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State Sen. James Clayborne, D-Belleville, received the 2011 YMCALegislative Hero Award as a symbol of gratitude for his years ofdedication to the YMCA, local youth and teens and his community.Clayborne is a longtime supporter of initiatives that promoteguidance and opportunities for youth within his community. The YMCAsaid Clayborne has proven his loyalty and dedication by providingsupport for education grants and initiatives that foster growth foryouth in the Metro East area.

Local engineering and land surveying firm Thouvenot, Wade &Moerchen Inc., was named one of 12 top “Honor Award” winners andthe top winner in the “Surveying & Mapping Technology” categoryin Illinois at the 40th annual Engineering Excellence AwardsLuncheon recently. The Illinois Chapter of the American Council ofEngineering Companies selected TWM for its work on the Rock CityBusiness Complex National Archives and Records AdministrationNational Personnel Records Center Annex II in Valmeyer.

The council recognized TWM for its cutting-edge 3D laserscanning of the interior of the former Valmeyer limestone mine, nowknown as Rock City Business Complex. TWM used 3D scanningtechnology to map and model the mine’s surfaces for the75,000-square-foot National Archives Annex II. The highly accuratedata collected during this process was used to create a 3D model ofthe space. Designers could then configure the space in the mostefficient manner possible for National Archives storage.

TWM has offices in Waterloo, Swansea, Edwardsville and St.Charles, Mo.

Memorial Care Center in Belleville was named one of “America’sBest Nursing Homes” by U.S. News and World Report. MCC was rankedamong more than 15,000 facilities in the country.

The rankings are based on numbers from the Centers for Medicareand Medicaid Services, the federal agency that sets and enforcesquality standards for all homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid.Facilities are judged on health inspections, nurse staffing andquality of care.

Memorial Care Center is a 108-bed facility offering high-qualityskilled nursing and rehabilitative services. The facility offersstate-of-the-art skilled services for post-operative or short-termrehabilitative care as well as comprehensive skilled nursingservices including wound care and intravenous therapy.

The Collinsville Area Recreation District presented the2010-2011 IPRA-IAPD Community Service Award to four local men foroutstanding service to the Park District. The Illinois Parks andRecreation Association and Illinois Association of Park Districtsgive the awards annually to individuals who promote the advancementof parks, recreation and leisure in their communities.

Collinsville’s recipients were Doug Fiedler, manager of theApplebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill in Collinsville, for hiscontributions to the annual Dash ‘n Splash 5K run and walk; PastorSteve Gray and Mike McClintock, of Discovery Family Church, fortheir assistance with Bluegrass in the Park concert, the PeeWeetennis program and painting the press box at Fletcher Field; andJerry Kiel, who donates his time to prepare the meals for events atArlington Greens Golf course.

Melinda Nicholson, of East St. Louis, was elected president ofthe board of directors of call for Help Inc., for 2011. Nicholsonis division manager of employment and training for the St. ClairCounty Intergovernmental Grants Department. other officers electedare: vice president Mary Ann Jobe, professor at Barnes-JewishCollege of Nursing; treasurer Mike Nagy, owner of All-CleanRestoration Inc.; and secretary Carmella Hardnett, senior managerof Department of Defense audit for Express Scripts Inc. Alsoelected to the board was David Moore, of the U.S. Department ofAgriculture. call for Help provides counseling, case management andresidential services to help people overcome crisis in theirlives.

• my Treasure House, an upscale resale business, recently openedat 120 N. Main St., in Edwardsville, near Illinois Route 159.Partners are Cindy Kenney, Sandy Cunningham and Tammy Henson.

New and gently used items include crafts, home decor, candles,gifts, flowers, furniture, art, collectables, antiques and vintagelinens. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.-5p.m. Saturday. The website is mytreasurehouse.com.

• Amy Henderson, of Columbia, has become an independentconsultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct salescompany featuring more than 60 easy-to-prepare foods. As anindependent business owner, Henderson offers food samples at hometaste-testing parties, along with ideas for everyday meals, recipesand serving suggestions.

• The Comfort Suites hotel, of Fairview Heights, was therecipient of a 2010 Gold Hospitality Award from Choice HotelsInternational Inc., franchisor of the Comfort Suites. As a topperforming property among the company’s 4,900 U.S. franchisedhotels, the Comfort Suites hotel in Fairview Heights is among thetop 10 percent of properties within the Comfort Suites brand. it isone of only six hotels in Illinois to receive Gold Award status.The hotel was recognized for demonstrating an exceptional focus onguest satisfaction and dedication to providing superiorservice.

• Locally owned Troy Bakery, 300 Edwardsville Road, which iscelebrating its first anniversary, is sponsoring a “Charity of theMonth” program in which it donates a portion of its proceeds to aselected organization. The bakery has donated to Special Olympicsof Illinois, Ministries Unlimited Pantry in Troy, the AmericanDiabetes Association, the Triad Foundation, Shriners Hospital andother groups.

• Detective Eric Herman, of the Collinsville Police Department,was promoted to sergeant. He is assuming his supervisoryresponsibilities as a patrol watch commander on “B” Squad.

• Josh Bayer was promoted to sergeant with the Columbia PoliceDepartment. Bayer started with the department in 1998 as apart-time dispatcher. He was named a full-time dispatcher in 2001.In 2003 he was hired as a full-time police officer. Bayer becamethe department’s first K-9 officer in 2005. while a high schoolstudent, Bayer was selected as one of the first Explorers for theColumbia Police Department Explorer Program. Bayer will remain theK-9 handler and will continue to supervisor the communicationscenter.

• Steve Selby, a branch manager for GCS Federal Credit Union,was named chairman of the Southern Illinois Chapter of CreditUnions. Selby will serve a two-year term. his duties includeleading and overseeing all board meetings, coordinating fundraisingevents and representing the chapter at various state credit unionfunctions. The chapter serves credit unions in Madison, Monroe, St.Clair and other counties.

• The Bank of Edwardsville announced Terri Frierdich and ConnieFair have been promoted to assistant vice president of creditunderwriting at the main banking center in Edwardsville. They wereboth credit underwriting officers at the main banking center.Frierdich, a Glen Carbon resident, and fair, a Troy resident, willwork directly with commercial lenders and senior management toeffectively analyze the financial capacity of larger commercialclients and guarantors.

Janice Schuchart is joining the office at Circle of HealthWellness Center in Belleville. she will be involved in relationmassage. The wellness center offers outcome-based medical orclinical massage therapy.

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Source: ReutersThe Nile River, Egypt

Pairing an ancient pharaonic legacy with a cosmopolitan buzzthat has made it a cultural hub of the Middle East, Egypt’s5,000-year-old capital is a study in contrasts.

Cairo, where Oriental bazaars with traditional handicraftsnestle beside neon malls displaying the world’s top fashion labelsand where overcrowded slums border lavish neighbourhoods, has longcaptured the imagination of adventurous travellers.

Dubbed “the city of a thousand minarets,” the Cairo skyline ispierced with countless domes and minarets of mosques that overlookits frenetic, congested streets.

It has also been called “Paris on the Nile,” a home to relics ofcolonial-era architecture inspired by France and ranging in stylefrom neo-baroque to art deco.

A chaotic, crowded metropolis teeming with traffic, Cairoelicits all but indifference from its visitors. It is a gloriousbeacon of history and culture, interweaving influences fromTurkish, French and British colonial rule.

In modern times the city has become an anchor for film, musicand pop culture embraced across the Arab world.

Egypt’s weekend days are Friday and Saturday, just enough timeto get a glimpse of its capital’s many faces.

Correspondents with local knowledge help visitors to Cairo getthe most out of a short stay.

Friday

8 am – The early hours before the call to Jumu’ah (Friday) noonprayers are the quietest of the Cairene week. Locals sleep in andthe normally overwhelming traffic is temporarily subdued.

Kick off your visit with a trip to the peerless Giza pyramids onthe western edge of Cairo. Make sure you book a tour guide beforeyou go and, if you decide on a horse or camel ride, haggle overprice beforehand. You may also have to haggle as you try to get offthe ride.

1 pm – Lunch and a beer at the century-old Cafe Riche in thedowntown Cairo neighbourhood. Its basement was a meeting point forresistance members during the 1919 Revolution against Britishoccupation. Decades later, the cafe became the favourite haunt ofEgyptian Nobel laureate, the writer Naguib Mahfouz. It is now apopular hangout for many of the city’s intellectuals. Sometimes,Cafe Riche hosts an accordion player on Fridays.

3 pm – While in downtown Cairo, amble through its 19th and early20th century boulevards and buildings. The neighbourhood, once hometo Cairo’s elite, has been sullied by years of neglect, but remainshome to French-inspired architectural gems built during the reignof Ottoman ruler Khedeve Ismail.

Downtown offers culture buffs an interesting shoppingexperience. Sherif street is home to Lehnert & Landrock, abookshop selling replica photographs of Egypt and North Africataken by Austrian Rudolf Lehnert and German Ernst Landrock at theturn of the 20th century.

For rare books, lithographs, maps and other collectables onEgypt, drop by L’Orientaliste (orientalecairo.com) on Kasr ElNil Street.

The area’s streets are studded with little shops sellingantiques, papyrus paper, perfume oils and other curios.

6 pm – Sail into the sunset on a felucca, Egypt’s traditionalwooden sailboat, and enjoy a tranquil moment on the Nile. A feluccacan be rented for less than $20 an hour. A good place to board oneis on the riverside boulevard, the Corniche, in front of The FourSeasons Nile Plaza hotel or further down in the Maadineighbourhood.

7 pm – Haven’t had enough of the mighty Nile? Then dinner atSeqouia (sequoiaonline.net), an open-air restaurant right onthe Nile in the Zamalek district, is a must. Built like a moderntent with a white marquee, canopies and upholstery, Sequoia servesMediterranean cuisine including traditional Egyptian dishes, aswell as sushi and water pipes.

9 pm – Just a 10-minute walk from Seqouia is the glitzyAperitivo, a bistro-lounge that opened last year. Adorned withcrystal chandeliers, leather upholstery and funky artwork, it’s theideal venue to sip creative cocktails and experience the glamorousside of Cairo.

11 pm – Still feeling energetic? Take a taxi to downtown’sArabesque, a recently refurbished Oriental-stylebar-turned-dancing-hotspot churning out Western and Arabic tunes,now a popular hangout for Cairo’s young crowd. A belly-dancerperforms there every Friday. The venue gets crowded on weekends, sobook at least a week in advance.

Midnight – Wrap up the night at After 8 (after8cairo.com), abar right next door to Arabesque where you can tap your feet tolive music and a DJ well into the wee hours of the night. Whatevertime of the night or early morning you finish, you’ll always beable hail a taxi on Cairo’s street to get back to your hotel.

Saturday

9 am – Depending on how long the evening lasted, you’ll decidewhether you can brave a long morning trek to explore Egypt’sreligious heritage. Most tour companies offer a half-day guidedtour of Islamic Cairo, the Coptic quarter and Ben Ezra, the oldestsynagogue in Egypt.

A good starting point is Coptic Cairo, home to the intricatelydesigned Hanging Church, which is said to have been originallybuilt in the 3rd or 4th century A.D. on the site of a Romanfortress. In the 11th century, the church became the officialresidence of the Coptic Pope.

The district is also home to Ben Ezra synagogue. Originallybuilt in the 4th century as a church, it was turned into asynagogue five centuries later. Legend has it the synagogue wasbuilt near the spot where Pharaoh’s daughter found baby Moses.

11 am – Islamic Cairo is just a short drive from the Copticquarters and is brimming with mosques and other monuments. Begin atour of the area with Ibn Tulun mosque, named after the founder ofthe Tulun dynasty that ruled Egypt in the late 9th century, andAl-Rifai mosque, now the burial spot of Egypt’s King Farouk andIran’s Mohamed Reza Shah Pahlavi.

A must-see in Islamic Cairo is the renowned Citadel, a12th-century bastion built by Ayyubid ruler Salahuddin to protectEgypt against the Crusaders. Also there is a grand mosque built byMuhammad Ali Pasha, Egypt’s Ottoman ruler throughout the first halfof the 19th century.

2 pm – Stroll around the gardens and fountains of Al-Azhar park(alazharpark.com). The park, transformed from a garbage dump toa lush urban oasis, houses a 12th century Ayyubid wall built duringthe Salahuddin era.

Arguably the greenest spot in Cairo, you can grab a bite at itsStudio Misr restaurant, which overlooks the Citadel and the park’sverdant hills and offers a variety of local dishes.

4 pm – Splurge at Khan El Khalili, a vast bazaar sellingtraditional souvenirs including home ornaments, jewellery,garments, spices and water pipes. Vendors hike up prices fortourists, so make sure you’ve honed your bargaining skills.

Sip a warm cup of mint tea and puff on a hubbly bubbly (waterpipe) at the Khan’s El Fishawi cafe, which claims it hasn’t closedits doors since it first opened in the late 1700s.

7 pm – Sneak around the corner from Khan El Khalili to WikalatAl Ghouri, a restored 16th century Mamluk warehouse, where you cansit back and enjoy a Sufi whirling dervish dance performance. Theshows are free on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. They start at8:30 pm, but it’s best to arrive early to get a good seat.

9 pm – After the long busy day, treat yourself to delicioussushi and Far Eastern fusion cuisine at Asia bar(bluenileboat.com.eg/asia-bar.html), located on Zamalek’smoored Blue Nile boat. The upscale restaurant-bar features anin-house DJ spinning excellent tunes to chill out by. Book at leasta day ahead.

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Martin makes pewter figurines and wants to know how much molten pewter he needs for each mold. He knows that when a solid object with a volume of 1 cubic centimeter is submerged in water, the water level rises 1 milliliter. Martin pours 200 mL of water in a measuring cup, completely submerges a figurine in it, and watches it rise to 343 mL. What is the maximum amount of molten pewter, in cub centrimeters, Martin would need to make a figurine? Explain.

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