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Robert C. (Bud) Allen, IV, 32, of Cleveland, died Saturday (Aug. 24, 2013). He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the Robert C. Allen, III, of Knoxville, mother, Toni Keith Smith, and husband, Al, of Huntsville, who survive. He was in the shipping department of the Jackson Manufacturing Company and was a Christian. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a son, Braxton Terry; a sister, Brooke Smith Norton of Ardmore; brother, Matthew Smith of Huntsville, Ala.; aunt, Jeannie Noles and husband, Patrick, of Cartersville, Ga.; aunt, Lee Ann Keith Allen Wilson of Fayetteville; grandmother, Jean Keith of Fayetteville; and several aunts, uncle, nieces and nephews. Mr. Allen was preceded in death by maternal grandfather, James C. Keith; paternal grandparents, Robert C. and Nell Smith Allen, Jr.; and aunt, Barbara Schou. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lena Scott Daniel, 102, of Fayetteville passed away Wednesday (Aug. 21, 2013) at her residence. She was a native of Taft and the daughter of the late Thomas M. and Viola Neely Scott, a former employee of Serbin Fashions and the Daniel-Whitworth Grocery, and was a member of the Washington Street Church of Christ. Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy D. George, and husband, Russell, of Fayetteville; grandsons, Dr. Mike George, and wife, Sandy, of Fayetteville, and Steve George of Fayetteville; great-grandchildren, Jennifer G. Howes and husband, Jeremy, of Huntsville, Ala., Russ George of Belleview, and Rick George and wife, Jennifer, of Fayetteville; great-great-grandchild, Haven Alexis Howes of Huntsville; sister-in-law, Doris Scott; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Daniel was preceded in death by husband, John Henry Daniel; brother and sisters, Elsie Milam, Bertha Swinford, Maude Hopkins, Ethel Harris, Grady Scott, Roy Scott and wife, Martha. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Unity Church of Christ. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lawrence K. Hall Jr., 57, of Fayetteville, died Saturday (Aug. 17, 2013) at Lincoln Medical Center. The son of the late Lawrence K. Hall, Sr., and Kathryn Woverton Hall, who survives, he was born in Parkersburg, W.Va. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was employed at Lowe's Home Improvement in Huntsville, Ala. Visitation was held at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home Thursday afternoon. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Johnson Harwell, 93, of the Beech Hill community, passed away Thursday evening (Aug. 22, 2013) at his home. He was born on March 11, 1920 in Fayetteville. A farmer in Beech Hill for over 60 years, he was a member of the Beech Hill Church of Christ and attended school at McBurg Elementary and Boonshill High School. He was an Army veteran of WWII. Mr. Harwell was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Clyde and Annie Lovett Harwell, along with his brother, Aubrey Harwell. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Frances Burns Harwell of Beech Hill; daughter Linda Harwell of Beech Hill; son Roger Harwell (Patsy) of Ardmore, Ala; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home in Pulaski with Bros. Bob Vick and Jimmy Ketchum officiating. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery. Memorial donations are suggested to Beech Hill Church of Christ, c/o Pete Britton, 5690 Beech Hill Road, Pulaski, TN 38478. Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Kathleen Henderson, 89, of Ardmore, died Tuesday (Aug. 20, 2013) at Huntsville Hospital. She was born Sunday, Feb. 17, 1924 in Decatur, Ala., and was the daughter of the late Thomas Barnett and the late Pearl Barnett. Her husband, James Wayne Henderson, and a grandson, Jordan Wayne Henderson, preceded her in death. She was a member of Cash Point Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Jimmy (Dian) Henderson of Ardmore and John (Lisa) Henderson of Murfreesboro; brother, Thomas O. Barnett of Detroit, Mich.; two grandchildren, Phillip (Melissa) Henderson and Kelly Henderson; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, Ala., with Bro. Derrick Moose officiating. Burial was in Blanche Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at the website www.ardmorechapel.com. Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lottie Catherine Leftwich, 92, of Fayetteville, died Thursday night (Aug. 22, 2013) in Donalson Care Center. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late David D. and Lillian Smith. Mrs. Leftwich was a gardener, homemaker and member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include son-in-law, Mark Blackwelder of Fayetteville; grandson, Mark H. Blackwelder; granddaughter, Vangie Holsted of Murfreesboro; two great-granddaughters, Breann and Blaine Holsted of Murfreesboro; and sister, Sarah Bradford of Taft. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial was in Old Orchard Cemetery. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Donnie Lynn Miles, 63, of Tampa, Fla., died Tuesday (Aug. 20, 2013) at Florida Hospital of Tampa. Mr. Miles was a retired staff sergeant for the United States Army, was employed at Busch Gardens and was of the Methodist faith. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home with the Rev. Benny Berry officiating. Burial followed in Taylor Cemetery. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Pauline Moore Phillips, 91, of Middletown, Md., formerly of Fayetteville, died Wednesday (Aug. 21, 2013) in Boonsboro, Md. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Horace Jay and Mattie Plyant Moore. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include her son, Terry Phillips and Cindy Foo of Middletown, Md.; grandson, Caroll Phillips; great-grandsons, Dylan Phillips, Dominic Phillips, all of Hagerstown, Md.; and one niece, Barbara Self, and husband, Lloyd, of Huntsville. Graveside services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Kelso Cemetery with the Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial was beside her husband, Milton Goodner Phillips, who passed away in the 1980s. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth Swinford, 84, of Fayetteville, died Saturday (Aug. 10, 2013) at his residence. Mr. Swinford was a native of Madison County, Ala., the son of the late Roy Weaver and Lela Olene Prince Swinford. He was a machinist and retired military. He served in the Army, Air Force and National Guard and was an ordained deacon at Parks City Baptist Church. Survivors include wife, Mevis Jobe Swinford of Fayetteville; daughters, Marsha Bradford and husband, Randy, Donna Otinger and husband, Larry, Cyndi Garrison and husband, Alan, all of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Ken Bradford and wife, Erica, of Fayetteville, Jeremy Bradford and wife, Jennifer, of Fayetteville, Jarred Bradford and wife, Mandy, of Madison, Ala., Luke Allen and wife, Crystal, of Las Vegas, Nev. (Nellis AFB), Brent Otinger of Fayetteville, Chad Otinger and wife, April, of Fayetteville, Valerie Garrison of Alton, Ill.; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Karen Swinford Gardner of Fayetteville; nieces, Kim Gardner, Brianna Jones and husband, Josh; nephew, Charlie Gardner; great-nephew, Trey Hicks. Memorial military services will be conducted Saturday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m. at Gatlin Cemetery. Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Duard C. Winn, 81, of Fayetteville, died Sunday (Aug. 25, 2013) at United Regional Medical Center in Manchester. Mr. Winn was retired from Post Cereals in Battle Creek, Mich., and also worked as a farmer, a car salesman for Powers Enterprise Auto Sales and was a member of McBurg Baptist Church. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9 until 10:30 a.m. at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Flintville Cemetery with the Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


text: I have a couple of requests to improve log management. My first request is pretty simple. Presently, there's no way to stop the server from rotating its error log when LiteSpeed restarts (presumably to give a clean copy to the Web UI). Could you please add an option (Yes/No - Rotate Log on Restart?) to disable this behaviour? It would make it consistent with virtual host error logs and easier to manage with log management tools like logrotate. Also, presently there's no way to manage external application errors. PHP LSAPI errors go to the server error log but Ruby LSAPI errors go to stderr. I can't make them go to one log or to a virtual host's error log. This is especially important in a shared hosting environment, because the site admin (me, in this case) needs to get involved in each company's debugging woes. I have two possible solutions for this. The first is to change the current behaviour so that errors from an external application also go to any virtual host which uses it as a script handler or in a context. By adding the errors to a virtual host log instead of the server, site admins don't need to be involved in debugging and the client has one file of errors (for both the host and its applications). The second, and the more interesting (I think), is to add logging options to external applications themselves. By separating applications from hosts just as hosts are from the server, you isolate errors to a single file, simplify the debugging process for clients, and simplify permission schemes for site admins. The interface could be very basic (defaults to server error log or write to its own file) or more complex (server, its own file, 'associated vhosts', or selected vhosts). I think quite a few people, especially the Ruby on Rails community, would enjoy these two additions. Anyway, please keep up the good work, chaps. I like the new interface for the 3.0 beta and the quick turnaround of fixes lately. It's a pleasure to upgrade LiteSpeed and find it more stable and usable each time. - Mathew Abonyi

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LONDON — Laura Robson toed the baseline, then vaulted into her serving motion. The ball landed five feet behind the line.
Moments later, she bounced her second serve into the net.
Those were the ugliest of the ugly for the British 19-year-old on Monday at Wimbledon and they couldn't have come at a worse time.
The double fault turned what had been a 5-2 lead in the first-set tiebreaker into a 5-all tie.
Four points later, Kaia Kanepi had won that tiebreaker, and about 45 minutes after that, Robson was heading off the court, nearly in tears.
Robson failed in her quest to become the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals since 1984, falling 7-6 (6), 7-5 in a jittery, error-filled match against an opponent who has been in these spots before.
"I was putting a lot of pressure on myself," Robson said. "At the end of the first set, I had my chances. I served for it. In the tiebreak, as well. At that point, I was just trying to will myself to play unbelievable tennis when, you know, just making a serve would have been fine."
The first British woman to reach the second week of Wimbledon since 1998, Robson was the subject of a tweet from Prime Minister David Cameron, who wished her luck.
Notable among the packed crowd on Court 1 were the hundreds of girls who had come to see the woman who might someday be the country's top tennis star.
Though hardly in the same fishbowl as Andy Murray, who is trying to end a 77-year British drought for the men at Wimbledon, Robson also has the eyes of her nation upon her.
She insists she tries to tune it out. But, she concedes, this trip to the round of 16 felt much different than last year's trip to the same spot at the U.S. Open.
In part because she's been playing well.
In part because it's Wimbledon.
"U.S. Open last year, I was just kind of like happy to be there," Robson said. "Today, I went out and I really thought I had a chance of winning. I was feeling confident going into the match."
It didn't show. Not after she broke for a 5-4 lead in the first set, then gave the game back, starting with a double fault, then spraying a pair of forehands long.
And not during the tiebreaker, when she saw that 5-2 lead turn into an 8-6 loss, capping it with two more unforced errors to close the set.
Robson finished with 24 unforced errors versus only 27 winners, as she had trouble harnessing the forehand that has served her well over the past year, during which she has vaulted from the 120s to 38th in the rankings.
Kanepi, ranked 46th, moves into her fifth Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Jo Durie stays as the last British woman to make the Wimbledon quarters, 29 years ago.
And Robson remains Britain's next great hope on the women's side.
She's the one they came to watch on Court 1 on Monday. But as she collected her gear and made her way toward the exit to the extended applause, she kept her eyes straight ahead and didn't even offer a wave.
"Because I lost," she said, "and I was just trying not to cry."


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Lansing ranks 80th in the country for dangerous crime. The finding comes from a report by Neighborhood Scout using FBI data.
So what makes Lansing so dangerous, statistically?
The city has 153 crimes per square mile, that's compared to the national average of 39.6 crimes. When it comes to violent crimes, Lansing has 10.32 crimes per 1,000 residents. That's more than twice the national average of 3.9. The report says your chances of becoming a victim in Lansing to violent crime--meaning a rape, murder, assault or robbery--are one in 97.
Property crime in Lansing is also higher than the national average. The report says that in the city, your chances of becoming a victim of property crime is 1 in 26.
"Violent crime will not be tolerated in the City of Lansing." said Interim Police Chief Mike Yankowski. "The Lansing Police Department is not standing on the sidelines. We're aggressively going after those involved in violent crime."
While the report has alarming numbers, Lansing isn't alone. Seven other Michigan cities are on the list, including:
Battle Creek
Jackson was on the list in 2012, but isn't this year.
In 2012 the report ranked Lansing ten spots lower, so the city is moving in the right direction. That's thanks to smart police work, LPD's violent crime initiative and other data driven tactics.
"The City of Lansing is a safe community for all that come and visit, work, and live here," said Yankowski."Orlando, Florida, home of Disney, is number 67 on the list. Lansing is number 80. I don't think anyone in the country really believes that Orlando, Florida is one of the most dangerous cities in the country."
"Public safety is number one," said Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.
Mayor Bernero says an individual's behavior largely influences their safety and that law abiding folks have nothing to worry about.
"The best thing that you can do to keep yourself safe is do not be involved in criminal activity. If you are not involved in drugs, if you're not involved in a bad relationship, chances are you are going to live a long healthy life in Lansing. That's the reality," said Bernero. "I'm not ignoring the fact that we have homicide, I'm not ignoring that we have violent crime to contend with. I'm saying for the vast majority of our citizens, they will never experience violent crime."
So far this year Lansing has had 8 homicides. That's down from the 10 the city had by this time last year. Lansing had 13 homicides in 2012.
The President of the Greater Lansing Visitor's Bureau says people who visit the city feel safe. Jack Schripsema says safety is one of the top three things people look at when they schedule visits or conferences. Despite a record 4.7 million people visiting the Greater Lansing area last year, he said none of their meeting planners ever said one of them voiced a concern about safety.
"Lansing is a safe, comfortable environment," said Schripsema.
While Lansing Police say the city is safe, they are working to reduce the crime numbers. The city plans on hiring more officers, it has hired a cold case detective and regularly teams up with other agencies. The department is also looking into predictive policing technology.
To see the complete study or an interactive crime map click on the "related links" below.


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With baseball season over in Baltimore – once again, five weeks too early – it's time to spend a few days reviewing what happened and what lies ahead.
I'll start my 3-part "Orioles review" with the 2010 Report Card.
When your team only wins 66 games, it's easy to hand out a bunch of C's and D's, but I was a little more kind than that given the club's outstanding play in August and September. They took what MIGHT have been a 50-win-campaign and turned it into just another bad season. And I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. 20 years from now, folks will look back at 2010 and say to themselves "well, they were bad that year…". Had they gone 50-112, folks would remember that FOREVER as one of those historically bad seasons for ANY club in baseball history, not just Orioles history.
Winning 66 games was a miracle based on where the team was when Buck took over in early August.
Here are the grades:
Brian Matusz (C+) — Didn't get off to a great start, but came on strong in Aug/Sept and showed he's here to stay. Could wind up being next year's version of this year's David Price (Tampa Bay). At some point, it's all going to come together for this kid. He has a bright future, for sure. Let's hope it's in Baltimore.
Jeremy Guthrie (B) — Was the team's best pitcher and, honestly, their best PLAYER all season. Take away the 2009 season when the club cut his salary in pre-season and he's put together three VERY good campaigns in Baltimore since arriving in 2007.
Brad Bergesen (C) — Another pitcher who responded well to the arrival of Showalter. He still has a propensity to get involved in a big inning on occasion, but his stuff is as good as anyone's on the staff and he'll be in the rotation to start 2011.
Chris Tillman (D) — Sprinkled in the occasional good start, but for the most part he remains overmatched with his lack of control and little movement on his fastball. Hopefully not a "AAAA pitcher" but that's what it's looking like more and more — hitters can't touch him at the AAA level but he can't get hitters out consistently enough at the big league level.
Kevin Millwood (D) — Wasn't nearly as bad as his final numbers showed, but the bottom line is that he appeared disinterested from the start and that lack of enthusiasm translated into the worst season of his career.
Jake Arrieta (C-) — Control problems continue to plague him (52k/48bb) at the major league level, as they did in the minors, but he occasionally showed flashes of good stuff and should contend for a starting rotation spot in 2011 spring training. WHIP (1.53) and BAA (.271) were way too high, but as a first year contributor, he had some decent moments.
David Hernandez (B-) — Accepted his bullpen role well and turned out to be impressive in his non-starter-work. Could eventually compete for a starter's spot again, but his lack of durability was an issue in his previous efforts to start.
Jason Berken (B-) — Was arguably the team's most consistent pitcher – out of the bullpen – before getting hurt. Like Hernandez, might not have been good enough to a consistently good starter, but he seems to have settled into his bullpen role with enthusiasm.
Koji Uehara (B-) — When healthy, he's good to very good. When not healthy, he's not helping. The question isn't whether or not he can pitch and be effective. He can be. The question is "can he stay healthy?". Had some success as the closer, but also gave up several big home runs in that role.
Jim Johnson (C) — Injury-riddled 2010 didn't give him a chance to do much. Will be interesting to see what role Showalter gives him. Was at his best as the 8th inning set-up man.
Mark Hendrickson (C-) — The journeyman left hander figures to NOT return in 2011.
Matt Albers (C) — Trade bait, perhaps? He's been OK in Baltimore, but with Hernandez and Berken (and maybe Koji?) coming back, where does he fit in?
Alfredo Simon (C-) — Too inconsistent to be counted on. Experiment as the closer didn't work. He can't start. So what do you do with him? Teach him to pitch left-handed?
Michael Gonzalez (C) — Didn't really get enough work to justify any grade, but on the whole, he was just OK, at best.
Field Players
Ty Wigginton (B) — Should have been the team's MVP, truth be known. Carried the team in April and May when they were horrible. Had an off-month in June, but rebounded nicely under Showalter and looks to be Buck's kind of player. Get used to seeing him, he'll be back next year.
Luke Scott (B) — Blossomed into the team's best – and, maybe, only – real power hitter. If not for that 3-week injury where he hurt himself jogging around the bases, he would have enjoyed, perhaps, a VERY good season. The only knock on him? Where do you play him in the field? He was OK at first base…better than I thought he'd be, but he can't play left field every day, that's for sure.
Adam Jones (C+) — He is, without question, the club's most mysterious player. One week he's red hot and has that big-player swagger and the next week he's swinging at pitches out of the strike zone, grounding into double play-after-double play, and watching fly balls sail over his head. Personally, I think he's the player with the most potential on the roster. But his 2010 was just "eh"…some good, some bad…mostly "eh".
Nick Markakis (C) — Hard to give Nick much better than a "C" when a lot of his numbers were down across the board. That said, I really believe the power drop-off can be attributed more to where he hit in the lineup than anything else. Still remains one of the game's best defensive outfielders and with solid additions to the lineup, he could once again be a .300, 24 HR, 100 RBI guy without question.
Felix Pie (C) — An incredibly gifted athlete who certainly improved over his injury-riddled 2009, but he's still not nearly the 5-tool player that everyone imagined he'd be when he came up through the Cubs system. His blemishes are obvious — not patient enough at the plate, not enough power and prone to the mental mistake more than you'd like. But there's plenty of good with him as well. Improved defensively, for sure, and looks to be more comfortable against left handers. It wouldn't hurt the club to make him part of trade talks in the off-season, but if nothing else, he's a valuable role player going forward.
Corey Patterson (B) — For what he was – a minor leaguer out of a job in the spring – Patterson turned out to be a more-than-adequate 4th outfielder in 2010. He probably won't be back in 2011, but it wouldn't be a bad decision to bring him back if he's willing to settle for the part-time role again. He is what he is — a decent professional player. Nothing more, nothing less. But he had a good year in 2010.
Cesar Izturis (C-) — Outstanding defensive year was tempered by the expected offensive fizzle. He's better at the plate than given credit for — but the numbers don't lie. The Orioles need to do better at the shortstop position, that's for certain. Will they? I'm not so sure. I have a weird feeling Buck likes him…and that he might be back on a 1-year deal while the team figures out what they're going to do at the position long-term.
Brian Roberts (C) — Tough to assess him based on the fact he missed 100 games. As expected, the team benefitted greatly when he returned, but it wasn't "the old" B-Rob for the most part. 15 RBI in 59 games? Wow. 4 HR in 59 games? Ugh. 14 doubles in 59 games? Eye opening. But let's assume his early season injury contributed to his lack of production. At this point, though, you would figure the Orioles are starting to think about "life after B-Rob". It's coming sometime soon.
Josh Bell (D) — Wasn't ready. Period. Overmatched. Period. 53 strikeouts in 53 games. 2 walks. A .214 batting average. Was OK in the field, and that's being kind. Just not big-league caliber yet. But it also means the Orioles will be in the market for a 3B this off-season.
Matt Wieters (C-) — Seemed to pick it up when Showalter arrived, but it wasn't a good sophomore season from "Mauer with Power". His defense was questionable at times and his long, loopy swing was victimized throughout the early part of the season by fastball pitchers. A .249 batting average clearly isn't good enough, but the more eye opening stat was 11 HR in 130 games. Not time to panic yet, because he's a year and a half into his career — but we all probably expected more at this point. Patience, young grasshopper, patience .
Julio Lugo (D) — Not much there. Nothing memorable stands out, which is why he won't be back next year.
Craig Tatum (C) — He's the back-up catcher, but an adequate enough one. Was actually decent defensively. Not dangerous at the plate, but back-up catchers rarely are.
Andy MacPhail (C-) — Rescued from a "D" or even "E" grade with Showalter's August-September impact. All four of his off-season acquisitions were basically either non-contributors (Atkins, Gonzalez), not motivated to succeed (Millwood) or not good enough (Lugo).
Buck Showalter (A) — Nothing else to say. Easiest grade to give. Gives everyone hope for 2011.
Dave Trembley (D) — Game after game, there were always "next-morning-questions" about his strategies and in-game decisions. Was never given a decent roster to work with, but he turned out to be overmatched as the head honcho.
Juan Samuel (B-) — I thought he was better than Trembley, for sure, and the questions about strategies and what not weren't as prevalent as those involving Trembley.


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We don't usually discuss protesters, but when we do, it's because they're topless. The FEMEN group of activists continue to disrupt political meetings and bureaucratic gatherings all across Europe. They protest issues related to women's rights, and from the looks of it they are quite angry. Every time they storm a meeting or make a protest, they're naked and shouting. And every time, without fail, they are viciously tackled and carried out by the security guards, kicking and screaming.
When reviewing these pictures for, you know, socio-political scientific research, we're puzzled by a few questions: (1) are these girls backed by funding? I mean, they've got to have resources, or at least some sort of income, right? (2) why are they so well-groomed, especially in the armpit region? aren't feminists supposed to reject make-up and shaving? (3) why are they always getting brutally tackled by security? Seriously, can't they just be treated with civility and asked to leave? (4) why not wear thongs or nude-colored spanky pants? Looking almost-naked definitely gets even more attention; (5) if they're protesting in non-English speaking nations like Spain, France and Russia, why do they have English written on their bodies? (6) Where are the naked protesters in America? With that said, as much as we'd like to support FEMEN somehow, like via monetary donation of fiat currency printed by men, we'll have to make do with just writing about them to help get the word out. If you're against female oppression and stuff, check out their site at femen.org, where you can also buy some trendy branded shirts. Viva la revolución. Fight the Man!


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MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. -- The four-legged member of the counseling team at the high school in suburban Chicago waits patiently, as a crush of students fills the hallways. Her tail wags with the first pat on the head, then another and another.
"Puppy! Ohhh, puppy dog!" one teenager croons, as he affectionately tousles the ears of the 18-month-old golden retriever. Junie began her role as a "therapy dog" at Prospect High School less than four months ago.
It's just one of a number of ways high schools across the country are trying to address what some call an epidemic of stressed-out, overwhelmed students.
Some schools now offer yoga classes or teach relaxation techniques in the classroom. Others, from California to Minnesota and New Jersey, are instituting homework-free nights or are offering a bit of free time between classes -- the equivalent of recess for teenagers.
In Maine, at least two high schools have converted classrooms into "wellness rooms" staffed by volunteer professionals who offer massage therapy and other stress-reducing treatments for students, with parental permission.
The idea is to help them slow down and cope with their problems in an overpacked, 24-7 world, where many students stay up late to finish homework and fall asleep with their cellphones in their hands.
"Things cycle for them so quickly. So it's hard for them to be able to develop the patience, or the ability to think something through and to realize that it may take some time for it to get resolved," says Douglas Berg, a social worker at Prospect High, where he and other staff are seeing more students hospitalized with anxiety and panic attacks related to stress.
Some might question whether a dog in the school corridors, or a 20-minute break, addresses the deeper issues at hand. But many school officials say they have to do what they can to alleviate the growing pressure to achieve. That pressure, they say, has only been heightened by the commonly held belief that it's tougher than ever for a young person to make it in this economy.
More than ever, a college degree is seen as a must. So more students are taking college courses in high school, and even more are enrolling in rigorous "advanced placement," or AP classes to try to earn college credit. Add year-round sports and after-school jobs and volunteering, as a way to bolster the college application, and many students say they have little time for anything else.
"There's just too much," says Lexi Botts, a senior at Prospect High who sought comfort from Junie and, ultimately, school counselors after her grandfather's death last fall.
The intensity of school has become so great, says one mom in Paoli, Pa., that she and her family have dubbed the senior year of high school "the crying year."
"When does a child get to be a child anymore?" said Carol Meerschaert. "I fear how they will burn out when the pressure has been on them since elementary school."
Abbie Kaplan, a junior at the Boston Latin School -- a public high school that requires students to take an exam for entry -- knows what she means.
On a scale of 1 to 10, she places her stress level at a pretty steady 9. She regularly has four hours of homework a night, some done before swim practice. She eats dinner around 9:30 p.m., then finishes the rest of her homework and generally goes to bed at 11:30. Then she's up at 6 a.m. so she can be at school by 7:45.
She calls her hectic schedule "the new normal."
"You keep telling yourself that it will prepare you for the future," Kaplan says. "It's just sort of how it is."
She, too, has had anxiety attacks related to her workload, she says. And some parents say school shootings, including the recent massacre in Newtown, Conn., only worsen the stress.
"My son came home from school and said, `I'm really worried this could happen at our school,"' says Jane Robertson, a mother of a 16-year-old in Belfast, Maine. She's also a chiropractor, who helped start one of the wellness rooms in her area. The first one opened in Camden, Maine, after a spate of suicides more than 10 years ago, she said.
Overall, a recent national survey of adolescent mental health found that about 8 to 10 percent of teens ages 13 to 18 have an anxiety disorder. And of those teens, only 18 percent received mental health care, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
School officials across the country, meanwhile, say they're seeing a steady uptick in mental health referrals, often stress-related. Timothy Dorway, a principal at a high school in Chanhassen, Minn., just outside Minneapolis, is among them. He says such referrals have doubled since his school opened in 2009.
"We're asking these kids to do things that we don't even ask adults to do," Dorway says, noting sports and academic requirements that often leave them sleep-deprived.
Besides the mental health issues, he noted that students from his school have been in car accidents after falling asleep at the wheel -- one of them on the way to school, at 7:45 a.m.
All of it led him and his school community to come up with a motto -- "Balance, Perspective, Growth" -- and to look for ways to put it into practice.
Now, Chanhassen High is among a small but growing number of schools that has homework-free nights scattered throughout the school year. Two days a week, students at Chanhassen also get a 20-minute "recess" break in the morning. Some play hackie sack or grab a snack. They chat in the hallways, catch up on homework or rest.
The break is a time "to let all the information of the day settle in my mind," says Zach Anderson, a junior at the school. "We need time to think."
The changes at the school have not come without controversy. A few parents see the break as a waste of time that could be better used at the beginning of the school day.
"Let them sleep in, or get a better breakfast, or come to school at the usual time to talk to a teacher if they need to," says Karrie Shroyer, a mom of a sophomore at Chanhassen High.
When it comes to homework, she says the school would better serve students by cutting back on what some view as an inordinate amount of "busy work," repetitive work that students who've mastered the concepts may not need to do.
"Are we trying to hide the real problem with a simple fix?" Shroyer asks.


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Shares of Tyson Foods Inc. rose as first-quarter net income reached $173 million, up about 11 percent from $156 million over last year's first period, the company said. The Arkansas meat processor said sales reached $8.4 billion, up from $8.3 billion, on growth in its beef and chicken businesses. Tyson also said it expects fiscal 2013 sales to reach about $35 billion, as domestic prices rise from a decrease in protein supplies and increased raw material costs.
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MILFORD – The Caroline County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at its regular Feb. 20 meeting on a proposed zoning amendments that would potentially allow a company to build a facility to store biosolids – sewage sludge that is applied to farms for fertilizer.
The panel took a second look at the proposed amendments at a regular work session on Wednesday of last week, and it was clear that two commissioners have problems with the proposal. Commissioner Milton Bush outright was opposed to the biosolids storage facility, and Les Stanley expressed concerns about the amount of truck traffic it may generate.
The amendments are being sought by Synagro, a company that handles and processes sewage sludge for municipalities and applies the biosolids to agricultural land for fertilizer.
Synagro is considering a site on a remote farm operated by Maxie Broaddus off Perimeter Road in the Bowling Green District, Steve McMahon, who works for the company in Essex County, told the commission at its December work session. The farm consists of about 600-700 acres, he said. The storage facility would be about 300 to 400 feet by 120 feet, according to McMahon.
It would take 250 truckloads of biosolids material to fertilize a 500-acre farm, said Stanley. "That's a lot of truck traffic on rural roads," he said.
Stanley also said he had "very big concerns" about language in the amendments that would allow the storage facility to be up to 35 feet tall. It would be better to set the height as a condition of the permit, he suggested.
Under the proposed amendments, a biosolids storage facility could be allowed by a special exception permit in areas zoned rural preservation or agricultural preservation but designated agricultural preservation in the county's comprehensive plan. It would require a minimum of 500 acres and be set back from the property line or public right of way at least 750 feet. The storage facility would have to comply with pertinent state regulations.
Bush expressed concerns about the odor that would emanate from such a storage facility. Referring to neighboring residents, he said, "I wouldn't want to be one of them."
Chairman Pete Davis noted that biosolids already are applied to agricultural land in Caroline County.
Bush was not assuaged, however. "What about the public?" asked Bush. "What are they going to say when they smell this stuff?"
Davis also noted that the storage facility will be enclosed to keep the material dry, which will reduce odors.
"Nobody wants it in their backyard," observed commissioner Tim Thompson.
"How could I vote for something" that will impact other people, asked Bush, "if I don't want it for myself?"
The odor generated from biosolids comes mainly from spreading it on fields, added Davis.
"When you store it, you're going to smell it," said Bush.
"I understand what you're saying," said commissioner William Smith.
At the December meeting, McMahon said that new state regulations will require, among other things, biosolids storage facilities to be covered and additional measures to protect them from storm water run-off.
Synagro has another storage facility in Fauquier County and two in King and Queen County, one in Newtown and the other in West Point. They are essentially open, concrete storage pads.
A covered structure, as required by the pending new state regulations, would help reduce the odor, McMahon suggested in December, because the material would dry and form a crust. The most pungent smells are associated with the material when it is wet, he said.
Synagro has contracts with cities such as Arlington and Alexandria to remove sewage sludge material. The company has applied biosolids to farmland in Caroline for many years. The application process is regulated by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
According to its website, Synagro is based in Texas and employs 800 people in 34 states serving more than 600 municipal and industrial water and wastewater facilities.


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The latest problem occurred in December when it was learned that it failed to reduce its takeout on super-exotic wagers from 26% to 25% as was required by statute back in September, 2010.
Consequently, NYRA and its simulcast partners kept one more percent of the money wagered than it was entitled to. The NYRA was ordered to refund the money, $1.2 million, that it overcharged horseplayers. The association agreed to do so.
At a meeting before the Franchise Oversight Board on Tuesday, a panel charged to, well, oversee NYRA operations--but also failed to discover the "oversight" in a timely manner—once again held NYRA to account.
However, $700,000 proved untraceable since those bets were made live made through other platforms: On payoffs of less than 300-1, live transactions do not leave a paper trail. In addition to the $700,000 there is the matter of $7.9 million legally wagered at other venues. Those bettors were shorted as well.
The latter is very complex, tied to various simulcast rate fees and different takeout rates in other states. NYRA must get cooperation from those partners to recover money that, in effect, is owed them, but lacks the power to demand that audits be done.
Resultantly, if bettors who were cheated out of winnings cannot prove they placed and cashed wagers, they have no recourse. So what happens to the remaining $700,000? Here's one idea:
The only way to repay this debt in our view is to pour that money back into the betting pool. There are several ways to do this: The suggestion here is that the owed money be placed into one intra-race pool. NYRA can put the $700,000 into the straight pools of an over-filled race of quality runners, an allowance or stakes field. Straight pools have the lowest takeout and lower degree of difficulty.
Personally, I would prefer to see the money placed in a large, high-quality field offering superfecta wagering, the only intra-race pool in New York that offers fractional wagering: Players might be more comfortable in the familiar, less difficult trifecta, but NYRA does not yet offer a 50-Cent trifecta wagering as is done at popular winter betting venues such as Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs.
Why is it the NYRA always seems to be the last racetrack organization to respond to market conditions?
Certainly, NYRA is justified putting the $700,000 back into its own live pools so it can derive the greatest benefit, that's not unfair. But it should also bend over backward to give more bettors a fair chance to share some of that money.
If NYRA were to think about putting $700,000 into a Pick Six pool, for example, thereby creating a huge, "free" carryover, they could turn it into a grand experiment: How about a one-day-only 10-Cent "Pick Six Rebate Special" with a mandatory Pick 5 consolation and one-time 15 percent takeout rate? Why not gives as many people as it can an opportunity to make a super-exotics score by giving them the leverage that a 10-Cent wager provides?
Surely NYRA can get State Racing and Wagering Board approval to conduct a one-day experiment while paying its debt to bettors. The results would prove interesting in the light it would shed on offering a fractional wager with a favorable takeout rate on a bet with a high degree of difficulty.
This, or any other specially created pool, should then be heavily promoted. This is a chance for NYRA to make lemonade out of this mess and do something for its loyal customers at the same time.
The "Pick 6 Rebate Special" could include stakes races that are part of the Wood Memorial undercard program. And it shouldn't be concerned if there are a few small fields. Rank and file bettors should be given a good chance to cash a big ticket. NYRA owes them, literally and figuratively.
Alas, here are two reasons why this probably will never happen? First, it wasn't invented at NYRA. Second, the suits will figure that by promoting a special rebate wager the public would only be reminded they were cheated in the first place.
What does NYRA have to lose, its good will?


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Public Broadcasting (PSPB) production team responsible for "Penn State Football: The Next Chapter," which offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at one of the nation's premier football programs, has been nominated for a 2012 College Sports Media Award.
The Sports Video Group and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) made the announcement of the award finalists. The show is one of five nominated in the Best Program Series category, College Athletics Division.
The winners will be announced Wednesday, May 29, at the College Sports Video Summit in Atlanta.
"We are extremely proud of the CMSA nomination in our first year partnership with Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics to produce 'Penn State Football: The Next Chapter,'" said Bill Amin, coordinating producer. "Head coach Bill O'Brien continues to demonstrate the importance of the One Team philosophy. We were very pleased to share the One Team vision with viewers, fans and supporters of Penn State and Nittany Lion Football each week."
"The team at Penn State Public Broadcasting knows that it requires remarkable effort to tell remarkable stories well," stated Penn State Associate Athletic Director Greg Myford. "They demonstrated that this past year with each episode of 'The Next Chapter.' And now that we have a full season under our belt working together, our fans can look forward to the show climbing to the next level this fall."
During the 2012 season, the show took viewers on a journey by providing pre-game and post-game highlights, player interviews, features and conversations with O'Brien, as well as the coaching and football support staff. The national and Big Ten Coach of the Year, O'Brien and his staff led the Nittany Lions to wins in eight of their final 10 games.
The PSPB production team produced 12 episodes that aired on TV stations and regional sports networks from North Carolina, to eastern Ohio to Maine, including CSN Philadelphia, ROOT Sports, NESN and MASN.
Topher Yorks is the producer of "Penn State Football: The Next Chapter." Don Hampton (director), DaVita Miles (associate producer), Shadé Olasimbo (associate producer) and Matt Stephens (videographer) join Amin in comprising the primary production team for the program.
"Penn State Football: The Next Chapter" is a partnership between PSPB and Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics, who also partner on the Penn State basketball programs, "In The Paint" and "Courtside With Coquese," which was a 2012 CSMA finalist.
Penn State Public Broadcasting serves central Pennsylvania with programming, educational services and community outreach. Penn State Public Broadcasting is part of Penn State Outreach, the largest unified outreach organization in American higher education. Penn State Outreach serves more than 5 million people each year, delivering more than 2,000 programs to people in all 67 counties, all 50 states and 115 countries worldwide.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College's Andrew Goot has been named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association pitcher of the week for the Southeast region. This is Goot's second honor of the week, as he was named Conference Carolinas pitcher of the week on Tuesday.
Goot is a junior right-handed pitcher for the Cobras. The team went 4-1 last week, and Goot had a say in all four of the victories. He picked up three wins and a save, tossing seven innings over four appearances. As of Thursday, Goot is 8-0 with one save on the season. He has a 3.76 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 52 2-3 innings.
Goot is a history major at Coker. He is the son of Robert and Joanne Goot.
The Coker baseball team sits at 28-12 overall and 13-8 in conference action. It completes the regular season with a three-game series Friday and Saturday at Erskine College.
For more information, contact Chris Dougherty, manager of athletics media relations and marketing, at 843-383-8018 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.


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Greasy rags in hot dryer ignite Valley Street jail fire; flames spread through dirty ductwork
March 22. 2014 11:42PM
MANCHESTER - Fire started by greasy rags left in a hot dryer and extended with the help of ductwork that had not been cleaned of an accumulation of lint cause $75,000 damage at the Hillsborough County Correctional Facility on Valley Street on Saturday night, fire officials said.
The fire broke out in a commercial dryer in the jail. District Fire Chief Al Poulin said the combination of grease-laden kitchen rags and the heat of the dryer cause the fire to begin. An accumulation of lint in the building's duct work allowed the fire to spread from the basement to the third floor, where the flames brough throught she seams of the duct work and ignited the roof.
In addition to the fire damage to the third floor and the basement, there was heavy water damage on the first and second floors. Poulin estimated the damage at $75,000.
One person was rescued from the area of the fire, but no injuries were reported..


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Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny would be happy for another four ugly wins if it means Arsenal secure Champions League qualification ahead of Everton.
The Gunners moved back up into the top four after coming from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium, where France forward Olivier Giroud netted a superb finish and German international Lukas Podolski crashed home a brace.
Everton, however, will regain the advantage should they produce a positive result at home to Crystal Palace on Wednesday evening.
The race for the final Champions League place is set to go to the wire and Szczesny insists it does not matter how the FA Cup finalists secure it, so long as they do.
"The energy level was not great after playing 120 minutes (against Wigan at Wembley) on Saturday, but it was important to get three points," said Szczesny, who was back in the side having been on the bench for the semi-final, where Lukasz Fabianski saved two penalties in the shoot-out.
"In the Premier League we had not won in four games, so it was important to get back to winning ways - three points is all that matters at the moment.
"I will take four or five more games like that until the end of the season. As long as we get three points, it does not have to be beautiful.
"Every game is like a cup final for us now and we know we have to get the result every time and wait for Everton to drop points."
Szczesny is confident Arsenal can secure a positive end to a campaign which had promised so much.
"Before the four disappointing results we had recently we were still in the title race, so it has slipped away from us," the Poland international said.
"But it is important for us to fight for the new challenge, which is the top four now. We are confident we are going to do the job."
Giroud went some way to answering his critics - who had plenty of ammunition following a fluffed first-half chance when clean through on goal - with a strike of the highest quality.
Having held off both Andy Carroll and Winston Reid, the Arsenal striker expertly collected a looping ball into the penalty box from Thomas Vermaelen on his left before slotting it through Adrian's legs with his right boot.
Giroud paid his own respects to the Hillsborough victims, kissing the black armband and then looking to the heavens.
"I heard everybody talking about it before and I didn't exactly know the story until a few days ago, but I just wanted to pay homage to them," the France international said.
"It is something which made me feel consoling and I wanted to dedicate my goal to the families involved."
West Ham, meanwhile, must now regroup for Saturday's visit of Crystal Palace, when they will be out to avoid a third successive defeat and make their Premier League status completely secure.
Midfielder Mark Noble said: "We cant keep putting on good performances against the top teams but then not getting anything. I would rather play bad and get some points.
"Now we have a big match at the weekend against Palace, so we will have to rest and recover for that and go out to put another performance in.
"Tony Pulis has changed things around there but we have been in good form at home and did well here at Arsenal, so we need to take that into the Palace match."
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Call Center World 2013: NextiraOne Germany Brings Video Customer Advice into the Living Room
Jan 23, 2013 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- NextiraOne Germany has innovative solutions and impressive highlights in store for visitors to this year's Call Center World (CCW). "Having been represented for the past two years on the exhibition stands of our strategic partners, in 2013 we will have our own presence at the show," said Dr. Bernd Ruppert, CEO of NextiraOne Germany. "But that's not all: for the first time we will be holding our own specialist conference for our guests on February 25, the day before CCW." Video creates new service channels NextiraOne, the vendor-independent system integrator and service provider will be showcasing incentives for innovations and trends in the contact centre industry on its Stand B10, Hall 2.1, at the Estrel Convention Centre. One example is a new interactive visual support for personal customer service at home. This application is a highly innovative approach to selling products that require explanation or clarification, such as property, luxury goods, lifestyle products, travel, financial and insurance offerings, as well as home shopping. It is also suitable for health and fitness coaching and enables a new and unique approach to providing individual customer service in the home. Siegfried Schallenmuller, Director of Services & Solutions for NextiraOne, will be presenting this application in his lecture on February 26 at 9:30 a.m. at the exhibition forum, Hall 4. NextiraOne will also be demonstrating how businesses can optimise their front- and back-office processes and the quality of their customer relationship management. Practical examples and live demonstrations will demonstrate how it is possible to respond to the toughest requirements with customised solutions.
Specialist conference in the run-up to the event One highlight will be the contact centre specialist conference which NextiraOne will be hosting on February 25, the day before CCW. Speakers will give the company and its partners an overview of current industry developments at the Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin. "New Methods for Customer Dialogue" and "Inbound 2.0" will be on the programme as well as "Concepts for a Future-Proof Service Centre Infrastructure" and "Smartphones and Tablets as the Basis for a Mobile Contact Centre," to name but a few of the ten lectures.
"This conference programme reflects not only our extensive experience, but also our comprehensive service portfolio for complex contact centre solutions," commented Bernd Ruppert. "NextiraOne is raising the bar in terms of design and implementation of innovative solutions for integrated customer relationship management." NextiraOne Germany at Call Center World 2013: Hall 2.1, Booth B10. Click here for more information about NextiraOne's conference.
NextiraOne Germany will also be presenting at CeBIT: Hall 13, Booth D57 About NextiraOne NextiraOne is a European multinational company that designs, installs, maintains and supports business solutions and communications services for over 60,000 private and Public Sector customers. Using its expertise in leading-edge communications, including data centres, contact centres, unified communications, secure network infrastructures and managed services, NextiraOne helps its customers to transform their organisations, making the complex simple.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – The Crystal Lake Park District will host a Health, Fitness and Nutrition Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St.
Twenty-seven vendors will offer discounts, raffle prizes and information related to health, fitness and nutrition.
Participating vendors are AKF Martial Arts, Beyond Organic, Crystal Lake Rowing Club, Centegra, Cherne Care Clinic, Crystal Lake Park District, CrossFit/NorthWall, Dental Works. Derick Dermatology, Four Friends Farm, Healthbridge, Human Healthy Vending, Intrigue Fitness, Jazzercise, Juice Plus +, Kumaranayagam, McHenry Medical Center, Mohs Dermatology, Nature's Balance, The Racket Club, Running Depot, Snap Fitness, Sports City Academy, Strelcheck Chiropractic and Title Boxing Club.
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I am looking for a filter to eliminate visible and non-visable rust. Water use is less than 5 GPH. Please help. Thanks
I am looking for a filter to eliminate visible and non-visable rust. Water use is less than 5 GPH. Please help. Thanks
Are you looking to use this filter for your entire house of for a specific point of use such as your kitchen sink?
Point of use. For a concrete cure room...commercial application, but the amount of water per hour is small. I am almost positive that there is visable and non-visable iron in the water because of how agressive the water is with metal shelves. I have the identical shelves in other concrete cure rooms throughout the state and none of them are corroding. I have used these shelves (NSF) for over 30-years. In the Tampa office, the shelves corroded and failed catestrophically after 6-weeks! There may be some salt and definitely there is chlorine in the water, but we are atomizing the water, which should take care of the chlorine...I think.
Anyway, let me know.
Thank you
Non-visible, or ferrous, iron can be removed via a softener. Visible, or ferric, iron can be removed with a filter, so you would need two types of equipment.
Because you using it for commercial applications, you may need to see the value in applying quality equipment that would be cost effective.
There are systems that both soften water filter it and remove chlorine.
Andy Christensen, CWS
I cannot introduce chlorides, so I am concerned with using a softener. I have always seen them use salt for conditioning. Is there another type of softener that I don't know about? Thank you
Sorry, I haven't responded earlier.
With your water use so low, then an RO wiull provide your needs nicely. It may need to be softened first but the RO will remove chlorides as well as other minerals and organics.
Hope we didn't lose you....
Andy Christensen, CWS
I have built a cabin in Murphy, NC and it is well water with low water preassure. I had no idea that the water was going to stain all the toilets as quickly as it did since we have only used it about three weeks since we closed 6 months ago. Help please. Definetly iron and smell, don't think chlorine is a problem from a well.
With all respect please in plain lenguage will someone tell me what I need to get by. Yes, I must consider cost, and hopefully with some minor assistance I can install myself.
Before you do anything, get a thorough water analysis. Avoid the headache of jumping in with something that doesn't do the job, getting a cure-all system or something because it was 'cheap'.
Make sure the type of iron is dissolved and not suspended. In other words, if the water is coming out a reddish color, then you have suspended, or ferric, iron and a different system or additional equipment may be needed.
How often is the cabin occupied? Does it remain empty for long periods of time and then occupied with groups for short periods?
Get those tests done and get back with us. I'm sure a solution can be found that can fit your needs and abilitiies.
Andy Christensen, CWS-II
Thanks for your quick reply, will have to get a water analysis the next time I go there.
Not used by anyone at this time, only been there 3 times since November, 5 days each time. Just the wife and I. Can say that the water seems clean or clear when it comes out of the kitchen but did open the toilet holding tank last week before flushing, remmebering that it had not been flushed since December, when we were there last and there was a strange looking floating film on top of the water.
Again thanks.
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Again thanks.
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Rust filter screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel. It is a filter that lies in the fuel line.
Hi, I have a few questions please - how often do I need to replace the rust filter - is it measured by time or by the amount of water consumed? also, what happens to the filter if I'm out of home for a long period of time , I mean about 4-6 months while I leave my water system closed and unused..? Will it still be effective after such a long time?
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I need to understand whether Tannins at 036 mg/L of well water is significant enough to require specific filtration. Or, will filtration for rust be sufficient to eliminate the orange staining?


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I would like to know if you think that a dosage of 50mg of tren ACE per week would surely provide an anabolic edge compared to just natural training?
If not, what is the most minimal dosage you use to see a noticeable increase, no matter how small?
and, if it would be any different if Masteron Prop was added to the mix?
I am curious to know what your thoughts are on this, and if any of you have experience with using a dosage this low.
Secondly, what effect would injecting twice or once a week have, compared to the usual 3-4 times a week? Does anyone have personal experience with this?
I am being professionally coached, so my training and diet are spot on - I know this is the most determining factor amongst everything.


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Kindergarten registration has begun at Reeds Elementary School.
Kindergarten registration has begun at Reeds Elementary School.
If you have a child that will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, you need to come by the school to register them for kindergarten. Office hours are 7:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Monday- Friday. For registration please bring the child's birth certificate, immunization records, parent's driver's license, and two proofs of residency.
Meet the Teacher will be held for Grades first through fifth from 4 – 6 p.m. Aug. 22. Aug. 26 will be the first day back for students. Meet the teacher for kindergarten students will also be held on Aug. 26.
Football camp set
Tyro Middle School will host its annual football camp from 6 – 8 p.m. starting on Aug. 12 for players in fourth through eighth grades at Tyro Stadium.
The parents of all seventh- and eighth-grade students will have a meeting in the school cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15. The cost for camp will be $40 and include a football T-shirt at the end of camp. For more information you can call 853-7795.
West plans softball camp in early August
There will be a Dragon softball camp held from 6 – 8 p.m. each evening beginning Aug. 13. The cost of camp will be $30 and will also include a camp T-shirt. You can contact Keith Stanek or Shelly Leonard at Tyro Middle School or by email at email@example.com or email@example.com.
Senior portraits are planned for Aug. 5, 14
West Davidson Senior portraits will be taken on Aug. 5 and 14 at the school. There will be more details to follow with your specific appointment time. For any questions, please call Prestige Portraits at 765-7288 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Library will show movie Monday night
West Davidson Public Library will have a movie night at 6 p.m. Monday for kindergarten through fifth grade. They will be showing "The Fantastic Mr. Fox."
Come to Bible School
A joint effort of Reeds Baptist, Reeds United Methodist, Friendship United Methodist, and Shiloh United Methodist, will hold Kingdom Rock Vacation Bible School the evenings of July 21 through July 25 at Shiloh Methodist Church. Contact any of the participating churches for more information or to register a child.
Prayers are needed
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by Adam Grant
Publishers Weekly Contrary to popular belief, good guys don't always finish last, and, in fact, an altruistic mindset can help people get ahead professionally. Whenever we interact with others in a business situation, we need to decide how to comport ourselves: focus on our own goals, or give without worrying what we'll get in return. A giving personality has the power to launch a career or deep-six it. Wharton professor Grant uses psychology and behavioral economics to explain how and why givers can succeed or fail. While takers are often very successful (Ken Lay, for example), they frequently lose credibility. Givers, on the other hand, are better salespeople and are more likely to be believed. Grant shares the stories and philosophies of givers and takers, including comedian George Meyer (a writer and executive producer for The Simpsons) and Craig Newmark of Craigslist. Through Grant acknowledges that taking is sometimes necessary, for most people, giving is not only the best way to succeed professionally, but to be happy. Ending with "actions for impact" so readers develop the right mix of mostly give and some take, Grant drives home programmer and networking genius Adam Rifkin's five-minute rule: "You should be willing to do something that will take you five minutes or less for anybody." Agent: Richard Pine, Inkwell Management. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Biographical Materials
Clippings and press releases 1979 - 1998
Marcos, Ferdinand and Imelda - Photograph, invitations, etc. 1976
Office of Scientific Research and Development - Certificates undated
Photocopies of photographs of Penner and others 1956 - 1963
Photographs - Includes photos of Penner, Penner with others, and photos taken during Penner's 1976 visit to China 1960 - 1982
S. S. Penner Biographical Data - Typescript & list of publications 1998
Saratoga Springs High School - Diploma, certificates 1938
State of California. State Board of Registration for Civil and Professional Engineers certificate 1948
Tribute to S. S. Penner - Bound scrapbook containing letters, photographs, etc. 1986
Union College - Diploma, transcript, etc. 1938 - 1942
University of Wisconsin - Diplomas, transcript, certificates 1942 - 1946
War Manpower Commission. Committee on Scientific Research Personnel - Letters, diplomas 1944
Who's Who - Two proof sheets and one tear sheet from Who's Who biographies of Penner 1998 & undated
Awards and Honors
General awards and honors - Includes correspondence 1942 - 1998 & undated
Plaques and medals 1955 - 1977
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) - Board of Directors 1964 - 1966
AIAA - G. Edward Pendray Award. Includes correspondence, clippings, photograph, etc. 1976
National Academy of Engineering 1977
Numa Manson Medal - Includes correspondence, photos 1979
Instituto Internazionale delle Comunicazioni - International Columbus Prize. Includes acceptance remarks, correspondence, clippings 1981
International Energy Agency - National Advisory Board. Correspondence, clippings 1981
Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen - Honorary doctorate. Includes correspondence, clippings, etc. 1981
AIAA - Energy Systems Award. Includes correspondence, clippings 1983
AIAA San Diego Section - Outstanding Contribution to the AIAA at the National Level. Includes correspondence, program 1983
AIAA - Thermophysics Award. Includes press release, clippings, etc. 1983
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness - Edward Teller Award for the Defense of Freedom. Includes correspondence 1997
S.S. Penner Distinguished Lectures in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Sciences 1999 - 2000
California Institute of Technology album 1956 - 1957
Institute for Defense Analyses, Research and Engineering Support Division - Cartoons, greeting card, etc. 1964
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer - Presentation copy of first issue, published in 1961, with six pages of signatures 1986
Modern Developments in Energy, Combustion and Spectroscopy, in Honor of S. S. Penner - Presentation copy. Includes biography & list of publications by Penner 1993
Conference and meeting materials - Includes correspondence, photographs, etc. 1960 - 2000
Ogden Corporation - Annual report, correspondence, photographs, etc. 1985 - 1998
Report of the Energy Center Review Committee - Photocopy of typescript 1985
Von Karman, Theodore - Printed materials, clippings, etc. 1956 - 1994
AGARD Propulsion and Energetics Panel: 1952-1977 1978
Are We About to Run Out of Usable, Low-Cost Energy Supplies? - Includes correspondence and sample issue of Prime Time Newsletter. 1998
Collected Papers of S. S. Penner [Bound volumes]
1946 - 1954
1955 - 1963
1964 - 1968
Combustion and Propulsion Research - In Chemical and Engineering News January 14, 1963
Comment on "Temperature Measurement and Relaxation Processes in Shock Tubes" by A.G. Gaydon 1966
Comment on "Testimony on the California Nuclear Initiative by Harold C. Urey and Hannes Alfven" - Typescript 1998
Comments on "Research Support for the Power Industry" by M. Granger Morgan and Susan F. Tierney - Includes typescript, correspondence, and copy of Morgan and Tierney's article 1998
Effect of Silica Gel Upon the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide - Bound carbon copy typescript of master's thesis 1943
Equilibrium Radiation Properties of Gases - Published in the Handbook of Heat Transfer 1973
First Decade (1964-74) of the AMES Department at UCSD - Typescript 1995
Kinetics of Gelation; Resistance of Zirconia Gels During Setting - Includes handwritten notes and graphs 1942
Long-Term Energy Supplies for the World. Typescript ca. 1998
Partial Solutions to Problems in THERMODYNAMICS by S. S. Penner, with S. S. McElmury - Includes photostat, handwritten notes, etc. ca. 1968
Radiation Phenomena in Rockets - Photostat negative of declassified document ca. 1940s
Relationship Between Energy Conservation, GNP and Energy Consumption, with J. M. Bernard - Published in the 119th Anniversary Number of The Indian and Eastern Engineer 1977
Report of the DOE Advanced Fuel-Cell Commercialization Working Group - Bound typescripts with corrections 1994
Review of Conservative Environmentalism - Reassessing the Means, Redefining the Ends, by Dunn and Kinney - Photocopy from Energy, vol. 22, no. 6. 1997
Theoretical Aspects of Nitrogen Fixation by the Wisconsin Process - Typescript carbon copy with blueprint graphs undated
United States Energy Supplies for the 21st Century - Offprint from Energy vol. 23, no. 2. Includes correspondence 1998
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The tension came after a day of wheeling and dealing, first over a school finance reform bill and then over a controversial renewable energy standards bill impacting rural co-ops.
Democrats, who are in the majority, stopped a Republican lawmaker from speaking but explained he would be able to finish his argument.
"You guys are in charge, you run the agenda and you just shut off the voice of the minority and that's not right," Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, said loudly.
"You can have all the time to debate when we come back," said Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver.
The education measure provides a framework proponents say creates greater funding adequacy and equity among Colorado's 178 school districts.
If passed, Senate Bill 213 would require voter approval of a $1.1 billion tax hike to take effect.
That legislation hit a snag when the House sponsor, Rep. Millie Hamner, D-Dillon, introduced an amendment outlining areas where early tax revenues -- funds that come in before the new formula would go into effect in the 2015-16 school year -- could be allocated.
Republican objections prompted Hamner to withdraw the amendment, and the parties sought a compromise.
House members debated a renewable energy measure Thursday and Friday, with fired-up Republicans arguing it would cripple rural Colorado. Senate Bill 252 would require Colorado's rural cooperative utilities to generate 25 percent of their electricity from renewable energy by 2020 -- a sharp increase from the existing 10 percent mark they're required by state law to hit by 2020.
Lawmakers were in the middle of trying to lower the tax rate proposed in another marijuana bill when Majority Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Boulder, interrupted Republican Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs, who was talking about his amendment.
She said the chamber needed to adjourn before midnight so that bills debated that day would not be lost, and after midnight the House would convene again.
Republicans were furious.
"We're tired of being bullied," said Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs. "You guys can do this on your own."
Republicans left, and after midnight the House convened again. GOP members eventually returned, and Gardner finished his argument.


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Darrell Smith, 82
Darrell L. Smith, 82, of the Grand Island Veterans Home, died Nov. 6, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Mr. Smith was born Sept. 12, 1928, at Flippin, Ark., the son of Lawrence and Ruth (Dudley) Smith. He was united in marriage to Ruth L. Jones Nov. 23, 1946, at Salem, Ill. As a young child, Darrell moved to Salem, Ill. with his family, where he attended rural schools. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He and Ruth lived and farmed near Iuka, Ill., until moving to Nebraska in March 1966. The couple farmed mostly around Custer County, having lived in the Broken Bow, Sargent and Comstock communities. They retired in 1990, and once again lived in various communities in the area. Darrell moved to the Grand Island Veterans Home in August 2009. He took pride in keeping a nice lawn and enjoyed gardening, woodworking and small engine repairs. He is survived by his wife, Ruth of Ansley; five sons and four daughters-in-law, Dan and Gloria Smith of Merna, Mike Smith of Elm Creek, Randall and Carrie Smith of Santa Rosa, Calif., Mark and Ruth Smith of Dayton, Iowa, and Vince and Sherry Smith of Shelton, Wash.; two sisters, Lovella Slangal of Garland and Donna Johnson ofCentralia, Ill.; 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Dennis Smith; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Smith; a granddaughter, Delania Smith; a brother, Dwayne Smith; and a sister, Jean Gray. Please sign Darrell's guestbook by visiting www.petersfuneralhome.net. Memorials are suggested to the family's choice. Casket Bearers were, Dustin Smith, Devin Smith, Timothy Smith, Michael Smith, Quinten Smith, Joshua Smith and Matthew Smith. Private family graveside services were Wednesday in the Douglas Grove Cemetery, near Comstock. Pastor Don Schauda will officiate. Military honors were conducted by Rogers C. West American Legion Post No. 220 of Comstock. Peters Funeral Home of Loup City was in charge of arrangements.


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Put Me In Coach: Will The Real Bo Pelini Please Stand Up
Will the real Bo Pelini please stand up? I've been waiting to write this column since the season started and now I have enough ammo to back it up. If the Ohio State game on Saturday didn't do enough to wake up the general population of Nebraska fans, I don't know what will. It proved something that most of you may recognize but don't want to admit it or face the fact. The fact that Bo Pelini just isn't that great at coaching defense. What's worse, is the fact that he can't really recruit either. Those of you who thought that the next great defensive mind in the country was coming to Lincoln when Pelini was hired were greatly mistaken. College football is about recruiting. Sure, Pelini was part of national championship caliber teams at LSU and Oklahoma and it only further blinded the general public when he left to right his own vessel at Nebraska. The thing you need to realize is that Pelini hasn't recruited a single defensive standout in college football. The recruiting at LSU and Oklahoma were done by Les Miles and Bob Stoops, two of the greatest coaches college football has to offer not named Urban Meyer or Nick Saban. Before I go any further, let me say that I am just as big of Nebraska fan as the next person. I took no pleasure in watching the Ohio State Buckeyes bring back haunting memories of the Bobby Purify lead Colorado Buffalos that slapped our defense silly during the Bill Callahan era. When Pelini came to Nebraska, he had a great defensive line lead by Ndamukong Suh and an NFL secondary. So he continued to fool people that he was a good defensive coordinator. The thing that is important to remember is that, in spite of himself, Callahan recruited those players, he just couldn't coach them. Let's look at some stats. Pelini made his first college coaching job as the defensive coordinator at Nebraska in 2003 where he inherited a defensive line from Frank Solich that dominated the Big 12. Key word there-inherited- more rental cars that he got to drive around campus while he was there. He was the co-defensive coordinator on Bob Stoop's 2004 Oklahoma Sooners staff that went to the national championship game against USC. That squad finished the season ranked sixth in rush defense, 11th in scoring defense and 13th in overall defense. From there he went to LSU for three seasons where he was under the direction of Miles. From 05-07, the Tigers went 34-6 and won the SEC and national championship in 2007. They reached the title game again in 2008. That 2007 LSU defense was ranked third in the nation in total defense. Sure, it's listed as Pelini's defense in the news reports much like it is with his defenses at Oklahoma. It's his defenses with Les Miles and Bob Stoops recruits. Pelini has worked under NFL coaches such as Bill Belicheck and former Packers coach Mike Sherman. Another pattern, working under great coaches. Nebraska is Bo Pelini's ship now. These past couple of seasons we've seen his recruits on display. The results haven't been nearly as glamorous. The 2011 defense ranked 37th overall, 64th in rush defense, 34th in passing efficiency, 18th in passing yards and 42nd in points allowed. So far, in the 2012 season, the Huskers are ranked 49th in total defense, 73rd in scoring defense, 32nd in pass efficiency and to top it off, the 92nd second ranked run stopping offense in the nation. Go ahead Husker fans, crown the man, stick with him, I dare you. Once you look closer, the fact of the matter is that Pelini has only proven that he can do a good job of driving cool, borrowed cars. Being a good defensive mind as a head coach is about getting your own talent in the door and on the field. It even includes getting talent on the sidelines. Let's look into his defensive coordinater John Papuchis. The accolades on his Nebraska resume stop about the same time Pelini's did- after the 2010 seeason, after everyone else's recruits were gone. Nebraska is likely going to end up winning the Big 10 title by default, since Ohio State- clearly the best team in the conference- is ineligible. This past Saturday in Columbus- a sort of homecoming for Pelini who played for Ohio State- he went up against the toughest test his defense will face all season. He fell flat on his face. It's clear now that the real Bo Pelini has stood up and showed his true colors. He's shown he clearly can't recruit, and he really can't coach defense unless it's with somebody elses talent. Fans, that's the real Bo Pelini. It's time to take off the blinders and see him for what he really is. I'll tell you what he isn't- a great defensive mind.


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