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The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1899
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I have finally replaced my 5.1 surround sound speakers, which are now working fine, hurrah! I then get the flory of full dolby surround sound which of course rocks.
the only strange thing that is happening is for some reason, vocaliser keeps clipping, that is when Nvda speaks, it is as if it takes a millisecond or two for the voice to engage so I hear the end of something spoken not the start.
Once it's speaking it tends to be fine and generally all I need to do is reread the line or the item, but it is rather strange, and also a bit irritating when typing.
from what I can determine Vocaliser is doing this both on Nvda and on Supernova when outputting through the aV cable to the 5.1 surround sound speakers in both Nvda and supernova, though Sapi doesn't, and neither does orphius it seems to be a vocaliser thing.
Music etc is absolutely wonderful, and indeed the vocaliser issue isn't too bad since once it is reading continuously it seems to be fine.
I wouldn't want to play anything like a mud like this, but those I'd probably be doing on headphones anyway.
Does anyone have any ideas or is it something I just need to live with.
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

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LONDON — British police on Tuesday charged a 26-year-old Polish national with vandalizing a priceless Mark Rothko work at the Tate Modern museum, an act that caused a minor stir in the U.K. art world.
Scotland Yard said in a statement that Wlodzimierz Umaniec would appear at south London Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court in south London court on Wednesday charged with one count of "criminal damage in excess of 5,000 pounds (about $8,000)."
Umaniec, who also went by the name Vladimir Umanets, was arrested after patrons discovered a scrawl across the bottom of a Rothko mural on Sunday.
The Russian-born Rothko was a leading figure in American abstract painting, renowned for large-scale works featuring bold blocks of color, and the vandalism angered many.
The artist's children, Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, said in a statement that they were "greatly troubled" by the incident.
While the Tate Modern has said it does not have a price for the defaced piece, another Rothko piece — "Orange, Red, Yellow" — sold for almost $87 million at auction in New York.
This is not the first time an artwork at Tate Modern has been interfered with. In 2000, two Chinese performance artists attempted to urinate on Marcel Duchamp's urinal sculpture "Fountain."


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Vet says her paw can be saved. They might even bring to you if you're interested.
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Since we work with rescues, let me explain why the rehoming fee is higher than the pound in most cases.
First, most rescues survive only on donations and adoption fees. They do not get any money from local, state or federal entities nor would most reputable rescues accept any money from HSUS or other "humane societies" where more money goes to executive salaries, advertising revenue and legal teams than the animals they pretend to care about.
Second, most rescues are no-kill and in their at times stupidity will take in animals with zero chance of adoption and pay for the food, care taking and vet bills for the rest of that animals life. Our rescue has had some dogs and cats for years that because of looks, temperment, age or illness will be there forever. The pound is a week and dead.
Third, even with volunteers for many tasks, the overhead cost of running a rescue is staggering. Code compliance, energy costs, transportation costs for showing adoptable animals, legal fees, liability insurance run even our small rescue thousands per year, again without taxpayer dollars to supplement.
Fourth, we will not adopt out any dog or cat that has not been spuetered and micro-chipped and most of the ones we get are neither. Even though we have arrangements with local vets, it is still not free for us.
So yes, getting Fluffy from a rescue will be more than getting him from the pound and in many cases, more than getting one from a breeder (did I mention that many rescue dogs are dumped on rescues after the back yard breeders (or ACK breeders, not that there is a lot of difference) have bred them out and we take them in?) but it is to support the larger goal of saving as many as possible.
ETA: This is what we take in that the pounds kills without hesitation...
Paws got a 911 call from the police about a dog that had been hit and laying in a flower bed not moving .
Paws volunteers responded, after a couple of hours the volunteers were able to get him in a crate and transport him to an emergency vet. Brady has a punctured lung, fractured leg, severe road rash, many bumps and bruises. He was treated with xrays, pain meds, and antibiotics at the emergency vets. 2 days later he was taken to a regular vet for a recheck. His punctured lung did not get worse, Great news! He is on crate rest for several weeks so the lung and fracture can heal. His foster mom says he is a very sweet boy even thru the pain he is enduring. If you would like to donate towards Brady's medical bill and care please use the link below. A big thank you to the police that called us and gave Brady a second chance!
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Try your local craigslist (with caution of course). May have to spend a couple bucks but dogs are offered for adoption there too.Be Not Afraid.
I found a lady offering them for free...and she turned down almost 15 offers prior to mine for them...the others just wanted to get them to sell them. We wanted them as companions. Altho she thought they were "Cheagles". She had three, one went to her mom and we took two. Right now they are sound asleep on my husband's lap.
We would not trade them for the world.
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The chihuahua we looked at last night was $1800. I gasped. It was adorable, but $1800 is a bit steep.While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Good luck in your quest, Nova.
After avoiding having a dog for 30+ years for a lot of reasons, the military being one of them, I'm amazed at how much impact that animal (make that animals as Mrs E and I have two) has on my life.
They are wonderful creatures and they certainly enrich our lives.
Now, if I could get Belle to stop bugging the shit out of me at 2 A.M. I just might be a rested, enriched person.
U.S. Army, Retired
I'd guess that is one smart dog.
My dog is 14, I'll be on a puppy search at some point in the next few years. I love my dog, who is mostly norwegian elkhound (I got her from the Humane Society). When I've researched the breed, I found that they are not a common breed and very expensive, so I may have to find a different type of dog. I'm thinking about Huskies, they are cute and look kind of like wolves.
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A visit to the award-winning Sonoma Valley Worm Farm
According to Jack Chambers, proprietor of the Sonoma Valley Worm Farm and a former Delta Air Lines pilot, when he got in the cockpit of a 747, "the other guys would have second homes and boats and be into golf. But I was the worm guy."
Venue visited Chambers on a sunny September afternoon, and, as he showed us around the farm, he explained that his worm obsession began, straightforwardly enough, as a gardening hobby. A friend told him about a local farmer who had earthworms for sale, and so, twenty years ago, in 1992, Chambers paid a visit to Earl Schmidt, a former mink rancher, enthusiastic angler, and bait worm farmer.
Five days and one 5 gallon bucket of Red Wigglers (Eisenia fetida) later, Chambers' home compost pile was a rich, deep black color with a crumbly texture that he'd never been able to achieve before. He started hanging out with Earl, helping out in return for a chance to learn about worms.
As they picked worms side-by-side over the next three months, Earl told Chambers that he was looking forward to retirement and finally having the time to fish. Chambers, "without really knowing what I was getting into," found himself offering to buy the place.
A crash course in all things worm quickly followed, including a carefully scheduled layover in Vigo, Spain, to attend the World Worm Conference, and conversations with vermiculture pioneer and Ohio State University professor,Clive Edwards. Trial and error also played a role, with Chambers reminiscing about the "worm volcano" he accidentally created by experimenting with cornmeal as a feed -- 50,000 disgusted worms all crawled over the sides of the bin at once, in a scene worthy of a horror movie. "Now, if I'm trying something new," explained Chambers, "I only add it to quarter of the bin, to leave room for escape."
Chambers credits his pilot's appreciation for standard operating procedures and checklists for many of the technical improvements he's introduced over the past twenty years. For example, in order to pre-compost the manure source and kill any pathogens or weed seeds before feeding it to the worms, Chambers arrived at his own design for a three-bin forced-air system, complete with a rigorously optimized schedule of turning, blowing, and releasing gases. "If I've done anything with worms," he says, "it's that."
That is certainly not all, though. As we moved under the corrugated steel sheds that house the farm's four million worms, Chambers explained that he realized early on that, in fact, "the vermicompost is the big deal, not the worms." In other words, rather than simply feeding worms in order to harvest them for sale to sport fishermen and gardeners, Chambers focused on marketing their castings, particularly to the region's high-end grape-growers.
To do so, he has built four ninety-foot long continuous flow vermicomposting bins, based on an original blueprint by Clive Edwards, but improved over the years to the point that he now has a patent pending on the design.
"This is high-tech for worms," explained Chambers, as he demonstrated his most recent iteration, the VermiComposter CF40. In sixty days, pre-composted manure will make its way from top to bottom of the four-foot deep bins through a continuous conveyor-belt system of worm digestion.
The raised bins are fed from the top twice per week, and harvested from the bottom once weekly using an automatic breaker bar. A wire mesh tumbler then separates the worms from their excretions; the worms go back in the bins and the remaining black gold is sold for a dollar a pound.
Earthworms are easy to overlook, but among those who do observe their work, they seem to inspire extreme devotion, counting among their historical fans both Aristotle and Charles Darwin. Chambers is equally enthusiastic. As we dug our hands into the warm, soft compost and watched the worms we had disturbed wriggle back into the darkness, he expounded on the mysteries of worm reproduction as well as numerous studies that have shown vermicompost's beneficial impact on germination rates, disease suppression, flavor, and even yield (up to a twenty percent increase for radishes, according to Clive Edwards' colleagues at Ohio State).
Vermicompost is typically used as a potting medium -- Chambers' advice is to "put one cup in the hole with your seed or transplant" -- or it can be brewed at 73 degrees for 24 hours to make a "compost tea" that can be sprayed onto the soil or plant directly. Although it is between four and fourteen times more expensive than regular compost, Chambers argues that, like a high-end skin product, vermicompost's benefits and economy of use make it well worthwhile:
I tell vineyards to think of it like insurance. After all, a vine costs about $3, and some vineyards lose as many as twenty percent of their new plantings. With our vermicompost, they usually lose less than one percent.
Chambers and his wife even planted four hundred vines of their own, losing only two, and they attribute their ongoing victory over powdery mildew to regular applications of compost tea. They make a very good "Worm Farm Red," that we were lucky enough to sample and that even won a gold medal in the amateur category at the 2008 Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival.
Sonoma Valley Worm Farm already makes more than 200,000 lbs of vermicompost a year, but Chambers took early retirement from Delta last year, and has big plans for the business. The day we visited, he had just finalized the agreements for a new facility that will more than double his capacity, as well as incorporate several new improvements to his existing equipment.
As we examined the architectural plans in Google SketchUp, Chambers described his vision for the next generation VermiComposter CF 40, which will include electronic moisture and temperature monitoring and automated feeding.
While he waits for the new facility to be built, he's already experimenting with feeding the worms an extra inch of compost per week, to see whether he can increase their productivity. Meanwhile, in response to interest from California's berry giant, Driscoll's, he's started working with compost tea-kettle manufacturers on a unit that could brew up to 250,000 gallons at a time. In fact, Chambers' only concern as he scales up, he told us, was what he would do when the worms' demand outstripped the manure supply of the organic dairy farm (Straus Family Creamery) that he currently works with.
Given that, last year, the EPA estimated that thirty percent of annual landfill contents could have been recycled through composting, and that California's dairy cows produce 30 million tons of manure annually, much of which is stored in waste lagoons where it risks contaminating groundwater, it seems as though feeding four or five million new worms is not going to be much of a challenge at all. The fact that those worms will not only remove that waste from the environment, but also transform it into something that scientists are calling "pretty amazing stuff," as well as "the next frontier in biocontrol," is even better.
Chambers told us that he is convinced that "worms are going to be the next big thing in agriculture." If we're smart, it will be.
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Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Greater Binghamton Chamber may serve business members, but it also shares community concerns.
Members came together Thursday to learn about the challenges non-profits face and how they can succeed.
The Executive Director of the Roberson Museum said their non-profit used an outside assessment in 2009 to launch the museum back from the brink of financial failure.
It's now a model of adaptability and success.
"Going from a point of crisis and personal anxiety on my part, to a place where I can share it with not only this community, but we're telling the story at Museum Wise Conference in Syracuse and at the American Affiliation of Museums Conference in Baltimore," said Terry McDonald, executive director of the Roberson Museum and Science Center. "It's a nationwide story. It's a good story to tell."
The New York Council on Nonprofits Inc. was the consultant that helped Roberson Museum.
It offered 21 recommendations, including selling the Decker Mansion and hiring a professional marketing staff.
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text: April 6, 2017April 6, 2017Theatre Muse Grammys on the Hill Awards Dinner WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 05: Singer Martina McBride at The Recording Academy®'s 2017 GRAMMYs on the Hill® Awards on April 5 to honor four-time GRAMMY® winner Keith Urban with the Recording Artists' Coalition® Award for his musical achievements and commitment to numerous music education programs. The Academy also honored Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) for their ongoing support of music programs and the National Endowment for the Arts. The GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards were sponsored by performance rights organization SESAC. Event proceeds benefitted the GRAMMY Museum®. For more information about The Academy's advocacy efforts, visit grammy.com/action, and follow the online conversation on Twitter @GRAMMYAdvocacy, #SupportMusic, and "like" GRAMMY Advocacy on Facebook. (Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage for The Recording Academy)


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Navy leathers and fur detailing kept the hardcore James Long fans happy
Text by David Hellqvist | Published 25 February 2010
James Long has a long-standing love affair with leather and their mutual affectionate relationship blossomed also this winter collection. But there was another factor – call it the third wheel, if you like - in the partnership this time around: blue - and lots of it!
As far as colour choices go, it was an effective one. Most menswear pieces tend to look good in shades of navy. Long tried it on biker jackets, trousers and cardigans. Another James Long newcomer was corduroy. It infiltrated the whole collection, but was at its strongest as a boiler suit. That specific garment very much summed up the collection as it was christened 'Boiler Room Boys'. But it seems opposites attracts. Except for denim work wear, there were the odd "promiscuous boys" outfit as well. Leather jackets with generous fur detailing kept hardcore James Long fans happy. But more than preaching to the converted, Long reached out and designed a wearable and commercial collection.
Dazed Digital: What inspired the collection?
James Long: The models were Boiler Room Boys. The heat of a boiler room influenced the main print of the show.
DD: What was the red print al about?
James Long: It's hot and sweaty in the boiler room and the print is a zoomed-in microscope version of fever particles. And the boiler work wear inspired all the denim.
DD: Were the cardigans made out of mohair?
James Long: Yes, and that represented mould growing on the fever.
DD: It feels a bit bionic!
James Long: Yeah, also because the corduroy is treated to be shower proof
DD: A favourite piece from the show?
James Long: Well, I'm already wearing the jump suit.


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45th Parallel Track - Walks in Cromwell, Central Otago
With a steep start and fabulous panoramic views, the 45th Parallel Loop Track is sure to get the blood pumping.
45th Parallel Track, Cromwell
A local favourite this track rewards you with beautiful views over Lake Dunstan, Cromwell and across to the Dunstan Ranges.
Park your car on State Highway 6 near the 45th parallel monument 500m past the Lowburn Inlet on SH 6, Luggate-Cromwell Road. Carefully cross the main highway then follow the track over the stile and up the Sugar Loaf.
Walk along the top of the terrace to a viewing point aligned with the 45th parallel, for some excellent photo opportunities.
You can either head back the same way or take a loop track down the Hanging Gully to Lowburn Inlet and back along the side of the Lake Dunstan to your vehicle.
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The invention of arithmetic provides a way to abstractly compute numbers of objects.
A central event in the emergence of civilization, written language provides a systematic way to record and transmit knowledge.
The Lascaux cave paintings record the first known narrative stories.
Babylonian stone boundary markers begin to include inscriptions that record ownership of land.
The first known calendar system is established, rounding the lunar month to 30 days to create a 360-day year.
Hammurabi writes down 281 laws prescribing civil behavior in the kingdom of Babylon.
The 64 possible hexagrams of the Chinese I Ching are taken to enumerate possible features of life and destiny.
Babylonians make tables of multiplication, reciprocals, squares, cubes, and square and cube roots.
The Akkadian Empire adopts a single unified standard for measuring volume, based on the royal gur-cube.
The Library at Thebes is the first known effort to gather and make many sources of knowledge available in one place.
The Babylonian census begins the practice of systematically counting and recording people and commodities for taxation and other purposes.
The Turin Papyrus is the first known topographic map.
Lydia (in modern Turkey) introduces gold and silver coins to represent monetary value.
The Library of Alexandria collects perhaps half a million scrolls with works covering all areas of knowledge.
The Babylonians introduce mathematical calculation as a way to track the behavior of planets and a few other systems in nature.
Euclid writes his Elements, systematically presenting theorems of geometry and arithmetic.
The Pythagoreans promote the idea that numbers can be used to systematically understand and compute aspects of nature, music, and the world.
Archimedes uses mathematics to create and understand technological devices and possibly builds gear-based, mechanical astronomical calculators.
Hippocrates identifies definite classes of human diseases.
Eratosthenes creates the system of longitude and latitude and uses it to create a scaled map of the known world.
Panini creates a grammar for Sanskrit, forming the basis for systematic linguistics.
A gear-based device that survives today is created to compute calendrical computation.
Plato founds his "Academy", which operates in Athens for nine centuries.
Julius Caesar institutes the Julian calendar, establishing the lengths of the twelve months.
This art-quality 4'10" x 16" poster timeline of the History of Systematic Data and the Development of Computable Knowledge includes nearly 200 entries spanning millennia of events that have shaped the modern world of data and knowledge. Presented in its original version at the 2010 Wolfram Data Summit, this fascinating and impressive large-scale poster is the perfect piece of intellectual art for your library, office, or other wall, and is a unique gift for any enthusiast of data, technology, and its history.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb women's basketball coach Greg Brown has been selected to speak at the Basketball Coaches Association of Tennessee's yearly clinic taking place this weekend.
The clinic takes place at The Hotel Preston in Nashville on Friday beginning a 6 p.m. and on Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. Brown is scheduled to talk about "motion offense" on Saturday at noon.
Former Lipscomb men's coach Don Meyer speaks Friday evening while current Lipscomb men's coach Casey Alexander follows Brown on Saturday.
Also appearing at the clinic is Michigan State men's coach Tom Izzo, Tennessee women's coach Holly Warlick, former Miami Heat and Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy along with Memphis head coach Josh Pastner.
The BCAT clinic is a warm up for Brown as the Lady Bisons are hosting a "Free Fall Clinic" for all area coaches on Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at McQuiddy Gym on Lipscomb's campus.


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Smartphone Add-Ons Offer Thermal Imaging
New Manufacturing Techniques Move Once Costly, Military-Style Night Vision Into Consumer Mainstream
Smartphones are getting a new way of seeing.
Thermal imaging, a long-costly technology that lets soldiers see in the dark and firefighters see through smoke, is rapidly moving toward the mainstream with phone add-ons that cost hundreds of dollars rather than thousands.
Flir Systems Inc., one of the best-known manufacturers in the field, in...


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Nov 13, 2013
By Andrea Frazier
A local organization's fundraising event will promote community and local connections as well as raise funds to support its numerous outreach programs this weekend.
United Campus Ministry will hold its 31st annual Benefit Auction at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Athens Community Center.
All are welcome to attend for a suggested donation of $25 to $100 per person. The recommendation for students and low-income attendees is $15. Free childcare will be provided on-site.
The event will feature a live auction of locally donated items, food and drinks courtesy of local restaurants and businesses as well as a live mini concert by the Athens-based Calliope Feminist Choir.
A silent auction of locally donated items such as jewelry and artwork will span the duration of the event as guests enjoy heavy appetizers donated by Avalanche Pizza, Casa Nueva, Donkey Coffee & Espresso, Fluff Bakery & Catering, Gourmet Your Way, Purple Chopstix, Salaam, Sol and others. Raven's Glenn Winery will provide assorted wines.
Shamrock Auction Service also will conduct a live auction of the higher-dollar fare: weeklong stays in a Key West Condominium donated by Susan Mitchell and a lakefront cabin in rural Vermont donated by Cathy and Aaron Wright.
UCM Director Melissa Wales said all proceeds from the event will fund United Campus Ministry's mission and staff, keep its doors open and keep its programs going.
These programs include the organization's ministry's Thursday suppers and Saturday lunches, which provide about 5,000 free meals to the community each year; Ohio University's branch of the Better
Together campaign, which is a movement on college campuses to connect people of different religious backgrounds through shared values and responding to community needs; and an alternative, service-based spring break trip for students.
"[The benefit auction] is a wonderful time to bring supporters together, so I always look forward to seeing old friends," Wales said. "There are many people on the community who have supported UCM for many, many years, so it's always a great opportunity to reconnect with them."
Wales also recognized that due to the event's community-based nature, it would not generate the fundraising revenue that it does without the community support.
Local businesses as well as individuals who have come together to support the auction are: The Athens Real Estate Company, Carpenter and Associates, Cetide, Jeffrey D. Chaddock, Judith Daso, The Farmacy, Mara Giglio, Hocking Valley Bank, Kleinpenny Rentals, David LaPalombara and Robin Webb, Dick and Judy McGinn, Frank and Lorraine Myers, MS. Accounting & Taxes, Inc., Rich Gardens Organic Farm, Carole Schloss, Sarah Webb and Chad Burkett and Wendy Porter Financial Services.


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BERLIN — The ongoing rash of residential burglaries in Berlin continued unabated last week with two more cases reported, but local law enforcement officials believe they are closing in on the perpetrators.
The spree began with four residential burglaries in a span of eight days in late March and continued last week with two more reported cases. In each case, the victims were either out of town when the break-ins occurred, or, in the case of one last week, the victims were just out for the evening.
Berlin Police, working in cooperation with the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI), are pursuing leads and processing the crime scenes, but no firm suspects have been identified. Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing confirmed this week a search warrant was obtained and executed on a possible suspect, but the effort proved fruitless. Nonetheless, Downing believes the identification and arrest of a suspect or suspects is near.
"We're getting somewhere," he said. "I definitely feel like we're getting close."
The two latest burglaries occurred sometime last Thursday evening with one on Vine Street and the other in Walnut Hill. In each case, the victims were not at home and in one case, the victims were reportedly just out to dinner for a couple of hours. In one case, not only did the suspect or suspects enter the residence and steal numerous items, but also caused a considerable amount of damage.
The spree began on Pitts Street on March 22, followed by a second on Kenwood Court on March 23. The third in that earlier sequence occurred on Broad Street on March 26, followed by a fourth on Washington Street a day later.
"The big thing is, even if you're going out for the evening for four or five hours, you have to make sure your doors and windows are locked," Downing said. "In over half of these cases, the victims either had doors or windows left unlocked. The suspect or suspects are looking for easy marks."
The chief said residents should always contact the police department if they are going out of town, but should do so now more than ever in light of the recent spree of break-ins.
"If they're going out of town, they should tell the police department," he said. "We have forms they can fill out that tell us how long they're going to be away, who has a spare key, when they're returning etc. We'll do property checks and drive by periodically if we know they aren't home."
In addition, residents are urged to rely on friends, family and neighbors as well.
"Tell your trusted neighbors and friends you're going away so they can keep an eye on your property, pick up the mail, clear newspapers out of the driveway and things like that," he said.


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HAWLEY- Rt. Rev. Michael John Hoban was the son of a coal company worker who answered the call to priesthood and was served as Bishop of Scranton from 1899 until his death in 1926. He was raised in Hawley, Pennsylvania. His parents, Patrick and Bridget (Hennigan) Hoban, were Irish immigrants. Michael was their first child, and was born on June 6, 1853 (one source said January 6) in Waterloo, New York. His father at that time was completing a contract to build a section of the Morris & Essex Division of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. With that work completed, in the fall of 1853, Patrick Hoban and his family moved to Hawley. Patrick Hoban secured a contract from the Pennsylvania Coal Company (PCC) to load coal stored during the winter months, or while canal navigation was closed. Hawley at that time was in a period of rapid growth, with the PCC Gravity Railroad bringing coal to town for transfer to the Delaware & Hudson Canal. Coal storage was at the foot of Shanty Hill, a neighborhood of Irish immigrant families who were coming to work on the PCC and canal - later called Marble Hill. St. Philomena's church was established only the year before their arrival, at the same corner where Queen of Peace is today (Church and Chestnut).
Life in Hawley
Where the Hobans lived is still being researched. They may have lived near the corner of Keystone Street and Chestnut Avenue (then known as 15th and 20th streets) where an 1860 street map lists "Hoban." There was also a store listed as "Mrs. Hoban" on River Street between Chestnut and Wangum. Michael attended private schools in Hawley, principally one conducted by Mr. and Mrs. James T. Rodman. The 1872 street directory shows the large home of J. T. Rodman at the southeast corner of Keystone and Chestnut. Diagonally across, at the northwest corner of Keystone and Chestnut was the store of "Hoban and Hennigan" as it is listed on an 1860 street map. The 1872 map gives it as Mrs. B. A. Hoban - store." The Catholic church where young Michael apparently received so much inspiration, was just a block away. Pastoring the flock as the impressionable young Michael was growing up, was Rev. Michael Filan 1855-1865 and Rev. Bernard McCollum. St. Philomena's was very active in mission work during this period, starting numerous churches in Pike County. The Scranton Diocese was formed on March 3, 1868, when Michael was a teenager, and the Hawley church came under it. Here would be Michael's destiny. As a lad he would have seen tumultuous changes as the Civil War gripped and tore the Union. He would have known of the Hawley Militia, volunteers who responded to the Governor's call for troops in 1862 and likely departed on one of Hawley's gravity railroad coaches. Perhaps he knew Lt. Michael E. Creighton, an Irish immigrant who died at Gettysburg in 1863- and was buried in St. Philomena's cemetery. He would have witnessed the coming of the steam locomotive to Hawley in 1863 when the PCC sought a faster way to ship coal than using the canal.
Road to Bishop
When he was about 15 years old, in 1868, he entered St. Francis Xavier School in New York City for one year, and then Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., for three years. About this time his father died and Michael came home for about three years, settling up the mercantile business of his two deceased uncles, James Hoban and Thomas Hennigan. He then entered Fordham College for a year, and in 1874 enrolled at St. Charles Seminary, Overbook, Pa. After a year he was sent to Rome in 1875 by Rt. Rev. William O'Hara, Bishop of the Scranton Diocese. Here he studied at the American College, and on May 22, 1880, was ordained to the priesthood. Returning from Rome he was appointed as assistant pastor at Towanda, Pa. and in 1882, became assistant pastor at Pittston. Four years later he was pastor at Troy, Pa., and next, pastor at Ashley, Pa. in 1887. In 1895 Fr. Hoban was named Coadjutor to Bishop O'Hara. On Feb. 3, 1899, following Bishop O'Hara's death, Hoban was named Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton. During his 27 year tenure, Bishop Hoban oversaw tremendous growth of the Diocese. At the time of his succession in 1899, the Diocese included 152 priests, 100 parishes and 32 parochial schools. By the time of his death in 1926, the Diocese had 341 priests, 202 parishes, 65 schools and three colleges. He was credited with helping to temper the growing ethnic divide occurring in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Diocese was in the heart of the anthracite coal mining industry which saw great upheaval in labor relations during the Bishop's tenure. Bishop Hoban backed the miners during their national strike in 1902. He and Monsignor John J. Curran were succesful in encouraging President Theodore Roosevelt to intervene in the bitter strike that was crippling the nation. He met Roosevelt on at least two occasions. His diocese was the first in the country to fill the quota of Catholic chaplains, during the 1st World War. He exhorted his flock to make all necessary sacrifices for the defense of their country. He was 73 when he passed from this Earth on Nov. 6, 1926, after a bout with pneumonia.
Blesses the cornerstone
On July 22, 1900, Bishop Hoban returned to Hawley for the dedication of the new brick Catholic Church. Known then at St. Philomena's, it is now B.V.M. Queen of Peace. Following a parade that morning hosted by the church, the cornerstone for the new church was put in place. Bishop Hoban then blessed the stone, assisted by Rev. J.J. Loughran. Following a sermon by Father Garvey, Bishop Hoban offered the following comments: "If it gives me great pleasure to go to other places in my diocese to officiate at occasions of this kind, you can imagine how pleased I am to come here to what I may call my native town to lay the cornerstone for your new church. "There are among you many friends of my boyhood days, and therefore, you can readily realize how my affections go out as I stand here. And I am glad to see that many others have come from distant places to help in building a new church to the honor and glory of God. "There are men before me who were present when the old cornerstone was laid 48 years ago, and they have come now that they may tell their children they were here on two memorable occasions. They have not forgotten the old place..."
When a Hawley boy became a Bishop
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Contextualising theological education in Africa by doing theology in a missional hermeneutic
Kontekstualisering van teologiese opleiding in Afrika deur die gebruik van 'n missionale hermeneutiek
H. Jurgens Hendriks
Department of Practical Theology and Missiology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
This article originated at curriculum development workshops for seminaries at different venues in sub-Saharan Africa. Its goal was to provide guidelines towards finding a hermeneutic key to practising theology contextually as a response to a process of spiritual discernment which would lead to a contextualised, missional theological curriculum and training. It briefly described elements of the history and context of theological training in the Christendom paradigm. It has little faith in the future of this paradigm, and argued that the southern shift of the heartland of Christianity points us in a new direction. The article said: look at the changing context, the influence of globalisation and the information revolution and revisit key theological parameters in Scripture. Observe what is happening in missional congregations and let all of these developments guide us on a journey to discover a new hermeneutic to do and teach theology in Africa.
Die artikel se oorsprong lê in kurrikulumontwikkeling-werkswinkels op verskillende plekke in Afrika suid van die Sahara. Die oogmerk was om riglyne te verskaf sodat 'n hermeneutiese sleutel gevind kan word om teologie kontekstueel te beoefen as 'n respons op 'n proses van spirituele onderskeiding. Dit sal lei tot 'n gekontekstualiseerde, missionale teologiese kurrikulum en opleiding. As sodanig het dit kortliks die elemente van die geskiedenis en konteks van teologiese opleiding in die Christendom beskryf as die put waaruit teologiese opleiding moet vrykom. Die artikel het geargumenteer dat die hartland van die Christelike geloof suid skuif; dat globalisering en die informasie-omwenteling die konteks verander. Ons moet per implikasie teologiese opleiding in die lig van die Skrif nuut konseptualiseer. In dié verband help dit om na prosesse in missionale gemeentes te kyk sodat hierdie ontwikkelings ons rig op 'n reis waarin nuwe hermeneutiek vir die praktiseer en onderrig van teologie ontdek kan word.
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The Backstreet Boys were back, all right, but not for as long as their excited fans at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion expected.
The '90s pop sensation — known for such hits as "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" — was apparently cut off Friday night during its Northerly Island concert, leaving thousands of fans without an encore or even a finish to the song they were performing ("Love Somebody").
In an e-mailed statement Saturday night, Live Nation, which manages the venue, said that the start of the concert was delayed because "As has always been the case, the Backstreet Boys production is unlike anything else on the road" and the "state of the art" concert setup meant the opening of the doors to admit concertgoers and the start of the concert was later than expected.
Because the venue has a strict 11 p.m. curfew, Live Nation said it worked with the performers to try and get the full show in before the curfew hit. When that became impossible, "the artist was asked to conclude the show."
On Saturday, the Chicago Park District tweeted in response to a fan's complaint that "Live Nation makes that call. They were hired to manage that concert venue."
Backstreet Boys singer Kevin Richardson offered an apology on the group's Facebook page.
"We got shut down five minutes shy of the finish line, so we're so frustrated, and we're going to figure out how to make this right," Richardson said, in a video posted hours after the show ended.
In the statement Live Nation said that "at this time, there is not word of a return date for Chicago."
Melinda Dragicevich, a 32-year-old 911 dispatcher from Des Plaines, said she and her friend were in the front row when the lights came on and the band's microphones stopped working about 11 p.m. She had printed out a set list for the night and noticed the Backstreet Boys still had four songs left.
She recalled the Backstreet Boys looking surprised and hearing them tell each other that they have no problem paying whatever fine comes with performing later than allowed.
"It ended so abruptly," Dragicevich said. "They kept saying, 'It's not us.' "
In a video posted on YouTube by a concert attendee, the Backstreet Boys are shown leading the audience in chants of, "One more song!" and asking someone off-stage whether they could perform "just one more, please."
The sudden shutdown was not the first time this summer that concert attendees left the newly revamped and renamed FirstMerit Bank Pavilion unsatisfied.
Fans who attended a Jimmy Buffett concert June 29 complained about poor acoustics and muddy conditions, prompting Live Nation to promise free tickets to upcoming shows.
One disappointed Backstreet Boys fan remembered that experience.
"We'll never go back to Northerly Island again," the fan tweeted. "Saw BSB and Jimmy Buffett there, both times the venue ruined our experience."
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BMX. FFS, expecting Nicole Kidman to make an appearance here.
Just can't see the relevance at all TBH.
Will change my mind if an Aussie wins it though
BMX. FFS, expecting Nicole Kidman to make an appearance here.
Just can't see the relevance at all TBH.
Will change my mind if an Aussie wins it though
WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
The modern conservative is engaged in one of mans oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - JK Galbraith
"Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality." - Bob Hawke
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
I like BMX, because we've got someone awesome in it.
Sync Swimming and Gymnastics
*****Cricket Rules******
"Born to play Cricket"
BMX,Dressage,Sync Swimming,Baseball,Mens Football,Soft ball,Trampoline,Rhythmic Gymnastic
And one more thing no country should be allowed to have more than 2 participant in the same event...its no fun seeing people from same country winning all the medals
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
RIP Craigos
The only sport I can think of is the Keiran, and believe it or not it is pretty big business in Japan. Anyway cycling is a bloody hard sport, it is more then just turning your feet over and over and keep on pedaling.
What counts as a legit sport? Is Gridiron a legit sport even though it tends to be boring as bat**** as the players do not have the ability to think for themselves or rugby?
Anyway I agree about football, the more fact a player wants to play in it, his club just tells him to GAGF anyway and doesn't let him travel. In the case of the Athens Olympics, Rangers transfer listed their then captain Craig Moore because he wanted to go (they also took his captaincy away).
Agreed with the general principle though - the best should be there. Winter Olympics has the balance right I think, each nation can enter up to four athletes (with the exception of figure skating for some reason).
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
-jected, I was rejected
I wasn't good enough to be elected
Lava, it was like lava
Moving through my body like fire
If we got rid of every sport voted in this thread we'd have to change the Olympics to simply the world athletics festival or something. Look, if you don't like it then don't watch it. Its what I do, I don't care much for a few sports but I don't mind them being there because I have a choice to not watch it. FFS if it bothers some people that synchronized swimming or whatever is on their TV for a few hours then get off your fat arse and do something else, or at least change channel.
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RIP Craig Walsh
I spose if you're saying just people because the Olympic ideal is about people and all the other PR stunts they pull to look good then fine, but if its in reference to riders suppossedly not doing anything of note then you're wrong. Sorry.
FTR, I'd keep the lot bar football, because football is really just done strangely at the Olympics. If it had the best players in the world there then it should stay, but atm its a bit meh. However I don't mind if it stays, because as I mentioned previously, I don't have to watch it.
Rest In Peace Craigos
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Opened on March 1, 1973 as the Capri Terrace. The theatre was later twined and its name shortened to the Terrace, closing in 1980. On January 1, 1982 it reopened as the Terrace Tap House Theatre which closed in 2000.
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The Terrace is – to Knoxville film buffs – the most regreted lost theatre. The building is nothing to look at: a low metal building with a drop-off canopy instead of a marquee on the front. Inside a tiny lobby with a spray of "mod" tear-drop lights and a cramped candy counter lead the audience into the featureless curtained auditoriums.
For many years though, under the name Terrace Tap-House, it served as Knoxville's art theatre. The location, just off Kingston Pike, (our main east/west street) with plenty of free parking, only 3 miles from the University of Tennessee's 30,000 students AND at the center of Knoxville's fashionable west side neighborhoods should have proved gold-mine.
When I first began visiting the Terrace in 1993 the projection looked like the lenses had been cleaned with sand paper. The pop corn was burned, the co-cola flat. There was no calender to know what was coming, nor how long a feature would stay. The auditorium floors had been stepped into terraces with tables and uncomfortable metal chairs. The sight lines were deplorable.
In its last incarnation someone outfitted an adjacent storefront as a complete restaurant kitchen to convert the old Terrace into the "Cinema Grill." It lasted less than 6 months. The building is currently used as a coffee house under the name Fairbanks Roasting Room. I don't know if they ever use the projection equipment, or if the projectors are even still there.
Still, when you talk to Knoxvillians of a certain age about the Terrace they will smile and say, "oh yes, I saw ____________ there."
The Terrace is about a block from the Capri Cinema, q.v.
The Capri Terrace was opened in 1973 and originally seated 409. Charlie Simpson build this theatre as his "pride and joy†of the Simpson Theatres chain. The interior was laid out very similar to the Capri-70 and the projection was in Ultra Vision. Mr. Simpson also had a small sitting area on the left side of the lobby with a fireplace and antique furniture. It was designed with retail shops around the exterior of the theatre to insulate the auditorium from any outside noise, especially from the nearby railroad tracks. This was also Simpson's first step into the commercial real estate market, and the beginning of the Homberg Place development which has become a quaint shopping area in Bearden.
The Capri Terrace is where "Earthquake†and "Midway†both played with Sensurround. This was an effect where large sub-woofers are placed in the front and back of the auditorium and low frequency sound rattle the movie patron's teeth.
The Capri Terrace closed in 1980 and was converted into the Terrace Dinner Theatre. This is when the floor was turned into multi levels to accommodate tables and chairs. This lasted until1983. Mr. Simpson's son, Jim Simpson, then converted the theatre into the Terrace Tap House. The theatre was twined in 1990 and even though the movies were good, the presentation was far less then adequate.
I worked at manager and projectionist at the Terrace from '92 to '98. Considering that not a single cent was ever put back into the theatre, I think that we did an admiral job. The Century projectors were in very bad condition and I often had to use my ingenuity to keep the running (duct tape & rubber bands). The bad picture had as much to do with the odd angles the projectors had to be in to hit the screen properly. The projection booth was way too small for twin projection systems.
Like most of our patrons, I have many wonderful memories.
I saw Earthquake there in Sensurround. At the time, it was a great theatre.
As a U.T. student in the mid 70s, I spend a lot of time at the Capri-70, Capri Twin, Capri Terrace, the Westown, Kingston 4, Cedar Bluff Twin, and the Downtown West 6 (which only had 4 screens at the time.) All gone except for the D.W.
I can recall seeing Ghostbusters, Back to the Future Part III, and Total Recall there. The last film that I remember seeing there was Box of Moonlight, with John Turturro and Sam Rockwell, which was partially filmed in Knoxville.
I think A LOT of people would be thrilled if Regal (or some other company) would turn it back into a movie theatre! I would do it myself if I had the financial backing…I used to love going to the movies here when it was an art house cinema in the 1990s. The Bearden area has really blossomed in the past few years, so I think the time is right when the theatre would do very well again. Just think of everyone who eats at the area restaurants like Nama, Chez Liberty or the Highland Grill taking in a movie at the Terrace as part of their evening out. I'm sure they would get a lot of customers from Sequoyah Hills, not to mention all the students and staff from UT campus. I think there would be tremendous support from the community to turn it back into a cool theatre again. It would make for a great story.
This opened as the Capri Terrace on March 1st, 1973 and closed in 1980. It reopened as the Terrace Tap House on January 1st, 1982. Both grand opening ads posted.
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The regular firearm season for deer hunting begins today and continues through Dec. 9, and Steve Hett of rural Marion is preparing to welcome friends from the coasts for a hunt.
Hett has been hunting most of his life, beginning with father-son rabbit hunts when he was young.
"I loved it," he said. "That was a big thing for me to get to shoot a gun now and then."
In the past four or five years, he's gotten in the habit of taking a pair of brothers — one from Philadelphia, Pa., and the other from San Francisco, Calif. —on a deer hunt each winter. It works well for them to meet halfway, and it gives Hett a chance to see friends who he wouldn't see much otherwise.
He also occasionally takes families hunting, sometimes with three generations of hunters.
"It's quite exciting when you pull up and these kids are super thrilled," Hett said.
They'll often be high-fiving and hugging their fathers because they're so happy about their first successful hunt.
"I've been there before," Hett said. "I remember my first deer."
It wasn't until 1969, in his first year out of military service, that Hett shot his first deer. He'd never even seen a deer in Kansas before that day, because deer were much rarer in Kansas at that time.
His first deer had a broken rack of antlers, and it wasn't very big.
"It sure looked big to me at the time, though," he said. "It isn't the size of the deer, it's the size of the hunt."
Hett said preparing to hunt deer is a year-round task. A hunter needs to scout places that have sufficient food, water, and cover to support deer, and that can change from year to year. When a suitable location is found, then a hunter needs to set up blinds and stands.
Deer now driving force in Kansas hunting
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism sells between 80,000 and 100,000 deer hunting permits of all types each year, spokesman Mike Miller said Monday.
Deer weren't always the biggest draw for hunters to Kansas, though. Miller said pheasant and quail hunting was the biggest source of revenue for the department 25 years ago.
Miller said the shift to deer hunting happened because of changing game populations. Deer populations have surged in that time, owing a lot to the Conservation Reserve Program providing more suitable habitat for deer.
Deer populations, along with complaints of damage to crops and car accidents, have picked up since 2000, although they have stabilized in the past couple of years.
With the growth of deer populations, Kansas has become a favored destination for hunting whitetail deer, along with Iowa and Illinois, Miller said. Kansas has a quota of about 21,000 hunting permits for non-residents, and those sold out during the summer.
World record
On Dec. 7, 1997, Jamie Remmers (now Jamie Shirley) shot a 34-point buck in Marion County that remains the women's world record to this day.
"I knew it was one I could mount," but didn't know it was any kind of record, Shirley said Monday.
The buck scored 257 1/8 non-typical in the Boone & Crocket scoring system, the best ever by a woman, the best nationally in 1997, and still the fifth best in Kansas. The head mount is now on display at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Mo.


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It's not often a passenger car is turned into a political football -- but that is what has happened to GM's gas-electric, plug-in hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt.
Nobody went after Toyota when it introduced the first-generation Prius in Japan. Fifteen years later, Toyota is on pace to sell more than 200,000 Priuses in the North American market.
The latest Volt argument is over how much General Motors loses on each one it sells. A recent published report estimated every Volt sold costs GM as much as $49,000 -- pretty high for a car that sells for $39,000 before green-car rebates from federal and state programs and subsidies that lower the cost of leasing.
Political opponents of the president derisively call the Volt the "Obamamobile." For his part, the president has said he wants to buy a Volt when he leaves office and drive it himself if the Secret Service lets him.
"The Volt as a brand has become politicized," Edmunds.com Vice Chairman Jeremy Anwyl told the Los Angeles Times.
GM won't say how much it loses on each Volt but said the report incorrectly "allocated product development costs across the number of Volts sold instead of allocating across the lifetime of the program, which is how business operates."
After spending an estimated $1 billion to develop the gas-electric car, GM has sold nearly 13,500 Volts so far this year, just over half of the sales originally projected for all of 2012.
GM may be losing money on the Volt now -- just like Nissan is losing big bucks on its all-electric plug-in Leaf -- but the once staggered auto giant can afford it after posting 10 straight profitable quarters since reorganizing and earning $1.5 billion in the second quarter.
Nissan sold just 4,288 Leafs through August but the Japanese company also is earning near record profits -- and the state-of-the art technology used in both vehicles puts the companies in good shape to meet increased fuel economy standards of 54.5 mpg mandated by the federal government by 2025.
Ford sold just 169 of its all-electric Focus Electric cars through August, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Doug Parks, GM's vice president of global product program, said the Volt "eventually will make money" and predicts the second generation Volt will sell at higher volume.
"Every investment in technology that GM makes is designed to have a payoff for our customers, to meet future regulatory requirements and add to the bottom line," GM said in a statement. "The Volt is no different, even if it takes longer to become profitable."
At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., last month, Vice President Joe Biden sought to turn Republican criticism of the auto industry bailout into a positive by making the bumper sticker -- "GM alive, bin Laden dead" -- an Obama re-election slogan.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says GM should have been allowed to go through the traditional court bankruptcy process in 2009, but Democrats counter saying there was no private capital around then to help it reorganize because of the financial meltdown and banking crisis.
Treasury bailed out GM and remains a major shareholder with 500 million shares, 26.6 percent of the company. Former Obama administration auto czar Steven Rattner said it was simply wrong to suggest the administration held off putting GM into bankruptcy, The Detroit News said.
Honda, Hyundai and Ford have all introduced new hybrids, with the technologically advanced Accord sedan, which has a four-cylinder engine and two electric motors, the hybrid Sonata, and the Fusion electric and plug-in hybrid Fusion Energi and C-MAX hybrid.
"Toyota lost a lot of money in the beginning when it brought the Prius to the world," Thilo Koslowski, an analyst with Gartner Inc., told the Times. "This is particularly true for cars with new powertrain technology like the Volt."
The 2013 Volt can go as much as 38 miles on a single charge before its gasoline engine kicks on to provide electricity from a generator to power the car and recharge its batteries. By comparison, a Prius plug-in hybrid can go up to 15 miles on electric power alone.
Gas prices set to fall?
Gasoline prices may have peaked for the year.
That's the word from petroleum industry analysts who predict gas prices will moderate quickly as the summer driving season ends.
At a national average $3.84 per gallon, gasoline prices remain 19 cents higher than this time last year, but Gulf of Mexico refineries shutdown by the approach of Hurricane Isaac last month suffered no major damage and are coming back on line.
Of course, nature could throw a monkey wrench into production restarts if another storm develops in the gulf.
Robert Rapier, a guest blogger for The Christian Science Monitor, also points out winter-season blends of gasoline are cheaper than the pollution-reducing summer blends and he says higher crude oil prices have already been factored by oil companies into pump prices.
Good days at Flat Rock
Times are good at the former AutoAlliance International Plant in Flat Rock, Mich.
The plant, a joint venture that began assembling Ford Probes and Mazda6s in 1992, is now under Ford management and will begin building the all-new 2013 Fusion sedan next year.
The Fusion hybrid and Fusion Energi plug-in electric will be built in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Ford, which has sold most of its stake in Japan's Mazda, last week renamed the 2.9-million-square-foot facility the Flat Rock Assembly Plant. It is spending $555 million to update the Michigan factory and will add a second shift creating 1,200 jobs. Laid-off Ford workers will get first shot at the new jobs before new hires are recruited.
"It's (the plant) produced a lot of important vehicles for the two companies," said Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas. "We're proud of that past. We are even more excited about our future."
The next generation 2014 Ford Mustang also will be built at Flat Rock. Mazda still owns 50 percent of the plant, but its last car rolled off the Flat Rock assembly line Aug. 24.


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"I don't care about the political implications," Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y, told National Journal. "I don't care about my reelection effort. I came here to do what's right for America."
And so continued the second great GOP Congressional balk of 2011, where the House has walked away from a deal formed in the Senate that would push the payroll tax cut (dropping the Social Security withholding from Americans' paychecks from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent, among other measures) two months into 2012.
As House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said on the House floor:
"The two-month concept doesn't make a whole lot of sense. A two-month patch is irresponsible. That's why the House is taking a stand — we believe all Americans deserve certainty."
In fact, you'd have to say that Democrats - who were carping about certainty during the debt ceiling debate - aren't providing much of it here. (Same goes for Senate Republicans, who nearly all voted for the Senate proposal.)
In fact, Decoder finds it somewhat refreshing to hear someone say the words "I don't care about my reelection effort."
(A quick caveat - Reed's seat, New York's 29th congressional district, is being contracted as New York loses a House seat due to a shrinking population. So, it's unclear what his next steps are, anyway.)
Americans have hit a record level of distrust of Congress, as Gallup shows below: Sixty-four percent rate Congressional honest and ethics as very low or low - or about twice as bad as the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
What else is honesty but saying what you believe and believing what you say?
The (potential) problem for Congressional Republicans is America wants their taxes to stay down. If the House doesn't pass the Senate bill, this isn't going to happen. Although there hasn't been any polling Decoder has seen about what the public wants out of the payroll tax cut debate (or associated measures), MSNBC's First Read points out that you can figure out where the nation's political preferences are on this issue pretty clearly:
To understand how House Republicans have backed themselves into a corner on extending the payroll tax cut, two Senate Republicans running in some of the most competitive contests next year are distancing themselves from the House GOP. "The House Republicans' plan to scuttle the deal to help middle-class families is irresponsible and wrong," said Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who most likely will run against Democrat Elizabeth Warren in 2012. "The refusal to compromise now threatens to increase taxes on hard-working Americans and stop unemployment benefits for those out of work."
And Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), who will run against Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley, added: "What is playing out in Washington, D.C., this week is about political leverage, not about what's good for the American people. Congress can work out a solution without stopping the payroll tax-cut extension for the middle class." Bottom line: You know where the politics on this issue are when Brown and Heller are for/against something. Two other veteran senators, Richard Lugar and Olympia Snowe, also both up for re-election in states carried by President Obama in '08, have joined the chorus of Republicans asking the House GOP to simply vote out the Senate bill.
In this case, then, one could argue that Congressional Republicans are doing the upright thing: battling against public opinion for something they truly believe in.
It isn't too hard to see why the GOP side of the House has dug in its heels: as National Journal points out, the party's freshman lawmakers, particularly, feel like they can't lose.
"On the one hand, if they force Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) back to town then they've shown their political mettle. If they don't, perhaps Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) laid out their future line of attack best: "I think that everyone across this entire nation will see Democrats for who they are." That is, after Obama excoriated Republicans for looking to hightail it out of town without passing extensions to unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut, particularly, could Democrats turn their backs on Republican efforts to negotiate for a full year extension?"
This is a question about political process, yes, but it's the political process of how Congress functions. We want our elected representatives to be honest and, taking that a step beyond the data, stand their ground. However, the moment they do so, we see the reason why it's comfy to have some conformity: Gridlock by an organized block of members can bring the entire building down.
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Honors & Awards
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)
2014 Outlook
Greg Hart will look to join a group of young players battling for playing time at tight end in the 2014 season. The 6-5, 240-pound Hart has made strides in the weight room during his first year in the program and will push sophomores Cethan Carter, Sam Cotton and Trey Foster for playing time at the position.
An Ohio native, Hart was named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in each of his first two semesters, and carries a 3.333 grade-point average in finance/marketing. He has also been a leader in the Huskers' community outreach efforts.
2013 (Redshirt)
Hart redshirted in his first year in the Husker program.
Before Nebraska (Archbishop Alter)
Hart was a standout two-way player for Coach Ed Domsitz at Archbishop Alter High School in Dayton. Archbishop Alter posted an 8-2-1 record in 2012 and reached the first round of the state playoffs. Hart finished his senior season with better than 20 receptions for approximately 300 yards and three touchdowns. From his defensive end spot, Hart racked up better than 60 tackles, including a league-leading 10 sacks and an interception. He earned conference defensive lineman-of-the-year honors and was an honorable-mention Division III All-Ohio choice.
Hart was also a difference-maker on both sides of the ball during his junior season, when he helped Alter to a 10-1 record. The school completed the regular season with a perfect record in 2011, before losing in the first round of the state playoffs. Hart was regarded as one of the top 30 tight end prospects in the country and one of the top 40 overall prospects in the state of Ohio. Hart committed to Nebraska in May of his junior year and did not take any other official visits. He had several offers, including Northwestern, Indiana, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Louisville, Kentucky and North Carolina State.
Hart is the son of Thomas and Linda Hart, and he was born on Oct. 12, 1994. He is majoring in finance/marketing. Hart has volunteered his time with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Uplifting Athletes, Husker Heroes, Husker Hotline and several local hospital, elementary school and community rec center visits.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Sean Griffin, December 13, 2011
Swimming Pool Tile and Coping Repair
Before you open up your swimming pool in the spring you may want to address any structural damage and needed repairs before your pool is running and in full use. The off season is a good time for a DIY pool owner to fix up any cosmetic or underlying damage around the swimming pool. Resetting coping stones, setting tile, grouting, and caulking the expansion joint that runs the perimeter of the pool can be easily achieved with the right products and a little know how. When structural damage is repaired in a timely fashion it will prevent the issue from evolving into a major pool renovation.
Structural damage to your swimming pool can be caused several different ways. If you are subject to freezing temperatures during the winter months or have issues with the soil the pool was built into you can be at a greater risk. When a swimming pool is constructed with a surrounding decking it will "settle"" over the next several years.
Heaving and expansion can cause the decking to shift. The ground surrounding the pool can also experience erosion which can lead to water entering the void, freezing and expanding, and damaging the bond beam of the swimming pool. The beam is defined as the top 6 or 8 inches of the pool wall which holds the tile & coping. When the bond beam becomes compromised you will begin to experience issues with the coping becoming loose and the tile falling off. Until the bond beam is repaired it can continue to crumble and damage will follow.
Caulking the Pool Expansion Joint
Swimming pools and the surrounding decking, if any, can interface and be constructed in a variety of ways. Cantilever decking construction has the decking run all the way to the edge of the pool overlapping the bond beam. Other designs will incorporate coping commonly red bull nose bricking, a soft bull nose stone, or flagstone. The coping will be mortared to the pool bond beam and there will be a gap between the coping and the pool deck. This gap is the expansion joint. As the two separate structures settle and move over time they should remain separate while keeping water and debris from entering the gap.
Caulking this joint and properly sealing the gap is the first line of defense in preventing damage to the pools bond beam. Normally you will wait a year after original pool construction before caulking the expansion joint. This is to allow for the slabs to cure and possibly settle somewhat. Pool builders often do not include this vital step in ensuring the swimming pool structure remains sound for years to come in their contract.
A good caulk job starts with good surface prep. The sides of the joint must be clean, dry, rough and solid. Backer rod foam should be placed in the joint to give the caulk something to sit on top of. The joint is taped off to keep things neat, and caulk is shot or troweled into the joint to a depth of 3/8 - 1/2". The caulk should be an elastomeric sealant, suitable for outdoor use.
Over time caulking can break down or you may have additional slab shifting which may call for the expansion joint to be resealed. Annually inspect the caulking joint to prevent problems down the line.
Replace or Reset Pool Coping
Coping around the pool perimeter in any form is subject to damage. It can become unsecured from a damaged bond beam, crack, or become unlevel through ground movement. In some cases damage to coping is apparent and in other cases it can be elusive. If you suspect damage to part of the pools bond beam or there is a visible crack at the tile line you can use a chain or a hammer to drag across the coping while listening for hollow spots.
Resetting coping will entail removing the stone or brick by first cutting away any grout that is between joints. You may even need to gain leverage by removing grout beneath the coping between the tile and the coping itself. A crow bar may even be necessary but remember the goal is not to damage any coping stone so they may be reused. Once you have removed the necessary section of coping you may have to rebuild and level the bond beam using hydraulic cement and then reset the brick or stone. For minor damage you can use pool coping repair products to touch up any nicks or chips. You will want to finish by grouting and then caulking where the material was absent or removed.
Pool Tile Repair
Tile can begin to fall off of the pool structure for many reasons. Freeze damage, a compromised bond beam, and even time can lead to deterioration. After ensuring the coping stone and bond beam are properly set and are structurally sound you can replace and re-adhere the tile to the pool's tile line. Older tiles may be hard to match if you're in need of replacements. It's always a good idea to hold on to an extra sheet or two from the original construction. You can also touch up and repair tile before cementing to the structure and grouting.
Weather you just need to pop on a couple of tiles or you need to replace several feet of coping, tile, grout, and caulk, the products needed are easy to use to achieve your goal. EZ patch products are available for any repair and even have video tutorials to help you train to become a pro at fixing and maintaining the pool structure. Avoid paying a pool company for what you can accomplish on your own!