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1968 Chevrolet C10 - A Truck And A ToolboxWritten by on April 11, 2012 Steve and Tammy Richey's '68 C10
When you think back to your adolescent years, you either loved your parents or hated them (especially in the teen years). Emotions, hormones, and pimples all play a part in your life at that time and, as a parent myself, we try to keep our kids out of trouble, right?
Well, Jim Richey, Steve's dad, decided that it would be a grand idea to provide his 14-year-old child (Steve) with a '68 Chevy truck and a small Craftsman handheld toolbox filled with wrenches. This occupied Steve's time because the truck was in good shape but needed some elbow grease to get it street worthy, besides, what a cool project for the then 14-year-old Steve to work on with his father.
Steve drove the C10 until he was out of high school and one day, as like most of us, Steve ran out of money and was forced to sell his truck. Skipping forward to 1994, Steve was back on his feet financially and was able to afford a sweet '57 Chevy truck similar to a '56 pickup his dad once owned. In the meantime, Jim had picked up a '68 long bed that was similar to the truck he and his son built many years prior. It's unclear who started the conversation but it went something like this, "I'll trade you my truck for your truck, Dad," Steve Richey said to his father. "OK," replied Jim. The trade was made and the father and son set off to build fond memories once again.
Yes, it was a long bed but Steve cut the frame down along with the bed to make it short. He started by removing the bed completely and chopping the frame off behind the cab, that way grafting several frame pieces together was not needed. Steve simply made his own rear framerails that were then narrowed and modified to the existing bed. He then shaved the door handles, trim, gas cap, stake pockets, and front bumper, along with a lot of other hidden mods Steve has forgotten. The truck was then lowered using a CPP 2-inch drop spindle and Ride Tech coilovers. A Ford 9-inch rearend replaced the factory unit and a set of 4.56 gears with mini spool was put in. Thus, allowing full power of the massive 20x17 Billet Specialties wheels and Mickey Thompson package to manage the torque of the motor. With a tight bond brought together by the Richey family's trucks, hopefully, we can all learn from them and start our own family memories.
Steve & Tammy Richey
Royse City, TX
1968 Chevy C10
Frame: Stock
Modifications: Back half
Rearend / Ratio: Ford 9-inch / 4.56
Rear suspension: Four-bar
Rear brakes: CPP disc
Front suspension: CPP with Ride Tech coilovers
Front brakes: CPP
Steering box: CPP
Front wheels: Billet Specialties Legacy 18x8
Rear wheels: Billet Specialties Legacy 20x17
Front tires: Mickey Thompson Sportsman
Rear tires: Mickey Thompson Sportsman
Gas tank: Rock Valley in bed
Engine: ZZ3 350
Heads: GM Aluminum
Valve covers: Edelbrock
Manifold: Edelbrock Performance
Ignition: Pertronix
Headers: Sanderson
Exhaust / Mufflers: 3-inch / Flowmaster
Transmission: 700R4
Modifications: Shift kit
Shifter: ididit Billet
Style: Stock
Fenders front: Stock
Hood: Stock
Grille: Stock
Bed: Oak / stainless
Bodywork and paint by: Owner / Paint by Greg McSwain
Paint type / Color: PPG / Black
Headlights / Taillights: Stock
Outside mirrors: Stock
Bumpers: Brothers Truck and Sir Michaels roll pan
Dashboard: Stock
Gauges: Dakota Digital
Air conditioning: Vintage Air
Stereo: none
Steering wheel: Billet Specialties
Steering column: ididit
Seats: Bench seat cut down
Upholstery by: Kyle Hix Design of Norman, OK
Material / Color: Leather / Red
Carpet: ACC red loop


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Some have suggested that crude oil from the reservoir 8,000' below the seafloor might be working its way up through faults and fractures in the bedrock, or along the Macondo wellbore. If that happens we would expect to see "seepage on steroids" as oil works its way to the seafloor along multiple pathways and floats up to the ocean surface to form persistent oil slicks.
|Rainbow oil sheen in vicinity of BP / Deepwater Horizon oil spill site, photographed by Bonny Schumaker during low-level overflight on October 5, 2012. Photo courtesy On Wings of Care.
But is this actually happening at the BP / Deepwater Horizon spill site?
A series of recent slick sightings, again documented by pilot Bonny Schumaker of On Wings of Care beginning on September 14, raise the possibility. There are known natural oil seeps in the general vicinity that were identified and mapped by scientists at Florida State University long before the BP spill in 2010, but the closest of these is about 2.9 miles southeast, 3.1 miles south, and 4.9 miles northeast of the plugged Macondo well. BP suggested the slicks were caused by residual oil leaking from the wreckage on the seafloor: the massive Deepwater Horizon rig, the 5,000 feet of tangled riser pipe, the failed and discarded containment devices and other pieces of equipment. In October, BP plugged the cofferdam / containment dome device that had been used in the first failed attempt to stop the Macondo spill, claiming that leftover oil leaking out of this device had been the source of the recent oil slicks. But additional slicks sighted in the area on November 2 and November 9 caused the Coast Guard to order BP to deploy more ROVs to once again investigate the site and try to identify the source of oil for the mystery slicks. BP did so in mid-December, and the Coast Guard released four low-resolution videos of that inspection operation. The videos were apparently shot on December 11-14, 2012. We haven't watched them all but BP and the Coast Guard claim they discovered no signs of leakage from the Macondo well or the two relief wells, or from any of the wreckage. But this doesn't address the question of possible leakage from the seafloor in the vicinity, the scenario that Chevron caused off Brazil.
The only way to answer that question is to conduct a systematic survey of the seafloor itself, not just the wellheads and wreckage. Frankly, I think in all likelihood BP has already done this, so it should be a relatively simple matter of asking them to publish a report on the results, all of the video and other data they collected, and a map showing the survey grid they executed. If a thorough seafloor survey hasn't been done yet, then it's time for the Coast Guard to insist, to solve this mystery in a publicly transparent way that eases everyone's fears.

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U.S. is defaulting on credibility, but supply chain hangs tough
July 25, 2011 - LM Editorial
Sick of the talk and double-talk about the debt limit talks going on in Washington? Personally speaking, it is definitely starting to wear on me a little bit.
Seriously, look at the ongoing menu of rhetoric coming at us on this whether it is on TV, the Web or whatever that is filled with terms like: "signs of progress," "baby steps," "cautiously optimistic a deal will get done," "both parties are coming up with separate plans" or "Wall Street is coming up with a backup plan" (gee, I feel better now-grin).
Isn't it fair to say we have all been dealt a very tough hand in recent years—at least back to 2007 anyhow? In that time alone, we have seen enough negative things occur, that wondering when things will even come close to getting back to normal—whatever that may be—seems truly futile at times.
But regardless of the cards we are holding, we all have to make do with what we have got and look hard for a silver lining, no matter how hard it is to find at times like these.
To see the antics on display regarding the debt limit at the moment really makes the entire country look bad no matter which side you are on.
Looking at what could happen should the U.S. not be able to, you know, pay its bills is particularly difficult to contemplate, too. After all, it is not like the financial crisis of 2008 was that long ago.
We saw what that contributed to and caused and, as you know, it was not a pretty picture. Some of those after-effects are still playing out in the logistics and transport sectors on a daily basis, whether it is tight credit availability, constrained budgets, murky outlooks, or any other number of things.
But as has been the case in the past when a crisis arrives, it is hard to not see how these sectors are prepared and ready to adjust to a situation.
The business of moving freight, regardless of mode or locale, requires agility, speed, and smarts. During the time I have covered this space, it is easy to observe I have seen these things at work on myriad occasions.
These things can be seen in the form of taking a clear and defined path to sustainable supply chain practices (although there are many more steps to go), smart inventory planning, and route optimization and leveraging best practices where and when it matters most, among many others.
While economic uncertainty is everywhere, we all need to keep our eye on the ball. Even if our elected leaders in Washington are having a hard time connecting, it is clear that supply chain managers and logistics leaders are adjusting to difficult conditions and staying on base.
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Hi. I've installed Visual Studio 2008 on my machine. But i have still the same problem.쟄ow can i solve쟧t? thx
Thanks Dmitry for your reply. :)
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Dmitry N. Mikushin <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
Hi Ghobad,
The error message means the OpenMPI wants to use cl.exe - the compiler
from Microsoft Visual Studio.
Here http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.5/ms-windows.php is it stated:
This is the first binary release for Windows, with basic MPI libraries
and executables. The supported platforms are Windows XP, Windows
Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008, and Windows 7 (including both 32 and
64 bit versions). The installers were configured with CMake 2.8.1 and
compiled under Visual Studio 2010, and they support for C/C++
compilers of Visual Studio 2005, 2008 and 2010.
So, to compile MPI programs you probably need one of this compilers to
be installed.
Best regards.
- Dima.
2012/5/10 Ghobad Zarrinchian <email@example.com>:
> _______________________________________________> Hi all. I'm a new open-mpi user. I've downloaded쟴he
> OpenMPI_v1.5.5-1_win32.exe file to install open-mpi on my dual-core windows
> 7 machine. I installed the file but now i can't compile my mpi programs. I
> use command below (in command prompt window) to compile my 'test.cpp'
> program:
>>> mpic++ -o test test.cpp
> but i get error as follows:
>>> The open mpi wrapper compiler was unable to find the specified compiler
>>> cl.exe in your path.
> 젨젨 Note that this compiler was either specified at configure time or in
> one several possible environment variables.
> What is the problem? Is my compilation command right? Is there any remained
> necessary steps to complete my open-mpi installation?
> Is it necessary to쟳pecify some environment variables?
> Thanks in advanced.
> users mailing list
> email@example.com
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I've been programming in C++ for a few years, and I've done a school project or two in C (as well as several other languages). However, I don't know C very well at all. I have a programming interview in two days, and I just realized that this interview will be in C.
How do I approach this? How do I learn C well enough to succeed in a programming interview? This job is not looking for a "C expert" or anything like that, so I think they'll be somewhat understanding if I explain that I have not programmed much in C. They just choose to host their interviews in C.
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Following an outburst by 25-year-old Thomas M. Davidson during his first advisement of charges in White County Circuit Court Monday morning, he was quiet during his second first advisement of the charges against him as read by Judge Mark Shaner of Crawford County.
The charges and possible penalties were read to Davidson who is accused of shooting a Gibson County, Ind., woman to death in a cornfield off a rural roadway west of Crossville last weekend. There are seven total charges filed, including four counts of first degree murder and lesser included offenses of vehicular hijacking, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Davidson remains in the City-County Jail in Carmi pending $2 million bond.
Details of the outburst and the crimes alleged were contained in Monday's issue of The Carmi Times.
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Database capacity optimization in Oracle databases
Space Manager with LiveReorg™ enables you to reorganize Oracle data, optimize I/O performance, and maximize database capacity. You can prevent application and database downtime by performing online Oracle reorganizations to reclaim space. The Oracle partitioning tool also allows you to resolve performance issues due to fragmentation when archiving Oracle data. You'll find this especially useful for business-critical ERP applications, such as Oracle e-Business Suite, Siebel and SAP, where high-transaction volumes require you to routinely archive data.
Oracle reorganization and space reclamation
- Reorganizes data to reclaim your wasted space and optimize your database capacity and performance on archived tables, eliminating the need to buy additional disk space.
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- Supports multiple datatypes and objects for standard and live reorgs, including individual partitions, domain indexes, user-defined datatypes, and tables with both LOB datatypes and LONG columns.
- Automatically resumes script execution from point of failure or clean up of residual objects by providing restart and clean-up capabilities for failed reorganization scripts.
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- Confirm that you have sufficient space available to ensure reorg success with multiple automatic space-check audits.
Before installing Space Manager and Capacity Manager, ensure that your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.
Requirements for the client computer
The Space Manager and Capacity Manager clients must be installed on the same computer, and their requirements are the same unless otherwise specified. The computer must meet the following requirements:
|Oracle client
Supported by both Space Manager and Capacity Manager:
Space Manager and Capacity Manager do not support the 64-bit version of the Oracle Client.
|Operating system
Supported by both Space Manager and Capacity Manager:
|1 GHz Processor (recommended minimum)
|2 GB of RAM
|Display settings
|A resolution of 1024 x 768; true color or high color; small fonts
|Disk space
Space Manager: Approximately 800 MB
Capacity Manager: Approximately 13 MB
|.NET Framework
|Microsoft® .NET Framework 4 (including update 4.0.3)
Note: The .NET Framework 4 Full Profile is required. The Client Profile is not sufficient.
Requirements for databases
Each database being managed with Space Manager must meet the following requirements:
|Oracle database
Supported by both Capacity and Space Manager:
Note: Space Manager supports Oracle Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition databases.
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Space Manager supports the following operating systems:
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Disk-space requirements are:
|Oracle packages
Space Manager: DBMS_SQL, DBMS_PIPE, DBMS_LOCK, DBMS_SPACE_ADMIN
Find Long LONGs feature: UTL_RAW
Email notifications: UTL_SMTP
|Oracle's partitioning option
Required for the Online Switch (a feature available for live reorganizations) and the Partitioning Wizard; Partitioning Option must be installed and licensed.
|XDB schema
Required for XMLType datatypes.
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The database used for the Capacity Manager repository must meet the following requirements:
|Oracle database
Supported for the repository:
|Disk space
8 MB recommended per monitored database assigned to a repository (accommodates one year of growth in repository objects)
|Job scheduler
One of the following schedules is needed for snapshot jobs, report scheduling, and Windows scheduling:
|Oracle initialization parameters
Oracle initialization parameters should be set as follows:
|Character set
Must be a superset of the character sets for all monitored databases. A UTF8 character set is recommended.
|Activity level
Light activity level.
Language supported:
- US English
White Papers
On-Demand Webcasts
Support Docs, Notes and Guides
Datafile map's segment-type view
See where data and segments with blocking extents are. Identify a reorganization candidate and launch the reorg manager directly from the datafile map.
Datafile map's reorg-need view
Easily see which segments need reorganization. Change the threshold values indicating reorg need severity to match your organization's requirements. Use the information in the segments-with-blocking-extents panel for datafile-level space reclamation opportunities.
Explorer window
Easily view multiple databases and their tablespaces. Quickly view space distribution, database statistics, and a list of space-related issues for each database. Launch reorg manager directly from the list to address an issue.
Quickly view segment lists and statistics for each tablespace. Easily determine which segments have the greatest reorg need per tablespace.
Easily navigate between database, tablespace, datafile, segment, and schema information.
Space Manager provides several reports to help you quickly identify reorganization candidates and plan future capacity.
Largest segments by tablespace report
Identify the largest segments in each tablespace.
Scripts/job monitor
Monitor reorg script execution. Easily view the script and log file for each table in a single or multi-table (script group) reorganization.


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In Words With Friends (or any With Friends game), is there anyway I can check the summary of my games - how much did I win/lose? Or compare my standings with another player? It is frustrating when you play quite a number of games and it does not give you a perspective of how well you did.
I don't believe there is a way to check these stats. These games are supposed to be just for fun, but some people do like to know their stats. You could alternativley sign up for a site such as THIS if you're really serious about your stats.
On Android, recent games win/lost are displayed in the main program screen. However, I do not know how far back this goes. It may be useful only to see how you're doing recently.


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Naugy's solid effort not enough to beat Ansonia
ANSONIA — The Naugatuck High football team went into Ansonia's Jarvis Field on Thanksgiving Day with the necessary confidence, the proper game plan and enough quality playmakers to put on a real good show.
The Greyhounds didn't have enough playmakers to win the game, however, as the Ansonia methodically beat back every challenge Naugy threw its way to win going away, 48-27, in front of a crowd of close to 3,000.
The Chargers (11-0) are having one of those seasons where even on a very good day for the opposition, teams are going to struggle to keep up with the Ansonia's potent offense.
The Chargers are so rich with playmakers that on a day star running back Arkeel Newsome rushed for 218 yards and scored five touchdowns, the Clarence Fortin Most Valuable Player Trophy was awarded to quarterback Jai'Quan McKnight.
"That is how good we are as a team," Newsome said. "I'm proud of him, and I'm happy for him. Jai'Quan is a really good quarterback. He has good feet. He's fast. He can throw the ball. He's good."
McKnight was good enough to score on long runs the first two times he ran Thursday to set the tone for the game. The Greyhounds seemed focused on shutting down Newsome and did so with a decent amount of success early, holding him to a total of 22 yards on his first six carries.
But McKnight made them pay dearly with long scoring runs of 63 and 59 yards after faking handoffs to Newsome.
"I ran a few quarterback draws and took it to the house," McKnight said. "Arkeel broke a few plays. I give it to the O-Line. They did everything they could."
McKnight finished with only six carries, but rushed for 146 yards. He also completed five of eight passes for 147 yards and a touchdown. He said it's fun to play in the same backfield as Newsome because it forces opponents to make some difficult decisions.
"I love running the ball," McKnight said. "Playing quarterback is my position, but I love running the ball. And Arkeel is a good runner. To stop us is pretty hard to do. You have to put eight in the box (to stop the run), and if you do that, I have to make plays with my arm."
When he needed to make plays with his arm, he was up to the task — with the help of surehanded, big-play receiver Andrew Matos (four catches, 139 yards). In addition to throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to Newsome, McKnight completed passes of 29, 43, 35 and 32 yards to Matos.
"(Andrew Matos) gives me a lot of confidence," McKnight said. "I knew they were going to put their best defensive backs on him, and I was going to have to put the ball in the best position and Matos would get the ball."
Naugy (6-4) played valiantly to make it a game. In fact, the Greyhounds actually became the first team all season to take a lead on Ansonia when Mick Pernell's 24-yard field goal in the first quarter put them up, 9-7.
It took the Chargers only one play and 22 seconds to regain the lead, and they never yielded it again. But Naugy stayed close.
With Jason Bradley throwing the ball well (8 of 17, 144 yards) and Pernell having a great day catching it (eight catches, 162 yards, two TDs), the Greyhounds trailed only 20-15 early in the second quarter.
"It all started with the line, because all week we were putting in a new offensive blocking scheme," Bradley said. "The line definitely stepped up 100 percent. I don't really remember getting hit too bad in the early quarters. Then whenever something was there, our receivers would come back to me and I would find them. We kept moving the chains and kept putting points on the board."
Bradley then injured his right ankle, and the complexion of the game changed dramatically.
Naugy struggled to get by with direct snaps to playmakers Pernell and Jerome Love (17 rushes, 65 yards). Then, in the second half, backup quarterback Nate Franklin threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Pernell and scored on a 5-yard run. But the Naugy offense just wasn't potent enough to keep up with Ansonia.
"I am real proud of this group," Naugy coach Shawn Kuczenski said. "They did a real good job. When Jason went down, they could have folded, but they stayed together and showed how tough they are. Our kids are proud. They wanted to make this a ballgame, and nobody gave them a chance. We just kept preaching, 'You guys can beat this team. Just play hard and believe in it.' And they made them play hard for four quarters."
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Haha! Maybe look at a map Nigel...
haha, even funnier since he is dutch lol
not sure I have posted this one, ether way its a classic from my fm08 save (almost a bit sad i removed that game and my save with it)
From the BSN/S -> Premiership thread. Dunno how people can be bothered playing the game in this way. Boring.
This is supposedly 2016/17
As a Telford fan, I like to see this. Also, I've done the same thing, only just with an unbeaten season and a champions league win in one season. Oh and the Fa Cup. With the league cup too. And the Super Cup.. Maybe a bit of community shield too. OH and the Club World Championship.
Its more satisfying when you've done everything yourself, seriously try it.
I do start at the bottom and work my way up, but I do it on my own with help from my staff and scouts only, who I found through the job centre. If I managed to get Telford to the top in that length of time I'd want my money back, as I'd consider the game broken.
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So you are basically saying 'how this guy enjoys his game is wrong, my way of enjoying the game is better'.
That's exactly it TOUGHGUY. That's the words I was looking for. Very succinct.
If you want truly impressive, I would have a look at B.W.G.'s progress in the extended English challenge
Limitation of the 3d Engine really, give it a couple of years when most variations are in the game, and hopefully it'll look better
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USA better hurry up and beat this AMAZING record until Donovan retires, he is 33 already!!
LOL Bumley
I still don't see what is funny about it.
Think this guys got a bit of a problem..
^At least he has low dribbling!^
Nice to see sepp blatter introduced Braille technology before goalline technology...
I. Hate. Arsenal.
How are you after floods mate? Were you affected?
Hardcore Pisa fans clearly light their heads on fire before saluting the team...
De Jong is 'none to sure'?!
"None too sure" - is this a translation issue some how?!
Hardly realistic? Yes, indeed that is Gateshead's actual, REAL LIFE ground.
No. Words. Needed.
And you thuoght you had it hard...
Someone grab a fire extinguisher... they've set the poor lad's head on fire!!
He has 20 Aggression. I'm sure he did this deliberately as with my other CB on International Duty and now that one injured, i have to pick him for the next (crucial) game! FML
I love it when they forget that little bit
This lad must have had a hard time at school:
Prefer Sven Bender playing for Dortmund
I find it amusing when people make an effort to block out their name and then forget/leave one in. Are people scared that there identity might be stolen simply by leaving their name on a screenshot?
Read the last line...
oops :P
^^ Cheeky bit not less than what happens in real life.
This ref has yellow fever:
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Sorry for the name cover up, but this from my LLM game, and player naming is against the LLM-rules.
Funny to me anyway, I like giving the finger to people who cross me!
(I guess it's also funny that I had Shawcross in the England team. He was my captain, but he's not getting games for his club, Arsenal, anymore, so I finally dropped him.
My hands are tied, really.
I think in these situations the journalist should ask if airton is ready to take the place.
Ladies and gents, I give you the most amazing game that I've ever had.
One note - Villa were fighting for survival and needed a win plus a result or two to go their way. The other results went their way, but, well...
Got this one just now:
It was the third time asking so I gave the witty response. Thinking back I should have said "you Eediot"
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And also spelt window correctly.
whats a windo?
I dont know where The People get their quotes from but what I actually said was John Obi Mikel!
...yeah. First I offered him to other clubs because I needed the money, which made him all ****y. After a while, my financial situation improved slightly so I removed him from my transfer list. However, every time I tried to initiate a private chat with him, he would confront me about me forcing him out of the club (despite the fact he was no longer on the transfer list). I got fed up and gave him a huge dressing-down, and..... now he wants to leave and wants to stay at the same time.
What the heck? This is Football Manager, not Angry Girlfriend Manager!
Yes that's the VVV goalie on the half way line attacking. He got the ball just outside his box 6 metres from the goalline and kept running Forrest Gump like. I think that is his "Win the Future" moment for this season.
Who can blame him?
I'm totally gonna sue those builders!
Is it really this cold in Bosnia in June?
Rio Maior bids for a Rio Maior player
Real Madrid relegated
Black playing black.
There's a joke in there somewhere.
Also the net's on fire!
Rotherham win 5-4 two games running...
How often does that happen?
Martin Peters is a German!!
Spot the mistake... Its not the funny possession stat.
Should i buy him??
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25.19 is in the 26th minute
Martin Peters is a German!!
Have you ever heard of Aaron Hunt?
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Evidence for climate change is now undeniable – scientists
Ah, New Zealand, home of kiwis, the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and blunt climate science reporting:
Evidence for climate change is now undeniable – scientists
Disastrous floods, heatwaves, storms and droughts are becoming more frequent because of climate change, and will continue to do so.
Scientists say the world can no longer ignore the link between climate change and extreme weather events, and they are urging countries to face up to the growing risks ahead.
New Zealander Kevin Trenberth [of] the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, said events of the past 18 months had been extraordinary. "It's as clear a warning as we're going to get about prospects for the future."
Last year was the warmest on record and that warming was directly related to increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, he said.
Yes, New Zealand is the birthplace of Trenberth, who himself has been one of the blunter climate scientists (see Trenberth: "It's not the right question to ask if this storm or that storm is due to global warming, or is it natural variability. Nowadays, there's always an element of both").
But New Zealand is also home to many other blunt climate scientists:
Professor Lionel Carter, of Victoria University's Antarctic Research Centre, said the effects were being seen on New Zealand's doorstep, with the Tasman Sea getting warmer, and that warming shifting south.
Antarctica was losing mass, and the West Antarctic ice sheet in particular was causing concern as much of it was below sea level. A change to its mass could see the ice sheet lift off and raise the sea level by three to five metres.
This year was likely to be significant for extreme events such as floods, tornadoes and droughts, he said….
Professor Martin Manning, of Victoria's Climate Change Research Institute, said humans were a primary driver for climate change, and the question now was how we dealt with the problem.
Insurance companies were beginning to recognise the trends in extreme weather and pay attention. "They're getting extraordinarily concerned. They don't really think what we're doing at the moment is risk management."
The world had "pushed way past" the point where local adaptations to climate change were going to be enough, as patterns of extreme events were too widespread.
But, then, climate scientists are becoming increasingly blunt everywhere you look — see Lonnie Thompson on why climatologists are speaking out: "Virtually all of us are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization."
It's just that some places, like New Zealand, seem more willing to report what climate scientists themselves are saying without the false balance of the fringe deniers. And so we get stories like these in the country:
- Global warming 'influencing weather extremes'
- Insurance industry facing a climate of fear: Floods, hurricanes, droughts – will climate change mean more wild weather ahead? That's a risk the insurance industry is taking very seriously, reports Peter Huck.
Here's more from Trenberth:
It brought with it devastating floods in Pakistan and a heatwave in Russia, which resulted in riots around the world because of increased food prices.Subsequent floods in Sri Lanka, Brazil and Queensland also brought deaths on a huge scale, and Dr Trenberth said scientists were now considering how such extreme events were linked.
Although some aspects of extreme weather were due to natural variation, global warming was now contributing too, with disastrous consequences. "There's this 5-10 per cent contribution that may be thought of as the straw that breaks the camel's back."
The world would experience less snow and more rain, more floods, more heatwaves and consequent wildfires, and more storms….
Dr Trenberth said increased temperatures had led to more water staying in the atmosphere. "What we are seeing throughout the world is when it rains, it pours."
Over the oceans there was now 4 per cent more water vapour than in the 1970s, and sea surface temperatures had increased by about 0.55 degrees Celsius.
"The environment in which all storms form now is different to 30 or 40 years ago because of climate change."
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So, should we be worried?
No. Don't worry. Don't look into the abyss. You might soil your pants. Or you might get severely depressed or compensate with cynism. Wait till you are old enough to let things go.
July 25 at 5:23pm
Every precipitation event now in Connecticut seems amplified. Weather events everywhere are different. Its when the public begins to notice, change will slowly begin.
Isn't 'slowly' too slow to save us?
July 25 at 12:47pm
Yes it is- sadly. By the time the brain numb American public begins to see their way of life threatened- not in downsizing from their SUV's- but coping with ever extreme weather events that are beginning to shatter their every day lives It is over . By then a low carbon lifestyle will not be enough. We will be near 450ppm C02- and its lights out.
July 25 at 2:39pm
I have several hundred these reports now, anything near an ocean is is in big trouble, but so is Minn. but it's on some big lakes ain't it ?
Montreal just did 11.81 inches in an hour.
The Kiwi is right, " When it rains, it pours now ".
It snowed 32 inches on the driest place on earth 2 weeks ago.
July 25 at 11:33pm
The common wisdom in the scientific community going all the way back to the late 1980s was that when we began to experience the effects of climate change — when the weather patterns had truly shifted — it would be too late. That we are now heavily burdened with a more hostile climate and will be forced to deal with it, almost no matter what we do to cut emissions going forward, is a fait accomplis. It's now only a matter of degree. We made our beds (coffins?) — now it's time to sleep in them. And, perhaps, be very sad that we are doing much too little, much too late.
Anne, we are fast approaching the moment of truth; it is too late to avert what is coming at us…..death and suffering by thousands of weather/climate-driven events. We had our chance back when Presidnet Carter warned us in his Global 2000 report.
July 25 at 1:56pm
Anne, agreed. I've long felt sad knowing that much of what may already be occurring was at least theoretically preventable. And angry with those who even to this day obfuscate. Still: though we can't ignore the facts or trends, we must not give in to the cynicism that would be easily understandable; but instead more intently hone our ways of doing the best we can to change the direction. Though obviously from your work you already know that.
July 26 at 1:59pm
I've dedicated my life to this — not just as a career choice or a hobby — but as a way of expressing my deepest beliefs, day to day. Sad doesn't even begin to express it. Despair is the appropriate term of art for our current condition. Nothing short of a miracle will save us – good thing so many of us are running around representing God. I take comfort in that.
July 26 at 5:39pm
The MRCS official said 29.1 inches (739 millimetres) fell at Taungup in Rakhine State in the 24 hours to 9:30 am on July 21, breaking the previous 24-hour July record and causing flooding throughout most of the town.
On the same day, 13.32 inches (333mm) was recorded at Kyauktaw, breaking the record of 10.12 inches (257 millimeters) set two days earlier.
what about recent volcanic activity that released more CO2 into the atmosphere than the entire history of mankind? I think these volcanoes are more to do with it than anything…When Pinotubo erupted it was said that that eruption put more Co2 into the atmosphere than the entire history of humankind…there has been bigger eruptions since and more of them…I want to know what we can do to stop Volcanoes? We cant. we are pawns in nature.
Sadly, No. No doubt "it was said," but it is not true. C02 emissions from volcanoes are utterly trivial compared to burning fossil fuels. You have been lied to.
July 25 at 12:44pm
Um, no.
"Volcanoes emit around 0.3 billion tonnes of CO2 per year. This is about 1% of human CO2 emissions which is around 29 billion tonnes per year."
See <http://www.skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming-intermediate.htm>
July 25 at 12:46pm
I'm glad to see you accept that climate is changing and that CO2 is the cause of climate change. As you can see from the links above, it is clear that human CO2 emissions dwarf volcanos. I hope now that you know the truth, you'll be willing to join those of us who advocate for polices to limit human emissions to preserve a livable climate.
July 25 at 1:01pm
Erik Lyneborg said :
" When Pinotubo erupted it was said that that eruption put more Co2 into the atmosphere than the entire history of humankind…there has been bigger eruptions since and more of them… "
" The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide. It ejected roughly 10 billion metric tonnes (10 cubic kilometres) of magma, and 20 million tons of SO2, bringing vast quantities of minerals and metals to the surface environment. It injected large amounts of aerosol into the stratosphere – more than any eruption since that of Krakatoa in 1883. Over the following months, the aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F),
July 25 at 1:23pm
It would take approximately 700 Mount Pinatubo-level eruptions each year to equal the amount of CO2 injected into the environment by our burning of fossil fuels. Or another way to look at it: it only takes about 2.7 days of manmade CO2 to equal to equal an average year's worth of global volcanism. Just so you know. (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/climate.php)
July 25 at 6:58pm
A Myth is Born.
The truth is, for a short period in the mid-1970s, the idea of global cooling was somewhat trendy–as measured in newspaper and magazine stories, but not scientific evidence.
In 1975, both Newsweek and Time ran articles about the coming Ice Age. The next year, National Geographic published a more detailed story about climate science, in general. It touched on global cooling as one of several possibilities for the future of climate.
But all of these stories were based on the same small handful of peer-reviewed papers. In fact, Peterson, Connolley, and Fleck found that, between 1965 and 1979, only 7 peer-reviewed papers were published supporting the idea of global cooling. (In contrast, during that same time period, 44 published peer-reviewed papers found that the Earth was getting warmer. And 20 were neutral on the subject.)
Yes but its going to be tough moving to where we need to be even after most accept the dangers…
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UK faces green agenda backlash as energy prices rise | Energy & Oil | Reuters.
The British government faces a public backlash against its green energy agenda as consumers are unwilling to spend more on power and gas bills to pay for investment in low-carbon forms of energy, a parliamentary committee warned on Monday.
"Our evidence points to the danger of a backlash against the government's green agenda if it means rising bills for consumers," the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee said in a report.
It urged the government and the energy industry to better engage with the public to explain underlying factors that create higher energy prices.
Three of Britain's six major energy suppliers have announced double-digit increases in power and gas tariffs from this summer, raising fears about consumer price inflation.
July 25 at 1:45pm
An opinion poll published by utility Centrica last month showed only one quarter of respondents thought the government should stick to its plans for a greener economy if it means higher energy price.
July 25 at 1:45pm
This potential cost-driven backlash (if true) illustrates an even broader problem. The so-called "free market" has for so long externalized costs (of pollution, etc.) and failed to account for the real value of such things as clean air, water, and biodiversity, etc. or the very real costs of harms to them, that the marketplace itself has been badly skewed.
In this way the consumers (and citizens generally) have been misled, even programmed into unrealistic expectations and unsustainable behaviors & lifestyles.
I'm not opposed to a free market, by any stretch, but its existence is largely myth anyway. Broadly accepted governmental authorities in the provision of public infrastructure & services alone tend to favor and even subsidize certain behaviors/products (such as automobiles) and discourage others (such as more energy-efficient behaviors).
So perhaps, just as we seek more "fair trade", we should be emphasizing a "fair market" (or perhaps "informed marketplace")…one that instead of externalizing costs fully reflects them. That is a role governments, corporations and NGOs alike should be taking on.
Just maybe, if the costs of drastic climate change were expressed in ways meaningful to the average resident of the U.S., UK, etc., such as in the likelyl cost to each family from the treasury payouts for disaster relief, added security costs, insurance bills, etc….. then maybe would citizens be more ready to accept the comparatively smaller costs of paying up-front for better energy and consumption choices.
July 26 at 1:44pm
Paul Magnus
I am afraid I think its more than free market. After all mostly through history that has been the de-facto.
What is different for our recent centuries is fossil fuels…. coal, oil and gas. The EROI for these are huge and it is for this reason we are able to live so comfortably now. It has also driven inovation which plays a part in this.
So apart from the Climate disaster that has unfolded, we have a peak oil disaster which is competing.
 new austerity
Which will triumph first? I guess its not a race and both are affecting us equally at the moment. Not sure which would/will be worse….
July 26 at 2:00pm
Well, we do still have some false balance. At the end of the article is a quote from one of our far-right politicians (the ACT party make the tea party look like Sunday school teachers). Why on earth is the opinion of a politician relevant in a piece talking about science?
We do have one or two contrarian scientists in NZ – Chris de Freitas (probably best known to most as the editor who published the awful Soon and Bailunias paper) has been found out teaching garbage to his students: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10738739.
Lot of stuff on the wire tonight –
Flash flooding hits Rocky Mount.
Some homes evacuated. Parts of downtown covered by up to three feet of water. 4+ inches of rain fell in just an hour and a half.
Another real world blow to the happy plant theory –
Winemakers are wringing their hands over the 2011 harvest, branding it absurdly large for a nation still grappling with too much wine. After early estimates suggested a moderate-sized harvest was on the cards (say 1.3 million to 1.4 million tonnes), it's weighed in at 1.62 million tonnes, a fraction more than 2010.
This, in the worst harvest weather conditions in most winemakers' memory. Almost every state and region except Western Australia and the Hunter Valley experienced drenching rain throughout the harvest, from late summer to autumn. Those old enough to remember 1974 say they hadn't seen so much rain and rotten fruit since that annus horribilis, 37 years ago. Even then, old winemakers tell me, there was the occasional break in the rain. Not so this year.
The problem with 2011 is a lot of ordinary- to poor-quality wine – wine no-one will want.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/top-drop/flooding-the-market-20110723-1htq0.html#ixzz1TBS5vbhq.
Dr Trenberth says: "The world would experience less snow and more rain, more floods, more heatwaves and consequent wildfires, and more storms…."
Thanks for the bluntness! And thanks for the clarification. Less snow! So the blizzards that led directly to the horrible floods we experienced in the US this year must have been an aberration. But I thought…oh it isn't really important. I will still maintain that the unusual and severe blizzards we experienced last winter WERE a direct result of global climate disruption and I will still maintain that global climate disruption will result in more percipitaion regardless of its state of matter or season of the year. I don't mind being called a reactionary 'warmer' and I don't mind being wrong either; that's how I learn.


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xterm or whatever) with these properties:
- If there is already a terminal that the working directory is = ~ and it is not currently running a command (i.e. its at the prompt) then show that one.
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>16 ounces pecans or walnut halves
>1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
>1/2 cup powdered sugar
>1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
>1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
>1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1. Turn slow cooker to HIGH about 15 minutes in advance. In hot slow cooker, stir together the nuts and butter.
2. Add the powdered sugar, stirring to blend and coat evenly. Cover and cook on HIGH for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to LOW and remove lid; cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 2 to 3 hours, or until the nuts are coated with a crisp glaze.
3. Transfer the nuts to a bowl.
4. In another small bowl, combine the spices; sift over the nuts, stirring to coat evenly.
Let cool before serving.
i thought they would also be yummy sprinkled on a salad with cranberries and blue cheese....ha!
we are headed to my dads for a fathers day visit, have a great weekend friend!
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Identify molecular markers associated with resistance to Cry3Bb1 Bt corn in replicated colonies of WCR populations that are reared on isoline or Bt corn.
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A genome scan using a large number of SNP markers will be used to identify markers associated with the resistant phenotype. The SNP markers (about 1000) will be developed within the next year as part of a NRI grant recently awarded to a scientist at the Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit. Markers will be genotyped from a total of 960 individual western corn rootworms from replicated lines selected for Bt-corn resistance and their associated unselected control lines.
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Are smart phones going down in popularity?
With all the "new" limited data plans are people choosing to go with the older style nonsmart phones? Are we heading back to the days where cell phones were only carried and used by those with wealth?
Verizon seems to think they are leading the industry with the new tier pricing plan that goes live later this month. From what ive seen they will not grandfather people in once this happens and those that have been grandfathered in have only bought themselves a little time.
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Nah, smartphones are going to stay. People have gotten so used to them that anything different is bad. Some will likely drop their data plans and get regular cell phones, some will only use the internet when they have a Wi-Fi connection and there will likely be some that continue on using data past their limit and throw a huge hissy fit when they get their bill.
Yeah it's not the smart phones we're dropping, it's the expensive data.
I switched my Droid from Verizon to Page Plus a few months ago and I'm paying $8 per month instead of $80. My phone is still my phone, mp3 player, video player, calculator, navigator, notepad, gaming device, etc, minus the always-on internet.
I still have a Motorola Razr. There are few of us left.


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Posted: 10:48 PM Feb 16, 2014
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Ron Baker scored a career high 26 points to lead No.2/4 Wichita State to a 84-68 win over Evansville on Sunday. The Shockers improved to 27-0 on the season and 14-0 in the MVC. Fred Van Vleet had 18 points and eight assists in the win. Baker and VanVleet had career highs in steals with five a piece as Wichita State forced 18 turnovers, 14 of them came off steals.
The Purple Aces were led by D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius, both scoring 19 points. Mockevicius also grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss.
With the win, the Shockers became the 21st team in NCAA history to win their first 27 games.
Wichita State took advantage of seven early turnovers by the Purple Aces to build a nine point lead at 32-23 in the first half. Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker intercepted two passes and took it coast to coast for easy uncontested layups. The starting back court for the Shockers scored the first
15 points of the game for Wichita State before Nick Wiggins got fouled after his put back dunk that gave the Shockers a 18-15 lead.
The Shockers built an early 15-10 lead before the Purple Aces went on a 11-4 run to take a 21-20 lead. Blake Simmons scored five straight points for Evansville during its run.
One of the biggest stats of the first half was the execution off turnovers for Wichita State. The Shockers had 15-0 advantage in the points off turnovers category to build a 38-32 lead at intermission.
Baker led all scorers in the first half with 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including two threes from downtown. D.J. Balentine, the leading scorer in the MVC, led the Purple Aces with 10 points at the break.
A 9-3 Shocker run to start the second half opened up a 12 point Wichita State at 47-35. Tekele Cotton drained a trey, Baker his a 15-foot jumper, VanVleet made a pair of free throws after getting an elbow to the face that resulted in a flagrant foul, and Early capped the run with a layup.
Cotton hit his second three of the game to give the Shockers a 52-39 lead and Early's old-fashioned three point play increased the lead to 14 at 55-41.
Egidijus Mockevicius scored ten straight points for Evansville as the Purple Aces climbed back to within 57-49. Two free throws by Adam Wing made it 57-51 with just over 11 minutes remaining in regulation.
Early hit a clutch three-pointer and was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from VanVleet to get the Shocker lead back up to double digits, 62-51.
The Purple Aces quickly got the lead back to seven scoring the next four points of the contest. Wing hit a midrange jumper and Balentine made two free throws for Evansville. Mockevicius hit a jumper to make it 65-60 but Cotton's driving layup and two VanVleet free throws ended the Purple Aces run as the lead was back up to nine at 69-60.
Baker put the game out of reach with two free throws, a three-pointer, and a breakaway dunk on consecutive possessions to give the Shockers a comfortable 78-64 lead.
As a team, the Shockers closed out the game hitting their last 10 free throws.
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With all the manufacturers giving a glimpse of the concept cars upcoming at the Geneva Auto Show 2011, Infiniti didn't want to leave behind. Infiniti announced that it would unveil the Infiniti Etherea Concept 2011 at the Geneva Auto Show. Etherea Concept is a compact luxury model hinting at the future entry-level Infiniti models. If you ask me, it looks sleek and sexy. [Picture update: Jan 14, 2012]


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NEW YORK (AP) -- In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, emergency officials are taking another look at a problem that has bedeviled them for a long time: how to get people to comply when they are ordered to evacuate their homes.
Despite dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of residents in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders as the storm closed in.
The result: scores of deaths and harrowingly close rescues.
Around the country, various ideas have been tried over the years, including scare tactics and the threat of fines and jail time for those who disobey evacuation orders.


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Authors: Carmen R. Green, John R. C. Wheeler, and Frankie LaPorte
Source: The Journal of Pain 4(1):29-39, 2003
There is significant variability in the management of patients with pain. The current study attempts to address patient and physician characteristics that might be predictive of adequacy of pain management. The primary findings of this study are not surprising: 1) patient age and gender affect pain treatment and 2) the more frequently physicians treat pain, the more likely they are to choose optimal pain treatments. It is important to keep in mind that the use of clinical vignettes does not necessarily reflect real-world situations. One of the most important factors in guiding pain management is patient self-assessment of his/her own pain and pain relief. This information was not available in these vignettes and may have influenced the specific results of this study. Regardless, it is clear that both physician and patient factors play a role in influencing pain management. Improving physicians' understanding of these factors may ultimately lead to improvement in the treatment of pain.


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How to Set Yourself Up for Detoxing Success
Pick the right time.
If you're sick, don't detox unless you do so under the guidance of a qualified care provider. If you're training for a big athletic event, it's probably not a good time. If you're pregnant, think twice. Historically, detoxification is done either at the fall and spring equinoxes or once each season.


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Japanese cyclist touring the world falls in love with Cape Town
He wanted to see the world, so he gave up his job in Kanagawa, Japan, set off for Istanbul, bought a mountain bike and didn't look back.
Hiromu Jimbo, 32, left his home country in 2009. Since then he has been to 51 countries, arriving in Cape Town in November after cycling from Namibia. He says he fell in love with Cape Town and decided to stay on longer than he normally would.
"I stayed for four months. It was a very good place to be in," he says. "I am most impressed with Cape Town, it is the most beautiful in the world. I love it."
Jimbo says he normally spends between one day to two weeks in a city, but Cape Town was just far too beautiful. "It was a good place to rest after travelling down the continent. I learnt about fynbos, went up Table Mountain and to the Waterfront."
Jimbo travels on his own, with everything he needs securely packed on his bike.
"Nothing bad has happened to me on my travels, people have been good to me. I have never been attacked. Sometimes the police and soldiers have stopped me to question me," he says.
Jimbo left the Mother City a few days ago. The next leg of his journey will take him up the east coast of South Africa and then up into Lesotho, and on to Johannesburg and Swaziland. He anticipates being back in Japan in the next three to four years, where he will work for a while.
"Then I will take on another adventure. I will travel the Americas," he says.
- Interviewed on 567 CapeTalk yesterday morning, and speaking from Cape Agulhas, Jimbo said he embarked on his journey because he wanted to "see and feel the ordinary life of the people living in different cultures"


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The Walnut Valley Festival draws bluegrass musicians and lovers to the South Central Kansas town of Winfield every September. Referred to as a "Pickers Paradise," the festival is home of the International Finger Style Guitar Championship, and the International Autoharp Championship, as well as a number of national contests. This was the 42nd year for the festival that starts every year on the Thursday before the third full weekend in September.
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Decades ago, most people died at home, but medical advances have changed that. Today, most Americans are in hospitals or nursing homes at the end of their lives. Some people enter the hospital to get treated for an illness. Some may already be living in a nursing home [1]. Increasingly, people are choosing hospice care at the end of life.
There is no "right" place to die. And, of course, where we die is not usually something we get to decide. But, if given the choice, each person and/or his or her family should consider which type of care makes the most sense, where that kind of care can be provided, whether family and friends are available to help, and, of course, how they will manage the cost.
George is sixty-four and has a history of congestive heart failure. One night he is taken to the hospital with chest pain. George and those closest to him had previously decided that, no matter what, the doctor should try to do everything medically possible to extend George's life. So, when George needed care, he went to a hospital, where doctors and nurses are available around-the-clock. Hospitals [2] offer a full range of treatment choices, tests, and other medical care. If George's heart continues to fail, the hospital intensive care unit (ICU) or coronary care unit (CCU) is right there. Although hospitals have rules, they can sometimes be flexible. If George's doctor thinks he is not responding to treatment and is dying, the family can ask for relaxed visiting hours. If George's family wants to bring personal items from home, they can ask the staff if there are space limitations or if disinfection is needed. Whether George is in the ICU, CCU, or a two-bed room, his family can ask for more privacy.
In a hospital setting, there is always medical staff available who know what needs to be done for someone who is dying. This can be very reassuring for that person, as well as for family and friends.
Who pays for care at the end of life?
How to pay for care at the end of life depends on the type and place of care and the kind of insurance. Medicare, Medicaid, private medical insurance, long-term care insurance, Veterans Health Administration (if VA-eligible), or the patient and his or her family are common sources of payment.
See To Learn More at the end of this section for links and telephone numbers for services that are Federal government programs.
More and more people are in nursing homes at the end of life. In a nursing home, nursing staff is also always present. A nursing home, sometimes called a skilled nursing facility, has advantages and disadvantages for end-of-life care. Unlike a hospital, a doctor is not in the nursing home all the time. But, plans for end-of-life care can be arranged ahead of time, so that when the time comes, care can be provided as needed without first consulting a doctor. If the dying person has lived in the facility for a while, the staff and family have probably already established a relationship. This can make the care feel more personalized than in a hospital. As in a hospital, privacy may be an issue. You can ask if arrangements can be made to give your family more time alone when needed.
The doctor wants to move my relative to the ICU. What can we expect?
The ICU (intensive care unit) and CCU (coronary care unit) are types of critical care units; that is, they are parts of a hospital where more seriously ill patients can benefit from specially-trained staff that have quick access to advanced equipment. The medical staff in ICUs and CCUs closely monitor and care for a small number of patients. Doctors who work in these units are called intensivists.
Patients in the ICU or CCU are often connected to monitors that check breathing, heart rate, pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen levels. An IV (intravenous) tube may supply medicines, fluids, and/or nutrition. Another tube called a Foley catheter may take urine out of the body; a tube through the nose or stomach area may provide nutrition and remove unwanted fluids. A breathing tube through the mouth or trachea (windpipe) may be attached to a ventilator or respirator to help with breathing. Often these external supports—designed to be used for a short time—will maintain vital functions while the body heals.
But sometimes, even with intensive care, the body can't heal, and organs start to fail. When this happens, survival is unlikely. In this case, the health care team might talk to the family—and the patient if he or she is conscious—about considering whether or not to continue intensive treatment.
Home is likely the most familiar setting for someone who needs end-of-life care. Family and friends can come and go freely. Care at home [3] can be a big job for family and friends—physically, emotionally, and financially. But, there are benefits too, and it is often a job they are willing to take on. Hiring a home nurse is an option for people who need additional help.
In order to make comfort care available at home, you will have to arrange for services (such as visiting nurses) and special equipment (like a hospital bed or bedside commode). Health insurance might only cover these services or equipment if they have been ordered by a doctor. Work with the doctor to decide what is needed to support comfort care at home. If the dying person is returning home from the hospital, sometimes a hospital discharge planner, often a social worker, can help with the planning. Your local Area Agency on Aging might be able to recommend other sources of help (see To Learn More to learn how to contact your Area Agency on Aging).
A doctor has to be available to oversee the patient's care at home—he or she will arrange for new services, adjust treatment, and order medicines as needed. It is important to follow the doctor's plan in order to make the dying person as comfortable as possible. Talk with the doctor if you think a treatment is no longer helping.
Doctors can provide treatment to seriously ill patients in the hopes of a cure for as long as possible. These patients also receive symptom care or palliative care. For example, in time George developed anemia along with his heart failure. Managing the anemia can improve some of the symptoms troubling George. It might also make it easier for him to do things like get dressed or bathe on his own. Treating his anemia is part of palliative care.
Recently, the term palliative care has come to mean more than just treating symptoms. In the United States, palliative care now often refers to a comprehensive approach to improving the quality of life for people who are living with potentially fatal diseases. It provides support for family members, very similar to the more familiar concept of hospice care.
In a palliative care program, a multidisciplinary health care team works with both the patient and family to provide any support—medical, social, and emotional—needed to live with a possibly fatal illness. The health care team may be made up of doctors, nurses, therapists, counselors, social workers, and others as needed.
Palliative care can be provided in hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient palliative care clinics, certain other specialized clinics, or at home. Medicare covers some of the treatments and medicine. Veterans may be eligible for palliative care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Private health insurance might pay for some services. Health insurance providers can answer questions about what they will cover.
Who can benefit from palliative care?
Palliative care is not just for people who might die soon. It is a resource for anyone with a long-term disease that will, in time, probably cause their death. These include heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or Parkinson's disease. The organized services available through palliative care could also be helpful to any older person having a lot of general discomfort and disability very late in life.
In palliative care, you aren't asked to make a choice between treatment that might cure a terminal disease and comfort care. In time, if the doctor believes the patient is not responding to treatment and is likely to die within 6 months, there are two possibilities. Palliative care could transition to hospice care. Or, the palliative care could continue, with increasing emphasis on comfort care and less focus on medical treatment aimed at a cure.
That is what happened with Jack, retired from the U.S. Air Force, who was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [4] at age seventy. As the disease progressed and breathing became more difficult, Jack wanted to explore experimental treatments to slow the disease. Through the palliative care provided by the Veterans Health Administration, while receiving treatment for his pulmonary disease, Jack was also able to receive the comfort care and emotional support he needed to cope with his health problems. The palliative care program also provided help around the house and other support for Jack's wife, making it easier for her to care for Jack at home.
At some point, curative medical treatment may no longer make sense—it might not help or may actually make the patient more uncomfortable. Hospice is designed for this situation. The patient beginning hospice care understands that his or her illness is not responding to medical attempts to cure it or to slow the disease's progress. The hospice approach to end-of-life care is similar to palliative care, in that it provides comprehensive comfort care to the dying person as well as support to his or her family, but, in hospice, attempts to cure the person's illness are stopped.
Hospice is an approach to care, and so it is not tied to a specific place. It can be offered in two types of settings—at home or in a facility such as a nursing home, hospital, or even in a separate hospice center. Hospice care brings together a team of people with special skills—among them nurses, doctors, social workers, spiritual advisors, and trained volunteers. Everyone works together with the person who is dying, the caregiver, and/or the family to provide the medical, emotional, and spiritual support needed. A member of the hospice team visits regularly and is always available by phone—24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
It is important to remember that stopping treatment specifically aimed at curing an illness does not mean discontinuing all treatment. A good example is an older person with cancer [5]. If the doctor determines that the cancer is not responding to chemotherapy and the patient chooses to enter into hospice care, then the chemotherapy will stop, but other medical care may continue. For example, if the person has high blood pressure [6], he or she will still get medicine for that.
Choosing hospice does not have to be a permanent decision. For example, Delores was eighty-two when she learned that her kidneys were failing [7]. She thought that she had lived a long, good life and didn't want to go through dialysis, so Delores began hospice care. A week later she learned that her granddaughter was pregnant. Delores changed her mind about using hospice care and left to begin dialysis in the hopes of one day holding her first great-grandchild.
Similar to Delores, real-life humorist and Washington Post columnist Art Buchwald, age eighty-one, decided against the kidney dialysis suggested by his doctor. Buchwald entered hospice in February 2006, expecting to die of kidney disease within a few weeks. It was big news when his condition stabilized. When it became clear death was not imminent, Buchwald left hospice. He spent the summer in Martha's Vineyard and died in January 2007.
Palliative Care
Who can be treated?
|Anyone with a serious illness
|Anyone with a serious illness whom doctors think has only a short time to live, often less than 6 months
Will my symptoms be relieved?
|Yes, as much as possible
|Yes, as much as possible
Can I continue to receive treatments to cure my illness?
|Yes, if you wish
|No, only symptom relief will be provided
Will Medicare pay?
|It depends on your benefits and treatment plan
|Yes, it pays all hospice charges
Does private insurance pay?
|It depends on the plan
|It depends on the plan
How long will I be cared for?
|This depends on what care you need and your insurance plan
|As long as you meet the hospice's criteria of an illness with a life expectancy of months, not years
Where will I receive this care?
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Art Buchwald on leaving the hospice:
Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye (New York: Random House, 2006).
Eighty-year-old Annie had advanced lung cancer [8] and asked for help through a hospice program, so she could stay in the home she had lived in for more than 40 years. A hospice team helped her family and friends with caregiving and everyday activities. Annie's family arranged respite care—once she went into a facility for a few days to give her husband a break. Respite care can be for as short as a few hours or for as long as several weeks. After Annie died, hospice continued to support her family offering bereavement counseling for a year.
Hospice care was a relief for Annie who didn't want to be a burden to her relatives in her last days. Hospice services also greatly reduced the stress of caregiving for Annie's family. In fact, a widow or widower is less likely to die within 18 months after the death of a spouse [9] if that spouse received hospice services. This was true for Annie's husband who weathered the sadness of her loss without having his health decline. Families of people who received care through a hospice program are also more satisfied with end-of-life care than are those of people who did not have hospice services. Hospice recipients are more likely to have their pain controlled and less likely to undergo tests or be given medicines they don't need than people who don't use hospice care.
Before Annie died, she chose to receive hospice care and agreed to give up treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiation, to try to cure her lung cancer. But she continued to receive comfort care and counseling. If Annie had changed her mind, she could have left hospice care and received treatment for her cancer.
What does the hospice "6-month requirement" mean?
Some people misinterpret their doctor's suggestion to consider hospice. They think it means death is very near. But that's not always the case. Sometimes people don't begin hospice care soon enough to take full advantage of the help it offers. Perhaps they wait too long to begin hospice; they are too close to death. Or, some people are not eligible for hospice care soon enough to receive its full benefit. In the United States, older people can receive hospice care through Medicare if their health care provider thinks they have less than 6 months to live. Doctors have a hard time predicting how long an older, frail person will live. Health often declines slowly, and some people might need a lot of help with daily living for more than 6 months before they die. Talk to the doctor if you think a hospice program might be helpful. If he or she agrees, but thinks it is too soon for Medicare to cover the services, then you can investigate how to pay for the services that are needed.
What happens if someone under hospice care lives longer than 6 months? If the doctor continues to certify that that person is still close to dying, Medicare can continue to pay for hospice services. It is also possible to leave hospice care for a while and then later return if the health care provider still believes that the patient has less than 6 months to live.
Choosing among the different options for care at the end of life can be difficult. Here are some questions that might help you determine what is best for you and your family.
About Hospice or Palliative Care:
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The 5 Most Terrifying Rites of Passage from Around the World
Most cultures attach a special significance to reaching puberty, whether it's celebrated with a bar mitzvah, a first Holy Communion or your dad buying you your first six-pack. Then again, there are some cultures out there that still don't consider it a real rite of passage unless it involves something so gruesome that most of us wouldn't do it as adults. For instance ...
#5. Mentawai Girls File Their Teeth into Points
Look, we know that different cultures have different standards of beauty, and one culture's George Clooney is another culture's Mike Biernhaus (he's a really ugly guy who lives near the office, you don't know him). So it gives many of us hope to think that somewhere there might be some remote Amazon tribe that considers the beer gut and neck-beard combo irresistible. Don't tell us it's impossible; after all, the Mentawai tribe of Indonesia think that having pointed, daggerlike teeth is the epitome of sexy.
"My rotting, razor-sharp dental work brings all the boys to the yard ..."
The Mentawai are so convinced that pointed teeth are more attractive than flat that the men would probably be more interested in your canines than your cleavage. And for the women of the tribe, it means that once they reach adulthood, it's time to have their teeth chipped away and filed down to points, because how else will they catch the eye of a potential husband?
"It's cool, guys dig this."
As you might expect, having someone hack at your pearly whites with a hammer and chisel wasn't exactly a pleasant experience, and the process left the teeth damaged and prone to infection. Sexy infection.
The process is less common these days, since the march of Western culture has pushed out a lot of obscure tribal traditions in favor of cigarettes and HBO, but high-ranking females like the wives of tribal chiefs still prefer to have the procedure done, because nothing says "status symbol" like the ability to cleanly bite the head off a small mammal.
#4. Boys of the Fulani Tribe Whip the Crap Out of Each Other
Hey, remember when your whole family gathered to watch you and another kid from the next neighborhood beat the living shit out of each other with whips while everyone cheered? And then nobody called the cops? If so, you probably grew up among the North African Fulani tribe (or in certain parts of Jersey).
We guess one day he'll remember this fondly?
Fulani boys become men by engaging in an epic battle of wills with members of rival clans. The sharo ritual consists of two young boys entering a ring shirtless, each carrying a long cane or whip. (Warning! Do not Google that last sentence.) The boys then take turns striking their opponent three times across the ribs and back as hard as they can. The whole tribe will gather to watch the battle, and the winner is chosen by the crowd. The "winner," by the way, is the one who opens the deepest, bloodiest wounds on his opponent, and who flinches less when his own insides are being exposed to the elements.
But it's not just the boys who have all the fun in Fulani culture. In the spirit of gender equality, girls have their own coming-of-age ritual to endure, which involves receiving an elaborate facial tattoo like little pubescent Mike Tysons. Once again, it's important to the ritual for the girl to show no discomfort during the hours-long session of being stabbed in the face. Because that's the kind of thing that only a child would do.
#3. Maasai Boys Hunt Lions
For most of us, the most stressful thing about our transition into adulthood was asking someone to the prom. In other words, the worst case scenario was that you could have your heart ripped out figuratively. Young warriors of the Maasai tribe in Kenya were less lucky. That's because an important coming-of-age ritual for young Maasai hunters for centuries was hunting lions. As in fully grown, male, flesh-ripping lions.
"Haven't you seen The Lion King? I'm friendly enough to just walk right up and pet."
Now, if you asked us to choose an appropriate weapon to hunt a fully grown lion with, we'd probably pick the world's longest-range sniper rifle or, ideally, a predator drone. But the Maasai chose to take on Mufasa with nothing but a spear and a rawhide shield. The objective was to steal the lion's tail, which was the surest sign of a badass. And, you know, it's kind of hard to argue with that.
Also, just to ensure that the lion was nice and pissed off, young warriors had to wear special bells on their legs in order to annoy the beast. Unsurprisingly, the mortality rate for attacking the king of the Serengeti with nothing more than a sharp stick and youthful enthusiasm was pretty high.
"All those raging hormones make the meat really tender."
In recent years, though, the Maasai elders have discouraged solo hunting, and instead the young men will now do it in groups of about 10 or so. We should clarify that they didn't decide this out of concern for the hunters' safety -- it's that lion populations have dropped so much that there's no longer enough lion to go around.


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Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, who is heading the Saudi delegation to the International Conference for Supporting the Palestinian Economy and Reconstruction of Gaza in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, met today with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
During the meeting, they discussed a number of international and regional issues, especially those pertaining to peace in the Middle East. Bilateral relations were also reviewed.
According to her prepared remarks for the conference, Secretary Clinton will announce a U.S. pledge of $300 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza, as well as $600 million in assistance to the Palestinian Authority.
Prince Saud also held consultations on the sidelines of the conference with a number of other officials, including U.S. Mideast Peace Envoy George Mitchell, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store, and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos.


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Chargers squander red-zone opportunities
The Chargers' offense had plenty of chances to reach the end zone, but the Patriots rose to the test when needed, writes Len Pasquarelli.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When the San Diego Chargers gather Monday to review videotape of Sunday's 21-12 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, there are certain to be the normal regrets and recriminations about plays not made and opportunities squandered.
But when the Chargers' offense sees its lackluster performance in the red zone -- three trips, no touchdowns -- the players likely will feel downright nauseous.
"It just makes you want to [vomit]," ...
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In a rematch of their Week 17 game, the unbeaten Patriots will play the red-hot Giants in Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz.
Super Bowl Central
Clayton: Eli's managing fine
Chadiha: Focused Giants
AccuScore simulation: Pats to prevail
Chadiha: First Look | Playoff schedule
Conference Championships (Jan. 20)
Patriots 21, Chargers 12• Merrill: Questions linger about Moss' postseason
• Wojciechowski: Whatever it takes, Pats win
• Pasquarelli: Patriots' offense grinds it out
• Pasquarelli: Chargers squander opportunites
• Pats make fourth SB in seven years
• The Last Call: Mike Sando's observations, more
• Zoom Gallery: AFC title game | Pats' season
• Playoff page
Giants 23, Packers 20• Clayton: Burress burns Harris, Packers
• Chadiha: Bitter pill for Packers to swallow
• Zoom Gallery: Giants edge Packers
• The Last Call: Mike Sando's observations, more
• Garber: Coughlin's personality makeover intact
• Playoff page
Video• What is Tom Brady's legacy?
• Eli and Burress lead Giants
• Patriots avoid distractions on way to Super Bowl
• Resilient Giants advance to SB
• Red-zone efficiency fuels Patriots
Divisional Round (Jan. 12-13)
Packers 42, Seahawks 20
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Clayton: Ryan Grant sticks to the plan
• Sando: Disastrous play at TE for Seattle
Patriots 31, Jaguars 20
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Pasquarelli: Patriots have too many weapons
Chargers 28, Colts 24
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Wojciechowski: Did Chargers get Pats' attention?
• Clayton: Colts can't overcome mistakes
Giants 21, Cowboys 17
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Chadiha: Manning maturing at right time
More divisional playoffs
• Saturday's Last Call: Pack, Pats advance
• Sunday's Last Call: Giants, Chargers surprise
Commentary/Features• Pasquarelli: Tip Sheet | Notes
• Smith: Special teams loom large
• Scouts: Kryptonite for top four teams
• Playoff upsets: By the numbers
• Page 2: Handicapping the wild-card winners
Wild-Card Round (Jan. 5-6)
Seahawks 35, Redskins 14
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Clayton: Cool head Holmgren
• Sando: Redskins inspired by Taylor
Jaguars 31, Steelers 29
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Chadiha: Jaguars pass character test
Giants 24, Bucs 14
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Pasquarelli: Manning delivers for Giants
• Pasquarelli: Giants' D rises to occasion
Chargers 17, Titans 6
• Recap | Playoff game page
• Clayton: Turner, Rivers silence their critics
More Wild Card Weekend
• Saturday's Last Call: Hawks, Jags escape
• Sunday's Last Call: Giants, Chargers rule
• ZOOM photos: Saturday | Sunday
Commentary/Features• Sando: Controversial history of replay
• Clayton: First and Goal, Wild Card
• Sando: Playoff mantras
• Numbers crunching: Wild-card weekend
• Sunday Countdown
• TMQ: Do the Pats need to run more?
• Joyner: Steelers, Giants adjusting on the fly
• Clayton: Handicapping possible Patriots foes
• Clayton: Key playoff questions for the AFC
• Pasquarelli: Key playoff questions for the NFC
Video• Chargers bolt past Titans, 17-6
• Eli Manning silences his critics
• Seattle's Hasselbeck is underrated
• Phillips not concerned about late-season slide
Scouts Inc.• Ranking the playoff teams
• Ranking the playoff coaches
• Off. rankings: Overall | QB | WR | RB | OL
• Def. rankings: Overall | DL | LB | DB | ST
• Green: Smith's absence hurting Steelers
• Williamson: Unknowns powering Bucs


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What Is Short-Sided Soccer?
Short-sided soccer is about what is best for young soccer players. It's for AYSO coaches, referees, administrators, spectators and anyone else concerned with the development of our youth.
Why Short-Sided Soccer?
Because young players are not adults and need special consideration. Little research or attention has been given this critical period in the development of the under-10 year old players, but most educators agree the early learning experiences are the most important and result in the result in the most retention.
Traditionally, youth soccer programs are viewed from an adult perspective, using the 11-a-side game as a reference. But we need to remember these important points about young players:
- Children must be treated as children, not as mini-adults.
- Children are essentially self-oriented and only relate naturally to a friend or two, not to groups of six or more.
- Children cannot sustain prolonged activity and function best with frequent rest periods.
- Children have a limited span of attention, so frequent activity changes are necessary.
- Children focus best when learning activities are fun.
- More children will have much more interactrion with the ball with fewer players on the field.
Almost 70 percent of AYSO coaches are first-time coaches-parents with little free time. Short-sided soccer is a way to ease adults into coaching as well as te ease children into playing. Be creative and remember, children play games to have fun. Short-sided games help ensure children have fun and at the same time, maximize their learning opportunities.
For a detailed anaylsis of the 3v3 program, see the 3v3 study .


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I have a textbox a button and a spgridview. When the button is clicked I will search SharePoint with the value in the textbox and bind it to the spgridview. (I'm using LingDataSource). After I filter the spgridview and then click the button again, the new results is still filtered by the previous filter. I tried this
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I see many forums trying to revitalise and revamp which is good, but at the same time they are all offering challenges/contests which sort of come down to the same challenge. I'd like to see each forum handling different aspects in writing, thus having any challenges coming out of those forums and sub-forums pertain to that aspect. For example, The Hospital Wing (CC, Skele-Gro, Reference Desk, EoM, GFFD) could focus on characterisation and plot; The Burrow (SPEW, Fiction Junc, SBBC) could focus on styles of writing and proper reviewing; Hogwarts and Beyond (The Great Hall, TTB) could deal with SPaG and a little bit of everything else. This way when we look at the challenges, we can do the ones that will help us work on our weaknesses or do the ones that play to our strengths.
I'd also like to see more inter-house unity. (I wasn't here for it, but I've heard about Sparkly Poo! ) After all, Hogwarts held the Yule Ball and Hogsmede trips where everyone co-mingled. I think we should have special days out of the year/month/what have you, where a special sub-forum can be unlocked and we can mingle together and perhaps be a bit more spammy just to get to know one another. I know spamming is greatly frowned upon here, but if it was limited to a "Hogsmede Trip" where it was a few hours of one day out of a month, or even a term, I think it would be brilliant.
~Michelle (The One Who Marauds... for happy, shiny MNFFers)


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WEIRTON - Eugene and Anna Mae Matey of Weirton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 16.
The couple were united in marriage on Sept. 16, 1961, at All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Weirton by the Rev. Stephen P. Natsis.
He is the son of the late Emery and Emma Matey. He served in the Army in World War II and the Korean War. He retired after 40 years with Weirton Steel Corp., where he worked in the machine and blacksmith shops.
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She is the daughter of the late Frank and Josephine Arch. She is retired from Hancock County Schools, where she was a teacher's aide and kindergarten assistant at Liberty and Broadview elementary schools.
They are members of Grace Lutheran Church in Steubenville.
They have two children, Eric of Meadville, Pa., and Renee Matey Stokes of Fort Mill, S.C. They have four grandchildren.
They are planning to celebrate their anniversary on board a European river cruise.


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What should be done about the mezuzot (internal and external) when selling one's house...
- to a non-Jew?
- to a non-observant Jew?
- to an observant Jew?
To a non-Jew: take them down.
To a Jew: you're supposed to leave them up, and you can charge him for the cost. (If the buyer refuses to pay for them, you can take them down.) There are differing opinions whether, if you have super-special mezuzas up there, you can replace them with ordinary mezuzahs; what I've heard is mostly that it's permissible.
I recently read and liked this little essay on the topic, written by Rabbi Joan Glazer Farber and published by the Union for Reform Judaism.


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Her story, "The Long Weekend," portrays the complicated life of a 13-year-old girl living with her family on a U.S. military base in Germany when President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
It was one of only three short stories featured in the issue.
A South Carolina native, Godwin's short fiction has appeared in Paris Review, Epoch, Crescent Review, South Carolina Review, Carve magazine, and elsewhere. She is the author of two novels, Private Parts and Keeper of the House.
For more on Rebecca Godwin, click here.