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PSFK Picks: Top Five Health Innovations Of The Week
A wristband that reads your mood and a 3D printed ear that could give you super-human hearing.The most innovative stories from the world of wellness.
Each week PSFK.com with its partner Boehringer Ingelheim bring you a snapshot of Five Innovative Ideas that are reshaping the health care industry. This week's innovations include a wristband that reads your mood and a 3D printed ear that could give you super-human hearing.
Wellness Tracker Takes Mood Rings To The Next Level
The W/Me wristband is a wearable sensor that monitors a user's autonomic nervous system, which provides feedback on body activity that they may not be aware of. In order to provide a more holistic view of health, the device translates the data it collects into three scores: mental state, agility, and ANS age. Mental state can be either passive, excitable, pessimistic, anxious, or ideally, balanced somewhere in the middle. Agility score measures how easily the body adapts to changes in the environment and how much stress the user is feeling. Additionally, ANS age calculates the approximate age of the user's ANS based on breathing, stress, and other factors. The W/Me project is different from most activity tracking in that it can provides users with a complete picture of mental and physical health.
Flexible, Wearable Sensor Could Revolutionize Heat Monitoring
Researchers have developed a new, wearable sensor that could greatly improve the accuracy and practicality of heart monitoring. Developed by Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University, the paper-thin, stamp-sized sensor is made with flexible organic materials and can be worn under an adhesive bandage on the wrist to monitor the pulse. The reduced scale and high sensitivity is achieved with a thin middle layer of compressible rubber covered with tiny pyramid-shaped bumps only a few microns wide. When pressure is applied the pyramids deform slightly, which results in a measurable change in the electromagnetic field and the current flow in the device. The degree of sensitivity achieved by the monitor means that when placed on a patient's wrist it can measure the two distinct peaks of the pulse wave as well as fluctuations within the wave, opening up the possibility for extremely detailed diagnostics. The device offers advantages in situations where the pulse needs to be measured constantly, such as monitoring patients during surgery or athletes during sporting activity.
3D Printed Ear Can Hear Beyond Normal Human Ability
Scientists at Princeton University have designed a 3D printed bionic ear that can augment normal human hearing. To build the device, researchers 3D printed cells and nanoparticles into the shape of an ear, and then combined a small coil antenna with cartilage to create this bionic device. The result was a fully-functional organ that can hear radio frequencies a million times higher than our human ears. The project was intended less as an exploration of potential health implications, but rather to examine the possibilities of using technology to extend the normal human abilities.
Search Tool Helps Users Find Personalized Health Information
Medivizor is an internet search tool that offers results personalized to each user. Currently open to those looking for information on breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, colorectal cancer, and melanoma, Medivizor users first sign up and enter details about themselves and their condition – or those of the person they're caring for. The service then delivers relevant news and updates that may help them learn more about their condition and what it means for them. The research on the site is curated based on quality, ease of comprehension and whether it includes actionable options for patients to pursue. Medivizor doesn't aim to do away with professional opinion, but instead empowers patients to do their own reliable research they can then share with their doctors.
Scientists Create Embryonic Stem Cells By Cloning
Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have figured out how to produce human embryonic stem cells by cloning them via somatic cell nuclear transfer. The goal was to create undifferentiated stem cells that wouldn't be rejected by a recipient's own immune system. To achieve this, a research team removed the DNA from donated unfertilized human eggs and inserted them with skin cells extracted from a human adult. After coaxing them with precisely-timed electronic pulses, an inactivated virus, and a chemical bath, the cells began to divide, generating a viable colony. The breakthrough could eventually lead to therapeutic cloning in which patient-specific lines of embryonic stem cells can be generated. These stem cells could be used to help a patient restore his or her own tissue, like heart cells or other bioengineered organs, without the fear of rejection, while greatly improving recovery times.
PSFK has partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim to bring you a steady stream of inspiring news and ideas in the health and wellness space. Once each week, we will be posting an article on PSFK.com. If you would like to gain access to the full stream of content, please check out Boehringer Ingelheim's Facebook Page, where they are publishing a regular stream of inspiring and informative content.


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Negative pressure - what are my options
My house was built in 1971. HVAC unit is about 5 years old and I just replaced all the duct work after sealing the crawl space. Duct work all runs under the house in the duct work.
The house is very loose. When the hvac unit turns on, doors close. If the front door is cracked it will open (it opens in).
Cold air gets pulled in from gaps around sun room and other openings.
Local hvac guy did a test with a device and said the house was negative -2. I have no idea what the -2 means, but what it confirms to me is more air is leaving than is coming back in.
I was told the way to correct was to seal up the house but this seems to defy logic. Doesn't the problem have to be something like a leaking duct on the warm side of the unit?
If more air is leaving the house than is returning my uninformed minds tells me there must be a leak. I was assured this is not the case by my hvac guy. We have tested thigs with all bedroom doors open and vents open. Same. Cold air rushes in from any crack.
Before going nuts with spray foam or a make up air system I want to confirm I have eliminated the root cause.
Any ideas? Where should I start.
Thanks in advance.
How do I trouble shoot?
Where do you live and what size and style of house is it. 1 or 2 story. Where you live tells us something about the type of construction used in your area as it varies greatly across the continent.
I live in Charleston SC. House is 2700 sf 2 story with sep units for upstairs and downstairs.
Orig single pane windows. Very little insulation in general in walls. Walls and floors get cold in winter and warm in summer.
Entire house sits on a 3 foot crawl space.
thanks again for the help.
Also, when unit turns on you can hear a rushing sound of air near the return. Paper or plastic bags will get suck onto the return grill which at on the wall at knee level. Can post a video if it helps.
Hang in here for a day and you should get some useful responses.:yes:
The furnace needs air and you have depleted it's supply by sealing up the house.
One idea would be to introduce an outside air supply to the furnace.
This could be as simple as a dryer vent or insulated flex duct with one end vented to the exterior and the other end located near near the furnace air intake.
I'm no HVAC guy. Just heard of this before.:)
Get up in the attic and seal every ceiling penetration for wires and plumbing. Warm air is rising through those holes and the cracks in the house are where it's coming back in. Google "stack effect" for more information. Could be more to the problem then that but it's a very good place to start.
I have been holding off on sealing up the house. I have a foam guy on standby to seal up the cracks and the underside of the floor, but before I do I want to make sure I don't have an issue with the return, ducts, or something else. I just can't get over the fact that doors are closing or opening. My understanding is the HVAC system should be like a pump in a pool where the pump is taking water out and returning it to the pool.
The water level should never change UNLESS there is a leak on the return side of the pump resulting in water getting on the ground and not into the pool.
My return takes air out of the house. It heats and, then then returns the very same air back into the house via the vents.
The house should not go negative unless some of the air is not making it back in. That is my understanding of the physics.
I read a great deal on the stack effect, which is why I had the crawl and attic sealed up (foamed just the attic).
Even if the house was 100% sealed, should it go negative? Air quality may suffer, but my understanding is the air going into the Return should Equal the air coming back through the vents, hence a balanced housed that is not negative or positive. I know I am missing something. Just can't find it....
Where's the cat?:jester:
It can go negative and this may be a long winded explanation but I will try. I have some leaky poorly built and insulated 2 story military houses about 40-50 yrs old. Heat flows from hot to cold from inside your house to outside at a certain rate/speed CFM thru the cracks in the walls and siding. Most homes do not have sealed vapor barrier in the walls or well sealed so air is continuosly passing thru the walls and not just the floor and attic and around windows. In a 2 story house thise creates large convection currents and changes in pressure. Basically I have problems with chimneys downdrafting in these homes that I don't have in better insulated and sealed houses. Bungalows or ranchers as you call them (I believe) don't seem to have these problems as they are 1 story. Stack effect is not a numbers equation where minus = plus. The air handler adds pressure from the energy created by the horsepower of the fan. My Bud Beenthere knows a lot about this and duct sizing and may chime in later. Doubt that most homes have professionally sized and installed ductwork so yours may be under or oversized and also has leaks. Sealing all the joints with mastic helps. All you can do is try sealing the house better and see what happens. There is no scientific exact way to know what happens in every house as they are all built differently.
Describe your system to us! Do you have returns in all rooms or just one in the hallway. If only one is there at least a 3/4" gap under the doors. It sounds like an unbalanced system. Is there a partial blockage of any of the return ductwork (furnature, boxes, ect). If not you may need to add duct work and or slow down the blower (if it is a mullti speed). Has this only been noticeable since the unit was replaced.
You have the system understanding exactly correct.
Where is the system located? In the crawl space?
If it is in the crawl space, my first thought would be that you have a supply duct open to the space, which is fine, as long as you balance the return air to match what you are putting into the crawl space.
The unit is outside not in the crawl. There is one return in the hallway and all doors have about an inch of space. I fact I have tested with the doors opened and closed and it is still the same.
I also checked all the vents and they are all flowing at about the same rate. Not obstructions as far as I can tell.
One thing I did to test was to seal off the upstairs (sep unit for upstairs) at the top of the stairway with a 5mil painters plastic drop cloth and tape. I pretty much created a huge diaphragm.
I turned on the downstairs unit and it sucked the drop cloth into a big curved shaped until the tape pulled off. So I retaped it, opened the front door all the way, turned the unit on and the drop cloth did not move. Then as soon as I closed the front door (with the hvac running) it broke the seal on the drop cloth.
So, must be an imbalance, right?
If the leak is not in the duct in the crawl, where else can it be? Maybe where the unit meets the side of the house?
That would be where I would be looking, crawl and outside, definately on the supply side.
The return being loud is an indication that either the return grille is too small, or the return duct is too small, or both.
As for duct leaks. Take an incense candle/stick. Turn on your blower, go into your crawlspace, and light the stick, and take it along all seams and joints of your supply. If you see it blowing the smoke, you found a leak. it you see it start to glow brighter, you found a leak. Also check all of your registers, to make sure the boots are sealed to the floor. If they aren't, then air can be blown into the crawl putting your house into a negative pressure.
A quick simple hard easy way to find supply leaks. Is to remove the return duct from the unit. Seal the end of the return duct. Turn on the blower, and let it pressurize your house with outside air. Your supply duct and return duct will both be at a high pressure. And it makes leak finding easier.
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- 1[countable, uncountable] an act of saying a piece of poetry or literature that you have learned to an audience We were entertained with songs and recitations. At that time children were encouraged to learn poems for recitation.
- 2[countable] an act of talking or writing about a series of things She continued her recitation of the week's events.
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It's been a while since we've posted. We got caught up in the vacation spirit and have taken a break from photo-documenting our food. It's been great. We hope you've all had a nice holiday season as well. We + camera are back in the kitchen now, armed with a plethora of new cookbooks and few new kitchen tools (carbon steel pan and fun new meat cleaver).
Last night we prepared these halibut cheeks that we found in the freezer section at PCC recently. Halibut cheeks are not incredibly common, but they can be found if you keep your eye out for them, especially here in the northwest. I've never cooked them before, and I believe I've only tasted them once, but considering our general admiration for cheeks of all varieties (pig, cow, butt, etc…), it was a no brainer. Halibut cheeks are noted for having a decidedly unfishy texture, somewhere between crab legs and lobster perhaps, with a sweet, mild flavor characteristic of the fish.
I found a variety of cooking techniques for cheek: poaching, baking, sautéing, steaming. We decided to flour them lightly and pan roast them in a bit of butter. We served it on a bed of some of the things that looked good at the farmers' market yesterday and a healthy dose of some orange thyme from the garden. You can substitute any herbs or flavorings that you think would work.
Halibut Cheeks with Apples, Leeks, and Orange Thyme
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ cup white wine or sherry
- 1¾ cups apple cider
- ½ kosher salt
- 1 tart apple, like granny smith, gala, braeburn…
- 2 Tbsp orange thyme (or english thyme or other herb)
- 2 Tbsp sherry or apple cider vinegar
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 ½ lbs Halibut Cheeks
- kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- flour, for dusting
Cut off the top of the leeks and wash them thoroughly. Trim the roots, then cut the leeks into 3 inch lengths. Cut them in half and slice them lengthwise into matchsticks. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring until soft, about 10 minutes. Add wine or sherry and cook until the wine is almost gone. Add the cider and salt (about ½ tsp) and gently boil until the liquid evaporates to below the level of the leeks and becomes thicker, about another 10 minutes. Peel, core, and chop the apples into small ¼-inch cubes. Add the apples, thyme and vinegar and stir for another minute or so. Season with pepper and add salt if necessary. Cover and reserve while you cook the fish.
Season the cheeks with salt and pepper and lightly dust with flour. Heat a skillet over medium and add butter or olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. When the butter is hot, add the halibut cheeks to the pan and sauté for about 3 to 4 minutes per side. The fish should sizzle gently in the pan. When the fish is lightly browned on each side, spoon a generous helping of the sauce onto each plate and top with the halibut cheeks.
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Liberty Lacrosse Preview: Jacksonville
Liberty is coming off a loss to Long Island on Sunday, falling to the Blackbirds in St. Johns, Fla., 19-9. Liberty's Lauren See led the Lady Flames in scoring with a hat trick, netting all three of her goals in the final seven minutes of the first period.
The Dolphins enter Thursday's matchup with a 3-6 record overall and a 1-0 posting in conference play. Jacksonville also took on Long Island this week, defeating the Blackbirds, 21-10, on Tuesday. The Dolphins' Megan Lusby and Brie Kitchelt led the scoring attack with four goals apiece. The hosting Dolphins took a 5-0 lead early and did not look back, controlling the lead for 57 minutes.
Much like Liberty, Jacksonville is in its first season as an NCAA Division I program. Thursday's matchup marks Jacksonville's second conference game this year, with a win over last season's conference runner-up, Detroit-Mercy, on Feb. 27 in Clinton, S.C.
See leads the Lady Flames in goals with nine on the season, followed by Kristin Crowley, who has eight markers. Goalie Rebekah Leutters, who has 29 saves this season, is the team's leader in ground balls with six. Starling has forced the most miscues on the year, with five caused turnovers.
The Lady Flames currently own a shot-on-goal percentage of 78.7 percent (48-of-61) and a shot percentage of 47.5, finding the net on 29-of-61 shot attempts. Through its first three games this season, Liberty has garnered more offensive success in the second period, netting 17 of its 29 goals in the latter stanza.
Be sure to visit LibertyFlames.com for a complete recap of the action following the game.


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For more photos and videos from Eloísa, follow @elo_____ on Instagram.
"I like the way I can turn my designs into something flat or three-dimensional depending on the color combination, light or point of view," explains Argentina graphic designer Eloísa Iturbe (@elo_____).
Eloísa, who likes to maintain simplicity and neatness in her artwork, has always been interested in painting and drawing. She explains, "At first I was actually more drawn to textile design. Right after high school, I went to London for 6 months and took a textile design course there. The whole experience in London was quite amazing, as I came from a very small town in Argentina's countryside. When I returned to Argentina, the only career I found related to textile design was fashion design, and I wasn't interested in that, so I chose graphic design instead."
Nowadays, Eloísa runs her own design studio in Buenos Aires and says Instagram has become a great medium for sharing her artwork. "For some time I had been longing to do other kinds of creative projects besides my work at the studio. I wasn't exactly sure about what that looked like, but only knew it had to be away from the computer. I tried a few different things, but they never lasted. Then I found Instagram, and everything fell into place. The medium of photography suddenly felt right! I found a place to share my work and the motivation to keep it going. It's been very inspiring and a lot of fun too!"
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Hello, its me again.
I searched all over the web, but i couldn't find answear to this issue… And i ran out of ideas too.
So i got an animation of JPG picture, that is jumping at the end of Tween. Here's link
I presume that problem is related with picture rendering. Here's list of some things,(that i still remember) i did:
- I tried this animation with one picture - I checked this animation on some VERY powerfull computer, with good graphics card too. But jumping effect was still there. And CPU usage was even lower then with 360p videos on youtube. - I tried this animation with lowest possible image quality (0 in photoshop JPG save mode) - I tried with different image resolution (72 and 36), still no effect. - I tried to set BitMap.PixelSnapping = PixelSnapping.NEVER and all other options. NO effect. - Embeding image inside movie and making BitMap instances = no offect. - Loading from disk/web no effect - Allow smoothing / 100% quality from embedded JPG = no effect
I got on some clue anyways. When i try this animation with simple objects (rectangles, and some brush dots, lines) i get some jumping too!
To be exact only STROKES are jumping. Somewhere i read one day, that strokes must always be set on half pixel's like 1,5 / 54,5 / 99,5 etc.
Any suggestions please?
PS: Does anybody knows how Bitmaps are rendered in Flash? A link to a lecture perhaps?
Moved your thread – the Site Feedback section is for feedback on this site, the Envato marketplaces
Sorry Joost, my bad.
Hey i think i found a solution to that!
All i needed to do is add few lines of code:
var up:Bitmap = new Bitmap(new Picture); var down:Bitmap = new Bitmap(new Picture); up.pixelSnapping = PixelSnapping.NEVER; down.pixelSnapping = PixelSnapping.NEVER; up.smoothing = true; down.smoothing = true; up.scaleX = up.scaleY = down.scaleX = down.scaleY = 0.999; upHolder.addChild(up); downHolder.addChild(down); startAnimation();
I just read somewhere on internet, that image's automaticly snaps to full pixel, and only changing it's pixelSnapping property to NEVER won't make it. You also have to change scaling to something diffrent then full 1.
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Jessica Hart Heats Up September 2014 GQ Magazine
She's one of the hottest up-and-coming models on the globe, and Jessica Hart is scoring extra points with her feature in GQ magazine's September 2014 edition.
The 28-year-old Australian poser has actually been working her magic for the camera since she was 15, and nowadays she's determined to learn to speak French.
During a recent trip to Marrakech, Jessica was inspired by the fact that "the people speak three languages and don't even realize how awesome it is."
Hence, she's hired a French tutor via Craigslist that she Skypes with on a regular basis. "My boyfriend speaks French, and now eavesdropping is a must."
However, things with the tutor are getting "so personal. You start being able to have a small conversation—and your small conversations in real life would be what you've just done. So she asks, 'Where have you come from? What are you doing?! And with who?!'"
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DCFS Reporting 4 Child Drowning Deaths This Week Alone
Mom Andrea Cutler says swim lessons saved her daughter's life.
"We took my daughter fishing and she slipped off of her chair and fell in. And she knew exactly what to do. She got right up; she knew how to get out," explained Cutler.
Even though Cutler was sitting right next to her daughter the incident happened in a split-second.
"I just think swimming lessons are a life skill that everyone should have. I know they have adult swimming lessons here for people who didn't learn how to swim when they were little. It's just a safety issue," said Cutler.
Also a safety issue, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is underscoring the need for parents to supervise kids.
This comes after the department reports four child drowning deaths in the last week across the state.
The Rock River Valley YMCA is also advising caregivers keep a watchful eye.
"If they can just take time and make sure that they're with them while they're swimming and not just leaving them to go to the pool or leaving them to go to a lake. Just so that they're around and they're present that's the biggest tip," said Northeast YMCA Branch Associate Executive Director Brent Pentenburg.
Even though life guards go through water rescue training a child can drown in seconds in as little as one inch of water.
Pentenburg advises families educate themselves to prevent accidents.
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Closed + Ear Lobe Surgery Q&A
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If i have 4 piercings in each ear but they are not torn is it possible to close them? READ MORE
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Valeant slump poses big threat to small hedge funds
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Lawrence Delevingne
BOSTON/NEW YORK Oct 22 (Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals' market slide has hurt the returns of several large U.S. hedge funds, but for smaller players with outsized bets on the drug company the fallout could be far more painful, according to industry watchers.
Among smaller hedge funds invested in Valeant, at least three had more than 20 percent of their assets tied up in the stock as of June 30, according to data from Symmetric.IO, a research firm that provided the data to Reuters on Thursday. They include Tiger Ratan Capital Management, Marble Arch Investments, and Brave Warrior Advisors, according to the numbers, which are based on publicly reported stock positions and may not include hedges.
It is not known whether the funds have maintained their holdings into this week, but if they did, they could be looking at losses worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The major risk is with funds that have an unstable, short- term oriented capital base, where a poor few months of performance can lead to significant capital flight," said Jonathan Liggett, Managing Member at JL Squared Group, an investment advisor. Smaller hedge funds can quickly collapse if investors demand their money back all at once, forcing managers to exit profitable positions to raise cash quickly.
Valeant shares are down 35 percent this week after a short-seller's report accused the company of improperly inflating revenues, igniting fears about federal prosecutors' probes into its pricing and distribution.
Valeant has denied the allegations and its Chief Executive Michael Pearson and other board members are due to address them in more detail in a call with investors on Monday.
The slump has trimmed billions of dollars off the ledgers of investors such as hedge fund mogul William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management, activist hedge fund ValueAct Capital, and investment firm Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb.


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|Dahl, Geoff
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|Vanamburgh, Michael
Submitted to: Proceedings of the Maryland Nutrition Conference
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/26/2003
Publication Date: 4/27/2003
Citation: CAPUCO, A.V., ERDMAN, R., DAHL, G., MEYER, M., VANAMBURGH, M. HEIFER NUTRITION - PREPUBERTAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MARYLAND NUTRITION CONFERENCE. 2003, pp. 102-115. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Rapid rearing during the prepubertal period can result in decreased milk production and increased calving difficulty. Data suggest that mammary gland development is inhibited when excessive body fattening occurs. The mechanisms by which fattening prepubertally impacts milk production are uncertain but may be due to a reduction in the number of secretory epithelial cells during lactation, nutrient programming, or negative impact on body size. Factors that may impact development and proliferation of progenitor cells within the mammary gland may be key to understanding mammary gland biology of replacement heifers and to improving production efficiency through direct effects on the mammary gland. Accelerated body growth in the absence of excessive fattening can be achieved with appropriate nutritional management to provide sufficient protein and energy to ensure balanced growth. This can be aided by GH supplementation. Such regimens can be used to achieve early calving, maximal mammary development prepubertally, increased skeletal growth and maximal or near maximal milk production.


text: WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac; NYSE: AGM and AGM.A) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Timothy L. Buzby, a 12-year veteran of Farmer Mac, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Farmer Mac, effective immediately. Mr. Buzby has been Farmer Mac's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2009 and prior to that served as Farmer Mac's Controller beginning in 2000. In those capacities, he has been instrumental in the strengthening of Farmer Mac's capital position, the management of its loan portfolio, and the execution of its business strategy to facilitate and assure credit availability to rural America. The Board of Directors and Mr. Buzby will work together to identify and select a new Chief Financial Officer. In the interim, Mr. Buzby will also continue to serve in that capacity as well. "Tim knows and understands all aspects of Farmer Mac," said Lowell L. Junkins, Chairman of the Board. "He has been pivotal to the successful strengthening of Farmer Mac financially and operationally. The Board has the highest confidence that Tim is the right executive to lead Farmer Mac as it moves forward with its Congressional mission to help provide enhanced liquidity and assure credit availability for rural America." "I am proud and excited to serve as the CEO of Farmer Mac," said Mr. Buzby. "Farmer Mac is uniquely positioned to offer solutions to rural lenders that provide credit to farmers, ranchers, rural utilities, and other rural businesses. I look forward to working with the Board, the highly experienced members of our management team, and the entire Farmer Mac organization to further Farmer Mac's important mission and to help ensure the continued growth and prosperity of rural America while growing the value of Farmer Mac to all its constituencies."


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1/1/2014 by BY MARK MUNSON
Every time I travel some distance, especially if I don?t know where I?m going, which is more often the case than I want to admit, I get out my trusty computer and pull up Map Quest and plug in my starting and ending addresses, and within a matter of seconds, I have my map all laid out for me, both in word and in illustrated map. I?d use my Garman that my Sweetie gave me for Christmas two years ago, except that it?s out of date. It doesn?t even have where my youngest and her family lives! What good is a program like that? Of course, I still have my State map of Texas that I purchased at a ?filling-station? (remember those?) a few hundred moons ago. In spite of the fact that it?s quite well worn and coming apart at the seams, it?s still a good thing to have around. Why, I pulled it out last week just to know how to spell ?Normangee?! I even still have my ?Webster?s New World Dictionary? that I got in high school, that I rely on to get a right spelling, so don?t throw your old stuff away just because it?s old. There?s still a lot of miles left in those ancient relics!
?? But what about your spiritual destiny? Have you thought about where you?re going to spend eternity? The Bible tells us that ?it is appointed once for a man to die, and then after that,?the judgment.? (Hebrews 9:27) I must tell you that I was quite happily surprised when I heard one of the members of the news show, ?The Five?, say on Fox News that he had rather be sure where he was going to spend eternity than to come to, what he called ?the black wall?, and wonder where he would go?on the other side. And this came from the only Democrat on the panel! Gee, I didn?t know Democrats even thought about such things? Just kidding. I know there will be a lot of Democrats as well as Independents in Heaven, along with a few?Republicans (just kidding, again). It?s just that, in the?same vein?of a famous Democrat?western comedian, one Mr. Will Rogers to be sure, I just didn?t know there would be that many! (Please, no letters.)
?? But what about your spiritual destiny? Do you know for sure where you will spend yours? The Bible teaches that there is a Heaven and there is a Hell. One, you want to go to, but the other, I assure you, not even the demons of Satan?s kingdom want to go there! I read the story of a Baptist minister who was thought to be dead as a result of him being scrunched up in the back seat of his Volkswagen ?bug? due to a traffic?accident,?that had one of those heavenly experiences we often hear about. When he entered?Heaven?s Gates, he said that the colors, the sights, the smells and sounds, were so wonderful that they were more vibrant and more spectacular than anything he had ever seen here on this earth. He later said that Heaven was more real than anything we?can touch, feel, and hear, or smell,?here in this life. I also read the story of another minister who experienced the horrors of hell. He said he was met by nine-foot tall creatures that had the bodies of men but?they had?faces with beaks, who literally tore his heart from his chest! He said the pain was so great that he wanted to crawl into the lake of fire, hoping to be made extinct. But he couldn?t. And on top of that, he saw many who were in?torment in that burning lake! This horrible experience happened one night as he was walking?from his bedroom to?his kitchen. His experience was so real that he cried out for God to help him and pull him from that terrible pit! His wife heard him and ran to his side and also prayed for God?s help. When he finally found himself back on his living room floor, he?cried out,?God! I?m one of your preachers! I tell people about your love. Why did you let me experience that?? Do you know what God told him? He said, ?Because I want you to warn my people and tell them how horrible hell is.?
?? Wow! Now, he shares that God took away?the remembrance of the pain of that experience, but he let him keep the remembrance of the experience itself, just to warn those who may be headed that direction.
?? Listen, folks. I know some of this is pretty gruesome and?that?this is not?exactly what you would call a happy new year?s thought, but as you and I start out on this Highway that I aptly called, ?Highway 2014?, last week, we each have an eternity to spend, and my wish and my desire and my greatest hope is that you and yours will spend it with me in God?s Kingdom. Did you know that Jesus spoke more about hell than He did heaven? If He thought it important to let us know about our choice of eternities, don?t you think we ought to?tell others?the same? The best scripture advice I could give you is probably the promise from God that you and I learned as children, long time ago: ?For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.? (John 3:16). Where will you spend your eternity?


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CAMPUS KIDS' DAYS: What are they?
- Campus Kids Days are designed to expose more junior players (and their parents and coaches) to college tennis varsity team matches.
- College coaches will select a team match that junior players and tennis fans in the local community are encouraged to attend.
- Food and refreshments will be provided for all attending.
- Hosts will provide variety of promotional activities for fans such as raffles, exhibition matches, fast serve contests, autograph signings, etc.
- Attendance, food, refreshments, and promotions are free for all attending juniors! Campus Kids' Days and any promotions are open to ALL attending (so that any attending prospects ARE NOT receiving extra benefits)
The Role of the USTA Player Development:
- Provide staff administrative support to assist with promotional materials as well as handle questions and paperwork.
- Coordinate dates with USTA Section Staff and volunteer sectional collegiate committee.
- Connect College Coaches with Section Staff and sectional collegiate committee.
- Promote events on USTA Sectional websites and interact with college team sites and ITA web site.
- Promote events on the USTA National website in the college and junior sections.
- Provide a stipend of $100 to the varsity program after completion of the event--to defray costs of food, refreshments, and promotions.
The Role of the College Coach:
- Select varsity team matches for consideration for a Campus Kids' Day and submit to the office of Junior & Collegiate Competition.
- Coaches should work with their compliance office to gain clearance for their event and subsequent programming. The examples listed are just that, examples, and should be examined and approved by each institutions compliance office.
- Work with USTA National and Sectional staff and sectional collegiate committee on event promotion.
- Forward promotional flyer, final headcount, and receipts to USTA National office upon completion.
Benefits of these Events:
- PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Getting more junior players (the future college stars) on college campuses at a young age—exposing them to the fun and excitement of college tennis.
- INCREASED FAN BASE: Filling stadiums and bleachers with juniors, their parents, and coaches.
- COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ADVOCACY: Helping build stronger ties between college programs (coach and players), their USTA section, and the local tennis community.
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Alternative-metal band Drowning Pool have not had the best of luck since their inception in 2001.
First, original lead vocalist Dave Williams died of an undiagnosed heart condition. His replacement, Jason "Gong" Jones, left the band after their second album to join the group AM Conspiracy. Then, after Drowning Pool recruited former Soil vocalist Ryan McCombs, who had been a good friend of the band's since meeting them at 2001's Ozzfest in Holland, their equipment was stolen. Twice.
Despite all the loss and larceny, the Dallas, Texas–based four-piece is still going strong. Since 2006, the band has released its third album, Full Circle, has performed for the U.S. troops in Iraq twice, and is currently on the road for their "Know Your Enemy" tour. They're played Ozzfest on August 9 and just recently debuted their new video, for the song "37 Stitches." (Watch it below.)
But perhaps biggest of all, this fall Drowning Pool plan on entering the studio to record their fourth full-length in time for a late spring/early summer 2009 release. "The guys are looking forward to doing two records with one singer," McCombs explains. "As long as I don't implode by then, that's exactly what we're going to be doing."
REVOLVER Your current album, Full Circle, came out last year. I heard that you initially recorded the album on your own. Is that correct?
RYAN MCCOMBS Yeah, we fought for a while to get off of our former record label, Wind-Up. Nothing personal against them, just they came right out and even said they didn't really want to be in the metal business anymore. They wanted Drowning Pool but they didn't want us to sound like Drowning Pool. So, it was just time for us to split ways, and we fought to do that for a while. We also ended up splitting ways with our management, too. We just decided that we wanted to start over with a completely fresh, clean slate. So, by doing that we didn't have any backing whatsoever. So we went into the studio and we cut the album ourselves. We'd go up and play a show here or there every weekend if possible to help fund it. Yeah, we funded the album ourselves, and then used it to go shopping.
Nikki Sixx's Funny Farm Records produced a couple of songs on this album. Which songs were they?
Yeah, we did two songs with him, but only one of them made the record. It's called "Reason I'm Alive."
What was it like working with him?
Oh, it was awesome. I would definitely suggest it to any other musician out there if the opportunity arises. I mean, it's really a no-brainer for a musician when you think about it, when you look at his body of work and the hits that he's written over his career. It was amazing. I mean, you're sitting around in a circle bouncing ideas off of each other and he's, you know, as much as you want to sit there asking him this story or that story, he keeps things rolling. He keeps you focused on the job at hand. You're not working with somebody that thinks their shit don't stink. It's completely bouncing ideas off of one another and then everybody's got a say on it. It was a great experience.
This was your first album with Drowning Pool. How did you come to join the band?
We met originally back in 2001 in Holland. It was Ozzfest there in Holland, and I was in a band called Soil at the time. I met Davey, the original singer, there, and he and I just instantly hit it off. Through him I met the rest of the guys. All the guys in the band instantly became my best friends in the business. When I would vacation, I usually would end up in Dallas at some point, visiting the guys and visiting Dave's mom and dad. It was kind of a no-brainer. When Dave first passed away, there were a lot of legal issues as far as contacting me. There were the old hypothetical conversations that we would have. We joke about it now, but there was nothing we could do about it at the time. So, it was kind of, you know, when things didn't work out with Jason—the second singer—I had been out of Soil for about 9 months at that point. The bug was starting to bite me. I had quit music. I really thought I was done with it, because I really didn't have the desire to get back into it. A lot of things came to the table that really just didn't interest me enough to get back into the mess that the business side can be. And when these guys came to me the second time, well, not necessarily the second time, but when they came to me and I was actually in a position where I was able to do it, it was just, kind of, if I'm ever gonna do it, this is the situation for me.
I read that the song "Enemy" was directed to your former bandmates in Soil. Why did you decide to write a song directed at them?
It was written about them, to be honest. When I quit the band I didn't point any fingers. I cited personal reasons. I said that it had nothing to do with anything other than the fact that I just wanted to go home and be a full-time husband and father. But there were a lot of issues. Understandably so, I was always the fifth wheel there. Those guys, they grew up in the same music scene together. They grew up playing together. Three of the guys were in a band for seven years before I even joined. So, understandably, I was always on the outside looking in. It was a lot of different personality conflicts. Over time, you're living on a bus together, it's almost impossible to deal with when you're living in that close proximity. I don't think it was anybody's fault. We were just different people and it was time for me to go. And when I did go, I didn't even say that, and then all of a sudden I got attacked in the press in every form that you can imagine. They pretty much made every story up about me that you can even think of saying about somebody. It got really ugly. I never retorted. Even when I joined Drowning Pool and they started attacking Drowning Pool, none of the guys in the band ever commented or replied. We just ignored it. So, this song "Enemy" is about that, it's about taking the high road. The chorus, itself, is "I walked the high road away from you/God knows what I've been through." I tried to write it in a way that works for anybody who's been in any kind of a situation, whether it be any type of a relationship or any type of working situation, where you took the high road, you kept you're mouth shut and you're trying to do the right thing and you still get called out for complete bullcrap. It's a tough thing to deal with. I just put it in a song instead of going public with it.
How's your relationship with them now?
We haven't talked. I haven't talked to any of those guys since I quit the band. Our lawyers talk, but I haven't spoken to them personally since I quit. I think I talked to [guitarist] Adam [Zadel] once. I miss him. I miss the hell out of him. Adam was just the talent behind the band. Somebody else would come up with a riff, but Adam would construct the songs. He was really a joy to work with. I miss working with him quite a bit.
So, you've done a lot of work with the USO on behalf of the troops. How did that come about?
It was something that we wanted to do for some time. We kept hearing comments about how they pretty much had adopted the song "Bodies." You know, the military was using it for videos and using it for different things over there. On top of that, [bass player] Stevie's dad is a Vietnam vet of two tours. We've all got people within our families that have been involved in the military in one aspect or another. It was just something that we wanted to do with the conflict going on. The people we had with us at the time, the management and stuff, just didn't have the knowledge, didn't have the contacts to make it happen. We were doing a radio interview in Dallas, Texas, and the DJ doing the interview actually had a USO tour set up through the radio station. She was gonna take this other signed band out of the Texas area and at the last minute they sort of backed out. She asked us if we would be willing to do it and we just jumped all over it. That led us to our first trip over in November 2005, and we went back over in September 2006.
What were those experiences like?
By far the most humbling experience I've ever had in my life. For two hours those guys and girls are back home at a rock show. It doesn't matter. You look out there and you see, not to pigeonhole people, but you say, OK, there's a country music fan, there's a rock music fan, there's an R&B music fan. But for two hours they're all fans of whatever is taking them away from that sandbox for that two hours. You see it in their eyes. They're not worried about anybody shooting at them. They're not worried about shooting at anybody else. They're just back home at a concert. It's really just an amazing feeling to be able to give that to somebody. The USO didn't know how to handle us at first. They were used to, I think, a completely different type of entertainer. We went over and they were like, "OK, we're gonna take you in 15 minutes before show time and we'll get you out 15 minutes after." We were like, "No, we wanna get there as early in the day as possible and spend as much time on base with the troops as we can. We prefer not to leave until everybody gets whatever they want as far as signing sessions go." We ended up breaking the record for the longest USO signing session. It was, like, two and a half hours, which was the shortest one we did. We were actually there for six and a half hours after one of the shows. We actually had people who had to leave on a mission after the show, and they came back and we were still there signing. They were just like, "Man, thank you so much." We didn't leave until everyone got a handshake, or a picture or whatever it is they wanted signed. It was cool. It gave us an opportunity to get there during the day and go eat lunch with them and meet as many people as we could and hear the stories firsthand, instead of swallowing what CNN or whatever news station wants to feed you.
Were you nervous about being over there?
Oh, yeah. We definitely had nerves involved in going over. You're going into a war zone. We were four, and then we had two crew guys, so yeah, we were, like, six guys, six jackasses. We definitely had no idea what we were getting into. So we definitely had a lot of nervousness. But once we got over there, and we told a lot of people—I know Shinedown has gone over since, we talked to them about it—once you get over there, you gotta put it in the perspective that you're surrounded by the best security that you could ever imagine, when you really think about it. I mean, your security is Army and Marines and Navy. You're not gonna get security like that anywhere else. Once you got over there and got on base, there was no fear involved. The first time we went over was during [Muslim religious observance] Ramadan, and that scared me more than anything. I was worrying about how the locals in Kuwait would, you know, react if they saw my tattoos, if I was gonna wind up getting skinned or something.
So, Drowning Pool have run into a few problems over the last few months. Your equipment was stolen.
[Laughs] Yeah, that was our holidays. That was Thanksgiving, Christmas. We were on the road during Thanksgiving and our rehearsal spot got broken into. All of our P.A. equipment, all of our recording equipment got stolen. We ended up having the actual Thanksgiving off. So, we went home, then we found out about it. It happened a couple of days before Thanksgiving. The remaining equipment we had left, we cleared it out, we put it into storage. Then we came home for Christmas and put our touring gear in the same storage unit with that stuff. While we were celebrating the holidays away from our equipment with our families, we get our storage broken into and our touring gear then gets stolen. So, it was quite an eventful holiday season for us.
Yeah, that's quite the happy holiday gift. Did you find out who did it?
You know, I wanna try to get this right so I'm not falsely accusing anybody of anything. They did catch one person. He got in a fight with his wife or girlfriend and she turned him in. [Laughs] That happened in one situation. So, if you're gonna be a thief and do something against the law, make sure you stay on the good side of the people who know. But we did come across some of our equipment. I think it was C.J.'s, our guitar player's. They found some of his equipment at the pawnshop. And the pawnshop legally has to hold on to it for a certain amount of days. Well, the police, who knew about it, didn't go and pick it up in that window of time and the pawnshop ended up selling the equipment. And there's no recovery now because the pawnshop was within its legal rights to do what it did. So, the police dragged their feet on it just long enough so even though we found some of it, we didn't get it back.
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Ashok Hande, known for his musical shows like Mangalgani Dangalgani, Amrutlata, Aawaz Ki Duniya, Azadi 50 etc. has reached another landmark in his illustrious career with the completion of 1000 shows of his cultural programme Marathi Bana devoted to sing paeans of popular Marathi literature and cultural icons.
On October 22 next, Chaurang, Hande's cultural organization will be presenting the 1,000th show of Marathi Bana at Gagangiri Maharaj's Ashram Manori, Malad (W). This show is free for all patrons of Marathi culture and Maharaj himself will preside over the event.
Hande, who started as a vegetable and fruit vendor in his family business was obsessed with music and singers so he brought out non-film music audios and started organising music and dance cultural performances in the Marathi arena.
Hande, Creative Director of cultural organization Chaurang, took up this challenging task to weave together the history, traditions, music and dance and present it with the latest and modern technical support, to bring back to Maharashtrians, their Marathi Pride -- Marathi Bana.
The show is conceived, produced, directed, written and narrated by Hande himself who has all the trivia about Marathi music and films on the back of his hand.
Marathi Bana was a show that paid homage to singers like Sudhir Phadke, satirists like P.L. Deshpande, lyricists like Suresh Bhat, Jagdish Khebudkar, sportsmen like Ajit Wadekar, political leaders like Bal Thackeray, film personalities like V. Shantaram, Shreeram Lagoo etc. which were a part of the print publicity of the show.
At the outset, this show was presented at a much smaller scale at Gagangiri Maharaj's Ashram Manori, Malad (W) way back in October 2005.
The huge amount of appreciation for this show prompted Hande to launch the same on commercial platform.
However, on November 1, 2005, the first commercial show of Marathi Bana was launched at Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium, Vile Parle on Diwali Pahat which was welcomed by the audiences with a House Full board.
The rest, as they say, is history. Chaurang has managed to throw in some new elements in the show through experiments with sound, lights, satire on current issues, costumes, choreography, etc. in such a way that a large number of Maharashtrians have seen this show at least 10 times, and would still love to see it again and again... The House Full board of course, has been repainted several times over the last five years. Maharashtrians and non-Maharashtrians all over the state and even visiting foreigners have appreciated Marathi Bana alike.
Over these 1,000 shows, the glamour, attraction and appreciation of this grand production has only increased day by day, making all those who haven't seen it yet very curious and all those who have already seen it wanting more and more.
Stalwarts from various fields such as politics, sports, academics, film and theatre, apart from the common Indian have all felt very proud of the cultural heritage presented in this gigantic show comprising of over 125 artists including singers, musicians, dancers, technicians etc.
Talking to us, Hande says, "this cultural show is an attempt to educate the Marathi youth about the vast Marathi heritage and culture which most of the newer generation is generally ignorant about, having made great strides in technology and the corporate world. My show has been seen by many dignitaries like Sunil Gavaskar, Bal Thackeray, Sharad Pawar etc. We also perform in the interiors of Maharashtra like in Solapur etc. where we have more than 12-13 shows in a month. We are trying to get more better singers, musicians and satirists on our show to draw in more audiences and I am sure that Marathi Bana will have a longer run than Aawaz Ki Duniya which has been our longest running show. I feel I am the chosen one selected by the Almighty to spread the fragrance of Marathi culture across all Maharashtrians and non-Maharashtrians all over the world".
Youngsters have been very pleasantly accepting facts they did not know about their culture and elders have been blessing Hande with moist eyes and sheer ecstasy for completing the missing link after seeing Marathi Bana repeatedly.
Over these 1,000 shows, the glamour, attraction and appreciation of this grand production has only increased day by day, making all those who haven't seen it yet very curious and all those who have already seen it wanting more and more.
Hande, however, still sees this as just the beginning. His aim is to take Marathi Bana, the Marathi Pride, the true spirit of Maharashtra to the entire country and beyond. Let's hope this true son of the soil completes his mission of propagating Marathi culture to all borders of the world.
Ashok Hande sure is one helluva 'Mard Maratha' guy!


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Neven, Thanks for the response. Yes, I checked and the HibernateUtil.class is where you said it would be. I also find hibernate3.jar under my WEB-INF/lib directory. Is there some kind of environment variable I need to set so that the HibernateUtil.class file is found? David -----Original Message----- From: Neven Cvetkovic <email@example.com> To: Tomcat Users List <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Tue, Apr 2, 2013 12:45 pm Subject: Re: Trouble loading MS SQl Server database driver in Tomcat 7.0.37 David My bad, I gave you the wrong code for testing database connections. I was just typing the code from my head, I did not test it myself. I probably should have used Eclipse before I gave you the code ;) Here's a better version: ... <% javax.naming.InitialContext naming = null; *java.sql.Connection* connection = null; *javax.sql.DataSource datasource = null;* try { naming = new javax.naming.InitialContext(); datasource = (*javax.sql.DataSource*) naming.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/smswebdb"); connection = datasource.getConnection(); connection.close(); out.println("Connection has successfully obtained from datasource. connection=" + connection); } catch (javax.naming.NamingException ne) { ne.printStackTrace(); out.println("Datasource is not bound to JNDI: " + ne); } catch (*java.sql.SQLException* sqle) { sqle.printStackTrace(); out.println("Problem with a SQL connection: " + sqle); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); out.println("Something else went wrong: " + e); } %> ... So the correct classes are: java.sql.Connection, java.sql.SQLException, javax.sql.DataSource (thanks Dan) Again, this is probably a very dirty way to test database connection pools (datasources) managed by your Tomcat, and it just helps you troubleshoot your connection setup. About your second issue (unrelated) - Dan had a great question - check where your *com.systemsmadesimple.hibernate.HibernateUtil* class is deployed. This is a class that your developers wrote, and probably resides in SystemsMadeSimple.war/WEB-INF/classes/com/systemsmadesimple/hibernate/Hibernate.class, unless packaged as JAR. Also, check that you have the Hibernate jar files as well. JBoss (I assume you are migrating from JBoss 5.x) probably has Hibernate libraries included, Tomcat does not, your application needs to pack these libraries. All application-packaged third-party libraries (or your application shared libraries) should reside in SystemsMadeSimple.war/WEB-INF/lib directory. Although, I think your previous console output showed that your Hibernate code was being parsed, so Hibernate jars are probably packaged properly. Cheers!
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Families get back on their feet after fires destroy homes, business
The past few months have been hard for local families who have been trying to pick up the pieces and continue life the way it was before devastating fires took almost everything they owned.
Nelson's Speed Shop
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The owners of Nelson's Speed Shop got back on their feet after going through a devastating fire, not once but twice.
The shop, located at 4566 S. Greenville Road in Montcalm Township, experienced a second fire in 11 years on June 22, which left very little for the Nelsons to work with.
About 75 firefighters from 11 departments battled the blaze for 10 hours.
Although the fire was hard on the business and the Nelson family, they aren't giving up.
The business, which is currently being operated out of a temporary office on the shop's property, has begun to rebuild for the third time.
Jack Nelson told The Daily News in a previous interview he hopes to have the new facility rebuilt by winter.
"It's going to be a little smaller so it's more manageable," Nelson said in the interiew.
The Nelsons were unable to comment on the ongoing rebuilding due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
The fire is currently being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
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"It's been a long, hard process," said Lori Jensen as she looked from her family's temporary home onto the construction of their new home.
Their house at 1016 Van Deinse St. in Greenville caught fire on July 12, leaving very little for the family to gather afterward.
None of the family was hurt during the fire and their three dogs made it out of the house. However, Jensen said one of the family dogs later had to be put down as it had cancer and the trauma from the fire was too much for it.
The Jensens and their two dogs are living in a temporarily placed modular home on the backside of their property while waiting for their new home to be built.
"We are hoping for the end of February, (beginning) of March," said Jensen, adding that the home is going to be designed as a ranch-styled house.
The local community stepped up to help the Jensens during their rough time.
"The community has been awesome," said Jensen, noting neighbors, businesses and more have lent a helping hand during the last several months.
The family is still trying to do inventory of everything that was lost, and trying to find out what needs to be replaced.
"We are trying to get through it all," she said. "Losing everything is not an easy thing."
Greenville Department of Public Safety Sgt. Brian Blomstrom said the status of the July fire is undetermined at this time.
Wheeler Home
10325 Stakes Road, Eureka Township
A fire that had neighbors helping to get Vern and Peggy Wheeler out of their fast-burning home left the the Wheelers with only the clothes on their backs.
The Wheelers' home at 10325 Stakes Road in Eureka Township had little left standing after a Sept. 12 fire that started in the garage ripped through the whole house in a matter of minutes.
"We believe the fire started due to radiant heat from an electric defrosting device located near the freezer, which caused plastic components near the heater to melt and ignite," Blomstrom said during the investigation in September.
Not only were the neighbors quick to help during the fire, they were quick to help the Wheelers stay on their feet after the fire.
"We had a lot of support," Peggy Wheeler said of all the people who have helped them. "It's a nice neighborhood out there."
She said the both of them have been staying in the Turk Lake area while progress on their new house is being made. They are keeping the design close to the original structure of the house. Peggy Wheeler noted her husband Vern Wheeler used to build houses and has his hands in the building process.
"We are hoping to have it completed about Christmas," she said, noting that way they can be "home for the holidays."
Wright home
804 E. Oak St., Greenville
Smoke detectors is what saved Curtis Wright and his cat Felix from an Oct. 19 fire that spread through his house during early morning hours.
Both Wright and Felix made it out without injury.
"The cause (of the fire) was by electrical wiring," said Greenville Department of Public Safety Director Michael Pousak.
The Daily News was unable to contact Wright to receive an update about whether the house will be rebuilt.


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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Trail Blazers had played a franchise-record 10 straight games that were decided by six points or fewer. They had won the first four contests before dropping six in a row.
Imagine their surprise, then, with their nearly wire-to-wire 100-80 blowout of Indiana on Wednesday night at the Rose Garden.
"We've played so many two-point games, tonight was kind of weird for us," said LaMarcus Aldridge, who led Portland with 27 points. "But the guys played great."
It was the most decisive victory of the season for the Trail Blazers (21-21).
Damian Lillard collected 20 points and eight assists with no turnovers and J.J. Hickson picked up his 24th double-double of the campaign with 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Blazers.
Paul George scored 22 points and David West tallied 15 of his 21 points in the second half for the Pacers (26-17), who had won 16 of their previous 21 games.
"Tonight was refreshing, especially since we were on the good side of it," Portland coach Terry Stotts said. "That 10-game streak was fun basketball, but it was tough. We needed a win like that. We haven't had a lot of wins like that. To have it at this stage was pretty refreshing."
Portland shot a season-high .564 from the field against the NBA's No. 1 defensive team. It was the best shooting percentage all season for an opponent of Indiana, which entered the game leading the league in scoring defense (89.1 points) and opponent field-goal percentage (.413).
"Give Portland a ton of credit," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "(The Blazers) came out with great desperation. It's very difficult to play a really good team on a six-game losing streak. They brought the fight to us with their defense."
The Pacers shot just .375 from the field, including 6 for 23 (.261) from 3-point range, and yielded 26 points on 13 turnovers.
Indiana closed what was once a 16-point deficit to 48-42 early in the third quarter, but Portland answered with a 7-0 run to up the margin to 55-42. The Pacers got within 63-57, but the Blazers took a 70-59 lead into the final period.
When Portland scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to go on top 76-59, the victory was on ice.
Aldridge went off for 14 second-quarter points, sparking Portland to a 44-32 edge at halftime.
"I made one or two and my teammates said, 'Keep shooting it,'" said Aldridge, who was 12 for 17 from the field for the game. "Coach (Stotts) kept drawing up plays for me to take jump shots, and I kept making them."
Aldridge sank 8 of 11 shots and scored 16 points in the first half for the Blazers, who shot .571 from the field and got six second-quarter points off the bench from rookie Will Barton.
Barton finished with eight points and grabbed four rebounds in 21 minutes.
Indiana shot just .341 and made just 2 of 9 3-point attempts before intermission.
NOTES: The Blazers have won four straight meetings with the Pacers at the Rose Garden. ... Hickson ranks third in the NBA in double-doubles behind Memphis' Zach Randolph (27) and Golden State's David Lee (26). ... Prior to the game, Vogel had this to say about Portland's six-game skid: "Hate playing teams on losing streaks. I know what it's like when we're on a losing streak. Everybody's a little bit edgy. Everybody's focus is sharper. Teams on losing streaks are harder to play against than teams that aren't. Losing is probably the best motivator there is in this game." ... Of Indiana's 16 wins over the past five weeks, seven have come in games in which they have scored fewer than 90 points. "Defensively, we've embraced the identity of trying to dominate on that end of the ball," Vogel said. "We've shown flashes of NBA championship defense. It's not there every night or every quarter, but we've gone through stretches where it's been that way." ... All-Star forward Danny Granger, who underwent surgery on his left knee in November, is on the current four-game road trip with the Pacers. "He's back in practice, doing all the shooting drills but not the contact stuff yet," said Vogel, who envisions Granger returning sometime next month. ... Vogel calls Lillard "my rookie of the year and everybody else's, too." ... "I joked a little bit (at shootaround) and put on the board, 'We have to contain Kyrie Lillard,'" Vogel said. "We have that level of respect for him. He can really play."


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33 CFR 147.841 - Atlantis Semi-Submersible safety zone.
§ 147.841 Atlantis Semi-Submersible safety zone.
(a)Description. Atlantis Semi-Submersible, Green Canyon 787 (GC 787), located at position 27°11′44″ N, 90°01′37″ W. The area within 500 meters (1640.4 feet) from each point on the structure's outer edge is a safety zone. These coordinates are based upon [NAD 83].
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This is what my dad would have called a 'free' job and, as a carpenter, he was never short of people offering him work without payment. Writers too, I've noticed, get a lot of free jobs which we tend to accept if there's any chance at all of increasing our 'discoverability' (what a word). The fact is there are an awful lot of authors out there pushing an awful lot of books and a glance at my royalty statement, which also happens to come in this week, tells me I could do with increasing my discoverability quite a lot.
It's fortunate then that the rewards of writing, for me, are to do with that alchemy of creating something out of nothing; locations that seem real to me, characters I live with during the writing process and who often remain with me afterwards. The sheer sense of satisfaction that comes when all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place. And the feeling when readers enjoy what I've written is pretty special too.
So, flash fiction – where to begin? I'm not a great believer in writing rules – those 'always' and 'never' lists seem to crush originality and stifle unique voices, but I do think stories, however short, should have a structure. I'm terribly drawn to fixing 'broken' people in my writing so my structure is to do with taking that poor broken character, helping them find ways to overcome their problems and, hopefully, leaving them in a much happier place.
I also begin with a strong visual image in my mind's eye, like a 'still' from a film. For my Choc Lit story it began with a shabby beach hut – probably composted from my recent visit to East Anglia – but also linked to Little Spitmarsh, the sleepy seaside town that features in Turning the Tide and Follow a Star. In this case the beach hut was being buffeted by an icy winter wind which set the Christmas lights in the town swinging on their strings. It was getting dark… and suddenly there was Tansy, bright as a spark in her enveloping orange coat, but sad, apprehensive and pondering on her problem. Then I got my first line; 'You couldn't exactly divide a beach hut in half, could you? '
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