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The FRA received more than $67 million in state and local government requests for these funds, which will be used to enhance safety, livability and economic development in American communities.
"The overwhelming number of applications we received for this program shows that state and local officials recognize the economic boost that comes with improving transportation infrastructure," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
FRA's rail line relocation competitive grant program funds projects that reduce the adverse effects of rail infrastructure on safety, motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic, community quality of life or economic development. Funding for these grants is made available through annual appropriations and requires a 10 percent contribution from the project sponsor. Rail line relocation dollars will fund the following projects:
Massachusetts - Massachusetts DOT - Patriot Corridor Double-Stack Clearance Initiative - $2,000,000 to complete preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for the removal of 19 obstructions in two tunnels and 17 roadway, railroad or pedestrian bridges that would prevent a double-stack train from operating along the Patriot Corridor between Mechanicville, N.Y., and Ayer, Mass. A large component of the overall project involves raising the vertical clearance of the 4.75-mile Hoosac Tunnel in Florida, Mass. Removing the vertical obstructions will improve freight operations and capacity by allowing double-stacked container trains to operate over the line.
Pennsylvania - County of Lycoming - Lycoming Valley Railroad Improvement - $2,437,388 for construction improvements to track and related rail infrastructure in Lycoming County that suffered damage from Tropical Storm Lee in September 2011. The work will restore rail freight service to customers and eliminate costly re-routings.
South Carolina - South Carolina Department of Commerce - South Carolina Public Railways S-Curve Realignment - $248,934 to relocate and realign an S-curve in North Charleston that has contributed to several derailments. The reduced curvature will also improve operating efficiency by alleviating restrictions on train speeds and enhancing line capacity.
Alabama - city of Sylacauga - Sylacauga Railroad Interchange Relocation - $1,595,994 to relocate an interchange two miles west of downtown Sylacauga in order to alleviate traffic delays and congestion caused by blocked grade crossings at the town's primary North-South thoroughfare and three other roadways. The construction of two new sidings will also increase freight capacity.
Florida - city of Ocala - Florida Northern Railroad Relocation and Railway Improvement - $2,220,000 to relocate a rail line running along a city street to improve safety in an area with a history of motor vehicle-train collisions. The project will further improve safety and freight rail operations by replacing degraded track and upgrading advance warning systems at four highway-rail grade crossings.
Iowa - city of Sioux City - Southbridge Rail Yard - $2,000,000 to construct a new rail yard in Sioux City to alleviate traffic congestion and safety issues caused by freight trains blocking grade crossings. The new rail yard will also enhance railroad switching operations and accommodate current and future freight demand.
Indiana - Indiana DOT - Daviess County-Elnora Siding - $1,608,029 to construct a new siding in Elnora to improve freight capacity and efficiency by eliminating a bottleneck that prevents northbound and southbound trains from passing each other. The project will also allow the Indiana Southern Railroad to relocate its switching and staging operations to the new siding.
Indiana - city of Indianapolis - Indianapolis Downtown Rail Relocation - $896,949 to complete preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for the relocation of freight traffic from downtown Indianapolis to the nearby Indianapolis Belt Railroad. Ultimately, separating freight and passenger rail service will improve the safety and efficiency of current operations.
South Dakota - South Dakota DOT - Sioux Valley Railroad Relocation - $1,803,801 to relocate a section of rail that runs along the side of a hill near the Big Sioux River at the South Dakota/Iowa border. This relocation will eliminate frequent service interruptions that are required to maintain the existing track.
Alaska - Alaska Railroad Corporation - MP 407 Curve Realignment - $819,900 to realign a curve and stabilize the embankment at Mile Post 407 of the Alaska Railroad. This segment of track is located along a tributary of the Nenana River that has experienced numerous flood events, including flooding that resulted in a disaster declaration in 2008. The project will ensure the continuation of operations on the line.
California - city of West Sacramento - Port of West Sacramento Loop Track - $960,567 to construct a loop track at the Port of West Sacramento, which will improve freight capacity and efficiency by enabling switching and storage operations to take place solely on Port property. The project will also significantly reduce the amount of time a major highway-rail grade crossing is blocked by freight traffic and provide for a more secure perimeter at the port.
Texas - city of Big Spring - Rail Spur Rehabilitation - $299,423 to rehabilitate approximately two miles of spur track that serves an industrial park in Big Spring. These improvements will allow freight rail services to be provided to additional local manufacturers and suppliers.


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(1) For travel relating to an employee's official duties under an official travel authorization issued to the employee;
(2) For attendance at a meeting or similar event as defined in § 412.3(c)(3):
(i) In which the employee's participation is necessary in order to further the mission of Eximbank;
(ii) Which cannot be held at the offices of Eximbank for justifiable business reasons in light of the location and number of participants and the purpose of the meeting or similar event; and
(iii) Which is taking place at a location and for a period of time that is appropriate for the purpose of the meeting or similar event;
(3) From a non-Federal source that is not a conflicting non-Federal source or from a conflicting non-Federal source that has been approved under § 412.9; and
(4) In an amount which does not exceed the maximum per diem or actual subsistence expense rates and transportation class of service limitations prescribed in 41 CFR chapter 301.
(b) An employee requesting approval of payment of travel expenses by a non-Federal source under this part shall submit to the employee's supervisor (except in the case of Board members) and the DAEO a written description of the following: the nature of the meeting or similar event and the reason that it cannot be held at Eximbank, the date(s) and location of the meeting or similar event, the identities of all participants in the meeting or similar event, the name of the non-Federal source offering to make the payment, the amount and method of the proposed payment, and the nature of the expenses.
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The annual Senior recognition program was held Sunday, June 2 at the First United Methodist Church in Gilmer. Youth director, Matthew Potter, announced that three members would graduate in the Gilmer High School Class of 2013: Chelsey Alexander, Anna Potter, and Connor Hewitt. The graduating seniors were recognized during the morning worship service. A program honoring the seniors was held in the Christian Life Center following the service. Luncheon was served following a slide show that featured the honorees.
Chelsey Alexander is the daughter of Matt and Wendy Alexander. Chelsey was involved in many academic, athletic, and civic activities in high school. She was a freshman duchess, a four year varsity softball player where she earned 2nd team outfield her sophomore year, she was a four year all district academic, and earned 1st team outfield her senior year. Chelsey was a lady in waiting during the 75th East Texas Yamboree. Chelsey was a four year member of the FFA and served as student athletic trainer. She was the 2012 football sweetheart. Chelsey is a member of the National Honor Society, an NHS officer, and a member of the student council for 3 years. She is graduating 8th in her class. She plans to attend Kilgore College to finish her basics then transfer to Texas Women's University to get her degree in nursing.
Anna Potter is the daughter of Yale and Carla Potter. Anna was a cheerleader for four years, including Head Cheerleader her senior year. She was on the Four Year Honor Roll. Anna was a member of the volleyball team for two years, played basketball for one year and played softball one year. She plans to attend Tyler Junior College in the fall where she will work on her basics the first year and will apply to enter the Sonography program, which is highly competitive and only allows 12 students into the program a year. TJC is also the only school in the area to offer this program which makes it that much more difficult to qualify. Anna plans to complete the program and become an Ultrasound Technician.
Connor is the son of Scott and Charlotte Hewitt. Connor participated in football and golf for two years and even though Gilmer doesn't have a rodeo team, Connor belongs to the Texas High School Rodeo Association and has qualified for state in 2012-2013. Connor was an active member of the FFA. Connor was a class officer his freshman year and was no stranger to the A Honor Roll and A/B Honor Roll throughout high school. Connor plans to begin his studies at Blinn College in Bryan to major in Ag Business. Later, he plans to transfer to Texas A&M to finish his degree.


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(CNN) -- Adult film actor Ron Jeremy was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai on Wednesday and is now out of surgery, CNN's confirmed.
Although his rep initially declined to provide additional details, he told CNN Thursday that Jeremy's second surgery "went smoothly," and that he's "now resting with complete privacy and no visitors."
TMZ reported Wednesday that Jeremy was in critical condition after an aneurysm was found near his heart. Jeremy's manager told the website that the entertainer drove himself to the Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday afternoon following severe chest pain.
Adds the performer's rep, "Everyone on Ron's team has expressed well wishes and a speedy recovery!"
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Lone Star, ACA (Lone Star Ag Credit), the premier ag-lender in Texas, is pleased to announce its cash patronage payout of $2,000,000. Due to the financial position of the Association, the Board of Directors voted in December to return this cash payment to their stockholders from 2011 earnings. This amount raises the 10-year total to more than $38 million returned to customers. In addition to the cash distribution, the Association has declared a nonqualified retained surplus allocation from 2011 earnings. The benefit of this allocation is that it earmarks a portion of the Association's earnings for the year declared to those eligible stockholders that contributed to the Association's income."We appreciate each and every customer for their loyalty to Lone Star Ag Credit over the past two years. We've made it through some hard times and are excited to be able to pay a cash patronage this year. Our stockholders once again can benefit from our success" said Steve Fowlkes, CEO.For more than 90 years, Lone Star Ag Credit has been a reliable source of financing for Rural America. Lone Star Ag Credit is a $925 million customer-owned cooperative that provides courteous, accurate service through a well-trained, highly motivated staff. Lone Star Ag Credit offers a wide variety of loan programs at competitive rates including agricultural and recreational real estate, rural homes, operating, equipment, livestock and agribusiness loans. Lone Star Ag Credit's administrative offices are located in Fort Worth with credit offices located in Sweetwater, Abilene, Stephenville, Weatherford, Cleburne, Denton, Sherman, Paris and New Boston.The local office will host a Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce after hours event at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at 400 E. Third Street.


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To the University of Minnesota's top lawyer, Mark Rotenberg, it was a reasonable question. To supporters of U bioethicist Carl Elliott, it was a veiled attempt to silence criticism.
Elliott's criticism of two Medical School professors has triggered an escalating debate in academic and legal circles. The latest flashpoint came when Rotenberg posed this question for faculty discussion:
"What is the faculty's collective role in addressing factually incorrect attacks on particular University faculty research activities?"
Elliott said the question was unfair because it implied inaccuracies, and intimidating because it came from the office that manages the legal force of the university.
Rotenberg said he never intended to threaten Elliott or any faculty member -- and that he drew up the question only because faculty requested his input.
As the fracas grows in faculty committees and on legal blogs, it offers a rare look into the tensions behind academic freedom.
The debate stems from issues surrounding the 2004 death of Dan Markingson -- a mentally ill patient who committed suicide while enrolled in a U study of anti-psychotic drugs.
Elliott wrote a hard-hitting story in the September/October issue of Mother Jones magazine noting that Dr. Stephen C. Olson, an associate professor in the U's psychiatry department, placed Markingson in the study after he landed at Fairview-University Medical Center as a delusional patient who had threatened to kill his mother.
Elliott questioned financial ties between the drugmaker and the researchers. He reported that the department had been struggling to recruit subjects for the study, funded by AstraZeneca, the maker of Seroquel, one of the study drugs. Most studies of anti-psychotic drugs bar researchers from recruiting patients at risk of violence or suicide, Elliott wrote. "Conveniently, however, the [AstraZeneca] study only prohibited patients at risk of suicide, not homicide,'' the story said.
His story noted that the head of psychiatry at the U, Dr. Charles Schulz, had consulting ties to AstraZeneca and a leadership role in the study.
It also quoted four experts who criticized the study as flawed, shallow and driven by marketing purposes.
"It is one thing to ask people to take risks for science, or the common good, or to help other people,'' Elliott wrote. "It is another thing entirely to ask them to risk their lives for the marketing goals of AstraZeneca.''
The Legislature has since adopted "Dan's Law,'' banning patients under civil commitments from being able to consent to medical research without the recommendation of the treating psychiatrist -- who must not be the psychiatrist conducting the drug trial.
When the Board of Regents declined to reopen the Markingson case, it noted that several agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration and the state attorney general's office, found no wrongdoing. Board Chairman Clyde Allen wrote that "at this time, we do not believe further University resources should be expended re-reviewing a matter such as this, which has already received such exhaustive analysis by independent authoritative bodies."
The FDA concluded that there was "no evidence of misconduct or significant violation of the protocol or regulations." The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice also cleared Olson and Schulz after reviewing allegations filed by Markingson's mother, Mary Weiss.
In February, the Faculty Consultative Committee asked Rotenberg to suggest questions for a discussion of issues raised by the Markingson case, e-mails show.
In his reply to the committee, Rotenberg proposed questions about the "risks and challenges posed by increasing reliance on corporate funding'' of university research, among other things. In fiscal 2010, business and industry sponsored $35.4 million in research spending at the U -- 5.4 percent of total research expenditures of $653.6 million.
'Factually incorrect attacks'
But it's his question about "factually incorrect attacks" that has gotten attention.
Rotenberg said that just as his prompt about corporate funding didn't imply that he opposes it, the question about faculty was open-ended. "It's very unreasonable and inaccurate to suggest that I have ever done anything to abridge or restrain Professor Elliott's exercise of freedom to criticize other faculty members," Rotenberg said.
Elliott said the question "tries to discredit my account of the study in which Dan Markingson died.''
Brian Leiter, a University of Chicago law professor and director of the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values, said Elliott's article was well within the bounds of fairness.
"He is an expert in this area,'' Leiter said. "It's not like some weird hobby of his.''
Rotenberg's question is out of sync with the moral obligation that universities have to foster and protect academic freedom, Leiter said. The general counsel's office should back faculty research into controversial matters, even when the inquiries allege university wrongdoing, he said.
'Cold climate' on campus?
Faculty leaders have tried to discuss Rotenberg's question broadly, rather than in the context of the Markingson case.
"The intent of the question has been misinterpreted," said Kathryn VandenBosch, chairwoman of the Faculty Consultative Committee. While the question's wording "could have used some editing'' because it speaks to an individual case, she said, it was meant to dig into a broader issue: "Whose responsibility is it to set the record straight?"
Last week the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities issued a statement noting that faculty discussion of Rotenberg's question has "given rise to the public perception that the University has attempted to squelch inquiry.'' Hilde Lindemann, a board member of the society, said the debate itself could create a cold climate for criticism of the university.
Prof. Karen Miksch, co-chairwoman of the U's Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, said that since the group took up the question, "certainly we've been hearing some concerns" from faculty members worried about the general counsel's intent, she said.
"Myself, I'm always looking for ways for us to make sure we have a climate on campus where a variety of viewpoints can be expressed," she said. "So if people are feeling silenced, that in itself is worrisome."
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The panel consisted of Shyam Das, baseball's independent arbitrator; Michael Weiner, the head of baseball's players union; and Rob Manfred, the head of labor relations for Major League Baseball and the baseball official who has presided over the sport's evolving drug-testing program during the last decade.Braun argued that the test results were flawed, and MLB has a huge stake in the integrity of its procedures.
It was Das who cast the deciding vote to exonerate Braun and it was Manfred who angrily weighed in with his own statement shortly after the appeal was officially upheld.
"Major League Baseball vehemently disagrees with the decision rendered today by arbitrator Shyam Das," the statement read in part.
I love Braun and I'm celebrating the outcome, but I hate to think MLB is screwing up the testing. Do you think Braun got away with something, or do you think the test might have gone wrong and that what happened to Braun suggests that some of the other players were punished as a result of flawed tests?


text: It seems all but confirmed that RIM is going to be making a splash at this year's Mobile World Congress. Boy Genius and CrackBerry have both been hearing about a big announcement from Mike Lazaridis (RIM CEO) this week at the Barcelona conference. The big news? Well, Supposedly its the relaunch of BES Express. BESX is said to be a free BES option for BIS customers. The "ActiveSync Killer" would feature OTA syncing, backups and no need for a dedicated server. We will know for sure this week. So stayed tuned and we will update this story when more details arise.


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confirmed gay with those pics alone.
confirmed gay with those pics alone.
None of the jokes are really offensive/hateful and I get making them since it's a message board not a pulpit.
....wish the jokes were good at least.
That irony that kerry rhodes nickname as a jet was Hollywood.
What's this year being 2013 got to do with guy's opinion on other guys who like to take meat poles in their bung hole?
It could be 5113 and guys getting their backs blown out will still disgusting.
I have 0 problem with this, but I find it funny that our biggest complaint with Kerry was his soft play.
I checked out balleralert.com.
I'd really like to meet eleven8 if that is indeed her in her avatar pic.
I just got confirmation of this from a source.
Like a legit source.
Not like we needed confirmation.
Who gives a rat's ass if he's gay? The real question is: Has his tackling got better?
This site has had its share of homophobic rantings, and mods have not done much previously. It would be a positive if that changed.
The first NFL gay player to come out is going to hit the big time with endorsements. They just need the balls to do it.
gay, straight, attracted to farm animals, who cares....
but really...these media outlets who are so liberal and pro-gay rights have to ask exactly HOW they have sex?
that was like the third question asked..."who's on top?"
do the girls who date sanchez get these questions? because i definitely have never seen them answered except for the gold-digging slores tiger woods was banging. maybe this guy is a gold-digging man whore himself, but really this is a pretty bad look for the gay community imo.
I wonder if any team will sign him?


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I recently got a task to make a online document review app, which can basically work as microsoft word, with editing, proof. However, we don't have to expect it as good as MS word.
There are some products out there that carries the basic idea, like:
I am not sure which techniques I should use to work this out, javascript? php?
Currently, I work with Django, so I hope it could be something that can be integrated into Django (although this seems not to be a problem).
It will be great if there is any source code that I can play with. Even some codes of similar function will be great!
Thank you so much!


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February 25 2010
Vicki E. Alger
(This post was co-authored by Evelyn B. Stacey, education policy analyst at the Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank in Sacramento, California)
A day after President Obama and Secretary of Education Duncan laid out an aggressive plan to expand federal control over K-12 academic standards at the National Governors Association (NGA) a new report finds the national standards process "opaque" and could jeopardize states such with existing high standards.
In order to qualify for federal Title I funds, states may now have to sign on to the Common Core State Standard Initiative (CCSSI). Yet the Pioneer Institute and Pacific Research Institute study, Why Race to the Middle, found that:
• the process for developing national standards was flawed;
• the College- and Career-Readiness Standards are not internationally benchmarked;
• and the standards won't lead to college-readiness in English or math by grade 12.
Scientific American also reported that the consensus among math officials is that "after decades of wrangling, the system still isn't working. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. high school students ranked in the bottom quarter in math performance, as compared with students of nations belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development."
"With the façade of voluntary adoption gone and this looking more like a federal takeover of educational standards, Massachusetts and other states that have gotten their acts together over the last 15 years have a choice to make," says James Stergios, executive director of Pioneer Institute in Massachusetts. "Since education reform, Massachusetts and its localities have invested $90 billion in our schools; the feds not even hitting 10 percent of school spending. We implemented hard-won reforms...Why would we give that up - why would we give up leading the nation on national assessments and college entrance tests, and competing with the best nations in math and science to line up behind standards that look more like West Virginia's than the nation's best?"
The study concludes that "the rush to move from 50 state standards to a single set of standards for 50 states in less than one year, and the lack of transparency in CCSSI's procedure, have excluded... the kind and extent of public discussion merited by the huge policy implications of such a move."


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Google Hit With Gmail, Docs Outage
Google had what it said was an outage to its Gmail cloud email service that impacted "less than 0.007" of its user base of 425 million. Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets and Google Presentations also were affected by the outage, Google said in its subsequent mea culpa. Is this outage a big deal? Probably not. Is it going to perpetuate the fears some users have about relying on cloud services? That's probably a yes.
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The Experience:
As a student, I eat Spaghetti quite frequently. However, just this evening my life changed forever. After consuming my dinner of Spaghetti and meatballs, I became inexplicable 'intoxicated'. I began to feel light headed and dizzy, but there was a feeling of calmness and 'knowingness'.
As the experience became more intense and overwhelming, my stomache expelled its contents. I projectile vomited and passed into a 'dream state'. In fact, I would say a 'Devine state'.
In this dream state, the 'Midget', dressed in complete pirate regalia communicated with me. I cannot recall the exact proceedings, but upon awakening a sense of purpose had come over me.
But the strangest and most profound part is yet to come...
Upon awakening from my meeting with The Midget and proceeding to clean up my mess, I had a second vision. This time far more tangible than a dream. Both equally significant, and both lending credibility to the other. My dinner had formed a vision of the great Flying Spaghetti Monster Himself. In fact, it was stuck to a wall...
1) Inexplicable intoxication after eating Pasta.
2) Devine vision of his creation, The Midget
3) A tangible image of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on my wall, 'flying' above the ground, if you will.
It is then that I resolved to eat nothing else, except that sacred Pasta (for the Pasta is his body, and the sauce, his blood. Ramen) and to dress exclusively in the traditional Piratical Garments.
My life now has meaning, and I shall begin to spread His word. I am from Australia , and I know no-one else who has knowledge of the great FSM. Thus, I pledge my services as a Disciple to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Submit your scriptural writings for inclusion in the Loose Canon, and your tales of ancient FSM Lore, as well as any other FSM-related writing you may have.
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Cranston West Swims past Vets
The Warwick Vets swim team got two victories from Katie Evans, but those weren't enough to overcome a strong Cranston West squad on Monday afternoon. The Falcons took first and second in nine events en route to a 69-18 win.
Evans won the 100 butterfly in 1:09.65 and took the 500 free in 6:06.10. Michaela Sczuroski, Rebecca Beer and Ashley Gardner all had third-place finishes for Vets.
The 'Canes had more luck in their previous meet, beating Shea 46-32 for their first win.
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Louisiana: Mobile Unit Allows AIDS Testing Nonprofit to Reach Wider Population
April 29, 2013
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On April 27, at the SafeAlex Health Fair, Central Louisiana AIDS Support Services (CLASS) debuted a mobile van unit, made possible by a $50,000 Community Impact Award grant from the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. The van arrived April 3 and has been certified for testing. Previously, CLASS was able to administer testing only at its Alexandria office on Jackson Street. With the van, CLASS hopes that their expanded testing area will allow more people to get tested.
CLASS administers the free tests, which eliminate the need to draw blood by using an oral swab, and delivers test results in 20 minutes. "We were already out in the community providing educational material," said Ann Lowery, director of CLASS. "Now we'll be able to say, 'You want to get tested? Just step inside the van.'" Recently, CLASS experienced budget cuts, which forced them to offer testing only to the immediate Alexandria/Pineville area, even though their area includes eight parishes.
The southern portion of the United States has been hit hard by HIV because of a lack of access to healthcare and insurance. Louisiana ranks poorly within this region; Central Louisiana ranks poorly within the state. According to Lowery, young people ages 1324 are a fast-growing HIV-infected segment of Central Louisiana. For more information on CLASS, visit www.cenlahivservices.org or call (318) 4421010.
The Town Talk (Alexandria, La.)
04.28.2013; Jeff Matthews
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And isn't it better that the poseurs moved in that direction than some others? IMO, we drink better beer because of it now. Metropolitan living bounced back because of it. I like to think it created demand for authenticity amongst those who otherwise would have lapsed into a repeat of the previous generation.
I don't care how early or late you came to it, you're better off for having been in a pit. I like the notion that lurking somewhere in the most buttoned-up business drones of our generation is someone who once felt the urge to bounce off of strangers to the harmonious strains of "Stay Away."


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Isn't It Romantic?
Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature
Coleridge's Verse: A Selection
For the young who lived through it, the French Revolution remained a vision of a lost paradise. Chateaubriand was twenty-one in 1789, an impoverished aristocrat forced into the hosiery trade by his debts (when he wrote his memoirs, he omitted this shameful descent into commerce); he never forgot the exhilaration of that dawn when it was "bliss…to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven." More than thirty years later, he wrote about the beginning of the revolution in Paris:
Moments of crisis produce in men a heightening of life. In a society dissolving and reconstructing itself, the struggle of two spirits, the collision of past and future, the mixture of old and new ways of life, make up an unstable compound that leaves no place for boredom. Liberated passions and dispositions reveal themselves with an energy they do not have in a well-ordered polity. The infraction of laws, the freedom from duty, from custom and from propriety, even the perils increase the excitement of the disorder. The human race on holiday takes a walk in the streets, delivered from its preceptors, restored for a moment to the state of nature, and realizing again the necessity of social restraint only when under the yoke of the new tyrants engendered by license….
I could not paint the society of 1798 better than by comparing it to the architecture of the time of Louis XII and Francis I, when the Greek orders began to mingle with the gothic style, or rather by equating it with the collection of ruins and tombs of every century, piled up pell-mell after the Terror in the Cloister of the Augustinian Minors: but the fragments of which I speak were living and varied endlessly….
…duels and love affairs, friendships born in prison and the fraternity of politics, mysterious rendezvous among the ruins under a serene sky amidst the peace and poetry of nature, walks apart, silent, solitary, mingled with eternal vows and indefinably tender sentiments, against the muffled din of a world that was vanishing away, against the distant noise of a crumbling society, whose collapse threatened these felicities overshadowed by the events.
In these words there sounds an enduring nostalgia. It is the tone we hear today in the voices of many who were present at the riots of May, 1968, in Paris. They claim the same sense of excitement, of genuine fraternity between strangers in the streets ("here and there a face / Or person singled out among the rest, / Yet still a stranger and belov'd as such"), of enhanced vitality, of energy as eternal delight. The myth of the revolution will die hard. In 1968 the state of nature lasted only a few weeks: in 1789-1790 the redoubled intensity of life burned far more than a year. The betrayal of the revolution was a traumatic blow to the…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -- We're tracking the investigation into a shooting in Lexington that left a teenager injured.
It happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday night on Legacy Crossing, near Georgetown Street.
Police say a 17-year-old was shot in the leg and arm. We're told he went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Lexington police tell us they are looking for a person of interest in this case.


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Mark Hughes can understand why Sir Alex Ferguson never identified him as a potential manager.
When Ferguson looked around his Manchester United dressing room in 1994, there were some who stood out as management material.
Bryan Robson, Paul Ince and Roy Keane for a start, then there was Steve Bruce, whose Sunderland side Manchester City face at Eastlands on Saturday looking to get their season back on track.
Hughes, a quiet and reserved figure in a team full of loud voices, never seemed suited to the manager's hot-seat, but has gone on to prove his old mentor wrong over the past decade.
"It is 15 years ago," Hughes said of Ferguson's verdict. "There is a lot of change and development in me as a football person in that time.
"Sir Alex is basing his opinion on what he saw in me as a player. At that time he was probably right in saying he couldn't see me as a manager. I would like to think I have changed and proved I am capable in that respect.
"Yes, there are certain players you think are more inclined to go into management. They are usually the ones who are loudest in the dressing room.
"But it doesn't matter whether you shout and bawl, you have to say something of substance."
Nigel de Jong will miss City's encounter with Sunderland due to suspension, so his midfield spot is likely to go to Vincent Kompany.
Although the Blues had lost just one Premier League game all season prior to Wednesday night's 3-0 defeat at White Hart Lane, they are now on a run of one win in 10 and will be desperate for a return to winning ways to ease the pressure on Hughes.
The next couple of weeks will be critical in determining whether City retain a realistic hope of finishing in the top four or ending a 33-year trophy drought, either of which would instantly end any negative talk about Hughes' future.
Two matches against Manchester United next month will determine whether the Blues are to make progress on the latter front in the Carling Cup.
On the former, City must recover the momentum gained by back-to-back wins against Arsenal and Chelsea by beating a Sunderland side which has impressed in plenty of big matches this season before crumbling in recent weeks.
"Sunderland are a good team this year and they will be difficult opponents," said Hughes. "They have a threat up front with Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones.
"Bent is playing really well. You are always a little bit apprehensive about what he is able to produce.
"They have invested in the team and they have bought well. As a consequence they are a better side this year than they have been for quite some time.
"Saturday's game is going to be a big test for us."
Sunderland will be without skipper Lorik Cana after he was sent off for two bookable offences during Tuesday's 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa.
Manager Bruce will make a late decision on whether to start with Lee Cattermole, who played the final 19 minutes of that game on his return from an eight-week lay-off with a medial ligament injury.
In addition, Michael Turner will undergo a fitness test on the ankle he damaged in midweek.
Bruce is desperate to rid his club of their "typical Sunderland" tag after seeing an excellent start to the season unravel alarmingly.
The Black Cats head for Eastlands having not won away from home since the opening day and on a run of four successive defeats on the road.
But perhaps more worryingly, they have taken just five points from the last 24 on offer, with three of them coming from a home victory over Arsenal on November 21.
In the meantime, defeats to Wigan, Fulham and Aston Villa, coupled with only a point from lowly Portsmouth's visit to the Stadium of Light, has seen the Black Cats slip to 10th place and off the pace set by the European contenders.
Bruce said: "You are only ever as good as your last game and that's the frustration of football, especially, in my experience, in the Premier League.
"You are going along very, very well... we beat Arsenal a month ago and looked at the fixtures and thought, 'What a great opportunity'. We had a great win against Arsenal and shot ourselves in the foot against Wigan and Fulham in particular."
"Some would say - and a steward told me the other day - that's typical of Sunderland. It's typical, and that's what we have got to try to change.
"I have got to try to change that mentality and that's going to take time. But it is frustrating for us."
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(Editor�s note: This story is one in a series of stories published Mondays about the experiences of local veterans of World War II.)
By Brad Petrishen
Daily News Staff
John A. Hill Jr.�s 23rd birthday was also one of the darkest days of his life.
The Natick native, originally drafted to be an engineer, was instead celebrating Dec. 26, 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge with the infantry, wondering if he�d live to see 24.
"We lost a lot of men that day," Hill said Thursday. The 92-year-old, dressed crisply in a jacket and bowtie, has never forgotten what he saw that night 70 years ago.
Near a burned-out American tank, a group of dead soldiers were "stacked up like cordwood," Hill said, their feet facing the road.
"Ever since then, Christmas has always been difficult for me," said Hill, who has never taken a birthday since then for granted.
"I was very lucky," he said, recalling the twists and turns of fate that led him away from the front, where so many soldiers in his 75th Infantry Division died.
Hill grew up in Natick, logging countless hours beginning at age of 10 at his father�s business, the Natick Ice Company. The company cut its ice from Dug Pond, and a part of its surviving icehouse is a landmark still well known to students at Natick High School.
"We used to stack up 300-pound blocks of ice 10 stories high," said Hill, recalling how they would use horses to help cut the�ice from the pond.
After graduating from Natick High in 1939, Hill�studied mechanical engineering at the University of Maine. At 21, he was drafted into "limited service"�because�of his nearsightedness.
Though the Army originally sent him to advanced engineering classes, he got the call to war in May 1944 - and it wasn�t as an engineer.
"The (infantry) needed lots of warm bodies, and we were it," Hill wrote in a memoir of his war experiences that he penned several years ago. "We even had corrective lenses built into our gas masks."
Hill shipped out that October with a�heavy mortar unit, which he called�"probably one of the luckiest breaks" of his life.
In addition to being farther back from the front, Hill's squadron was led by a man Hill said was much smarter than most officers.
"Most of them were the type that couldn�t count from�1 to 2," Hill said, adding that the officer was "one of the reasons that I'm still here."
Another reason, Hill said, is that he was fortunate enough to be named the driver of his company jeep. Though the work wasn�t easy � many roads were in terrible shape and mines were a constant threat � Hill said it was less dangerous than many other jobs.
Leaning on his experience driving his father�s ice trucks, Hill would tow trailers full of supplies as well as drive men from his mortar company to firing positions.
Much of the driving was done at night without headlights to avoid being spotted. On one occasion, Hill remembered a soldier had to bury the jeep, doing so between big slugs of wine.
"The only thing showing was the steering wheel," Hill remembered.
Hill said one day�his convoy got stuck in the snow when a jeep hit a "log."
"When we lifted up the jeep, we discovered it was a frozen German soldier," he said. "That�s how it was."
In addition to driving, Hill also filled in for men firing the mortars, when needed.
"You just dropped it in and covered your ears because it made so much noise," Hill said, holding his fingers in his ears and closing his eyes.
Hill said the bitter cold winter at the Battle of the Bulge was the most difficult thing about the war. He said he was luckier than most, though, because he could dry�his socks by putting them on top of his jeep's engine.
After the Bulge, Hill drove his jeep 150 miles to the Colmar Pocket, a smaller "bulge" in the Rhine Valley section of France. Hill was later awarded the Bronze Star for his driving.
The only bullet Hill fired during the war was one of mercy, killing a large pig that had been hit by shrapnel and was "dying in agony."
After crossing the Rhine River in March 1945 and passing through the Ruhr Pocket in April, Hill�s division was in Lutgen for Victory Europe Day.
"They say that all censorship of mail has ceased so I guess I can tell you just where I have been since December," Hill wrote in a May 18, 1945, letter to his mom, published in the Natick Bulletin newspaper.
"It was so cold that frost transformed blankets into sheets of cardboard," Hill wrote. "Companies with two hundred men normally were down to as few as a dozen."
Though Hill told his mother he hoped to be home "to shoot a cap pistol on the 5th of July," he didn't get home until 1946 because an officer miscounted how many "points" he had and determined he wasn't yet eligible to go home.
Things didn�t end too badly, though, as Hill that winter found himself perched on skis atop a 9,000-foot mountain near a famous resort in southern Bavaria. The Army had sent Hill and others to take skiing lessons - a surreal end to�Hill's wartime service.��
"The biggest (achievement)�of all was to stay alive,"�he said of his war experience. "You could never be sure whether you�d be alive tomorrow or the next day."
In the 70 years since the war, Hill has done a lot of living. Soon after returning home, he courted and married his wife Cynthia � also of Natick � who had been a physical therapist for the Army not too far from where Hill had been at the Bulge.
Hill owned and loved to ride horses up to his late 70s. He went on riding trips with his daughters, including one to Africa at age 65.
"We chased wildebeests on the Serengeti," Hill said with a smile.
Hill kept in touch with fellow soldiers for many years after the war, and swears they found the same foxholes their division dug during a trip back to Europe in 1945.
"Looking back over�60 years, we, the lucky ones, are still enjoying life while�(others) are gone forever," he wrote in his memoir.
Brad Petrishen can be reached at 508-490-7463 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @BPetrishen_MWDN.
WW II Journal: Natick native drove Army jeep across Europe
(Editor�s note: This story is one in a series of stories published Mondays about the experiences of local veterans of World War II.)


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You know Brandon Spano, the guy that posts most of the articles on the ChiefsCrowd main page? Well his site is called "The Chiefs informer". I can't decide what I should name mine in the future (cos "Chiefs News" isn't very creative).
I've thought of "Chiefs Insider" but I want to know what everyone else thinks I should eventually name it.


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STERLING — Barrels have their place during the Logan County Fair and Rodeo — usually in the rodeo arena.
Fortunately, the orange barrels on West Main Street didn't seem to create too many problems for the Saturday morning event: the Logan County Fair parade.
Bonnie Amen, Laural Brownell, Marlene Masin and Marilyn Hutt were honored as parade marshals during the "Stirrup Some Fun"-themed event, which followed its traditional route from Sixth Avenue and Main Street east through downtown, then north to Poplar and back west.
Marlene Kiel, parade chairman, said there were a total of 95 entries in this year's parade. Winners of the various categories were:
Service Group — Sterling Miracle Players
Youth —Sterling High School Cheerleaders
Commercial — Lora's Preschool
Antique Car befor 1940 — First Farm Bank
Classic Car after 1940 — Dave Donaldson
Restored Antique & Classic Tractor — Bill Wright


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Pratt & Whitney and NASA Demonstrate Benefits of Geared TurboFan™ System in Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, recently reached a milestone in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project by demonstrating unprecedented performance and efficiency of a Geared TurboFan™ ultra-high bypass system, successfully completing 275 hours of fan rig testing in the NASA Low Speed Wind Tunnel. This ultra-high bypass technology will be used to create the next generation of Pratt & Whitney's PurePower® Geared Turbofan engines.
The funding from the ERA Project, developed by NASA to explore technologies that reduce the environmental impact of aviation, will pave the way for the demonstration and maturation of the advanced ultra-high bypass technology. This technology enabled by the Geared TurboFan architecture simultaneously reduces fuel burn, noise and emissions. A key element in the technology maturation is the development and application of advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools, which provided the capability to execute highly coupled design and analysis of the ultra-high bypass system for optimization of acoustic, aerodynamic and aero-mechanical performance.
Pratt & Whitney will further mature the technology by completing ground and flight testing in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program, an FAA NextGen initiative to accelerate the development of environmentally friendly aircraft technologies.
"Our partnerships with NASA and the FAA are the key to completing the necessary testing to advance the technology for the second generation of the Geared TurboFan system," said Alan Epstein, vice president, Technology & Environment, Pratt & Whitney. "Pratt & Whitney's PurePower Geared TurboFan engines deliver double-digit reductions in fuel burn and environmental emissions. The geared technology has paved the foundation for dramatic improvements in noise and fuel burn."
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a United States government agency, is responsible for the development of the national civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research. Founded in 1958, NASA focuses on aeronautics, human exploration and operations, science and space technology. The Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project is a NASA initiative to advance the development of technology that will improve fuel efficiencies, lower noise levels and reduce harmful emissions.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a division of the United States Department of Transportation, is the national aviation authority for the United States of America. Initially founded in 1958, and later renamed in 1966, the FAA's mission is to "provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world." The FAA is responsible for regulating the air transportation industry and maintains a nationwide network of air traffic control systems.
The Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program is an FAA initiative to accelerate the development of environmentally friendly aircraft technologies. The program is part of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and focuses on the reduction of aircraft noise, emissions and fuel burn. For more information see http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/research/aircraft_technology/cleen/ and http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=13924.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, auxiliary and ground power units and small turbojet propulsion products. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries. For updates from United Technologies Corp.'s aerospace businesses visit www.utcaero.com or follow @UTC on Twitter.


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Friday, August 15, 2008
Pinch-Hitting Can Be Fun!
At the Backspace Writers Conference last week, I was slated to do just one program: "Promoting Like a Pro" on Friday morning. But when I stopped by for the Thursday afternoon mixer, I found out that MJ Rose & Doug Clegg had bailed on their "Buzz Your Book" program due to medical emergencies. So in the "show must go on" spirit (after all, the conference hotel was on Broadway), I offered to do a "Brainstorming with Bella" program so Rose & Clegg's 4pm slot wouldn't be empty.
I quickly jotted down an agenda and notes for the one-hour session, which I based on a segment of my Book Promotion 101 workshop. Then just as we were about to begin, Ron Hogan of GalleyCat volunteered to help out. He describes what happened next in Make Your Story Pitch Better, Faster, Stronger.
I sure am glad I'd stashed a big supply of Book Promotion 101 business cards & refrigerator magnets, plus Virginia Festival of the Book postcards, in my purse before I headed to the conference that day! Think I'll download some of my program spiels on my Palm PDA, so I'll be well prepared in case something like this happens again.
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- Melody said...
I attended your regularly scheduled event at Backspace, Promoting Like a Pro. I have your magnet on my fridge and over the last few days I've been thinking about "So what? Who Cares? and What's in it for me?"
Thanks for coming and speaking. Your advice is very useful.
Melody Platz
The Writer's Comfy Corner
- August 15, 2008 9:46 AM
- Bella Stander said...
Thanks, Melody! Glad you found the program helpful. My two panelests, Lauren Cerand and Eileen Winnick, were terrific.
- August 15, 2008 9:48 AM
- Joanne Levy said...
It was a great session - big thanks to both you and Ron!
p.s. My book is called (deep breath) Small. Medium. At. Large.
- August 15, 2008 2:50 PM
- Sustenance Scout said...
Bella (and Ron!) to the rescue! Sounds like your events were stellar, Bella. Not that I'm surprised. Thanks for the link to Ron's post. K.
- August 15, 2008 4:17 PM
- Bella Stander said...
You're welcome, Joanne. As noted in a BKSP forum, your book's title is:
(DEEP breath) Small. Medium. At Large.
- August 16, 2008 12:18 AM
- Kim Stagliano said...
Bella, you two made a fabulous team! I'l never forget Hobo Mulligan and Small medium (pause for effect) At large." I was sort of surprised how few people knew what a "Bubbe" was. The session was great and got me thinking about the real heart of my own MS and how to present it. I'm down to just 54 sentences!
Thanks for a terrific session.
- August 17, 2008 7:34 PM
- Kim Stagliano said...
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- August 17, 2008 7:35 PM
- Kim Stagliano said...
No! It was Hobo Mullins! The author's name was Mulligan. So I guess I did sort of forget...
- August 17, 2008 7:36 PM
- Bella Stander said...
Wow, Kim, only 54 sentences! Now you just have 51 more to cut.
- August 17, 2008 8:47 PM


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I will first present a theorem based on the Decoupling Theorem of [1] which gives sufficient and necessary conditions for a quantum channel (CPTPM) being such that it yields the same output for almost all possible inputs. This theorem allows us to reproduce and generalize results oft [2,3], in which cornerstones of statistical physics are derived from first principles of quantum mechanics, in a very natural and easy way. Specifically, we express them in a way which allows to apply results about random 2-qubit interactions [4]. Furthermore, we apply this theorem to provide a criterion for whether different initial states of some subspace of a quantum mechanical system in contact with an environment have at some given time already evolved to the same state or not. As it turns out, this question can be answered by examining a simple entropic inequality evaluated for just one particular state [5]. Applying this criterion to realistic Hamiltonians with local interactions may lead to improved bounds on the thermalization times of quantum mechanical systems.


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CANANDAIGUA � Care Net Pregnancy Center of Canandaigua offers an array of services. They include free lab-quality pregnancy tests, pregnancy options and peer counseling, referrals (including medical, legal and parenting), free ultrasounds, and post-abortion counseling and education.
Donna Besler, the nonprofit�s executive director, said the ministry seeks to empower women to make informed, life-affirming choices. While the ministry is Christ-centered, Besler said, the approach is nonjudgmental and does not pressure women seeking help.
What is it?
A nonprofit organization with the oversight of a board of directors, the Christian ministry offers free, confidential services that include peer counseling and accurate, up-to-date information about pregnancy, sexual health and related matters.
Care Net receives no government funding. It is funded by tax-deductible contributions�from local churches, businesses and individuals.
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Housed in the Thompson co-op building at 120 N. Main St., in Suite 28, the center is near other services such as the Canandaigua Churches in Action food pantry and health clinic, Jordan at CCIA.
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The center is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays; and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Walk-ins are welcome. For information, call(585) 393-0437. The Care Net Options line number is�1-800-395-HELP.
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ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - He's supposed to enforce the law but investigators say a central Kentucky police officer broke the law instead.
They say he vandalized a neighborhood and caused hundreds of dollars in damage.
WKYT's Jordan Vilines spoke with folks living in that neighborhood who say they were shocked when they heard that the "vandal" was a cop:
Tucked away among Rowan County's rolling mountains sits a neighborhood considered quiet--until the other night. That's when residents had a run in with an unwelcome and unexpected visitor.
"My neighbor has a mailbox over there and I guess he ripped that apart and took the plastic thing and started beating stuff with it. I said 'hey I'm going to call the cops' and he said 'call the cops, call the cops,'" said Skylar Lakin, who lives nearby.
Little did Lakin know, he was a cop. A few minutes later, Morehead Police showed up and arrested Flemingsburg Police Sergeant Lionel Aaron Workman. He was charged with alcohol intoxication and criminal mischief.
Some folks living in Roger's Village Mobile Home Park near Morehead say they actually witnessed Workman tearing up the mailboxes in the middle of the night.
"This mailbox was pushed over on the side out of the hole which has concrete on the bottom of it and has a still pole running down into the concrete," said Eva Hutchinson, whose mailbox was damaged.
According to the arrest citation, Workman broke eight mailboxes, a handicap ramp and several lights-- causing $801 in damages.
After his arrest, neighbors say Workman apologized but they're still on the fence about forgiving a man who they thought would protect them but instead, ending up damaging their property.
"Cops are supposed to be held to a higher standard than that," Lakin said.
Workman is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in Rowan County District Court.
The Flemingsburg Police Chief told the Morehead News that Workman has been suspended without pay and has been reduced in rank.


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Joan Bennett Tease, age 80, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Brandywine Assisted Living, Rehoboth Beach, DE. She was born December 16, 1931 in Camden, NJ, daughter of the late John and Gertrude (O'Neill) Bennett.
Joan Bennett Tease, age 80, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Brandywine Assisted Living, Rehoboth Beach, DE. She was born December 16, 1931 in Camden, NJ, daughter of the late John and Gertrude (O'Neill) Bennett.
Mrs. Tease was a graduate of the Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing in Wynnwood, PA. She worked as a Registered Nurse at Lankenau Hospital, Milford Memorial Hospital in Milford, DE and at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE from which she retired in 1989. Mrs. Tease was a devout Catholic who professed her faith by teaching catechism classes in her parish, St. John the Apostle, Milford. Joan enjoyed reading, history, gardening, her family and dear friends. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at Milford Memorial Hospital. She was a great cook and a Matriarch with strong family values who took great pride in caring for others. She always had a smile and was ready with a helping hand. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years the Honorable Claud L. Tease and by three brothers: John Bennett, Robert Bennett and William Bennett. She is survived by two sons, Christopher D. Tease and wife Alyssa of Garnet Valley, PA and Jeffrey J. Tease of Rehoboth Beach, DE; three grandchildren, Jacob Tease, Maura Tease and Rhiannon Tease; two sisters, Peggy Stoeckinger and husband John of Lexington, KY and Terry Westcott and husband Bill of Aston, PA; and her dear friend, Karen Begley of Dover, DE.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on May 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Edmond Catholic Church, 409 King Charles Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE where friends may visit beginning at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be private. Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes, DE.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Mrs. Tease's honor may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, Mid Atlantic Region, 900 Prides Crossing, Newark, DE 19713, please note on check that contribution should support Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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DAYTONA BEACH — When a Port Orange woman noticed the bronze markers on her grandparent's gravesite were missing, she thought an employee of the cemetery — someone who knows how to remove plates without damaging the marble — might be responsible.
DeDe Newby was not surprised Friday afternoon when she heard a cemetery worker at Daytona Memorial Park had been arrested and charged with stealing bronze markers.
Robert Dennis Jones, 44, was arrested and charged Thursday with grand theft greater than $10,000, according to a Daytona Beach police charging affidavit.
A Lohman Funeral Homes employee received a tip late Thursday morning from a representative of the Florida Department of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services that Jones, of Edgewater, was scrapping bronze markers, according to the affidavit.
Detectives discovered Jones, who had a letter from Lohman that authorized him to scrap some damaged markers last year, had made a copy of the old letter and was using it to scrap stolen markers, according to the affidavit. When detectives met with Jones at Daytona Memorial Park where he was working, he admitted to taking more than 100 other bronze markers and urns from Lohman Funeral Homes.
Holly Hill police will also prosecute as Jones had taken six markers, valued at $2,000 each, to Holly Hill Salvage & Junk, according to the affidavit.
Victor Lohman, regional director of cemetery operations for Lohman, said vase theft has always been a bit of a problem in the industry, but he was surprised when bronze markers started going missing.
"We did everything we could to try and protect the grounds," Lohman said.
One of the measures the company took was to install gates.
Lohman said the company hated having to limit the times that loved ones could visit the grounds, but at the time, it was the only thing they felt could be done.
He said they also tried surveillance cameras, but "it's hard to cover 70 acres."
Unlike Newby, Lohman was shocked when it turned out an employee was responsible.
He said Jones worked for the cemetery about six years and was generally well liked.
"It's just a bad person who did that, who does that," Lohman said.
He said when they have damaged markers to scrap, employees are given a letter of authorization and the scrap yards are contacted ahead of time before each visit.
"We didn't let anybody go unless they went with a letter," Lohman said.
He said people whose loved ones have missing bronze markers or vases can replace them at the price the Lohmans pay manufacturers.
"We feel so bad for them," Lohman said. "We're not looking to make any money on this thing at all. The good part is that it's over."
Newby, 53, said the markers are still very expensive, even at the manufacturer's price.
"I'm not going to be able to replace my grandparent's bronze," Newby said.
She said she has two more plots reserved in Daytona Memorial Park, but she isn't sure if she wants to keep them.
Jones is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail with bail set at $5,000, according to the affidavit.
Cemetery worker arrested in theft of bronze markers
DAYTONA BEACH — When a Port Orange woman noticed the bronze markers on her grandparent's gravesite were missing, she thought an employee of the cemetery — someone who knows how to remove plates without damaging the marble — might be responsible.


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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- D.J. Cole banked in a driving bucket with 2.5 seconds left to lift Youngstown State to a 62-60 win over Loyola in the first round of the Horizon League tournament Tuesday night.
The teams' regular-season meetings also were decided in the final seconds, with the Penguins winning 68-66 on Jan. 5 and 60-59 on Feb. 7.
This time, Youngstown State (17-14) led by eight with 6:01 left but couldn't maintain its advantage. After Loyola's Devon Turk tied it with two free throws with 13 seconds left, Cole hit his game-winner. Joe Crisman's desperation heave from beyond half court was wide.
The sixth-seeded Penguins will play No. 3 Wright State on Friday.
Blake Allen and Kamren Belin scored 15 apiece for Youngstown State, Cole added 13 and Damian Eargle had 10 points and a Horizon League tournament-record seven blocks.
Christian Thomas' 16 points led the seventh-seeded Ramblers (15-16).


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Easter, all the news in the community is about Easter this week. Well, almost all. All the churches in the area were full. After a less than beautiful start the day turned out very nice.
Old Cedar had its sunrise service in the church this year. The wind was just too raw to venture out and the rain didn't add to the ambiance. Our preacher is new and had visions of a sunrise service too, but we nixed it.
Christians (Disciples) aren't as hardy as Baptists, but we had a lovely service anyway.
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Sima Bahous: Remarks at the Arab Priorities in a Time of ChangeApr 7, 2013
Opening Remarks of Sima Bahous, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of Regional Bureau forArab States, United Nations Development Programme
Arab Priorities in a Time of Change
Intercontinental Hotel
Amman, Jordan
7 April, 2013
Your Excellency Nasser Judeh, Foreign Minister of Jordan,
Your Excellency Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP,
Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to be here in Amman for this UNDP regional meeting on Arab Priorities in a Time of Change.
Thank you Helen and allow me now to give the view from the Regional Bureau for Arab States.
Dear colleagues, over the nine months that I have been Director of RBAS, I have been impressed with the people of this organization at every turn. While I have not as yet visited all of our Country Offices, the visits I have made so far have left me with a strong appreciation of your values, commitment, and expertise. I have also been very impressed by our colleagues who serve you in RBAS and other NY-based Bureaus and Departments.
Thus it is no surprise to me that we are achieving important results. But there is much more to be done.
I believe that to deepen our impact we will have to sharpen our substantive competence and focus, and also reorganize ourselves to provide better support to our national counterparts and drive a regional programme that is close to the region and fit-for-purpose.
Allow me to share a few remarks on my own strategic vision, a vision grounded in the UNDP mandate and anchored in the priorities of the countries we serve.
The past two-plus years have brought about the most significant wave of change that this region has seen in decades. People in many countries across the region have voiced demands for a new course, and change indeed has come in different ways. Some countries have embarked upon the beginnings of transitions. Others have initiated new types of reform.
These breakthroughs bring much to celebrate.
However we are also seeing that change does not come easily.
The initial euphoria felt in many countries has given way to concern. As old assumptions have been swept away, new questions have come to the fore. Economies have stagnated and social indicators fallen back. In many cases, the vulnerable have become more-so. Violence has escalated. New crises have emerged. And the entire region is experiencing a moment of profound instability.
In this context, many in the region and around the world are finding cause for pessimism.
But my vision is optimistic – it has to be. Of course we comprehend the concerns and we are clear about the risks. The progress of this region will not be linear and will not be predictable.
But at the fundamental level, underneath the surface, I believe that we may be seeing signs of a shift towards a future of sustainable human development.
The region we strive for is one where economies are significantly more inclusive; where efforts to reduce poverty and inequalities are underpinned by participation, voice and accountability; and where peace, security and resilience are the bedrocks of human progress.
For UNDP, supporting advances towards this vision will require focus on the most important results.
The Corporate Strategic Plan will guide us in this regard.
The Regional Bureau for Arab States will move quickly to operationalize the plan in light of regional priorities. Indeed, to be the first regional Bureau to do so. For this reason I have called for the development of a Framework which will guide our work for the next four years.
The Framework will be shaped by the Corporate Strategic Plan and informed by national and regional priorities. Our approach to its formulation will be highly consultative and the final product will depend on your inputs.
Allow me to reflect on five substantive priorities.
These priorities are inspired by the core principles of inclusion, equity and sustainability, and also by the primacy of combating poverty and empowering women and youth to drive development and shape their future.
First, sustainable economic transformation and job creation. Our region has the highest unemployment rates in the world, especially among youth, and also the lowest labor force participation rate, in particular among women. And too many of the jobs that do exist are insecure, locking people and communities into long-term poverty and vulnerability.
The employment imperative is rightly front-and-center for Arab countries, and for our partners. I believe that we can make a major contribution by helping to demystify the issue, and by clarifying policy choices for structural transformation and job-rich growth, in close contact with your counterparts as well as in cooperation with the League of Arab States and other partners such as the Arab and Islamic Funds.
A second priority is to support faster progress in closing gaps in gender equality. The advance of girls and women is of fundamental importance for achieving sustained and inclusive growth, poverty eradication and sustainable development. Indeed, as suggested in the Human Development Report 2013, if there is any silver bullet for development, it is women's empowerment.
But in our region we are lagging far behind on this count. While progress on parity in education is noted, gaps are great in terms of women's economic and social empowerment, political participation, and access to justice.
And indeed, amidst the changes underway in the region, the situation is now more challenging than ever.
Tomorrow a new RBAS Gender Steering Committee will convene. I count on you to lay the groundwork for innovative and specific proposals on how to carry this agenda forward in the new context in which we are working.
A third priority is governance — as a linchpin of sustainable human development.
Difficult governance transitions are underway in diverse ways across the region, with societies negotiating new balances between political norms, social values and the role of religion in public life, while also addressing urgent social and economic priorities. People want capable institutions that drive progress against poverty and inequality.
RBAS will strengthen its role in supporting our national partners to upgrade governance systems to meet the demands of the day.
Fourth, our work to promote early recovery and steady return to sustainable development from situations of crisis will receive a major boost. Many of our countries have shown chronic fragility over decades, with repeated relapse into crisis. Others are now experiencing new kinds of instability. Securing and building the peace, strengthening social cohesion, and supporting the development of representative institutions will require sustained attention and engagement.
And a fifth priority relates to accelerating progress on the MDGs while supporting efforts towards an inspiring, relevant and regionally-owned Post-2015 Development Framework.
I urge you to push forward with your MDG agendas wherever they have traction, and to continue to sign new countries onto the MDG Acceleration Framework over these last 1,000 days and beyond.
At the same time, many of you are also active in facilitating national consultations on the Post-2015 development agenda.
The process towards a Post-2015 agenda has transformative potential because it represents a new opportunity to build on the success of the MDGs while transitioning to a more resource-efficient, resilient form of growth that reduces poverty, inequality and vulnerabilities.
The Post-2015 process so far has also shown the benefit of working closely with our sister agencies across the UNDG, and I aim as we move towards 2015 to build on this momentum and strengthen the collaboration within our regional UNDG in support of the UNCTs. I believe that the Arab Development Forum scheduled for later this week will be a major catalyst in that direction.
Dear Colleagues, as we move towards sharpening what we there are implications for how we do it. As a Bureau we must accelerate our transformation to keep pace with our quickly changing region, especially in light of the very challenging financial environment.
We have undertaken a functional review and we have devised a five-point agenda for organizing how we provide more relevant, more-timely and more cost-effective support to our Country Offices.
The objectives of the reorganization are to be more agile and responsive to the needs of the region, and to provide greater support for the development of new programme initiatives that meet the challenges of the day.
The first part of the agenda is to reposition RBAS as a true one-stop shop for all the oversight, support and partnership offered to Country Offices by the Regional Bureau and all HQ units.
The second part is to enhance the substantive support you receive. We will create a Policy Support Unit which will drive a Regional Programme that is very close to the region's needs, with a focus on regional initiatives that generate new development ideas and create new partnerships. The Regional Programme will also foster an enabling regional environment in support of your work at the country level. This will be complemented with the work of the Regional Center, which will sharpen its focus on providing advisory services to COs.
The third part is to set up the Operations Hub here in Amman, that Helen mentioned. The Hub will allow us to cluster the operations activities we carry out across the region. We expect that the Hub will make us leaner and more responsive to countries' needs.
The fourth is to strengthen our development analysis and advocacy. The changing times bring both obligation and opportunity for us to engage stakeholders in broad and continuous dialogue. Our Arab Human Development Report will continue as our flagship in this regard, but we must more clearly see this as intertwined with a broad and continuous process of engaging with regional institutions, experts and civil society through more frequent events, fast-moving analysis, and continuous outreach. One interesting idea we are advancing from HQ is the creation of an Arab Media Network for Development, which will bring together Arab Media outlets to upgrade their focus on development issues. This could lead to a step change in the visibility of our results… and the resonance of our ideas.
And the fifth is to strengthen our role in forging regional partnerships and fostering South-South cooperation. We will deepen our engagement with countries in the region which are transforming their roles in international cooperation by better understanding their aspirations in the true spirit of regional partnership. And we will champion the increasing interest that countries have in the mutual exchange of development knowledge with fellow developing countries.
As we reorganize we will also pursue innovation that can help us deliver new results in cost-effective manners.
The societies around us are embracing new ways to shape the future; we need fresh thinking too.
RBAS will set up an Innovation Fund to provide seed money to Country Offices experimenting with approaches that go beyond traditional project implementation methods and expand our boundaries into new areas with a focus on initiatives that can prove results and be scaled up by our country partners.
As a closing thought, let me just reflect that over recent years we have seen very clearly that many people around the Arab region care very much about the same things we do — they care about poverty reduction, jobs, and voice and participation; they demand inclusion, sustainability, and dignity; they want youth empowerment, and more opportunity for all.
It strikes me that what people want across the Arab region is to advance along paths that are very much aligned with our mandate. The world people want in the Arab region is different than the way the region is today.
But it is our mandate and our opportunity to help our counterparts and constituency bring this world into view. Thus, as here in Jordan, our most relevant days around the Arab region are upon us now.
Sharpening what we do, and strengthening how we do it, we will be able to play a strong role in engaging and supporting the Arab region to meet Arab Priorities in a Time of Change
I am looking forward to our discussions and their outcomes. Thank you. And thank you once again to Jordan and its Leadership for hosting this important meeting.
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With that said, it is a pleasure to introduce our Keynote Speaker, His Excellency Nasser Judeh, Foreign Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Dear Colleagues, His Excellency Mr. Judeh has had an accomplished career in public service, international affairs, and the private sector. He is a skilled diplomat and a strong advocate for international cooperation to support progress for all. I have had the privilege of knowing His Excellency for some time, and I can assure you that you will find his remarks most stimulating. Thank you again for joining us, Your Excellency. The floor is yours.


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Women made historic gains in the Senate last night: This past session, 17 women served; when the 113th Congress convenes in January, there will be 20 women representing their states in the U.S. Senate. Let's meet our Madame Senators!
One of the most high-profile winners in of the 2012 election, Baldwin is the first woman to represent Wisconsin in the upper house -- and the first out lesbian in the Senate.
Oct. 18, 2012 - Wausau, WI, USA - Democratic candidate and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin gives her closing statements during the second of two senatorial debates with Republican candidate and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson at the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service at UWMC in Wausau, Wisconsin, Thursday, October 18, 2012. (Image: © Gary Porter/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The conservative Republican rancher and congressional representative from Valentine, Nebraska fought a tough race for an open seat against former senator and presidential candidate Bob Kerrey, who was plumping for a comeback. Her win -- one of the few Senate seats the GOP picked up in 2012 -- made her the first woman senator from Nebraska since 1954.
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Heidi Heitkamp has just won the North Dakota Senate race; the unofficial margin was under one percentage point, but her opponent, U.S. Rep Rick Berg, conceded on November 7. Heitkamp, a former state attorney general who, though a Democrat describes herself as "an independent voice," is the first woman senator from her state.
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The Democrat from Hawaii is now the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate, as well as the first Japanese immigrant and first Buddhist senator. Currently a Congressional Representative, Hirono beat out Republican Gov. Linda Lingle for the seat she'll occupy in January.
Harvard professor and bankruptcy law expert Warren is a longtime consumer advocate whose work led to the creation of the U.S. Consumer Financial Bureau in 2012; she served as special advisor to the bureau from 2010-2011. Warren defeated Republican incumbent (and former Cosmo centerfold) Scott Brown to become Massachusetts' first woman Senator (really!)
Sept. 5, 2012 - Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. - ELIZABETH WARREN, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachussetts, speaks on the second night at the 2012 Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena. (Image: © Harry E. Walker/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The New Hampshire Republican won her second term in the Senate last night. The pro-life former prosecutor is a rising Latina political star; she spoke at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, and her name was bandied about early on as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney.
Aug. 28, 2012 - Tampa, FL, USA - U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) speaks at the second day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Image: © Harry Walker/Mct/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
One of the most recognizable women in Congress, the California Democratic Chief Deputy Whip was elected to her fifth term in 2010. Boxer began her Washington career in the House of Representatives; she was sent to the Senate during the 1992 elections known as the "Year of the Woman."
Sept. 14, 2011 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman BARBARA BOXER (D-CA) arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday announcing legislation to safeguard Social Security. (Image: © Pete Marovich/ZUMAPRESS.com))
This Washington State Democrat was easily re-elected to her third term in the Senate with a platform that focused on jobs and the economy. Cantwell is a political veteran; she was elected to her state legislature at age 28 and moved up to the House of Representatives in 1992 before becoming a senator in 2001.
April 25, 2012 - Washington, DC, U.S. - Sen. MARIA CANTWELL, D-WA, questions witnesses during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on reforming the federal tax code. (Credit Image: © Jay Mallin/ZUMAPRESS.com)
Known for her bipartisan work, the pro-choice Republican from Maine continues on in the Senate. Collins is called one of the few remaining moderate Republicans from New England.
May 23, 2012 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - Senator Joe Leiberman (ID-CT), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee looks on as Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) as she questions Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan on the Secret Service prostitution scandal. (Image: © Pete Marovich/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The Democratic senior senator has had a long political career, starting in the 1970s on the San Francisco city council; she was present during the Harvey Milk assassination and later became She was elected to the Senate during California's "Year of the Woman" vote in 1992. She defeated her Republican challenger, Elizabeth Emken, to hold her seat for a fourth term. Feinstein is currently chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Aug. 29, 2012 - Modesto, California, U.S. - DEBBIE firstname.lastname@example.com Senator Dianne Feinstein, talks with the press after speaking Doubletree for the Modesto Chamber of Commerce, Aug. 29, 2012. (Image: © Debbie Noda/Modesto Bee/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The Democrat from New York appointed to replace Hillary Clinton in 2009 defended her seat in a race against another female candidate, Republican Wendy Long. Gillibrand is known as strongly pro-choice and an advocate for the middle class.
Sept. 5, 2012 - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat of New York) arrives for a ''Women of the United States Senate'' event at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Image: © Ron Sachs/DPA/ZUMAPRESS.com)
In 2008, Hagen beat out incumbent Elizabeth Dole to become the first woman to defeat a female incumbent for a Senate seat. She is a pro-choice Democrat and a staunch proponent of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - Sen. KAY HAGAN, North Carolina Democrat, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions [HELP] Committee. ( Image: © Jay Mallin/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The senior senator from Minnesota was a legal adviser to former Vice-President Walter Mondale. A progressive Democrat and an advocate for outdoor recreation, she has been mentioned as a possible future presidential candidate or Supreme Court nominee. Senator Klobuchar will begin her second Senate term in January.
Nov. 6, 2012 - Minneapolis, MN, USA - Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), center, joined by her daughter, Abigail Klobuchar Bessler, casts her vote at Marcy School in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Image: © Elizabeth Flores/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The Louisiana Democrat retains a Senate seat she's held since 1996. Does her name sound familiar? Maybe it's because her brother, Mitch, is the mayor of New Orleans.
Oct. 18, 2011 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - Senator MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA) listens to testimony from Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner as he testifies during a Senate Small Business Committee Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill. (Image: © Pete Marovich/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The Democratic senior senator from Missouri defeated challenger Todd Akin on Election Night to pick up a second term after a fight that included Akin's controversial remarks about "legitimate rape." She is the first woman senator from Missouri.
Nov. 6, 2012 - St. Louis, MO, USA - Democratic U.S. Senate incumbent candidate Claire McCaskill gives her victory speech at her election watch party at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Image: © David Eulitt/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The senior senator from Maryland is the longest-serving woman in Congress; she was re-elected to her fourth term in the 2010 midterm elections. This year, she gave an epic floor speech about wage fairness, in which she exhorted the Senate to "Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let's fight for a new American revolution." The chair of the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, Mikulski was honored with a supernova in her name earlier this year.
Sept. 5, 2012 - Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. - Sen. BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MD) is applauded by her fellow Democratic female members of the Senate and the delegates on the second night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena. (Image: © Harry E. Walker/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
While she may not be as well known as the other Republican woman from Alaska, Murkowski continues on in a seat she's held since 2002. Murkowski is known as a pro-choice, moderate Republican.
April 2, 2012 - Fairbanks, AK, U.S. - Sam Harrel/News-Miner.U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski waves to a friend as she takes the podium during the 2012 Annual Spring Luncheon on Monday, April 2, 2012, at the Westmark. (Image: © Sam Harrel/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The former school board member retains her seat in the Senate as one of the two Democratic women to represent the state of Washington. Murray is true to her roots: Education remains a big part of her platform.
Sept. 5, 2012 - Charlotte, NC, USA - U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) speaks to the delegates on the second night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Image: © Harry E. Walker/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
The first American woman in history to be elected both governor and senator, Shaheen often works on bipartisan measures in the Senate. She's part of the team that made history with women holding all New Hampshire's top political seats as of last night.
Senator Stabenow was re-elected to a third term last night. Earlier this year, Senator Stabenow's opponent Pete Hoekstra ran a negative campaign that was roundly criticized for its racist anti-Chinese imagery. Stabenow is the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
May 1, 2011 - Michigan, MI, U.S. - Sen Debbie Stabenow is announced at the 56th Annual Detroit Branch NAACP Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner at Cobo Center, Sunday, May 1, 2011. (Image: © Detroit Free Press/ZUMAPRESS.com)
Warm goodbyes to Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), who are stepping down; and condolences to Shelly Berkley (D-NV), Cynthia Dill (D-ME), Elizabeth Emken (R-CA), Linda Lingle (R-HI), Wendy Long (R-NY), Linda McMahon (R-CT), and Heather Wilson (R-NM), who ran but lost this year.
BlogHer News & Politics Editor Grace Hwang Lynch also contributed to this slideshow.
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How it works: For starters, yoga reduces cortisol by relaxing you. "Nasty stress hormones only aggravate pain," Field says. Yoga also promotes better sleep, and the more soundly you snooze, the fewer pain chemicals your brain secretes.
Which type to try: As with treating back pain, pick a calming practice, Dr. McCall advises. Zenning out in a long Savasana (Corpse pose) at the end of class will help. So will focusing on exhalations. If it feels good, make each twice as long as your inhalations.
What we know: People on antidepressants who added thrice-weekly yoga for two months said they felt less depressed, anxious and angry, University of California Los Angeles research notes. In 65 percent, their depression went into remission.
How it works: Your hormones are at work here, too. "Yoga helps your body produce serotonin, a natural antidepressant, and helps lower cortisol levels, which are elevated in people with depression," Field says.
Which type to try: If you're in a slump (but still fairly fit), energizing poses such as Sun Salutations may lift you out of it. "There's a misconception that yoga is only about relaxation," Dr. McCall says. "Some practices can stimulate you."
Eating Disorders
What we know: Could a yogi heal your eating issues? In a recent study of 50 adolescent girls with eating disorders, scientists found that an hour of yoga a week for eight weeks reduced subjects' symptoms and their overall preoccupation with food.
How it works: Anxiety and depression pop up more often in people with eating problems, says study coauthor Amber Frye-Johnson, a research scientist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Yoga fans have lower rates of both.
Which type to try: "All yoga makes people more accepting and loving toward themselves and their body," Dr. McCall says. You may need a relaxing or energizing class based on symptoms. Consult your doctor and YogaAlliance.org to find the right one.
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Treatment Reiki for Stress
What she says: The former Spice Girl says Reiki—in which a healer lightly touches you, supposedly transferring energy—helped her cope during the delivery of her youngest daughter, now 3. "Sometimes you can create lots of panic and problems," she told British OK! "I think [Reiki] helped me relax."
What science says: Try it if you'd like, but don't count on major results. A 2008 review in the International Journal of Clinical Practice found that there aren't enough solid studies to show that Reiki works. Still, the lying still for 30 to 90 minutes part of the therapy may help you chill out, which could lower your blood pressure and heart rate.
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text: Well, the little blue merle Pom is staying with his family and getting fixed ( Hurray:) they listened!) but I have Kimmy, Cookie and a new boy we collected yesterday from a horrible Quebec pound! I have given him a bath because he was really stinky , poor little guy! He is said by them to be a Shih Tzu cross but he looks to us to have a lot of Bichon in there:) What do you think? He has a allergy rash on his lower back and an ear infection but I am taking care of those for him and he is settling in very well, cuddling, blitzing, and doing the " wave" lol The vet said he is around ten years old. He is playing with Kimmy (but she is the boss:p) and likes the cat. I cannot take them all yet for a haircut as the groomer is an hour and a half away down winding back roads and we have so much snow and freezing rain it would be dangerous to travel; this is , therefore , the shaggy dog house!


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