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• Each month 11 Bluffton Middle School students are selected by their teachers as "Mustangs of the Month" based upon overall student performance and following the Mustang Path. The Mustang Path provides a model for proper behavior that is based on the BLMS mascot, the Mustang. Kelci Smith, Maile Paulmeier, Mark Donelson, Milton Rivas, Joanna Morgenroth, Madelyn Ait Mansour, Valerie Barajas, Deisi Moreno, Wendi Nava and Katherine Hernandez are the Mustangs of the Month.
• Map Testing continues for eighth- and ninth- grades until Dec. 20.
• "Yes, Virginia The Musical" is an exciting new addition to Macy's beloved "Believe" campaign, which supports Make-A-Wish. The "Believe" program encourages children of all ages to drop their stamped letter to Santa at the red Santa Mail letterbox at their local Macy's.
McCracken Middle School was one of 100 schools across the country to receive a local grant of $1,000 from Macy's to assist with production costs. McCracken will welcome the holiday season with a special performance of "Yes, Virginia The Musical" at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 and 3 p.m. Dec. 16. Tickets are $3 and may be purchased only at the door. You may call to RSVP group tickets of 10 or more
The message is about believing and the attempted to answer the one question of every kid. Is there a Santa Claus?
Kids can bring a letter for Santa to any show and place it in the show mailbox. The school will drop off all letters to Macy's in Savannah. Macy's will donate $1 for every letter received to the Make-A-Wish. On Dec. 16, the school will have a special time at the end of the show for kids to write a letter with the help of the cast. Some of the proceeds will go to the purchase of stamps.
• Parent-Teacher Organization and School Improvement Council will meet for about an hour at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
• Lowcountry Rockin' the Pink Breast Cancer Walk recently distributed proceeds from its 3rd annual benefit held on Oct. 13. The 5K walk, hosted by Bluffton Fire Department Auxiliary, was held at Red Cedar School and included a silent auction and community vendors.
Sory Reyes, Women's Breast Health Coordinator for Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, accepted a $3,000 donation for The Komen group is Lowcountry Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Alicia Taylor accepted a $3,000 check on behalf of Beaufort Memorial Hospital's Women's Imaging Center.
• Bluffton Elementary Chorus, Singers and Picardy Thirds musical groups proudly present the holiday program, "December Round the World" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
• Bluffton Elementary PTO is selling $15 Outback cards which is good for an 6 oz. special or chicken on the Barbie and comes with two freshly made sides and a slice of cheesecake. The cards are valid Dec. 1 - 16 and $10 from the card goes back to the school. For more information, call 706-8500.
• Bluffton Elementary Early Childhood Center participated in The Westin's "Celebration of Trees" helping to raise money for the Sandlewood Food Bank on Hilton Head Island. Hotel guests and the general public bid for the next three weeks on the trees and the accompanying donation from The Westin of a hotel stay at one of their worldwide locations. All the proceeds will be donated to Sandalwood Food Bank of Hilton Head Island.
• Join us at Island Playground from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday for a night of fun. The cost is $10 per child. Half of the proceeds go back to Bluffton Elementary. All children and parents must be in socks to enter the play area. For more information about Island Playground, go to island-playground.com.
• Donuts for Dads is from 7:45 - 8:15 a.m. in ECC Dec. 18 and 8 - 8:30 a.m. in the main building. RSVP to your child's teacher by Friday.
• ESOL family night is from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Dec. 18. Parents please join Bluffton Elementary for "Celebrations around the World" in the BLES school cafeteria. There will be school information, food, crafts and music to recognize the winter celebrations around the world.
• First Federal's Squirrel Club will meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday
• School-wide performance for students is at 9:15 a.m. Friday.
• Chick-Fil-A night is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.
• The Book Fair will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec. 20.
• Kindergarten and first-grade Winter Extravaganza performance is at 6 p.m. Thursday.


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3 Artists for Prints, Posters & Photography
Last night I randomly decided to re-arrange my studio apartment. As far as size goes, there is not much you can do when you have this much furniture! However, I have ample wall space, which calls for new artwork. I have various photographs and posters spread around between the living/bedroom space and the kitchen, but I am really considering purchasing or even designing some new work to add to my walls. Three amazing artists/designers I'd like to draw attention and pay homage to are Sugarboo Designs, Nan Lawson and The Poster List.
Images 1-5 by Sugarboo Designs. Artist Rebecca Puig and her husband Rick, created Sugarboo Designs to design thoughtful, sentimental, handmade pieces that warm your home. I love how simply she uses words across a blank canvas or how she paints over raw wood frames. Each frame is so nostalgic and perfect for any collage of artwork on the wall.
Images 6-10 by Nan Lawson. Nan creates clever, quirky drawings and colorful portraits of friends and movie characters. Also, some of my favorite drawings of hers are those of random objects around the house like a fan or typewriter. She also accepts commissions for custom portraits! What an excellent Holiday gift.
Images 11-15 by The Poster List. A design team of artists from Long Beach, bring a mixture of photography, silk screen, illustration and digital art for these creative and fun posters. Some of their most recognizable is their interpretation of "Keep Calm and Carry On", which they offer a rock and roll version "Keep Calm and Rock On". They are sold on line as single prints and can be purchased framed.

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Jamie Veal has been fast at just about every track he has raced at and in any car he has been in.
The final sprint car races at the Knoxville Race for 2012 did not disappoint as the 410s and 305s came down to the final race. When the dust cleared, Terry McCarl took his seventh 410 track title by a mere 11 points over Davey Heskin was won the A-Main but with McCarl's fourth place finish it was not enough to overcome a 36 point deficit heading into the A-Main. Matthew Stelzer also protected his point lead as he was crowned the 305 champion as he won by 71 points. The only class that had been decided was the 360s as Clint Garner had already clinched the title finished third in the 360 A-Main. White Lighting Racing owned by Driver Larry Ball Jr. won twice with Ball winning the 305 A-Main, and Dusty Zomer taking the 360 race. Zomer was subbing for Jamie Ball as he continues to recover from injuries suffered in a racing accident earlier in the season.


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|2012-03-28, 04:51
|Link #642
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
|2012-04-29, 02:19
|Link #644
Part-Time TTK & Master
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Iwakawa base and Chaldea
Age: 38
Just don't pit the Nanoha cast against any of the Gold Saints from the original series. ESPECIALLY NOT VIRGO SHAKA.
Think about it, a Gold Saint CAN move at the speed of light, to them Fate will be laughably slow. Their attacks are very powerful, as an example, Gemini Saga's Galaxian Explosion is as powerful as the simultaneous explosion of a Supernova.
|2012-04-29, 02:52
|Link #645
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
I have to agree with the above post. Specially refering to Virgo Shaka, the guy is so insanely broken that the only way he was defeated (by THREE other insanely broken characters togheter using a forbbiden technique no less) was by his own choice (to put things into perspective, he curbstomped the next three most powerfull Gold Saints just to test them and then allowed them to kill him so he can travel to the underworld to curb-stomp more people xD).
Altough it's true Shaka is a very serious threat (possesing almost relativistic reality warping abilities). I still find hard to believe the "fast as light" thing and the "Supernova level" destructive power since if that were true the effects on the battlefield would be much more severe. I think that's more realted to exalt the Gold Saints feats and abilities so they become famous and feared. No doubt they're insanely broken in their own right but, for example, we had witnessed other verses characters who really move at lightspeed and have planet-destructive power and the effects on their battles are a lot more plausible than Saint Seiya's Gold Saints.
Most of the Gold Saints are indeed out of Nanohaverse's league in one-on-one battles. As a team some of the lamest Gold Saints can be dominated with a good enough plan(Cancer Deathmask is a laughable one-trick pony for example, even his own gold armor left him after noticing how lame the guy is xDU).
|2012-04-29, 03:06
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Part-Time TTK & Master
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Iwakawa base and Chaldea
Age: 38
The whole bit about speed of light and destructive power of a supernova IS canon from Kurumada. There is not "but" and "if", it's really stated by him. It's just that it is not properly portrayed by both anime and manga. Only Giorno Giovanna's Gold Experience Requiem and Valentine's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. are as, if not more, broken.
|2012-04-29, 03:09
|Link #647
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
Cancer Deathmask is still a joke xD
|2012-05-12, 13:48
|Link #653
The Unpronounceable
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Clock Tower
A young man, with blond hair and green eyes, kneeling in his home. His eyes was narrowed, his hands slowly finishing the magical circle in front of him. He placed a small red gem in the center before beginnig to chant.
"Silver and gold to the origin. Gem and the archduke of contracts to the cornerstone. The ancestor is our Great Kaiser."
In another place, another man was also chanting. His blue hair flew slightly from the power coming from the circle in front of him. In his hand, he held a triangular yellow stone.
"The alighted wind becomes a wall. The gates in the four directions close, coming from the crown, the three-forked road that leads to the kingdom circulate."
A young woman, clad in nun robes, holds a golden spear reverently. Her voice was barely a whisper, yet it resonated through the church she was in.
"Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill).
Repeat every five times.
Simply, shatter once filled."
A young boy with red hair struggled to stand. He was sweating, yet he continues his task. At his feets, a large block of what appeared to be black scale resides.
"――――I announce.
Your self is under me, my fate(doom) is in your sword.
In accordance with the resort of the Holy Grail, if you abide by this feeling, this reason, then answer."
A young woman, clad in green, clutch a pink ribbon in her hands.
"Here is my oath. I am the one who becomes all the good of the world of the dead, I am the one who lays out all the evil of the world of the dead.
You, seven heavens clad in three words of power, arrive from the ring of deterrence, O keeper of the balance ―――!"
A dark basement. A woman with silver hair, clutching a book with a silver cross close to her body. Unlike the others, she added another lines to her chant. Behind her, shadows stood, smiling at the way the blade that was stuck in the center of the circle vibrated.
"Yet, thou serves with thine eyes clouded in chaos.
Thou, bound in the cage of madness. I am she who command those chains."
Yeah, I was bored.
|2012-05-12, 15:17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Whittier, Southern CA
Age: 29
(walks into thread) The personnel of RF6 travel to a previously-unvisited dimension, and discover an abandoned-looking ship that's holding up a chunk of a planet. The ship's name? USG Ishimura. Our heroes decide to board the vessel to investigate why it has gone silent... (walks out, planning to check responses later)
|2012-05-12, 23:31
|Link #656
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Whittier, Southern CA
Age: 29
Doubtful. Magic usage seems to, in humans, require conscious thought and mathematical skills. Individual Necromorphs are little more than bloodlust-consumed animals. I mainly wanted to stir up discussion on how the different group-members (StrikerS-era Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, Signum, Vita, Shamal, Zafira, Teana, Subaru, Erio, & Caro) would react to the terrifying abominations that are the Necromorphs (imagine how, say, Nanoha or Teana would react if, right in front of them, an Infector killed a survivor who immediately and horrifyingly mutated into a Slasher and attacked them), to the insanity of Dr. Mercer, and to the situation aboard the Ishimura in general, as well as what they, and the (surviving) TSAB higher-ups, might choose to do to handle the situation.
|2012-05-13, 00:09
|Link #657
Goat Herder
Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 31
I can see Fate, Hayate, and Teana being susceptible to the dead people visions the Marker produces, but otherwise I think just about the entire cast would have brains that wouldn't be driven mad by the Marker's influence (with the whole blueprint thing).
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Most of us are aware of Breast Cancer. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the National Breast Cancer Foundation reminds women they should have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages, and that everyone should encourage women they know to create such a plan.
You can learn how to create an early detection plan, get more information about the disease and treatment, or learn about hosting a fundraiser to provide mammograms to women in need at the Foundation's website.
You can help promote awareness by wearing your pink ribbon scrubs and accessories during the month of October. There are many flattering and eye-catching items included in allheart's huge selection. Wearing them shows your support for the cause and gives you a way to open a discussion about Breast Cancer Awareness with your patients and co-workers.
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You know Bill Caswell from such hits as How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers, Bill Caswell, Jalopnik's $500 Craigslist rally car driver, inks movie contract, and $500 Craigslist Rally Car Goes To The Baja 1000. Now you can be in his head for 25 minutes.
If you can endure my interviewing style, often described as Charlie Rose meets Corky from Life Goes On, you'll find out more about Bill Caswell than than you ever wanted to know, including what Ken Block loaned him at Rally Mexico, and what's the latest on the Jeremy Renner movie about Caswell's I-quit-my-life-to-go-racing story.
Yes, the interview is about a year long in Internet time, but Caswell is ridiculously engaging if you're into DIY rally cars, building an FIA-spec roll cage in your mom's garage and turning E30 BMWs into Baja buggies, it should be worth the effort. Protip: Play it like a podcast.


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Opinion: The Grey Lady Dumps Darwin
Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto on sex, feminism and evolutionary psychology. Photo: Associated Press
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... opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... well the New York Times maybe he famously left leaning paper ... that that doesn't mean they can't surprise once in awhile ... best of the Web columnist James Taranto joins me now ... to explain the ... really interesting ... op ed that recently appeared on the Gray lady's pages James what's going on well the Times ran a piece on ... Sunday the Sunday paper by asserting that Darwin was wrong ... now they what's in the Darwin was wrong about our ancestors having been the hot hairy apes ... bought by that I actually did area in which the theory of evolution has more relevance today they live which is odd ... by understanding sexual behavior ... so that it's like to think that the sexes are equal in every ... every fashion is to be one the workplace ... people and their ... relation personal relationships equal in every way ... I think this off an upset that I wouldn't know it did not set a good real good real good to reinforce it but it did so in an amazingly it'll actually slip shod way I mean it was that it was just a really dumb PS ... I'd bite the eye of ... the Darwin had to theories that are of natural selection theory of Central slot for the third cycle selection in brief ... says that the sexes evolve differently because pot one sacks the female makes greater investing in reproduction and therefore I might get fridge right nine months and then some in the mm ay ay ay ay ay therefore has to put the pie ... the law to shorten it is by ... Darwin suggests that men are naturally permits to us and women are naturally occur unless they start seek to make upward ... and I did this is either there's a branch of evolution called evolutionary psychology that's devoted to wide ... conducting experiments too wide to test these hypotheses ... so this guy presented a couple of examples of experiments that seen on the service to distant from them ... ICE if you look closely they confirm ... okay ... well we've got some interesting developments over at the times not just this op ed that they also close their environmental desk ... I blame global warming law that was that was going to be my question we got lesson and laughed James when you make of this development ... I'd I don't know when the times is either Times's the newspaper that has green legacy costs you know they still paid their employees a fixed benefit pension ... but something ... in ... you know might twenty years I've never had a fifth benefit pension ... so I've that they you know they have to make a lot of cutbacks and I'm not sure why they chose the environment desk bought side that ... that was a bit of a surprise it was less of a contest to the Web columnist James Taranto thanks for being with this ...


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Is Obamacare still the point?
Suddenly, even as everyone in Washington focuses on the government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff, fewer than ever want to talk about the issue that launched those fights in the first place: Obamacare.
President Barack Obama and his aides are painting GOP leaders as hostage takers and suicide bombers over their shutdown and debt ceiling strategy. House Republicans are pushing the idea that Obama and Democrats are intransigents who refuse to engage in civil discourse on a solution. Senate Democrats are hammering Speaker Boehner with the president's call for a House vote on a clean funding bill. And everyone wants to talk about how shutdown pain is hitting home for ordinary Americans.
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In other words, there's plenty of talk about process and politics — and virtually none about the policy that sparked the showdown.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
Of course, for many congressional Republicans, the health care law hasn't disappeared, even if it has shifted to the back burner. House Speaker John Boehner continues to channel his most conservative members, saying on Sunday that it's "time for us to stand and fight" against the law on ABC's "This Week."
And the Obama administration's ambitious outreach plan to register the uninsured keeps progressing, provided the targets can get access to the appropriate website.
But it's easy to see why Obamacare has become, for both parties, the issue that dare not speak its name. The White House would prefer to not deal with questions about a messy rollout that led to a week's worth of headlines about rickety websites. Republicans, wary of being blamed for the shutdown and being tagged with conservative ringleader Ted Cruz, want to make the central issue Obama's refusal to negotiate.
( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO's guide to the Affordable Cart Act)
For his part, Obama — who has made public remarks pegged to this fall's fiscal fights on seven of the last eight days — hasn't made extensive remarks about health care since touting the exchanges' Day One debut in the Rose Garden Oct. 1. Since then, the health care program has been plagued with rollout troubles, with the signup websites crumbling under the strain of heavy traffic and waves of technical glitches.
Even Obama's campaign arm, Organizing for Action, is up with a TV ad to run on CNN and MSNBC about how the shutdown is "hurting veterans, seniors and our kids," urging supporters to "tell them to stand up to the Tea Party," as a photo of Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) flashed on the screen — but no defense or celebration of the signature Obama policy driving the dispute.
Every one of Obama's public appearances since Oct. 1 — including comments made during interviews with CNBC and the Associated Press, at a Maryland construction company, on a rare sandwich outing, and an event Monday at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters — has centered on the idea that Republicans are hurting the country by shutting down the government and playing chicken with default.
( WATCH - Debt ceiling showdown: By the numbers)
"The government is still shut down, services are still interrupted, and hundreds of thousands of hardworking public servants, including many FEMA professionals, are still furloughed without pay, or they're not allowed to work at all," Obama said Monday during his trip to FEMA, one of several ways his administration has looked to focus the spotlight on how worker furloughs are hampering disaster preparation and response.
During his 11 minutes of remarks Monday at FEMA headquarters, Obama made only one offhand reference to health care, in a list of issues on which he's willing to negotiate with Republicans once the government is running again and Congress increases the debt limit.
It isn't just a presidential predilection. A new bipartisan congressional aversion to Obamacare mentions was evident late last week at the Capitol, when both House Republicans and Senate Democrats held splashy press events without mentioning the Affordable Care Act.
( Jim VandeHei reports - Shutdown & Obamacare: Poetic justice for GOP)
Cantor talked about opening D.C.-area national parks. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) appeared before a dozen small business owners impacted by the shutdown. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) gathered physicians to highlight shutdown cuts to the National Institutes of Health, which House Republicans had offered to fund in a one-off spending bill. And just a short distance away, a parade of Republican members appeared at the World War II memorial, where total access had initially fallen victim to the furloughs of Park Service personnel.
In none of those events was Obamacare discussed.
"We already voted to defund it 42 times," Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said Monday. "There's only so many times you can point out a website that doesn't work."


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker College men's and women's tennis matches scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 3 at Newberry College have been cancelled due to an inclement weather forcast.
No make-up date has been scheduled at this time. The Cobras will now open their season on Friday, Feb. 4 against Mars Hill College in Rock Hill, S.C.


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The following post was written by a friend and fellow Maine State CU employee, Dan Emery. He is a teller here at the credit union and has really stepped up in an effort to bring financial literacy to the front of our minds through research and connections.
Operating a successful business is anything but simple. It doesn't matter what type of business you're in, there are worries and challenges at every level. These include supply and demand, profit and loss, service standards, product standards, employees and payroll, the budget, change and improvement and the risks associated with decision-making. Before a business makes a decision it has to take into account the advantages and disadvantages of that decision. The litmus test for a decision is ultimately the bottom line; is it going to make money or will we lose money?
Credit unions deal with these same issues but we have a unique situation. Our litmus test for decisions is very simple; "Is this good for our members or is this bad for our members?"
Sometimes, to do what is best for our members we have to spend money that we may not recover in a typical sense, but it will help us gain loyal, long term members. Other times an opportunity presents itself that is beneficial to both the membership and the bottom line. This opportunity is Financial Education.
Here are a few statistics on financial literacy in our country today*:
- 15 million adults receive phone calls from collectors or are considering filing for bankruptcy.
- Only 2 in 10 keep track of their spending – regardless of gender, age or income
- Only 59% of young adults in Gen Y pay their bills on time
- The majority of Americans do not have a sufficient emergency fund (3 to 6 months of income saved)
- More than 76 million adults say they do not have retirement savings
These stats are only the tip of the iceberg. With a little research you will uncover MANY more shocking statistics like these. So what do we do about it?
We need to help these people take control of their finances! We need to teach them how to budget, spend responsibly, save, reduce debt and build assets. This should not be a one time class; this should be a multiple step process over an extended period of time. We need to create one on one relationships with our members. We should let them ask questions and then help guide them to determine their goals, wants and needs.
How will this benefit our members? Through this process we will build a bond with our members that will make them feel respected, empowered and comfortable and we will earn their trust on an entirely different level. They will gain an understanding of their finances that will give them control, hope and less stress. It is a great feeling to have control and an understanding of your finances.
So what does the credit union get in return? Most importantly we get happy members!
We will create a reputation that people find attractive and it will show we are truly worthy of their business. If we help one person take control of their finances they will tell others how well they're doing and how it happened; our name will get mentioned and we will attract new, long term members.
Gaining new, financially educated members will result in new accounts, new loans, more loans paid on time, fewer overdrafts and bounced checks, higher balances and more frequent use of our services by more people.
Not only should we strive to educate our entire membership we should also strive to set ourselves apart service-wise. We should do our best to lower fees, raise rates and make our members feel like they're a significant part of their credit union and not a customer.
A thorough financial education program is a solid, long term win-win situation for both the member and the credit union.
Dan Emery


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Rev. Marian Jacek Dabrowski
Born: January 15, 1905
Niewodowo, Poland
Marian was raised by Catholic parents in Niewodowo, a town in Poland's Bialystok Province near Lomza. His family lived there under Tsarist rule until 1918, when Poland regained its independence. Following high school, Marian joined the Capuchin Franciscan Order of Friars. After eight years of study in France and Italy, he returned to Poland to teach philosophy to students of his order.
1933-39: When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, I was at our monastery near Grodno. We evacuated the monastery three weeks later when Soviet troops, invading from the east, reached Grodno. I returned to Lomza. Our new Soviet rulers rejected religion, claiming it exploited the working people. I challenged this in my sermons. When I learned that the Soviets were about to arrest me, I escaped to German-occupied Poland.
1940-45: In 1941 the Nazis arrested me in Warsaw. I was told that there was no real reason for my arrest, but that as an educated Pole, I couldn't be trusted to cooperate. I was held in Pawiak Prison and then deported to Auschwitz. There, the commandant lectured us about working hard. An interpreter was translating his ranting into Polish, but I understood German. He yelled that we'd only be freed through the crematorium chimney. Instead of translating those words, the interpreter said, "You will overcome everything."
Rev. Dabrowski was deported to Dachau where he was subjected to malaria experiments. He was liberated on April 29, 1945, by American troops and immigrated to the United States in 1949.


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Last week I began transcribing the baptisms that have taken place at St John the Baptist church from the very first one until some unspecified time (until I go mad and blind from microfiche reader overuse, probably). It's going to take me a long time. In its first year of active service (geddit, service…) the font – designed and donated by the architect who designed the church – was used in 30 baptisms. Soon after there were well over 50 christenings a year, as Clarendon Park built up and more and more people moved in.
I have only managed the first five years so far (over 270 baptisms) but it has been interesting to look at the database. One thing that has particularly fascinated me is the way that neighbours seemed to get their children baptised all at the same time. So no one in Montague Road, for instance, would be christened for several months…and then all of a sudden three or four families would appear within a week or so. This happened so many times that it can't be a coincidence. I did wonder whether the curate was doing his rounds and telling off the residents for not having their children baptised quickly enough!
There are many occasions where entire families were baptised together, adults included. It was certainly common for all the children to be baptised on one day – from teenagers to new babies. On 6th July 1885 Ellen (10), John William (5), Annie (3) and Ethel Elizabeth (1) Stapleford, of Queens Road, were baptised together. I wonder whether it was the excitement of being amongst the first to be baptised at the new church that encouraged so many?
The very first baptisms took place on 5th October 1885. The children were William Harper, Beatrice Onion and Alice Muddimer, all of Avenue Road Extension and all just two or three months old. One of these days I plan to write a little biography of each – if indeed any of them survived to adulthood. Sadly I recognise many, many names in my baptisms database who went on the appear shortly afterwards in my database of the burials at St Mary Magdalene, Knighton. Such was the reality of childhood in Victorian times. Both my boys were baptised in the same beautiful font and I am so grateful that their life chances are better in every sense.
If you would like me to look up a baptism in my database then please let me know. I have only reached 1890 so far but I will keep your request on record until I get there. I am also happy to look up Clarendon Park burials at St Mary Magdalene – my database is complete from 1887 – 1951. Regards, Elizabeth.


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The Lady Bisons lost 6-1 Sunday afternoon at Mercer to close out the Georgia trip. They lost 7-0 Friday night at Kennesaw State prompting a late night team meeting.
One of the concerns was allowing teams to score early. Mercer scored two goals in the first 3:34 of the game with Olivia Tucker striking twice, once at 1:29 and the other at 3:34.
The Bears would add one more in the first half to take a 3-0 lead.
In the second half Meghan O'Rourke picked up a pair of goals at 77:26 and 81:40.
The Lady Bisons avoided the shutout when Danielle Bethke scored off a throw-in from Meghan McGuire at 82:31.
Bethke's shot on goal was the only one for the Lady Bisons and their only overall shot for the game.
Mercer attempted 18 shots.
Erin Zerio started in goal for the Lady Bisons and made one save while allowing three goals. Ally Marler played the second half. She was credited with four stops, but also gave up three goals.
The Lady Bisons are 3-11-0, 1-5-0 in the A-Sun. Mercer is 6-6-2, 2-4-1 in the conference.
This weekend the Lady Bisons are part of a busy schedule of games at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. They will face Stetson at 5 p.m. Friday night and Florida Gulf Coast at noon Sunday.


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In just a couple of weeks, the Sleepy Eye Retail Association will have Santa crown a new Little Miss and Mr. Holiday.
In just a couple of weeks, the Sleepy Eye Retail Association will have Santa crown a new Little Miss and Mr. Holiday.
Third grade students from all three Sleepy Eye schools should have received a letter inviting them to participate in this fun Christmas event.
As the new Little Miss and Mr. Holiday, the two will take on a year's commitment to be good will youth ambassadors for Sleepy Eye. The couple is present at the Chamber's Annual Meeting in January. They ride with Miss Sleepy Eye and her attendants during parades throughout the summer. Little Miss and Mr. Holiday also have an appearance during the Eagles Easter egg hunt. And, one of their final appearances is the annual Buttered Corn Days in August.
As you can see, they play an important role for the Retail Association and it allows them a fun way to represent the community they live in to kids their age.
To begin the evening they are crowned, Santa arrives compliments of the Sleepy Eye Fire Department aboard a shinney red fire truck. The firemen escort Santa and the current Little Miss and Mr. Holiday to Wooldrik Park. To signify the beginning of the Christmas holiday, Santa lights the Christmas lights that adorn the park. Once that is done, off they go to the Sleepy Eye Community Center to have Supper with Santa sponsored by VOA, Sleepy Eye Campus.
Santa, the jolly elf that he is, visits with everyone who is present at the event and listens to children tell him what they have on their wish list for Christmas.
Children who come to Supper with Santa also receive two free books they can pick out themselves from hundreds of choices.
Once supper is almost done, Santa gathers the children together and calls the names of the boys who wanted to vi for Little Mr. Holiday. All the names go in a hat and Santa than draws a name. That boy is than the new Little Mr. Holiday.
Once Little Mr. Holiday has been crowned, Santa calls the names of each girl who wanted to vi for Little Miss Holiday and again Santa draws the name of the new Little Miss Holiday.
From there, photos are taken and a great time is had by all!
We hope if you have a third grader, you will encourage them to participate in the Little Miss and Mr. Holiday event. They won't be disappointed in their year-long adventure.
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OurCS event
The School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University is organizing Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science (OurCS), which is a "3 day workshop [that] is research focused and will provide opportunities for undergraduate women from the USA and around the globe to work on exploratory problems in teams led by researchers from industry and academia" [1].
As part of this event, we are using NXTs with Xbee radios attached, as part of a multi-robot communication research opportunity for the undergraduates participating in OurCS.
From this exercise, we aim to:
- verify the communication features necessary in ROBOTC for the FIRE project
- test-run possible syllabus in multi-robot communication
We have uploaded a short video showing the students' progress during the OurCS event:
We have constructed 3 Lego NXT robots, as shown below.
Each robot comes with a differential drive, and a "hand" that can be rotated.
Robot capabilities provided for the students
These communication functions are available in ROBOTC as an included .h file:
- TransmitASCII(stringToSend)
- retVal = Receive(isASCII)
- GetStringFromBuffer(retVal, stringReceived)
- SendString(stringToSend)
- WaitForString(stringToWaitFor)
These functions were coded and calibrated, so that the students can perform motion more easily on the robots:
- turn(angle, speed)
- straight(distance, speed)
Lesson 1 - Single-robot actions
The students had varying levels of experience with robots, and none had worked with multiple robot. So, we had to first introduce them to the NXTs and ROBOTC. We had a small sample program of a robot performing a sequence of actions using turn and straight.
Lesson plan:
- Components of a robot: motors, sensors, encoders
- Programming a single robot
- Basics of ROBOTC
- Controlling the motors
- Switching them on and off
- Timing the control or using encoders
- The motion primitives we provided - turn and straight
- Create a single robot motion using a sequence of actions
- Create a new motion primitive
The students were tasked to create a sequence of actions on a robot using the 2 provided motion primitives. As this was part of the OurCS event, the overall theme of the robot's actions had to match the script that the multi-robot production was going to have. Next, the students created a new motion primitive, moving in an arc.
Lesson 2 - Sending/Receiving strings
Now that the students had an idea of single-robot motion, we introduced them to multi-robot communication. We had a small sample program of 2 robots that took turns executing actions:
Lesson plan:
- Basics of multi-robot communication
- Radios can transmit and receive messages
- Messages can be treated as strings
- Demo: 2 robots taking turns (see video above)
- Programming multi-robot communication
- 2 functions in ROBOTC were created:
- SendString(string toSend)
- WaitForString(string toWait)
- A puppet-master robot was provided to send strings
- 2 functions in ROBOTC were created:
- Create a single-robot behavior that waits for commands from the puppet-master
- Create a sequence of motions on 2 robots, where they take turns by sending and receiving strings
Lesson 3 - Common Language
After learning about basic multi-robot communication, and that robots can take turns by sending and waiting for strings, we went on to teach them the concept of a common language in multi-robot communication.
Lesson plan:
- Multi-robot communication involves a common language between the robots, so that they understand the meaning of the messages.
- Besides sending and waiting for generic strings, the messages can represent actions.
- Create a sequence of single-robot actions, and a common language to refer to the actions.
- Create a multi-robot behaviors, where one robot sends actions to the other, so that both perform the same action together.
Putting it all together
Now that the students had completed the lessons, they had to put everything together as part of a multi-robot stage production, involving both NXTs and NAO humanoid robots. A video of OurCS and the lessons the students learned can be seen below:


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Megaupload to DOJ: Misleading Semantics Aside, You Told Us You Were Investigating Infringing Files, So We Preserved Them
from the these-things-are-important dept
Megaupload then pointed all of this out to the court, arguing that the DOJ misled the court in getting the warrant in the first place, since it didn't mention the specific circumstances for why Megaupload was aware of the content, but had kept it up. The DOJ's response, from earlier this week, was to argue that since the DOJ never contacted Megaupload directly, none of this matters.
Megaupload has wasted little time in hitting back hard, pointing out that (a) the DOJ was well aware that Carpathia had informed Megaupload of the investigation, (b) that, at the very least, Megaupload's actions in context show non-nefarious reasons for having left the content up (basically arguing the intent) and (c) that, no matter what, the DOJ needed to at least inform the court of these basic circumstances.
Third, the Government attempts to distance itself from what Megaupload was told about the 2010 warrant by emphasizing that it did not directly instruct Megaupload to preserve the allegedly infringing files. (Dkt. 155 at 3.) But it is well settled that a private party's actions are imputed to the Government when that party is enlisted by the Government and acts in accordance with the Government's instructions. Thus, courts confronting criminal searches and seizures have consistently found Fourth Amendment interests implicated where a private party acts as the Government's "instrument or agent." See Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n, 489 U.S. 602, 614 (1989); United States v. Richardson, 607 F.3d 357, 364 (4th Cir. 2010). As the Fourth Circuit has indicated, "the key factors bearing upon the question of whether a search by a private person constitutes a Government search are: '(1) whether the Government knew of and acquiesced in the private search; and (2) whether the private individual intended to assist law enforcement or had some other independent motivation.'" ....The key point is that even if the government believed Megaupload still could have deleted the evidence that it had explicitly sought from Megaupload (which would be quite surprising), it at least had the duty to make it clear why Megaupload was aware of this content, as that has a pretty direct implication on Megaupload's reasons for keeping the content around.
Here, Carpathia's communications with Megaupload satisfy both prongs. The Government not only knew of Carpathia's actions but orchestrated them. Indeed, the Government's affidavit in support of the June 24, 2010 search warrant expressly requested that "Carpathia and its customer MegaUpload be permitted to view the warrant and Attachments A and B to the warrant to assist them in executing the warrant." ... Correspondingly, the Order sealing that warrant, which "found that revealing the material sought to be sealed would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation," authorized the Government to provide the warrant only to Carpathia, and authorized Carpathia to "provide a copy of the warrant with attachments and this sealing order to MegaUpload.".... In conveying the instructions to Megaupload, Carpathia noted that it had "attempted to convince the Government to work directly with Mega on this matter, but given the complex jurisdictional issues, they have been unwilling." .... It is equally clear that Carpathia's sole purpose in communicating with Megaupload on that date was to assist the Government in executing the June 24, 2010 warrant.
Even if the Government could somehow avoid responsibility for Carpathia's instructions and the Magistrate Court's sealing order, there would remain the undeniable fact that the Government failed to inform this Court of critical, exculpatory information about the circumstances under which Megaupload learned of the allegedly infringing files and subsequently cooperated with the Government's investigation. See United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 926 (1984) (material omissions that render search warrants misleading can be grounds for invalidating warrants);...Once again, it seems like the government simply rushed through the Megaupload case, ignoring many, many important details, and basing its case on the theory that if the entertainment industry hates Kim Dotcom so much, he must be all bad. And, if you're dealing with someone "all bad" apparently the DOJ seems to think it can take a bunch of shortcuts.


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Unified Computing – The Evolution of Computing as a Platform
[Part II of our blog series on Cisco Data Center Business Advantage. Part I, III, IV, V, VI]
One of the great things about being a market disruptor is that you don't need to carry along all of the baggage that slow down other companies as technology or market transitions occur. Of course, one of the frequent challenges to being a disruptor is that you often have to ask customers to adopt an entirely new technology standard in order to realize the benefits of your product.
With the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), we actually deliver the best of both worlds.
At its foundation, UCS is built on the Intel x86 architecture that so many customers rely on for their server environment. UCS supports both bare-metal (physical) and virtual machine (virtualized) workloads, allowing customers to run existing applications or easily move to a more efficient Data Center infrastructure. Interconnecting that infrastructure is a standards-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet network that delivers enough bandwidth for even the most demanding application environment.
- Industry Standard Computing Architecture
- Application compatibility for both Physical and Virtual workloads
- Industry standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure
Beyond those fundamental server capabilities, UCS introduces a set of Innovations that rethink how applications should be deployed within the Data Center.
Virtualizing the Hardware: The concept of virtualization has been around for decades, with various aspects being used in mainframes (LPAR), networks (VLAN, VPN) and Operating Systems (Hypervisor). Cisco UCS extends this concept to the Server, NIC/HBA and I/O of the computing platform. By virtualizing elements of the computing platform, customers gain tremendous flexibility for applications, data protection and disaster recovery.
Deliver World-Record Performance: While operational excellence is critical for IT administrators, user-experience often plays a greater role in the acceptance of new applications for the business. And in today's fast-pace world, users expect near instantaneous response with each click of the mouse, whether it's for shopping, searching, collaborating or analyzing data. Working closely with Intel's latest CPU processors and then adding Cisco's innovative memory-extension architecture, Cisco UCS has been able to set numerous world-records for application performance. This performance means you can get the best out of applications you use today (Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, VMware, Citrix) as well as applications you'll use in the future. Better performance means happier customers. Happier customers means more sales, faster time to productivity and better collaboration.
Reduce or Eliminate Data Center Silos: Technologies such as virtualization have changed the landscape of the Data Center such that yesterday's architectures and silos can be barriers to progress. Application silos, Storage Silos, Network Silos – all built to support a static environment that was over provisioned and under utilized. Cisco UCS introduces the ability to integrate Computing, Networking, Storage and Applications into a unified system, all managed from a single management system and API (UCS Manager). This integration of technologies extends to both physical server AND virtual machine environments. By unifying these four elements, IT organizations will be able to more efficiently plan and utilize IT assets.
Separate Management from Infrastructure: With legacy computing systems, management was built into the computing platform at the chassis level. And built in, and built it and built in. This meant that as your computing needs grew, so too did the management overhead. More management means longer lead times to deliver services to end-users and more opportunities for IT to make mistakes. Cisco UCS reduces the management burden by centralizing around a system that scales to dozens of chassis (hundreds of servers, thousands of cores). This means your business needs can grow without the burden of additional layers of management. Simpler, more powerful, more scalable.
Create a better Data Center beyond the Server: Today's Data Centers are the 21st century equivalent of 20th century factors, but instead of making widgets they are creating bits and bytes. And all those 1s and 0s need pampering; they need to be heated (electricity), cooled (air-conditioning) and cabled. All that pampering costs money, money that takes away from IT applying budget to innovation. Cisco UCS delivers a unified design that creates a more efficient use of heating/cooling and cabling that delivers dollars back to IT. So while Cisco UCS advanced virtualization capabilities might disrupt the "server huggers" at your company, its environment efficiency will help you make friends with the "tree huggers" that are tasked with driving Corporate Sustainability within your company.
Future-Proofing for Cloud Computing: Yep, you knew we'd get here eventually. There is it, the "C" word….cloud. Is Cisco UCS a cloud? No. A box does not a cloud make. But if you're going to build a Private Cloud, or provide Cloud Services, you had better have every one of these foundational elements in place:
- High performance and massively scalable
- Highly efficient use of resources
- Outstanding support and integration with virtualization (when needed)
- Programmable via an open API
- Based on open-standards to allow flexibility and choice for integration
I hope you're starting to get the bigger picture now. As part of Data Center Business Advantage, Unified Computing provides a foundation for a better way to deploy applications within your business.
OK, so enough with the technical details…
….so why should you care about Unified Computing as a Business Decision Maker?
- Because today's most powerful and influential companies leverage IT as a core competency to drive new business models and new interactions with customers. Are you one of those companies?
- Because responsiveness to your users and customers matters. Delivering information at the right time is the difference between someone clicking the "Buy" button and leaving items in the shopping cart.
- Because saving money on the operational side of IT allows you to allocate money to the Innovation that IT can deliver.
- Because shareholders and the media will measure you on your company's environmental record, all the way to your IT department and the Data Center. Walmart cares, Starbucks cares, Proctor & Gamble cares, UPS cares….does your business care?
Now that you know where to deploy your applications, let's take a look at how to best deliver those applications to your users.
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Outstanding recap of the myriad advantages of UCS. It is obvious why both EMC and NetApp chose to build their respective virtualization stack strategies around UCS.


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After producing a stream of extravagantly specified premium TVs, Philips is finally catering for the less well off with the 42PFL7404, and we hope this doesn't mean too many cut corners.
It certainly doesn't look cheap: the glossy black bezel is extremely slender, and is dramatically offset by a transparent cowl curving forward around the TV's extremities. However, there's no sign of Philips' usual Ambilight technology.
The set lacks the extravagant fifth HDMI and Ethernet port of models higher up the range, but most users will likely find the four provided HDMIs and the multimedia-savvy USB port more than adequate.
As per every Philips TV these days, even the relatively affordable ones, the 42PFL7404 is stuffed with picture processing. The 'engine' here is called Pixel Precise HD – a system that's roughly half as powerful as Philips' flagship Perfect Pixel HD engine.
While the former can't handle as many pixels per second as its bigger brother, it still tackles such issues as motion blur, colour saturations, SD upscaling and noise suppression more potently than any other TV at this price range.
In fact, when fully optimised, the 42PFL7404's images can look sensational. The sharpness with which it presents standard and high definition is a joy to behold, especially as the provided motion processing removes practically all traces of judder and blurring from objects as they traverse the screen.
Colours are phenomenally intense, too, radiating off the screen with such force that we almost suspected they were trying to hide other problems such as a poor black level response, perhaps.
But, actually, the black levels are good by LCD standards, and while its pictures aren't as polished as those of Philips' awesome 9000 series (there's more grain and shimmering around objects with the motion processing engaged), they have nothing to be ashamed of. As long as you are careful with the set's many picture adjustments, that is.
If you're too heavy handed with the noise reduction, pictures become soft. Conversely, too much motion processing can produce lots of distracting side-effects. And some of the sharpness tools can lead to graininess if set too high.
It only takes a little initial experimentation and a reasonable level of ongoing commitment to keep things looking tickety boo, though, and your efforts are always handsomely rewarded.
Add to all the picture glories some solid audio that's rather light on bass, and the 42PFL7404 adds up to a really compelling option for anyone whose budget points them towards the sub-£1,000 flatscreen price bracket.
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Spirits Santa Cheat Sheet: How to Choose the Perfect Gift Bottle
Seasonal celebrations and free flowing libations go hand in hand, but picking the perfect potable as a gift for your favorite discriminating drinker can be a tall order. The world of fine liquor is vast and frustratingly opaque to outsiders, but fear not! Here are some strategies on how to play spirits Santa this year.
Expanding Horizons
Your favorite Serious Drinker may seem like they've tried it all—but they're probably game for sampling something new. Tasting a range of liquor styles and variations is part of the fun of exploring spirits and figuring out what you really like! Begin with what they already tend to enjoy (snoop around the liquor cabinet, or just ask them what they've been getting into lately), and branch out to similar spirits that offer new flavors. For example:
- For whiskeyphiles, try a different kind of whiskey—scotch, bourbon, Irish, Japanese, and rye are all great options. There's also a close relationship between aged rums and whiskies—especially if they enjoy the sweeter whiskies and the drier rums.
- If they dig tequila, buy them a smokier mezcal or an earthier sotol.
- Gin lover? Try other aggressively flavored spirits, like aquavit, or look into genever.
Going Vertical
Another option is to stick with the spirit they love, but offer a variation they haven't tried, from a different distiller or in a different style. They'll be able to taste new flavors this way without straying too far from the comfort zone. Here are a few ideas:
- If their standard tipple is from one distillery, look for another in the same region so they can compare and contrast local similarities and differences.
- Mix it up! Get a mellower American style gin for a London Dry guy, a spicier rhum agricole for a sweet rum fan, etc.
- Stick with style—if you know they like spicy rye, find another to try, maybe from a small distillery.
Family First
If the options above are a little risky for your gifting taste, consider getting them what they like already—but perhaps a pricier variation on their favorite bottle, something they wouldn't normally purchase for themselves. Choose a special offering from their favorite distillery, whether it's a spirit that's been aged differently than usual or a limited vintage release.
For example, say the giftee in question is a Macallan fan, and they usually drink the 12 year Single Malt. You could try:
- The 18 year
- The Fine Oak 15 year
- The 1989 Vintage Release
- The Whisky Maker's Edition
For scotch drinkers, you'll win bonus points for tracking down independently bottled expressions of a distillery they know and love. These are hard to find and tend to be expensive, but they are pretty universally worth the trouble!
The Sampler Platter
If buying any one bottle seems a bit discriminatory, you can always get together a collection of miniatures. Master of Malt has a wonderful samples collection to peruse.
Cocktail Kit
If you are shopping for more of a cocktail lover than a spirit sipper, help them round out their mixology collection with some fun, exotic, crazy, local, or colorful bitters.
Ask the Pros
If you live in an area where liquor can't be shipped, or are a little hesitant to buy booze over the internets, find a local purveyor of fine liquor and ask what they have in stock using the above strategies. They should be able to recommend several options at varying prices to help you give the best gift possible.
These strategies should help ensure a very merry season, but they're hardly exhaustive. What's your strategy for giving the gift of booze?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Heard in passing: a student from a country that is, to put it delicately, not part of the US Axis of Friendship, decides to hold off on returning home for a visit because of fears that he will not be allowed back in the US. He finally returns, only to find that the US Consulate views his long absence from home as a sign that he is planning to emigrate to the US, and thus denies him a visa to return.
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How far will some people go to be thin? From taking drugs to having unwanted sex just to burn calories, these guests are willing to put their lives in jeopardy.
Heart Attack at 16
Cassie, 21, has been consumed with being skinny ever since she was 13. Her drastic measures to stay thin have divided her family and brought them all the way from Australia for help.
Dividing the Family
Cassie's eating disorder is tearing her family apart. Her parents are in conflict over how to deal with it, and her younger sister is tired of Cassie being the center of attention.
Cassie's family speaks out.
Update: Dr. Phil follows up with Cassie.
Hooked on Diet Pills
Nicole, 24, takes up to 24 diet pills a day to keep from going back to the 300 pounds she once weighed. Though she loves the attention she gets as a size 6, Nicole knows she's putting her life on the line.
See Nicole's story.
Dr. Phil explains more about the dangers of diet pill addiction.
Update: See how Nicole is doing now.
DrPhil.com Exclusive
Dr. Phil takes questions from the audience about what's next for his guests, and what people can do at home to prevent this from happening to their children.


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2011 Season
Voted CSUN's Co-Rookie of the Year ... The freshman was among the team's leading scorers 41 goals (#4 on the team, #14 in the Big West Conference) ... Scored at least two goals in eleven games including a season-high five goals against Cal State Bakersfield (2/19/11) ... Tops on the team in assists (49) ... Her 49 assists are sixth-best for a single season in school history ... Also has 24 steals.
High School
A three-sport student-athlete in water polo, swimming, and track & field at Murray High School in Murray, Utah ... The Utah State Most Valuable Player (MVP) and a first team all-league selection in water polo ... Helped lead her team to three Utah State 4A championships (2007, 2008, 2009) ... A four-year starter and team captain on the water polo team ... A swimming regional champion from 2007 to 2010.
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Born May 4, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah ... Parents are Andrea and Kim Nelson ... Has three brothers (Justin, Ryan, Josh) and one brother-in-law (Jordan) ... Has two sisters (Jessica, Emily) ... Roots for the Indianapolis Colts and the Utah Jazz ... Her favorite athlete is Ryan Lochte ... Her favorite actor is James Franco ... Likes to watch Survivor and Glee ... Her favorite foods are ice cream and cinnamon rolls ... Her favorite rock groups are The Script, The Fray and Sugarland ... Her favorite musical solo artist is John Mayes ... Chose Cal State Northridge because of the water polo program ... Her greatest sports moment was winning state MVP honors during her junior season ... The best thing about being a student-athlete, according to Lindsy, is having a team that always is there for you in-and-out of the water ... The toughest part about being a student-athlete is juggling all the stress from practice, school work and maintaining a social life ... The most famous person she has ever met is David Spade ... Would like to switch places for a day with Storm from X-Men ... If Lindsy had a million dollars, she would sponsor humanitarian projects about the world, and travel to Croatia, Africa and Australia ... The best advice she has been given is - "No matter where or who I'm with, don't forget the person I am and my standards." ... No one knows, according to Lindsy, how much she loves to do many outdoor activities ... Years from now, she will still laugh about her best friend trying to give her a haircut when she was six years old ... Old pictures always make her smile ... Her greatest hero is her mom because she puts other people before her, and made me the person I am today." ... Undeclared major.


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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Will Your Expected Crop Revenue Cover Your Cash Rent? How about 2014?Tweet
How many times do you practice that speech to your spouse when you have to confess something or open a potentially sore subject? Your speech practicing expertise will need to be honed well this fall when you call on your elderly landlord and try to explain why you cannot pay as much cash rent next year to farm their land. Yes, you will have to explain why land prices are at record high levels, but that has nothing to do with the fact the corn prices are in the $4 range and soybeans are in the $10 range and you are not making enough income to pay the cash rent they want. This will not be a pretty conversation and you may lose the land, but which is worse, losing the acreage or taking a financial bloodbath with high cash rents and losing your entire operation?
The way grain prices are shaping up for this season, there will not be enough revenue per acre to be able to pay the cash rents that are said to be common across a lot of farmland. And that will be the case for the 2014 crop based on current production expense estimates. Something will have to give, and cash rental rates will have to be rolled back says University of Illinois ag economist Gary Schnitkey. He bases his prediction on $4.80 corn and $10.75 soybeans which are the midpoints for the price range for those crops projected by USDA. Using those prices, and multiplying them by potentially good yields for farmland with varying productive capability, Schnitkey says there will be some cases that revenues will not cover the current non-land expenses and the cash rents reported for 2013.
In his example for highly productive farmland, a 195 bushel yield is used with the $4.80 corn price to give a $936 gross revenue. Subtracting $563 for non-land production expenses leaves $373 per acre to cover the cash rent with any remaining used as a return to management and labor (profit.) Since that assumes all of your acreage is in corn, lower revenue has to be included for any soybean acreage. Schnitkey estimates a 56 bushel yield for soybeans on one-third of the total acreage, and using the $10.75 price for beans, there is $602 in gross revenue. Subtracting $350 for non-land cost for soybeans results in a crop mix on all of the acreage that provides $333 per acre for land and operator. If your cash rent is more than $333 per acre, then those yields and prices will not be high enough to cover the cash rent and still provide for family living expense.
While lesser productive farmland will generate lower yields, it is expected that it is demanding a lower level of cash rent. The process is the same to determine how much of a financial pinch there will be when calculating if the return to land and labor can pay both. If you have penciled out a hard pinch for the current year, Schnitkey says a slight increase in commodity prices may provide some breathing room, "Price realizations greatly influence operator and land returns. Take a $.40 increase in corn price from $4.80 to $5.20 and an $.80 per bushel increase in soybean price from $10.75 to $11.55. This results in a $67 per acre increase in operator and land return from $333 per acre to $400 per acre. As price expectations change, returns will change as well. This then leads to a need to re-evaluate cash rents."
That is the analysis for the 2013 crop. While no estimates have been made for the 2014 crop in terms of seed, fertilizer, and other non-land costs, there is an expectation that crop prices for the 2014 crop will be less than what is projected for the 2013 crop. That makes it incumbent upon an operator to seek cash rents for next year that have not been as high as in recent years.
Current prospects for commodity prices may be considerably lower than when many operators signed cash rent agreements last fall. And those prices may drift even further down in the coming year when cash rents have to be negotiated for the 2014 crop. Operators will not be able to fund higher level cash rents with prices expected for this fall and in 2014, necessitating an adjustment downward in cash rents.
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Coltess Quote:
Actually I can't take credit for that. American Nomad did it.
Thank You Coltess and thanks to your city for helping to take care of my home state. My hat is off to all of you!
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Maybe I should change my name to
An Amature Nomad!
Big Jay Dog what a fantastic reflection very nice capture. Val I like the canal shots reminds me of fun canal holidays in the distant past, the locks were the best bit in my opinion. Must try it again soon.
Around every picture there's a corner & round every corner there's a picture
- the fun's in finding them
that's a great reflection shot big jay dog.
val.... love the pattern of the locks. very nice composition.
great shots from everyone, thanks for sharing.
Boats in storage on the Connecticut River in Hartford.
Boracay, Philippines...
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This is my contribution from within a Hutong in Beijing. (Leica Minilux)
Blue Boats edit: doesn't appear that I am able to attach my image so I'm proving a link.
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Another, taken from Newport Beach, California. (Leica Digilux 2)
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Another, taken from Newport Beach, California. (Leica Digilux 2)
Maybe that's why a boat from Laguna is hanging out in Newport -- hiding from the bill collectors?
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Kitchen Before & After: A Cramped NYC Kitchen Gets a Chic Makeover
Wendy Sutter, a cellist who has performed widely in classical and modern music, loves food and cooking. A few years ago her New York apartment kitchen was remodeled with beautiful results. This small, fairly colorless space is about to get very chic. Take a look at what this kitchen looks like now:
Sutter says that she is continually inspired by beautiful food and the memories and influence of her grandmother, who cooked out of Julia Child's books and taught her to love French and Italian food. In fact, Sutter says that if she weren't a musician, she would be a chef.
For the kitchen renovation, designer Luke Mulvey was inspired by Sutter's love of beautiful things. He took a small, cramped kitchen and, without the budget or scope of a teardown renovation, created more space and light.
The result is really stunning, and we're so impressed by the final kitchen. We think it feels cool and gracious, yet warm and inviting at the same time. The natural light is wonderful, and all the tile and marble help reflect that light into the kitchen.
Here are a few notes from the designer on sources and materials used in the kitchen.
• Pendants are from Amaridian and are made in South Africa (Willowlamp)
• Backsplash is a cracked ceramic tile from Walker Zanger
• Floor is a marble (18×18) from WZ
• Countertop is a quartz, Luca de Luna, also from Walker Zanger
• Barstools are Bertoia from DWR
• Appliances are Miele and Liebherr
• Faucet and sink are Kohler
• Paint is Farrow & Ball
Thanks for sharing!
Have a kitchen tip, project, or renovation you'd like to show off? Every week we feature a reader kitchen project, and we're always looking for submissions. To submit your own project, follow the instructions in this post and you could see it end up here on The Kitchn.
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Hello All -
I am a big map person, and I really like to include them in my family history research and in creating research reports for my clients. When it comes to Scottish genealogical research there are at least three good sites to use. One of the best ones is Old Maps website:
Another one is the National Library of Scotland collection on their website:
The third map collection is the parish maps of Scotland:
Using parish maps are good in that you can see all the surrounding parishes as well as the bordering counties that surround an ancestors home. The Old Maps website is really good in that they use the old ordnance survey maps of the late 1800s, and alot of the time it will show the old places that are mentioned in a family's history that may not be there at the present time or it is called something else (old farms, old buildings, etc.).
Also what is good about these websites is that you can print out the map sections. These can be incorporated into the family history book that one day may be written. Most people find it more interesting to have a map included in a family history book so to see exactly where their ancestors lived and what was around them at the time. It can also be helpful in the case of one day going to see the location at the present time to see what it is like in the present day. If you're fortunate enough there will not be a shopping centre or loads of new homes built on the location.
Maps help in making a family history become more alive. It gives more than just names and places, but shows a person where the place is and what was around it. In a way, it sort of helps shape a social history of a family. Using maps can also be helpful in your research work - if a person is a little stuck on an ancestor a map can be used to try to pinpoint a location if possible (did the family come from that parish or did they migrate from elsewhere nearby). Using maps can help track a family's migration patterns and locations. Most of the time families had to move to other places for survival or the need to change occupations - i.e. if the family farm was not working any longer or they were forced off the land, alot of the times families went into the larger towns and cities to work in the mills or factories, etc., or to work on someone elses farm that was more profitable if they were brought up in farm labour. Normally, it is what the social history was like at the time - the industrial revolution, the highland clearances, etc.
Maps shouldn't be overlooked, they are such a great tool to use in doing family history research as well as being a nice addition to a written family history book or manuscript.
Until Next Time -
Carolyn of MGS
Friday, March 16, 2007
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First Look
First Look: Ozaki O!care Plug & Play Wireless Smart IP Camera
Company: Ozaki
Website: www.Ozaki.us
Models: O!care
Price: $399
Compatible: All iOS Devices
Following on the heels of iHealth Lab's really well-designed iBaby Monitor is this new alternative from Ozaki, a company we've previously chided for some of the most wasteful packaging practices we've seen in years of covering Apple products. Ozaki's O!care ($399) regrettably continues that tradition, loading layer upon layer of cardboard and foam packaging with one of the weirdest-looking video cameras we've yet seen for iOS devices -- a transparent-topped, lightbulb-shaped accessory atop a light socket-shaped base. Like iBaby Monitor, O!care contains a motorized camera that can change positions, hardware for ceiling mounting, an Ethernet cable, and wall power adapter; it can also operate wirelessly over Wi-Fi. Thanks to a micro SD slot, O!care can record videos -- the primary thing that differentiates it from iBaby Monitor -- with similar audio support thanks to an integrated microphone, and a free app. Ozaki's packaging notes that you can "look after who/what you care: Pets, Babies and Elderlys ...etc," while a sheet in the box helpfully notes that it can also be used if you're "looking for hot girls," to find out "who's stealing your bras," or to look for ghosts in your home, complete with illustrations of other sorts of activities -- monitoring robberies, chickens hatching, and lazy employees. White and black versions will be available.
Updated February 22, 2012: Due to ongoing issues with Ozaki, we have opted not to provide a full review of O!care, but wanted to update this article with a handful of additional details based on the most recent 2.0 release of the company's iCare+ app. On a positive note, the application provides users with a fairly easy way to access and control the O!care camera anywhere they may be: once you've set up the camera on your network, and linked the app to the camera, you can access it regardless of whether you're on that network or outside using 3G or Wi-Fi someplace else. Setup of the application isn't as easy as it could be, thanks to several different layers of passwords and a less than totally streamlined process for getting the camera running. Installing the app on a second device requires you to walk through part of the setup process again.
Once the app's installed, you can use pan and tilt gestures to move the camera lens inside the clear lightbulb-shaped top through a wide arc, and straight upwards, though barely downwards. There's no zoom capability, but a motion sensor can automatically trigger alerts to your device if it's set off.
The camera's AV output is acceptable. By default, it provides a 640x480 feed, and on average shows approximately 10 frames per second at that resolution, plus monaural audio. But there are so many settings menus, some obscure, that it's hard to figure out how to change the AV performance of the unit to increase the frame rate—oddly, you need to tap on text ("normal") below the camera to play with its settings. Video looks respectable on an iPhone or iPod touch screen, less so on the iPad, where the app has not been optimized for the original iPads' 1024x768 display. It's noteworthy that the O!care is capable of recording videos and photos directly to your iOS device even if an SD card is not inserted, as well. What really kills O!care by comparison with its rivals is the super-high price tag, which doesn't really translate into a markedly better user experience in any major way. As intriguing as it initially was to us, O!care really needs further improvements in the app and a big price drop in order to become anything more than an obscure novelty.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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St. Cloud Huskies Storm Minnesota State Mankato For 6-4 Win
ST. PAUL - The #5 ranked St. Cloud State Huskies scored four goals in the second period and picked up a 6-4 win over Minnesota State Mankato in the consolidation game of the North Star College Cup.
Jonny Brodzinski started the scoring for the Huskies with an even strength goal in the first to make it a 1-1 tie. Minnesota State would take a 2-1 lead in the start of the second with a goal from Bryce Gervais.
The Huskies stormed back quickly, scoring four unanswered goals before the third period.
Cory Thorson led off the flurry of scoring to make it a 2-2 tie. Nic Dowd, Brodzinski and David Morley also scored to take a 5-2 advantage into the third.
Kalle Kossila would help seal the win with a power play goal in the third.
Ryan Faragher made 37 saves in the contest for the win. Brodzinski finished the game with two goals and one assist.
The Huskies are now 13-5-4 this year. They hit the road next weekend for a pair of games against Nebraska-Omaha.


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OKANOGAN – Okanogan pounded Pateros, 17-0, in a non-league softball game Saturday.
"It was good to get out and finally play a game," Okanogan coach Darin Radke said. "It seems like we have been practicing forever. I was happy with the way we swung the bats for the first game. Especially against a quality pitcher like 'Kat' Wilson.
"The best part about this first game is we learned a ton of stuff we need to focus on in practice this next week."
Makenzie Norwill pitched four innings, striking out 9, walking 2 and giving no runs or hits.
Brooklyn Bauer finished up the final inning, striking out two.
Omak is at Pateros on Wednesday before the Nannies go to Brewster on Friday.
Okanogan is at Eastmont in Wenatchee on Saturday before the spring break.
Okanogan (17) - Keeley Morris 3-3, HR; Makenzie Norwill 3-3, 2B; Brooklyn Bauer 3-3, 2B; Jill Townsend 1-3, 3B.
COULEE DAM – Cashmere girls exploded to wins of 32-1 and 24-0 over Lake Roosevelt in softball action Saturday.
"Errors, errors and errors," Lake Roosevelt coach Jamie Lezard said. "Pitching had a tough day giving up 23 base on balls and two hit by pitches. We need to find the strike zone and not give up some many free bases."
In the second game, Lake Roosevelt walked 14 and hit one batter while picking up only one hit.
"It was a pretty hard week for our Lady Raiders, but they are staying positive and still working hard and still having 100 percent effort and attitude. That's what we need to move forward we will get there again it's just going to take time."
The Raiders will play March 25 (home against Tonasket) and then again April 15 when Pateros is at Coulee Dam.
TONASKET – Bridgeport won a black-and-blue doubleheader from Tonasket, 31-8 and 33-10, on Saturday
Tiger pitchers hit 16 batters with pitches in the two games, Bridgeport coach Henry Austin said.
"There was not a lot of offense," Austin said.
In the opener, the Fillies were hit eight times, walked 21 times and had 4 hits.
Anita Velasquez had a double.
In the nightcap, Bridgeport knocked out five singles to go with 8 hit batters and 20 walks.
Courtney Austin was hit five times by pitches in the two games. Jenny Salazar was hit 3 times.
Bridgeport (5-0) which had five games last week, takes 16 days off before playing at Oroville (2-0) on April 15.
KITTITAS – Kittitas swept Brewster, 3-0 and 17-10 in a non-league games Friday.
Markie Miller, who had a no-hitter going into the bottom of the sixth, struck out 17 and walked two in the first game.
"She lost it on a 50-50 call on a throw from right field," Brewster coach Rick Miller said.
Miller struck out six in the second game.
Miriah Sonneman went 3-4 with a triple and scored three times.
"We need to get the bats going earlier and keep improving on defense," Miller said. "We got better this week. In the last three games, we have left 29 on base."
Pateros (0-1) is at Brewster (0-3) for a non-league doubleheader Friday.
Game 1 Brewster (0) – Miller 1-2.
Game 2 Brewster (10) – Sonneman 3-4, 3R; Miller 1-2; Leaver 3-3, 3RBI; Carrillo 2-4, 2R; Baker 1-4; Vargas 2-5, 2RBI, 2R; Cazares 2-2, RBI; Lewis 2R.
KETTLE FALLS – Kettle Falls knocked off Omak, 15-8, in a non-league game Friday.
"I was happy with the way we hit the ball," Omak coach Rick Duck said. "And we ran the bases well. We just had some mental breakdowns in the fifth inning. Other than that, we are getting better."
Omak led 5-3 into the bottom of the third inning before giving up five runs.
The Bulldogs pushed across eight insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Omak (8) – Ke. Duck 2-4, Aleck 1-3, Kruse 2-4, Zacherle 1-4, Ables 1-1, Boyd 1-4, Routien 1-2.
OMAK – The Chewelah at Omak game slated for Saturday was postponed Friday.
Chewelah scheduled games with Omak and Kettle Falls on the same day, Omak coach Rick Duck said.
"I didn't find out until Friday," Duck said.
Omak (1-1) returns to action April 8 at Brewster (0-3) for a league game.
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Okanogan's Amanda Erks slides safely into home plate while Anna Schluneger of Pateros awaits a throw.
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Keeley Morris of Okanogan is greeted at home plate following a home run against Pateros on Saturday. Bulldog players included Brooklyn Bauer, Peyton Oules, Makenzie Norwill, Cameron Moses and Jill Townsend.
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Aubrey Miller of Pateros digs out a hard ground ball at second base.
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Okanogan players await at home plate for Keeley Morris after her home run against Pateros on Saturday. From left are Brooklyn Bauer, Kendra Bryson, Taelor Zacherle, Amanda Erks and Cameron Moses.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Little pretty bits
These twigs, rose hips, elderberries and seeds are some of the little ripening, season-changing, natural things I saw today in the Fall light.
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wow!! i love your photos , my favorite is the second it's gorgeous
- November 4, 2010 at 2:36 AM
- Mumure said...
I can relate,autumn is my favorite season too.Especially the fallish windy days ;o)
Gorgeous photos!TFS.
- November 4, 2010 at 2:53 AM
- wendy said...
I'm soooooooooo with you!!!
i loooove autumn it's my favorite season!
All the amazing colors. and like today it is really warn day in november. Normally it's cold.
But with this wheater i even enjoy more of it!!
- November 4, 2010 at 3:14 AM
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- November 4, 2010 at 3:55 AM
- Looking Glass Scraps said...
Lorie those photos are amazing, really beautiful and capture fall's beauty for sure. I live in upstate New York and since moving here I have a new appriciation for fall. The beautiful colors is like natures last "hurra!" before going to sleep for the winter. Love it!
~Heather - Mom2*Lauryn*Jacob*
- November 4, 2010 at 3:57 AM
- Lorie said...
I visited upstate New York for the first time 3 years ago. With all the deciduous trees it is a fabulously beautiful place.
- November 4, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- Ramona said...
Gorgeous photography, Lorie!
You have tremendous creative talent, which I admire very much.
Your illustrations touch my Inner Child heart. :)
with gratitude
- November 5, 2010 at 9:08 AM