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Strong winds that whipped through the area early Thursday morning proved more daunting than destructive as a storm system producing severe weather moved across the region.
Strong winds that whipped through the area early Thursday morning proved more daunting than destructive as a storm system producing severe weather moved across the region.
The severe weather began its trek across North Carolina Wednesday and the worst of the storm activity passed through Onslow County in the early hours Thursday.
�Between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. was pretty much the worst of the activity,� said meteorologist Andrew McKaughan with the National Weather Service office in Newport.
The forecast office covers 15 Eastern North Carolina counties, including Carteret and Onslow. McKaughan said the entire area saw winds of about 40 to 50 mph.
The timing of the storm coincided with an early morning fire in Surf City that destroyed Tiffany�s Hotel, with strong winds a challenge for firefighters battling the blaze.
But reports of direct damage from the storm system were minimal, he said.
A tornado watch was issued for the area Wednesday night, but McKaughan said the storm did not produce any possible tornados in the office�s forecast area.
A high surf advisory remained in place until mid-day Thursday, with high winds kicking up surf along the beaches in Onslow and Carteret counties.
But there wasn�t any sign of significant beach erosion.
Carteret County Shore Protection Manager Greg �Rudi� Rudolph said the fast-moving storm wasn�t an issue along Bogue Banks.
�It was such a quick storm and coming across the country like that, that by the time we get winds over the water it�s gone,� he said.
With a beach nourishment project set to begin within the next week, Rudolph said any minor localized erosion will be taken care of.
There weren�t any reports of erosion from the storm along Surf City of North Topsail Beach either.
At North Topsail Beach, the storm came through just as the New River Inlet Channel Realignment project is being finished.
�It�s still looking good and if there was any (erosion) it was very minor,� said Carin Faulkner, interim town manager.
The project has widened and deepened the New River Inlet Channel and the sand from the channel has been placed on the northern 1.7 miles of beach.
While this storm didn�t have much impact, the wider beach means enhanced protection from erosion, she said.
Elsewhere in Onslow County, officials had not determined Thursday whether wind played a part in a hog farm building collapse in Richlands.
One worker was taken to a nearby hospital, treated and released after tumbling from a ladder as the structure fell in on itself Wednesday afternoon, workers at the site said Thursday.
No other injuries were reported. No hogs were housed in the building at the time.
The building at Coharie Farms in Onslow County near the Pender County line was being torn down when the incident occurred, the workers said.
Onslow County Emergency Management officials said they weren�t sure whether the high winds were involved.
The National Weather Service said its only damage report from the Onslow County area was a tree down on a power line at Liberty Park Road and Richlands Highway.
Jacksonville Police Department said there were no major traffic accidents related to the inclement weather.
Spokeswoman Beth Purcell said there were several calls regarding debris in roadways but because of the overnight timing of the storm, most motorists were at home for the night.
Traffic signals at intersections at Henderson Drive and Gum Branch Road and Johnson and Chaney experienced outages during the storm. Jacksonville patrol and traffic officers directed traffic at the intersections during peak commuter hours Thursday morning.
�Should you approach a traffic signal that has no power, state law requires that all vehicles must come to a stop and treat the intersection as a 3-way or 4-way stop. If the stoplight is stuck on flash, motorists must obey flashing red or flashing yellow,� Purcell noted.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-257 or email@example.com. Reporter Lindell Kay contributed to this report.


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I gotta say, it wasn't a bad West Coast trip at all
Well, we all know how that West Coast trip went. It's kind of weird because, as you guys know, we usually really have a tough time out there. We will take three series wins on a road trip anytime. I had the great experience of spending our off-day last week in Napa Valley at the Kunde Family Estate with my wife. We had a very awesome time with some great wine and met some great people.
The good feelings continued during the weekend in Oakland. Gavin Floyd did not have his best stuff a couple of days ago, but we won the series and that's what matters the most. Again, Omar Vizquel continues to do it for us. I'm not sure how he does it, but oh my … God has been great to him and I'm happy for him. We also got some very good pitching from Phil Humber and Mark Buehrle, and our bullpen was very good the entire trip; Jesse Crain, Matt Thornton, Sergio Santos have all been awesome for really the entire month of May so far.
I'm really looking forward to being back home in Chicago and playing against a good man in Ron Washington and the American League-champion Texas Rangers. This series won't be easy, but hopefully we will continue to compete and play like we have on the road. I remember seeing the Rangers in the World Series last year when I helped FOX on the broadcasts, and that team has a lot of personality. I really like the characters that they have on that team, and it's probably a lot of the reason they were so good.
So I hope to see you out at the park this week and let's hope this weather keeps getting better and better. Oh yeah, and of course … Go Bulls!! I'm watching very closely!
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Hi Ozzie
Happy to hear you had a great time on the west coast!
Loved showing you around the estate when you were here, you and your wife are wonderful people, it was great getting a chance to meet you. You are officially now a wine expert on Kunde wines, except for one minor detail, we are in the Sonoma Valley, not the Napa Valley. Don't want you to get lost the next time you come back.


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But how do you test a mouth-guard? Clearly it's important to know that the mouth-guard will take the battering applied to it during regular use. That's where Instron's CEAST 9350 Drop tower with additional energy system comes in. Not only is the 9350 capable of applying the speed and energy required to simulate a heavy punch from a boxer*, but the additional thermostatic chamber enables temperature conditioning at 37◦c to better replicate the in-situ environment. Moreover, the versatility of the Instron product range means that specialised fixtures can be produced; an embedded transducer can detect force from the tooth's 'perspective', and the material can either be tested as a flat sample or in finished product form on a manikin jaw. Our DAS (Data Acquisition System) can collect data from such customised, additional sensors.
*According to recent research1, a punch is thrown, on average, at a velocity of 9.14 m/s (metres per second) with an effective mass of 8.9 kg. Based on a statistical maximum (assuming normal distribution) of three standard deviations above the average, the worst battering that the mouth-guard will have to protect against is 1,040 joules at 15.32 m/s and 8.9kg; the CEAST 9350's capacity of 16m/s at 9kg covers this range of testing conditions neatly. Similarly a hockey puck can reach speeds of up to 110 mph (miles per hour), associated with energies of up to 207J, well within the maximum energy range of the 9350's capabilities.
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Established in 1997, Lanka Bell currently has a subscriber base of over 1 million users in the country and provides state-of-the-art voice and data solutions to both residential and business clientele. With rapid subscriber and telecom services usage growth, telecom carriers are increasingly shifting their focus from the traditional technology and networks towards enhancing customer services and business performance. To that end, Lanka Bell was looking for a cloud based IT infrastructure to gain scalability, enable business growth and ensure faster service delivery. The telecom company wanted to use the cloud solution to support its internal IT requirements as well as to offer cloud-based services.
Lanka Bell has adopted the IBM SmartCloud to increase business agility, optimize virtualization and reduce IT cost and complexity. The solution enables Lanka Bell to focus increasingly on their core business, enhance utilization of resources, and reduce operating costs. IBM will also help Lanka Bell upgrade its datacenter and disaster recovery environment to make it energy efficient and ensure uninterrupted service availability for clients.
"This collaboration not only drives scalability but ensures that our customers enjoy a higher level of reliability and comfort knowing that their data is secure in a private cloud environment," said Prasad Samarasinghe – Managing Director, Lanka Bell. "With IBM, the cloud computing infrastructure can be provisioned in a matter of minutes as compared to weeks or months on a traditional infrastructure setup. This has not only helped us deploy new features faster but also scale up the infrastructure rapidly -- enabling faster time to market. Moreover, we are now able to focus on growing the business without having to worry about the associated IT capital investments."
"As more and more businesses aim to position themselves ahead of the competition through transformative IT solutions, we are seeing an increased demand for cloud computing," said Chrishan M Fernando, Country General Manager, IBM Sri Lanka. "This win is a further testimony to IBM's telecom market leadership, wherein we helped Lanka Bell establish a robust infrastructure to achieve operational efficiencies, faster response time and quicker go-to-market with their offerings, thus enhancing customer experience."
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I'm sure it will be no surprise to anyone who knows me that I acquired a few books during my several days in Washington. I carefully weighed my suitcase before leaving so I'd have an idea just how much I could add without incurring a charge for an overweight bag on the return trip, and I still had to shift about four pounds to my backpack when I checked in for my flight home.
I actually didn't buy too much; my shelves already overflow with books waiting to be digested! But here are the goodies I picked up:
David A. Gerber, American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011). While the title claims "very short" and the book is a small 4.5" x 6.75", don't be deceived. The print is small but clear, and the text is 135 pages long; not a skimpy book at all. I expected a discussion of immigration laws and the identities of ethnic groups arriving at different times in American history and their reasons for immigrating, but Gerber goes much further than that. Laws are not created in a vacuum of course, and so he explains attitudes towards immigrants as well as politics. Much of it sounds painfully current and familiar. The book is well-indexed. I'm about half-way through this book; it's the perfect size and weight to carry in a purse or bag.
John P. Deeben, Genealogy Tool Kit: Getting Started on Your Family History at the National Archives (Washington, D.C.: Foundation for the National Archives, 2012). One of our NIGR lecturers brought this one to our attention, but noted that it's "very basic." I browsed through a display copy and decided to get it (p.s. NIGR attendees get a 20% discount at the NARA bookstore, in case anyone needs more incentive to attend the institute). I'm still taking a close look at it, but I rather like it. While it assumes that the reader is new to genealogy, and it apparently covers only records at NARA, I think it will be especially useful to those like me who are unfamiliar with or weak on military records. Stayed tuned; I hope to write another post about this book soon.
Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (New York: Random House, 2008). I don't know whether to be tickled or aghast that my close friends, upon reading a book about death on a massive scale, would think (correctly) "oh, Julie would love this!" Sad but true. Actually, my interest tends to be in community responses and recovery to said unhappy events, as well as (or more than) the causes. A friend and fellow NIGR attendee brought this book to my attention, and I am looking forward to reading it especially because my research that week was focused on Civil War records. I've been forewarned that it can be somewhat depressing reading.
One print item that I was glad to find and bring home was a single sheet of paper, "Exploring the Library of Congress via the Internet: Quick Reference Guide to the Library of Congress Web Site." I find the web sites of both NARA and the LOC rather overwhelming, so this double-sided paper is a huge help. You think there'd be a link to it right up front on the LOC website, but you'd be wrong. The only way I was able to find an online copy was to google the title; here's one of the links I found for the PDF: chnm.gmu.edu/fairfaxtah/documents/handout2003.pdf. I'm rather tempted to check out the page within the website titled "Exquisite Corpse Adventure."
NARA offers a wide variety of useful research and finding aids for their many (many) (many) record groups and series and subseries. Some of them are available on the website; many are available in print, free (my tax dollars at work; yours too). A couple of the NIGR lecturers passed out particular Reference Information Papers (RIP) as accompanying material to their syllabi, and I requested more while I was there. See http://www.archives.gov/publications/finding-aids.html for links to various free and $$ publications. I came away a number of publications including: Military Service Records at the National Archives (RIP 109), Using Civilian Records for Genealogical Research in the National Archives Washington, DC, Area (RIP 110), Black Family Research: Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives (RIP 108), and Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office (RIP 114).
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There is a tragic update to the story of Tarence Mitchell, the 18-year-old Connecticut football star accused of fatally stabbing a 27-year-old man that he was sexually involved with. The family that was already dealing with the death of their son is now coping with another tragedy: A house fire and serious injuries.
One person has been "seriously injured" after a fast moving early-morning fire engulfed the home belonging to the mother of Ronald Taylor Jr, reports NBC Connecticut. Taylor was the 27-year-old man allegedly killed by the teen football star. No word yet who was who injured in the fire.
The captain of the Bloomfield High School football team says he was sexually manipulated and harassed since he was 16-years-old by Taylor—who allegedly threatened to tell Mitchell's Facebook friends and mother when the teen attempted to cut it off, according to court documents. Police said Mitchell has confessed to the crime—and said that he chased Taylor after a verbal argument and then stabbed him "five times with a steak knife."
"Mitchell told police that the two had a sexual relationship and that Taylor gave him marijuana and alcohol over the last two years, according to court papers," reported the Hartford Courant. "Police also report the victim was previously stabbed by another male teen in the summer of 2012 who is younger than Mitchell. Taylor said the teen [had] slept over at [his] house the night before."
Mitchell was released from jail in mid December after his family posted $1 million bond and remains on house arrest. Mitchell is charged with first degree murder. His defense attorney wants to plead the case down to manslaughter, reports Hartford's CBS 3.
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I Am Scared, I Am a Single Woman in Delhi
By Medha Chaturvedi
I am a single woman in Delhi and I am scared and I am afraid. I am very, very scared – for my life, for my dignity, for my reputation but above all for my safety.
I am what the gossipy aunties of the city contemptuously refer to as "modern-types": I live with flatmates, not with my parents, and I go out with friends. Many of my friends are men; I wear pants and dresses.
I come home late after late-night movies, and go out for dinners. I have nobody who stays up to make sure I get home safe so it could happen that, one day, the fruits of this "modernity" could prove bitter for me.
Delhi can be very cruel to women, especially single ones. You get used to the constant staring and to the unwanted comments. You almost get used to the occasional incident of groping and molestation. You also get used to every man, woman or politician – pretty much anyone with a mouth –giving you advice on what to wear, who to speak to, and which words to choose – all for the sake of your safety.
In the summer, I should be free to wear skirts if I want to. No one should tell me otherwise.
Yet I constantly hear unsolicited advice from unconnected neighbors and colleagues who tell me that, if I don't dress or carry myself a certain way, I am inviting and provoking an attack on myself. The implication of this logic feeds the stigma attached to single women in Delhi.
Last month, while I was house hunting, I asked the real estate agent how safe the neighborhood was. He said: "It is a very safe area, there have been only one or two incidents and that, too on the approach road, nothing inside the colony." One incident is an incident too many. He suggested I should take self-defense classes and thought the local government take it upon itself to arm all women. I smiled. Women don't want to be armed, they just want to be safe. I didn't move to that house. I upped my budget and continued my search until I found a house in a gated community that I could afford.
People warn me against eye contact with men I don't know. Yet I rarely hear anyone preaching to men about self-control, which – by the way – is one of the things that sets us apart from animals.
I am fairly sure that if I were molested or raped there will be those who say: "She was asking for it." They may recall that I was wearing a skirt at the time, or that perhaps I was in a bar.
What scares me most about the latest, horrific, rape case in Delhi is that the young woman was raped and tortured for 45 minutes by several men, not just one, and none of them seemed to worry that what they were doing was wrong.
When Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit suggested setting up fast-track courts to ensure speedy justice in rape cases, calling the recent gang-rape a "shockingly extraordinary case", I shuddered.
As a former journalist, I covered many such cases. I learnt that most rapists are people the victims know. I also learned that women should not talk to strangers, as that could provoke unwanted attention. I learnt that public transportation or autos should be avoided at night.
The conclusion is untenable: to be safe, women should avoid any interaction with known or unknown people, and avoid most forms of transportation after dark. Traveling with a male friend may not help: in the latest case, the friend was also assaulted.
I used to resent my parents for telling me not to go out till late, that Delhi is unforgiving and that I should be careful. Today, I understand their concerns. This makes me angry. But as a single woman in Delhi, I am still very scared.
Medha Chaturvedi is an Associate Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. Her areas of research are left wing extremism and the process of internal development in Myanmar. She worked for five years as a journalist covering organized crime before taking on a career in research.
Write to: firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her on Twitter @medhachaturvedi
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That's Heather Locklear's tribe.* They believe they do it by swearing-off casinos they say they've never been interested in anyway. Like my Nanticokes and many other East Coast tribes who've borne the brunt of the colonization of what is currently the U.S. the longest, Lumbees have been heavily intermarried for many generations.
Issues around racialism, after 518 years of European-American politician and governmental influence and oppression, have unfortunately penetrated parts of America's Native community also, hence the references in some WWW comments to certain Tribes or individuals as Black or White or "Wannabes," attempting to deny their Indianness. This is despite the claim of U.S. "Indian Law" and every Federally-Recognized Tribe that their Sovereignty gives them the inherent right to regulate their citizenship just like any other nation; tragically this basic U.S. law is contradicted by other laws, such as Congressionally-supported regulatory Recognition criteria requiring a nearly-Amish level of endogamy thruout the Tribe's recorded history, and remaining in a small geographical area, despite the violent, racist, anti-Indigenous, economic, and cultural pressures of the Settler polities. (Their own Common Law stipulates that a criminal should not profit from his crime, yet these crimes go studiously and dishonorably unpunished in a tradition as old as British settlement here.)
Anyway, Many Years to the Lumbee Nation! And their website!
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FORT WALTON BEACH -- The Coast Guard is investigating what caused a barge carrying a crane to crash in to the top of the Brooks Bridge on Wednesday, March 20.
Investigators will review every aspect of the accident, from the winds on Santa Rosa Sound to the background and health of the tugboat operators who were guiding the barges that hit the bridge at 3:15 p.m.
"It's a causality analysis," said Lt. Mike Clausen, an investigator with the Coast Guard sector in Mobile, Ala. "They're asking specific questions: the who, what, when, where, why and how."
He said the Coast Guard will not release the names of the companies that own the tugs or their operators until the investigation was complete. He estimated that would take two to three months.
The bridge was fully reopened Thursday morning after it was shut down completely for several hours after the accident. The Coast Guard also allowed boat traffic to resume along the Intracoastal Waterway late Thursday afternoon.
But residents and businesses on Okaloosa Island remained under a boil water notice Thursday night after a water line that was ruptured in the accident was repaired. The advisory will be lifted after tests show bacteria is in the water, said Jeff Littrell, director of Okaloosa County's Water and Sewer Department.
The tugs Miss Lizzy and Helene Maria were guiding four barges east in the sound when the crane on one of the barges hit the concrete barrier wall on the west side of the bridge and broke the water line running under the sidewalk. Chunks of concrete fell from the bridge and water from the pipe gushed into the sound.
No one was hurt and no vehicles crossing the bridge at the time were damaged, said Randy McDaniel, Okaloosa County's emergency management director.
The bridge was closed immediately after the crash and tolls on the Mid-Bay Bridge were suspended to help relieve traffic congestion.
Two lanes on the bridge were reopened Wednesday night and all four lanes were opened about 6 a.m. Thursday, according to Ian Satter, district spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation. Tolls were reinstated on the Mid-Bay Bridge about the same time, Satter said.
"We opened up as quickly as we could. We had people needing to get to work, school, and we have the spring break crowd," he said.
Inspectors from the DOT found no structural damage to the bridge, and crews with Okaloosa County's Water and Sewer Department worked overnight to repair the water pipe.
Clausen with the Coast Guard in Mobile said officials with the Panama City Coast Guard station will investigate the crash.
"They're looking for what caused the accident," Clausen said. "Looking at work-rest periods of the operator, the vessel log, the machinery, maintenance. And if it's human-factor error we'll look at his license, where he obtained it, how long he's had it. We're looking for any evidence that it was human fault."
If found at fault, the tug operator could lose his license.Clausen said the tugboat's company also could be found at fault.
Satter said a damage estimate for the bridge wasn't available Thursday, but added that repair costs will not come from the DOT.
"Somebody will be held liable for the damages," he said.


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Conservation and Environment in Kenya: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Kenya Update- October and November 2014
"With its iconic appearances and historic popular appeal, the giraffe is the world's tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Recent years have seen much needed new research undertaken to improve our understanding of this unique animal."
Anne Innis Dagg in her new 2014 book on Giraffe: Biology, Behaviour and Conservation
With the onset of short rains the vegetation turns lush green and the colours of the savannah gradually move from faded green to green. This is definitely good for the environment but it also triggers the growth of invasive species that are dominant in the soil waiting for the right moment (presence of moisture) to sprout rapidly, flower, fruit and disperse seeds. Invasive species are increasingly a global concern, with invasions altering ecosystem functioning, threatening native biodiversity, and negatively impacting agriculture, forestry and human health and to save the situation the invasive species were plugged off manually.
On 28th October 2014, one of our adult female giraffe Lola gave birth to Suavek (named by one of our volunteers), a very healthy calf. Suavek is brother to Lino, after giving birth to Lino we were able to accurately predict when Lola will give birth again. How is that possible? Giraffes have an average gestation period of 446- 447 days and Rothschild's Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) in captivity - up to 470 days.
Lola is the first generation of giraffe to be born in our conservation project (approximately born in 2007), and since the start of the project Lola has given birth to Lino on 2/04/2013. This new birth brought the total number of giraffes to 30 for this sub-species which is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as endangered and of high conservation importance on their IUCN Red List. The future of the giraffe is very uncertain, especially for the two subspecies that are in the endangered category.
This is why understanding the ecology of this species is so crucial, and we are proud to be part of the team that is working tirelessly to counteract the decline. This is being done by conducting monitoring and research on the ecology of this sub species, in order to understand its requirements in the wild, along with countering the factors causing their decline. Kigio Wildlife Conservancy, who is our partner, is home to 5% of the Rothschild's giraffe species. The data on activity pattern of the giraffe will be published soon.
Our project has yielded very crucial information about the reproductive behaviour of the giraffes; they give birth in a specific area of the conservancy. This area has now been nicknamed 'maternity' due to the fact that all females give birth in that area, but the reasons for this is yet to be understood!!
Animal Census
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) conducted a total count of all the animals in the conservancy on the 17th and 18th October. Our volunteers helped greatly during the exercise! The study covered the Kigio conservancy and the neighbouring ranches. The results for census are as follows: we found that 38% of all sightings were Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus), 30% were Impala (Aepyceros melampus), 10% African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and Rothschild's Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), Zebra (Zebra) and Eland (Taurotragus oryx) each made up 8% of sightings.
Camera traps
The camera traps have been very instrumental in our mammal inventory project. Our motion sensor cameras are operating around the clock in the conservancy and are triggered every time they sense animal movement. These cameras capture images of wildlife species in the conservancy and this data is crucial in understanding species present in the conservancy, the behaviour as well as information on the activity pattern is also extracted in the long run. We are looking into using this non-invasive technique to monitor behaviour of the endangered Rothschild's giraffe.
Tree nursery
Our volunteers were able to plant many seedlings and the nursery has lots of trees which are ready to be for planted next year in the communities and neighbouring schools.
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Milwaukee police released information Monday about four violent deaths over the holiday weekend.
Andrew J. Brown, 25, was stabbed to death at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the 2900 block of West Vliet Street during a family argument. A 15-year-old relative of Brown's is in custody, police said.
Clemon G. Ferguson, Jr., 18, was shot during an armed robbery at a barbershop at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday at 2541 N. MLK Dr.
Police said this death was ruled self-defense by the district attorney's office and is not counted as a homicide. Police said Ferguson was shot by a 26-year-old customer as Ferguson and another armed man were committing a robbery at the business. The second armed robbery suspect, 21, is in custody.
Police said. Jessie W. Brown, 34, was shot at 1:13 a.m. Thursday at a suspected drug house in the 2100 block of South 14th Street in what appears to be a drug-related robbery. Police have no one in custody.
On Friday, Leandro Marin, 17, was shot by a friend at 11:45 p.m. inside a car in the 1800 block of South 32nd Street. Marin was inside a vehicle with the suspect when the fired a gun outside the vehicle and then accidentally shot his friend inside the vehicle.


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I absolutely love Folk Art as it is funky and a little unpredictable. Many tell a story. I first saw this amazing embroidered quilt at the Folk Art Museum in New York in February of 2011. What drew me to the piece was the folky flowers and animals randomly placed on the quilt top. Nothing was placed perfectly using hand drawn images that were simple yet very appealing. It was made from wool, cotton and silk and embellished with beads and silk and cotton threads. What I love about use of different threads and embroidery stitches is the added surface texture you achieve. Unfortunately the maker of this quilt is unknown but it was possibly made in New York State between 1825 -1845. The quilt measures 91″ x 80-1/2″ and was originally used as a bed cover. It is now in the permanent collection of the Folk Art Museum in New York.
Today many quilt makers reproduce original antique quilts. My lovely friend Sarah Fielke has gone one step further in her amazing book 'Old Quilts New Life' that was officially released last week. Not only did she reproduce 9 quilts form the collection of the Folk Art Museum in New York she took it one step further and produced a second quilt of each in a modern style. As I paged through her new book I was taken by her use of color, twist on the modern design and the amount of work that went into producing all the quilts for this book.
Old Quilts, New Life showcases 18 stunning quilts each one accompanied by step-by-step instructions so you can create them at home. The book takes you through the history of the quilting tradition and explores the techniques and styles employed by quilters over the centuries. From the beautiful simplicity of an Amish quilt to a pretty pinwheel design, there is a quilt in this book to suit all skill levels and styles.
This week is the official launch party for Sarah Fielke's book 'Old Quilts New Life' to find out more about Sarah and her quilts visit Sarah's blog , Instagram @sfielke and her Facebook page. You can also view many quilt designers favorite antique quilt on Instagram #oldquiltsnewlife during this exciting week.
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BEIJING, Feb. 2 (ChinaMil) -- China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) held a special press conference in Beijing on February 1, 2016, at which the Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun answered journalists' questions about the adjustment and establishment of the theater commands.
Q: Why re-adjust and re-divide the theater commands?
Yang: The five new theater commands, namely the Eastern Theater Command, the Southern Theater Command, the Western Theater Command, the Northern Theater Command and the Central Theater Command are set up according to China's security environment and the military's missions and tasks.
This adjustment is made on the principle that the Central Military Commission (CMC) takes charge of the overall administration of the Chinese armed forces, the theater commands focus on combat readiness, and the various military services pursue their own construction and development.
This adjustment is conducive to improving the joint operational commanding institutions, forming the joint operational system, better safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, and maintaining regional stability and world peace.
Q: How were the five new theater commands established?
Yang: The five new theater commands' organs are established on the basis of the functions and institutions of the former seven Military Area Commands (MAC). Under the leadership of the CMC, the five new theater commands are equivalent to the level of the former MACs, and the top commanding officers are also equivalent to the same level of the former MACs. As the adjustment and establishment is completed, the former seven MACs - Shenyang, Beijing, Lanzhou, Ji'nan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu - will be canceled.
Q: What are the duties and missions of the theater commands?
Yang: As the only top joint operational commanding institutions in their respective strategic directions, the theater commands are responsible for performing joint operational commanding functions, dealing with security threats in their strategic directions, maintaining peace, deterring wars and winning battles.
Q: What's the goal of theater commands construction?
Yang: The goal is to resolutely implement the Communist Party of China's goal of building a strong military under new circumstances, resolutely carry out the military strategy and guideline under new circumstances, resolutely carry through the principle that the CMC takes charge of the overall administration of the Chinese armed forces, the theater commands focus on combat readiness, and the various military services pursue their own construction and development, and build the loyal, competent and efficient joint operational commanding institutions.
Q: Will there be services' organs in the five theater commands?
Yang: To adapt to the establishment of theater commands, services' subordinate organs are formed within the five theater commands during this round of reform.
The Army's subordinate organs within the five theater commands are built on the basis of certain functions and institutions of the former MACs, the Navy's subordinate organs within the five theater commands are built on the basis of relevant naval fleets, and the Air Force's subordinate organs within five theater commands are built on the basis of the air force of former MACs. To date, the adjustment and establishment of the services' organs within five theater commands has been completed.
Q: Since the theater commands don't directly lead and manage the troops, will that affect their commands over the troops?
Yang: As the only top joint operational commanding institutions in their respective strategic directions, the theater commands can carry out unified command and control over all troops undertaking combat missions according to the commanding rights and liabilities endorsed by the CMC.
We will adapt to the operational requirements of the new commanding system, improve relevant rules and laws, and make sure the commanding rights and liabilities of the theater commands be earnestly put in place.
Q: After the theater commands adjustment and establishment, will China's national defense policy and military strategy be changed?
Yang: China always upholds a national defense policy that is defensive in nature and insists on the military strategy of proactive defense. Such policy and strategy are determined by China's political system, development strategy, foreign policy and historical and cultural traditions and will remain unchanged.
The Chinese armed forces will adhere to the security outlook of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable, actively expand the space for military security cooperation, and create a security environment conducive to the nation's peaceful development, and make greater contributions to world peace.
Q: How to deal with the follow-up work and left-over problems after the former MACs are canceled?
Yang: According to the actual situations of the reform, President Xi Jinping and China's CMC have decided to form transitional work offices to specifically deal with the follow-up work.
This arrangement is good for well serving the retired officers and properly arranging the officers and the wounded, sick and disabled, and is conducive to strengthening the management of funds, materials, equipment and facilities, so as to ensure the smooth transition from the old system to the new one and also the security and stability of the troops.


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The 1,000 acre LMU campus -- its grounds, its buildings, its equipment, its human resources -- is one of the most strikingly beautiful and functional in the country. Located in a rural setting just 55 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee, the campus is a visual treat. Under dynamic, experienced administrative leadership and a committed, well-prepared faculty, LMU has an atmosphere of openness and concern for the needs of each individual and sets a premium on creating the best conditions for learning.
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The cheese stand at the Sunday Hollywood Farmers Market that carries Winchester Gouda is now also carrying a delicious fresh mozzarella di bufala made by a dairy in Chino. They have both big and mini-balls of the stuff and it all tastes creamy and fresh. The mozz is usually made the day before the market, so it's as fresh as can be. They also have fresh buffalo ricotta and a few aged and smoked buffalos, but for me, there is nothing like the rich, solid cream feel of fresh buffalo mozzarella.
Check it out!
The stand is at the north end of the Sunday morning Hollywood Farmers Market (on Ivar, between Selma and Hollywood Blvd.), on the west side of the street.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Fresh Mozz
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I've been so tempted to buy their buffalo mozzarella every time I walk by their stand at the Santa Monica FM -- now it's only a matter of time!
I once used their mild gouda in a quiche, and it was outstanding.
- July 8, 2008 at 12:33 AM
- sku said...
Have you tried the aged Gouda? Great stuff...sweet yet sharp with a beautifully crystalized texture like a Parm-Reg.
The goudas are from Winchester Dairy and the Mozz is actually from a different dairy in Chino, but both are sold by the same Farmers Market vendor.
- July 8, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Yeah, their aged is great, too, and I liked flavored ones, as well. Maybe for me next quiche, I'll get even more adventurous. :)
- July 9, 2008 at 1:41 PM
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The Central Connecticut women's soccer team topped Bryant in overtime in their second road win of the season in Smithfield, RI on Friday. With the win, the Blue Devils improve to 4-3 in NEC play. Junior Kerriann Welch scored the first goal for CCSU and assisted senior Allison Kelley on the game-winner in overtime.
The match between the two squads remained scoreless throughout the first half and into the second until Bryant's Julie Vajda found the back of the net in the 59th minute of play to put the Bulldogs on the board.
The Blue Devils, finding themselves behind with plenty of time left, rebounded in the 77th minute when Welch dribbled the ball from midfield to the left side, shot past Bryant keeper Lauren Viverito and evened the score.
The squads continued to battle throughout regulation, but neither was able to gain the edge. Just 1:39 into overtime, Welch struck again, this time on an assist to Kelley who beat Viverito at the top of the box to net the game-winner for CCSU.
Having been outshot in the first half 12-5, the Blue Devil defense came out strong in the second period, holding the Bulldogs to just 5 shots. Central posted nine in the second half and the only shot of the overtime period.
Welch led the Blue Devil offense with two shots, both on goal, for one goal and one assist. Kelley, along with sophomore Cailynn Harding and freshman Morgan Santoro, posted two while junior Tori Sousa added three shots, one on goal.
Senior Nikola Deiter tallied four saves in 91:39 between the posts. Viverito also had four saves on the day.
The Blue Devils return home to close out the regular season on Sunday, Nov. 3 for senior day against NEC foe Wagner. The Seahawks are currently ranked third in the NEC. After today's win, Central is tied for fourth and looks to earn a spot in the NEC Championships.


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High End Tv by Vestel Id Team
Vestel Id Team Demonstrates The La Torre High End Tv
Vestel Id Team, the lead designer of the award winning project High end TV by Vestel Id Team explicates, In this design, there is no front cover holding the display. The TV is hold by the back cabinet hidden behind the display panel. The eloxal thin bezel surrounding the display is used just for cosmetic illusion. For all these reasons, only dominant element is a display in contrast to ordinary TV form. Eiffel Tower is the source of inspiration for La Torre. Some of the main similarities of these two are being reformist of their time and having same side view..
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I'm going mad ... STIR CRAZY I TELL YOU.
How many more sleeps til' Spring?
I'll be that way as soon as Christmas is over! Good thing Christmas can keep us distracted for a little while!
Already?! We still have to get through January..
Hold the crazy in and start some terrariums or something ;)


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By Renee O'Quinn
Kenley Lamb, the district essay contest winner read her winning essay (If I Were Mayor, I would...) before the council at the regular city council meeting May 24. Mayor Steve Rigdon announced that Kenley went on to state with her winning essay. He further stated Kenley was honored with a luncheon at the 755 Club at Turner Field in Atlanta. The mayor treated Kenley and her guests with a ride in a limousine to Turner Field. Kenley's mother and grandmother accompanied her at the city council meeting. The mayor reported that there were 6,000 applicants submitted and Kenley was one of the top 12 in the state. The mayor and city manager commended Kenley for her immense accomplishment.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - U.S. group General Electric (GE.N) wants to sell its Swiss consumer lending business and UBS UBSN.VX is a possible bidder in a deal that could be worth up to 1.5 billion Swiss francs ($1.6 billion), sources said.
Swiss bank UBS is one of at least two parties who planned to submit bids for GE Money Bank in an auction process, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
"GE wants to finalize the sale ... by the end of the first quarter," one of the sources said.
Zurich-based GE Money Bank Switzerland employs more than 700 people, has 25 branches and is active in personal loans, vehicle financing, credit cards and insurance services recording a profit of 135 million francs in 2011. Swiss consumer lending is estimated to be a 15 billion franc market in loan volume.
Neither GE Money Bank nor UBS would comment.
Under GE chief executive Jeff Immelt, the largest U.S. conglomerate has been selling non-core assets, such as a $1.5 billion stake in Thailand's fifth-largest lender Bank of Ayudhya (BAY.BK) which is also on the block.
At the start of the financial crisis, GE sold its consumer credit business in Austria and Germany to Spanish bank Santander (SAN.MC).
If UBS were to buy the Swiss unit it would be the first deal of note for Switzerland's biggest bank since the financial crisis, when it ran up $50 billion in subprime losses and took a Swiss government bailout in 2008.
Its last major acquisition was of Brazilian investment bank Pactual for about $3.1 billion in 2006. UBS was forced to sell the bank in 2009 to raise capital.
A deal would be the biggest in the Swiss banking industry since Swiss private bank Safra bought cooperative Rabobank's controlling stake in Bank Sarasin for 1.04 billion francs.
A UBS purchase of GE Money Bank would confirm its stated desire to refocus on its home market as it scales back in investment banking.
In October, UBS said it had earmarked 1.5 billion francs for investment across all businesses over the next three years and was to cut 10,000 jobs in a retreat from many fixed-income activities.
Swiss financial markets regulator FINMA said last week it had banned UBS from making any acquisitions in the investment banking business after a trading scandal last year cost the bank $2.3 billion.
UBS, which offers retail banking services in Switzerland and business loans and mortgages, is not active in consumer lending, a market dominated by GE Money Bank, Credit Suisse's CSGN.VX BANK-now unit and Cashgate, jointly run by Swiss cantonal banks and cooperatives Raiffeisen, Migros and Bank Coop.
($1 = 0.9264 Swiss franc)
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More by the numbers: Phillies' Offense.
So how did the Phillies do offensively both individually and as a team? First, let take a look at how the Phillies did as a team. (Comment: When I put down worst, flip it over as it really means that they were near the bottom in a particularly bad offensive category. So, for example, eighth worst in total strike outs means that they have as a team actually struck out fewer times then have the seven teams above them.)
In 162 games, the team had a team batting average of .255, 10th best in the NL, which puts them in the middle of the pack. Their team slugging percentage was .438, second best in the league, while their on-base percentage was .322, the league's seventh best offensive team. The team's OPS (On-base percentage plus Slugging Percentage) was .770, third best in the league. The team went to the plate officially a total of 5509 times, for 10th best in the NL, while they went to the plate (TPA) a total of 6273 (seventh) times. They crossed home plate a total of 799 times, tied for second best in the league with the New York Mets. They had 1407 hits, once again for 10th place in the NL. Of those hits, 291 of them were doubles (ninth), 36 were triples (fourth) and 214 were home runs (1st) for a total of 541 Extra-Base Hits (2nd) and 2412 total bases (third). They had 762 RBIs (second), of which only 40 came via a sacrifice fly (12th). They had 71 sacrifice hits, which tied them for fourth place with the St. Louis Cardinals. They walked a total of 586 times (fifth) of which 68 were intentional (second). They were also hit by the pitch 67 times (fourth). They would strike out a total of 1117 times, for eighth worst in the league. They stole 136 bases (third), while being caught only 25 times (13th worst), giving them a SB% (Stolen Base Percentage) of 84.5, the best in the NL. They would hit into 108 double plays, for 12th worst in the league. They saw 24,124 pitches (sixth). They made 1516 ground outs (fourth most) and the same number of fly outs (1516, also fourth) for a GO/AO (Ground Out to Fly Out ratio) of 1.14 (11th worst).
Put together, this means that during the regular season, the Phillies was an offensive machine who, although they didn't get many hits, were very likely to kill you with extra-base hits, mainly home runs and triples, and would score a lot of runs off of their opponents' pitching. They were also a team that could get on base via the walk, partly because the opposing team would rather not allow themselves to be beaten by their big men. They would also steal a lot of bases and knew when to pick their spots when they did so. Overall, they would strike out very little and would hit into very few double plays. If they had an achillies' heel, the team did not hit too many sacrifice flies, meaning that they didn't do much small ball, although they did know how to move the runners over when they needed to. Also, they were an about average team when it came to taking opposing teams' pitchers deep into counts.
Now individually. Ryan Howard lead the NL in most Home Runs (48) and RBIs (146), while ninth in runs scored (105) and sixth in slugging percentage (.543). Chase Utley was tied for 19th in batting avg. (.292), tied for ninth in home runs (33), eleventh in RBIs (104), tied for fifth in runs scored (113), tenth in hits (177), tenth in doubles (41) and ninth in slugging percentage (.535). Shane Victorino was the Phillies regular with the highest batting avg. (.293) which was 18th in the NL. He was also 13th in runs scored (102), sixth in stolen bases (36), and 5th in triples (8). Pat Burrell was tied for ninth in home runs (33) and tied for 20th in slugging percentage (.507). Jimmy Rollins was third in stolen bases with 47, tied for 18th in doubles (38), and fourth in triples (9).
This means that this is a very dangerous hitting club that should not be taken lightly, while the team's star players were all, in their own ways, able to did a lot of damage to opposing teams' pitching when they were given the chance to do so.


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Number 3, and counting $-- DMB hits the road
It would be news if the Dave Matthews Band were not planning a summer tour. That story isn't going to happen and no one seems happier than Matthews himself. "I'm always fired up to go out with the band," Matthews told RollingStone.com earlier this month.
"It's a fucking ball. And as long as we have a good time, there's no reason to cease and desist. If it's no longer fun then, Jesus, I hope I go the fuck home. When it's not fun and it's just for the money, then it smells like shit." Indeed.
No one's going home. Set to launch June 17, the 54-date tour begins with a two-night stand in Columbus, Ohio, then hits many of the band's favorite amphitheaters and arenas before ending September 20 in Atlanta. Management hints that the band might visit uncharted territory seem to have evaporated in favor of a double dose of DMB in many markets, including the legendary Gorge Amphitheater near Matthews' Seattle residence.
The tour's only Virginia date is Sunday, September 14, at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public March 29. As usual, members of The Warehouse, the fan club, have been scooping up seats since March 6.
In the meantime, Matthews began his 12-date "Evening With Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds" Tour March 19 in Connecticut. The intimate tour, with stops mainly in college theaters, is an early treat for Matthews/Reynolds' fans in more ways than one. Guitar virtuoso and sometime DMB sideman Reynolds spilled the beans about a suspected bookend to the duo's Live from Luther College album in a late February interview with a Boulder, Colorado, newspaper.
"I don't want to let the cat out of the bag," Reynolds told The Daily Camera, "but I can tell you, it's gonna kick butt. People will be surprised to hear Dave in a fresh new way." Reynolds is referring not to another live album (although speculation seems to indicate this too is in the works), but a studio album Matthews and Reynolds recorded over one week in Seattle recently.
While the duo's studio debut will fill a neat void in the Matthews canon since the release of DMB's Busted Stuff, the band has never needed an album as an excuse for its exhaustive tours.
Matthews, now 36, is obviously animated about the prospect of taking to the road, as are the money counters at Red Light Management here in Charlottesville. Underscoring Busted Stuff's multi-platinum sales (and recent Grammy nomination) are the facts and figures published in the March 14 edition of Rolling Stone.
Already the world's biggest touring music act earning $54.8 million in 2002 with 1.5 million ticket sales the band is ranked in the magazine behind only the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney as rock's richest performers. Announcing DMB's No. 3 rating on the Wednesday, March 12 "Today Show," anchor and UVA alumna Katie Couric whooped, "From Charlottesville, Virginia you go!"
Rolling Stone based the band's ranking on net earnings of $31.1 million in 2002. DMB might have come closer to the Stones' $44 million payday (especially if that band's earnings did not include a reported $7-million birthday gig for billionaire David Bonderman) if, as Entertainment Tonight's website adds cheekily, DMB had kept its ticket prices closer to the $40 average for the year.
Neither the band nor its fans are shedding any tears. Or as Matthews puts it on the magazine's webiste, "Through the music we became friends, and at least a few people enjoy coming to the party."
At least a few.
Dave Matthews appears on "Sing Along," a track from the new Blue Man Group album, The Complex, scheduled for an April 22 release... Meanwhile, bassist Stefan Lessard joins friends of DMB on Dar Williams' latest, The Beauty Of The Rain, released February 18. Lessard appears on three tracks, which also feature Blues Traveler John Popper and banjo master Bela Fleck... Blossoming commercial actor Boyd "Twix" Tinsley joins the Dixie Chicks and Mary J. Blige starring in a new American Express ad promoting the credit card titan's support of VH-1's "Save the Music" campaign.
Breathe again
For fans who purchased (and hailed) 2001's Breathe: The Bluegrass Tribute to the Songs of Dave Matthews, it's time to "breathe" again. While the first tribute cherry-picked DMB classics and wowed fans by remaining faithful to both the songs and bluegrass roots, Breathe 2 updates the collection with a handful of older tracks interspersed with new DMB "classics" as well as an original composition, "Dave's Not Here."
While some balked at the skimpy length of the first CD (the album clocked in at 37 minutes surely a first in covering 11 DMB songs), Breathe 2's collection of the band's more recent radio-friendly output "The Space Between," "Everyday," "Where Are You Going?" should serve, as one reviewer noted, as a quick introduction to the band and bluegrass without fear of overindulgence in either. Sample tracks are available on amazon.com.
Dave as Dr. Doolittle
Noted war-protestor (see below) and friend of numerous environmental and humanitarian causes, Dave Matthews recently lent his celebrity to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) campaign to convince King Mswati III of Swaziland to prohibit the capture of 11 elephants in that nation for transport to zoos in San Diego and Tampa. PETA claims captivity is prematurely killing the wild animals, citing 79 deaths in North American facilities since 1990.
Matthews: More on war
"I'm very scared at this point in our history," Matthews recently commented on RollingStone.com. "There's this idea going on in our administration that one plus one equals ten. Or five times two equals one. I have no idea how they've come up with the concept that if we get into a conflict with Iraq, any of the results that they're anticipating will come to pass."


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A leaked German Far Cry 3 dates the game for a Sept. 6 release. The trailer is CG and a longer version of a previously released teaser. If real, it's unclear whether the release is worldwide or Europe-only.
Kotaku is following up to confirm with Ubisoft. Watch the full trailer in the link below and read Kotaku's Far Cry 3 impressions here.
Cinematic Trailer Leaked [AllGamesBeta via Eurogamer]


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Feb. 2 UpFront: Burke supports higher min. wage despite no impact on unemployment
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Mary Burke said she supports raising the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour and downplayed concerns making the move would hurt businesses.
VIDEO: Burke supports higher minimum wage
Gov. Scott Walker has expressed concern about a Dem proposal to increase the minimum wage, calling the idea a job killer and saying it would take a "buzzsaw" to Wisconsin's economic recovery.
But Burke said on Sunday's "UpFront with Mike Gousha" she's been talking to business leaders around the state who say they support an increase. She added research has shown no impact on the unemployment rate in states with a higher rate than the federal minimum wage, which is now $7.25 an hour.
She also said Walker opposing the hike helps prevent people from getting off government assistance.
"We have to make sure that people can support themselves, and do it in a way that doesn't have to make them dependent on government programs," Burke said on the show, produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com.
Burke said she supports a Dem bill to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour through three hikes of 95 cents each. She said doing it over time would help minimize the impact on businesses.
Burke also said she thinks Walker's plan to use a budgetary surplus to cut taxes is "irresponsible."
Burke said the state deficit has increased by $1.2 billion since Walker took office in 2011.
"Instead of paying down that debt, he's basically putting more on the credit card," Burke said.
Echoing the concerns of other state Democrats, Burke said tax cuts could cause the state to operate with a structural deficit, if economic growth fails to meet projections. Burke called the projections "rosy" and said the governor's tax plan could put Wisconsin $800 million in debt in the next budget cycle.
"I don't know too many households who, 18 months before they get money, they go out and spend it," said Burke. "I think we have to make sure we're going to have that money in the bank before we make commitments that we can't keep."
VIDEO: Burke knocks Walker tax cuts
According to Burke, there is a "pretty big contrast" between her approach towards economic growth and that of Walker. She said Walker's approach of cutting taxes for businesses is causing Wisconsin to trail behind neighboring states in job growth.
"It is new businesses that drive a state's economy and a country's economy," said Burke. "Wisconsin is 48th in the country in terms of new businesses created."
A poll conducted by Marquette Law School last week found Walker leading Burke by six points, with eight percent of respondents undecided. The poll further showed 70 percent said they don't have enough information about Burke to form an opinion.
"It doesn't concern me at all," said Burke. "It really is early on, and people are more focused on the issues that matter most in their lives instead of what is going to be happening 10 months from now."
Waukesha Co. District Attorney Brad Schimel said his experience puts him ahead in the upcoming race for attorney general, contending he has more experience than his three Democratic opponents combined.
The sole Republican candidate, Schimel has received the endorsement of retiring GOP Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.
"This is no time for the Attorney General to learn while they earn," said Schimel. "We need an experienced hand at the wheel to handle these challenges."
VIDEO: Schimel says experience puts him ahead in AG race
Schimel blamed previous Democratic attorneys general for politicizing the office with frivolous lawsuits. According to Schimel, state residents face challenges and dangers that didn't exist a decade ago.
"We need to focus on public safety; we need to take the politics out of this," said Schimel.
Schimel said dealing with heroin abuse would be his first priority. He also cited concerns with a related increase in crimes like robbery, prostitution, and human trafficking, "Heroin and other opiates are killing young people with promising futures in all of our communities," said Schimel.
Schimel defended his lack of support for efforts that would criminalize a first offense OWI, saying that other states with harsher laws are more lax in the application of charges. According to Schimel, it is more difficult to amend an OWI charge in Wisconsin.
"We need to take a look at what those other states have done," said Schimel. "If, when they made their laws criminal, public safety improved then we should think about doing it here."
After receiving an OWI charge in his early twenties, Schimel said he learned from the experience. He described himself as a "critical part" of the alcohol treatment court in Waukesha.


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Haughton Softball Girls Win District
Man alive! I'm loving this for the Haughton Softball girls! They're working on a 3-peat undefeated District Championship. Of course, they have to get by Benton on Tuesday first, but we're holding out hope! They had a great picture of Emma Polson in the Shreveport


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Van Slyke hits 1st HR of MLB season, Hill 1st hit
SYDNEY (AP) — Scott Van Slyke of the Los Angeles Dodgers has hit the first home run of the 2014 Major League Baseball season on opening day in Australia.
Van Slyke connected for a two-run homer in the fourth inning Saturday at Sydney Cricket Ground. He homered off Wade Miley of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The new season began after thunderstorms caused a 14-minute delay at the start.
Once the weather cleared, Miley threw the first pitch. It was a called strike to Yasiel Puig, who struck out on three pitches.
Aaron Hill got the first hit of the regular season, an infield single for Arizona off NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw in the first inning.
Adrian Gonzalez drew a leadoff walk in the Dodgers second, moved up on a double by Van Slyke and scored the first run on a groundout by Andre Ethier.
Arizona third baseman Martin Prado made the first error, throwing away a grounder by Hanley Ramirez in the fifth.
This is the first regular-season game that MLB has played in Australia. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks are set to wrap up their two-game series on Sunday.
The long trip to the opener took even longer for some Arizona players.
One of the team buses had a flat tire, and the Diamondbacks said "a handful" of players and some staff decided to walk the last half-mile to the stadium instead of waiting for a replacement bus to arrive.


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Fantasy Masks These easy-to-wear, one size fits all masks are bright, colorful, beautifully made that make dress up magical. Each Mask is stitched with complimentary accenting thread to follow the original swirly designs that take a child into the worlds of a fairy, butterfly, bird, bat or dragon! A Sturdy elastic band makes the mask easy to fit!... Loads of imaginative fun!
AGES: 3 Years & Up
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It's time for a geography lesson. Pick out a city/town/village where one of your ancestors once lived and tell us all about it. When was it founded? What is it known for? Has is prospered or declined over the years? Have you ever visited it or lived there? To a certain extent, we are all influenced by the environment we live in. How was your ancestor influenced by the area where they lived? Take us on a trip to the place your ancestor called home. The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2008.
The area surrounding Leonard, Minnesota in Clearwater County is the kind of place you'd want to raise your children... a place where time stands as still as you want it to. Though the population of the town proper now hovers at less than 30 people and the median age resident is 61.5 years, the area is still as good a family environment now as it was 91 years ago. In 1917, my great grandparents, Ole and Malla Johnson, packed up their children and belongings and moved from their farm near Fosston in Polk County to three miles east of Leonard in northwestern Minnesota. (See the Google map.)
My mother and aunt were officially born in Dudley Township, since the village of Leonard was not incorporated until after their births in June 12, 1922. Leonard was named after the first child of an early settler, George H. French. French's trading post and post office was a log house on the shore of nearby Four-Legged Lake.
"Many settlers came and some stayed, but many moved on. They were well acquainted with the saw, axe, grub hoe, shovel, grass and brush scythes. Fields came slow in the rocks and stumps. This was a difficult land to make a farm in."[1]
I suspect that my great grandparents moved to the Leonard area from their lush farm near Fosston because they had helped their two eldest sons, Bennett and Ernest (my grandfather) acquire cheap farm land there in about 1914, and then moved to be near them.
Leonard was, and still is, a rather secluded village, and looked a bit like a "one horse" town is the early 20th century photograph shown below. But, it was active hub for farmers who made a living from the surrounding territory. The early village included a Trading Post, a Soo Line Depot (beginning in 1911), Cooperative Creamery Association, Community Hall, a blacksmith shop, two Lutheran Churches, and later, Strand's Store, Monson Oil Co., and the Leonard Cafe, and not a whole lot more. Anybody who is anybody can still be found at the Leonard Cafe at some point during the day.
The area conjures up visions of "rolling farmland, green pastures, verdant forests, and placid blue lakes and streams abounding in wild migratory birds and variety of game fish." The soil runs from very sandy, sandy loam to heavy clay--suitable for hay, pasture, livestock, and farming, but the land will not carry anyone with cash crop farming. Success was derived only from individual farming. [2]
Five years ago, I visited the place where my mother was born and grew up. It was like a homecoming for me, though I'd never set foot on the soil before. Every building seemed familiar, though a bit more worn than what I'd imagined. The first stop was the farmhouse my great grandfather built in 1917. Though the property now lacks a barn and many of the original outbuildings, the house still stands straight and true with a dignity that shines through peeling and graying layers of paint.
|The house built by Ole M. Johnson near Leonard, Minnesota.
Ole and Malla Johnson have not lived there for many decades, and it shows. (The photograph here was taken during the 1930s.) Gone now is the garden where Malla grew vegetables and little yellow ground cherries to make sauce with. Gone is the windmill that heedless young grandsons used to try and climb when Grandma Johnson wasn't looking. And, where was Colonel, the farm horse who lived to be as old as Methuselah, and constantly carried children to and fro on his dark, gleaming back? I could picture it all in every detail--standing on the very soil where my mother's paternal grandparents raised a large family, toiling every day and never letting up until the day they died. I could almost hear my great grandmother humming Norway's National Anthem as she made her daily crossing in the yard to the chicken coop in order to scrap the roosts clean.
The entrance to the Johnson farm on Rural Route One used to have maple trees that turned beautiful colors each autumn. Across the road was the Old Mogster Place, which served as the home for several Johnsons in turn, including Bennett and his sons, and Oral and Agnes and their large family. The local church and cemetery were just down the road from the farm, on the way to town, and the little schoolhouse was a hop, skip, and a jump in the opposite direction.
The land for District No. 31 School was donated by the Mogster family, who were early settlers in the area. Ella Stevens was the first teacher, receiving $5o a month as her salary. Among the 15 or 16 students who attended the school's first year were my grandmother's four younger sisters: Cora, Mildred, Clarice, and Stella Berge.
The school was never closed because of weather, since there was no communication and small children walking up to several miles needed an open building and warmth on arrival. However, my mother told me about a day when she and her sister and two cousins bundled up in 50 degree below weather to make the walk to school. The snow was so hard it was like walking on cement. When they finally made it to the school house, they were red, raw, and stiff. But, the teacher had not made it to school that morning and the door was locked, so the children turned right around and backtracked to their grandparents' farm right away.
|School District No. 31, outside Leonard, Minnesota, where
my mother, aunt, and many other relatives attended school.
When I visited East Zion Church, the Lutheran Church my mother attended as a child, I was amazed to find the door unlocked. The minister's podium stood right where is had for years and years. Instead of pews, the floorboards held bunches of flowers, both real and artificial, each carefully laid out. Every time the caretaker prepared for mowing the cemetery lawn, new floral groupings appeared. Walking outside, I visited my great grandparents double headstone, where they were buried together in April 1948, having passed away within a few hours of each other. If they could raise up and take a nostalgic look around, they would be content to still find their farmhouse just about in sight across the road.
When my own mother passes away, it is her wish to be buried in that little East Zion churchyard next to her grandparents. In her heart, she has never left her childhood home. Leonard is the gem that sparkles in the memories of many of my relatives, some of whom still live in the area. It is an icon of days gone by, and a tribute to the dreams and efforts of pioneering settlers who sought an honest living on land they could call their own.
Life was simple and very few felt deprived. They had their card parties, quilting bees, Ladies Aid, church services, school programs and picking blue berries in groups, and picnics. Families worked together sawing wood and threshing, with a few ladies helping with the cooking. A good deal of time was spent getting ready for the Fourth of July and Christmas holidays, easily the big events of the year. [3]
The local historical society for Leonard, Minnesota is the Clearwater County Historical Society in nearby Shevlin, of which I am a proud member and supporter.
[1-3] George and Winifred Boorman. The History of the City of Leonard, Dudley Township (self published), 1982?
(The Boormans were neighbors of the Johnson family and were acquainted with my great grandparents, Ole and Malla Johnson. I obtained a copy of this self-published book directly from Winifred Boorman, who passed away last year.)


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Good Product Stewardship legislation is like good surgery. It can be a lifesaver, something no one in their right mind opposes. And it is not unprecedented: end of life electronics recycling is just the latest in a long history of product stewardship regulations. The manufacturers of products have a role to play in warranty, in recalls, in product safety, in supply of replacement parts, in fair competition, and increasingly in environmental stewardship. It's what they call "a good thing." The right regulation protects consumers, and the marketplace, and the manufacturers themselves over time. It's true I've been to Christian Science services, but I take medecine and I've had elective surgery.
I would have trouble simply saying I am "pro surgery". Especially before Halloween.
Surgery on an arrow wound is a matter of life and death, even (if my education in westerns is reliable) if done with a pocket knife and a steak fork. You have to sterilize the knife with fire or alcohol, and give the patient a sedative or a glass of whiskey. But gettin that darn arrowhead out of the patient's body is critical, in conjunction with a process called "stopping the bleeding".
However, the human body is a delicate, multilayered organism. If the bullet is right next to the heart, but not in it, the patient has a pretty good chance of surviving. But here is where "medical school" comes in. You see, if you dig at the bullet this-a-way, you smash the aorta and the patient kicks the bucket. If you pry that-a-way, you slice the left lung, and your buddy the patient commences to cough up blood for the rest of his life. If you forgot to sterilize the knife, it's too late to go "oops" and take it out and wash it and go back in.
Now a lot of cowboy doctors could be forgiven if they are out in the badlands and they are forced to experiment with steak knives, pancreases, and arrowheads.
It seemed kinda like an emergency at the time, ol' Gus was a bleedin' and gettin' purty sleepy and what not. When I get back to the City, I'll go to med school and do my cypherin' and figure out what that gosh dang squishy pink thing was that the arrowhead was all lodged into.
Can't blame you, you done good, pardner. Get out the white linen.
Or what the heck, maybe you saved ol Gus. He wound up paralyzed from the waist down, and sure he only got one lung, but he was a goner and you and your steak knife will be braggin' to your grandchild how you saved his life up on Pokemup Flats that night.
When it comes to surgery, the question is, what is the emergency? The "precautionary principle" is that you need to weigh the actions before you take them. Chinese philosophy says that if you take action, like saving Gus's life, and he goes on to murder some innocent school marm, you share responsibility. That doesn't sit right in the West, and may be one reason that Western Medicine is more advanced than Eastern, despite a lot of evidence that Chinese and India residents are "wicked smart".
As western medicine has advanced, we become less tolerant of amateur medical practice. Today, if I operated on my son in my house with a really clean, really sterile, really sharp pocketknife, I'd go to a well lit prison, one with heat and air conditioning and a TV in my cell. This is because the "precautionary principle" requires that I weigh the true risks of not operating (the time it would take an ambulance to get my son from the back yard to the emergency room). I could not state as a defense that "doing nothing" would have killed the boy. I'm not in the badlands and it's worth taking a few minutes to get the surgery done right.
Product Stewardship is a great concept.
Two people at Vermont Agency of Natural Resources recently remarked to me thatGood Point Recycling "doesn't want to be regulated". That's kind of like saying I "don't like surgery". Hey, I could like surgery. Many of my best friends have hinted that cosmetic surgery has made great strides.
I just don't want to be experimented on.
The free market has a certain harmony to it. Most Americans pay their taxes, most Americans don't swear at toll booths, most Americans donate to charities. We have found that about 80% of Vermonters will pay about $5-10 to recycle a computer or TV about once every 5 years or so. We have found that getting convenient access to recycling to 85% of Vermonters (TVs collected 6 days per week in at least one place in their county) has increased Vermont's per capital recovery rate to 2+ lbs per resident, from zerosih six years ago. There is steady improvement, we have a few towns and districts still relying on a "one day" event once a year, but that's usually boiling down to a personality trait at the town manager level.
The 15% which don't have access... that's an interesting number in economics which I won't go into but which any Ph.Ds in econ can follow up with me by email. It has to do with diminishing returns, and what the costs are of addressing the last 15% of anything in any economy.
Anyway, how do we decide between good surgery and unnecessary surgery?
1) Define the problem
Several people have exaggerated the number of Vermonters unwilling to pay $5. It has repeatedly been said that high participation in a free event is proof that people won't pay for a non-free event. That's like saying that if I offer free coffee and the line is 10 times longer, that it proves that 9/10 people won't pay for coffee. It is a fallacy.
The real problem is that Solid Waste Districts and municipalities are hurting financially, and legislation which offers a 3rd Party financing system has to be considered as a way to pay for salting the roads in winter. This is a very legitimate consideration.
In Maine, consumers pay the same $5 per item as they do in Vermont, it's called a "transportation fee". See, they tell everyone the recycling is paid for by the manufacturer, but the manufacturer money goes to destroying working items that could ahve been resold, and so that money isn't available. That's like having cosmetic surgery that makes me uglier. So:
2) Propose a system that will work.
The fact that Oregon, Minnesota, Maine, Maryland and California all have different financial regulations has been criticized for being a "patchwork quilt" of regulations across states. For me, that's less disturbing by itself than the fact that five doctors I visit propose 5 different surgeries.
What someone needst to do is sit down and study the systems in place in those states, and compare their actual results to a "Placebo State" (Vermont) with no regulation, and vs. a very traditional treatment like a Waste Ban (Massachusetts and NH). The regulations in MA and NH appear to be working, so the test is whether the consumer and municipality benefit enough financially from the other systems.
3) Draw parameters or precautionary principles.
What are some things that good regulation will NOT do?
- diminish competition
- diminish solid waste hierarchy (reduce and reuse trump recycling)
- pass consumers more costs than they pay now for the same solution
- create a cowboy bureaucracy
We don't want elective surgery that corrects on problem and creates two others.
So am I being overly cautious and overly negative about exciting new types of product stewardship? Or am I helping us to improve so that Vermont's new regulations, when proposed, will be an improvement.
Here are some Product Stewardship laws from past years:
Planned Obsolescence laws. TV manufacturers must by law provide new replacement parts for all TVs they sell for 7 years. Did you know that had to be passed as a law? Did you know that some of the percursers to some of the current recyclers were in the business of taking out 7.001 year old replacement parts and grinding them up the minute OEMs are no longer required by law to stock them?
Product Safety laws. TV manufacturers and computer manufacturers are responsible for the safety of their products. That is why we have bromine mines - to mine the bromine for the brominated flame retardants which are laws dictate must be put into the plastics of electrical equipmment.
Competitive Laws. Free market competition must be protected actively by government. Competition has proven to superior to "redistribution of wealth", because if poor people can economize, they keep their wealth to begin with. It is amazing. The biggest criticism of Japan when I was going to school was that Japan cheated WTO rules by creating "non-tariff barriers" such as local regulation of products at the municipal and regional level which corporations outside of Japan could not effectively compete against. Who every heard of Acer (which bought Gateway) or Lenovo (which bought IBM) ten years ago? Would those brands have been on the list of "allowed to sell" products in Maine and Minnesota? What would the cost have been to the consumer if they had been kept out of the market? Who would Dell be today if internet sales had been disallowed in California following SB20?
Environmental lifecycle laws. There are other environmental laws to consider, including energy star, recycled content, longer lasting products, which represent vital life signs for the planet. If Hitachi is the undisputed champion of repair service, earning kudos from decades of TV repairpeople as being the most supportive and sustainable brand from a warranty perspective, that needs to be considered even if Hitachi is not doing 'takeback' things that other OEMs are doing. For us to pick one vital sign, like blood pressure, as the single indicator of environmental sustainabilty, is reckless and wrong.
So surgery is good.
Malpractice is bad.
I would have trouble simply saying I am "pro surgery". Especially before Halloween.
If you are going to operate on my kids, I am going to ask you tough questions. Just to label me "anti medecine" must surely be tempting. But we have a company here which is doing the right thing.
If you go to EPA CRT Rule you will see that in order to export for reuse, we must keep detailed records demonstrating that the products actually were reused.
You will see that we cannot by law claim to be exempt if we collect CRTs in open top roll-offs exposed to the elements.
You will see that we need to keep records of shipments in and out of the company to prevent speculative accumulation.
You will see that if we do not recycle one of the CRT that we collected, and dispose of it in a landfill (arguably, a landfill in any country) that it is under RCRA a reportable incident and we must keep a record of it.
You will see that if we handle CRTs in a reckless manner which is likely to result in breakage, that we lose the "incidental breakage exemption". We can't tip the TVs in a roll off onto the ground mixed with refrigerators.
In good spirits, I'd suggest that if the current regulations were enforced, I'd have more faith that the proposed regulations won't just result in an out of state company undercutting our prices and undermining what we have built in Middlebury, Vermont.
My first suggestion to VPIRG was to draft the legislation for Televisions only.
- TVs are the financial problem
- TVs don't have as many competitive barrier issues
- TVs are the volume problem
- TVs are big and wind up going over the $5-10 / item charge
- TVs have fewer manufacturers to regulate
- If it works really well with TVs, you can always add keyboards later
"Doc, this procedure, have you ever done it before?"


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Sony has launched its new TV SideView app at CES 2013 in Las Vegas as it looks to offer consumers an even better TV experience.
The app which is available on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets allows users to browse the EPG, find out additional information on programmes including details on cast and crew, and find related shows to what's been watched in the past – all without having to inturrpt what's currently on the TV.
Once you've found something you like you can then use the app as a remote control, allowing you to change the channel, adjust the volume and press the red button.
Third-party support
SideView incorporates third party services such as Netflix and YouTube while also supporting Sony's own Music and Video Unlimited packages.
Although the app is available on various non-Sony hardware, you will need a Sony made Smart TV and/or Blu-ray player which supports this fancy technology.
It's certainly a nice idea and we're always fans of being able to control home applications and entertainment systems from our mobile devices, and it's good to see Sony embracing a universal appeal instead of forcing you into its own exclusive ecosystem.


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In keeping with Alan's great Sepia Saturday photo of a shop selling, amongst other things, fresh fish, I think the nearest I can get to being on theme this week is this photo from Great Granny's Album of my great grandfather, James Stewart, fishing at Loch Earn in Perthshire. It was 7 July 1928 and they were staying at the Lochearnhead Hotel.
Like her Dad, Granny was a competent fisherwoman (not to be confused with a fishwife) and often came home with more fish/bigger fish than my grandfather did, much to his disdain.
My Dad inherited the fondness for fishing and had a small 16′ boat with an outboard motor which he kept on a loch near the North Coast of Scotland. I was only in it once – when it was delivered to our home – and I sat in it on the trailer, not the water. Accompanying Dad on his fishing trips meant promising to sit quietly in the boat from early morning till whenever he got fed up – as a teenager, I couldn't have committed to that and probably still couldn't now . Even Ben, the black labrador, once got so bored that he jumped out of the boat and swam to the shore, ruining the rest of the day's fishing. He wasn't invited again. Mum used to entertain herself by reading or knitting, or if it was sunny (not so good for fishing) sunbathing. Dad wore an old sweatshirt or jumper and waterproofs when fishing, unlike his Grandpa James in his shirt, tie and waistcoat 🙂
Tight lines!
Check out other participants' old photos at Sepia Saturday – you might have one of your own to post 🙂