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WILMINGTON — Coal City made a higher percentage of its free throws Monday than Plano, but the Coalers went cold — and the Reapers got hot — late.
Misses on the front end of two 1-and-1s inside of the last 2:43 cost the Lady Coalers some golden chances to overtake Plano in what ended up a 45-41 Lady Reapers win in Interstate Eight Conference Tournament semifinal action at Wilmington. Meanwhile, the Lady Reapers, who went 17-for-29 from the line (58 percent) for the game to Coal City's 9-for-15 (60 percent), converted 6-of-8 in the final 3:00.
The loss was the Lady Coalers fourth straight to Plano by four points or fewer in the past two seasons. They need a win Thursday over Peotone to avoid more repeating history, as a loss would leave them fourth in the tournament for a second straight year.
"We didn't get many key stops, and we didn't hit our free throws," Coal City coach Brad Schmitt said. "We didn't do what we need to do to pull out in a win in a close game like this one, and Plano did."
Coal City's final lead came with 3:12 to play when Britta Spelde found Carly Pavlis for an open layup to make it 40-39. Twelve seconds later, Tachae Miles made two foul shots to restore the lead to the Lady Reapers.
After failed possessions by both teams, the Lady Coalers got a second-chance opportunity through a Donjeta Shabani offensive rebound, but a missed free throw in the bonus cost them the chance to get even. Plano then controlled the ball for over a minute before turning it over, but the Lady Coalers again missed the first of a 1-and-1.
Neither team scored again until Miles made the first of two free throws with 53 seconds left. Coal City's next possession resulted in Emily Halliday being fouled with 23 seconds showing and making the second of two attempts for a 42-41 game. But Miles converted both of her tries after being fouled, and the Lady Coalers never got a shot off on the other end before turning it over. A Temirra Ellis free throw with 2.9 seconds left clinched the win for Plano.
"Our point guard, Brittany Jezik, fouled out (with 5:54 to play), and that kind of changed the way we had to play in the fourth quarter," Halliday said. "But we could have had it go differently if we had made more of our free throws."
The Lady Coalers started 0-for-12 from the field as Plano built an 11-6 lead in the first quarter, and they made just two field goals during the third quarter, when they were outscored 13-7. A 6-for-8 showing in the second quarter was needed for the Lady Coalers to shoot 29.5 percent (13-of-44) for the game. Part of the reason for that was the presence of Plano center Clarisa Martinez, who blocked six shots.
"We have the three-point shooters to (score in spite of Martinez). Some nights their shots are going to be on, and some nights they're not," Halliday said after Coal City went 2-for-8 from beyond the arc, with Nicole Borgetti getting both makes.
Coal City and Peotone will play in the third-place game Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Coal City won the first game between the teams on Nov. 19, 42-38.
"I told the girls that no matter what happened tonight, we would have one of two tough teams waiting for us," Schmitt said, referring to Peotone and Lisle. "We definitely want to come out of here with a win, especially with the end of our regular season and the state series coming up fast."
Coal City 33,
Westmont 32
Donjeta Shabani scored 14 points to lead Coal City Saturday in the quarterfinals. Brittany Jezik added six steals and three assists as the Lady Coalers won despite being outscored 12-4 in the fourth quarter.
Plano bites Coal City late again
WILMINGTON — Coal City made a higher percentage of its free throws Monday than Plano, but the Coalers went cold — and the Reapers got hot — late.


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RALEIGH – North Carolina's unemployment rate continues its steady decline and has reached a more than four-and-a-half-year low at 8.7 percent.
The North Carolina Department of Commerce announced Friday that the state's unemployment rate saw a decrease of 0.2 percent from July to August. That followed the nation's trend which fell from 7.4 to 7.3 percent.
Compared to a year ago, the state's unemployment rate fell 0.9 percent from 9.6 to 8.7.
Employment increased in the state by more than 3,500 jobs in the month of August. The number of people claiming unemployment fell by more than 8,500.
County-by-county numbers for August are scheduled to be released October 2. In July, Orange County had the state's third-lowest unemployment rate; Chatham County was second behind Currituck.

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Begging the question, which goes by the technical name petitio principii, is a logical fallacy (technically, an informal fallacy) that occurs when an argument implicitly assumes its conclusion.
For example, consider the following exchange:
The answer begs the question, "How do you know that God wrote it?"
Note that if the answer to this question is, "Because it says so in the Bible," then this is an example of circular reasoning. If, however, the answer involves a discussion of how the Bible has been "confirmed" scientifically, archaeologically, historically, and/or prophetically, then depending on the evidence presented this may be a case of non-sequitur reasoning, cherry picking, or being just plain wrong.
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People often refer to "begging the question" when they really simply mean "raising another question". For example:
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Friends may visit from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, at the Clawson location of Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, 1368 N. Crooks Road, between 14 and 15 Mile Roads. Graveside services at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, at Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Mich. Obituary and condolences at lynchfuneraldirectors.com.


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Rochester has many fun areas and places to see. After I decided to no longer be an RA and move off campus my roommate and I looked for a place closer to downtown. Yes we would be further way but it would be nice to be close to many of the areas the we like to go to in downtown Rochester.
When we found an apartment near a local coffee shop the we visit frequently we decided it would make sense to live close to it. We now live a 7 min walk from Equal Grounds.
Equal Grounds is a GLBT coffee shop. GLBT stands for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender (there are many other letters but I won't getin to that).
This is one of my favorite coffee shops not just because I have many friends that go there but it also has a great environment.There is a huge screen TV and games that you can play while you have your coffee with friends.
It has great drinks with special based on the season. It isusually pretty quiet though it has its moments and its sections. I love going there to do school work. It has defiantly become one of mine and my friends hang out spots. Where we canmeet up with friends and catch up after a long week of classes.
There are GLBT books that you can purchase or read while youare there. There are special events that take place such as poetry readings orlocal bands and art sales. Once a month there is an even called campus outwhere many of the GLBT students from the Rochester universities meet up here to interact with each other and find out the events that may be going on in other campuses.
When I first came to Rochester I was unaware about thestrong GLBT population that there is here. From what I have heard 13% of thepopulation in Rochester is GLBT. The Rochester community as well as the RIT is a very safe and fun place for the GLBT community. I know I was very surprised to find out about this. Rochester even has a pride parade every year a few weeks after the one in NYC.
Its good to know that coming to RIT you won't just begetting a great education but you will also be in an environment full ofdiversity and a city where you can feel safe being who you are.


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Probably rum in the cider. This will sound tacky, but... if it were me and I were making a bunch of things already, I might just buy Progresso Tomato & Basil soup, and dress it up with fresh basil leaves. I think it's surprisingly good for a commercial soup.
Cinnamon schnapps is delicious in hot apple cider. As to your apple/fillo dough dessert, have you considered purchasing frozen fillo dough cups, baking them, and filling with apple pie filling?
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – Colorado citizens are required to drive with a license and proof of insurance at all times, but undocumented immigrants can't always provide these things to authorities.
Now a new bill is passing through the senate which would allow them to legally be on the roads.
Undocumented immigrants would be able to visit the DMV to pick up a driver's license, just like a citizen. The new ID would be clearly different from a Colorado driver's license, but those supporting the bill say it would make the roads safer for us all.
Whether to the store or work, millions of drivers take to the roads in Colorado every day.
Now, a new bill in Colorado is working to give all undocumented immigrants a driver's license with hopes of making roads safer for everyone.
"If they are not licensed and insured, they put all of us at risk," Colorado Democratic Senator Jessie Ulibarri said. "Just by making sure they meet the minimum safety requirements of getting a license, [it would make] us all safer."
Senator Ulibarri is sponsoring the bill which would require undocumented immigrants to pay taxes, prove their identity and make themselves known to state and federal governments in exchange for a license and mandatory insurance.
"A large percentage of our Latino population is immigrant or foreign born," Hispanic Affairs Project program director Nicole Bernal Ruiz said.
It has the support of state sheriffs and police chiefs and passed Wednesday on a 3-2 party line vote. Still, some senators like Colorado Republican Senator Steve King found themselves conflicted when making a decision.
"Yes, there is an advantage to law enforcement for these people to have these types of identification," Senator King said. "[But] there were just a number of issues I considered before I voted."
Ultimately he voted no, in part after listening to his Western Slope constituents.
"Their wishes were that they did not want to give the privilege of a driver's license to people that were in the United States and Colorado illegally," he said.
Others backing the bill look to states like New Mexico and Utah which have already implemented similar bills, and say immigrant families will have more opportunities to be involved in the Colorado way of life.
"They saw their uninsured rates go down and they also saw their hit and run rates go down," Senator Ulibarri said.
"Having access to a license like this would mean that they would just feel safer and more secure to be able to participate in the life of our community," Bernal Ruiz said.
The licenses could only be used for driving and identification purposes. They could not be used to vote, board a plane or get work.
Senate Bill 251 heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee next. From there it will go to the full Senate floor for debate.


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See what I mean about "Pitch Your Team"
I've had a few people ask questions about the "Pitch Your Team" video contest. So I did a quick one to give you an example. I'm going to enter a video but I can't win this contest.
FYI…As good as this video is… This is not my entry 🙂
Robert sent me a new batch of pictures from Hi-Corbett in Tucson. Here's a shot of Tulo homering in the Rockies/Cubs game.
Time for the Canadian to get back to work.
Last night I helped out at the Nuggets game. I was hoping for a chance to sit under the basket and take pictures but unfortunately my pass wouldn't quite get me that close.
So I took an empty isle seat in the 4th row. It had a nice view.
Random crowd shot.
K-Mart..who knows how long he'll be out?
5′ 5″ former Denver Nugget Earl Boykins scored 5 points.
DID YOU KNOW…Boykins weighs 133 lbs and can benchpress 350 lbs.
Rocky looking for a little help.
worked, the Nuggets came from behind to zap the Wizzards 97-87
Thanks to Robert for the pix and thanks to "B" for the Tix.
Here's a shot of a young fox we saw close to the house chill'n in the sun.


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HOBY Leadership Conference Founder Speaks to Area Students at Mount Union
April 08, 2010
Over 170 high school sophomores from across northern Ohio gathered for the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership's Ohio Leadership Seminar at Mount Union College over the past weekend.
Hugh O'Brian speaks to students at the HOBY conference at Mount Union College this past weekend.
The students, selected by their individual high schools on the basis of leadership potential, were able to meet the founder of the program. Actor Hugh O'Brian, famous for his portrayal of Wyatt Earp in the television series "Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,' founded the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation (HOBY) in 1958. O'Brian started the program after he returned from a trip to Africa, where he traveled at the invitation of Dr. Albert Schweitzer. O'Brian spent nine days in a clinic complex run by Schweitzer and volunteer doctors and nurses who were caring for patients without the aid of electricity or running water. O'Brian admired the humanitarian work done by Schweitzer, and upon his return to the United States, he began working on an idea to help young leaders succeed.
The first leadership seminars took place in Los Angeles. Currently, HOBY is an international program.
Mount Union has served as the host of the northern Ohio seminar for many years. Students spent the weekend on campus, staying in the College residence halls and attending a variety of events designed to encourage them and give them the skills necessary to make a difference in the world, be leaders and make good decisions. The chairperson of the 2004 HOBY northern Ohio leadership conference was Michelle McGowan-Haviland.
O'Brian states that part of the focus of the HOBY leadership conferences is to 'accent the positive ' pat the good guys and gals on the back ' and let them know there are rewards for being responsible members of the community.'


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But don't give me some bogus answer that it's training for college and that since failing public schools use them, we should rely heavily on them, too.
Never said that either. Are you saying that since the public schools do something, that's sufficient reason not to? No, forget the public schools entirely, the decision of whether or not to test stands on merit alone. There will be testing in high school and college, and math drill does improve math skills. If we don't agree on that, I'm not going to argue the point further, it'll just irritate everyone. This will be my last post.
Back in the dark ages (JK; it was the early 90s) when we started, I heard from lots of homeschoolers who were doing it in order to avoid testing. Now I'm pretty sure that you and your siblings were homeschooled before I started, and I'd be very surprised if your mom doesn't know about this category of concern.
Yes, but it was to avoid the state doing the testing, not so much to avoid testing per se. Also keep in mind also that tests, which give you a benchmark to measure progress, are not necessarily the same thing as drills, which may be given for the sole purpose of improving mental computation speed. You might support testing and not drills, or drills and not testing.


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Base Training - Advanced Schedule, Week 7
Monday: Today's scheduled workout is to run an easy 3 miles followed by strength training. This week's schedule features another race, this one tentatively set at the 8-K distance. It's not as easy to locate 8-K races compared to the more popular 5-K or 10-K distances. If your local race schedule fails to yield a race of this distance, feel free to modify the program. With six weeks behind you, you now have completed half of this 12-week Spring Training program. Six more weeks to go!
Tuesday: With a base of six weeks of hill training behind you, head for the track today. Today's track workout is 16 x 200 meters, jogging and/or walking 200 between. Run the 200s at about the pace you would run in an 800-meter race. In other words: very fast! When you run this fast, you need a very thorough warm-up to prevent injury. Jog a mile or two, stretch, then run 3-4 strides at close to the pace you plan to run your repeats. Don't forget to take a few minutes to cool down afterwards. Be cautious during this workout, since 16 is a lot of 200-meter repeats. A lot! Even though you did run an equivalently hard 10 x hill workout last week, you may not be used to the rhythm of fast track running yet. So start by running the first three or four 200s conservatively and only pick up the pace after you begin to feel comfortable with how this much speed feels.
Wednesday: Three easy miles plus stretching. Since yesterday was your first day at the track, you may experience some unanticipated muscle soreness. This is natural, and it's also why I schedule an easy workout for you the day after a hard day. With Friday and Saturday scheduled as days of relative rest, you'll have time to recover from Wednesday's hard workout before facing your 8-K race this weekend.
Thursday: Your tempo run for today is 30 minutes. Given that relatively short time prescription, you can afford to run somewhat faster at peak than if you were running longer. Assuming you plan to run an 8-K race this weekend, build to that pace peak two-thirds of the way into the workout. But don't hold that pace for more than 2-3 minutes! Here is how you would do it. Begin by jogging at an easy pace for about 5 minutes to warm up. Then very gradually move a bit faster during the next 5 minutes (10 minutes total) though still a jog. Then begin to move still faster, accelerating gradually for the next 10 minutes so that about 20 minutes into the workout you are moving at the 8-K pace mentioned above. Hold that pace for about 2-3 minutes (or 400-600 meters). Then begin to decelerate, so that at 25 minutes into the run, you are back to the same jog pace at which you started. Hopefully you should finish this workout refreshed and ready to race on the weekend.
Friday: With a race scheduled this weekend, this is a day of relative rest. Run 3 miles followed by strength training. (If your race is Saturday, you may want to take today off entirely.) While doing your strength training routine and moving from exercise to exercise, don't rush and don't waste time chitchatting with friends. Stay focused on your workout by stretching in between. "It's very important while strength training to have a stretching routine," warns personal trainer Cathy Vasto. "You don't want to lose your flexibility, which can happen if you forget to stretch. Eccentric contractions (which occur when lowering the weights) actually can tighten the muscles." Stretching while strength training provides a double dose of conditioning in a minimum of time.
Saturday: With tomorrow a race day, today is an option day: Either run 3 easy miles or rest. Rest is always an important component of any training program. Remember, the focus on this training program is quality more than quantity. You can't achieve quality in your workouts unless you come into the days you run hard well rested. You'll be able to race 8-K tomorrow much more successfully if you are rested and ready to rip! This means getting a good night's sleep tonight too. Social considerations aside, you probably don't want to hang out all night at the bars, then be forced to get up the next morning and race hard. What's important in life to you? Make that decision and follow up on it.
Sunday: Race day. Run an 8-K race, assuming one is available this weekend. If not, any race shorter than 10-K will do. As your strategy, you might want to consider going out at a conservative pace in the first mile with your goal "reverse splits." That is, try to run each successive mile faster than the one before. This takes some of the curse off the necessity to set a P.R. in this race, since the purpose is more to do some very fast running to compliment the rest of your program. If you race on Saturday rather than Sunday, juggle the workouts around your race. This would mean taking it easy during the Thursday tempo run, resting totally on Friday and using today for an easy run of about a half dozen miles.
Running Tips: No matter how fit you may be from other physical activities, when you run faster than usual or shift to a different form of training, you're probably going to experience sore muscles. Even after running becomes easy, you're still going to experience sore muscles from time to time--particularly the day after a hard race or hard workout. People get sore muscles for three reasons: 1.) They are not used to exercising; 2.) They are used to a different exercise; 3.) They push their regular exercise too hard. To relieve the pain of sore muscles, first use ice to reduce swelling. Heat, once pain has peaked, helps speed recovery by improving circulation. Massage and pain-relieving rubs may help. But if you want to become a runner, you may need to accept some soreness as a natural part of the conditioning process.
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As some of you may know, my wife and I bought a brand new Pontiac G6 a few weeks back. As luck would have it, some idiot coming the other way made a left turn in front of my wife (who is 7 months pregnant by the way) with my 3 year old son in the car. She crashed right into him. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt. We did have to spend 4 hours at the hospital with my wife hooked up to a baby monitor just to make sure everything is okay with the bun in the oven.
Now the guy who caused the accident has admitted fault and his insurance company is covering everything. The claims adjuster has been very nice and was quick about getting us into a rental car. However, I just don't feel comfortable about how the repairs are being handled. So far the estimate is up to $10,000 to repair it. The guy at the body shop (who is also the dealer we bought the car from) told us that the frame rails were bent and needed to be replaced. We met with the adjuster on Saturday and he said they don't need to replace the entire frame rail. They can just cut off the bent part and weld on a new piece. To me that sounds like taking the cheap way out, but he said GM approves of this type of repair. When we called the body shop guy, he seemed to change his story that GM recommends cutting off the bent part and welding on a new piece. I feel like that would weaken the structure of the car, but I'm not an engineer, so I don't know. Does anyone know if that's legit, or is the adjuster trying to pull a fast one?
I've also done some homework and found that, because the car has been in an accident requiring $3000+ in body work and repairs, the value of the car now, compared to if it had not been in an accident, is now $3000 less than what it was. Personally, I feel it's perfectly fair to ask this guy's insurance company to compensate us for that loss, but the claims adjuster looked at me like I was speaking Chinese. Is it that crazy to ask for the lost value on a car that was so new we hadn't even made the first payment on it?


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DURHAM — The UNH football team leads the CAA in red-zone offense, scoring on 92.9 percent of its chances inside the opponents' 20-yard line.
That number only went up with Saturday's 5-for-5 effort that included the game-winning touchdown with 4:14 remaining in the Wildcats' 28-25 victory.
"You want to score sevens," said coach Sean McDonnell.
Trailing 25-21 late in the fourth quarter, that's all the Wildcats had on their mind. A field goal wouldn't have done them much good at that point.
They moved 84 yards at warp speed with Nico Steriti scoring on a 19-yard touchdown run to cap a drive that lasted only six plays and 1 minute, 38 seconds.
"I thought we executed pretty well," McDonnell said. "It was a really good all-around effort by the offense."
The go-ahead TD was set up by a 32-yard pass completion down the left sideline from Sean Goldrich to Joey Orlando, who finished with a season-high eight catches for 94 yards.
"We have to finish drives if we want to be successful," McDonnell said last week.
Steriti scored on the next play, and the defense made the late lead stand up.
The sophomore rushed for more than 100 yards for the fifth time this season and scored twice Saturday.
"You've got to give it to the (offensive) line," Golrdrich said. "They played great all game. They executed their blocks to give Nico that hole. It was a good sight to see, especially when we had a little bit of momentum. To see him in the end zone was a great feeling.
"Nico's a talented kid," Goldrich added. "He knows how to find the hole. I give him credit. He worked had all game. It was well-deserved touchdown."
UNH orchestrated a couple of similar touchdown drives in the second quarter that helped the Wildcats overcome a 7-0 deficit and take an 18-7 halftime lead.
Steriti capped a 92-yard drive with an 18-yard TD run in the second quarter and Goldrich scored on a 2-yard keeper with 16 seconds left in the first half to make it 18-7.
"We couldn't come up with the defensive stops when we needed to," said William & Mary coach Jimmye Laycock. "You have to do that eventually."
Goldrich and Orlando hooked up for five completions during that drive, including four in a row. That combination accounted for 45 of the 70 yards in the drive, which was aided by a 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty.
The UNH offense produced 28 points and 428 yards, much different than last year's game in Williamsburg, Va., when the Wildcats piled up 517 total yards but managed only 10 points.
Four turnovers contributed to that result. They turned the ball over only once Saturday on an errant pitch by quarterback Andy Vailas on the game's opening possession.
The fumble was recovered by the Tribe on the William & Mary 20 and indirectly led to the visitors' first touchdown following a short UNH punt into the wind.
"It was a great team victory," McDonnell said. "Every year they give us a tough, tough game."
The bye week comes at a good time for the 8-2 Wildcats, who host Towson in two weeks to end the regular season. The players and coaches are getting today off, and plan to participate in a bone marrow drive on Monday.
"It's the first day we've had off since August," McDonnell said. "It's well-deserved. They've done everything I've asked them to do on and off the football field."
The Wildcats will practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday this week, then take next weekend off. They'll resume a regular practice schedule a week from Monday.
"We've got a good week of preparation for a very physical Towson team that took it to us last year on the defensive side of the ball," McDonnell said. "It's as good time as any to have a rest right now."
Senior linebacker Matt Evans had a game-high 10 tackles and became the program's all-time leading tackler late in the third quarter, passing Steve Doig (1978-81). Evans now has 437 career tackles to 434 for Doig. For Evans, the milestone takes a back seat to beating William & Mary for the first time since 1998.
"It's definitely a good feeling to get the monkey off our back," Evans said.
Former Wildcat player Muji Karim was the honorary captain Saturday. Muji and his brother Husain, another former UNH player, were seriously injured in a car crash in 2011.
Sky-diver and double amputee Dana Bowman delivered the game ball to Muji Karim on Military Appreciation Day at Cowell Stadium. Muji Karim also has two prosthetic legs.
McDonnell met Bowman at the FCS national championship game last season in Frisco, Texas, when he was there with Evans, who received the Buck Buchanan Award as the nation's best defensive player. McDonnell thought Bowman would be a inspiration for Muji Karim.
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DURHAM — The UNH football team leads the CAA in red-zone offense, scoring on 92.9 percent of its chances inside the opponents' 20-yard line.


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ST. LOUIS — For the fourth year in a row, the Bradley men's basketball team finds itself in the dreaded play-in round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
There are some differences this season as the seventh-seeded Braves (12-19, 7-11) take on 10th-seeded Loyola (9-21, 5-13) at 8:35 p.m. Thursday.
First, the opponent is somebody besides Drake. BU and the Bulldogs have matched up the past three seasons, with Drake winning the last two.
Bradley also swept Loyola this season and assumes the favorite's role.
Finally, as the No. 7 seed in the year when Wichita State was totally dominant in the league, Bradley with a win would play No. 2 Indiana State in the quarterfinals. BU played Indiana State close both times and the Sycamores bring a three-game losing streak into the tournament.
"Our NCAA tournament begins Thursday," BU coach Geno Ford said. "Having a good run in St. Louis would be good for our younger guys to build on. It helps recruiting. If you end on a high note, it doesn't erase what's been, in a lot of ways, a disappointing season from a results perspective. But it at least leaves a better taste in your mouth for the offseason."
The Braves aren't looking past Loyola by any means. But there's no better team for Bradley to play in an attempt to end its four-game losing streak in St. Louis and its 25-game losing skid in games played west of the Mississippi River.
Two of the Ramblers' worst performances of the season came against Bradley. Loyola, which shot 47 percent from the field for the season, hit at just 34 and 27 percent, respectively, in the two meetings with BU.
The newest Valley members averaged just 46 points vs. the Braves and 66.1 vs. the rest of the league. And they committed a total of 41 turnovers in the two BU contests.
"They did a great job of pressuring us," Loyola coach Porter Moser said. "We committed 18 and 23 turnovers and they capitalized on them. You can't compete when you do that. Physically, we didn't do a good job answering the bell."
Ford emphasized that the Braves need a similar effort Thursday and also need to rebound better. Loyola pounded BU on the boards 91-67 in the two games.
"We have to match their physicalness on the glass," Ford said. "They're really physical. Also, (Loyola freshman guard) Milton Doyle has had a great year, but hasn't played like he's capable of against us. I'm sure he'll be anxious to get that turned around. He's a dynamic offensive player who lights you up in a hurry."
Doyle copped both theValley's Freshman and Newcomer of the Year awards this week.
"Winning the awards means I've had a good year so far," Doyle said. "But it'll mean a lot more if we play better at the tournament. Bradley has good ball-screen defense. We need to be more aggressive and limit our turnovers."
Since this is Loyola's first year in the league, Bradley has the obvious edge in tournament experience, even though that experience hasn't been positive.
"We don't have anybody in our locker room who's experienced a lot of success down there," Ford said. "It can be a positive that you know what to expect. But we're not exactly drawing on positive memories of good performances. Walt's had a couple of tough ballgames the last two years (and has just 39 total points in four St. Louis games).
"Tyshon (Pickett) fouled out of last year's game and got an elbow violation that sealed our fate late in the game. I hope those two play with a resolve and a chip on their shoulder."
Dave Reynolds can be reached at 686-3210 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @davereynolds2.
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ST. LOUIS — For the fourth year in a row, the Bradley men's basketball team finds itself in the dreaded play-in round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.


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Remains found at fire site 'not human'
Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson reports remains found at the scene of a house fire near Homer last Friday night are not human. That was the ruling from an anthropologist It was originally feared by authorities that a fire which destroyed a home at 7886 N 200 E Road had claimed a person's life. That's not the case. The Coroner says her office was notified Monday that the anthropologist believes the remains are probably that of a small animal. She says the investigation is continuing. 94.1 wgfa


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OnDeserializedAttribute Class
When applied to a method, specifies that the method is called immediately after deserialization of an object in an object graph. The order of deserialization relative to other objects in the graph is non-deterministic.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The OnDeserializedAttribute type exposes the following members.
|Initializes a new instance of the OnDeserializedAttribute class.
|Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
|Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
|When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.)
|When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
|Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
|Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
|Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Use the OnDeserializedAttribute when you need to fix values on a deserialized object after it has been deserialized and before the graph is returned. This attribute can be used instead of the IDeserializationCallback interface.
To use the OnDeserializedAttribute, the method must contain a StreamingContext parameter. The attribute marks the method to be called by the serialization infrastructure and the StreamingContext provides additional data about the type of serialization taking place. The usage is shown in the following code:
In your code, you can use the word OnDeserialized instead of the longer OnDeserializedAttribute.
The following example applies the OnDeserializedAttribute, OnSerializingAttribute, OnSerializedAttribute, and OnDeserializingAttribute attributes to methods in a class.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; public class Test { public static void Main() { // Create a new TestSimpleObject object. TestSimpleObject obj = new TestSimpleObject(); Console.WriteLine("\n Before serialization the object contains: "); obj.Print(); // Open a file and serialize the object into binary format. Stream stream = File.Open("DataFile.dat", FileMode.Create); BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter(); try { formatter.Serialize(stream, obj); // Print the object again to see the effect of the //OnSerializedAttribute. Console.WriteLine("\n After serialization the object contains: "); obj.Print(); // Set the original variable to null. obj = null; stream.Close(); // Open the file "DataFile.dat" and deserialize the object from it. stream = File.Open("DataFile.dat", FileMode.Open); // Deserialize the object from the data file. obj = (TestSimpleObject)formatter.Deserialize(stream); Console.WriteLine("\n After deserialization the object contains: "); obj.Print(); Console.ReadLine(); } catch (SerializationException se) { Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + se.Message); throw; } catch (Exception exc) { Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred. Reason: " + exc.Message); throw; } finally { stream.Close(); obj = null; formatter = null; } } } // This is the object that will be serialized and deserialized. [Serializable()] public class TestSimpleObject { // This member is serialized and deserialized with no change. public int member1; // The value of this field is set and reset during and // after serialization. private string member2; // This field is not serialized. The OnDeserializedAttribute // is used to set the member value after serialization. [NonSerialized()] public string member3; // This field is set to null, but populated after deserialization. private string member4; // Constructor for the class. public TestSimpleObject() { member1 = 11; member2 = "Hello World!"; member3 = "This is a nonserialized value"; member4 = null; } public void Print() { Console.WriteLine("member1 = '{0}'", member1); Console.WriteLine("member2 = '{0}'", member2); Console.WriteLine("member3 = '{0}'", member3); Console.WriteLine("member4 = '{0}'", member4); } [OnSerializing()] internal void OnSerializingMethod(StreamingContext context) { member2 = "This value went into the data file during serialization."; } [OnSerialized()] internal void OnSerializedMethod(StreamingContext context) { member2 = "This value was reset after serialization."; } [OnDeserializing()] internal void OnDeserializingMethod(StreamingContext context) { member3 = "This value was set during deserialization"; } [OnDeserialized()] internal void OnDeserializedMethod(StreamingContext context) { member4 = "This value was set after deserialization."; } } // Output: // Before serialization the object contains: // member1 = '11' // member2 = 'Hello World!' // member3 = 'This is a nonserialized value' // member4 = '' // // After serialization the object contains: // member1 = '11' // member2 = 'This value was reset after serialization.' // member3 = 'This is a nonserialized value' // member4 = '' // // After deserialization the object contains: // member1 = '11' // member2 = 'This value went into the data file during serialization.' // member3 = 'This value was set during deserialization' // member4 = 'This value was set after deserialization.'
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Keys to Networking - Lunch Panel
It has been widely reported that the vast majority of jobs are found through personal networking. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 70% of all employment positions are secured through networking.
- What does it take to successfully network, particularly in today's challenging employment environment?
- Are you fresh out of college and unsure how to interact with well-established professionals?
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- Have you recently attended a networking event, but don't know how to turn those contacts into an internship, job or mentorship?
For the answers to these questions and many more, please join us for an exciting, timely and thought-provoking presentation from accomplished Hartford professionals on essential tips and advice for becoming a successful networker! Take advantage of all the experience and wisdom they have to share! You'll be able to utilize the presenters' candid advice whether you're applying for your first internship or trying to land a job upon graduation.
Confirmed panelists include:
- Florence "Flossie" Davis, Counsel, Day Pitney LLP
- Julie Daly Meehan, Executive Director, HYPE (Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs)
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The Amity Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution stating that the Amity Township Police Department is now represented by Berks Lodge #71 Fraternal Order of Police on July 16.
This change occurred during the police department�s 2015-2018 contract negotiations with the township. The current contract, which expires Dec. 31, includes an arbitrated 3.5 percent annual increase that was unanimously approved by the board on June 6, 2012, and which was retroactive to Jan. 1, 2012.
Contract negotiations began in March 2011 with the police requesting arbitration in September 2011.
That 3.5 percent increase was additional to a four percent increase the police department arbitrated for Jan. 1, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2011.
Township Solicitor Brian F. Boland said after the current contract was negotiated that future police contract negotiations would most likely require arbitration with another three to four percent annual increase.
According to Former Supervisor and board Chairman Robert R. Yanos, after the current contract was approved that without a new and large revenue stream the township�s options for 2013 with this increased expense would be to increase taxes or reduce the police force.
�I don�t see any Wawas coming in here, or Giants [grocery store], and I don�t see us coming up with a great golden egg,� said Supervisor Richard L. Gokey that same night. �We have two choices -- to come up with revenue [through a tax increase] or cut the police department.�
�The most expensive cost in our township is the police department at 3.5 percent per year,� said Gokey. �� have to cut the most expensive part of our budget.�
The board did not reduce its police force of 11 eleven offices, which includes Police Chief Kent A. Shuebrook.
John Coe is also still employed by the police department, despite the board�s vote on July 18, 2012 to furlough one officer. The board reversed its decision on Aug. 1 following a meeting-room filled with public support for Coe that included representation by Berks Lodge #71 Fraternal Order of Police.
Amity Township�s 2014 budget of $3.9 million was approved on Dec. 4 with a .00015 fire tax millage increase. The board unanimously approved to purchase on July 16 two new polymer tanks for the Amity Township Wastewater Treatment Plant at an individual cost of $3,681.
Township Manager Charles E. Lyon said the township office will accept until July 25 applications for the vacancy at the Wastewater Plant.
The board unanimously approved to proceed with an evaluation of the township�s 224 intersection lights at a cost of $3,500, to be performed by Entech Engineering, Reading. That evaluation will include a proposal and feasibility study with a payback analysis if the lights are converted from high pressure sodium to LED.


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Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: October 14, 2009
Presenter: Dr. Tadashi Kamada
Presenter's Affiliation: Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, Chiba, Japan
Type of Session: Scientific
- The results from a phase I/II dose escalation study using carbon ion therapy in the treatment of bone and soft tissue sarcomas are presented here. Many patients in this study had osteosarcomas, chordomas or chondrosarcomas, although a variety of histologies were included
- Osteosarcomas are rare tumors, but do comprise approximately 30% of sarcomas of the bone. They are generally treated with surgery and chemotherapy; however, in areas where negative margins are difficult to achieve, radiation plays an important role
- Chordomas are rare, slow growing tumors which are thought to arise from remnants of the notochord. Though slow growing, they can be locally aggressive and tend to involve the axial skeleton, often involving the base of skull
- Chondrosarcomas are malignant cartilaginous tumors which account for approximately 6% of base of skull tumors
- Surgical resection is generally done initially for debulking and to obtain a diagnosis. Complete resection is preferable, however, this is often difficult. As there is often residual disease, post operative radiation therapy is often used. With involvement of the base of skull, it can be difficult to get adequate dose to the tumor while still sparing critical structures such as the brainstem, optic nerves and chiasm.
- Charged particle therapy has the potential to improve local control rates due to greater conformality, which may allow higher radiation doses to be delivered safely.
- Phase I
- 57 patients were accrued and 64 lesions were treated from June 1996 to February 2000
- All patients were unresectable or refused surgery
- Patients were treated with doses from 52.8 to 73.6 GyE using 16 GyE fractions over the course of four weeks
- Fraction sizes ranged from 3.3-4.6 GyE
- Phase II
- Enrollment into the phase II portion of the study began in April of 2000 and continued into August of 2008, with a total of 362 patients enrolled
- All patients were unresectable or refused surgery
- Ten lesions were treated with 73.6 GyE in 4.6 GyE fractions, 21 with 67.2 GyE in 4.2 GyE fractions, and 19 with 64.0 GyE in 4 GyE fractions. The remaining 299 lesions were treated to 70.4 GyE in 4.4 GyE fractions
- Phase I:
- 7/17 patients had grade 3 acute skin reactions at 73.6 GyE, and dose escalation was halted at this point. No other grade 3 or greater toxicity was encountered. Hence, in patients with skin problems, the recommended dose was 70.4 GyE when using 16 fractions over four weeks, whereas in patients without skin issues the recommended dose was 73.6 GyE
- Local control rates were 89%, 63%, and 63% at 1, 3, and 5 years respectively
- However, the authors did note a significantly higher rate of local control in patients treated with 57.6 GyE or less versus those treated with 64.0 GyE or more.
- Median survival was 31 months, with overall survivals of 82%, 47%, and 37% at 1,3, and 5 years respectively
- Phase II
- At present, the local control has been 88% and 79% at 2 and 5 years, respectively
- Overall survival was 61% at 5 years
- Acute grade 3 or greater toxicity was seen in two patients with grade 3 skin toxicity. Late grade 3 or greater skin toxicity was seen in seven patients, with six patients having grade 3 toxicity and one patients with grade 4 toxicity
- This group identified several factors which may be related to late skin reactions
- subcutaneous tumor invasion
- larger tumor volume
- sacral location of the tumor
- prior surgery
- the addition of chemotherapy
- irradiation using two portals
- Per the authors, it appeared possible to prevent these reactions by decreasing total dose, by reducing skin margin, and by using three or more portals to reduce the skin dose
- 339 patients were analyzable for the phase II portion of the study
- Survival data from this cohort of patients compared with historical surgical series are presented in the table below
1 year OS
2 year OS
5 year OS
Resectable Sarcomas
Unresectable Sarcomas
Proton Therapy
- The authors then presented their experience with various sarcoma subsets within the phase II cohort, as below:
- Chordoma:
- 3% of all primary bone tumors, 50% arise from the sacrum
- Of the 95 patients with chordomas (excluding patients with primaries of the base of skull), the local control rate was 88% at five years, and the overall survival was 86% at five years
- Median survival was 42 months, and median time to failure was 35 months
- Toxicity: 4 patients had a grade 3 or higher skin reaction, and 15 patients required chronic pain medication for sacral neuropathy
- Sacral neuropathy appeared to be associated with treating an area greater than 10 cm in size and using doses greater than 70 CGE
- At present, the preferred dose for chordoma of the sacrum is 67.4 CGE
- Conclusions:
- Outcomes with carbon ion therapy appear to be comparable with surgery
- Further studies regarding quality of life are needed
- Osteosarcoma
- Overall survival for all patients was 29% at five years and local control was 65% at five years
- In patients with tumors that were less than 700 cc's, overall survival was 45% at five years and local control was 96% at five years
- Conclusions
- Lung metastasis remain a major problem
- Results appear to be similar to surgery
- Big tumors may be good candidates for carbon ion beam therapy, as local control can still be achieved
- Retroperitoneal sarcoma
- Represent 15% of all sarcomas
- They are often difficult to resect
- Overall survival was 69% at 5 years, and local control was 65% at five years
- Gortex spacers were used in some patients to facilitate carbon ion therapy
- Conclusions:
- Outcomes are similar to surgery
- Gortex spacers can facilitate treatment and limit toxicity
- Primary sarcomas of the spine
- A patch technique was employed to treat tumors while avoiding the spinal cord
- 16 patients were treated in this series
- There was no myelopathy seen in any patients
- Three patients had compression fractures which required surgery after treatment
- Overall survival was 52%, and local control was 86% at five years
- Conclusions
- The patch technique is feasible with carbon ion therapy of the spine
- There is acceptable morbidity associated with carbon ion therapy of the spine
- Extremity Sarcomas
- Represent less than 5% of sarcomas
- Total of 16 patients were treated in this series
- Overall survival was 69% at four years and local control (limb sparing) was 75%.
- Median survival was 29 months
- Conclusions:
- Carbon ion therapy is feasible in the treatment of extremity sarcomas
- See individual conclusions for each tumor type above
- Overall, carbon ion therapy appears to be effective with comparable results compared with surgery. It may be a viable alternative therapy to surgery
- Radiation can add to local control after surgery, even with positive margins, though higher doses are generally needed. In unresectable patients or those who refused surgery, greater local control was seen with doses greater than 63 Gy compared with doses lower than 63 Gy (Kepka, IJROBP, 2005). Data from Harvard suggests that in chordomas and chondrosarcomas with gross residual disease, doses in the 70 Gy range should be used. However, patients with tumors which involve the base of skull, or other areas that are difficult to operate on, often have residual gross disease or are unresectable. This problem is often compounded by the proximity of the tumor to critical structures, impairing the delivery of adequate radiation doses. A number of studies have suggested that protons may allow higher doses to be delivered safely.
- The use of carbon ions may provide two potential benefits. First, carbon ions have a higher RBE compared with photons. Secondly, carbon ions can have a superior dose distribution compared with photon based therapy, and there may be less lateral scatter and a sharper Bragg peak compared with proton therapy. This study suggests that carbon ion therapy is feasible and has results similar to surgery in many types of sarcomas. This study also suggests that relatively large fractions can be given with limited toxicity. The local control and overall survival rates in this study are encouraging and warrant further study.


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We added a new version of Alley in addition to keeping the original version of Alley. The new version of Alley is a foggy daylight version which we feel changes the game play quite a bit. Note that while this new Alley maps layout is the same as the original Alley, we anticipate future AA3 updates will include completely new maps as well as different times of day and weather of existing maps.
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New York Times Magazine Examines Prosecutions Against Pregnant Women Under Alabama's Chemical-Endangerment Law
April 27, 2012 — This week's New York Times Magazine examines Alabama's chemical-endangerment statute, which has been used to convict approximately 60 women of endangering the life of their fetuses or newborns since it became law in 2006. The issue has drawn the interest of groups such as Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, who contend that the convictions establish a dangerous precedent.
The Alabama law prohibits a "responsible person" from "exposing a child to an environment in which he or she ... knowingly, recklessly or intentionally causes or permits a child to be exposed to, to ingest or inhale, or to have contact with a controlled substance, chemical substance or drug paraphernalia." Although the law originally was intended to protect children from explosive methamphetamine labs, state prosecutors quickly began using the term "child" to also mean "fetus" and the term "environment" to mean "womb," according to the Times Magazine.
Ala. Prosecutions Not Unique, Critics Say
The Times Magazine notes that charges against pregnant women for harming their fetuses are not unique to Alabama. Since abortion was legalized nationwide in 1973, "hundreds of women" have been charged for allegedly harming their fetuses, according to the Times Magazine. Many of the prosecutions are based on laws, such as "fetal homicide" measures, that were initially enacted to increase penalties for harming pregnant women.
Critics of the Alabama law also caution that it creates an opportunity for the enactment of fetal "personhood" legislation, according to Times Magazine. Personhood USA -- the group behind the personhood movement -- aims to define fertilized eggs as people with constitutional rights. The group has proposed personhood measures in 22 states, and while some have made it to state ballots, none have been approved.
Lynn Paltrow, executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, said the problem with the idea of personhood beginning at fertilization is that it is dependent on "subtracting pregnant women from the community of constitutional persons."
Emma Ketteringham -- director of legal advocacy at National Advocates for Pregnant Women -- warned that personhood, fetal homicide and chemical-endangerment laws set the nation on a slippery slope. "Everyone talks about the personhood of the fetus, but what's really at stake is the personhood of women," she said, adding, "It starts with the use of an illegal drug, but what happens as a consequence of that precedent is that everything a woman does while she's pregnant becomes subject to state regulation" (Calhoun, New York Times Magazine, 4/25).


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Temporarily protects and helps relieve chapped or cracked lips. Helps protect lips from the drying effects of wind and cold weather.
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Apply liberally, and allow an excess of the balm to be absorbed.
- thick texture, reminds me of Vaseline
- glides on smoothly
- leaves lips shiny
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- subtle and pleasant scent
- contains SPF 4 sunscreen
- expensive
- applicator is not hygienical
- it's basically the same as using plain old Vaseline
The thing I instantly disliked about this product is the applicator: there's none! You have to press the tube to get some product out and then use your finger to apply it on your lips. See for yourself:
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Appraiser pushes portability
As part of his drive to get Save Our Homes "portability" on the ballot in November 2008, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits has taken his petition drive online. Download a form here, and read Nikolits' Q&A here.
Portability would be good for longtime homeowners who want to move, because it would let them take the Save Our Homes break with them. It wouldn't be especially good for commercial property owners, snowbirds and renters, because it would further shift the tax burden onto them.
Here's how it would work: Say Nikolits figures your home's total market value at $400,000, and your assessed value, thanks to the Save Our Homes cap, is $200,000. If you move to a $600,000 home, you would apply the $200,000 gap to the new home's value, which would make the assessed value $400,000.
So instead of paying property taxes of roughly $12,000 on the $600,000 home, you'd pay about $8,000 based on the valuation of $400,000.
And forget about downsizing your way out of taxes. If you move from the $400,000 home to a $100,000 home, the break would max out at 50 percent of the new property's value.
Nikolits' proposal would limit portability to $400,000 of assessed value. That means the biggest beneficiaries of Save Our Homes couldn't take massive breaks with them. Just look at Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach for some juicy gaps between market value and assessed value:
Attorney Bob Montgomery: $14 million
Rush Limbaugh: $12 million
Tampa Bay Bucs owner Malcolm Glazer: $11 million
Developer E. Llwyd Ecclestone: $10 million


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The Washington Supreme Court has struck down a requirement for a two-thirds majority vote in the Legislature to pass a tax increase.
The high court ruled Thursday that an initiative requiring a two-thirds vote was in conflict with the state Constitution. And that lawmakers and the people of Washington would need to pass a constitutional amendment to change from a simple majority to a supermajority.
A coalition of lawmakers and education groups sued the state over the issue, and a King County judge decided last spring that the state constitution requires only a simple majority to pass tax proposals. The Supreme Court agreed to expedite its consideration.
The Washington Education Association was among the coalition. Spokesman Rich Wood calls the decision "a great victory for public education, giving the legislature another tool to fully fund public education."
Gov. Jay Inslee praised the ruling in a statement.
"The state Supreme Court did the right thing today in ruling that a supermajority requirement for ordinary legislation would alter our system of government. The supermajority requirement gave a legislative minority the power to squelch ideas even when those ideas had majority support. That is inconsistent with our fundamental form of representative democracy."
State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, said the court had opened the floodgates of taxation with its ruling. The chairwoman of the Senate Governmental Operations Committee has already proposed a constitutional amendment to make the two-thirds majority permanent.
"This is a seminal point in our history," she said, noting that the people in every county have already shown their support for a two-thirds tax rule.
To pass a constitutional amendment, the Legislature must approve the measure by a two-thirds majority and then it goes to the people for a simple majority vote.
The two-thirds majority rule has been approved in a series of initiatives pushed by activist Tim Eyman. Voters most recently approved the supermajority rule last November.
In a statement reacting to the court decision, Eyman wrote that the voters were more enthusiastic about his most recent tax initiative than they were about the new governor.
"Almost 2/3 of voters approved the 2/3-for-taxes vote requirement in November. That's 1.9 million voters. It passed in every county and received overwhelming support in every legislative district outside Seattle (44 of 49 districts)," said Eyman. "In light of today's ruling, all eyes now move to the Legislature and what they're going to do."
Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, said he is open to discussion about enshrining more tax limits into the Constitution, perhaps a limit to the sales tax if lawmakers considered an income tax. But he and other Democrats opposed the idea of enshrining the two-thirds rule.
Democratic Sen. David Frockt said whatever decision lawmakers make on taxes, voters still have their say at the ballot through referendums and elections.
"We are accountable on those votes," Frockt said.
The majority opinion, written by Justice Susan Owens, states that under a commonsense understanding, any bill receiving a simple majority vote will become law. No language in the provision qualifies that requirement by stating a bill needs "at least a majority vote."
They wrote that without the simple majority rule in the Constitution, the people or the Legislature could require particular bills to receive 90 percent approval rather than just a two-thirds approval, thus essentially ensuring that those types of bills would never pass.
"Such a result is antithetical to the notion of a functioning government and should be rejected as such," the justices wrote.
Justice Charles Johnson, writes in a dissent, that "In its eagerness to embroil itself in the political arena, the majority abandons any semblance of judicial restraint to declare the process of legislative enactment constitutionally infirm."
Johnson wrote that voters have repeatedly voted for the supermajority provision, and that the court has repeatedly been asked to weigh in in past years and had previously "rejected the invitation to engage in this political dispute, exercising the wisdom, restraint, and temperance not to step outside the court's constitutional authority."
"Evidently something has changed, though the majority does not tell us what, to cause it to abandon these limiting principles and chart a new course for the court to more actively engage in the political process," he wrote. "This change is both unwise and unprecedented."
Justice Jim Johnson, writing in a separate dissent, wrote that the majority "ironically overrides our constitution and prior case law to enforce an invented policy concern: the fear that laws requiring a supermajority to raise taxes permit a "tyranny of the minority."
He said that with its decision, the majority "is imposing their policy preference over that of the 1,575,655 voters who passed Initiative 1053 (I-1053) and the millions who qualified and passed similar tax protections." "I regretfully observe that this court has become the tyrannous minority it purports to guard against," Johnson wrote.
The Associated Press' Rachel La Corte and Mike Baker contributed to this report.
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Christine Rousselle has given the Republican Party an early Christmas present, wrapped in anecdotes, with a 'Welfare Queen' bow. She published an essay called, 'My Time at Walmart: Why We Need Serious Welfare Reform'.
Rousselle, a 20 year old student at Providence College, worked summers at a Walmart in Maine, and discovered that the public can be hard to work with. She transformed the trials of service work into an opinion piece on The College Conservative that got her major blog hits and five marriage proposals according to the Providence Journal.
With a sharp eye to who was using food stamps and what they bought, Ms. Rousselle exposed the rudeness, bad dietary choices and apparent abuse of the system she had to witness from her stool behind the cash register. If any poor working families were stretching their food budget by shopping at Walmart, grateful for the food assistance, Ms.Rousselle doesn't mention it.
That left-wing rag, the Bangor Daily News, ran this article last summer…
AUGUSTA, Maine — While there are indications that Maine's economy is slowly rebounding from the recession, the federally funded food stamps program is growing significantly, helping more poor families get food and, in some ways, the state's economy as a whole.
"It's really a combination of factors that are causing this increase," said Barbara Van Burgle, director of the Office for Family Independence. "One is that we have a lot of families where a parent is working but they do not make very much and are still eligible for the food supplement programs. That is 45 percent of the families."
The latest statistics indicate there were over 248,000 Mainers — up 7.5 percent from a year ago — benefiting from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which used to be called the food stamp program. That is nearly 128,000 Maine households. The average monthly benefit per person is $129.17.
"This is a supplemental program" Van Burgle said. "It is not meant to be the only source of food for a family."
The federal government pays for all of the benefits and half of the cost of administering the program. Any person with income less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level is eligible for the food assistance program.
The federal poverty level is $10,890 a year for an individual and $22,350 for a family of four. Van Burgle said in a poor state such as Maine, a lot of families with working parents are eligible for benefits.
"We have a lot of families in this state where the parents are working hard, some at two jobs, but they just do not make a lot of money," she said.
Van Burgle said another factor in Maine's numbers is the state's demographics. She said more than 10 percent of those on the program are over 65 years old and retired. She said as more Mainers retire without adequate retirement incomes, the more will qualify for food assistance.
Maybe Ms. Rousselle didn't notice the old ladies. We used to have lurid stories in the recession of the 70's, about widows surviving on cat food. Ms. Rousselle is appalled that 'Nearly 30% of the state is on some form of welfare'. The worst recession in thirty years seems to have escaped her notice. Some day her own parents might depend on welfare. We call it Social Security.
The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50/hr., which gets you $1200 a month if you work 40 hours a week. Maine recently voted not to increase their state minimum wage, which is a lavish 25 cents above the federal. This puts a full time, low wage worker in line to get food stamps.
So, speaking of wages, how does Walmart, our nation's largest employer, stack up?
According to Walmart, pretty good.
As of October 31, 2011 (End of Q3), the average wage for regular, full-time hourly associates in Maine is $13.10 per hour (Walmart Discount Stores, Supercenters, and Neighborhood Markets). Additionally, eligible associates receive an annual incentive based on the company performance.
Payscale.com lists a lower rate, $7.50-$10.55 for cashier. Since Walmart has pharmacies, I wonder if they are including pharmacy techs or even pharmacists in their 'average'? This is very unclear. There are other ways to game the labor market, such as hiring part-timers who don't qualify for benefits. From Caitlin Kelley at Reuters.com…
The median retail wage in 2010 was $8.90 for a cashier and $9.86 for a sales associate – down from $9.50 an hour in 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than three-quarters of retail workers are older than 25, contradicting the popular belief that only teens living at home work retail for a little extra pocket money.
One-third of all retail workers are the sole income for their families, working for poverty-level wages. Many of them want to work full-time, but retail employers, who clearly have the upper hand in an era with few other available jobs, consistently and increasingly offer them only part-time positions without benefits. Part-time workers earn a third less than those employed full-time, despite the physical and emotional labor — and the skills and product knowledge that retail work requires — being identical.
With wages remaining so low, many full-time retail workers need food stamps to boost their incomes.
Did Ms. Rousselle ever talk to her co-workers who were not just there on college break?
Maybe things are different in Maine, but here in Rhode Island I work with people who are on assistance, I guess you could call it welfare. They made bad choices. They raised children and married men who worked hard and died, leaving their widows on Social Security and yes, food stamps. They married and had children with health problems who needed expensive medical care. They got themselves hit by cars or afflicted with illnesses. They struggled in school and found themselves stuck in low-wage jobs. They lost their jobs in the recession.
Anecdotal evidence is compelling, but it's only what you see. Ronald Reagan won the Presidency with colorful stories about welfare queens and drunks buying orange juice for their cocktails with food stamps. The stories were so good, they just had to be true, and Reagan was a performer, after all.
Still, anecdotes are biased toward the exceptions, the compelling dramas.
Imagine if we took this approach to, say, Providence College. There are about 3800 students attending, and most of them are hard-working decent kids, but let's not dwell on that.
Let's look at something more alarming. Underage drinking and lawlessness.
The College Atlas named PC as one of the top ten beer-drinking schools. And according to the Providence Police, they don't pay much attention to legal age.
In fact, GoLocalProvidence rates PC as one of the most dangerous colleges and universities.
If we were to collect anecdotes from some of the bars in Elmhurst, and bartender's stories about obnoxious customers, how would PC shape up?
I know that some years ago, the modest working-class neighborhood that surrounds PC was having to petition the city for relief from loud parties, vandalism and crime coming from PC, and the college was not very responsive. The administration really had an attitude. Kind of like a twenty year old smirking at the people who have to use food stamps. But that's opinion, I admit.
Christine Rousselle is correct that welfare can be abused and needs reform. Every big system needs reform just like every big complicated machine needs maintenance. Welfare is a poor substitute for jobs, and jobs are what every state has lost in the recession. I'd go for a new Works Progress Administration myself, but the Republican party opposes any stimulus that comes from government, and Walmart is not picking up the slack. Who's to blame? Bring on the Welfare Queens, it worked in the 80's.
And some of what Ms. Rousselle says she saw does sound like fraud. Fraud is a bad thing. This is what the government wants you to do about fraud…
Assistance Fraud
Residents who know of, and wish to report fraud or abuse of the cash assistance, food stamp, Medicaid or any other benefit program provided by the Department of Human Services, should call the 24-hour hotline for fraud at (202) 673-4464 in the Office of Program Review, Monitoring and Investigation (OPRMI). Anonymous calls are accepted. Callers who give their names can request confidentiality at (202) 671-4496.
I don't think there are government sanctions against being a lousy customer, service workers just have to put up with that. But Ms. Rousselle claims that she witnessed "massive amounts of fraud and abuse." That would make Walmart an accessory to fraud. I'd like to know if Ms. Rousselle called the hotline, and if not, why not?
Having slept on this, I wake up thinking that Walmart Corp. might not be as totally delighted by Ms. Rousselle's internet success as she is. Would you shop at a place where the clerk is watching what you buy with your EBT card so she can expose you on the internet? Good publicity for Ms. Rousselle, but not so much for Walmart.


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For a while now, the Mac's game library has become quite extensive. With the addition of Steam and the Mac App Store to the Mac's arsenal, many great games have been added to the library including plenty of iOS ports. From the slew of games added, it is hard to find the true hardcore experience that a lot of heavy-hitting gamers are craving for on theirs Macs. Thankfully, for those trying to find serious hardcore experiences, we have compiled this extensive list of hardcore games.
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September 2013
The Benefits of Well-Child Visits
Childhood is prime time for episodes worthy of a doctor visit. Sprains, concussions, and ear infections-to name just a few. A trip to the doctor when your child is well can be just as essential. Periodic well-child visits can alert you to developmental delays and provide valuable parenting advice. They may even help deter critical care, such as hospitalizations.
Well on the way
In a recent study, researchers analyzed the health insurance records of more than 20,000 children younger than age 3½. Their goal: to see if there was a correlation between the number of well-child visits received and the chance for hospitalization.
What did they find? Children who missed half or more of recommended well-child visits were up to two times more likely to require hospital care. The most common reasons: pneumonia, dehydration, and stomach problems. Not surprisingly, children with chronic conditions-such as asthma or heart disease-fared worse. They had up to three times the chance of going to the hospital.
Thankfully, many children are receiving some well-child care. In the latest government report on children's health, an average of 78 percent of parents reported their child had a well-child visit in the past year. Unfortunately, that rate drops as children grow older. One past study found checkups declined significantly after 6 months of age.
More than vaccines
You may associate well-child visits with only vaccines and growth charts. But that's only part of their preventive power. They give parents an opportunity to discuss a variety of concerns, including nutrition, sleep troubles, toilet training, and social problems. Doctors can also provide tips on such topics as home safety and child discipline.
Another benefit of a well-child visit is developmental monitoring. While with a child, a doctor may spot problems with playing, speaking, or interacting. Such signs may indicate autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or a learning disability. Identifying children with these problems early can help ensure they receive much-needed care.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends well-child visits at the following ages:
3 to 5 days old
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Children ages 3 and older should have an annual wellness check.
Always talk with your health care provider to find out more information.
Making the Most of Well-Child Visits
As a parent, you know your child best. That expertise can be invaluable during well-child visits. Working with your child's doctor, you can help ensure the best care for your child. These tips can help you make the most of each checkup:
Compile a list of any questions or concerns before each visit.
Talk with other caregivers, such as grandparents or babysitters. Ask them whether they've noticed any problems with your child.
Bring a list of your child's current medications, including prescriptions and over-the-counter products. Include vitamins and herbal supplements.
Tote along your child's favorite toy or book. It can help distract your little one if he or she becomes anxious.
Always ask questions if something isn't clear.
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Real Life Superheroes Announce Plans to Patrol West Village
From the pages of comic books to blockbuster silver screen epics, the character of the vigilante superhero has long occupied a prominent place in American popular culture. In a case of life imitating art, a group of real life superheroes announced their crusade to rid Greenwich Village of anti-gay villains who have plagued the community with a string of hate crimes in recent weeks. Filling the capes of Gotham's Batman and Metropolis' Superman will be New York's own Spyder, Spectre, Dark Guardian and Zero.
DNAinfo New York reports - "Their names are Spyder, Spectre, Dark Guardian and Zero.
After the May 18 killing of gay Harlem resident Mark Carson, 33, and several beatings of gay men across the city, the group of self-styled heroes plans to hit the streets of Greenwich Village and the West Village dressed in tactical clothing and bulletproof vests, explained Staten Island-based crime-fighter Dark Guardian."
"Violence on its own is wrong, and it's even worse when a specific group is being targeted," said the martial-arts instructor, whose real name is Chris Pollak, 28. "We care about everyone, from every walk of life, and we want to keep everybody safe. Our focus now is the Village."
Pollack and his crime fighting colleagues are members of the New York branch of a national organization called the Initiative Collective, who according to their Facebook page are "a group working to actively fight and deter crime, help the needy, and make the local NY/NJ area a safer and better place." Their mission statement reads "We are individuals organized towards achieving peacekeeping objectives and humanitarian missions. This will translate into a variety of non-monetary services as unfolding events demand. Our primary goal will always be to help those in the most need to the highest ethical standard and to the maximum effect."
In addition to patrolling the West Village this summer, the group will be filming a documentary that according to their indiegogo fundraising page will be "exploring one unusual group's need to do good for their world & their trip from CA to NY in search of others who are compelled to do the same."
In a statement made to DNAinfo New York, Pollack aka Dark Guardian who made headlines when the group responded to a 2011 mugging spree in the West Village said "We calm down situations... If there are a bunch of people banded together, [aggressive people] are less likely to become violent."
Still, he advised people who encounter crime to report it to police immediately.