailing campaign in Hungary. And enjoy this roller coaster ride in the process!
What I do when I am not working? In my "free" time I serve on the board of Habitat for Humanity Hungary, and I also organize events and professional development trainings together with my volunteer club JCI Expat Budapest. I go biking along the Danube, jog around the lake near my house, practice belly dancing and drink Aperol spritz with my friends. I have seen all the movies with Audrey Hepburn and I collect everything which has an image of this charming and kind actress. I'm addicted to facebook, so feel free to add me as a friend!


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, the Irish pop band, is the subject of a fascinating new
, "From the Sky Down," premiering Saturday on
. Like most modern rockumentaries, it was commissioned by the people it is about, and it will be included in some of the versions of the 20th anniversary deluxe re-release of "Achtung Baby," coming in November. (The most deluxe of these, the Uber-Deluxe package, which costs upward of $400, also comes with a pair of sunglasses like those singer Bono wore in his guise of the Fly.) But it has been made by
, the director of "An Inconvenient Truth" and "It Might Get Loud," which featured U2 guitarist the Edge, and so comes with an air of directorial independence; it is not a thing of unadulterated self-celebration.
Indeed, if it's celebration you're after, you'd be better off renting one of the several concert films the band has issued, or "Rattle and Hum," Phil Joanou's 1988 movie about the "Joshua Tree" tour, a period of inflated earnestness that "Achtung Baby," with its dark corners, nightclub rhythms and avant-garde industrial overtones, was in part meant to puncture. Though it makes its way to a happy ending, with some laughs along the way, this is largely a story of institutional drag, communication breakdowns, false starts and failures; one of its points, illustrated with outtakes from Joanou's film, is that the same show that felt like the 90 best minutes of your life might leave the people who played it angry and depressed and thinking about making a change.
"You have to reject one expression of the band, first, before you get to the next expression," says Bono, "and in between you have nothing, you have to risk it all" — a statement so central to Guggenheim's theme that he puts it in the movie twice. He follows the group back to the
studio where recording of "Achtung Baby" began in 1990, and where members will re-learn and re-think its songs (in preparation for their first appearance at Britain's
last summer) and talk about where that music came from and where it took them next.
Swapping its late investment in Americana for the twin influence of avant-garde German noise bands and Manchester dance music, U2 came to Berlin, says producer
, to "break away for a little while and let things go out of control." Members were out to rescue "the interesting post-punk phenomenon" they had once been, in Bono's words, from the "big overblown rock band running amok" they seemed to have become.
This is a movie about getting things wrong before you get them right; you get a long look at the band's intermittently productive creative process, as stray chords and bass lines cohere into songs and the singer sings a lot of nonsense — "Bongolese," other producer Daniel Lanois calls it — on the way to mining words from melodies. "It's an odd way to live your life as a composer, building your house from the sky down" says Bono, giving the film a title.
Appropriate to its theme, "From the Sky Down" is short on full performances — mostly you get scraps of demos, old jams and new rehearsals. (You have to wait until the closing credits to see the band at Glastonbury, in a steaming start-to-finish performance of "The Real Thing"). Almost as an apology for this reticence, Guggenheim throws in new acoustic versions of "The Fly" from Bono and "Love Is
" from the Edge. But it works to his dramatic advantage: When, an hour into the film, we hear "One" ("a bittersweet song about disunity") shake itself into being, the moment is physically thrilling.


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Collegiate Bests
1 mile 5:17.85
1500m 4:46.13
3000m 9:59.96
5000m 17:05.04
5k (xc) 18:18
High School Best
2011-2012: In indoor track, placed third in the 5,000-meter run at the Giegengack Invitational…Also competed in the 3,000-meter run at the BU Terrier Invitational…In outdoor track, competed in the 1,500-meter run at the UCONN Invitational…Placed seventh in the 3,000-meter run at HY, finishing in 10:21.61.
2010-2011: In outdoor track, competed in the 5000m at ECACs, finishing 17th in a collegiate-best 17:05.04...12th in the 5000m at Heps...First in the 3000m at the Yale Springtime Invitational...In indoor track, competed in the distance medley relay at the Yale Collegiate Invitational...In cross country, third team finisher in the Dartmouth Invitational... Second team finisher at HYP... First Bulldog at New Englands (25th overall).
2009-2010: In cross country, fifth Bulldog and 15th overall in the Fairfield Invitational...12th at outdoor Heps in the 3,000-meter run with a season best of 10:07.83... Season best of 4:46.13 in the 1500m at the Yale Springtime Invitational.
2008-2009: Injured for much of the season.
High School: Captain of the Andover cross country team...Member of the teams which were NEPSTA Division I Champions in 2005, 2006 and 2007...Placed third individually at Nike Team Regionals in 2007, helping Andover to a fourth-place team finish...Personal best of 18:52 in the 5K...Also captained the Andover lacrosse team...Was awarded the "Hallowell Cup" for sportsmanship, performance and team spirit.
Personal: Silliman College… Ethics, Politics and Economics major.
Yale was one of several schools where I knew I would receive an excellent education in economics, political science, foreign language, etc. and have access to endless opportunities both domestic and abroad. Thus, the deciding factors were the outgoing, welcoming and interesting students I met while visiting--everyone I met seemed enthusiastic about Yale, and these perceptions have been consistent in my time here.


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One son gets the family fortune and the other son gets the DeLorean?! Sheesh, that's just cruel, lol.
Imagine the look on their faces when some lawyer sitting around a big table read out the details.
"Joseph, your father left you the house in the Bahamas, the penthouse apartment in Manhattan, the ranch in Montana, the Ferrari, the Lamborghini, the Maserati, and all $50 million of the cash and invested funds. Peter, your father left you...... the DeLorean."


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Yes The Greats
A tribute to snowboarding's greatest riders. Reshaped and revised this year with a twin asymmetrical shape; the board has a deeper heel sidecut to better balance and translate your body's turns to the board. Mini serrations along the edges bolster the bite of the board's camber section, while the tips run free with rocker, and the diamond-stone-finished base reaches Back To The Future speeds.
Price: $480
Category: All-mountain
Sizes: 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160W
Tester Feedback: "The asymmetrical edge was a trip; it held so well. Tons of pop, really stable, loved it. Yes to Yes!"


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Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# CH28590
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These exhaust hangers have been meticulously reproduced to meet original equipment specifications. Each hanger is manufactured using the correct gray phosphate steel or stainless steel brackets and rubber insulators.


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Target practice for Arsenal
Tottenham brings Spurs to a Gunner fight in this one- sided north London derby
LONDON — Arsenal came from behind to beat Tottenham 5- 2 in the Premier League on Saturday, seizing control of the north London derby after its former striker Emmanuel Adebayor was sent off having scored the opener.
Adebayor netted his first league goal of the season in the 10th minute but was dismissed eight minutes later for a dangerous high challenge on Santi Cazorla.
Per Mertesacker started Arsenal's comeback with a 24th- minute header, and Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud both found the net before halftime.
Cazorla swept in the fourth goal on the hour before Gareth Bale reduced the deficit for Tottenham, and Theo Walcott knocked in the fifth in stoppage time.
By replicating its 5- 2 derby win in February, Arsenal rose above Tottenham in the standings to sixth after the club's worst start to a season since Arsene Wenger took charge in 1996.
"If we show that courage and ambition every game we will climb up the table," Walcott said. "We showed people how good we are today ... it will give us tremendous spirit."
Tottenham started with two former Arsenal players and both William Gallas and Adebayor found the net first.
Gallas' goal was ruled out for offside but a minute later there was no disputing Adebayor's effort.
Jermain Defoe latched onto Jan Vertonghen's deep ball, cut in from the right and his shot was parried by Wojciech Szczesny, who was returning from a two- month layoff. But Adebayor was on hand to nudge the loose ball over the line against the club he left in 2009.
With their lead, Spurs upped the pressure and Aaron Lennon came close to doubling the advantage, but his shot crept round the post.
And the match swung in Arsenal's favour when Adebayor launched his high challenge at Cazorla, hitting the midfielder's right ankle and completely missing the ball.
Referee Howard Webb showed Adebayor a straight red card on just his second start of the league season and, as tensions increased, Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere and Bale were also involved in an altercation.
With its numerical advantage, Arsenal drew level in the 24th minute as Walcott went past Kyle Naughton and whipped in the cross that Mertesacker met with a powerful header.
Arsenal was now in command, with a couple of dangerous headers coming from Giroud, although acrobatic goalkeeper Hugo Lloris did well to block them both after he dislodged Brad Friedel from a Tottenham league lineup for the first time since Oct. 7.
Deflected Arsenal, though, went in front in the 42nd when Wilshere slotted the ball through to Podolski and the Germany striker's scuffed shot deflected off Gallas into the net.
And in first- half stoppage time, Cazorla stayed on his feet after being fouled, regained his composure and went out to the left.
From there, he crossed to Giroud, who swept the ball into the net.
Trailing 3- 1, Tottenham manager Andre Villa- Boas at half time took off two of the back four, Naughton and Kyle Walker, and brought on defender Michael Dawson and striker Clint Dempsey.
It didn't make much of a difference, although Cazorla took until the hour- mark to score Arsenal's fourth. The Spaniard netted at the far post after connecting with Podolski's cross.
But Arsenal switched off at the back, allowing Bale to rampage through before knocking the ball past Szczesny with his weaker right foot to give Spurs a brief hope of a comeback. It wasn't to be. The three- goal cushion was restored in stoppage time when Alex OxladeChamberlain charged down the right and crossed to Walcott, who controlled the ball before striking past Lloris.
— The Associated Press
Arsenal players celebrate one of their quintet of goals against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.


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GOESSEL — Marietta K. Voth, 88, passed away on January 6, 2013, at the Bethesda Home, Goessel.
She was born on January 15, 1924, in Hillsboro, the daughter of Cornelius C. and Marie Krause Friesen. She taught piano for 30 years and played the organ for many weddings. She was a member of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, the Garden Club, and was a horticulturist.
On May 10, 1957, she married Otto Voth at Hillsboro. He passed away on November 11, 2005.
She is survived by her children, Larry Voth of Goessel, Jane Voth and fiancée, Tom Lietz of Wichita, Don (Shawn) Voth of Marion, Nelson (Clarice) Voth of Newton; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Orlando and Albert; and two sisters, Wilma Kliewer and Rosella Friesen.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Miller-Ott Funeral Home, Goessel.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church Cemetery, with a memorial service to follow at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, with Pastor Linda Ewert and Pastor Steve Schmidt officiating.
Memorials may be made to either Bethesda Home or to the Good Shepherd Hospice, in care of Miller-Ott Funeral Home, Goessel.
Obituary: Marietta K. Voth
GOESSEL — Marietta K. Voth, 88, passed away on January 6, 2013, at the Bethesda Home, Goessel.


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CRESTVIEW � Coming off its best performance of the season, a 49-21 win over Leon, the Crestview High School football team now turns its focus to Pine Forest.
The Bulldogs (2-4) travel to Pensacola to take on the Eagles (0-6) in a 7:30 p.m. game Friday.
CRESTVIEW � Coming off its best performance of the season, a 49-21 win over Leon, the Crestview High School football team now turns its focus to Pine Forest.
The Bulldogs (2-4) travel to Pensacola to take on the Eagles (0-6) in a 7:30 p.m. game Friday.
Crestview's win over Leon was its first since a season-opening win at Milton. And the Bulldogs won the way they have often won in the past by using a power running attack that gained about 300 yards.
Emmanuel Reed and Jaylynne Robinson each rushed for 100 yards and Darian McGee added another 60 or 70 yards on the ground.
Crestview coach Tim Hatten admitted that the time has come for the Bulldogs to be a run first team rather than the spread team he tried to make them the first half of the season.
"You just have to play the hand you are dealt," he said. We tried to do some things early in the year and we just couldn't close the deal throwing the football. I know we've go three good running backs and a line that does a good job run blocking and it works.
"Like the old saying goes, 'If it ain't broke don't fix it.'"
That's not to say that Hatten wasn't pleased with the effort of sophomore quarterback Corey Armstrong, who made his first career start against Leon.
"He (Armstrong) threw a couple of touchdowns off play action (pass)," Hatten said. He played OK. He managed the game well and didn't make any mistakes.
"We went into the game thinking we would attempt throw the ball a little more than we did. I think we only attempted 11, 12 or 13 passes maybe. But the power running game was so good once we went to it we just never got away from it."
Having broken the losing streak, Hatten isn't overlooking an Eagle team looking for its first win.
"They will be an aggressive team," he said. "They will run the ball well. We have to do some scheming to make sure we are prepared for what they are doing.
"They are going to run power football at us, or at least that's what we think they are going to run at us. That's what they've run in the previous four or five ball games. We are expecting the inside, outside veer."
Hatten thinks the Pine Forest defense will crowd the box and try to stop the run. But he's already plotting ways to counter any overloads Pine Forest might employ to stop the run.
"We've got ways to clear the box out," he said. "We certainly aren't scared to throw it. But we are going to run first and see if we can control the line of scrimmage after that we will make some adjustments."
With the District 1-7A opener just a week away Hatten stressed the importance of building off the win over Leon.
"I think you need to win them all," he said. "To get to where we want to be later in the year we have to have momentum. The way to have momentum going into district games is to win the games ahead of them. I think it will be huge to win Friday night and head into our game with Tate with a 3-4 record and two victories in a row.
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Thu Mar 5, 2009 6:45pm EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Robin Williams will undergo heart surgery for an aortic valve replacement, forcing him to cut short his stand-up comedy tour, his representative said on Thursday.
Williams, 57, was in the middle of his 80-city, one-man "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour in Florida this week when he complained of shortness of breath. His representative did not disclose where or when his surgery would occur.
"I'm so touched by everyone's support and well wishes," Williams was quoted as saying in a statement. "This tour has been amazing fun and I can't wait to get back out on the road after a little tune-up."
Williams won an Oscar for his supporting role as a psychologist in the 1997 drama "Good Will Hunting." He is best known for a manic comedy routine steeped in wacky accents and improvisation. He spent two months in rehab in 2006 to combat a drinking problem.
The actor's older brother, Robert Todd Williams, died in 2007 of complications from heart surgery.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Dean Goodman and Cynthia Osterman)
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The NEAT organization was proposed by Sheriff Richard Meyers and County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen in March of 2010. The purpose of NEAT is to bring together those Neighborhood Watch programs in the unincorporated areas of Winnebago County in an effort to revitalize community interest by offering services beyond crime prevention and interconnecting the membership of those programs.
There are currently 19 neighborhood watch organizations in the unincorporated areas of Winnebago County. NEAT serves as the organizational structure that brings together individual programs that a focus on issues relative to the heart of any individual neighborhood, but also offers assistance and topics of interest that cross boundaries. It modernizes the concept of neighborhood watches by creating an umbrella of opportunities that speak directly to individual and community awareness. NEAT is designed in a manner that allows neighborhood watch captains to interact with each other creating a communication process that flows throughout the unincorporated groups.
NEAT after only five meetings has accomplished a great deal. They hosted a Meet and Greet event at the Klehm Arboretum between themselves and their representative Board members for the purposes of making introductions and discussing the NEAT concept to include their goals and objectives. It was a successful meeting that resulted in a County Board Resolution that supports NEAT and its work.
NEAT is structured with a Board of Directors that includes the individual neighborhood watch captains. Victor Karvelius serves as the Chairman, Tony Guthrie, Vice-Chairman and Tricia Lutey, serves as Secretary.
Goals set by the NEAT Board include among others:
- Ordinance developed in areas of lighting, animal control and others
- Emergency training
- Disaster preparedness
- Sex offenders watch program and notification
- Youth programs
- Internet safety
- Babysitting certification
- Teen driving
NEAT welcomes and encourages unincorporated neighborhoods that have yet to form a watch group, to do so under the NEAT organization. NEAT meets for one hour the third Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Criminal Justice Center at 650 West State Street, Rockford. If you are interested in starting a neighborhood watch in your area, you are welcome to attend to see what NEAT can do for you. No need to register or call-- just join in on the meeting! We look forward to seeing you.


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From Peter Quinn, Chief Information Officer, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
"We just published a new draft version of our Enterprise Technical Reference Model for public review available at http://www.mass.gov/itd (see feature story in the center of the page). The revised version of the Data Formats section begins on page 16 and identifies the newly ratified OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) as our standard for office documents. Additional open and acceptable formats are also identified for other types of documents. Again, we would love to hear your comments and suggestions. Please forward your comments to Standards [at] state.ma.us by September 9. I would also appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this public review so we can get the broadest input possible. Thank you."
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Sports and Recreation in Rio de Janeiro City
Sports and Recreation in Rio
Blessed with so many natural attractions, it is unsurprising that Cariocas are a pretty sporty bunch. Beach activities—everything from walking, jogging, and yoga to surfing, soccer, and volleyball—are very popular, as are radical sports, especially those that take advantage of the city's mountain peaks. Meanwhile, the exuberantly green Floresta da Tijuca offers an oasis for athletes who want to commune with nature.
Floresta da Tijuca
Although the dense tropical forest that covers Rio's jagged mountains possesses a distinctly primeval quality, the truth is that by the 19th century, the original Atlantic forest that had existed for thousands of years had been almost completely cleared away to make way for sugar and coffee plantations. The deforestation was so dire that by the mid-1800s, Rio was facing an ecological disaster that menaced the city's water supply. Fortunately, inspired Emperor Dom Pedro II had a green conscience. In 1861 he ordered that 3,300 hectares be replanted with native foliage—the first example of government-mandated reforestation in Brazil's history. Over time, the forest returned to its original state, and today this urban rain forest boasts an astounding variety of exotic trees and animals ranging from jewel-colored hummingbirds to monkeys, squirrels, and armadillos.
Within the Floresta lies the largest urban park in Brazil, the Parque Nacional da Tijuca (tel. 21/2492-2252, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. daily). A veritable oasis in the midst of the city, it is particularly refreshing during the dog days of summer. The park has various walking trails—many of them quite easy—along with waterfalls where you can stop for a drink (or a dip), grottoes, and many lookout points that offer stunning views of the city. The most spectacular of these are the Mesa do Imperador (Emperor's Table)—where Dom Pedro II liked to picnic with members of his court—and the Vista Chinesa. Another highlight is the charming Capela Mayrink, with panels painted by the talented modernist artist Cândido Portinari.
The easiest way to explore the park is by car. If you don't have access to one, take a taxi: You can usually negotiate with drivers to drop you off and pick you up for a reasonable rate. You can also take a guided Jeep tour with a company such as Jeep Tour (tel. 21/2108-5800) or Trilhas do Rio Ecoturismo & Aventura (tel. 21/2425-8441), which cost around R$130 pp. If you want to venture in on your own, take the Metrô to Saens Pena and then a bus going to Barra da Tijuca that stops at the main Alta da Boa Vista entrance. Organized hiking tours are available. The park entrance is at Praça Alfonso Viseu, and a few hundred meters inside is a visitors center where you can buy a map (although trails are well marked). Robberies are not uncommon, so be careful not to venture too far off the beaten track, and don't go alone. It's safer to visit on weekends, when the park is more crowded. Near the entrance, there are three restaurants and a café. Or if you want, bring along food for a picnic.
Within the Floresta da Tijuca, the Museu do Açude (Estrada do Açude 764, Alto da Boa Vista, tel. 21/2492-2119, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Wed.–Mon., R$2, free Thurs.) occupies the former house of wealthy industrialist Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya. Beautifully decorated with antiques and Portuguese azulejo panels, the neoclassical villa, completely engulfed by rain forest, exhibits Castro Maya's impressive art collection, which runs the gamut from ancient Asian ceramics to works by contemporary Brazilian artists.
Hiking, Biking, and Adventure Sports
Rio has 130 kilometers (80 miles) of bike paths. Those in search of a languorous outing can take to the paths that line the beaches (stretching from Flamengo to Leblon and then along Barra) and ring the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. Meanwhile, hard-core jocks can take on the steep trails leading into the Floresta da Tijuca. You can rent bikes in many places along the Zona Sul beaches and around the Lagoa. A particularly wide range of models are available at Ipanema's Bike & Lazer (Rua Visconde de Pirajá 135‑B, tel. 21/2267-7778), which also has a second location in Laranjeiras near Largo do Machado (Rua das Laranjeiras 58, tel. 21/2285-7941). Rental fees are R$15 per hour.
Following the example of Amsterdam and Paris, Rio also operates a bike rental system, SAMBA, which to date boasts 20 bike terminals the Zona Sul. To actually get your hands on a bike, you have to register online and then, with a credit card, you can opt to rent for a day (R$10) or a month (R$20). Rides of up to 60 minutes are free, after which you're charged R$5 per hour. Both to register and to activate bikes, you need to have a cell phone number.
Hiking, Climbing, and Adventure Sports
Rio possesses an enormous number of options for hiking and climbing within and around the city. Rio Hiking (tel. 21/2552-9204) is highly recommended. The six-hour hike (R$150 pp) to Pedra da Gávea combines strenuous hiking with dips in waterfalls and the ocean, but shorter, easier, and equally enticing options abound as well as more adventurous outings including rappeling, climbing, cycling, trekking, kayaking, and scuba diving.
Trilhas do Rio (tel. 21/2425-8441) has expert guides who are highly knowledgeable about Rio's natural surroundings. They lead hiking, biking, horseback riding, climbing, and trekking tours in and around the city. There is even a yoga tour. A four-hour hike up Pão de Açúcar costs R$40 pp, while an eight-hour hike up and around Pedra da Gávea is R$85 pp.
Trilharte Ecoturismo (tel. 21/2225-2426) also offers many interesting eco-trips—all of which are slanted toward adventurers with cameras. Photographic safaris to a wide range of photogenic destinations involve hiking, horseback riding, climbing, and rafting. The only drawback is that tours are in Portuguese. Trip prices vary depending on the length of time and activities involved. They range from R$35 for a light hike up the Pão de Açúcar to R$180 (including lunch) for a full-day guided excursion into the Mata Atlântica.
Meanwhile, if you have ever dreamed of scaling Pão de Açúcar or Corcovado, Companhia da Escalada (tel. 21/2567-7105, R$100–160 pp) organizes rock-climbing classes and excursions for beginners and experts.
Hang Gliding
The popularity of hang gliding in Rio—second only to surfing—is unsurprising viewing the spectacular surroundings involved. The classic (and most breathtaking) trip is to jump off Pedra Bonita (in the Parque Nacional da Tijuca) and glide down to the Praia do Pepino in São Conrado. Both Just Fly (tel. 21/2268-0565) and Super Fly (tel. 21/3322-2286) charge around R$240 for the 15-minute thrill, including transportation to and from your hotel.
Sailing, Boating, and Surfing
Sailing and Boating
Better than gazing at the Baía da Guanabara is to actually get out on its blue waters. Saveiro's Tour (Av. Infante Dom Henrique, Marina da Glória, Glória, tel. 21/2225-6064) rents out all types of seaworthy vessels as well as water skis. Those interested in a mini cruise can charter a posh yacht that will take you up and down the coast to destinations such as Búzios, Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, and Paraty. A two-hour tour around the Baía da Guanabara costs R$30 pp.
Rio is a surfers' haven, luring wave junkies from around the world to the beaches of Arpoador, Barra, Recreio, Prainha, and Grumari. To get around town, the city ingeniously operates a special Surf Bus (tel. 21/8515-2289 or 21/2527-0891) equipped to deal with boards and dripping bodies. Leaving from Largo do Machado in Botafogo, it travels all the way down the coast from Copacabana to Prainha, departing at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4 p.m. Despite the fact that it's equipped with air-conditioning, a minibar, and a 29-inch TV that screens surfing DVDs, the cost is only R$3.
If you want to hone your technique, Escola de Surf Rico de Souza (tel. 21/2438-1821) offers daily lessons at its headquarters (in front of Posto 4 at Barra) and at Prainha (Praia da Macumba). Private lessons (including equipment) cost R$60 pp for one hour. The website has class schedules for foreign students. The school has lots of information about surfing conditions, events, and equipment rental. To buy or rent surf equipment, check out the stores at Galeria River in Arpoador (Rua Francisco Otaviano 67). Hot Coast (Loja 12, tel. 21/2287-9388) rents various styles of boards for R$40 per day.
Brazil's favorite sport is also Rio's, and you'll see everyone from women to favela kids to beer-bellied seniors dribbling, passing, shooting, and scoring, particularly on the beaches. However, if you want to see the real deal, head to the largest and most famous futebol stadium in the world: Maracanã (Rua Profesor Eurico Rabelo, Maracanã, tel. 21/2334-1705, tickets R$15–40). Built in 1950 to host the World Cup, the stadium seats close to 200,000 people. Even if soccer itself leaves you cold, it's worth taking in a game for the sheer theatrics of the crowd as they toot whistles, beat drums, unfurl gigantic banners, and wield smoke bombs in team colors. When things aren't going well, fans shed tears, implore saints, and hurl death threats (as well as cups of urine—for this reason, consider seats in the lower levels, which are sheltered by a protective canopy). However, when victory rears its head, it's like a collective mini Carnaval.
Rio's four biggest and most traditional teams are Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, and Vasco da Gama. Each has its die-hard followers, but the most toxic rivalry of all is the legendary Flamengo-Fluminense ("Fla-Flu") match-up. Games are played throughout the week and throughout the year. When going to a game, avoid rabid fans on the bus and take the Metrô or a taxi. During the day, Maracanã is open for 40-minute guided tours (9 a.m.–5 p.m. daily, 8–11 a.m. game days, R$20). Due to ongoing renovations for the 2014 World Cup, it's best to call ahead.
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MAC Lipglass in "Splashing" limited edition used x1 - $10
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Benefit Creaseless cream shadow "Tatle Tale" - $6
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Stila Smudge Pot - $3 ($5 both)
Stila trio palette - $6
NYX palette - $5 each
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The runway collection "Bohemian Rhapsody"
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ELF lipstick in (Nicely Nude SOLD, Ranaway Pink SOLD) and Natural Nymph - $3 each
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The organizer is made of 1/8" thick acrylic. Very sturdy and compact. Each divided opening is approximately 1" x 1" so it'll fit any lisptick!
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Including the change in gas prices in Texas during the past week, prices yesterday were 24.2 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 9.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 9.5 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 21.9 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
"Average gasoline prices have continued to quietly move lower in the last week across much of the United States at a time of year when we historically are accustomed to seeing prices move higher," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "As of late last week, all fifty states saw lower gasoline prices than the same date last year, and the savings at the pump for motorists- while not staggering- amounts to millions of dollars a day," DeHaan said.
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Rep. Grayson: Let Me Tell The NSA: There Is No Threat To Our Nation When I Call My Mother
from the so-why-do-you-have-the-records? dept
Let's be clear about this. This appears to be an order, providing that our telephone companies turn over call records for every single telephone call, regardless of whether it's international or not. Now, if someone had come to me nine days ago and said, 'Congressman Grayson, do you think that the Defense Department is taking records of any telephone call that you make or I make?' I would say 'no, I have no reason to believe that. It would shock me if it were true.' Well it is true and it DOES SHOCK ME. Why should we have our personal telephone records, the records of who we call, when speak to them, how long we're talking... why should we have that turned over to the Defense Department?It goes on, in much greater detail about why this is such a problem. He points out that the order "clearly violates the 4th Amendment," which is the first time I've seen a politician finally admit that. He highlights that there's no probable cause and no particularity, as required by the 4th Amendment. And, for those who immediately, like rote, spout out Smith v. Maryland and the third party doctrine, Grayson responds to that as well, calling those who make that argument a "farce," noting the differences in that case, which involved seizing a single record once, not all records all the time.
What possible rationale could there be for that?
Well, I'll tell you what I think their rationale would be: "because somehow that makes us safer." Well, let me say to the NSA and the Defense Department: there is no threat to America when I speak to my mother.
Towards the end of his speech, he notes that the intelligence agencies have a long history of abusing surveillance:
You know, this is not the first time we've had this problem. This is not the first time that the government has entered into surveillance on people without probable cause. Many of us remember that there was FBI surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King, including wiretapping and bugging his personal conversations. I thought -- perhaps naively -- that we'd moved beyond that. And, in some sense, we have moved beyond that. Because now, they're doing it to everyone.As he concludes: "this has gone way too far."
One could well say that we are reaching the point where Uncle Sam is Big Brother.
...though its proponents depict this is American as apple spy (sic?), this program is an anti-American program. We are not North Koreans. We don't live in Nazi Germany. We are Americans and we are human beings. And we deserve to have our privacy respected. I have no way to call my mother except to employ the services of Verizon or AT&T or some other phone company... that doesn't mean that it's okay with me for the government -- and specifically the Department of Defense -- to be getting information of every phone call I make to her. It's not okay with me.... and I know for most of the people listening today, it's not okay with you either.


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When it comes to marital strife and arguments, money tends to be at the center and the leading relationship wrecker.
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Money and politics might be topics to avoid in social settings, but money conversations are essential to successful relationships. The way you discuss money issues with your spouse could reduce the number of arguments--at least about finances.
"When it comes to talking about money the No.1 one tip is to schedule the conversation," says FINRA Investor Education Foundation President Gerri Walsh. "Don't just bring it up."
Talking about money with a spouse or significant other can be an emotionally-charged conversation, especially if one person is a saver and the other is a spender. That's why marriage experts recommend scheduling money-related conversations like you would a date night or doctor's appointment. This way both parties will be expecting the conversation, which means they can prepare for it both mentally and emotionally and won't feel attacked.
Bonnie Eaker Weil, a relationship and marriage counselor, advises patients to have what she calls a "money love language talk" once a week. These talks can be about any money-related issue such as spending, budgeting or saving. "Start with 30 seconds and eventually go up to 10 minutes," says Eaker Weil. These weekly talks will create a neutral place that allows both parties to discuss money issues without making accusations and making the other feel bad. Eaker Weil says both members must agree to the time and place for the conversations to take place each week in order for them to work. "You have to put on a bullet proof vest and not get angry, reactive and defensive."
Preparing for these talks ahead of time will also prevent them from turning into screaming matches. "You want to know beforehand what it is you want out of the conversation," says Walsh. She recommends creating a list of what you want to talk about and collect any documents related to the issue in advance.
If you have any apprehension about the conversation, Walsh suggests practicing what you want to say with a neutral party. "The most important thing as far as having a conversation is to keep focused, stay positive and check your emotions at the door. The minute you make money an emotional issue you are compounding the stress."
In addition to setting aside a scheduled time to discuss money issues, Eaker Weil recommends talking about each person's family history of spending and budget habits. She says both spouses should sit down and draw a family tree reviewing how members spend and save money. "Which parent made you feel guilty, which one punished with money?" Eaker Weil recommends exploring. "It teaches you what you are afraid of and enables you to talk out your fears."
Another effective strategy, according to Eaker Weil, is to create a money contract. The contract will be unique to the situation, but could include things like promising not to use money to control the other, not using it to guilt and not committing financial infidelity or hide money from the other.
"They promise they won't keep score with money, they agree to share finances every single week for 10 minutes, and they also agree not to engage in magical thinking," she says.


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Diego Rivera:
An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
|Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
|Diego Rivera Art Collection 1930-1939, undated
|1930-1939, undated
|1 box, 1 oversize folder, 1 framed painting (9 items)
|The collection consists of one oil painting, three watercolor paintings, one pastel and one crayon drawing, and two lithographs, dating to the 1930s. There is also one reproductive print of a painting. Subjects include market scenes, scenes of daily life, and a Rivera self-portrait from 1930.
|Open for research. A minimum of twenty-four hours is required to pull art material to the Reading Room.
|Gifts, 1964, 1966
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|Alice Egan, 1997, and Helen Young, 2001
The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center
|Diego Rivera was born December 8, 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of ten, he began studying art at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City, in the shop of Félix Parra. In 1907, Rivera received a travel grant and went to Spain to study under Eduardo Chicharro. While in Europe, he traveled to England and Belgium, but he eventually settled in Paris. It was in Paris that Rivera was influenced by Picasso, Braque, Klee, Dérain, Mondrian, and Cézanne. From 1909 to 1920, Rivera traveled around Europe with Angelina Beloff, a young Russian painter. Between 1913 and 1917, Rivera made more than 200 Cubist paintings, but after a falling out with Picasso, and a dispute with the critic Pierre Reverdy, he turned away from Cubism, and began to work more in the style of Cézanne.
|While in Paris, Rivera also met fellow Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros. In 1921, following the Mexican Revolution, Rivera and Siqueiros returned to Mexico. There, together with other artists, including José Clemente Orozco, they formed the Painters' Syndicate, which issued a manifesto promoting public murals with social context. It was during this time that Rivera joined the Mexican Communist Party. In December 1921, Rivera started painting his first major mural for the Bolivar Auditorium of the National Preparatory School in Mexico City. Murals that followed included works for the Ministry of Public Education building in Mexico City, the National School of Agriculture at Chapingo, the Cortés Palace at Cuernavaca, and the National Palace in Mexico City. In 1922, Rivera married Guadalupe Marin, by whom he had two daughters. Their marriage fell apart in 1924, and in August 1929 Rivera married the artist Frida Kahlo.
|In the early 1930s, Rivera traveled to the United States, where he created murals which included works for the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco, the San Francisco Art Institute, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Rockefeller Center and the New Workers' School in New York City. His Rockefeller Center mural, Man at the Crossroads, was unfinished and subsequently destroyed by the Center because one of the depicted figures resembled Vladimir Lenin. (Rivera later reproduced this mural at the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City.)
|As a result of the Rockefeller Center scandal, Rivera was without mural commissions for a few years. During this time he produced more portraits and easel paintings.
|In Rivera's last years, he created several murals for buildings in Mexico City, including Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park for the Hotel del Prado in Mexico City, and From the Pre-Hispanic Civilization to the Conquest for the National Palace. Rivera died November 24, 1957, in Mexico City.
|Hamill, Pete. Diego Rivera. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999.
|O'Connor, Francis V. "Rivera, Diego." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T072302 (accessed 2 October 2008).
|Velazquez Chavez, Agustin. Contemporary Mexican Artists. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937.
|The Diego Rivera Art Collection consists of one oil painting, three watercolor paintings, one pastel and one crayon drawing, and two lithographs by Diego Rivera, dating to the 1930s. There is also one reproductive print of a painting. Subjects include market scenes, scenes of daily life, and Rivera himself in a self-portrait from 1930. The following list of items is arranged by title.
|An additional work by Rivera, a portrait drawing of Jean Cocteau, is found in the Carlton Lake Art Collection. Three related works by Rivera's wife, Frida Kahlo, can be found in the Art Collection's Nickolas Muray Collection of Mexican Art; one work, Diego y Yo, is a portrait drawing of Kahlo and Rivera.