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Sitting in a doctor's waiting room, I was moved by the family sorrows described by a woman sitting beside me. Listening to her account of these heartbreaking losses of loved ones was an experience I'll not soon forget.
How can we cope with such losses? Where can we find comfort when the unthinkable happens? To answer this question, I yield to our professional counselor son, Timothy, sharing the following excerpts from his publication, "HIS COMFORT ZONE":
"You've heard it before: 'You need to break out of your comfort zone!' In most cases such counsel refers to that place of complacency where inspiration, motivation, achievement and growth have been forfeited for the rut of a comfortable and familiar, if mundane, status quo.
"But when life's rocky road offers cold comfort only, what are you to do? Sickness attacks. Friends, even family members betray. Financial security is fleeting. And death, which awaits us all, is sure to remind you of that stark fact by visiting too often those around you, those closest to you.
"So perhaps you have bridled your ambitions, reigned in your risks and circled your wagons — only to find yourself huddled alone in a phony fortress. On the other hand, you may have opted for a more proactive approach, moderating your diet, getting plenty of rest, relaxation and recreation. You may be reaching out to loved ones, helping out at community functions, and looking out for those less fortunate — but peace of mind eludes you still.
"Maybe you've chosen to bolster your bravery with booze or likewise numb your nerves with various substances illicit or legal. Sadly, millions do, only to compound the calamity for themselves, their loved ones and society at large with this the cruelest counterfeit of all.
"You've been wondering how to cope, what to do, where to turn — when the real question is 'Who?' Who can provide a zone of true and abiding comfort?
"Jesus says, 'Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.' Jesus was no stranger to stress or sadness. He was a 'Man of sorrows' and acquainted with grief. And He didn't promise His followers then or now a rose colored Pollyanna paradise on earth. On the contrary, He says, 'In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.'"
As you earnestly seek that zone of "peace that transcends understanding" during your time of trouble, it is our prayer that you'll find this affirmation helpful:
I'm casting all my worldly cares —
Of health, of wealth, the lack thereof,
Tomorrow's and yesterday's affairs,
All temporal things I think I love
Upon the One who truly cares
More faithful than a brother, He,
Who tenderly His shoulder shares
And whispers, "Come, come unto Me."
Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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JUSTICE LEAGUE : Earth's Final Defense Review
- Publisher: CJ E&M
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 1 Aug, 2012
- Size: 145.1 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Unique skills to unlock for each character; gives them an individual feel and makes you want to try them all out.
- Relatively familiar KRPG action controls; press all the buttons for victory.
- Experience only applies to current hero; difficulty scaling encourages replay of previous levels - grind, grind, grind, grind, grind...
- 'Credits' required to unlock additional characters and upgrade side-kicks; low credits earned per level encourage IAP-to-play.
- Occasionally broken and unresponsive controls; point in a direction and attack... watch as your hero goes somewhere else entirely.
Buried underneath the layers of poor progression and an insistent focus on repetitive grinding lies a game that beats with the action-packed heart of the Justice League, however being Earth's Final Defense may not be an option when you're given boring combat that you'll likely need to repeat over and over.
- Full Review
- App Store Info
[This review was featured as the Mini-review for the Friday News Wrap-Up for the 3rd of August, 2012]
If you told me I could pick up a game on the App Store that not only allowed me to play as Batman and Superman, but also involved a chunk of the Justice League and their quirky rogues gallery... then I'd say shut up and take my money. However, pause for a moment before heading the App Store and grabbing JUSTICE LEAGUE : Earth's Final Defense.
The licensed beat'em-up takes its cues from old-school titles, placing you against ever increasing odds so you can unleash your super-hero's repertoir of powers with abandon. Unfortunately the game suffers for its pairing with KRPG like mechanics to 'level up' your character, doling out pitiful rewards for progress while placing high prices on not only unlocking the rest of the heroes that are available, but also to level up the 'companions' that unlock for each hero.
Experience is limited to individual heroes, meaning you'll need to grind the same levels multiple times if you decide to play around with someone else.
It's hard not to feel as though your time is being wasted - especially when boss battles feel more like a slow, monotonous dance of chipping away at their health than an epic battle; the one payoff of levelling up should be glorious fights, but 'immune' enemies can block attacks and harsh penalties are exacted for not grinding endlessly for a perfect score.
The cherry on the cake is that those of you who have jailbroken your iDevices will be unable to play the game as it kills the game on loading. If Justice League presented even a glimmer of a game worthy of its title, we'd let at least some of the rest of its irksome features slide (from the poor controls to the stiff model animations), but as it is all you can expect is a time waster that constantly asks you to pour in more time with little reward for doing so.
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He never was much of an accurate passer even during the AFCCG-years anyway...
His completion percentage can attest to that...
He never was much of an accurate passer even during the AFCCG-years anyway...
His completion percentage can attest to that...
The 2011-2012 "Wasted Years" featured a battle-tested quarterback who can't develop because he's got no skill players anymore, no running game anymore, no line anymore.
The 2013-2014 "Redemption Years" will feature a new head coach, a new offensive coordinator, and a newfound focus on the offensive side of the ball and with legitimate weapons again he's got a chance to show us something.
If the team quit on the coach and just collapsed here at the end (a la San Diego, Arizona, etc.) then Rex would deserve to be fired.
As crappy as our team is, they're all still putting in max effort. If we finish 9-7 with the horrendous year Sanchez is having plus all the weekly and season-ending injuries, I'm tipping my cap to Rex. It would be an incredibly ugly 9-7 record, but it would show that Rex is getting more out of his players than conceivably possible.
Put Welker on the Ravens, Browns, Vikings, or Cardinals, tell me how he'd be lighting it up under some mediocre quarterbacks not named Sanchez.
We are where we our because our QB play is pathetic. I would argue our record would be the same it is now with a guy like Tony Romo and we might be 2 wins better with a Franchise QB.. Why are you so gung ho on sticking with QB that most certainly can be easily improved upon because even when surrounded with great talent, he is average at best?
lol what are you talking about, Mike T died months ago but nobody told him yet.. He is terrible. Contracts he has given get worse with each one.. I wouldnt even get on him that much for drafting Sanchez, Werent too many options at the time.. Nobody thought he would be this bad.. Or worse than he was, not that he was ever that good.. Giving him a new deal last spring finished him, that was the dumbest things he could have done.. Did he forget the NFL plays with wideouts? he can draft... Hiring tony Sparano was almost a bad a move as extended Sanchez.. Hes gone..
Most of you want Rex gone because you either dont agree with his football philosophy, or beacuse you are fed up with his ringmaster act.
Or perhaps both.
Like him or not, hes quite respected by the coaching fraternity and by most players. His players coach style has made him a what he is. most who have played for him, stay loyal to him. Loyalty is hard to come bye nowadays with most players. His true worth is getting the most out of his players. And in the end, thats what a head coach strides to do. Hes a good coach who is learning that a H/C must balance his time between leading and teaching.
So after 3 years with Rex, the Jets should do what they always do and that is to start over. I hope that isnt so.
This team is still playing hard for him even after all the divisiveness that took place at the end of last year. This year, he could have easily have thrown Sanchez under the bus, but he didnt. (yes Sanchez is bad, but hes got no other viable choice to put out there) He stuck to his guns and refused to play Tebow proving that he didnt want Tebow around in the first place. He could have easily played the injured card, but he didnt. Hes also done a good job at watching what he says at his pressers...theyre kinda boring most of the time!
I dont think any other coach would have taken this team as far or any farther than Rex has done during the last 3 years.
I think he'll morph into a good head coach if given the opportunity. i hope hes given that chance with the Jets.
To me, the burden of the blame falls squarely on the lap of Tannenbaum for he hadhis team just 1 game away (twice) from a SB appearance and lets face it, he didnt push the right buttons.
Either it was his wrong personel decisions, crazy contracts offerings, having Rex choose his O/C not once, but twice and miss with both choices thus thwarting Sanchez growth, Tanny has proven that hes not the guy to take this team accross the proverbial superbowl goalline.
The final nail on his coffin is Tebow.Nuff said.
So Woody has a decision to make. The choice he makes will tell us if he really is in it, to win it.
1) That's a pretty crappy form of "leadership." As a GM, the buck stops with you. In the front office hierarchy, GM >>> HC. Ultimately it is your call and you own it.
2) Why the hell is he here then? Seriously. If that's the case, you just hire a coach who has the final call on all personnel decisions. You keep Ari Nissim to continue to manage the cap and do contract negotiations and you let the HC and Pro Player Personnel and College Scouting staff up to the personnel decisions.
The teams that have a revolving door at the coaching position (i.e. Oakland/Cleveland) are the garbage teams. The teams that are stable tend to have better records. We have a coach with a winning record after four seasons. Who many coaches can say that, Christ, let alone get the opportunity to get fired. Nearly half the league's coaches have been at their team for three years or less and good amount of them will be fired.
Do we have the greatest coach? No. Does he have flaws? Obviously, but all coaches not named Belichick (and perhaps Jim Harbaugh, still early) have flaws. We happen to have an above average coach who also happens to be the brightest defensive mind this side of Dick LeBeau.
After four years, we will have a coach with an overall winning record despite fielding a QB who will finish in the bottom three in two of his four years, bottom ten one year, and middle of the pack the other. That's pretty good coaching to overcome that IMHO.
*Edit: FWIW, I was against the firing of Mangini after 2008. And there were a lot more things that p'd me off about him than Rex.
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The question is a) can he bounce back from this and b) was it the lack of weapons moreso than the lack of QB talent?
All I'm advocating is that next year we commit to the offense, get some real targets, beef up the OL, get a real RB and then judge Mark Sanchez. Judging him right now is pointless.
I'm willing to admit that Mark doesn't have much at all to work with. But, put the dropped passes aside and you can see just how bad Mark is. I mean, you can't blame the butt fumble on anyone but him.
I'm just not sure if a new CS and GM can fix those issues. I would think that at a certain point, those things have become ingrained into him to the point that he can't recover. I feel bad for him, I really do.


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CHICAGO – The nonprofit National Parent Teacher Association – better known as the PTA – and a for-profit rival have settled a deceptive practices lawsuit, the organizations announced in a joint statement Monday.
The iconic, 116-year-old PTA had accused the newer PTO Today of engaging in false advertising, trademark infringement and other deceptive practices in a bid to siphon members away from the older group.
The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in Chicago, was dismissed and no money changed hands, according to the statement. It offers no detail about what PTO Today might do to allay the PTA's concerns.
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THE Wangoom community's annual Christmas party on Friday night was also a celebration of the people power that has kept the small community's general store a vibrant hub.
The party was also a way of thanking Wangoom General Store operators Les and Jill Trotter, whose dedication to its operation has played a big part in keeping the community-owned store a district focus.
A big effort by the Wangoom community in 2004 to keep the 130-year-old store operating led to the formation of the Wangoom Co-operative that bought the building and attached house.
The Trotters have run the business for the past six years and Mrs Trotter said it had been a labour of love.
The couple has worked seven days a week for most of the past six years, with Mrs Trotter only this year taking her first week off.
Mrs Trotter said they enjoyed their work and had transformed the store.
"Wangoom is a great community," she said.
However, Mr Trotter, 70, and Mrs Trotter, 67, will step down as the general store's operators early next year and hand over the role to Mrs Trotter's son Andrew Templeton and his wife Ricarda, of Portland.
The community marked the imminent change by commissioning "A Snapshot in Time" photo of past and present Wangoom district residents who had gathered for the Christmas get-together on Friday night.
Wangoom Co-operative chairman Jack Melican said the photo would celebrate the community support that had allowed the store to keep operating.
It would also recognise the Trotters' work that enabled the co-operative's purchase of the store to be a great success.
The Trotters' friendly dealings with customers, their great work ethic and business skills in adding a gift shop and tea rooms to the store and post office trade had made it a viable business, Mr Melican said.
They had developed the store's country charm to attract bus groups and other visitors.
While six other stores within 15 kilometres of Warrnambool had closed during the past 10 years, the Wangoom General Store had remained viable, Mr Melican said.
The Wangoom Co-operative owns the store's freehold and uses profits from its trading to carry out maintenance and improvements on the exterior and nearby house, as well as pay off a loan that helped fund the buildings' purchase.


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Is it possible that the winning ticket for Republicans in 2016 was on display during the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign? The pairing has a nice ring to it: Christie-Martinez.
Is it possible that the winning ticket for Republicans in 2016 was on display during the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign? The pairing has a nice ring to it: Christie-Martinez.
Having been elected the first female governor of New Mexico and the first Latina governor of any state, Susana Martinez must be accustomed to racking up impressive titles. And while campaigning in the Garden State for a fellow Republican governor, she may have staked a claim to another one - kingmaker.
Gov. Chris Christie, who cruised to re-election with 60 percent of the vote, made a point of getting out of the GOP's comfort zone and going after voters who typically don't vote for Republicans. In contrast to Mitt Romney's pitiful strategy of writing off "47 percent" of Americans as too dependent on government largesse to even consider voting Republican, Christie pursued every vote.
This includes Latinos, which is probably why Christie invited Martinez to New Jersey to campaign with him. News outlets have reported that it was the only such offer he made to any out-of-state elected official during the campaign.
What a smart choice. Like Christie, the 54-year-old Martinez is amazingly popular in her state. According to a recent poll of New Mexico voters, Martinez's approval rating is a staggering 66 percent - which includes high marks from 64 percent of independents and 44 percent of Democrats. She is even more popular among Latinos, including many who are lifelong Democrats.
And, like Christie, Martinez has three tremendous assets: her authenticity, her willingness to tackle controversial issues, her ability to relate to everyday folks. All of these things have paid dividends in the Land of Enchantment, and they could pay off on the national stage as well.
In New Jersey, the two governors did eight campaign stops together, including one in the heavily Latino enclave of Union City. According to the 2010 census, 85 percent of that city's residents are Latino, which is the highest percentage of any municipality in New Jersey. This is not exactly friendly territory for the GOP; about 65 percent of the voters in Union City are registered Democrats. Martinez showed up, worked the crowd, and sprinkled in some Spanish, which she speaks flawlessly having grown up in El Paso, and lived much of her life in southern New Mexico - a part of the country where they take seriously the need to preserve one's culture and language.
Both Martinez and Christie have been vocally critical of their party's boneheaded and mean-spirited approach to the immigration issue, and both have expressed support for a comprehensive reform that combines border security with a path to citizenship for the undocumented.
And for those on the right who maintain that any plan that allows illegal immigrants to remain in the United States would weaken the rule of law, let's remember that these are two former prosecutors we're talking about. Christie is a former U.S. attorney, and Martinez is a former district attorney.
In her remarks, Martinez looked past immigration and focused instead on what is for many Latinos the No. 1 issue facing their community: education.
Christie has said that in his second term, he wants to follow the lead of states such as Florida and bring school choice to New Jersey. This will inflame Democratic-leaning teachers unions that are comfortable with the status quo, a powerful constituency that Christie has already tangled with over other reforms.
But, at the same time, he is likely to find support for his crusade among Latinos, who want better schools, greater accountability and more options. Many of them have started to figure out that the mostly non-Latino teachers unions that claim to have their best interests at heart really only care about protecting their own interests.
Martinez seized on that theme.
"Here in New Jersey," Martinez told the mostly Latino crowd about Christie, "it is important for him to fight for the little ones."
Here's the thing about Latinos. If you fight for them, they'll fight for you.
The result? According to exit polls, at a time when Republicans are delighted if they can get as much as 35 percent of the Latino vote, Christie got 50 percent.
If you missed the chance to see this impressive tag team in action, don't despair. When the 2016 campaign unfolds, you might catch a repeat performance.
Contact syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette at email@example.com.


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Remembering good for which Clemens stood
Hard-working Rocket consistently showed caring nature toward teammates, others
By Richard Justice | Archive 11/28/12 12:05 PM ET
Roger Clemens is a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first year. The Class of 2013 will be announced on Jan. 9. You can watch the announcement live at 2 p.m. ET on an MLB Network simulcast on MLB.com.
Let me tell you about the Roger Clemens I got to know during his three seasons with the Houston Astros.
He was both a great competitor and a great teammate. He was also a great ambassador for the sport. He was one of the guys who young players felt they could call in the middle of the night if they were in trouble and Clemens would help, no questions asked.
He was kind to the people near the bottom of the masthead. He shared mementos from milestone games with young staffers and clubhouse attendants. He organized golf tournaments to build team camaraderie and shared workout and weightlifting tips with younger teammates.
On the days after he pitched, he'd sit down with a member of the club's public-relations staff and ask, "What do you have for me?"
There'd be a stack of interview requests, speaking engagements, personal appearances and the like, and Clemens fulfilled dozens of them.
Among the more unique requests would be boxes of apparel and photos sent over from the opposing clubhouse for him to sign.
Sean Casey spent an afternoon shopping for a Clemens jersey. He purchased it and asked for The Rocket's autograph on it.
"Games like this are different," Casey said. "This is a guy my grandkids will ask me about facing."
On the day Clemens signed to play for his hometown team in 2004, the Astros had to hire temporary help to fill all the ticket requests. When he did his occasional Minor League assignments, he would do everything from purchasing new clubhouse furniture to springing for the postgame spread.
One night in Lexington, Ky., I was chatting with a young guy who'd gotten plunked by Clemens that night. As he talked, I looked up and saw Clemens enter the clubhouse.
He approached the kid, shook his hand and asked, "You OK?"
They talked for a few minutes, and by the end of the conversation, Clemens had agreed to return the next day and give the pitching staff a tutorial on bullpen sessions.
Tim Purpura, who was general manager of the Astros during those years, tapped into Clemens' pitching intellect. During the offseason, he'd invite the organization's pitchers to come to Minute Maid Park for three days of advice from Clemens and Nolan Ryan, who then owned two Astros farm teams.
How lucky does a kid have to get to be able to pick the brains of two of the best pitchers who ever walked the face of the earth? Clemens was 41 when he joined the Astros, but his competitive fires burned as brightly as ever.
During one game, when he felt a plate umpire was squeezing the strike zone, he lingered in a conversation on the mound with catcher Brad Ausmus until the umpire approached.
"Hey," Clemens screamed, "I'm working as hard as I can out here."
"I'm working, too," the umpire snapped.
"Well, if something doesn't change it's going to be a short night for one of us, and it's probably not going to be you," Clemens answered.
There's a small room behind the home dugout at Minute Maid Park that was nicknamed "The Rocket Hole" by Lance Berkman.
Between innings, Clemens' teammates would hear him in there screaming at himself or an umpire or simply mentally preparing himself to pitch the next inning.
As Jeff Bagwell said, "He cares so much that you give a little extra, too, because you don't want to let him down."
Kevin Kennedy, one of his Red Sox managers, remembers the time when a Boston hitter got plunked early in a game at Fenway Park.
Kennedy sent his pitching coach to talk to Clemens, imploring him not to retaliate because an early ejection would wreck the bullpen.
Clemens agreed that he would behave himself, and between innings, Kennedy approached plate umpire Tim McClelland, who had issued a warning to both dugouts, meaning the next incident would result in an automatic ejection.
"Don't react to the first thing you see," Kennedy told him. "He's obviously going to pitch inside, but he has promised me he's not going to hit anyone."
Clemens hit the first batter he faced, but McClelland didn't issue an automatic ejection.
A couple of days later, Kennedy approached Clemens.
"What happened with hitting that guy?" he asked. "You could have really messed us up."
Clemens stared a stare that Kennedy remembers to this day.
"Listen, skip," Clemens told him, "our guys are going to know I've got their back."
My enduring memories of Clemens would be showing up at the clubhouse in Kissimmee, Fla., at 7 a.m. and seeing Clemens and Andy Pettitte finishing an early-morning conditioning workout.
He was so detail oriented in his workouts that he added baserunning drills to help him adjust to the National League. If he was going to do something, he was going to do it right.
I mention these stories about Clemens as a way to balance the battering his reputation has taken in the wake of performance-enhancing-drug allegations. I have no firsthand knowledge about whether Clemens used PEDs. But I trust the Mitchell Report that named him as a user.
Clemens was so competitive in looking for every edge that he allowed his judgment and ambition to get mixed up.
There's no gray area, either. Before a player can use steroids or human growth hormone, he has to find a dealer to supply them. By that time, he knows he's breaking the law and doing something that could ruin his reputation.
But these stories are complicated. Even if he used terrible judgment, Clemens did plenty of things right.
He wasn't just the best pitcher of his generation. He was also the hardest working and most competitive. He was determined to be as good as he could be for as long as he could be.
His resume is dizzying: 354 victories, 4,672 strikeouts, seven Cy Young Awards and a 3.12 career ERA. He's ninth on the all-time list in victories, third in strikeouts and 15th in innings.
If he's not the greatest right-handed pitcher to walk the earth, he's on the short list. I have no idea what he did before he arrived in the clubhouse or after he left.
But while he was there, he did the game proud. He competed like hell. He helped others. He reached out to fans.
All of us who've watched him over the years probably have a signature moment. Mine was a mostly forgettable postseason performance against the Braves in Atlanta in 2004.
Clemens had nothing that night. His split-finger had no bite. His location was all over the place. But he dug in and refused to give in. He cussed and stomped around the mound and kept at it. In seven innings, he allowed two earned runs, walked six and threw 117 pitches.
He also got the Game 1 victory, and for a team that had never won so much as a postseason series, it was an important moment.
Clemens' first two seasons with the Astros were the best they ever had, getting to the NL Championship Series one year and the World Series in another.
That night in Atlanta he stood in front of his locker happy but exhausted. It had been about as tough a game as he would ever pitch in the big leagues.
He'd gotten by on grit and smarts and not much else. That night, every player on his team appreciated him in a way few players are ever appreciated.
I realize Clemens may not get in the Hall of Fame because he has been accused of doing something plenty of others were doing. If we vote in the guys who got away with it and punish the players who were implicated, shame on us.
I'm OK with writers not voting for players they believe used steroids. But they shouldn't for a moment paint the players with a good guy/bad guy brush. It's far more complicated than that.
I feel lucky to have watched Clemens pitch for three years and to have gotten to know him. I won't gloss over his mistakes, but I won't forget the good things he did and stood for, either.


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Walter M. Stefanowicz, a retired homebuilder who developed sections of Timonium, Catonsville and White Marsh, died of cardiac arrest while recuperating from knee surgery Nov. 17 at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. The former Cockeysville and Federal Hill resident was 74.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Clinton Street, he was born into a family of homebuilders. His father, Walter S. Stefanowicz, and his mother, Alice Michalski, established a residential construction business. The family also owned and operated a Southeast Baltimore meat market and had a concrete block plant on North Point Road. Their early homebuilding projects were in Dundalk and the Berkfield section of Rosedale.
"Walter and his brothers literally grew up in the family business," said his wife, the former Janice Miller Creasy. "Their father brought them to his construction sites as soon as they could walk. Soon they were carrying bricks and blocks. They would pack a lunch and do what they were able to do."
Mr. Stefanowicz was a 1956 Calvert Hall College High School graduate and attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
He joined his father in the construction business and went on to run the financial side of the organization. He initially worked alongside his mother, who was known for her business acumen.
"She was a brilliant, self-educated woman, and she showed him the financial end of the business. It served him well," his wife said. "He then became well known for his innovative designs and his ability to work with his clients on construction loans and permits. He had an incredible work ethic. One Christmas I had to drag him from the office to come home."
Mr. Stefanowicz built homes throughout the region. His projects included Springlake in Timonium, where he and his family lived, as well as Red Fox Farm in White Marsh, townhouses in Columbia and homes in Carroll County. He also built custom homes throughout Dulaney Valley. His office was in Cockeysville behind the area's antique shops.
"The Stefanowicz family built average-quality homes with attractive designs for the day," said James Genthner, a Timonium resident who purchased one of his homes. "Split-levels were very popular in Lutherville-Timonium, and they are everywhere in our neighborhood. He also built ranchers, Dutch Colonials, and split-foyers."
He recalled how the Stefanowicz family transformed a section of Baltimore County.
"Houses in Coachford sold in the low 30's when new in the mid-1960s. The last few homes he built out here were on the north side of Timonium Road near Pot Spring. You can spot a Stefanowicz home easily. There's something about them," Mr. Genthner said.
He and family members owned many commercial buildings along York Road in Cockeysville, including a building that housed Bentley's Antiques, operated by the late Bill Bentley and, later, his wife, former U.S. Rep. Helen Delich Bentley.
"The Stefanowicz sons were an offshoot of their parents who were real entrepreneurs and believed in real estate investments. They had a good sense of business," Mrs. Bentley said. "The sons tried to emulate all the things their parents did. Walter was a nice guy who had a pleasant manner. My husband, Bill, always enjoyed working with him."
"Walter was well known in the area because he built so many homes here," said John Koutrakos, the owner of the Ashland Cafe, who purchased the building from him many years ago.
Mr. Stefanowicz moved to Florida in the 1980s, where his father had retired. He continued the family tradition of buying real estate and building homes in the St. Petersburg area. He returned to Baltimore in 1991 but maintained a residence in Florida.
After Mr. Stefanowicz returned to Baltimore, he became active in the rehabilitation of Federal Hill homes. He worked along South Charles Street and Fort Avenue.
"He had a tireless work ethic. His passions were work, building homes and his family," said his son, Walter J. Stefanowicz of Freeland, who is a builder with Ryan Homes.
A Mass will be offered at noon Friday at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 101 Church Lane in Cockeysville.
In addition to his wife of 32 years and son, survivors include another son, Michael Stefanowicz of Key West, Fla.; two daughters, Berni Stevens of Malvern, Pa., and Kathleen Hellington of Hyattsville; two brothers, Gene Barabasz of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Melvin Stefanowicz of Timonium; and five grandchildren. His 1958 marriage to the former Marion Fulker ended in divorce. His mother died in 1977; his father died in 1984.


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I got together with this guy last night who is gay. The sex was amazing! He started off by rimming my ass for almost an hour. I was moaning so loud! He rolled me over and sucked my cock twice.. ( I was still hard after I came in his mouth the first time which really made him happy!..He sucked on my balls, fingered my ass and then deep throated me again! He drained my balls! Then the really hot stuff.. He wanted me to get on all fours and he slid his eight inch cock up my ass...what a fuck that was...it felt incredible.. He went deep with his cock with some mind bowing thrusts! It was so cool having his balls slap my ass!
The best part... He stayed over last night...I sucked his cock this morning and at his request, I fucked him! Wow...so fucking hot! I luv his ass! This was the first time I have got it on with another guy!
I really luv pounding another guys butt and sucking cock!
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New Page 7: Life-and-Death and Standstill
The tension couldn't be best expressed but through the use of that ominous score played when Mashiro locked eyes with the Editor-in-Chief, concerning the board's decision to put Detective Trap on hiatus until graduation.
But, things that go bad and can take unexpected turns leaving unprecedented marks, as well. I say this because Fukuda, despite his antagonism from when he was first introduced, truly showed that he cares about his rivals as friends.
The boycotting is the response from Fukuda, Niizuma, "Hiramaru", and Aoki to Jack's unreasonable decision to put Trap in hiatus.
|2011-11-23, 19:10
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A hiatus till graduation was harsh though over all it was needed. Good thing the chief decided to shorten the time.
I doubt Mashiro will take a break but I belive that one week off would be a great idea in order to let the body stabilize. He can allow it at this point.
|2011-11-27, 14:22
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Awesome that we got to see a Crow OP. Too bad they cut it short though. I wanted to see the whole thing.
Looking back over the past arc, I definitely think they changed or skipped over stuff. Like a scene with Azuki being upset over Mashiro's hospitalization and her mom and sister trying to comfort her. Or toning down Kato having a crush on Mashiro, and I don't think they had her mention she's 8 years older than him either. I found it amusing in the manga, but oh well.
Also Takagi's 1 soul in 2 bodies comment. I thought that was pretty important but they left it out.
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hmmm looks like Trap is going to end. Now would they need to do the same thing in season 1 or can they just make a new manga and get it serialized through their editor.
Takahama's manga of some kid getting 300 million was kinda lame. No idea how that got serialized.
|2011-11-28, 00:17
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Sucks all around though. They come back and the genre they made already had copies taking up space. Even being the 'original' didn't save them. Something new might just have that better appeal and people could forget why they cared that much about TRAP to begin with. Now they've got to start from scratch.
Of course they aren't the only ones that bit the dust though. Hideout Door also went down there. A real question of whether that combination will hold together as well. They could split and that leaves Nakai either going with Aoki or trying to find a new author to team up with. Possible they might be able to make her consider trying again, but hard to say.
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Oh hi there Kita Shuuhei, I see you've managed to break out of your recent record of theme songs for fangirl oriented series with that Crow OP.
Really love how this season of Bakuman has been stellar. The hiatus arc was very exciting and added some flavour to the story and characters. I thoroughly enjoyed everything that transpired and even lessened my dislike towards Saiko and Miho's romance. Ashirogi Muto can only learn and become better from this series of unfortunate events and it'll be nice to see how they make a comeback.
Also, I was just about to laugh at that guy who was Koogy's editor getting chewed out by Cheater's author and pass him off as a poor sap when he suddenly just snapped back. Guess working with Koogy thinned his patience to zero.
|2011-11-28, 12:45
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The preview says Gag and Serious. I don't think Ashiro Muto's strong point is in gags. Sure gags would help their anime but after adding it in Trap it didn't do so good either. Maybe because of the hiatus but wouldn't it be better for them to stick to something they do best.
they also had 3 copies of Trap, why would they need that many copies of it = =;;
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You would think it would be to show their families or friends, but then they just keep them stuffed away in their office.
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My realm's seen a number of guild instability issues of late, which is something most of us have come to expect with an upcoming expansion. I've found reason to mull over how the virtual world differs from the real world with respect to friendship, backstabbing, greed, betrayal, honor, and how people choose to handle their problems. In my considered opinion it doesn't differ at all, and your experience ingame is largely determined by the network of players assembled around you, whether that alliance is a recognized one in the form of a guild or simply a more informal group of friends.
So, from my own experience and with a hat tip to Pjammer, these are the people you want in your posse for the best possible experience in the game:


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Frank McKeithen became the incumbent when he was hand-picked in October to take over as sheriff in Bay County when Guy Tunnel was selected to run the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
McKeithen had been the sheriff in Gulf County for the past eight years and in law enforcement since he was 21 years old.
"The commitment I made to the people was that I was going to fight crime. I was going to make people safe and secure in their homes. I was going to make their families safe and their property safe and I feel like we have done that."
Mike Jones has been in law enforcement in Bay County for 20 years, but more recently served two terms as a Bay County school board member.
Jones was also the first certified DARE officer in Bay County and then helped implement the program into the elementary schools. He says he wants to see the program in middle and high schools next.
Jones is also well-known for his service to the community as salvage Santa, children who might never have a bike.
"My opponent uses, he's tough on crime, I'm going to be smart about crime. I'm going to educate our community to solve crimes, to rid our community of drugs and I just want people to remember I was a law enforcement officer and I'm smart about crime."
David Slusser recently retired after 11 years as chief of police from the Panama City Police Department. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology, a Masters from Florida State and the University of Virginia, and is a graduate of the FBI's National Academy.
"If people are ready for politics to get out of the sheriff's office, again, I think I would be their choice and their candidate because I am not a politician."
Registered Republican voters will decide the race between McKeithen and Jones during the primary. The winner will run against Slusser in November.
Experience is something each bring to the ticket, but each say how they used their experience will separate each one at the polls.


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At 12:02 AM, on my way home from Xenia, I was travelling down Upper Bellbrook Road toward Kettering. Off to my right, I saw something hovering in the air. It appeared to be symmetrically triangular in shape, and had about 16 lights around it's base. Since there were no other cars on the road but me, I was able to stop and watch it. It was clearly hovering, but not moving. After a few seconds, it slowly spun around twice and started moving to my left. I watched it for a few seconds and then carried on. Two minutes later down the road, I saw another one off to my left, a bit further out (or perhaps it was the same one, but I didn't see it travel that direction, so I don't know). As soon as I stopped my car to look at that one, it quickly moved straight up and darted further off behind me, back toward Xenia.
Now, I usually tend to be a rational thinking person, so I'm not going to make any outlandish claims that I can't prove here, but someone please tell me that there is aircraft like what I described.


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Sounds like a relative of the ICFP 2008 contest: http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/newsletter/353 [uchicago.edu]
"or drive the course yourself."
This exercise brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood petroleum company.
It's simply meant to be an implementation of a heuristic, based on the traveling salesman problem, that takes into account physical considerations (speed, acceleration, direction) and processing limitations (RAM, processor cycles) for both initial setup and decision-making at each step.
The speed/direction stuff reminds me of the kind of skating that hockey players do (is it more effective to go in one direction, stop, and turn around, or is it better to modify your line and preserve momentum? in this game, too, is it better to accelerate greatly and bounce off a wall behind your target, or approach more slowly in order to modify your line without an abrupt change in direction?).
The processing limitations are interesting too, and provide for an interesting optimization exercise.
Or, by "I don't understand", should I simply answer "it's fun"...?
I'm picturing someone stumbling out of an '86 Lincoln Towncar with a labcoat and goggles saying "DON'T WORRY I AM A SCIENTIST AND I AM DOING SCIENCE!" *bluuuuuuuuuuurgh*
I thought the point of the actual mathematical problem was to mathematically conclude the best possible path, with the understanding that it wouldn't be real-world achievable but that one would use that as a guideline to strive for.
The point of the mathematical problem was being a mathematical problem. In real life, you would first not look at the distance, but at the cost (taking into account fuel, wear and tear, cost of the time spent, tolls etc. ). You would consider that the cost of going from A to B is often not the same as the cost going from B to A. You would consider that the cost will depend on the time of day. You will consider that there are other restrictions (be at X anytime before launch, be back at the base before 6pm). If a truck makes delivery, there might be advantages of getting rid of a heavy load early, so the cost would go down after visiting some point X.
So the result of the mathematical problem will likely not be nearly as good as some rather simple heuristic with real life data.
You're misunderstanding the TSP - in the standard problem, the distances are known in advance, but there are n-factorial possible routes, so if n's large, you can't just enumerate all of them to find the best one, which makes it hard to tell if the best route you've found so far is actually the best. In the mathematical version, you can quickly verify whether any particular route is valid (hits all the cities, using valid roads between them), so in the real world you could drive that. (The only way you wo
The traveling salesman problem is based on a table of distances between the city pairs. It doesn't matter to the problem HOW those distances are calculated, or even if they include other variables. So this can be trivially reduced to the classic version of the problem.
Well the difference could be the time taken for each leg could be different depending on what time/day it is. So it doesn't reduce to the classic version.
I'm no mathematician but I think this makes the problem harder to solve not easier, and the classic problem is already considered "hard",,,
In the real world you might be able to solve it for simple cases or "solve" it well enough. But that applies to the classic scenario and this scenario.
It might get easier.
Last I knew the "pure" problem was "Hard" because it counted minor variants that were off by a mile as "invalid answers". Whereas the "Approximations" came out really fast because in the real world you didn't care about an extra time.
Same thing here, while the classic problem bitches about the extra mile or not, in the real world, if you have one road with crushing traffic, many other solutions become better even if they are 5 miles longer. That's fairly true in my area.
Last I knew the "pure" problem was "Hard" because it counted minor variants that were off by a mile as "invalid answers". Whereas the "Approximations" came out really fast because in the real world you didn't care about an extra time.
I recommend a variant: "Real time travelling salesman": You have a set of points, a starting point, and the times to travel between the points in second. You start a computer program which outputs the points to visit in the order they are visited. Here's what makes it "real time": You can start travelling to the each point only when the computer has output that point. The computer program can continue working on the next point while driving.
No. The reason the pure problem is hard is that there are N-factorial possible solutions, which becomes infeasible to compute if N is large, and there aren't any good algorithms known to find the optimal solution that are better than enumerating them all. The reason for approximation algorithms is to get a pretty good answer in a reasonable amount of computation time, and there are algorithms that can provably get you within X% of the best solution (50% back in the late 70s), but they don't tell you anyt
In the classical problem, it's a cost function. You can weight time, distance, and whatever else into the cost function, but at its basis is a table of costs to travel between cities.. the cost between any two specific cities may depend on myriad factors, but is constant between those specific cities..
The traveling salesman problem is based on a table of distances between the city pairs. It doesn't matter to the problem HOW those distances are calculated, or even if they include other variables. So this can be trivially reduced to the classic version of the problem.
It's not quite as simple. The distance between two destinations is not fixed. The time to get from A to B depends on the speed and direction when you arrived at A or passed through A, and the speed and direction that you want to have when arriving at B.
It can't be trivially reduced, though. Remember you're travelling _through_ a point, with speed, direction, momentum and orientation dependent on the point _before_ that.
So if you have 12 points, there are 10 different 'distances' between the last two. For example, in points A through L, the distance from K to L depends on whether you arrived at K from A, B, C, etc.
The original table would have 11 entries for each point, while the current challenge would require a table of 110 entries for each point.
The com
The traveling salesman problem is based on a table of distances between the city pairs.
More technically the 'distances' in the table are a set of pre-set weights on each link in the graph, the TSP algrothim finds the path that has the lowest sum of weights from the finite number of possible paths between nodes. At first glance, it may appear that you can simply swap 'time' for 'distance' but the curvy line in the video I haven't played yet is a big clue as to why that won't work here.
It doesn't matter to the problem HOW those distances are calculated, or even if they include other variables.
True, but it does matter WHEN you calculate them, in the classic TSP the weights are predefined constants for
Why do you say that the optimal TSP solutions don't create optimal PTSP paths? If you're just saying that "we're using time as a cost function, and for physics reasons it's not a simple multiple of distance", that's fine, you still know all the physics in advance so you can calculate your cost functions in advance, and use them to solve the TSP. Also, the article doesn't say how large N is, so it's hard to tell from reading it whether there are too many destinations to use an exact TSP algorithm and you n
Or are the additional factors introducing changes, which make it easier to get the optimal solution (i.e because the optimal solution isn't always the shortest)?
First, the "PTSP" (somewhat misleadingly named, since it uses video game physicsrather than realistic physics) appears to rely on a planar Euclidean map, so it might best be compared to the Euclidean Travelling Salemsan Problem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem#Euclidean_TSP), which is NP-complete but susceptible to polynomial time approximations (and pretty good ones in practice, I think).
The right sort of graph for a TSP corresponding to a given PTSP map is probably based on a Hilb
We've spoken at cross purposes a bit. There are two things commonly referred to as TSP:
Both of these are NP-Hard. The definition of NP-Complete refers only to yes/no problems, so it can't be applied to number 1. But people commonly say that TSP version 1 is NP-Complete since version 2 is NP-Complete, and a solution to versi
i think you can always transform the optimization problem into the decision problem, by asking if there is an solution less than an arbitrary n.
The real question for a NP-hard problem is: Can it be solved by a non-deterministic turing-machine in polynomial time?
There are many Problems, which can not be solved in P, but cannot even be solved in NP, so you need to show it CAN be solved in NP, then its NP-complete.
The detailed technicalities get tricky here. Some things that we say in conversation (including the trained specialists) aren't quite right based on the official definitions, but we correct them automatically in our heads.
i think you can always transform the optimization problem into the decision problem, by asking if there is an solution less than an arbitrary n.
Every optimization problem (such as my TSP 1) can be turned into a decision yes/no problem (such as my TSP 2) as you describe. The optimization problem is always at least as hard as the decision problem. But in principle the decision problem may be much easier. I don't have an example in m
i think, the decision problem can be much easier in some cases, but the crux is, you can always construct a counter example for each shortcut-version.
the problem of solving a optimization with decisions depends on the output you want to get. solving the exact optimization on the reals with a decision tree is not possible, but finding the least integer is simple with a NDTM, you just try each integer and your NTDM will solve the problem after m iterations, when m is the solution.
But as you already said, this
Just go to Amazon.com [amazon.com] instead. Problem solved!
where the objective is to direct the agent to visit all waypoints scattered around a map as quickly as possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Baker_Sea-To-Shining-Sea_Memorial_Trophy_Dash [wikipedia.org]
...I want a car that doesn't have friction or inertia. 0 to 60 in 0.0 seconds!
why do i have to SIGN UP for everything? So annoying.
Can we have a standard that there ALWAYS exist a username / password:
username: johndoe
password: johndoe
That way, I can try out these services without wasting my time to sign up.
Few days ago I was trying to download some demo of an application and it required me to sign up. So, I typed in "johndoe" for the username and was notified that that user already exists. I then (randomly) tried to login as johndoe / johndoe and it worked! I was able to download the
I always thought they figured into the travelling salesman problem.
In fact, I thought the were the point.
why everything needs an email and a user and a password.
btw, thank you slash dot for not requiring user name and password.
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Bastille Day, LA StyleJuly 17th, 2006 , by admin
Some friends and I went to a Bastille Day celebration yesterday (Bastille Day was Friday, but to get those weekend crowds....). We met up at the grounds of the Page Museum and went in to find something for lunch. Pickings were slim for this O, but I did find a Moroccan stand that had lamb, vegetables, and couscous. I got the plate without the couscous, and ate my six little bites of lamb and eight bites of vegetables. It was not much food, but it was a start.
I was tempted by the lovely baguettes and breads, but the last time I ate wheat, my back started hurting so much that eating wheat is just not worth the paybacks!
The Bastille Day celebration was just okay - apparently the first year they did it was the best, and this year was just okay. I did get some information about some francophone organizations here in LA, though, so for that it was definitely worth it.
The celebration was on the grounds of the Page Museum, too, which was interesting because the Page Museum is dedicated to researching and exhibiting the finds from the La Brea Tar Pits, which are on site. I'd never seen the tar pits before, and was fascinated by the whole process. We went inside the museum and wandered around the exhibit - all natural history stuff detailing when what animal went extinct, what animals there were in Southern California 30,000 years ago (lions, and tigers and bears! Oh, my!*). It was pretty cool, and we enjoyed the time there. After the museum, we went to Marie Callender's for something else to eat (where I was not compliant and had a spinach and artichoke dip with corn chips AND a mojito - YUM!) and then back to my friend's apartment and hung out for a bit until it was time to go to the Hollywood Bowl for the evening.
I'd never been to the Hollywood Bowl until last night, and it was awesome. We went to see the "Bollywood Night: AR Rahman & Musafir" The performers included: AR Rahman; Sukhwinder Singh; Hariharan; Sadhana Sargam; Madhushree; Naresh Iyer; Rajesh Raman; Sivamani; Anisha Nagarajan; Global Rhythms; Raagapella; Dancers from Bollywood Step Dance; Sher Foundation; Musafir. It was REALLY fun, even though we were in the nosebleed seats. I don't know Indian music much - I know the styles a bit, but no specific songs yet other than the few in my iPod, most of which are from the soundtrack to "Bride and Prejudice". I love it, though. Just love it. My friend is a fan of all things Indian, and knew some of the songs. Because of the theme for the evening, I was calling it the Bollywood Bowl, which made my friend giggle when I said it.
All in all, a really fun day, except for the sunburn on my shoulders - in spite of sunscreen! I think I just sweated it all off since it was SOOOO hot yesterday.
* In reality, the 'tiger' I'm referring to is the sabre-tooth CAT. I learned yesterday that what we know as the sabre-tooth tiger is not a tiger at all, but is more closely related to cats. I'm not sure how this all fits together, since I thought tigers were considered part of the 'big cats', but clearly I have a background in something other than science of any kind....


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Dell posted third-quarter non-GAAP profit of $679 million, or 39 cents a share, on revenue of $13.72 billion, below analysts' expectations of earnings of 40 cents a share on revenue of $13.89 billion.
Dell said it expects a "challenging macro-economic environment" to continue into the fourth quarter and forecast sequential revenue growth of 2%-5% for the January-ending period, implying revenue of $13.99 billion to $14.41 billion. Analysts forecast revenue of $14.48 billion in the quarter. For the full year, Dell stuck to its forecast for non-GAAP earnings of at least $1.70 a share, below the analysts' estimate of $1.73 a share.
Dell shares were down 2% in premarket trading Friday to $9.37.
Dell Falls on Q3 Earnings Miss
Sears Holdings SHLD , the department store operator, posted a quarterly loss Thursday of $498 million, or $4.70 a share, on revenue of $8.86 billion, wider than its year-earlier loss of $421 million, or $3.95 a share, on revenue of $9.41 billion.
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Gap GPS hiked its full-year earnings outlook after reporting a jump in third-quarter profit and and increase in Gap North America same-store sales.
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Foot Locker FL , the athletic footwear and apparel retailer, posted third-quarter adjusted earnings of 63 cents a share on revenue of $1.52 billion.
Analysts called for a profit of 54 cents a share in the October-ended period on revenue of $1.47 billion.
Shares rose 6.75% to $34 in premarket trading.
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You're a good man.
Sep 22, 2005
"Finally, as you probably know, I've been HIV-positive since January 1991. I've written honestly about my own experiences coping with the challenges posed by cohabitating with this unwanted invader. The picture I paint is one of reality, a reality you only fear, but one that I actually live. If that's not gutsy enough for you, do try some Stephen King, OK?"
I read your response in one of the forums. I thought to myself, "GUTSY IS RIGHT!!". You have a big pair of balls my man. I truly admire what you're doing. You're a good man.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Thank you!!! Regarding the circumference of my cojones, I am Italian, so some of the credit must be given to genetics. I'll reprint the question you referenced below.
Stay safe. Stay well. Stay Ballsy.
Dr. Bob
Timing of ars symptoms... INFORMED question (4th attempt)(Mar 25, 2004)
Hey Dr. Bob,
I know persistence will pay off!
The following symptoms (& timing) followed an oral sex encounter where I went down on a woman of unknown status: * 2 canker sores on my tongue -- began 4 days after exposure and lasted for 4 days. * Throat ulcerations and swollen neck glands -- began 8 days after exposure and lasted 7 days. * Mild fever and chills which started the same day as the ulcerations and swollen glands, but lasted only 20 hours (ulcerations and swollen glands persisted without a fever thereafter). * Drenching night sweats -- began 10 days after exposure and lasted 5 days. * Non-itchy, semi-painful mosquito bite-like red bumps on my hands and elbows (and a little bit on my feet) -- NONE appeared on my trunk or face -- began 17 days after exposure and lasted nearly a week.
I NEVER experienced thrush, nausea, weight loss, loss of appetite, diarrhea, loose bowel, vomiting, etc. But obviously, I have been in living hell ever since I realized I could have contracted this virus.
I do realize that my encounter is very low-risk and that my ARS-like symptoms occured a bit on the early side of normal (perhaps you could confirm this just for kicks...)
You seem to be an amazing man, but do you have the guts to tell me how DEAD-ON my actual symptoms are? I don't think you do. You just don't have the heart to post such responses on this board; lest the people whose nerves you are trying to calm become even more rattled. You inspire hope and you educate your readers on safety and mental health, but don't generally make it a policy to paint the dark side of this picture for your readers too. You readily answer the easier, less educated, less researched, borderline ridiculous questions posted on here... but how about this one?
Forget about timing of symptoms and low-risk of exposure. Is my constellation of symptoms a dead-ringer for ARS, and, either way, how often (in comparison) do you encounter people like me who turn out negative versus those who turn out positive?
I get my 4-week results next week, and will follow up with 8 & 12-week tests. No matter what happens to me, expect a donation when I get my tax return next month.
Thank you for doing what you do.
- Calm & Concerned.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Calm and Concerned,
You state I inspire hope and I educate readers on safety and mental health. OK, I'll agree with you there. The purpose of this forum is to provide scientifically sound information in responding to various queries. Whether that "calms" or "rattles" nerves is a secondary byproduct of providing scientific fact.
Next, you state I "don't generally make a policy of painting the dark side of this picture for our readers." What? This forum is not a Steven King horror story!
So let's start with your challenge: Would I have the guts to tell you how DEAD-ON your actual symptoms are? Yes, I would. However, to say that in your case would be a lie. Your constellation of complaints is, in fact, not worrisome for HIV ARS. Forget about timing of symptoms and low-risk exposures? Why the hell would I do that? If you want someone to ignore pertinent facts that would lead to logical conclusions, then go ask the Bush/Cheney team to respond to your question. Science is not selective on which pieces of critical information to include in an analysis. Your risk is extremely low "going down on a woman of unknown status." The timing of your non-specific symptoms is not consistent with HIV ARS. Is this DEAD-ON for ARS???No, I think not!
How often do I encounter people like you who turn out negative versus positive? That's easy. In my 23 years of experience with this disease, for folks with minimal risk (like yours) and non-suggestive symptoms (like yours), the number that has turned out to be positive is exactly zero.
My advice is that if you want to get HIV tested, do so at 12 weeks. Testing prior to that is not considered definitive, so why bother? Next, please note your "living hell" is self-inflicted, and if you feel trapped there, consider getting some counseling.
Regarding the choice of questions I choose to "readily answer" you describe these questions as "easier, less educated, less researched, borderline ridiculous . . ." since I've now chosen to answer yours, I suppose logically that would mean your question fits right in? Right?
Finally, as you probably know, I've been HIV-positive since January 1991. I've written honestly about my own experiences coping with the challenges posed by cohabitating with this unwanted invader. The picture I paint is one of reality, a reality you only fear, but one that I actually live. If that's not gutsy enough for you, do try some Stephen King, OK?
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When voters cast their ballots in the Nov. 6 general election, they will choose between two candidates for the St. Augustine Airport Authority with distinct views of the future for the Northeast Florida Regional Airport.
The Airport Authority is a taxing agency within St. Johns County which oversees the airport including its fixed base operator, various commercial leases, including Northrop Grumman, a barge port and a newly established public park. The authority is a nonpartisan board composed of five members who are elected countywide for four-year terms. Authority members receive no salary or stipends.
Jim Werter, an attorney and a general aviation pilot, is the incumbent in Group 4 and is completing his first term.
Matt Mercer is an attorney, a small business owner and a general aviation pilot. He worked in the commercial aviation industry in Atlanta before moving to St. Augustine.
Mercer and Werter are like minded in their love of St. Augustine and its quality of life. But they see the future for aviation differently.
Werter said regularly scheduled airline service is pivotal to the county's economic growth. The airport, he said, enhances general business opportunities and the county's tourism industry. During his term, the board fulfilled its commitment to get off the tax rolls by attracting new aviation-related business. Keeping it that way includes continuing efforts to secure regularly scheduled airline service.
Mercer however, advocates giving the airport its old name back, The St. Augustine Airport, as the first step in his commitment to the people who like the airport the way it is. He is against the Airport Authority's efforts to bringing in another air carrier with "jumbo jets" as he puts it, such as Boeing 737s or the A319 Airbus that the defunct Skybus Airline flew out of St. Augustine in 2007-08. He said people throughout the community, especially neighbors of the airport, prefer its use be limited to smaller planes.
We don't share his view.
We supported getting the airport off the tax rolls and believe the Airport Authority's growth plan needs regular air service to sustain it. We believe that the county has a future in commercial airline service for those air travelers within St. Johns County and in southern Duval and Clay counties who want convenience and don't want to drive to Jacksonville International Airport, 40 to 60 miles away.
We support Jim Werter for reelection. We believe he has the best interests of the county's economy in the forefront.


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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Want to bet they find a way to keep him in office?
Jesse Jackson Jr. in plea deal talks with feds, sources say
Sneed has learned U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who handily won re-election Tuesday despite a lengthy stay at Mayo Clinic for depression and bipolar disorder, is in the midst of plea discussions with the feds probing his alleged misuse of campaign funds.
"No one has pled guilty, but plea discussions are ongoing," said a top Sneed source, who said Jackson is still undergoing treatment at Mayo Clinic.
Sneed is also told Jackson, who returned to Mayo Clinic after undergoing outpatient treatment in the seclusion of his home in Washington, D.C., is not only being investigated for allegedly using campaign funds to decorate his Washington home — but also Sneed hears he may also have used campaign funds to buy a $40,000 Rolex watch as a gift for a female friend.
An heir apparent to the beneficence and largesse of the Jackson dynasty, Jackson has been immersed in a cloud of federal scrutiny for the past three years.
In late 2008, Jackson, who desired the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he became president, was also mentioned in connection with the "pay to play" sale of that Senate slot that led to the conviction of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Jackson has always denied involvement and was never charged.
"This has been an ongoing nightmare for the Jackson family, particularly his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, and the Reverend [his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.]," added the source, who is familiar with the campaign funds probe.
The latest FBI inquiry into Jackson's possible misuse of campaign funds began before Jackson went on medical leave in June.
Disclosure of the new federal probe, conducted by the FBI's Washington field office, was first reported by Sun-Times reporter Natasha Korecki last month.
In 2008, after Blagojevich was arrested, millionaire businessman Raghuveer Nayak, a Dem political fundraiser, talked to the feds. Nayak told them he, at Jackson's request, paid for two airline trips for the congressman's "social acquaintance" — a woman named Giovana Huidobro, a Washington restaurant hostess.
Huidobro subsequently told authorities she knew nothing of Jackson's political dealings regarding the alleged sale of the Senate seat, but she said she flew to Chicago on several occasions for him and that Jackson sometimes reimbursed her for her travels.
As the Sun-Times reported in 2010, it did not appear Jackson, who denied any deal to buy a Senate seat, ever reported the flights for Huidobro as a gift on his House financial-disclosure statement.
In an exclusive interview in September 2010, Sandi Jackson told Sneed about her private anguish due to the "extramarital relationship" with the blonde nightclub hostess conducted by her husband — but they had decided to remain together and undergo marital counseling.
Nayak, who owns multiple outpatient surgery centers, was indicted in June on fraud and tax offenses for allegedly bribing physicians for patient referrals.
Jackson, meanwhile, is also facing a House ethics probe over his alleged involvement in the Blagojevich case.
◆ The buckshot: If Jackson, a 17-year veteran of Congress, opts to plead guilty to a federal felony — or goes to trial and is found guilty — he'd have to resign from the office he just won with a commanding 64 percent of the vote. A new election would then have to be called.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal last month, "attorneys for the lawmaker recently sought assurance from senior Justice Department officials to not seek an indictment before the November election."
The Justice Department officials "refused to make such a promise," according to the article.
Frank Watkins, a spokesman in Jackson's congressional office, refused to comment on the potential plea deal.
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Can you toilet train your tamagotchi?
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Posted 16 October 2004 - 07:23 AM ( #3 )
Has anybody ever been able to? Maybe I just can't do it because I have too many tamagotchis and hard classes simultaneously and can't pay as much attention to my tamagotchis as I'd like...
Posted 16 October 2004 - 08:42 AM ( #4 )
Ive given up trying to toilet train mine. At one point they were going within seconds of each other so I couldnt catch it. So ive given up, ill just let them go on the floor and ill clean it up afterwards


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A Computerworld blog post reads: "You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks. You've given us the best shot we'll ever have of taking the desktop."
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- One of my friend who bought new PC with vista is cursing as her digital camera does not work well with Vista.
I predict the following: a small number of people with geeks for friends will switch from XP to $DISTRO while Vista works out its kinks. When Windows 7 comes out, they will switch back because there's one retarded app they just can't live without.
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Jefferson Public Radio Executive Director Ron Kramer said Saturday that he plans to retire June 30 rather than risk legal liability during a contentious mediation process between the JPR Foundation and Southern Oregon University.
Kramer made his plans known in an email sent to the Mail Tribune and others on Saturday.
Kramer's decision comes a day after the JPR Foundation agreed to re-enter mediation with SOU over how the radio station and its fundraising wing will be run.
The sides took a cue from Gov. John Kitzhaber, who waded into the debate by calling for a 90-day "cooling off" period that could give both a chance to come to an amicable agreement without jeopardizing the future of JPR's presence in Southern Oregon and Northern California
"Since any participation on my part in Foundation affairs could expose me to suit at this point, I will have no role in assisting the mediation effort, which is intended to produce some resulting structural change by the end of the 90 day period," Kramer wrote.
The specter of costly lawsuits have hung over the process after SOU's lawyers sent a letter to the Foundation's board members threatening possible "expensive" legal liability in the dispute over ownership and control of the radio stations.
SOU backed off these statements Friday during a meeting of the Foundation board. The university said it would exclude the board from all potential lawsuits during the ongoing mediation process.
However, this exclusion did not apply to Kramer, whose contract is scheduled for termination on June 30.
"Until June 30, I am a university employee working within the scope of my assigned responsibilities ...," Kramer wrote. "On July 1, as a private citizen I would potentially be subject to the same legal harassment with which the entire Foundation board has been threatened for months ..."
Steve Nelson, JFR Foundation board president, said Kramer's exit is a potentially devastating blow to the organization.
"It is incredible sad that a person of his talents is shown the door in this manner," Nelson said. "We are now without the person who has been the leader for 38 years. What is the mechanism by which we replace him? Who will chart the day-to-day, month-to-month course? Who will deal with the budgets going forward?"
Nelson said the Foundation has sought opinions from broadcast licensing experts in Washington D.C. as they enter mediation.
The Foundation worries that the station could possible lose several broadcast licenses if they are shifted to a newly created entity outlined in the first settlement, which was publicly announced Friday evening.
The details of this settlement could change with the new round of talks, but the issue of licensing remains a hot topic, Nelson said.
"Ron knows a lot about licensing, but he won't be there for us during the mediation," Nelson said. "That's why we sought council in Washington D.C."
Kramer's fate was discussed at Friday's meeting. The board seemed resigned to let him walk away after June 30, Nelson said.
It is unclear whether Kramer will remain involved in the ongoing project to reopen the Holly Theatre in downtown Medford, Nelson said.
Kramer could not be reached for comment Saturday.
The dispute began with an audit sought by the Oregon University System suggested that the foundation's non-radio projects, including restoration of the Holly Theatre and construction of new headquarters in Medford, could overextend JPR financially.
This audit led to a mediation session earlier this month and a proposed settlement agreement.
But members of the foundation were unhappy with the agreement and at least some considered resigning rather than sign the document under threat of personal lawsuits from the university.
Tensions eased Thursday when Kitzhaber suggested the university system should reopen mediation talks with the foundation board. His education policy adviser, Ben Cannon, also said the governor had instructed the Chancellor's Office to drop the threat of lawsuits.
The OUS audit called for greater separation between JPR's fundraising foundation and its radio operations and said the role of Kramer, who serves as executive director of both JPR and its foundation, was a potential conflict of interest.
The mediated agreement would have separated the current JPR Foundation from Jefferson Public Radio and created a new nonprofit to carry on the work of JPR's 22 radio stations, 14 of which are owned by SOU and eight of which are owned by the foundation.
The settlement addressed the issues raised by the audit by consolidating the radio operations and fundraising for the stations into one nonprofit that would have been called the Jefferson Public Radio Foundation.
The current JPR Foundation and SOU would have then transferred their radio stations and Federal Communications Commission licenses (subject to FCC approval) to the new nonprofit by June 30, 2013. The transfer would have included trademarks, cash and investments held for the benefit of JPR, all contracts and agreements and all property, plant and equipment related to JPR operations.
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Jefferson Public Radio Executive Director Ron Kramer said Saturday that he plans to retire June 30 rather than risk legal liability during a contentious mediation process between the JPR Foundation and Southern Oregon University.


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House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Institute for Supply Management released its report for February:
"Today's report by the Institute for Supply Management, which shows stronger-than-expected gains for our manufacturing sector, is a further sign that we have made progress. But we have a responsibility to build on this progress and do more to help businesses in that sector compete, succeed, and create jobs. Congress must make job creation a priority, and in particular focus on promoting the advanced manufacturing sector and the innovation and jobs that go with it.
"House Democrats have been focused on finding ways to grow our manufacturing sector, and our Make It In America jobs plan places a strong emphasis on creating conditions that help us compete for manufacturing jobs by rebuilding infrastructure, preparing a highly skilled workforce, and helping businesses access new markets for export. However, until we reach a balanced agreement to replace the sequester and get our nation on a fiscally sustainable path, businesses will continue to face uncertainty. Governing from crisis to crisis is no way to promote an environment that encourages investment and job growth."
"I hope Republicans will work with Democrats in the months ahead to advance Make It In America bills on the Floor and provide greater certainty to businesses in the form of balanced deficit reduction so that we can build on the manufacturing gains we've witnessed in recent years."
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Matteson eases freshman from ISMS to Col. City
COLUMBIA CITY — Not every freshman class has a smooth transition into the sports realm from middle school — but this season, Columbia City's cross country runners do.Jason Matteson, who has coached cross country for Indian Springs Middle School for the last three years, is one of two new assistant coaches at Columbia City High School this season."He really helped coach these guys as eighth graders," Columbia City Head Cross Country Coach Bob Fahl said. "We brought him up here as a follow through. He'll be a big asset to us."Though Matteson will be spending much of his time with the high school group, he's still going to be a part of the ISMS program."I'm going to try to free myself up one day a week to go to the middle school," Matteson said. "I want there to be that connection from ISMS to the high school."Matteson is looking forward to the start of the season.To read the rest of this story, see the Aug. 23 issue of The Post and Mail. Don't have a subscription? Call (260) 244-5153 or subscribe to our e-edition. For breaking news, sports updates and additional coverage, bookmark the homepage and find us on facebook and twitter.


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Tigers face DeKalb and Clarksville
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Andrew Nguyen appears to be flying through the air on his way to the basket for the varsity Tiger basketball team. He scored a total of seven points for the Tigers against DeKalb.
The varsity Tiger basketball team lost a close game 58-55 to the DeKalb Bears on Tuesday, January 14. For details from the game, see the January 23 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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WARREN — In a ceremony that took place Sept. 15 at Central Michigan University, longtime Warren, Regina coach and Athletic Director Diane Laffey was honored by the Michigan High School Coaches Association with is Distinguished Service Award.
The award, according to the MHSCA website, is presented each year to someone who has done an outstanding job in the area of athletics in general and has shown consideration and assistance to the high school prep scene and the MHSCA.
In earning the award, Laffey joins a distinguished list of past honorees, including former University of Michigan football coaches Lloyd Carr and Fritz Crisler, former Michigan State University football coach Muddy Waters, former University of Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham, and former Detroit Lions General Manager Russ Thomas.
Laffey has guided Regina's softball team to five Michigan High School Athletic Association state championships — in 1989 and four straight from 2004-07 — when the schools was located in Harper Woods.
Four of Laffey's basketball teams have played in MHSAA state title games — in 1974, 1979, 1981 and 1983.
Laffey, who still coaches softball, said she was honored to receive the distinction.
"It really is an honor," Laffey said. "It's for distinguished service, and this award means you've been around for a long time, so it's a wonderful honor and it's humbling at the same time."
This award adds to the collection of honors Laffey has racked up. The Regina athletic director has been enshrined in the National High School Sports Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Detroit Catholic League Hall of Fame, Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Hall of Fame, Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Metro Detroit Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame, MHSCA Hall of Fame and National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
In 1991, Laffey was the recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Women In Sports Leadership Award, presented annually to the person who makes major contributions to encouraging and preparing women for positions as athletic administrators, coaches and officials.


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Being Scarlett Johansson"s bodyguard appears to be quite a hands-on gig.
The bikini-clad Avengers star, 27, was recently photographed laying out on a yacht off the coast of Italy looking cozy with a mystery man, who her rep says is simply part of her team.
On the yacht in the Taormina, Italy
"If you go back and look at photos from the premiere of the Avengers in Rome, you"ll see it"s her security guard," Marcel Pariseau tells New York"s Daily News.
But this so-called member of the A-lister"s security is nowhere to be found in an extensive photo search.
Pariseau told us Tuesday that the man in the yacht photos – who is seen touching Johansson"s face and poking at her stomach – is someone she employs only when she"s in Italy, not a longtime bodyguard. He also said she is still dating her ad exec beau Nate Naylor.
As for the tummy-touching, the rep told the Daily News that the photos are misleading and that security guard was only looking at his cell phone.
Also on board, according to photos and Pariseau, was one of Johansson"s female assistants. The actress is in Italy to attend a Dolce and Gabana fashion show and do a shoot for the brand.
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