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You can create a new channel and automatically link it to your YouTube content owner. Linking a channel gives the Content owner the right to claim videos and apply monetization policies for that channel. The owner of the new channel (the YouTube user that you're signed in as) does not have the same rights by default.
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- Sign in to the Video Manager as a user with administrator rights to the Content owner.
- Select the Content owner name from the Manage drop-down list.
- On the left, select Channels > Overview. You'll see a list of the channels associated with the Content owner.
- Click Create new.
- Read the new channel agreement and specify whether to allow the owner of the new channel to monetize uploads or view revenue for the channel. Click Continue when you're ready to move to the next step.
- Set the optional permissions:
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- Enter details for the new channel:
- Enter a name for the new channel in the Name your channel text box.
- Choose the category of the channel from the drop-down list.
- Specify whether the content on the new channel will be appropriate for all ages or just for adult viewers.
- Check the box to acknowledge that you've read with the policies for the Google+ page that will be created along with the channel.
- Click Done to create the new channel.
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Preparing to be Provoked -
If you're going Wednesday night, and you've not yet read 'The Code', here are some sources to consider:
The DaVinci Code from Christianity Today
Themes from those who subscribe to the Code
The essence of the 'the problem' with the code
At stake here is the issue of how we treat history, and how we know. This discussion shows us that the debates about epistimology (how one 'knows' something) isn't being held solely, or even primarily, in ivory towers. It has spilled out into the streets of our post-modern world, provoding both earth shattering opportunities for the real gospel, and an increased sense of vulnerability for that same gospel, as deconstruction of previously held ideas is now both fashionable and expected.

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Cars are an important part of today's retail and fleet markets and account for nearly one-third of the industry's retail market. "Chevrolet has continued to invest in its global line of passenger cars," said Alan Bate, president of General Motors North America. "By providing high-quality vehicles, up-to-date designs, new technologies, and energy-efficient propulsion options, we are making the brand a success in today's North American market. " The Spark 2019 will be available in a wide range of versions – from the entry-level model to the high-end model – and will offer a variety of equipment groups to meet the needs of today's car buyers. . The Chevrolet line of cars has proven to be effective at attracting new, younger customers to the brand, becoming loyal ambassadors.
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Design and performance are important criteria for today's car buyers, regardless of the vehicle. The new face of Chevrolet cars offers distinctive lighting that makes every car instantly recognizable as a member of the Chevrolet family, day or night. The Spark, Cruze, and Malibu have a redesigned front look more refined while maintaining their athletic flanks. "The new face of the 2019 Chevrolet cars is distinguished by an individual look that exemplifies Chevrolet heritage while displaying a distinctive appealing design," says John Cafaro, global general manager of Chevrolet Design. Greater attention to detail results in the intricately carved grille and distinctive built-in headlights. All three models incorporate Chevrolet's typical double-rear taillights.
New in 2019
Malibu – The first-ever Malibu RS offers a sporty look with blackened styling elements, including a black sports grille, black Chevrolet emblems, a rear spoiler, 18-inch machined wheels, and a two-way exhaust. The interior features a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shifter, black fabric seats, and a standard chevrolet is looking over to german car manufacture infotainment system with 8 "diagonal color touchscreen. A new continuously variable gearbox is standard on all models equipped with a 1.5L turbocharged engine. The Cruze – In addition to its redesigned front fascia, the Cruze 2019 offers new interior color options, a standard 7 "diagonal color touch screen, and increased availability of remote start and auto control of temperature which are now standard with LT and Premier versions. The very first hatchback LS version adds to the Cruze hatchback range. The hatchback model accounted for over 25% of all Cruze sales in its first full year of production.
Spark – Chevrolet's sales-dominated mini-car features a remodeled front featuring stylistic elements inspired by the redesigned Malibu and Cruze while offering new exterior color options, new interior trim and an optional extra active safety feature: Automatic braking in low speed forward.
* The Chevrolet Malibu, Cruze and Spark will go on sale later this year.
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Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is one of the largest automotive brands in the world, operating in more than 100 countries and selling more than 4 million cars and trucks annually. Chevrolet offers its customers fuel-efficient vehicles that are characterized by attractive performance, heart-pounding design, active and passive safety features, and user-friendly technology, all at a great value. The Chevrolet brand, also known as "Chevy", is a company manufacturing American automobiles, quickly joining the American company General Motors, in 1918. It is one of the largest manufacturers in the world, just behind Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen. Chevrolet has nearly 5 million vehicles sold worldwide in 2012. But this brand announced to withdraw from the European market in 2016, its cohabitation with Opel, another brand of the same group, being very rough in Europe.Its logo has no specific origins, but A very likely version would be that the Chevrolet logo is actually a kind of Swiss cross as Louis Chevrolet is of Swiss origin.
The founder of the brand, Louis Chevrolet, cycling and racing champion, is from Switzerland. The other founder, William C. Durant, is none other than the founder of the General Motors Group. Louis Chevrolet had a lot of success as a racing driver in the USA. Become famous, he managed to obtain the funds to launch his own brand of cars. Before starting, Louis Chevrolet had been a mechanic and driver for the brands Fiat but especially Buick New York. William C. Durant contacted him for the design of a car in his name, Louis Chevrolet being famous and popular in the United States. William C. Durant and Louis Chevrolet moved into a garage in Detroit, Michigan, and Chevrolet's role was to build a prototype for a passenger car that would bear their names. Louis Chevrolet received the help of great engineers of that time. They designed a four-cylinder engine and a six-cylinder engine. On May 30, 1911, the announcement was made that a factory of the company Durant-Chevrolet was going to be built. The Chevrolet Classic Six 1911 was the first Chevrolet to be sold, and it cost $ 2,150, much more than its Ford counterpart.
From 1913, Louis Chevrolet left the company after many differences with Durant, and as the contract that was signed at the inception of the company provided that if Louis Chevrolet left, he had to let Durant his name and cars, Louis Chevrolet left empty-handed, depriving himself of an incredible fortune. Durant took the opportunity to merge all his firms under the name Chevrolet. Chevrolet's six-cylinder engine wreaked havoc in the 1920s with the release of the legendary STOVEBELT SIX model. This model is an imminent success since it will remain the star engine until 1953. This has allowed Chevrolet cars to have a solid reputation for any event. In 1953, when Harley Earl was at the head of the company, several renowned Chevrolet models will follow one another, like the Chevrolet Bel Air of 1953, the Chevrolet Impala and the Chevrolet Corvette of 1954. Similarly, the V8 and Pickup ranges and luxury sedans will revolutionize the world of business. Thereafter, their mythical models will follow one another, adding Chevrolet Corsair, Cheverly and Nova. The Chevrolet Cavalier is better known for its sales figures than for the vehicle itself, but all know it in North America. There are obviously the slightly muscular vehicles, like the Chevrolet Camaro, a direct competitor of the Ford Mustang, and the Chevrolet Corvette, the North American race car, which gives the brand one of the best sales figures in the world.
3 Chevrolet cars undergo changes for 2019
A few days after the spread of the rumor that the Chevrolet Sonic subcompact vanished from the market, Chevrolet announced some changes for three of its cars for the 2019 model year. The most significant changes are visible outside since Cruze, Malibu and Spark all receive a harmonized front end. However, some significant mechanical changes are also made to Cruze and Malibu for 2019.
READ ALSO: Our test drive of the 2018 Chevrolet Malibu
The minor exterior redesign of the three models involves modifying the two front grids. They are now larger than before. The two overlapping grids are separated by a chrome band that incorporates the Chevrolet logo in the case of the Malibu and Cruze while the logo of the Spark is in the center of the upper grid. At the same time, the taillights, as well as the wheels, are reworked. These few aesthetic changes are accompanied by mechanical modifications for Cruze and Malibu. As for the compact sedan, it abandons the manual transmission to retain only the services of the current six-speed automatic transmission. However, the gasoline and diesel engines remain the same.
In the case of the Malibu, the 6-speed automatic transmission of the 1.5-liter turbocharged engine model is replaced by a CVT transmission. The engine remains unchanged.Chevrolet is also adding an RS version to the Malibu. The RS is Chevrolet's answer to other more "sporty" models of mid-size sedans currently on the market, such as the Honda Accord Sport, the Toyota Camry XSE and the Volkswagen Passat R-Line. The RS package includes a black grille, exclusive 18-inch wheels, and a dual muffler. Finally, a new infotainment system called Chevrolet Infotainment 3 will take place in the Malibu and Cruze while the Spark can be equipped, as an option, with a low-speed automatic braking system.
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Just take the keys (or keyless entry) of a Chevrolet to see what will become a wonderful love story. So that your life takes full advantage on the road that opens in front of you, let yourself be seduced by the range of benefits specifically designed for you and your car that we offer. Despite the leak of photos of his latest sports gem, Chevrolet has waited for the lift NAIAS to reveal some of the features of his latest, the Z06. And they are crispy. Starting with the performance of this version Z, which characterizes the sports, but which takes again the all-aluminum chassis well born of the LT7. Under the bonnet's huge, two-tone hood is the new V8 6.2 l LT4 supercharged by Eaton supercharger installed in the middle of the V. Already equipped with direct fuel injection, deactivation of low-load cylinders and variable valve timing, this V8 delivers 625 hp and 861 Nm of torque. At over 20,000 rpm, 5,000 rpm higher than the Corvette ZR1 LS9, the endless Eaton Corvette was not a wimp.
The interior style remains very Corvette with, hopefully, a better quality finish. The interior style remains very Corvette with, hopefully, a better quality finish. At the driver's choice, the transmission is either a seven-speed manual transmission or a new eight-speed robotic gearbox with paddles on the steering wheel. This is a dual-clutch GM manufacturing device, controllable by paddles driving and whose fathers ensure that the progressiveness tourist look is equivalent to that of a converter box. Its calculator is capable of performing 160 operations per second and a gearshift would be up to eight-hundredths of a second faster than the offered double clutch transmission of the Porsche 911, cited as a reference. The Z06 did not go far for inspiration. The Z06 did not go far for inspiration.
What would be the use of racing if it did not translate into production cars? Corvette, a legendary model of Chevrolet, has built its reputation since its beginnings (1955 anyway) in the manner of Porsche. Rough on all the world's circuits, the Corvette, generation after generation, has led a sporting career that has refined, over time, its somewhat crude foundry technology. With its already extroverted lines, the Corvette still seemed at the end of the role of design, but the designers have nevertheless managed to put a second layer of sportiness on a body that was not lacking. But it's not just aesthetic or aerodynamic. No wonder then that we find the best lessons of the race on this model which inherits, for example, a differential electronic locking, oversized steel brakes, and an adjustable suspension.


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A BIG thank you to all the supporters of the Saskatoon Zoo Society. With you, we're able to accomplish many incredible things.
Cameco has generously agreed to be our title sponsor once again for our Cameco Family Day at the Zoo. Celebrating 30 years, this fun family event has helped to provide funds for our very popular environmental education programs and camps. This year, Cameco has donated plush bison for the first 200 children that attend the event on Sunday, July 17th. Also, as this is the Saskatoon Zoo Society's 40th anniversary year and this event has been running for 30 years, we are giving away some "extra" prizes throughout the event.
PotashCorp is sponsoring children to attend our summer zoo camp program free of charge! With so many new Canadians and families struggling to make ends meet, we are very proud to team up with PotashCorp to provide children with a "wild" summer experience at our zoo camps.
Human Resources Skills and Development Canada (Federal Government):
This program allows the Saskatoon Zoo Society to hire two summer staff in the education department to handle the overwhelming number of education program requests we receive in May and June. These staff will also lead our summer zoo camps. Without the support of staffing grants, we'd be unable to accommodate all the education program requests.
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The Saskatoon Zoo Society was able to hire one more staff through this employee grant. Delivering education programs requires a lot of staff. Without the support of employee grants, our summer programming would be limited.
SaskTel funded 9 classes to attend a full day at the Zoo. The Saskatoon Zoo Society runs four different full day programs for a variety of grade levels. We run math and health at the Zoo, Biodiversity at the Zoo, Art at the Zoo and Classification at the Zoo. In each of these programs, the class is at the Zoo for the entire day. SaskTel sponsors both the program fee and the bus cost for these 9 classes.


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You can follow two general paths to become a winemaker: you can either try to make your own wine at home while learning as much as possible about the winemaking process — this will give you the skills necessary to build a business or get hired to a larger winery — or you can try to get a job at a winery and learn the skills necessary to become a winemaker. No set education level is necessary, and you do not need to obtain any degrees or certificates, but you will need to educate yourself on the winemaking process and become an expert on wines in general.
If you choose to look for a job at a winery, you should expect to start with a job that is quite far from the actual winemaking process. You may end up harvesting grapes, operating a bottling machine, or even operating a forklift, but this is a crucial step if you want to become a winemaker: not only does such a job allow you to become known by the winery owners and managers, but you will also be able to glean valuable information on the winemaking process and perhaps even become an apprentice to the current winemaker.
Starting to make your own wine at home is a great way to learn more about the process, but to become a winemaker on a larger scale, you will need to turn that hobby into a serious pursuit. This will mean an investment of time, effort, and money; starting a winery from scratch is an exceptionally expensive endeavor, and very few winemakers pursue this path. Starting out at home will give you a foundation for winemaking, and it will give you the confidence to pursue a job at a winery. Don't expect your small operation to grow, however, without a significant investment of time and money.
You can take courses that will give you some of the skills and knowledge to become a winemaker. These courses may be offered at a winery, at a community college, or by an independent winemaker. Learning as much as possible about the winemaking process will make you a more valuable candidate for a job at a winery or a vineyard. This can set you on the path toward becoming a winemaker down the road, but be prepared to invest many years to learning as much as possible about the process and about the wines being produced.
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UPDATE (8/30/08): Leave it to my buddy Andrew to encourage me to think a bit more deeply on a matter like this…
What we have here, Andrew reminded me, is a right to privacy issue. Things done in secret do not always connote evildoing. The protection of privacy finds direct correlation with the enforcement of discrimination laws; the protection of a person's freedom to believe whatever he or she wants to believe without fear of reprisal.
That kind of freedom requires a sense of personal responsibility. And while I'm channeling Uncle Ben, even Spider-Man has to wear a mask.
It's a catch 22 — which, I suppose, is a characteristic of many of the things that create a free society. Even something that protects our privacy can be abused by evil, or ill, hands.
I can already see the bump in spam I'd get just including "porn" in the title. This is why I filter comments. Anyway…
As a friend of mine can attest, this is a bad idea. Even the moral relativist has to agree that whatever you think you have to hide can't be altogether, you know, good.
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Brief History of Duluth, 1856–1939
Boom, Bust, Boom
Two years before the Treaty of 1854, George Stuntz had pulled up stakes in Superior, made his way to Minnesota Point, and driven them back down, becoming Duluth's unofficial first resident of European descent. He wasn't alone for long. With the treaty in place, mining speculators hoping to make it rich pulling copper from the ground swarmed to the Minnesota side of the head of the lakes, and by 1859 had platted no less than eleven townships: Fond du Lac, Oneota (much of West Duluth or "Spirit Valley"), Rice's Point, Fremont (near the present-day site of the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center and Union Depot), Duluth (Minnesota Point and downtown), North Duluth (roughly Central Hillside), Portland (roughly East Hillside), Endion (roughly the eastern edge of East Hillside to the Congdon neighborhood), and Belville (Lakeside).
Legend muddies the truth behind the naming of Duluth Township, which then included Minnesota Point. Early settlers George and William Nettleton allegedly organized a picnic on Minnesota Point on a lovely summer's day in 1856, inviting those Superiorites making claims on the newly platted township to propose a name for the fledgling city. After many names were suggested and rejected, the Reverend J. G. Wilson of Pittsburgh regaled the audience with the tale of Daniel Greysolon Sieur du Lhut, and his listeners enthusiastically received the name "Duluth," anointing the choice with the popping of champagne corks just as the sun set; the crowd toasted Duluth, surely to be the "Queen of the West."
A wonderful tale, and indeed Wilson proposed the name, but the picnic itself probably never occurred (and the reverend may have hailed from Massachusetts or Logansport, Indiana). He had been promised a deed to two lots if he came up with a moniker for the town, and after researching books borrowed from George Nettleton, Wilson came up with a list, "Duluth" among the choices. He got his land.
Those first Duluthians—and residents of other fledgling townships—included mostly transplanted Superiorites such as the families of the Nettleton brothers, Colonel J. B. Culver, Orrin Rice, Reverend Ely, and Sidney Luce as well as the Lewis Merritt family of Oneota and others whose names remain prominent in Duluth. Still more came from throughout the country to stake their claims on what they hoped would become, as General George B. Sargent had predicted, the "center of trade of twenty American states yet unborn, and the British trade of the Red River settlements, and of Hudson's Bay." The local population grew to about 1,500. As in Superior, many speculated that Duluth would surpass Chicago as a center of trade and a destination for immigrants, and that its population would grow to 300,000 by the end of the century.
The Panic of 1857 put an end to such thoughts, triggering an exodus of fortune seekers away from Lake Superior's shores. By 1860 just 353 persons populated the three largest townships of Fond du Lac, Oneota, and Duluth. According to early resident and amateur historian Jerome Eugene Cooley, those who stayed on would become known as the "Ancient and Honorable Order of the Fish Eaters," for when times were tough they had little to eat but "fish or snowballs." The Civil War also took a toll on the local population, as the unemployed left the region to find work fighting for the Union. Those who toughed it out scrabbled to find ways to make a living, including four young men—one with brewing skills—who opened a brewery along a waterway they named Brewery Creek, about two blocks from the site where the Fitger's Brewery would later stand.
The coming of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad from St. Paul to Duluth, backed by a dandy from Philadelphia, would change all that. Financier Jay Cooke arrived in Duluth in 1866, sporting a silk hat and handing out coins to Ojibwe on Minnesota Point (they called him "Great White Father"). Anticipation that Cooke's rail line would put easy money in the pockets of landowners spawned another land rush in 1869, and the population soared. James J. Egan, a state representative, would say that "the lifeless corpse of Duluth…touched by the wand of Jay Cooke, sprang fullarmed from the tomb." Soon they were calling Duluth "Jay Cooke's Town" and "Philadelphia's western suburb."
Rumors of gold also brought a crush of speculators to the townships on the Minnesota side of the St. Louis. An 1865 geological survey claimed the shores of Lake Vermilion, north of Duluth, were rife with gold deposits. Prospectors swarmed to the region and even built a rough road, staked out by George Stuntz, along an old trail used for centuries by Dakota and Ojibwe (it ran roughly along what is today Seventh Avenue East in Duluth, County Road 4, and State Highway 135). Mining began in earnest in 1866, but prospectors uncovered very little gold. When Lewis Merritt visited the region, blacksmith North Albert Posey showed him something he had found that would prove much more valuable: a chunk of iron ore, evidence of a vast deposit that would later change the face of the entire Arrowhead region.
Despite the lack of gold in the Lake Vermilion area, the summer of 1866 found Duluthians feeling pretty confident about the region's future. At an Independence Day picnic on Minnesota Point, newspaper publisher Dr. Thomas Foster (who produced Duluth's first paper, the Minnesotian) gave a grand oration, during which he called Duluth the "Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas." It was a speech filled with optimism; by January 1869 just fourteen families lived at the base of Minnesota Point.
Duluthians elected their first mayor, J. B. Culver, the next year. If you believe Jerome Eugene Cooley, some Ojibwe men contributed to the voting roles. They had come to town, they thought, to attend a great celebration. Instead some unethical townspeople plied their "guests" with drink then forced them to put on borrowed pants and cast votes under the name "Joe LePorte" in exchange for another drink. Election officials counted 448 ballots that day, "without troubling to get out the woman vote," as Cooley says. By the middle of 1870, the population of Duluth had grown to 3,130 people—a mix of "Fish Eaters," "Sixty-Niners" (who had arrived the year before for the land and gold rush), and the European immigrants who would build Jay Cooke's railroad and log the hillsides for timber that would be milled and become Duluth's first houses. The once-dying township was becoming a thriving city.


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Sheryl Sandberg sells half of Facebook shares in two years
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has sold more than half the shares she owned when the social network went public just two years ago.
Ms Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer and its most high-profile executive after founder Mark Zuckerberg, has reduced her holding to 17.2m shares now worth just over $1bn (£600m), according to regulatory filings published by Facebook.
This compares with the 41.2m detailed when Facebook filed for its initial public offering in March 2012. Ms Sandberg, a former Google executive who also served in the Clinton administration, is often tipped for a return to politics, and it has been suggested that she is building up a campaign fund.
The vast majority of Ms Sandberg's shares when Facebook went public were in the form of restricted stock units, meaning they were converted to basic shares at intervals after the IPO. A portion of her holding was sold to cover the taxes that were charged when these shares vested.
Ms Sandberg's compensation, made up mainly of stock awards, fell from $26.2m to $16.1m last year.
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Every so often you hear about or read these stories about tweenaged young'ns blowing up the spot with some gadget they invented. Earlier this year, there was Mallory Kievman, the 13-year-old who created the Hiccupop, a lollipop cures hiccups. I know. The name sounds like it might cause them, but it doesn't. It cures them. Supposedly.
Anyway, Kievman enlisted a team of MBA students to help build a company around her product.
But just going to your local business school, if you're a kid, or the parent of an enterprising kid, isn't necessarily as easy a cure as one of Kievman's concoctions. There are loads of other questions you should be asking, like, "Can a minor sign a contract?," "Can a minor get a business loan?," or "Does a minor have to pay taxes?"
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Yeah. It's possible your kid could be asking about all this and 401(k)s before she asks you about the birds and the bees. Crazy. But one can never predict where the entrepreneurial spirit will crop up and who it will possess.
The ever-helpful SBA has a great, somewhat comprehensive post on this very topic with very thorough answers, and suggestions of where else you can venture depending on your other queries.
For now, the short answers to the previous questions: Yes but "in most states they are not considered legally competent to enter into a binding agreement," yes if it's from a family member and yes. Did you really think the government wouldn't want to collect taxes from a cute widdle kid?
David Wolinsky is a freelance writer and a lifelong Chicagoan. In addition to currently serving as an interviewer-writer for Adult Swim, he's also a comedy-writing instructor for Second City. He was the Chicago city editor for The Onion A.V. Club where he provided in-depth daily coverage of this city's bustling arts/entertainment scene for half a decade. When not playing video games for work he's thinking of dashing out to Chicago Diner, Pizano's, or Yummy Yummy. His first career aspirations were to be a game-show host.


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We got to Chartwell eventually, but with not enough time to do everything I wanted, but we got round the house which was simply great! I was able to use the Rolls Royce downstairs and its flowers and lights delighted all the stewards who were so friendly and lovely. Then I staggered up the stairs and there was an iron-maiden-type wheelchair there that I could use (really made me appreciate my own set of wheels!) and I'm so glad I made the effort, because one room was full of all sorts of wonderful things that people had given Churchill over the years, from all over the world. He did get given an awful lot of cigar boxes! We also saw all the different uniforms he wore in his various capacities through his long life, and there was a case displaying all his hats! He did have a lot of hats, both literally and figuratively. There were loads of his paintings all round the house, and in one room, on a table beside his armchair, was a cigar box and a large cigar laid on an ashtray. I felt for all the world that he might walk in any moment.
By the time we came out there was only time to go to the loo and a very brief visit to the shop before they closed. My hubby kept saying "can you see anything you like/want to buy?" and I told him that with that sort of chivvying I could do no serious shopping at all, which made the shop lady laugh! (Why do men and women have such totally different approaches to shopping???) I don't know about you but I can't shop under pressure!
We didn't get to see the gardens which was disappointing. I was also very exhausted by the time we got back to the car (although they let us park close by) and I again went right off to sleep on the way back. My hubby was also very tired. I had a bit of a go at him this evening for trying to do too much - he needs to rest on this holiday too, as he's been very tired recently, also not helped by his sleep apnoea problems.
I suggested it would be best if we tried to do only one thing per day, and take it at our leisure, rather than dashing from A to B like wild banshees! He's doing all the driving, and loading the car etc. as well as working out what we are going to do and planning the itinerary, and it's a lot.
Mrs. Tom Tom behaved a bit better today, except that she tried to direct us onto the M25 via an "authorised vehicles only" road which wasn't a proper slip road, which would have been very unsafe to attempt! (If the police caught us at it, I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate being told "Mrs. Tom Tom told us to do it.") She got a bit miffed when we turned round and went in completely the wrong direction for a while, through the next village till we were sure she'd pick up and direct us sensibly (which she did). We could almost hear the petulant tone as she repeated "turn around when possible"!! She didn't throw any hissy fits today, though.
One of my Brainfog Forum friends suggested my hubby now had "another woman"! I told her I wasn't sure about that - Mrs. Tom Tom is quite bossy, and he's very anti "bossy women" and often misconstrues things that I say as being bossy (Moi??? As if I would... ) Perhaps I will have a fiddle with it one day and find the sexiest male voice I can and see how he reacts!!! (I'd have to find one that said "crawss the roundabout" like she does, though!)
I didn't manage to take many photos today except for some sheep and lambs.
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Onion Gratin, Recipe rewind because some things are too good to miss!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Recipe rewind, because in the beginning there is a blogger who has no readers. She still posts great food in hopes that the readers will come..........you can also view it here in the archives, Saturday September 4, 2010.
Onion Gratin
By the seat of my pants
400 degree oven
2 or 3 onions, sliced about 1/2 inch thick, you can ring out or leave in a solid slice
olive oil
dry bread crumbs (1/2-3/4 cup)
Parmesan cheese (same as above!)
salt and pepper
Cover the bottom of a large lidded pan with a thin layer of olive oil. Add onions, then season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with a layer of dry bread crumbs, then the Parmesan cheese. Bake covered for 20 minutes, then remove cover and bake an additional 20-30 minutes or until golden and bubbling.
The onions may not be completely cook, they will be crisp tender. If you want completely cooked onions, bake for 30 minutes covered BEFORE adding the dry bread crumbs and cheese.
Serves 6-8
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Solder:Time Desk Clock LTE
The STDC LTE, is a new awesome addition to our Solder:Time family of watches and clocks. This LTE version features a new minimalist housing which both lets everyone see what sort of super geeked out DIY electronics clock you are sporting while also making the clock super easy to hack by having all of the electronics exposed.
Itching to hack in some custom code or hardware? Bring it on! Designed with hack-a-bility in mind, the STDC is based on the same ATmega microprocessor used in the Arduino products. There are extra digital and analog pins broken-out, an open serial port as well as I2C all easily accessible within the case, as well as an integrated prototyping area on-board. Download the sketch from our web page, modify it, add extra hardware if that's your thing, and WOW your friends (or the Internet) with your amazing add-ons.
- Easy through hole soldering kit
- Comes pre-programed
- Back-up battery for Clock
- Time, Month, Day and Date
- Alarm with buzzer
- Re-program with the Arduino IDE
- Free Digital I/O Pins 4 (of which 2 are used for Serial)
- Free Analog Input Pins 2
- I2C Port
- All pins broken in a convenient header
- Built in proto-area
- Two Sets of PCB mounting holes
- Dimensions 7 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 15/16" (190 x 80 x 55 mm)
- Built weight 7.3oz (207g)
- Input Voltage 9 to 12V
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Oh those never ending dishes! We all need to eat to live which inevitably causes many dirty dishes in the process . Before Norwex, dealing with our stinky dish sponge (or cloth) wasn't fun. I felt like it always smelled nasty no matter what I did! Bacteria LOVES living in those damp, soapy, covered-in-food-bits sponges/dish rags which causes the odor.
The solution? You have to try the Dish Cloth! The Dish Cloth is a netted nylon cloth used either folded or scrunched up. Simply use wet with your dish liquid. I have had mine for almost three years and it's still going strong (saving me tons of $ on sponges and stink hassle). I try to give one away at my Norwex parties because this cloth is SO used in my home!
*Scrubs dishes really well. Gets dried egg off with ease and does not scratch.
*Does not stink
*Dries quickly
*Durable and inexpensive
*Great for getting dried dough off counter tops
*Can be too big for some people (could cut it in half)
*Cannot use to clean counters
What are your thoughts on the netted dish cloth?
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Carpets & Candids: Teresa's topknot and dark lip
Such a great look. Hair scraped back up high, and not at the back of the head, because this is the right positioning, with clean eyes, and a dramatically dark lip. It's one my favourites for winter. I do at least once a week. The trick is to find a colour that will go dark like this without being sheer. And often you have to blend pencils and liquids to get the right shade. Try buying a straight up black liquid and mixing it with a dark red pencil or matte lip colour so that there are no colour breaks. Let me know how it goes.Photos:
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How to Calculate Seagrass Limestone
Seagrass limestone required per hectare for grazing should be estimated after determining the pH level of the soil and the type of grass that is cultivated in the pasture. An uneven grass and the presence of weeds prefer acidic soil may indicate a lack of limestone – however, the only method to determine the precise amount of limestone required per hectare is to perform an examination of the ground.
The required amount is calculated by estimating the pH of the soil and determines how much it should be increased to maintain the type of grass in your pasture. Read more instructions to calculate seagrass limestone;
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1) Test the pH level of your pasture, getting a soil test kit at the local cooperative extension office. 2) Collect soil samples from several different locations in the pasture to be corrected. The various samples must be taken from various locations in the field and individually tested, since the pH level may vary in their pasture. The various samples will give a general average pH level of the pasture. 3) The record of the sample locations will apply the correct amount of limestone required for the appropriate pasture sites. 4) Evaluate the results of the soil test to estimate the pH level of your pasture. 5) Determine which type of seagrass limestone will be planted on the ground being tested.


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In lieu of the publication – which is still not ready – I created an exhibition 'Companion' which I've seen quite a few library visitors reading (by the way, the Library is closed this Saturday so the last opportunity to visit the exhibition is Friday). Within the 'Companion' is a short piece by David Fairbairn from the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University. For those unable to visit I have added it here:
As is evident from Karen Rann's Great Lines project, a pattern of contour lines can be used to quantitatively model a rigorous framework for terrain, but can also be applied more impressionistically to convey a sense of the shape and variations of the earth's surface.
Mapmakers have no control over the location of the contour lines which represent reality, but their graphical appearance can be modified to give particular effects. For example, the colour of a contour line on a standard topographic map can be used to reflect the nature of the surface: blue contour lines over ice, black contour lines over rock, brown contour lines over soil:Other characteristics of lines, such as form (dashed lines, continuous lines) and thickness, can be used to modify the appearance of the contour pattern. An effective combination, varying colour/shade and thickness, is that proposed by Japanese cartographer Kitiro Tanaka in the 1950s. Sometimes called 'illuminated contours', this method of rendering the contour lines shows them lighter if they are on a terrain slope facing towards the north-west, and darker on slopes facing south-east. In addition, the lines are made slightly thicker if they face directly north-west or south-east, and thinner otherwise. The example here shows this method applied to the contours of Schiehallion: the result is a pseudo-three-dimensional portrayal of the terrain surface, helping with the interpretation of the contour pattern.I particularly wanted to include his piece as this image ties in so nicely with my models which are also examples of 'illuminated contours'.


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The pretentious academics worship the almighty MLA formatting, and I am no exception. It's a useful system that dictates how one should format papers and arguments, and it's something I still follow despite having waved goodbye to college English classes two years ago.
But as a worshipper of the almighty, secular MLA formatting, I often wonder how it applies to the video game medium, which is both new and extremely expansive.
Let us turn to books first, for they offer easy examples.
Novels, novellas, anthologies, magazines, newspapers, plays, epic poetry, and anything deemed "a book" are italicized in proper MLA formatting. This spans the entirety of fiction to encyclopedias, to dictionaries, and to those giant, hard-cover textbooks that contain an excerpt from everything ever written that English classes require you own.
Smaller pieces of work are put in "Quotation Marks." This includes chapter titles to books, poems, short stories, article titles in newspapers and magazines, named play sections, and song names.
The point of this formatting isn't to determine quality; it exists merely to quickly and efficiently show the type and length of something. It displays an academic hierarchy that can be easily grasped so confusion does not exist when an argument is being…well, argued!
We can apply this to other forms of media as easily. For example, the name of a record is in Italics while song titles are in "Quotation Marks."
And because I wouldn't want to forget the almighty cinema/television industry: names of shows are in Italics while individual episodes are in "Quotation Marks;" meanwhile, films and documentaries are in Italics but short films are in "Quotation Marks."
So, how does this work for video games?
The point of this MLA formatting is to easily distinguish length and subcategories, yet video games don't easily apply to such rigid formations. When one tries to force them into behaving like proper, scholarly gentlemen, they refuse.
The Last of Us is a lengthy, narrative game with a big budget made by a prolific studio. But what about Journey? Here is a much smaller game with a much smaller budget and made by a studio that lacks the house-hold name Naughty Dog possesses. My gut reaction is to put "Journey" in quotation marks because of its length and scope, but that doesn't quite feel right.
If Journey needs to be in quotation marks for length, then what of Vanquish which is an equally short game yet made with a rather large budget and all the flash one expects from the big-game side of the industry?
A director and his small team of actors are not going to spend millions of dollars on a ten-minute short film, yet a video game studio will easily spend millions of dollars on a six hour video game. Given that, it is difficult to compare the two.
Sometimes big-budget games are short because that's all that's required of them. There's nothing wrong with that, but when setting up a comparison ratio, Skyrim: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes doesn't seem to equate with Django Unchained: "Keep Calm and Flutter On." Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes is reportedly a two-hour game, but that's still much bigger—in every sense of the word—than an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
(Though Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes is already an odd example given that it's a prologue to Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain and perhaps should be in quotation marks for being a smaller part of the whole.)
If we are going by video game length only, that still leaves us in a quandary. Where does something like Super Hexigon fit in? Super Hexigon is by all accounts, a short game, and yet the longer you survive, the longer the game gets. There's the potential for infinity to it. This line of thinking encompasses all arcade style games, from Galaga to Flappy Bird.
And what of Angry Birds which is a small, mobile game yet filled to the brim with levels and even downloadable-content packs? Angry Birds is small, yet it is quite large all the same.
How does this apply to older games like Sonic 2 or Super Mario Brothers which are really only a few hours long due to hardware constraints? Both are as long as they can realistically be, and at the time of release, both were considered big games.
If we were to find an arbitrary cutoff point for length, many of the old classics would fall into the same category as short stories, chapter titles, and episode titles, yet they do not feel that way. Even after all these years, Super Mario Brothers feels like a big game despite its short runtime.
Up until now, I've only considered the single player aspect to video games in my line of thinking, but of course many video games possess more than their singular single player campaign. How do we factor in multiplayer?
Battlefield 4 isn't a long game, yet its multiplayer components are huge and will keep players occupied for hundreds of hours. The same can be said for any of the Super Smash Brothers games, all of which have nothing more than tutorial-styled single player campaigns and then shine brightly in the multiplayer department. I've clocked over 500 hours into Super Smash Brothers: Melee.
Games like Team Fortress 2, Counterstrike, and Titanfall muddy the waters even more by only having online play, yet I wouldn't consider any of them small enough for quotation marks.
I could continue to grasp for examples of large games with small runtimes, small games with large runtimes, and everything in between. I haven't even touched on replayability, which needs to be factored in as replaying a video game is much different than rewatching a movie or rereading a book.
The entire medium is a categorical mess!
If you've made it this far and are wondering why I've spent so many words on a stupid thought experiment, then consider this: The variety of video games is so completely great and insane that normal defining conventions don't apply to it. Genre types are shared throughout every artistic medium, but the delivery method of video games is so different that old ways of looking at them simply don't work.
I've always considered the potential possibilities for movies and novels and plays to be limitless, for the imagination is a powerful tool of creation, and then I look at video games and wonder how far limitless really is.
Because the difference between Audiosurf and Gears of War seems so much bigger than the difference between "Fire and Ice" and The Stand, and those examples barely scratch the surface of what the video game medium has to offer.


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By Bromham Webmaster, Oct 1 2018 05:53PM
A farmer who had massive fires on his land has failed in a second bid to overturn an abatement notice served by the council.
Lance Beale had huge blazes on his land in Bromham, one lasting seven days, which led to smoke and dust particles ruining the environment for neighbours.
But the 67-year-old claimed other people had similar bonfires and that he was being picked on by the council and Environment Agency, who were underworked.
After a one-and-a-half day appeal at Swindon Crown Court a judge, sitting with two justices, ruled the blazes had caused a nuisance and threw out his challenge.
Beale, who lives at Wyatts Lake Farm, Westbrook, was made subject of the order in September last year following complaints from neighbours in the village.
Local residents on the Greystones estate and surrounding area said the huge bonfires sent plumes of acrid yellow smoke billowing into their properties.
After taking advice from the authorities one household kept a diary to note down the fires and the issues they said were caused by them.
The court heard of a litany of complaints to the council about the burning activity on Beale's farm.
Last September an environmental health officer went to The Pound following complaints from residents.
She said that she could see a mechanical digger being used to apparently feed the large fire which was burning on the farm.
When she went to a house on The Pound she said she saw soot particles and smoke inside the house as well as in the back garden.
A statement was read from a man who had a holiday caravan on the farm in which he said he had never been smoked out.
Recorder Simon Levene commented that if he 'was present for the full seven days' when one fire was burning then 'we were surprised he was not smoked out'.
The judge, sitting with two magistrates, ruled the fires constituted a 'statutory nuisance' and so the council were right to serve the notice.
He said they had an impact on the residents' enjoyment of their gardens, saying "In that situation alone the council were right to serve an abatement notice."
As well as rejecting his appeal he ordered Beale to pay £6,082 in costs on top of the £835 he was told to hand over after losing his first appeal before magistrates.
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WE TESTED: 3+ (13.5°), 3 (15°) 4 (17°), 5 (19°) with Miyazaki Kaula Mizu 6 graphite shaft.
KEY TECHNOLOGY: The face stretches farther around the sole and crown for a larger max-COR area than its predecessor.
Piercing flight that gets up with ease and keeps its head in the wind; the 13.5° is a strong stand-in for a driver, while the 4- and 5-woods excel at launching shots from the turf and from tricky spots; many testers default to straight or a soft draw, but the head allows for power fades, too.
All the length you need for most situations; in-line with what several guys have in their bags; one or two testers notice a jump in yardage on all hits.
A few testers struggle to hit the 3-wood effectively off the deck; one or two guys overswing with the lighter shaft; less forgiveness than some others.
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Gujarat National Law University's Pentagram is hosting a concert of KK, one of the most popular singers in Bollywood industry.
From Pyaar Ke Pal to Ek Pal Ke Liye - from Main Khuda to Dil Ibaadat - from Power Ballad to Ye Kahaan, singer KK has touched many hearts, stimulated many minds, changed many lives, inspired many souls, all through the raw power of his voice.
With this event, KK is lending his voice for a cause.
The ticket sales proceeds of the concert shall go to Visamo Kids Foundation.
About Visamo Kids Foundation, Visamo Kids foundation is an NGO, run by the Calorx foundation in Ahmedabad, it is where children belonging to the below-poverty-line strata of society, who live in environs that are not conducive to education, are provided schooling as well as a direction in shaping their careers.
Gujarat National Law University, Attalika Avenue, Knowledge Corridor, Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007
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Currently the most wanted tablet is the iPad people. The Apple device has the best combination of technology, user experience and content market. In most cases give the Apple tablet will be the ideal choice.
Still, there are other options, and many people might prefer a tablet with Android or Windows (especially those who hate Apple products) or could hesitate between an iPad 4, an iPad Mini or even an iPod touch or an iPhone 5. What is the ideal? We will analyze the most interesting market
The iPad is the first tablet that achieved great success in the market and if you are thinking of buying a first tablet or one for a gift this can be a great option.
Pros: high density screen and large (9.7 inches). 720p front camera, rear camera 1080p. Options 16, 32 and 64GB. Available in black or white. Play video and audio, as well as being able to run eBooks. Works with all iOS and the App Store applications are compatible with the devices (both specific for iPad, com which are designed for iPhone). It has a weight of 652 grams. Its price starts at € 499 and is available in WiFi or WiFi + LTE.
Cons: heavier than other options such as the iPad mini. Not as powerful as an ordinary laptop.
Conclusion: if you want something more accessible, enjoyable and portable than a laptop, but still want a big screen and plenty of power to perform various tasks buy an iPad 4.
Note: if you do not care to have the latest of the latest, the iPad 2 is on sale at a price less than € 100.
iPad mini
The iPad mini is like the full sized iPad, only with a size slightly smaller and much lighter. It's a great alternative for people that the iPad would be perfect, but they are too big in size.
Pros: 1080p rear camera, front camera 720p. Options 16, 32 and 64GB. Available in black or white colors. Plays audio, video and eBooks. Runs iOS and is compatible with all applications available in the AppStore. It weighs 308 grams and has an ideal size to carry around with you. It is available in WiFi or WiFi + LTE and its starting price is 329 €.
Cons: lacks high density screen (Retina) and is less powerful than the iPad 4.
Conclusion: if you want a tablet, but I have a portáitl ultralight (like the MacBook Air) or full-size iPad is too big and heavy, the iPad mini could be a great option.
iPod touch
It really does not consider the iPod touch as a tablet, but it really is capable of doing the same functions as one and also fit in your pocket.
Pros: front camera 720p and 1080p rear. Available both 32 and 64GB. Available in: black, white, pink, blue and red. Runs iOS and is compatible with thousands of applications available for iPhone. It can play audio, video and eBooks.
Cons: no LTE or 3G version. No run applications designed for iPad. The screen is smaller than the range iPad (4 inches).
Conclusion: If the iPad mini is too big and you want to fit in a pocket, the iPod touch can be a tremendously moving option.
BlackBerry Playbook
If you are looking for a cheap tablet tremendously, the 7-inch BlackBerry Playbook could be an option to consider.
Pros: 720p front camera, rear camera 1080p. The WiFi version can be found for about $ 150. It will be upgradeable to BlackBerry 10 in 2013, the new version of RIM's operating system.
Cons: no high-resolution screen, very little choice of available software.
Conclusion: if price is the only concern and you want a tablet you choose this option.
Google Nexus 7
If the iPad is too big mini and iPod touch is too small and prefer an Android before iOS product is Nexus 7 is the best option in the market for small-sized tablets.
Pros: higher density than the Apple iPad mini. Excellent integration with all Google services. The starting price is $ 199 for 16GB. There mobile connectivity option.
Cons: no rear camera. It looks more like a big iPod touch to a small tablet, due to shortage of applications optimized for the screen size. It has LTE.
Conclusion: if you use a lot of Google services the Nexus 7 is the best small tablet market.
Kindle Fire HD 7
The Kindle Fire HD 7 is a media device than a tablet. If you're in the U.S. and within the Amazon ecosystem, the Kindle Fire HD 7 is an alternative to low-cost iPad.
Pros: excellent for consuming content. LTE option available. Prices start at $ 199.
Cons: The density of the screen is less than the IPAD 4. Not a good product for general use and it is only available in a few countries.
Conclusion: If you're looking for a small and inexpensive device to read, listen, watch and play content from Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 7 is ideal.
Kindle Fire HD 8.9
Same as the Kindle Fire HD 7 only has a larger screen, although not as big as the full sized iPad.
Pros: 8.9 inch high density. Mobile connectivity option available. Pricing starts at $ 299.
Cons: not a good product for general use plus is only available in a few countries.
Conclusion: if you want to read, listen, watch and play content from Amazon, but do from a larger screen Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD is a great choice.
Google Nexus 10
The Nexus 10 is slightly larger than the iPad, but has the same problem that the 7-inch model: there is not much software optimized for screen size.
Pros: higher pixel density than the iPad 4. 720p front camera, rear camera 1080p. Choice of 16, 32 and 64GB. No LTE option. Their prices start at $ 399.
Cons: The lack of applications for tablet, inconsistent interface.
Conclusion: if you really looking for an Android tablet and large screen your choice should be the Nexus 10.
Microsoft Surface RT
Microsoft option is a bit puzzling, since we do not know if this is a tablet or a netbook. Anyway might be worth taking a look at Microsoft Surface RT.
Pors: sleek interface has the metro. It has plenty of ports. It runs Office and is available in both 32 and 64GB.
Cons: the Windows interface is not very comfortable for a touch screen. The product line is too complex.
Conclusion: Surface is a new product and usually sticks a product Microsoft is not until the second or third generation. Still, if you want something part tablet, part netbook, you can choose the option of Microsoft.
What is the tablet will choose
These are the most interesting options that we currently find in the market. Of course there are others, but the best known and the least you risk being wrong in this brief summary of the options tablets Which do you prefer?
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The tie is readily folded and is 47,5cm in length. It has an adjustable small buckle that around the neck.
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Financial Aid
La Salle High School has a long tradition of working with families to help them achieve their dream of providing a Lasallian Catholic education for their sons. Each year La Salle sets aside funds to assist families with this Catholic education in the form of tuition assistance. Below is a list of the variety of types of financial aid we offer our families.
Types of Financial Assistance
- De La Salle Service Scholarships
- Academic Scholarships
- Alumni Legacy Grant
- Family Named Scholarships
- Ohio Department of Education
- Financial Aid Grants
- Bless Our Children
De La Salle Service Scholarships
A De La Salle Service Scholarship can be awarded to a student on the basis of his academics, leadership, involvement, community service, and character at his school and Parish. Each De La Salle scholarship can be renewed annually provided the student maintains certain achievement levels in specific criteria. His performance will be reviewed after the fourth quarter of each academic year.
Academic Scholarships
High School Placement Test
Academic scholarships are awarded to the top scoring students on the placement test. Each academic scholarship is renewable annually provided the student maintains certain achievement levels in specific criteria. His performance will be reviewed after the fourth quarter of each academic year.
Lasallian Scholars Institute
Students who are accepted into the Lasallian Scholars Institute will receive a four year renewable scholarship as long as they complete the programs requirements in academics, co-curricular involvement, and service set forth by the institutes director. While admission into the Lasallian Scholars Institute is not only based on academics, it does play a major role in acceptance.
Alumni Legacy Grant
The Alumni Legacy Grant is given to La Salle students whose father or step-father is a La Salle alumnus. Grandfather, uncle, cousin, and brother relationship are not considered for this award. This award is based on the applicant's Application for Admission information and confirmation by the Alumni Office.
Family Named Scholarships
Alumni and friends of La Salle have established many family scholarships to help families afford a Lasallian education. The scholarship application and requirements are established by each family. The Advancement Office works with our donors and the Guidance Office on the selection of the scholarship recipients.
Ohio Department of Education
Financial Aid Grants
A financial aid award or Lasallian Education Grant may be awarded to any student whose parents have a significant financial need as determined through the FACTS application process. Grants are renewed yearly provided the student maintains certain achievement levels in specific criteria. His performance will be reviewed after the fourth quarter of each academic year.
The deadline to apply for financial aid through FACTS for prospective families is December 9, 2016 and for returning families March 1, 2017. Click here to access La Salle's FACTs application. La Salle High School's school code for FACTs is 32778.
Bless Our Children
BOC is a non- profit organization that is here to help parents of private high school students enhance the education of their sons. Members of Bless Our Children work as volunteers for this purpose.
Once you are a member of Bless Our Children you can work any of these venues: US Bank Arena, Paul Brown Stadium, Duke Energy Convention Center, and Great American Ballpark. Training is required and we will provide you with the information that is necessary.
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- How are funds allocated?
- Are there any out of pocket expenses?
- What does the group do to raise money?
- Who can work for BOC on my son's behalf?
- How much of a time commitment are we talking about?
How are funds allocated?
How are funds allocated?
BOC is paid per event, for each concession and portable manned by the group. The money is then allocated to the school of your choice along with a statement showing who worked the events and how much each of them has earned. The money will then be put into your son's tuition account. There is a minimum that each concession stand should make. If more than the minimum is made, the stand goes into commission and each member will receive a share of the commission earned for that event.
- The USB event minimum is usually $35.00. The average earned is $40.00
- The GABP minimum is $65.00, the average $75.00 - $80.00
- Any tips made by the stand will be pooled and divided by the total number of people who have worked that event
Are there any out of pocket expenses?
Are there any out of pocket expenses?
All fees will be taken out of your first earnings – there is no out of pocket for these fees.Dues – for the first year the dues are $25.00 per person which covers your required hats and administrative costs (insurance, Ohio Attorney General Fees and general clerical costs). The fees for the following years would be $10.00. If you need new heard gear then you will pay for that separately. Parking for all events will be your responsibility – there is no reserved parking for BOC volunteers.
What does the group do to raise money?
Who can work for BOC on my son's behalf?
Who can work for BOC on my son's behalf?
Anyone can be a "Sponsor". A sponsor is the person or people who will be working on behalf of your son. You may have as many sponsors as you like (parents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, friends etc). Each venue does have a minimum age but once your son reaches this age he may also work on his own behalf: USB/PBS – minimum age is 18 and anyone 19 or old must attend the training GABP – minimum age is 16 and everyone must attend training DECC – minimum age depends on the area and type of work
How much of a time commitment are we talking about?
How much of a time commitment are we talking about?
The time commitment is purely up to you, you work only the events you choose. You may choose to work every event possible or only a few it all depends on your personal schedule. The training for each venue only involves one class but each venue will offer many chances so hopefully one will fit into your schedule and PBS and USB use the same training so one class will cover both.
Applying for Financial Assistance
Families that received financial assistance for the current academic year do not need to reapply for financial aid. The current financial aid offer will be continued for the upcoming year contingent upon a Student Success Review*. If a family has experienced substantial changes, a new FACTS application can be submitted for a financial aid review by the Financial Aid Review Committee.
The application must be submitted with proper documentation no later than March 1 and utilize current tax year information. The Financial Aid Review Committee will start reviewing information starting mid March and continue during April. During this time we review and assist families with financial aid requests and finalize our budget for the coming school year. Substantial changes to a personal situation that may be defined as (but not limited to):
- Death of a parent or guardian
- Loss of a job for more than 6 months
- Medical expenses due to unforeseen illness or medical condition
FACTS has a part on the application to explain your financial situation. Please utilize this part as part of the application. The Financial Aid Review Committee may ask for additional documentation which may include, but not be limited to:
- Revised W2 and related tax filings
- Documentation of job loss and subsequent attempts to gain meaningful employment
- Copies of medical expenses
This information should be submitted in writing to the Financial Aid Review Committee.
The Financial Aid Review Committee will contact families regarding their financial aid request after receipt of their FACTS information and review of their individual situation. If you have any questions about the process, please contact the committee by clicking here.
* When a family accepts their financial aid offer, the student accepts the Student Success requirements to continue their financial aid. Student Success reviews occurs in the 3rd and 4th quarter of each year. The review includes academic success, conduct success, extra-curricular involvement, and service hour fulfillment. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in a reduction or forfeiture of your financial aid offer for the following year.


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Three forms were huddled close to the long-extinguished blaze. The figure's gaze ran from one to the other. One was a muscular shadow Uni. His powerful leg muscles tensed while he slept, a sign of an unfortunate dream. The other was a well-built white Aisha. The Aisha was sleeping deeply, even giving off a faint snore once in a while.
The last was one of whom the unwelcome visitor showed great interest in. She was an Acara, well trained as he had been told. Her eyes were still wide as she gazed into the white ashes of the fire. By her side rested a pair of butterfly swords which she toyed with unwittingly. The piercing indigo eyes still shone clearly, even with the faded light. Still, she seemed tired. And slowly, ever so slowly as if to test the intruder, her eyes began to droop. Soon her breathing slowed and she fell into sleep's grasp.
He scaled down quickly and silently, not wishing to awaken any of the travelers. He unwrapped the bundle, revealing the well-kept treasure. In the canvas lay a vine-covered book. The vines that entwined the tome had impressive defenses, all around covered with thorns. Holding it with the canvas, the intruder dropped the book beside the sleeping Acara.
The thud of the book hitting the ground caused her to stir. Her hand moved up until it barely touched the book. The figure froze as he watched the thorns glow deep purple. The thorns withdrew and the vine withered. The intruder smiled. By morning, the Princess would find the book, and more importantly, read the tale it held...
The kingdom of Areshen was a great and noble land. Its valleys were green and fertile, the mountains surrounding it bringing down rich soil through the rivers. The towns were well-kept and the houses were treasured by those who lived within them. The roads and wells were well-made and there was never any shortage of food. Festivities and feasts were common and those who ruled were fair and just. At least, that was how it was.
The land had once been ruled by a single Lord, King Emros. His reign was prosperous and the people were happy. But then he passed, as all kings do, and his son took the throne. The new king ruled wisely for more than three years, but soon darkness descended. The people, so accustomed to good kings, knew little of the shadows that now prowled their King's court.
"Reign!" The Acara's head snapped up from the book she was reading. She scanned her surroundings, sapphire blue eyes not missing a single detail. A blue Techo was running toward her. She stood as he arrived, bent double and gasping for breath as he was.
Reign smiled at her dear brother. When was he to relax? "What is it, Kiel?" she questioned, brushing aside a lock of her snow-white hair.
The Techo stood slowly, putting right the small crown that had been made crooked with his sudden rush. "There's commotion in the court," he said finally. "Apparently some Faerie's come to seek audience with Blake."
Blake was Kiel's younger brother and Reign's twin. Despite this fact, they looked as different as night and day. While both Acaras, Blake's fur was a dark shadow, while Reign's was a brilliant white. Blake was strong, taking after their father. He even inherited the agility the Techo possessed, despite lacking the form. His mother's magic was strong in the Prince at birth and grew beyond measure as he aged.
Reign was a weak child. Her frail body was slim and she was often ill. She inherited mainly her mother's appearance, a trait common in magic users. However, her power was as limited as her strength. She had little physical energy to start with, and should she choose to use that power to unleash her true magical potential, it would be used up in seconds.
Kiel was the oldest, the first born, and the least favored. His talents with the blade and his agility were enviable by many. His father was proud of his son for this, and often held tournaments to show it off. That changed when Blake came into the picture. Kiel could wield a dagger when he was six; Blake wielded a sword when he was four. Kiel cleared out every target in the archery range; Blake cleared them as well, a bull's-eye on each. Kiel sprinted through the track in record time; Blake broke that record by minutes. Kiel was the first to see his father when he fell ill; Blake was the one to receive the mark.
Now Blake was King. For unlike other kingdoms, it is not the firstborn who receives the crown, but rather the one chosen. The kingdom's seal is imprinted clearly on the heir's wrist by the passing ruler. It was the mark of royalty, the symbol of the King, the emblem of Kreshan; it was the blossom engulfed in flames.
Kiel pretended not to mind. He pretended not to care for the Crest of Kings. But he did. More than anything he wanted to be the King, the ruler. The title was his by right! But, it was not his to take. Blake was a good ruler, probably better than he would ever dream of becoming. Kiel could never live up to Blake's standards, at least not in his own eyes.
"Come on, then!" Reign exclaimed. Grabbing her brother's hand, the Princess smiled as they made their way to the throne room.
Blake sat atop his throne, watching the court conduct itself. As always, no one seemed to agree with anyone else. In the middle of the room stood the Faerie. Her silver and black wings framed her form perfectly. The charcoal colored eyes seemed to take in all surroundings. Her long black hair reached down to the floor. She was a Dark Faerie of immeasurable power.
The Acara thought about what the Faerie had stated. She was there to strengthen his rule, or so she said. The Faerie had also warned of an intruder, a traitor among his trusted allies in the court. How this could be, Blake did not know. Still, it was a warning. Whether to believe her or not was a new and argumentative topic, after all. Oh how the King loathed arguments.
The doors opened slowly and everyone around stopped. No one dared disturb the King, no one save for... "Might I enter, Lord Blake?" Reign questioned, bowing slightly. Kiel was just behind her, trying to hide a grin.
Blake perked up immediately, making a quick gesture with his hand. The King cared for his sister more than anyone. To him she was like a ray of sunshine in the otherwise boring and dull responsibility that was the Throne. "Perhaps you can assist me in this matter, Sister," he stated.
"What seems to be the issue?"
The Faerie raised her eyebrow slightly. The King nodded, allowing her free speech in the throne room. And so she began, "My name is Lady Rayal, and I came here to give warning to all who are willing to listen." The Lady Rayal locked gazes with the Princess. She was not prepared for what she saw. The girl was powerful, more so than her brother. The gaze was that of pure truth; noble to the very last drop of blood. True, her outward strength was frail, yet deep inside the Faerie knew her magic burned strong, if only not for the limitations her physical body possessed. "There is a traitor in your brother's inner circle," the Faerie continued, hiding well the surprise she felt. "And I believe I can help you find the usurper before things get out of hand."
The sapphire eyes of the Acara seemed to claw at Rayal. They searched her, seeking truth. They gave a warning all their own: Never try to lie to the Princess of Areshen. And yet, the Lady Rayal dared to meet the look head on. The girl faltered, and the clear-cut lie faded into possible truth. "She seems honest," Reign admitted.
"Seems?" Blake questioned.
"Indeed, Sire," she replied. "I cannot be certain."
Blake sat thinking. Reign had always been sure in the past. The fact that she now faltered worried him. Still, if this faerie could help, he'd be glad to receive the warning. For now, at least. "Very well, then," he stated, turning back to the Lady Rayal. "You are welcome in my Kingdom..." A sly smile slid to the Faerie's lips, but faded once the rest of the statement was said, "for the moment..."
"This enemy is powerful, Sire," Rayal said. She was alone with the King and his sister. The girl refused to leave her twin's side. "And powerful enemies deserve powerful defenses."
The shadow Acara mulled silently. "These defenses you speak of," Blake said at last, "I assume you have the means to put them up."
"No, Sire," Rayal stated, "but you do."
"If we do, I am certainly unaware of them," Reign interjected.
"It is more of an ability to acquire them, My Lady," Rayal continued. She turned back to Blake. "You, My Lord, have the ability to obtain the Sovereign's Crystals."
"The Sovereign's Crystals?" Blake repeated, astounded. "But, those are only myth, nothing but trinkets from a story!"
"Oh, I assure you, Sire, they are quite existent," Rayal said, smiling. "They will be the jewels to grace your crown."
"It is said they are guarded by such magic as that of the Faeries," Reign hissed. "Surely, whoever this traitor is, he or she cannot be as powerful as you say."
"On the contrary," Rayal argued, "the threat is bigger than you can imagine."
"This is foolishness," Reign stated. "Those Crystals can't be real, and should they indeed exist, it would be our ruin to search for them."
The Faerie pulled something from the pouch that sat securely by her waist. A gleaming black crystal emerged. The light reflected off the cuts perfectly and it shone with a strange light. "This is Darkness," she said. As she held it out to the King, Rayal gave a warm smile. "It is yours to take, Sire."
"Don't!" Reign reached out as if to slap it from the faerie's hand. Her brother grabbed her arm before she could reach the accursed jewel. Blake released her, his eyes focused on the crystal. He reached out and took it. He smiled a cold, uncaring smile, and a red glint shimmered in his eyes.
"Something's wrong, Kiel," Reign said.
"Something's been wrong for months," Kiel replied, sighing. "Ever since that faerie appeared, Blake's been off on this crazy quest of his."
"I know, but something else is wrong now." Reign looked up to the sky distractedly. "Where did he say he was now?"
"He already has Darkness, Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind." Kiel shrugged. "That only leaves Light."
"We have to find it." Kiel shot up. Reign had said it so simply, so quietly, that he barely heard it. She looked over to him. "We have to find Light before he does."
"Why?" the Techo asked. "I mean, what difference would one of those gems make against all the others?"
"The way I understand it is that the Crystals work together," Reign explained. "Fire attacks, Water heals, Earth defends, Wind gives speed, and Darkness and Light feed the other four with energy. Take out any of the basic four and it'll still work, but take away the power sources, and you have a problem."
"The way that Faerie talks, either one of the sources can power all four," Kiel stated.
"That's true," Reign confirmed. "But then why do they still seek Light? There's still a possibility that the other source can help us."
"Reign, the kingdom's in Blake's hands," Kiel argued. "I know he's been acting weird, but aren't we over-reacting?"
"Look around you," Reign hissed. "Look at the villages, our people, the land."
Kiel didn't need to look; he knew what awaited his gaze should he turn. The villages were in ruins. There had been a drought earlier that year and no crops had been able to survive. The once lush valleys now only had tuffs of yellow grass covering it. The wells were growing muddy for reasons unknown. Snow from the high mountains was melting now and the rivers that ran alongside the kingdom were swelling beyond the safe limits, its water unsafe ever since they had discovered an unknown poison within it. The kingdom had failed within a year of the Faerie's arrival and Blade did nothing to help the people.
"Any idea where we begin?"
To be continued...