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Experiences with Cervical Cancer
Margaret Tobin
Copyright © 1997 Margaret Tobin
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
- Introduction
- Life at the time
- Symptoms appear
- Diagnosis
- Sharing the news
- Initial treatments
- Another turning point
- New adjustments
This essay is an attempt to share my recent experiences with a recent diagnosis of cervical cancer. Just as reading the essays of other cancer patients has helped me put the disease in a better perspective, I hope that other people reading these words will be helped somehow in coping with their particular circumstances. Once the initial shock of my diagnosis had passed, I found that I could still feel positive about life, and that I could enjoy life just as much, if not more so, than before. These are the feelings and attitudes I wish to share.
(The reason women stay in abusive relationships for so long is not the subject here, but I would recommend gathering some factual information on these relationships before anyone forms a quick opinion. There are some excellent resources on the web that deal with domestic violence and abusive relationships. Often the abuse and controlling behavior begin imperceptibly and slowly, sort of like, shall I say... cancer.)
The first several months after the separation were very difficult financially. Court-ordered support payments arrived monthly, but usually late and at unreliable times, and the amount was not sufficient for us to manage without some additional assistance from my family. I had good computer skills, as I had been working extensively with computers in a home-based desktop publishing venture. However, the work had been forced upon me in many ways, according to the needs of my spouse and his work, and it was hard to document my experience as formal employment. Even so, I decided to utilize my experience as best I could. I had always been technically and mathematically oriented, and in recent years, I had become interested in programming. I also had an M.S. degree in a scientific field, obtained in the years prior to my marriage, and I felt confident that I could apply my background in analytical and logical thinking to another area. A nearby college offered a good certification program in midrange computing, and since the job market was very good in this area, I decided to enter the program.
After several months of taking classes, I found a job in customer support with a local internet service provider. My ultimate goal was to enter programming, but the job helped, and we began to live a little better. On the other hand, I was very squeezed for time, putting in 40 to 50 hour work-weeks while taking three classes for nine credit hours. Two of the classes required additional computer lab time for programming. I remembered how I had managed graduate school years before, when I was a single parent of one child (now a grown man on his own), and I told myself I could handle the current situation for just a few months more. My final goals were almost in sight, and anything was better than the life the children and I had put behind. Despite long hours and little sleep, I often found myself full of energy and optimism.
The struggle paid off quickly. After just a few more months of classes, I finally developed the skills to obtain a position as a programmer with a well-recognized consulting company. My goal had been realized in a little more than a year, and I was ecstatic. I could spend more time with the children, as the hours were much more regular than at my previous job, I was beginning a professional career, and I found myself doing something I truly enjoyed. I still had two months of classes in the semester, but I finished them relatively easily. I was planning that when summer arrived, the children and I would have some well-deserved rest and relaxation. Working 40 hours a week and doing nothing else outside the home seemed luxurious compared to what I had been going through.
It was just after these positive turning points in my life that some frightening symptoms appeared, only one week after classes had ended. Getting ready for work one morning, I had one of my usual hay fever attacks, and one good sneeze managed to bring about profuse vaginal bleeding. It was so heavy I knew I would need immediate medical attention if it did not stop, but then it slowed enough for me to catch my breath and drive to an emergency room. There, the bleeding slowed to the point that I could be discharged safely, but the emergency room doctor told me that she saw "lesions" on my cervix, and she referred me to a local gynecologist. She said I should see him as soon as possible.
I was becoming very worried by now, as I had not had a Pap smear for almost five years. During my marriage, I would bring up the issue of annual checkups, but it was just one more issue of difficulty with my husband. He was from another country, that shall remain unnamed, and he used the (untrue) excuse that women in his country did not need these checkups and so why should I. It was impossible that I would go for one secretly or on my own, as he managed and watched as much of my time as he could. After I ended the relationship, I had no medical insurance and already had many medical bills that had accumulated for the children. I decided to wait until I could get medical insurance through employment and then would get that long overdue checkup and Pap smear. Later, the court ordered my husband to obtain medical insurance on all of us, but I did not learn until later that he had followed that order and put me on the plan. Meanwhile, I had been waiting to get on my new employer's plan. I was only one month away from eligibility when the bleeding occurred.
The gynecologist I was referred to seemed very good and I felt confident in him almost immediately. He had recently trained at schools and institutions I knew were highly regarded, and he treated me from the beginning as an intelligent and active participant in my care. I was well aware that the heavy bleeding could indicate cervical cancer, but he reassured me that it could also be due to a number of factors. He recommended that we not jump to conclusions until I had had a thorough exam and more tests were run. On the other hand, I was not very encouraged during the exam when he told me that a growth on my cervix was easily falling apart. He sent samples of the tissue in for pathological analysis. Now I had become extremely worried, but decided to remain hopeful and not jump to any final conclusions, until we obtained the official lab results.
The following week, I returned to the doctor to hear the results from the lab analysis. As soon as I walked in, I noticed that his staff had trouble even looking me in the eye, and I was 90% sure then that the news was bad. Even so, I held out a 10% chance I was wrong. I would have to hear the diagnosis from my doctor to know for sure. I did not have to wait long. A few moments later, he walked into the examination room, sat down, swallowed hard, and told me the bad news. It was that "badness," and did I want to hear "The Word"? Yes, yes, I had to hear it... OK, then, it's cancer, cervical cancer.
Stunned to have to deal with the moment, but not actually surprised, I tried to remain calm. I felt very angry that this was happening, but all I did was mutter "Damn!" under my breath. All I could think of was getting rid of the disease as quickly as possible. I had already searched the internet for information on cervical cancer, just in case, but had skimmed through the information quickly, not wanting to believe that it would apply to me. About all that I retained from my quick search was that cervical cancer is often treated with surgery if it is still localized, and since a visual exam indicated that there was a good chance my cancer was localized, I wanted to have surgery immediately. However, my doctor reassured me that cervical cancer grows slowly, and he explained that it was important to analyze the situation more fully before determining the proper course of treatment. He called the hospital to order a CT scan, and he told me he would be contacting a gynecologic oncologist at a major medical center and referring me for treatment. He also told me to think positively, and I said I would try, but it was hard to feel very positive at that very moment.
As I left the doctor's office, I tried to stay calm and rational, but I vented a lot of anger too, by saying every expletive I could think of to myself, as I drove home. Here I had made heroic efforts to push a very controlling and abusive person out of my life, struggled for months to reach some very tangible goals, and then had just begun to reach those goals and feel successful. It seemed unbelievable that this could happen now. I was driving carefully, but asked myself how necessary it was now to be careful. Then I thought of my children, and I began to feel stronger. I had just come a long way for us all as a family, and the only way I had done it was by thinking positively and focusing on my goals. Maybe I was not going to have the summer I had planned, but I had picked myself up from setbacks before, and I would just have to take the same positive approach in dealing with cancer.
The next week I felt better after reading more detailed information on cervical cancer. I was well experienced with the Internet, and so it was natural for me to conduct more internet searches for information on cervical cancer. At that point, I did not feel ready to deal with emotional issues, as I did not know what my emotions were going to be until I knew more about my disease and the usual prognosis. I located good medical and scientific sites and was reassured to read that the rate of cure for localized cervical cancer is fairly high. The CT scan had not shown any spread of the cancer, and my doctor had not detected any masses extending beyond the cervix in his exam. I was beginning to feel very relieved. Although I knew that I was not qualified to form a medical opinion on my own, I felt reasonably confident that the cancer was still in an early stage. I looked forward to my meeting with the oncologist and starting the treatment in order get it all over with as soon as possible.
During this time, I began to tell family and friends of the diagnosis. Actually, all my step-daughters had to do was look at my face when I came home from receiving the diagnosis from the gynecologist, and they knew something was wrong. When they asked, I told them them the truth and told them that we should not worry too much about it yet; that we did not know enough about the cancer yet to know how serious it was. We hugged each other, and they said they would try to help as much as they could. I asked them not to tell their younger brothers and sister yet, as I wanted more information myself before explaining the cancer to them, and they agreed.
Later in the week, I informed a couple of close friends who were already aware of my emergency room visit. They have remained very close and supportive, and other friends have also been very wonderful and supportive as the news spread to them. At a later time, when I was recovering from surgery, they planned a cooking schedule with each other so that we would have to worry about meals, and a friend who lives nearby has often picked up my children to play with her children and give us all a break. I could not ask for better or dearer friends.
I told my younger children of the diagnosis the next weekend, as we were ending a trip to the zoo. I briefly explained that I was sick with cancer and that I might not be able to do a lot of things with them in the coming weeks, because I would be getting treated for the cancer soon. I have spoken with them further and added to that information at various times since. I also called my oldest son, in his 20's and living about 150 miles away, and told him of the diagnosis. He was able to arrange his work schedule to stay with me at times, and it has been wonderful to have him to depend on.
One of the hardest tasks was giving the news to my parents. They had been so happy about my recent successes, that I felt terrible to have to tell them. I was also worried that they would overreact, and in turn try to "manage" the situation, without understanding first that it should be my choice how to deal with my disease. I needed time to formulate my approach before telling them. I collected my thoughts over the next week, and then introduced the news as gently as possible to them. I also asked them to try to understand that while I knew the news must be hard for them, that they please understand that I might not want to talk sometimes about every detail and that I needed to choose the times to talk. They were shocked and upset at the news, but during the next few weeks, they have done whatever they could to help with the children when I needed to be away for treatment. They are quite elderly though, and I have to be careful that I ask them to help with the children in ways that they can manage.
Since I was just beginning to qualify for full benefits at my job, after a three month introductory period, I was worried about how I would fare with my employer. I knew that my co-workers and bosses were very nice people, but I did not know how the company would respond overall to my illness. However, when I told them, I found that they really are a company with a heart. They immediately told me to worry about my health, not my job, and they told me to not worry at all about the time I would need to take off from work. Later, during the time I had to take off from work, I probably received a phone call or card from someone at work almost every day. Considering the horror stories I have heard about some employers, I feel very fortunate to be with such good people.
My estranged husband found out about the cancer after I sent him a fax with the news. Even though he had known that I might be undergoing treatment for a serious condition, when the insurance company sent him copies of the bills for my emergency room visit and some of my tests, he had begun to threaten to drop me from the medical insurance. He continued to make these threats even after receiving the fax. In the first couple weeks of receiving the diagnosis, not only was I going in for doctor's appointments and tests, but I was also making a trip to court to obtain an emergency injunction that would bar him from dropping me from the policy. Not surprisingly, he became very cooperative after the injunction was approved. His behavior did not upset me though, as I had learned a long time ago to not be optimistic where he is concerned. All the other nice people I know more than make up for anything he might do or say.
When I met with the oncologist at the medical center a little more than a week after the diagnosis, I had managed to come to terms with the cancer in a much more positive manner. I was relieved that he thought that the cancer was probably localized, although he warned me that there was no way to know for sure would be during surgery, when abdominal tissue could be examined microscopically. He also suggested the plan for treatment. Even though the cancer was probably localized, the tumor was fairly large, and he said that it would be best to shrink the tumor before surgery with radiation treatments through implants. Two weeks after the implant treatment, I was to return to the hospital for a modified radical hysterectomy.
I think it really helped me during this time to already understand most of what he was suggesting to me, due to my active use of the internet, and I told him of the information I had found. For the most part, he was very positive, and at one point, he responded to my efforts to collect more information with the comment that he thought "an informed patient makes a better patient." He did add a warning that in addition to good information, there is a lot of bad information on the internet, but I assured him that I had noticed some really bad information as well, and that I thought I had enough sense with my background and education to judge the information. When I told him I had been reading a lot of information from NCI's CancerNet, he was relieved and even directed me to the web site put out by the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists.
Soon afterwards, I returned to the hospital for the implant treatment. While I knew it would be difficult to be confined to lying flat in bed for at least three days, I packed a number of books to take with me, as I thought I could pass the time more easily by reading. However, I had not realized how much I would sleep during the time, nor had I anticipated that it is not very easy to read for long periods while holding a book upside down over one's head. I found that my back did not take kindly to staying basically in one position all that time either, but no matter. The treatment was boring more than anything else, and I was glad to have finally started some kind of attack against the cancer.
Two weeks after the implant, I returned to the hospital for the radical hysterectomy. I was not looking forward to the recovery period, but I was relieved to feel that the cancer would now be removed, and I could begin to put all the upheaval of the past few weeks behind me. My oncologist had warned me that if he went in and found swollen lymph nodes with cancer, that he would close me up again without doing the hysterectomy, as I should then be treated with radiation for all of the cancer. He said that he did not expect that to be the case with me, according to findings so far, but he wanted to prepare me for the possibility.
My family nervously accompanied me to the hospital that morning, but I was feeling very calm and happy. I was wheeled out of the pre-op area towards the operating room, and the next thing I knew I was waking up. However, as I awoke, I sensed that something was wrong, something was "incomplete." Somehow I had an image in my mind of people feeling very frustrated and that the surgery had not been completed. I felt my abdomen for the incision and then knew I had had the surgery, but it seemed to me that I was still "full" and that the hysterectomy had not been performed.
Later that day, my doctor came to my room and told me first that the surgery itself had gone very well and that there had been no complications. Puzzled by my earlier thoughts, I began to feel relieved, but then he added more information to his report. That unexpected "possibility" had occurred. He had found swollen lymph nodes during surgery, and cancer had been found in one of them. He had not completed the hysterectomy and I would need radiation therapy instead. I was unable to handle any more details at that point, and he said he would return the next day to plan the details of treatment with me.
Up until the time of surgery, I had been thinking of cancer treatment in terms of immediate success or failure. I had begun to think that the cancer would be a short term inconvenience, and after treatment, I would just go on with life as usual. The news that cancer had spread to lymph nodes forced me to face the reality that my condition could not be easily treated with one treatment that either would or would not work. The diagnosis of cancer had been a major turning point in my life, and while this latest news was not as major as the first, it was yet another turning point, causing me to again assess my attitudes toward life.
As I write this, I am recovering from surgery and will be starting radiation treatments soon. With the setback I felt from learning that the cancer had advanced to a stage more serious than previously thought, I began to seek ways to deal with the grief I felt. I had read all the factual medical information I could find several times over and did not want to read it any more. I did an Internet search on cancer one more time, only this time I added the keyword "support" to my search, and the search turned up OncoLink as a major site. I had seen the OncoLink site previously, but had used it mainly as a starting point to reach medical information at other sites.
This time I decided I needed to deal with the emotional side of cancer. I looked at some of the artwork by cancer patients or by people who have a connection to cancer patients and felt many of my own emotions being released through the expressions in the art. There was anger and grief, and there was perseverance and joy. I also began to read about other support issues, such as how to deal with family and friends, and how other people should deal with cancer patients. I read the essays by some of the cancer patients too. It helped me immensely to read and experience this information. I feel fortunate to have a life rich with some very wonderful and understanding people, but I think I still needed to relate to the experiences of other cancer patients, and that was something my friends and family cannot give to me very well.
While I am writing this essay for the OncoLink site, it is not meant to be a "promotional." It is just that for me, the Internet has served as a primary source of information for a long time, and so it was only natural that I would use it in dealing with this latest crisis. I think it is more important to realize that it is easier to deal with cancer if one can find others who can understand more fully how one feels, whether the support comes from some kind of organized group, friends who may have already dealt with cancer, or from the Internet. I think I have quickly learned to readjust my attitude and feelings in a positive way, by finding such supportive information.
Currently, I have taken the outlook that I may as well learn to live with cancer as a long-term disease. Just like any such disease, treatments may be ongoing or recurring, and periodic testing and reevaluation will be necessary. I am feeling positive about daily life and have decided to enjoy each day as it comes. In the past year or so, I learned that there is a big difference between acknowledging and expressing emotions, and constantly worrying. The former is good for one's health, while the latter is an emotionally draining waste of energy. I stopped worrying a long time ago about things I could not change, and as a result, I think I have become a truly happy and positive person.
I expect to face some down moments, as when I deal with the side effects of treatment, but I hope to continue to tell myself to pick up and keep on going. I am no longer going to be overly concerned about statistical outcomes, because as I have read from others, each outcome is individual anyway. The worst moments for me now are when I think of my children, because they mean the most to me in my life, and I want to live for them. Sometimes I think that not only does it help to think positively, but maybe it helps to be angry too. I am angry at this these rogue cells that have decided to do what they want, and I keep telling my body to attack them any way possible.
After recovering from surgery, I think it will help to return to the ordinary routine of work and family. I am happy to have the immediate future ahead of me, and I plan to make the most of it. Every moment seems richer, because the uncertainty of the future has become more real to me.


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BENGHAZI, Libya (From CNN) -- Before he became U.S. ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens warned in a 2008 diplomatic cable of jihadist sentiment growing not far from Benghazi.
Stevens, who became ambassador to Libya this year, was killed this week in an attack that U.S. sources tell CNN was planned by a pro-al Qaeda group of extremists. While it is not definitively clear whether this group, or what group specifically, is behind the attack, it's clear that Stevens expressed concern about a radical movement fomenting in the port city of Derna.
The cable was leaked in the trove that WikiLeaks released in 2010 and 2011, and CNN reported on it last year.
In his 2008 missive Stevens, who at the time was U.S. deputy chief of mission in the North African nation, wrote about that "one Libyan interlocutor likened young men in Derna to Bruce Willis' character in the action picture "Die Hard", who stubbornly refused to die quietly."
There is "frustration at the inability of eastern Libyans to effectively challenge" Moammar Gadhafi's regime, Stevens wrote.
That and "a concerted ideological campaign by returned Libyan fighters from earlier conflicts, have played important roles in Derna's development as a wellspring of Libyan foreign fighters in Iraq."
Moammar Gadhafi was killed in October 2011, at the hands of Libyans.
"Other factors include a dearth of social outlets for young people, local pride in Derna's history as a locus of fierce opposition to occupation, economic disenfranchisement among the town's young men. Depictions on satellite television of events in Iraq and Palestine fuel the widespread view that resistance to coalition forces is justified and necessary," Stevens wrote.
Stevens describes Derna: "The lower-middle class neighborhood, comprising poured concrete homes crowded along largely unpaved streets, sits on a hill overlooking the town ... A number of residents were on the streets; however, they were visibly more wary and less friendly than in other Libyan towns."

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Two Steubenville High School students-athletes were charged with rape and kidnapping in connection with a sexual assault in August.
Charged were Trent Mays of Bloomingdale and Malik Richmond of Steubenville, both 16.
Police began an investigation after parents came to the police station on Aug. 14 to report a sexual assault involving their daughter.
After a series of hearings, a trial has been set in February
In other news in August:
Wheeling-Nisshin announced it will introduce a new, highly corrosion-resistant hot dip coated steel sheet to U.S. markets in 2013.
Producing the new coating, known as ZAM, will require $28 million in equipment upgrades, a commitment company, community and government leaders say has the potential to create new jobs over the long term even as it saves existing positions at the Follansbee plant.
ZAM is "five- to 10-times stronger than existing coatings" and is suitable for a wide array of end-uses, Wheeling-Nisshin President and CEO Noboru Onishi said.
Also in August, a federal judge signed off on the sale of bankrupt RG Steel's Mingo Junction and Martins Ferry plants for $22 million, but a decision on Esmark Steel's bid for the Ohio Coatings and Yorkville plants was put on hold.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey approved Frontier Industrial's $20 million bid for the Mingo Junction plant and a $2 million bid for the Martins Ferry plant tendered by Wheeling businessman W. Quay Mull.
Officials with New York-based Frontier told Carey parts of the Mingo plant would be demolished but certain operations there could continue if buyers and financing could be arranged.
Nucor, meanwhile, purchased the equipment only from RG Steel's Corrugating operation, and RG Steel's 50 percent ownership stake in the Mountain State Carbon coke-making plant in Follansbee was not part of the auction.
Esmark Steel Chairman and CEO Jim Bouchard, meanwhile, planned to put workers back to work once Carey signed off on his acquisition of the cold-rolling mill in Yorkville and a 50 percent ownership stake in Ohio Coatings Co.
Bouchard once owned the entire Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel operation, but sold it to Russia's Severstal.
Elsewhere, New York-based Revere Copper planned to have the coating lines acquired from Follansbee Steel running at its northern New York plant by the end of the year.
The Louis Berkman Co. of Steubenville sold the plant's assets to Revere in June, giving Revere control of the patents and equipment from the now- defunct company.
About 36 people had worked at the Follansbee plant.
Weirton Mayor George Kondik asked city council to sponsor a state grant application for the preservation of the Margaret Manson Weiron Memorial Pool in support of the Marland Heights Community Association, which was attempting to save the pool.
Kondik said if matching funds are needed, the community association's must supply them.
The city's park board voted in July to demolish the pool, saying the cost to upgrade and make it handicap accessible was too high. But residents persuaded the board to pursue its restoration.
FirstEnergy blamed a weak economy and too-low energy prices for a drastic reduction in operations at its W.H. Sammis plant in Stratton.
Officials said operations would be minimized around Sept. 16, but none of about 440 workers would be laid off. Most were to be shifted to other FirstEnergy sites on a temporary basis, though a few will remain on the job at the Sammis plant.
The move is intended to reduce costs by minimizing the need for outside vendors and contractors and reducing overtime costs.
The company had spent $1.8 billion to install scrubbers at the Sammis plant.
With approval of a rezoning request for the former The Rose catering business on Lovers Lane on Aug. 14, California-based H & H Screening and Graphics announced plans to open an operation there to serve its Nike, Adidas and Reebok corporate customers on the East Coast and Canada.
Legal counsel for the company said it "will initially start within the confines of The Rose with the opportunity to expand on the 7-acre site and will initially start with approximately 35 employees."
Steubenville City Manager Cathy Davison received a three-year contract offer on Aug. 29 that will continue her current $90,000 annual salary and benefits.
Davison's current contract expires on March 15. Council met in executive session for 75 minutes to review the proposed contract before asking her to join them for face-to-face discussions.
James A. Taylor, 29, Samantha M. Taylor, 26, Glenn A. Adams, 27, all of 1321 Oregon Ave., and Daniel A. McKenney, 21, of 201 Bartleyville Road, Burgettstown, were indicted by the Jefferson County grand jury on charges they put their children inside plastic storage containers as punishment on June 16.
City Police said holes were cut in the lids but covered with a T-shirt at some point and water was poured on the children.
The Taylors were each indicted on two counts of child endangering and one count of unlawful restraint. Adams and McKenney each were indicted on single counts of endangering children and unlawful restraint.
Police said the three children are in the care of children services.
The nine members of the Jefferson County Port Authority were named Aug. 2 at a ceremony on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse.
Steubenville Council abolished the city's port authority to make room for the new one.
The Jefferson County Commission and council each appointed four members, with the ninth member appointed by the county's regional planning commission.
The nine are: Debbie Venci, Mark Teramana, Robert D'Anniballe, Edward Florak, Geary Bates, Gary Cain, Jayson Zatta, Mike Thomas and Greg Nemeth.
Mayor Domenick Mucci said, "They will work together on the economic opportunities for Jefferson County."
Ray T. McGowan, 29, of Youngstown and Tylor E. Hellyer, 23, of Steubenville were flown by medical helicopters to Pittsburgh hospitals after they were shot outside Club 106 in Steubenville on Aug. 12.
McGowan called police, saying he was injured and located by the railroad tracks near Slack Street. Trinity Medical Center West officials called police to report Hellyer was brought to the hospital.
Jeremy Starr, 28, of Wintersville was sentenced to six years in prison in connection with two robberies in Wintersville in June after pleading guilty to two counts of robbery, with firearm specifications.
Starr was arrested by Wintersville Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department for the robbery of the Dollar General store and Jack's Sunshine Shop, a tanning business.
Starr told the deputies and Wintersville officers that he bought heroin with the cash taken in the robberies.
Toronto Council instructed City Law Director Craig Hallen to file a civil suit to recoup overpayment of overtime and other benefits to former city police Chief Danny Mosti. The overpayment occurred in 2004 and 2005 and was discovered by the state auditor's office in March 2008, Allen said.
Mosti retired as chief in 2011. The matter is pending.
Brooke High School staff, students and supporters got to step onto the new AstroTurf football field at Brooke Memorial Stadium on Aug. 22.
Principal Toni Shute invited he public to step onto the field following a ribbon cutting on the 50-yard line involving students involved in sports and extracurricular activities, Brooke school board officials and the Brooke County Schools athletic complex committee, which raised funds for the new field.
The group raised much of the $400,000 needed for the field and continues to accept donations through its website at www.brookebruinpride.com, but took loans for the remainder so it could be completed.
The school board allocated $250,000 to replace the athletic track around the field, which had deteriorated with wear and weatherization.
A fountain monument to all military veterans at Follansbee Park was dedicated on Aug. 30. City officials, businesses and residents came together to fund the monument, which cost $12,000.
The Follansbee Chamber of Commerce and 20th Century Woman's Club solicited funds, and Follansbee Council allocated $4,750 for it.
The monument consists of a 5-foot urn comprised of stacked stone, surrounded by a 2-foot high circle of estate stone with a pump that recirculates water from the base to the urn.


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Let $I$ be an ideal and let $I^+$ denote its complement (the so-called $I$-positive sets). Now we say that $I$ is $\lambda$-saturated iff each antichain in $I^+$ has size less than $\lambda$. Further $sat(I)$ is the least cardinal $\kappa$ such that $I$ is $\kappa$-saturated.
It can be shown that if $sat(I)$ is infinite then it has to be uncountable. I think that a similar argument gives us that $sat(I)$ is a regular cardinal, provided that $I$ is a $\kappa$-complete ideal on $\kappa$.
My question now is: Do we need the $\kappa$-completeness of $I$ or is $sat(I)$ always a regular cardinal, no matter if $I$ is $\kappa$-complete or not.


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The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Needs
Have you ever blurted out, "Wow, that guy is just so...so..." and then were left floundering with nothing to say? Well, it's not always your fault. English doesn't have words for every situation, or even the ones that happen every damned day.
Fortunately, other languages usually do. And since we already borrow words from them (just recently we've taken "schadenfreude," the German word for pleasure in someone else's misfortune) here's a few that we need to pick up right away:
#10. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
A beautiful girl... as long as she's being viewed from behind.
Say you're in a bar, and you look over to see the most incredible sight you've ever seen: a tall, slim woman with a waterfall of dark copper hair, an ass like a fresh peach in shrinkwrap and legs all the way down to the floor. You saunter over, lean against the bar next to her and give her your best line: "I got a boner just looking at you, can I buy you a drink?"
That's when she turns to look at you.
Bile rises in your throat. It's hard to say which is worse--is it the mole sprouting hair on her cheek? The yellow tombstone teeth? The eyepatch? The wiry black hair sprouting out from between her breasts?
Congratulations, you have just been a victim of bakku-shan: a girl that looks attractive from behind, but not from the front. It's a more sophisticated variant of the American frat boy's butter-face (as in everything about her is hot, "but her face") that makes room for attractive women with weird neck tattoos, while at the same time allowing the speaker to avoid giving everyone within ear-shot douche-chills.
Truly the Japanese have a talent for coming up with words to describe common social situations so succinctly. Like they did with "bukkake."
#9. Espirit d'escalier (French)
When you think of the perfect verbal comeback... much too late.
So you're at a social gathering and a friend, in front of your peers, points at your chest and says, "Good sir, is that your shirt, or did you just vomit on your torso?"
The sting of his insult renders you wordless. Then, mere moments later, just as you've exited the room to the cacophony of humiliating laughter that will be the soundtrack to the rest of your life, you come up with the perfect comeback. Only moments later, but still much, much too late (note, the correct comeback was, "Neither, this is a special shirt created by scientists at the FBI to identify pedophiles, as it is specifically designed to offend their sensibilities to the point that they must comment. You will now be added to a sex offender registry").
"Oh, excuse me, it looks like you dropped your pride. Better grab it."
The French have come up with a term for your belated wit, Esprit d'escalier. Literally "the wit of the staircase," meaning you couldn't think up anything sassy until walking down the stairs afterward.
#8. Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan)
A look between two people that suggests an unspoken, shared desire.
There are two types of people in this world. There are the go-getters, the ones who see what they want and go after it with both hands, whether it be the boobs of the girl at the bar or a half-eaten candy bar in the hands of a two-year-old child.
Or, for the more experienced go-getters, both.
Then there is the second group, the shy ones, the ones who cower, terrified of rejection, forever tormented that they don't have the things they want, primarily because they never get up the nerve to ask for them.
Get two of the latter together, and you get Mamihlapinatapai. It's a "look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start."
It's the shy dude and the insecure girl, sitting there at each end of a park bench, perhaps glancing every now and then at the other and blushing whenever eye contact is made, forever making trivial conversation, each imagining the two of them fucking like wildcats.
#7. Backpfeifengesicht (German)
A face badly in need of a fist.
Some people, we just suspect deep down that the only way to get through to them is by violence. Or perhaps the violence is the only thing that will make us feel better.
It's the friend who insists on telling racist jokes in front of your mixed-race girlfriend, a co-worker who's constantly sniveling about minor grammar issues on your post-it memos or any number of entertainers you see on magazine covers.
Courtesy of Germany, this nameless horror is in fact named backpfeifengesicht, a face that cries out for a fist in it. Everyone knows at least one of these people. If you don't, it might be you.
There are variations that definition, that claim it merely means the face needs to be "slapped" but this is Germany we're talking about here. We're going with fist, and further ask if we can modify the word to mean "A face that needs a crowbar." Because there's really another category that needs addressed there.
#6. Nunchi (Korean)
The art of not becoming a Backpfeifengesicht.
Speaking of which, why is it some people just seem to have no idea what's going on in a social situation? They tell six jokes in a row without noticing no one is laughing, they smoke in a house that has clearly never been smoked in, they managed to always bring up the one subject you're sensitive about ("Hey, you know what's funny? The Holocaust!")
The Koreans would say they lack nunchi, the innate ability that lets you sense what would be the wrong thing to say in a situation (and presumably the ability to then not say it).
"And it went right up her butt. Swear to God. Hey, did you hear me?"
The boss character from The Office (both versions) is simply a guy who completely lacks nunchi. It goes beyond tact, or simple manners. It's the ability to read your audience and instinctively know, as soon as you see them, "here are people who will not enjoy my dildo anecdote."


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Sentencing was set for April 25, 2013, at the United States District Court in Benton. Reynolds faces between five and 40 years imprisonment, up to a $5 million fine, and four years to life on supervised release to follow incarceration on each count.
Reynolds' codefendant, Daniel J. Fulkerson, 39, also from Ridgway, pled guilty to the same charges last month. His sentencing was set for April 11, 2013.
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(If you're not familiar with Google, or if you think "search engine" refers to the procedure an auto mechanic does to determine why your Buick is making a funny noise, then let me explain. No, on second thought, if you're not familiar with the terms Google or search engine, it will be impossible to explain in a newspaper column. Come over to my house tonight and I'll show you on my computer what I mean. And if I'm not home yet, I'm sure my wife will make you a sandwich or something while you wait. I'd better write a note to remind myself to tell her about this.)
If you are afflicted with a case of Google-itis, every conceivable question that pops into your head must be answered right away. For example, what year was Joe DiMaggio's rookie season? (1936). What was his batting average that year? (.323). It took me about five seconds to get the answers by doing a Google search.
Back when I was a young man, in the pre-Internet past, I may have had a fleeting thought about Joe DiMaggio, but if I wasn't near a copy of the Baseball Encyclopedia, then I would just shrug my shoulders and move on to other fleeting thoughts (such as Joe's wife, Marilyn Monroe).
But now, with Google only a computer key stroke away, I can't settle for a shrug and a different thought. I HAVE to know the answer. And if I don't have a computer or iPad nearby, I get very fidgety and agitated, the classic symptoms of an addiction. (I learned about these symptoms by doing a Google search.)
Here in the age of Google, it's like having Mr. Know-It-All, Alex Trebek, sitting right on my lap. (Ooh, that's a disconcerting thought. Let me go back to thinking about Marilyn Monroe.)
Here are a few random questions that popped into my head during the last ten minutes:
What year did "The Simpsons" debut on TV? (Answer: they first appeared on "The Tracy Ullman Show" in 1987; their own series began in 1989.) How old would Bart Simpson be today if he had been allowed to age over the years? (Answer: he would be 33. Ay caramba!)
How much does my iPad weigh? (Answer: 1.3 pounds, not counting the weight of accumulated fingerprint smudges on the screen.)
When is sunset this evening? (Answer: It doesn't matter because I don't have a window in my office and it already will be dark when I leave to go home, where I then will explain Google search engines to strangers eating sandwiches in my living room.)
How much more computing power does my $600 laptop computer have compared to the computer onboard Apollo 13 in 1970? (Answer: a typical laptop computer processes information approximately 2,000 times faster than the Apollo Guidance Computer, at about one-zillionth the cost.)
Speaking of Apollo 13 (see how these random thoughts work?), does Tom Hanks look like Jim Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in the movie "Apollo 13"? (Using Google Image search, the answer is no.. Jim Lovell looks like an average middle-aged guy, while Tom Hanks looks more like Forrest Gump, or possibly Captain Miller in "Saving Private Ryan.")
What is going to happen after I forget to tell my wife I invited strangers to visit our home tonight? (Answer: in comparison, Google-itis will seem like a mild medical condition.)
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I am Indie Game developer and I am looking for a tile based 2d level editor. I also would like to know the free ones as well as paid ones, which you feel as the best.
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On 04.12.2013 17:56, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:It is correct, it is called twice. "light mode" means that mca_base_var_register() does not allocate mca variable object again, it seeks this variable in global array and finding it updates fields in mca_base_var_t structure (at least mbv_storage).
On Dec 4, 2013, at 2:52 AM, Igor Ivanov <email@example.com> wrote:
It is the first mca variable with type as string from btl/openib as 'device_param_files'. Actually you can disable it and get failure on the second.Can you explain what you mean by step 5? ĀI.e., what does "using light mode" mean? ĀIs the openib component register function invoked again?
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1. openib mca variables are registered during startup as stage at select component phase;
2. but a winner is cm component and openib mca variables are deregistered as part of mca group;
3. mca variables are not removed from global mca array but they marked as invalid and memory for string is freed;
4. shmem needs openib for yoda and does bml initialization;
5. openib mca variables are registered againusing light mode as searching itself in global array and refreshing their fields again;
Probably issue relates incorrect recognition if variable valid/invalid during second call of mca_base_var_deregister().
6. for unknown reason bml finalization does not clean these vars as it is done in step 2;Nathan: it sounds like an MCA var (and entire group) is registered, unregistered, and then registered again. Does the MCA var system get confused here when it tries to unregister the group a 2nd time?
7. mca_btl_openib.so is unloaded;
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I have a contract for Red Skelton to appear at the Lyric Nov 20, 1936. I also do research on Hollywood Hoosiers. Would be great to contact Dick for more Red Skelton stories.
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I can hardly believe that 10 years ago...tomorrow this amazing girl came into our lives. She is pure magic!!!
She lives in her own head a lot and we think that's amazing...she is so creative, caring and a joy to have in our lives. She was always a bit shy and watched people intently. She has loved to draw/color in and create ever since she could hold a crayon. She has had a flair for dressing and loves to be in costume. She loves to explore the outdoors and has been know to document the comings and goings of all the animals that have spent time in our yard/apartment courtyard. She is very cautious and caring. When she was about 3 years old she told us she wanted to be an Architect and a Children's book illustrator. She also said she never wanted to move out and she would one day build us a house (at the time we lived in an apartment) that was big enough for all 3 of us and we could live together for all the days of our lives. Her love for books has always been big and she adores all animals. When she was in first grade a girl that was older than her and she had never met punched her in the face. She did not want to make a scene so she held her tears in. At the time she had about 3 capes I had made for her and she would wear them on the weekends when we would go places. She loved that it made her get noticed and she felt special. Well the day after she was punched in the face she started wearing them to school. Her teacher Mr. P (who we LOVE) said it was okay and she has worn a cape everyday since. She now has 20 something... She loves friendly monsters and making up stories about them and her rock collection is fierce. For the first 7 years of her life she was an only child...and then 5 month before she was 8 along came Mr. Soren. She was instantly a very proud and loving sister and it changed her so much. She had a very strong sense of pride and her confidence really grew. She was my first baby, the first light of my life and her Poppy and I adore her. There is so much more I could share but for now I will just wish her a Happy BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
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LEGO Star Wars Death Star for $335.99 + free shipping
Sold by Amazon, so eligible for free super saver shipping, or free 2-day shipping for those of you with Prime.
This is an AWESOME set and at the LOWEST price I have ever seen.
I found and posted this deal only because I was looking at this expired deal:
So, credit should be given to @kamikaziken, I wouldn't have seen it without his/her initial deal posts.
For anyone who's interested, the super star destroyer is 10% off - $359.99 at the moment, also sold by Amazon.
Hmm, I wonder if the retailers are clearing out their stock because these two will be retired soon...
Oh yeah, in my opinion as well as that of a few others, these sets would make a great INVESTMENT - 100 times safer than the stock market, IMHO.
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"Oh yeah, in my opinion as well as that of a few others, these sets would make a great INVESTMENT - 100 times safer than the stock market, IMHO."
I just don't agree with that at all, considering what drives the value of these items. You need to keep the box in pristine condition. A stock you hold may lose and gain value, but it's not going get crushed in a move, fade from sunlight exposure, be impacted by humidity, house fire etc.
I collect comics as an investment, but in no way am I counting on that as a nest egg when a fire could sweep through at any moment. My Showcase #4 alone could probably send us on a nice retirement vacation in 30 years, unless my kids sucker me out of my collection.
For that price i should be able to hold other planets hostage with it.


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Support the Geographies of Kinship Campaign!
Geographies of Kinship – The Korean Adoption Story is the latest film from award-winning filmmaker, Deann Borshay Liem (First Person Plural and In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee). The film follows Korean adoptees from the U.S. and Europe on their journeys to reconnect with their birth country and piece together their past. Deann is raising funds for the production phase of the project. Please click here to view the trailer and help get this film made!
A Note from Deann
While traveling around the world with my previous films, I've met hundreds of Korean adoptees from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Canada and heard countless stories from adoptees of all ages – sometimes heartbreaking, oftentimes funny and ironic, always inspiring.
Geographies of Kinship presents a small handful of the amazing stories I've heard from around the world. We meet, for example, Estelle Cooke-Sampson, a bi-racial adoptee who revisits the orphanage where she grew up until she was adopted by an African American soldier. Emma Anderson is a Swedish adoptee who visits Korea for the first time and unexpectedly reunites with her birth mother. Meanwhile, Michael Holloway meets his birth family via webcam on a live television show. He is shocked to discover he has an identical twin.
We have already started development of the project and shot some interviews. We're now asking for contributions via Kickstarter so that we can continue our momentum and complete the shooting phase of the film. Your support will help get all the elements we need for the film so we can start editing and make what I know will be a fantastic film.
There are all sorts of exciting prizes in exchange for your support. Please check out the Kickstarter campaign and pass this link along to all your friends!
Thank you in advance and happy viewing!
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- The Geneseo Wind Quintet will perform Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. at the Central Presbyterian Church, 31 Center St. in Geneseo. The concert is free and open to the public.
On the program are Andrejs Jansons "Suite of Old Lettish Dances;" Jean-Philppe Rameau's "Suite in G" (arranged by Ryohei Nakagawa; Gordon Jacob's "Seven Bagatelles" for solo oboe; and Eric Ewazen's "Roaring Fork."
Quintet members include Glennda Dove Pellito (flute), Anna Steltenpohl (oboe), Ernest Lascell (clarinet); Martha Sholl (bassoon), and Mary Hunt (horn).
The Geneseo Wind Quintet, in residence at the college for over 30 years, has acquired a well-deserved reputation as one of the foremost wind quintets in the region. The group has appeared on PBS, at numerous conventions, and in a wide variety of chamber music series.
In addition to their appearances within the group, members of the quintet frequently perform in other ensembles in the area, including the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. All members of the quintet teach their respective instruments to wind majors and other qualified students at the college, and also coach various chamber ensembles.
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Baishali Bomjan: 'Awakening a Slumbering Elephant: Centre for Civil Society in India'
Baishali Bomjan, associate director of the Centre for Civil Society's Academy in New Delhi, India, heads the Centre for Civil Society's Academy, which conducts all educational and outreach programs of the Centre. She has designed and managed several international and national programs and certificate courses for journalists and has edited several publications of the Centre. She is also the Atlas Economic Research Foundation's representative for Asia and leads the Asia Centre for Enterprise, which will assist Atlas in discovering, assessing, and training talented young people and inspiring them to devote their careers to advancing liberty in their home country or region.
Having worked extensively in both the development sector and the print media in Nepal and India, Baishali's work profile includes serving as director of the Nuns Welfare Foundation of Nepal, editor of Spark (a corporate magazine), and assistant editor of the boss and VOW (Voice of Women), Nepal's leading business and women's magazines, respectively. She holds an MSc in zoology from the University of North Bengal, India and a Think Tank MBA from Atlas. She is especially interested in project incubation, strategic planning, and communications.
Baishali talked about the work of CCS, whose Web site notes: "We [at CCS] don't run primary schools, or health clinics, or garbage collection programs. We try to change people's ideas, opinions, mode of thinking by research, seminars, and publications. We champion limited government, rule of law, free trade, and individual rights. We are an ideas organization, a think tank that develops ideas to better the world."
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I dedicate one to two hours each day to learning English. I'm focusing on listening and speaking (and improving my accent, of course). I want to know what the pros and cons are of learning English from movies and television (usually U.S. series such as 24, Lost, Prison Break etc.) and radio (on stitcher.com and other online stations).
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I definitely recommend watching and listening to English TV, films, radio, podcasts and even music from a wide range of sources as part of learning a language, although of course it shouldn't be the only method.


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Student Achievers - OSUM, Amrita
By Avinash Joshi on Oct 23, 2009
Avinash Joshi, a final-year B Tech student of Information Technology at the Amritapuri Campus, was chosen as the only student from India to attend the JavaOne 2009 Developer Conference in San Francisco, completely sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
Avinash (second from left), at JavaOne 2009.
School OS for NCERT
School OS is specially designed for school children by Shyam and Avinash (final year IT student), while interning with SUN, in collaboration with NCERT and IIT Delhi. The School OS is determined to spearhead the rise of open-source in the primary & secondary education system of India. The project was based at Sun Microsystems, Delhi office. They also went to the schools to install and test the operating system.
Contribution to Android - ADC2, 2009
Three students from 2nd year Computer Science, Rahul, Shilpa and Seshagiri, participated in the Android Developer Challenge 2(ADC2). They had made a game of "Tic Tac Toe" that runs on the Android platform. This is now an OpenSource project hosted at google code.
See the blog entry here.
Application porting to Open Solaris
Varun Rao and Adithya, 3rd year Computer Science Engg. students, made contributions to Open Solaris by porting applications. They worked on porting applications like "Parcellite", which is a clip board manager for Open Solaris.
See his blog entry on this.
First Non Sun employee to contribute to Open HA Cluster
Abhilash, a finaly year student of Computer Science Engg., contributed to a bug fix on Open HA Cluster by someone not employed by Sun!
GlassFish Examples and documentation
Archana N, a final year student of Computer Science Engg., made contributions to the Java EE/GlassFish documentation on how to secure the existing EJB converter example from the Java EE tutorial using mutual authentication. It will be included in an upcoming release of the Java EE tutorial.
The Sun's Code For Freedom Contest (2007)
Students of Amrita started contributing to opensource with the Code For Freedom 2007 contest organized by Sun Microsystems.
Amrita was conferred the 'Champion University' status contributing to 105 bug fixes and enhancements to Opensolaris, Apache Derby and Open Portal.
Ever since students have contributed to documentation projects enhancements and bug fixes.
Our students won the IBM Great minds challenge (TGMC '07)using open source tools like eclipse and java. Abhilash, Sandeep, Deepthi and Vidya were part of the team that came 5th in TGMC '07.


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Women Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
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Doris Lessing (2007)
Doris Lessing is a British writer who is widely regarded as one of the major writers of the mid-20th century and an influential figure among feminists. Lessing writes on a wide variety of themes: Rhodesia, women, communism, and animals. Distinguished for its energy and intelligence, her work is principally concerned with the lives of women – their psychology, politics, work, relationship to men and to their children, and their change of vision as they age.
Fun Fact: She was brought up on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In 1949 she went to England, where her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was published (1950).
Source: Columbia Encyclopedia.
Next: Herta Müller (2009)
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Veterans Fire Corps: A Burning ChallengeThe Daily Courier
PRESCOTT - For some veterans, returning to civilian life isn't always easy, but there are ways to make that transition less stressful.
Enter the Veterans Fire Corps, a program designed for veterans who desire to work in conservation-related fields.
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JAFFREY — A short walk from the entrance to Children's Woods on Stratton Road, there are a group of people busily working among huge logs of hemlock. The logs have been felled and dragged to their current location to become the base of a walking bridge. Six volunteers are steadily stripping the...Read more
Student Conservation Association's Northwest Program Receives Prestigious National Park Service Award
WASHINGTON D.C. – OCTOBER 7, 2014 – The Student Conservation Association (SCA), the national leader in youth service and stewardship, announced today that its Seattle community crew program, which launched 30 years ago, received the National Park Service (NPS) Director's Partnership Award for...Read more
Phila. teens learn the advantages of volunteeringThe Philly Inquirer
For the past three summers, I've been a crew leader with the Student Conservation Association, a national organization that provides young people with service opportunities. Each July and August, I lead a team of Philadelphia high school students we...Read more
Park helps veterans learn firefightingGrand Canyon News
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - A new partnership between the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and the National Park Service helps veterans transition from the military into a civilian world and into federal firefighting jobs. Some of the training is taking place at the Grand Canyon.
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SCA Earns Environmental Award from Classic Rocker Don Henley
(Boston, MA) September 17, 2014 – The Student Conservation Association (SCA), the national leader in youth service and stewardship, received the Walden Woods Project's Environmental Challenge Award last night from Don Henley, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist and founder of the Walden Woods...Read more
Pittsburgh Teen: A One-Man ForceNews One
Growing up, AmaRece Davis (pictured) didn't have the most-positive outlook. In fact, it was the same outlook as most of the young men in Homewood, one of the most economically depressed, crime-ridden areas of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Drugs, gangs, poverty, lack of...Read more
SCA's Liz Putnam Named Wilderness Hero
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, theclymb.com – one of the web's most popular outdoor adventure and retail sites – has just crowned "5 Heroes of the American Wilderness" and among the royalty is SCA Founder Liz Putnam.
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Secretary Jewell and Partners Mark 50th Anniversary of Wilderness Act at Great Swamp National Wildlife RefugeFish and Wildlife Service
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, Members of Congress and key partners today at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the Land and Water...Read more
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About Tim Klocko
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Tim Klocko, Vice President for Finance and Administration
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Tim Klocko was hired as Thomas University's Vice President of Finance and Administration in 2009, after serving in a similar capacity at other institutions of higher learning. He served as Controller at Grand Veiw College in Iowa and Stephens College in Missouri, and was promoted to Vice-President of Finance at Stephens College prior to coming to TU.
Klocko, whose professional expertise is in accounting, is a member of the National Association of College University Business Officers. He has served as a Board Member for the Boone County Council on Aging and Services for Independent Living, both in Columbia, MO. Klocko holds an MBA with an emphasis in Accounting, and a BS in Accounting and Finance, both from Northwest Missouri State University.


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I have recently read an article on Lenin's New Economic Policy, and I was wondering if there were two sides to the story. What were some of the complications of this policy? In addition to this, was it advantageous to the Russian economy or not?
Lenin's NEP was the Bolshevik controlled Soviet State's turn to capitalism. (Pirani) Inside the Soviet economy a number of critical crises occurred simultaneously in late war communism. The Soviets—a system of predominantly geographical councils monopolised by the Bolsheviks and Left SRs as a bourgeois revolutionary state—had thoroughly alienated rural proletarians, largely by direct massacre and suppression of their revolutionary organs (Makhno, etc.). The peasantry was significantly alienated by the food requisition system. The urban working class was thoroughly demoralised, and their workplace Soviets, largely independently controlled if by pro-Bolshevik workers in a majority of workplace Soviets, demanded access to food and consumer goods. Pirani has found through workplace soviet minutes that urban workers conspired with the Bolsheviks to remove any revolutionary political power residing in the working class.
Simultaneously with this process a right-wing, traditionalist Marxism within the Bolshevik Party managed to mobilise sentiment around a period of Capitalist development in the Soviet Union. (Bukharin) This involved the idea that Russia was fundamentally backwards (in contrast to any economic history of development since 1890...). The conception was that the Soviet Union would need to march through Captialism under control of the Bolshevik State, itself controlled by a party dominated by intelligentsia. The NEP was a natural outgrowth of the Bolshevik Party's substitutionalism. (Lenin)
Finally, the rural and urban production crises spurred the State, ie: the leadership of the party, to react to the crisis of production. They did this by reintroducing capitalism management in the factories (Kollontai), destroying the power of the workplace soviets, the only remaining revolutionary organ of the working class, replacing it with one man management. By legalising trade in rural commodities and "encouraging" private capitalist development of agriculture.
This has the effect of increasing the price of rural commodities, and of taking the price of this out of the standards of living of the urban working class. In trade the urban working class got access to food. The immediate results of this was a miniature terror within the left against revolutionaries who clearly saw NEP as a crushing of the revolution. See, for example, Kronstadt's "all-party" revolutionary soviet. Yes even including bolsheviks.
The long term effect was to set up the "scissors" crisis, where as capitalism caused the price of agricultural commodities to decline, small holding peasants simply stopped producing for market, causing the price of industrial commodities to rise, causing further small peasants and now small rural capitalists to stop producing for market.
The crisis of the NEP was that the countryside was neither run by socialist revolutionary communities, nor by capitalists who would respond to price decline by increasing productivity and intensification of capitalisation. Instead, the peasantry went on strike (again) in the NEP. This lead to a shift to the "left" in the urban working class and eventually the organs of the party, when Stalin moved "left." (Conquest). The results of the ending of the NEP by the reintroduction of urban confiscation of food are notorious.
As far as "advantages" and "disadvantages":
The New Economic Policy was Lenin's version of China's "capitalism under Communism." Under NEP, state control was relaxed in certain areas, and individuals were allowed to have private ownership of "small" enterprises (of up to 20 people), while the state maintained control of the economy, banking system, and larger enterprises. Similar reforms were instituted in agriculture, with "collective farm" peasants being given small private plots.
The problem with the New Economic Policy was that it was "neither fish nor fowl," and therefore displeased people on both sides of the debate. That is, "capitalists" thought that it didn't go nearly far enough, while hard-line Communists resented giving up any party control to independent owners. What was missing on both sides were what William Penn called people with "moderate expectations," who would be happy with a little of one and little of the other.
It was "advantageous" to the Russian economy, insofar as it allowed that economy to improve relative to its former (Communist) self. But as a capitalist, I'd say that it didn't go nearly far enough.


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I have a domain parked in a register and pointing to server by using DNS.
The new DNS are ns.dinahosting.com and ns1.dinahosting.com
If I sign up for a Google Maps API key using the domain name: www.example.com it doesn't work.
Should I try using the DNS value for sign up for a Google Maps API key?


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Arthritis: the root of inflammation
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Andorra will win the World Cup... someday
A warm welcome to all FM fans! I am ThePlaya and I just love playin' hard football. I am using an update by Ohrim from a russian FM fansite (so I'm not using the one from this thread), he made a brilliant update for Andorra with real players (as possible as it can be). So, let's get ready to see some awful amateur football!
Aim - win everything possible with the worst andorran club.
Rules - no transfers in, no loans in. I can sell, loan and release as many players as I want to. I will rely only on my youth academy. I can sign or release staff anytime I want.
Game Setup - Andorra (2 leagues playable), all players from top division clubs (Europe, South America). Profile status - andorran ex-Sunday League Footballer. Playing on the 12.2.1 patch.


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Woman arrested in stabbing incident
STEUBENVILLE - Erica Demus, 22, of 1100B Lincoln Ave. was arrested on a felonious assault charge in connection with an alleged stabbing around 2:35 a.m. today, City Police reported.
Officers reported finding the victim in the alley behind the apartment, claiming Demus stabbed him in the hip area. Demus came out of the apartment and became belligerent with the officer, police reported. She also was holding a knife, the officer said.
The victim said he was arguing with Demus and was leaving the apartment when he said Demus stabbed him, police reported.
The victim refused medical treatment, police reported.
Man charged with assault of officer
ADENA - A bond of $150,000 was set for Eric Joseph Novak, 45, of Harrisville, when he appeared Friday before Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Beetham.
Novak was bound over to the grand jury on two counts of assault of police officers.
He was charged Thursday by sheriff's deputies while operating an ATV on Miric's Ridge outside Harrisville, according to reports, and Novak allegedly pushed a deputy.
Road work announced
The West Virginia Division of Highways has announced minor road work to be performed this week, pending suitable weather.
Crews in Hancock County will patch U.S. Route 30, ditch along Tope and Carothers roads and mow along Three Springs Drive and Culler Road.
Crews in Brooke County will patch U.S. Route 22 and pull shoulders and ditches along Grisby/Tent Church Road and Chapman Heights.
Pot Rock Road near Wellsburg will remain closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week while crews install a gas line. The closing is in effect until May 15, and the official detour is Rabbit Hill Road.
PERI will meet Wednesday
WINTERSVILLE - Jefferson County Chapter 5, Public Employee Retirees, will hold its monthly meeting at noon Wednesday at Zalenski's.
Guest speaker will be Richard Sperry from Special Olympics.
'Fit for a Cure' event set May 15 at Macy's
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Macy's, the Mall at Robinson and Wacoal-America are sponsoring the 2013 "Fit for the Cure" event set from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 15 at Macy's at the mall.
Each customer who attends for a personal Wacoal bra fitting will have $2 donated in her name to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. A purchase will result in another donation in the buyer's name.
There will be refreshments, beauty product samplings, free gifts with purchase and free palm readings courtesy of Dr. Patricia Mauro.
Call (412) 787-9777, extension 1536, for an appointment.


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BCS title game: Scoreboard, and the clock, both favored 'Bama
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The Pratt Community College men's basketball team went 1-2 over last weekend at the Coffeyville Tournament.
They got off to a good start, downing Moberly (MO) 73-69 on Thursday. But then they were dropped Friday by the host Coffeyville Red Ravens, #12 in Division 1, by a 67-55 count.
PCC closed out their weekend Saturday by suffering a narrow 79-74 at the hands of Quakerdale (IA) Prep
Following their 1-2 performance at the Coffeyville Tourney, the Beavers' season record now stands at 7-4.
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