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Alternator cooling is a very important process needed to prolong the life of an alternator. Two methods used in the automotive industry are air cooled and water cooled. This article will cover air cooled alternators. Air cooled alternators use various ways to circulate air through the alternator to keep the rectifier bridge or diode trios, rotor and stator from overheating and failing.
The most common air cooling method used is an external exhaust fan mounted on the rotor shaft between the alternator pulley and front housing half. Some alternators have an internal exhaust fan mounted just inside of the front alternator housing on the rotor shaft or on the rotor front pole piece. These fans are called exhaust fans because they draw air through openings in the alternator end frame across cooling fins on the rectifier bridge, over the stator windings, rotor and out through openings in the alternator front frame or housing.
Because of the ever increasing electrical demand of modern vehicles, alternators have been designed to produce more electrical energy by increasing the amperage output. Since the amperage rating is higher, more heat is created. In order to more efficiently remove the heat from the alternator, modern alternators have dual fans on both the front and rear rotor pole pieces. Air is drawn through openings in the front and rear housings, and is exhausted through openings in the side of the alternator housings. This creates lower alternator temperatures thereby increasing alternator life and efficiency.
To maintain optimum alternator cooling performance, the alternator frame air intake openings must be free of debris such as dirt, leaves, chafe, grass clippings, twigs, etc. These openings should also not be blocked or restricted by mounting brackets. Another factor that will reduce cooling is the intake openings located near a header or exhaust manifold.
If an alternator is not cooled properly stator windings will burn and diodes or rectifiers will become heat damaged creating an inefficient electrical supply to meet the electrical demands of the vehicle.
If any of these procedures appear to be beyond the capabilities of the vehicle owner or driver, then alternator inspection and repair should be performed by a professional or ASE Master Certified mechanic. The vehicle would have to be taken to a repair shop that employs these types of mechanics such as A & M Alternator Services located at 2419 E. Jackson St. in Phoenix, Auto Electric Specialists located at 5216 W. Lamar Rd. in Glendale, Village Auto Electric Service located at 19 N. Miller St. in Mesa, All Start Electric located at 13501 E. Chandler Blvd. in Chandler, Tom's Auto Care located at 63 E. McKellips Rd. in Mesa, Jordan's Automotive Specialists located at 8718 E. McDowell Rd. #3 in Scottsdale, Rob's Quality Automotive located at 11801 N. Cave Creek Rd. in Phoenix, Scottsdale Pro Tech located at 8245 E. Butheruand Dr. #111 in Scottsdale, and Art's Family Auto Repair located at 915 W. Hatcher Rd. in Phoenix. Repair shops that specialize in repairing or rebuilding alternators are Gen-Star Electric located at 6832 N. 63rd Ave. in Glendale, AZ. or C & C Electrical Services located at 3046 E. Southern Ave. in Phoenix, AZ.
As always, before working on any automotive repairs, be sure to wear safety glasses and protective clothing such as gloves and long sleeve shirts to protect oneself from possible injury. Remember, keep the work area safe and follow safety precautions.


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Manchester City send classy tribute to Europa League winners Manchester United
Manchester City sent a message of solidarity to Manchester United following their rivals' triumph in the Europa League final.
Pogba leads Utd to emotional win
Goals from Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan secured a third trophy of the season for Jose Mourinho after their successes in the Community Shield and EFL Cup and sealed a return to the Champions League.
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The build-up to the match was overshadowed by the terror attack at Manchester Arena on Monday, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including children.
Manchester held a vigil in Albert Square on Tuesday in honour of the victims and in defiance of the perpetrators, while a minute's silence was held before the start of Wednesday's match at Friends Arena in Stockholm.
City and United both posted tributes in the aftermath of the bomb attack and Pep Guardiola's side put their fierce rivalry aside with another classy post shortly after full-time.
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The hashtag #ACityUnited, which has been circulating on social media for much of the last 24 hours, was posted via City's official Twitter account moments after the final whistle, the text composed of City's sky blue and the red of their rivals.


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I'll be honest with you, I don't know what a dream is anymore. I got a lot of shit kicked out of me.
Have you somehow made your peace with this world? I'm curious: without getting all religious or flaky on me, can you tell me how you did that?
Once upon a time, lord, wasn't I sweet? A more mild-mannered, easy-going guy you couldn't find. We all know, though, that things change, and often enough we've no good idea why, or how. Not exactly, anyway. The goodness bleeds out of you. The world takes your trust through a series of thefts both large and small. One day you wake up and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror. The muttering voice in your head is as unfamiliar as the face.
Dreams are tough things, cruel schoolchildren, cheap balloons, faded flowers, broke down hot rods, blind dogs, etc. Time carves them all down to dim wishes and fragments of memory.
In my more chipper moments I like to imagine that all those old childhood dreams are still out there somewhere, drifting in the gloaming of another waning summer, waiting for their dead mothers to call them home. It's sort of lovely to think so.
Meanwhile, my daughter is a sad, pretty girl who is well on her way to becoming a woman every bit as miserable as her mother. At the age of fifteen she has no broader desire than to be a cheerleader –a cheerleader, period. The poor girl is so dim that she actually seems to believe that being a cheerleader is a realistic occupation for an adult in America.
I've tried to explain to her that cheerleading is an extracurricular activity for a very few, mostly unfortunate, high school and college students, and that paying jobs in the field are pretty much non-existent. She counters this argument with the claim that she sees cheerleaders on television all the time, performing in a clearly professional capacity.
At fifteen years of age she is apparently already calculating enough to recognize that professional cheerleading would offer her the best opportunity to meet, date, and eventually marry a professional athlete.
The fact that I don't feel this represents a very healthy or realistic goal for any young woman doesn't seem to carry much weight with her.
My own life, I'm willing to admit, hasn't exactly been a blockbuster success, and I'm also quite clearly no paragon of happiness. All the same, I try to explain to the poor girl –my daughter, I have to constantly remind myself– how such dreams usually play out.
This pathetic little town, I tell her, is full of old cheerleaders. On any given Sunday the church pews are crowded with unhappy women who had variations of the same ridiculous dream my daughter harbors. Look around, I say to her. There are no professional athletes here, so chances are good you'll settle for a star on the high school football team, who will become in very short order –after he's knocked you up– a miserable fuck in hog kill at the plant, or maybe an insurance salesman if he's really ambitious. He'll gain weight faster than you can pump out the infants, and drink like a fish, and there'll always be some other unhappy woman who remembers that he was once a local football hero and is still willing to sleep with him while you stay home and take care of the kids and watch television.
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BPC's January Events
After a short break for the holidays, BPC is back with a great lineup of events on a variety of topics. Here's a list of what to look out for in January as we kick off another great year of bipartisanship.
Join us today for "Ukraine at the Crossroads: Democracy, Geopolitics, Economics and Energy." BPC will take a look at how recent issues are interacting to drive events in Ukraine, how the U.S. and E.U. should react and what the implications will be for E.U. and U.S. interests in the longer-term. The event will feature the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer, as well as the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the U.S. Ryszard Schnepf, Ambassador Paula Dobriansky and Yaroslav Brisiuck. The national Press Club's Peter Hickman will moderate.
The fourth and final installment in our New Geopolitics series, originally scheduled for January 23, has been postponed. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a rescheduled date.
Our Immigration Task Force will travel outside the Beltway twice in January. On January 23, Secretaries Michael Chertoff, Henry Cisneros, and Condoleezza Rice will come together in Palo Alto for a conversation on immigration's implications for demographics, economics and the future of U.S. national security. A week later on January 30, Governors Haley Barbour and Edward Rendell will headline a panel at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on the implications of immigration reform for local Pennsylvania communities and the nation as a whole.
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If you look closely at the photograph attached to this diary of a VIP group walking with President Obama, I count nine individuals....Two in the front row, three in the middle row and four in the back, one of whom is barely visible as a pair of grey-trousered legs and the corner of a face. Two of them -- counting the President -- are non-white, one more may be.
The proportion of non-white persons in Alabama's population is about 29%, so 22%, or better 33%, persons of color (2 or 3 out of 9) would not be far out of line with the state population.
According to the same source, the proportion of persons in the population of Alabama who happen to be female is almost 52%. Female persons in the VIP group including President Obama: precisely zero.
Band Director Ryan Campbell watched his Sumter Central High School Tigers marching band strut last week on a field outside the gleaming new public high school in Sumter County.
"Where are the white kids?" a visitor asked.
"At the academy down the road," Campbell said, referring to private Sumter Academy.
And this is why Governor Bentley and the red, republican controlled state legislature robbed the public education budget to the tune of $80 million dollars. This is why public schools (not to be confused with segregation academies) are failing, or should EYE say, being failed?
Officially, the news out of Alabama is this:
Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature and governor's office are committed to cutting the state's budget and the size of state government. That means the state will slice into the money available to a number of public agencies. And the Department of Public Safety, which includes the state's offices that issue driver's licenses, will simply have to take an $11 million hit. To make that math work, the agency will shutter driver's license offices in the state's most sparsely populated counties.
B-But it's not racial, it's just a coincidence the DMV offices slated for closing are in the Black Belt. If it was really about saving money Governor Bentley would expand Medicaid. But if he did that people who need access to health care the most might benefit.
A recent national study on county-by-county health rankings published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that several counties in Davis' district had high poverty, inadequate access to primary care doctors and a large numbers of uninsured residents.
Sumter, Hale and Greene counties had less than half the number of doctors recommended for their size populations, and 13 percent to 16 percent of the residents were uninsured, the survey showed.
Saving money my Donkey. If it were about saving money they wouldn't be appealing the Victory Land verdict. Heck, they wouldn't have closed Victory Land in the first place.
This is why EYE weep for the residents of Alabama's Black Belt, our state, and our country.
You're either going to treat us right, or we're going to withdraw from you our economic support,We intend to boycott Christmas, but not Jesus,"said Farrakhan. "So on Black Friday, we won't be there."#JusticeOrElse #NotOneDime
You're either going to treat us right, or we're going to withdraw from you our economic support,We intend to boycott Christmas, but not Jesus,"said Farrakhan. "So on Black Friday, we won't be there."#JusticeOrElse #NotOneDime


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SEE comment section BELOW FOR CURRENT VIDEO VERSION - "Mahamrityunjaya Mantra" sung by the Sacred Sound Choir. This mantra is a call for enlightenment and is practiced for purifying karma of the soul at a very deep level. It is said to be very beneficial for emotional and physical health.
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The Mahamrityumjaya Mantra or Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (Sanskrit: महामृत्युंजय मंत्र or महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र, mahāmṛtyuṃjaya mantra or mahāmṛtyuñjaya mantra, lit. "Great Death-conquering Mantra"), also known as the Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse of the Rigveda (RV 7.59.12).
This mantra is addressed to Lord Shiva for warding off untimely death.[9] It is also chanted while smearing Vibhuti over various parts of the Body and utilised in Japa or Homa (havan) to get desired results. While its energy protects and guides the initiates a mantra re-links consciousness to its deeper and more abiding nature and repetition of the mantra constitutes Japa, the practice of which develops concentration that leads to a transformation of awareness. Whereas the Gayatri Mantra is meant for purification and spiritual guidance, the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is meant for healing rejuvenation and nurturance.[10]
The true meaning is as follows:
Tryambakam: The three eyed lord (Shiva) who sees what we can see but who also sees what we can not see. Hence 3 eyed.
Yajamahe: Yajanam is invocation; I invoke
Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanama: Increase my good vasanas (not of material aspects like gold, money,sex, anger, the 6 enemies etc.)
Urvarukam iva bandhanaan mrityor mukshiya ma mritaat: When I die my soul should leave the body as easily ( without attachment) as the cucumber falls from its plant.
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Columbia Nashville's Tyler Farr releases his highly anticipated sophomore album, Suffer In Peace, on April 28th. Suffer In Peace made its debut in the top 5 on the BILLBOARD Top 200 Albums and BILLBOARD Country Albums Charts. Previously with the release of his debut album Redneck Crazy, which released in 2013, landing Farr at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and #5 on the Billboard Top 200 made Farr the only solo male country artist in the last 10 years to have his first two studio albums debut in the top-5 on the Billboard 200 Chart. His #1, platinum-selling title-track "Redneck Crazy" was called the "song of the summer" by The New York Times and projected Farr forward to celebrate back-to-back #1 singles, including his first #1 as a songwriter, with his Gold-certified hit "Whiskey in my Water." The Missouri native's dry wit and energetic live show have earned him industry recognition as a 2014 CRS New Faces of Country Radio and 2014 Music Row "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" nominee, as well as rave reviews for his coveted opening slots touring with Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert and Lee Brice. Tyler has appeared on the Today Show and Fox & Friends's All American Summer Concert Series. Tyler's first single off the newly released Suffer In Peace album, "A Guy Walks into a Bar," is proving to be Farr's third radio hit, currently residing in the Top 5 at country radio, and is now RIAA Certified GOLD.


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Today we speak to freelancer – and former handbag.com stalwart – Jessica Bridgeman. Currently writing bylines for InStyle.co.uk, Marieclaire.co.uk and Look.co.uk for IPC Media and freelancing for Kerrang!, Jessica focuses on fast-reacting celebrity and entertainment news online as well as fashion, beauty and music pieces.
Hello Jessica! You recently left your role at handbag.com to go freelance – what was it about the world of freelancing that lured you in?
I'm quite a versatile writer, as you can probably tell from my portfolio, so it's the opportunity to branch out that really excites me. Juggling fashion, beauty and music commissions comes naturally and it's great fun to work across some of my favourite brands in each field.
What's the most memorable piece you've worked on so far in your journalism career?
Working predominately in web means my success is measured in page views and social impressions; so receiving a record number of recommends in 24 hours on this 10 women in music blog for handbag.com was great.
I've also been lucky enough to interview some of my favourite bands and celebrities, from amazing musicians like The Movielife's Vinnie Caruana and big fashion types including David Koma and Henry Holland, to celebs like Fearne Cotton and Channing Tatum. Getting Gok Wan's style approval and meeting my complete girl crush Alexa Chung are up there with my favourite moments too. All that said, I'm a relative newbie compared to my peers so there's plenty more pinch-me moments to come!
Any unexpected advantages of freelancing over regular employment on an editorial team?
I really believe you learn best from those around you, so it's great to work with new teams, meet new people and pick up new skills along the way. It also means my desk isn't drowning in beauty samples and I'm not responsible for the fashion cupboard!
Most unusual inspiration for an article?
I've absolutely no problem in taking inspiration from my personal experiences (read: mistakes) and if every red-faced moment can become a feature of some kind, even the worst run of bad luck can seem like a career-changing moment – at least that's what I like to tell myself.
What kind of info from PRs would you find useful?
A link to high-res images! A beauty mailer is little help without samples, while a wad of cardboard can't tell me much about a new clothing collection. Naturally, exclusives are always my priority, and if there isn't an angle I can claim as my own, content can date extremely quickly. I will also dish out my finest email emoticons in return for advanced notice and confirmed launch dates.
Do you find press conferences, trips, parties and other events useful or an interruption?
My first press trip, to Cape Town no less, was the first real wow moment in my career. Press days and parties are still helpful, especially if there's talent available to natter with. But even freelancers need a really, really good reason to leave the office, so make it good and keep doors open past 6pm, please. And even if we can't make it, send us the pictures afterwards!
Do you use Twitter for researching pieces/pitching/networking, or is it for pleasure rather than business?
I like to think pitching is always a pleasure… Although my account is personal (@JessBridgeman), my feed is full of industry folk, bands, brands and bloggers – so it's natural that I receive the odd PR request. Expect to find me yapping on about my favourite new tracks, shopping triumphs and beauty habits.
What books are on your bedside table, magazines in your bag, or blogs on your screen?
My poor desk, it's currently crumbling under the weight of InStyle, Marie Claire, LOOK, Kerrang!, Stylist, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and DIY (whenever I get a chance to pick up a copy). I keep my iPad free for the creative and adorable likes of Company and Betty magazine, and in an effort to become re-inspired by blogs, I've recently made a return to Tumblr.
You write about fashion and beauty, so must come across pictures of Cara Delevingne even more frequently than the rest of us – how many times do you see her face a day, on average?
On an average day I'd estimate about, erm, 15, but if it's fashion week, then the point where Cara's face ends and mine begins can become slightly blurred.
As a regular writer for Kerrang!, what kind of music are you into?
Don't be too fooled by the polka dot dresses, I like punk, pop-punk, hardcore, metal and ska. No, seriously! I was raised on a schooling of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, but bands like Bastille and HAIM have just as much to offer me in the live scenario.
Finally…where did you get your glasses, we want them?
Thank you! I'm about to sound too kitsch to be true, but I picked them up in an independent opticians along Stoke Newington's Church Street. We've past our three year anniversary now though, so dare I say I could be on the market for a new pair?
Jessica can be found tweeting @JessBridgeman.


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Cruz, AOC want a birth control bill. But they're having trouble with the details
Sen. Ted Cruz, a conservative movement star, wants to team up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the rising star among Democratic ' progressives.
It won't be easy.
Cruz, a Texas Republican, offered on Twitter to join the New York Democrat on a "simple, clean" bill that would make birth control available for sale over the counter.
Cruz has not elaborated on what a "simple, clean" bill would look like, but Ocasio-Cortez told McClatchy she was concerned that a Republican-backed measure would not include provisions for insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.
She was also worried that that backing a "pure, clean" bill to make birth control available for sale over the counter could make the contraceptives too expensive for many Americans to afford. It's not clear if a bill would maintain the current law requiring insurance coverage for birth control with a prescription.
This wasn't the first time Cruz and Ocasio-Cortez have tried to team up.
Last month, they agreed on Twitter to work to introduce a bill that would ban former members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.
Cruz, a second term senator, ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Though he lost to President Donald Trump, he won a big following among staunch conservatives.
Ocasio-Cortez won her first congressional term last year, upsetting veteran Rep. Joseph Crowley. Her outspokenness and liberal views have made her immensely popular with some Democrats.
It's unclear why Cruz approached Ocasio-Cortez about the birth control effort, and his office did not return requests for comment.
But the initiative has been a hit on social media. Twitter exchanges between the two have have gotten thousands of shares and lots of media coverage.
Finding agreement on the birth control bill will be tough. In most states, birth control is only available via a doctor's visit and subsequent prescription. The cost of most forms of prescription birth control currently can be covered by health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
"I think when we talk about price, that's the rubbing point with Republicans," Ocascio-Cortez said. "If they just want to make a clean, over-the-counter bill but they don't want to make adjustments for the current methods of affordability, then birth control is going to cost hundreds of dollars a month and it's going to defeat the purpose and it's going to make the situation worse."
In 2014, Republicans proposed legislation that would make birth control available for sale over the counter. The bill lacked provisions that would require the price to be covered by health insurance. Democrats and advocacy groups criticized the bill and called it a Republican ploy to diminish the Affordable Care Act, since the law does not mandate that all over-the-counter medicines be covered by insurance.
Ocasio-Cortez never directly responded to Cruz's birth control bill offer on Twitter, but Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts told Cruz that he should support her bill. It would allow over-the-counter sale of birth control while adding insurance requirements, since there is currently no federal law that mandates over-the-counter birth control be covered by insurance. Ocasio-Cortez joined Pressley in introducing the bill.
When asked if he supported Pressley's bill on Thursday, Cruz referred back to his original tweet.
"As I tweeted I support policy of allowing birth control pills to be sold over the counter and I'm happy to work with anybody to get a simple clean bill," Cruz said.
He has not said publicly if he supports Pressley's bill or a companion bill that was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington.


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Quick Step is a skill in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. It can be considered to be the Back Dash counterpart for some 3D games in the Castlevania series and it allows the protagonist to perform an evading maneuver in any direction. While this move is being performed, the player will be invulnerable to any form of attack.
An upgrade of this move, known as Quick Step 2 or Double Step, allows the player to follow a Quick Step immediately with another one for further evasion.
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Castlevania: Lament of InnocenceEdit
Quick Step is learned just after defeating the first three enemies in the game, which will always happen during the tutorial.
To learn Quick Step 2, Leon must defeat 110 enemies, 25 of which must be from different types.
Castlevania: Curse of DarknessEdit
Quick Step can be acquired almost at the beginning of the game, in the first room of the Abandoned Castle where Hector must defeat all enemies in order to proceed.
Double Step can be acquired in a room of the Abandoned Castle's second floor, in the same room with the stairs that lead to the third floor.
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|Item Data: Quick Step
|Name - Game
|Type / Users
|Attributes / Consume
|Statistics / Sell
|Moves quickly in the direction of the left analog stick to possibly avoid attacks.
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Leon Belmont
|Conditions: Defeat 3 enemies.
| Sequence: Guard button +
|Takes further evasive action after a Quick Step.
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Leon Belmont
|Conditions: Defeat 110 enemies (25 different).
| Sequence: During Quick Step, guard +
|Press the / button and left analog stick when guarding to perform an invincible quick step.
| Skill
| Find: Abandoned Castle
| Sequence: Guard button + left analog stick + Jump button
Effect: Allows an evasive cartwheel maneuver in any direction. The player is invulnerable while this move is performed.
|Allows a second quick step to be performed directly after the first one.
| Skill
| Find: Abandoned Castle
| Sequence: During a quick step: Guard button + left analog stick + Jump button
Effect: Allows an evasive leap after a quick step. The player is invulnerable while this move is performed.


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Weekday Sprints
Today we ran 6 200 meter sprints. Technically it was 8, but the first two were at 80%, so I didn't count them. As I sprinted and recovered, sprinted and recovered, I came up with this little diddy. (You write poetry when you run sprints right?
1. Monday is slow to start and gasping at the end, but somehow it's the fastest
2. Tuesday's momentum starts off strong but fizzles just before the end.
3. Wednesday, you're almost half way there. Like a stitch in your side, trying to come out at the end still breathing
4. Thursday slows down, so close, yet so far way.
5. Friday is faster, yet tired from the rest. You're so close, just one step further!
6. Saturday, you're there! as your sprint to the end, 1 second faster, 1 second closer to the finish line ahead.
Clearly my idea would of worked much better with 5 sprints, but there were 6. That last one hurt, and was definitely nothing like lying in and making waffles. This may of been inspired by a conversation about days of the week panties. Maybe.
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First time to see your blog! I love the poem and I feel the breathless pain with the sprints!
To answer your question… no, I can't say I write poetry while I sprint. On today's 4x400m I had to think exclusively about sucking in air. :o) Nice blog and GREAT photos in your port!!!


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Law, William Turnbull (1865-1943) and Euphemia Simpson Boyd (1868-1944) (written for this page by Althea Hurwood, October 2017)
Law, William Turnbull (1865-1943) and Euphemia Simpson Boyd (1868-1944) (written for this page by Althea Hurwood, October 2017)
Occasionally I visit the grave of my great grandparents William T Law (known as WT) and Euphemia Simpson Boyd Law, their son, Andrew (born 1911; dies 21 February 1931) and Euphemia's sister, Margaret (dies in Sydney 1915), at South Brisbane Cemetery in Brisbane just 10 minutes from my Highgate Hill home.
WT is born on 26 April 1865 in Carriden, West Lothian to William Law and Margaret Turnbull.
Euphemia Simpson Boyd is born on 8 March 1868 in Mansfield Newbattle, Edinburgh to Thomas Boyd and Jane Stirling. Her second name 'Simpson' is taken from her grandmother's family name.
Prior to her marriage, Euphemia B is living in Straiton.
WT and Euphemia B marry in Edinburgh on 24 January, 1890. He is 24, a marine engineer living at Kelty Cottages Binlfs (???), Euphemia is 21. Their witnesses are Alexander Boyd (Euphemia's brother) and Christina H. Law (William's sister).
|WT and Euphemia (A. Hurwood)
WT must need to live elsewhere for work because in the 1891 census his occupation is an engine fitter, married and living as a boarder with William Russell and his family in Paper Mill Cottage, Torphichen, West Lothian. For WT, 'engine fitter and marine engineer' are synonymous terms (1891 census and 1890 marriage register) used to describe his occupation.
Euphemia is on her own at 77 Lumly Street, Grangemouth on census night 1891.
By 1901 the Laws are back down the road in Bo'ness and living in 2 Choodford Terrace (with 3 rooms having one or more windows). WT (35) is a dredging master. Euphemia B is 32. It seems that WT is in the right man in the place at the right time. He is recorded as 'Superintendent Engineer' on the marriage certificate when his son William (my grandfather) and Edith's (my grandmother) marry in 1918.
The Last Farewell - Emigrating to Australia
People of many different nationalities emigrate to the Australian and New Zealand colonies in the nineteenth century. Some have assisted passage while others pay their own passage.
I remember my mother telling me when I was young that WT and Euphemia B emigrated to Australia first, with their son William (my grandfather), daughter-in-law Edith (my Nanna) and baby Christina Boyd (my mother) arriving later. I can verify this. The Australian Electoral Roll of 1914, Division of Melbourne Ports lists WT (engineer) and Euphemia B living at 34 Laverton Street, Williamstown. By 1943 the Electoral Rolls has them living at Richmond Road, Morningside.
Passenger lists are still patchy to research on the web. However, the names of a Mr and Mrs Law arriving in Melbourne via Fremantle on the Otway on 21 October, 1912 seem to fit in with the information I have and I wonder whether this is WT and Euphemia B. The passenger list estimate Mr Law's date of birth as 1862 and Mrs Law's estimated date of birth as 1868. The birth date is reasonably accurate for WT who is born in 1865 and exact for Euphemia B who is born in 1868. There are no other passenger lists indicating that a couple in the name of Law arrive in Australia in either 1913 or 1914. As WT is registered on the 1914 Australian Electoral Roll it seems plausible that the Laws arriving in Melbourne on the Otway via Freemantle are my ancestors. This hypothesis is born out by their absence from the 1911 Scottish census.
|Euphemia, Great Aunt Jean Inglis and WT Law at their
home in Richmond Road, Morningside, Brisbane. (A. Hurwood)
WT dies in Brisbane on 25 December 1943 aged 78. Euphemia B dies in Brisbane on 23 September 1944. She is 76.
WT and Euphemia B, their son, Andrew (born 1911; dies 21 February 1931) and Euphemia's sister, Margaret (dies in Sydney 1915) are buried in the South Brisbane Cemetery, just 10 minutes away from where I live at Highgate Hill.
|(A. Hurwood)
Ledger, Edith (1843-1936). Read E Ledger's obituary here.Lonergan, William (1846-1919). William is the 4th of 6 sons born to Patrick and Ellen Lonergan of
Knocknaboha, Mortlestown, Tipperary, Ireland. William emigrated about 1885 and headed to Western Queensland to manage Stores for his brother John at Stonehenge and Jundah. While at Stonehenge William was Secretary for the Stonehenge Races and Returning Officer for the Barcoo Divisional Board. By 1900 William had relocated to Augathella where his brother Michael lived and managed stores at Augathella and 27 Mile. Sadly William died at the Mater Misericordiae, Brisbane at the age of 72. (Thanks to Margaret Geraghty for this information)
|AF Luya (Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser,
10 September 1898)


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Cato's Gang
The Hard Years: A Look at Contemporary America and American Institutions
If Men Were Angels: A View from the Senate
Charles Percy: A Political Perspective
Scoop: The Life and Politics of Henry M. Jackson
We [the Senate] looked and laughed at each other for half an hour, and adjourned.
—Senator William Maclay, 1790
The Senate can turn on you with anachronistic relevance, trendy yet dignified—Sam Ervin coming into his own at last. It is an embarrassment and a source of strength, like the South. The two, of course, intersect; they reinforce each other, eerily. I don't mean, simply, that Southerners have guided and stalled Senate debate—the superb courtesy of that chamber is proved by the way it still calls what it does "debate." Even non-Southerners, when they settle fully into Senate ways, often do it by getting Southernized. Who was a better master of mintjulepy eloquence than Everett Dirksen, from Illinois? The quirkier such people get, the more we see in them a type. The toga is the last refuge of ruling idiosyncrasies. Even a rebel and deserter of the Senate like Eugene McCarthy has become more whitely flown of mane, more pirouetting of stance—suggesting, in manner at least, the Bilboizing of the intellectuals. McCarthy became more senatorial by leaving the Senate—the last way to join the Club was by ostracizing himself.
McCarthy's collection of essays is an odd campaign book, a new way to saddle up Rosinante. He gives us his poem on Robert Lowell and his 1960 nomination of Adlai Stevenson. One man, one vote is not good enough for him; he seems to think the principle should be one man, one party. It is very senatorial.
The best essay in his book may be the one called "Changes in the Congress," where McCarthy pays fond tribute to many of his colleagues, men like Sam Ervin and John Sherman Cooper. He attacks Lyndon Johnson for trying to make the Senate "a kind of upper House of Representatives, with emphasis on committee work, roll calls, and quantitative measurements of success." He uses grandiose corporate self-mockery in the proud Dirksen manner—Johnson had driven senators like cattle; but moving them should be more like stirring pigs up one by one. "You shout at them in Latin." It is the leisurely code of the Senate: "There are some issues requiring human [i.e., porcine] respect."
Power in the House of Representatives is agglutinative; but the senators like to open up interstellar spaces, pushing each other off with mutually adoring gaze. That is why so many senators imagine themselves, after a while, as wafted about on some invisible marble column, from whose height they shout their Latin. This is just as it should be. The Senate was meant to be majestic. When Houdon sculpted Benjamin Franklin as a Roman Senator, he was paying him the supreme compliment of his time. The framers of our Constitution had grown up with a hero-worship for Addison's Cato:
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International engineering academics speak at Sydney
1 September 2008
The School's weekly research seminar series had to squeeze in some extra sessions in the last week as we were visited by several experts from around the world.
Prof Miles Rubin from the Technion in Israel outlined some of his latest findings in numerical analysis using finite elements.
Prof Bhushan Karihaloo, formerly a Professor on staff at Sydney, and now in Cardiff, Wales, spoke of the latest research in Fibre Reinforced Concrete.
Dr Yue Li, from Michaigan Tech, gave a seminar on natural hazards and risk mitigation, focusing on earthquakes and hurricanes.
The week was rounded off with a Learning and Teaching seminar, byEmeritus Professor Fred Lockwood, on the decision making criteria for different media in educational design.


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chub_tor 18:47 17 Dec 2012
Are you using the new "Outlook" version of Hotmail? If so log in then click on the little down pointing arrow next to Outlook on the banner headline and you should see a black panel with Mail, People, Calendar, Skydrive.
Click on People and you will see a list of all your contacts. Highlight the one you want to remove and click on Delete at the top banner (mine is orange coloured).


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Good news for those who found Limbic Entertainment did a fine job with Might & Magic X Legacy; they're now developing Might & Magic Heroes VII. That's a somewhat different style of game, of course, but Limbic have proved they know what they're doing with the Might & Magic universe.
Here's the premise for Might & Magic Heroes VII: the murder of the Empress has left a power vacuum and thrust the realm into civil war. Duke Ivan has a plan to sort all that out though. He's going to put together a council of six trusted advisors who'll try to end the civil war.
Details beyond those plot points are a little on the sparse side for now. Ubisoft's press site for Gamescom pretty much just has the logo above, and the press release mentions interesting but somewhat vague things like "a more detailed world than ever to explore and conquer," and "a complex economic system to master." Plus, of course, fantasy creatures to face in battle. I mean, that last one is kind of an obvious feature for Might & Magic, Ubisoft.
"New, innovative features" are mentioned as well, but not really expanded upon. Those will probably be detailed as Gamescom progresses, or as the game approaches a 2015 release date.
As with Might & Magic X Legacy, Limbic will be seeking the opinions and feedback of Might & Magic playerbase to help shape the game a bit. The official site is listed as www.mmh7.com but, um, at the time of writing that doesn't seem to exist yet. It might do by the time you're reading this.
When it IS up and running, it'll let you join the exciting sounding "Shadow Council" and influence the development. For starters, you'll be voting on two of the six factions to include in the game.
Update: Here's a bit of concept art too.


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Patricia Lesko, the voice behind A2Politico, to take on Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje this election
One of Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje's most vocal critics is about to take a shot at ousting him from office.
Patricia Lesko, a Democrat who admits she thrice voted for Hieftje but now finds herself at odds with him politically, has launched a Web page declaring her candidacy via Facebook. She's also tweeting it.
Lesko, a grassroots political activist who has been a vehement critic of the current council majority, has spent the last several months anonymously running the blog A2Politico.com under the pseudonym "Sam Rosenthal." Her posts are often filled with venomous attacks against Hieftje and other city officials.
For the first time, Lesko publicly acknowledged today she is the masked blogger behind the A2Politico moniker.
"For me, A2Politico was an opportunity to have a discussion about the policy decisions being made by our elected officials, and that's something that's really important I think," she said. "With A2Politico, the idea behind it was and still is to comment - sometimes critically, always constructively - on those policies in a way that hasn't been done before. Has my goal sometimes been to create outrage? Absolutely."
Hieftje, who has been mayor since 2000, said he doesn't know Lesko very well, but knowing she's behind A2Politico, he knows he's up against a tough critic - one he claims doesn't always get the facts straight.
"I don't really read it - I have it in my spam filter," he said. "But people will sometimes send me stuff and everything I've read has turned out to be completely false."
Hiefte and Lesko will face off in the August primary for a chance to advance to the November general election. No one else has announced plans to run yet.
Lesko has more than two decades of experience in marketing, management and finance. She says she's running for mayor because she wants to change the direction public policy has taken under the current administration's watch. "My campaign is about moving the focus of city government back to the basics: people, services, infrastructure, and responsible spending," Lesko said in a written statement today.
Lesko is publisher and CEO of a national higher education publishing group headquartered in Ann Arbor called Part-Time Press, which publishes professional development materials.
Lesko has been involved in several local political campaigns aimed at ousting incumbent office-holders. This past election cycle, she managed the unsuccessful campaigns of Hatim Elhady, who ran against Council Member Marcia Higgins in the 4th Ward, and LuAnne Bullington, who ran alongside Stephen Kunselman against Leigh Greden in the 3rd Ward.
Lesko lost in a race against Sandi Smith in 2008 for one of the 1st Ward seats on the City Council.
If elected, Lesko would be the second openly gay mayor in Michigan, and one of only 21 openly gay mayors nationwide. She also would be only the third woman to serve as Ann Arbor's mayor since the city's incorporation in 1851.
Lesko said she believes Ann Arbor needs a mayor prepared to work with council members to tackle the serious challenges that face the community. She points out spending on government overhead has increased 35 percent since 2006, by $33 million dollars per year - spending she vows to rein in.
Commenting on the fact that the University of Michigan's acquisition of the former Pfizer property took $1.2 million in tax revenue away from the city, Lesko says she would propose a PILOT program - or payment in lieu of taxes -Â to raise $4 million to $6 million in additional revenue each year.
"MIT has been paying the city of Cambridge PILOT payments since 1928, and Harvard has since 1968. PILOT programs are nothing new to world-class universities with billion-dollar research budgets," she said. "I am prepared to do whatever needs to be done on behalf of the citizens of Ann Arbor to get a PILOT in place."
Lesko calls the city's switch to single-stream recycling a "$6 million mistake" and "an environmentally regressive policy shift." She also believes city employees' pension and health care plans need to be restructured, and the savings should be reinvested in the city.
She argues the current administration has reduced the number of police and firefighters, yet the city is still paying $13 million per year more for emergency services than it was in 2005. She said gaining the trust of unions will go a long way toward reducing costs.
Lesko also vows to work to halt the downtown Library Lot underground garage project currently under way. She says floating the bonds for the project was a costly mistake, and she has an "exit strategy" that will save $70 million to $80 million. Lesko grew up in Dearborn and also lived in Wyandotte. A resident of Ann Arbor for 28 years, she moved here to attend U-M, where she earned undergraduate and graduate degrees.
With her partner of 19 years, Marjorie Winkelman Lesko, she is the mother of two sons, Bram, 9, and Lane, 12.
Lesko said she hopes to have votelesko.org up and running soon. Ryan J. Stanton covers government for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at email@example.com or 734-623-2529.
Sun, Jun 20, 2010 : 2:06 p.m.
@a2grateful It's interesting that you would comment on your own story Ms. Lesko, and anonymously at that.
Fri, Apr 2, 2010 : 11:33 a.m.
Best of luck in beating Hieftje!!!!
Pete Bigelow
Fri, Feb 5, 2010 : 3:34 p.m.
A comment has been removed from this story because it was off-topic.
Alan Benard
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 : 8:57 p.m.
I don't know who Ms. Lesko is and haven't read her blog. But I do see the same talking points about her offered over and over and over again. Do I pick up my copy at the Washtenaw Dairy, or can I have it faxed over from Democratic headquarters?
John Floyd
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 : 5:18 p.m.
Ms. Lesko certainly brings out strong emotions, pro or con. This could be a fun election to watch. I think Mayor Heiftje has a sound re-election strategy: encourage people not to look at any of the issues, and ease policy discussion off to the side of the road. Encouraging people to look at the issues, strongly championing your own point of view, and asking voters to decide who is right, is not good election strategy. Once people actually start examining issues, you never know just what will happen. Better to discourage discussion altogether.
Steve Pepple
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 : 10:21 a.m.
A comment has been removed because it contained a personal attack against another commenter.
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 : 9:52 a.m.
You may not like Ms. Lesko's method of delivering the message. You may not like message of the Pew report cited in a prior post. You probably won't like Gov. Granholm's State-of-the-State comments last night, either: "Seventy eight percent of auto industry jobs disappeared in the last decade, contributing to the loss of a million Michigan jobs." "Our world has changed utterly," she said. "The old Michigan economy is gone." "Anyone who believed that Michigan would naturally rebound without making deep and lasting change had a rendezvous with reality in 2009." Maybe Ann Arbor avoided the rendezvous with reality in 2009. Like it or not, a2 City government, and its citizens, certainly face the rendezvous in the very near future. It's time to scrap "business as usual", and reform wasteful, selfish government.
Thu, Feb 4, 2010 : 9:48 a.m.
It is interesting that Ms Lesko talks about improving relations with unions when she recently endorsed Stephen Kunselman. In a article you can find on mlive.com, from July 25 of 2008, this is the language used regarding Mr. Kunselman's service the last time he was a council member: "As one example, earlier this year Kunselman met with some of the city's unionized public services employees, where he used an expletive to criticize their performance in the winter's snow removal. When asked by an employee about the automated compost pickup, Kunselman said, "You guys are getting lazy," according to a letter of complaint from the union president to City Administrator Roger Fraser. That letter ultimately led to a formal apology from Kunselman. The administration and union leaders have worked hard to improve their relationship in recent years. It's important that council members not jeopardize that effort." It's one thing to complain about snow removal as a citizen, though one could argue that expletives are unnecessary and unimaginative, and another thing entirely to speak this way to people over whom you have power in the form of your position in public office. Perhaps her support is based on just this type of behavior as it appears to be somewhat reflective of her own. I'm not sure why anybody would feel that this would benefit Ann Arbor.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 8:39 p.m.
Those who can do, those you can't "BLOG", be careful because they say pay back is a "B"
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 7:06 p.m.
Comments like the one from A. Green seem typical of the anti-Lesko views seen on this list, "Her use of ridicule and venomous attacks shows her true character, which is a trait that I do NOT want in a mayor who represents my city. Even if she might have a rare idea that is plausible, her actions and writings show that she does not understand how to talk to people, work with people as colleagues, or how to compromise. How will she act when an angry constituent communicates with her? Will she use ridicule and attack them? How will she act when a vote does not go her way? Will she disparage her colleagues publicly and embarrass them until they give in to her every whim?" A "rare idea that seems plausible...", get real! The PILOT program (getting UofM to pony up money to the city) is just one in a string of ideas Pat has thought of. You will never see anything like this coming out of the current Mayor's office. Pat, "(can't)...work with people as colleagues..."; neither can the current Mayor. Maybe A. Green did not hear about the constituent who was told by the current Mayor via email that there were no plans to develop the Library Lot at the same time he was attending meetings to develop the Library Lot. Is this your idea of how to handle angry constituents? If you want private developers running city government, vote for Hieftje; if you want a city manager (who does not live in Ann Arbor) running the city government like a private for-profit corporation, vote for Hieftje; if you want more service fees with less service, vote for Hieftje (developers need the money, you know.) We expect the people we elect to be Mayor to actually provide accountable, transparent leadership. We've just gotten through eight years of a rudderless Governor who was always for the "Good" people and against the "Bad" people (she would never step on any toes--so nothing ever got done and Michigan's situation got worse.) A. Green (and people like him/her) should watch what they say since his comment is nothing but venom.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 5:21 p.m.
"which is zero." Agreed.
Marvin Face
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 5:03 p.m.
This conversation is all well and good but let's all be honest. She has as much chance as winning the mayoral election in Ann Arbor as Sabra Briere or Tom Wall...which is zero.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 4:35 p.m.
Again this is always a horrible thing to do if you really want change. She's a far out candidate who wants to shake up the norm by being totally venomus and all that...which I have no problem with. But the tin foil hat crew vote is going to goto her and take away from any other...er any legitimate candidate in the primary. Thus she will defeat herself.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 4:01 p.m.
I hate it when people post on the Internet under assumed names.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 3:51 p.m.
Lesko is a breath of fresh air, a Democrat who thinks spending is out of control. You go girl. As for her blog, it's not angry or vitriolic. It's amusing, but also sad because she much is true. She speaks truth to power and has my support.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 2:48 p.m.
it's my understanding that ms. lesko was behind the campaign of a recent ill- fated candidate for city council, whose candidacy was ( perhaps purely coincidentally) also supported by a number of notorious one- issue cranks in town ( who are almost certainly the ones whose posts here are regularly deleted as 'off topic' or in violation of site policies...as they were on arbor update and in other venues.....) if so it speaks poorly of her ability to choose, or more accurately not to explicitly distance herself and her candidate, from such people ( as obama did with jeremiah wright). although i dont vote in ann arbor, in this case i wouldnt be inclined to support her.
Brian Kuehn
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 2:46 p.m.
Someone who hid behind a pseudonym while doling out caustic commentary won't get my support or vote. Ms. Lesko's explanation that she did not want her identity to distract the readers from the message rings hollow.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 2:44 p.m.
@flyingsquirrel Your wrote: "examine her past history of working with groups in Ann Arbor." Please give some links or other references to support this statement. I'd be interested in reading/studying them.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 12:10 p.m.
Ms. Lesko has a Master's in creative writing. And creative writing is what she is very good at. There's a reason her blog, A2politico, was anonymous--she herself states that it was that way to keep the focus on the issues. What would distract people from the issues if they knew who the author was? Perhaps her record of being incapable of working in group situations and having anything positive come out of it. I don't have a problem with her being angry about or critical of public policy. What worries me is how quickly her vicious attacks can become personal if she feels someone doesn't agree with her. I urge anyone who might vote for Ms. Lesko based on her writings to examine her past history of working with groups in Ann Arbor. She would be a complete disaster as Mayor.
winston smith
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 11:38 a.m.
I would almost vote for Ms. Lesko just for the entertainment value of her attempting to work with city council. Almost. I think Ms. Lesko is an intelligent woman who writes well but she has burned more bridges than the French Army in retreat. Talk to anyone who has worked with her in a group setting and it will become apparent that she is incapable of working in a group setting without alienating those around her. Our current regime is far from perfect but Ms. Lesko is certainly not the answer.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 11:17 a.m.
Someone must be critical. Certainly Ms Lesko can seem abrasive. Is it warranted? Our current City officials are insensitive (verging on belligerence) to the plights of the City, County, State, National, and World economies. Instead of acting in fiscally prudent manners, they choose to threaten ending of protections and services, while handsomely funding out-of-town developers with cash and new infrastructure. When citizens protest, they offer new development as appeasement. Where has the City found all of this new development funding money in the midst of their revenue crisis? In our midst is the crumbling Stadium Bridge. Driving over it the past week revealed a far worse surface condition than last fall. Expect to see this bridge closed very soon. Please note that Stadium Bridge did not fail this year. It failed over five years ago. How did this happen when we were "flush with cash?" What has been captivating the attention of our leadership for all of these years? They have raised taxes through several millages. They have increased municipal fees in dramatic fashion. Your water bill is an obvious example. City government has insulated themselves in administrative bliss. Now, they want to "override" Headllee, or institute City income tax, or slash services and protections. Maybe this doesn't seem so bad for Ann Arbor. But what is happening elsewhere? The state of Michigan still has to learn all the things that being a POOR state means. When the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis releases finalized 2009 data, Michigan (is expected) to be among the 10 poorest states. Quote from the Pew Center on the States interview with Donald Grimes, senior research specialist, University of Michigan, Sept. 17, 2009. Michigan has spent the past decade learning the hard way about downsizing. In 2001, the famed automobile capital of the world fell into recession with the rest of the country, but it was the only state NEVER TO EMERGE. Pew Center on States, Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril, November 2009. Economic forecasters from Moodys Economy.com said they do not expect Michigan to see another peak in its business cycle during their entire 30-year forecasting horizon. Pew Center on States, Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril, November 2009. These are some reasons why the City must totally reconstruct its idea of identity and purpose, and REINVENT the budget from the ground up. No more business as usual. Ms Lesko has considered issues that the City has been too arrogant or ignorant to consider. We desperately need new leadership for the City. Our next August primary should prove interesting. We will be deciding our Ann Arbor future. Will we choose to continue in our current 1960's mode of imaginary Big 3 automotive growth and prosperity, or will we choose to face the economic realities of 2010? What is Michigan's unemployment rate? Is Ann Arbor's rate different? What is SEMCOG's population forecast for Ann Arbor in the next twenty years? What is the economic forecast? Answers to these questions should form the basis of next course of City government discussion and planning.
Atticus F.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 11:12 a.m.
I would like to see a mayor that is focused on all parts of A2, and the needs of all citizens... Northsiders, Eastsiders, far Westsiders. The city of Ann Arbor is not all about Downtown Ann Arbor and the Old West Side. Not everybody in this town makes 300k/year. I think some of the more affluent quasi-liberals in A2 have grown out of touch with some of the less affluent citizens.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 10:38 a.m.
M_ONeill, what half-truths? Care to be more specific?
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 9:52 a.m.
Somebody who ran a blog full of half-truths under a false name. Not exactly the sort of transparency I'd like to see in A2 government.
Janelle Baranowski
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 9:51 a.m.
I'm sad to see the end of A2P's anonymity. Many of you are critical of her sometimes mean-spirited attacks on the current administration, but her style served the function of provoking readers. Local politics often go by the wayside because they aren't considered cool or intriguing like national politics. Ms. Lesko/A2P, with her provocative writings, made our local politics "sexy." Whether you agree with her views or not, I hope we can all agree that her blog served a valuable function in our community by raising questions and increasing citizen awareness of local issues. Regarding a few comments about the mention of Ms. Lesko's orientation, please view her press release at: http://www.a2politico.com/Downloads/Press_Release.pdf You will notice that it is among the first things mentioned by Ms. Lesko.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 9:47 a.m.
I'm angry about how the mayor and city council has been dealing with issues for some time. So sue me. We're supposed to just sit by quietly? Go Patricia! I'll be sending $$ and support your way. I for one read your stuff and contrary to what the honorable Mr. Hieftje says, it isn't always false. Odd that he would make a blanket claim like that and heaven forbid we should disagree and look for change is this city.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 9:42 a.m.
Funny how fast she's being framed as "angry". But if you're going to frame it that way, I'm "angry" too. How can one not be? Our city infrastructure is falling apart, city spending has gone up 30 percent (is that correct?), and fees have risen. This is crazy! I for one want someone who closely scrutinizes the budget. Isn't that what people are yelling for all over the country? I rarely have time to pour through hundreds of pages of numbers I wouldn't understand anyway. So perhaps she's gotten a head start serving the public. Her blog is there in public for any council member, the Mayor or city administrator to answer and as far as I can tell they don't.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 9:05 a.m.
It is utterly amazing that in a city like Ann Arbor we are relegated to selecting from Lesko and Hieftje. Please, somewhere out there someone has to come forth, hopefully a Republican, that can bring down this Democratic folly.
Top Cat
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 8:58 a.m.
It is rare to see an angry person get anything positive accomplished.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 8:36 a.m.
She is a Democrat and does not sound like a nice person. Her" venomous attacks " is just what we do not need in this city. Her work as the CEO of a "higher education publishing group " means that she is an elitist just like the people running the country now. Please do an in depth story on her so we know where she stands on the issues not like what the press did for Presiednt Obama.
David Cahill
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 8:05 a.m.
Ryan, how about an AnnArbor.com poll on this race?
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 7:56 a.m.
What? No Tom Wall this time around?
Steve Hendel
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 6:51 a.m.
"We accept that views on the relevance of such information will vary and leave that up for you to decide whether it's important to you." Isn't it a reporter's function to make some judgments about relevance? Suppose she had ade some reference to her religious beliefs-would you have included those in your story?
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 : 6:41 a.m.
I hope Ms Lesko loses big- we dont need a Mayor who has nothing but irrational anger to offer. BTW, isnt she a person who presided over a couple of unsuccessful local campaigns in the recent past?
Ryan J. Stanton
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 10:25 p.m.
@Marvin Yes, and it's Go Ask Voters: http://www.goaskvoters.org/
Marvin Face
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 10:14 p.m.
This should be hilarious! She's lost every race she's been involved in. Hasn't she also been leading that boondoggle "ask voters first" or "go ask voters" or whatever? What a disaster.
Ryan J. Stanton
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 10:10 p.m.
Following my interview with Ms. Lesko today, she made this post revealing, "I am the A2Politico." http://www.a2politico.com/?p=2849
Matt Hampel
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 10:05 p.m.
There are some vitriolic emails that seem to parallel a2politico -- that's probably what ends up in the spam filter.
A Pretty Ann Arbor
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 9:32 p.m.
I am delighted!!
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 8:40 p.m.
"I don't really read it - I have it in my spam filter," Wow. Our mayor really has that new fangled interweb thingy figured out. Maybe he has the city budget in his spam filter, too. Oy.
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 7:57 p.m.
She sounds like Monica Conyers, this could get interesting.
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 7:33 p.m.
"Wrong" facts can be overcome with access to information, something the City fights. "Wrong" logic can be overcome with a new mayor, whether it is Ms Lesko, or someone else. Looking forward to selecting an new mayor in the next Dem primary!
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 7:30 p.m.
Let's see, she has no experience in municipal government and has been a vehement critic of current elected officials, but thinks she'd make a good mayor, and reportedly is "prepared to work with council members to tackle the serious challenges that face the community". That would be a challenge in itself, after alienating so many people. And she wants to halt construction of the library lot garage that is ALREADY underway?? How in the world could that result in long-term cost savings?
A. Green
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 7:18 p.m.
The scariest thing that could ever happen to Ann Arbor is to have Ms. Lesko actually be elected Mayor. Her blog that she is so proud of is full of half-truths, innuendo, and flat out lies. Anyone who follows city issues can tell you that. Her use of ridicule and venomous attacks shows her true character, which is a trait that I do NOT want in a mayor who represents my city. Even if she might have a rare idea that is plausible, her actions and writings show that she does not understand how to talk to people, work with people as colleagues, or how to compromise. How will she act when an angry constituent communicates with her? Will she use ridicule and attack them? How will she act when a vote does not go her way? Will she disparage her colleagues publicly and embarrass them until they give in to her every whim? Ms. Lesko will be an embarrassment to our great city due to her lack of judgment and should not be Mayor.
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 7:08 p.m.
Excellent to hear! May you find great support in ending the gargantuan Hieftje folly!
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 7 p.m.
Perhaps if it was clear that the statement was attributed to her it wouldn't appear to be included for irrelevant reasons.
Ryan J. Stanton
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 6:40 p.m.
She made a point to make the statements about her sexual orientation that are contained in this story. We accept that views on the relevance of such information will vary and leave that up for you to decide whether it's important to you.
Tue, Feb 2, 2010 : 6:30 p.m.


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By KATY GANZ
Staff Writer
Students at East Holmes Local School District bought trips to India, pet tigers and a miniature golf course, or at least they would have, if they had a million dollars.
"What would you do with a million dollars?" was the topic of this year's East Holmes math enrichment day. Students in fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade who scored high on math portions of their state achievement test, spent Friday at Chestnut Ridge Elementary, where they planned dream homes, built parks and took trips around the world.
The students could spend their hypothetical million dollars building a community center, planning a home or traveling.
Heather Lash, the math consultant who helped organize the program, was surprised how many more students opted to build a home or park with their money. She and other adults involved in the program thought travel was the obvious option, she said.
But, one student, Kenny Miller, said a million-dollar trip would have been his last choice of the three.
"The trip would only be in your memories," he said. "The park lasts a lot of years."
The students were divided into groups of five based on which of the three options they chose, but before they got started guests from the community came in to give advice, including Anthony Kaufman from Kaufman Realty and Jen Halverson, Holmes County Parks district director.
Each group had to account for all of the money they spent using an accounting sheet and pie chart with a maximum of $200,000 going to charity or church. The teachers collected catalogs throughout the year for the students to get ideas and prices, and it was the price tags on some of the items that really shocked the students -- including the price for chairs, $249.
"They asked if this was the price of the set. I said, 'No it's for each chair,'" she said.
The students were surprised that their chosen seating cost $249 per chair.
"Some of the students are struggling just trying to spend a million dollars," Lash said.
Members of Natasha Yoder's group racked their brains to spend $800,000 on a home. Even after adding in a baseball field, a track, a monkey and a security system, the group still had money to spend.
A few students struggled to keep the amount under a million dollars as they tried to include in their budgets Lear jets, or a 46-person trip around the world.
"I had to chuckle, one of the groups included in their park a 'tiny' restaurant," Lash said.
Another challenge some of the students faced was being a team player and agreeing on items to include in their home, park or trip. Karen Burkett from the Tri-County office said for some students, being a team player is a much larger challenge than converting percentages, fractions or decimals.
AAA provided traveling information and Burkett found catalogs specifically geared toward parks and community centers for the groups to use as resources. Prices for a few of the items though, like a $725,000 private helicopter and a $2,500 tiger had to be found on-line. Lash also called Schrocks cabinetry for one group. The cabinetry store was happy to give a $42,000 estimate over the phone.
Each year East Holmes Local Schools has an annual math enrichment day. Last year's theme dealt with quilt symmetry. These enrichment days are something students look forward to all year, Burkett said.
"I'll see these kids at different buildings and they'll ask what this year's theme is going to be," she said.
Reporter Katy Ganz can be reached at (330) 674-1811 or e-mail email@example.com


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Physics Games
The third installment of the popular physics-based puzzle shooter, Ricochet Kills. In each level, it's your objective to kill all of the men in suits with the limited number of bullets that you're given. These bullets will bounce off walls, ceilings, and floors, allowing you to kill multiple men with a single shot. You can also kill the men by shooting at objects, such as crates and explosive barrels.


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Power Dynamics and Environmental Resource Flows in the Network Society: Water Bottling and Policy Development in the Columbia Gorge
Date of Award
Document Type
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology and University Honors
First Advisor
Daniel Jaffee
Bottled water industry -- Oregon -- Cascade Locks, Water-supply -- Oregon -- Cascade Locks, Water resources development -- Oregon -- Cascade Locks, Nestlé
This research explores the sociopolitical development of resource rights policy and environmental resource flows in the network society. The specific interaction studied is centered on a disputed proposal by Nestlé Waters North America to the City of Cascade Locks, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, which would allow Nestlé to build a water bottling plant accessing the culturally and environmentally significant Oxbow Springs. The primary question guiding this research is: In the case of the developing policy concerning water rights in the County of Hood River, what are the identifiable power dynamics between civil society actors, private interests, and state institutions within the networks involved in the making of local environmental policy and the resultant resource flows? The interactional information was collected from a variety of publicly accessible sources including documents published by government agencies and media coverage from established news organizations, and then coded to an operationalized Network Theory of Power. Further informed by scholarship from both political and environmental sociology and globalization literature, I use a form of content analysis to argue that in interactions where the state and private networks were functioning under a cooperative set of goals, a private economic basis of power motivated the state network. Conversely, when state network goals or state network structures and protocols (organizational hierarchy, legislation, etc.) were aligned or accessible to civil society networks and activists, a public political basis of power motivated the state network. This research elucidates important implications for policy making in the era of internet-fueled globalization, public and privately managed environmental resource flows, and effective strategies of citizen-based resistance.
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Recommended Citation
Shotola-Schiewe, Cody, "Power Dynamics and Environmental Resource Flows in the Network Society: Water Bottling and Policy Development in the Columbia Gorge" (2017). University Honors Theses. Paper 397.


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We are pleased to announce that Chicago area instructor, Andie Groff, will be featured in the June 2010 issue of Chicago Parent Magazine! See pictures of some of our local swimmers and floaters, and read more about how ISR came to the Chicago area.
You can pick up this magazine for free at most pediatrician offices, and many local libraries and daycare facilities throughout the city and suburbs. If you can't find a copy, you can visit www.chicagoparent.com to read the article.


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An Accident
He was having a difficult time adjusting to his current situation. A few days ago, Curtis Mangrove was a young adult with every possibility that life can offer spread before him like a banquet; but, now he was an old man with no options. His condition was called: Collapsed Phase Containment. He wasn't certain where the diagnosis came from and he didn't know what it meant.
All he had were memories that did not belong to him. It seemed his brain had become a device to record other people's lives. Curtis Mangrove's life ended… as quickly as flipping a switch he became a hollow vessel with other people stuck in his head.
Monty Slayback was having great fun with his new boy-toy. The toy was built from liquid nanites that could be programmed into any shape or personality Monty desired. With just the twist of a dial the boy-toy would become a giant vagina with the voice of Boris Karloff. Monty was having megatons of fun!
The recording device observed Monty Slayback as he was swallowed by a giant, mechanical vagina. Curtis was barely able to decipher the difference between himself and Monty, but the memory was real. Curtis wondered if he was seeing the future through some distorted lens.
They all went to church. It was the only activity that brought the entire community together. Jen bowed her head in prayer. She was consumed by waves of electricity as the sounds of the sermon swept through the auditorium. Jen was certain her faith would bring peace and harmony into the world. Music flooded the chamber as voices rose in a cacophony of sound. Curtis Mangrove watched and remembered. There were no people in this church, only machines who thought they were human.
Curtis was plagued by memories that were not his own.
Fantone Glix wore a cloak and mask to disguise his body and face. He spoke in Asemic symbols and vocal glitches, but Curtis understood because Fantone Glix was inside his head.
Glix thought of himself as a scientist, but he lived in a world where science was excoriated, blamed for mistakes that led to moral degeneration. Glix had to contend with many problems and distractions in his meager life. He had considerable trouble determining who he was in a world where he was rejected by everyone, even his family. Sometimes he thought he was born into the wrong body. He was Dysmorphic. He often thought he was an Alien and he was often in trouble with the authorities. His one shining light was an an uncanny ability to understand higher mathematics which was both a blessing and curse.
Glix was the master-builder who designed the phase-containment unit. For his efforts, he was condemned as a heretic. No one wanted such a diabolical mechanism to be built. Glix was cast out, forced to live and work in a sulfurous wasteland by a lake of liquid mercury. Glix lived in shame, but he still managed to survive and build a workshop to further his experiments. Misfortune led to success. In the wasteland, Glix discovered the ingredients to make his machine functional: sulfur and mercury. Once processed, the ingredients would generate a reaction in the unit that would break a hole in space and prove that other dimensions existed. The discovery was accidental, totally dependent on his banishment to the place where he found the compounds necessary to complete his project. Another accident entangled Curtis Mangrove in the collapsed phase containment event.
Curtis was twenty-four when his life was preempted. He was preparing for an exam in theoretical physics, contemplating a particularly difficult equation. He didn't see the stop sign. The equation determined the amount of time it takes before two disparate objects collide. The answer was a fraction of a second.


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Before you start changing the colors to your site, decide on the color scheme you want for the Header, footer, page background, and fonts. Make sure the colors complement each other. Keep in mind that the colors will vary based on the screen that is rendering it. Generally a light background on the page with a dark font is less tiring on the user's eyes. A splash of color in areas where the user does not need to spend a lot of time focusing can enhance the overall appearance and still maintain a positive experience for the reader.
The colors are stored in files or code called CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and the main files should not be changed. Any time the theme is updated, all the CSS code is changed as well. WordPress has created a feature called child themes which will preserve your modifications even when the theme author puts out another theme update.
The rest of the pages in this section will describe where to make changes to the colors on the web site. Some are found in global settings, but some need to be changed modifying the child CSS file.
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Introducing Kid On The Rock Foundation
The Kid On The Rock Foundation is an independent charitable trust that was established in 2009 by Peria Christian Education Inc (formally Matamata Christian School Association). (Charities Commission registration number CC43100)
While acting independently of the Matamata Christian School Association, the Foundation's purpose is to support the Association in the accomplishment of it's goals as envisioned in it's vision and mission statements.
The Foundation is administered by a council of from six to eight Trustees, whose role is to provide sound leadership and governance. Trustees are appointed for a two year term, which may be renewed for a further two years, with one trustee being nominated by the Matamata Christian School Association, and the remaining trustees being appointed by the trust.
Interested in serving as a Trustee? Click here to find out more and make an inquiry.
Founders Fund
You can help the Foundation achieve our educational group's vision for the future by setting up a regular weekly, fortnightly or monthly donation by A/P to the Founders Fund.
By establishing a long term steady stream of donations, the Foundation will better be able to support children to receive Christian care and education, provide resources and continue property development.
If you feel called to support the Foundation with part of your Kingdom giving, go online now and set up that A/P
Donations are tax deductible, and can be made to Kiwibank bank to account number 38-9022-0105816-00. For a tax receipt please include your phone number and your name as a reference.
Present Trustees
Spence Reichardt (Chairman)
Andrew Archer
Kobus Engelbrecht
Please direct all inquiries through Matamata Christian School.
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Privacy Notice – Students
You have a legal right (under the General Data Protection Regulation), to be informed about how John Taylor Multi Academy Trust (JTMAT) uses any personal information that we hold about you. To comply with this, we provide a 'privacy notice' to you where we are processing your personal data.
This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about you.
We, the Trust, are the 'data controller' for the purposes of data protection law.
You can contact our data protection officer (DPO) here.
The personal data we hold
We hold some personal information about you to make sure we can help you learn and look after you while you attend one of our academies.
For the same reasons, we get information about you from some other places too – like other schools or academies, the local council and the government.
This information includes:
- Your contact details
- Your test results
- Your attendance records
- Your bio-metric information, like finger prints which are used in many of our canteens
- Your characteristics, like your ethnic background or any special educational needs
- Any medical conditions you have
- Details of any behaviour issues or exclusions
- Photographs
- CCTV images
Why we use this data
We use this data to help run the Trust, including to:
- Get in touch with you and your parents when we need to
- Check how you're doing in exams and work out whether you or your teachers need any extra help
- Track how well the trust or academy as a whole is performing
- Look after your wellbeing
- Providing access to applications and online services to further your learning
Our legal basis for using this data
We will only collect and use your information when the law allows us to. Most often, we will use your information where:
- We need to comply with the law
- We need to use it to carry out a task in the public interest (in order to provide you with an education)
- We need to use it to carry out a contract
Sometimes, we may also use your personal information where:
- You, or your parents/carers have given us permission to use it in a certain way
- We need to protect your interests (or someone else's interest)
Where we have got permission to use your data, you or your parents/carers may withdraw this at any time. We will make this clear when we ask for permission, and explain how to go about withdrawing consent.
Some of the reasons listed above for collecting and using your information overlap, and there may be several grounds which mean we can use your data.
Change of purpose
We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we need to use it for another reason and that reason is similar with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
We may use your personal information without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
Collecting this information
While in most cases you, or your parents/carers, must provide the personal information we need to collect, there are some occasions when you can choose whether or not to provide the data.
We will always tell you if it's optional. If you must provide the data, we will explain what might happen if you don't.
How we store this data
We will keep personal information about you while you are a student at our Trust. We may also keep it after you have left the Trust, where we are required to by law.
We have Records Management Policy which sets out how long we keep information about you.
Data sharing
We do not share personal information about you with anyone outside the Trust without permission from you or your parents/carers, unless the law and our policies allow us to do so.
Where it is legally required, or necessary (and it complies with data protection law) we may share personal information about you with these organisations/providers.
Transferring data internationally
Where we share data with an organisation that is based outside the European Economic Area, we will protect your data by following data protection law.
Your rights
You can find out if we hold any personal information about you, and how we use it, by making a 'subject access request', as long as we judge that you can properly understand your rights and what they mean.
If we do hold information about you, we will:
- Give you a description of it
- Tell you why we are holding and using it, and how long we will keep it for
- Explain where we got it from, if not from you or your parents
- Tell you who it has been, or will be, shared with
- Let you know if we are using your data to make any automated decisions (decisions being taken solely by a computer or machine, rather than by a person)
- Give you a copy of the information
You may also ask us to send your personal information to another organisation electronically in certain circumstances.
If you would like to make a request click here to find all the information you require.
Your other rights over your data
You have other rights over how your personal data is used and kept safe, including the right to:
- Say that you don't want it to be used if this would cause, or is causing, harm or distress
- Stop it being used to send you marketing materials
- Say that you don't want it used to make automated decisions (decisions made solely by a computer or machine)
- Have it corrected, deleted or destroyed if it is wrong, or restrict our use of it
If you think that our collection or use of personal information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate, or have any other concern about the way we handle your information, please speak to us in the first instance. To make a complaint, please follow our complaints procedure.
Contact us
If you have any questions, concerns or would like more information about anything mentioned in this privacy notice, please contact our data protection officer.


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Flow battery breakthrough can store renewable energy cheaply
With today's battery technology, the dream of relying on renewable energy sources independent of fossil fuels remains impossible. Storing enough energy to supply needs on calm or cloudy days costs too much using today's batteries. A discovery by a team at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science promises new progress in cutting our umbilical cord to to coal and oil.
There are two major problems with the vision of battery storage sufficient to make an all-renewable grid viable. The use of rare earth and other metals with limited supply or geo-political strings attached raises costs and threatens supply. Even more critically, most existing battery technologies link the storage capacity of the battery with the power conversion capacity.
To store 50 hours of energy from a 1-megawatt power capacity wind turbine (50 megawatt-hours), for example, a possible solution would be to buy traditional batteries with 50 megawatt-hours of energy storage, but they'd come with 50 megawatts of power capacity. Paying for 50 megawatts of power capacity when only 1 megawatt is necessary makes little economic sense.
Fuel cells provide the ability to store unlimited amounts of fuel decoupled from the power conversion hardware capacity, but these rely on precious metals and other metals with limited supply to catalyze the conversion of fuel to energy.
The mega flow battery announced by the Harvard team decouples storage from supply. The technology stores electricity in quinones, a metal-free organic (carbon-based) molecule similar to the chemicals used by plants and animals to store energy in biological systems. The quinones remain dissolved in water which reduces the flammability risk.
The mega flow quinone battery also uses a glassy carbon electrode and bromine to generate electricity. Bromine derives mostly from concentrated seawater; comparable to chlorine, it has risks but these are not more serious or less manageable than the risks of other technologies (think about the hazards of lithium ion battery technology).
The quinone tested (9,10-anthraquinone-2,7-disulphonic acid or AQDS, as reported in Nature, in case you are interested) exists naturally in rhubarb but can also be synthesized cost effectively. This particular quinone won the screening of over 10,000 quinones in the best-in-batteries category.
With technology like this, one can envision wind or solar farms with tanks on-site to store large quantities of energy-laden quinones capable of being converted to supply several days of power to bridge the intermittent nature of renewable electricity generation.
That makes "flow battery technology" the newest watchword on the green energy beat.


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We have combined the best features of our successful, paper-based, fundraising program with an online platform that saves schools time and effort.
You get the benefits of both:
– convenient online payments by donors and progress reports for you
– take-home materials and a self-mailer for those donors who prefer to write checks
Get started
Complete the contact form on the home page. Tell us about your school, your financial goal, and your priorities. We will share our experience and perspective, answer your questions, and send you some sample materials we use in the program, as well as our simple contract so you will know what to expect from us and what is required of your school.. Don't worry, we won't hard sell you.
If you want, we can present and discuss our proven approach with your school administration and/or steering group by videoconference or phone.
If you decide to retain Race for Education, we will ask you to provide us with a list of your students, which we will use to create unique and confidential digital identifiers for donations. The list is secure with us; we will not use it for any other purpose but your Race for Education.
We then …
- create a timeline to organize your Race for Education
- hold a one-hour Work Session with your Race Committee
- customize our Race for Education materials for your school, which can include a Spanish version if you need it
- set up your school on our online platform for secure, electronic donations by credit card
- send self-mailers that parents/students can hand out or mail to potential donors who might prefer to contribute by check
- produce a Race for Education website for your event
- create a link (URL) to each student's fundraising page, which parents can share by email and social media with relatives, neighbors, and others
- give you access to a secure, online page where you can monitor donations by student and by class, and enter checks you receive
- support you throughout the planning and launch, and give you tips to make your Race a successful day
Your donors will …
- receive a website link from your school to the donation section or a link from a school parent or student to the student's individual contribution page
- click on a "Donate Now" button, which will open a window where a secure electronic payment can be made (we pick up the transaction fee)
- use a self-mailer to provide information and enclose a check, if they prefer that option
You track progress through your private page on our server to view contributions by students and grades. You can then decide where you need to encourage students and school families to expand the number of donors.
Most important, you get to enjoy your Race for Education day with the children, teachers, parents, and friends, knowing that your event raised significant funds for a range of educational activities.