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Well, this is the first time in a very long time that the Cleveland Browns are technically not 0-2. Best start in a long time for the Browns at 0-1-1. This is why sports are so great though, anything can happen. Nobody expected Nick Foles to toss Philly on his back to the Super Bowl in 2017. The Lions, Cardinals, Seahawks, Giants, Texans, Raiders, and Bills are all 0-2 to start the season. The Cardinals Steve Wilkes and Lions Matt Patricia are both looking for their first career wins.
Matt Patricia and his Lions don't look to be on the same page early on. They started the season as good as anyone could by intercepting Sam Darnold for a Touchdown on the first play on defense. Since that play they got destroyed losing 48-17 against the Jets. Week 3 doesn't get any easier. Patricia faces his long time employer the New England Patriots. They still have two meetings with the Vikings, Packers twice, Panthers, and Rams. That is not easy. Matt Patricia will be taking his lumps in year 1.
Steve Wilkes has a much more difficult task with his QB situation. Sam Bradford looks like he is trying to stay healthy more than trying to put points on the board. Very conservative play-calling. They're throwing 3-5 yard plays over and over again. He brought in respected offensive coordinator Mike McCoy but it hasn't worked. Larry Fitzgerald deserves better which is why they should turn Josh Rosen loose. Let the No. 10 overall pick start to learn how to run a team. The Cards shouldn't be anywhere near the playoff conversation. However, I said it earlier, anything can happen in sports.
The Houston Texans are the best pick to make it to postseason. They are to talented. JJ Watt is back. They have a top Wide Receiver in Deandre Hopkins and a nice complement in Will Fuller. Lamar Miller can be a solid lead Running Back and in the passing game. Deshaun Watson looks to finish what he started last season before he went down to an ACL injury. They brought in Tyrann Mathieu in free agency. If the Texans are getting a healthy Honey Badger the defense will be very scary. Their toughest games are against the Giants, Cowboys, Denver, Philly, and the Jags. Very doable.
The Giants are also another nice pick because Philly hasn't looked too impressive, that is without Carson Wentz. The Cowboys also look very suspect this season. Eli Manning needs to have Saquon Barkley shoulder a huge workload as a rookie. If Barkley plays like a top 5 pick the passing game can take off. Defenses will have to respect the run and Odell will be in single coverage. So far this season they haven't looked very good at all. Their toughest games outside of the Eagles and Cowboys are the Falcons, Bears, and Tampa Bay. Tampa only if Ryan Fitzpatrick stays hot.
The 'Legion of Boom' is down to a sole survivor. Earl Thomas is the only player from that vaunted Seahawks secondary that won the Super Bowl only a few years ago. Russel Wilson is holding onto the ball way too long getting sacked a lot and wearing out his lineman. They lost Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett, and Cam Chancellor retired. RIP to the once feared 'Legion of Boom.' I don't see them being a factor at all from what we've seen after two weeks. They still play the Rams twice, Chargers, Packers, and Chiefs before this season is over.
Finally, let's shift our focus to one time legend on the field and in the booth. Jon Gruden is back in charge leading the Raider Nation into battle. So far, losing the best player on their team didn't do him any favors. Maybe if Gruden took less than that outrageous $100 million contract they would have been able to keep their BEST PLAYER happy. Losing Khalil Mack wasn't the smartest decision. The rest of the West in the AFC are pretty happy about this decision from Raiders brass. Mack has changed the Bears defense while the Raiders are sinking. Two heart breaking losses and Gruden is needing to search for answers. This team looks like they're already looking forward to playing in Vegas. The Raiders also have the challenge of chasing 3 teams with the Chargers, Chiefs, and Broncos. All 3 of these teams have put together good starts.
Based on schedule and roster the Texans have the best chance to make a run. Once JJ Watt gets his conditioning back up to game speed this defense will be different. He's missed most of the past 2-3 seasons with injuries. Notice I left a team off this list and that is the Buffalo Bills because, well, have you seen their first two weeks? Unless Josh Allen can resurrect this team and do something amazing I don't see them making any sort of run at post season.


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The Tourism Improving Michigan's Economy Alliance unveiled radio ads and a website designed to muster public and industry support to keep Asian carp out of Michigan waterways.
The ads and website are part of a statewide effort to raise public, media and legislator awareness of the threat Asian carp pose to Michigan's fishing, boating and tourism industries.
"It's imperative that Congress enact federal legislation to prevent these fish from entering the Great Lakes," Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association president and tourism group spokesman Steve Yencich said in a statement.
"Asian carp are plankton feeders that can quickly infest rivers, streams and lakes," he added. "In doing so they take out the bottom of the food chain on which native species rely. That makes them a genuine threat to boating, our sports and commercial fisheries, and Michigan's economy."
A bill was introduced in Congress to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. It would require the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct and expedite a study to determine the best way to permanently separate the Mississippi Basin from Lake Michigan. The permanent separation would allow shipping and boating through, but would prevent the water from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal — and any invasive species living in it — from entering Lake Michigan.
Representatives of the tourism alliance said no hearings have been held on the legislation in either the House or Senate. In the months since, Asian carp eDNA samples have been discovered north of electric barriers designed to stop the carp's migration, as well as in the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.


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was trained in jazz, tap, lyrical and ballet at All American Kids dance studio, where she competed, attended dance workshops, and performed at events around the Mid-South. Danielle was a member of the Arkansas State University (A-Team) Dance Team from 2005-07. She continued her dance training at The University of Memphis, studying various dance styles. In 2008, she graduated from The U of M with her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Spanish, and minor in Dance.
Danielle has taught and choreographed for Christie McNeill Studio of Dance, Ballet on Wheels Dance School & Company, and other studios around the Mid-South. From 2010 to 2016, Danielle was a member of the Red Hots team with the Memphis Red Birds.
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This crooked stem aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides) is one of the first blue asters I've seen this year. I found a small colony growing in a sunny spot in the woods, surrounded by many other white asters. I don't usually try to identify asters but the one inch diameter light blue flowers and zigzagging stems made this one easier than most. The Native American Iroquois tribe used this plant medicinally to treat fevers and other ailments.
Native large leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla) is another aster that is relatively easy to identify because of its big heart shaped leaves. The plant spreads by rhizomatous roots and can form very large colonies, especially on hillsides as these examples were. Its leaves are often as big as my hand and they can take a lot of shade. The plant seems to be blooming well this year in spite of drought so I'm assuming that they don't mind dry soil. They don't like being disturbed by human activity so I don't see them close to roadsides often. These were separated from the road by a wide drainage ditch.
Most of the flowers that I find on large leaved asters are white but they can also be light blue or lavender. As in many asters the ray florets are irregularly spaced around the central disc florets. The tubular disc florets turn from yellow to orange-red as they age and then change to dark red before finally turning brown.
If the square stems and tufts of tiny pink / purple flowers in the leaf axils don't ring a bell, then one sniff of a crushed leaf will tell you immediately that this plant is wild mint (Mentha arvensis.) Mint has been used by man since the dawn of time and Pliny, Hippocrates, Aristotle and Charlemagne each wrote of its virtues. Each time we see it we are seeing one of mankind's earliest memories. I find it growing in the tall grass at the edge of the forest and I always have to smell it.
I never thought of speedwell as an aquatic plant until I met the narrow leaved speedwell (Veronica scutellata.) It is also called marsh speedwell and that makes perfect sense, because it grew in standing water in full sun at the edge of a field last year. This year there was no standing water but the soil was still saturated. Though most speedwells we see here are non-native, this one belongs here. Like lobelias, Native Americans used plants in the veronica family to treat asthma.
Small blue flowers with darker blue stripes are typical of speedwells, but these can also be white or purple. They are very small and only have room for two stamens and a needle-like pistil. The plants obviously love water because there are many plants growing in this very wet area. If you were looking for a native plant for the shallow edges of a water garden it might be a good choice.
Tiny eastern forked blue curls (Trichostema dichotomum) has flowers that might make a half inch across on a good day, so it's a challenging plant to photograph. One unusual thing about the flower, other than its unique beauty, is its four long, arching stamens that dust bees with pollen when they land on its lower lip. This plant is an annual that grows new from seed each year. It seems to like sandy soil and I find it growing along river banks and sometimes roadsides. It's a beautiful little thing that's worth looking for, but getting a good photo of it is tricky. It took 8 tries to get this one.
Forked blue curl plants barely reach your ankle. The entire plant pictured could have easily fit inside a coffee mug.
Pilewort (Erechtites hieracifolia) is a strange plant with inch long flower buds that never seem to open beyond what you see in the above photo. Even after they open they still look like they are in the bud stage, so you have to look at them closely. This plant gets its common name from the belief that it was useful in the treatment of piles (hemorrhoids,) because the buds are the size and shape of suppositories. The Native American Algonquin people used the plant to treat poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) and poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix) rashes. It has also been used as a source of a blue dye for cotton and wool.
This is all we see of a pilewort flower when it opens. It is made up of many disc florets which are pollinated primarily by wasps and hornets. Once they go to seed they will float away on the wind much like dandelion seeds. In some areas it is called burn weed because of the way it moves quickly into burned areas. I usually find it along river and stream banks.
The drought we find ourselves in is presenting many problems but also a few opportunities. Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum) usually grows in ankle deep standing water but the water of this pond had receded enough so that I could walk right up to the plants shown without taking my shoes off. Since they grow with their lower stems submerged I've never been able to see the entire plant, but now I could.
I'm not sure what I expected to see but the leaves surprised me. With leaves the pipewort looked just like many other plants but its basal leaves normally grow underwater, which seems a little strange. I'm guessing that they must still get enough sunlight through the water to photosynthesize. The stem has a twist to it with 7 ridges and because of that some call it seven angle pipewort.
Most pipeworts grow just offshore in the mud and send up a slender stalk that is topped by a quarter inch diameter flower head made up of very tiny white, cottony flowers. Eriocaulon, the first part of pipewort's scientific name, comes from the Greek erion, meaning wool, and kaulos, meaning plant stem. The second part of the scientific name, aquaticum, is Latin for a plant that grows in water, so what you have is a wool-topped stem growing in water, which of course is exactly what pipewort looks like. Pipewort is wind pollinated. It is also called hat pins, for obvious reasons.
Native wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) is a late summer blooming vine that climbs on shrubs and trees and hangs on using tendrils like a grape. It likes to grow in sandy soil and prefers partial shade over full sun. The flower spikes (Racemes) grow to 6 inches or more all along the main stem. These plants are annuals and grow from seed each year.
The greenish white, star shaped male flowers of wild cucumber have 6 petals that are twisted slightly. The female flowers are yellowish green and not at all showy. They grow at the base of the male flower stems. There is usually only one female flower for every 5 or 6 male flowers, which is why there are so few fruits seen on each vine.
The spiny, 2 inch long fruits of the wild cucumber have a watermelon shape. Though the spines look menacing they are quite soft and children have been throwing them at each other for as long as I've been around. The fruit is not edible. The example shown here hadn't grown to full size yet.
Little native blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) has been blooming since May and is one of our longest blooming wildflowers. This plant seems to like sunny, dry, sandy waste areas or roadsides because that's where I always find it growing. It's always worth getting down on my hands and knees to admire its tiny but beautiful blue / purple flowers. They sparkle like sugar candy in the sunlight.
Last year the Town of Swanzey cut down all the plants and shrubs along a short stretch of the Ashuelot River and one of those plants was the chicory (Cichorium intybus) in the above photo. It gets mowed regularly now, so I was surprised to see a normal size flower on a plant no more than three inches tall. It looks a little stressed, whether from drought or being mowed I don't know but it's a beautiful flower, and stronger than I ever knew.
Beauty does not linger; it only visits. Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm; it calls us to feel, think and act beautifully in the world: to create and live a life that awakens the beautiful. ~ John O'Donohue
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On Tuesday night, a 57-page documents package was tabled for Council's review. This 57-page included a new (October 29 2015) Cost/Benefit Report prepared by economists working for the Engineering/Design firm AECOM (see: "Request for Recommendation – Maley Drive Extension and Widening Project," City of Greater Sudbury, November 3, 2015). Along with concluding that the monetized benefits of Maley would outweigh the capital costs based on AECOM's analysis (which I provided some initial thoughts on here – see: "Some Initial Observations on the New Cost / Benefit Analysis for the Maley Drive Extension," Sudbury Steve May, November 3, 2015), there were a few unexpected alligators wading around in the weeds – including a further phasing of the project.
Today, the Sudbury Star is reporting that Mayor Brian Bigger was "not aware of phase two" and that "he admitted 'there may be completion to a different length of road construction that would add up to more dollars'" as well as supplemental elements that could drive up the price tag." (see: "Maley project feasible: Report," the Sudbury Star, November 5, 2015).
In other words, City engineers have cut back on the scale of the project while nobody was looking.
A Brief History of Maley Drive - Scope and Funding
Maley Drive - the 2009 Version
Back in 2009, the City uploaded a pretty cool video of the Maley Ring Road project to YouTube. At that time, a four-laned Maley Drive was planned to link MR 35 (Elm Street) in the west to the intersection of the Kingsway / Highway 17 in the east. However, it was understood that the eastern portion of the ring road – that part from Falconbridge road looping southeast to the Highway 17 by-pass – just wasn't feasible at present. Instead, funding applications were applied for to senior levels of government only for that portion of Maley between MR 35 and Falconbridge.
Also in 2009, in a report dated April 23 2009, prepared by Greg Clausen, General Manager of Infrastructure Services, Council was urged to submit the Maley Drive Extension project to the federal Building Canada Fund. Successful applications under Building Canada would see costs shared between federal/provincial/municipal governments at a rate of 1/3 each. Total project costs weren't identified in this report, but the report indicated that the City would be on the hook for $41 million in total – which includes the City's 1/3 share along with other "ineligible" costs.
Maley in 2011 - Starting to Bloat
On January 12, 2011, Council reconfirmed its commitment to Maley Drive after reviewing a report dated January 6, 2011, prepared by Robert Falcioni, Director of Roads and Transportation Services. In that report, we discover that the total 2009 costs for Maley Drive were estimated to be $115. What's not clear is whether this amount also included "ineligible costs". There is no reference to the amount the City applied for through Building Canada.
Maley in 2012 - 3-Part Construction
Fast forward to August 2012. In a resolution of Council numbered CC2012-289, our previous Council reaffirmed its commitment to Maley, and resolved "THAT the Mayor and staff continue to pursue senior levels of government for funding to support the entire project and staff prepare additional applications for phased funding."
What was the "entire" project in August 2012? Resolution CC2012-289 refers to a report (also included in the previously linked 57-page documents package) dated August 8, 2012, prepared by David Shelsted, Director of Roads and Transportation Services. This August 8th report outlined a project costing $129 million, whose scale consisted of a 4-lane road from MR 35 in the west to Falconbridge Road in the east. That report also identified that the City had been committing funding for the Maley project from the Capital Roads budget since 2008 for its anticipated 1/3 municipal share. At this time, the project was broken down into 3 parts. Part 1 – between MR 35 and Lasalle - $13 million. Part 2 – between Lasalle and Barrydowne - $54 million. Part 3 – from Barrydowne to Falconbridge - $26 million. Together, these 3 parts totalled $93 million. An additional $36 million was set aside for property acquisitions, utility modification/relocation and engineering & design. Total price tag: $129 million.
The report indicated that costs had increased by $15 million since 2009 – but it doesn't say anything about "ineligible costs".
Figuring Out What Building Canada Will Fund
The 57-page document bundle tabled to our current Council earlier this week doesn't include a copy of the application made to Building Canada back in 2009 – but we might be able to deduce that total eligible costs were $80.1 million, based on the provincial commitment to fund its 1/3 share - $26.7 million (see: "Province vows to 'fulfil' Maley funding promise," the Northern Life, December 2, 2014).
Let's do some quick math. If total eligible costs were $80.1 million in 2009, and the total project costs were $115, that means that "ineligible costs" would have been $34.9 million – call it $40 million. In 2009. What might have those "ineligible costs" have been? Initially, I thought maybe they would have been those additional costs identified in the 2012 report – the $36 million for property acquisitions, utility modification/relocation and engineering & design. The numbers are close – so maybe that's what they were for.
A lot of those costs would have to do with challenges related to existing infrastructure along Maley between Lansing and Falconbridge, where a rail crossing would need to be upgraded, and where electrical transmission lines and other utilities may need to be relocated. Interestingly, that's one of the areas now that is being left out of the current Phase 1 project.
$50 Million in Unfunded Costs
It's reported in the Sudbury Star today that Phase 2 (from MR 35 to College Boreal, and from Lansing to Falconbridge), "is expected to cost at least $50 million, but David Shelsted, the city's roads director, said earlier this year completion of the project could cost millions more."
Whoa. Hold on a second there. I think it's fair to say that Greater Sudburians, including our Councils – current and past going back to the one headed by former Mayor John Rodriguez – have been under the impression that the City would be on the hook for just slightly more than our 1/3 share of the funding. Back in 2009 at the time of the Building Canada application, total costs to the City were estimated to be just $41 million – or about $14.3 million more than our 1/3 costs. And that was for a project which ran between MR 35 and Falconbridge.
Maley Drive Dismembered
And now? Well, for the same project between MR 35 and Falconbridge, now split into 2 phases, it looks like the City will be on the hook for our 1/3 share of the Building Canada funding - $26.7 million for Phase 1– PLUS an additional $50 million (or more) for Phase 2.
This doesn't look to me like what the City has signed up for – or what our previous Councils signed on to. What we're going to get out of Building Canada is a much smaller project – one which will see Maley extended between Lasalle at College Boreal to Barrydowne, and widened between Barrydowne and somewhere just east of Lansing. At the east and west ends, traffic will merge into one-lane roads. That wasn't a part of the original plan. At no time in the past has such a stunted plan been considered by Council.
No recommendation has yet been prepared for our current Council's consideration regarding this stunted Maley Drive project, but certainly the AECOM Cost / Benefit report includes a recommendation that Greater Sudbury pursue the Phase 1 initiative. I expect that Council will be asked in the near future to endorse this scaled-back roads project.
The Environmental Assessment - Still Relevant to a Stunted Project?
Council should be very careful how it proceeds. The Sudbury Star also reports today that the approval of the 2006 Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Maley project runs out in 2016, so construction has to begin within the next year. Here's the problem with that: no doubt the 2006 EA contemplated a more, shall we say, "robust" vision for Maley – and not the stunted stub that we'll be getting for our money now. Given that the scale of the project has been significantly altered, does that 2006 EA still have any relevance? The assumptions under which it was prepared are not the same as those of the current project. Council ought to take a very close look at the EA and assure itself that the approval remains a good fit.
It's not just that the ends are being cut off of the project, but certain transportation infrastructure – including roundabouts at Montrose, Barrydowne and Lansing, are being removed from Phase 1. In the currently unfunded Phase 2, the City will go back to those three intersections, tear up what they had previously laid down, and re-engineer them with roundabouts. I understand that if this never happened, it would please a large part of the community – but keep in mind that those roundabouts were being considered for environmental reasons, and to relieve congestion. If you take them out of the project (as is being done), you've changed the underlying EA assumptions.
Council: Proceed With Caution - Or Don't Proceed
Ultimately, what is clear is that our Council is going to now be asked to endorse a Maley Drive extension project which was not the same as that which went through the environmental assessment process, the Building Canada application process, and which received support from two previous Councils. Council is going to be asked to approve something new – something smaller and less robust than what has been contemplated at least since 2006. It's something which will not meet the current expectations of Greater Sudburians, and may not meet the expectations of senior levels of government who were asked to foot the bill for a more complete project. It may not meet the regulatory tests of the Environmental Assessment Act under which a larger project received approval.
Even those in favour of building Maley Drive (of which I do not count myself) ought to urging our Council to proceed here with caution given all of the above. Council could easily find itself in legal hot water with regulators, and in a political mess with project funders and voters.
All for a roads project which – in my opinion – we don't need and can't afford, for development which isn't expected.
(opinions expressed in this blog are my own and should not be interpreted as being consistent with the views and/or policies of the Green Parties of Ontario and Canada)


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I believe this one stole my money this year and I could not get hold of them
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"Paydays At Home", by Sue Thompson and sometimes Amy Sanders and found at paydaysathome.com, is just another of a multitude of spam sites known as link posting scams.
The reason Paydays At Home is one of many is that the scammers who run it use a duplicate design for all their scam websites.
They don't care, because as soon as one of the sites is exposed to the public, like we are uncovering with Paydays At Home for example, they shut it down and pop a new one up.
The only changes they make to the new sites are the fake working mom's name, the business name logo and URL link. Paydays At Home was something else before many times over.
Everything in this site is completely made up with not a word of truth to it, except small parts of the vague hype thrown around.
For example, although they use network news logos at the top and say that many online home business opportunities are seen on these networks, it is certain that Paydays At Home hasn't been seen there.
That's about as much truth as they offer on Paydays At Home. The story of the fake mom, Amy Sanders, is made up to get at your emotions.
The crooks hope that you will want to pay the $97 it costs to join after reading how the woman went from poor to rich while raising children. All the tugs at the heart are there.
She is NOT America's number one home business expert and Paydays At Home is NOT the number one online work at home program and you will NOT make huge gobs of money with no computer skills, sales or marketing experience working only a half hour a day!
There is an alternate Paydays At Home web design that just shows a lot of vague internet marketing words and phrases without telling you exactly what it is THEY are selling.
However and whichever page design you see Paydays At Home is not to be taken seriously, unless you want a nightmare on your hands.
What it all comes down to is that the scammers' sole purpose for putting Paydays At Home and scams like it is their secret weapon the boiler room weasels.
These are the sales people that work you until you spend lots of money on their useless upsell products and services.
Some of those include ineffective and outdated business coaching programs and training systems. The same sales hounds work the other scams as they do at Paydays At Home.
Watch out for their empty promise claim that offers "unlimited phone and email support 7 days a week. Once Paydays At Home has your money and personal info they are nowhere to be found if you have complaints.
Many newcomers to making money from online home business opportunities have complained about wasting thousands of dollars with scams exactly like Paydays At Home and this one is no different.
Well, if enough people find reviews like ours at the beginning and spread the word then there's a chance less people get swindled by Paydays At Home by shutting it down early and often enough.
If the same can be done with each new link posting scam, the more the heartache can be done away with over time.
We get readers who submit the ones we might miss every now and then and we are very appreciative! Keep sending them in.
Our expert staff do their very best to catch as many as possible even though there are almost too many out there so thanks for your contributions, dear readers!
As for Paydays At Home, this has the stink of a very bad scam. You don't even want to get near this thing, I promise.
Thanks for reading…
– David
here is one I found
P notice the re at the end of home
then says
"online services"
I believe this one stole my money this year and I could not get hold of them
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Sekisui XenoTech have announced the addition of Rodent Hepatocytes to their patented CryostaX® product line.
The CryostaX® in vitro drug discovery and preclinical drug development test system is continuously expanding with these new pooled Sprague-Dawley rat hepatocytes released in July, and pooled CD-1 mouse hepatocytes soon to be launched.
CryostaX® hepatocytes are liver cells that are prepared using a patented process that produces unique cryopreserved cell pellets. This single-freeze preparation process provides greater convenience to researchers, versatile pooling options, and minimizes freeze-thaw injury to the cells, which promotes high viability, cell yield and enzymatic activity for longer-term, consistent test results. What else makes Cryostax a popular choice for researchers?


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Imagine Marx and Engels's Communist Manifesto brought to life by classic cartoons. Now, give your imagination a rest, and have a look-see courtesy of YouTube:
This is a brilliant treatment of the classic work that has the added bonus of nostalgia - I grew up with these wonderful 'toons, many (most) of which I recognized immediately. The other aspect of this work that I find completely fascinating is how it subverts and reverses the North American cultural socialization (no pun intended) that was the subtext of many - if not all - of television's early cartoons. We were tacitly taught to value capital accumulation and industrialization, and to emulate the gender, race, class, and sexuality stereotypes of the day. Taking those works that would be completely inappropriate to today's (more) enlightened sensibilities and using them to illustrate the great-granddaddy of contemporary political economy and emancipation discourse is sheer subversive genius, I think.
And, for those who would like to hear the opposing view, circa 1936, YouTube offers this for your viewing pleasure (also a classic piece, characteristic of the times).
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Biltmore Hats: Capping Off Industry
The Fried Lee Hat Company and the Rise of Biltmore Hats
In 1917, Fried Lee Hat Company made a historic move from Toronto to the northwest corner of Suffolk and Yorkshire Streets in Guelph. Modest production of hats had begun at the Fried Lee Hat Company in 1917, however, a group of Guelph locals led by Frank Ramsay purchased the facility and renamed it Biltmore Hats after the luxurious Biltmore Hotel in New York. For the early years of its development, Biltmore employed approximately 100 workers. Biltmore had been unionized by Hat Workers Local 182 and struck in 1938 in an effort to win better working conditions and better pay with less heat and dust which took a toll on Biltmore workers. Some of the photos featured on this page date from this strike. Following the Second World War, particularly after 1950, business at Biltmore Hats boomed and the company payroll soon exceeded 450 workers. It was during this period that Biltmore Hats officially moved into St. Patrick's Ward. With accumulated capital, Biltmore Hats was able to buy out its supplier, Lancashire Felt, and rebuild their facility on Morris Street and York Road. This became the centre of Biltmore Hats' operations.
Hockey in the Ward: A Biltmore Legacy
Business success wasn't the only kind of success experienced by Biltmore as the company began sponsoring hockey: in particular the Biltmore Madhatters. The Madhatters experienced tremendous success winning the Memorial Cup in 1952. In fact, many of the players from the Biltmore Madhatters went on to play in the NHL such as Andy Bathgate, Harry Howell, Dean Prentice, Ron Murphy, and one of Guelph's most famous players, Lou Fontinato. Lou Fontinato's father came to Canada from Treviso in Northern Italy, buying a house on Ferguson Street and working at the International Malleable Iron Company for 40 years. Lou spent his entire early life in St. Patrick's Ward until, in 1954, "Leapin' Lou" Fontinato was signed by the New York Rangers where he played for 8 years before being traded to Montreal. His career came to a tragic end when, in March 1964, Fontinato fractured his neck while playing against his old team, the Rangers. Fontinato has since retired close to Guelph. Despite his career being cut short sooner than it should have been due to his injury, Fontinato very much represented a group of highly skilled NHL players who got their start on a Biltmore sponsered team on the rinks of the Ward. The NHL players who came out of the Biltmore Madhatters are a testament to the presence of Biltmore Hats in the Guelph community and the immense success they experienced as a business.
The End of an Era
Biltmore, like many medium and large scale industries in the Ward which met their ends near the turn of the century, met its official end with its demolition in 2012 after collapsing as a business in 2011 though this process had been underway since the 1970s.


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Aluminum: A Sustainable Structural Choice
Geometry — Using Less Structure but Getting More
Clear span structures are possible with efficient geometric configurations. Architects have been challenged to cover the largest space possible with the least amount of material for centuries. Geometry principles from the Pythagorean theorem to Euclidian math have been the basis for their exploration and structural calculations of physical forms. Architects and engineers have been able to span ever-larger distances without columns using basic geometric principles. They balance the weight of physical members and environmental loads by spreading the loads across numerous members. Reducing the weight of the structure without losing the strength of the members by means of efficient geometries allows designers to use less metal in their structures. With the advent of computer modeling, new geometric forms are becoming even more viable. With the use of aluminum, large structures using complex geometric forms are lighter, stronger and can span greater area.
Photo courtesy CST COVERS
This large, enclosed, trapezoidal aluminum truss has a span of 135 feet at one end and 106 feet at the other, definitely making a statement about the power of engineering at the entry Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas.
Aluminum Lattice Spaceframes and Trapezoidal Designs
Spaceframes became popular in the seventies and are made up of a series of struts and nodes creating triangulation in each face. Spaceframes can work with and without curvature. Based on the geometry of crystals, with repeating units of structure, lattice designs are widely used to create unique structural solutions. Geometric framing configurations can be developed by using standard three dimensional spaceframe framing, a single layer lattice or reinforced stiffened shells and a combination of a single layer grid reinforced structurally by three dimensional trussing. Although one might assume that these structures are envisioned by computer modeling. In fact, many architects sketch their designs for the fabricator who then develops the intricate geometry to meet the necessary structural requirements.
A single-layer lamella enclosure in Shanghai is shaped like a very large egg that contains the planets in the universe. It spans one hundred and sixty feet and it is thirty feet high and hundred and ten feet at its widest point. This canopy has no columns or sub-steel framing. It is made of three types of ten-foot long aluminum extrusions. A lamella structure is a domed structure that can be created by forming a network of perpendicular ribs that appear to be diagonal in plan. The advantages of this type of geometry "– in addition to an economy of materials — is the use of the repetition of similar elements and joint details. Another advantage is in the use of straight linear elements to produce the curved vaulted surface."3 Working with the fabricator, this egg-shaped dome was made possible only because the metal was designed where it was needed saving material and installation costs.
Photo courtesy of Bob Braun
The mill finish aluminum spaceframe over the Lynx Bus Station in Orlando, Florida spans 88,000 SF designed by Helman Hurley Charvat Peacock Architects is curved to represent movement.
The space frame for the Lynx Bus station in Orlando, Florida is an example of a curved, trapezoidal structure that has thirty-three different radii and covers eighty-eight thousand square feet. The architect chose mill finish aluminum due to the cost savings. A mill finish product will not rust and corrode and does not require a paint coating or chemical to maintain its structural integrity. This project was bid out for pricing both as a steel structure versus aluminum structure and in comparison, the aluminum structure was almost two million dollars lower in cost than steel.
Custom Truss Designs
As discussed in the KAUST case study, in some cases, aluminum is designed as a long span truss. For a project in Sea World, a series of aluminum spaceframes and trusses were combined to provide supporting equipment over the aquatic area. These custom trusses carry the weight and flexible loading of SeaWorld's acrobatic performers. Aluminum was selected specifically for this project because of its non-corrosive properties in a salt-water environment. Aquatic life is sensitive to impurities in the water and using aluminum eliminated the concern for corroding metal leaching into the tanks.
The Lockheed Martin Gate in Fort Worth, Texas is a large trapezoidal structure with a span of 135 feet at one end and 106 feet at the other. It arches 30 feet to cover the entryway. The original concept drawing was designed as a structure only four feet deep. To incorporate additional maintenance access the truss was increased to 5 feet in depth. The designer was able to eliminate secondary steel and concrete support framing because of the strength of the aluminum and the geometry of the design. The truss is clad with aluminum panels and all exposed materials were painted with a Kynar finish. The interior trusses have the original mill finish. With aluminum trusses you eliminate the possibility for corrosion from simple condensation that would normally occur in this hot humid climate with a steel framed structure. This is particularly important, as the trusses in this design are fully enclosed and not easily visible or accessible for maintenance.
Hyperbolic Structures
Photo courtesy of CST COVERS
James B. Walters, Design Engineer, rendered this concept model of a fast train station in Taiwan. Although it appears to be a large glass curved structure, only the gusset plates are curved in this hyperbolic structure. The glass lites are flat, segmented panels and are identical in size reducing the fabrication and material cost for the project.
Using segmentation, designers can give the look of curved members to a large glass enclosure without adding cost. On a single-layer moment connected frame, beams come together and are fastened to gusset plates, one on the top and one on the bottom. The gusset plates are the only curved members – dished to accept the members properly. In most curved profiles, the plates are either concave or convex in shape creating curvature. In a hyperbolic structure, a professional can limit the number of identical glass panels to control costs.


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Dr. Betty Jo Salmeron is an adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is adult psychiatry.
Dr. Salmeron earned her M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.
She is certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.


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Numerous transmission problems have been reported by owners of GMC Trucks – specifically the model years 2015–2017 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado trucks, to be specific. We at the California Lemon Law Expert office have spoken with consumers who have had vehicles which exhibited problems with sudden (and unsafe) downshifts, sudden and unexpected acceleration, delays in shifting, and other problems.
The biggest concern is of course for the driver and occupant safety. Shifting problems can cause a severe safety concern, since the vehicle may be towing, or on the freeway while merging (or avoiding) nearby traffic.
Typically, an owner will return to the dealership, where the transmission is then usually 'reprogrammed' or (yeah, my favorite) 'software updated' to attempt to correct the problem. We see numerous failed attempts to correct these transmission problems.
This problem was widespread enough to where the issue eventually turned in to a filed proposed class action lawsuit, but apparently GM has succeeded in convincing the court not to proceed. General Motors filed a motion to dismiss the truck lawsuit and apparently have succeeded in convincing the judge a nationwide class action could not proceed. Even though General Motors breached implied warranties, it is up to that particular state law in determining further action and remedy for the plaintiff. Further, the judge did allow a claim for breach of express warranty, and because that claim survived, so did a claim concerning the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Do you know the difference between Magnuson-Moss, Song-Beverly, and Guns n' Roses? (Hint: One is Federal, one is California's Lemon Law, and one is on tour right now). When your warranted vehicle is showing problems, do you care? Of course not, you need the problem fixed – at THEIR expense, not yours. They are the ones who provide the warranty, after all. Call us for a free, no charge consultation at 916-672-8443.
Please remember: if you have a vehicle AND it is under the manufacturer's warranty, you are entitled to fair treatment and getting the problem fixed in a timely manner. In many cases, the manufacturer will repurchase your vehicle, and may even have to pay civil penalties and or reimbursement of your expenses. It helps to understand your rights as a consumer, and the California Lemon Law expert is here to help you or someone you may know who is in this situation. If your vehicle is not functioning properly and is under warranty, you have rights under the law that you need to thoroughly understand. Call us today for a free, no charge consultation at 916-672-8443.


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Kings Langley Sixth Form aims to provide an excellent educational experience. We believe in high academic standards alongside a caring and inclusive environment. We are very proud of the hard work our students put into their studies but equally their involvement in enrichment activities and the fact they are role models to our younger students. The modern world is highly competitive and we equip our sixth formers with the skills, confidence and courage needed to move on to higher education, higher apprenticeship or employment. We are proud of our students past and present. The majority of our students go on to take up places from a wide range of institutions including Oxbridge and Russell Group universities as well as apprenticeship programmes.
Pupils speak positively about the school and value the high level of support given by staff: "The staff will do anything to help you succeed, nothing is too much trouble."
Kings Langley offer a wide range of A Level courses and have designed our options to give students choices that suit a range of study pathways. We recognise that each student is different and we are proud of the expert guidance provided to ensure each student achieves their full potential. In addition we encourage students to pursue an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). This is designed to give students an opportunity to develop the research skills which they will need as an undergraduate. Students have the freedom to choose a topic area and undertake an in depth investigation producing an extended project and a final presentation. Each students will be individually mentored by a dedicated subject specialist throughout the process. The EPQ is managed and coordinated by Miss J Hill.


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The winner of "That Tight 32" Producer of The Month goes to IcebergthuDon. He provided the production for the "Tight 32" emcee performances. Iceberg had to compete against 12 other producers for the win. Every month we look for a producer who can mix it up and deliver three solid tracks for the contestants.
Recording, Mixing, Mastering, and Monetization w/ Patchwerk Staff
The legendary Patchwerk staff gathered at Patchwerk Recording Studios to discuss Recording, Mixing, Mastering, and Monetizing services offered at the studio. These are all essential when it comes to making a hit record. The werkshop was separated into three different sections so that the audience was able to digest each service and understand the importance of the process for their record.
Knowing how to properly promote and market your music to media is essential in the music business. We sat down with journalist, radio personality, and senior editor at HipHopWired Maurice Garland on ways to effectively market your music to media outlets. Garland got his start as a journalist while attending school at Fort Valley State University where he ran the college radio station and contributed writing to the school newspaper. His hard work and networking led him to be introduced to the founder of Rolling Out Magazine, Munson Steed where his career began to flourish.
Another month of That Tight Thirty Two On Thurzdayz contest concludes and a new winner is crowned. We had 15 emcees give it a shot and we are proud to announce Russian Rullet as the victor. The production provided by our producers of the month Team MFN. This competition is for emcees so pay attention to the delivery, bars, and overall flow as we are very critical on the entries. Congrats Russian Rullet!
Have you used the services of Patchwerk Recording Studios over the last 20 years? You can again rock the brand that is known for hits based in Atlanta, Georgia. The house of Sonically Superior Sound has two tees available for purchase in either black or white.
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Once upon a time Drake and Future didn't see eye to eye and now they are teaming up for another summer tour. Fresh off the release of "Views" which was released at midnight this past Thursday. The SUMMER SIXTEEN TOUR kicks off July 20th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX running up until September 17th in Vancouver.
It has been more than two years since Kesha released a record. Due to her ongoing battle with Dr.Luke the artist has been prevented from conducting any actual recording. In an age where statuses and post can be forgotten within seconds of scrolling through a social media timeline, Kesha's team realize how important it is to stay active. Fans will be thrilled to hear the new track produced by Zedd titled "True Colors."
Looks like Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim did Kanye West a favor by shooting a spoof tribute to The Life of Pablo track titled 'Famous' now labeled the official video.
As tour season kicks off for numerous artist and groups you can look for IDMonline to keep your calendar filled. The R&B/electronica/hip hop duo consisting of the American rapper/singer Phonte and the Dutch record producer Nicolay better known as The Foreign Exchange hit the road next month. Check and see if Tales From The Land of Milk And Honey is hitting your city.
Mark Beyoncé down again to top the chart with her latest release, Lemonade. The projected numbers have her set to sell around 500k albums, 900 tracks and generate up to 45 million streams. Believe it or not those sale numbers represent a 19% decline over her previous first week with album titled Beyoncé.


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Sensors that can be implanted in the body will be replacing the current generation of wearable technology.
Profusa, a company based in San Francisco, has developed a device that can be implanted under the skin and can serve as a sensor to determine levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose and lactate in the blood. What's significant is that the device consists of a hydrogel scaffold that the body does not detect as a foreign object. Because of that, the device's performance does not degrade due to scar tissue and other immune system responses that would otherwise coalesce around the device.
Smaller than a grain of rice, the scaffold is populated with dye molecules that respond to various analytes in the blood. When near infrared light shines on the device, the dye fluoresces at varying brightness depending on the level of analyte present, thereby providing a measurable signal.
Profusa envisions a multitude of applications for health monitoring and for enhancing physical training and performance.


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A stroll with a sculptor
Posted: Sep 8, 2018 2:01 PM EDT
In his lifetime Notre Dame alumnus Jerry McKenna has been a lot of things: A student, a decorated war veteran and a sculptor.
Because of the latter, McKenna is now a Rockne Heritage Award Winner, the honor recognizing a life dedicated to the arts.
His works include over 200 sculptures worldwide and 25 sculptures on the Notre Dame campus, including the legendary coaches that guard the gates and Notre Dame Stadium.
ABC 57 Saturday Kickoff's Vahid Sadrzadeh had the privilege to take a stroll with the sculptor.
(Special thanks to ABC 57 Photojournalist Todd Madding and Executive Producer Heather Ferrell)


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Domoticz version 4.9700 released (stable)
Full details at https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23948
MySensors-specific news:
- support for smartSleep
- support for inclusion
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@mfalkvidd Good news!
- Implemented: MQTT Push message on scene/group switch event
- Implemented: MySensors: handling of I_INCLUSION_MODE message.
- Implemented: MySensors: support for SmartSleep option (gateway 2.x)
Tias last edited by
This version of Domoticz also contains a correction of wrong range of values returned for a request() of V_PERCENTAGE as described here : [https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20461]
ricmail85 last edited by ricmail85
I've updated my domoticz to this latest stable version. But now all my light sensors (photo-resistor sending V_LIGHT_LEVEL numbers) are not working.
I can see all of them sending the number in the Setup tab. But on my devices the reported light is nomore updated and only the last value (acquired before the update of Domoticz) is displayed, as in the image below.
Do you know any reason?
Thanks in advance!
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I upgraded as well, and did not have any problems. So this is a wild guess....:
It seems that you use a using a different skin than standard. I remember that I have read somewhere that sometimes different skins can cause strange problems.
What if you revert back to the original skin and reboot - what happens then?
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@lemme I've tried to change back the user interface but without success...
Which version of MySensors do you use? the latest one (2.3)?
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I'm having trouble updating and can't find answer just googling it.
My dashboard shows v3.7243.
It's running on a linux machine. I've tried the .updaterelease but it terminates because it doesn't seem to locate a network address. If I click in the dashboard window (setup - check for update) it says "no update available".
I haven't logged on to Domoticz forum (yet), to ask around there if someone here can help. I did try to google for help but found nothing useful.
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@masmat I used this from the Download page:
Raspberry Pi/Ubuntu installation: 'sudo curl -L install.domoticz.com | bash'
But it was for a new installation. I don't know if ti will impact your database or not.
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@nagelc I've been afraid to try that. Maybe do a full backup and try it. Not sure if I should erase everything first or not.


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"It's just different. I feel like they both embrace and love Mexican food. When I began my places in Chicago, no one knew what authentic Mexican cuisine was—it was still cheesy beans and platters with sour cream. Mexican food has come a long way since then. Think about last year's Top Chef Masters—don't you think it is pretty wild that Mexican food beat out French and Italian? That says it all."
What the heck took you so long to open a spot here?
"I wanted to be sure that Los Angeles was the place for me—I had been outof the L.A. restaurant scene for quite a while. But after a few trips and eating my way through a lot of hot spots, I felt I could contribute something to the restaurant community here."
Anything special for us Angelenos?
"I really tried to take advantage of the produce that is available to California all year round, and I have a wonderful ceviche section on the menu." » Red O, 8155 Melrose Ave., L.A., 310-310- 3003.


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Plymouth Life Centre opening delayed by winter freeze
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Plymouth's new £46.5m Life Centre will open in February 2012 after freezing winter weather caused delays.
The leisure centre with Olympic-sized swimming pool had been due to open this autumn.
Plymouth City Council is blaming the weather and a water pipe which had to be moved.
It said that the delay was "what you would expect in a project of this scale and everyone is very pleased about how the work has progressed".
Builders Balfour Beatty will hand over the building to Sports and Leisure Management (SLM) after Christmas.
SLM will install equipment, carry out safety checks and train staff for opening in February 2012.
Canada's diving team and the Lithuanian swimming team have chosen the Life Centre for their pre-Olympic Games training camps.
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Bees rescued in Boone County after hive accidentally destroyed
UNION – It isn't every day you get the chance to save more than 20,000 lives.
But recently, the Boone County Public Works crew got that chance.
In late August, the crew was out on Crouch Road in Union to cut down and remove a tree. Once the tree was down, they discovered it was home to a wild beehive.
The crew contacted public works director Dave Neff.
"My wife and I had a conversation just a week earlier about the decline of honeybees," he said. "Then this happens. So, it was fresh in my mind. We needed to get these bees to a safe location."
Neff made a call to the Northern Kentucky Bee Keepers Association and was put in touch with Pete "The Bee Man" Montoure.
"Bees are miracle workers," Montoure said. "They are an amazing and very important part of nature. They need our attention and there's a movement happening to help and keep bees safe."
Montoure, who lives in Kenton County on Locust Pike, has been beekeeping for 10 years. He immediately took on the Boone County rescue operation.
"I never do anything that's easy," he said. "That's how I got into bees; that and wanting to pollinate my land."
Neff and Montoure met at the site. Using a hive box, Montour gathered up some of the bees' honeycomb and even came across the queen. "That was essential," he said. "Once we got the queen in, the worker bees just filed in one by one, like marching into war."
Between 20,000 and 30,000 bees were rescued that day from the destroyed hive. According to Montoure, that is about half the number of bees in a typical hive.
Montoure took the refugees in. They are now "very happy and doing very well," he said, in his private bee farm of about 13 hives.
"The bees have now rebuilt their neighborhood," he said. "When I see them flying and hear them buzzing around me, I can tell they are so happy.
"We are losing our planet and bees are what we need to save it," he said. "They give us so much. Without pollination you have no seed, without seed, nothing grows. No bees means there will be no sweetness, no color and no texture in our fields or gardens."
Boone County Public Works Director Dave Neff agreed. He said he's happy to have been a part of the rescue and relocation of these bees.
"We understand how important beehives are to the local farmers and want to give them as much of a chance to survive as we can," Neff said. "I've been working for the county for 22 1/2 years. We run across a lot of interesting things within our right of way. This is one of the top five."


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Thanksgiving Day
This month we will all delay and watch a day our country puts aside as an occasion. It is "Thanksgiving Day." Hopefully all Americans will interruption to recollect exactly how appreciative they ought to be for the benefits and gifts managed us. It is far fetched that will happen as a result of the chose move in the direction of mainstream humanism our legislature and society has taken.
It hasn't generally been that way. In 1863, a respectable statesman from Kentucky composed the following Thanksgiving Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln composed:
It is the obligation of countries and of man to claim their reliance upon the overruling energy of God; to admit their wrongdoings and transgressions in humble distress, yet with guaranteed trust that certified atonement will prompt leniency and exonerate; and to perceive the magnificent truth, declared in the Holy Scriptures and demonstrated by all history, that those countries are honored whose God is the Lord.
We realize that by His heavenly law, countries, similar to people, are subjected to punishments and rebukes in this world. May we not evenhandedly expect that the terrible calamity of common war which now devastates the land might be a discipline incurred upon us for our pretentious sins, to the needful end of our national reorganization all in all individuals?
We have been the beneficiaries of the choicest bounties of paradise; we have been saved these numerous years in peace and flourishing; we have developed in numbers, riches and influence as no other country has ever developed.
In any case, we have overlooked God. We have overlooked the thoughtful hand which saved us in peace and increased and improved and reinforced us, and we have vainly envisioned, in the misdirection of our souls, that every one of these endowments were produced by some predominant insight and uprightness of our own. Inebriated with unbroken success, we have turned out to be excessively independent, making it impossible to feel the need of reclaiming and saving effortlessness, excessively pleased, making it impossible to implore the God that made us.
It has appeared to me fit and legitimate that God ought to be gravely, respectfully and appreciatively recognized, as with one heart and one voice, by the entire American individuals. I do hence welcome my kindred residents in all aspects of the United States, and furthermore the individuals who are adrift and the individuals who are visiting in remote grounds, to separate and watch the last Thursday of November, a day of Thanksgiving and acclaim to our valuable Father Who dwelleth in the sky. — A. Lincoln, 1863
What a pity that men who manage our legislature and men who significantly impact the ethical quality of our general public today don't have the notions communicated by one of the best pioneers this country at any point created.
Give us a chance to be appreciative consistently, and particularly this period of the year. When we assemble as families on Thanksgiving Day, let us be really grateful for the generosity God has extravagantly spilled out on us.


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As you know Verizon made a decent price cut on some of their plans this week, and in response to that, AT&T said bring it on.
The two have always been at battle, but with AT&T's response so closely timed with Verizon's, its a complete price war and we don't know when it will stop, or what other carriers plan to join in. Undercutting each other to maintain a larger market share, both companies unlimited voice plan package prices were cut, that goes for the iPhone too.
Verizon dropped their nationwide unlimited talk and text plan to $89.99, with Unlimited Talk at $69.99, that's a full $29 a month less than what you would have paid back in '09 (if you call them to change your plan). More on Verizon's rate cuts in our previous article.
AT&T didn't want to sit on the sidelines so they matched Verizon's unlimited voice plan at $69.99, unlimited talk and text at $89.99 and the iPhone "smartphone" plan with unlimited voice and data is stuck at $99.99. New plans start Monday, you can call to switch without a pentalty or contract extension.


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Sabbatical: Day 3
I slept in pretty late. I blame the rain, but DANG I feel rested. So Yoga yes. Studio No. **sad trombone** I did take care of a few things on the long list of neglected items. I've been stock-piling projects for when I'm off and now that list is daunting. At some point Joe reminded me that he was working and I was structuring my day juggling personal priorities, which is a nice problem to have.
So my morning was cleaning and house items and the afternoon was errands and cooking. I haven't made a nice meal for people in some time and I wanted to make dinner to bring over to our friends house. Cooking can be so satisfying with the added bonus of your work is consumed right away. No stockpile of paintings to deal with. We had a nice time and tomorrow another friend is making me dinner so I think I can have a nice long day at the studio. The friend connections is also a really important goal of my sabbatical. I was thinking of all the times I've gone to a friends after work just wiped or stressed and just unable to be fully present. I'm grateful for this time, but I really have this need to make use of my studio and give it a full try.


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Four year born baby Instagram, is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share happy moments with friends and family. Instagram is an awesome app for photo and video editing and sharing social media. This powerful tool now dominating the twitter with 300 millions of users. Few years past Twitter and Facebook are the major social media in the world now the Instagram changed this perception.
Instagram is available for the Android as well iOS devices, so sharing photos and videos is easy to every one. You just take a picture or video. If you want to transform your photo look and feel add a filter. Apart sharing you can also follow your friends post by clicking single button.
When you enter in Instagram every time you can see the new photos and videos of your friends. Let's see the features of the Instagram,
Features of the Instagram:
• Linear and Radial Tilt-Shift blur effects for extra depth of field
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Foursquare
• Unlimited uploads
• Send photos and videos directly to friends
• Interact with friends through giving and receiving likes and comments
Now the Instagram is one of the fastest growing photo and video sharing app, it recently chased the twitter's user count and won it with 300 million active users but the Twitter has 284 millions of active users only.
Apart this Instagram introduced new five filter concept that really enhance the way of photo sharing. It also includes that, everyone can modify or rearrange their filters order in the tray and hide the filters that you are not using frequently.
Let's join with the best smartphone app Instagram and enjoy your sharing photos and videos between your Friends, family and to everyone.


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The Naha Marathon will be held on Sunday, December 1, with this year marking its 35th anniversary.
The Naha Marathon is a 42.195km full marathon starting at the Meiji Bridge intersection on Route 58 in Naha City and running through locations in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa, including Kokusai Street and the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman City.
It is a well-known winter sports event in Okinawa that sees participation from many runners from Okinawa, other parts of Japan and overseas!
On the day of the marathon there will be traffic restrictions for the roads along the marathon route, so please check the traffic restriction information (NAHA Marathon Official Website) if you will be traveling by car.


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Turkish Airlines has been named "Best Airline Europe
Turkish Airlines has been also named as the winner of the categories, "Best Premium Economy Seats" and "Best Airline Southern Europe" by Skytrax…
According to the results of the evaluation 2011, Turkish Airlines has been chosen as the winner of the 3 categories by Skytrax which is a world recognized brand associated with air travel excellence in the 21st century, providing unique expertise to the world airline and airport industry through the most professional Audit and Service Benchmarking programs of Product and Service Quality.
Turkish Airlines wins "Best Airline Europe", "Best Premium Economy Seats" for its Comfort Class seats and "Best Airline Southern Europe" at the World Airline Awards.
During the 10 month survey period, 18.8 million airline customers from over 100 different nationalities participated in this customer satisfaction survey.
The Skytrax World Airline Awards Ceremony took place in Paris, France and the awards were handed over to Turkish Airlines' General Manager Temel Kotil Ph.D. by the CEO of Skytrax, Edward Plaisted.
One of the fastest growing airline company, Turkish Airlines received several awards by Skytrax which is known as "Passengers Choice Awards" and marked its name in the world aviation industry. The airline won Skytrax Award for the "Best Airline in Southern Europe" also in last year, as the airline achieved the same great success by winning the "Skytrax World Aviation Award 2009" known as the Oscar of Aviation industry.
According to the Skytrax results of the evaluation 2010, Turkish Airlines has been named the "Best Airline in Southern Europe" and the best quality in economy class with the inflight service which is being served by Turkish Do&Co. Meanwhile the airline marked its name on the 3th place in the best airline companies in all Europe countries.
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December 4, 2013 Following the addition of Sochi and Moscow to its list of routes, Turkish Low-Coster Pegasus Airlines has compelled other competitors in the market to lower their fares. This was the statement issued by Guliz Ozturk the director of Pegasus Airlines.
Ozturk stated that tickets that were previously sold at $400 by the Turkish and Aeroflot airlines have dropped considerably to $300 on their Istanbul-Moscow flights. According to Ozturk, these commercial airlines are trying to curtail their prices to $233, which is Pegasus' offer on Moscow-Istanbul flights. Pegasus also offers advance tickets from $83.99.
Since Russia's Air Code requires that passengers are treated to free luggage transportation services and meals, Pegasus does not burden its passengers by passing this cost on to them.
Instead, they place such charges on other services such as insurance, extra luggage and seat selection. Operating on a model that is inexpensive to maintain, passengers who board Pegasus airplanes with luggage weighing up to 20kg face no additional costs. Therefore, the Air Code that other competitors had cited earlier as hindrance in the market does not bother Pegasus.
Though Pegasus faced opposition from Russian authorities regarding its new routes, the food policy did not raise any problems. It was hard to convince them to allow Pegasus to land in Moscow. And eventually when they did agree to such routes, they insisted that Pegasus had to operate only three flights weekly even though it has been commissioned to operate 7.
Ozturk urged the Russian government to liberalize its air sector to take advantage of the growing traffic between Russia and Turkey. Talking to Moscow Times, Ozturk added that greater freedom in this sector would help the airlines involved reach greater heights. Currently there are three flights that Turkish low-cost airline operates on a weekly basis between Russia's Domodedovo and Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airports with its maiden flight taking off on October 8th. Days later, Sochi-Trabzon flight was added with ticket prices starting at $27.
Apart from Sochi and Moscow flights, Pegasus also operates other routes. Since August 31st 2009, Istanbul and Krasnodar flights have been in operation with 252,111 passengers ferried on this route. Omsk and Istanbul flights launched back in June 2012 average a seat capacity of 63%. This is 20% lower than Krasnodar's seat occupancy rate.
According to Ozturk, Pegasus did not really think much of Omsk and Krasnodar cities but only used them because the authorities assigned them. Altogether, he says that the future looks bright for Pegasus Airlines mostly because their Moscow seat occupancy rate is expected to hit 93%. On its Moscow-Istanbul flights, Pegasus hopes to hit the 50,000+ passenger mark per annum.
Daniel Burkard the Domodedovo airport manager is pleased with Pegasus flights that land at the airport. He reiterates that since more and more Russians are taking vacations in Turkey, the Turkish market is growing faster than the Russia market. With 2.5 million Russian tourists heading to Turkey, the Federal Tourism Agency has cited such growth as stemming from the visa-free regulation the two countries have.
Turkish Airlines adds Kinshasa to its growing list of African destinationsAug 22, 2012
Further expanding its global reach in Africa, Turkish Airlines is launching services to Kinshasa on Monday, August 27th.
Turkish Airlines will offer four roundtrip flights from Istanbul to Kinshasa per week - Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Kinshasa becomes one of more than 200 destinations Turkish Airlines currently flies to, including direct, non-stop flights from its four
U.S. gateways, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. In April 2013, Houston will become the fifth U.S.
gateway flying direct to Istanbul.
Starting March 26 2012, Turkish Airlines will have new daily flights between Los Angeles and Istanbul.
Turkish Airlines was awarded as Europe's Best Airline by Skytrax. The airline offers the only non-stop service between Los Angeles and Istanbul which is linking to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The new Los Angeles to Istanbul service is operated with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which offers customers a high quality service in Business Class, Comfort Class, and Economy Class.
Air Concierge offers discount airfares on Turkish Airlines from LA to Istanbul, Turkey and other Turkish Airlines destinations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Call our Travel Agents today at (855) 855-5359 to find and book a cheap non-stop flights from LA to Turkey and beyond on Turkish Airlines!
Turkish Airlines Celebrates Launch of Third U.S. Gateway with Non-Stop Flights from Washington D.C. to Istanbul ...
ISTANBUL, Turkey, November 6th – On November 6, Turkish Airlines continues its expansion in the U.S. with the launch of its inaugural flight from Washington D.C., the airline's third U.S. gateway, to Istanbul. Non-stop flights are scheduled to depart from Dulles International Airport at 10:55PM to Atatürk Airport in Istanbul four times per week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday) aboard an Airbus A330.
To celebrate the new route, Turkish Airlines is offering an exceptionally discounted rate on all flights from Washington D.C. to Istanbul purchased on or before December 31, 2010. Round-trip flights are available for $751.00 including all taxes and fees, provided the travel takes place before March 31, 2011. Passengers can book their travel on www.thy.com , call 1-800-874-8875 or work with their preferred travel agent.
Turkish Airlines' new route from Washington, D.C. will allow more Americans the opportunity to explore Istanbul, Turkey and beyond. A gateway between east and west, Istanbul offers visitors an unrivaled glimpse into world history, the chance to experience one of Eurasia's most cosmopolitan destinations and serves as a convenient hub for travel to other cities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Turkish Airlines currently flies non-stop direct flights from New York and Chicago.
Passengers aboard Turkish Airlines will enjoy the world-renowned catering by Turkish Do&Co, featuring an assortment of international cuisines as well as authentic Turkish dishes. A pioneer in the aviation industry, Turkish Airlines recently won the SkyTrax World Aviation Award, also known as the "Oscar of the Aviation Industry," for the "World's Best Economy Class Onboard Catering."
Aboard the Airbus A330, both Business Class and Economy Class passengers can expect to enjoy a culinary experience from top cuisines around the world and an extensive inflight entertainment menu complete with individual entertainment systems.
A member of the Star Alliance network since April 1, 2008, Turkish Airlines continues to maintain its dedication to becoming a global leader in the airline industry. The fourth biggest network carrier in Europe, Turkish Airlines currently flies to 167 destinations, including 128 international and 39 domestic lines. Established in 1933, Turkish Airlines is known for its impeccable service, flight safety and connectivity worldwide.
Turkish Airlines' U.S. expansion will continue with the launch of its fourth gateway and direct route from Los Angeles' LAX Airport to Ataturk Airport in Istanbul in March 2011.
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UGANDA (eTN) - The Kampala, Uganda, office of Turkish Airlines (THY) has confirmed that the airline has launched nonstop flights from Istanbul to Washington, DC, with convenient connections for travelers from Uganda and also from other East African destinations like Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. While presently only 4 frequencies per week are operated, this will be rising to daily flights once more when the expected B777 aircraft are delivered to Turkish.
Based at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport, with secondary hubs at Esenboga International Airport and Adnan Menderes International Airport, Turkish Airlines (THY) is the national airline of Turkey and the country's largest carrier. The carrier operates a network of domestic and regional services throughout Turkey and the Middle East and international services to Europe, Africa, North America, South America and Asia. Turkish Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance. Turkish Cargo, the airline's freight division, serves over 30 destinations. By Capa aviation.


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While one city freezes, another will have no temperature, says L.A. weather map
KABC-TV, ABC's O&O in Los Angeles, had a bit of an interesting forecast — according to its map, most of the area would be in the 60s and 70s, but one poor city would be shivering away at -176.
You gotta feel for the poor folks of Ojai — but what about the residents of San Clemente? They're faced with the rather existential position of having no temperature, at least according to KABC-TV.
Here at NewscastStudio's Chicago branch, it's expected to be in the 70s today for the first time this year — but given the winters we've been having, it wouldn't shock me if we dipped back into the negative numbers, though even -176 is a little extreme for #Chiberia.
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Will wonders never cease? Just last week, One Direction star turned solo adventurer Harry Styles teased some new music and the world danced a mad and gleeful tarantella. And now, mere hours before that music's release (I suppose, when you think about it, everything is only hours away, no matter how far in the future it is—but don't worry, Harry's new song is actually out soon, on April 7), Styles has granted his first-ever solo interview. And it's a big one. Big how? Well, it's two hours long. And Harry talks about his dating life. Or, actually, lack thereof.
The interview is with one Nick "Grimmy" Grimshaw, a popular BBC radio host who has been friends with Styles for some time. His show is a natural fit for Styles's big interview debut. Technically Styles is "co-hosting" Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show, with the episode broadcasting on the morning of April 7. But really it's an interview, all about Styles's life and loves and whatever else. Some snippets from this epic chat have already escaped the BBC vault, and the Internet has caught them like bears snatching salmon out of a river, or perhaps more like great whales sifting plankton through their baleen. Whatever animal kingdom similie you want to make (or not, it's a free-ish country for the next few months), the point is that there's some good stuff that's already leaked.
The goodest stuff is Styles talking about how he hasn't dated in a while, because he's been so busy makin' music and makin' Christopher Nolan's hotly anticipated W. W. II movie, Dunkirk, about the fierce battle of Iwo Jima. (No, it's about Dunkirk.) "I haven't dated in a long time really," he tells Grimmy. "Because I went away to do the movie, then did the album, so I haven't in awhile. I have a couple of candles left still, though." What are these candles?? And how many of them are there?? What does this mean? Can we see the candles? An interview is supposed to elucidate, to explain, but all we have now are more questions!
Styles also says that he has rethought his approach to dating during his hiatus from affairs of the heart, because modern romance has become a very strange thing. Chiefly, Styles no longer does what we all tend to do before a first date, extensively research the person on the Internet beforehand. "I used to," he says. "Then I said I'm not going to do that anymore. It's impossible to go in without a perception of someone and you've never met them and I started feeling like that was wrong and weird." It is weird! Imagine Harry Styles typing "t-a-y-l-o-r s-w-i-f-t" into his little Chrome search bar! That is indeed very weird.
Who knows when, and how, Styles will start dating again. Perhaps his new song, called "Sign of the Times," will offer some answers. Maybe the song ends with "I will begin dating again on July 21," which is the release date for Dunkirk. Maybe he'll bring a date to the premiere! Who will it be? God only knows. (God, do you know? You must. It's in Your grand plan. Please tell us, God. Please, please. We'll sacrifice anything, anyone. You want Niall? You can have Niall!) One thing we do know for certain is that the video for "Sign of the Times" is going to be very dramatic. If these photos of Styles hanging from a helicopter over a dark and churning sea are any indication, anyway. We'll know for certain soon enough.
In the meantime, we'll sit here by our little shrines, decorated with various Harry ephemera—strands of hair we presume to be his picked up off hotel hallway carpets, things like that—and wait with feverish expectancy for this big interview, and this huge song, to drop. Harry Styles is about to re-announce himself to the world, a man alone, a man apart. No longer "Harry Styles and." Just . . . Harry Styles. Dateless, transforming Harry. He's almost here. Almost, almost, almost. Are you prepared?


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2-4 years old
Play and learn new vocabulary of animals and objects!
-Download the document and print out two copies, preferably on white card.
It's recommended that Memory be played with black and white playing cards for the first few days. Once the child knows the vocabulary, colour the playing cards and then practise the colours.
Cut out the playing cards from the game and spread them out with the images face down on the table. To start, you don't need to use them all. Each time a playing card is turned over, say, "It's a..." When a pair is turned over, say, "It's a pair!" If it isn't a pair, say, "It isn't a pair!"
Now you can start playing!
You're sure to find all the pairs!
Twelve playing cards with different objects (two playing cards for each object)
After playing the game for a few days, you will need finger paints, coloured pencils, crayons or felt-tip pens.
To learn or consolidate vocabulary from the story. For example, "It's a + name", "It's a pair", "It isn't a pair!"
Vocabulary: umbrella, 'wellie', nail, duck, footprint, toadstool.


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Hardware and software synth fans alike have a bodacious bounty of new synth introductions recently.
Here's something cool for synth DIY fans – a new book from Ray Wilson, the founder of synth DIY headquarters Music From Outer Space.
WIlson has announced that his new book, Make: Analog Synthesizers is complete, and will be available digitally within a few days and in hard copy within a few weeks.
Here's the official summary for Make: Analog Synthesizers:
Dive hands-on into the tools, techniques, and information for making your own analog synthesizer. If you're a musician or a hobbyist with experience in building electronic projects from kits or schematics, this do-it-yourself guide will walk you through the parts and schematics you need, and how to tailor them for your needs. Author Ray Wilson shares his decades of experience in synth-DIY, including the popular Music From Outer Space (MFOS) website and analog synth community.
At the end of the book, you'll apply everything you've learned by building an analog synthesizer, using the MFOS Noise Toaster kit. You'll also learn what it takes to create synth-DIY electronic music studio. Get started in the fun and engaging hobby of synth-DIY without delay.
Wilson's book is available via Amazon.


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Kohinoor ventured into the Real Estate Development sector, starting with a stand-alone residential building project at Dadar in 1979. This activity, like Education, has grown steadily over the years, and today, Kohinoor has two mega projects that are on-going.
The first is the Kohinoor City development at Kurla-Vidyavihar (W), which was the first integrated development project in the city of Mumbai with residential buildings, office towers, shopping mall, hospital, school, colleges, hotel, club house and auditorium - an all-in-one, well-planned township.
The other, is the Kohinoor Square project, which is a twin tower project - the first mixed use property with a unique blend of commercial, residential, exclusive hospitality outlets and parking spaces at Shivaji Park in Dadar.


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Support system a common theme in Wayne County Sports Hall of Fame speeches
WOOSTER -- Rarely, if ever, will people hear the secrets to success of individuals from a broader cross section than those inducted into the Wayne County Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night.
Ten individuals were enshrined at Grace Brethren Church in the 20th biennial class of the WCSHOF, whose careers as athletes and-or coaches span from the 1950s until today.
On hand to accept awards and share reflections on their athletic careers and lives were 2014 inductees Sarah (Gordon) Baker, Jessica (Carmichael) Bolinger, Ben Hackett, Tim Hiller, Fitz Hurd, Leroy Kuhns, Sue (Porter) Mosier, Jen (Maibach) Snowbarger and Bobby Weaver. Roman Majerczak was honored posthumously as his children Bill and Doris Majerczak accepted.
From the outside looking in, some of the athletes may have appeared to have all the physical tools to be successful.
However, as inductee after inductee shared their stories it became clear that wide-spread support systems helped them become standouts. The presenters who introduced them portrayed individuals who took their gifts and supporting casts and made the most of them by completing the puzzle with traits such as determination, competitiveness and faith.
Hiller, who is the all-time leading passer at Orrville and Western Michigan and had a tryout with the Indianapolis Colts, was eloquent in handing out thanks to his supporters. He also urged others to provide the right kind of help to student-athletes in their communities.
"There are no self-made men or women," said Hiller, who was presented for induction by his former Orrville football coach and now fellow WCSHOF member Bill McMillan. "We are all the sum of people in our lives, who have invested in us."
Hiller feels fortunate to have grow up in a community where people continue to be season-ticket holders decades after their children's playing days were over.
Even though Hurd is clearly deserving of the WCSHOF honor, he might not have been selected if it wasn't for longtime Norwayne teacher and coach Rich Allen persisting to get the required nomination form filled out and delivered to the WCSHOF trustees.
Talk about someone investing in a student long after they've mentored them, Allen passed away in February at age 71, just a month after nominating Hurd.
"Rich had been asking me to get him some of my stats for several years," said Hurd, the all-time area single-season scoring leader in boys basketball with 35.2 points a game for the Bobcats in 1979-80, who's lived in Colorado since 1985. "I'm just very appreciative of what Rich did."
Hurd also expressed his thankfulness for teammates such as Doug Hanzie, who set monster picks to free him up and thanked Terry O'Hare, his presenter, basketball coach and fellow WCSHOF member.
The theme of support systems was evident in three sets of siblings who shared the stage: Bolinger was presented by sister Shelby Carmichael, Snowbarger introduced by brother Ben Maibach and Ben Hackett ushered in by Reggie Hackett.
Bolinger, who pitched Dalton to back-to-back Div. IV state titles in 2006-07 and later played in the NCAA Tournament as an infielder and set hitting records at Kent State, said her parents encouraged her to "chase my dreams, not walk" from an early age. She said teaming up as a senior with freshman catcher Shelby on the 2007 title team was unforgettable, while brother Corey has also been inspirational.
Ben Hackett showed what a team player he is when he called the honor "bittersweet" because so many other past teammates and coaches who he "shed, blood, sweat and tears with" couldn't also join him on stage.
The former Triway three-sport star and Walsh University baseball record-setter thanked his support network and vowed to strive more than ever to pay it forward by being a good role model to his three boys.
Ben Maibach called his sister "emotionally magnetic" as an athlete in the 1990s and in life, inspiring people around her.
Jen Snowbarger turned the credit back around, though, saying, "(All the inductees) have a story and no one would be here without a great support group," said Snowbarger, who thanked her parents, Ben, and a big group of coaches in attendance, who she said coached for the right reasons.
"I've had coaches who love sports, love to compete and are great role models," said Snowbarger, who now coaches volleyball at Wooster after starring in three sports there and in volleyball at Kent State.
The parent-child relationship is obviously the most basic life coach there can be and Baker honored her dad, Mark Gordon, by asking him to present, while Roman Majerczak's children portrayed what their father meant in accepting for him.
"You don't get here alone," said Baker, a multi-sport star at Wooster and then a volleyball and basketball standout at Baldwin-Wallace in the early 2000s. "So many people contribute to your ability to succeed. Coaches obviously don't do it for the pay and there's something truly special about that."
Majerczak's 35-year teaching and coaching career is highlighted by coaching Wooster's only 10-0 team in 1960. He was presented by WCSHOFer Andy Kobilarcsik and Don Plant, two halfbacks from that legendary team.
"I'm amazed my father has touched so many lives and influenced so many people," Bill Majerczak said. "There are so many stories people tell me about him. ... I was fortunate to have also played for him."
Doris Majerczak saw firsthand how many extra things her dad did for the team.
"He'd bring home all the uniforms to wash," she said with a smile. "He ended up breaking our washing machine because of all the mud. I learned to count lining up the jerseys on the floor."
Weaver made a name for himself after graduating as a multi-sport standout from Triway by becoming a fastpitch softball legend in the 1970s and 80s. He reminded the audience how much sheer fun sports can be.
"I really loved to play," said Weaver, who was presented by longtime friend Wayne Zacour. "Those were some great years. I just wish fastpitch hadn't died out."
Even with great support systems and talent, to be truly extraordinary it takes that little something extra. Call it determination, heart or whatever, but Kuhns and Mosier are good examples.
"I didn't have anyone around at home to catch me, so I painted a strike zone on a wall and practiced," said Kuhns, a 1969 Waynedale graduate, who ranks among the OHSAA's all-time winingest pitchers, presented by former teammate and WCSHOFer Les Saurer. "I announced like an Indians' radio guy while I was practicing."
Presenter and WCSHOFer Denny Schrock said he's never coached an athlete at Chippewa who he can say has a "heart of a champion" like Mosier. During one game, Mosier's mother, Louise, went into the locker room at the half and stitched her up and she came out and knocked down six 3-pointers to help lead a key win.
Mosier turned in an even more spectacular feat this week. She delivered her third son, Eli, on Thursday and showed up to deliver an inspirational speech last night.
"Any accomplishment is not mine, but brought on by so many people who have supported me," Mosier said. "I'm truly blessed."
Dalton's back-to-back Div. IV state softball championship teams from 2006-07 were also honored, along with the Outstanding Wayne County High School seniors from this school year. A list of those high school honorees will appear in Monday's Daily Record.
For more information on the Internet visit the website at waynecountysportshof.com, or on Facebook or Twitter at @wcshof.
Aaron Dorksen can be reached at 330-287-1621 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adorksenTDR.