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When Glenda graduated from North Shore Community College with an associate's degree at age 22, she wanted to continue her education. Her mother disapproved and told her she had to work full time.
"She said, 'Stop with that college nonsense,' " said the Lynn native, who asked that her last name not be used. "If I wouldn't stop, she would throw me out of her house."
When Glenda hurt her back and couldn't work, she said, her mother viewed her "as a damaged human being" and began abusing her emotionally.
"My whole world turned upside down," Glenda said. "I needed to leave. So I looked for help."
She found none.
In Massachusetts, state services are available for families and for children. But once teens turn 18, they are considered adults and are ineligible for those services.
Glenda then heard of Journeys of Hope. Based in Salem, the nonprofit is filling the gap by serving homeless, and those at-risk of becoming homeless, between ages 18 and 23.
Glenda was sharing her story during an assembly at Beverly High School, organized by five members of Distributive Education Club of America, a network that helps prepare students in high schools and colleges to become leaders in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. The Beverly group has chosen Journeys of Hope as its community service project.
"It was the fact that these are our peers, they are our age," said Haley Albert, one of the student organizers. "It's heartbreaking that it's kids and they don't want [homelessness] to happen to them, but they can't help it or do anything about it.
"To have a place like Journeys of Hope to be there for them is amazing, and we are trying to step up and help."
According to Journeys of Hope, it is estimated there are about 990 homeless teens and young adults living in communities north of Boston.
That includes adolescents who are living on the street; "couch surfing" from house to house; recently discharged from foster care; estranged from family or living in unsafe home situations; or living in shelters.
Susan Hauck, executive director of Journeys of Hope, believes the number is much higher. "It's hard to count young adults," she said. "They don't identify themselves as homeless."
Journeys of Hope's mission is to reach them and help them move toward a more stable life.
It has a center at the First Universalist Society of Salem, where young people can gather, play cards and video games, use computers, and have a meal. They can pick up necessities such as toothbrushes and toiletries, and gift cards for transportation, food, laundry, and other urgent needs.
They also get help with tasks such as getting an identification card; navigating the legal system; connecting with social service agencies; finding health and mental health care; returning to school; or finding transitional housing.
"Every little thing we help them with takes off the pressure so they can focus on their next goal," said Felix Colon, outreach coordinator and case manager for Journeys of Hope.
Each Friday, there are informal group discussions on a variety of issues, from healthy ways to deal with stress or conflict, and how to boost self-esteem.
"It's important for young people to be heard," Colon said. "And at Journeys of Hope we do a lot of listening. And, they get that glimmer of hope, just because they are being listened to, never mind the food and clothes."
Colon does street outreach one day and one night a week, mostly in Salem and Lynn. He offers sandwiches, water and juice, socks and underwear, and gift cards to drug stores and fast food restaurants. The aim is to reach the kids and build awareness of what Journeys of Hope can offer.
"It takes a lot of time to get them through the front door. They're reluctant," Colon said.
Glenda said the first time she called Journeys of Hope, she spoke with Hauck, the executive director.
"She sounded so nice and I felt like she already cared about me, without even meeting me."
Journeys found someone to treat Glenda's back pain and connected her with a therapist. "They encouraged me to go back to school and finish what I started. They gave me so much motivation I was no longer scared to go for it," she said.
Now 23, Glenda is a student in the social work program at Salem State University and living in a dorm on campus.
Following the assembly, many Beverly students in DECA said they had been unaware of youth homelessness and the mission of Journeys of Hope.
It prompted them to organize several events, including a Thanksgiving meal last Monday; a Your Change Creates Our Change drive at the Thanksgiving Day football game against Salem; A Week of Hope earlier this month to collect clothing and gift cards; and a float in Sunday's Beverly Holiday Parade to promote donations of clothing, food, and other items.
"It got a message across," said senior Tara Portele of the presentation. "Glenda was really powerful and she got me wanting to get more involved helping people like her."
"I was surprised by the numbers, especially in the areas so close to us,'' said Hayley Finik, a junior. "I didn't think something like that could happen."
"There are probably a lot of young homeless people in our school, but they don't look different. And, they are so hurt they can't open up to anyone, so no one knows," said senior Phoebe Blau.
Glenda had some advice: "If you are ever in a situation where you feel like I felt, or you know someone who is struggling, you should know you are never alone. There is always someone out there ready to help you."Journeys of Hope is located at 211 Bridge St. at the First Universalist Society of Salem.
Call 978-500-7478 or visit


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By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information Coordinator and
Rob Schabert, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Jacksonville State controlled the
tempo of the game and tarnished Tennessee Tech's homecoming
game Saturday in Tucker Stadium as the Gamecocks used a balanced
attack to forge a 34-14 Ohio Valley Conference victory in front of
8,953 spirited fans.
JSU (6-2/2-2 OVC) brought its conference record back to the .500 mark with the victory, using a two-week break from action to prepare for the meeting with the Golden Eagles.
Once again Tech (3-6/0-5 OVC) got a solid defensive effort, but the offense couldn't sustain any drives and also hurt itself with numerous penalties in a contest that featured 22 penalties for 182 yards.
Jacksonville State had 450 yards of offense, running off 84 plays from scrimmage. The Gamecocks, who rank second in the OVC in rushing, passing and total offense, had 251 yards through the air and 199 on the ground.
Tech mustered 99 passing yards and rushed for 181 yards for 280 total yards.
DaMarcus James rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries to pace JSU, and also completed a pass for 36 yards to account for 162 yards of total offense.
Starting quarterback Eli Jenkins was 7-for-11 passing for 77 yards and rushed seven times for 37 yards, including a touchdown. Kyle West, the projected starter, came off the bench to pass for 138 yards and two touchdowns, going 11-for-17.
Receivers Anthony Johnson and Josh Barge each hauled in five passes to lead JSU, which had nine different receivers catch balls.
Golden Eagle quarterback Darian Stone was the team's leading rusher, finishing with 79 yards on 20 carries. He was sacked four times for 30 yards, preventing him from chalking up a 100-yard game despite his 109 yards gained. The junior passed for 99 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown to Krys Cates.
Sophomore Ladarius Vanlier added 62 yards on nine carries and freshman Isaiah McKinney had 24 yards on four carries in Tech's late scoring drive.
The game features the league's top two punters, and both had strong outings. Tech's Chad Zinchini kicked eight times and averaged 46.1 yards per kick with a long of 58 yards. Hamish MacInness kicked five times and averaged 49.2 yards, aided by a school-record 86-yard kick that sailed with the gusting wind.
The Tech defense, which held JSU to 140 yards in the second half, was led by Tra'Darius Goff with a career-best 16 tackles. Marty Jones, the league's leading tackler, and Bill Dillard had 10 tackles apiece. Jones' numbers included 2.5 tackles-for-loss.
Brandon Bender was the top tackles for Jacksonville State with eight stops. Rashod Byers had six tackles and broke up three passes, while Ketrick Wolfe added five stops and an interception, the only turnover in the contest.
The Golden Eagles will travel to No. 2 Eastern Illinois next weekend, meeting the Panthers at noon on Saturday, Nov. 2, in O'Brien Stadium.
- The previous two OVC Media Award winners will broadcast today's game in the forms of Mike Parris of the JSU Radio Network and Roger Ealey, the voice of the Golden Eagle Sports Network.
- JSU runningback DaMarcus James ranks fourth in the OVC in rushing and third in scoring touchdowns.
- The Gamecocks' starting quarterback, Max Shortell, is third in the league in both passing and total offense.
- Tech quarterback Darian Stone ranks sixth in the OVC in total offense and fifth in passing.
- Golden Eagle receiver Zack Ziegler is fifth in the league in receptions per game.
- TTU return specialist and runningback Ladarius Vanlier comes into the contest third in the OVC in all-purpose yards and second in kickoff return yardage.
- On the defensive side of the ball, Tech safety Marty Jones ranks first in the OVC in tackles per game and Golden Eagle linebacker Tra'Darius Goff is third.
- TTU defensive end Malcolm Mitchell is ranked fifth in the league in sacks and eighth in tackles-for-loss.
- The Golden Eagles are one of the most disciplined teams in the OVC, ranking second in fewest yards penalized per game.
- Tech punter Chad Zinchini is still ranked first in the league in punting, but he also ranks second in the FCS as well.
- For the Homecoming contest, the Golden Eagles are donned in gold pants, purple jerseys, and gold helmets.
- Today's game captains for Tech are #16 Zack Ziegler, #60 James Normand, #94 Malcolm Mitchell, and #99 Jordan Johnson.
- TTU wins today's coin toss and will defer to the second half.
- And we are underway as JSU returns the opening kick off to the 30-yard line.
- Nice pass break-up by Demario Donnell. He nearly comes away with the interception but will settle for holding JSU to a second-and-long.
- Jax State punter Hamish MacInnes on to for the punt. He puts it to the Tech 36-yard line and the Golden Eagles get their first possession of the game.
- Zinchini out for the Tech punt. He will boot one 54 yards into the endzone for a touchback.
- Jacksonville State gets into the endzone first as quarterback Eli Jenkins scampers for a six-yard score. JSU leads 7-0 with 4:10 to go in the first half.
- Tech takes over on its own 38-yard line after the Gamecock kicker slips on the kick off.
- The Golden Eagles will punt and Zinchini pops one 58 yards into the endzone for another touchback.
- JSU will punt and pin the Golden Eagles at their own six-yard line with 1:26 to play in the first quarter.
- At the end of the first quarter, Jacksonville State leads Tech 7-0.
- Zinchini on for the punt for Tech. He crushes one 45 yards into the wind and JSU will take over on its own 44-yard line.
- The Gamecocks will send kicker Griffin Thomas out for a 44-yard field goal attempt. It's good and JSU takes a 10-0 lead with 9:30 to go in the first half.
- Jacksonville State quarterback Kyle West connects with Earl Calloway on a 35-yard pass for a JSU score. The Gamecocks now lead 17-0 with 5:14 to play in the first half.
- TOUCHDOWN!!!!! Darian Stone connects with Krys Cates for a 33-yard touchdown pass and the Golden Eagles are on the board!
- The score is now 17-7 in favor of JSU with 2:06 to go in the first half.
- Jacksonville State's DaMarcus James weaves his way into the endzone for a six-yard score and the Gamecocks take a 24-7 lead with 59 seconds to play in the first half.
- At the end of the first half, Jacksonville State leads the Golden Eagles, 24-7.
- Golden Eagles receive the second half kickoff, which is through the end zone. Tech opens the half from its own 25. On second down, Zack Ziegler injured attempting to catch a pass. Zinchini hammers a 52-yard punt into the wind, and coverage team slams returner Gabe Chambers for a four-yard loss.
- Tech forces a punt and Vanlier backs all the way to the nince to make the catch. He nearly breaks it, getting caught at the Tech 20. MacInnes' punt was 54 yards. Golden Eagles move to the JSU 48, facing third-and-one, but a false start penalty costs a chance to convert. Zinchini called on to punt, and he delivers a 53-yard bomb that sneaks into the end zone.
- Fourth-and-two for JSU at the TEch 35, and direct snap to Damarcus James. The Golden Eagle defense stuffs the play, and turns the ball over on downs. Great job by the left side of the defense as James to break it outside. The entire team comes out to greet the defense, and the Tech sidelines appears re-energized by the stop.
- Vanlier squirts through for a 14-yard gain, then busts a 35-yard carry to the left side and suddenly the Tech offense has the ball at the JSU 16. Timeout by the Gamecocks seems to stall Tech's momentum slightly. Defensive holding gives Tech a third-down at the JSU eight, but it's no gain. Brings up fourth-and-two and JSU calls timeout. Stone tries left side and is stopped for a loss, turning the ball over on downs at the 14.
- GOlden Eagle defense forces a three-and-out, so MacInnes punts. He sails one with the wind that carries, and carries, and carries. It bounces at the 15 and trickles into the end zone. Coverage man barely misses downing it at the one, giving MacInnes a school record with an 86-yard kick.
- Ketrick Wolfe steps in front of the receiver and intercepts Stone's pass at the Tech 37, and returns it to the 31 with 1:48 remaining in the period.
- Defense holds and forces a 47-yard field goal by Griffin Thomas. The scoring drive was three plays and 13 yards in 1:01. With 24 seconds left in the third, JSU leads 27-7.
- Back-to-back penalties and Zinchini on to punt. His kick goes 50 yards and Brown brings it back 15 yards to the JSU 34.
- And again, the Golden Eagle defense doesn't budge, holding JSU to minus two yards and forcing a punt by MacInnes into the wind. He gets the bounce and it goes out of bounds at the TTU 29 for a 39-yard punt.
- Golden Eagle defense trying to do it again. They stuff James on third-and-one, and JSU will go for it on fourth-and-one from the Tech 43. James in direct snap formation, and Tech calls timeout with 8:44 to play. Great defensive penetration, but James slices between tackles and picks up the first down at the 41.
- The Gamecocks march 52 yards in 11 plays, with Anthony Johnson stealing the ball from Tech's defender in the end zone for the touchdown. After Griffin's PAT, the JSU lead is 34-7.
- Vanlier races from the Tech two out to the 47 for a 45-yard kickoff return.
- Jared Davis takes over at QB, and Isaiah McInney comes into the game as the runningback. McKinney has three straight carries for a first down, then a pass to Cates draws a pass interference penalty, giving Tech a first down at the Gamecock 23.
- Great fake and Jared Davis races around right side, stiff arms cornerback Jamill Lott, and dives into the end zone for a Golden Eagle TOUCHDOWN. Sharp's kick makes it 34-14 with 1:56 to play.
- Onsides kick attempt, but JSU recovers at the Gamecock 46.

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Garder & allied families NC deeds, bible records, etc. online
My web site's "digital library" is expanding rapidly!Ken Wilson generously sent a slew of Gardner & allied family records from Halifax Co., Nash Co. and Warren Co., NC to share with other researchers, which I have now put on the site.
The surnames (among others) include:Arrington, Avent, Balthrop, Bradley, Derring, Gardner and Southall.
The records are available through the Gardner link on my main web site page:
There is also a "Search" link at the top of each page on the site that you can use to search the entire site for names, places, etc.
I'm not directly related to these families -- Gardner is a Southall allied surname & I research the Southall surname across the United States.
Happy researching!
Susan :)
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BumpWatch: Busy Philipps Debuts Belly (and SAG Nominees!)
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Busy's looking beautiful!
The Cougar Town star, 33, was on hand along with Taye Diggs Wednesday morning to announce the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
On Monday, Philipps took to Twitter to reveal she is expecting her second child with husband Marc Silverstein.
Despite her Tweet — a picture of a positive pregnancy test — the actress admits she wasn't quite ready to share the news just yet.
"It was leaked to someone that I was pregnant and they were going to put it online anyway," Philipps tells Celebuzz.
"I was kind of upset about it and [Marc] was like, 'You know what? Eff them. Just Tweet it, and then you put it out there and it is what it is.'"
However, when it comes to social media, there's a line the expectant mama — already mom to daughter Birdie Leigh, 4 — isn't willing to cross.
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Asni is a small town, in the foothills of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco. It is about a two hour drive from Marrakech. As the town is on both the routes into and around the Atlas mountains, there is a steady drift of tourists, and hence the place is full of hustlers. For a more peaceful stay near the Atlas mountains, carry on up the road to the more attractive Imlil.
Get in
Currently duplicated in Imlil
It takes about 1 hour to get from Marrakech to Asni. There are buses from the central bus station which ostensibly leave every 30 minutes. A quicker way is to take a petit taxi to the out-of-town grand taxi 'park' (cost 15dh. If you're better at haggling you can get this lower, if you care about a few pence). From there, a grand taxi will take you to Asni (cost 90dh. (Grand taxis are maybe not the way, if you don't like sharing very confined spaces with strangers.)).
Alternatively, if you are staying at Kasbah Tamadot (Sir Richard Branson's luxury hotel), private transfers are available from the Marrakech airport to the resort bookable through Virgin Limited Edition.
Get around
Asni describes both the small village where the grande taxis drop you and the wider valley, however if we just consider the village: It is split into two parts. The 'commercial' area, down by the main road. Here there are shops lined up on either side of the road. Behind the shops up a slope to the South(?) a short distance is the 'residential' part of the village, consisting of 50 or so houses.
Obviously walking on foot is the way to get around (as the village is only a few hundred metres wide).
This village has little to see. Old mud-brick houses seem amazing the first time you seem them, but you'll see more, higher up in the mountains, without all the touts and conmen.
For many people there's little to do here beyond buying food and water, and leaving. Okay, that's a bit harsh. Asni has many hammam (bath houses), which would have been nice after long walks in the day. It has a weak market too, selling feet, hairnuts, mental work, etc...(unconfirmed!)
Food, water (probably a really good idea if you're planning to head further into the mountains. Bottled water gets more expensive the further you get from Marrakech? And if you feel like being conned, there are Loads of really naff trinkets being sold by hustlers.
The weekly market might be worth a look too. However, remember Marrakech probably has everything you can buy here, at half the price.
There are a couple of cafes on the main street. Some report some have very good food.
This is rural Morocco. Alcohol is legal.
There is one hostel and one hotel (apparently, would like this confirmed).
Additionally, Sir Richard Branson's new luxury Moroccan retreat is in Asni. It features a total of 19 rooms and suites.
Get out
To get back to Marrakech a grande taxi back is the best way. Warning: Taxis back to Marrakech are in general more expensive than coming here. The is because people often travel through the mountains, so theres less people coming back to Marrakech (apparently...)
To go on up into the mountains, please read the Imlil page.


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Services for Kimberly Genice Peacock, 19, a student at Tarleton State University, will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Holy Trinity Catholic Parish in Big Spring, Texas, with Father Gully officiating. Arrangements are by Lacy Funeral Home, Stephenville, Texas. Kimberly was born in Big Spring, Texas, on Aug. 29, 1993, to Jeremy Peacock and Valorie A. Hoard. She was a member of Cottonwood Baptist Church in Dublin, Texas, and a member of Phi Mu sorority.Survivors include her mother, Valorie Hoard and husband Daniel, of Big Spring; father, Jeremy Peacock of Fort Worth; maternal grandmother, Theresa Conley of Big Spring; maternal great-grandfather, Alberto Aguirre of Midland, Texas; paternal grandfather, Dale Peacock of Big Spring; paternal great-grandmother, Lucille Arney of Big Spring; two sisters, Delilah Gonzales and Sophee Acosta, both of Big Spring; and a nephew, Gavin Thornhill of Big Spring.Online condolences can be made at www.lacyfuneral.com.


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GENEVA – Wayne Gretzky finished his Labor Day weekend of baseball watching at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark seated behind a fan wearing a Mike Ditka Bears jersey.
Although some Chicagoans might stump for Da Coach, there's no question No. 99 trumps No. 89 in the realm of North American sports icons.
On Monday, Gretzky and his wife, actress Janet Jones, weren't ones to volunteer anything about Gretzky's greatness as the National Hockey League's all-time leading scorer. In town to watch their son, Cougars left fielder Trevor Gretzky, for a three-game series against Peoria, the couple happily blended in among the crowd in section 108.
Trevor Gretzky closed the season with a 1 for 4 day. On Sunday night, he hit his first professional home run with his parents cheering the middle of their five children.
"It's a wonderful game and it's a great sport and he works hard at it and he loves it," Wayne Gretzky told the Kane County Chronicle. "As parents, we're enjoying watching him grow up and get to this level. Most importantly, he's a really good young man and very polite and very respectful."
The Gretzkys planned to travel to suburban St. Louis after Monday's game to visit Jones' 92-year-old mother. Trevor Gretzky – who batted .306 in 14 games with the Cougars after his promotion from Short-A Boise late last month – was raised in Los Angeles, but speaks fondly of the family's midwestern roots, much like his mother.
"Yeah, it feels comfortable," Jones said.
Wayne Gretzky grew up in Brantford, Ontario, as a Detroit Tigers fan. The Toronto Blue Jays did not join Major League Baseball until the 1977 season, when Gretzky was 16.
Gretzky, 52, listed Tigers greats Mark Fidrych, Al Kaline and Mickey Lolich as favorite players during his youth and marveled that watching Rod Carew play during his first visit to Tiger Stadium "was the most amazing I had ever seen."
Yup, Wayne Gretzky talking baseball in Geneva.
"When I grew up as a kid, I was a big believer that during the hockey season, you play hockey," Gretzky said. "When hockey's over, you throw your hockey equipment in the basement, you play baseball or soccer or track."
A four-time Stanley Cup winner who retired after the 1998-99 season, Gretzky still skates a few times a year, most often at his foundation's annual fantasy camp in Las Vegas. There's a rink near the family's summer home in Couer d'Alene, Idaho – former teammate Brett Hull lives next door to the Gretzkys – but it hardly sees The Great One's shadow.
"You know, it's one of those things where people say, 'Do you miss the game?' and I miss it immensely. I love the game, it's the greatest game, everything I have in my life is because of hockey," Gretzky said. "But I wasn't good anymore.
"You know, I get a little bit leery of going out there and skating in front of people because, quite frankly, I don't want to remember a 52-year-old Wayne Gretzky playing hockey. I don't want to see a 52-year-old Wayne Gretzky playing hockey, but it's still a great game."
This weekend, a 52-year-old Wayne Gretzky watching baseball was the norm. The elder Gretzky relished seeing his 20-year-old son as the attraction.


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The celebration has come to a close, but some in Pembroke are hoping to keep alive the civic pride they say was stirred by the parade, fireworks, and other festivities in the year-long 300th-anniversary observance.
A group of residents involved with the tricentennial plan to create a nonprofit that would sponsor future community events of the type that brought out crowds throughout last year.
"This whole year has been a statement for us that the community is really interested in doing some of these events annually," said Kyle Harney, who was the anniversary committee member in charge of publicity and is one of those involved in the planned new group.
"Pembroke has many types of communities — we have our 'McMansions,' our old cottages on the ponds, people from all sorts of homes. But they all showed up when we had events," he said.
Harney said the new group would seek to put on events featured in the tricentennial as well as others that were not — like the holiday tree lighting held last month. "Every year we'd like to do at least four events, maybe more, to bring people together," he said.
Selectman Bill Boulter, who chaired the anniversary committee, said the town is establishing a fund that will be used to support future town events of the type that took place last year. He said groups like the planned nonprofit could seek grants from the fund, which will be created with an anticipated small surplus from the 300th celebration.
Boulter said he supported the efforts of the new group, but cautioned that its task would be a challenging one. He noted that many who donated time and resources did so because it was a tricentennial year and might be less willing to contribute to such events on a regular basis.
Stretching over 12 months, the anniversary observance was packed with events ranging from a townwide birthday party and a water balloon fight to a boat cruise, an antique aviation weekend, and a Civil War encampment, in addition to the fireworks and the parade, which lasted three hours and drew as many as 10,000 people. Along with the many festivities, the year featured the creation of a new book on Pembroke history, construction of a brick walkway bearing the etched names of local residents and groups, and the installation of a historic replica water wheel on the Herring Run, a gift to the town by the anniversary committee.
A pair of quilts depicting Pembroke history were also stitched, and a wine made of Pembroke-harvested cranberries was bottled and sold.
Organizers, who initially worried the celebration might be hindered by limited resources, said they are thrilled that it all went forward largely as planned, with even the weather cooperating.
Perhaps most gratifying, they said, was the community spirit the celebration seemed to stir, including among the many who pitched in to help with the various events and projects.
"I think what we gained was we brought the townspeople, the residents, the business groups, and all the different functions of Pembroke a little closer together. Everyone had a part of it," Boulter said.
Deborah Wall, the town's library director and one of the authors of the new history book, said Pembroke has "a lot of town pride. I think people knew that, but this was a witness to it. People got a good sense of how much Pembroke has to offer and how proud people are of Pembroke."
The 300th committee raised just over $190,000 for the celebration, which proved enough to pay for the planned activities; the only event that did not go forward was a costume ball that was canceled due to insufficient interest.
The money raised included $60,000 in state funds secured by state Senate President Therese Murray, whose district includes Pembroke, $30,000 from an existing town fund that the committee pledged to repay, and private donations.
Boulter said factoring in all debts, the celebration at present has about broken even. The anticipated surplus would come from continued sales of the history book and other memorabilia.
Originally settled in the 1640s, Pembroke was incorporated in 1712. Last year's celebration, the first since the town marked its 275th anniversary in 1987, was the result of a three-year planning effort.
"There was something for everyone," said John Proctor, a committee member who chaired the group that oversaw the brick walk project.
After a January kickoff, the year picked up steam with the townwide birthday party on March 21 — the actual anniversary — featuring an enormous birthday cake and the ringing of bells 300 times by local children in the First Church in Pembroke. In April, there was an Arbor Day planting of 300 trees, and in May a golf tournament and an antique car show. June brought the water balloon fight and a public safety night.
In July, there was a scavenger hunt, followed by a combined pontoon boat cruise on the North River and a trolley tour. In August, there was the aviation weekend, and in September, a road race and the parade. October brought a two-day Civil War encampment and on that same weekend, the fireworks show. In November, there was a high school concert and a dedication of the brick walkway.
In the final month, a local Quaker group invited the community to one of its Meetings — Quakers played an important role in the town's early history — and a closing event was held.
"It was just a fun thing to be at the events and be part of it," said Kathleen Keegan, a committee member who chaired the group that planned the water balloon fight.
Boulter said one of the positives of the year was the education it gave residents into the town's past.
"A lot of people didn't know the historic events that had taken place here," he said, noting for example the fact that one of the Boston Tea Party ships was built in Pembroke.
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Trades only take effect every 5 seconds. Wouldn't that stop this sort of abuse?
AGH! You'll ruin the foundation of capitalism! Down with your regulations, you dirty commie!
What??? What do I hear, "net neutrality regulations" would became suddenly capitalistic?
Why not every 30? That should be enough time for a HUMAN to decide if they want to buy or sell something. It seems that this lightning fast trading works great and they're happy if they're making money. If something cascades into failure (like it did earlier last year, or was it '09?) then they just say 'oops, do over'. Imagine you were cashing out your 401k during the 'accidental' crash last year. One second stuff is at 1000, the next it's at 300. In the time it took for electrons to travel from your broker to the market.
The worth of a company what a stock is supposed to buy you into, doesn't change even from minute to minute.
I mean, they wouldn't make as much, but it'd be fair to the common person. (So it'll never happen).
OR, the other suggestion that I heard suggested would be to tax trades inversely proportional to how long they're held.
1 minute: 90%
1 hour: 80%
20 years: 5%
40 years: 1% (people that actually it as investment).
Use your Roth account to trade with no capital gains taxes whatsoever - and you do have to hold it for amount of time.
Imagine you were cashing out your 401k during the 'accidental' crash last year. One second stuff is at 1000, the next it's at 300.
I could be mis-reading your comment...but if you are worried about Joe Average selling off his shares in stock FOO while they are at 1000 a share, and the trade executing moments later when it drops to 300 a share..that's impossible unless Joe Average is very foolish.
When you execute any trade involving significant cash, you use limit orders to protect yourself against exactly that. If stock FOO is $5.50 a share and I want to sell 1000 shares, I place a limit order to sell at $5.50. This means if there is a bid for 7 shares at $5.55, $5.53 or anything $5.50 or greater I will sell at *that* price. But no shares will be sold below $5.50, that portion of my order will remain 'unfulfilled'.
If I mis-read what you meant in your comment...my apologies ahead of time. Otherwise I hope that sheds some light on how trading happens between the orders being placed and the securities changing hands.
The gating system also will not eliminate the arms race.
A well-designed gating system would eliminate the arms race -- simply having a _blind_ auction every second (or every 5 seconds) without time priority, but with price-size priority instead would eliminate it. Working in a large trading outfit, I don't know anybody, whether sell-side or buy side, who takes conscious split second decisions on value. So any sub-second activity is either noise or computerized arbitrage - none of which will be missed if it only happens every second.
First of all, thank you for taking the time to explain your position.
What does it mean to "make markets"? Stock markets have been around for a hundred years without high frequency trading, and they worked just fine.
Why do we need middlemen to quickly buy and sell stocks? They only are willing to do so if they can make money. So if I put out a sell order and want to sell my stocks for at least $5, and there is a HFT firm in the market that buys my stock for $5 one hundredth of a second later, then a few seco
However, in my view, ideally, HFT market makers add these factors: immediacy and continuity.
This suggests that without HFTs the market would not have immediacy and continuity, which is nonsense. Market makers were providing sufficient immediacy and continuity before HFT was common, and would continue to do so if HFT were engineered out of the system.
You could argue that spreads are lower because of HFT, but you really haven't made that case, which is tricky. Spreads have come down in the last decade, but I'd expect in a market dominated by HFT for them to be far smaller than they are. This actu
Setting a fixed time moves the goal to whomever can shave their systems closest to that fixed time.
Set a fixed time
The key here is to reduce the ability of software to "cheat" but still allow humans to trade.
That does sound even better, though shaving close to that fixed time still leads to less abuse. During that whole 5 seconds, you have no feedback on what the rest of the market is going to do. Plus, you've opened up almost-high-frequency trading to the entire world, rather than just the local datacenter.
Setting a fixed time moves the goal to whomever can shave their systems closest to that fixed time.
There would only be to reasons for going that way. One reason would be to be able to complete some heavier calculations before the deadline. But if that was the reason then more processing power and faster algorithms is a much more reliable way to achieve the same than playing the latency games.
The other (more likely) reason for wanting to get close to the deadline is to take benefit of additional informatio
so in effect say 30 minutes and (5d20)/6 seconds is when a given trade will "count"
That's not necessary -- you can just remove the margin to be faster altogether. Just collect all the bids placed before the fixed point, without telling anyone what the other bids are. (i.e., everyone sends in their supply/demand curve for a given security) Then, the computer could look at just those bids (any further bids would apply to the *next* fixed time), resolve the trades by an algorithm, and spit out the results when it's done.
In that case, everyone who got their bet in before the fixed time is
If the time is truly quantized such that nobody can see any of the orders until they settle at the end of the quantum and the orders that happened within are randomly matched (such that they all truly happened at the same virtual time) the advantage goes away.
No, it would make it much worse, as 5 seconds worth of arbitrage data is much more valuable than a few microseconds.
... moving from continuous trading to iterated auctions merely replaces one problem by another: While now you want to act first, in the auction, you want to act last. In any case, he who gets to know the bids of the others sooner and can place his own bids faster will have an advantage. The only solution would be to keep the bids secret - but who do you want to entrust with this job? And how would you keep the bids secret before they enter the system? After all, your bank or online broker has to check your
Closed bids. Nobody sees the bids for the interval until it's over and everything settles. One way is a standardized data structure. To place the bid, you submit a sha256 hash of the structured data to prove you made it. Then the quantum ends and you send in the matching structured data.
I work in this business, and trust me - we count nanoseconds. We would notice if "hackers" were introducing delays.
I work in this business as well, this article is pure nonsense. I honestly don't know what the fuck this guy is talking about. Artificial delays would be picked up on immediately, no matter how brief. And it's not like this shit is trading over the internet, all endpoints are known, there is no anonymity, if someone tried this shit they'd be in jail by the end of the day.
You never noticed when I changed the percentage of cents from everyone's salary to go into my secret account. The trick to avoid passwords is typing in "override all security". Works every time. My old mentor Gus Gorman filled me in. He's dead now, so I'm not ratting him out.
Just to be clear here, we are talking about nanoseconds; one of which is how long it takes light to travel 30cm. So, let us posit the existence of equipment that can cope with some number of trades over a span of nanoseconds in a single day (86 trillion). This is simply a smooth line to the average person, but we have money on our side. Every variable is controlled, and all equipment has a quality that would make the SI kilogram standard look like a dirty rock I dug up yesterday. In fact, screw network link
While not directly for Wall Street, I've been at a couple of related industries (super five 9 HA hardware maker and a free stock website) and I'll wholeheartedly agree; the end results will get noticed faster than you can login to Ameritrade. And what is up with the completely false term "undetectable hacking?" That's got to be the stupidest term I've heard this century. There is no such thing as undetectable hacking. Shame on the coiner's lack of knowledge in computer security and forensics. FAIL.
I work in this business, and trust me - we count nanoseconds. We would notice if "hackers" were introducing delays.
And what would you do when you detect such delays? Call the police in femptoseconds?
trust me - we count nanoseconds
Incidentally, light travels a bit more than one foot in a nanosecond. I trust you that you think you're counting nanoseconds.
That's chump change on Wall St. Compared to the kind of stuff Goldman Sachs pulls on a regular basis, I'm not too worried about high-frequency traders getting scammed. What's very clear is that none of it has much of anything to do with actual sound investing.
All the more reason to regulate this whole approach to "investing" out of the picture altogether.
Good luck with that.
I mean, the kind of stuff Elizabeth Warren's proposed for regulating credit cards has approval of something like 95% of the public in polls. That doesn't mean she can actually make it happen.
If they're allowed "advantages" or whatever, the profits they make have to come from somewhere. I'd rather a system to prevents such and allows more of the profits to go to the smaller investor.
This kind of activity creates new reason to distrust Wall Street
Aw, c'mon! What's wrong with all the old reasons?!?
That's not a news article, it's an advertisement.
High-frequency trading networks, which complete stock market transactions in microseconds, are vulnerable to manipulation by hackers who can inject tiny amounts of latency into them. By doing so, they can subtly change the course of trading and pocket profits of millions of dollars in just a few seconds, says Rony Kay, a former IBM research fellow and founder of a cPacket Networks, a Silicon Valley firm that develops chips and technologies for network monitoring and traffic analysis.
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A man who claims companies are losing millions due to network latency sells tools to monitor network latency? A reliable source, I'm sure.
"Hackers" didn't find it, and the article is like 4 paragraphs on 3 pages. It's an advert and a revenue generator for infoworld. Of course I have NoScript and other blockers, so I clicked through all 3 pages to waste their bandwidth. I suggest everyone do the same.
You said:
That's not a news article, it's an advertisement
Your post therefore deserves -1, Redundant.
Ergo, the same people who own the holding company which owns all the climate exchanges (Climate Exchange PLC) also is the same bunch who owns the InterContental Exchange (ICE) and all its subsidiaries, plus the DTCC, plus Markit Group (which prices all those thousands of categories of pesky credit derivatives [otherwise, they'd be worthless!], and ELX Futures, e
That's what we hear, anyway, whenever anyone proposes that maybe ever-higher-speed trading isn't such a great idea.
It's a load of crap, of course. Yes, liquidity is good. No, restricting trades to, say, one per second -- which is still faster than any trading ever took place during the centuries of stock trading before computer trading became common -- would not bring our economy to a screeching halt. In fact, it would probably encourage economic growth by encouraging actual investing instead of the giant casino that the stock market has become.
Of course, in a casino, the house always wins, and since in the case the house also owns the House and the Senate too, this is never going to happen. Sigh.
Liquidity IS good, and in the end, I don't see how this is doing anything but provide more of it.
If the hackers are netting themselves a bunch of money by out-trading the other high-frequency-traders... good for them. It's not my money they're taking, because I've got better places to put my money than trying to out-arbitrage the arbitrageurs. But both of them, the Evil Hackers and the White Hat Ginormous Wall Street Bank, are both making sure that when I do sell my stocks, I've always got somebody to sell it to.
The arbitrage means that maybe I'm losing
So I don't really much care who wins here. Let 'em fight it out.
If the hackers are netting themselves a bunch of money by out-trading the other high-frequency-traders... good for them. It's not my money they're taking...
That's what I thought, too -- until Fall '08 hit, and I found out that if one of the big players lose to these guys, the government bails them out (at which point it *is* my money they're taking), revealing as a sham this whole idea that the big guys nobly make risky bets. No, if you're going to be bailed out on the downside, you weren't taking a risk to begin with -- ever.
In theory, you're right -- but let's bring back the concept of "failing when you're wrong" to Wall Street before blithely dismissing the harm these guys can cause.
And seriously -- is the tiny bit of extra liquidity REALLY worth the billions these guys sink into HFT?
It wasn't the HFT they got hammered on. It was other investment strategies, ones with a lot less transparency. Worse, they were much longer term: we're still figuring out who owns all those bad debts.
As far as I can tell, the HFT is harmless. Though I'm sure they'll find a way to prove me wrong on that.
Fake liquidity created by machinery that is crocking the prices using irrational algorithms is not good.
Being screwed in 5 nanoseconds is not preferable to getting a fair price after 2 days of waiting.
Liquidity IS good, and in the end, I don't see how this is doing anything but provide more of it.
It's simple, really. If they make a profit, they take money out of the system. Since the system doesn't generate money, that money is missing somewhere else. Or in other words: Someone else has to pay it. If you think that someone is the other high-speed traders, I have a bridge that you might be interested in.
There are several products on the market that are employed by the Exchanges and their large customers to track all of this.
This is a marketing paper for what appears to be an interesting product.
Existing vendors already capture, log, analyze (in realtime), traffic across multiple probes and provide real-time alerting along with monitoring, measurement, etc. These products are all leading edge and are changing rapidly. They've solved many problems with proprietary schemes of various sorts. Not the least of which was time synchronization at the nanosecond level.
For very simple public information, just look at latencystats.com. Keep in mind, more detailed info and analysis is going on behind the scenes.
Firstly, it's not undetectable, since you just detected it. Secondly, it doesn't affect everybody, just the HFT people. Most of us don't have much sympathy for them, so we wouldn't consider it a problem.
Scanning for this behavior is going to be challenging, as HFTers will want to detect this particular misbehavior while hiding their own misbehavior.
The reality of Wall Street ripping off the consumer is not far from reality. I work "in the industry" as well (and have, for 10 years), and I've seen and been witness to all kinds of shams and problems that Wall Street is culpable for.
Let's just leave it simply, the average investor doesn't know *anything* about investing. They don't know stocks, bonds, they don't know diversification, they don't know how to change allocations before retirement age for 401ks, etc. But the sad thing is, Wall Street doesn't either. They may know the P/E ratios of firms, the current stock price, and lots of fancy math, but the reality is that a lot of money made on Wall Street isn't in active trading, it's in knowing their customers and playing on that information, and topping it all off with fees. For example, Goldman advises its customers, and the clients lose out, and Goldman wins -- See here. This isn't uncommon.
The simplest secret about Wall Street is that the average investor can forgo using a trading firm, and just invest in an index fund instead (like the S&P). Those funds have very low fees, and require zero understanding about Wall Street. They go up as the economy gets better, they go down as it doesn't. And less than 20% of firms out there can *BEAT* the S&P, meaning that 80% actually do worse. In addition, they charge higher fees. So if you throw your money into the index fund, you don't have to know anything, and you do just as well as 80%+ of the firms out there, and keep the fees they'd charge you to just meet the same ROR in your pocket.
Sadly, you'll never hear about this on the Street, because it would ruin their whole scam. The only thing you need to know is that 5-10 years before retirement age, pull out of indexes and put into guaranteed products so you don't get thrashed on your retirement day, and you'll be a happy camper.
With the amount of influence Wall Street has in our government, in our economy, it's about due time we start getting them the hell out of the way so that we can do better as a country. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's true.
When everyone buys index funds, the index managers have huge leverage to manipulate. The high freq traders have more leverage to manipulate the fund traders. The market as a whole becomes more correlated. There's nothing wrong with index investing, but if everyone does a lot of index investing, at some point you are looking into a pricing hall of mirrors instead of a working market and it takes fewer and smaller non-conforming players get enough leverage to tilt the whole applecart. We already see the effects of this from the studies that show that the markets are now more correlated than before the popularity of the index funds.
If you want to limit the effects of rogue players, don't just ignore them. Prohibit their abuses. The 5-second trade granularity mentioned above seems like a good start.
less than 20% of firms out there can *BEAT* the S&P,
You do realize that's because the S&P comprises 500 companies that are winning already, don't you?
It's pretty easy to look through the S&P itself and pick a couple of companies that will beat it over your desired interval.
And if you're lucky, they'll beat inflation, too.
The simplest secret about Wall Street is that the average investor can forgo using a trading firm, and just invest in an index fund instead (like the S&P). Those funds have very low fees, and require zero understanding about Wall Street. They go up as the economy gets better, they go down as it doesn't. And less than 20% of firms out there can *BEAT* the S&P, meaning that 80% actually do worse. In addition, they charge higher fees. So if you throw your money into the index fund, you don't have to kn
They fucked up the paperwork. You're suddenly debt-free.
So much trading is done by program these days - in the big sell off of stock in the banking crisis, if you bought Ford at $0.89 per share OR Dow at ~ $5 per share you'd be sitting pretty right now.
Curse the holidays! If I hadn't been spending money on gifts and travel I could have made a killing!
Or create a short-short term tax rate of 90% for anything held for under 12 hours.
Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) wrote about this just a few weeks ago: http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/?EntryID=541 [dilbert.com].
His conspiracy one is called front-running, and was one of the first things banned in the markets. But yes, if we can't see a trader's hands moving the shares and the dollars, we have no way to know whose trades he's prioritizing. Except that we do, because it's all logged and traceable to every hand in the chain from investor to specialist.
His conspiracy two is cute, but the truth is that there's no way the State Department could hide the general nature of foreign relations behind a cover sheet. It's th
Stock trading is a scam!
d'oh! Why did I not realize this years ago?!?!
The story is organic fertilizer. If anything, the problem isn't hackers... the market is now an autonomous exercise in artificial intelligence, and for the most part, beyond human understanding. Don't get me wrong, we can understand parts, and even how some of those parts interact, we simply have no way of comprehending the aggregate and its immense degree of complexity. We have systems milking the tiniest fluctuations in the system sifting out whispers of profit in a hurricane of transactional data. These
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Can Jogging Relieve Depression?
Evidence is mixed about whether exercise curbs depression.
Posted Oct 17, 2013
So it was interesting to see a review in The Cochrane Library by Gary Cooney and Kerry Dwan assessing whether exercise could treat clinical depression. They examined all the studies across the past decades that tested exercise's effectiveness for treating depression. The results were mixed and the studies varied in quality, with some having important flaws.
When Cooney and Dwan included all 35 potential studies comparing exercise to no treatment, they found that exercise provided a modest benefit for depressed patients. However, when they included only the 6 studies that made every effort to minimize bias, exercise's benefits were small and statistically insignificant. That's far from the slam dunk I was hoping for.
There's a good rationale for why exercise might alleviate depression. One common symptom of depression is decreased physical activity. Exercising, by definition, ramps up activity, so it resolves a major aspect of depression. Further, there's evidence that it can boost healthy brain activity. A leading model of depression suggests that brain chemicals that affect mood—serotonin, endorphins and the like—are out of balance. Exercise could help restore balance, for example by increasing brain-derived neurotrophic factor—a chemical responsible for nerve cell growth.
Exercise certainly has appeal as a treatment. It doesn't require taking any pills or making appointments. Just lace up your shoes and get moving. But here lies the risk: we assume it works because it makes sense—the naturalistic fallacy. Because we're so quick to buy into it, we may overlook the possibility that it doesn't work.
Researchers have been trying to show that exercise can treat depression for years, and many of the studies produced favorable results. The 35 studies comparing exercise to no treatment showed that exercise reduced depression ratings by a little over half a standard deviation, a moderate effect size. Further, when they compared exercise to common treatments, psychotherapy or antidepressants, exercise fared just as well. So far, exercise looks like a great option.
The problem is that most of the studies failed to control for three sources of bias: treatment concealment, intention-to-treat analysis and blinded assessment. Put plainly, in quality studies, researchers should remain unaware of what treatment the patient receives during treatment and analysis. Also, all participants who start the study should be accounted for in the analysis. For example, if half of the exercising participants drop out of the study, there may be a problem with exercise. If you only include the half that finished in your analysis, you miss the true story.
Doctors can confer benefits on patients just by expecting them to improve, a form of the placebo effect, so you want them blind to which treatment each patient receives. As a patient, you want a doctor with a large placebo effect because you'll likely feel better regardless of the treatment. As a researcher, you want a doctor with no placebo effect. You want to be sure that exercise—not the doctor—helped patients.
Only six studies controlled for each source of bias. Those six still showed improvement of depression following exercise compared to no treatment, but the effect was only a fifth of a standard deviation. That's tiny. Statistically, there was no difference. Exercise isn't looking so hot, now.
So while it's tantalizing to home in on studies that show a modest but consistent benefit, it may be too early to conclude that the positive results are due to exercise. Since many people may assume that exercise is beneficial, they may tilt the results of studies on exercise to be more positive. To determine how well exercise works as a treatment, we need more high-quality research.
Until then, feel free to go for a run if it makes you feel better.
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By: Kara Duffy
Decatur County, GA- A man accused of murdering a Georgia liquor store clerk is headed to prison.
Brandon Smith,28, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 29-year-old Wendy Bryan.
Bryan had been working at the Winery Liquor Store in Bainbridge back in 2001, when she was shot during an attempted armed robbery.
The case was cold for many years, but Smith was ultimately indicted by a grand jury last year.
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USD Department of Philosophy Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The USD Philosophy department is delighted to welcome two new full-time faculty members: Michael Kelly and Steve Tammelleo.
Michael Kelly: I come to USD after teaching several years in the philosophy department at Boston College; before that, I received my doctorate from Fordham University, Bronx, NY (which, you may be surprised to learn, was a wonderful place to live) and Bachelor's degrees in both psychology and philosophy from Connecticut College, New London, CT. I'm also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the national honors society of the liberal arts. This fall at USD I'm scheduled to teach "Human Nature" and "20th Century Continental Philosophy" - the latter is generally considered European, German and French, philosophy of that century. I look forward to teaching other courses such as "Existentialism," "Ethics," and maybe "Virtues and Vices." In addition to my teaching, I enjoy mentoring and advising students, especially first generation college students (perhaps because both I and my wife fall into that category). My wife is a research scientist, Sabrina A. Volpi, who received her doctorate from the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY. I'm a native New Englander from a working-class background and an avid fan of all the teams from the region (Red Sox, Patriots, and especially the Boston Celtics). My wife is a native of the Bronx (first generation American and a native Italian speaker), a Yankees fan (which I don't hold against her, of course) and an accomplished tango dancer. We both love traveling and most recently have visited Buenos Aires and St. Petersburg and Moscow. I also go in for the movies (both blockbusters and 'film') and HBO and AMC series. I enjoy cooking but I wouldn't say I'm very good at it; either way, its a relaxing change from reading and writing.
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RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) -- Police have launched an investigation into a shooting that left a man injured.
Richmond police say it happened around 6 p.m. Thursday along North Estill Avenue.
Police say the man was shot in the street, then went to a nearby home for help.
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As we rode along, a female vocalist with a wonderful voice began to sing a tender love song. I raised the volume a little and told Barbara what I liked about the song. It was a very nice few minutes, but ignorance would have made it better.
The female vocalist with the wonderful voice is also strident in expressing her socio/political views, which do not mesh with mine. I regret ever hearing any of her rants. Hearing the rants has forever diminished the pleasure I take in her music. It would be preferable for me to have remained ignorant. It kind of reminds me of the saying, "How can I hear what you say when what you do rings so loudly in my ears?"
A few years ago, Kay Shumway and I were going to the Fire House ruin to take photographs. Fire House ruin is so called because when the light is just right, the ceiling of the overhang looks to be aflame. It is a popular destination. The site lies up a beautiful canyon brimming with solitude and good feelings.
We spoke to a guy at the trailhead. By the plates on his car, he was not local. He quickly launched into an anti-Bush rant, claiming that President Bush was going to "give all of this away." His was the opening gambit of the psychological game, "Ain't It Awful?" We left him hanging because neither of us had come seeking a game of negativity. But, my experience in the canyon was diminished because of the anger we had encountered. It would have been better for me to have remained ignorant.
I enjoy pro sports on TV, but I prefer to remain ignorant about the personal lives of the players and coaches. When I see a quarterback make an amazing play, I don't want to be distracted by thoughts of dog fighting and prison time. When I see a linebacker make a wonderfully athletic play, I don't want to be distracted by unanswered questions of a night when murders were committed. It doesn't help for me to know any of that stuff.
As far as I am concerned, Hollywood's only role is to entertain. A friend of mine once said that there are some important movies. I'm not sure I agree. I don't trust Hollywood to teach me. What comes out of Hollywood is either entertaining or it isn't, and entertainment is all about how it makes me feel.
For me, knowing too much about an actor or actress can detract from their ability to entertain. There are some Hollywood stars that I avoid watching because their personal behavior gets in the way. I still watch Mel Gibson, but I was disappointed to hear that he had an anti-Semitic meltdown.
Imagine how messed up I would be if it were to come out that John Wayne was a pedophile. Think of all the great movies that would suddenly lose their appeal.
I once described myself as being conservative with libertarian leanings. I am pretty much a live-and-let-live person, which isn't to say that nothing bothers me. People are free to do as they please, but unless I have some specific need to know, I don't want to hear about it.
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- In this paper we investigate Greek, an optional clitic doubling language not subject to Kaynes generalization (Jaeggli 1982), and we argue that in this language, doubled DPs are in A-positions. We propose that Greek clitics are formal features that move, permitting DPs in argument positions. This leads to a typology according to which there are two types of clitic/agreement languages -configurational and nonconfigurational ones-, depending upon whether clitics are instantiations of formal features or not.


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Detainee collapses outside Manchester courtroom after arraignmentStaff Report
May 19. 2014 9:47PM
MANCHESTER — As the last detainee was being arraigned Monday morning in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division, a court security officer ran into the courtroom from the lobby, calling for the room to be cleared.
Judge William Lyons immediately left the bench and the security officer and police officers in the courtroom — two prosecutors and two uniformed officers who were in the courtroom for another hearing — went immediately to the door through which detainees arrive and depart and a voice was heard to say: "Call 911."
It turned out that court security officers, who monitor the courtrooms and other areas through video camera feeds on the main floor, had seen one of the detainees collapse, out of sight of anyone in the courtroom.
Keith Olson, 45, of 290 Conant St., who had just been arraigned on charges of simple assault and criminal threatening for allegedly putting his hands around his girlfriend's neck and telling her that he was going to choke her, complained of chest pains and collapsed, He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
Olson had unsuccessfully sought to have a proposed $1,000 cash/surety bail converted to personal recognizance, telling the judge: "I'm a full-time student. I also work."Lyons said Olson's criminal history barred personal recognizance bail, but he reduced the bail to $500 cash/surety. Trial was set for June 18. Shortly after that Olson left the courtroom and collapsed.
As EMTs arrived to assist Olson, the court session reconvened a floor above and the arraignment of the last detainee, Terri Vietze, 33, of 630 Silver St., was completed.
Vietze, who is accused of assaulting her husband, Michael, also sought personal recognizance bail, telling the judge: "I haven't been in trouble in three years."
Lyons reduced the proposed bail from $1,000 to $500 cash/surety, with conditions that bar contact with the alleged victim. Trial was set for June 18.
Repetitive behavior
A convicted felon who allegedly confronted his roommate with a handgun during an argument, and chambered a round, was arraigned Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division.
Nathan Albertson, who turns 31 today, could enter no plea to charges of felony criminal threatening, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and possession of narcotics with intent to sell, for having drugs including cocaine and suboxone.
A police prosecutor sought $50,000 cash/surety bail for Albertson, noting he has at least three drug convictions, including one in 2011 that carried a 2- to 4-year prison sentence.
Albertson, whose address is listed simply as Hemlock Street, told Judge William Lyons he thought the bail was excessive, but Lyons said the repetitive drug-related behavior warrants a high bail, which includes conditions barring contact with the alleged victim.
Police prosecutor Carrissa Pelletier also requested a hearing on the source of any funds offered for bail. A probable cause hearing was set for June 4.
Two charges in two weeks
Michael Russo hadn't been arraigned yet on a May 2 misdemeanor theft by unauthorized taking charge when he allegedly committed an armed robbery May 16.
Russo, 22, of 1205 Goffstown Road, had been released on the theft charge, which alleges he took jeans and T-shirts from Macy's in the Mall of New Hampshire, and scheduled to be arraigned in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division June 6.
But he was arrested Friday on an armed robbery charge that alleges he took wire and other material from Home Depot, 129 March Ave. When a loss prevention officer confronted him, Russo allegedly pulled out a large knife and made jabbing gestures at the man.
Russo was arraigned on both charges Monday, plus a contempt charge for allegedly committing a new crime while out on personal recognizance bail on the theft charge.
Police prosecutor Carrissa Pelletier requested $7,500 cash/surety bail for Russo, saying he has no criminal record, but the rapidly escalating behavior is of concern.
A probable cause hearing on the felony robbery charge was set for June 4 and trial on the misdemeanors was set for June 18.
Charged with assault
A Salem man, accused of throwing a lighter at his girlfriend's back and grabbing her wrist, Monday told Circuit Court-Manchester District Division Judge William Lyons that the alleged victim doesn't want to press charges.
Thomas Mignanelli, 32. of 12 Lake Road, pleaded innocent to two misdemeanor charges of simple assault, saying: "Some of that stuff in there (complaints) is not true."
A police prosecutor requested $1,500 cash/surety bail for Mignanelli, saying he has convictions for violation of probation/parole, violation of a protective order and assault. Bail conditions bar contact with the alleged victim. Trial was set for June 18.
Had a loaded handgun
Police said Joshua Robinson, 32, of 24 Malvern St., who was in an area where they were investigating a report of a dispute involving a gun, had a loaded handgun in his possession. Police also allege Robinson ran from officers who had told him to stop.
Because he has been convicted of a felony and is prohibited from having a gun, he was charged with and arraigned on a charge of felon in possession of a dangerous weapon. He was also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Bail was set at $15,000 cash/surety, although it will not become effective unless a 72-hour probation/parole hold is lifted. A probable cause hearing was set for June 4 and trial on the misdemeanor was set for June 18.
Theft charges
Francis McLaughlin, 21, who lists a homeless shelter as his address, was in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division Monday on two theft by unauthorized taking charges that allege he took items from Market Basket, 460 Elm St., without paying for them, on two separate occasions.
He had been released initially on personal recognizance, but failed to appear in court twice, with the last failure to appear May 15.
McLaughlin said that he's homeless and his priority is meals and a place to stay. "Does that mean I'm out on (personal recognizance) today?" he asked Judge William Lyons. The answer was "no." Lyons said: "You had that and you didn't show up." Bail now is $1,000 cash/surety, with another $1,000 owed for McLaughlin's failure to appear when released on personal recognizance, which carries a promise to pay if the person fails to appear.Bail conditions bar McLaughlin from Market Basket. Trial was set for June 18.
Riding without lights
Police said when a man was spotted riding a bicycle without lights down the middle of Beech Street at about 9:40 Sunday night, he was stopped and, based on further investigation, found in possession of a small amount of heroin.
William Webb, 35, who lists the homeless services center at 140 Central St. as his address, was arraigned Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division on a felony charge of possession of a narcotic and on a violation of operating a bicycle without lights at night.
A police prosecutor successfully sought $5,000 cash/surety bail for Webb, who is on parole and has a pending drug case in Hillsborough County Superior Court North. A probable cause hearing on the felony was set for June 4, when there will be a status hearing on the violation.
Slumped over the wheel
Police said they were called to the parking lot of a Union Street laundromat at 8:20 Saturday morning to check the condition of a man slumped over the wheel of a parked vehicle.
Officers Neil Penttinen and Lou Krawczyk reported finding Michael Wright, 38, of 15 W. Broadway, Derry, slumped over the wheel of a Chevy Trailblazer. Penttinen also reported a needle and bottle cap containing a brownish liquid were in Wright's lap. The man was awakened and the liquid identified as heroin.
Wright was arraigned Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division on a felony charge of possession of a narcotic and a probable cause hearing was set for June 4.
A police prosecutor, noting Wright's convictions for bail jumping and forgery, requested $5,000 cash/surety bail. Wright asked for personal recognizance, but Judge William Lyons said that since there is a 72-hour probation/parole hold on Wright, a drug charge was bound over to Hillsborough County Superior Court, and since Wright is out on bail from Superior Court, personal recognizance bail was not appropriate. A probable cause hearing was set for June 4.


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Lawyers for a group of same-sex couples seeking to overturn Arkansas' ban on gay marriage want to drop the state's governor and attorney general from a lawsuit.
Attorneys for the couples filed a notice of dismissal Thursday in Pulaski County Circuit Court. That notice says the plaintiffs dismiss Gov. Mike Beebe and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel from the lawsuit. They're asking the court to issue an order making it official.
Jack Wagoner is one of the attorneys for the couples and says they don't need to sue Beebe and McDaniel to get a review of the law before the state Supreme Court.
Their lawsuit seeks to strike down a constitutional amendment voters approved in 2004 that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.


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TRAINING: This is tough as I just started to change my training regimen. Typically I wake up and try to get a little cardio in before my son wakes up. I then get my son ready for daycare and get him breakfast and a little father son time before he's off. I then will get a training session in around 11-1 and that will change day to day between strength and conditioning, boxing and grappling. Now my next session will typically be at approximately 4-6 or 7 depending on intensity and what I am training that evening.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I don't really know when I started training for fighting specifically; I joined the wrestling team when I was in Grade 4 and competed all the way through my university and open career. When I saw UFC 1, which I had rented with friends, I developed a new passion and a dream of one day competing.
What ranks and titles have you held? Multiple Time Canadian National Greco Champion, Canadian University National Freestyle Champion, 7th at the World University Games, UCC World Welter Weight Champion, IFC Canadian Middle Weight Champion.
Do you have any heroes? I know it's cliché but I have to go with my parents, two incredible people that I look up to. One day I hope to be a great role model to others, as they were to me.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? I don't even think that this fully hit me yet; I still remember telling friends after the 1st UFC that I want to compete there. It's been a long road but knowing that I have accomplished a goal which was set so long ago is very fulfilling.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I graduated from Brock University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration
What was your job before you started fighting? I have been working at Dell Computers as an Account Manager for approximately 8 years.
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2008 Football
Bluffton at Alma preview
Bluffton University at Alma College
The Matchup
When: Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 2 p.m.
Where: Alma, Michigan - Bahlke Field
On the Radio: Listen live to Bluffton University football on WDOH 107.1 FM.
Bluffton University opens its 2008 campaign with the first of three consecutive contests against foes from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association when it travels to Alma College. Following a bye week the Beavers will make the short trip to Adrian College on Sept. 20 before the home opener against Kalamazoo College in Salzman Stadium on Sept. 27 at 1:30 p.m.
The Coaches
Tyson Veidt will make his debut on the Bluffton sidelines when the Beavers open their 2008 season against the Scots from Alma. Despite taking over the reins just eight short months ago, Veidt and his staff at Bluffton currently have 53 first-year players on the squad. Veidt comes to Bluffton after assistant coaching stints at West Virginia and Indiana. Most recently he was the defensive coordinator for Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. New additions to the Bluffton coaching staff are Chris Krieg, Bo White, Jason Diller and Brian Hefner. Returning to the Beavers are Denny Phillips, Lou Stokes, Bryan Lloyd and Bill Fisher.
Alma is led by Jim Cole who is entering his 18th season at the helm of the Scots. In 2004, Cole led the Scots to the MIAA title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs, the second time in three years the Scots advanced to the NCAA postseason. Alma hosted its second-ever playoff game as Carthage (Wis.) defeated the Scots 31-28 in '04. In 2002, Cole led the Scots to the MIAA title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs.
Bluffton-Alma Series History
Bluffton and Alma will meet for the first time since 1992 when the Beavers kick off their 2008 campaign on Sept. 6. Alma holds a 9-5 edge in the all-time series which dates back to 1953. The Beavers won four consecutive contests over the Scots from 1961-66, but Alma has been victorious in six of the last seven meetings, including a win at Bluffton in 1992.
Leading the Beavers
The Beavers have three of the top four receivers as well as their top rushing threat back from a year ago. Both quarterbacks who took snaps last season are also back to lead the Bluffton offense in 2008. Greg Mason (Cleveland/Collinwood) paced the running game with 414 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. He also caught 11 passes for 132 yards. Senior tight end Joel Sienicki (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) led Bluffton with 33 receptions and 291 yards. Also back is Drew Lovelace (Trumansburg, NY/Charles U. Dickerson) who hauled in 17 passes for 238 yards and two scores. Senior Kyle Coleman (Etna/Watkins Memorial), who has been moved to safety this year, and junior Brock Miller (Cincinnati/Oak Hills) split time under center for the Beavers in 2007. Coleman completed 89 passes for 991 yards and four touchdowns while Miller was 26-of-40 on passing attempts with two touchdown strikes.
The Beavers will need to fill the shoes left by all-time leading tackler Sam McCullough who finished with 458 career tackles, including 150 stops as a senior. Three-time All-Heartland Conference defensive end Kyle Rode (Delphos/Jefferson) is back to make life miserable for opposing quarterbacks. He had 42 tackles, including a team-high nine sacks, a year ago. Rode also picked off two passes and recovered a fumble. Moving from defensive end to linebacker is senior Mitch Agner (Leipsic/Leipsic) who piled up 41 stops and 4.5 tackles-for-loss as a junior. Junior defensive back and local product Brandon Herr (Bluffton/Bluffton) recorded 48 tackles and broke up five passes last season.
Next up for the Beavers and Scots
Bluffton will travel to Adrian College on Saturday, September 20, following a bye week on Sept. 13. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Adrian. Alma will make the trip to Bloomington, Ill. to face Illinois Wesleyan on Sept. 13 at 12 p.m.


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Members of the Sunshine Circle will meet in the Good Hope United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23.
Members of the Sunshine Circle will meet in the Good Hope United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23.
Rainbow Circle members will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 in the fellowship hall.
There will be a pasta and salad bar luncheon on Sept. 29 in the Good Hope fellowship hall.
God's Garden with home grown fruits and vegetables will be from 8-10 a.m. Saturday at Good Hope Church.
Doug Floyd and Gary Bell participated in the services recently at Good Hope in the absence of the pastor. Children's message at Good Hope has been presented by Keith Yokeley with Roger Horton and Jared Sealey; Whitney Leonard, Andrew Morton and Lisa Miller.
Special music has been presented by Becky Hege, accompanied by Roger Horton; and the Rev. Chris Bennett.
The Sparks family reunion will be held in the Good Hope fellowship hall on Sept. 22.
Also, the Carter reunion will be Sept. 28 in the fellowship hall.
Reedy Creek will host revival in November
Pastor Joe Myers will be speaking at both services at Reedy Creek Baptist Church on Oct. 6 and 13.
Revival services will be at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov. 3, and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4-6 with Dr. Jerry Sivnksty. At the 6 p.m. service on Nov. 10 the Ambassador Choral Group will be visiting. There will be special singing group Music with a Message on Nov. 30.
The Rev. Jamie Sink was the guest speaker for homecoming on Sept. 8. Jamie, wife Angela, and daughter, Karlye, were members of Reedy Creek Baptist until he accepted the pastorate at Southside Baptist Church in Biscoe. He spoke at both services.
A meal was enjoyed by all following the morning service.
There were two of the three remaining charter members of Reedy Creek present, Arlene Harris and Clarence (Pete) Berrier. The beautiful potted plants on each table for the luncheon were placed by Joanne Sweat.
Special music at Reedy Creek has been by Karan Miller; Sharon Pierce; and a quartet consisting of Charles Fishel, Mike Conrad, Gary Miller and Brian Beane.
Fall photos planned at Northwest Elementary
Northwest Elementary will be taking fall pictures on Sept. 26. Also, students will have a day off for a teacher workday on Sept. 30.
Prayers are needed
Get well wishes go to Ralph Belcher, Teresa Bourne, Greg Burkhart, Annie Carter, Bobby Carter, Mary Lee Crussels, Chuck Curry, Jonathan DeLapp, Jerry Freedle, Reba Gobble, Jackie Hege, Ryan Hege, Sadie Hulsey, Joanne Leonard, Bill Linville, Roger Moorefield, Martha Morton, Rachel Prevette, Bryan Shoaf, Jerry Sink, Rylee Sink, Mary Ann Sink, Nancy E. Sink, Angela Sluder, Virginia Smith, Dennis Stutts, Paul Tilley, Mary Walser, Sumner Walser, Don Weaver, Randy Weaver and Carol Whitman.
Sympathy goes to the family and friends of Ray Von Weaver, who died Sept. 3; to the family and friends of Bonnie Taylor, who died Sept. 7; and to the family and friends of R.G. Daniels, who died Sept. 8.


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For those of you just joining us, Project Road Rage has progressed from a tired rust bucket, wannabe drag car shell, to a purpose-built road racer, ready to take on the ponies of that "other" brand in NASA's Camaro-Mustang Challenge (www.camaromustangchallenge.com). The first installment of Project Road Rage introduced readers to the body-in-white (not really-it was just a beat up white body, sans engine and tranny) 1990 Camaro, which has been gutted, hosed down with some Eagle One carwash, and cleaned up in preparation for some serious parts.
Following that, the students at Norco High School threw in a Moser Engineering 12-bolt rearend, complete with 3.42 gears, and a TruTrac limited-slip differential. In the last installment, we documented the build-up of a T5 tranny from the awesome team at GForce Racing transmissions, and shipped that gem out to Norco, where the car is being built. Now, while many things need to come together to pull this project off, we decided that it would be important to get the car rolling, as the front brak-ing assemblies resembled something out of a cheap horror film, with beat-up bushings and rusty hubs glaring us right in the eye.
After heavy hours of translating rulesspeak into "see-spot-run" language the staff can understand, the Project Road Rage team found that the Camaro-Mustang Challenge rules allow the use of just about any front brake caliper setup that is specific to a certain generation of Camaro (in our case, 1990). It just so happened that Chevrolet, back in the late-'80s, developed a brake setup that would help propel Camaros to numerous SCCA Showroom Stock victories at road racing circuits across the country (Showroom Stock, a limited-prep SCCA class, allows very few modifications to a stock automobile). This upgrade, the 1LE option for Camaros, included bigger 12-inch rotors, along with a beefier spindle setup and aluminum two-piston calipers (the option package also included a slew of lightweight, go-fast items, but we're still working on getting the car rolling, remember?).
The "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" mentality for many dealers made the 1LE option package an attractive selling point, and formed the basis for the 4th-gen 1LE kit, which would eventually include Koni shocks and a T56 six-speed transmission.
After scouring the Internet for a source of 3rd-gen 1LE parts, we found aftermarket giant Year One, which distributes original 1LE pieces for both 3rd- and 4th-gen Camaros, along with just about anything you could ever want for your road-race, drag race, or showcar-trailer-race Chevy. The great staff over at Year One suggested the entire front 1LE kit, which includes everything a 3rd-gen owner needs to complete a front brake upgrade, including spindles,rotors, calipers, hoses, bearings, pads,and mounting hardware.
The only weak link in this department,especially in a road racing application,is the hoses. For this we looked no further than Earl's Performance Plumbing, and its braided stainless steel brake line kit. With such heavy braking events occurring throughout a road race, it's imperative that the lines take the increased temperatures over a race distance.
We hate to say this install was easy as child's play, but in fact, it was-the race team crew out at Norco High School threw the 1LE parts and Earl's hoses onto Project Road Rage in less than a day. While we can almost start to see the light at the end of the tunnel (or is that a checkered flag waving?) with Project Road Rage, keep tuning in as we still have a rollcage to fabricate, a motor to throw in, and plenty of other gforce-inducing goodies that will help the Camaro race to the front.


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A new and dangerous family of illegal designer drugs called "bath salts" has begun to show up in the south suburbs, police say.
Police departments including Abington, Hingham, Quincy, and Weymouth have all made arrests for possession of bath salts in the past year. And a man in Abington was arrested and charged with manufacturing drugs including bath salts in 2011. Officials say they expect to continue making arrests as more of the synthetic drugs move into the area.
The drugs are chemically unrelated to epsom salts or traditional bath salts and have no legitimate uses, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. They are often marked as "plant food," "jewelry cleaner," "phone screen cleaner," or "not for human consumption."
The drugs, which until August 2012 were legal in Massachusetts, are often sold in convenience stores or on the Internet, and most commonly come in 50-milligram packets labeled with innocuous names like Bliss, White Dove, and Cloud Nine, but their effects can be anything but blissful, authorities say.
They are central nervous system stimulants that produce a feeling of euphoria and often extraordinary strength for three to four hours, followed by a period of psychosis, violence, suicidal thoughts, seizures, tremors, paranoia, hallucinations, rapid heartbeat, and other issues that can linger for days or even weeks, officials say. Because the drugs are relatively new, their long-term effects on the body are unknown. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, they are highly addictive.
"The very first time you take them, you could die," warned Marshfield police Lieutenant Steven Marcolini.
A 50 mg packet normally sells for between $25 and $75. The packaging often makes the content appear harmless and also "difficult to impossible for law enforcement to distinguish them from real bath salts," said Norwood police Detective Lieutenant Peter F. Kelly.
The illegal drugs can be manufactured as a powder or crystal, in white to light brown. They sometimes have a slight odor that has been described as "bad feet." They can be sprinkled into food and drink and consumed orally, snorted, injected, smoked, or inhaled in a mist, according to Kelly.
Since August, bath salts are classified as a Class C illegal substance. But Kelly says manufacturers regularly make small changes to the chemical makeup of these drugs to skirt the law, making prosecution difficult. Anyone convicted of possessing bath salts can face up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both. Anyone convicted of distributing bath salts can face five years in jail, a $5,000 fine, or both.
Recent arrests in neighboring states lead law enforcement officials here to believe that the drugs will continue to filter into Massachusetts.
In Torrington, Conn., police spokesman Lieutenant Michael Emanuel said officers arrested a man on Feb. 20 with a quantity of drugs including bath salts that they suspect he intended to sell to buyers in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
In Maine, a 53-year-old man was arrested three times in January and February on drug-related charges, and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies confiscated a total of 24.5 pounds of bath salts as a result of the arrests. According to Troy Morton, chief deputy in the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, the drugs are believed to have come from Texas and China. Morton said the man was charged with multiple counts of intent to distribute the drug.
Prosecutions are still relatively rare in the south suburbs. The Norfolk district attorney's office estimates that it has prosecuted fewer than 10 cases involving bath salts in the past six months. Plymouth and Bristol counties report none.
Abington Police Chief David Majenski, whose department has seen a few cases involving bath salts use in the past year, says he expects to see more in the future and advises parents and other law enforcement officials to be aware of the drugs.
"To keep our heads in the sand would be a mistake," said Majenski. "If things like that can happen here, they can happen anywhere."
Kelly said that new trends in drug use often start on the West Coast, where bath salts use is currently more prevalent, and move eastward. He said the use of bath salts can begin in middle school, and recommends that parents make themselves aware of what's going on in their children's lives.
"A good parent is a nosy parent," he said, adding, "We need a warrant to look in your kid's closet, but you don't.
"If you suspect someone has ingested bath salts," said Kelly, "you should call 911 immediately. They're unpredictable. This is not something you want to try to handle yourself."
Dr. Jason Tracy, chief of emergency medicine at South Shore Hospital, says that his hospital has not seen any recent case involving the use of bath salts, but points out that it's not always possible to determine what a person might have ingested when they are in a highly agitated state like someone on bath salts. They might have taken something similar or even a combination of drugs.
"We see plenty of highly agitated patients, though. It can be challenging to tease out just what the agents are," he said.Jim Morrison can be reached at email@example.com.


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Expect small '13 rise in Social Security
Associated Press
Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January.
Preliminary figures show the annual benefit boost will be between 1 percent and 2 percent, which would be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. Monthly benefits for retired workers now average $1,237, meaning the typical retiree can expect a raise of between $12 and $24 a month.
The size of the increase will be made official Tuesday, when the government releases inflation figures for September. The announcement is unlikely to please a big group of voters — 56 million people get benefits — just three weeks before elections for president and Congress.
The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is tied to a government measure of inflation adopted by Congress in the 1970s. It shows that consumer prices have gone up by less than 2 percent in the past year.
"Basically, for the past 12 months, prices did not go up as rapidly as they did the year before," said Polina Vlasenko, an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research, based in Great Barrington, Mass.
This year, Social Security recipients received a 3.6 percent increase in benefits after getting no increase the previous two years.
Some of next year's raise could be wiped out by higher Medicare premiums, which are deducted from Social Security payments. The Medicare Part B premium, which covers doctor visits, is expected to rise by about $7 per month for 2013, according to government projections.
The premium currently is $99.90 a month for most seniors. Medicare is expected to announce the premium for 2013 in the coming weeks.
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