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Designed for wide web processing, BOBST vacuum coating and metallizing machinery is characterized by minimal downtime and superb quality at high speeds, which is why BOBST is noted as the world's premier supplier of vacuum coating and metallizing solutions for barrier, decorative, security and high technology applications.
Vacuum coating and metallizing is the process of adding a thin film of aluminum or other coating to a material.
In principle, the process calls for the evaporation of the coating material inside a vacuum chamber, after which it condenses onto a web of substrate as it passes through.
Paper and film metallizing is utilized in the packaging and decorative market segments. The barrier and decorative markets are noted for their wide variety of products from beer labels to chip bags.
A vacuum coater, also referred to as a vacuum metallizer or barrier coating machine, consists of a vacuum chamber which has been evacuated to, typically, 0.0005 mbar.
Inside this chamber, aluminum wire is fed onto individual, resistance-heated inter-metallic evaporators, where the aluminum becomes molten and evaporates.
The flexible substrate, supported on a chilled process drum, passes over the evaporation source at speeds of up to 1000 m/min. The aluminum vapor condenses onto the substrate and so creates the coating layer.
A plasma treatment unit can also be used as part of a vacuum coater system in order to enhance metal adhesion and/or to improve the substrate's qualities as a barrier against oxygen and water vapor transmission. Here, the surface of the web is hit by plasma just prior to the coating process.
The plasma is formed by applying an electrical voltage to a gas, or combination of gases. In addition to removing moisture and other contaminants, plasma treatment acts to increase the number of nucleation sites by the introduction of polar groups, resulting in a coating with a homogeneous surface morphology and fewer defects.
The vacuum coater is used to deliver aesthetic improvements to flexible substrates and/or to reduce oxygen and water vapor transmission to levels similar to that of glass and metal containers. This delivers improved packaging performance, extends pack shelf life and maintains the quality of the packaged product.
The process can also be used to produce substrates which conduct electricity, save energy, control light transmission or reflection, and which can even help prevent counterfeiting or theft.
Through its General product line, BOBST has formidable expertise in the vacuum coating process and in handling flexible substrates. This has led to the development of high technology vacuum coating and metallizing lines that can be used to produce a wide variety of products.


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By Howard Schneider
JACKSON HOLE Wyoming (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are cautiously nearing completion of a new plan for managing interest rates, concerned that some of the new tools they are likely to rely on could pose unintended risks in a crisis.
The central bank has devoted extensive debate to the matter over the past two months and officials "have made a lot of progress" on a strategy to return monetary policy to a more normal footing after years of coping with crisis, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on the sidelines of an economic conference here.
However, the sheer magnitude of the amounts of money used to combat the crisis - $2.6 trillion sitting at the Fed as bank reserves and $4.2 trillion held by the Fed in various securities - may complicate the U.S. central bank's ability to control its target interest rate once the decision is made that it should be raised. A decision to begin increasing interest rates is expected in the middle of next year.
In recent weeks, the Fed has neared consensus that its workhorse tool will be the interest it pays banks on excess reserves on deposit at the Fed - giving the central bank a direct way to encourage banks to either take money out of circulation and leave it at the Fed, or lend it elsewhere.
Another tool would have a similar impact but apply more broadly, using overnight repurchase agreements that would let money market funds and other institutions as well as banks essentially make short-term deposits at the Fed.
The worry is that if financial conditions tighten, those large funds of money would flee to the repo facility as a safe haven, depriving the economy of credit and making a potential crisis even worse.
"The broad concern is whether we want to facilitate what could be a period of financial stress by providing in a large or unlimited way that refuge, and whether that would tend to exacerbate a financially stressful situation," said Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart.
The concern is apparently widespread at the central bank. Minutes of the Fed's June policy committee meeting said that "most participants" shared worries about the "unintended consequences" of the repo facility and its potential to be used as a shelter from risk.
Still, the repo tool, which is being tested by the New York Fed, is expected to form part of the new exit strategy, although it is likely to be in what Lockhart described as a "supporting role." The minutes from the Fed's June meeting said that restrictions could be placed on the use of the repo tool to limit the potential risks.
Lockhart said a completed exit policy could be formally announced as early as this fall. The federal funds rate, which is the rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans, will remain part of the central bank's tool kit. But it is not expected to play the main role it has in the past because banks with rich reserves don't rely on that market as much as they used to for overnight funding.
(Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Jan Paschal)

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You need to use pkgrm command which will remove a previously installed or partially installed package from the system. A check is made to determine if any other packages depend on the one being removed. If a dependency exists, the action taken is defined in the admin file.
The default state for the command is in interactive mode, meaning that prompt messages are given during processing to allow the administrator to confirm the actions being taken. Non-interactive mode can be requested with the -n option.
pkgrm command syntax
Use the following command syntax
pkgrm packagename
The following example removes SUNWgtar (GNU Tar):
pkgrm SUNWgtar
The following example removes all instances of SUNWjunk:
# pkgrm -R /export/root/client1 SUNWjunk*
- -R root_path : Defines the full path name of a directory to use as the root_path . All files, including package system information files, are relocated to a directory tree starting in the specified root_path .
See the pkgrm(1M) man page for information and options:
man 1 pkgrm


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If I made eye contact with anyone I immediately wanted to mourn and rejoice them. Subways were impossible. Strangers were emotional landmines. I was the menopausal, pregnant, and postpartum mother of the world.It's quite disturbing to think that these stereotypically female qualities are so chemical, that they could be injected, but then perhaps I wouldn't find it so disturbing if I were not myself female.
I realize now that it sounds dramatic. It was dramatic, even to me: I'm not the weepiest woman who ever was. I'm known mostly for well-intentioned sarcasm, level-headedness, and an ability/susceptibility for detaching. So I found the over-emotional side-effect strangely enjoyable, like I was renting some more emotional woman's brain.
ADDED: A reader emails:
I used IVF to get pregnant. I took Lupron, Menopur, and Follistim (which is similar to Gonal-F). I didn't have any emotional symptoms at all. The only thing that happened was mild bloating and weight gain. Lacey's experience is totally foreign to me.


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Marvel Studios' runaway success has raced to $563.4m outside North America through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International and is expected to hold on to its box office crown in the third session.
Worldwide Iron Man 3 had amassed $768.1m by Thursday [9] including the $204.8m North American tally.
The superhero saga is on course to break the $100m barrier in China by Sunday and has already amassed more than $72.4m in the territory.
Paramount Pictures International's Star Trek Into Darkness makes its first forays one week ahead of the North American debut and will pose a threat to Iron Man 3 in select markets.
Captain Kirk and his crew touch down inn the UK, Germany, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland .


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Visit us at Carlow University for Transfer Today on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Meet your transfer counselor and take care of business:-Apply for admission online. No app fee. No essay-Receive your instant admission decision. Please bring your transcripts with you.-Meet with an Academic Advisor and start building your schedule for classes.-Submit your FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.govAdd Carlow's federal school code: 003303Preferred pre-registration: Prior to the event, submit your transcript(s) from ALL colleges attended to see which of your credits transfer. We accept up to 88 credits for transfer.Dinner will be available from 4:00pm-7:00pmCampus tours are also available


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You put on your studs, tie up your black tie, slide into your dinner jacket and reach for the accessory that will complement a holiday evening: a watch meant to reside in your waistcoat pocket. When it's time to dress up, the time to dress with is a pocket watch.
Wearing one confers occasion on any event. A pocket watch bespeaks a link with the elegance of an era when time wasn't in our faces, but subtly tucked away to be summoned with the tug of a gold chain.
The first portable timepieces—from the late fifteenth century—were large bulbous affairs with only an hour hand and were meant to hang from the neck. The appearance of vests with pockets (circa 1675) suggested a place to keep a watch and the name that it would go by. In the eighteenth century, legendary watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet made improvements that slimmed it to the familiar flat shape that we know today. While wristwatches existed, they were considered effeminate until the early twentieth century, when the military saw their practicality, and, within 30 years, only one in 50 watches was a pocket model.
Today, antique pocket watches have a huge appeal with collectors, according to Andrew J. Block, senior vice president at Tourneau, the watch retailer. "A tremendous amount of history can be found in pocket watches, including examples from the once proud American watch market." (The "railroad watch" standard was developed in the U.S. to provide accurate timepieces to trainmen after a malfunctioning watch caused an accident.) With visible reserve sides and face covers on some (the "hunter" version), pocket watches were fertile fields for elaborate engravings with many themes. Block further cites the charms of sentiments inscribed inside old watches.
Not all pocket watches are antique. Tourneau sells its own sterling Skeleton Pocket Watch ($1,695), and the 18-karat-gold Patek Philippe watch ($19,900) pictured here is also in production. Patek has shown a continued devotion to the genre, recently creating as a pocket watch the Star Caliber 2000, which has the third most complications of any watch (21). In first and second place as most complicated watches? Both from Patek, and, yes, both pocket watches.
Visit www.patek.com and www.tourneau.com.


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Have you discovered the children's magazine section of your local library?
Magazines are current, browsable, fun -- and OPL has a huge selection of them available to check-out for three weeks at a time. From American Girl to Zoobooks, magazines cover a broad range of topics for all ages. There's pleasure reading to be found for everyone here!
Babybug // Boys' Life // Discovery Girls // Kiki // Mad // National Geographic Kids // Ranger Rick // Sports Illustrated for Kids // WWE Kids // Your Big Backyard


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To help combat the spread of COVID-19, the Marathon Tours & Travel Team is working remotely until at least May 18 based on restrictions by Governor Baker. For general questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. To contact a specific staff member, click here. To leave a voice message for a team member call +1.617.242.7845. Our phone system will be checked regularly. Thank you for your understanding and patience during this challenging time.
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RTC Conference Primers: #12 – West Coast ConferencePosted by Brian Goodman on October 25th, 2010
Michael Vernetti is the RTC correspondent for the West Coast Conference.
Predicted Order of Finish
- 1. Gonzaga (11-3)
- 1. Saint Mary's (11-3)
- 3. Loyola Marymount (9-5)
- 4. Portland (8-6)
- 5. Santa Clara (7-7)
- 6. San Francisco (6-8)
- 7. San Diego (2-12)
- 7. Pepperdine (2-12)
All-Conference Team
- G: Mickey McConnell, Saint Mary's
- G: Steven Gray, Gonzaga
- F: Elias Harris, Gonzaga
- F: Drew Viney, Loyola
- C: Luke Sikma, Portland
6th Man
Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
Impact Newcomers
- G: Steven Holt, Saint Mary's (12.7 ppg, 6.0 apg in senior year at Jesuit High School, Portland)
- G: Ben Vozzola, San Diego (21 ppg, 6.0 apg in senior year at Centennial High School, Las Vegas)
- F: Charles Standifer, San Francisco (24.8 ppg, 10.5 rpg in senior year at Capital Christian High School in Sacramento)
- F: Yannick Atanga, Santa Clara (15.2 ppg, 14.8 rpg in senior year at Besant Hill, Ojai, CA)
- C: Kenton Walker, Saint Mary's (5.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg as sophomore at Creighton University in 08-09)
What You Need to Know
The WCC sent 10-time regular-season champion Gonzaga and conference tournament champion Saint Mary's to the NCAA Tournament last year, with the Gaels advancing to the Sweet Sixteen after victories over Richmond and Villanova and the Zags winning their first-round game against Florida State. Loyola Marymount and Portland also played in the CollegeInsider.com Post-Season Tournament (CIT), with the Lions losing to Pacific in the first round and Portland losing to Northern Colorado, also in the first round. The conference is hopeful to return to its high-water mark of 2007 when Gonzaga, Saint Mary's and San Diego made the NCAA Tourney. LMU is bidding for the third NCAA invite in 2010-11, counting on a strong performance from its veteran core (four of five starters return) that produced an 18-16 record last year. Saint Mary's and Gonzaga will be favored to fight for the automatic NCAA bid or an at-large berth.
Predicted Champion
- Saint Mary's (NCAA: #10) and Gonzaga (NCAA: #6) will tie atop the WCC regular-season standings at 11-3 each, with Saint Mary's receiving the automatic bid with a victory over Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament Championship. The Gaels will match their #10-seed of last year, while the Zags, on the strength of a monster out-of-conference schedule, (San Diego State, Kansas State, Duke/Marquette, Illinois, Xavier, Wake Forest and Memphis) receive a #6-seed.
- The situation regarding Saint Mary's and Gonzaga was best exemplified by SI.com's preseason pick of the Gaels as the 15th-best college backcourt and the Zags as the 13th-best frontcourt. Will the Gaels' wily veteran Mickey McConnell, he of the gaudy 51% three-point average, and Energizer Bunny Matthew Dellavedova, with his ill-fitting jersey and oversized mouthpiece, edge out the Zags' fearsome frontcourt of 7'0 center Robert Sacre, 6'7 forward Elias Harris and either 7'0 Kelly Olynyk or 6'6 swingman Manny Arop? This face-off will headline the WCC race and might not be decided until the Feb. 24 showdown between the two in Moraga.
- In the postseason, Saint Mary's will be hopeful of crossing the Sweet Sixteen divide in 2011, erasing the memory of its collapse against Baylor (72-49) in the 2010 tournament. Gonzaga, which lost in the first round in '07 and '08, the Sweet Sixteen in '09 and the second round in '10, looks to revive the glory days of deep tournament runs.


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A series of essays examining different RPGs as candidates for my next campaign.
Just to finish off the series, I've completed the last Comparative Character Generation essay. It covers more than a dozen other systems in a paragraph each, then comes to some unsurprising final conclusions.
Updated 04-29-2012 at 09:18 PM by fmitchell
I had planned to do two more "Comparative Character Generation" articles/reports/rants/things, but I'm not so sure.
I've lost interest in doing the games I mentioned last time. My infatuation with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd edition is over, Mongoose RuneQuest II is mostly the same as Basic Roleplaying, and Unisystem as a whole doesn't do anything new.My original reason for these things, figuring out a system for my next game, proved faulty. My biggest problem is players,
Updated 09-16-2010 at 08:14 AM by fmitchell
I've written another in the Comparative Character Generation series. I'm only going to do two more, since a) I've examined most of the systems I'm likely to find players for, as far as I know, and b) my real problem isn't the system I run.
So if anyone wants to see something besides PDQ, PDQ Sharp, FATE, Fudge, GURPS, BRP, MRQ, MRQ2, WFRP2, WFRP3, Unisystem, Barbarians of Lemuria, NWoD, Savage Worlds, Risus, or several variations on d20 ... speak now.
Updated 09-16-2010 at 08:16 AM by fmitchell
Another installment in my continuing attempts to decide on another game to run. This time, I consider True20, Warhammer and Traveller, as well as various forms of D&D: E6, generic classes, and retro-clones.
I've posted some musings on possibly running a D&D campaign on my website.
Part of a really slow series: Part 1 and Part 2
Updated 09-16-2010 at 08:17 AM by fmitchell


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This website contains updated information only for those corridors actively in construction, the Southeast Rail Extension and North Metro Rail. All other content on this website is meant for historical purposes only and may not be up-to-date. Please visit RTD-Denver.com for the latest information about RTD.
Eagle P3 ProjectThe P3 Project comprises elements of Design, Build, Finance, Operation and Maintenance (DBFOM). The project will be delivered and operated under a form of concession agreement that RTD will enter into with a lead business entity "Concessionaire" that will be selected through a competitive proposal process.
The P3 will allow RTD to partner with a private company or consortium to Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility projects under a single contract. In a PPP RTD will retain all assets while shifting much of the risk of providing the projects to the private partner or consortium. In return, RTD would make lease payments to the private partner, allowing the agency to spread out large upfront costs over a longer period of time, much like a 30-year mortgage versus a 15-year mortgage.
East Corridor, Gold Line and the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility (CRMF) - will be designed and built by the Concessionaire. The Northwest Rail and North Metro corridors will be designed and built by others. The Concessionaire will provide and maintain the rail vehicles for all four commuter rail corridors. The Concessionaire will also operate and maintain the East Corridor and the Gold Line as well as an initial segment of the Northwest Rail line, assuring safe and reliable commuter rail service for 29 years. In addition, the Concessionaire will arrange financing for the project and receive payments based on their performance of the operation and maintenance of the Project. For more detail about the constituent projects please click on the appropriate items. East Corridor; Gold Line; CRMF
The P3 Project will be completed according to the schedule below:
Procurement Process
As RTD has been developing the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Eagle P3 Project, Stakeholders were asked to participate in an online survey designed to seek input into the RFP. Staff evaluated the input and determined what is appropriate to incorporate into the RFP. Click here for a summary of the P3 RFP Input Survey.
RTD has now completed a first draft of the RFP and has issued this to the prequalified teams for their review and comment. This approach has become standard practice for projects of this nature to assure that the latest thoughts and innovations that the industry has developed are allowed for in the project. RTD is also reviewing key elements of the RFP with affected stakeholders as well as the federal agencies that will provide funding and oversight. For a copy of the RFP please submit a request in writing to: John Dawson, Purchasing Agent, Regional Transportation District, 1600 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80202 along with a check to RTD for $5.00. RTD is interested in improving the RFP as much as possible to enhance the Eagle P3 Project for the benefit of the region. For those who've reviewed the RFP and would like to make a comment, click here.
For a summary of the Eagle 3 Project RFP click here.


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We still have about 13 pounds of leftover turkey meat from our 23.5 pound bird, so today's Thanksgiving leftover recipe is Curried Turkey Salad Wraps.
If you like curried chicken salad, then you'll love this curried turkey salad, that is loaded with crunchy celery, apples, and cashews and sweet raisins and mango. You can use any type of curry powder you'd like, but I prefer extra spicy hot curry powder, which really heats things up.
Curried Turkey Salad Wraps
Makes 4 wraps
Print recipe only here.
2 1/4 cups cooked, shredded or chopped turkey meat
1/4 cup diced celery, preferably the inner white stalks
1/2 cup diced tart apple, such as Granny Smith
1/4 cup diced ripe mango
2 scallions, finely sliced
1/4 cup coarsely chopped cashews
1/4 cup mayo
1/3 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon fresh minced ginger
2 teaspoons hot curry powder
salt and cayenne pepper, to taste
3-4 (6-inch) tortillas
1. In a medium bowl mix together turkey, carrot, apple, mango, scallions, cashews, and raisins.
2. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients, until smooth and creamy. Pour over turkey mixture; stirring until well coated.
3. Place in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for at least 2-3 hours before serving, as it tastes best chilled.
4. In a large skillet over medium heat, warm tortillas for 1 minute per side. Divide turkey evenly and close wraps.
Variation: Make 2 sandwiches with toasted bread, such as rye, whole wheat, or pumpernickel. Add 1 tablespoon dried cranberries if you'd like extra tartness.
You might also like these recipes from Food Blogga:
Monte Cristo Sandwich
Turkey Burger with Apples, Gruyere, and Sage Mayo
Goat Cheese and Poblano Quesadillas with Pineapple Habanero Salsa
You might also like these turkey wraps:
Cajun Turkey and Mango Tortilla Wraps recipe at The Greedy Gourmet
Turkey, Cranberry, and Blue Cheese Wrap recipe at Closet Cooking
Slow Cooker Tex-Mex Turkey Wraps recipe at YumSugar
Lentil, Turkey, and Apple Wraps recipe at Love and Olive Oil


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Easy Install Instructions
This is the home of Easy Install for the Citadel system. If you don't know what Citadel is, you're starting in the wrong place. Please go to the main Citadel web site.
Easy Install is a one-step installer which downloads, compiles, and configures a complete Citadel system on your computer. It basically does the same things you would do if you were building Citadel by hand, but with Easy Install, all of these steps are automated and performed in the correct order without your intervention.
Who should use this:
Anyone who wants to install the Citadel system but does not want to manually build it from source code. You can also upgrade Citadel using Easy Install, as long as Easy Install was used for the initial installation. Of course, you should always back up your server before an upgrade.
Easy Install is designed for Linux. It has been tested on several different distributions. Other unix-like platforms (BSD, Solaris, etc.) may work, but this has not been tested. If you have trouble with Easy Install on a non-Linux platform, please visit one of the Citadel support forums for help building from the source tarballs. You can find the Citadel support forums at Uncensored! BBS. After creating an account, please leave your support questions in the "Citadel Support" room (not in the Lobby, please).
To get started...
Log on to your Linux system as "root" and enter the following command at the prompt:
curl http://easyinstall.citadel.org/install | sh
Or if you don't have curl, try wget:
wget -q -O - http://easyinstall.citadel.org/install | sh
Easy Install will automatically initialize. Please note that we said "easy," not "fast." It will compile a lot of code and is therefore quite time consuming. In the future we will add pre-compiled binaries for some of the more popular host operating systems.
So, what's it going to do? When you begin Easy Install, the following things are going to happen:
- The Citadel server, the WebCit front end, Berkeley DB, libical, and libSieve will be downloaded from the Easy Install web site.
- All packages will be compiled and installed. This will take a long time. Citadel will be installed to "/usr/local/citadel", WebCit will be installed to "/usr/local/webcit", and the supporting libraries will be installed to "/usr/local/ctdlsupport".
- The "setup" program will initialize, and you will be asked a few questions about how you want the software configured. You will be offered the opportunity to disable any email and groupware software already installed on your system, and you will be offered the opportunity to have the Citadel services automatically initialized on startup.
- WebCit will be similarly configured. If you are not running some other web server (such as Apache), you can run WebCit on port 80; otherwise, pick some other port.
After installation:
After the install completes you can reach your new Citadel installation with any web browser and customize it from there.
You should read the Getting Started Guide and some of the links of interest.
Custom compiling Citadel components
If you want to compile own components against Easy Install you might want to read the Homebrewing against easy install FAQ


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Ballston Lake, NY, USA – June 19, 2017 – A rising Taekwondo school from Ballston Lake New York, Risen Taekwondo has made several amazing accomplishments in the first six months of its opening. The school started in December 2016 and has won 24 medals in total (8 Gold, 7 Silver and 9 Bronze medals). Owned by two people who have established themselves as part of the champions of this sport, the school has sent 11 of its students so far to participate in various tournaments on the East Coast of the United States.
"We are very proud of how much they have grown in the last two years since they began training competitively." Said Master Eugene Refino, one of the co-owners of this remarkable institute."Our students have learned to accept critiques in order to learn and grow in their respective divisions and are always willing to try new things." He added. Eugene is a 5th Degree Black Belt and he won the National Championships in 2010.
"Through the whole process, our goal for them was to have fun, to challenge themselves, and to continue enjoying Taekwondo." Said Yumi Kageyama, another co-owner of the school."The thing we are most proud of is how much they support one another, and how they push themselves to try harder and to improve despite setbacks and injuries." She added. Yumi is a 3rd Degree Black Belt and she too is an accomplished champion.
Due to the experiences garnered by the students, most of them do not mind sharing both their favorite and hardest part of the tournament experiences; "My favorite thing about tournaments and training is improving my form, and I just like being with my friends and my coaches. I like learning new things and being able to help other people. The hardest thing about tournament and training is when I do something wrong because it makes me angry but I just have to start over and to just know that I can do it." Lindsay Gottung, First Degree Black Belt.
Haylie Satterlee, 2nd Degree Black Belt. "I like tournaments because when I do my forms at a tournament, I forget about everything else about school and all the drama that is happening, and homework and grades and things like that. I'm just focusing on how I'm doing and what I'm doing. The hardest part about tournaments and training is that I am kind of a perfectionist and it is very stressful when I don't get things right. So when I get things wrong it really bugs me but I know I just have to keep working on it."
Michael Satterlee, First Degree Black Belt, 2016 USA Taekwondo National Bronze Medalist. "My favorite is breaking the board because I like it and it's a lot of fun. The hardest part is when you don't break your boards because it's frustrating and it hurts. To get over it I just break it by kicking it even harder and going through the boards."
However, Michael Satterlee won a Bronze medal in the 8-9 Year Old Blue/Red Belt Board Breaking division as a Blue Belt at the USA Taekwondo National Championships out of over 30 kids from all across the Nation. Below are other students who also excelled in the same National Championships.
Andrew Nguyen is one of the students of this school who recently won a Bronze medal in the 12-14 Green Belt Middle Weight Division at the USA Taekwondo National Championships.
Micaela Choi won 2 fights to win a Silver medal in the 12-14 Red Belt Middle Weight Sparring division also at the USA Taekwondo National Championships.
Moreover, these athletes train anywhere between 7-10 hours a week and this training typically consists of physical conditioning, technical and focused drills, and application. The school is now welcoming aspiring martial artists to join their program designed for children, teens, and adults.
For more information on how to get started, please visit www.RisenTaekwondo.com
Media Contact
Company Name: Risen Taekwondo
Contact Person: Eugene Refino
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 518-603-1771
Country: United States
Website: www.RisenTaekwondo.com


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The list of stars walking the red carpet at next week's world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been revealed - with one notable cast member missing.
Sir Ian McKellan, who plays the wizard Gandalf the Grey, won't be able to make the film's screening at Wellington's Embassy Theatre, but said it was "thrilling" that director Sir Peter Jackson and other Hobbit cast and crew will be reunited.
"I know they will have a wonderful welcome from the fans and I envy them. As ever, my heart is in Wellington, and I send my love."
However, Gandalf won't be far from people's minds as a giant sculpture of the wizard will overlook the red carpet celebration from a perch on the front of the theatre.
Those who will walk the 500m carpet along Courtenay Place will be filmmakers Sir Peter, Fran Walshe and Philippa Boyens.
Fans will also get to star gaze at Martin Freeman, who plays Bilbo Baggins, Richard Armitage, who stars as the Dwarf warrior Thorin Oakenshield, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, who reprise their roles from The Lord of the Rings as the Elf Queen Galadriel and Elf Lord Elrond.
Andy Serkis also returning to the role of Gollum, and Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, will also be at the star-studded premiere.
Also attending the show will be the cast playing the Company of Dwarves, including Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, James Nesbitt and Dean O'Gorman.
Australian comedian Barry Humphries, who plays the Goblin King will also join the celebrations.
Pre-carpet entertainment will begin at 3pm and the filmmakers and stars of the film will begin to arrive at 4.30pm.
The Hobbit Trilogy has been shot in 3D 48 frames-per-second and will be released in High Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D), other 3D formats, IMAX and 2D. The first of the movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 12 in New Zealand, with the second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, released on December 12, next year, and the third film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again slated for July 17, 2014.


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LNG: Getting to the Finish Line
Jacob Dweck and David Wochner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Liquefied natural gas developments in the United States have come a long way, but obstacles remain.
PRODUCT FEATURE: Extreme Valves
Mark Ward, Sr., freelance writer
Valve Magazine goes on a global quest to find some of the biggest, smallest and most extreme service valves the world has to offer.
BACK TO BASICS: Butterfly Valves
Joanne Lunsford, Tyco Valves & Controls
Over the decades, the butterfly valve has transformed from a lightweight to a highly respected contender.
Why Valve Qualification Programs?
Greg Johnson, United Valve
A changing global economy means users cannot necessarily count on past performance data to confirm current valve quality.
Solenoid Pilot Valves for Valve Actuation
Bill Reeson, Emerson Industrial Automation
Knowing the ins and outs of pilot valves will help users select the correct construction for an application.
OEM Versus Non-OEM Parts… You Make The Call
Ted Grabau, Emerson Process Management
The purchase price of replacement valve parts from a replicator may be less than from an OEM, but the risk to plant performance and safety may be significantly greater.
The Critical Needs of SIP Processes
Dell Grunenberg, Jordan Valve
Sterilization-in-Place processes require the associated valves and steam traps perform with high efficiency—and meet the stringent cleanliness requirements of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
BACK TO BASICS: The Always Reliable Plug Valve
Jim Barker, DeZURIK Water Controls
For close to 80 years the dependable plug valve has done the job—and done it well—in a wide variety of services and applications.
Perspectives on Distribution
Mark Ward, Sr., freelance writer
A distributor, end user and valve manufacturer give their points of view on today's evolving distribution industry.
Getting the Most from Intelligent Electric Actuators
Gregg Alvarado, Bernard Controls
These advanced actuators provide engineers and plant personnel with real-time information that can help with both predictive and preventive maintenance.
Fluid Jet Energy Criterion for Control Valves
Herbert Miller, Laurence Stratton and Mark Hollerbach, Consultant, Technical Standards and Automation, Control Components, Inc. (CCI)
Maintaining manageable energy levels in fluid jets eliminates many of the problems that lead to poor process control valve performance.
Coupler Design for Quarter-Turn Valves
Ed Holtgraver, QTRCO
Here's what you need to know about the many kinds of couplers that connect quarter-turn valves and actuators.
The Benefits of Diagnostic Software
Howard Williams, Rotork Controls
Users are learning they can greatly improve their facilities productivity, efficiency and effectiveness—and prevent problems before they occur—with valve diagnostic software.
Wear- and Corrosion-Resistant Alloys in the Gas and Oil Industry
James B.C. Wu and Matthew X. Yao, Deloro Stellite Group
The authors review alloys designed to stand up to the severe environments in oil and gas drilling and refineries, with an emphasis on cobalt-based alloys and a new nickel-based alloy.
BACK TO BASICS: The Misunderstood Check Valve
Mike Johnson, DFT
The unappreciated check valve is often blamed for failures, but the real culprit may be the application and service conditions.
Gasket Selection and Developments in Gasket Technology
John Hoyes, The Flexitallic Group
Don't select gaskets just for their price—consider the total cost of installation as well as what it would cost in lost production if a failure occurred.
Who Will Run Tomorrow's Plants?
Patrick Toensmeier, freelance writer
The shortfall of experienced engineers and technicians continue to escalate. How will the industry respond to this growing crisis?
2007 Market Outlook: So Far, So Good
Genilee Parente, freelance writer, and Judy Tibbs, Valve Magazine
We gleaned information from a dozen presentations by industry experts at the Valve Manufacturers Association's Market Outlook Workshop to give you a glimpse into the year ahead.
The Evolving Valve Industry
Patrick Toensmeier, freelance writer
Industry veterans discuss how the valve industry has adapted during the past two decades to a changing world that has seen a huge increase in M & A activity and a turn to offshore sourcing.
Desuperheating for Accurate Steam Temperature Control
Joel Kunkler, Emerson Process Management
The author provides guidelines to help operators better understand how to control the desuperheating process.
BACK TO BASICS: How to Size and Select Relief Valves
Anthony Fabbo, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control
When it comes to choosing the proper relief valve for the application, the wrong selection and size can result in costly, even critical errors.
Castings or Forgings?
Dick Warda, Highland Foundry, and Lisa Kuehl, Steel Industries
The type of material used to create valves and other industrial products varies depending on the application and a variety of other factors. Experts from both the castings and forgings industries discuss the benefits of their respective processes.
Fundamentals of Electric Actuator Control
Richard Oaks, AUMA Actuators
The flexible electric actuator control has become an increasingly popular way to automate all types of valves.


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Holy shit. Serena Williams just won her gold-medal match against Maria Sharapova, and she won it in dominant fashion. Williams's bushwhacking of Sharapova was over in just under an hour, as she took the match 6-0, 6-1. Sharapova was lucky to take even one game, because Williams was at the absolute top of her game today. Sharapova had to throw everything she had at Williams just to scratch out a few points, and she spent most of the match looking like she was about to throw up.
The highlight of the match came after it was over, though, when Williams unleashed what has got to be the first crip walk that has ever occurred at the All England Club:
I'm sure some crusty white sportswriter will give Serena shit for her celebration after Googling what a crip walk is ("It's gang related!"), but we love it. In fact, we hope she just spends the rest of her day crip walking around London.
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Microsoft, Intel, Toshiba, HP and others are to spend $150m promoting the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format to North American consumers in the run up to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and through into 2007.
The money will spent on advertising through the usual media channels, and on an HD DVD demo rig which will tour the US this summer hoping to entice consumers through the door to gaze upon the big screens, high-end AV kit, Xbox 360s with external HD DVD drives and so on contained within.
The Xbox 360 element will, we suspect, be key, not least because Sony's PlayStation 3 will play such an important role in promoting Blu-ray Disc in the Holiday season.
Sony's own disc production estimates reckon it will be punching out 10m BDs worldwide by the end of the year, including all the ones with PS3 games as well as those used for movies. The total is split 5m in the US and 2.5m apiece in Japan and Europe. That's just Sony - other disc manufacturers have committed to Blu-ray too. ®
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in (the) blazes?
Used as an intensifier after a question word (who, what, where, when, why, and how) to express extreme confusion, surprise, or aggravation. Primarily heard in US. And just how in blazes am I supposed to have three reports done by 9 AM tomorrow? Where in the blazes did you find that rusty old car? Who in blazes is making all that noise?


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Gov. Jerry Brown believes that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
That's the thinking behind his sudden announcement Wednesday to stop jousting with the California Federation of Teachers, and instead join forces with them to push a new tax hike initiative.
"This united effort makes victory more likely and will go a long way toward balancing our budget and protecting our schools, universities, and public safety," Brown said in a statement late Wednesday.
U.S. & World
In a bid to win broad support, Brown has agreed to drop his proposed half-cent increase in the sales tax to a quarter-cent.
He's also agreed to embrace the Millionaire's Tax language pushed by CFT. After all, Brown knows that taxing the rich is a relatively easy sell to voters.
Thousands of university students showed up at the Capitol last week to push for the income tax hike as a means of offsetting education cuts.
Under the deal announced Wednesday, the income tax rate would climb 2 percent for joint filers making over $600,000 a year, and would climb to 3 percent for joint filers making over a million dollars a year. None of the tax increases are permanent.
The income tax increase would expire in 2018, and the sales tax would go away after 2016. The question now is whether the compromise will draw outright opposition from deep-pocketed business groups. Until now, heavyweights like the California Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable have been neutral on Brown's tax proposal.
But both had gone on record opposing the CFT measure. Brown's marriage of convenience with CFT leaders was a frank acknowledgement that they were not going to pull their own initiative from the ballot. In fact, CFT put another million dollars into their campaign earlier this week.
The agreement leaves Brown's plan with just one rival, an income tax hike measure backed by Los Angeles attorney Molly Munger.
It also poses a timetable challenge.
The new initiative must now be submitted to the Attorney-General's office for review. Once that's cleared, a whole new campaign begins to gather the 800,000 signatures needed. That process has to be done by late April or early May, since the Secretary of State wants to qualify November initiatives by late June.
That's just over three months away. As one Capitol source told me, key Democrats consider that to be "a heavy lift." There are many bumps on this campaign road, but Brown has removed at least one.
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Friday the 29th of June 2012 will go down as one of the most important dates in the history of the Euro currency. In the early hours of that fateful morning German resistance to a rational and comprehensive resolution to the Euro crisis was finally crushed. It will take some time for the full implications of this historic result to filter through to the markets but the fact that the dark cloud of dissolution of the Euro is now passing can only be positive.
What happened? Why did Angel Merkel the German Chancellor finally "blink in earnest" as suggested in our article two weeks ago? The answer is she was outmaneuvered by Italy and Spain with the tacit support of France. In essence she was totally isolated. Here is what SPIEGEL the German online newspaper had to say about events:
"Angela Merkel took a tough stance ahead of the EU summit, insisting she would not make concessions. But Italy and Spain broke the will of the iron chancellor by out-negotiating her in the early hours of Friday morning. Germany caved in to demands for less stringent bailouts and direct aid to banks.
The key to getting your way in tough negotiations, of course, is to find your opponents Achilles' heel. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy did that on Thursday night and early Friday morning in Brussels. And the result is a euro-zone agreement to allow the common currency bailout funds to give direct help to ailing banks and to become active on sovereign bond markets to provide relief on the financial markets -- free of conditions for the countries in need of such aid.
With good reason Monti emerged from the late-night negotiations as a clear victor, having broken Chancellor Angela Merkel's resistance. Monti together with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy secured easier access to the permanent euro-zone bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Euro-zone member states which fulfill the budgetary rules laid down by the European Commission can now receive aid without agreeing to tough additional austerity measures. Strict oversight by the troika of the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) would no longer apply.
The agreement will allow the ESM to recapitalize troubled banks directly instead of loaning the bailout aid to national governments in exchange for austerity commitments. That model had been called into question after the EU agreed recently to provide Spain with €100 billion to prop up its struggling banks. Investors, however, became nervous about Madrid's ability to shoulder that debt, and interest rates on Spain's sovereign bonds had skyrocketed in recent weeks.
In addition, emergency aid funds will in the future be made available to stabilize the bond markets without requiring countries, providing they are complying with EU budget rules, to adopt additional austerity measures. Prior to the summit, Merkel had been against both steps, preferring to stick to the rules that had already been hammered out and guaranteeing strict oversight."
From my own perspective it is astonishing that it has taken so long for the twin elements of the crisis to be identified and segregated. Up until now, under German insistence, they had been joined at the hip.
What do I mean by this? Well prior to Friday the 29th, Dr. Merkel was insisting that any assistance to banks must go through Governments. Badly needed banking bailouts from the ECB were thus being added to sovereign debt balances. These growing debt levels were affecting sovereign bond costs making raising money in the markets prohibitively expensive. This increased expense was bloating day to day government running costs despite the fact that "austerity" measures were being demanded by Germany.
The whole cycle was deflationary, self defeating and illogical. Friday's agreement changed this nonsense and in summary has brought about two important "game changing" initiatives:
- Banks can receive bailout funds from the ESM without affecting sovereign borrowing levels.
- The new ESM fund can buy sovereign bonds directly thus lowering state borrowing costs.
As a result the risk of banking failure has been diminished and governments will be able to raise funds at reasonable rates when the need arises.
Now by no means am I suggesting that everything about the Euro crisis is behind us but using the words of Churchill: "now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning".
Finally the banking aspect of the problem has been separated from the sovereign bond element of the crisis. Why the process to identify and solve this fatal flaw in Euro policy has been so tortuous I will never know but better late than never I say. Politicians can now go on summer vacation happy that when they return in September a template in now in place upon which to build a secure and stable structure for the future maintenance of the Euro currency. They will thus be in a position to remove for once and for all the market risk of a potential demise of the Euro and with it a total collapse of the economies of the fledgling European Community. Such a prospect was incomprehensible and as a result of Friday's action by the European governments I think we can start to put this threat behind us. Will Mr. Market agree? That remains to be seen.


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Do you like watching how the Star Wars sausage is made? Of course you do! Then check out this clever little video that pairs actual footage from The Empire Strikes Back with the original storyboards. It's damn delightful.
Thanks to the official Star Wars YouTube channel for putting this together. Looks like director Irvin Kershner played it pretty close to the original storyboarded plan (with almost just about every shot).
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yesterday was a very fun first day of 2013!
- a sleep-in…until 6:45 a.m.!
- a balanced cardio/weights/stretching workout
- the traditional watching of the rose bowl parade with dad [sidenote: no one in the family can stand watching the parade except for me and dad; our tradition of plunking down in front of the tv and viewing the spectacular floats and invigorating marching bands dates back to at least 1980! a new year's day without the rose bowl is just not the same!].
- the traditional cleaning of the condo casa: i gave myself 1.5 hours to power-cleanse -> that time frame proved sufficient!
- the traditional mid-afternoon walk: yesterday was sunny and crisp -> thoroughly enjoyable and mind-clearing!
- family + social time at uncle paul and sharon's from late-aft to early eve, with mom and dad, cousins joel and alex -> i loved meeting up with the fam!
- throw in some knitting, some reading, some tooth flossing, and january 1st, 2013 was an all-around great day.
on today's agenda:
- a noon-time catch-up visit with joanne
- winter coat shopping -> i am seriously considering a puffy coat, i cannot believe i am typing those words
- the store this eve: it's run club night so it'll be social city! love it!
what was the best thing about YOUR new year's day? i liked how BALANCED my day felt!


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Link to Audio Recording
Backup of the cloud (vCD & SRM)
Virtualization News (VMTN Blog)
VMware Forum 2012
VMware Forum online scheduled for April 12
Spring community members are invited to attend – SpringOne on the Road
Cloud Foundry Open Tour – sessions covering Spring, Java, Ruby, Node.js, Python, PHP and other Cloud application development tips
VROOM virtualization performance – This week's episode will focus on vMotion
VMware VROOM! Blog
vExpert applications have closed and the judging of the applicants is currently ongoing. Final results announced on April 15
Silicon Valley VMUG User Conference – April 11, 2012 – VMware CTO – Steve Herrod and Author/Blogger Mike Laverick will be giving Keynotes
VMware Technical Journal – Download Now
Registration for VMworld 2012 – Register NOW
Update: VMware vCloud Director DR paper available in Kindle / iBooks format! (via Duncan Eppings Blog)
VMware vCloud Director Infrastructure Resiliency Case Study paper published! (via Duncan Eppings Blog)
vCloud Director infrastructure resiliency solution (via Duncan Eppings Blog)
[INFO] vCloud Director 1.5.1 Released! (via Chris Colotti Blog)
vCloud Director 1.5.1 Release Notes
[PDF] vCloud Director 1.5 Evaluation Guide
Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)
Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization – (Q & A)
[INFO] The Right vCloud Allocation Model For Catalogs (via Chris Colotti Blog)
VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit
VMware tackles enterprise personal cloud (via Infoworld blog)
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Welcome to my Personal Page! The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting the Segal Cancer Centre at the Jewish General Hospital is a cycling journey through Quebec's countryside that I'm embarking on to fight cancer. It will be a challenge in a number of ways, but with my bike, my helmet, and your generosity, a real impact will be made!
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"Glee" star Matthew Morrison is engaged to marry his girlfriend of two years.
The singer and actor has proposed to Renee Puente and the happy news was announced during Sir Elton John's annual White Tie and Tiara Ball in London on Thursday.
Sir Elton then teamed up with Coldplay front man Chris Martin to perform a duet of hit track Your Song in the couple's honor.
A source tells E! News, "They (Morrison and Puente) are thrilled. … He loves her so much. The theme of the night was love, which is so appropriate."
The revelation at the event, which was attended by stars including Uma Thurman and Elizabeth Hurley, was especially poignant for the pair as the actor debuted Puente as his girlfriend at the 2011 bash.
Morrison gushed about his now-fiancée in a recent interview with Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine, declaring, "She's amazing. … I've chosen to be with her and I'm happy. I still want to marry and have kids one day. And when I'm ready to propose, she'll be the first to know."
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In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt using a combination of commitment, budgeting and smart financial choices. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Budgeting
In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt using a combination of commitment, budgeting and smart financial choices. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.Allison Baggerly
How much: �$111,108.29 in 4.5 years
Budgeting was the last thing Allison Baggerly and her husband, Matt, thought about. Instead, they focused on eating out, shopping and enjoying life as young professionals. That was until they discovered that their first baby was on the way.
Suddenly, the couple's financial priorities shifted. Over $100,000 in debt, Allison, then 24 years old, and Matt, �who was 28, knew they had to free up money for their growing family and they had to rework their habits.
'We didn't know how we'd be able to make day care payments,' Baggerly says. 'We're two teachers who didn't have the means because of our spending habits.'
So the Denton, Texas, couple, who now have two children, got serious about budgeting and paying down debt in 2011. Four and a half years later, they met their goal.
And Allison became such a boss at budgeting that she built Inspired Budget, �a blog and business that helps �people account for their spending �to pay down debt.
Allison recently connected with NerdWallet to share her experience, which may inspire your own debt-free journey.What was your total debt when you started and what is it now?
Our total debt was $111,108.29. We had $17,500 in a car loan and $93,608.29 in various student loans.
We were making $88,000 together at that time and paid off [our debt] in four and a half years. We still have a mortgage but don't count that in our debt payoff journey.What triggered your decision to get out of debt?
We were newly pregnant, had just bought a car and we realized that at the rate we were spending, we didn't have enough money left to pay for day care once our son was born. We decided that we wanted a better life for our growing family.Where does your passion for budgeting come from?
It definitely stems from the situation we found ourselves in when we added up our debt. I found peace in budgeting. I realized how out of control we were with our budget, and budgeting gave me something we could fix.How did you first build your budget?
It was a process. We'd budget monthly, then revised and edited weekly for the next three weeks, then we kept revising and making changes as needed because everything doesn't go as planned.
We just realized that our spending was way out of control. We were spending upwards of $700 or $800 a month on just random stuff, mostly food. It felt like a waste because we didn't need to be spending that much on food.
We also cut vacations out and only took trips to visit family and friends. Although we missed time on the beach or in the mountains, we loved planning trips to see family. These experiences not only benefited our budget, but they allowed our children to have quality time with their grandparents and great-grandparents. We learned that you don't need an extravagant vacation just to feel like you're getting away.
When we were able to get control of our budget, which took us several months, it was freeing to know that we could live on less. And we could also set aside money for debt and money for day care for our future child.You used the debt snowball method to pay off the debt. How did this work for you?
(Under debt snowball, you pay off the smallest debt first, then roll the amount you used to pay off that amount toward your bigger debts.)
In the beginning, our smallest debts were smaller student loans, then my car which was like $17,000.
After paying those off, then we were left with a huge $47,000 student loan, which was hard to tackle. We felt like we couldn't get there. Others were easier because it was $3,000 here and $5,000 there.
With the big one, paying it off was more difficult. It was easy to not put money to pay it off because we thought we would never get rid of it. So to pay it down as fast as we could, we put any extra money we had at that bigger one.
To help with our debt payoff and cover expenses, we also did side hustles on occasion.
One of my side hustles as a teacher was tutoring. I charged $50 an hour and made a few hundred dollars in the summer. My husband and I have also taught summer school, which brought in about $1,000 each.What about the debt snowball method worked for you?
The debt snowball was effective because it provided the motivation and the high-five to help us keep going.
When we got those paid-in-full notices after paying off a debt, we felt like we were doing things right. And that adrenaline helped us keep going when the debts got bigger and bigger. It was motivating to be able to focus on our ultimate goals.How has your life changed for the better since you got out of debt?
We have saved more money than we ever thought possible!
But most importantly, our children are learning about money from how we live our life. Even at the age of 6 and 4, they earn money and save, spend and give their own money to our local church.What principles can people stick to if they're having a hard time building a budget?
First, I'd say be honest with yourself. Face your truth and own your mistakes and give yourself grace. No one is perfect. The harder you are on yourself, the less likely you will go back to a budget.
Give yourself an allowance to spend on things you know you tend to overspend on. A cash allowance can help curb spending habits. And just be honest and be realistic with your budget.How do you remain debt-free today?
We make sure to keep a good amount in savings in case something ever happens. We also rarely use our credit cards and are actively saving for large purchases (like a car) that we will need in the future.How to tackle your own debt
Inspired by the Baggerlys' debt-free journey? Here's what you can do to embark on your own:Know where your money is going. Creating a budget helped Allison Baggerly see the bigger financial picture to make a payoff plan.Find a payoff strategy that will keep you on track. Baggerly used the debt snowball method, which kept her motivated and on track to pay off multiple debts.Give yourself a break. You won't always follow your budget to a T. Adjust your spending plan accordingly.Want to accelerate your debt payoff? �Research tips to pay off debt fast, including looking into debt consolidation.If you're having a hard time getting a grip on your finances, �seek the free help of a nonprofit credit counselor, who can help you sort out your debt.
Photo of the Baggerly family courtesy of Allison Baggerly. �
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The article How I Ditched Debt: Changing Habits, Budgeting for a Baby originally appeared on NerdWallet.


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University General Education (UGE)
Students who began at K-State before Summer 2011, may choose to move to the K-State 8 program or complete their degrees with University General Education (UGE) requirements.
About UGE
The University General Education program strives to help students widen their perspectives and explore the relationships among various subjects. The main purpose of University General Education programs is to encourage active learning and critical thinking as well as to broaden students' learning beyond their fields of study.
Students and advisors should know a few things about UGE:
- UGE means University General Education.
- Students have the ultimate responsibility to meet their program's UGE requirements.
- Students should consult their advisors. To receive an undergraduate degree from KSU, each college requires that students complete UGE courses as part of their programs of study.
- Each undergraduate college establishes a UGE program with a provision for breadth of study to help students explore new, different explanations about their world.
- Most students will need 18 hours of UGE credit; at least 6 hours of UGE credit must be at the 300 level or higher. Requirements for transfer students vary, so consult your advisor.
- UGE courses are designed with the non-major in mind, and are to provide an active learning environment, experiential context for what is being studied, and an opportunity for students to connect ideas.
- The Annotated List of UGE courses is published online. Not all courses are offered each semester. Consult the course schedule.
- UGE courses are designated by a diamond before the course number in the online Course Schedule and are noted as a UGE course in the online undergraduate Catalog.
- Students may be asked to complete a UGE course evaluation to assess how well the course meets the UGE goals.


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As a member of Lowe's Creative Ideas Network I received gift cards from Lowe's in order to purchase supplies to complete projects. All opinions are my own.
I don't know why, but whenever I see an armful of pretty bohemian-style bracelets I think of Colombian singer, Shakira, and she's the inspiration for this bracelet made of simple yet surprisingly elegant-looking materials. Cotton string and brass washers are re-imagined into a piece of jewelry that will be sure to attract attention and compliments. With the holidays soon upon us, this is an idea you may want to add to your list of crafts to try. It's affordable and quick to make, plus your favorite amiga, hermana, sobrina or prima will be sure to love it.
Bohemian Shakira-style Brass Washer Bracelet
What you need:
10 to 20 flat brass washers (small #8S, Blue Hawk/HILLMAN)
string (Blue Hawk twisted cotton twine)
sticky tape
1. Cut 4 pieces of twine to 4 feet long.
2. Tie the pieces together at the top leaving about 4 inches above the knot. (See photo below.)
3. Tape the knot to a surface to secure in place.
4. Tie string #1 around strings #2 and #3 in this way: String #1 goes OVER strings #2 and #3 then comes back UNDER strings #2 and #3, then over itself.) Pull gently so the loop moves up and tightens at the top. (See photo below.)
5. Tie string #4 around strings #2 and #3 in the same way as described in step 4. (Note that strings #2 and #3 always remain together in the middle.) Repeat step 4 and step 5 about five to six times.
6. Slide a washer onto string #1 or #4 (alternate) before tying around strings #2 and #3. Repeat step 4 and 5 before adding another washer. Keep repeating steps 4, 5, and 6 until bracelet is long enough to tie around your wrist.
7. Tie the bracelet off the same way you tied the strings together at the top in step 2.
8. Cut off any undesired excess string.
9. Bracelet is worn tied around the wrist, (I double knot it to keep it from falling off.)


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I wish I could attend the FGS conference in Springfield, Illinois this year as there are some wonderful discussions and presentations geared toward professional genealogists. The list of events sponsored by the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) is listed below. I would love to hear from those of you who are able to attend, and hope that some of these sessions will be recorded so that I can buy the CDs later.
Tuesday, September 6, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Annual Meeting & Roundtable. Rendezvous Room, Hilton Hotel. J. Mark Lowe, moderator of group discussion, "Those Difficult Situations…how do I come out smelling like a rose?"
Friday, September 9, 8:15-noon, APG Board meeting. Plaza 3, Hilton Hotel. APG members are welcome. Please let Kathleen Hinckley know if you plan to attend so seating can be arranged.
Friday, September 9, 12:15–2:00 p.m., APG Luncheon and Awards Presentations. Luncheon presentation by Kenyatta D. Berry, "Discovering a Genealogical Treasure Trove with A.B. Caldwell."
Friday, September 9, 2:00-3:00 p.m., APG PMC. "The Small Business Administration and the Transitional Genealogist" by Mary Clement Douglass.
Friday, September 9, 3:30-4:30 p.m., APG PMC. "Developing Genealogical Skills: Mentoring from Novice to Expert" by Melinde Lutz Sanborn.
Friday, September 9, 5:00 p.m., APG PMC. "Apps Galore for the Professional Genealogist" by Pamela Boyer Sayre.
Saturday, September 10, 8:00–10:30 a.m., PMC Workshop, "Think Like a Targeted Marketer: One Marketing Plan Does NOT Fit All" by Natasha Crain.


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VATICAN CITY — Thirty years ago today I walked into the office of the Rome Daily American at 6:45 in the morning and began ripping the AP and Reuters newswires for a 7 o'clock radio news show. When I saw the teletype machines, I froze. At the top of each were two bulletins announcing the death of Pope John Paul I after only 34 days in office.
A few minutes later I found myself announcing on Radio Daily American that the "smiling pope" had died in his sleep the night before, at the age of 65. The news show was not much more than a headline service, but I promised details to come, and then ducked out of the building for a quick espresso.
When I walked into the corner bar, the first words I heard were: "L'hanno ammazzato." "They killed him." I can't remember whether the phrase was pronounced by Sergio, the barista, or one of his customers, but it seemed to be the general consensus of the Roman street that day. The pope was known as a good and decent man, and the popular imagination was already conjuring up a plot to explain his untimely demise.
And in Rome, the popular imagination tends toward poison. Hadn't a Russian Orthodox Church leader, Metropolitan Nikodim, dropped dead a couple weeks earlier during a meeting with the pontiff after drinking a cup of coffee? Perhaps the coffee had been meant for the pope. Or so went the thinking in Sergio's bar.
It turned out that John Paul I had serious circulation problems — so serious, in fact, that his legs were badly swollen, he complained of pain and his closest aides wanted to summon a physician shortly before he died. The medical facts did not, however, stop the rumor mill from turning. In 1984, British author David Yallop published an investigative book, "In God's Name," which hypothesized that the pope's death may have been an inside job.
In 1989, another British writer, John Cornwell, wrote a book that took Yallop's theories apart. Written with Vatican cooperation and titled, "A Thief in the Night," it found that the late pope felt unwell throughout his month at the Vatican and talked repeatedly of dying. Sources quoted by Cornwell said the pope questioned why the College of Cardinals had chosen him and spoke of "the foreigner" who would replace him.
For some reason, I saved those AP and Reuters bulletins from Sept. 29, 1978. I found them recently, tucked inside a book of Italian poetry. With them was a third item, heralding the arrival of John Paul I's successor, the foreigner.


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MMBase 1.9.2 released (and 1.8.7)
12 January 2010 12:00
The latest release of MMBase with a ton of new features and bugfixes. One of the most notable new features is the new Streams application that encodes uploaded video and audio to other formats. Besides 1.9.2 a bugfix release of the 1.8 branch was released.
This release includes 50 bugfixes and some improvements.
Streams accompanies the already existing Media application in use by several broadcastings organisations. Streams encodes video and audio to other formats with the help of FFmpeg. Streams is developed for Open Images ('Open Beelden' in Dutch), an initiative of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Nederlands Instutuut voor Beeld en Geluid) in collaboration with the Knowledgeland (Nederland Kennisland). Open Images is an open media platform that offers online access to audiovisual archive material to stimulate creative reuse. Footage from audiovisual collections can be downloaded and remixed into new works. Users of Open Images also have the opportunity to add their own material to the platform and thus expand the collection.
Other improvements include among others the ability to change the nodemanager (nodetype) of a node, numerous unit tests, improvements on the Search and Relate application, and the introduction of org.mmbase.bridge.mock a mock bridge to be used for example for testing.
Besides 1.9.2 the release team released 1.8.7, a bugfix release of the 1.8 branch.
Jun 12, 2012 :
Release of 1.9.6
The release team just released a new version of MMBase, version 1.9.6.
Nov 8, 2010 :
Release of 1.9.5
We have recently release a new update of MMBase: version 1.9.5 with a few bugfixes and new features.
Aug 16, 2010 :
Mailing lists moved
We stopped maintaining our own mailing lists and moved them to Google Groups. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/mmbase-discuss/subscribe to subscribe again.
Aug 13, 2010 :
MMBase server is successfully upgraded!
If your are reading this your doing so are from our new piece of hardware. But of course Friday the 13th could be a bit risky date when you believe in such things...
Aug 12, 2010 :
New MMBase-server
Tomorrow a new server will be installed for MMBase.
Jul 31, 2010 :
Release of 1.9.4
It is already two weeks ago, but we released MMBase-1.9.4. It is a bugfix release, containing a few small new features.
Apr 14, 2010 :
Release of MMBase 1.9.3
A bugfix release of the stable MMBase 1.9 branch.
Jan 12, 2010 :
MMBase 1.9.2 released (and 1.8.7)
The latest release of MMBase with a ton of new features and bugfixes. One of the most notable new features is the new Streams application that encodes uploaded video and audio to other formats. Besides 1.9.2 a bugfix release of the 1.8 branch was released.
Nov 26, 2009 :
MMBase 1.9.2 release candidate
For all your testing pleasures the release team has made a MMBase 1.9.2-rc2 available.
Oct 26, 2009 :
Annual CMSc and MMEvent: 15 december (Dutch)
Het jaarlijkse CMSc/MMEvent wordt in 2009 gehouden bij Kennisnet in Zoetermeer.


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See where Romans cut a ditch through solid rock at this Antonine Wall fort.
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Stroll along the frontier of the Roman Empire at the site of two Antonine Wall camps.
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Roam an ancient burial place overlooking a bay on one of Scotland's most beautiful islands.
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Admire the stonework of a rare surviving cross from an early medieval kingdom.
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Enter what was one of the first small-town gasworks to open in Scotland – and among the last to close.
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|BOUTIQUE CONTINUOUS SYSTEM OLIVE OIL EXTRACTION PLANTS Continuous systems also known as uninterrupted or constantly working system; are presses in which olive inflows from one side and olive oil ready for consumption outflows from the other side. In this system, olives are in constant movement within processing machines in order. Olive Pro 21 is designed for olive growers who wish to get their own olive oil.
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Catherine McNeilly, Psy.D. Chicago Campus
"I encourage students to look beyond traditional
roles in psychology and commit themselves
to social change." Catherine G. McNeilly
Catherine G. McNeilly, Psy.D.
Core Faculty
Adler University has a real commitment to continuing the pioneering work of Alfred Adler. His work as a theorist and practitioner and his model for working in the community at large—not just with individuals in an office—lives on at the University.
As an Adler graduate, I wanted to give back to the institution in a concrete way by showing students the value of this social responsibility-based training. I attempt to model the openness, empathic listening, and respectful attention that students will need to successfully practice psychology. These characteristics will help them treat clients and succeed in working with colleagues in an increasingly transdisciplinary model of service delivery. As a result, I encourage students to look beyond traditional roles in psychology and commit themselves to social change on a personal, local, and global level.
Please email or call me (312.662.4347) if you have questions or would like more information about me.
- Psy.D., Adler school of Professional Psychology
- M.A., Northwestern University
- B.A., Loyola University
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
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- American Psychological Association
- Illinois Psychology Association
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- Corrigan, P., McCracken, S., & McNeilly, C. (2004). Evidence-based practices for people with serious mental illness and substance abuse disorders. In C. Stout, & R. Hayes, (Eds.), The handbook of evidence based practice in behavioral healthcare: Applications and new directions. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
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- Harm Reduction, Prevention and Early Intervention, Illinois Psychological Association Substance Abuse Professional Development Series, March 2010
- Evidence-Based Treatments for Individuals, Teens, and Families, IAODAPCA 2010 Annual Spring Conference, March 2010
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Liquidity, transparency, non-correlation – three words that capture key characteristics of Managed Futures. Every sophisticated investor knows the limits of traditional investments, such as long-only stocks and bonds. As a class of alternatives, Managed Futures, historically, has not correlated with traditional investments. Especially since the Great Recession, many institutional investors now integrate Managed Futures into their portfolio strategy. Managed Futures can provide diversity against the uncertainties of the stock and bond markets.
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05 February 2010
James Cameron vs Disney, Avatar vs Pocahontas: Same Movie Storyline (4 Feb 2010)
3 comments:
- joey@forkingaroundsydney said...
I thought exactly the same thing after watching it in December when it premiered. I enjoyed it too, mainly for the outstanding visual effects, because I was so disappointed in the hackneyed script; it really ruined it for me how cliched every plot development was. I expected much more from a movie that took ten years to gestate.
- February 5, 2010 at 6:36 AM
Totally agreed with you. avatar is Pocahontas in space.
- February 5, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Simon Leong said...
hi joey, i agree the visual effects were amazing. i didn't mind the script because i knew it was going to be totally Hollywood and i don't get to watch movies that often. i've generally learnt HOLLYWOOD = CLICHE. i try to also avoid previews because they ruin the movie for me and many times show the best scenes.
hi ellie, pocahontas in space hehe i love that expression :-)
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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, tree, vine, monoecious or dioecious
Stem generally branched, sometimes fleshy or spiny
Leaves generally simple, alternate or opposite, generally stipuled, petioled; blade entire, toothed, or palmately lobed
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, raceme, spike; flowers sometimes in clusters (dense, enclosed by involucre, flower-like in Chamaesyce, Euphorbia ), terminal or axillary
Flower unisexual, ± radial; sepals generally 35, free or fused; petals generally 0; stamens 1many, free or filaments fused; ovary superior, chambers 14, styles free or fused, simple or lobed
Fruit: generally capsule
Seeds 12 per chamber; seed scar appendage sometimes present, pad- to dome-like
Genera in family: 300 genera, 7500 species: ± worldwide especially tropical; some cultivated (Aleurites , tung oil; Euphorbia subsp.; Hevea , rubber; Ricinus )
Reference: [Webster 1967 J Arnold Arbor 48:303430]
Many species ± highly TOXIC.
Annual, perennial herb, generally monoecious, glabrous or hairy
Stem ascending to erect, < 1 m; branches forked, forks equal
Leaves cauline, generally alternate; stipules 0 or gland-like; petiole present or 0; leaf base symmetrical
Inflorescence flower-like or not, generally clustered; clusters generally umbel-like or cyme-like; involucre ± bell-shaped; bracts 5, fused; glands generally 4, distal appendages generally 0; flowers central
Staminate flowers 5many, generally in 5 clusters around pistillate flower
Pistillate flower 1, central, stalked; ovary chambers 3, ovule 1 per chamber, styles 3, separate or fused at base, divided or entire
Fruit: capsule, round to 3-angled or -lobed in X -section
Seed round or angled in X -section; surface smooth or sculptured, generally with a knob-like structure at attachment scar
Species in genus: ± 1500 species: warm temp to tropical, worldwide. See Chamaesyce
Etymology: (Latin: Euphorbus, Physician to the King of Mauritania, 1st century)
Reference: [Wheeler 1936 Bull S Calif Acad Sci 35:127147]
Horticultural information: STBL.
Stem erect, 38 dm, glabrous to hairy
Leaf 26 cm, sessile; blade linear to oblanceolate, glabrous, tip acute, margin entire
Inflorescence: involucre 1.52.5 mm, bell-shaped, glabrous; gland 1.52 mm, crescent-shaped, 2-horned
Staminate flowers 1121
Pistillate flower: style divided 1/2 length
Fruit 35 mm, spheric, lobed, granular to smooth
Seed 22.5 mm, oblong, round, smooth, yellow-brown
Ecology: Fields, pastures
Elevation: < 1400 m.
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The early-morning threat of waterspouts will end as shower activity begins to diminish and sunshine returns to South Florida Friday.
Expect partly sunny and more humid conditions Friday as highs reach 86. Afternoon showers will develop and shift inland, leaving much of the area mainly dry later today.
Into the weekend we can expect more showers and even a few thunderstorms to return to the pattern. Mainly in the morning on Saturday and in the afternoon on Sunday.
Friday will be partly sunny with afternoon showers moving inland. Tonight will be partly cloudy and warm, with temps around 75.
Saturday will be partly sunny with isolated showers in the morning and highs around 87. Sunday will stay partly sunny with isolated showers in the morning followed by isolated t'storms in the afternoon.
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1953 Ford F-100 - Behind The Scenes At The Roadster Shop
Part 5: Subtle And Smooth Body Mods
When it comes to custom metal-work, anyone can drastically alter a truck or car for a dramatic response, and there are plenty of them out there. But do you want a vehicle that's well thought out and proportioned with clean lines, or the opposite, with a bunch of people gawking at the show because it's crazy looking? Granted, this is all a matter of taste, but custom metalwork is often a good place to exercise the "less is more" school of thought. Remember, the idea is to improve on what Detroit did or didn't do; those who find no fault in a truck's factory design tend to restore.
The Roadster Shop has honed in on this over the years and built a reputation on their good ideas and even better craftsmanship. In this installment on Mike Crimaldi's '53 F-100, we're taking a look at some of the changes to Henry's design toward the back half of the truck that might be overlooked or unnoticed if we didn't point them out. Follow along and get your wheel spinning, or call up the Roadster Shop and have them do it for you!


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Multiple activities have been scheduled on Monday-Saturday, April 8-13, in conjunction with the 26th annual Disability Awareness Week at Hope College.
The public is invited. Admission to most events is free with the exception of a fund-raising wheelchair-tennis tournament and concert sponsored by the Mortar Board student organization.
Disability Awareness Week will begin in the morning on Monday, April 8, with a wheelchair challenge that will have invited members of the college's student body, faculty and staff undergo a mobility impairment simulation for six, 12 or 24 hours.
On Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m., the college's Silent Praise student organization will sponsor "Can You Hear Me Now?" in room 1118 of the A. Paul Schaap Science Center. The interactive presentation will provide information about being hard-of-hearing and living with auditory processing disorders.
On Tuesday, April 9, visitors will be able to simulate a variety of disabilities, including mobility impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment and learning disabilities, as well as have an opportunity to gather information about a number of hidden disabilities. The simulations will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the main-floor lounge of the DeWitt Center.
On Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m., the college's Health and Counseling centers will present "Why Willpower Is Not Enough: The Brain, Dopamine and Healthy Change" in Cook Auditorium of the De Pree Art Center. The event will consider the role of dopamine activity in the reward circuitry of the brain and practical skills that can be used to change bad habits.
On Tuesday, April 9, at 9 p.m., a descriptive video version of the film "Tangled" will be shown in the main-floor lounge of the DeWitt Center. The video, designed for audiences with vision impairments, includes audio description of action on screen. Those who attend will be entered into a drawing to win a Hope College sweatshirt blanket.
On Wednesday, April 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., participants who pay $10 per team through advance registration will participate in a wheelchair doubles tennis tournament at the DeWitt Tennis Center. Registration information will be available through the "Disability Awareness Week" program booklet that will be distributed during the week's other activities.
The college's chapter of Mortar Board is sponsoring the wheelchair tennis tournament to raise funds to renovate the college's Mayor's Cottage to be wheelchair-livable. The chapter will also be sponsoring a benefit concert later in the week, and Mortar Board members will also be participating in an additional wheelchair challenge across the week as part of the fund-raising effort.
On Wednesday, April 10, at 7 p.m., the keynote presentation "Achieving Hope: Hope College Alumni Moving on to Success" will feature reflections by four alumni with disabilities about ways in which accommodations at Hope while they were students assisted them and the careers that they have since been leading. The event will take place in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication. The participants will be Todd Adams, a 1991 graduate who is a physicist and professor; Steven Brunink, a 1991 graduate who is an attorney and professor; Catherine Notestine-Short, a 1991 graduate who is an editor; and Dana Affrunti, a 2006 graduate who is president of Dynamic Behavior Services.
On Thursday, April 11, at 9 p.m., a descriptive video version of the film "Up" will be shown in the main-floor lounge of the DeWitt Center. As with the film presentation on Tuesday, those who attend will be entered into a drawing to win a Hope College sweatshirt blanket.
On Friday, April 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., an ice cream social will provide an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the week's activities. The event will be held in the DeWitt Center Kletz.
On Saturday, April 13, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., a variety of students will perform in the benefit concert sponsored by the college's chapter of Mortar Board. The event will be held in the Maas Center auditorium. Tickets will be $3, payable at the door.
The De Pree Art Center is located at 160 E. 12th St., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street. The DeWitt Center is located at 141 E. 12th St., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street. The DeWitt Tennis Center is located at 301 Fairbanks Ave., on Fairbanks Avenue at 13th Street. The Maas Center is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street. The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is located at 257 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 10th Street. The A. Paul Schaap Science Center is located at 35 E. 12th St., at 12th Street and College Avenue.


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Ankle & Foot Specialists has been working with patients to provide the best podiatric care for patients in the Chicagoland area. Dr. Elipas' and Dr. Flanagan's experience in podiatry is coupled with genuine concern for their patients. All our staff is dedicated to your comfort and prompt attention to your concerns as well. Our goal is to help you maintain healthy feet.
This website provides you with an overview of our practice and the field of podiatry. As you navigate the site, you'll find information about Ankle & Foot Specialists, practice philosophy, physicians, our 2 convenient office locations, insurance policies, and appointment scheduling procedures. Please browse the site at your convenience and feel free to contact us with any questions. You can also request an appointment.
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Record-setting rains flooded basements and washed out roads Friday afternoon in Lockport, causing Mayor Michael W. Tucker and Niagara County officials to declare a driving ban and to dispatch all the volunteer fire departments in the county.
The downpour also caused flooding near the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, where cars were gridlocked on Niagara Falls Boulevard as motorists struggled to drive through water more than 18 inches deep, and in the Chautauqua County Village of Brocton, where 45 residents were temporarily evacuated and the American Red Cross closed a shelter at Brocton Central School.
"I certainly don't recall having this much rain," Tucker said of the flooding in Lockport, comparing the storm's impact to the October snowstorm of 2006.
Just before 7 p.m. Friday, Tucker said a local wastewater treatment plant that handles an average of 7 million gallons of water per day had already treated 92 million gallons, a record. Some basements, he said, had water up to the rafters. Volunteer fire companies and city crews were helping residents pump their basements out.
Lockport Police Chief Lawrence M. Eggert said it took 45 minutes for him to get from his house to the police station in the center of the city, which is only three miles from end to end. He said every intersection he went through was flooded, and he saw three cars stuck at East High Street and Davison Road.
The surrounding Town of Lockport was flooded, as well. Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith said it was as bad as he's ever seen. "It's just terrible," he said.
Local officials said there were reports of manholes bursting off of sewers because of overflowing water. Sue Crawford was driving with her daughter Mary Hill along the Erie Canal on Market Street in Lockport when they saw what they described as a "geyser," with water spraying 15 feet into the air.
"It was like Niagara Falls was shooting up from the ground," Hill said.
Hill and others weren't expecting the storm to be so bad, despite officials' warnings. At one point, the water picked up Hill's car as she was driving, and she thought she was headed into the Erie Canal. She said she narrowly escaped back onto the road.
"They told us to watch for floods," she said. "We were like, 'Yeah, OK, whatever.' "
Tucker said it was fortunate that the opening event of Lockport's Labatt Canal Concert Series, which was to have appropriately featured the band Puddle of Mudd, was canceled because of the lead singer's illness. It would have been canceled anyway by the flooding, Tucker said.
The eastern part of Lockport was hit harder than the western portion.
Police Capt. Anthony Palumbo said fewer calls about flooding came from western locations. But all residential areas were partially flooded at one point or another.
Flooding began downtown around midafternoon, and though Tucker issued the driving ban shortly after 3 p.m., drivers still tried to get home, maneuvering around roadblocks set up by local officials.
Tucker said he was thankful that nobody was killed or injured, though the cost of storm repairs will certainly affect Lockport residents' wallets. "It was a tough day for a lot of people," he said.
The rainfall abated early Friday evening, and much of the surface flooding drained away by nightfall.
News Niagara Reporter Tom Prohaska contributed to this report. email: email@example.com