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A University of Toledo administrator is on paid leave following the publication of a column she wrote opposing gay rights and same sex marriage in the local Toledo Free Press. The column raised more than a few eyebrows because the writer is the university's top human resources officer and is charged with promoting equality and diversity in the university community.
Associate Vice President of Human Resources Crystal Dixon wrote: "As a Black woman who happens to be an alumnus of the University of Toledo's Graduate School, an employee and business owner, I take great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are 'civil rights victims.' Here's why. I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a Black woman. I am genetically and biologically a Black woman and very pleased to be so as my Creator intended. Daily, thousands of homosexuals make a life decision to leave the gay lifestyle...."
As "evidence", the university administrator cited "irrefutable economic data", biblical passages, ex-gay groups and praised Charlene E. Cothran, the former black lesbian publisher of Venus Magazine, as "an aggressive, strategic supporter of gay rights and a practicing lesbian for 29 years, before she renounced her sexuality and gave Jesus Christ stewardship of her life."
Just as an fyi, the right-wing Family Research Council is now taking up Dixon's cause, those right-wing Christians are always pleased to use the "ex-gay" myth as a wedge issue for blacks. This should be good for their fundraising.
Robert Salem, a board member of Equality Toldeo and a clinical professor of
law at the university, says he and other gay professors were "disappointed and
stunned" that a senior university official could espouse "such ignorant
When Equity Official Takes Anti-Gay Stance [IHE]
Gay Rights and Wrongs: Another Perspective [TFP]
Univ. Employee Suspended Over 'Anti-Gay' Column [CP]
Interview: Black Ex-Lesbian Charlene Cothran [Jas Cannick]


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In this week's Thursday folder, you will receive a flyer about the "Hour of Code". The "Hour of Code" is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in more than 170 countries. During the designated hour, your child will be introduced to the the basics of computer programming. This project is designed to spark the interest of computer programming in students, as there is an anticipated shortage of up to 1 million computer engineer jobs in the next decade. Aside from the awareness of computer programming and the potential career opportunities, computer programming increases student abilities to apply logical thinking and problem solving skills, both important lifelong skills. Watch the highlight video from the 2013 "Hour of Code" below and check out www.code.org for more information about the 2014 project. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at email@example.com
March 2018
Dr. Zipparo, Principal of Reeds Road School

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Retrocalcaneal bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa at the back of the heel bone (calcaneus). This causes pain with up-and-down movements of the foot. Alternative name is Insertional heel pain.
Your ankle bursitis may have been caused by one or more of the following Pressure on your ankle and heels. This is often caused by running or exercising on uneven ground. The way that you exercise may also cause ankle bursitis or make it worse. It may be caused by wearing poorly fitting shoes that constantly rub against the heel. Direct, hard hit to your heel. Infection (in-FEK-shun). Medical problems such as rheumatoid (ROO-ma-toid) arthritis (ahr-THREYE-tis) or gout. Overusing your ankles. This is caused by doing activities or sports that use the same motions (movements) over and over again. Examples of repeating motions are running, walking, or jumping. Sometimes people do not know how they developed ankle bursitis.
Nagging ache and swelling in or around a joint. Painful and restricted movement in the affected joint. Pain radiating into the neck or arms when bursitis strikes the shoulder (the most common site). Fever, when associated with an infection.
Diagnosis of heel bursitis can be made by your health practitioner and is based on the following. Assessing the location of the pain by palpating the back of the heel. Assessment of any inflammation at the back of the heel. Assessment of biomechanics and foot function. Ultrasound or MRI can reveal inflammation of the retro calcaneal bursa.
Non Surgical Treatment
Here are some of the most effective treatments for infracalcaneal bursitis Temporarily avoiding weight-bearing activities that put stress or strain on the heel bone can very helpful in treating infracalcaneal bursitis. PRICE (protection, rest, hot/cold contrast compresses, compression, and elevation) is another good acute management technique for this foot problem. Changing footwear is an effective long-term prevention and treatment tool for infracalcaneal bursitis. Shoes that possess a flat support base from heel to toe, a sufficiently wide toe box to accommodate natural toe splay, and a flexible sole that can be easily bent or twisted are best for preventing and managing infracalcaneal bursitis. An integrated approach to this problem usually involves the use of padded socks or heel cups to help reduce pressure, friction, and inflammation under the heel. Natural anti-inflammatory agents can also be helpful in quelling inflammation, reducing pain, and improving treatment times for infracalcaneal bursitis. In rare cases, more aggressive treatment methods may be required, such as cortisone injections or surgery to drain the bursal sac. Always consult your physician before beginning any healthcare regimen designed to treat infracalcaneal bursitis.
You can avoid the situation all together if you stop activity as soon as you see, and feel, the signs. Many runners attempt to push through pain, but ignoring symptoms only leads to more problems. It?s better to take some time off right away than to end up taking far more time off later. Runners aren?t the only ones at risk. The condition can happen to any type of athlete of any age. For all you women out there who love to wear high-heels-you?re at a greater risk as well. Plus, anyone whose shoes are too tight can end up with calcaneal bursitis, so make sure your footwear fits. If the outside of your heel and ankle hurts, calcaneal bursitis could be to blame. Get it checked out.


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The Tories used their general election manifesto to reveal their true callousness. They decided to squeeze more money out of elderly people to pay for social care, and hit less well pensioners by cutting winter fuel payments and ditching the "triple lock" on pensions (introduced in 2011 the triple lock guarantees that the basic state pension will rise by 2.5%, the rate of inflation, or average earnings growth, whichever is largest).
Initial proposed changes to social care had the appearance of something worked out on the back of an envelope, were uncosted, and immediately provoked a huge backlash. Currently anyone with assets of over £23,250 is expected to pay the full cost of their care. If you are in a care or nursing home, the value of your house can be taken into account up if your total assets are over £100,000.
But that is not the case if you receive care in your own home. The Tories reversed this position saying the value of the home may be factored in if you receive care at home, although — maybe they thought they were being humane here — the money will not be taken from your estate until after your death. Some people could now face losing their home after they die and will not be able to pass it down to their children. The Tories also removed the cap on the amount people had to pay.
Labour led the outcry against the proposals, dubbing them a "dementia tax". Theresa May was forced to make a u-turn and reintroduced the cap on payments (though not specifying what that cap might be), mumbling about how the whole package was still in the process of being planned. This is not much of a u-turn. People will still risk losing their home to pay for care in their own home. £23,000 is not an amount most working class people have tucked away for a rainy day. Many, even most, homes are worth over £100,000. This is a big and regressive change.
It is very ironic that working-class people can now be forced to lose the value of the home the Tories encouraged so many to buy often, extolling the pride over having "something to leave for future generations". The Tories'real intention is to open up new markets in the insurance industry for products to cover elder care. With private companies in on the "business of care", after-death sale of homes will likely be forced, no matter who is living there. Working-class people will also avoid asking for social care in order to protect the value of their home, opting to live with discomfort and stress. Elderly spouses and other family members will take up the burden of care.
As socialists we do not champion the ownership of private property. We support inheritance taxes for the very wealthy and ultimately, the communal, social and democratic ownership of all property and wealth. However we must defend the right of working-class people to hold onto the value of family homes — homes which have been paid for out of a lifetime of wages.
Although Labour has not said it will scrap all social care charges, it has promised to keep and increase the cap on spending and increase the social care budget under a National Care Service. Labour should have promised to scrap charges but it is clear that the Party's priority's are clear and very different to the Tories. Everyone is likely to become sick or old. There is only one rational political choice to make: vote Labour!


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NOBLE, Okla. — Even a week on, it's easy to find efforts of cleanup still going on all over Cleveland County.
We ran into one couple helping salvage what's left of a burned out property.
"It's a disaster, it really is, it's something else. It's a shame," Kenny Cox said.
A short distance up the road, Red Cross volunteers shut down the multi-agency disaster relief center that operated out of a Baptist church since last Tuesday.
The agencies have helped about 70 families but the center shut down Saturday night when disaster relief became more targeted.
Red Cross Supervisor Stephen Grayson, "We've been able to address the issues early on; we knew the structures that were involved. We have been able to really taget those clients. We are fixiing to target the ones that we haven't seen yet."
It will take time for that part of Cleveland County to look anything like it once did.


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Today's Blog features what's new in SAP Business One 9.0 and focuses on areas of enhancement and new features related to Bin Locations. SAP Business One 9.0 (now available) contains enhancements and additions meant to support the growing needs of the small and medium enterprise companies. So, what's new in SAP Business One 9.0?
- Native Bin Locations
SAP Business One now includes Bin location definition at the Warehouse level with the ability to split bins into multiple sub-levels. In addition, the system now supports four sublevel dimensions. For example, you can have Zones, Areas, Rows and Bins nested within each other. While Business One supports this hierarchal model, you can also configure non-hierarchal scenarios
In Business One, Bin location codes can now be setup with up to 10 user-defined attributes ie: size, weight, hazardous, frozen in order to better control inventory placement and movement.
You can now manage sublevel & bin location codes manually or automatically with a batch generation / update / delete function.
Finally, SAP Business One version 9.0 supports default bin locations, which are available 'per Item, 'per Item Group' & 'per Warehouse' to automatically route inbound inventory.
For more information on SAP Business One, check out our Blog, What is SAP Business One or for a detailed list of the new features of SAP Business One click here. You can also contact Clients First Business Solutions for Support of SAP Business One. Clients First can be reached by phone at (888) 239-2818.


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Save 50% on the purple girl's Jolly Onesie Scarf from Accessorize. Accessorize has marked down this really cute and super handy Onesie from £14.00 to £7.00. Hurry and get one for your little girl before the winter's over.
This is really cute. Wrap your little girl up in a bit of style and convenience with a pretty purple onesie. The onesie is a hat or hood, scarf and pockets or mittens all in one, so handy. Imagine being able to keep your head, neck and little hands warm all with one garment. Or you could use those pockets at the ends to carry stuff. It has a chunky knitted style, cute ditsy button on the pocket, pom pom detailing and a lovely purple colour.
I really love that it's not only cute but really practical too. You don't need to remember a hat and gloves and scarf, just the one onesie, fabulous. Let's hope that's the end of losing scarves and woolly hats this winter!


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It was many years since I had attended a school. Although I had taken many on-line or correspondence courses in the old days, I rarely had time to go to school during the day. Now in my 50's I was about to embark on a new adventure.
I was picked up in Ottawa along with two other classmates. Isadore and Jamie (who turned out to be the youngest in our class) were two natives from Saskatchewan. I was going right back to my child schooldays. I too was from Saskatchewan and had attended schools with many natives as well. Even after all these years I felt comfortable going back in time. Isadore is one of the funniest, most fun people I met in years. Jamie was a sweet, girl with the most beautiful complexion I'd ever seen in person. We chatted and immediately formed a bond.
There was a mall we would go to, sharing a cab on our week-ends off. In the mall was a nice wine shop. In Ontario there is an area near Niagara Falls where they grow grapes and make wine. I was however from the Okanagan Valley where the wineries are now known around the world. There is the largest winery in Osoyoos owned by Native Americans. So I chose to question the salesgirl in the store while Jamie and Isadore stood giggling by the door.
"Do you have any wines from Np' Mip?" – "Pardon? What is that?" – "You haven't heard of it?" Finally I explained it was the largest Native owned winery in North America. She did not have any wine from Np'Mip, but carried a few Okanagan wines. I didn't buy any wine that day.
I was pleased to see the NAV Center had a huge courtyard for smokers. It was packed with people but had beautiful gardens and fountains, all surrounded by a huge, square building. We soon discovered where our classes were held as well as learned of the different courses being taught. There were groups from all over the world. I met a group from Israel there for the simulated pilot training and learned from there they would move on to Oklahoma to fly real planes. The conversations were enlightening and stimulated the mind as they explained what it is like to live in daily, continuous danger. Yet all said they would not move to safety regardless of the opportunity. Hats off to these brave, courageous men and women.


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text: Most of us have to learn to recognize God's voice and His guidance in our lives. The Holy Spirit always moves us closer towards living as Jesus would if He were in our place. The Holy Spirit never huides us in a way that violates the plain teaching of Scripture.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When you hear Jessica Ayala, you're not just learning about her life, but getting a front row seat to what it's like being in her community.
At three years old, Ayala immigrated to the United States from Colombia, South America. She didn't learn how to speak and write in English until much later, but it didn't take long for her to get involved in poetry. She published her first series when she was only in the 3rd grade.
"It was truly my tool of communication," said Ayala. "Once I learned how to read, write and speak, it was all over. I used poetry to communicate, but also to heal and connect with the world."
Today, Ayala is an advocate and ally to undocumented immigrants. She said she hopes her listeners will consider the voices and stories that are typically unheard.
"I would like for them to consider the invisible," said Ayala. "You know, those that wake up before everybody wakes up and those that shut down America while we're sleeping comfortably in our beds."
Ayala said the goal is to get away from what's solely told in the news and media and share the fabric of her culture and what her community really is.
For Ayala, poetry and spokenword also became the driving force for her to get a higher education. She said she would've never gone to college had she not been given the opportunity to compete in poetic interpretation.
She's now part of the Latino Writers Collective in Kansas City and is also in the Charlotte Street Foundation residency program.
"It's allowed me to expand my network and be able to be among so many beautiful and incredible writers," said Ayala. "They've given me the inspiration to evolve in my art."
To hear more of Jessica Ayala's work, head to her site.


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The DPX connector comes in single, two, three and four gang versions and can accommodate up to 424 contacts. The DPX*MA connector features the LITTLE CAESAR contact assembly for rear insertion, release and extraction of crimp type contaccts. DPX*ME connectors feature environmental interfacial and grommet seals along with the LITTLE CAESAR contact assembly. DPXA shells utilize their keystone-shaped for polarization posts that are capable of providing up to 99 polarization positions. MILC -81659 compliance.
Features and Specs
- It is a one piece miniature rack and panel connector accomodating up to 106 contacts. Polarization provided by the keystone shape shell.
- DPXB, DPX2, DPX3 and DPX4 connectors are single, two, three and four gang connectors that can accommodate from 106 to 424 contacts. Three polarization keys allow 99 different polarization positions.
- DPX*MA connectors are DPX-Connectors with the LITTLE CAESAR contact assembly for rear insertion, release, and extraction of crimp type contacts.
- DPX*ME connectors are DPX-Connectors with environmental interfacial and grommet seals and the LITTLE CAESAR contact assembly.
- DPX-Connectors can accommodate a large variety of insert arrangements.
- DPX-Connectors can accommodate standard solder and crimp contact sizes 12, 16, 20, 22 as well as combinations of standard, coax and quadrax contacts.


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I have not been able to find drivers for an old Compaq 5184 desktop. It has a fresh install of Win ME . The HP/Compaq site just takes me around in a circle, and does not contain any drivers .
Apparently that has the Sis 530 on-board video controller. Windows ME should have native/'in-the-box' support for that chipset and it should have been set up when you installed ME. If not you can trythe 98 SE drivers. They're on the compaq download page or you can go to the Sis site and download there. Start at:
Check and click the agreement. Then from the boxes choose 98 SE, IGP graphics drivers and Sis 530.
If you've installed a graphics card you're gonna need to open the case describe the card--model, chipset, etc.
Real men don't use AntiVirus; they just reformat
Thanks-- I had not been able to figure out what SIS driver that was needed. I will try this one tomorrow. Thanks much--
You're welcome. Usually when the manufacturer doesn't have drivers it means the OS should already have them. Note that on the Sis site the 530 drivers show for 98 but not ME. Are you sure they're not setup already?
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Today I want to cover words that we often get confused and use out of context. We will not be covering the proper use of words like, "their, they're, there" or "two, too, to."
We're going to discuss words that are a bit more complicated. Many of us may not even think about these words and have no clue if they are used improperly or out of context, but for those who are familiar with these words, they know when they've been misused.
These words can be a bit obscure.
Implicit: Suggested or to be understood though not plainly expressed; implied.
Explicit: Clearly stated and leaving nothing implied.
-The explicit instructions from Bob gave Natalie enough clarity to resolve her confusion about the new software.
-Implicit in her first speech to her summer students was Ms. Whitmore's Draconian attitude toward dallying and late assignments.
Illusion: A false idea or conception; belief or opinion not in accord with the facts.
Allusion: Playing with, indirect reference, to refer to in a casual or indirect way.
Elusion: Escape or avoidance by quickness or cunning.
Illusive: Unreal.
Allusive: Using allusion.
Elusive: Hard to grasp or retain mentally; baffling.
-The magician is very elusive with his allusions as he creates the illusion that something is real and not sleight of hand.
Aggravate: It means "to add to", the trouble or condition must already exist before you can aggravate it.
Irritate: It means "to annoy". You irritate someone and then you aggravate them.
-Dirt can aggravate an open wound.
-Janis is in a good mood, I think I will try to irritate her.
Farther: Use for reference to distance.
Further: Use for reference to time or quantity.
-Alex drove farther than anyone.
-You should enroll in classes to further your education.
Tortuous: Full of twists, turns; crooked, winding road.
Torturous: Inflicting mental of physical pain.
-Driving down the tortuous road was torturous.
Are there any words that you see commonly misused? Please share, we'd love to hear them.


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I'm pretty sure that Deathtrap Dungeon was the first gamebook I got new rather than second-hand. I have vague memories of beholding a blue-and-red spread of copies of it and Island of the Lizard King in the book section of Boots (they used to have one), and of being amazed at the profusion of Instant Death sections right at the start of the book.
My very first attempt went worse than it should have done because I blundered, reading section 12 when I should have gone to 13, thereby missing out on a significant chunk of the dungeon, including the first of the vital jewels and an essential piece of information. I wouldn't have won even if I hadn't made that mistake, as I passed up the opportunity to acquire the second jewel I needed. And I think I cheated a bit, and pretended I hadn't knocked on a trapdoor when it became apparent that doing so led to getting speared in the throat by a Goblin.
It seems unlikely that I used dice, as I recall making it as far as the exit and lacking all the necessary jewels a few times, and there's no way of avoiding at least three fights against opponents with Skill scores in double figures on the way there. Then again, I hadn't quite managed to beat the book by the time my dad had a go at it, and dice were definitely being used by then, because I deliberately ignored the double six rolled for the Giant Scorpion at one point during that fight, as that would have meant Instant Death. And during the final battle, after the Manticore won a few rounds in quick succession, dad insisted I let him take over the dice-rolling as I was doing so badly. Maybe he thought I was cheating a bit, so he wouldn't win the book before I did. He never did find out about the times I'd fiddled things to keep his character from dying.
So, the premise: some years ago, the ruler of an obscure province came up with an unlikely but successful tourist attraction. It's a large subterranean complex with one way in, one way out, and a load of traps, monsters and other life-endangering stuff in between. Once a year, anyone who thinks they're up to the challenge gets to go in. If anyone were ever to make it out of the other end alive, they'd get a large sum of money, but nobody has. And vast crowds gather every year to watch an unspecified number of adventurers go through the entrance one at a time and never be seen again. Imagine a reality TV show in which cameras aren't allowed where the contestants are, the public don't get to vote, and there's a high probability that all the participants will die. Actually, don't, or Sky TV might get ideas.
This year, my character has decided to be one of the contestants, not so much for the money as the fact that nobody has ever survived - a more extreme version of the 'because it's there' factor that motivated the viewpoint character of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. So let's take a look at the man who believes himself capable of beating a challenge that has a 100% fatality rate up until now...
Skill: 8
Stamina: 21
Luck: 11
This doomed fool travels to Fang, the town where the eponymous dungeon is located, via Port Blacksand because Ian Livingstone has started world-building. After a few days spent sampling whatever entertainments Fang reserves for those about to die, he wakes from a dream that vaguely foreshadows the sequel to this book, and is led to the dungeon entrance where the other doomed contestants await. There are six in total, and he is the next-to-last to go in. Time for a quick perspective shift...
A short distance into the dungeon I find a table bearing six boxes, one of which has my name on it. I open the box to find a parchment bearing a message from dungeon proprietor Baron Sukumvit and two gold pieces. The note mentions that I 'will need to find and use several items' to make it through the dungeon, and for some deranged reason I memorise this and then destroy the parchment. Had it never occurred to me that acquiring McGuffins would be necessary? Is that fact such a super special secret that I really need to ensure that the last contestant doesn't get a chance to learn it? Am I not concerned that one of the other boxes may provide him with the exact same clue? Or even a different one, like 'you will have to kill some monsters' or 'the traps in this dungeon are harmful, and you would do well to avoid them'?
At a junction I see footprints indicating that three of my predecessors turned west, and one east. This is not one of Ian's patent 'go the wrong way and you've failed already' junctions, though there are some deeper in. Still, not following the crowd gives me a marginally better chance of surviving one impending encounter, so I follow the loner. After clambering over a disconcertingly squishy boulder, I have to turn north, and soon become aware that the temperature is rising. A recess in the wall contains a bamboo receptacle with clear liquid in it. Quite a neat dilemma for first-time players - is the liquid deadly, and the heat a trick to make the cautious more willing to drink it, or is dehydration the real danger, and the liquid the solution? Of course, by now I am well aware of what's going on here (I even flagged up an error in the text for the book's listing at Demian's site), so I know the optimal course of action, and take it.
Beyond the heated stretch of corridor, I see a door with a sliding plate set into it. Behind the door are the first of many pits to be found in this place, and a coil of rope. Having been advised that useful items are useful, I have the brilliant idea of taking the rope.
The passage turns west, and I run into a couple of Orcs. There's a chance of getting disarmed at the start of this fight, but I get off comparatively lightly with a flesh wound. Some appalling rolls mean that I take a lot more damage than I should against such minor foes - if I'd lost my sword, I'd probably have wound up dead.
Continuing on my way, I see more of the footprints I noticed earlier. They go up to a door in the wall, but don't come back out again. Behind the door I see why: the Barbarian who was second to enter the dungeon is impaled on several spikes protruding from a large board that must have sprung up from the floor when he triggered it. I help myself to his provisions, as he won't be needing them, and ignore the silver goblet I see in an alcove, as it's not something I need.
Returning to the corridor, I reach a junction, and see evidence that the three contestants who went left all survived the dangers of their chosen route, as their footprints all emerge from the passage facing me and turn north. I automatically follow in their footsteps, entering a large cavern that contains a massive idol with jewelled eyes, flanked by two big stuffed birds. It's a little surprising that none of the others to pass through here attempted to pilfer a gem. Maybe they were worried that doing so might cause the idol to animate (what a ridiculous idea), or they didn't want to risk the climb.
I have a rope. This makes it pretty easy for me to ascend to the idol's head and start to prise out one of its eyes. The idol does not come to life. The stuffed birds do, though, and while I manage to clip the first one's wings, the dice remain predominantly unfavourable. A little later, the sixth contestant will pass through here and, based on what I know of his character from more successful attempts at the book, will probably hurry away, wary of whatever caused my death. And everybody will fail, as the jewelled eye I died trying to acquire is one of the items needed at the end of the challenge.
By this book, Ian Livingstone has definitely lost faith in the FF mantra, 'any player, no matter how weak on initial dice rolls, should be able to get through fairly easily'. Before long, he will have unofficially switched to, 'any player, no matter how strong on initial dice rolls, should struggle to make it even half way through the book'. And a couple of books after that, he'll just turn nasty.
Perhaps if this book hadn't been so massively popular back in its day, FF wouldn't have got quite so ridiculously uplayable as it did at times. But the fans wanted tough fights and gruesome deaths, and that's what we got. And continued to get, even after at least some of us had matured enough to recognise that there were better ways of making a gamebook interesting than repeatedly shredding the player's character.


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Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.
-Sarah Palin-
It seems that our government is stuck in attack mode. The kind that looks like a synchronized spaz attack, and the sad part is, it is aimed at the American People.
Thankfully, the American people are waking up to the fact that the government in Washington is not there for them (the people)……but only for the politicians that hold office there. It seems to the office holders, that the wants and needs of the people are but a hindrance, and the same applies to our own constitution. Remember Nancy Pelosi said, (and I quote) "Are you serious?" When a reporter asked what was the Constitutional authority for government to provide health care?
You see my friends, they do not care what we the people want. They do not care what we the people say. They are in this for their own ideals. And their ideals are POWER, and nothing more. And when they are confronted with this, they round themselves up like kittens in a synchronized spaz attack and fight back. And they fight so hard, with a blind adherence to their own ideals on what has to be done, that they do not see the writing on the walls, when those same walls start to come tumbling down on them. When they do see, they still do not see the reason for it happening. The blame game is a game that they all play. Nothing is ever their fault. It is always someone else's. They're favorite scapegoat has always been George W. Bush. And even now, one year into the Obama presidency, they still blame Bush for everything.
The trouble is, it isn't coming out in the wash because the American people are not stupid. Obama has been in office for about a year now, so this mess is his, and the people that helped him create it. NO ONE ELSE'S!. They just cannot seem to tell the American people the truth.
A good example of this is Representative Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. Today, he announced that he was not going to run for reelection in November. The reason that he gave was that he knew it was time to step aside to let someone else have a chance at it. The real reason was,, and is, that he is being badly beaten in the poll numbers for his chances for reelection and his opponent, who is beating him, is a Republican. He didn't want to be beaten in November, and the Democrats didn't want that either, so he gave up his position of power. Something that no liberal democrat will do willingly, unless they know that they are about to lose that power in an election or something like that.
In other words my friends, the democrats are running scared, and over the next 10 months, things are going to get really heated in Washington, as the desperation of the liberals holding office gets more and more intense. They're desperation will show in everything that they are going to be doing. So, now the time is here, to just sit back, and enjoy the show. But never forget what they are all about. Never forget that they are all about destroying America, and her standing in the world. Never forget, they do not like America.
God Bless America, her troops and her people
God Bless my readers, my listeners on BTR and my viewers on You Tube…..


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Only 21 days left to register for PolymerClay Collaborative & Mixed Media Retreat in beautiful Shepardstown, WV!
Since polymer clay is such a versatile material, this retreat is great for bead & jewelry artists, fiber artists, bookmakers, collage artists and a combo of all those and more! Workshops include: Silk beads, intro to PMC, polymer beads, and more.
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Sep 8, 2015
Founded in 2012, the South African Small and Medium Enterprises Federation (SASMEF) is a national private social enterprise that unlocks resources from the political and economic centers as a catalyst for the creation and development of sustainable SME's.
Following the recent annual general meeting, a new board has been elected with the mandate to further strengthen and develop the Federation as well as build on the existing relationships with the key stakeholders in the SME arena. Newly elected President, Dr Ruben Richards (Ruben Richards Foundation), is joined by fellow office bearers Lydia Zingoni of Teen Entrepreneur as Deputy President, Dave Romero of Caban Investments as Treasurer, Pierre Fabe of EASIbility as Secretary with Carl Lotter (Africa Strategy Group) remaining in the role of CEO. Joining the office bearers as directors is Luther Diedericks of SA Business Hub, Lynn Maggott of Sabri, Raeez Rayner from MEDF, Chris Schereka from Little Biz Hub Group, and Dylan James of Siempre Media.
Small businesses create more than 50 percent of all employment opportunities in South Africa, while contributing more than 45 percent of the country's GDP. Small business is also the main driver of job creation. The National Development Plan envisages that by 2030 90% of new employment will be generated by the SME sector. But for this to become a reality there is much work to be done to ensure that there is a conducive business environment. Issues such as late payment of SME's by both big business and government, excessive red tape and a general lack of mentorship for small business owners are key matters which need to be dealt with as a matter of urgency.
SASMEF remains committed to being the voice of small business in South Africa as we work together to unlock the true value of South Africa's SME sector.
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|Front: Added a lil bump to bangs
I did a simple yet elegant style with my fave black flower clips :) I have actually seen this style done nicely/bigger with longer hair on Pinterest. I will definitely be playing with the "bun" more so as my hair grows!
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Quick How to:
- Place back hair into pony tail.
- Separate from middle of head (without untying the pony tail). Take hair that is out and put it through that space made (like up and over).
- Tuck your ends inside of the pony and pin away.
What do you think!? What is your interview style!?


text: Please join us on November 10 for the 4th annual Unitarian Universalist Church of Tippecanoe County Talent Show and Soup Cook-off, brought to you by the Stewardship Committee. Once again, this will be an evening not to be missed, full of jokes, dancing, dramatic readings, lots of music, and more. Taste the talents of our very own soup chefs and vote for your favorite. The fun starts at 5:30 with the children's entertainment, followed by dinner at 6 and adult talent after dinner. Childcare is available. Please contact Sherry Tripodi at email@example.com to volunteer to perform, enter in the soup competition, bring bread or other side dishes, or help out in the kitchen.


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On the DeveloperDrive.com site there's a recent post anyone wondering about cross-site scripting should give a read. They introduce you to the basic concept and two things you can do to help prevent them.
This little fable describes the most common vulnerability found in web sites, the Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack. According to a report from WhiteHat Security 83 percent of websites they tested have had at least one serious vulnerability and 66 percent of all websites with vulnerabilities are susceptible to XSS attacks making it the most common vulnerability web developers face. To fix this, it takes 67 days on average. Tools like WebScarab and Paros Proxy can be used to scan sites for possible vulnerabilities.
They offer two simple pieces of advice that it's all too easy to forget when developing applications - validate all user input to ensure it's what it should be and escape any untrusted output (even sometimes your own!) before pushing it out to the page.


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Using the GRILLON as an anchor for more than one person
As with every anchor certified to EN 795 after 2015, the GRILLON is marked for single-person use only. In the field, use by more than one person is possible.
- Read the technical notice before viewing the following techniques.
- It is important to fully understand the information provided in the technical notice before using this complementary information
- Mastering these techniques requires training.
- Consult a professional before attempting to perform these techniques on your own.
Standards context:
The EN 795 standard changed in 2015 based on a text edited in 2012. This new version limits anchors to single-person use only. This context can seem unsuitable for certain anchors that are commonly used by multiple persons.
Note: the GRILLON meets the performance requirements of TS 16415 which allows multi-person use, but is not certified to this standard due to conflicts with the EN 795 marking requirements.
Additionally, EN 795 type C, which covers lifeline usage, no longer takes into account the use of intermediate anchors which enables keeping the users of the lifeline separated on individual segments.
The first-generation GRILLON (before 2017) were not limited by these requirements.
In the field:
If necessary, the new generation GRILLON (2017 and after) may be used by more than one person.
A risk analysis must be done for each situation to determine the best solution to use.
Note: in all cases, as with all anchors, it is recommended to respect the principle of redundancy to avoid entrusting user safety to a single piece of equipment.
Example of restraint use:
In the case of two or three persons attached with restraint lanyards on a properly delimited terrace roof, away from any fall risk, a single GRILLON set up as a lifeline can work well.
Example of work positioning use:
As soon as the users put their weight on the lifeline, the use of a single GRILLON becomes questionable, if only for reasons of comfort: each user's movements will be felt by the other and can be destabilizing.
Example of fall-arrest use:
During use, there is no problem with using a single GRILLON. But the consequences of a worker fall must be considered: will lifeline deflection cause the other worker to fall? How could a rescue be organized for the first fallen worker?
The main risk being two workers falling simultaneously, Petzl did fall arrest tests, in an extreme use situation (very high-energy fall on a lifeline with no intermediate anchor point).
Fall test on a 13 m lifeline: 250 kg mass falling 1 m.
For this high-energy fall, we see that the loads on the anchors remain moderate. On the other hand, there is significant deflection so the setup must take this into account. Finally, the initial tension in the lifeline had a relatively low effect on the results.
|Initial tension in the lifeline
|Slippage in the GRILLON
|Maximum load measured on the anchor
|Maximum deflection
|1 kN
|0.01 cm
|less than 6 kN
|6 m
|3 kN
|0.01 cm
|7 kN
|5 m
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Children's Ministry at PMC
The mission for Children's Ministry is to introduce the kids to Jesus.
We aim to foster relationships through games, activities, stories, crafts, and more that will shape a biblical view of our world for our kids. A faithful team of volunteers is ready to reinforce biblical teaching and give your kiddos a great Sunday morning!
We invite you to Sunday School [Sundays 9:15-10:15 am].
It's a multi-age; multi-dynamic learning environment for kids.
During our service, we offer Children's Church as well, located in the Children's room.
A future evening-time Children's program is in the works for our community members. Stay tuned!


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Head-teacher Mrs McCluskey was rarely remembered for her jokes, yet actress Gwyneth Powell has been hugely successful in the world of television comedy with roles in Moving Wallpaper, The Gemma Factor and of course Channel 4's hit comedy 'Man Down'. Playing 'Mum' to writer Greg Davies' lead character Dan, Gwyneth has appeared in all four series of the sitcom, in a role that was personally written for her. The latest series begins on
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I'd like to assign each member some roles/groups. Based on these groups I'd like to restrict access to blogentries.
E.g: There are three groups : admin, user, guest
Users assigned to the group "user" will only see blogposts which are assigned to this group by the author etc.
If this is gonna work with BuddyPress' groups that would be marvellous!


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"The Case for Reparations is Nothing New," article by Mohamed Elnaiem, Jstor Daily, February 27, 2020.
"Mount Vernon discontinues Washington magnet over slave teeth controversy," article by Justine Coleman, The Hill, February 20, 2020.
"Mount Vernon Stops Selling Souvenir Washington Dentures Over Ties To Slavery," article by Natalie Delgadillo, DCist, February 20, 2020.
"The Racism Denier in Charge of Defending Black Rights in Brazil," article by Katy Watson, BBC, February 14, 2020.
"How Ghana's Historic Homecoming is Changing Africa," article by Zaina Adamu at CNN Travel, January 13, 2020.
"Histories of Violence: Slavery in America," Brad Evans interviews Ana Lucia Araujo, Los Angeles Review of Books, December 23, 2019.
Podcast "Reparations" part of the Radical Imagination podcast series, hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell with Guests Melisande Short-Colomb and Ana Lucia Araujo, November 3, 2019.
"États-Unis: 400 ans après, la blessure de l'esclavage toujours vivace," news report by Fanny Allard, France 24, October 23, 2019.
"The 1619 anniversary: Where does the American story begin?" article by Elena Gooray, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 2019.
"Aux États-Unis, le débat persiste sur les compensations aux descendants d'esclaves," article (in French) by Raphaël Bouvier-Auclair, Radio Canada, August 26, 2019.
"No, Confederate Monuments Don't Preserve History. They Manipulate It," article by Ana Lucia Araujo, Newsweek, August 16, 2019.
'Wat helpen excuses mij? De erfenis en de pijn blijven,' article (in Dutch) by Nina Jurna, NRC Handelsblad, July 1st, 2019.
"Dollars Today for Enslavement Long Ago? Georgetown Students Say Yes," article by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor, June 19, 2019.
"What you need to know about reparations after the first congressional hearing convened on the topic in more than a decade," article by Valerie Russ, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 2019.
"États-Unis 2020: indemnisation des Afro-Américains sur l'agenda des démocrates," article by Tirthankar Chanda, Radio France Internationale, June 19, 2019.
"The House Hearing on Slavery Reparations Is Part of a Long History. Here's What to Know on the Idea's Tireless Early Advocates," article by Arica L. Coleman, Time, June 18, 2019.
"Dandara e Luisa Mahin são consideradas heroínas do Brasil: O problema é que elas nunca existiram" [in Portuguese], article by Ana Lucia Araujo, Intercept Brasil, June 4, 2019.
"Wreck of Last Slave Ship Found in Alabama," article by Anne-Marie Bissada, Radio France Internationale, May 25, 2019.
"The History of Black Women Championing Demands for Reparations," article by Ana Lucia Araujo, History News Network, May 19, 2019.
"The Century-Long Fight for Reparations," article by Ana Lucia Araujo, "Made by History," Washington Post, April 28, 2019.
"Aux États-Unis, le retour du débat sur les réparations de l'esclavage," article by Stéphanie Le Bars, Le Monde, May 10, 2019.
"Reparations for Descendants of the Slave Trade Emerges as Democrats' Campaign Platform,"article by Stacy Brown, Black Press USA, April 7, 2019.
"Reparations: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?" article by Jonathan Tilove, Austin American-Statesman, April 6, 2019.
"Nenhum negro foi indenizado pela escravidão no Brasil: Esse debate é mais urgente do que nunca" [in Portuguese] by Ana Lucia Araujo, Intercept Brasil, February 18, 2019.
"Vogue Brazil Fashion Director Resigns Over Photos that Evoke Slavery Era" article by Ernesto Lodoño, New York Times, February 15, 2019.
Review of Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History by Ana Lucia Araujo, review by Jacob. T. Parks, H-Caribbean, January 2019.
"A reparação aos escravos," Interview with Ana Lucia Araujo by historians Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and José Pedro Monteiro, in the Portuguese magazine Visão História, October 2018.
"Slavery and a Transnational History of Reparations" review by Guy Emerson Mount, of the book Reparations for Slavery: A Transnational and Comparative History by Ana Lucia Araujo, Black Perspectives, October 16, 2018.
"Brazil's National Museum fire in context" article by Ana Lucia Araujo, HistoryExtra, The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC World Histories Magazine, September 2018.
"A Crime Against World Heritage": Experts Mourn Brazil's National Museum," article by Alex Morrison, Sotheby's Museum Network, September 7, 2018.
Interview about the fire that destroyed Brazil's National Museum, This Morning, TBS eFM radio program, Seoul, South Korea, September 6, 2018.
"What Was Lost in Brazil's Devastating Museum Fire," article by Ed Yong, The Atlantic, September 4, 2018.
"Brazilians Mourn Museum's Priceless Collection Amid Anger at Funding Cuts," The Guardian, September 3, 2018.
"Histoire des réparations pour l'esclavage," interview with Ana Lucia Araujo by Dr. Vincent Hirribarren, Blog Africa4: Regards croisés sur l'Afrique [in French], Libération, September 3, 2018.
"Móvel com referência a instrumento de tortura contra escravos causa revolta nas redes," O Globo , article by Sérgio Matsuura [in Portuguese] July 11, 2018.
"Hablemos de História," Podcast in Spanish and Portuguese on the book Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History by Ana Lucia Araujo, April 12, 2018.
"Reparations, memorials discussed at conference at UVA," article by Ruth Serven, The Daily Progress, March 21, 2018.
#OffScriptOn9 at WUS9: Howard University Professor discusses new book Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade with Bruce Johnson, February 15, 2018.
"Reparations NOW: Global and Historical Receipts with Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo," Truth's Table Podcast, February 8, 2018.
"Museus levam Benim a discutir papel na escravidão," [in Portuguese] article by Kevin Sieff, O Globo, February 4, 2018.
"An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves," article by Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, January 29, 2018.
Interview with Ana Lucia Araujo about her new book Reparations for Slavery, on Dr. Ron Daniels Vantage Point Radio Show WBAI, 99.5 FM, January 22, 2018.
"Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A New Book on the Idea of Reparations," article by Julie Hawks, Black Perspectives, January 5, 2018.
"V Books: Prof. Ana Araujo Pens a Comprehensive History of 'Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade in New Book," article by Darryl Robertson, Vibe, November 20, 2017.
"The Scholars Behind the Quest for Reparations," article by Marc Perry, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 14, 2017.
"Reconciling with the Past: Ana Lucia Araujo's Lecture on Coming to Terms with the Past When Monuments Are Taken Down," blog post by Daniel Wright, The Gettysburg Compiler on the Front Lines of History, November 8, 2017.
"Livro mostra o 'romantismo tropical' do Brasil do século 19," blog post [in Portuguese] by Diego C. Smirne, Jornal da USP, October 6, 2017.
"Protesto de jogadores negros na NFL mostra falácia da era pós-racial," interview [in Portuguese] by Tori Oliveira with Ana Lucia Araujo, Carta Capital, September 27, 2017.
Review of Araujo's book Shadows of the Slave Past by Renée Ater, Historical Dialogues. April 6, 2017.
"O Brasil deveria mudar o modo como lida com a memória da escravidão?" article by João Fellet, BBC Brasil, October 29, 2016.
"The Mythology of Racial Democracy in Brazil," article by Ana Lucia Araujo, OpenDemocracy, June 22, 2015.
"Slavery is not dead: it's not even past," article by Ana Lucia Araujo, OpenDemocracy, May 5, 2015.
"Portugal deve pagar indemnizações pela escravatura?" article [in Portuguese] by Joana Gorjão Henriques, O Público, November 9, 2014.
"What Obama really saw at the Door of No Return,' a disputed memorial to the slave trade,"article by Max Fischer, Washington Post, June 28, 2013.


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De Lima to Filipinos: Don't let Duterte kill in your name
In a forum on human rights and democracy at the College of the Holy Spirit in Manila, De Lima said one's vote is not consent for elected leaders, especially the President, to get away with questionable actions.
"You are not expected, or should be made to believe you're obligated to defend your elected leader's behavior after they assume power. Those acts are their own and you have all the right in the world to voice your objection," she said to a crowd of students from the host school, as well as its neighboring institutions in Mendiola.
"Don't let anyone make you feel that you are complicit to their crimes just because you exercised your right to vote. 'Wag ka pong maniwala na ang pagboto mo ay lisensiya niya para lapastanganin ang inyong mga karapatan at mas lalo na ang pumatay ay lumapastangan sa karapatan ng iba sa inyong pangalan," she added.
"Not in my name," she quoted someone as saying, then called on the audience to do the same.
In her speech, De Lima once again scored Duterte over the spate of killings related to the administration's intensive anti-drug campaign, including pronouncements he has made on the matter.
"[O]ne year ago, I would never have expected anyone to say, let alone get away with saying, 'My order is shoot to kill you. I don't care about human rights. You better believe me,'" De Lima said. "Okay. We believe you. Now what?"
"How exactly did you expect us to react to that oft-repeated statement of shoot to kill? As human rights activists, how do you expect us to react to such statements? Did you expect us to collectively shrug our shoulders in resignation, fold up our placards, call it a day and go home?" she added.
She went on: "If you expect people to respect and support you, give us something we can actually respect and support. The Filipino people's blind support for morally reprehensible acts, much less unlawful acts, is not ode to any leader by virtue of their election."
'President not above the law'
De Lima said that elected officials, even the President, was not above the country's laws.
"Now that the elections is over and done with, do you think the balance of powers have changed? No. They are still accountable to you. We, the public officials—especially the elected public officials, including the President—are still accountable to you. Not the other way around," De Lima said.
"Do you think you have surrendered your rights as against the president that you or the majority of voters voted for? A plurality is not even a majority, but simply a plurality? No," she added. "Why? Because the President, or because no President is above the law, much less above the Constitution."
She also said: "No President, no matter how many people voted for him, is above the people. Kahit diyos pa ang tingin niya sa sarili niya, siya po ay tao at tao ring haharap sa batas ng tao. Kahit ibinoto mo pa siya, o ibinoto natin." — By ROSE-AN JESSICA DIOQUINO, GMA News
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As our Mission Statement iterates, the celebration of the Sacraments is central to this life of this parish family. We welcome you to the Table of the Lord for Eucharist, which is available virtually every day at St. Richard's Catholic Church during either a Mass or Word & Communion Service. The Sacrament of Reconcilaition is available each Saturday before Mass or by special appointment with Fr. Mark Pavlik. Those who are homebound or hosptialized may contact the parish office to have the Sacraments brought to them.
Anyone who is interested in receiving the Sacraments of Initiation into the Church or who are would like to be married within our community should see the listings on the left of this page.
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Daily Current Affairs contains all major news that occurs National and International Level.It will helpful for those students who are preparing for Bank Exams- IBPS/SBI/PO/Clerk exam , SSC Exams and all other competitive exams .
Dear Banking and SSC , Railway exam Aspirants keep reading Daily Current Affairs for upcoming Exams
1. Actress Rekha conferred 2016 Yash Chopra Memorial Award
1. Veteran Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha MP Rekha has been conferred with the third edition of Yash Chopra Memorial Award. The award was bestowed upon her by Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao in recognition of her talent and contribution to the film industry.
2. Yash Chopra Memorial Award It is an annual award bestowed upon distinguished senior film personality for outstanding contribution to film industry The award has been instituted by the TSR Foundation of T Subbarami Reddy in the memory of the producer-director Yash Chopra who died in 2012.
2. Japanese automaker Toyota tops in global vehicle sales in 2015
1. Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has topped in global vehicle sales in 2015 by selling 10.151 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen and General Motors. With this, the company has retained its status as the world's top-selling automaker for the fourth straight year.
2. While, German automaker Volkswagen AG is ranks second in global vehicle sales list and has sold 9.93 million vehicles in year 2015. Detroit-based General Motors (GM) ranks third in the list and has sold at 9.8 million vehicles. In 2008,
2. Toyota had broken GM's 7 decades of long reign as the world's top automaker. But it had lost it in 2011 as Japan's devastating earthquake-tsunami disaster that had dented its production and disrupted the supply chains. However, in 2012 Toyota once again overtook GM and since then it has remained on top position,
3. American actor Abe Vigoda passes away
1. American actor Abe Vigoda best known for roles in The Godfather and Barney Miller, a sitcom of 1970s passed away in New Jersey, US. He was 94. His most famous role was as the grumpy and deadpan Detective Sergeant Phil Fish in the Barney Miller police comedy series.
4. Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of Artificial Intelligence, died
1. Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of artificial intelligence, died on 24 January 2016 at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital due to cerebral hemorrhage. The mathematician and the computer scientist died at the age of 88.
2. Minsky, a professor emeritus at the MIT Media Lab, helped in work that helped inspired the creation of the personal computer and the Internet.
5. FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2015 announced
1. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on 26 January 2016 announced the winners of its Hockey Stars awards for 2015.
The Netherlands' Robert Van der Horst and Lidewij Welten won the men's and women's FIH Player of the Year awards, respectively, for their performances in 2015.
Award Winner
Goalkeeper of the year (Women)- Joyce Sombroek (The Netherlands)
Goalkeeper of the year (Men)- David Harte (Ireland)
Rising Star of the Year (Women)- Lily Owsley (Great Britain)
Rising Star of the Year (Men)- Chrisopher Rühr (Germany)
6. Transparency International released Corruption Perceptions Index 2015
1. Transparency International on 27 January 2016 released the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015. The Index measured the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 168 countries and territories across the world.
2. The CPI 2015 showed that although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the edition than declined. The index further suggested that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption.
3. While Denmark, with rank 1, was adjudged as the most corruption-free country among the surveyed countries, India was placed at the 76th place with 38 points. India was at the 85th position among the 175 countries surveyed in the CPI 2014.
7. Cottalango Leon selected for 2016 Technical Achievement Award of Academy of Motion Pictures
1. Cottalango Leon, a person of Indian origin, was on 22 January 2016 selected for the 2016 Technical Achievement Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
2. Leon won the award under the Scientific and Technical Achievements category for the design, engineering and continuous development of Sony Pictures Imageworks Itview along with his two team members J Robert Ray and Sam Richards. It is a tool used only within Sony Imageworks.
3. Dubbed as itview, the software makes review of movie segments by artists at various levels a lot easier during film making.
4. He joined another person of Indian origin Rahul Thakkar who also was named as one of the winners of Scientific and Technical Awards 2016 of Academy Awards.
8. Cabinet approves hybrid annuity model for highway projects
1. The Union Cabinet under Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the raising of 17 India Reserve Battalions (IR Bns) by Jammu & Kashmir and states affected by Left Wing Extremism.
2. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for the Hybrid Annuity Model as one of the modes of delivery for implementing highway projects. "Adopting such a model for projects not found viable on BOT (toll) mode shall be more effective in terms of maximising the quantum of kilometres implemented within the available financial resources of the Government
3. The Cabinet was also apprised of MoUs signed between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team with its counterparts in Malaysia, Singapore and Japan to promote cooperation for exchange of knowledge and experience in detection, resolution and prevention of cyber security related incidents. It also cleared a pact signed with Russia in May 2015, which provides for competitive research grants to Indian and Russian researchers for joint implementation of research projects in areas of basic and exploratory sciences.
9. Apollo Munich ties up with Axis Bank for policy distribution
1. Standalone health insurance company Apollo Munich today announced its partnership with Axis Bank for offering bank customers customised insurance policies.
2. Besides, Apollo Munich Health Insurance has distribution partnership with Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and Citi.
10. Rajasthan signs MoU to join UDAY scheme
1. Rajasthan has become the third state to sign a memorandum of understanding for joining the central government's state electricity distribution utility revival scheme.
2. The MoU was signed between the central government, Rajasthan government and the three electricity distribution utilities in Rajasthan – Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd, Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd and Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd.
3. Under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme, the Rajasthan government will take over ₹ 60,500 crore of the debt on the books of the electricity distribution utilities. The remaining ₹ 20,000 crore will be issued as state guaranteed DISCOM bonds at coupon rates of around 3 per cent lower than the average existing interest rate.
4. As a result, the distribution utilities of Rajasthan will save around ₹ 3,000 crore annually through reduction in annual interest cost. By increasing the operational efficiency and ensuring AT&C losses, an additional revenue of ₹ 7,300 crore is expected to come to the DISCOMs till fiscal 2018-19
11. India, Armenia amend double taxation avoidance convention
1. India and Armenia on Wednesday signed a protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention between the two countries.2. The protocol amends the Article on Exchange of Information for tax purposes to bring it in line with the updated provisions in the OECD Model," said an official release, adding that it will enable the two countries to exchange information related to financial and banking transactions under the pact and help in preventing tax evasion.


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Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing.
First Edition of Kenneth J. Arrow's Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing; Signed by Him
Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing.
ARROW, Kenneth J.
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Amsterdam-London: North -Holland Publishing Company, 1971.
First edition of this collection of essays by Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. Small name to the front free endpaper, in near fine condition. No jacket was issued for this title. Books signed by Arrow are uncommon.
Kenneth Arrow is one of the most important economists in the second half of the twentieth century. His most significant works are his contributions to social choice theory, notably "Arrow's impossibility theorem", and his work on general equilibrium analysis. He has also provided foundational work in many other areas of economics, including endogenous growth theory and the economics of information. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959 and was the joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972, still the youngest person to receive that prize at the age of 51. He was the recipient of the 2004 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, presented by President George W. Bush for his contributions to research on the problem of making decisions using imperfect information and his research on bearing risk. His contributions to the general equilibrium theory were strongly influenced by Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.


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I first met Zuberi Shakir many years ago when he and I served on the Menifee Valley Chamber Board of Directors and I always remembered what a great person he was with such a beautiful smile.
I recently ran into Zuberi Shakir and his wife Uhura at a club in Temecula where one of my NAFE members, Jacquelyn Bonaparte, a fantastic jazz vocalist, was performing.
Zuberi Shakir recently started a new business as a Licensed Professional Barber. He's been cutting hair, collectively as an amateur and professionally for over 20 years.
The road he travelled was far from his current career path. In 1981, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and spent 22 years in service of this country and retired in 2004. While serving in the military, he began attending Southern Illinois University.
In 2006, he was hired on with the North County Times/California as a Multi-Media Advertising Specialist. During his tenure at the newspaper, he made many business contacts and even attended various Chamber mixers and community events in and around the local area. Eventually, he joined the Menifee Chamber as a Board of Director in 2011 where he served until 2013.
Once he retired in 2007, and after about a two and half year break, he was able to complete the final course requirement to earn his bachelor's degree in Workforce Education and Development. In between retirement and earning his degree, he worked as a Financial Advisor and Insurance Agent for a year after being licensed.
In 2012, Zuberi briefly started a non-profit which included networking, fundraising and other social events. He enjoys being a business owner and loves what he does. It allows him the opportunity to provide a service and give back to the community.
Over the past few weeks he began donating his time providing FREE haircuts to the homeless at the Temecula Community Pantry. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. The Mission of Hope organization was recently notified by the City of Temecula that the program is being shut down. According to Zuberi, prior to getting involved with the pantry, he was in negotiations with another local non-profit organization to do the same. The other program is also geared towards helping the homeless and displaced families in need of shelter, and other amenities. He admits that providing a service is very rewarding and he will continue doing it as long as possible.
Zuberi wouldn't have been able to do all that he's done if it were not for the love and support of his beautiful wife, Uhura, and his three adult children, Makeda, Asaad and Asha, as he laughingly refers to them. He and Uhura have a 5 year-old grandson whom they absolutely adore.
His shop is called Babu (bah-boo) Da Barber. It is located in the Phenix Salon Suites, 26439 Ynez Rd., Ste 102, Temecula, CA.
He can be reached on Instagram @babudabarber and at facebook.com/babudabarber or at (951) 236-7791.


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Though it's nothing new for WikiLeaks to publish information belonging to a private company, Monday's release of Stratfor e-mails might be an indication that for the first time, Anonymous and WikiLeaks have worked together. And that could have legal consequences for WikiLeaks' editor Julian Assange, experts say.
In December, Anonymous claimed it had hacked Stratfor, the Austin, Texas-based private company that produces intelligence reports for clients. On Monday, WikiLeaks began releasing 5 million e-mails it said belonged to Stratfor that reveal, WikiLeaks says, a litany of injustices by the company. WikiLeaks is calling the leak The Global Intelligence Files.
WikiLeaks has not said where it got the e-mails. Anonymous, an amorphous group of hackers worldwide, is claiming on Twitter and on other social media that they gave it to the site. Numerous media outlets such as the Washington Post and Wired are reporting the partnership.
"Their [WikiLeaks and Anonymous] working together made sense. Anonymous did the hack, had the stuff and in the end decided that someone else would be better-suited to comb through this and release it," said Gregg Housh, who acts as a spokesperson for Anonymous. "Anonymous just didn't have the ability to go through all the e-mails themselves. This was a happy partnership. WikiLeaks did such an awesome job categorizing the [State Department] cables."
WikiLeaks became megawatt famous in 2010 with the Iraq and Afghanistan war leaks, and then followed up by leaking nearly a quarter million State Department cables. Meanwhile, Anonymous was making its first international headlines by disabling the Web sites of MasterCard, PayPal and Visa when the corporations stopped doing business with WikiLeaks. With intense attention on WikiLeaks and Assange's subsequent legal woes, it seemed that Anonymous might take over if WikiLeaks couldn't survive. Assange last year said that he had nothing to do with the site disabling of the companies.
Housh is a web developer in Boston and says that he observes Anonymous' IRC chat portal and communicates with anons but he doesn't participate in any hacks. Through Housh, CNN has requested phone interviews with anons, people who associate themselves with Anonymous. On Monday those requests were rebuffed - although across the Web, anons claimed credit for the Stratfor hack. The hackers behind the Stratfor hack may be part of an Anonymous sect called "Anti-Sec," which Wired reports is known for hacking into servers.
Stratfor confirmed Monday that company e-mails had been stolen, but said in a statement that some of the messages may have been altered.
Because the Global Intelligence Files are allegedly stolen from a private company, WikiLeaks could likely be held liable for that theft, said Hemu Nigam who has worked for two decades in computer security.
"There's a huge difference between publishing information and publishing information you know to be stolen," said Nigam, who has collaborated with the U.S. Secret Service, Interpol and the FBI to implement a hacker identification program for Microsoft. He now runs SSP Blue, an advisory firm that tells major corporations how to protect against hackers and insiders looking to leak. "There are a host of criminal statues that I have no doubt Stratfor's attorneys are going over thinking about how best to sue WikiLeaks. Information that is privately owned is not the same as information that is public, that essentially belongs to the public."
Hemu says that it appears to him that the 5 million e-mails were taken by a hacker who penetrated an unprotected server and copied the entire server. "Any company that's keeping valuable or confidential information has to take a multilayered approach to Internet security," Nigam said. "There are so many ways to access a system, and a company has to stay several steps ahead of all of them."
The Stratfor leak isn't the first time that WikiLeaks has published information from a private company, said Rebecca Jeschke of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which defends free speech and online privacy. In 2008, Swiss bank Julius Baer filed suit in federal district court in California against WikiLeaks for hosting 14 allegedly leaked documents regarding personal banking transactions of bank customers. According to Jeschke, Baer ultimately moved to dismiss the case.
It's a shame wikileaks has no money to pay Stratfor after they get sued. And shutting down wikileaks really accomplishes nothing – he can just open it up again after going bankrupt.
If WikiLeaks gets sued and loses, then WikiLeaks gets shut down. The prosecution will not get any money for WikiLeaks, they don't have any money to give. Then Anonymous will release the information in raw form anyway, it will just be harder to understand and piece together.
So not true at all. The Pirate Bay has been sued, successfully, more than once, and it remains to this day.
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Geez why are all my posts getting autoblocked? Im not saying anything inflammatory or with bad words.
Who cares, many posts dont get on, im sure what you had to say isnt earthshattering, let it go.
People who talk about Anonymous as though there was an organization, or even a cabal of leaders, don't understand it at all. Reporters want to "interview Anons" for example. There are potentially 10s of thousands of "Anons", or even more. Sit down & talk with your children – you'll probably be "talking with Anons".
"There are a host of criminal statues that I have no doubt Stratfor's attorneys are going over thinking about how best to sue WikiLeaks."
I hope the attorneys are going over more than criminal statues. I'm guessing these would include Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mussolini and even George Bush (Jr AND Snr) . Perhaps their time would be better spent scouring over statutes.
Sadly, none of this does anything to change the world order. It will just change the way agencies conduct business. More face to face and courier delivered messages, more coded info if wireless messages need to be sent. We'll be more in the dark than ever, and agencies will be less accountable than ever.
RICO statutes should be used to put these thieves in jail.
They have shown us just how rotten our government has become and how secret it is. I hope Assange keeps on keepin' on!
They are a secret group and nobody knows who or how the information was obtained. Makes it kind of hard.
Because he has an untreated venereal disease.
With great power comes great responsibility.
Anonymous can't be "teamed up with" becouse it is not a group. It is any person that does something and doesn't let their name be known. If you ever donated money and didn't take credit for it then you did an Anonymous contribution.
I can't belive the media is still pushing such misinformation. LE is not directed at the crimes and criminals exposed but at the people that expose the criminals. Anonymous are the whistle blowers in fear for their lives to expose crimes commited, and the level of corruption is self evedent as the criminals being exposed are ignored and the whistle blowers persued.
WOW ! Imagine the IPO when this corporation hits the stockmarket.
Anarchists Unite!
i disagree. anarchists and arsonists have identical goals...
I can,t believe that there are people here defending the real criminals at Stratfor.
If you people had any ideas what firms like Stratfor did around the world you maybe then you would know as to why a certain people hate us so much.
Good work boys lets take down the that stupid obama website next its an eyesore


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Tuesday, January 16, 2007 by: Jessica Fraser
Tags: bird flu, avian flu, flu outbreak
The local animal health department slaughtered 1,800 ducks in the districts of Go Quao and Vinh Thuan on Saturday and Sunday, and sterilized and quarantined the sites where the dead ducks were found.
The H5N1 virus re-emerged in early December last year in Central Vietnam, where it affected 41 communes in 17 districts in the provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang and Kien Giang, according to the Thanh Nien Daily.
Following the discovery of the ducks in Kien Giang, the National Steering Committee on Bird Flu Control met to discuss the spread of the avian flu virus. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong called the spread of the virus north along the Mekong delta an imminent threat.
Reports from the Animal Health Bureau Region in Dong Thap and Bac Lieu provinces, on the Cuu Long River Delta, indicate that the H5N1 virus is spreading among waterfowl that have not been vaccinated against the disease.
Unvaccinated ducks carrying the virus were blamed in a recent report by the Center for Animal Health Diagnosis for spreading H5N1 in Ninh Binh, Ha Nam and Vihn Phuc provinces.
Officials say the disease is also being spread through the sale of uncertified poultry in markets, where hygiene practices are not enforced.
Tran Quoc Thang, deputy minister of science and technology, conducted a review of bird flu control protocols in Danang on Tuesday, and requested that local agencies sterilize markets where poultry is sold to help combat the virus. Thang warned that Danang should be closely watched for outbreaks of the disease, since it acts as a transfer station for high quantities of fowl.
According to Bong, all provinces in Vietnam must be prepared to fight the virus, as well as be equipped to deal with an emergency in the event of a widespread outbreak.
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MLA 2009 Update
The Modern Language Association published a major update of the manual this year. MLA style is a popular citation style at John Tyler; this change will affect multiple disciplines.
This 7th edition has changed the rules for citing sources to make things clearer in electronic sources and bibliographies.
- No underlining. MLA now asks for italicizing the titiles of journals, books, and films.
- No URLS. Pasting a web address is no longer required.
- Publication form is required. Now citations must include the form of the material: Print, Web, performance, etc. at the end of the citation.
The Online Writing Lab (OWL at Purdue) has an excellent summary of these changes, along with multiple examples of different formats.
Each campus library has two copies of the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers; one will always be in the library for students and faculty to use.


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White Tales 11/30/2012
I thought I'd made all the possible muzzle-loading mistakes, but when 8 deer walked up to me yesterday and my cap went off without firing the powder, it was a new one. I quickly repeated the mistake, placing a new cap in the rifle and firing again at one of the deer that had, amazingly, not run off after the first cap fired.
That was an exercise in futility, because of course the powder again failed to explode. And I watched the herd of deer saunter off, smiles on their faces to match the frown on mine.
My hunting partner Ed Pineau later explained that the powder probably took on moisture because I kept my rifle in the house between hunting outings. So much to learn. So little brainpower left.
I love the muzzle-loading season, with few hunters, colder weather, and plenty of deer left from the rifle season in November. Even though I saw 21 deer during the rifle season, including a spike horn that walked up to me with 30 minutes left in the season, I passed on all of them.
My plan was to try for a big buck in November, then take what came my way in the muzzle-loading season, when I am concentrating on the woodlot of a farmer-friend who has deer problems.
The problems are not surprising, given that I saw 12 deer on his woodlot yesterday, and that doesn't count the big buck that Jerry Pineau saw nor the doe that walked by Ed.
My second encounter of the afternoon added a new muzzle-loading mistake to my long list of errors with this firearm.
About an hour after messing up with the herd of 8 deer, I was in a new location, sitting on the side of a hill, waiting to plunge into the bog below me and hunt my way back to Ed's stand.
I heard a deer coming, well below me, and saw it step through a small opening in the trees. Another doe, seemingly alone. It entered a fir thicket, and then I heard a second deer, well to my right. Glancing that way, I could just make out the silhouette of that deer, behind a row of small firs.
With no effective way to shoot, I had to wait and hope that one of the deer would advance up the hill toward me. As they got closer, but still in the fir thicket, I discovered that there were more than two deer. And my heart rate doubled. Pretty soon I could make out four deer.
But by then, I'd been holding the rifle up quite a while, and my arms tired to the point that I had to lower it a bit. And that's when one of the deer saw me, whirled, and started back through the thicket.
All four deer exited about 100 yards below me, running through that same opening where I'd first seen the deer. As the fourth deer jumped into my field of vision through the scope, I fired. Or tried to.
There was a very slight delay between the firing of the cap and the explosion of the powder. I later learned that this is not unusual, and it's critically important to hold steady until the powder does explode.
I think I lifted the gun in that instant between the cap firing and the powder exploding – or perhaps the deer simply jumped out of the way. Doesn't matter. She escaped unharmed, leaving me out of powder, bullets, and patience.
But I still walked through the bog and arrived at Ed's stand in time to tell him my tale of woe as we walked out of the woods. It was one of the best afternoons of hunting I've ever enjoyed.


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How well do you know the tax rules?
An online survey conducted by Economictimes.com shows that Indians are not very clued in when it comes to taxation. Take this quiz to gauge how much you know about tax regulations.
1) The interest earned on a bank fixed deposit is…
a. Fully taxable as income. b. Exempt up to Rs 10,000 a year. c. Not taxable if TDS is deducted. d. Tax-free if it's a tax-saving FD.
44% of the respondents said FD interest is exempt up to Rs 10,000 a year.
2) Which of these cannot be claimed as deduction?
a. School fees of two children. b. Interest paid on education loan. c. Charges for medical check-up. d. Premium of travel insurance policy
23% didn't know about deductions under Section 80C, 80D and 80E.
3) An individual won't get tax deduction for…
a. Voluntary contribution to PF. b. Life insurance of child over 18. c. Employer's contribution to PF. d. Health cover of earning spouse
31% said premium paid for health cover of working spouse is not eligible for tax deduction.
4) Which of the following will be taxable?
a. Gift of Rs 2 lakh to earning spouse. b. Gift worth Rs 75,000 to a friend. c. Rs 50 lakh property gifted to son. d. Rs 1 lakh wedding gift to colleague.
35% said a gift worth Rs 1 lakh to a colleague on wedding is taxable.
5) HRA is not tax-exempt if you pay rent to…
a. Your non-working mother. b. Your minor child. c. Your retired father. d. Your real brother or sister.
15% believe you can't claim HRA exemption if you pay rent to your parents.
6) There are additional tax benefits for people with…
a. Only one girl child. b. A disabled dependant. c. A large family to take care of. d. No pension benefit from employer.
87% say you get addiitonal tax benefits if you have a disabled dependant.
7) If you have a second house lying vacant, you have to…
a. Pay tax on rent not received. b. Include in wealth tax. c. Pay property tax on it. d. All of the above.
63% say you have to pay tax on the rent even if the house is lying vacant.
8) If one earns rent on property, how much of it is taxable?
a. Full amount taxable as income. b. Only 70% is taxable. c. No tax if out of municipal limit. d. No tax if house is on a loan.
40% said full amount is taxable as income from house property.
9) One doesn't have to file tax return if…
a. TDS has been deducted. b. After Sec 80C savings, tax is nil. c. Income is below Rs 2 lakh a year. d. One is a senior citizen with pension.
14% believe senior citizens with pension income dont have to file returns.
10) Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Annual PPF limit is Rs 1 lakh. b. Health premium deduction limit is Rs 20,000 for seniors. c. Stock investors can cut tax further with RGESS funds. d. Insurance plans must give a cover of 10 times the annual premium for tax benefits.
The online survey was conducted on 6-7 March among 2,361 respondents.
1) a. Interest on FDs is fully taxable as income at the rate applicable to the taxpayer.
2) d. Travel insurance policies are not tax deductible for salaried individuals.
3) c. Individuals do not get any deduction for employer's contribution to PF.
4) b. Gifts worth over Rs 50,000 in a year are taxed as income of recipient.
5) b. Any income of the minor child will be clubbed with that of the parent.
6) b. A disabled dependant gets you a deduction under Section 80DD.
7) d. All the three conditions apply on a second house lying vacant.
8) b. Rental income is eligible for 30% standard deduction.
9) c. Only those with income below the basic exemption are exempt from filing tax.
10) c. The RGESS deduction is available only to first-time investors in equities.


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Southington Assessor's accept elderly tax forms
The Southington Assessor's Office is accepting applications for the elderly homeowners program which helps reduce property taxes. Income levels are $35,300 for single residents and $43,000 for married couples. One spouse in the household must be at least 65 years of age as of last Dec. 31. Those who are receiving Social Security Disability benefits may apply regardless of age.
The office also is accepting applications for the Tax Stabilization (tax freeze). One spouse in the household must be 70 years of age as of last Dec. 31 and if married, his or her spouse is 62 years of age or over as of last Dec. 31. Income limits are $32,000 for single residents and $37,000 for married couples. Under this program the deferred amount of taxes, with interest, shall be liened against the property.
For either program, applicants must file by May 15 and bring the Federal Income Tax return and Social Security 1099 statements for 2017. For more information, call 860-276-6205.
Parent information series
The Youth Services will present Helping children overcome anxiety, 'handling childen's anger,' from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Youth Services offices. To register call 860-276-6281.
SOUTHINGTON — The UNICO hosts its "All You Can Eat Big Breakfast" on Sunday, April 29, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Mary Our Queen Hall, 248 Savage St., Plantsville. Admission is per person. Children under 3 eat for free. Tickets are available at the door or contact Tom Delsanto, Jr. at 860-919-2903 or Dave Kanute at 860-621-5494. Tickets can also be picked up at Fasulo & Albini, CPAs. All proceeds benefit UNICO charities.
Registration is now open for the Southington Recreation Department's Camp RISE summer program for children with special needs. The program will be broken down into two sessions: Session 1 is for students entering Grades 2-5 and will run July 2-3 and July 9-12; Session 2 is for students entering Grades 6-12 (up to age 21) and will run July 16-19 and July 23-26. Both sessions are open to Southington residents only and will take place at South End Elementary School & Recreation Park from 12:15 to 3 p.m. daily. The cost to participate varies by session. Space is extremely limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Complete program details and the required registration forms are available online at www.southington.org/CampRISE.
Babysitting certification
Youth Services is sponsoring a Babysitting Certification class at the Southington Youth Services Department, 196 N. Main St. It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 11, from 8:45 until 11:45 a.m. There is a fee to attend. The class is for Southington youth residents over 12 years of age, and is limited to 12 slots. Call 860-276-6281 to register your child today.
Space is available in the popular program "When I'm in Charge" sponsored by the Southington Youth Services. The program is being held on Thursday, April 12, from 5 until 6:45 p.m. at the Southington Youth Services office, 196 North Main St. The course is intended for youth who are in 4th, 5th or 6th grade and teaches them how to keep safe when they are left at home on their own. It is taught by Red Cross certified instructor. To register, call Youth Services at 860-276-6281. Registration is on a first-come first-serve basis. There is a cost to attend.