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The top US Republicans in the House and the Senate appointed six lawmakers on Wednesday to a powerful new congressional committee that is supposed to find ways to reduce federal budget deficits by at least US$1.5 trillion over 10 years.
Two of the Republican appointees have a history of working with Democrats. All oppose tax increases, but at least one supports eliminating tax breaks like the subsidies for ethanol.
US Speaker of the House John Boehner, chose the three House Republicans: Jeb Hensarling, Dave Camp and Fred Upton.
Hensarling, the chairman of the House Republican Conference, will be co-chairman, along with -Senator Patty Murray.
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, chose senators Jon Kyl, Rob Portman and Pat Toomey for the 12-member panel.
The panel, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, is supposed to come up with recommendations by Nov. 23. If it fails, or if its proposals are not enacted, the government will automatically cut spending across the board to ensure savings.
If just one panel member crosses party lines, the committee can send its recommendations to the floor of the House and the Senate for up-or-down votes without amendments. If a deal is to be struck in the middle, it is likely to involve Portman, Senator John Kerry and perhaps Senator Max Baucus, congressional aides said.
People who favor a "grand bargain" say they hope panel members will feel pressure to be less dogmatic than usual because of several factors: the recent downgrade of the US government's credit rating, the weakness of the US economy, the plunge in the stock market and a loss of public confidence in federal officials — what Standard & Poor's described as the weakening of "American policymaking and political institutions."
Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan budget watchdog group, said the nine members named so far did not inspire optimism.
"I would not call it a dream team for a grand bargain," he said. "If the joint committee does anything serious, it will have to include changes in taxes and entitlement programs" like those recommended by the co-chairmen of US President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction commission, Erskine Bowles, a Democrat, and former senator Alan Simpson, a Republican.
Three members of the new panel — Baucus, Camp and Hensarling — were members of the Bowles-Simpson group and voted against its proposal, Bixby said.
Changes in Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and tax policy are all on the table for the new panel.
Camp is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which has authority over taxes, Medicare and Social Security. Upton is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has authority over Medicaid and parts of Medicare.
Senate Democrats on the new panel, besides Murray, are Baucus and Kerry. US Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, has until Tuesday to fill the remaining three slots on the panel.
Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican; Toomey, a former president of the Club for Growth; and Hensarling, a former chairman of the Republican Study Committee, are among the most conservative members of Congress and rarely vote with Democrats on issues that split the parties. Toomey voted last week against the bill that raised the debt limit, saying it did not do enough to cut spending.
In more than two decades in Congress, Upton, a moderate conservative, has often shown an independent streak. He supported expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, for example. However, last fall, under fire from conservatives, he tacked to the right in his successful effort to become chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Portman, a House member from 1993 to 2005, was White House budget director and US trade representative under former US president George W. Bush. In Congress, he has worked well with Democrats — on pension and tax issues, for example — even as he has voted consistently with other Republicans.
Kyl, who delves into the details of legislation and policy, is a member of the Finance Committee and participated in deficit-reduction talks with US Vice President Joe Biden in May and June. He has resisted cuts in military spending and in Medicare payments to doctors and health-maintenance organizations.


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Washington, DC – In a startlingly unsound opinion issued this morning, two judges on a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the tax credits that make health insurance affordable for millions of Americans under the Affordable Care Act should not be available in the 36 states with exchanges run by the federal government.
Constitutional Accountability Center, which wrote the brief on behalf of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and every major committee chair involved in writing the ACA, as well as state officials from across America, documented that this result is wholly inconsistent with the purpose and structure of the Act. As dissenting Judge Harry Edwards wrote in response to a key part of the majority's ruling:
This claim is nonsense, made up out of whole cloth. There is no credible evidence in the record that Congress intended to condition subsidies on whether a State, as opposed to HHS, established the Exchange. Nor is there credible evidence that any State even considered the possibility that its taxpayers would be denied subsidies if the State opted to allow HHS to establish an Exchange on its behalf.
Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel of Constitutional Accountability Center, said, "No one – not the people who wrote the law in Congress, not those who implemented the law in the states – understood this law to work the way that two judges of the D.C. Circuit today said it does."
Doug Kendall, President of Constitutional Accountability Center, added, "This decision represents ideological judging at its worst, misreading the text, structure, and purpose of the ACA, and the very dire consequences that will accompany this ruling if not reversed by higher courts. The en banc D.C. Circuit should vacate this disturbing decision as soon as possible."
July 22, 2014
Washington, DC – On news that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision today in King v. Burwell (formerly King v. Sebelius), upholding key tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, CAC President Doug Kendall issued the following reaction:
"Minutes after the D.C. Circuit ruling in Halbig v. Burwell, which would effectively gut the ACA, a unanimous three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit came to precisely the opposite conclusion. Of the eight judges who have now considered the plaintiffs' rather absurd challenge to the meaning of the ACA, six have decisively rejected these claims.
"We are confident that the en banc D.C. Circuit will follow suit in the near future."

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Saint Marius Aventicus
- Marius Aventicensis
- 31 December
- formerly 9 February
- formerly 12 February
Born to a rich, distinguished family with roots in the Roman empire. Ordained as a young man. Bishop of Avenches, Switzerland in 574; he later moved his see to Lausanne. Participated in the Council of Mâcon in 585. A skilled goldsmith, he made altar vessels by hand. Noted as scholar, a man of prayer, and a protector of the poor. A chronicle of his time has survived; it purports to be a continuation of the Chronicon Imperiale of Prosper Tiro, covers from 455 to 581, and is a key source for Burgundian and Franconian history.
- 31 December 594 at Lausanne, Switzerland of natural causes
- buried in the church of St-Thyrse in Lausanne
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- There's nothing the Jacksonville Jaguars can do to prevent the worst season in franchise history.
It's on coach Mike Mularkey's resume now.
It also could lead to his ouster, along with general manager Gene Smith.
The Jaguars (2-12) clinched their spot in history with a 24-3 loss at Miami on Sunday, the team's seventh defeat this season by 16 points or more.
Not even Jacksonville's inaugural team in 1995 -- a group comprised of mostly rookies and street free agents -- was overmatched as often. Coach Tom Coughlin's rag-tag bunch finished 4-12 back then.
The Jaguars would have to win out to get that many victories in 2012. More likely is another lopsided loss Sunday when New England (10-4) brings the league's most prolific offense to town.


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The countless passersby on Interstate 85 may not think much of the fields in Linwood. However, economic development officials say it's the county's finest jewel.
This is the third in an ongoing series about the Davidson County Economic Development Commission.
Down near the west side of Belmont Road in Linwood, fields stretch for miles.
Some of the property is farmland, some of it used to be farmland, and some tracts are overgrown with weeds and brush that sweep back hundreds of acres to the tree lines. A few houses scatter some properties.
It may not look like much to the countless passersby on nearby Interstate 85. However, economic development officials say it's Davidson County's finest jewel, a 2,000-acre diamond in the rough.
For more than a decade, private companies, state agencies and Davidson County groups have worked to build an industrial park at the site, which at points has stretched as far south as Seven Oaks Drive and as far north as Sam Sharpe Road between Salisbury and Lexington.
But for one reason or another, the project hasn't happened.
Some landowners, upset by what they call recurring lies and illegal drilling on their properties, have been unwilling to negotiate on their properties. Local economic development officials, who have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the project, say they have been let down by unfulfilled funding commitments from the state.
In the meantime, major manufacturers like Toyota have visited the site and considered it for their next expansion, only to later locate their new plant, thousands of jobs and millions in investment to other parts of the Southeast.
Now, economic development officials say they have regrouped and have a new plan, one that will require millions of dollars in taxpayer funding for the infrastructure and other site preparation costs needed to take the property from grass and dirt to one that is "ready to go."
Toyota: 4,000 jobs gone?
While the size and general plan of the proposed industrial park have changed throughout the past 10 years, interest from state agencies, energy providers and private companies has remained steady, according to records obtained by The Dispatch from the N.C. Department of Commerce.
Near the turn of the century, local economic development leaders made the decision to develop 1,100 acres in five phases at the original site, which was located south of Belmont Road between I-85 and the Norfolk-Southern rail yard and changing station.
However, in 2005, Duke Energy asked the Davidson County Economic Development Commission to participate in a "by invitation only" study for potential megasites, or industrial parks that are larger than 1,000 acres. After Duke Energy chose the Linwood site as one of the best locations for a megasite, representatives from the EDC, Duke Energy and Norfolk-Southern Railway met with state officials, including former N.C. Secretary of Commerce Jim Fain, who also declared the site one of the best in North Carolina, according to records drafted by Davidson County EDC Executive Director Steve Googe.
Googe did not respond to multiple telephone and in-person requests for an interview.
"I was asked to dedicate our park land for a megasite for North Carolina," Googe said in the records. "I was very clear in my response of, 'If you want us to take this off the market for you to acquire the property and grade the site, I'm in.' 'If you want to take it off the market and wait for a project (and) then get the money along with developing the site, I'm not interested.'"
Googe said he was told very clearly that the state would acquire the property, grade the site and market it to automotive and aviation companies worldwide, according to Googe's records of a meeting with Fain and former Commerce department recruiter Peggy Anderson on April 20, 2006.
Googe denied for years that Toyota, which was rumored to be considering the site, was one of those companies. However, records now show the car manufacturer had picked the Linwood site as one of its top three expansion locations in the nation.
Stakeholders scrambled to acquire options on as many properties as they could at the site, which was expanded from about 1,100 acres to about 2,700 acres to encompass properties north of Belmont Road up to Sam Sharpe Road. Toyota officials told Googe and other stakeholders that if they granted the 2,700 acres to the company, the total site would be no larger than 1,600 acres, which would provide enough space for a total build-out of 2 million-square-feet and no greater than 4,000 jobs, according to records.
"I met with every land owner save one we could not find," Googe said in records. "We negotiated the options or an agreement that the land owner would sell (several were unable to sign the option but committed to sell at an agreed upon price)."
At one point, the EDC had options on about 50 percent of all the properties considered for the proposed megasite, according to records. However, Googe said the money that the state committed to buy the property never came.
Toyota ended up picking a site near Tupelo, Miss., announcing in February 2007 it would build a $1.3 billion plant and eventually employ 2,000 workers at the 1,700-acre site.
Tommy Hedrick, chairman of the EDC board of directors, said he and others later met with former Toyota executive Jeff Caldwell, who said the company was very close to picking Davidson County.
"He said, 'Your site is the best site, better than Mississippi, but you weren't ready,'" Hedrick said. "The Japanese don't even like to see houses on the property you are looking at."
Local officials continued to work with state and private industries after Toyota, but the estimated $600 million that's needed to acquire property or lure in a major manufacturer never came, Hedrick said.
"When they said we couldn't get $600 million from a megasite, we felt the best we can do is come back and get a smaller industrial park," Hedrick said.
Drilling incident upsets landowners
The lack of state funding wasn't the only factor that may have complicated the deal with Toyota or the development of a former planned megasite.
A group of landowners off of Clyde Fitzgerald Road, which occupied about 800 acres of the proposed 2,700-acre megasite, were furious after companies hired by the state and the EDC drilled on their properties without authorization. Some of the landowners, including Joyce Parsons and her family, said they became even more upset when Googe and others lied to them about what was going on.
Workers drilled several 25-foot holes on the Parsons' property and neighbors' properties from Sept. 8-9, 2006. The workers, who said they were drilling for sewer, did not have permission, Parsons said.
"I looked down across the pasture, and there was a drilling rig on the bottom of the hill," Parsons recalled recently. "They had to come through here and even had to open the cattle gates to get here. I told the guy in no uncertain terms for him to get his stuff packed up and get gone. He finally got his rig up and stopped out here and he says, 'Y'all are intelligent people. You know it's not sewer.'"
Records now indicate the workers were hired by Greensboro-based Engineering Consulting Services, which completed a limited environmental site review for the N.C. Department of Commerce and the EDC on Sept. 13, 2006. The report included a review of about 1,500 acres near Belmont Road.
It is still unclear who told workers to say that the drilling was for sewer while it was really for a limited site review.
Parsons and other members of the Linwood Alliance, the group of property owners north of Belmont Road opposed to selling their land, went to the county commissioners in the fall of 2006 after consultants hired by the EDC tried to acquire options at their home.
Still, Googe maintained the drilling and consultant visits were not connected, telling The Dispatch on Sept. 29, 2006, that the land above Belmont Road was not part of any industrial park plans.
Steve and Teresa Sink, members of the Linwood Alliance who live on Clyde Fitzgerald Road, said they were approached by consultants to sign an option-to-sell agreement. They said they were threatened with eminent domain, something they later learned was not legal in their situation.
"Everyone wanted us to believe we had no choice; it was a fear strategy," Steve Sink said. "We believed so much that they were going to confiscate this land that there for about a year, we were actually looking for other places."
Meanwhile, other neighbors signed the option-to-sell agreements, creating a rift in the small community of farmers.
"It made neighbors that have lived here so many years ill at each other," Teresa Sink said. "The others wanted to sell, and they had already bought land somewhere else because they assumed they were going to move."
Googe and consultants weren't the only ones who met with land owners in the Linwood Alliance. Former Gov. Jim Hunt and his wife visited the Parsons' property May 11, 2008, to try to talk the owners into negotiating, the Parsons said.
"He started his talk about agriculture and how he loved farming," said Adam Parsons, Joyce Parsons' son who farms his family's land. "The turning point was when he said, 'But, we do need development and stuff like that.' That's when he turned the off-switch on everybody."
Some of the land in the Linwood Alliance, including the Parsons' property, has been placed in the Davidson County Voluntary Agricultural District, which was established to preserve farmland from urban encroachment. Additionally, the land is not included in the most current plans for the industrial park along Interstate 85, according to records.
EDC seeks funding for site
Googe and the EDC are now asking municipal boards to commit funding for the development of about 1,100 acres in three phases, which is similar to the original plan for the park.
It would take about $17.3 million to pay for the development of the entire site, including money for the extension of sewer, water and gas lines and the grading of one 500,000 square-foot pad and another 1 million-square-foot pad, according to estimates prepared for the EDC. The EDC also plans to install roads, curb and gutters leading to the land at the site.
The EDC has spent about $400,000 on the project already, including $71,160 on option-to-sell agreements, according to records.
If the project moved forward, Lexington would most likely be asked to extend water, sewer and gas lines to the site, which could come at a total cost of about $1.4 million, according to records.
Davidson County commissioners are being asked to commit $10 million for the first two phases of the project, which would be used to repay several loans identified by the EDC. The item is on the commissioners' agenda for Tuesday's meeting.
Googe has also identified several possible grants for the project, and the N.C. Department of Commerce awarded the EDC a $1.67 million Megasite Grant last year.
"That money is in the bank," Googe said recently at a Town of Midway meeting. According to the Megasite Grant agreement and award letter, the money must be used for land acquisition by the end of 2013.
However, Googe has said no money may be needed for land acquisition at the site. One of the current land acquisition scenarios involves owners putting their land in a limited liability company with other stakeholders in the project. If a company was to come in and purchase property at the site, members of the LLC would share the profits, according to records.
Larry Potts, a Davidson County commissioner and EDC board member, said landowners at the first two phases of the project are agreeable with the LLC idea. However, he and other commissioners want a better idea of what the LLC would look like and who would maintain it.
"I want an answer on what it's going to look like when we get the LLC and how we are going to disburse the money and what return on investment are the people who own the land planning on receiving for that," Potts said. "If I owned the land, I'd want to know the answer to that question. I'm a real estate investor and as an investor, I'd like to know what I'm paying before I go in."
While records show that Googe said all the landowners at the 1,100-acre site have signed written commitments to the project, Jack C. Little, who owns several parcels of land in the third phase of the project, said that's not the case.
"We never committed to anything," said Little, who also said he has not talked with Googe for about two years. "I may have signed a memorandum at one time that maybe we showed an interest in it, but we never obligated ourselves to join into anything."
It appears some details still have to be worked out, but many veteran county leaders, like former Lexington City Manager John Gray, say something has to be done to create opportunities for growth.
"However we do it, I think we're going to have to have some type of industrial sites, ready-made and ready to go, for potential industries to look at," Gray said. "Otherwise, I just don't think we're going to be in the competition."
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A museum, it is now generally realized, deforms and disfigures the works of art it contains. It wrenches the pictures and statues out of the churches, palaces, and homes from which they drew their life and much of their significance, and exhibits them in an apparently neutral space, an intellectual void. Some of their functions have been wiped out, a good part of their meaning is lost. The walls have a color and texture different from the ones that originally set off the works of art, so that the harmony of the paint and the marble has been denatured, the space in which the art presents itself to the spectator has been altered. Although we may celebrate the uncanny aptitude of the objects in a museum to adapt to their new home, to present new aspects and even to convey some of the old meanings, historians deplore the inevitable loss that the institution entails. Nevertheless, we cannot do without museums: if they alter the meaning of the past beyond repair, they allow some of it to survive.
Literature, of course, survives physically with greater ease. We do not need to exhibit books: they lie peacefully on the shelves of libraries, and need only a minimum of heat and humidity control so that they do not crumble or rot. There is one function of the museum, however, imperfectly exercised by the library or only haphazardly exercised. The museum conserves the past by suppressing part of it: works of art are divided into those worth seeing and junk, the latter consigned to the reserve cellars when it is not shipped out and sold. Our knowledge of the past demands this suppression in order to be manageable. We cannot look at every picture, read every book; critical evaluation is not so much ideological as practical. Some of the past has to be suppressed for the rest to become visible. But it is just this suppression that has understandably and sometimes justifiably given rise to protest in our times.
For literature, the counterpart of the museum is not the library but the uniform edition of the classics, the publication of the "canon" in a hard-bound, permanent form to be kept on their shelves by the well-to-do and even the less well-off but more ambitious and appreciative readers. These regimented volumes with their similar bindings give their owners a satisfying sense of culture, and define that part of our heritage invested with an aura of prestige. Today, however, large parts of the population in many countries are alienated from a culture they feel has been imposed upon them. There is agreement from all sides that the canon in art, literature, and music needs revision, although less agreement on what kind of revision and even less understanding of how revision might be accomplished. Dragging the neglected artist or writer out of obscurity does not inevitably result in acceptance. The editions of the classics that still manage to survive today reveal the difficulties both of…
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But surprisingly, astrology, despite its detractors, has refused to go the way of the flat earth, the conjuring of demons, and the turning of lead into gold. It is alive and well, growing in popularity, and once again meriting the respect of intelligent minds - for it has been brought into the modern era through our increasing knowledge of psychology and of the inner nature of man. Subjected to many centuries of suppression and ridicule, astrology has outproven and outlasted its opponents, and eloquently demonstrates that it has something of great value to offer the modern individual seeking self- understanding.
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Shakespeare once wrote that all the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In a sense, your birth horoscope is a metaphor for the individual play, complete with stage set, cast of characters, and story, which lies at the core of your life journey. It might be useful for you to remember the metaphor of the theatre as you read through the various sections of your astrological portrait, because it can help you to understand the real meaning of fate as it is reflected by astrology. Fate does not lie in your being subjected to random preordained events. It lies in the cast of characters which represent the deepest needs, conflicts and aspirations which lie within you. No person can be other than himself or herself; and every life experience, whether tiny and transient or major and transformative, reflects in some way the character of the individual.
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- Assorted crackers
- In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs, pine nuts and butter. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan; set aside.
- In a small bowl, beat the ricotta cheese, cream, Parmesan cheese, flour, salt and garlic salt until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into crust.
- For topping, combine the basil, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts and garlic in a food processor; cover and process until finely chopped. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Drop by teaspoonfuls over filling; cut through with a knife to swirl.
- Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight.
- Serve with crackers. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 24 servings.
Originally published as Pesto Swirled Cheesecake in Country Woman December/January 2009, p26
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University softball team held Central Connecticut to just three hits in the opening game of a doubleheader Thursday but the Blue Devils still managed to pull out a 4-0 win. In the closing game of the twin bill, the Bulldogs were outhit 17-7 but rallied to a 10-8 victory at the DeWitt Family Field.
Yale starting pitcher Chelsey Dunham (3-2) tossed a complete game three-hitter, but she allowed four walks and a double and a triple that both led to runs in the loss. She struck out four Central Connecticut batters.
Central Connecticut (7-6) struck in the first inning when Becca Mussatti reached with a one-out walk, moved to second on Kat Malcolm's bunt single and then scored on a passed ball, Malcolm scored the second run of the inning on an RBI double from Nicole Springer, putting the Blue Devils on top 2-0.
The Blue Devils got to Dunham again in the third inning when Arielle Bruno led off the inning with a walk and scored on an RBI triple from Mussatti. Springer drove in Mussatti with the final run of the game with a sacrifice flyout.
Yale's best chance to bounce back came in the sixth inning when Sarah Onorato led off with a single and Christy Nelson followed with a double to put runners on second and third with no outs, but the Bulldogs (4-6) could not find a way to produce the clutch hit to score the runs.
Central Connecticut's pitcher Laura Messina (4-2) struck out nine Yale batters en route to her fourth win of the season.
The Bulldogs outhit the Blue Devils 6-3 in the game, but five of the six hits were singles and they only managed eight baserunners in the game.
Things were very different in Game 2. Trailing 7-2 after the top of the fifth inning, Yale sent 13 batters to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring eight runs behind four hits, two hit batters, two CCSU errors, and a pair of walks. The eight-run outburst put the Bulldogs on top 10-7, and they held on for the 10-8 victory to salvage the split.
Once again, the Blue Devils jumped on the Bulldogs in their first at-bat, scoring a run an RBI double from Springer to take a 1-0 lead after the first inning.
Yale bounced right back, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning on a two-out, two-run double from Virginia Waldrop that gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead.
Central Connecticut didn't let that last long, scoring four runs in the third inning on an RBI single from Tessa Brown, a two-run home run from Alyssa McCoart, and an RBI double from Sarah Vlahos.
The Blue Devils scored two more runs in the top of the fifth without the benefit of a hit. Malcolm was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Springer followed with a bases-loaded walk to put CCSU on top 7-2.
The Bulldogs did not let that last, however. Waldrop led off the bottom of the inning with a single, and then the wheels fell off for Central's starter Jordan Tingley. She hit the next two batters to load the bases, and then an infield error allowed Waldrop and Jennifer Ong to score the first two runs of the inning. Meg Johnson followed with an RBI single, and then another infield error allowed two more Yale runs to cross the plate. The Bulldogs loaded the bases and scored a run on a walk by Ong. Tori Balta followed with a two-run double to close out the eight-run rally.
Central did not go quietly, scoring a run in the top of the seventh inning on an RBI double by McCoart. The Blue Devils had runners on second and third when Kristen Leung, who worked 2⅓ innings of relief to earn the win, forced Vlahos to foul out to end the game.
Yale returns to action on Wednesday when it will host Marist for a doubleheader at DeWitt Family Field beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Report filed by Jon Erickson Jr., Yale Sports Publicity


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About IntLibber
The Herald won their counter claim, however typepad "lost" the files. Pix then restored the data herself and then promptly dumped typepad as a service provider due to their obvious incompetence.
I think that the newssharing winds up generating truth tribalism, as people select what news sources they want to listen to and which to disbelieve based on their preexisting biases and prejudices. It balkanizes society across the board in a similar way as we used to only see among the "chattering classes" who "don't know anybody who voted for Bush" in the 2000 and 2004 elections.
People may avoid paywalls, but they still create their own walled ghettos of the sort of truth they are willing to believe along with those of similar bias.
Mr. Masnick,
You have now been exposed to Second Life's resident toxo plasmosis poster girl, Prokofy Neva, whose paranoid schitzophrenic ravings about leninist conspiracies and bolshevic e-terrorism reach new heights of lunacy in creative prose. She naturally writes better gonzo journalism than Hunter ever could, and unintentionally as well.
"Actually, it means depriving someone of the use or possession of something, by unlawful means."
Firstly, the leaker had been personally given authorized access by Kalel Venkman himself, so there is absolutely no question she accessed the data as an authorised user/editor. Thus claiming a 'hack' or 'theft' is a mislabelling.
"Leak" is the proper term for release of proprietary data which was either obtained by the wiki owners themselves in an illegal manner, or which illustrates them engaging in illegal, immoral, or unethical activities. The leaker, as an authorised user/editor of the data resource, was within their rights to release this data to the public because it illustrates the criminal nature of the organization collecting the data, and the leakers actions are protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act, which protects such acts whether committed as members of government, corporate, or nonprofit entities to expose the criminal, immoral, or unethical activities of said organization.
(Some have tried to claim the whistleblower act only protects government employees, this is not true). Said infringement thus serves a public purpose under the auspices of the Act and is therefore protected.
Most importantly, the JLU's activities illustrated in the leaked data bring defamation and disrepute upon the copyrighted properties of DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and Warner Brothers, in addition to defaming and libelling those they spied and kept dossiers on.
Finally, the JLU does not own the rights to most of the content that was leaked, particularly they do not own the rights to the recorded speech of non-JLU members, nor do they own the rights to the JLU logo or to their avatar designs. The JLU acknowledges this in the wiki itself, thus illustrating to the public that they are aware that they are in violation of the copyrights of others and are prepared to take countermeasures if they are ever held to task for this violation.
Frankly I didn't think that Australians lacked the balls to say how they feel to their politicians faces, loudly, with Fosters in hand...
The proper ruling, a judge would have prohibited Southern California from having the word "Southern" in its name since its not in the South, i.e. was never a member of the Confederate States of America. He would then order them renamed the University of Ozone California...
The JLU are NOT the nice bunch of charitable social workers that people like GreenLantern Excelsior would have you believe. GLE is one of the nicer ones, but he tends to be the public face who makes excuses for the rest.
The JLU's "mission" is to "fight griefers" in Second Life. They've gained quite a bit of reputation and influence from doing so, in the community and with Linden Lab, owner of Second Life. The problem is that the JLU has a history of infiltrating and helping to organize griefer groups, directing their attacks against wealthy users (i.e. estate owner landlords) in order to encourage them to join their security group, and to give the JLU griefer events prepackaged for them to "combat" with abuse reports to Linden Lab. Because of this, the JLU is responsible for 1/6th of all abuse reports filed on the Second Life grid, and Linden Lab sees them as great "griefer fighters"...
In a nutshell, they operate a huge false flag operation in order to perpetuate and justify their own existence and build their influence and reputation...
As a real world example, imagine if an intelligence agency armed and trained a bunch of disgruntled 3rd world people (say, fundamentalist muslims) or disaffected military veterans (like Timothy McVeigh), who then went and attacked the US, giving the government the pretext to justify passing lots of draconian antiterrorism laws that restrict the Constitutional rights of the citizens and justifies excuses for invading foreign countries and engaging in wars against people who never attacked us.... uh, yeah...
Second Life users own their content. However in this case the wiki in question was hosted on webservers outside the control of Linden Lab, so they are really only tangentially involved due to employee violations of their terms of service in disclosing user chat logs to JLU members.
You know quite well it isn't as simple as that. The JLU have illegally copied private chatlogs between nonmembers, given to them by corrupt Linden Lab employees (in violation of LL's Terms of Service), which the JLU are now claiming is "Their" property...
Furthermore, the wiki contains a number of false, defamatory and libelous statements about competitors in the grid security business (such as myself), which were used as a basis for a rumor campaign outside the group to damage those persons business reputations. You can't copyright that stuff either...


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Turtle Praline Tart Recipe
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- 1 sheet refrigerated pie pastry
- 36 caramels
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, divided
- 3-1/2 cups pecan halves
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
- Preheat oven to 450°. Unroll pastry on a lightly floured surface. Transfer to an 11-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom; trim edges.
- Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5-6 minutes longer or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large saucepan, combine caramels and 1/2 cup cream. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until caramels are melted. Stir in pecans. Spread filling evenly into crust. Drizzle with melted chocolate.
- Refrigerate 30 minutes or until set. Whip remaining cream; serve with tart. Yield: 16 servings.
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"To Roseannf: the other 1/2 cup cream is used for whipping and placing a dollop on top of the finished pie. It states this in the last paragraph of the recipe."
"This sounds soooooo yummy, my only problem is, where is the other 1/2 cup of cream used? It says 1 cup of cream divided, but only 1/2 cup is used to melt the caramels"
"A nice recipe. I have made this before and also used mini cupcake pans Baked pastry, added a bit caramel mixture, chopped nuts and chocolate drizzle. it is a hit all the way around! it is a recipe I would make again and keep in my favorite box."
"Kathy here! Just a heads up that I DID NOT put the foil in my recipe. I guess the editors thought it was required, but I did not! So sorry about that !!!"
"Thank goodness for the foil warning! I hope you don't use a microwave, any electronic devices, a cell phone, flourescent lights, or breathe the air.Tart was wonderful."
"My husband drooled over the picture and thought the finished product was amazing."
"Wonderful, but would never serve 16 in my household!!! Wonderful taste and easy to make.... can't believe the number of people who don't know that aluminum foil is not a health threat. Look it up people!!!!"
"this is very good and i would make this once a week"
"What is with all this stuff about foil? I thought this was for either liking, disliking or making it with other ingredients? Maybe even "Make Over" recipes. If you don't like to use foil then don't!! All of your remarks are not what we are looking for on here! We want to know if the recipes are good or not that's all!!"


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Gabriel, Sophia nee Morris
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University News
Revised: Libraries Dean Candidates
April 22, 2013
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL -- Two candidates for the dean of University Libraries at Western Illinois University will be on campus for interviews Wednesday-Thursday, April 24-25 and Thursday-Friday, May 2-3.
Dean candidates include Michael Lorenzen, associate dean for public services at Western Washington University (April 24-25) and Melvin Davis, director of library services at the University of North Alabama (May 2-3). Interview schedules and complete itineraries wiu.edu/employment.
An open meeting with each candidate will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the Leslie F. Malpass Library Garden Lounge (April 24 and May 2). An open meeting for WIU-QC faculty and staff with Lorenzen (via videoconferencing) will be held at 10 a.m. April 25. An open meeting for WIU-QC faculty and staff with Davis will be held at 2 p.m. May 3 on the WIU-QC campus.
Lorenzen has served as associate dean for public services at Western Washington University (WWU) since April 2011. Previously, he was the assistant dean for public services and an associate professor at WWU from April 2010 to March 2011. Lorenzen has also served as the head of reference services for the Charles V. Park Library at Central Michigan University (2003-2010); as a library instruction coordinator at Michigan State University (1996-2003); and as a reference librarian at Ohio University at Zanesville (1994-1996). He has served as an adjunct instructor for the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University since 2008.
Lorenzen earned an Ed.D. from Central Michigan University and an educational specialist degree from Michigan State University. He obtained a master's of education (higher education) from Ohio University and a master's of library science from Kent State University. He earned his bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University.
Davis has served as director of library services and a professor at the University of North Alabama (UNA) since July 2010. Previously, he was an assistant professor and user services librarian-electronic resources (2003-2006) and user services librarian-interlibrary loan (2002-2003) at Middle Tennessee State University; archival services librarian at Nashville Public Library (January-June 2002); and instructor and temporary reference librarian at the University of Alabama (September 2001-January 2002).
Davis earned his Ph.D. in history, a master's of library science and a master's of Latin American studies and his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Alabama.
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Health Insurance Marketplace
by Larry D. Jones, MPH, Health Director
August 20, 2013
Are You Ready? The health insurance marketplace is coming.
No doubt you're starting to hear about the new Health Insurance Marketplace, a key part of the health care law that will be open for business and enrollment Tuesday, October 1. But you probably still have questions. Like what is the Marketplace? And, can you really get health insurance?
The best place for the latest, most accurate, information on the Marketplace is the updated website, HealthCare.gov. At the site, you can learn what it is, who can apply for insurance, how to get insurance, how to lower your costs, and more. If you own a small business, there's information for you, too.
Starting this fall, the Marketplace will help you find health insurance that fits your budget and meets your needs, with less hassle. You can read information that pertains to you, print checklists, and watch videos to help you get ready to apply and enroll.
No matter where you live, you may buy insurance from private health plans that cover a comprehensive set of benefits, including doctor visits, hospital stays, preventive care, and prescriptions. And plans in the Marketplace must treat you fairly; they can't deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
With a single application, you can also see if you qualify for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, or savings you can use right away to lower your health insurance premiums.
You and your family will be able to explore every qualified health plan in your area, and fill out an application when you're ready. You'll be able to take control with better information, including details about benefits and prices presented in clear language you can understand, so you'll know what your premiums, deductibles, and other costs will be before you make a choice.
Once you've decided on a plan, you don't need to go anywhere else. You'll be able to enroll in the Marketplace directly for coverage that begins as soon as January 1, 2014.
Want help or need more information? As you explore your options on the Marketplace, you may want to get some help. You can participate in an online web chat on the website; or call a toll free number, 1-800-318-2596, to speak with a trained customer service representative.
Visit HealthCare.gov now to get all the information you need about the Marketplace. Come back October 1, fill out an application and enroll.


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Joe Passarella Named Skyline Player of the Week
Farmingdale State junior Joe Passarella (Flushing, N.Y./Flushing)
was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Week for men's
tennis on Monday, April 7th.
Passarella went unbeaten in both singles and doubles play in two Skyline Conference matches last week. Passarella posted straight-sets victories at first singles against both Mount Saint Vincent and Yeshiva. At first doubles, he teamed with Matthew Kaczmarczyk for victories of 8-0 and 8-2 respectively, helping the Rams win their first two conference matches in their first season of varsity play.
The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org.


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The 20th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels continue a three-game homestand on Saturday, as they play host to the East Tennessee State Buccaneers at the Smith Center.
Roy Williams' squad has had a week off for final exams and hasn't played since last weekend's 102-84 victory over UAB. With the win, North Carolina moved to 3-0 at home and 6-2 overall on the year. The victory also put some distance between the Tar Heels and a humbling loss at top-ranked Indiana (83-59) prior to that.
Murry Bartow's Buccaneers have struggled out of the gate in 2012-13, sporting a mere 2-4 record overall. Playing out of the Atlantic Sun Conference, East Tennessee State comes into this contest with a mere 1-3 road record, including a 70-45 pasting at the hands of James Madison in Harrisonburg on Wednesday.
North Carolina has won all five previous meetings between the two teams, although the last matchup took place back in 1987.
The Buccaneers were not a full strength and it showed against James Madison this week, as without starting point guard Petey McClain, ETSU had very little continuity on the offensive end, resulting in a mere 45 points. East Tennessee State shot a mere .288 from the floor in the game and was guilty of 18 turnovers. Lester Wilson led the way for ETSU with 21 points, but took 23 shots to get there. Rashawn Rembert was the only other Buccaneer to reach double digits, adding 12 points in the losing effort.
McClain isn't much of a scorer (4.0 ppg), but he is a solid distributor (3.4 apg) and is missed in the lineup. McClain is listed as questionable for this contest (ankle). The team's lone offensive threat is Wilson with the arrests of Marcus Dubose (15.5 ppg) and Sheldon Cooley (9.5 ppg) a couple of weeks ago. The 6-foot-4 Wilson has now had to carry the scoring load and has done his best in that regard, shooting .453 from the floor, including a better .476 from behind the arc (20-of-42) en route to 19.7 ppg. Unfortunately, there is little else in terms of proven offensive commodities, with Hunter Harris (7.3 ppg) and Rembert (6.8 ppg) representing the best of the rest.
Leslie McDonald had a career game against UAB last time out, as he netted 24 points and dished out five assists (both career-highs) in an offensive shootout with the Blazers. McDonald, who converted 7-of-11 from the floor, drained five 3-pointers in the win. Reggie Bullock finished with 17 points, six rebounds and five assists, followed by P.J. Hairston's 16 points. James Michael McAdoo recorded a double-double, his fourth of the season, with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Dexter Strickland just missed a double-double of his own with 11 points and nine assists. Brice Johnson finished off the top scorers with 11 points of his own.
North Carolina is obviously a dangerous offensive team and comes into this contest averaging 84.1 ppg (eighth nationally), on a solid .466 shooting. McAdoo has been the most impressive Tar Heel this season, averaging team-highs of 15.8 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. Bullock adds 12.3 ppg and has been lights out from long range, knocking down almost half of his 3-point attempts (19-of-39). Hairston (11.6 ppg) and McDonald (9.9 ppg) are also capable snipers, combining with Bullock to account for 50 of the team's 63 3-pointers to date. Further offensive depth comes in the form of Johnson (9.1 ppg) and Strickland (8.9 ppg).


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USFWS National Digital Library
Cause for Celebration
Each year, hundreds of thousands of
people observe International Migratory
Bird Day (IMBD). They will gather in
town squares, community centers,
schools, parks, and refuges across the
Western Hemisphere to learn more about
wild birds, take action to conserve birds
and their habitats, and simply have fun.
Like any day of recognition, IMBD exists
to focus attention on something important
and marvelous -- in this case, the journey
birds undertake between their summer
and winter homes. IMBD was created
specifically to highlight the migration of
nearly 350 species of migratory birds
between nesting habitats in North
America and non-breeding grounds in
South and Central America, Mexico, and
the Caribbean. However, the day serves
as an opportunity to celebrate all the
species of birds whose annual movements
enliven our lands, waters and skies.
Migratory birds are some of the most
beautiful, observable, and remarkable
wildlife that share our world. Many know
migratory birds as symbolic harbingers
of spring and melodious songsters of the
woods. Migratory birds are also an
important economic resource, controlling
insect pests and generating billions in
recreational dollars.
Unfortunately, research has shown that
many migratory bird species are in
decline, facing a growing number of
threats on their migration routes and in
both their summer and winter habitats.
Thus, IMBD, in addition to being a day to
foster appreciation, is a call to action.
What Exactly Is
International Migratory
Bird Day?
A Partnership for Birds
IMBD is the hallmark outreach event for
Partners in Flight (PIF)—a unique,
diverse consortium of individuals and
groups who share a vision of healthy bird
populations. Partners in this consortium
include government agencies, conservation
organizations, private businesses, academic
institutions, chambers of commerce, and
everyday citizens.
The 1993 creation of IMBD can be credited
to a PIF member, the Smithsonian
Migratory Bird Center, and the principal
responsibility for its national
coordination currently rests with two
other partners, the National Fish &
Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife's Division of Migratory Bird
In the decade it has existed, PIF has
successfully developed research
programs and management strategies to
further bird conservation, in addition to
promoting outreach and education via
IMBD and other activities.
Migratory Bird
Day (IMBD),
held annually
on the second
Saturday in
May, is an
invitation to
celebrate and
migratory bird
IMBD Information
web - http://birds.fws.gov/imbd
phone - 703 /358-2318
IMBD Materials
web - http://www.BirdDay.org
phone - 1-866/334-3330
March 2005 IMBD celebrates migratory birds
such as the American Redstart that
travel the Western Hemisphere.
IMBD Today
The success of IMBD and other PIF
programs stems from their positive,
voluntary, grass-roots nature. A special
day for migratory birds provides
organizations, large and small, and
individuals, young and old, with the
impetus to take part in an enjoyable
activity to support migratory birds.
Activities might be a bird walk, a lecture, a
class, or a festival.
For those already involved in migratory
bird conservation, IMBD adds momentum
to the cause, raising local activities to the
level of an international movement.
In addition, IMBD provides celebrants
with a focus in the form of an annual
general theme. Themes have included the
importance of wetland habitats, the effects
homeowners have on bird conservation, the
Peregrine Falcon and its celebrated
recovery from an endangered status,
shade-grown coffee, Important Bird
Areas, and colonial bird conservation
From simply watching a bird, to hosting a
full-scale festival, there are many ways to
celebrate International Migratory Bird Day!
The IMBD 2005 annual theme is
Collisions: Clear the Way for Birds.
IMBD materials and celebrants will
focus on the human-created, often fatal
obstacles birds may encounter in flight
-- including communication towers,
vehicles, power lines, glass windows,
and wind turbines --
and explore the many ways that
agencies, industries, and citizens may
minimize the impacts these obstacles
have on bird populations.
IMBD Resources
IMBD has grown from a good idea to a
significant, annual occurrence. Successes
Growth in the number of annual IMBD
events. More than 500 public events, as
well as countless club, classroom, and
individual events, will take place this year.
An expanding web presence. At http:/
/www.birdday.org and http://
birds.fws.gov/imbd.html, one can find
general IMBD information, IMBD ideas,
downloadable materials, and links to an
Events Registry and other relevant sites.
Annual development of promotional and
educational materials to help event
organizers. These include posters, t-shirts,
educator packets, and resource directories.
An on-line catalog is available at http://
An Events Registry. An on-line database
that allows users to register and advertise
their event. Events are posted on a new
Explorer's Map which offers up-to-date
information about festivals and more.
IMBD 2005 "officially��� falls on May
14. However, IMBD should not be
viewed as a single-day observance!
Event planners are encouraged to
schedule activities on the date or
dates best suited to the presence of
migrants in their area and the needs
of their facility and audience. Every
day is Bird Day.
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Easter is coming!March 25th, 2013 , by Suzanne
Last weekend we had an early Easter with our family. DD and SIL came on Friday. They spent Saturday morning and afternoon doing income taxes with HH's help. Certainly a stressful start to the weekend! But after that it was all relaxed and fun. SS drove down in time for dinner.
I cooked a roast for the three Type Os, and had salmon patties for the two Type As. We also had rice, green beans, spinach, and butternut squash.
I wanted to tell you about the butternut squash. When I cook it for myself, I scoop it out of the peel one serving at a time. I sprinkle a little cinnamon on top and eat it. But I thought it should look nicer for a family dinner. I cooked the whole squash in the oven that morning. Just before dinner I separated the good part from the seeds and peeling. I mashed it with cinnamon, ginger, and olive oil. I put it in a casserole dish and sprinkled it with chopped almonds. Just before dinner, I warmed it in the oven. It was delicious.
Last Sunday morning we all got to go to church together. When the children were growing up, going to church together was such a normal, every week event. Now with SIL pastoring a church far away and SS active in a church less than an hour away, we rarely get to worship together. So this was a special time for us as a family.
Today is Palm Sunday. This morning we sang joyful praise songs. The service was exciting. Tonight we had a candlelight Lord's Supper. The service was serious and thoughtful. HH and I got home in time to watch "The Bible" on the History Channel.
A friend asked me what I thought about "The Bible." At first I laughed and said, "Oh you know me; I always think the book is always better than the movie." But seeing she was serious, I gave a serious answer. You can't possibly cover the entire Bible in five two-hour shows. Some things have to be combined or left out. There is some interpretation of detail where the Bible is silent.
However, I think they have done a remarkable job of accurately portraying the major themes of the Bible. It's certainly worth watching. Next week, on Easter Sunday, they will show the Resurrection, the growth of the church, and the Book of Revelation. I think we will have eggs for dinner while we watch!


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Submission + - Ron Paul Would Erase Billions in Research Spending (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Presidential hopeful Ron Paul's new proposal to slash federal spending would wipe out large chunks of the government's research portfolio. The congressman from Texas and Republican candidate has unveiled a budget plan to reduce the deficit that would eliminate five federal departments: Energy, Commerce, Interior, Education, and Housing and Urban Development. In one fell swoop, such a step would erase, among other programs, the Energy Department's $5-billion Office of Science, the $4.5-billion National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the $750-million National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the $1.1-billion U.S. Geological Survey.


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Tore my left pectoral muscle on the Planet Fitness "judgement free" pec-fly machine. Anyway, that's not important.
Express Care doc gave me a 60 day script for Tramadol 50mg HCL. I've rarely ever taken prescription meds before and this shit has me fucked up.
The room is spinning and I'm itchy everywhere. Anyone else ever take this stuff? What's a good dose to have a good high? Honestly, I would've been fine with some Tylenol and beer, but I might as well take advantage of this script while I have it.


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South Tama School Board District 1 and 4 positions will be on the Sept, 10 school election ballot. Michele Yuska, Toledo, is the current District 1 director and Ron Hala, rural Toledo, is District 4 director.
Yuska said on July 1 she plans to seek reelection. Hala said he was currently undecided.
Both have served two, four-year terms.
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Michelle Yuksa - Ron Hala
STC School Board members
Nomination papers could be obtained beginning Monday, July 8, from Kim Gardner, board secretary, at the STC Administration Building, 1701 Harding, Tama.
Director candidates must live within the boundaries of the district they seek to represent.
All South Tama voters are eligible to cast ballots for each director position.
The deadline to file is Aug. 1. School board seats are for four-year terms.


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Big Run still seeks way to create police
BIG RUN — Big Run Borough Council heard a possible solution to its police problems at Monday's meeting, but actual funding for such a program is still the main obstacle.
Brian Lyons, a former Sykesville and Summerville police officer who also served as a police chief of a regional police department, said he's been following council's discussions about hiring a police officer for the borough.
He also proposed a solution: With available grant funds, the cost of any officer for Big Run would be $97 per year per taxpayer. If combining with Gaskill Township, it would cost $45 per taxpayer per year.
Lyons said if Big Run combined with both Gaskill and Henderson Township, the cost would fall to $19 per year per taxpayer.
Mayor Joe Buterbaugh, who oversees any police department in the borough, said the problem with having any type of police coverage in Big Run is it will require grant funding or other outside funds.
"We're going to have to rescind (Ordinance No. 144) to take away the police department," he said. "You're talking over $60,000 per officer for four days a week per year, and we are at a standstill until we can obtain any kind of outside funding."
Buterbaugh said Lyons' idea would depend on persuading the other two municipalities to join forces with Big Run.
"Each member of council has the information, and can review it and form their own opinions on the matter," he said.
"A lot of things have to happen before the police department can come into effect," Buterbaugh said, asking for Lyons to keep in contact with council.
Lyons said in 1974, council passed ordinance No. 144, which created the police officer position in the borough.
"Even though there hasn't been a borough officer in recent memory, council would not have to re-create the position because it sill exists," even though it has been inactive," he said.
Lyons said in 1994, the county hired Bob Shaffer, Clarion Borough Polic chief, to perform a feasibility study about the possible creation of a regional police force.
"At that time, I worked in both Sykesville and Summerville, which was actually a regional police department, even though they hadn't gone through the formalities to do so. Their patrols covered four different municipalities," Lyons said. "In the mid-90s, Sykesville talked about regional police coverage with Troutville to be paid for with federal grants, but police officers could not be contracted out at that time."
Lyons also said that last August, Big Run talked with Sykesville about sharing police officers, and idea that come to fruition.


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Barrington Hills Village President Robert Abboud and Trustee Fritz Gohl will seek re-election in April, while Trustee Harold "Skip" Gianopulos said he's strongly leaning toward running for another term as well.
Trustee Elaine Ramesh, the only other village board member whose term is expiring in the spring, could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Village Clerk Dolores Trandel said nominating petition packets have been picked up by Abboud, Gohl, Gianopulos and a fourth, unidentified person. The filing period for candidates begins Dec. 17 and ends Dec. 24.
Abboud said he and Gohl, the board's president pro tem, plan to run independently but in support of each other's campaigns. He and Gohl have common viewpoints on some issues and believe they both still have something to offer the village he said. They do not intend to be part of a slate with anyone else.
The village historically has been successful in attracting candidates with different areas of expertise and from different walks of life, Abboud said, and he hopes that will remain true this election.
"I'd like to get a little more pension experience on the board," he said, adding he's less concerned with the village's pension situation than he is with broader pension legislation.
Though no challengers have formally declared their candidacies, Abboud recalls the ferocity of the 2011 campaign that sprang from the village's debate over the regulation of commercial horse boarding.
"It's Barrington Hills, so there are no small issues," he said dryly. "If you bring a knife to an intercontinental nuclear exchange, you're fooling yourself. We'll be prepared."
Gianopulos said he believes he's been of value to the village since his election to a two-year term in 2011 -- especially for providing a viewpoint contrary to that of most board members.
He supports greater regulation of horse boarding, but adds he's anything but anti-equestrian. The intensity of the 2011 campaign, in which the rest of his Common Sense Party slate lost hasn't deterred him from another run, Gianopulos said.
"I really don't mind the campaigning piece of it," he said. "I like the debating of different issues and I have thick skin."
Gianopulos said he knows of a couple other people considering running for the board, but they haven't yet made a final decision.


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Madjo earns share of spoils
Guy Madjo's second-half equaliser earned Plymouth a share of the spoils at Wycombe and denied caretaker boss Gareth Ainsworth a first win in charge of the Chairboys.
Matt McClure gave Wycombe the lead after 11 minutes, heading home an Ainsworth cross as the hosts looked for their second league win of the season.
But Madjo's header from the excellent Alex MacDonald's cross levelled it up after the break and earned Carl Fletcher's men a point, extending their unbeaten run to four matches.
Ainsworth, 39, cut inside Robbie Williams for the opener and delivered a measured cross that McClure headed beyond Pilgrims keeper Jake Cole.
Jo Kuffour's goal-bound shot was blocked before Stuart Lewis shot wide for the home side, while at the other end MacDonald's cross was headed wide by Onismor Bhasera with Jordan Archer beaten.
The visitors levelled the match in the 50th minute, Madjo guiding his header past Archer from MacDonald's right-wing cross.
Wycombe almost netted at the death, Cole superbly saving Joel Grant's powerful effort before Conor Hourihane rattled the crossbar from 30 yards for the visitors.
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Delta Epsilon Iota National Honor Society
What is DEI
From its inception, our mission has been to educate our membership on career development issues, encourage students to excel academically, and promote the principles of Dedication, Enthusiasm, and Initiative in all aspects of campus life. Over the years, the Society has embraced these values and today is one of the leading academic development organizations serving higher education.
Delta Epsilon Iota's membership is comprised of outstanding scholars attending many of the finest educational institutions in the country. Organizational vision and cutting edge resources have made the Society synonymous with leadership and excellence in academic life.
Who Can Join
Sophomore status (and above) having earned at least 30 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 (based on 4.0 scale. Students shall be invited into membership only by the authority and established procedures of the DEI Academic Honor Society. Must be a full time student at Tarleton.
Benefits for Tarleton DEI Members
- Lifetime national membership recognition
- Eligibility for member scholarships and awards including Delta Award, Epsilon Award, Iota Award, and the Aaron Gamble scholarship
- Career workshops designed specifically for members
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The History
The Society was founded in 1994 by Andrew J. Bond, Associate Director of the University of Georgia Career Center, and Richard M. Drye, a student at the University of Georgia. The idea came together as a reaction to what Richard and Andrew saw as an explosion in "creative" recruiting tactics by employers. Time and time again, the top achievers were being recruited right out of the classroom without ever setting foot in the Career Center. Rich excelled academically at the University and was recruited Deloitte & Touche through some of these "creative" tactics. He returned to the University of Georgia to recruit other top students and during this process met Andrew and became acquainted with the University of Georgia Career Center. Despite the many great services offered by the Career Center, the top students seemed to have limited interaction. Andrew and Rich decided to team up to start an organization that would solve this problem.
The concept was simple. Let's build a student organization that will attract the top students on campus and conduct the organization's activities and programs around career development issues. Once these students are introduced to the career center staff and the importance of intentional career planning, they could spread the message to the other students at the University. In effect, the career center could help train student ambassadors while educating the organizational membership "beyond the classroom."
The organization was a success from day one with 117 new members from the first membership drive. The average member GPA was a 3.57 and they had completed an average of 62.3 credit hours. The students represented the vast majority of degree programs offered and were equally spread out among sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Quickly, the word around campus spread, and within 3 years, the career center was now actively involved in the second largest student organization on campus.
In 1999, The Career Center at the University of Michigan ( Ann Arbor ) wanted to start the organization on their campus and helped develop the "chapter" model which is still in use today. Once the model was perfected, the organization could quickly and easily be replicated at colleges and universities around the country.


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World Environment Day
"Take action to create the world we want" – Lakshmi Puri
At the first-ever UN Environment Assembly meeting for the High-Level Gender and Environment Forum, UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri attended a Tree-planting Ceremony in Commemoration of World Environment Day and the Beijing Platform for Action+20.
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014
Wangari Maathai said: "Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive; you haven't done a thing. You are just talking."
Today, we are not talking, we are doing. And by planting this tree, we call on the world's attention to the issue of women and the environment.
Women are environmental leaders and actors. They are enablers and beneficiaries of sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social, and environmental. They are agents of change for environmental sustainability.
I commend the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for organizing the Gender and Environment Forum as part of the UN Environment Assembly. To achieve environmental sustainability, gender equality, and sustainable development, now is the time to put women and girls at the center of our efforts.
The months ahead are leading up to the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the landmark international agreement for the promotion of gender equality and women's rights.
Our campaign "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture It!" is a call to action to world leaders and to all citizens of the planet to accelerate implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in order to realize a world where gender equality is a reality for all women and girls.
This month, we are focusing on the issue of women and the environment. I call on you to join our campaign, join the conversation and, as we are doing today, take action to create The World We Want.
Related links:Opening statement of UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri at the High-Level Gender and Environment Forum, 23 June 2014, in Nairobi, Kenya


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A PUB chain has been accused of putting "profits before sense" after opening a new outlet at a motorway service station.
The move sends motorists "all the wrong signals", an alcohol charity has warned.
Alcohol Concern said the new JD Wetherspoon pub on th e M40 was a "backwards step".
The Hope And Champion will be open from 4am to 1am, seven days a week, in the Extra Motorway Service Area at junction 2 of th e M40 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
The company has spent more than £1.1 million on the pub - the first to be opened at a motorway service area - which will sell real ale from local and regional brewers as well as non-alcoholic and hot drinks.
Is JD Wetherspoons' decision to open a pub at a motorway service station irresponsible?
Eric Appleby, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, said: "Selling alcohol on our motorways sends all the wrong signals to drivers, it just sounds like profits being put before sense.
"Campaigners have worked tirelessly to improve road safety in the UK and persuade people that drinking and driving don't mix and this feels like a backward step."
Sir Ian Gilmore, special adviser on alcohol at the Royal College of Physicians and chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said motorway service stations are supposed to be "havens" for tired and stressed drivers. He said that people will succumb to temptation if they see alcohol in front of them.
"I know people can drive off the motorway to find a pub but they make an active choice to do that," he added.
"I think it is madness. It has the potential to undo all the good that has been done in drink-driving campaigns.
"This sends out the wrong message at a time when drink drinking deaths were up last year."
Steve Baldwin, manager of the new pub, said: "The Extra Motorway Service Area, now including The Hope and Champion, primarily serves the motorway users, but its facilities are also available to the surrounding community from the local road network."
Eddie Gershon, spokesman for JD Wetherspoon, added: "People think 'should we have a pub within a motorway network?'
"Our argument would be that it is a well-run pub and people have to act responsibility, which we think people do.
"Actually the vast majority of people coming in here will be eating and drinking non-alcoholic drinks like coffee."
But road safety campaigners said the concept was "at odds" with public opinion.
A survey of 2,000 people showed that only 12% supported putting pubs into motorway service stations, the RAC said.
"The public appear to be very much against the introduction of motorway pubs," said Pete Williams, the RAC's head of external affairs.
"We appreciate the vast majority of motorists drive responsibly and that alcohol is already available in shops at motorway services, but for many this decision seems to be at odds with common sense. In our view this is a risky and frankly unnecessary move."
Ellie Pearson, of safety campaign group Brake, said: "The opening of a pub on a motorway is deeply concerning, and presents a potentially deadly temptation to drivers.
"Drink driving remains one of the biggest killers on our road, causing devastation to families and communities every day.
"Our advice to drivers is not to have even a drop of alcohol if you are driving."


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Crysis 2 should have melted off the faces of PC gamers everywhere. Instead, our faces were left intact. Crytek acknowledged the shortcomings of the game's original release and subsequently released an "Ultra Upgrade," which added fancy DX11 effects. An additional High-Res Texture Pack sharped the overall look of the game.
But for some, Crysis 2 was still not as blisteringly beautiful as it should be. That's where the MaLDoHD mod comes in.
"Even if you don't stop to admire every bush, the ambiance of the jungley New York is hugely expanded with MaLDoHD's work: graffiti is clear, signs can be read, and bricks and cracks are defined," PC Gamer described. As evidenced by the image above, the improvements are rather obvious.
You can download the add-on right here. In addition to pretty new textures, you'll also get new toggles for anti-aliasing, LOD, depth of field, view distance, and more. Do note that the mod won't work with existing saves, so you'll either have to start your beautiful journey anew, or use the mod's level select feature.


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Internet safety program offered to parents
The City of St. Marys Police Department and Dickinson Children's Prevention Services recently teamed up to host an internet safety program entitled "Protecting Kids Online." The presentation took place Wednesday evening in the Elk County Catholic High School auditorium.Police Chief Todd Caltagarone and Officer David Marconi were joined by Dickinson staff members Jill Struble and Shelley Meier as presenters for the program. Together they provided essential information about internet safety, cyber bullying, online stalking and harassment, digital technology, protecting privacy, child pornography and sexting as well as the emotional, ethical, psychological and legal consequences of such issues. "The message we want to deliver to you is just open up the dialogue with your kids, get involved, build that trust and relationship so when things happen online they can come to you, tell you, talk to you about it," Caltagarone said. "There's some rules to follow, things to do in order to stay safe."He added that this program is presented to students throughout the district at age-appropriate levels in elementary, middle and high schools. With younger students, they discuss the I M Safe Online program and with older students, they focus on online predators, criminal activities that can occur online and consequences of that. The adult program goes more into detail about all of the above.The PowerPoint portion of the presentation was prepared by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and addressed such topics as detailed information on digital technology, including definitions of and explanations about peer-to-peer software, spyware, viruses, spam, text lingo, blogs and webcams.


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Target audience: Businesses, brands, developers, marketing professionals, SEO specialists, geeks, general public.
At the end of the day, none of us owns anything we do on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus. What we do own is our personal properties.
No matter how many hours I spend at the Java Shack or Peregrine Espresso, I am just a customer. Social media and its social networks may feel like a home to some of us, but they're really just private public spaces, similar to coffee shops, the Politics & Prose reading area, or the ballroom at the Rosslyn Marriott. Continue reading


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For A Good Time, Call
Two mismatched women with a complicated history are thrown together by economic circumstances, with some help from a sassy gay friend played by Justin Long (never hotter than in this role).
Bawdy Katie (Ari Graynor, who also serves as executive producer) works several jobs, among them a 1-900 phone gig. Prim Lauren (Lauren Anne Miller, who co-wrote) outlines how Katie could make lots more money running her own sexy phone chat number. Soon they are bonding over kinky talk, pink push-button phones, and a box full of sex toys. (One deleted scene features a sadly cut sword fight with two gigantic dildos.)
The film's best bits are the sequences in which we see the male callers, often indulging their hobby from the workplace (a cabbie with a fare, an airplane pilot calling from the men's room -- the latter is a cameo by Seth Rogen). Otherwise, the movie sticks close to familiar tropes and narrative structure, making this an amusing, but not especially memorable, movie.
The Blu-ray / DVD release of "For A Good Time, Call..." features an unrated version along with the theatrical release. The DVD offers a handful of deleted scenes, a short promotional featurette, and audio commentary with Graynor, Miller, director Jamie Travis, and co-writer / producer Katie Ann Naylon.
The most entertaining special feature is the audio commentary, especially the scene with the cabbie, who sets off a confused debate when he makes mention of the "dick dock." Evidently, no one participating in the audio commentary track has been to Provincetown in high season (no, the "dick dock" is not a charger for an i-anything).
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Showcase your 'Local Life'
Registrations are now open for the 2013 Local Life exhibition.
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Our Local Life winners for 2013 are:
In the Riverland, Renmark artist Kathy Reed with her artwork Amazon Creek Water Colour.
In the Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln artist Dave Trengrove with his artwork Left of Centre.
In Broken Hill, Ann Mitchell with her artwork Blue Heeler.
In the North and West, Whyalla artist Penny Nolan with her artwork Metallic Sunset.
Congratulations to all the artists who entered our 2013 exhibition.
The ABC 'Local Life' Exhibition returns for the 2013 South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA).
Now in its fourth year, 'Local Life' provides a platform for amateur artists across regional South Australia to create an image of what Local Life in their region means to them and registrations of interest for 2013 open Monday 10 June.
This is an opportunity for those who dabble with pastels or enjoy a leisurely Sunday painting session to take part in a fortnight long exhibition from 5 August to 18 August 2013 at a local arts venue in their region.
Artwork specifications:
The artwork including frame must not exceed one metre in any one side.
3D Sculpture is permitted and must not exceed one metre in any one side and weigh less than five kilograms.
The prize:
The People's Choice winner in each location will win a $200 art supplies voucher along with an ABC prize pack valued at $50, a premium listing in the 2014 SALA Festival program (worth $450), professional development opportunity with Country Arts SA and the winning artwork will also be exhibited at SALA on sale in Adelaide on 25 August.
The Major Prize for Renmark, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln and Mount Gambier winners also includes an annual Guildhouse Associate Membership valued at $98.
How to take part:
Download a registration form here
Or pick up a registration form at your local ABC Radio Station:
ABC North and West
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Your local arts venue:
Civic Hall Gallery, Port Lincoln
Middleback Theatre, Whyalla
Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mount Gambier
Chaffey Theatre, Renmark
West Darling Arts, Broken Hill
Or visit your local Rotary club:
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All completed registration forms must be returned by post to ABC Collinswood 85 North East Road Adelaide SA 5081 or email to email@example.com by 26 July at 5pm.
Once registered all artists will be sent an entry form to complete and submit when delivering the completed artworks to the local venues on Friday August 2.
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