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If you want to backup your emails from Gmail to the local computer, enable POP3 access in your Gmail
settings and then use a desktop mail client to download a copy of all your messages from the Google cloud to the local disk. That's easy!
Why you should backup Gmail to the cloud?
- If your main Gmail account gets hacked you will still have access to all your previous emails.
- If you delete an important email from your Gmail Inbox by mistake, you can easily retrieve it from the online backup. Google Apps Premier has Postini to restore deleted emails.
- If the Gmail service goes down (yes, it happens), you will still be able to read your older emails. Gmail outage won't affect work
There are three services that can help you automatically backup your Gmail (and Google Apps) email accounts online and luckily, they won't cost you anything.
Within an hour or so, the online mail fetcher program will pull messages from your main Gmail account and will copy them to your new "backup" account. In my limited testing, I found that Gmail's mail fetcher left all the messages that were either "read" or have been previously downloaded by another POP3 client so it's not "true backup."
That brings us to another alternative – copy your Gmail mailbox to Windows Live Hotmail. While you can add a Gmail account to Hotmail using POP3 (just like Gmail's mail fetcher), there's a much better and reliable option out there for copying emails from Gmail into Hotmail and it's called TrueSwitch.
Setup a new Hotmail account and TrueSwitch, an awesome web-based email account migration service, will copy all your emails and attachments from Gmail to your new Hotmail address. If you have a relatively large Gmail Inbox, the backup process might take up to 24 hours but you'll get an email as soon as the transfer is complete.
Like Gmail, Hotmail too offers "expanding" storage so it can possibly fit your large Google inbox as well. You can then add your Gmail address to Hotmail (click "Add an email account" in the sidebar) and this will ensure that new messages that land in your Gmail inbox in the future are also saved in Hotmail.
That said, both the services discussed above have one common drawback – they'll always backup your entire Gmail mailbox and you cannot limit the backup process to a specific set of folders (or labels in Gmail). So if you have a fairly large mailbox and don't want to backup each and every Gmail folder (or label), try Backupify.
Backupify, as you know, can backup your online accounts (including Gmail) to Amazon S3 and a unique point about Backupify is that it lets you specify labels that should be included in the backup process. The messages are stored in the cloud as EML files that you can view inside Outlook or, you can change the .eml extension to .mht, and read the file inside IE.
Backupify supports XOauth so you can add your Gmail account to the service without having to share your Google Account credentials. They are not using a very practical format for saving messages but the advantage is that Backupify will scan your selected mailbox folders every single day for new emails and will archive them automatically.


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International Jamborees
This is by no means a complete list of internal Jamborees. More international activities can be found at http://www.scout.org/, and there are more on the UK list of international events.
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Denver Bronco Von Miller arrested for missing court appearance
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) – Denver Broncos all-pro linebacker Von Miller, who is appealing his suspension for violating the NFL's drug policy, was arrested on Sunday at a Colorado gun shop for failing to appear in court for traffic violations, police said on Wednesday.
Miller, 24, was arrested after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation notified police that he was in the store and had an outstanding warrant, according to documents released by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.
Undersheriff David Walcher said Miller was taken into custody by deputies on Sunday, booked and released after paying a $1,000 bond. Walcher said he did not know what triggered the law enforcement notification.
Susan Medina, spokeswoman for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said the agency cannot comment on specific cases, but under Colorado law anyone attempting to purchase a gun must undergo a background check, which could reveal any outstanding warrants.
The 6-foot 3-inches (1.91-metre), 250-pound (113-kg) Miller, who was the second overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft, was cited in October in suburban Denver for driving without a license, careless driving and failure to provide proof of insurance.
He skipped his December court date, and a warrant was then issued.
The Broncos posted a brief statement on the team's website, saying they were aware of the arrest of the third-year pro out of Texas A&M University, who has twice been selected a Pro Bowl outside linebacker.
"It was reported to the league earlier this week and is being handled through the legal system," the statement said.
The news of his arrest came a day before Miller was scheduled to appear before NFL officials to appeal a four-game suspension the league handed down to him for violating its substance abuse policy.
Miller's arrest is the latest off-field embarrassment for the Broncos, who were eliminated in last season's play-offs by the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.
Two of the team's front office executives were suspended without pay by the team in July after they were arrested in separate incidents on driving under the influence charges.
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more specific: if not "name:" or "%define name" was found in the myproject.spec file then the PACKAGE var is set to the basename "myproject". When no spec file was present then it will usually default to "TODO".
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service has hit back at suggestions that a popular NSW Hunter beach has been closed to four-wheel-drive enthusiasts.
It follows a rally on Saturday, attended by an estimated 5000 drivers who demanded greater access to the dunes.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has banned camping on Stockton beach since June, after storms stripped millions of tonnes of sand from the dunes.
The weekend's protest event, organised by 4WD identity John Rooth and 4x4 Action Magazine, attracted vehicles from as far away as Queensland.
VIDEO: Organiser "Roothy" addresses supporters after the event.
Regional National Parks and Wildlife Service manager Robert Quirk said yesterday that all 28 kilometres of the beachfront were open to 4WD owners, plus an additional 430 hectares in the high dunes.
He said the only off-limits space was the camping area, which had been closed since last year's mid-winter storms.
''They caused major flooding over and behind the frontal dune, damaging and exposing Aboriginal sites, killing beach vegetation and damaging large areas of dunes where visitors camp'' he said.
President of 4WD NSW-ACT Craig Thomas said his association did not support Saturday's rally.
''We do not believe additional access at this time is in the best interests of the sustainable long-term use of Stockton beach for all user groups,'' Mr Thomas said.
''The beach and associated dune area suffered severe damage and will need time to restore itself; if it is not given, it will be lost to all forever.''
Mr Thomas said he had tried to broker a meeting between the wildlife service and the rally organisers, without success.
Protesters formed a 48-kilometre convoy between Stockton and Cessnock, where they were forced to disband for safety reasons.
Neither Mr Rooth nor 4x4 Action Magazine could be contacted for comment yesterday.
However, speaking in a post-rally video, Mr Rooth said he had anticipated between 1000 and 2000 vehicles would attend the rally.
''It was the world's biggest vehicular convoy protest ever,'' he said.
''Let's hope the people that this was directed against were listening. We want our country back. We don't want to be locked out of it. Today was a massive example of that.''


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I am quite a big fan of Rey Mysterio since he has many skills and he can fight against opponent that is more bigger than him.
However, Rey Mysterio was unmasked at extreme rules on 7 June 2009 by chris jericho. This is a total shock for me. I feel angry at Chris Jericho however maybe Rey Mysterio already agree for this scene. And of course this will make a good story line for the wrestling show.
Maybe this incident will become the metamorphosis for Rey Mysterio. Just like Kane, maybe Mysterio will become an entire person after he is unmasked.
Ps: Actually this is not the first time Rey Mysterio is unmasked. Besides, he also didn't wear mask during WCW.


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Clue: Abbr. in many Paris street names
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Answering the question of how much candy can fit inside a standard pillowcase...
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Monday, August 6, 2012
47.75 Lbs.
Posted by Rot at 10:16 AM
2 comments:
- ruprechtdd said...
This experiment did not count for spillage, mobility, or bullies stealing your candy.
- August 6, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Damn. No wonder my back hurts now. We used a garbage bag and it would be at least half full.
- August 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM
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I forget where I read it, but the response "I will forgive you for ASKING such a personal question if you will forgive me for not ANSWERING it" tickled my fancy when I read it.It was either Ann Landers, Dear Abby, or Miss Manners..............but it was more than twenty years ago and the details are a little hard to dredge up.........
"I don't know. I (or we) haven't thought about it." I mean, I'm sure there are probably comebacks to that, but...what, that would make any sense? It's not like they have something to argue with, really.A lot of the time, though, people think asking this sort of thing is "friendly" (and some do it just to be jerks). It's just that, they may not realize that it's too personal to you, or a sore spot for you, or whatever it is that makes you not want to answer it--because those sort of questions are the sort of thing some people would take and run with, and prattle on for an hour about how many kids they want and what their names will be, or every detail of the wedding they want to have, or whatever. It's just a question about someone, much like "what do you do?" or whatever. My mom tried to impress that on me when I was expressing worries that at my partner's sister's wedding, we would get a bunch of "so, are you guys next?" questions from his relatives. (Luckily, no one asked. MY relatives would've asked. His didn't. Though in my case, all of my cousins my age are either married or engaged, so I guess it's not too far off-base that my relatives will expect I will be soon too. Doesn't mean I really want to go into the "no, we're just living together" or "I dont' know that I want to get married ever" can of worms, though.)
As I always say: Just because someone asks a question, does not mean they are entitled to an answer! (Especially when it's none of their bloody business!)
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I was shocked at the recent story in the Mail Tribune about the identity theft ring that involved theft from 800 mailboxes. That has to be a lot of mail for the police to sift through for evidence.
Does the Medford Police Department hold onto that mail until the suspects go to trial? If it is tax documents, I assume the victims would want them sent off to the IRS as soon as possible.
— Trevor D., Medford
You're right, Trevor, the suspected mail theft ring that appeared on the May 4 Mail Tribune front page are accused of some serious crimes. According to a federal indictment filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the five suspects had thousands of pieces of mail in their possession during the year-long crime spree.
Medford police Chief Tim George said investigators study the mail seized from the suspects, looking for evidence that the victims' identities were stolen. Once the investigation is concluded, the department works with the U.S. Postal Service to return any unopened mail to the victims.
"If the mail is opened, we will do what we can to contact the victim to return the mail to them," George said. "Sometimes we cannot locate people, so we will have the mail destroyed."
Mail thieves usually are looking for checks, credit card applications, tax forms and other sensitive personal documents.
According to the indictment, Eduardo Navarro and Dallas Lee Tedford were arrested on several charges including aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
A federal warrant was issued for the arrest of their alleged co-conspirators — Kayla Ann Strange, Lana Lorraine Marshall and Robert Powelson.
Marshall, 29, was arrested later Friday on charges of identity theft, possession of methamphetamine, second-degree forgery and failure to appear in court. She was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on $23,000 bail.
They are all accused of stealing mail and the identifies of numerous Jackson County residents over the past year.
"We do what we can to get the mail back to them in a timely manner," George said. "However, these cases are usually complex and take some time to bring to a conclusion."
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I was shocked at the recent story in the Mail Tribune about the identity theft ring that involved theft from 800 mailboxes. That has to be a lot of mail for the police to sift through for evidence.


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MANLIUS – Kewanee coach Steve Salisbury says his team has the green light to shoot from behind the three-point stripe and on Friday night they took advantage.
The Boilers hit 9 of 20 three-pointers, including four during an important third-quarter run, as they defeated Bureau Valley 62-53 in Three-Rivers Conference action at the Storm Cellar.
Six different players attempted a three for Kewanee, but senior co-captains Dayton Ince and Matt Gustafson did most of the damage.
Ince made 4 of 7 three's in the game and knocked down two during the Boilers 11-0 third-quarter run that was the turning point in the game. Gustafson also hit a trey during that stretch as Kewanee turned a one-point deficit into a 10-point lead halfway through the third period.
"We can shoot the three-pointer really well," said Salisbury. "We knew when we came out, even if we started hot, they are a good team and they are going to make a run. We talked about that before we came out that this could be a game of runs."
Storm coach Jason Marquis was disappointed the way his team defended Kewanee's three-point shooters.
"You can prepare and work on close out drills all day, but it really comes down to what we talk about before the game, you have to come out and execute," said Marquis.
"They are a good shooting team. We've got to learn to do a better job on our end to cover up shooters and if they do knock them down we can at least say they were contested."
Kewanee (11-3, 5-0) came out red hot to start the game. The Boilers made 10 of their first 11 shots, including four more from behind the arc. A trey from Ryan Hicks made it 24-13.
Bureau Valley (12-8, 3-3) survived the three-point barrage and Frank Gebeck beat the first-quarter buzzer with a high arcing three of his own to cut the first-quarter deficit to 24-17.
Gebeck came up big for the Storm in the first half, scoring 10 points, and his steal and lay-up with 4:08 remaining made it 28-25. BV then got within one by the half on a step back three-pointer from Tommy Johnston at the buzzer.
Parker Neuhalfen gave BV their first and only lead of the game 13 seconds into the second half on a backdoor feed from Jordan Monier, but that's when the Boilers got hot again.
Kewanee hit three straight three-pointers, two from Ince and one from Gustafson, and Dalton Nuding had a steal and lay-up to make it 44-34. Bryce Hansen stopped the bleeding with a three from the right wing but Hicks answered at the other end with his second trey of the night.
The Boilers outscored the Storm 18-6 in the decisive third quarter, extending their lead to 51-38. The Storm shot just 2 of 11 in the period, while the Boilers were 7 of 10.
The Storm would get as close as five points in the fourth, with 48 seconds left, after Neuhalfen hit a jumper from just inside the top of the key. But, Ince would make good on all six of his free-throws attempts the rest of the way to put the game out of reach.
"I thought we played a couple of really good quarters of basketball and we played a couple of really poor quarters of basketball," said Marquis. "We gave up 24 points in the first quarter and 18 in the third quarter. With our team and our group, that is just not what we do and we won't win games when we do that. I thought our kids battled and played hard. I just think we didn't execute in a couple of quarters."
Ince led all scorers with 20 points. Gebeck led the Storm with 15.
Notes: The Storm bench was shorthanded Friday without senior Hunter Klemme due to his wisdom teeth being removed over Christmas break. Logan Hoffert is also still out for the Storm ... BVHS graduate Patrick Smith was wearing orange on the Kewanee bench. He is in second year as an assistant with the Boilers ... Kewanee won the sophomore contest 54-49. Josh Mead led three Storm players in double figures with 13 points. Gage Smith and Payton Shipp added 10 points each.


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As I wrote in my last blog entry, my weekend's planned excursions included a climb up the tallest statue of Jesus in the world (disappointing—turns out he's closed on Sundays) and a hike in nearby Tunari national park. It also included an unplanned visit to the Clinica Belga Boliviana, the fanciest-sounding hospital in my Lonely Planet guidebook. I had learned the hard way that angry dogs really do bite you in the butt, just like countless cartoon mailmen. I told the clinic's emergency room attendant that I'd been attacked by a wild dog in the woods and wanted a rabies shot. "Sure, take a seat," he told me. I winced—talk about adding insult to injury.
After 30 minutes or so, a doctor called me in. I told her what had happened: I was hiking in a national park, minding my own business and enjoying my Saturday afternoon, when four dogs started barking at me then attacked me out of nowhere, one of them managing to rip out a small chunk of my bum. I expected to be applauded for having the good sense to go get my rabies shot immediately after having been bitten by a strange dog in the woods, but instead the doctor just clucked her tongue.
"You know, the best thing to do in these situations is to control the dog. Could you go find this dog?"
I was confused, not sure if she was actually asking me to go out alone in search of the potentially rabid dog, who was roaming free in a national park some 45 minutes away, probably gloating over the tiny piece of a gringa's butt he had won earlier that day. I told her I really wasn't comfortable capturing the dog and bringing him back to the clinic for observation. The doctor sighed again, and tried to convince me that this vaccine would be a hassle:
"It's expensive… you'll have to come back 5 times… you might get jaundice… you really don't think you could find this dog?"
I was starting to feel kind of silly and spoiled. Why had my parents never taught me any useful skills, like animal trapping? Thirteen years of violin lessons weren't doing me much good right now. But, as spoiled as I felt, I was determined to get my shots. After having written a report on rabies for Mrs. Cornwall's 9th grade health class, I had definitively decided that I did not want to die from rabies.
After some poking and prodding, the on-duty doctor finally called the dog-bite-specialist-doctor at home. I caught some whispered snippets of their conversation:
"Hello, Doctor? So sorry to call you at home… foreign girl here… wild dog in the woods… told her to control it, but… doesn't want to go find it…. I know… I know… Yes, OK, thank you doctor."
She turned to me. "All right, show me the wound."
Finally, I thought. I tried to moon the doctor as respectfully as possible and hopped onto the stretcher. Just as she started to clean up the bloody mess, a call went out over the PA system: the doctor was needed to attend to a patient arriving by ambulance. I was left, alone and exposed on a stretcher, for what felt like an eternity (but was probably 30 minutes). Various hospital personnel wandered in and out of the room, seemingly oblivious to my delicate situation as a half-naked, potentially rabid foreigner. Well, at least this will make a decent blog entry when it's all over, I thought to myself. Not quite Jessica-getting-malaria-in-Nigeria-good, but decent.
Things turned out my way in the end—the good doctor returned, bandaged my bum, gave me my first of five rabies shots, and sent me on my way with just a slight limp and some holes in my pants (and my butt) to show for my afternoon adventure. Now I'm following the locals' (and T.R.'s) advice to always use Big Stick Diplomacy. Not my favorite foreign policy in U.S. history, but it sure does the trick with Bolivian dogs.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 - Bad News Bears star Sammi Kane Kraft has died in Los Angeles after a car accident in the early hours of Tuesday (09Oct12).
The 20-year-old real-life athlete, who landed her role in the 2005 remake due to her baseball skills, was a passenger in an Audi that was rear-ended by a truck on the 10 Freeway, and then struck by another vehicle.
Kraft was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead.
The driver, Molly Kate Adams, received treatment for moderate injuries,
and was arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving.
In Billy Bob Thornton's Bad News Bears reboot, Kraft played Amanda Whurlitzer, the tomboy role made famous by Tatum O'Neal in the 1976 original film.
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Britney Spears Uses Dog's Twitter Account to Hint at Las Vegas Deal Announcement
Following reports that Britney Spears' prospects for a headlining show in Las Vegas were looking unlikely, the singer now seems to be teasing some sort of impending announcement about a Sin City deal.
Writing on Twitter, Britney retweeted a tweet from her dog, Hannah, who has her own Twitter account. "Mommy, are dogs allowed to gamble in vegas?" wrote the pooch...or whoever tweets for her. "Gonna cash all my bones in for chips."
Britney responded, "I don't think so honey," but then added the hashtag "
While a rep for Caesars Entertainment has stated that the company was not in talks with Britney, there is reportedly still a deal on the table for her to headline at Planet Hollywood. Stay tuned.


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Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist who created creatures for "2001: A Spacey Odyssey" and the "Star Wars" films, has died. He was 98.
LucasFilm said Wednesday that Freeborn had passed away, "leaving a legacy of unforgettable contributions." It did not provide additional details on Freeborn's death.
"Star Wars" director George Lucas said in a statement that Freeborn was "a makeup legend" whose artistry will live on forever.
For "Star Wars," Freeborn helped create wise Jedi knight Yoda — a diminutive green figure whose features were partly inspired by Albert Einstein and partly by Freeborn himself — and 7-foot-tall wookie Chewbacca.
During a six-decade career, Freeborn also designed the apes in a memorable sequence of Stanley Kubrick's space epic "2001."


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I like Sefaeria's suggestion of limiting the size/number of gifts. It may mean that your parents continue to spend more but it will be less overwhelming.I would also suggest sitting down with your paretns to alk about the issue, and makeit clear that you don't judge their level of love for, or committment to, your children by the value of the gifts they give. Acknowledge that they get a great deal of pleasure out of chosing gits and being able to give (were they able to be so generous to you and your siblings when you were growing up?) but focus on the fact the sheer volume is overhwhelming.I think thrying to enforce parity with the other grandparents is unrealistic - wheras a 'no more than 2 gifts per child and no gift larger than a shoebox (or a single gift as big as 2!)' policy is clear and easy to enforce.However, you can't stop them buying whatever they want, to keep at their home.
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Knox County girls pick up win, and Milan's comeback falls short
TRENTON, Mo. – The Kirksville Lady Tigers played their third and final game in the NCMC Shootout, and finished 2-1, with their victory over Savannah, 53-41.
Kirksville had previously beat St. Joes Lafayette and had fallen to Cameron in their last outing.
The defensive stopper Ashton Vorkink had another offensive outburst as she led KHS with 21. Nicole Cook had 19 to give the Lady Tigers an inside presence.
"We had a good Shootout over the break, it gave us a chance to play some competition we don't normally see," said Kirksville head coach Sara Williams.
Kirksville will next play Chillicothe on Jan. 5 at KHS.
Marceline 42, Milan 33:MARECLINE, Mo. – The Ladycats fell behind 14-2 after the first quarter and, came back to outscore Marceline 13-4 in the second. Milan got the game back to even early in the third, but couldn't close it out.
"Our girls played hard as always, but we dug ourselves a big hole early, fought back but turnovers hurt us down the stretch," said Milan head coach Jim Cox.
Hannah Sanders was held in check as she only scored nine to lead Milan, and Kaylee Michael chipped in with eight.
Milan will close out the Marceline Tournament before hosting their own tournament starting Jan. 7.
Knox County 63, Canton 35:EWING, Mo. - In just their third game since losing star player Hannah Strange, the Lady Eagles took care of Canton in the Highland tournament.
"Since we lost Hannah, we have been trying to figure out everyone's new role, and tonight I think we did the best job yet," said Knox County head coach Ron Lebel.
Sarah Dooley led KC with 13 points.
"We looked a lot better tonight, but there are still some turnover problems we need to fix," said Lebel.
The Lady Eagles will play Jan. 4 at 4:30 p.m. against Clark County in the fifth place game of the Highland Tournament.


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The "It Gets Better" campaign may get all a lot of press when it comes to encouraging queer teens to hang in there in the face of bullying and fear, and not succumb to depression. But there's an amazing organization that, for the past 14 years, has been working to empower teens to make it better right now. (It even recently launched the Make It Better Project to directly involve teens in making schools safer for LGBTQ peers.) The Gay Straight Alliance Network started in San Francisco and has grown into a hugely popular global entity, uniting queer and questioning teens and straight allies in the fight against homophobia through classroom interaction and school activities. Last year's Northern California GSA youth conference trained hundreds of young activists to help teachers comply with California's new FAIR Education act, which requires schools to include factual information about gay people in existing social studies lessons. These brave kids don't want to wait to move toward acceptance.
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PAW PAW – There were 93 behavior tickets were given to Paw Paw School District students during September for learning about respect.
Recognized students were Jordan Wilkinson, Finn Clayton, Jakob McNally, Leah Casey, Aiden Zenaniecki, Tess Clayton, Kaylin Bedford, Jacob Alderson, Shailey Mathis, Samantha Katschke, Johnathan Herendeen, David Negrete, Jacob Pierce, Aaron Ness, Grant Schlorff, Matthew Miller, Shayne Prodzenski, Destiny Ness, Jacey Smith, Ryden LeGrand, Lucis Odle, Kelly Fairchild, Kody Hoadley and Alexander Johnston.
Makenzy Bevans, Ella Benson, Mackenna Hawbaker, Mahala Gonzalez, Brendon Schweickert, Brooke Heiman, Sam Benson, Lilee Leppanen, JoDee Edward, Kendall Hawbaker, Brennan McNally, Morgan Ross, Jasmine Pitman, Becky Hadley, Rebekah Jackson, Elizabeth Hemphill, Trysta Foster, Sera Dalki, Jessica Solis, Natalie Hollenback, Claire Chadbourn, Italia Howell, Jodie Penman, Ariana Brooks and Zenobia Hollenback.
Adriana Allen, Liam Bemis, Ava Casey, Jacob Tummins, Alexis Adkins, Darrin Lennartz, Alyssa Adkins, Blake Goodbred, Caytlin Prodzenski, Jillian Hanson, Jack Aloisio, Preston Bentley, Landon Schrader, Alex Edwards, Hanna Jones, Angelique Patino, Addison Brooks, Jory Jensen, Jaelynn Adams, Kyle Davidson, Lilliane Brower, Jayla Taylor, Dayton Alderson, Grayson Dorsey, Jada Taylor, Abby Benson and Paige Williams.
Jordan Wilkinson received the Bulldog Power sign. Students receiving copies of Highlights magazine were Mackenna Hawbaker, Ella Benson, Lucas Odle, Ryden LeGrand, Aaron Ness, Jacob Pierce, Jacob Alderson, Kaylin Bedford and Aiden Znaniecki.
Top Accelerated Reader point winners for September were:
■ First grade: Abigail Benson, Natalie Hollenback and Jayla Taylor.
■ Second grade: Makenzy Bevans, Alexander Johnston and Cayden Hopkins.
■ Third grade: Finn Clayton, Jordan Wilkinson and Znaniecki.
■ Fourth grade: Brendon Schewickert, Samuel Benson and Autumn Miller.
■ Fifth grade: Madilynn Jones, Prodzenski and Kayla Silva.
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Baby, You can Charge my Car
While I can play the piano like Schroeder, and have a way with the ladies that's only rivalled by Peppermint Patty, as Will likes to point out, I'm most certainly the Charlie Brown of travel. My planes are ALWAYS delayed without fail (though I'm always at the airport on time). I'd be willing to bet that I've spent more hours in the Birmingham airport than most of the people who work there. But that's just scraping the surface... I once bought a ticket to Italy from Al Italia, and they gave me a 45 minute stopover in NYC. No problem, I thought! Of course, the ticket they sold me had me landing in JFK, and flying out of LaGuardia (no joke) with the delay occurring during rush hour. Good Grief! Needless to say I missed the connecting flight.
Of course, when God, the weather and Italian airlines aren't mucking about with my itinerary, I tend to do it to myself (like leaving my headlights on by accident). Anyway, all that rambling's to badly segue into this: I only seem to have to jumpstart my car when it's raining, and this seems like the perfect solution. Instead of having to wait for the weather to clear up, and having to remember where the jumper cables are, and how to use them, this new gadget makes everything effortless. All you have to do is plug it into your cigarette lighter, the cigarette lighter of nearby car, and then start the engines. And while it seems pretty foolproof to me, I'm sure I can find a way around that!


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CarrierIQ Hires Former Verizon Counsel As Chief Privacy Officer 45
Trailrunner7 writes, quoting Threat Post: "Carrier IQ, a startup heavily bruised last fall by harsh criticism of its handset diagnostic software, today announced it's hired a high-profile lawyer as its Chief Privacy Officer. Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley, a CIPP and former Verizon executive, will be tasked with quickly broadening the company's focus on consumer privacy. She also was named the company's General Counsel. The company became the flashpoint in a heated controversy after initial reports its analytics software, embedded in some 150 mobile phones, was capable of gathering a great deal of personal data without the customer's consent."


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On Wednesday, October 6, from noon until 1:15 in Room 5240, an Army JAG recruiter (who is also one of our graduates) will host a brown bag lunch for students who want information about careers as an Army JAG officer. No reservation is necessary.
Submitted by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services on September 29, 2010
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Angel gifts to be picked up next Tuesday, Wednesday
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- Published on 16 December 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Christmas For All Angel Gifts are to be distributed from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 17 and from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, December 18. The distribution site will be at the Family Life Center of the First United Methodist Church,
just across from the elementary school on Hwy. 37 in Mount Vernon. Almost 300 children will receive an Angel Gift this year. For more details about the pick up process, see the December 12 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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"MSF's multiyear pledge is a meaningful way for us to respond to our world's needs rather than react to gift requests. It helps us plan ahead to ensure that our giving reflects our values, and it helps MSF know that it can expect a stable level of support."
The Multiyear Initiative is a special giving program that allows donors to make longer-term philanthropic commitments to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). By making a multiyear commitment to MSF, donors help provide MSF with a predictable revenue stream that better serves our ability to respond rapidly to emergencies and ensure the continued operation of our programs.
While one-time gifts are essential to our work, and always appreciated, multiyear gifts provide MSF with the additional assurance of sustainability that is essential to the nature of emergency response.
The minimum to participate in this program is $5,000 per year for a three-to-five year period. Payment schedules can be designed to fit your needs and preferences—payments can be made monthly, quarterly, or annually, and in equal or increasing installments.
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- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
- 4-1/2 teaspoons canola oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 pork tenderloin (1 pound)
- In a small saucepan, bring the first eight ingredients to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes or until thickened. Set aside 1/2 cup mixture for sauce.
- Cut pork in half widthwise; cut each half into thin strips. Thread pork strips onto eight metal or soaked wooden skewers. Grill, uncovered, over medium-hot heat for 2-3 minutes on each side or until no longer pink, basting occasionally with remaining mixture. Serve with reserved sauce. Yield: 8 skewers (1/2 cup sauce).
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"My family loved this - the sauce was delicious! Definitely double the sauce so you have enough for dipping."
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"Was a nice change from the ordinary, taste was different but good. I liked it but hubby and kids not so much. But will not make again."
"This is absolutely delicious, and the sauce is out of this world! I made a triple batch of the sauce, which seemed to be enough."
"We LOVED this recipe! Next time I will double or triple the sauce. There wasn't enough with one batch to baste and have leftovers for dipping. I also soaked the skewers and they still burned. Investing in metal skewers for next time. Served it with fried rice. Delicious!!!"
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"I made this last night and my family loved it-no leftovers!!"
"This recipe is one of the few that my whole family raves about. That is saying a lot because I have three very picky boys.I also double or triple the the Satay Sauce and freeze it, because we love to eat it on everything.The last time that I made this recipe it I used onion powder and dried minced garlic in the sauce. It was still amazing."


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At Thursday's Rotary meeting, Judge Henry Lewis introduced Judge Stephen
Sawyer (retired) of Mt. Carmel and White County State's Attorney Denton Aud as the featured speakers.
At Thursday's Rotary meeting, Judge Henry Lewis introduced Judge Stephen
Sawyer (retired) of Mt. Carmel and White County State's Attorney Denton Aud as the featured speakers.
Judge Sawyer currently serves as the Director of Specialty Courts for the 2nd Judicial
Circuit, which includes White County and 11 other counties. He served 21 years as a judge of the Circuit, and retired from the bench last December after serving a term as the Circuit's Chief Judge.
In his new position, Judge Sawyer is responsible for coordinating and providing assistance to the Drug Court division of Circuit Court called for by the Illinois Drug
Court Treatment Act. Drug Court in White County is operated by Resident Judge Scott
Webb together with a team including State's Attorney Denton Aud, Probation Officer
John Unfried, Sheriff Doug Maier, Public Defender Brian Shinkle and treatment providers from Egyptian Health.
Judge Sawyer told the Rotarians that, presently in Illinois, 65 percent of the non-violent addicted defendants who are not sentenced to serve probation in Drug Court's strict, closely supervised, intensive-treatment, high-accountability program simply serve their sentences and resume committing drug offenses or committing property crimes to obtain drug money.
Judge Sawyer explained that the purpose of Drug Court is to make communities safer by giving offenders addicted to drugs the tools, structure, and supervision required to recover from their dependency and become productive, law-abiding citizens. He went on to point out that, nationwide, 75 percent of successful Drug Court participants in the nation's 2,900 Drug Courts remain arrest-free for at least two years after graduation; he also cited the Drug Court experience in Will County, Ill., in which only 11 percent of the 65 Drug Court graduates over the past three calendar years were arrested for any offense during that period.
Judge Sawyer added that the Drug Court program and procedures for the 2nd Circuit were first developed by a group which he had convened as Chief Judge and which included Sheriff Doug Maier and retired Resident Judge Tom Sutton.
The program is conducted by the individual county courts with the assistance of the 2nd Circuit Court Services Department and the support of Chief Judge Tom Tedeschi.
State's Attorney Denton Aud noted that it costs the taxpayers an average of $38,000 to incarcerate one prisoner. It is not only a matter of getting these people back into society but also saving the State of Illinois a lot of money. Judge Sawyer and State's Attorney
Aud fielded several questions from the Rotarians.
In club business, Cindy Conley reminded the club that our yearly outing to the Evansville Otters game will be August 7. Sherri Logan won the 50/50 drawing but did not select the pink ball so the large pot rolls over. Tom Logan named Cindy Conley the phantom for the week. Alexia Sexton was a guest of her grandmother Helen. Rob Laumeier was a guest of Beckie. The club is meeting at the First United Methodist Church.


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Honda Works To Keep America Beautiful
02/22/2007 -TORRANCE, Calif. - American Honda Motor *** Inc., announced today that it will work with Keep America Beautiful® to sponsor a series of local clean up activities in Los Angeles, New York and Gulfport, Mississippi from March through May. The series of events will kick off with a Keep Los Angeles Beautiful clean up rally on Saturday, March 3, 2007 on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall. With help from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a representative from the White House, American Honda will offer its support to volunteers as they plant trees and flowers, remove graffiti, pick up litter and recycle around various parts of the city utilizing Honda's eco-friendly Civic Hybrids. Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup™ is one of the largest annual grassroots programs committed to community improvement and education. As the official 2007 national automobile manufacturer sponsor of the Great American Cleanup, American Honda will support the organization's more than 2 million volunteers in 14,000 communities actively participating in 30,000 events dedicated to cleaning up and beautifying the environment across the nation. "We are proud to support the Keep America Beautiful program to help our local communities stay clean and green," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda Motor *** Inc. "Honda prides itself on offering environmentally-responsible products like the Accord Hybrid, Civic GX natural gas vehicle and Civic Hybrid, and this project is consistent with our corporate philosophy."To aid in spreading the word about the Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, American Honda is working with more than 100 of its local Honda dealers to provide information on clean up volunteer opportunities throughout the United States. The clean up event date for areas of Gulfport affected by Hurricane Katrina will be March 20, followed by April 24 for the New York City efforts in the five local boroughs. Sweepstakes rules, volunteer opportunities and additional information on American Honda's involvement with Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup program are available at www.HondaCleanup.com. Press release via Honda
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A little kid snoring away is adorable, but it might also be cause for concern. A new study has linked loud, regular snoring with hyperactivity, depression and attention problems. The study, published in the September issue of Pediatrics, polled mothers about their child's sleep habits, and found that kids aged 2 or 3 who snored loudly at least twice a week persistently (not just because of a cold) had more behavioral problems than their non-snoring peers. The study's authors say regular snoring is not normal and indicates a sleep problem that could have a negative effect on daytime behavior.
Plus: Kids as Young as 4 Can Now be Diagnosed with ADHD
The children most likely to snore were those from families of lower socioeconomic status, researchers from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where the study was done, told CNN. They also said little or no breastfeeding is a risk factor for snoring, giving new moms yet another reason to work at nursing.
The good news is that there are treatments for snoring, so tell your pediatrician if you catch your kid "sawing wood" regularly.


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Use a Sharp Saw Blade
You can't cut perfect miters with a dull blade, one with too few teeth or one that's designed for ripping. Check your blade for sharpness by cutting a 45-degree miter on a 1x3 or larger piece of oak or other hardwood. If the blade cuts smoothly with very little pressure and leaves a clean, almost shiny cut with no burn marks, it's sharp enough to cut good miters. When you check your blade or shop for a new one, look for one labeled as a "trim" or "fine crosscutting" blade. A 10-in. blade should have at least 40 teeth, a 12-in. blade at least 60. If the blade is for a sliding miter saw, be sure the teeth have a hook angle of zero to negative five degrees. Teeth with a neutral or negative hook angle are less aggressive and safer for sliding miter saws. Expect to spend at least $50 for a carbide-tipped blade that'll perform well and last.
Tweak the Cut
Even on perfectly square corners, 45-degree angles won't always yield perfect miters. Wall corners can be built up with corner bead and compound, and window and door frames can slightly protrude or be recessed behind surrounding drywall. That's when you have to start fiddling with the angles to get a tight fit. In most cases, you'll be making adjustments as small as a quarter of a degree. If the gap is small (about 1/16 in.), recut one side of the miter. If the gap is larger, you'll have to recut both boards or the trim profiles wont line up.
Glue and Sand for a Seamless Fit
Here's a trick to make miters look great, but it only works if you're installing raw trim that will get finished after installation. Apply a thin layer of wood glue to the end grain of each piece before you assemble them. Use a damp (not wet) cloth to remove excess glue from the joint. Sand over the miter with a small piece of 120-grit sandpaper. Sand across the joint and finish up by carefully sanding out any cross-grain sanding marks by moving the paper with the grain from both directions.The sawdust from sanding will mix with the glue to fill any small gaps. Sanding the miter will also even out any slight level differences and make the job look more professional.
Burnish the Corner
If your baseboard or crown molding has a slight gap in the outside corner miter, you can hide it by rubbing the tip of the miter with the shank of a screwdriver or nail set. The bent fibers will disguise the gap, and the slightly rounded corner will be less likely to get chipped or damaged. The best way to prevent this problem is to cut your outside corner miters about 1 degree sharper than the actual angle so the tips of the miters touch. This will leave a tiny gap at the back of the miter where it's barely noticeable.
Fit One Miter at a Time
Whether you're edge-banding a tabletop as we're showing here, trimming out a window or door, or installing baseboard, it's always best to fit one miter at a time whenever possible. Start with a scrap of molding with a miter cut on it as a test piece. When you have the first miter fitting perfectly, mark the next one. Then cut and fit the adjoining miter before you nail either piece. For edge banding, work your way around the project using the same process for each edge piece.
Guess and Test
There are all kinds of ways to find odd angles, but most carpenters simply make a guess and then cut a pair of test pieces to see how lucky they are. The angle of these two walls looks to be less than 45 degrees. A good guess would be about 30 degrees. Divide 30 by two to arrive at the miter angle, and cut a couple of scraps at 15 degrees. Here there's a gap in front, so we need to increase the angle slightly and recut the scraps at 16 degrees. When you've zeroed in on the correct angle, the scraps will fit perfectly, and you can then cut the actual moldings.
Mark, Don't Measure
Holding trim in place and marking it is always more accurate than measuring, often faster and it eliminates mistakes. This is good advice for other types of carpentry work too, like siding, laying shingles and sometimes even framing.
Use a Shim to Cut a Back Bevel
Cut a back bevel on miter joints that are open in front but touching at the back. To create a back-beveled cut on a standard miter saw, place a pencil under the molding. If you have a compound miter box, tilt the blade a degree or two to cut the back bevel.
Smash Protruding Drywall
Occasionally window and door jambs end up slightly recessed, which causes trouble when it comes time to install trim. Correct minor level differences by either bashing in or cutting out the drywall along the edge of the jamb. But be careful to avoid going beyond what will be covered by the trim. If the level difference is greater than about 3/16 in., nail thin strips of wood, called jamb extensions, to the jamb to bring it flush to the wall surface.
Use a Brad Gun for Best Results
It's hard to beat a nail gun for perfect miters, especially if you're not skilled with a hammer. Trim nail guns allow you to hold the moldings in perfect alignment while you pin them in place. If you can afford only one trim gun, buy one that shoots thin 18-gauge nails up to 2 in. long. Fifteen- and 16-gauge nailers are good where more strength is needed, such as for nailing jambs, but the thicker brads make larger, more conspicuous holes and can crack thin moldings. Use shorter brads to nail the molding to the jamb, and long brads along the outside edges.
Don't Nail Too Close to Ends or Edges
Even with an 18-gauge trim nailer, you can split the molding if you're not careful. Avoid nailing less than 3/4 in. from the end of a trim piece or less than 1/4 in. from the edge.
Pin the Miter Before Nailing the Outside
In a perfect world, you could nail the trim flat to the wall and the miter would look great. But in reality, minor variations in level between the jamb and the wall often interfere. To solve this problem, start by pinning the inside edge of the trim, making sure the miter joint is pressed tight together. Then, while the miter is still tight, drive a pair of brads through the outside corners at opposite angles to pin it.
Shim Behind the Miter
If there's a slight gap between the molding and the wall, don't press the trim tight to the wall and nail it; the miter joint might open up. Instead, slip a thin shim between the molding and the wall. Then nail the outside edge of the trim. If the gap and shim are visible, fill the crack with caulk before painting.
Brad Nailer Helper
Holding trim in place to mark it for length is faster and more accurate than measuring. But that's not easy to do with long pieces of trim. When you're cutting miters and need to hold the end of a long piece of casing in place while you mark the far end, just pin it with your brad nailer. It doesn't take much. If you're putting up 3/8-in.-thick trim, just tack it with a 1-in. brad. After marking, pull the molding loose. You'll have to pull the nail and fill one extra nail hole in the trim.


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Bag of Bones
by Stephen KingLibrary Journal
: King's first novel with new publisher Scribner is a traditional ghost story that proves heavier on sentiment and a bit lighter on horror than most of his previous work. At the novel's outset, we find best-selling suspense novelist Mike Noonan (a self-described "V.C. Andrews with a prick") mourning the untimely death of his wife. Plagued by vivid nightmares, writer's block, and ghostly visitations, Noonan nonetheless becomes willingly involved in a bitter custody dispute between a beautiful young woman and a wealthy computer magnate. All is not as it seems, however, and Noonan soon finds himself and his charges pawns of forces seeking revenge for an unspeakable, century-old crime. In typical King fashion, the narrative is sprinkled with coy references to characters from previous novels. Although not as entertaining as Desperation (Viking, 1996), Bag of Bones is tightly plotted, and King orchestrates the rising tension with the deft touch of a maestro. Needless to say, this will fly off the shelves of popular collections. [BOMC main selection; previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/98.]--Mark Annichiarico, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions Inc. TermsPublishers Weekly
: Carrying galley copy that avoids the h(orror) word while touting its "O. Henry Award-winning author," King's latest novel features a marketing campaign in accord with the distinguished pedigree of his new publisher. But has King written a book that ranks him as a literary heavyweight? Indeed he has, though not by forsaking his roots: the novel is a classic ghost story. It opens quietly as narrator Mike Noonan, 40, bestselling author of romantic suspense potboilers (and latest in a line of King novelist-heroes, cf. Misery and The Dark Half) describes the death of his wife four years back and his consequent grief and writer's block. Mike has kept the block hidden from the publishing world--limned in delicious detail, with real names--by annually pulling one of his own, unpublished mss. from a safe-deposit box. Now that he's out of old novels to submit, he resolves to work through his troubles at Sara Laughs, his country house in backwoods Maine. Arriving there, Mike nearly drives over a three-year-old girl. She is Kyra, granddaughter--by way of beautiful young widow Mattie--of mad computer mogul Max Devore, who is hellbent on snatching the girl from her mother. Taking up Kyra's cause, falling in love with Mattie, Mike gears up for a custody battle. Invigorated, he breaks through his writer's block; but great danger, psychological and physical, awaits, from Max Devore but especially from the spirits, mostly malevolent, that haunt Sara Laughs due to hideous crimes committed by Devore's ancestor a century earlier. Violence, natural and supernatural, ensues as past and present mix, culminating in a torrent of climaxes that bind and illuminate the novel's many mysteries. From his mint-fresh etching of spooky rural Maine to his masterful pacing and deft handling of numerous themes, particularly of the fragility of our constructs about reality and of love's ability to mend rifts in those constructs, this is one of King's most accomplished novels. It is his most personal as well, revealing through Mike's broodings the intimacies of the creative writing process: a passionate gift from a veteran author to all who care about the art and craft of storytelling. 1.26 million first printing; BOMC main selection (Sept.) FYI: Bag of Bones is the only hardcover Scribner will publish in September.
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"We look forward to continuing to work with the state Department of Transportation and Department of Commerce on future investments in freight rail and improving the economy in this new, statewide program," said NCRR President Scott Saylor. "And we remain committed to our mission to develop the unique North Carolina Railroad corridor for the good of the people of North Carolina."
The N.C. General Assembly enacted a new measure during its 2013 session for NCRR to issue dividends for the new statewide freight and safety rail fund. NCRR receives its revenue from its long-term lease agreements and does not receive state appropriations.
NCRR, which owns and manages a 317-mile corridor, invests its revenue in capital improvements, including bridges, underpasses, new tracks, upgraded signaling and passing tracks. Since 2000, the railroad has invested more than $69 million in capital improvements and has committed to invest an additional $60 million in capital improvements through 2017.


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Gayle in doubt for Sydney ODI
Big-hitting West Indies opener Chris Gayle will be given as much time as possible to prove his fitness for Friday's one-day cricket international against Australia after suffering a side strain.
Australia also has an injury concern going into the SCG clash, with in-form batsman George Bailey suffering some hamstring tightness.
Western Australian captain Adam Voges was added to the squad as cover and pulled out of the final day of the Warriors' Shield game against Queensland in Brisbane.
Both Gayle and Bailey will be given until the day to prove their fitness before game four of a five-match series which Australia leads 3-0.
Gayle was hurt while fielding in Australia's innings during the West Indies' 39-run loss in Canberra on Wednesday.
While he still bowled five overs, he spent time off the ground and batted at number five instead of opening.
Gayle, who has scored just 10 runs in three innings in the series, underwent a scan early on Thursday before the team flew to Sydney.
"A scan has revealed no major damage and a game-time decision will be made tomorrow on whether or not he will be able to play," West Indies spokesman Philip Spooner said.
"He will do a fitness test tomorrow."
Voges played the last of his 15 one-day internationals two years ago against England in Perth.
But team officials reported Bailey, who has scored 125 not out and 44 in his two innings in the series, was walking more freely on Thursday.
Coach Mickey Arthur was adamant Australia would not ease up now the series had been won.
He viewed the two remaining matches as a chance to put a successful shine on a season, which has included a drawn five-match one-day series with Sri Lanka.
"It's been a tough old summer for us in terms of our one-day cricket - we are a little bit topsy-turvy," Arthur said.
"We've got some good momentum now, so we're certainly not going to take our foot off the pedal at all.
"We want to win the series 5-0."
Arthur was unimpressed with the actions of young all-rounder James Faulkner, who was fined 10 per cent of his match fee for yelling an obscenity at Gayle after bowling him in Canberra.
"I think he crossed the limit yesterday," Arthur said.
"It's certainly something that we don't accept in our team.
"He'll learn from it and move forward."


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Corbin's finale not a prime example of stellar '13
Despite rough stretch, lefty finishes season as All-Star with 3.41 ERA
By Tyler Emerick / MLB.com
viernes 27 de septiembre de 2013 11:15 PM MST
PHOENIX -- Looking at Patrick Corbin's 2013 campaign from a big-picture perspective, what the 24-year-old accomplished in his first full Major League season was nothing short of extraordinary. The southpaw won 14 games, earned an All-Star Game selection, tossed more than 200 innings, struck out 178 batters and finished with a sub-3.50 ERA.
Not too shabby for a guy who won his spot in the rotation in Spring Training.
On the mound for the final time this year, Corbin showed glimpses of his early-season form out of the gate, but labored in the back end of his outing, surrendering five runs over five innings as Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals took down the D-backs, 8-4, at Chase Field on Friday night.
Considering just how dominant Corbin was in his first 25 starts of the year through Aug. 20 -- compiling a 13-3 record coupled with a 2.45 ERA -- his results over his final seven outings wrote a subpar ending to an otherwise fabulous season story.
"He had an outstanding season," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said of Corbin. "We had hoped the outcome would've been better for his last start, but it wasn't. He had his head down, but I told him to keep it up, because he had a great year for us."
He certainly did. All that was missing was a better finale.
Over Corbin's final seven starts dating back to Aug. 25, the left-hander went 1-5 with an 8.00 ERA and a 1.86 WHIP, which ballooned that high due to 67 walks and 55 hits over just 36 innings pitched.
"This last month has been difficult for me, and it's something I want to get over," Corbin said. "But at the end of the season when I get home, I'll look back and try to get better to make sure this doesn't happen next year. I have to stay strong through the course of the year. That's something I want to improve on."
Asked whether fatigue played a role in his downward slide as the season wore on, Corbin said, "I feel fine. I wish I could go out and pitch again to end on a good note."
Although Corbin won't get that chance, the D-backs hope the experience of pushing through a rough stretch will pay off down the road in his promising career.
"Time will tell, but he's a very determined young man, and he doesn't like to fail," Gibson said. "He didn't run from it, and he didn't want to get shut down, even when it was obvious he didn't have the same stuff."
The D-backs scored twice in the third off Strasburg, one on a Gerardo Parra single and the other when Paul Goldschmidt hit into a double play to go ahead, 2-0.
That lead proved to be short-lived.
After Bryce Harper cut his club's deficit in half with an RBI double in the fourth, Anthony Rendon evened the score in the fifth with an RBI double of his own.
Early cushion erased, Corbin had a chance to escape the fifth without any more damage, but with two outs and two men on, the lefty elevated a 92-mph fastball to Jayson Werth, who deposited the offering deep into the left-field stands for a three-run homer, his 25th of the year.
"Just a bad pitch, left it right down the middle," Corbin said. "If I throw a better pitch there, maybe I go out for another inning and try to finish with a good outing. That's baseball, though. It can turn that quick."
Corbin retired the next batter to finally end the inning, but that would be his last out of his season, as the D-backs pinch-hit for him in the bottom half of the frame.
"He laid it all out there, and I think we can all say he gave us everything he had this year," Gibson said. "He should be proud of his performance. I know I am."
Three innings later, the Nationals tacked on insurance runs when Wilson Ramos took Chaz Roe deep for a three-run homer. The D-backs then pushed across a pair of runs in the ninth, but it wasn't enough, as the club fell back to .500 on the season at 80-80. Arizona will need to win both of its remaining contests to secure a winning record.
"It has been frustrating not being able to get in a rhythm," D-backs outfielder A.J. Pollock said. "We feel we're a playoff team. We have some guys on this team that are great ballplayers. But we have two games left, and we want to finish strong. You want to run into the offseason with some momentum to build off of."


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Emmet County Assessor Barb Bohm reports that agricultural values are to increase for 2013.
Emmet County agricultural property owners are going to be seeing a large increase in their assessed land values. The Iowa Department of Revenue issued preliminary figures to be used for the 2013 agriculture land and building values. These figures are not directly associated with land purchase prices. Instead, the formula used to value land focuses on a five-year productivity average, i.e., crop expenses versus revenues received.
Emmet County Agricultural valuation for 2011 was $400 million, which includes land and buildings. The new value for 2013 is $552 million, which again includes both land and buildings. The land valuation will be increasing by about 43 percent.
Despite the dramatic valuation leaps, associated tax increases will not be nearly as sharp. Iowa law allows for no more than a 4 percent statewide tax growth. While Emmet County ag property owners will see more than a 4 percent tax increase, it will not be as dramatic of an increase as the land values because they will see a change in the agricultural rollback number which is currently about 60 percent. It is projected to drop to somewhere between 44 to 46 percent. The assessed value will go up, but the rollback will limit the increase in the taxable value on that property.
Here is an example:
Emmet County Agriculture Land Value Changes
Formula: 40 acres x $70 Avg. *CSR x $23.34 CSR rate
2012 assessed value$65,400
2012 rollback x 59.9 percent
Taxable value$39,200
Formula: 40 Acres x $70 avg. CSR x $33.40 CSR rate
2013 assessed value$93,500
2013 estimated rollback x 45 percent
Estimated taxable value$42,100
That's about a 7 percent increase.
*CSR is Corn Suitability Rating
The 2013 numbers are preliminary figures at this time.


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Once-A-Year Celebrations
Once-A-Year Celebrations
Plan your travel to enjoy Marin's celebration of film and art festivals.
Italian Street Painting Festival
2nd Weekend in June
The streets of San Rafael are transformed into a color-splashed gallery as street artists use chalk on asphalt to create over 200 images in various styles and sizes. Renowned as one of the finest street painting festivals in the world, this feast for the eyes is complimented by entertainment on 2 stages and a wide variety of Italian fare.
Mill Valley Film Festival
Known as a filmmakers' festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a prestigious and high-profile environment for celebrating the best independent and world cinema.
Friday Nights on Main
Friday nights during the summer months
Enjoy outside dining, silent auctions and live music, as well as the great atmosphere and buzz of downtown Tiburon.
Tiburon Film Festival
Celebrating the best of independent international cinema.
Sausalito Art Festival
Labor Day Weekend
The best local, American, and international artists bring their combined perspectives, skills, and more than 20,000 original works of art - including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, fiber art, fine glass, woodwork, mixed media, and photography.
For a more detailed list of events in Marin, go to the Marin County Visitors Bureau calendar.


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Battle Of The 3-D Printers
In just a few short years, the 3-D printing market has exploded with new systems and solutions, from industrial printers the size of automobiles to 3-D scanning technology that can literally replicate entire buildings. And with that explosion have come some wild 3-D printing creations. Here are 10 amazing creations from Stratasys (and its subsidiary Makerbot), 3D Systems and DWS Labs.


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Why is it that some public sector employees expect to be given large increases merely because someone with a similar job description in another location is paid more? This seems to hold at all levels -- federal, state and local. It is particularly outrageous when this argument is being made by a highly compensated person in a small town. The assumption here is that an individual making $80,000 a year in a small town is highly compensated.
During a period in which many people in the private sector are experiencing reductions in income and many are out of work, expecting an increase of almost 19 percent for someone making $80,000 just doesn't make sense. And let's not forget the additional raises to bring the compensation to over $100,000. How many taxpayers in Townsend have had a 19 percent raise recently? How many have experienced layoffs and/or reductions in pay?
Here's a question, if surrounding towns determine that the compensation for this person's peers is to be reduced, would he be arguing for a decrease? Comments like "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys" may be cute, but don't really add to the discussion. One could argue that it insults other town employees who have gone many years without an increase. In the current economy, in order to maintain an income stream, many highly skilled and competent people are accepting positions at much lower salaries than they have had in the past. My guess is they do not consider themselves to be monkeys.


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CHLORPHENIRAMINE; HYDROCODONE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (klor fen IR a meen; hye droe KOE done; soo doe e FED rin) is a combination of an antihistamine, cough suppressant, and decongestant. It is used to treat cough and congestion, colds, and bronchitis. It is also used to treat the symptoms of allergy. This medicine will not treat an infection.
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Patients over 60 years old may have a stronger reaction and need a smaller dose.
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breathing problems
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fear, anxiety, restless, tremor
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more sensitive to sunlight
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Kia ora Oceania friends and Colleagues and especially NZIUCN. It has been my honour and privilege to serve as your Regional Councillor in Oceania.
As the Aotearoa New Zealand nominee I had big shoes to fill following on from Wren Green and Cath Wallace - and indeed many others across Oceania. I have done my best.....coming from other than a science or formal resource management training background I felt I, like the Avis advertisement used to say, had to try harder!!!
I feel in chairing the Council's Private Sector Task Force I have achieved some significant process in getting engagement with the private sector on to a better footing for IUCN, and have high hopes for greater effectiveness with the new Business Engagement Strategy. I hope we find it so. We all expect the "partnership" relationship with Shell will conclude next month and any IUCN engagement with such as Shell will be with a more productive and appropriate approach.
Bringing IUCN to focus more on oceans and Antarctica has been achieved in part, particularly the former with the help of Robin and others. Antarctica and Southern Ocean issues need to be pursued...over to you Andrew and I wish you luck as a Regional Councillor and the freedom to express yourself as a global councillor.
It has been really great working with Christine Milne and Lionel followed by Brendan and Robin - thank you. Taholo, Helen and all others at the ORO have built the office in the most extraordinary way since 2007 - I retain enormous admiration for what has been achieved there...congratulations Taholo.
The Commissions have also proved a great source of strength...I have joined four out of the six and have enjoyed the information and access to assistance these offer - but all have been highly valued. Thank you CEC for the workshops following the Sharing Power Conference in Whakatane. And of course it a matter of particular Oceanic pride to know what has been achieved in CEESP by Aroha.
Anyway, you have all been a great support and I have tried to reflect all your various founts of knowledge and views...to act as a global councillor but bringing to that all the pearls of wisdom from Oceania (reaching down to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica).
Andrew I will support you wherever I can - but have every confidence in you anyway. The same goes for Ana and Brendan (whom I salute for a terrific job as Co-chair of PPC).
So I will sign off while I can still legitimately sign as -
Diana Shand
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Nov. 8, 2008
DAVIS, Calif. - The No. 17 UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team guaranteed itself a home match to open the Big West Tournament on Wednesday when they played to a 0-0 tie after 110 minutes against No. 11 UC Davis.
The Gauchos, who end the regular season with a 10-5-3 overall record and a 5-2-3 mark in the Big West, finish the season as the No. 2 team in the Big West after UC Irvine defeated Cal State Northridge on Saturday. Irvine claims the Big West's No. 1 seed while the Gauchos finish at No. 2 and will host Cal Poly on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Harder Stadium.
At Aggie Field on Saturday, however, the Gauchos couldn't score for the second straight game. Despite outshooting UC Davis 17-8 - including five shots on goal to three - UCSB couldn't find the back of the net after tying Cal Poly earlier this week after playing two overtimes then as well.
It is the first time the Gauchos have been shut out in consecutive matches since Sept. 23 and 27, 2006.
In a foul-marred match that featured 47 total fouls and eight total yellow cards, the Gauchos had to settle for a tie with the Aggies, whom they could be hosting again on Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Kristopher Minton recorded his third shutout of the season by making three saves.
Senior Chris Pontius led the Gauchos in shots with six, including three on goal, but UC Davis goalkeeper Ryan McCowan had four saves.
UCSB held Big West goal-scoring leader Quincy Amarikwa in check as the senior forward had just one shot on the day. In the two teams' previous meeting, Amarikwa scored both goals in a 2-0 victory. That loss ended the Gauchos' goal-scoring streak at 31 consecutive games, which had been the longest active run in the country.
UCSB outshot the Aggies 10-2 in the first period and then 3-1 in the first overtime. The Gauchos have not scored since Peter McGlynn's first-half goal last Saturday against UC Irvine in a 3-1 defeat.
Tickets for the Gauchos' semifinal Big West match on Wednesday will be available on Monday by calling (805) 893-UCSB, coming to the Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office located on campus in the Intercollegiate Athletics Office or by clicking here .


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Since beginning freight operations in 1987, annual volume has increased 141 percent to 55,600 carloads last year. During this time, RRV&W has moved more than 900,000 cars of grain, corn sweetener, sugar, ethanol, machinery and other products. Employment has risen from 46 to nearly 100 with an annual payroll of $5.8 million.
Red River Valley & Western President Andy Thompson said, "The biggest thing that has fueled the success of the RRV&W is the relationship we have created between the railroad and the customers and communities we serve. Meeting and exceeding the expectations of our customers has been the number one job of RRV&W employees. They have been the key to achieving our success."
RRV&W has spent about $27 million for capital improvements along its 577-mile route including heavier rail, bridge upgrades, freight cars and track maintenance equipment. In addition, the railroad now spends approximately $5 million annually on track maintenance.
Most recently, RRV&W partnered with Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton to build more than two miles of track, including a 7500-ft. "loop track." Thompson said, "This new track is expediting rail service at the sugar plant, benefiting local producers and the regional economy."
In 2010, the railroad installed a 7,000-ft. siding at Casselton to handle the business growth that has occurred in the area.
Thompson noted that shortline railroads, such as the Red River Valley & Western, benefit customers and local economies by preserving and improving rail service to smaller communities.
"Today, some 550 regional and shortline railroads pick up or deliver one out of every four railroad cars moving in the U.S.," said Thompson.


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Senator Scott Brown, who has earned kind words from Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino despite their differing political parties, treaded carefully Friday when asked during a Boston.com chat about the mayor's spat with Chick-fil-A over its opposition to gay marriage.
"I disagree with what the CEO from Chick-fil-A said. I was glad he spoke further and said that his company does not discriminate," Brown wrote from his South Boston campaign headquarters.
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When people stop believing in heaven they often create hell on earth
Last night, watching the Olympic closing ceremony, like millions of others , I heard a digitally remastered John Lennon singing Imagine. The song was familiar, but the words took me by surprise. These words encapsulate so many of the modern objections to religion and faith, that it seems a good idea to present a few counter-arguments.
To "live for today" is precisely what we all do, all of us, believers and not. Christians do not neglect present exigencies just because they believe there is a afterlife. Rather, the call of eternal life makes this world more, not less important. To claim that Christians do not care about today, so wrapped up are they in what is to come, is to confuse Christianity with millenarian cultists, which is what we are not.
Heaven and hell, by the way, are not places – they are states. Heaven is the state of seeing the Beatific vision; hell is the state of being utterly cut off from God. The idea of these being places either above or below us is persistent, and has its roots in Classical literature, but is certainly not taught by the Church.
Again, the nation-state may well engage in war with other states, but it is important to realise that the nation exists to defend and protect its citizens. Anarchy, in the classical meaning of the word, is envisioned as some sort of utopia, but in practice, where the state withers away, anarchy of the most non-benign type succeeds. Look at Somalia today. Look at Lebanon in the time of its civil war. Look at England under King Stephen. The withering away of the state does not lead to peace – but the complete opposite.
As for religion withering away and leading to peace – have a look at some of the avowedly atheist states of the twentieth century: Albania, the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union. No rational person would ever choose to live in such a society.
What about "no possessions", then? Property is theft? "No need for greed and hunger"? Is this really saying that all poverty and hunger is caused by people selfishly hoarding the world's resources? Funnily enough it is at this point that John Lennon says something that Catholics may recognise. The Church teaches:
In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labour, and enjoy their fruits. The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race. However, the earth is divided up among men to assure the security of their lives, endangered by poverty and threatened by violence. The appropriation of property is legitimate for guaranteeing the freedom and dignity of persons and for helping each of them to meet his basic needs and the needs of those in his charge. It should allow for a natural solidarity to develop between men.
So, Lennon is onto something here, though he is wrong to see property as creating hunger, when ownership of property should in fact guarantee a minimum of prosperity – and in fact the greatest famines of the twentieth century were caused by collectivisation in the Soviet Union and China.
As for the brotherhood of man, that is a Christian idea, but as my old RE teacher told me, it is only possible under the Fatherhood of God. Generally speaking, when people imagine there is no heaven and no hell, and no God, they start doing the most beastly things to each other, and creating not Utopia, but Hell on earth.


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GALWAY, IRELAND- Former Coker College standout Mason Ambler has signed to play professional basketball in Ireland's top league. Ambler will suit up for the Moycullen Basketball Club in their upcoming SuperLeague season.
'Mason has a great knowledge of the game and brings a lot of attributes to the court but also give us some bulk inside which is one area we really needed help with,' said Moycullen head coach Enda Byrt.
The 6-6 forward was a First Team All-Conference selection during his senior year, averaging 17.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.
In addition to his playing for Moycullen, Ambler will also be coaching one of the Moycullen youth teams.
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Baseball team proud of updated field
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- Published on 23 February 2014
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Mount Vernon Tiger baseball team is ready for their 2014 season, and they are glad to have a new backstop and seating for their home field.
The team was the 2013 District 15-2A Champions. They won Bi-district and Area championships, and were Regional Quarterfinalists. For a listing of returning lettermen, see the Feb. 20 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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If you've been wholly absorbed by the Mass Effect universe lately, the newly-released "Datapad" should be up your alley. The Universal app--compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch--will give you access to codex entries from across the entire Mass Effect trilogy. You'll also be able to access "breaking news" from BioWare and the Alliance News Network, as well as messages from characters in Mass Effect 3 after you interact with them in the game.
The free app (available here) also includes wallpapers you can use you on your iDevice.
A bonus mini-game included with the app--"Fleet Commander"--will also increase your Mass Effect 3 Galactic Readiness Rating by deploying fleets of ships. However, Touch Arcade points out that the mini-game adds "about 0.90% to your galactic rating every four hours," which all things considered, is "not very rewarding."


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BLS for Healthcare Provider Recertification - ESPD 5596
Building: Academic Building
Room Number: 3242
Date: October 21, 2014
Time: 01:00 pm End Time: 05:00 pm
Event Category: CPR Classes
Division Host: Allied Health, Emergency Services and Nursing
This course is only available to currently certified American Heart Association BLS providers. Students must provide proof of certification. COST: $53, which includes all course materials and certification card. Registration is required. To register, call 610-723-6315. Payment is due at the time of registration. Please refer to ESPD 5596, CRN 1722 in Fall 2014 semester.