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Cameron attempt at repeal.15th July 2015
In July 2015, the Government announced that it intended to amend the legislation to remove the limit on the number of dogs, and instead replace it with a requirement that the number of dogs used is appropriate to the terrain and any other relevant circumstance. The Government's stated aim is to bring the legislation in line with that in
The current legislation in England and Wales (A personal account by Bri Our statement on the triumph of the Hunting Act this week by Bri )
1.1 The level of proof required for a court of law was established in a High Court ruling in 2009 which held that the burden was not on a defendant to prove the exemptions set out in Schedule 1 to the Hunting Act 2004 applied and that the term "hunt" did not include the activity of searching for a wild animal for the purpose of stalking or flushing it.
1. Defra, Brief guide to the Hunting Act 2004, 21 February 2011
1.1 CPS, The Hunting Act 2004: Legal Guidance, [accessed 25 March 2014]
1.2 Director of Public Prosecutions v Wright [2009] EWHC 105 (Admin) (04 February 2009)
2 Following criticism of the RSPCA for the effort and cost involved in some of its private prosecutions of hunts the organisation decided to examine how it took its decisions on whether or not to prosecute, it commissioned Stephen Woller, a former Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, to carry out an independent review One of the conclusions of his report, published in 2014, was that the legislation as it currently stood risked public confidence in the ability to uphold the criminal law. 2.1 One of the conclusions of his report, published in 2014, was that the legislation as it currently stood risked public confidence in the ability to uphold criminal law. The evidence reviewed leaves no room for doubt that, despite the 2004 legislation, traditional fox hunting remains "business as usual" in many parts of the country. Extensive flouting of the law risks bringing Parliament, the police and prosecuting authorities into disrepute. Widely publicised criticism of the RSPCA over the costs of the Heythrop Hunt case undoubtedly caused it repetitional damage even though the prosecution itself was fully justified. Two further consequences are likely: first, public confidence is damaged when the authorities appear unable to uphold criminal law; secondly, there is a risk of public disorder and violence as the result of confrontations between on the one hand followers and supporters of hunting, and on the other hand those who seek to protest or gather evidence of suspected illegality.
3.The current legislation in Scotland
Fox hunting in Scotland is covered under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002. As introduced to the Parliament, section 1 of the Bill would have ended hunting with dogs in Scotland. During debates on the Bill Parliament was persuaded that it needed to be amended to allow dogs to be used to flush foxes from dense cover, e.g. forestry plantations, with the intention of shooting them. Several packs of hounds are kept by gamekeepers and shepherds in upland areas for this purpose. The Bill was therefore amended, and section 2 of the Act includes an exemption which allows any number of dogs to be used for the purpose of flushing a wild mammal from cover.
The Scottish Act lists a series of exemptions, similar to those in England and Wales, for which a dog can be used. However it goes on to set out the meaning of dog as: references to hunting with, or the use of, "a dog" are to be interpreted as also applying to hunting with, or (as the case may be) the use of, two or more dogs. There have been no successful prosecutions of a hunt in Scotland under the Act. In 2004 a prosecution was brought in Fraser v Adams for deliberately hunting a fox with 20 dogs; The case made clear that the burden of proof was on the Crown to establish deliberate hunting of a wild mammal with dogs. The exemption has allowed hunts to continue in Scotland, where packs of hounds are used to flush foxes, with the intention of shooting them.
4 Public opinion on fox hunting
An Ipsos Mori national poll on hunting commissioned by the League against Cruel Sports found in December 2014 that 80% of respondents did not think fox hunting should be made legal again;17% thought it should be and 3% undecided. In rural areas, results were similar with 78% opposing a change to legalise fox hunting and19% supporting it. The region with most support for hunting was the south, excluding London, although even there the majority still supported the ban.
5 Procedure to amend the Act
5.1 Section 2 of the Hunting Act 2004 on exempt hunting allows for the hunting exemptions contained in Schedule 1 to be amended by Statutory Instrument:
(1) Hunting is exempt if it is within a class specified in Schedule 1.
(2) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 1 so as to vary a class of exempt hunting.
Any amendment would require approval by both Houses as set out in the Explanatory Notes: Subsection (2) confers a power on the Secretary of State to vary a class of exempt hunting by order, which under section 14 may not be made unless a draft has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
A statutory Instrument is a form of secondary legislation. In this case, approval of each House is required and both Houses will have a chance to debate the Instrument. However, there will not be an opportunity to amend it (as there would be in the case of primary legislation).
5.2 July 2015 announcement
5.3 The Conservative manifesto contained the following commitment to repeal the Hunting Act: A Conservative Government will give Parliament the opportunity to repeal the Hunting Act on a free vote, with a government bill in government time.
5.4 On the 8 July 2015, the Telegraph reported that MPs would get a free vote to relax fox hunting ban the following week.
On 9 July 2015 Defra published a statement setting out proposals for what it referred to as a small number of technical amendments to the Hunting Act 2004. In this the minister stated the aim was to more closely align the legislation with Scotland:
5.1 HC Deb c887, 5 March 2014
5.2HC Deb 26 Mar 2014 : Column 346
5.3Conservative Party Manifesto 2015
5.4 The Daily Telegraph, MPs to get free vote to relax fox hunting ban next week, 8 July
July 9th 2015: The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP; Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced the proposed amendments .
A small number of technical amendments to the Hunting Act have been proposed to more closely align legislation in England and Wales with that in Scotland while maintaining safeguards. The amendments to the Act would enable farmers and gamekeepers to make a judgement, based on the terrain and other circumstances, to use more than two dogs to flush out and stalk wild animals for effective and humane shooting as part of the existing exemption in the Act that allows for pest control. This is important in upland areas where the current limit of using two dogs across large and often wooded areas is not regarded as effective or practical for pest control purposes. There is no limit on the number of dogs that can be used to flush out or stalk an animal in this way in Scotland. The Hunting Act will remain in place and will still prohibit the pursuit and killing of a wild animal by dogs.
6. Proposed amendments to Schedule 1
A draft statutory instrument setting out the proposed amendments, with just a 90-minute debate was to take place in the House of Commons on Wednesday 15th July. This has now been withdrawn by the government after Team Fox rallied supporters to contact their MP's. If approved it was expected that the amendments would have been debated in the Lords after the summer recess, and come into force the following day.
This was an incredibly short time scale that the government clearly believed allowed us no time to respond; however, they had underestimated the will and conviction of the animal-loving British public whose incredible resolve and response in contacting their MPs, telling them they supported the Hunting Act and did not want hunting with hounds to return - ever.
The proposed amendments to Schedule 1 of the Act would increase the maximum number of dogs that can be used for some exempted activities, including stalking and flushing, from two to a number that is "appropriate to the terrain and any other relevant circumstance", although these are not defined.
The proposed amendments would also add diseased mammals to those that can be hunted in the paragraph in the Schedule on Rescue of Wild Mammals. This would then read "first condition is that the hunter reasonably believes that the wild mammal is or may be injured or diseased". In addition the use of dogs underground to protect birds for shooting would be extended to include the protection of livestock.
The provisions are not the same as those in Scotland, and therefore, would not have bought the two acts into line. Scotland has no limits on the number of dogs that can be used or the specific circumstances of when they can be used. With regards to diseased animals the exceptions allowed in Scotland is stalking and flushing of wild mammals to "prevent the spread of disease" an very different interpretation.
The Scottish act also has Prison sentences and significantly higher fines for anyone convicted of hunting with animals, totally undermining the governments argument of aligning the acts.
After Angus Robertson the SNP leader in Westminster declared at the team Fox rally in London on Tuesday that the SNP had decided they vote against any amendments to the Hunting Act, the leader of the House of Commons Chris Grayling was forced into an emergency withdrawal of the vote as the government knew they would not win. In an attempt to maintain the "we're the majority party" aura they had no other option earning Mr Grayling a sharper rebuke from the speaker for late notice and opening the government up to legitimate acquisitions from MP's as to the shambles they had made of the situation. The Hansard's transcript is detailed belo
Hansards Tuesday 14th July 2015 Business of the House 1.21 pm
The Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Grayling): Since this is a business statement rather than on the matter for tomorrow, I will answer the questions in more detail tomorrow. Suffice it to say that rather than publishing a draft order at the end of business last night, it was published at the start of business today.
Mr Speaker: I emphasise that this is a supplementary business statement. Forgive me if new Members are not familiar with the concept, but the notion of a supplementary business statement is that the Leader of the House will come to announce what is usually quite a modest variation in business, at least in terms of the number of items subject to change. Questioning is therefore on the relatively narrow changes plural, or change singular. It is not a general business statement; it is on the matter of the change announced, and possibly on what might be called any consequentials.
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con): May I observe for my right hon. Friend that the Scottish National party has only one objective in this House, which is to foment the break-up of the United Kingdom? Unless all Unionist parties in this House work together to frustrate that aim, instead of continuing the usual games we play in this House, we will help them to achieve that objective.
Chris Grayling: I am surprised that the Scottish nationalists have chosen to move away from what they have done for many years, which is to abstain on matters that do not affect Scotland. They have clearly taken a decision to change policy. It is up to other Unionist parties to decide whether they will help them in that approach.
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP): What an utter and absolute shambles! That is the only way that this could possibly be described. It seems to me that a number of things need to happen. First, this looks very much like the Tories knew they would not win the vote tomorrow, so they want to change the rules. The Leader of the House has to come back not with a "mini" business statement, but a full business statement. The plans need to be withdrawn from the House absolutely and totally, as they are a complete and utter mess. He needs to bring back a proper approach to dealing with this—[Interruption.] I do not know why the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr Jackson) is chuntering away, because he knows the Tories would be defeated if they were left on their own We need a proper Bill, a proper piece of legislation, and proper scrutiny and examination. Will the Leader of the House now withdraw the plans for English votes for English laws, come back with a total rethink, and allow the House proper scrutiny, so that we can look at this properly and in order?
Chris Grayling: With respect to the hon. Gentleman, this matter is nothing to do with English votes for English laws, which will be debated extensively tomorrow. In fact, the debate on that matter will now be longer than it would otherwise have been. The issue of hunting and the debate that might have taken place tomorrow has nothing to do with English votes for English laws. If the hon. Gentleman had read the small print of our proposals, he would know there is no connection between the two.
Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con): May I invite my right hon. Friend to say how incredulous he is that the SNP, which thought we should have had a longer discussion on English votes for English laws—the people of Crawley certainly want that—is now complaining that we have more time to discuss this very important issue?
Chris Grayling: I fear that what we are seeing on the Opposition Benches is the shape of the Government we thankfully did not get in May; a collaboration between a party that claims to be Unionist but behaves in the opposite way and a party that wants to break up the United Kingdom. All I can say is thank goodness the electorate saw through them.
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab): Is not the real reason the Government have withdrawn the hunting amendment that they would have lost the vote with or without the votes of the SNP, given the very large number of Conservative MPs, including the Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) and two of my near neighbours the hon. Members for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) and for Torbay (Kevin Foster), who do not want to reintroduce cruelty? Given the huge public interest in this issue, when will the Leader of the House bring the matter back before the House?
Chris Grayling: There are different opinions on both sides of the House. Does the right hon. Gentleman not think it appropriate for this matter to be decided in a mature way by English and Welsh MPs who would be affected by the change, and not by Members of Parliament whose constituents would be unaffected by the change and are saying that they will vote against the law as it currently applies in Scotland?
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab): The Leader of the House suggests that only English and Welsh MPs should vote on this matter. Does that not completely contradict the answer he gave earlier? After 32 years in this place, I have never seen such a shambolic decision. There are thousands of our constituents out there who want this thing sorted out once and for all.
Chris Grayling: The point is that there are different opinions on this issue on both sides of the House. It was a manifesto commitment to offer a choice to the people of England and Wales on what they want to happen. It is not right for a party that has no connection to these matters to say that it wishes to interfere—that is a change to the policy it has pursued for many years.
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab): Even by the standards of those on the Government Benches, we are all shocked at the cynical and shabby way with which the Government are attempting to use the business of the House to destroy the Hunting Act 2004. The Leader of the House has just said that he wants a material debate on the future of the Hunting Act. Why does he not bring back a Bill for the repeal of the Act? We could then have a proper debate with a free vote.
Chris Grayling: Nobody is trying to repeal the Hunting Act. The measure that was proposed had nothing to do with repealing the Hunting Act.
Simon Hoare (North Dorset) (Con): Will my right hon. Friend undertake to discuss with colleagues on the Treasury Bench the introduction of a general animal welfare Bill in the next Session covering foxhunting, wild animals in circuses, the clipping of chickens' beaks and other such issues? All those things could be covered in one large umbrella Bill that the House could discuss and then vote on in the proper way.
Chris Grayling: I think that was a representation on legislation for next year's Queen's Speech to which I am sure my hon. Friends will have listened carefully.
Team Fox believes that the Hunting Act 2004 is a good law that should be strengthened and have the higher penalties for conviction that currently exist in Scotland. We therefore call on the government to withdraw it's manifesto pledge to repeal the act and instead focus it's attentions on what over 80% of the British public want: to consign the hunting of wild animals with dogs to the history books - forever.
READ A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEEK BY BRI CLICK HERE Our statement on the triumph of the Hunting Act this week by Bri


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The focus of the comprehensive permanent exhibition in the new Middle Rhine Museum in Koblenz is on the picture collection as well as on various sculptures and arts-and-crafts objects.
The permanent exhibition takes up the entire first floor. In addition to this, the museum has a flexible exhibition space in the basement as well as dedicated areas for its collection of drawings and prints and its museum library. All of which have contributed to the museum finally receiving the appreciation it deserves.
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Automated Trash Service begins July 10th, 2017
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On Monday, July 10, 2017, automated trash collection will begin for the residents of the City of Collinsville.
All residential customers will receive a new 95-gallon trash cart, during the weeks of Monday, June 26th through Friday, July 7th. These blue trash carts are similar to the current recycling cart, but with a black lid labeled trash.
Additional trash carts may be leased for $2/month, with a 3 month commitment.
A resident can exchange their 95-gallon trash cart for a 65-gallon trash cart, free of charge, through August 31, 2017.
Residents will no longer need to provide their own containers for trash.
Republic Services will dispose of the personal trash containers through July 31, 2017. If you want
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Some residents may have a change in their service date. Watch your mail the week of June 26, 2017 for service date information.
Proper cart placement for automated service:
- Have your cart at the curb by 6am of your service day.
- Place the cart at least five (5) feet from any object; like a tree, pole, fire hydrant, mailbox, electrical box, cable box, etc. and at least five(5) feet away from cars so the automated arm can reach your cart.
- Please have this same distance of five (5) between trash and recycle carts.
- Don't lean anything against the cart.
- Don't place your cart under a tree or near utility lines.
- Place carts one (1) foot from the curb or edge of the street.
- All trash must be bagged and contained inside your Republic Service cart, with the lid closed.
- Bags/trash lying outside of the cart or personal cans/containers will not be picked up.
For any question about automated trash collection call Republic Services Customer Service at:
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I thought I would show you the method of needleturn I use on this little fella...
Can you tell that I REALLY love this pattern from Kim McLean?!!!
To begin with you need to work out which pieces of applique will need to be stitched first, that is, if you have any pieces that will need to be layered. Using this bird for example, his back wing needed to be stitched first as well as the vine leading up to the birds beak.
then the body, then the front wing.
When beginning to stitch, send your needle from the back of your fabric, through to the front. The very talented Janet from Quiltsalott has done a wonderful tutorial on how to begin and end threads in your applique. Her tute is so thorough and clear I didn't want to repeat it here, rather to urge you to check it out for yourself!
Photo courtesy of Quiltsalott
I work from right to left taking tiny stitches...poke the needle down into the fabric directly behind where your thread has come up, then bring it back up again a small way along. Catch a little bit of the fabric on the edge of the applique shape, pull the thread through, then repeat the step.
Using the flat of your needle (not the tip), push the fabric gently downwards to fold it under. This is where finger pressing comes into its own...as you push the edge under the fabric will naturally fold to where it has been pressed making the needleturn a very easy step. Using your left thumb and forefinger to hold the folded edge down as you work will be a big help too. As you stitch around pull the 3/4 inch pins out as you come to them.
As you stitch around your shape don't make any cuts into the curves until you are near them and ready to stitch them. When you do cut into the curves, simply cut up to the drawn line (not over it).
In curves like this I generally make 3 cuts - 1 directly in the middle of the curve and one on either side of that. As I stitch around the curve I then turn under the fabric between each cut, one at a time using my thumb to give the edge a press as I go. I find turning under bit by bit stops a lot of fraying and turns the edges under very nicely.
When it comes to stitching points, these are even easier! Cut off the tip of the triangle...this will mean there is less bulk when you turn the fabric under.
Stitch up to the point of your drawn outline.
Turn under the corner with your needle, I usually do it in two tucks. Once the fabric is tucked under the point nicely, tug the thread gently outwards to make the point sit flat.
Put a stitch directly into the end of the point, then keep stitching around the shape, cutting into the curves as you get to them.
Remember as you are layering your shapes, any parts of the applique that will be covered by a top layer will not need to be stitched. For example in the pic below the top wing will cover this area I have left unstitched.
This is what the applique will look like from the back. Small stitches with no starting and finishing knots showing (thank you Janet!).
So that's about it! Thank you for coming on this long needleturn ride with me. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, I'm not that good at writing clear instructions so I'm hoping I haven't confused more than helped, but it has been fun xo


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Warning don't see the movie Paul It is Boring, leftwing antigun, anti christian terrible propaganda
Posted by avideditor on March 19, 2011
Not only is it anti Christian and anti Gun, It is really really boring. The trailer has the only funny parts. The rest of the movie is terrible. I want my hour and 1/2 back. Luckily many others felt the same way and we where given free passes for our trouble. Don't waste your time or your money.
Here is the tailer the only funny parts of the terrible movie.
It is a terrible movie and really left wing. Hope it fails like all the other bs lefty films Hollywood tries to make us pay for. Guess it was okay to insult Christianity like they did but if some one does the same thing to Islam they would be killed. Even point out that radical Islam causes oppression of women and violence and you will be censored.
30 Responses to "Warning don't see the movie Paul It is Boring, leftwing antigun, anti christian terrible propaganda"
March 19, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Agreed. They made Christians look stupid and backwards. Especially the scene where the father's double-barrel shotgun is resting on his other hand, and that hand is clutching a bible. All that and promoting bi-sexuality, and science as the new way of thinking. That was an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back.
December 26, 2011 at 11:26 am
well that is because you are stupid and backwards. The movie paul was funny enough but you got butt hurt over the fact that they called your backwards beliefs out and showed how stupid christianity is. Christianity has been proven wrong over and over again and you continue to say "you can't prove god right or wrong." Your beliefs are ignorant and backwards. Religion has caused more death and hate in the world than anything in the history of mankind. And finally a movie has the balls to tell you how stupid you are, while still containing funny, light hearted comedy throughout the entire thing. Of course you wouldn't like a movie that shows how ignorant you and your beliefs are, that doesn't make them wrong.
June 10, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Just saw this flick. Left wing drivel. Just like Boston Legal, started out funny and then turned into a "Conservative bash" at every turn. Typical Hollywood, no surprises, this is what they do.
- December 26, 2011 at 11:26 am
March 19, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Silly right winged Christian conservatives… Logic is for liberals
Jk : P it was actually an okay movie. Don't believe this guy if you really believe this was all "left wing liberal atheist science propaganda" then you really need to grow the fuck up and see reality. No offense dude, just saying my opinion. By the way don't dis my spelling I know it sucks
March 19, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I am sorry, but is there anyone here that knows what comedy is. Why is there always a christian who is so serious about everything. How about you just stay home and put head in the sand. If you know anything about what Paul was saying then you would get the whole point of the movie. How about listening to more than what you hear every Sunday. Does there have to be an argument about everything on religion. No christian were harmed or killed making this movie. But there have been millions kill in the names of several gods. Now that's not comedy, that's very sad indeed. I am not trying to hurt or step on anyones toes here. And I don't have a cross to bare like some of you. Let's enjoy life instead of making it an argument. Paul is one of the best comedies I have seen in awhile. Peace
April 15, 2011 at 8:52 am
I personally loved Paul and I totally agree with you. Well said.
December 26, 2011 at 11:28 am
You are very intelligent I agree with you
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March 21, 2011 at 4:54 am
I loved this movie but saw right thru the shots that were taken at Christianity, guns. I'm not a Christian because the reality is a true Christian is hard to be, and hard to find. A true Christian is not perfect, but would not have acted the way that hill buck fuck did. True Christians do not get involved in politics or military actions, but were instructed to preach in peace until Jesus's return. Right now it's pretty much anything goes. So false religion is to blame for the blood shed in God's name, btw Jesus is not God but rather his son. Any religion that supports the trinity doctrine is false. How you find the real Christianity that will have most accurate knowledge, and God's backing is by using a sort of scientific method to shoot down false doctrines one by one. Science actually supports the bible in many ways. The founding father's of America supported gun use NOT because they really liked hunting, rather that if the government ever got out of control "we the people" could rise up and overthrow the government. The founder's where damn near anarchists but knew that some government was needed for even a measure of peace. Studies show that when guns are removed there can actually be more murders, the 911 system is a joke in some cities. We are our best keepers. To illustrate picture a paraplegic trying to eat, they can't use thier hands, ok so someone else has to hand feed them. Have you ever tried to feed someone it's bullshit!! it would be much better if the person could get up get and get their own damn food. The more we can do on our own the better our lives are. Having a gun would allow a person to say, "hey bro, you just broke in my house, if you move your dead". When God's kingdom finally is here it's people will be truly free, free from sin, for example murder won't exist whoever is a part of the kingdom will be perfect able to care for themselves and never die.
March 28, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Dude you are very mistaken, we know of God, Heaven and Hell from the Bible. The Bible states that The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit are one. If you read the bible instead of going by what you think you know, you might gain some True Knowledge.
October 4, 2011 at 2:28 pm
True knowledge in the bible? Please enlighten us as to which part of the bible is this "true knowledge" that you speak of. Is it the part about the world being only roughly 6000 years old? Is it the part about the entire human race being populated from 8 people that left the arc?
December 26, 2011 at 11:37 am
haha yeah! Oh and lets not forget about "the earth is stablish is does not move" or "a woman is not to speak or speak out against a man" or "If a mans testicles are crushed or penis is cut off he is not welcome in the eyes of god." Is GOD really who you want to be spending all your time with. The god who can create such a evil place as hell. A god who spends the first 6 books of the bible killing people off? A god who's jealous and proud of it? A god who damns people to eternal suffering for not believing in him while evidence of his non-existence stacks up against him? The old testament god is even worse. he's racist sexiest and genocidal. If the opposite of god is the devil. The devil is probably a good guy.
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March 21, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Thanks, I won't be wasting my money or time. Hit hollywierd in the pocketbook and they might stop making this crap.
March 22, 2011 at 6:37 pm
It had its funny moments, but it was no Shaun of the Dead. It did have a definite anti-Christian/pro-evolution agenda. Wish hollywad would just leave the mean spirited rhetoric to Bill Maher and Glenn Beck and give more yuks. Leave the philosophical debates out of the film. Moviegoers want to be entertained, not schooled.
March 28, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Correct on Bill Maher- WRONG on Glenn Beck- not a mean bone in his body. You've never seen his show apparently. Maher finally got spanked by NOW (after they were shamed into doing it) for his slur against Palin after a lame Jap sunami joke. Glenn is a kind decent person who loves America and is doing his best to help it- not so with the self hating Maher. Get a clue.
- March 28, 2011 at 2:43 pm
March 23, 2011 at 1:23 pm
It is just a movie, please people relax, and I dunno, but I myself really had a decent laugh, I mean it is kind of "Roboty Chickeny" I guess, but it is after all a comedy, everyone gets a chance to make fun of everyone else.,
and dude, to be honest, on the religious front., To me dead is dead and gone is gone., and the Universe and earth itself are here despite us, (not because of us)
March 26, 2011 at 5:27 pm
This is a deceiving film. Its promoters deliberately conceal the fact that it's a profane attack on Christianity and the belief in God. Some may say it was just a movie, but I can assure you that if the promoters had let on what type of movie this actually was, only the 10% or so of atheists would be watching this film and we know that would be bad for box office returns.
All in all, this was irresponsible. Saying this was just a comedy is no excuse for it.
March 28, 2011 at 9:27 am
Redskin you are exactly right. Same thing happened at the movie, The Invention of Lying.
I was so angry after watching both movies. Neither trailer let you know what a left wing, Christian bashing movie this was going to be. I know we would NEVER have gone to see Paul or The Invention of Lying had we known.
To another commenter who asked if we had a sense of humor and understood that this movie was a comedy, of course we have a sense of humor. But look at it from a true Christians perspective. Not only was the portrayal of Christians inaccurate by showing an uneducated person toting a Bible around and looking and acting deranged, it gives non-Christians false information about God and that is what is really wrong.
Everything from the huge paint by number Jesus picture on the wall, to the book or whatever that was that showed a picture of Jesus shooting someone with a gun (can't remember exactly what that part was), but it was ridiculous. Jesus did not act in such a manner and had there been guns on the earth over 2000 years ago, Jesus would not have used one to kill anyone.
To another poster who said that Jesus is not God, you are WRONG my friend. Yes, Christians are imperfect, there are no perfect people on this earth, we are humans and we make mistakes. The mistake I made was going to see the movie Paul with someone who thought the R rating was mainly about drug use. We won't be making that mistake again, we will look at Christian reviews before watching another disgusting movie.
This movie could have been SO good had they left their left wing propaganda out of it and the foul language did not add to the humor. The main issue is that they did not need to bash Christianity like they did. Hollywood always portrays Christians as back woods hillbillies without a clue. I am a Christian and I am most definitely not a back woods hillbilly. I know many Christians who are highly educated, successful in business, etc.
As far as guns go, there is nothing wrong with them. Now, saying that, if there were a way to remove every single gun from the earth, then I would be for it. However, there is no way to do that, it would depend on every one and every government being honest and we KNOW that is not true. Gun laws do not work. Remember, CRIMINALS don't care about laws, so if gun laws ban guns altogether, only criminals will have guns, leaving decent law abiding citizens defenseless in their own homes. GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE DO.
- March 28, 2011 at 9:27 am
March 26, 2011 at 8:22 pm
I am not offended by the pro evolution angle, after all it's a major scientific theory, but the Christianity bashing and the way it was portrayed in this movie was absolutely inexcusable. If I had known about this I wouldn't have paid money to see it. After the introduction of that hateful shtick that preaches a Godless universe, I couldn't enjoy any of it.
April 15, 2011 at 5:42 am
This has taught me to research any movie I go see. This was a horrible movie from beginning to end. I wish I would have asked for my money back. There should have been a sign to to along with the movie…attention: movie for atheist, no morals or values and no clue to real comedy only.
April 24, 2011 at 3:11 pm
I cannot believe the bashing this movie is taking. I enjoyed the movie myself, it was funny and if it had only poked fun at Americans or guns it wouldn't have made such a ripple. I am American and I thought it portrayed some Americans pretty well. We are a society that follows whatever is shoved in our face from the day we are born. Just because the movie poked fun at religion people are having a fit. If you are secure in your beliefs or faith, it shouldn't be thought of as more than a comedy. If it upsets you that much then maybe you need to review your belief system, maybe something is wrong with it.
September 11, 2011 at 7:17 am
This religious banter just goes to show who the nut jobs are. I believe that people use religion as a crutch.. a way of making sense of things that would otherwise be too overwhelming for their minds to process without some sort of anxiety or sense of helplessness. I'm not saying they're weak.. they're just not realists like many of us who don't believe that everything was created by an invisible entity who will let us burn in Hell for eternity if we don't devote our lives to him and show him our undying love. Sounds like a communist to me. I only need one supreme ruler in my life to make sense of it all and get through it just fine… MYSELF!
September 11, 2011 at 12:48 pm
The movie had a few funny parts, overall it was kind of boring and juvenile. I guess it would be funny to little kids but only a simpleton adult would find it amusing. One thing I don't understand is why atheists can't just be happy to believe or disbelieve whatever and leave everyone else alone. Why so much proselytizing, preaching and trying to convert everyone? They do exactly what they claim that the "religious nuts" do. They don't seem very secure in themselves or what they believe…
October 4, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Why so much proselytizing, preaching and trying to convert everyone? Seriously? Do atheists go door to door trying to shove their beliefs down the throats of the religious? Do atheists have evangelical shows on television feeding people lines of complete bull to sucker people into sending them "donations"? If you answered no to either of these questions perhaps you should use your mind and think before you comment.
- October 4, 2011 at 2:31 pm
September 24, 2011 at 6:54 pm
I very seldom get pissed at a movie. Went to see a lighted heart movie about an alien instead to get a left wing attack on my religious faith.. I am a Brit by blood and realize many in homeland England think they have an exclusive grasp of omnipotent knowledge and the dumb gullable uneducated Christians have held on to silly superstitions of Jesus and the Bible. The fool hath said in his heart there is not a God. Time and the absence or the presence of an afterlife will deinitively prove who hath erred. . This could have been a good movie with a little consideration for the audience.
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DNA tools for genealogists
DNA technology is advancing so rapidly that it is difficult to keep abreast of the advances and possibilities. Moreover rapidly falling prices make genetic testing more affordable and so more accessible. Here are some current options:
Test 1: Y-chromosome tests, for males to test DNA inherited from their father's fathers
It is now possible for under US$200 for males to test the DNA they have inherited from their father's father's fathers, with sufficient accuracy to determine whether two men likely share a common ancestor 'within a genealogical timeframe' and how many generations ago that common ancestor probably lived.
I have used this test to discern whether two families with the same surname were actually related to each other, in situations where I have not yet found documentary proof. I have also used this particular DNA test to check (and finally refute) a theory about who might have been the biological father of an adopted male. It was necessary to find a living male descendant (down an all-male line) from the adopted male and also to find a living male descendant (down an all-male line) from the hypothesised birth father, and then compare the DNA that each inherited from their father's fathers.
DNA is not related to surnames and so I am not restricted to testing two men with the same surname – the test is valid for any two men who might share a common male ancestor. However when I order this test, if I choose to use a commercial testing company like Family Tree DNA – which has a huge (and growing) database – I might find in their database a match with some living descendant who shares a common ancestor that I did not know about. This is especially useful for adoptees.
The above DNA test is only available to males (as only males have a Y-chromosome). Females like me need to ask a near male relative to be tested. I have asked my father and also my mother's brother to be tested – this opens up for examination my nearest male lines.
Test 2: Mitochondrial tests, for anyone to test DNA inherited from their mother's mothers
Useful DNA tests are no longer limited to males. We all have a different type of DNA (called mitochondria) that we inherit from our mother's mother's mothers. Mitochondria mutates so slowly that formerly the only conclusions we could draw from our maternal line was about ancient ancestors and their migratory patterns.
However that is no longer true. The company Family Tree DNA offers full sequence tests of all our mitochondria (DNA that is inherited from our mothers) that allow us to identify people who share an ancestor through our mother's mother's mothers, within about 200 years. [Thank you Bill Hurst for pointing out that while 23andMe also tests the 'coding region' of our mitochondria, they do not test or give results for all 16,571 locations, so theirs is not in fact a full sequence test.]
When the above matrilineal full sequence tests first became available, they cost close to $1,000. That price has dropped now to under US$300 (sometimes under $200).
Test 3: Autosomal tests, to test the DNA inherited half from each of our parents
We are not restricted to testing only the DNA of our father's fathers or our mother's mothers. Since 2010 it is possible to test the remaining nuclear DNA (that is, not the sex chromosomes). This DNA is called autosomal. Family Tree DNA calls their autosomal test Family Finder, while 23andMe calls a similar test Relative Finder. (Again these tests are under US$300 and sometimes under $200.)
These particular tests can check the DNA of our ancestors regardless of gender, because we inherit about half our autosomal DNA from each of our parents (and via them, from their ancestors) and this DNA can also be compared with the DNA of others. However as we inherit about one quarter of our DNA from each of our grandparents (and so about one eighth from each of our great grandparents) – eventually the inherited material from one particular ancestor becomes so small as to be difficult to identify definitively. Consequently, when comparing this autosomal DNA with someone else, our best conclusions are when the common ancestor lived no more than about 6 generations ago.
Use the tests in conjunction
While the above tests examine separate DNA, the tests can be used in conjunction. When looking at the summary of DNA results for people that 23andMe identified as likely to be my 3rd to 5th cousins (identified via the Relative Finder – or autosomal test), I noticed that one of the matches also seemed to have very similar Y-chromosome (father's fathers) DNA to my mother's brother. I sent an email and by swapping names of grandparents and their parents, we soon identified that this person was the son of a 3rd cousin to me (and so indeed within the range of 3rd to 5th cousins).
It is not necessary to understand how a car works in order to drive it, but it is necessary to know the functions of driving. In the same way it is unnecessary to understand much about the science of DNA in order to use it as a tool – but it is necessary to understand what sorts of questions can be answered by the different DNA tests so you know how to apply them as tools to aid your family history research.
This field is changing quickly
Because genetic tests available to the public are changing frequently (and certainly the prices are) readers need to beware of relying on conclusions written years ago or by someone who has not 'kept up' with tests currently available. This blog post is partly in response to an article I read this week entitled 'The DNA dilemma' – I do not agree with many of the conclusions in that piece.
It is no longer true to say that the only available information to be derived from maternal DNA (or mitochondria) is about ancient migrations of peoples – recent relatives can now be found by a full sequencing of the mitochondria (test available from Family Tree DNA for under $300).
It is no longer true that autosomal DNA can only make generalised indicators of race origins. (Autosomal DNA is sometimes referred to as 'nuclear DNA' but that is incorrect because the sex chromosomes are also inside the cell nucleus and the autosomes are the other pairs of chromosomes that are not the sex chromosomes.) Nor is it necessary to 'test each generation in turn'. Autosomal DNA can identify that two people shared common ancestors within 6 generations (and possibly beyond, but it is less accurate beyond 6 generations). Many genealogists will not know all of their ancestors back even 6 generations, and so this DNA test can predict likely distant cousins who may not have been found by a paper trail.
There are differences between the DNA tests used in forensic law enforcement compared to commercial tests. Without going into too much scientific detail, legal forensics examine repeating groups of DNA at certain points on the autosomes whereas commercial autosomal tests examine the autosomal SNPs (something like 'typo' mutations). The tests are entirely different. Be wary about confusing the markers referred to in tests of the Y-chromosome (the DNA inherited father-to-son) – which are entirely different to the markers of autosomal DNA examined by forensic law enforcement agents.
Some people have suggested that male DNA studies are only relevant between males who share surnames. That is not true. There are many examples where family trees show a son with a different surname to his father – whether the name was changed by deed poll, by adoption, by remarriage of the mother – or for many other reasons. It is not the same surname that defines two people as father and son. Likewise DNA tests do not take surnames into account, so the test result is just as accurate whether two men share a surname or not.
In my opinion, the most recent DNA tests available to genealogists offer precise information which can supplement traditional genealogical methods. Family trees are still needed to identify ancestors and draw conclusions, however DNA tests can supplement other genealogical research, filling in gaps left by paper trails. With such tools we can test our conclusions and assumptions in constructed family trees as DNA can confirm or disprove reputed relationships. As databases grow, commercial DNA tests are more likely to help us find relatives that we might not have found by 'traditional methods'.
DNA journey
I started down the DNA learning path several years ago. My Dad's father was adopted, & when I eventually found his birth certificate it contained no information about his father. An unusual middle name and circumstantial evidence suggested someone, but with no documentary evidence, DNA seemed a way to test my theory.
I found a grandson of this possible ancestor – son of a son, so a good candidate for y-chromosome DNA comparison with my father. I asked – if I paid for it, would he be willing to have his DNA tested to compare with my father's DNA? He said yes, but unfortunately the test proved that he and my father were not related. (DNA is often better at disproving rather than proving relationships.)
I used the company Family Tree DNA, which has the largest database for testing and comparison, and now that I am registered, I am advised when others match my Dad's DNA. I hope that one day I will find someone with the right DNA,who had an ancestor in the right place and at the right time.
Some time later, I had the opportunity to speak to Megan Smolenyak about my problem & confirm my method. I asked Megan for her advice about which company should I use to test my Mum's DNA.
Females don't have y-chromosomes so cannot have the y-DNA tests done. However humans have other DNA outside the cell nucleus, called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Mothers pass mtDNA to all their children, but only their daughters pass it on. I wanted my Mum's DNA to be tested now and also stored for the future, for as-yet-undeveloped tests. Forensic scientists use mitochondrial DNA now, but for genealogists mtDNA is mostly only used for deep ancestry testing, not for finding 'recent' ancestors (those in a genealogical timeframe).
Megan suggested that I have my mother's DNA tested with the company 23andMe, as they were developing new tests and could offer more information about female ancestors. 23andMe tests give information about genetic health issues, in addition to genealogical ancestry matching – so I took that advice.
These 2 companies that I had used (23andMe & FamilyTreeDNA) offer very different information in their test results. Results from the FamilyTreeDNA tests are tables of numbers, indicating the DNA at specific genetic marker points. There is also a YSearch database for comparing results, and even people who have had their DNA tested with other companies can search this freely – you manually enter the numbers (alleles) at various marker locations and see if the results match anyone in the YSearch database.
The results from 23andMe gave information about genetic health risks and tendencies and general DNA groupings – it required a bit more delving to actually find the numbers that correspond to the (mitochondrial) DNA markers.
Around a year ago, both these companies announced new tests involving autosomal DNA. 23andMe call this 'Relative Finder' – FamilyTreeDNA call it 'Family Finder'. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes in every cell nucleus – 22 pairs of autosomes and also another pair, the 'sex chromosomes' (XX for females, XY for males). The autosomes contain bits of DNA inherited from all your ancestors, not just from all-male or all-female lines. You share larger pieces of DNA in common with close relatives, and smaller bits of autosomal DNA with relatives less closely related.
Both males and females have this autosomal DNA, so now you can find relationships with anyone sharing any common ancestor, not just the all-paternal or all-maternal lines. This new autosomal DNA test has thrown up some new possibilities and new candidates in the search for my father's father's heritage. (We already have found a close relative with interesting possibilities.)
However, back to the initial subject. The company 23andMe is offering a special price for the next few days, and some Facebook friends decided to take advantage of it. I agonised whether I should join them, given that I already have tested my father's DNA as well as my mother's mitochondrial DNA.
In terms of autosomal DNA, although the test is new, I suspect that the company FamilyTreeDNA is likely to have a bigger database for comparisons. (For me the main value of DNA tests is looking to match with others, and so larger databases are better.)
But 23andMe gives other information – about genetic related diseases – in addition to the study of ancestry. I have decided that both companies' tests are of interest to me. So now I too have taken advantage of the current special price, and will get my own DNA tested.
Of course there are many other testing companies, and websites with information about DNA. I give talks about 'DNA for Genealogists' (my handout can be found on my website). The handout contains information about various testing companies and their information pages, as well as other sites with DNA tutorials, mailing lists and even a DNA Wiki.
For now though, I have joined the ranks of those waiting for a test tube to be posted to me, so I can take the next step in this DNA journey.


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- Custom incentives of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour based on the estimated first-year annual kilowatt-hour reduction resulting from the improvements.
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Data on participants' facilities will be captured in a central database, applying kilowatt-demand and kilowatt-hour reductions to each energy efficiency measure.
This project is part of the existing EnergyRight Solutions program. Budget authorization will be for at least the minimum amount to satisfy the EPA required spending commitment.
Project Implementation
This project is comprised of three TVA efficiency offerings delivered in partnership with local power companies in the region:
- Tailored solutions: (a) encourage electric energy efficiency improvements in very large commercial/ institutional projects (b) customize delivery of site-specific technical assistance and incentives (c) develop and implement whole facility, multi-year energy efficiency project plans.
- Custom Incentives: (a) provide technical assistance to help identify custom facility and process electric savings opportunities at commercial/institutional facilities (b) custom incentives are based upon first year of kilowatt-hour savings.
- Standard Rebates: provide prescriptive incentives for commercial customers for replacing less-efficient equipment with energy-saving technologies; these measures may include lighting, HVAC, food services, motors, office equipment, and refrigeration equipment.
|Project Milestones
|EnergyRight Solutions for Business FY 2012 operations begin
|October 2011
|Commercial Custom and Prescriptive Efficiency Project commissioned as part of EnergyRight Solutions for Business
|October 2011
|Project completed
|Within five years of Plan approval
|Report to EPA
* Dates are tentative and subject to change
EPA Agreement Five-Year Budget
$55 to $60 million
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[July 10, 2014]
Reading Program - The Summer Reading Program continues through
July 26th, with the theme "Paws to READ!" In addition to children
setting their reading goal for the summer, we offer Story Times for
children 6 months through 7 years old, Art/Craft classes for 8 to 12
year olds, and Thursday Events for the whole family. All offerings
are free of charge, but children must sign up to participate in any
activities. Call the Youth Services Department with any questions
at 732-5732.
The Teen Summer Reading Program continues, with
Saturday, July 19th as the last day to turn in a reading log.
The Lincoln Public Library
located at 725 Pekin St., with adult nonfiction and
reference materials in the historic Carnegie Building. The Annex directly behind
houses adult fiction and the
Youth Services Department.
All library events are free and
open to the public. Online, visit
Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
217-732-8878 for adult services and 217-732-5732 for youth services.
Story Time
Little Listeners Lapsit Story Time is for
children 6 months through 2 years old, and Beginning Readers is for
3 and 4 year olds. Choose a class on Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 10
am. Ready Readers Story time is for 5 to 7 year olds and you can
choose a class on Mondays or Tuesdays at 2 pm. This is a one time
sign-up for the 7 week session. Call 732-5732 to register.
Art/Craft Class
For 8 to 12 year olds we offer Art/Craft Class
on Thursdays at 2 pm. Parents register children for each class they
would like to attend starting 1 week prior to event. Call 732-5732
to register.
Art/Craft for July:
July 3 – Stars 'n Stripes (wind sock)
July 10 – Sweet Dreams (dream catcher)
July 17 – Take Care of Our World (animal
July 24 – Chop-the-Stick (Chinese word art)
Thursday Events
Our family oriented entertainment during the
Summer Reading Program is each Thursday morning at 10am. As space
is limited, register for each event you would like to attend
starting 1 week prior to event. Call 732-5732 to register.
Thursday Events for July:
July 3 – Library is open, but no Event
July 10 – Science With Nitro Joe (geared to
school age children)
July 17 – Silly Safari
July 24 – Miller Park Zoo
Grab and Go
The Youth Services Department has a convenient
way for busy people to select children's picture books. Look for
the rubber-banded groups of books, selected with a coordinating
theme. Each grouping contains 4 to 5 books and the stories center
around a particular animal or activity. Just Grab and Go to the
Circulation Desk and you're on your way!
Circulation News
Fix-It Lincoln – The Library now offers
a new collection of books on maintenance, repair, and upkeep. The
books include topics such as automobiles, homes, lawns, health care,
musical instruments, boats, and much more. Funding for this grant
was awarded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to
the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library.
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3M Cloud – This is our new e-book
database, which is an addition to our existing Library On The Go
database. Thousands of titles are available, with more being added
weekly, and can be searched via our online catalog. You will need a
PIN number to get started. Stop by our Circulation Department for
the easy instructions to get started.
Zinio – Electronic magazines have
arrived! We have a selection of over 95 titles, and more will be
added. Create your account with Zinio from our website and start
reading. Stop by the Circulation Desk for more information.
Going on a trip? – The Circulation Staff
can put a hold on any outstanding requests you may have so you will
get them when you return. Just stop by and let the staff know your
travel dates.
E-mails and text messages – Our new
computer program allows patrons to receive texts and/or e-mails for
notification of reserved items and overdue notices. If you are
interested in this service, please talk to a member of our
Circulation Staff.
PIN Numbers – Don't forget to take
advantage of a PIN number (password) for your account. With a PIN,
you can search the entire POLARIS system, see what items you have
out, and request and renew books from home.
Gift Certificates – Need a gift idea?
You can purchase a one year Library card for an individual or
complete family that lives out of the library district. We will
provide a gift certificate for presenting, and the recipient can
bring it in, along with a photo ID and proof of address to receive
their own Library Card.
Book Clubs - The Annex Building
Circulation Desk collects reading lists for all the Book Clubs in
the area. So if you can't remember what you read or what you are
supposed to read, we have you covered. Drop off your lists at the
Circulation Desk, or e-mail April Jensen, Circulation Manager, at
Links on our Website
Our website has links to many free services,
such as Library On The Go, WorldCat, Khan Academy, the improved
World Book Web, and our Ask A Librarian service, as well as various
downloadable forms. Check out what's new!
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by Tom Utescher
Regarded as the team most likely to end Germantown Academy's 12-year reign as Girls Inter-Ac League champion, host Penn Charter lived up to its billing over the initial eight minutes of last Friday night's basketball showdown.
Not only did the Quakers lead 18-12 at the end of the first quarter, but three different GA Patriots had each picked up two personal fouls in the opening frame. The visitors delivered a decisive response, beginning the second quarter with a 17-1 surge that laid the foundation for a 31-23 halftime lead and, ultimately, a 65-46 victory.
Each team came into the contest with a 3-0 mark in league play; afterwards, GA was 11-2 overall, and PC was 12-2.
"It was a game of runs, but the girls were very focused on just doing their jobs," remarked Patriots coach Sherri Refif. "Each of them had their own role and they trusted one another; these girls play such 'team' basketball."
"It's an emotional loss – they're our biggest rival," admitted PC skipper Diana Caramanico, a 1997 GA graduate. "Our biggest problem was just making shots. We had the looks, but the shots wouldn't fall. We got them in foul trouble, but we didn't shoot fouls well at all."
After going seven-for-eight from the free throw line in the first quarter, PC was just three-for-10 the rest of the way.
Caramanico commented, "A made shot here or there could've changed the direction of the game; I don't look at as a 19-point loss."
Her ballclub did a relatively good job defending against 6'1" GA guard Alexa Gallagher, but the DePaul-bound senior supplemented her seven points with eight assists and eight rebounds. Sophomore forward Kiernan McCloskey booked a double-double in points (14) and rebounds (13) for the victors, while senior Monica Schacker notched 13 points and junior Jaryn Garner gathered 12 points, four rebounds, four assists, and four steals.
Each of the Inter-Ac rivals was playing without an important reserve player; PC senior Kendall Stokes and GA sophomore Dempsey Cooper, both guards, were out of action with injuries.
Originally scheduled for the afternoon, the confrontation was moved to 7:30 PM, and GA senior forward Dana Lotito related "The girls on the team went out together after school. We didn't do anything special; we just hung out and had some team bonding time."
A capacity crowd that included a fervent PC student section at one end of the bleachers dialed up emotions right from the start of the game, and an intentional foul was actually called in the first minute. Charter inched ahead 7-5, then GA scored the next seven points for a 12-7 advantage. PC's junior center, Dianna Thomas-Palmer, went four-for-four at the foul line, while classmate Brianna Butler, a shooting guard, made both her free throws and canned a three-pointer as the Quakers jumped ahead. Yet another PC 11th-grader, Danielle Sienko, cut along the baseline, grabbed a pass from senior point guard Aleesha Powell, and hit a lay-up just before the buzzer to hand the hosts an 18-12 lead at the quarter. Already, three GA players had committed two fouls each; Garner, Lotito (eight points total), and reserve forward Angela Upright.
Lotito, who will attend the College of William and Mary, said that when the Patriots huddled up between quarters, "We talked about keeping our composure and not getting down on ourselves. We talked about playing our game and controlling the tempo."
Coach Retif added "We kept telling them not to let the crowd get into their heads. In the second quarter Natalie Toner came in, and that helped pick up the tempo and allowed us to rest Jaryn [Garner]. That was the catalyst for our running game."
A sophomore guard who finished with nine points for the Pats, Toner bagged a three-pointer from the right wing and hit both ends of a one-and-one at the foul line during Germantown's pivotal rally. The first- quarter count stayed on the board more than a minute into the second period, then Schacker shoved in a "three" from the left flank.
PC committed back-to-back turnovers, one leading to a Garner lay-up, and later Gallagher made one of two free throws to fashion an 18-all tie with 4:43 remaining in the first half. Thomas-Palmer's second foul was PC's seventh team infraction, but GA's Garner hit the floor hard on the play and was unable to shoot the free throws. Schaker stepped to the foul line instead, making both shots on the one-and-one and pushing the Pats ahead for good, 20-18, with 4:26 on the clock.
A converted rebound by McCloskey and Toner's trey made it 25-18 before PC put up its first point of the period, a free throw by Butler at 2:16. After a one-and-one cashed in by Toner, a refreshed Garner stole the ball and nailed a pull-up jumper from the lane. PC's Powell got those four points back for the Quakers, but the half ended with two made foul shots by Germantown sophomore Fran Sweeney.
From the 31-23 halftime tally, the teams traded points up to 36-28 in the early minutes of the third quarter. McCloskey reinforced the visitors' lead with a pair of three-pointers in the middle of the period, and although Charter's Powell struck twice from beyond the arc later on, GA still added three points to the margin during the third round, which ended at 52-41.
As the fourth quarter dawned Patriot field goals by Gallagher and Lotito bracketed a long three-pointer by PC's Butler. With 5:30 to go, Sienko hit a lay-up for Charter to make it a 10-point game (56-46), but the hosts didn't score again as GA collected the final nine points of the night.
It turned out that Butler sprained an ankle during the evening, but she still scored a game-high 20 points for the Quakers, who received 13 points from Powell, eight from Thomas-Palmer, four from Sienko, and one from junior MaryKate O'Brien.
"I felt the keys to the game would be boxing out on rebounds, taking care of the ball under pressure, and being able to run the floor ourselves while stopping them from running," offered GA's Retif.
Penn Charter's Caramanico concluded, "On defense we needed to do a better job of eliminating their shooting opportunities. They're very efficient. If you give them open shots, they hit them, which is something we need to do more of the time."


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Windows Azure Camps in Manchester 10th Dec
In conjunction with Salford Software we are holding an exclusive, IT Professional Azure Camp
Monday 10th December, 2012
Location – Media City, UK Plot B4, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 2HE
This event is a technical hands on introduction to some of the IaaS Cloud Services that Microsoft is now offering to Academic organisations.
The camp will be led by an Azure specialist and is aimed at the IT Professional. On it you will build and deploy an entire SharePoint infrastructure with a dual-machine server-farm, Active Directory Domain Controller and SQL Server. On the road to that infrastructure you will create a dual-server, load-balanced IIS website, a WIndows Azure Virtual Network in to which you will deploy the Active Directory Domain plus all the member servers (SQL and SharePoint) and you'll also learn how to generalise your images and add them to your library of images to make future deployment simpler.
All running in the Cloud!
You will walk away with a complete – Cloud based – service that you will be able to continue to use, further develop and show colleagues following the camp.
Please register at the site below:
Windows Azure IT Pro Camp
09:00 – 09:30
09:30 – 10:00
The Windows Azure Platform
10:00 – 10:30
Windows Azure Virtual Machines
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:15
Lab: Windows Azure Virtual Machines
11:15 – 11:45
Windows Azure Virtual Networks
11:45 – 12:15
Lab: Windows Azure Virtual Networks
12:15 – 12:45
12:45 – 13:15
Active Directory in the Cloud: Windows Azure Active Directory, Running a DC in Windows Azure
Lab: Running an Active Directory Domain Controller in Windows Azure
14:15 – 15:00
SQL Server and Sharepoint in the Cloud
15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 16:45
Lab: Running a complete infrastructure in the cloud (Sharepoint, SQL Server, Active Directory)
Wrap-up and Review
Note: Because you can leave your Windows Azure service deployed and you will have all the configuration and projects etc. on your laptop when you leave the camp, any unfinished labs can be completed at home/in the office.
You will need to bring a laptop and complete some pre-requisites to participate in the camp. Please see details below:
You will need a working Windows Azure subscription and you need to have applied for and successfully been granted access to:
Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks – for the IT Pro camp.
There is a video that describes how to apply for these features here.
Any working subscription is suitable; paid or free.
You can get a free trial subscription. This grants you access to certain resources free for 90 days. You will need a Windows Live ID and a Credit Card to register. The spending limit on the free trial account is set at £0.00. When the free trial period of 90 days has passed you will be asked if you'd like to remove the spending limit and from that point on treat it as a standard paid subscription.
If you use more than the free allocation of resources in a month, you will also be asked if you'd like to remove the spending limit. There is no perpetually free subscription available for Windows Azure.
Details of the free trial accounts are here:
To get a free trial subscription go to http://bit.ly/azure4free. . To register for this offer, you need a credit card to activate it, but the spending limit on the subscription is set to £0.00 so you won't be charged.
To add Windows Azure benefits to your existing MSDN subscription, go to http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits/
To add Windows Azure benefits if you are a BizSpark customer, go to http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/bizspark-benefits/
To add Windows Azure benefits if you are an MPN member go to http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0002p
There are also free trial subscriptions available to certain MSDN subscribers. Or if your at teaching academic you can apply for a Azure Educator account which offer a 12 month FREE subscription at http://www.windowsazure.com/education
IT Pro camp pre-requisites
As an IT Pro who uses a laptop, you'll almost certainly have the required software already installed. You will need:
A working Windows Azure subscription – see details above. You need to have successfully applied and been granted access to the Windows Azure Virtual Machines preview.
A wireless-enabled 64-bit laptop with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 8 RTM. The camp is written with Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 users in mind. If you are using Windows 8 there will be variations in the way the UI is described.
Bring the power supply: you will be using the laptop all day.
A basic knowledge of the Windows infrastructure stack (Windows, Windows Server, Active Directory, Web, Security, SQL Server etc) to the level required by an IT Pro.
Perform the following software setup:
1. Log in to an account that has full administrative privileges on the 64-bit machine. This is the account you will do the machine setup from and also the lab-work. It's essential to ensure you use the same administrative account for both setup and lab-work to avoid permissions problems. By far the biggest problems on this bootcamp are to do with permission problems on machine setup.
2. Install the Windows Azure Powershell Cmdlets by following the instructions on this page:
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do I need to know about Windows Azure to attend this Camp?
You don't need any prior experience or knowledge about Windows Azure to attend this Camp. The purpose of the event is to provide you with the basic skills and knowledge to get started with learning about Windows Azure.
Who can attend the Camps?
Students, developers, technologists, IT Pros, architects, hobbyist, technology enthusiasts. Everyone is welcome! All we ask is that you are ready and keen to learn about Windows Azure.
How much does it cost to attend this Camp?
Your luck's in – it's free.
What do I need to prepare in advance to make the most of the Camp?
There are a basic set of things you should prepare before attending the Camp, listed above. Please make sure you are prepared so you can make the most of your day at the Camp.
What if I have registered already and cannot make it on the day?
Please let us know as soon as you can if you can't make the camp as there'll be plenty of people who are keen to take your spot. Please respect the trainers and your fellow delegates by turning up if you have registered and committed. Thanks!