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--Playbig 23:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)== Joe Zimka, Soccer Goalkeeper ==

Joe Zimka, Soccer Goalkeeper Joe Zimka, 6'4" and 215lbs is 19 years old and was born on June 18, 1987 in Chicago Illinois USA. Joe is a soccer goal keeper and Visual Communications major at Northern Illinois University (NIU). What makes Joe different than most goalkeepers is that "as a sophmore" he owns 2 NCAA "all time" records for D-1 goalkeepers. Joe broke the rcords for both "goals against average" (GAA)and "save percentage" (S%). The first, GAA, was previously held by John Putna of Indiana University for almost 30 years(1978), his GAA was..026, having only allowed 3 goals in 15 games for the season..Zimka broke Putnas record at the end of the fall 2006 season with a GAA of .021. The second record for S% was previously held by Tally Hall of San Diego State, he had a S% of .889. Last season, fall of 2006 Joe broke Hall's record finishing with a save percentage of .955. In addition to these two NCAA all time records, Zimka practically rewrote the NIU goalkeeping records in his first season as a starter. At NIU he holds the records for GAA (.021, most shutouts in a season (11),most consecutive shutouts(7),and the highest save percentage(.955). Zimka grew up playing for the Chicago Sockers a nationally ranked youth club in the Chicago suburb of Palatine, Il, USA.Off for the summer break at NIU, Zimka is currently playing for the Chicago Fire Premier, the youth development arm of the MLS team Chicago Fire. Zimka plans summer and aspires to play professionally in Europe after completing studies at NIU. Sources: (www.niuhuskies.com) (www.ncaasports.com) (www.ncaa.org)

Tupperware’s Chain of Confidence

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For over 60 years, Tupperware has made an unwavering commitment to Enlighten, Educate and Empower -women from across the globe, creating invaluable connections that last a lifetime. Tupperware’s Chain of Confidence campaign, which launched on May 2007, invites women to share in the immeasurable rewards of self-confidence and ensures the next generation of women will have the same opportunity.

Tupperware’s Chain of Confidence honors women around the world and the profound, life altering impact that they can have on one another. The campaign celebrates the powerful bonds of friendship that connect women together and significantly shape who they are and who they have the potential to become. Women connecting with one another creates an extraordinary source of strength enabling them to feel confident in themselves, secure in their ability to succeed, empowered to make their voices heard and motivated to continually strive for greater achievements.

ChainofConfidence.com

To further encourage connections between women, Tupperware created ChainofConfidence.com, a new online community where women can link to the chain and join an online discussion of how friendship has had a profound effect on their self-confidence. Visitors to the website will also have the opportunity to contribute to the SMART Girls program by purchasing a limited edition Tupperware product with five dollars of the proceeds going directly to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Celebrity spokesperson, Brooke Shields

Celebrity and mother of two daughters, Brooke Shields is the spokesperson for the Chain of Confidence campaign.

“I got involved with Tupperware’s Chain of Confidence because I strongly believe in the strength derived from connecting with other women. This program recognizes the value in promoting strong relationships with each other.” —Brooke Shields

Partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and SMART Girls program

Through a major partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Tupperware will sponsor their SMART Girls program offered in select clubs nationwide. Tupperware Brands Corporation is donating $1.5 million dollars over the next three years to the organization.

The BGCA’s SMART Girls program is designed to guide young girls, ages 8-17, in making smart choices for their future and in helping them discover the best in themselves in areas of health, fitness, prevention, and specifically, their self-esteem. Tupperware hopes that the SMART Girls program will help foster positive connections between young women allowing them to develop a strong sense of self-confidence that will enable them to become leaders in their communities.

For more information click on: ChainOfConfidence.com [1], Tupperware.com [2], smartgirls.com [3]

Joe Lyman

Joe lyman is a beautiful human being. he has the most beautiful mexican face and the most beautiful mexican eyes. His parents are gay, and this has helped joe overcome diversity while maintaining his heterosexual lifestyle. Don't kick joe's nuts, he should reproduce

Individuology

The study of Individuals.

in the pants

Individuology

The study of Individuals.

Remember: You are unique, just like everyone else.

Hayley Bingham

Hayley Bingham is the Managing Director of Red Sun International Services Ltd. Red Sun is an artist booking and management company with networks all across the globe.

Red Sun also specialises in high class events, stadium gigs and luxury concierge services for the elite.

www.redsuninternational.com

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Heinrich Felix Merckel

MERICKEL FAMILY MIGRATION AND NAME HISTORY

The first of this family to come to America, arrived in the year 1710. They came as refugees from the German Palatine. Their trek to the New World had led them by way of Holland and England.

The name was originally spelled Merkel of Merckel and pronounced in German as "Mare-kil". The Palatines settled among, and intermarried with, the Dutch in Ulster County, New York. Here they soon were using the prevailing language which was Holland Dutch. ( At Kingston church preaching was in Dutch until 1809).

The reasons behind the flight of our ancestors from the Palatine regions of Western Germany are given in the story set forth in the "Van Kocherthal Records", written in 1931 by Rev. Herman F. Vesper of St. John's Lutheran Church. Canajoharie, New York. In 1673, twenty five years after the "Thirty Year War" ended in 1648, Louis XIV of France began his marauding expeditions for the purpose of exterminating the Protestant heretics. Destructive raids laid waste to the Palatine countryside. This ruthless pillage continued until 1688 when the French King himself entered the land "to make it a wilderness" as he declared.

The villages, towns and farms of the Rhine regions were pillaged and burned, and their inhabitants tortured, ravished or slain. Few escaped the country. Those who survived were spared further horrors when in 1705, England, Holland, Sweden, and Prussia intervened and threatened reprisals unless this carnage ceased. The way of Spanish Succession followed (1701-1713) but it touched only lightly on the already devastated country. Added to the horrors of the war, there came further to harass the unfortunate Palatines the unusually severe winters of 1703 and 1709. Vineyards and orchards were blasted by the cold. Birds froze on the wing, fires failed to warm the shivering populace. Also, there came ecclesiastical regulations that made still more unbearable the life of these "poor, protestant, Palatines."

Their only salvation lay in migrating to other lands. The first group of 41 men, women and children left for England by way of Holland in 1708. They were led by the Rev. Joshua Von Kocherthal. A Lutheran minister, whose wife and three children were among the refugees. In London, they petitioned Queen Anne for permission to sail to one of the British Colonies in America. Hearing of their extreme poverty the good Queen granted them each a shilling a day towards their sustenance until a decision was reached.

England desired to expand her frontiers in the New World, so transportation for "these honest and laborious Palatines" was arranged on the British ship "Globe". A special act of naturalization made them "denizens of the Kingdom". It is perhaps for reasons of gratitude that some of their immediate descendants, in the days of the American Revolution, seemed to have Tories and British sympathies, even to the extent of moving to Canada. It was just 88 years after the voyage of the Mayflower that this first group of Palatines set sail. They landed 60 miles up the Hudson River and built a town they called "Neuberg", now called Newburgh. New York. Queen Anne supplied them with agricultural implements and foodstuffs for one year. In exchange, the Palatines were to supply lumber for the Royal Navy. A year later, when pastor Von Kocherthal returned to England for additional aid, he found 3000 refugees there. They were living in tents on the Black Heath of London. The queen acceded to his wishes that they too be sent to America to join the others. This time a whole flotilla of vessels was needed. They sailed from London in the month of January, 1710. Among the ships was the "Globe", making it's second crossing with Palatine refugees.

Solomon Asinzu-Afude Mbogani

Solomon Asinzu Afude Mbogani is The 5th born son in the family of nine of William Ananda Mbogani and Norah Andisi Makwana.He was born in Madeya village,South Maragoli,western Kenya.A maragoli by sub-tribe.He started schooling at Lyamagale Nursery School in 1971 later to join Kitumba Primary School in 1972/3 later to transfer to Muslim Primary School Nairobi City.

Jade Elvis Puget

Jade Elvis Puget is a little known Transvestite Midget Stripper from Austria. Born in 1980, she spent most of her early years working in an Austrian sweatshop, constructing widgets. She rose to some fame in 1999 when she began her unique strip show at the Austrian strip club "The Big Boob". Most recently, she has begun recording material as an Electro Dub DJ, recently contributing a remix of Marilyn Manson's "Heart Shaped Glasses" to his latest record.

Outdoorsteps

Outdoorsteps™ The Trail to Eagle begins with Outdoorsteps.™

Created in 2006, Outdoorsteps™ Inc. is a Michigan-based producer of outdoor instructional DVD's. The goal of Outdoorsteps™ is to teach basic skills and knowledge to youth group members and others who want to have fun and learn about outdoor sports and recreation. Youth group members may use their newly acquired outdoor skills and knowledge to earn merit badges and advance in rank.

Outdoorsteps™ released its first title, Outdoorsteps™ Camping, in 2007.

Web site: www.outdoorsteps.com. Blog: http://outdoorstepscom.blogspot.com

EFM Academy

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Official EFM Academy logo.

EFM Academy is a non-profit study association at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. It was formed as a vereniging under Dutch law in 2002 in a merger of EFM Alfa and EFM Imperator, two study associations that focused on Dutch and international students of the faculty respectively. EFM Academy is part of FAME Cooperation (former EFM), an umbrella organization that consists of EFM Academy and four other study associations: 3MA, FS Focus, IES Network, and Vectum. Within FAME Cooperation the associations’ target groups are separated in order to avoid competition. EFM Academy focuses on all bachelor students of the subjects International Business and Economics who have not chosen a special study track or major yet. Effectively, most students become member of EFM Academy in the beginning of their studies and stay in the association for two or three semesters, before their membership is transferred to a study association specialized on their major or study track.

Mission and goals

EFM Academy’s mission statement reads as follows: “EFM Academy aims to provide maximized added value for the students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Maastricht University in various aspects of their life in close cooperation with the Faculty and other organisations.”.

EFM Academy tries to achieve its mission by serving the students with a number of events, activities and services throughout the year. A main focus of the organisation lays in its ability to integrate students in the beginning of their studies, making it easier to get acquainted with university life and studying. It is also important for EFM Academy to give an opportunity to its active members, who can learn teamwork and organizational skills in organizing the events and services of EFM Academy.

Membership

General Membership

General members of EFM Academy attain reductions on all admittance fees of events of EFM Academy and other FAME Cooperation associations, as well as a discount of 14% on book prices in the FAME Cooperation Bookstore, which is a collaboration between EFM Academy and Selexyz selling educational reading materials. In recent years, EFM Academy attracted over 90% of all first-year students studying International Business or Economics to become member of the association. In the fall semester the amount of general members is ranging usually between 1100 and 1300 students, while in spring semester, when most second-year students enter their major tracks, this number drops to 700 to 800 students.

Active Membership

Active members of EFM Academy are responsible for organizing all events and services of EFM Academy. Working as an active member is voluntary and not paid. An average of 40 active members is organized in committees that specialize on certain activities. Each committee has its own chair person and a responsible board member is also attending the weekly committee meetings. These two persons are responsible for leading the committee. The list of committees consists of the following (as of June 2007): Academic Committee, Social Activities Committee, Magazine Committee, Foreign Trip Committee, and Conference Committee. Other committees can be set up by the board as the need arises. In the past there have also been an IT Committee, an Accounting Committee, a Marketing/PR Committee, and a Gala Committee. The Academic Committee has been formed in a merger of the Education and the Career Committee.

In order to increase social networking among its active members EFM Academy offers active member activities. These active member activities take place three to four times a year and are free of charge. In addition, a yearly active member weekend is organised in the fall semester.

The Board

The association is lead by an executive board of six. The board carries responsibility for all operations. Board members are elected on biannual General Member Assemblies – usually for a period of one year – and are bound to the association by contract. Their tasks are described in the association’s domestic regulations. The board meets weekly, but its board members are obliged to work for at least 20 hours per week in the office of EFM Academy. Board meetings are chaired by the President, with each board member having an equally weighted vote. In case of a tie the President’s vote is counted twice.

Each board member is specialized on different fields. The positions are: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Academic Activities Coordinator, and Social Activities Coordinator.

President

The President of EFM Academy is the main representative of the association and has to keep contact with the university, advisory board and the other study associations within FAME Cooperation. Tasks include calling and chairing meetings, active member management and strategic planning.

Vice President

The Vice President is responsible for sponsors, alumni and other external affairs. Furthermore the Vice President should be able to replace the president if necessary.

Secretary

The Secretary keeps contact with General and Active Members, communicates with external parties and is responsible for the FAME Cooperation database. Furthermore the Secretary is responsible for the “Accent” magazine.

Treasurer

The Treasurer holds financial responsibility over the association. His tasks include financial forecasting and preparation of budgets as well as bookkeeping and reporting.

Academic Activities Coordinator

The Academic Activities Coordinator is responsible for the organization of study- and career-related activities.

Social Activities Coordinator

The Social Activities Coordinator is responsible for organizing active member activities, the foreign trip and the Craze parties.

History of board members 2002-present

Year	President	Vice President	Secretary	Treasurer	Academic Activities Coordinator	Social Activities Coordinator
2007-2008	Lotte Oudendijk	Suzan van Zutphen	Margit van Optstal	Tim Huonker	Jelena Priewe	Katrin Huesken
2006-2007, second semester	Daniel Masny	Jan A. Scheele	Nora Dublanka	Tim Huonker	Jelena Priewe	Pia Scholtes
2006-2007, first semester	Daniel Masny	Jan A. Scheele	Nora Dublanka	Rebecca T. Altmann	Stephan Dickhoff	Pia Scholtes
2005-2006, second semester	Matthias Koeplin	Hans Heijnen	Bianca Claassen	Rebecca T. Altmann	Stephan Dickhoff	Nastasja Tennhardt
2005-2006, first semester	Baris Altay	Laura Tolen	Bianca Claassen	Matthias Koeplin	Willem van Altvorst	Nastasja Tennhardt
2004-2005	Thomas Krings	Dreas van Donselaar	Jonneke de Koning	Christian Mantele	Agata Stachaszewska	Ashanti Caesar
2003-2004, second semester	Sam Renkema	Bas Thijssen	Celine van Soest	Ashanti Ceasar	Frederic Dufays	Dreas van Donselaar
2003-2004, first semester	Sam Renkema	Bas Thijssen	Nancy Bocken	Mark Joosten	Celine van Soest	Bram van Beek
2002-2003, second semester	Mark Joosten	Manuel Neven	Bram van Beek	Job Annegarn	Stijn Verhagen	Kirsten van Lierop
2002-2003, first semester	Mark Joosten	Manuel Neven	Saskia de Heus	Job Annegarn	Stijn Verhagen	Kirsten van Lierop
2002 (Startup Board)*	Alex Smits	Margje Heijmans	Sara Kellendonk	Martijn van Opijnen

_{*) In the startup board there was no such task division as in later years.}

Event Portfolio

EFM Academy offers curricular-related study help and programmes to increase specific skills, career-orientation activities, and social events. While its portfolio is frequently adapted to changes in demand, it usually entails the following:

Extra Tutorials

Extra Tutorials supplement the problem-based learning education of the university. In six meetings per study block (each consisting of seven study and one exam week), EFM Academy’s extra tutorials recapitulate the course content to improve the student’s understanding and help them pass the exams.

Exam Trainings

Exam Trainings are one-time instructions offered to help especially first-year students to get acquainted with the university’s style of exams, most of which contain multiple-choice or true/false sections. They offer also the possibility to ask questions on the course matter and improve their abilities in the specific course.

Skills Trainings

Skills Trainings offer the possibility to gain proficiencies beyond university courses. Trainings offered in the past included speed reading, time management, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint skills, as well as an introduction to Dutch culture.

Company Visits

Company Visits are offered by EFM Academy as a career-orientation activity. Company Visits are usually organised as day trips and include a presentation from the company’s staff, a guided tour through the company’s premises, and in some cases a workshop. Companies and institutions that have been visited include Bayer, TNT, Bitburger, Shell, the European Parliament and the German Cartel Office.

Inhouse Days

Inhouse Days are career-activities offered by companies on the premises of the university. They usually include a presentation and a workshop. The number of workshop participants may be limited, in which case entry is made possible via a CV selection.

Conferences

Conferences are held yearly. The EFM Academy Conference is of introductory nature, aiming also at students who have not attended such events before. The aim is to offer practical insights into topic that have been covered on a theoretical manner during university classes. The first EFM Academy Conference took place in November 2006, focusing on the topic “Rise to the Challange – Crisis as an Opportunity”. Speakers were Dr. Heinz-Peter Behr, head of the Crisis Response Centre of the German Foreign Office, Arjan Erkel, former Country Manger for Doctors Without Borders, Ulrich Gartner, Vice President at AB Electrolux, Lex Geerders, CEO of Aon Risk Services, Maarten Ijzermans, Control Risks BeNeLux, Felix Rümmele, Director Integrated Marketing CEMA at IBM, Albert J. Tortorella, Managing Director, Crisis Management, Ogilvy PR, Christine Drexler-Walde, Corporate Security, SAP, and Dr. Horst Zölzer, former CEO of 3M Telecommunicatons Germany.

Foreign Trips

A Foreign Trip per year is organized to a European location. Foreign Trips are usually a blend of career and touristic activities. The last excursions went to Kraków (2005), Budapest (2006), and Lisbon (2007).

Craze

Craze parties are the main component of EFM Academy’s social activities. The Craze takes place four times per year and with an average of 1100 visitors it is the biggest student party in Maastricht. The party is visited mainly by students from the Faculty of Economics and Business, but it is also known among students of European Studies. Music played on the Craze is mainstream, R’n’B, hiphop, and house.

Further Services

”Accent” Magazine

Accent is EFM Academy’s member magazine. It is sent to all members via mail and has thus a circulation slightly above the amount of registered members. Accent is published biannually and contains a mix of university- and study-related articles, as well as topics concerning career, politics, economics, and lifestyle. It is also used to promote main events of EFM Academy and serves as a recruitment platform.

Exam Books

Exam Books are published before each exam period and contain exams from previous years, serving as a learning aid for students. The exam database is updated frequently and especially the exam books for quantitative courses are downloaded more than 1000 times per year.

Summaries

Summaries of educational literature is provided by EFM Academy especially for non-quantitative courses. The summaries include a wrap-up of a course’s learning materials and are written by a number of students, who have attended the course in the past.

External links

• Official EFM Academy website
• EFM Academy Conference website
• FAME Cooperation website
• Maastricht University website

Olly Rose

Olly lives in new zealand his dad is a local celebribty in the blind business he has a girlfriend/lover

Herr Kamel

For three years Winston Churchill had received reports from British Agent of German experiments. Dogs,Cows & Pandas had all been used and failed. But an experiment to make a HalfMan/HalfCamel was a success. (Nov 1942)

Churchill and the Allies knew they must destroy the creature. With reports of a so called "Kamel Army" poised for production they knew they must act fast.

The experiments sparked one of the deadliest raids in the heart of Nazi Germany. (April 1943)

Advances in medical science (Stem cells) Klink Report (1947) which we still use today.

Also see: Wolfenstein.kabmllll copy.jpg

Dr B Steers 23:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Johnathon Joe Brown: The man behind the thimble

Johnathon J. Brown was born in the rustique outback of southern northern easterly Queensland, Australia. He was born like a fat, ugly, wailing little brat- or so his mother used to paraphrase between her drunken ramblings. Brown was rather pale, and was bullied by many of his negro friends and their all white parents. The postman was negro however, and sparked many rumours that most of the neighborhood gangstas were his offspring.

Johnathon Brown likes Pokemon. Twas his favourite pasttime. To 'poke-his-mum'

His unusual sexual preferences illiterated and befowled most of his lesbain girlfriends which quote "already had a pussy and they don't need another one" Brown's fetishes are as the following:

1. Carrots

2. Old women. Really old women. Yikes.

3. Buttons

And probably his most infamous fetish that sparked media controversy

4. Thimbles

Yes it was when Johnathon Joe Brown made his first ever appearance on the Price is Right, when the media went into utter uproar over Brown's sexual intimacy with his mother's thimble.

A thimble.

No I did not misspell "vagina" and type "thimble" instead.

Brown claimed it was naturally tasty, and that buttons were far worse to have sexual intercourse with.

Is he right? Is he a mistaken man and that we should be all screwing thimbles?

Tune in next week for the final episode of "The PRICE is RIGHT!!!!" *applause*

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Southern Hemisphere Forestry

Southern Hemisphere forestry is the subject of increasing focus of investment and development interest. The topic is the focus of a dedicated web site [www.southem.com], e-newsletter [SOUTHEM Online] and publications - the Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Journal and the Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Yearbook. For about two decades, the main focus of plantation forestry in the Southern Hemisphere was on New Zealand and Chile, both countries rapidly expanding plantings of mainly Pinus radiata (otherwise known as Radiata pine) along with South Africa, where the focus was equally on Radiata pine and eucalyptus species. In recent years, new planting has increased in Argentina and Uruguay along with Australia. Massive plantings have also taken place in the southern states of Brazil.

The Southern Hemisphere forestry web site and information is provided by a dedicated company, Trade and Media Services Ltd, established in 1994 to provide a link between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The company's director Mike Smith has 30 years experience in journalism - reporting, editing and publishing on the forestry sector for the past 20 years alone.

Byron Carasco & Laura Schimpf

An infamous couple. They were known for crime, gang violence, blubbery, and murder in the teets of Porkland, OR in the late 1950's. These two scoundrels fell in love as teens. As their passion for eachother grew stronger, so did their passion for violence. The pair murdered several bystanders as well as two cops. When they were caught, the police separated them Each grew depressed as they longed for eachother. The last time they ever faced eachother was on their execution day: May 25th, 1967.

HOODIE WHOOOOOO

that is all sir, carry on

Mark Cooper

Born June 4th 1985, Mark Cooper has lived in Maryland his whole life. He attended Forcey Christian Elementary school, then Forcey Christian Middle school. He then attended Springbrook high school when he was 14. After high school he joined the Marine Corps as an Infantry Marine(0311). He broke his leg twice while in, therefore granting him an honorable discharge. He took a year off afterwards and worked at Ritz camera and Carmax. He currently attendes culinary school in Baltimore.

Patrick Cortes

Patrick Cortes is a Filipino-American Hip Hop Head. He was born on October 28 1990. He currently resides in Hacienda Heights, and is taken by Krystal Petrasanta

Edgehill12 Retreat Community

Edgehill12 is a collective group of people getting together to own, share, enjoy and restore the property Edgehill. Edgehill is 7km from the closest main town Henty, which was re-named in 1891 from Doodle Cooma (dudal cooma) to Henty.
Dudal Cooma was the aboriginal name for sweet water, which was in reference to the Dudal Cooma Swamp which is about 7km long. The Edgehill property lies on the edge of the 7km dudal cooma swamp.

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Mish Mash Magazine

Mish Mash Magazine is an online Los Angeles-based magazine covering music and music culture. Mish Mash features live concert reviews, album reviews, photography, monthly columns, band interviews, and a concert calendar.

Mish Mash was founded in 2004 by freelance photographer M'Lou Elkins after she re-located to Los Angeles from New Orleans. Over the past three years, the magazine has featured interviews with a number of bands, including 30 Seconds to Mars, The Aquabats, The Boy Least Likely To, El Pus, Kill the Complex (formerly Butane), ESG, The Exies, Forward Russia, Full Scale, GWAR, The Helio Sequence, The Shore, We Are Scientists, Craig Wedren, and Weezer. The magazine has also covered hundreds of concerts, ranging from local up-and-coming bands like Kill the Complex to worldwide headliners like Beck.

Currently, the site receives about 1 million hits per month, yet remains one of the few advertisement-free music-related websites, freeing the staff of writers and photographers to feature many unknown, talented musicians and offer uncensored content.

External links

[MishMashMagazine.com]