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National Monument
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
Xenia, OH
Throughout his life, Charles Young overcame countless obstacles in his ascent to prominence. In spite of overt racism and stifling inequality, Young rose through the military ranks to become one of the most respected leaders of his time. A well-rounded man with a steadfast devotion to duty, Young led by example and inspired a generation of new leaders.
National Park
Cuyahoga Valley
Cleveland and Akron, OH
Though a short distance from the urban areas of Cleveland and Akron, Cuyahoga Valley National Park seems worlds away. The park is a refuge for native plants and wildlife, and provides routes of discovery for visitors. The winding Cuyahoga River gives way to deep forests, rolling hills, and open farmlands. Walk or ride the Towpath Trail to follow the historic route of the Ohio & Erie Canal.
National Memorial
David Berger
Beachwood, OH
This site honors the memory of David Berger, an American citizen who was one of 11 Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. David had no expectations of winning a medal but joined the Israeli weightlifting team to realize his dream - a dream which ended tragically. The Memorial is dedicated to his memory and the memory of the ten other athletes.
National Historical Park
Dayton Aviation Heritage
Dayton, OH
Three exceptional men from Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar, found their creative outlet here through accomplishments and failures, and finally success. However, these men offered the world something far greater, they offered the world hope, and the ability to take a dream and make it a reality.
National Historic Site
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis
Toledo, OH
The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the culminating event that demonstrated the tenacity of the American people in their quest for western expansion and the struggle for dominance in the Old Northwest Territory. The events resulted in the dispossession of American Indian tribes and a loss of colonial territory for the British military and settlers.
National Historic Site
First Ladies
Canton, OH
Two properties, the home of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley and the seven story 1895 City Bank Building, are preserved at this site, which honors the lives and accomplishment of our nation's First Ladies. The site is managed by the National Park Service and operated by the National First Ladies Library.
National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture
Chillicothe, OH
Earthen mounds and embankments forming huge geometric enclosures grace the landscape of the Ohio River Valley. These monumental structures were built by Native American hands almost 2,000 years ago. Hopewellian people gathered at these earthworks for feasts, funerals and rites of passage. Come learn about these sacred spaces and reflect upon the lives of these American Indians.
National Historic Site
James A Garfield
Mentor, OH
A front porch can serve many purposes. For some, a place to enjoy the breeze on a warm summer night. For others, a perch from which to keep eyes on what's happening in their neighborhood. In 1880, James Garfield used his front porch as a platform to greet thousands of well-wishers during his presidential campaign. Today, the porch serves as a gateway to the story of the Garfield family.
Heritage Area
National Aviation
Dayton, OH
Aviation is chock-full of tradition & history and nowhere will you find a richer collection of aviation than here, the birthplace of aviation. From the straightforward bicycle shops that fostered the Wright brothers' flying ambitions to the complex spacecraft that carried man to the moon, the National Aviation Heritage Area has everything you need to learn about this country's aviation legacy.
National Scenic Trail
North Country
Seven States-New York to North Dakota MI,MN,ND,NY,OH,PA,WI
Come to the North Country. Trek the hills and valleys. Lakes and streams remain from glaciers 10,000 years before. Here you'll find clear-flowing water, the red and gold of autumn, a fairyland of snow, wide open prairies, and distant horizons. Historic sites along the way tell the story of how America settled and grew as a nation. From New York to North Dakota, you're never far from adventure.
Perry's Victory & International Peace
Put-in-Bay, OH
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial was established to honor those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812, and to celebrate the long-lasting peace among Great Britain, Canada and the U.S. The Memorial, a Doric column, rising 352 feet over Lake Erie is situated 5 miles from the longest undefended border in the world.
National Historic Site
William Howard Taft
Cincinnati, OH
High atop one of Cincinnati's most prominent hilltops stands the two-story Greek Revival house where William Howard Taft was born and grew up. Hard work, a good education, and an interest in civic duty are attributes that made the Taft family outstanding leaders over the years. The environment that shaped Taft's character and philosophy is highlighted on a visit to the site.
By The Numbers
- 8 National Parks
- 2,666,256 Visitors to National Parks
- $85,300,000 Economic Benefit from National Park Tourism »
- $3,488,377,855 of Rehabilitation Projects Stimulated by Tax Incentives (since 1995) »
- $155,051,737 of Land & Water Conservation Fund Appropriated for Projects (since 1965) »
- $47,666,885 in Historic Preservation Grants (since 1969) »
- 69 Certified Local Governments »
- 67 Community Conservation & Recreation Projects (since 1987) »
- 2,664 Acres Transferred by Federal Lands to Parks for Local Parks and Recreation (since 1948) »
- 229,085 Hours Donated by Volunteers »
- 2 National Heritage Areas »
- 3 Wild & Scenic Rivers Managed by NPS »
- 1 National Trails Managed by NPS »
- 3,996 National Register of Historic Places Listings »
- 76 National Historic Landmarks »
- 23 National Natural Landmarks »
- 908 Places Recorded by Heritage Documentation Programs »
- 992,003 Objects in National Park Museum Collections »
- 257 Archeological Sites in National Parks »
- 6 Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans »
- 8 Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries »
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These numbers are just a sample of the National Park Service's work. Figures are for the fiscal year that ended 9/30/2017.


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If one Kentucky legislator has his way, many Kentuckians could lose access to public information related to their local governing bodies.
State Sen. Chris McDaniel, who represents District 23 covering a portion of Kenton County, filed Senate Bill 101 last Friday seeking to eliminate the requirement of public notices to be published in the newspaper.
"Welcome to the 1950s," he said, as he took my ticket and showed me to my seat.
For the following two hours, the comedy that was the extremely popular "I Love Lucy" show came alive, complete with actors who were dead ringers for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
I went with a friend to see "I Love Lucy Live" on Saturday. The theater was set as what I would imagine a television stage looked like in the 1950s.
How are those New Year's resolutions working for you? If you've already reneged on them, don't panic. You aren't alone.
According to a survey reported in Forbes magazine, 36 percent have broken their resolutions after one month, 54 percent have failed after 6 months and only 8 percent actually reach their New Year's goals.
British author and philosopher C.S. Lewis once observed, "Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive."
I thought of Lewis' statement after the University of Louisville hired Bobby Petrino as its head football coach for the second time. Not being a Cardinal fan, forgiving the coach for his past mistakes was easy for me.
They say those big nostrils can sense the fear in you. Given my fluttery disposition and general wariness of any animal that I have to look up to, I've always kept my distance from horses.
But take a drive around Taylor County and you are sure to see several breeds and colors of horses living here. Local horse enthusiasts take great pride in their horses' training, bloodlines that go back several decades or more and even the distinctive coloring that sets each one apart.
Everybody wants to make more money, and people making minimum wage are certainly at the top of that list.
Some Democrats in the Kentucky legislature are also looking to help those in the Bluegrass state making minimum wage receive a pay raise, and they hope to see it climb from the current rate of $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour over a three-year period.
It's easy to say that the minimum wage should go up (it hasn't increased since 2009), but it's another thing to look at what it will do to those who make more than minimum wage.
A new year is a chance to start over.
We can start that diet again, begin watching our checkbooks a bit more closely, spend more time with family and friends and set ourselves on what we believe is our right path.
The first day of the year marks a moment where we can become the people we think we want to be.
I'm not really one to make resolutions as Jan. 1 rolls around. But this year, I'll make some personal ones and some for our community. And I'll also tell you what I hope happens this year.
News Enterprise
Landmark News Service
When "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson expressed his views on a variety of topics that included statements regarding homosexuality, executives of the A&E network acted surprised. It was as if they had no idea that Robertson felt the way he did.
A&E would like us to believe that Robertson's views were not representative of the network nor the "Duck Dynasty" show.
'Twas the night before Christmas and my grandmother's house was quiet.
I was tucked safely into the "little" bed I always slept on and my parents and grandparents had settled in for the evening. But I was wide-awake. After all, Santa was on his way.
I guess Santa must have used his magical powers to make me sleep, because I don't remember seeing him that night.
This time last year, I was freaking out. An aunt for the first time with very little experience with children, I was determined to make sure my niece, Taylor, would have a wonderful Christmas - but I had no idea what to get her.
After scouring store shelves and reading dozens of online reviews, I finally settled on a handmade Chenille robe, a Say Please tea set that was sold out nearly everywhere and a turtle nap mat with "Taylor" monogrammed at the top. But at 8 months old, she was too young to read or even open her presents.
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For the second year in a row, the $1 million Resorts Haskell Invitational will be broadcast nationally as Monmouth Park's signature race is featured on ABC from 5 to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 31.
This year's 44th renewal of the Resorts Haskell is expected to feature a showdown between Preakness winner Shackleford and Belmont Stakes victor Ruler on Ice. Others expected for the mile and one eighth contest are Pants on Fire, Astrology, Concealed Identity, J J's Lucky Train and Coil.
"It's only fitting that a race as good as this year's Haskell is shaping up to be is broadcast to a national audience," said Bill Knauf, assistant vice president and general manager of Monmouth Park. "We're pleased that so many people will not only see a great race, but also get a taste of historic Monmouth Park."
The Resorts Haskell Invitational, restricted to 3-year-old horses, was inaugurated in 1968 and has seen more than two-dozen champions compete in the event. Over the past four runnings, the Haskell has produced five year-end champions: Curlin, Big Brown, Rachel Alexandra, Summer Bird and Lookin at Lucky.
The Resorts Haskell is a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" race. The Haskell winner will get an automatic berth into the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5.
Limited reserved seats are still available for Resorts Haskell Day and can be purchased by visiting or calling (732-571-5563) the reserved seats ticket booth on the second floor of the Grandstand on live races days (Friday through Sunday) or by logging on to ticketmaster.com.


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reposted from The Sporting News – written by Jesse Spector
and I totally agree. Most people are too short sighted (or too angry) to see what is actually happening. They just want to blame one person and shoot their venom toward the commish. Idiots. Do you tell your 30 bosses how to run their company or do they tell you? Exactly.
Gary Bettman hasn't had many reasons to smile lately, but he got one on Thursday, when the United States opened its campaign at the World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia, with an 8-0 romp over Germany.
The NHL commissioner gets to feel a sense of pride not only because he is American, but because Team USA shows why Bettman is right to stick with a methodology that garners him an unfair amount of criticism. It isn't about his handling of labor negotiations with the NHLPA — don't worry, that's still a mess — but about his larger-scale stewardship of the league.
Earlier this month, Time magazine became the latest outlet to skewer Bettman with an argument that shows even less forward thinking than shutting down a $3.3 billion industry over a desire for a few extra millions.
"There's a strong argument to be made that there are too many NHL teams, or at least too many in places where ice hockey is not exactly a native sport, i.e., the American South," Gary Belsky wrote in a Dec. 19 article. "This is the fault of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, long a champion of NHL expansion. But hockey in the U.S. is not a national sport … and not enough fans in the American Southwest and Southeast are as enthusiastic about hockey as they are about football, baseball, and basketball."
The support for this argument is that the Atlanta Thrashers' franchise value skyrocketed as soon as they became the Winnipeg Jets. Of course it did — the Thrashers were a miserably-run organization that, in 11 seasons win Atlanta, won zero playoff games. There might as well have never been a team there in the first place. How many kids in Georgia in the 2000s grew up with dreams of being the next Ilya Kovalchuk or Slava Kozlov as they headed to the golf course April after dreary April?
Non-traditional markets don't become successful overnight, nor do they gain prominence in their communities simply by showing up. Tradition takes time to build, and it takes hard work to establish a sports franchise as part of the community. Pennsylvania did not get NHL hockey until the Flyers and Penguins joined the league as expansion teams in 1967. While Philadelphia was a quick success story, with Stanley Cup victories in 1974 and 1975, Pittsburgh had to wait until 1991 to win a Cup, and even after that, there was a time when the Penguins' future in western Pennsylvania was in doubt.
Now, the Penguins and Flyers, formerly teams in non-traditional markets, are among the NHL's most successful clubs, and Pennsylvania is becoming a more common source of NHL talent. Of the 28 players in league history listed on hockey-reference.com as being born in the Keystone State, 19 were born after the NHL's 1967 expansion, including 16 who were born after 1980 and thus grew up with the Flyers-Penguins rivalry on full blast. Youth participation in hockey rises every year in the state, and the hockey culture becomes more and more ingrained.
The success of the Flyers and Penguins is such that on Thursday, the on-ice rivals announced that they are banding together to send "Team Pennsylvania" to compete in the 2013 Brick International Super Novice Tournament in Edmonton, a competition for 10-year-old players.
"The state of Pennsylvania … has become a hotbed for incredibly talented hockey players," Comcast-Spectacor president Peter Luukko said in a statement. "We are excited to be working with the Penguins to have the Keystone State proudly represented at the upcoming Brick Tournament in Edmonton. We hope to showcase some of our region's aspiring players to the youth hockey world."
Think about that, then take a look at the box score from United States 8, Germany 0. The Americans had eight goals from eight players, and those players were born in six different states: Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Now, take a look at the most famous Team USA there ever was, the 1980 Olympic team. The entire roster was composed of players from four states: Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The new geographic diversity of Team USA is not only because star defenseman Seth Jones' father Popeye was playing for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks when he had a son. There had to be something that drew the young Jones to hockey, and in fact, he became a fan of the Colorado Avalanche while his father was playing for the Denver Nuggets. The Avalanche, of course, arrived in Denver under Bettman's watch, and it was smart to put a team there even though the Colorado Rockies had previously failed, and moved to New Jersey to become the Devils.
It's also not a fluke that this particular group of young American players is from different places. The U.S. national Under-17 team's roster features players whose previous squads include the Boston Junior Bruins, Carolina Junior Hurricanes, Los Angeles Junior Kings, and Washington Little Caps. The Under-18 team has as many players from California (two) as it does from Massachusetts.
This is only the beginning. More American kids than ever are growing up with hockey in their lives, which means that more American kids than ever are seeing hockey as a sport worth playing. That's because Bettman was willing to go to places where hockey had not gone before, and has been willing to stick with those franchises. It won't work everywhere, as the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons, and Kansas City Scouts can attest, but the only way to turn non-traditional markets into traditional markets is to — surprise! — let tradition develop.
Of course, the only way to do that is to actually play games and be part of the culture, so Bettman's smile from watching Thursday's game should only be a quick one. The lockout is still a disaster for everyone involved.


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The pulp era's greatest superman battles evildoers in two action-packed pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Crew journey to Chile to investigate a bizarre series of South American earthquakes. Then, Doc Savage's investigation of a murderous ghost bear in Mock Lake, Canada reveals a Nazi plot. This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations plus historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels.
Softcover. 7x10. Black & White


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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Jazzed Up Patchwork Placemat
11 comments:
So super cute!!ReplyDelete
I love this placemat! Such great colors and an adorable napkin! Sweet! I've pinned it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 5:16 PM
Meg what a lovely idea,well done and it looks so cuteReplyDelete
Would you believe that the squares from you are on my sewing machine RIGHT NOW. I think I'll make Audrey's like Ceci's - so cute! Thanks again for the tutorial and cute blocks.ReplyDelete
very cute. i love the napkin addition!ReplyDelete
Meg - This placemat is ADORABLE! What a darling idea to add the name and a sweet little pocket for the nakin! You're amazing. Love it!!ReplyDelete
That placemat is so cute. Great fabrics and a great place for the napkin.ReplyDelete
what a lucky little girl to receive such a beautiful placemat!ReplyDelete
cute idea! Would also be cool to transport silverware for a picnic.ReplyDelete
I LOVE this, Meg. It's so sweet. Fantastic gift.ReplyDelete
I love to hear from you! I try to reply to most comments via e-mail, so make sure to add your e-mail address if it isn't linked up (especially if you have a question!)


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Marlin 70502 336 Big Loop Lever 30-30 Win 18.5" 6+1 Laminate Brown Stk Blued
Product # 026495705022
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- PRIOR TO SHIPMENT: We require a signed copy of your dealer's FFL.
- WHERE TO SEND THE FFL: Email to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Federal law mandates that the FFL number be clearly legible on the receiving end.
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CSTR Working to Save Ships to Reefs in the U.S.
California Ships to Reefs (CSTR) is the successor organization to that which reefed Yukon. We are currently seeking, because no U.S. ships are available, HMCS Annapolis, to be reefed in the San Diego Underwater Recreation Area (SDURA) near Yukon. It is ironic that the last military vessel reefed in California waters, and very likely the next to be reefed here, served a foreign nation, albeit one of our allies.
In 2012, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) changed its policy which discontinued the donation of ships for reefing off the Nation's coasts. The reason given for this policy change, which was done with no public notice and no hearings of any kind, was that vessels built prior to 1985 contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
CSTR has recently become aware that the Ticonderoga class of missile cruisers may soon be decommissioned. The "flight 2" ships of this class were built after 1985 without PCBs and are powered by gas turbine (jet) engines, eliminating the vast majority of toxic concerns occasioned by black oil or diesel power plants. There are 19 flight 2 ships, with five (5) currently home ported in San Diego. They are:
USS Lake Champlain CG 57 USS Princeton CG 59
USS Chancellorsville CG 62 USS Cowpens CG 63
USS Cape St. George CG 71
While we understand there is a movement in Congress to upgrade these vessels, it is a distinct possibility that one or more, perhaps all five, could be decommissioned sooner rather than later. Regardless of their decommissioning date, they will be among the first U.S .Navy combat vessels built after the PCB era to be decommissioned. Because they are home ported in California, in close proximity to the majority of suitable reefing sites, expenses for relocation would be minimal. Because they are free of the toxic materials of most concern, cleaning them to the standards contained in the EPA's National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs, which CalEPA has also accepted as the controlling document for ship cleaning, would be easier and less expensive than for other vessels. CSTR is prepared to raise the necessary funds to accomplish these activities, as well as the diverization and actual sinking event(s) for the vessel(s).
Reefed military vessels become thriving habitats augmenting and/or replacing stressed or destroyed natural reefs and, because of their robust construction, can last 100 years or more. They also become important SCUBA diving and fishing tourism attractions, bringing millions of dollars into the port areas near where they are located. HMCS Yukon, successfully reefed in the San Diego Underwater Recreational Area (SDURA) in the year 2000, brings in $6.7 Million dollars annually to the San Diego economy. These tourism dollars translate into additional badly needed tax revenue for the local, state and federal governments. Reefed military vessels also serve as living monuments and memorials to the crews that served in them, and arrangements can be made for the interment of crew members (and their families, if desired) aboard their ships. The vast majority of crew members would prefer that their ships continue to serve as reefs, rather than see them turned into "rebar and razor blades" by scrappers.
Economic and Ecological Studies
CSTR has located and preliminarily surveyed sites (pictured at right, click for a larger version) off San Diego, Dana Point, Huntington Beach, Santa Monica Bay (2), Catalina, Port San Luis and Morro Bay which would be suitable for one or more of the Ticonderoga flight 2 class ships.
CSTR asks all its members, supporters and the general public to write your U.S. Representatives and Senators, along with the California contingent of the House Armed Services Committee telling them to make these changes to U.S. Navy, MARAD and U.S. Coast Guard policies:
1) When the decision is made to decommission and dispose of the Ticonderoga Flight IIs, we want their reefing to be considered equally with scrapping as a method of disposal, as the law mandates, and
2) We want reefing organizations, whether state agencies or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to have a seat at the table for those discussions.
See the links to Congress and a sample letter for your use. We encourage you to put this sample letter into your own words.


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Is Oprah Winfrey Racist? April 6, 2007Posted by C.A.R.D in African-American, Anti-White, Black, Discriminate, Discrimination, Gayle King, good white folks, Oprah, Oprah School, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Racism, Oprah Winfrey Racist, Racism, Racist, Racist Oprah, Racist school, School, XM, XM Racism, XM Radio, XM satellite radio.
In September of 2006, TMZ.com had an article on their site that was entitled "Oprah Lords Over White Folk, Talks Poop on XM." In this article it talks about how Oprah brags with her friend Gayle King on XM satellite radio about how she has an almost all white staff, and calls them "good white folks." More recently, it seems that the Oprah's racism is demonstrated through her girls school that was opened in Africa which is almost exclusively an all black school. When asked about this she claims that she does not have to appease the white people in the country. Yet, in another news clip she declares that she will not rest until every 'black boy' and every 'black girl' has had a chance to prove their worth.


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Man jailed for allegedly posting nude photos of Bryan woman on Facebook
We've all heard stories about nightmares in which the main character shows up naked somewhere, say in high school to take a test.
A much worse nightmare would be to appear in actual nude photos on Facebook.
A Madison County man allegedly created a Facebook page under the name of a Bryan woman and posted nude pictures of her on the phony page, according to a probable cause statement issued by the Bryan Police Department.
Jackie Lee Voorhies, 25, of North Zulch, on Friday remained in the Brazos County Detention Center, following his arrest July 7, according to law enforcement records.
Charged with online impersonation, he was being held on $20,000 bond. Voorhies has denied the charges, records state.
The woman reported the page to police March 14, after friends told her about it, according to the probable cause statement.
She told police that Voorhies had said in the past that he had nude photos of her and would post them to Facebook if she didn't start dating him, the statement said.
Bryan Police Detective Chris Moutray said Friday by telephone that Voorhies was linked to the page through an IP address.
Moutray said he got a search warrant for the fake Facebook page, which allowed him to see the date and time it was created as well as the IP address of the account used.
According to the probable cause statement, Voorhies had access to the IP address used to create the page.


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Post-Surgical Trauma, pt 2 -- In the Hospital of the Crimson King
When you're young, you're immortal.
At 19 or whatever, sitting on a pile of dirty clothes in a dorm room listening to the Greatest New Band In History, it would never occur to you to speculate how or even if the music will resonate four decades down the road. Because there are geologic epochs that don't last four decades, right?
However, as you get a bit older, such thoughts might occasionally occur to you.
-- Maybe you're 30 and, suddenly, that Babys haircut doesn't really work any longer. Seriously: it doesn't.
-- Maybe you're 35 and it dawns on you that Molly Hatchet was actually not very good at all and, wow, do you ever regret that Flirtin' With Disaster tattoo on your inner thigh with an arrow pointing in the direction of, ah, Old Chief.
-- Maybe you're driving back from a Cure concert in New York City and it's 3 a.m. on a weeknight. Yes, the band was still good but, also yes, you're 43-years-old and exhausted and it makes you queasy to remember a time when you'd have driven 72 hours straight to see the Cure and 72 hours back – alternating quarts of Little Kings Cream Ale with amyl the whole time … Now, the only thing that keeps you from pulling over to the side of the road and checking into a hotel is A) you have to be at work in three hours and B) let's face it, even though Robert Smith looks a lot worse than you do, he's presumably on a Lear jet or at least a customized tour bus. Either way, he's not driving and he didn't stay up all night like an idiot to see you …
Five weeks ago, out of nowhere, all of these thoughts suddenly materialized like an outta nowhere wintry mix.
I was in St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, 48 hours after a total knee replacement procedure, and other than the slightly irritating presence of an old Kansas song* which was repeatedly unspooling for some reason in my brain, I really wasn't thinking about music.
Instead, I was concentrating on trying to Put. One. Foot. In. Front. Of. The. Other. Two cheerful physical therapists and my wife Eileen were rooting me on as, leaning heavily on an aluminum walker, I clomped in Frankensteinian fashion through the scrubbed corridors of the Joint Replacement floor.
It was my second day of "trying to walk," and I was slowly getting the hang of it. I felt like a dog sticking his head out the car window into the sort of wind you'd call Maria!
After completing the circuit around the nurses' station — "the loop," I suppose — I assumed we'd head back to my room and ice the knee down.
Instead, Rehab Dude and Rehab Babe, with expectant grins on their faces, pointed me down a side corridor. "Let's go that way," I was directed.
I bumbled my way down the hall — which opened into what was normally a large, square waiting room. Instead of anxious relatives or loved ones, though, the room was full of similarly bandaged knee- and hip-replacement patients and beaming nurses. To the right was a buffet table with trays of fruit, pastries and cubes of cheese and various beverages.
I looked at the therapists. What the hell?
"It's a tea party!" one of the nurses cried.
And indeed it was. Turns out, given the high number of joint replacement patients revolving through the floor on a weekly basis, there is always a regular queue of folks who have "graduated" to a certain celebratory level of ambulation -- and the group reward for this New Mobility is a tea party wherein you get to nosh and compare stories with your fellow patients.
It's a very nice idea and gesture but, frankly, looking around at my similarly limping and gray-haired colleagues, a wave of reality washed over me. It's true, I thought. I really am old. How did that happen?!
I found a seat catty corner from the entryway and my wife brought me a small plate of savories and a cup of tea. Free food and drink, to be sure, but it was like being at Grandpa Simpson's birthday party.
Then, from diagonally across the room came a loud voice in a harsh Yankee accent.
"Hey! King Crimson!"
Huh? I looked and a burly, bald dude with the sort of weathered complexion of one who toils outdoors, was grinning at me.
"Saw Crimson in the early 80s" he called. "The band with Tony Levin and Adrian Belew."
It was only at that moment that I realized I was wearing a baggy black T-shirt sporting the iconic cover of King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King – not only one of the greatest albums of all time but certainly one of the most brilliant lp covers ever. The fact that I was wearing the shirt wasn't a hip statement of my Rock Coolness. Indeed, as per instructions, I'd packed a bunch of very loose and baggy clothes to ensure maximum comfort after coming out of surgery. The Crimson shirt just happens to be the size of a circus tent and that's why I brought it along.
Anyway, it seemed this similarly-old-guy was a fellow Crimson nut! And he was telling me he'd seen the Mark IV lineup of the band.
We chatted loudly back and forth across the room for a few moments, me offering my opinion that the Mark III group — with Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, David Cross, John Wetton and Jamie Muir — was my favorite version. I told him about seeing them out in support of Starless and Bible Black. Then he countered with a few cool details of the show he'd seen in Toad's Place, probably on the band's Three of a Perfect Pair tour.
The conversation didn't last long. Neither of us could easily move around, obviously, and there were several other patients trying to have their own conversations – gardenias versus lilacs; Patriots versus Giants; Vicodin versus Oxy.
That's when it hit me. I remembered being in college, so blown away by In the Court of the Crimson King that I carefully transcribed the lyrics to "Epitaph" on a bedsheet in Olde English text — it completely blew my roommate's parents' collective Baptist minds to see that on the wall and read it.
Confusion will be my epitaph / As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Jeez. Back then, as I said at the outset of this blog, it never remotely occurred to me for any reason that one day I'd end up in a hospital tea party with several other post-surgical codgers.
And, if such a thing had occurred to me, the idea that I'd fall into a whimsical debate with someone over the best line up of King Crimson would have struck me as ridiculous if not impossible.
After all, that sorta thing can't happen if you never get old.
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Gonna start the season playing the side and the total, both for 1 unit.
Mariners @ 1.74- You already know that Felix has a 14-3 lifetime record vs the A's. But did you know the M's have won 5 straight season openers, last 2 vs the A's. The A's haven't won season opener since 2004.
Over 7 @ 2.05- You do know that the Tokyo Dome is a indoor stadium don't you, no wind, perfect playing conditions. I looked up the dimensions,, center 400.3 ft, right/left 328.1 ft. These dimensions are similar to that of the Reds ballpark which is considered a hitters park. Did you know but the A's and M's have to darn with more exhibition games on saturday? That makes me think that maybe the starters won't be pushed, 6 or 7 innings maybe. I'm ignoring last years stats in this one, both sides added a bat or 2 in the offseason and I'm looking for some runs when the bullpens takes over to send this over the total.
Good luck people, later
Last year there were 6 over/unders of 6.5, 7 was the norm. I would argue that with Bailey gone the A's pen is a little weaker and more saves might be blown. With the addition of Montero the M's offence has nowhere to go but up. Last april I got killed making plays based on stats and trends from the year before. This april i'm taking a differnt aproach. That being said the line on the over is even money now on bet365, which means i'm not the only one that thinks this.
Last year there were 6 over/unders of 6.5, 7 was the norm.
That was the norm in the A's vs M's games, slow down a bit when you read.
Was surfing around and found that the total opened at 9.5, sharps pounded it down to 7,,,,,interesting.
with you on the over
a lil late lancy but good luck... tied in 10th
Originally Posted by yisman: A) I read what you wrote, and nowhere did you mention specifically A's/M's games. B)Where did you see total opening at 9.5? Hard to believe a book would open themselves up like that.
On the matchup page and a preview on another site. 3-1 M's,,,,should of just stuck to the side.
I'm not even gonna look at a Vargas/Colon matchup,, see ya next week.
darn it a preseason play
Cardninals @ 1.86- With Wainwright on the mound and a full line up starting I can't help but not play this vs a Tigers team that seams to have lost interest in spring training with a rookie lefty on the mound Drew Smyly and damn near all backups.
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The three county commissioners are set to vote Thursday on whether the two jury commissioner posts will be kept.
Commissioner Bill McCarrier, board chairman, will be the swing vote.
McCarrier said in an interview he hasn't decided yet how he'll vote Thursday.
Commissioner Dale Pinkerton wants to cut the part-time posts to save the county money while Commissioner Jim Eckstein maintains they should be kept.
The salaries and benefits for the two jury commissioners are budgeted at more than $71,000 for 2013.
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Throwback Thursday: When A Drought Was The Last Thing Wichita Falls Had To Worry About [VIDEO]
Right now, the lack of rain is the biggest issue we are facing in Wichita Falls. The drought is making us ration our water use, consider alternatives for how to get drinking water, and making our lakes basically non-existent. It's amazing how much things can change in just a few years though.
My A.D.D. got the better of me the other day and led me to searching for every video about Wichita Falls on YouTube. That's when I ran across these videos from the flood of 2007. On June 30th the Wichita River reached a record crest that was the highest it had been since 1941!
Whole areas of town were underwater. People were having to get rescued by boat. Highway 44 was almost to the point of having to be closed. It's crazy to think that just 7 years later, we would do just about anything to get just a little more water. Hopefully, this cycle of drought will end soon and we can go back to normal. Until then, just remember, it wasn't always this dry.


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In recent East Hampton Town Justice Court adjudications, a number of driving-while-intoxicated cases and related offenses were disposed of.
On May 3, Justice Lisa R. Rana accepted a guilty plea from James Selberg-Strauss, 20, of Sag Harbor, who had been arrested by East Hampton Town police in September and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs and unlicensed driving, as well as several traffic infractions. Justice Rana sentenced him to a one-year license suspension and $995 in fines and court fees.
Justice Rana also took a guilty plea that day to first-offense driving while intoxicated from Frederic Stephens, 20, on an April D.W.I. charge. She sentenced him to a 90-day driver's license revocation and $1,150 in fines and court fees.
Mr. Stephens, an East Hampton resident, was wounded in a shooting incident in East Hampton last Thursday and underwent surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center. Police are investigating, as reported on A1.
Kimberly E. Donaldson, 45, of New York City had her license lifted for six months by Justice Rana and was sentenced to one year with a breath-alcohol detection device installed on any vehicle she drives. The sentence relates to a July incident in which, police said, she was drunk when she drove her BMW Z3 into a tree on Darby Lane in East Hampton Village.
Also on May 3, Justice Rana handed Krysten V. Gibbs, 26, of Skillman, N.J., three years of probation, $1,585 in fines and fees, and a one-year license revocation for a July arrest in which she left the scene of an accident. In it, she was said to have swerved from her lane on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton, striking another vehicle and sending its driver to Southampton Hospital with injuries.
In town court on May 17 with Justice Catherine A. Cahill on the bench, Howard Brandon, 66, of Amagansett appeared and was sentenced to 90 days without a license and $995 in fines and fees on a first-offense D.W.I. arrest by town police dating from August.
Also May 17, Justice Cahill sentenced Thomas A. Longo, 40, of Merrick to four months' time served in Suffolk County jail, six months without a license, and $1,400 in fines in a matter that began when an ambulance crew reported seeing a van being driven erratically on Main Street in East Hampton Village. He had been charged with operating the Ford while under the influence of drugs.
Jonathan Restrepo, 23, is serving 30 days in jail, on Justice Cahill's order, on an aggravated-D.W.I. arrest that took place in September 2010 on Montauk Highway in East Hampton. At the time, police said that Mr. Restrepo's blood alcohol level, at .21, was almost three times the legal limit. According to the court records, Mr. Restrepo chose the jail term instead of a fine.
Justice Cahill also sentenced Shawn Morrison, 26, of Montauk to six months without a license and a year with an alcohol monitor in any vehicle he drives, as well as $1,400 in fines. Mr. Morrison had been arrested by East Hampton Town police in June after an incident on Montauk Highway in downtown Montauk in which he was said to have struck a pedestrian with his Jeep and was charged with D.W.I.
Brian Schlitt, 42, of Amagansett faces six months without a license, a year of an ignition-lock device on any car he drives, and three years of probation after a guilty plea to aggravated D.W.I. Justice Cahill also fined him $1,400 and imposed alcohol and narcotics conditions. Town police had arrested Mr. Schlitt, they said, after stopping him for going 20 miles per hour over the speed limit on Flamingo Avenue in Montauk.
Justice Cahill accepted a guilty plea to D.W.I. from Michael R. Yusi, 43, of East Hampton, who had been arrested in May of last year after he was stopped on Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs. She sentenced him to six months without a license, $1,400 in fines, and a year with an ignition-lock device.
Finally on May 17, Justice Cahill imposed a sentence identical to Mr. Yusi's on Daniel Zinn, 38, whom town police had charged with aggravated D.W.I. in August after he had been seen swerving on Montauk Highway in East Hampton.


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February 24, 2010
Professor Rick Warner, who is currently on sabbatical, could have probably found someplace better to be than Grand Rapids, MI on a Friday evening in February. His nature however, is to serve the College in any way he is needed, as he proved last year by postponing his sabbatical to serve as the Associate Dean of Students, and it just so happened he was needed for an alumni dinner event in Grand Rapids.
Following a delicious meal served by the staff at Noto's Old World Italian Dining professor Warner spoke to the gathered audience primarily about immersion learning opportunities for our students. He provided many examples from the numerous trips he has been part of and would have been able to compliment the stories with photos had we not had technical difficulties. It would not have been a Wabash event without additional discussion which covered topics from the current curriculum debate to athletic field improvements to senior comps.
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The industrial revolution brought efficiency but led to the decline of human creation by hand. We stopped tinkering and started operating machines, becoming inherently less ingenious.
Over the past century, new product developed hinged on access to expensive machines out of reach for the individual. Thus, new production development and innovation became the domain of companies with the cutting edge equipment.
In our travels we meet with many midmarket manufacturers, the backbone of the American economy, that has next-to-no innovation initiative. Worse, they accept commoditization as a core attribute of their industry. The Fortune 500 companies cannot be counted on to bear the American imperative to innovate either. Every day media reports of slashed R&D budgets rein in innovation efforts. Corporations lumber under their own bureaucratic heft, struggling to impact the marketplace and to bring meaningful improvements to humankind. This deeply troubles us as ardent capitalists and proud Americans.
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"The Makers," a relatively new movement, are Benjamin Franklin's modern day protégés. Technologists, craftsman and artisans unite in a common spirit of creation and form a subculture that occupies a space somewhere between shop class and the computer lab. Think of it as a technology-based extension of DIY culture, a social club where like-minded individuals gather to build and create. The Maker Culture fosters collaboration and cross pollination in electronics, robotics, 3-D printing, and the use of CNC tools, as well as more traditional activities such as metalworking, woodworking, and traditional arts and crafts.
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Frustrated corporate tinkerers gather at night and on weekends in a self-funded space, as an outlet for their insuppressible drive to create. We wonder what would happen if American companies foster this creative energy instead of suffocate it. Today, it's the companies that are the ones left out.
Don't ask them how they intend to monetize these creations, let them freely create and bring in the strategists to determine market viability later. Take it out of the human resources budget, if you have to justify it. Think of it as the new break room – your humans need some resources. Skip the hip Ping-Pong tables and bring in the machines. See to it that the role of HR is to procure resources for humans, not just source humans as resources to the company.
The ancient words of Archimedes serve as a modern day Makers' battle cry: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
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Into the weekend we head, but before we get there, we've got gold off more than 2% today in a continuation of the "crazy currencies blowing up" that I wrote about yesterday. The volatility amongst the global fiat currencies is also being played out in the precious metals as reflected in their own spiked volatility over the last few months.
There sure seems to be a lot of confidence that the markets can get back to recent all-time highs and keep right on going straight up into the year end. I remain near-term bearish and expect we get another panicky sell-off and a 300 point down down in the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449 DJIA at some point in the next week or two. Not exactly an earth-shattering prediction there, and not one, I'm necessarily trying to game. But you know there are other issues and reasons for markets to go down than just "debt ceiling negotiations," right? It happens. Be ready just in case.
Here are the highlights from my interactions with readers from Marketwatch from my inbox this week. No real theme to them if you look at each individually, but from a 30,000-foot view, all of the below is directly and indirectly related. How do you factor currency swings, interest rate reversals, and an ongoing stock market bubble in your analysis and portfolio management? Or do you?
Q. Hi Cody, thank you the terrific calls you made on shorting and buying puts on PCLN, P,TSLA — big wins all and I am grateful for your advice. My question is if you still expect even higher rates by year's end? I've also got puts on the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF /quotes/zigman/1480156 /quotes/nls/ief IEF . Is the IEF short is a place to stay?
A. Rates are already higher than they were last year. I expect that is a long-term steady trend that will be in place for years. Probably the next 90 days will also have higher rates as the path of least resistance, but 90 days is all you've got until year-end and that's starting to cut it close on the timing from here.
Sorry, Cody, but I'm still looking for an answer to my "wither-rates-by-year's-end under Yellen?" question (even though she's a scoundrel, too) — especially now that you're seeing significant dollar/currency movements. Still think they'll be higher? Are my IEF puts still worth holding onto? Currently down on $95 January '14 puts and modestly up on $106 January puts.
A. I don't think unless there's something broken or crazy between now and year-end that you'll make money on the $95s. But the $106s are probably good risk/reward into year-end. I do think rates will be higher into year-end.
Q. I have some AAPL Jan 14, strike price $500 calls and some SSYS Jan 14, strike price $100 calls. Should I continue to ride these calls?
A. I can't really feel comfortable giving you that much detailed guidance on those two positions without knowing much more about your risk-tolerance, your net worth, your income, your goals, etc. I do think that both of those will likely be worth more in January than they are right now.
Q. Hi Cody, if $INTC is a good stock here as you've suggested, would you consider Jan 2016 call options? They seem really cheap here.
A. Yes, but again, if Intel /quotes/zigman/20392 /quotes/nls/intc INTC were to sit here in the low $20s over the next 18 months, you'd lose pretty much all or most of your capital put on that trade, whereas the common will simply be about even if that were the case. Careful either way, because options are very risky!
Jan 2016s have 27 months remaining! That's a lot of time.
Yes, that is a LOT of time for little capital risk overall on the call option if you use "little capital" to throw at this trade to begin with, but there'd be lots of potential upside if INTC plays out positively.
Q. Cody, I love the Scutify.com site, great acquisition. I don't think I've ever seen you buy VIX puts, Cody. It would seem to make sense as a pair trade of sorts when you are selling VIX calls to buy VIX puts. Can you give us any thoughts on that as a strategy in general and here right now? Thank you.
A. I don't remember the last time if ever that I bought VIX puts. I wouldn't look to buy VIX puts unless the index spikes closer to 30 or so giving you some serious downside in the CBOE Volatility Index /quotes/zigman/2766221 VIX (and profits in your puts) if the fear in the markets recede. I could easily see the VIX staying between 15-22 or so for the next few weeks or even months or even spiking closer to 30 before the next move up in the stock markets begins.
That's it for me this week. Enjoy the weekend!
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch, posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch and is the largest shareholder in Scutify's parent company, Wall Street All-Stars. At time of publication, Cody was net long Intel, Apple, Stratasys, physical gold and silver and net short IEF, Priceline, Pandora and Tesla. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.


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Moose's Logan Maloy tossed a one hitter to lead Moose past Waynesboro Construcdtion, 2-0 in a battle of unbeatens in the Waynesboro Youth League.
WAYNESBORO — Moose's Logan Maloy tossed a one hitter to lead Moose past Waynesboro Construcdtion, 2-0 in a battle of unbeatens in the Waynesboro Youth League.
Moose jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Nick McDermott tripled and was brought home on Hunter Brown's fielders choice.
After a scoreless third and fourth inning, Moose added a run in the bottom of the fifth as Maloy led off with a single, advanced to second and third on passed balls, and scored on McDermott's double.
WACCO's only hit came in the fourth on a single by Owen McCleaf.
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WACCO's Alex Miller took the loss, striking out nine and walking one.
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The Eagles prevailed 6-2 over the Owls Club as both teams battled for their first win.
Connor Jacobs led off in the first inning with a single to right field and later scored on a base hit to left by Kurt Biesecker to make the score 1-0.
Owls evened it up in the second as Xavier Rhyne hammered a double to deep centerfield and was plated by another hard hit to right center by Joe Sullivan.
A five-hit rally in the third by Eagles and a few untimely errors by Owls led to a score of 6-1. Jacobs, Chance Eyler, Biesecker, Jonathan Keckler and Taylor Woodring all had base hits.
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This sample demonstrates how to protect a Node.js web API with Azure AD v2.0 using the Passport.js library. The code here is pre-configured with a registered client ID. If you register your own app, you will need to replace the client ID.
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Clone the code.
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Two rulings for open records law violations by county government were released in early November.
Oldham County resident Judy Ponder filed the open records appeals with the Office of the Attorney General in September.
Ponder asserted the county engineer and planning and development office both failed to fulfill records requests.
State law requires public agencies to determine within three business days if an open records request will be granted. If denied, the agency is required to send notification of why.
The attorney general's office issued a ruling that county engineer Beth Stuber violated the opens records law by failing to respond.
Ponder submitted four separate requests, dated from June through August, requested various documents from Stuber pertaining to a lot near Ponder's residence in Northwood East subdivision.
Ponder initiated the appeal after receiving no response to the requests.
"She was legally obligated to respond," according to the attorney general's ruling. "She apparently chose not to do so."
Stuber also "elected to ignore" a notification of the appeal sent to her office by the attorney general.
According to the ruling, Stuber must conduct a search and make available any nonexempt records requested.
The ruling concludes with, "Continued inaction is not a legal option."
The appeal filed against Oldham planning and development officials accused the department of violating open records law by not providing written records to Ponder.
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Due to the "broad scope" of Ponder's request, the attorney general found Urban's decision appropriate.
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Both Urban and Ponder requested that the attorney general's office take additional action in the matter.
Ponder accused Urban of retaliation for her open records appeals by requesting she submit open records requests directly to him so he can maintain a log of them.
Urban asked the attorney general to determine that Ponder's actions hindered the ability of his office to carry on with its normal functions.
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East Lyme Teen's Future Looks Shipshape
East Lyme -- Mike Hartzell's friends say he is kind; his teachers say he can make everyone smile, and the mention of his name at a cafeteria table loaded with members of the grunge crowd elicits a chorus of compliments.
"He doesn't come to our parties, but he could," said one student at East Lyme High School. "He's a cool guy. He's cool 'cause he's not mean, he's not down on anybody and he's funny."
"He's just a really good guy," said Sara Morton, who graduated Tuesday night, as did Hartzell. "There are a lot of nice guys. But it's like everybody likes Mike — everybody. If you had a daughter, he's the kind of boy you would want her to be with."
Hartzell will attend Penn State in the fall on an ROTC scholarship and plans to continue a family tradition by entering the Navy after he graduates from college. His father, Lt. Cmdr. Steve Hartzell, has been in the Navy for 24 years. His grandfather, Joe Pow, Laura Hartzell's father, served in the Navy for 32 years.
"I went on the USS Enterprise and saw the jets take off and how the missiles fire," Mike Hartzell said . "I said, 'Yeah, that's my job, right there.'"
And that was that. When Hartzell decides, his folks say, it's as good as done. With family tradition and childhood fantasy lighting the way, Hartzell was pragmatic in deciding to follow his forefathers to the sea.
"I just thought that the Navy would get me pointed in the right direction," he said. "It's a job straight out of college and I'll get to travel a lot."
Hartzell doesn't like talking much, especially about himself. He's just a little shy, his mother says. Others call him a leader by example. Even those who don't follow in his footsteps seem to respect his path.
"I get along good with the kids who party, but they wouldn't invite me," Hartzell said while stretching before a recent track meet. His best friend and teammate elaborated.
"The kids who party like him," said Andrew O'Reilly. "That's why they don't invite him. They respect him."
But Hartzell doesn't think he's anything special. He spoke humbly of the time that his team lost a basketball game when he missed what would have been the winning basket. His parents provide the details –– the team trailed with two seconds left in the game and Mike had to shoot from the other team's end of the court after getting a rebound.
"I'm no big deal," Hartzell says. "I'm just a goof. I'm nice to people and I like to joke around. My dad calls me a real go-getter. We're building a deck. It's huge. And every time he wants a new two-by-four, I go get it."
Hartzell, an honor student, ranked 34th in his class of 253. He took an advanced placement and honors curriculum.
"This is a tough class," said calculus teacher Mike Devanney. "But Mike always meets the challenge with a smile. When the stress of a lesson gets to everybody, Mike knows just when and how to make a joke that cracks the class up. Then we all can get back to it. He's made it more enjoyable for me to teach."
Hartzell was the small forward on East Lyme's Eastern Connecticut Conference championship basketball team. He threw the javelin for the school's outdoor track team, finishing third in the conference tournament, and he was a key member of the track team's 800-meter relay squad. On a team, Hartzell is a stabilizing force, his coaches said.
Basketball coach Dan Spellman said that Hartzell was able to keep up his 3.68 grade point average while maintaining the most challenging course schedule on the team. The fact that he was able to excel on the court and in the classroom made him a role model, Spellman said.
"I remember Mike's junior year. We weren't very good and I was running out of motivational halftime speeches," Spellman said. "I asked the guys if they had seen the movie 'Gladiator.' Mike gets this big grin and says, 'Yeah, we have to be like Maximus.' Then he started saying it, 'Maximus, Maximus, Maximus.' It worked. So after that I always called him Maximus."
The Hartzells are a close-knit family. When Mike visited Penn State, his mother scouted out houses near the State College, Pa., campus, fantasizing about moving there. His grandmother, Ann Pow, keeps a spare key to his 1989 Pontiac Grand Am so she can stock it with after-school snacks for him.
Nevertheless, his career choice was his own, family members said.
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I recently bought a Canon 1000d DSLR. I'm just an amateur and don't use my camera daily. I use it once or twice a week. Is it okay if I leave the batteries in the camera during this idle time?
Leaving the batteries in your camera for a week or two between uses will be no problem. If you plan to leave your camera unused for six months to a year, you might want to take them out.
And, the lithium battery pack used in your camera (like most current dSLRs) should hold its charge on the shelf fairly well, so you won't have to worry too much about it being drained just sitting there.
(If you do need to shelve it for a long time, the battery will be best if stored at a little less than half full.)
A few references for further reading: Tektronix's Lithium Ion Battery Maintenance Guidelines and Ars Technica on What is the best way to use a Li-ion battery?.
Some rare cameras may have problems where the battery is drained by the camera even when the camera is off. You'll know if you have one of these by whether your batteries still work after two weeks. In that case, there's still unlikely to be any actual harm; battery life might be shortened somewhat, but not more than it would be by actual heavy use.
if you're in a very humid environment ( New Orleans June thru August) I'd take them out if I was not going to use the camera for a couple weeks or more otherwise there shouldn't be a problem leaving them in for a few months.
As long as the camera is fully off, and the battery is not flat.
It is bad for Lithium batteries to be left unused for a long time (more than a few days) with the battery discharged. That's why when you buy something new with a Lithium battery, it always has a little bit of charge on it. In normal use the batteries prefer to stay topped up rather than run right down (that's an old myth).
If you were leaving it for, say, 6 months, apparently it's best for their longevity if you leave them at about 40% charge or a little more. I would also store it without the batteries in the camera. It's very unlikely, but you wouldn't want a battery fault (or a buildup of humidity or condensation) to cause it to leak, melt, etc in your camera. That's extremely unlikely to happen though, I probably shouldn't have suggested it.
I have a 1000D and from experience I can tell that after 3 months of not using the camera and the battery left inside, the battery monitoring circuitry still runs as long as the battery is inside. And that burns some charge. If you shoot at least once a week, leave the battery inside, if its more than a month. Make sure it stays outside.
The Canon EOS 1000D manual says this on page 12:
If the camera will not be used for an extended period, remove the battery and store the camera in a cool, dry, well-ventilated location. Even while the camera is in storage, press the shutter button a few times once in a while to check that the camera is still working.
It doesn't elaborate on what "an extended period" might be, but given the advice to "press the shutter button a few times once in a while", I think it's safe to assume it means months or at least weeks. It's certainly safe to leave the camera with the battery installed for a week at a time.
A word of caution: You can bet that the advice in the 1000D manual is predicated on the assumption that you're using a genuine Canon battery. Canon currently has a campaign on its web site against counterfeit batteries (and other accessories). Not all aftermarket batteries are "counterfeit" -- there are a number of manufacturers that label their batteries with their own name. Nevertheless, be careful about the quality of batteries that you buy.
As a generic answer I'd suggest NO. Different battery types will behave differently to this. I've seen my electronics destroy with AA batteries because of this. You may be using a battery that will cause it.
There are components in camera that use a very little percent of battery even if its switched off. Take a case of a Li-Ion battery and if these components bring down the battery close to zero percent charge, it affects the battery life and may just kill it.
Also there can be several random things that happen and will create problems with your camera. For instance, while you have left the camera somewhere be and your cat spills water on it. Leaving the battery in will certainly destroy the circuits. If you keep the battery out, your camera will be saved. Consider humidity too. If weather changes drastically, water could condense and damage it.
So for a long time, please dont leave the batteries in.
I have had multiple rechargable batteries for multiple Canon SLR's for the last 25 years. I keep one (or 2 depending on the body) in them, I also make sure they have more than 50% charge in them when stored. (I usually charge them before storage) For both my pro and amature cameras I have had no issues with either. Different battery types do have different characteristics. The LP-E5 that your camera uses is most similar to the LP-E6s I have, those and the older BP-511s I use have not had any issues storing them in the cameras for 8 to 10 months.
You want to make sure that you charge your batteries before you go out shooting, the battery meter can show higher than what the battery really has for power, if it has been sitting without load on it for months. You start shooting then suddenly you see that the battery levels are critical.
Yes, it is completely fine to leave your camera's batteries in for an extended period of time. As long as the camera is completely off, then you shouldn't have a problem. Hope this helps!
It's okay. I do it all the time. Just check if it turns on every day.


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Potato Salads Recipes
Pommes Anglaise: Pesto Potato Salad Recipe
Pommes à l'Anglaise is just a fancy name for boiled potatoes. Once the potatoes were cooked, I coated them in pistachio radish pesto (I still had more radish greens in our garden) and softened the spicy flavor of the greens with yogurt.
The preparation is super easy, and this dish will go fast!
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Fingerling Potato Salad Recipe
Fingerling potato salad is a very easy one-course lunch meal I throw together when I'm in a hurry. To make the dish, fingerling potatoes are steamed until softened. These would be great on their own, but to make it a complete meal I added crunchy Romaine lettuce, sliced celery and Persian cucumbers.
The vegetable salad is then mixed in a yogurt vinaigrette dressing, which remains very healthy without sacrificing flavor. I also added a few slices of smoked salmon on the side. The dish is light, but it still keeps me energized until dinner time. I could eat this salad every day.
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Maintaining a classic look that will complement any kitchen with the beauty and functionality of large, deep bowls with classic rounded corners, the Ruvati RVM4505 from Parmi series is still streamlined enough to be the centerpiece of any countertop.
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Parents and Social Media
Social media networks have become vital channels for Americans' daily interactions. Our new report explores how parents turn to these networks for parenting-related information and social support.
Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015
Smartphones are fueling a shift in the communication landscape for teens. Nearly three-quarters of teens now use smartphones and 92% of teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online "almost constantly."
Social Media and the Cost of Caring
Frequent use of social media is not directly related to higher stress. But stress can be contagious through social media channels: Social media users are often more aware of the stressful events in others' lives, and this awareness itself can lead to higher stress.
Social Media Update 2014
While Facebook remains the most popular social media site, other platforms — like LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter — saw higher rates of growth over the past year. In 2014, 52% of online adults used two or more social media sites, up from 42% in 2013.
Technology's Impact on Workers
Online American workers say the internet and email are very important tools for doing their jobs, rating them higher in importance than landline phones, mobile phones, and social networking sites. Just 7% say the internet makes them less productive at work.
Social Media and the 'Spiral of Silence'
Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms did not provide new outlets for the discussion of the Snowden-NSA revelations. People who thought their social media friends disagreed with them were less likely to discuss the issues in person and online.
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Networked information and the different ways users receive, process, create, and share it.
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Skateboarder Crashes Into Wall.. Blames Injuries On Being Jumped By "3-5 Black Men" (May Face Charges For False Claims)
"A Miami skateboarder who fractured his skull when he slammed into a garage's concrete wall could face criminal charges for claiming a group of black men assaulted him, police said today. Rene Betancourt, 22, told police that on July 7 he was attacked by a group of men while skateboarding in downtown Miami. According to the police report, he claimed the assault took place during an attempted robbery. But surveillance video from a nearby office building released on Friday shows Betancourt skate boarding in the garage and plunging face first into a concrete wall of the garage. The impact left him unconscious and lying on the ground for nearly five minutes. After waking up, Betancourt stands up in a daze and stumbles into the garage's elevator. Betancourt's family found him slumped in his car, bloodied and bruised. After rushing him to a hospital, doctors determined he had a fractured skull, fractured orbital bone, with blood clots and lacerations in his head. "All we had from the beginning was three to four black males," says Napier Velazquez of the Miami Police Department. "As the police department, we gather info on the scene, so we assume that all the information is valuable. We don't question where they [the victims] get their information from." But the video, he said, "changed the entire investigation." - ABC
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Former TV vampire David Boreanaz '91 stars in a new series, Bones
by Jeff Candura '01
David Boreanaz '91 has come back from the dead. Well, not really. But for the first time in nine years the star of the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel is not playing a vampire but a living, breathing person.
With a legion of fans, great reviews, a prime-time slot, and, of course, an Ithaca College education, there is nothing to indicate that Bones, his third television show, won't also be a hit.
David, 36, was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up outside Philadelphia. His father was a local television weatherman ("I was always the one who got blamed if it rained on football practice," David laughs); his mother was a horse breeder. Despite the blame he took whenever a cold front moved through southeastern Pennsylvania, David credits his parents for making him the person he is today. "My dad is such a grounding influence in my life," says the actor. "He always listened to people, which is an important lesson to learn in today's society and one I try to follow."
A self-professed "family guy," he regrets that as he lives in Los Angeles he only gets to see his parents and two sisters, who still live on the east coast, a few times a year. "It's really one of the downfalls of living out here," says David.
His mother instilled in him her love of antiques, nostalgia, and classic Hollywood; enjoyment of "oldies" still plays a prominent role in David's life. "My mom really had an affinity towards older films -- Gary Cooper, Doris Day, Hepburn, Tracy, Mitchum," says David. "I've always loved old films."
With fellow Bones cast members, including series star Emily Deschanel (front)
In his wife, actor and model Jaime Bergman, David found someone who shared his love of the tried and true. After meeting at a Valentine's Day party in 2001, the couple was married the following Thanksgiving at the Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California, which was built in the 1920s and played host to the likes of everyone from Howard Hughes to Salvador Dali to Spencer Tracy. As a wedding gift David gave his bride a 1966 Ford Mustang. Pictures of Bette Davis, James Cagney, and other actors from Hollywood's glory days hang on the walls of their house. David collects old guitars. And they don't seem to want to break a mutual addiction to classic rock (they spent their first date listening to Pink Floyd, and Jaime walked down the aisle to "Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon).
This is all fitting for a guy who still fondly remembers sitting in his Ithaca dorm room and listening to the Grateful Dead with friends. "Classic rock is really an influence from my sisters," says David. "Listening to their music, listening to the Dead, and then going to Ithaca, with all the Dead-heads there . . . "
David was initially drawn to the atmosphere of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes region, but there was also a family connection. His sister, Beth, graduated from the College in 1989.
"The environment and the community and the people drew me there," says David. "Being at a relatively small school really allows you to focus on a subject area, and that is such an asset in life." At Ithaca the onetime high school football and track and field athlete and future television star spent more time on the sports field than in front of a camera -- playing intramural softball, basketball, and football no matter the season. Despite what you may read online, David did not study acting at Ithaca; in fact, as a cinema and photography major he spent much of his time behind the camera. He took only one theater class, Introduction to Acting, during his four years.
After graduation David found himself trying to decide whether to move to Los Angeles or New York. He opted for the west because his sister lived in Los Angeles and he hoped that his degree would open some doors to working in film or television. It has proven the right choice. "At Ithaca I always imagined myself in a place where I would be happy, a place that would make sense," he says, "and that's here. Right now, it's great."
At first David paid the bills by working various odd jobs (painting houses, parking cars, handing out towels at a gym) and taking bit parts in movies, acting whenever he could find a job (paying or not). His first "break" came in 1993 when he guest-starred on a few episodes of Married . . . with Children. Though some cast members reportedly lobbied to make him a regular, he returned to his more familiar recurring role as struggling actor and odd-jobber
He removed "struggling" from his job title in 1997, when a producer noticed the athletic young man walking his dog and cast him as a vampire in the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After he'd appeared as a guest actor for two episodes, the chemistry between him and the show's star, Sarah Michelle Gellar, was evident; David was written in as a regular. His character, Angel, a 248-year-old vampire looking to redeem himself for his past mistakes, was so popular with fans that a spinoff show of the same name was created only two years later.
To say that Angel was a hit would be an understatement; David had become a bona fide star. Angel lasted five years, but fans clamored for more of its leading man. Today, if you search for "David Boreanaz" on the Internet, you come up with over a million hits.
Bones is David's chance to prove that he can succeed as a character other than Angel -- one who, though still a little dark, also has a quick wit. Boreanaz plays FBI special agent Seeley Booth, a former army sniper who likes to solve crimes the old-fashioned way: by questioning witnesses and trusting his instincts. He also mistrusts scientists, like the forensic anthropologist he is often teamed with in solving crimes, Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel). Critics have called the show a cross between Moonlighting and The X-Files, two shows driven by smart, witty writing and palpable chemistry between two lead characters. "What really matter in a show like this are the relationships," David points out. "What sets our show apart is that it is character driven." It isn't surprising that an old-Hollywood buff like David counts Steve McQueen as an influence for his character or that he hopes the relationship between Booth and Brennan becomes "like Hepburn and Tracy." The show has survived its first few months and according to David has received the go-ahead from Fox to film a full 22-episode season. So maybe he really has channeled some of the old Hollywood legends.
As we went to press we learned that Boreanaz is starring in an independent dark comedy directed by Alan Cumming, suffer Man's Charity.
David Boreanaz is an unusual mix of contentment and drive, of east-coast intensity and California cool. He prefers classic cars to the more flashy modern models. He would rather stay home and cook dinner and drink a glass of wine with his wife than go out to a club. When he manages to get downtime, he's more likely to be found spending time with Jaime and their three-year-old son, Jaden, and dog, a yellow lab named Buddha. Though Angel was a cult phenomenon that made David an international sex symbol, he tries to pay as little attention to his image as possible. "I just don't think about that stuff," he says bluntly. "I'm here to work and to keep growing."
The intensity that hides under David's laid-back exterior is the reason why he has no intention of resting on his laurels. David says that one of the original draws of working on Bones was to work with Barry Josephson and Hart Hanson, successful producers from the film world, in which he would like to do more work. "This is a long journey that is still going on, not a means to an end," David says. "It is in the learning where you begin to know a little more about yourself and begin to see more of the bigger picture."
David still feels a strong connection with Ithaca -- the College and the city. He can't bring up the subject without smiling. "Man -- the gorges, hanging out, the city -- I have so many good memories of that place," he says, laughing. "I really would like to make it back there to visit." Although he received Ithaca's Young Alumni Award in 2001, because of work commitments he wasn't able to accept it in person; he hasn't returned since graduation. But he knows that every year students graduate from Ithaca and move to Los Angeles or New York, about to start on a journey similar to that he is taking. He wants to reminds them that even after you're discovered, even after three hit series, there is still more work to be done.
"The sweetness of success comes while the journey is still going on," he says. "I know I still have many mountains to climb."
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