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In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Bell v. Burson that driving is an "important interest" that may not be taken away from a licensed driver without a government agency's providing procedural due process.
In 1983, the California Supreme Court found that the revocation or suspension of a license "can and often does constitute a severe personal and economic hardship," in Berlinghieri v. Department of Motor Vehicles .
And, in 1993, a California Court of Appeals noted that a person with insulin-dependent diabetes is not automatically subject to license forfeiture or nonrenewal, and an agency may do so only if the diabetes affects the driver's safe operation of a motor vehicle (People v. Superior Court [Wilson]).
Low Blood Sugars and Driving
No one with any sense would get behind the wheel knowing his or her blood sugar is at 50 mg/dl. Unfortunately, too many persons do so without knowing it because they did not check, or they keep driving after many hours without pulling over to check their blood sugar and eat (see accompanying story "Diabetes and the Open Road," p. 17). The obvious precautions of testing and eating are the easiest ways to avoid problems.
Among the many side effects that can arise from hypoglycemia are problems with driving safety and maintaining a driver's license. But, just as other diabetic complications can be controlled and avoided with proper planning and care, so can driving problems.
As an attorney who has type 1 diabetes, I am familiar with these problems, both from my own experiences and those of persons I have represented before the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in California. As long as you have already demonstrated the ability to drive safely and received a license, you have a right to operate a motor vehicle (some DMV officers mistakenly believe that it is a privilege).
When I appear with clients before DMV hearing officers to seek reinstatement of a license, I emphasize that my client will be prepared to avoid and handle hypoglycemic events when driving in the future.
I work with my clients to make certain they are aware that frequent testing of blood sugars is critical to maintaining safety as a driver (in addition to all the other safety and health reasons). Whenever a person taking insulin is about to drive, it is essential to know that his or her blood sugar is at a proper level. Proper meal planning before and during a long drive is also critical.
Steps To Driving Safety
Unfortunately, anyone taking insulin has a chance of going too low while driving, however cautious he or she might be. Therefore, it is essential to be prepared for a hypoglycemic event that occurs while driving. The following are what I consider the critical steps to driving safety when a low hits. I make certain all my clients are familiar with them before I represent them at a DMV hearing:
- If you feel low blood sugar symptoms, pull over promptly as soon as it is safe to do so.
- TREAT THE LOW IMMEDIATELY. Make absolutely certain you have something to treat the low in a place where you will not forget it. This is critical because your mind will not be working properly if you get too low. You may not remember where you put your juice unless it is very obvious and can be easily reached. Don't ever bury your juice in a messy glove box.
Things that spoil quickly will not work, so keep something that will last and not be destroyed by weather conditions. Orange juice will not last long, but apple juice does. Glucose tablets work quickly and weather well, but be sure you have enough of them. You need to know how many tablets it normally takes for you to treat a low, then keep three or four times that amount nearby while driving.
- Do not start driving again until your blood sugar is back to normal and you feel okay. Have your testing equipment nearby while driving, and not in the trunk or too far away to reach easily.
- Drive calmly and carefully until you reach the next place you can stop and get a meal.
Once these steps were taken, all of my clients were able to get their driving licenses back and were able to drive with more confidence and safety. These steps should work fine for most persons in most situations. However, if you have difficulty recognizing low blood sugar symptoms, you must learn to overcome that problem.
Recognizing a Low
In cases where my clients have had that difficulty I have worked with health care professionals who can train persons with diabetes on how to recognize low blood sugars. The process involves carefully elevating blood sugars so that the symptoms of lows become recognizable again. If done properly with qualified health care specialists, the low blood sugars can become readily recognizable again without damaging overall diabetes care. Your own certified diabetes educator, therapist or medical specialist may be able to assist you with this problem, as long as they have been trained to assist people in recognizing low blood sugars (see "Manual Teaches People How to Recognize Low BGs").
For your own health and safety, ability to work and enjoy the benefits of driving, and, above all, for the safety of those around you on the road, maintaining hypoglycemic awareness and being prepared for a low blood sugar can never be ignored.


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Born in Lisbon in 1923, Celeste Rodrigues's professional singing career did not start until 1951. As good a singer as she was, her name always stood in the larger-than-life shadow of her older sister Amália, with whom she remained very close through the years. Although she did have a few hits ("Fado Celeste," "Lenda das algas"), she did not record very extensively, preferring the warmth and intimacy of live performances. She spent some time in Canada in the 1970s, and throughout her career, she appeared at important concert halls in places like Paris and Rome. Unlike Amália, whose singing style was more commercial, Celeste will always be associated with a more traditional kind of fado, the so-called fado castiço: "It was [in Lisbon] that Portuguese ships set out in the fifteenth century to navigate the world," she says, "and it was in the heart of a sailor that fado was born." (All This Is Fado)
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - One would think that being a grave robber was a hard enough career. But in writer-director Glenn McQuaid's bumptious horror comedy, "I Sell the Dead," it's a one-way ticket to indentured servitude and terrifying encounters with the undead.
Set in a particularly fog-shrouded corner of 19th-century Ireland, the film is a buddy story about a pair of no-luck grave robbers, crusty old drunk Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden in fully whiskered, slovenly oaf mode) and impish joker Arthur Blake (a particularly puckish Dominic Monaghan), who discover that successfully stealing corpses is the least of their concerns.
The result is smart, gruesome and inventive enough to more than please niche genre fans who are likely to spread the word to fellow admirers of gallows humor. IFC Films releases the movie Friday (August 7).
The story is told mostly in flashback, starting with Grimes getting guillotined and Blake — in his cell awaiting similar treatment — being interrogated by Father Duffy (Ron Perlman). The priest shows up late at night with a bottle of hooch, a notebook and a great interest in the occult. Grimes and Blake had been stealing corpses by any means necessary, going so far as to purloin fresh ones right out of a wake, to sate the ghoulish greed of Dr. Vernon Quint (Angus Scrimm, of "Phantasm" infamy), who blackmails them into doing their work for free.
After one particularly chilling late-night encounter with a pseudo-corpse (it was wearing a necklace of garlic for a reason), Grimes and Blake discover there's better money to be made in trafficking the not-quite dead. Fortunately for these two, their part of Ireland is positively lousy with such creatures. But as their fortunes improve, Grimes and Blake run afoul of a rival grave-robbing gang, the House of Murphy, whose members take the business much more seriously than the whiskey-sodden, happy-go-lucky protagonists do.
As the stakes ramp up in the increasingly surreal story he's telling, so does the mood in Grimes' candlelit cell darken. But though the tone occasionally inches toward the serious, McQuaid never lets go of the deadpan Gaelic wit that makes the film so effortlessly enjoyable.
Produced under Fessenden's indie horror flick imprint Scareflix, "I Sell the Dead" makes the most of its microsize budget, with various New York area settings filling in for Eire nicely enough. The film's lack of money becomes more apparent in the sometimes chintzy monster makeup, but the filmmakers turn that to their advantage by playing up the comedic aspect of these shambolic creatures of the night.
Jeff Grace, a former assistant to composer Howard Shore, provides the circus-style music, which adds an extra layer of good-natured bounce to the already goofy proceedings.


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Re: Restoring default keyboard bindings
I am using ViEmu/VS, and each time I started Visual Studio 2005, ViEmu would tell me that there were keyboard clashes. When I brought up the "ViEmu keyboard management" form, my eyes skipped right past the "Scan for clashing keybindings on startup" checkbox, which would have removed the message. Instead, I looked at the two keybindings lists.
There were about 10 or 15 items in the "Saved keybindings" list, and one item in the "Current clashing keybindings" list. I thought, "OK, if I click the 'Save and Remove' button below the 'Current clashing keybindings' list, it will move that one item to the other list, and my problem will be solved." So I clicked the button. But it didn't add the clashing keybinding to the existing list of saved keybindings. It overwrote the saved keybindings with the clashing keybinding.
Now the original list of 10 or 15 saved items is gone, and I don't know how to get them back. They appeared when I first installed ViEmu; I didn't add them myself. I don't even know what they were or if they were important. How do I restore them? My guess is that the Restore button will simply enable those keybindings to their original function, and will not bring back the deleted keybindings.


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Richard F. Ober, a retired lawyer and insurance company executive who enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay, died April 13 from vascular disease at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98.
The son of a lawyer and a homemaker, Richard Francis Ober was born in Baltimore and raised on St. George's Road in Roland Park.
After graduating from Gilman School in 1933, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1937 from Princeton University and his law degree in 1939 from Harvard Law School.
Mr. Ober served 41/2 years in the Army Air Force during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. He remained active in the Army Reserves until 1975 when he was discharged with the rank of colonel.
After being admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1940, Mr. Ober clerked for U.S. District Judge William C. Coleman. He began his legal career after the end of World War II when he went to work for Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
In 1967, Mr. Ober was named general counsel of Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, where he was also senior vice president and secretary.
After he retired in 1980, Mr. Ober maintained a limited private practice as primarily a consultant on insurance company mergers and reorganizations.
He also served as a member of blue-ribbon commissions on major revisions of the state corporation law in 1967 and 1978.
Mr. Ober had been a corporator of the former Savings Bank of Baltimore and had been a director of the Maryland Insurance Guaranty Fund.
He was a member of the American, Maryland and Baltimore City Bar Associations, and had chaired committees of the American Insurance Association and the Maryland State Chamber of Commerce.
His civic work included various leadership positions in United Way of Maryland campaigns and in the Boy Scouts, where he had been a member of the executive council of the Baltimore Area Council.
A Roland Park resident, he had been an officer and director of the North Roland Park Improvement Association.
Mr. Ober, who had moved to Blakehurst in the early 1990s, had been an avid sailor, hunter and fisherman. He also like canoeing and gardening.
For years, he enjoyed vacationing at a family lodge in Algonquin Park, Ontario, and later at a cottage in Oxford, Talbot County.
A winner of numerous racing trophies, he was a member of the Tred Avon Yacht Club, Potapskut Sailing Association and Windjammers of the Chesapeake, where he had been commodore.
Mr. Ober had been a member of the old Merchants Club and was a member of the L'Hirondelle Club, Center Club and the Bachelor's Cotillion.
His wife of 69 years, the former Caroline Fischer Gary, who had been the first athletic director of St. Paul's School for Girls, died in 2011.
Mr. Ober was a longtime active communicant of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., where a memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. June 8.
Surviving are three sons, Douglas G. Ober of Towson, Charles M. Ober of Baltimore and Richard F. Ober Jr. of Princeton, N.J.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.


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Boston-based developer First Wind says it has begun work on a habitat conservation project designed to protect endangered seabirds on Maui.
The Makamakaole seabird mitigation project is part of a larger program undertaken by First Wind to mitigate the potential impacts of the developer's two Kaheawa Wind projects, located several miles away.
As part of the conservation plan, First Wind is constructing two fenced enclosures to protect two native Hawaiian seabirds: the federally endangered Hawaiian Petrel and the threatened Newell's Shearwater. The enclosures are located about 10 miles west of Wailuku.
Once completed, each enclosure will encompass between four and five acres, and will feature barriers intended to keep non-native predators – such as rats, mongoose and cats – out of the habitat. In addition, each enclosure will contain specific features designed to attract shearwaters and petrels to nest, including artificial burrows, custom decoys and a sound system that broadcasts shearwater and petrel calls.
The birds will be carefully monitored by the project biologists for at least the next 20 years using a variety of methods, including motion-sensor cameras. Efforts will be undertaken to trap and remove non-native predators from the enclosures over the coming months.
The plan was designed in consultation with a number of research experts. First Wind worked with New Zealand-based environmental consultancy EcoWorks, Honolulu-based SWCA Environmental Consultants, the Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the Hawaii Natural Areas Reserve System, the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change, internationally recognized seabird expert David Ainley and Feral Animal Removal Experts LLC.
First Wind has also worked closely with local communities, including the Waihee Community Association, to inform them of the project and ask for their support, the company adds.
The first Kaheawa Wind project went online in 2006, and the second phase entered operation in July 2012.


text: Dolley Madison (1768-1849) was an American first lady (1809-1817) and the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. One of Washington, D.C.'s most successful hostesses, Dolley Madison used her social skills, charm and personal popularity to win over her husband's political opponents and help advance his career. Dolley Madison helped to define the role of first lady and established many of the precedents that her successors would follow, including working with local charities and organizations on social issues important to her and overseeing the decoration of the executive mansion to reflect the importance of the presidency. She is probably best remembered for saving the White House's historic Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington from certain destruction by advancing British troops during the War of 1812.


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Briarwood Capital Management is one of a handful of diversified trend following managers who not only survived 2012 but thrived, earning 10.54% in its diversified program and 23.34% in its 2X program.
Like other trend followers who performed well in 2012, Briarwood did it not so much on the trades it took but more on the trades it didn't take. Briarwood co-founder Paul (Bucky) DeMarco calls it "trend following but with a twist."
If their core trading system — which is made up of three separate trend following models, two medium-term and one long-term — generates 100 entry signals, they will only take 35 of them after their two proprietary filters eliminate 65% of those trades.
The filter works on two levels: System and risk management. On the system level, it looks at data, such as volume, and can eliminate a trade in the breakout model if there is not sufficient volume when the signal is triggered. It also reviews the quality of the signal and its chance of success.
The system filter knocks out 30% of its trading signals.
"When markets are choppy, then hopefully we will be on the sidelines more than our competitors who operate on taking every signal," DeMarco says. "We tend to have non-correlated performance as a result, for better or worse. There are times that we may miss certain signals that become a trend; there are times we will be on the same side as the trend-followers."
After 2008, Briarwood developed additional market specific filters that eliminate more signals and calibrate them based on risk and performance expectancy.
"If you were a trader in the 1970s you just went with every trend and made money. Now a lot of trends end abruptly with V tops and V bottoms; we always believed in the concept of selective trend-following," says co-founder Fred Schutzman. "At the end of 2008 we developed the risk probability evaluator."
Their risk management overlay has two parts: A probability evaluator and a drawdown manager that handles exits. The probability evaluator rates each signal based on how it performed in every market over the last year or so. Schutzman says there is a mean reversion element to it in that it would rate a signal lower in a market that has performed extremely well for them over recent signals.
"The probability evaluator basically rates each trade and tries to define it objectively, [decides] whether to take a signal or not and we can adjust the allocation," DeMarco says. "We risk 20 basis points for each signal for each system but if the probability evaluator rates it very high then we can risk as much as 40 basis points on that particular trade. If the probability evaluator rates it average to lower but still warrants a signal, we can risk only 10 basis point on that trade."
This helped, particularly in December when they earned more than half their profits in both programs. The probability filter rated their short yen and long Nikkei signals very high and they leveraged those trades. The also earned profits with the same short yen long Nikkei trade in the first quarter.
Their drawdown manager attempts to solve the problem of giving back profits in sharply trending markets. "The drawdown manager is there to take care of risk. It looks at each market, each individual model and the portfolio as a whole and determines to place stops more sensitively," DeMarco says. "It is when markets trend and become parabolic or price falls exponentially in a short amount of time that trailing stops can't catch up quickly enough, which leaves you with this large open trade equity risk for a V top or V bottom, which is the Achilles heel of all trend-followers."
The probability evaluator tests every trade on a risk/reward basis. "In the old days we were more concerned with technical analysis, now we are looking for good quality trades," Schutzman says.
He adds that 2012 was a perfect storm of sorts where their filters eliminated nearly all losing trades.
The Briarwood principals seem the original odd couple. DeMarco was a coffee trader who worked in the pits at the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, and Schutzman was an academic studying technical analysis. Their risk management overlay is illustrative of that dichotomy. As a trader DeMarco hates to leave any profits on the table, and as a technician, Schutzman wants to stick to the parameters of the models.
"What Freddy and I have been able to combine is the traders' mentality to [take profits] but still keep that technical 'let your profits run' mindset," DeMarco says.
In retrospect the pairing is not odd, but rather an essential mix of disciplines to create a successful program.


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Moab Utah – The Utah Society of Association Executives (USAE) meet at the Salt Lake City Hilton on November 17, 2009 for the Annual conference and Expo. Moab Utah will be exhibiting to announce Moab Utah for Meetings!
Associations with huge membership will necessarily organize a conference in a center like the Salt Lake Palace or similar national centers of vast space. Moab beckons to the Association board members to enjoy a head clearing sojourn across the vast open land of Utah. Abandon the surrounding populated places to convene in Moab. Committee meeetings, board conferences and annual meetings are welcome all year.
The Moab Area Travel Council has added to the staff, Michele Hill, Facility and Event Promoter. Need help with site selection? Consult Michele Hill to determine hotels, meeting space, accompanying outdoor pursuits and other conference logistics. A website, http://www.moabutah.info, is developed to itemize meeting facilities, catering services, event rentals and destination management services.
Best of all, Moab is available for meetings all year round. Should the Salt Lake Valley be bathed in the serious inversion of winter, Moab is likely to be experiencing clear skies and incredible views. The meringue topping of the occasional snow in southeastern Utah sweetens the journey visually. The cobwebs of daily life are swept away and replaced with fresh perspective and a fine (free) mind to collaborate with your committee, be productive.
Moab Area Travel Council regularly treads the path to Salt Lake City during winter to attend our own Association Conferences, exhibitions to profess Moab's tourism qualities and will attest that the roads connecting north Utah to Southern Utah are more regularly clear than a traveler would imagine. The rewards of a jaunt to Moab will satisfy you. Look at Moab Utah Meetings and Events website, email or phone Michele Hill 435-259-1340.
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The Caribbean region has historically been a critical contributor in the development of the ICC. In 1989, Trinidad and Tobago, led by then Prime Minister Arthur N.R. Robinson, submitted to the 44th General Assembly a new agenda item for consideration of the establishment of an ICC. By the end of that year, and with the support of a number of other countries including all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states, a motion was piloted through the UN system which resulted in the adoption of a resolution by consensus calling for the creation of an International Criminal Court. This intervention and support from the region paved the way to the Rome Statutes adoption in 1998
To date, more than half of all Caribbean nations including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago have ratified the Rome Statute. In February 2006, Trinidad and Tobago became the first country in the Caribbean to enact ICC Implementing legislation, therefore fulfilling its emergent obligations under the Rome Statute. Grenada became the latest country in the region to join the ICC by acceding to the treaty on 19 May 2011.
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Glazed Lemon Buttermilk Cake
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- 3 tablespoons grated lemon rind (about 2 lemons)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
- Cooking spray
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (13 1/2 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon low-fat buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°.
To prepare cake, combine rind and 3 tablespoons juice in a small bowl. Set aside.
Coat a 10-inch Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.
Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
Place butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add remaining 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, and rind mixture beating until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add flour mixture and 1 cup buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture,
beating at low speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Spoon batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack;
remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons juice, and 1 tablespoon buttermilk in a small bowl, stirring until smooth.
Drizzle glaze over warm cake. Garnish with grated lemon rind once glaze is set, if desired. (I forgot this step, but think it would have been pretty if I had remembered.)


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SEC Approves Quotation and Transaction Reporting of Direct Participation Programs
On January 7, 1997, in Release No. 34-38132, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved NASD rules permitting the quotation of Direct Participation Programs (DPPs or limited partnerships) in the OTC Bulletin Board Service (OTCBB) and requiring all transactions in DPPs to be reported through the Automated Confirmation Transaction Service (ACT). Quotations will be permitted in the OTCBB and transactions will be required to be reported beginning May 15, 1997. NASD members are encouraged to review the SEC release approving the rule changes. The text of the relevant rule amendments is attached.


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Right on the Italian border, Montgenèvre is the ultimate combination of traditional alpine village and modern ski resort. It is linked into one of the biggest international skiing areas: the Milky Way, with over 400 km of runs (ski areas including the Olympic resorts of Sauze d'Oulx, Clavière and Sansicario and Sestrières).
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Cecy Robson is visiting the virtual offices today to chat about her new release, Sealed With a Curse. Check out what she has to say about her new book!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Cecy Robson] How about less? Dorky, smiley, Thor-obsessed, Spiderman's secret lover.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Sealed with a Curse?
[Cecy Robson] Celia, Taran, Shayna, and Emme Wird are sisters who received their unique powers as a result of a backfired curse placed on their Latina mother. Humans have always perceived them as "weird" and they've never fit in. They make a decision to move to the Lake Tahoe region, an area densely populated with mystical beings due to the lake's magical properties. Unfortunately for the sisters, the area soon becomes plagued with a deadly bloodlust epidemic. Misha, one of the master vampires in the region, is accused of being responsible for the plague. He seeks out Celia and her sisters to help him prove his innocence. Aric, the alpha werewolf in the area, and the one responsible for keeping the human populace safe, doesn't care if Misha is innocent or not. He and his weres have one mission: kill any and all infected vampires and stop the epidemic. Time is running out for Misha—and for the Wird girls. In stepping into the mystical limelight, the girls have now become a target.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Cecy Robson] The characters originally came from a dream. Originally they were more special ops type women, who just so happened to have werewolf boyfriends. Great dream, right? The more I dove into their characters, the more I realized they didn't fit the military-type persona. One girl had the power to predict the future. I scratched that idea and decided just to give each of them unique powers and made them sisters in order to bond them. As far as the concept, they needed a goal. What's a better goal than stopping psycho-bloodlust infected vampires before they eat you?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Celia?
[Cecy Robson] Protector. Vulnerable. Heart.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Misha had a theme song, what would it be?
[Cecy Robson] Bad Blood.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Aric won't leave the house without.
[Cecy Robson] Growling.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Celia's purse?
[Cecy Robson] Lipstick, weapons, and whoopee cushions.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Cecy Robson] Solitude. My overactive imagination will not be silenced.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Cecy Robson] A comfy chair, my laptop, and silence.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Cecy Robson] BREED by Chase Novak. One word—Whoa!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Cecy Robson] I fell in love with reading at a very young age. The first novel I remember reading was Island of the Blue Dolphins. I was either in second or third grade when I read it.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Cecy Robson] Reading and spending time with my family.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Cecy Robson] The best way is through my website: www.cecyrobson.com but I'm also on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Cecy.Robson.Author and Twitter https://twitter.com/cecyrobson everyday.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
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I've been working for the last several months on a project called Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual, and it's just (finally!) launched. Thrilling Tales is a series of (densely) illustrated and (lightly) interactive stories from the retro future that can be read in their entirety at the web site (for free!) or purchased as full color books (not for free!). There are also some free downloads like desktop wallpapers and screen savers and, for the moment, a single diversion in the site's Derange-O-Lab. That's the Pulp Sci-Fi Title-O-Tron, a random pulp science fiction title generator.
The first Thrilling Tale is Trapped in the Tower of the Brain Thieves which is itself the first part of a longer story called The Toaster With TWO BRAINS. Yep. That's what it's called, all right. There's a trailer for the project: you can find it on the front page of the Thrilling Tales site. Please do!
In their web versions, the stories are enhanced with some gamelike features like an inventory - by clicking on an object's icon, you can view a scrolling window with an illustration of the object and some information about it - and large popup versions of the illustrations. You can save and restore your place in a story just as you would in a game.
As you explore the story you're able to choose which protaganist to follow and at most points you're able to direct that character's actions. I call these "lightly interactive" because they're not completely nonlinear. In fact I'm still experimenting with story branching - especially in a multi-part story, which complicates matters - and that makes the form an interesting one.
The books are full color paperback books that include all the interactivity of the web versions, including the inventory. Trapped in the Tower of the Brain Thieves is a 128 page printed version of the interactive story at the web site. The printed illustrations are higher resolution images (300 pixels to the inch, or even a bit higher). My goal for the two versions of the stories is that each one should be the best possible version of the same thing - one optimised for the web, and the other optimized for print. I'm pretty pleased with the way they've each turned out.
The project is a lot like a web comic - with the content available for free on the web, or for purchase as printed books. The biggest difference is that because the stories aren't linear I can't post updates a couple of times a week. And going by Trapped in the Tower of the Brain Thieves, those updates will be months apart.
For that reason I'm planning to add linear illustrated stories with updates once or twice a week. Although that will delay the big updates even more, it's about the only way the site can build up its readership.
And like a web comic site I'm hoping that people will like the free content enough to support it in some way - by buying books or other merchandise. I've already got Thrilling Tales T-Shirts online and there will soon be posters and archival prints, all showing up at my Retropolis web site. And of course there are the books. I've got some plans for getting the next installment rolling through a Kickstarter promotion (with fabulous prizes!). But the whole thing is an experiment. It remains to be seen whether the Thrilling Tales can spark enough interest to pay for themselves. I sure hope they do!
Anyhow... that's what I've been up to, and what I'll contiinue to be up to for the forseeable future (and I guess that's not exactly the sort of future I usually spend my days in). I hope you'll drop by the Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual site and if you like it, tell a dozen other people who might like it too!


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Ok, there's a series of books written by E.E. Smith (as seen in the above link). I'm only in chapter two of book one, and I have to say, the writing style is so concise and amazing, that I'm already hooked. This is probably the best space-opera that I've ever come across and recommend everyone out there who likes sci-fi to read it.
From what I'm told, there is also a Lensmen anime that's worth checking out.
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A few weeks ago, I was alone in my house for 24 hours, which hardly ever happens. My husband was out of town and my kids were with their father.
And I was feeling a little horny.
So I went upstairs to my stash of erotica, pulled out my favorite sex toy, and enjoyed a little "alone time."
When I was done, I felt relaxed and content. And I went back down to my computer to get some work done.
I hadn't even known that May was National Masturbation Month. But I'm happy to see masturbation celebrated in such a public way. Women seem much more reluctant than men to talk about it. I know that masturbation is such a personal thing, but that doesn't mean that we aren't doing it. At least I hope everybody is doing it.
Why? Because there are quite a few benefits to self-pleasuring. Here are a few of them:
1. Guaranteed orgasm. If you do it yourself, your chances are greater of being able to climax. And that just feels good. No worries about taking too long either.
2. Stress relief and mood changer. Masturbating and orgasms cause the body to release endorphins, the natural chemicals that give us a sense of well-being and can make us feel elated. Don't you feel better after a good orgasm? I know I do.
3. Keeps you in touch with yourself. Masturbation helps you know your body and is a way for you to learn what feels good during sex. When you are with a partner, you can then use this information to let them know what works for you.
4. PMS relief. Masturbation, and the subsequent orgasm, increases blood flow to the pelvic region -- which can help alleviate not only pre-menstrual symptoms but also cramps.
5. Insomnia aid. Can't sleep? Help is just a vibrator or a few fingers away. Just like a good romp in the sack with your partner can help you sleep more soundly, so can a self-induced orgasm.
So in celebration of National Masturbation Month, go ahead. Don't be shy. Touch yourself and reap the benefits! If you want, you can even bring your partner to the party. Mutual masturbation can be very rewarding too.
Will you be celebrating this month with a little 'self love'?
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All visitors to New Zealand must have a passport which is valid for at least three months beyond the intended stay in New Zealand.
Visa information and the visa application form are available on: www.immigration.govt.nz. If you require a Visitor's Visa, please allow at least 5-6 weeks for processing.
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New Zealand has a national biosecurity system that is considered one of the most robust in the world. Please refer to www.biosecurity.govt.nz for more information.
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A bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Rick Scott in March now means students will see "In God We Trust" displayed at all schools in the state.
WPTV reported that the law requires the state motto to be shown in a "conspicuous place."
According to state statute 1003.44, "Each district school board shall adopt rules to require, in all of the schools of the district and in each building used by the district school board, the display of the state motto, 'In God We Trust,' designated under s. 15.0301, in a conspicuous place."
According to the Florida Department of State, "In God We Trust" was adopted by the state legislature as part of the state seal in 1868. It was officially designated as Florida's state motto in 2006.
Southern Living recently polled its readers to discover their picks for the top places to visit in the South. Blackberry Farm, in Walland, Tennessee, south of Knoxville, took home the top prize.
>> Florida beach named nation's best in TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice awards
Southern Living noted, "Blackberry Farm emanates hospitality, from its farm-to-table offerings to the porches on guest cottages."
Blackberry Farm is a luxury hotel and resort situated on a 4,200-acre estate in the Great Smoky Mountains.
There is a spa, brewery and working farm on the property. The resort offers plenty of wine and dining options, musical entertainment, workshops and more.
Activities include horseback riding, archery, fly fishing, hiking and paintball.
One Facebook reviewer noted, "Have traveled quite well in my 50+ years, but Blackberry Farm stands out as the BEST of all. They anticipate your every wish and deliver it with cordial efficiency. Understated, approachable elegance. Go there, go there, go there! It is transforming."
Southern Living honored The Barn at Blackberry Farm by awarding it the best restaurant in Tennessee, too.
A Cirque du Soleil acrobat who fell during a Saturday performance in Tampa, Florida, died from his injuries, a hospital spokeswoman told WTSP on Sunday.
According to a video viewed by WTSP and The Tampa Bay Times, the aerial acrobat lost his grip on a ribbon strap during the company's "Volta" show and fell 10 feet to the stage below.
A spokesman for Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group identified the performer as Yann Arnaud, a longtime aerialist, WFLA reported.
The show was stopped, and Arnaud was taken to Tampa General Hospital. He died from his injuries, spokeswoman Ellen Fiss told WTSP.
The two performances scheduled for Sunday were canceled, the company in charge of publicizing the show said in a statement.
"The entire Cirque du Soleil family is in shock and devastated by this tragedy. Yann had been with us for over 15 years and was loved by all who had the chance to know him," company CEO Daniel Lamarre said. "Over the coming days and weeks, our focus will be on supporting Yann's family and our employees, especially the 'Volta' team, as we go through these difficult times together."
Arnuad's death is the second performer fatality in Cirque du Soleil's history, WTSP reported. According to the BBC, Sarah Guillot-Guyard, 31, died during a 2013 show in Las Vegas when she fell 94 feet to the floor when a safety wire detached.
Olivier Rochette, a 43-year-old technician, died in 2016 while setting up for a performance.
A gunman opened fire at a church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday, according to officials. More than 20 have been reported dead in the small town east of San Antonio, with more than 20 wounded. The gunman is also dead, Wilson County Commissioner Paul Pheil said in a TV news interview.
The news brought an all-too-familiar mix of reactions on social media, including condolences and calls to action. Here's what people are saying about the shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs:
See photos from the scene here. This is a developing story. Check statesman.com for the latest.
A Kentucky dentist and chairman of his county's Republican Party has lost his political post and is facing criminal charges following a weekend arrest in Tennessee on charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest.
David Narramore, 54, of Whitesburg, was arrested Saturday night at a Belk department store in Kingsport, Tennessee. WJHL in Johnson City, Tennessee, reported that Kingsport police officers were called to the store by a loss prevention officer.
The man told the officers that he was in a stall in the store's men's room, when the person in the next stall, later identified as Narramore, began rubbing his foot with his own. Narramore is also accused of exposing his genitals to the man, WJHL said.
The employee detained Narramore and held him in the loss prevention office until Kingsport police arrived, the news station said.
When officers attempted to arrest Narramore, he refused to put his hands behind his back, WJHL reported. When he continued to pull away and fight the officers, they used a Taser on him.
The Taser had no effect, and the officers wrestled him to the ground to handcuff him, police said.
Narramore, who complained at the scene of chest pains, was evaluated by paramedics before being booked into the Kingsport City Jail. He was released the next day after posting $2,250 bail.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Narramore resigned his post with the Republican Party's Letcher County branch following the arrest.
"Dr. Narramore is clearly going through some personal issues," Tres Watson, communications director for the state GOP, told the Herald-Leader. "We wish him well as he attempts to deal with (his) personal struggles."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered a government shutdown at midnight Friday after funding for a new state budget failed, NJ.com reported.
The shutdown came after last-ditch attempts to reach a compromise between Christie and New Jersey Democrats who control the state legislature failed.
"This order is necessary to maintain the protection, safety and well-being of the people of New Jersey while I attempt to convince the Legislature to send me a fiscally responsible budget that I can sign and reopen New Jersey's government," Christie said.
The shutdown is the second in state history and will close government facilities like state parks and motor vehicle service offices, NJ.com reported. It will not affect organizations like the New Jersey State Police and psychiatric hospitals, and the state lottery will remain in operation.
The captain of a Florida dive boat that specializes in shark encounters was bitten on the hand Sunday, suffering injuries severe enough that he was airlifted to St. Mary's Medical Center.
Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said the sheriff's Marine One unit picked up Randall Jordan, the captain of Emerald Charters, after a distress call that he was bitten by a "sea creature."
Jordan was in good condition, but still in the hospital Tuesday, according to a St. Mary's Medical Center spokesman. His sister, Deborah Toohey, said he had to undergo "reattachment surgery."
"He tries to teach people to not be afraid of sharks," Toohey said. "He's an avid environmentalist when it comes to sharks."
Jordan did not return calls Tuesday.
In 2015, Jordan was sentenced to a year of probation, a $1,500 fine and 100 hours of community service after he was convicted of three misdemeanor charges stemming from illegally feeding sharks in Florida waters.
Florida banned feeding sharks in state waters in 2001, but it is still legal in federal waters, said Amanda Nalley, public information specialist for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Division of Marine Fisheries Management.
George Burgess, who investigates bites for the International Shark Attack file at the Florida Museum of Natural History, said a bite that occurs when someone is feeding a shark is considered a "provoked" incident.
Burgess said he will investigate the bite.
"The impression that shark diving operations give is that it's a perfectly safe operation," Burgess said. "It's generally safe, but not perfectly safe."
Jordan isn't the first charter operator bitten while on a shark excursion.
In 2011, Jim Abernethy was flown to St. Mary's Medical Center after being bitten on the arm. The bite happened about 18 miles north of West End, the Bahamas.
Embattled Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned today after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges, ending two years of scandal and intrigue that resulted from an affair with one of his top political advisors.
As part of the plea deal, Bentley will submit to 12 months of unsupervised probation, surrender more than $36,000 in campaign funds and will serve 100 hours of public service. He can never run for office.
Montgomery County Judge Troy Massey sentenced Bentley to 30-day suspended jail sentence – meaning he will spend no time in jail.
Jail records show that Bentley posted $600 bond.
He spent Sunday "negotiating terms of a resignation with state lawmakers and law enforcement," according to the Alabama Political Reporter.
Bentley, 74, has battled to outlast a scandal involving recordings that surfaced in 2016 of him making sexually explicit comments to his former aide.
Bentley's wife of 50 years, Dianne, divorced him in 2015.
Citing multiple unnamed sources, WHNT reported that Bentley will resign Monday.
Last week, the Alabama Ethics Commission said they had found reason to believe he committed four crimes, all of them felonies, in his attempt to cover up the relationship with aide Rebekah Mason.
"Gov. Bentley directed law enforcement to advance his personal interests and, in a process characterized by increasing obsession and paranoia, subjected career law enforcement officers to tasks intended to protect his reputation," Sharman wrote in a report released Friday.
According to the Alabama Reporter article, talk of Bentley's resignation began on Friday with legislators set to begin impeachment hearings Monday.
The Alabama Republican Party on Sunday called for Bentley to step down.
AL.com columnist John Archibald wrote on Monday that, "Sources in Montgomery say his lawyers have been involved in negotiations to step down from the governorship and plead to lesser charges, allowing Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey to step up as governor. Sources believe he will resign the governorship by Wednesday."
Archibald added, "It is possible that Bentley, who has changed his mind often during his term, could change his mind."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Just days before Christmas, a family in Yulee, Florida has almost everything after a fire destroyed part of their home.
Fire investigators blamed an electrical cord for starting the fire that caused the family's Christmas tree to goup in flames.
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While the Sheffield's home is still standing with no exterior damage, the interior is coated in soot and filled with melted belongings.
"Pretty much within 10 minutes it was done. Yes, everything gone," homeowner Thomas Sheffield said. Sheffield said he was home with his son on Tuesday evening when he heard a loud noise in the living room. "I opened up the door to the house and just saw black smoke and heat. All I could think about was just trying to get the animals out of there."
What's left of a Yulee family's Christmas tree after it caught fire and destroyed their home days before Christmas @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/yB1XpbEvL3— KatieMcKee (@KatieMcKeeANjax) December 21, 2016
Sheffield and his wife Carina have five children. What's left of their Christmas presents were scattered throughout the living room.
The state fire marshal determined the fire started in the living room where their Christmas tree stood.
"He concluded that it was the extension cord to plug to our Christmas tree that caused it. We have probably 10 of them in our house," Sheffield said.
He and his wife said they fear others do as well.
"I don't want to see other families suffer. It hurts to see your kids hurt. It's not just Christmas, but every memory they have is gone," Carina said.
Couple says state fire marshal determined the fire was caused by an extension cord plugged into their Christmas tree lights @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/FW7Rzs9Lsm— KatieMcKee (@KatieMcKeeANjax) December 22, 2016
She said firefighters had finished putting out the fire when she came home from the pharmacy. She sobbed after walking inside the house to see what was left.
"Pictures of our family vacations, everything just gone, and all because I bought a cheap cord instead of spending a few extra dollars to get a three-pronged one," Carina said.
Investigators said the type of cheap two-pronged extension cord the family used was unsafe.
A spokesperson with the state fire marshall's office said he couldn't comment about what types of extension cords homeowners should buy, but he did say you get what you pay for.
According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International, it's recommended people use extension cords with polarized and/or three-pronged plugs.
The National Fire Prevention Association reports there is an average of 210 fires annually involving a Christmas tree or decorations. Christmas trees and any decorations need to be 3 feet from any heat source, and people should water their tree daily.
Amber Mariano cut her four classes on Tuesday, but the third-year political science major at the University of Central Florida more than likely won't be penalized by her professors. In fact, she might get extra credit.
Not only was she studying the political process, she was winning at it.
Mariano, a Republican candidate who turned 21 on Oct. 18, became the youngest person ever elected to the Florida House of Representatives, winning District 36 by 719 votes over incumbent Democratic Rep. Amanda Murphy. Before Mariano, the youngest person elected to the Florida House was Adam Putnam, who was 22 when he won in 1996 and is now Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture.
"It was honestly the best night of my life," Mariano told WFTS.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that the margin was 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent out of 66,939 ballots cast in Pasco County, located north of the Tampa Bay area — according to final but unofficial results.
Mariano the youngest of any gender since 1996, when Adam Putnam, then 22, won his first statehouse race.
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Mariano, who plans to attend law school after graduation, is no stranger to politics. Her father, Jack Mariano, won re-election to a fourth term as a Pasco County commissioner.
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Morgan Spurlock is one tricky guy. The documentarian best known for the eye-opening, award-winning "Super Size Me" now makes a persuasive case not for the dangers of fast food but for the dizzying virtues of a British boy band. And "One Direction: This Is Us" comes this close to convincing someone who routinely avoids the song "What Makes You Beautiful" at all costs that this quintet of skinny-jeaned heartthrobs has the coolest, cutest, nicest and most talented musicians in all the land.
But I'm on to you, Spurlock. There are holes in your story about five lads who don't appear to ever drink, smoke, fight, curse or partake in romantic dalliances of any kind. At least, not on screen.
Of course, the movie is tailored specifically for One Direction's uncontrollably ecstatic fan base of more than 14 million Twitter followers. That group consists mainly of tween girls, so a PG rating is a must, but Spurlock paints the band members — Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson — as superhuman, even as the guys humbly insist they're just average blokes.
The meteoric rise of One Direction is a compelling tale of chance. "X Factor" producer-turned-puppetmaster Simon Cowell recounts how, in 2010, he threw together five talented individual contestants on a whim.
The newly formed group didn't win the British incarnation of the show that season, but they garnered a massive fan base which propelled them to unfathomable stardom. They sold out their 2013 arena tour in minutes, according to the documentary.
From there, the movie blends concert footage with backstage antics and the tomfoolery that accompanies bus rides and hotel stays. There are a few inspired additional interviews, including a neuroscientist who describes why One Direction fans lose control of their decibel level and tear ducts upon seeing the young men. The guys, who ranged in age from 19 to 21 during the filming, are portrayed as merry pranksters. They pull each other's pants down on stage and dress in disguises to surprise fans; they make wheelies with golf carts and push each other around in trash bins.
To add a bit of emotion, the film hears from the boys' mothers (the mere sight of these women elicited emotional sighs during an early screening) and follows the five as they take a break from touring to return home. But for the most part, the movie embraces harmless fun, which can be enjoyable for the audience members, whether they're 1D fans or not.
Most of the singers don't mind their boy-band designation, but they insist they aren't the typical commodity. For one thing, they can't dance, although they faux-try with hilarious results. They also have a little edge, Malik says. They may sport visible tattoos, but watching the boys croon the chart-topping ballad "Little Things" makes that claim one of the more dubious.
Some of the guys have made gossip rag headlines for their wild ways, including drunken behavior, but there's no hint of that here. And the supposedly "all-access" movie conspicuously avoids any mention of love lives, including that of Malik, who announced last week he is engaged to singer Perrie Edwards.
Maybe showing those details carries the risk of alienating One Direction's fans. When the guys sing "I'm in love with you" the "you" is meant to be each starry-eyed listener. But the absence of certain truths makes the movie feel more like marketing material for superheroes than a comprehensive documentary about human dimension. If One Direction fans end up having inordinately high standards when it comes to love, Spurlock is at least partly to blame.
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Early indications are for a robust harvest of Mississippi's sweet potato crop with both yield and quality prospects above average.
Jimmy Turner, who produces sweet potatoes near Belzoni, Miss., says many Mid-South growers are desperately in need of a profitable year. "Last year was a complete disaster because of the tropical storms that came through at harvest-time, and the year before I lost half of my crop to water damage."
Luckily, this year is proving to be quite different. Turner says his yields are averaging 500 bushels per acre, and he's receiving about $15 per bushel for his sweet potatoes. "That's a good bit more than the $10 per bushel we've gotten in the past few years for the high-quality number one potatoes," he says.
"Growing conditions have been almost perfect this year, and we've had ideal harvest conditions since mid-August. The two or three scattered rain showers we've received in the last few weeks should further aid in potato quality," says Benny Graves, a sweet potato specialist with the Mississippi Bureau of Plant Industry in Starkville, Miss.
According to Graves, extreme dry conditions can cause the potatoes to be scarred during the harvest process. Slightly moist soil conditions improve potato quality because it makes it easier to mechanically dig up potatoes with less injury to the potatoes.
As of mid-September, about 30 percent of Mississippi's sweet potato acreage had been harvested. Graves says early harvest results seem to be around 300 bushels per acre overall, with very little insect damage noticeable. The state's average yield is 250 50-pound bushels, or field packs, per acre.
"We're seeing an excellent turnout of number one-quality potatoes so far this year. Overall, the quality and overall prospects for the 2003 crop appear to be better than average," he says.
During harvest, sweet potatoes are sorted by quality characteristics and field graded as either number ones, twos or processing grade. The highest-quality potatoes are either immediately washed and sent to market or stored for later marketing. Lower grade, or cull, potatoes are used for processed sweet potato products.
Mississippi sweet potato acreage is down somewhat in 2003 due to poor harvest conditions last fall. The disaster caused a financial burden on many farms, resulting in 1,500 fewer acres being planted this year.
Graves says producers are in a good position this year with good yields of high quality potatoes. Nationwide supplies are tight, resulting in better prices for growers. "Prices are holding up well during September," he says.
The third-largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation, Mississippi harvests about 15,000 acres of the golden-hued vegetable each year.
Planting of the 2003 crop began in late April or early May, with the ideal planting window reaching all the way to the fourth of July. "Staggering planting dates allows producers to stagger harvest dates. You can't plant them all at one time because you can't harvest them all at one time," says Graves.
While recent rains have slowed harvest down somewhat, Graves says producers remain slightly ahead of schedule, as compared to an average year.
What adversely affects sweet potatoes, he says, is the first chilling cold rain after a frost, or when soil temperatures fall below 60 degrees. That generally doesn't happen in North Mississippi until the first week of November.
The bulk of Mississippi's sweet potato crop is grown within a 30-mile radius of Vardaman, Miss., which bills itself as the "Sweet Potato Capital of the World." The state's remaining acreage is spread out across the state with acreage in Belzoni, Mound Bayou, Holly Bluff and Jefferson County.
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CHICAGO -The South Loop Club, a Chicago bar and grill located at 701 S. State Street, fostered a culture that enabled the sexual harassment of a number of female employees by owners and managers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed this week. When female employees complained to management about the ongoing and pervasive harassment, according to EEOC, they were fired or forced to quit.
The EEOC's district director in Chicago, John Rowe, who directed the EEOC's administrative investigation, said the company's owners and managers made frequent comments of a sexual nature to subordinate female employees.
"Long before women came to the EEOC to file charges, our investigation revealed, they complained repeatedly to the company's owners and managers, but their complaints were ignored, or even mocked," Rowe said. "To add insult to injury, several female employees who complained about the harassment were discharged after complaining, or felt they had no choice but to quit when the harassment continued unabated."
The EEOC's lawsuit was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination (including sexual harassment) as well as retaliation, in employment. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement through its conciliation process. The case, EEOC v. South Loop Club, Civil Action No. 12 cv -7677, was filed Sept. 26 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, and has been assigned to District Judge Charles P. Kocoras and U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert. EEOC Trial Attorney Brad Fiorito and Supervisory Trial Attorney Gregory Gochanour will litigate the case on behalf of the government.
The EEOC's regional attorney in Chicago, John Hendrickson, said, "In today's economy, even people with jobs may feel vulnerable and try their best to put up with intolerable working conditions rather than attempt to find a new job. But no employee can be forced to endure sexual misconduct at work. That's why these days we make a strong effort to put a stop to sexual harassment -- whether in the office, on the factory floor, or, too often, in bars and restaurants. A problematic economy did not create an open season on women or somehow put the law against sexual harassment on hold."
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
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