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Mortgage Basics
Adding It Up
A fixed-rate mortgage is one where the interest rate remains constant over the life of the loan. An adjustable-rate mortgage is one where the rate normally stays the same for a specified amount of time, and then may fluctuate.
Another reason you might consider refinancing is to change the length of your mortgage. Many people refinance a 30-year mortgage to get a 15-year mortgage as their financial situation changes.
Or if you have a fixed-rate mortgage, you may be interested in refinancing to get an adjustable-rate loan with a lower interest rate.
Fixed-rate mortgages usually carry higher rates than adjustable-rate loans. They make sense for homeowners who plan on holding a mortgage for a longer term (at least seven years), and who don't like the rate fluctuations that occur with an adjustable mortgage.
When interest rates drop, as they've been doing recently, many borrowers rush to dump their adjustable-rate loans for the certainty of fixed-rate mortgages. If you expect to move or refinance over the next five to seven years, however, an adjustable-rate mortgage probably will result in fewer costs.
Adding It Up
Your credit report is a compilation of information, including your name, Social Security number, date of birth, address from the time you got your first credit card, all places of employment, and how you pay your bills. Your report is stored at a credit agency. You're entitled to see your ,a href="/personal-finance/lifestyle-and-home/47400.html">credit report and can do so by contacting a credit agency or going online.
There also is a type of mortgage known as a two-step, or hybrid adjustable loan. This has a fixed rate during the first three, five, seven, or ten years (depending on your agreement), and then converts to a standard adjustable or fixed mortgage. These loans offer the comfort of a fixed-rate loan during the initial period and have a lower rate than the average 30-year fixed rate.
There are many types of mortgages available, as discussed further in Deciding How You'll Pay for Your Home. If you're interested in refinancing to get a better rate, a different type of mortgage, or to change the length of your loan, keep the following tips in mind.
Don't get a loan with a repayment penalty. This provision typically charges you a fee if you repay more than 20 percent of your loan during the first 5 years.
Get the lock-in in writing. Some lenders will lock the interest rate on the mortgage for a fee. Some lock-ins allow borrowers to benefit from a drop in interest rates while protecting them from increases.
Shop around. Compare the fees and terms of at least four lenders. Look at the rates and the total cost of refinancing from each lender.
Don't allow every potential lender to run a credit check on you. You can't blame potential lenders for wanting to be sure that you're credit worthy, but repeated requests for credit reports can send up red flags at the credit agency and actually lower your credit score. Allow the first lender you contact to run a credit report on the condition that you receive a copy. Provide the report to other lenders as you shop around.
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Get all the information you need about mortgages at Mortgage.com. You can find it on the Internet at www.mortgage.com.
Many mortgage refinancing companies are replacing 30-year loans with 15-year mortgages. A shorter-term mortgage usually offers slightly lower interest rates, which will save a lot of interest over the life of the loan. This means, however, that your monthly payments will be a little higher. Shorter-term loans are a good idea for people who want to pay off their mortgage in time for retirement.
Biweekly mortgage payments allow you to make 26 mortgage payments a year, which is equal to 13 monthly payments instead of the usual 12. This is a disciplined approach to paying off your mortgage early. Ask your lender about the possibility of changing a monthly mortgage to a biweekly schedule. There may be a minimal fee, but the extra payment every year will make a difference.
As you can see, there are many factors to think about if you're considering refinancing your mortgage. It's a good idea to meet with a representative of a lending company for more information if you're thinking about changing the terms of your current loan.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 40s and 50s © 2002 by Sarah Young Fisher and Susan Shelly. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Okemo Mountain's Competition Programs are designed with the long-term development of young athletes in mind. We constantly explore new ways of creating excitement. Our goal is to help competitors become the best that they can be. Whether the recreational competition path is chosen or the path to national championships, we strive to instill healthy competitive drive and the love of a lifetime sport. All competitors and participants must be a member of OMARA. Applications must include initial OMARA dues.
Racing Programs
- U18-21: 15-19 years
- U16: 14-15 years
- U14: 12-13 years
- U10-12: 7-11 years
- Development PG: 13-18 years
- Hopefuls: 7-12 years
Freestyle Programs
- Freestyle: 8-18 years
- Okemo Mountain Snowboard Team & Groms Team: 6-18 years
For an application to register your child in one of our Okemo Competition Programs, please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or call the Okemo Competition Center at 802-228-1483.
- Travel is not mandatory for any group, however, training at Okemo may not be available on competition days.
- In our programs that require travel, Okemo Mountain is not responsible for travel arrangements.
- Equipment in the Training Center must be stored in lockers. Lockers are not provided for all participants and must be signed up for with the race secretary.
- 2-day programs run every Saturday and Sunday; 3-day programs run every Friday through Sunday. Training will be scheduled during the following vacation dates: December 26-31, 2014 and February 16-20, 2015.
- Helmets are required by the United States Ski Association
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- Helmets are required at all times for OMST and OMST
Groms teams.
Applicants must be able to master the majority of mountain terrain and ride all lifts. All new applicants must be screened before acceptance. This is to insure the readiness of the athlete and the proper program placement. Screenings are conducted the first two weekends in December. Appointments may be made through the Okemo Competition Center.
Work one-on-one with an Okemo Racing Pro and you'll find one of the fastest ways to take your ability to a higher level. From Racing to Freestyle to Snowboarding, our competition staff can help you advance. Private lessons are available for $100-115 per hour and can be booked through the Okemo Competition Center at 802-228-1483.
For Okemo Competition Center athletes who are looking to access more training and take their athletic performance to the next level, we encourage you to explore the options at Okemo Mountain School (OMS). OMS is a winter term ski and snowboard academy dedicated to delivering a rigorous academic curriculum while providing an intense on-snow training schedule that would not be possible within a traditional school setting. Our mission is to challenge and support motivated student-athletes to grow into successful individuals. At OMS, student-athletes are given the opportunity to realize their athletic goals without compromising their academic goals.
The Okemo Mountain School community is close-knit and caring. We value each of our community member's aspirations and goals and always encourage the achievement of personal bests in all pursuits. Leading by example, our faculty and staff teach respect for oneself, others, and one's surroundings. We believe that our student-athletes leave OMS better prepared for their future with a strong sense of independence and outstanding skills in time management.
Most of all, we are passionate about what we do here at OMS. Our student-athletes love to learn, train, and compete; our faculty and staff love to teach, coach, and inspire. We invite you to call, email or visit OMS and learn more about the opportunities here!
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The file on a tremendously absorbing murder investigation will soon be permanently closed, as Friday through Sunday mark Franciscan University of Steubenville's final performances of renowned murder mystery author, Agatha Christie's "The Hollow" at the university's Anathan Theatre.
Christie's carefully crafted tale, which weaves thrilling suspense and arresting wit throughout, is masterfully interpreted by the production's cohesive and impressively talented ensemble cast of 12 students under the direction of drama professor Monica Fay Anderson.
Lying on the floor of the garden room in Sir and Lady Angkatell's opulent home, known as the Hollow, their weekend guest, Dr. John Cristow, feebly exclaims his final word, "Henrietta," before succumbing to a fatal gunshot wound, inflicted by an assailant whose identity only the physician himself can assert. Upon rushing into the room soon after hearing the shot, host and hostess, as well as several relatives - also invited to spend the weekend - and one of the manor's servants are stunned to discover the doctor's tremendously devoted wife holding a revolver while she watches, in utter shock, as her husband dies. As numbing confusion envelopes the mansion, suspicion and wild intrigue also rage. Could the doctor's extremely timid and selfless wife have wanted him dead, and if so, why? Thoughts also shift questioningly to Veronica Craye, a celebrated and very seductive Hollywood film star with a past romantic history involving Cristow, who only the evening before the doctor's death had imposed herself upon him and the other lodgers at the Hollow. She also had invited him to her cottage near the residence. Cristow's queer utterance of the name of the Angkatell's niece, who was crouched beside him as he entered mortality, is also not far from the front of everyone's minds, nor is anyone else left unsuspected as they, along with the assistance of an inspector and his underling detective, attempt to ascertain the motive for and perpetrator of this unexpected casualty.
Sarah Vink provides a wealth of lighthearted and endearing humor as Lucy Angkatell, the emotionally detached and extremely absentminded lady of the manor, as she flits about, always enthusiastically abuzz with some nonsensical musing or childishly preoccupied by an inconsequential issue.
A chilling sense of egocentrism and supreme arrogance resound strongly and alluringly throughout Joseph Andreola's portrayal of Dr. John Cristow, creating a complex and very emotionally potent man. When coupled with Melissa Redfield's attractively sturdy and refreshingly sympathetic Henrietta Angkatell, a particularly startling intensity flares, bringing about an undeniable heightening of sensation.
An immeasurable amount of sorrowful tenderness seeps through the large, injured eyes and tragically humble spirit of Rose Van Shaijik's Gerda Cristow, the doctor's belittled yet remarkably faithful wife. Van Shaijik's depiction of Gerda's uneasiness yet unfailing politeness toward her company at the Hollow and her quiet indignation while watching Pharyne Stephney's Veronica Craye unabashedly fawn over the doctor in her presence also evoke agonizing pity.
The most express way to learn the methodical strategy and the breath-baiting solution to this complex crime is to simply pop over to Anathan Theatre and pay a call to "The Hollow" for yourself. I certainly wouldn't dream of ruining the suspense because, to paraphrase part of Inspector Colquhoun's final bidding to the audience, "It's just not a kind thing to do."


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"You could live in a van!!"
That's what Margery said when she saw me winding a skein of Ultra Alpaca from a little nook at my desk.
I've certainly settled in, populating every corner with knitting essentials: stitch dictionaries, shade cards and a bulletin board that holds inspiring images and a detailed calendar. I'm getting used to forgetting what day/month/season it is! It's a little disorienting to plan summery photo shoots, arrange a palette of autumnal colors and squish skeins of wintry wool blends all in the span of a day.
In spite of that, it's a very happy perch…
Yesterday Norah and I returned to Western Mass for an interactive trunk show at Webs. Norah introduced the sweaters from NG vol. 3 and Andra (the Northeast Berroco sales representative) and I walked the runway showing two sizes of many of the most popular sweaters. Andra was a natural and Kathy took quite a bit of video footage (I'll link to it when she posts it). Usually people are pretty shy about trying on sample garments but this was pure sweater madness–it looked like Filene's Basement!
As usual, unconventional shapes were surprisingly flattering on a wide range of bodies, and using the tried and true upside-down trick, options were multiplied. One attendee tried on Linear but didn't feel comfortable with the flyaway shape. We turned it upside down and voila–no exposed belly and a lush shawl collar gave it a wholly different 'grandpa chic' look. Eastlake was a crowd favorite, but I was impressed by Cosmia–everyone on Ravelry says it's super fast which sounds ideal as the mercury is plummeting here faster than I can knit!
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A friend of mine recently tried on an Eastlake sample at our LYS (way out here in the Rocky Mountains) and almost instantly found herself snapping up the pattern book and enough Inca Gold to make it.September 19, 2008
You mean the upside-down trick isn't just a one-time joke that got played on me at Stitches West? (http://fiberfiend.com/blog/2008/04/upside-down.html)September 19, 2008
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I'll be interested to see the picture of the upside-down Linear. I just don't see how that could work, with a shaped, anatomically correct (when right-side-up) sleeve cap. I'm all for versatility, but. . .September 20, 2008
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Thanks for the link to see the patterns in vol. 3 which I love of course. You say that the patterns are flattering to many body types which I can see would be true. I have very sloping shoulders and was wondering if Eastlake (my favorite in vol. 3) would have too wide a neckline for someone like me (most wide neck sweaters slip off of my shoulders).September 23, 2008


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On my work computer I have upgraded 10.04 to 10.10 and now to 11.04. Upgrades have mostly worked well and the dual screen setup is almost working. There are however a couple of annoying bugs which I tried to report but the bug reporting tool told me to ask about the bugs here. Here's what I have found:
- Auto-hide stops working. It doesn't seem to matter which application is maximised/covering the dock, it just stays on top. I have tested changing the autohide settings with no result.
- Scenario: One maximised window on each screen. If I now try to drag the window that doesn't have focus by dragging the top of the window nothing happens. I can also not give the window focus by clicking the top bar, I have to click inside the window and then I can drag the window. If I unmaximise the window with focus it does work and I can both change focus and drag the window directly by clicking the top of the maximised window.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Those in the Bowling Green area may have seen a few more Corvettes driving around the past few days.
The annual National Corvette Museum Bash kicked off Thursday and runs through Saturday. More than 1,000 Corvettes have converged on the museum representing several generations. New this year is the area's first look at the C7 Stingray.
The new Corvette brings a special boost to the bash.
"Typically at this event we will have around 1,000 people. This year it looks like more than 2,500 and it's an indication of the excitement I think people have to see the new Corvette," says Executive Director Wendell Strode.
As part of the festivities several Corvettes are up for raffle to the public. The event wraps up Saturday with the annual Bash Banquet.


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Developing our Intelligent Transport Systems Strategy
What are Intelligent Transport Systems?
ITS incorporate a range of technologies from basic in-vehicle satellite navigation systems (SatNav) right through to traffic lights.
Why we need ITS
Transport issues such as mobility, accessibility and congestion are acknowledged problems in many cities, including Birmingham. In the past the answer has been to build more roads. This is no longer acceptable - and in Birmingham, where space is at a premium and land is expensive, it is not really possible. ITS offers opportunities to manage travel demand and can help reduce the need for new infrastructure.
New communications technologies offer real solutions to improving transport and information making travel in and around the city a more pleasant and safer experience for the people of Birmingham and its visitors.Benefits of ITS
- improved safety responding to incidents and sharing information about transport problems as well as reducing fear of crime and improving security,
- protecting the environment by improving the efficiency of existing transport infrastructure and helping to reduce traffic growth, and
- improving partnerships by facilitating better co-operation with other authorities including the police and sharing information.
Our strategy sets out seven areas where ITS applications can play an important role for transport and travellers in Birmingham:
- improving traffic flow,
- improving road safety,
- improving traveller information,
- improving public transport,
- improving freight efficiency, and
- improving the environment.
Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC)
UTMC will be key to improving ITS in Birmingham. It will be the catalyst for enabling Birmingham to better integrate with the systems of the Police, the Highways Agency, and public transport operators in order to make sharing and providing information much easier.
Framework for change
We have already invested considerably in ITS, and more will be gradually invested in the future. As they are phased in, all projects will meet Urban Traffic Management Control standards. By upgrading to UTMC we can all reap the benefits of integration. Together with the six other West Midlands Districts, Birmingham has submitted a joint bid to the Department for Transport for 6 million to fund the development of the UTMC.


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Fantasy football in Death Valley
August 25, 2013
To the editor: Rolling thunder echoes under the darkened skies of Death Valley. Roaming alone in the pasture of Reno is a mighty stallio....
Still waiting on that answer Steubenvilleman!
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Steubenvilleman, young folks do have problems everywhere. However, where else can you gang rape a passed out defenseless young woman and suit up to play in the big game Friday night? As for naming names, those people are convicted felons. If it were up to me they'd be required to have their crimes tattooed across their forehead, and they'd have about as many rights as a fly buzzing around your house. Let me ask you this, and I doubt you'll answer honestly. Those names I mentioned; are they innocent people, or criminals?
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Two disagreements... Makes me sad.
I am not talking about you posters; I am talking about the whole situation.
If there was any class or character in the program, school, town, we'd all be better off.
I agree with many of the statements here, because they all point to what I am talking about.
Being vicious to others is also a clue.
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Class and character is what all this is about....
Both might be lacking......
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Dear Steubenville: Death Valley is where Clemson plays. Regarding this story though, meth is a heck of a drug.
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RPG is a loon, BUT it is teubenvilleman who's posts have been deleted. Says volumes. Are you related to mrcore, steubenvilleman?
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RPG0340 I am pretty sure that I could go to any high school in the country and find a few young men that have made bad decisions. I might even be able to mention their names in the comments section of their local newspaper I won't do that though because I have some class. That is a task for someone like you.
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Two people agree with me and 3 disagree with you. Still think I am a loon? LOL! Maybe I'm not the "loon" here. Remember, crazy people swear they are sane and everyone else is crazy.
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Demented, second rate loon? Nice! A true coach, one that looks after his players and their well being would resign over such a scandal. They'd do this out of shame that they had failed so miserably. Coaching is about producing good, young men, or women, ready to enter the work force, or college, in a better disciplined, more regulated, and squared away state than they were when they first came to you. It is not what you can get them out of so they can play Friday night. Big Red produces more bad apples than a rotten tree. Malik Richmond, Trent Mays, Nodianos, Bronco Busick, and Brandon Young just a few in recent years.
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?Noticed yesterday on the marquee at the TRIPLE PLAY CAFE "Coach Reno Show " , what's that all about ?"
More idiot worship by the lost souls of this area. People that are so obsessed with football that they miss work to watch steeler games, and re-fi their homes to buy training equipment and hire a trainer for their son. A son that couldn't even get into college anyway because their grades are not adequate. But he is going to go pro.
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Noticed yesterday on the marquee at the TRIPLE PLAY CAFE "Coach Reno Show " , what's that all about ?
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It sure is Fantasy Football...
Let's get back to reality:
Rape is Rape.
Contributing is a crime....
Failure to report is a crime....
Well, in most communities......
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Big Red's new cheer.
"Drive-by's, gang rape, fixed grades for all, we from big red yes we are. Gooooo team! Rape Red Rape!!!"
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I also think it is very suspicious that this Grand Jury won't do a thing until football season is over. What a stack of crap.
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Why would anyone go watch Big Red Rape play when they allow Saltsman on the team?
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I can only hope that Don Carnahan is a young teenager, or younger.
The fact that there is a chance that an "adult" would write such a bizarre letter about HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN PLAYING A GAME is scary, and sums up the Steubenville mentality which has led to the present-day sick culture which exists in this town. Please Don, GET A LIFE!!!!!!
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Yes, from the thundering cheers of the "raperoom" a.k.a, the stadium where big red plays. The cheers of the stupid! A PUBLIC school has a jumbotron and a flaming horse, but their product, idiot, 85 IQ, drug dealing idiots that run the streets shanking and shooting one another after graduation. Not to mention gang raping young women while suiting up to play on Friday night. It's all good though, it will never end until the public comes to it's senses. Until then, Rape Red, Rape.
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That letter is living proof that some people have too much time on their hands !
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The most current data on suicides in Plymouth County comes from the state Department of Public Health and covers the years 2009-2011.
During that three-year span, there were 148 repor...
The most current data on suicides in Plymouth County comes from the state Department of Public Health and covers the years 2009-2011.
During that three-year span, there were 148 reported suicides, but public health officials estimate up to 20 percent more may not be reported.
Men were four times more likely to kill themselves than women during that period in Plymouth County.
Most of the people who killed themselves were middle-aged residents. Thirty-five were in the 45 to 54 age group; 33 were in the 35 to 44 age group. There were 15 suicides of residents 24 and younger. More suicides occurred in December than any other month.
The reported suicides by town for 2009-2011 are:
East Bridgewater-2
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Annemarie Matulis has worked to prevent suicides in Bristol County since 2012.
As director of the Bristol County Regional Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Matulis says she is now "thrilled" a similar coalition has formed in Plymouth County.
"Our goal is just to keep working from community to community to raise awareness," Matulis said Tuesday. "Eventually, we're going to save lives. That's the ultimate goal. Our job is to save lives."
Matulis spoke as the Taunton area is grappling with the recent suicide of 14-year-old Kacie Palm at her Taunton home on July 17.
Palm's suicide followed last winter's suicide of a Plymouth South High School student, which spurred the creation of a suicide prevention coalition in Plymouth County.
Paul Gabriele, acting chairman of the fledgling Plymouth County Suicide Prevention Coalition, said it will take six to eight months to get his countywide program fully running.
Concerned health professionals and state and local administrators from throughout the region have held two organizational meetings this summer and are poised to start offering programming in local schools this fall.
"Suicide is the cancer of 40 years ago. It has to become a word people are willing to say and look you in the eye," Gabriele said.
Matulis said she has been working with Gabriele and Maura Weir, regional project manager of the Cape and Islands Youth Suicide Prevention Project, to educate people about suicide prevention and awareness across southeastern Massachusetts.
"We have every community south of Boston covered now between the three of us," said Matulis, whose coalition in Bristol County formed in December 2012.
Matulis said there is no countywide suicide prevention coalition in Norfolk County, but communities in that county are covered by other regional coalitions.
The Bristol County coalition works from a minimal budget and relies heavily on volunteers, said Matulis, who receives a low monthly stipend for her work as director. In its second year, the Bristol County coalition received a state grant of $5,000 and is set to receive about $15,000 in its third year, Matulis said.
The funding pays for suicide prevention training, materials and events, she said.
"It's not a whole lot of money," Matulis said. "That's why we all look to other options for fundraising."
The Light the Way Suicide Prevention Walk, in its fifth year, will be held in Taunton on Sept. 7. The annual fundraiser raises money for suicide prevention programming.
A Taunton training session on suicide prevention will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 21 in the library of the Friedman Middle School, 500 Norton Ave. The training is open to the public but is limited to 30 people who must pre-register by Aug. 16 by calling 508-922-7278.
Page 2 of 2 - In Plymouth County, Gabriele said he would like to see more community members involved and offer programming to more than school administrators.
The program should also include veterans agents, hospice workers, medical professionals, police and first responders. The entire community, from hairdressers to clergy, bartenders to coaches, should get training in how to recognize warning signs and offer help, he said.
Gabriele, a Plymouth resident, was working with the state's Suicide Prevention Coalition last winter, helping residents of Scituate and Marshfield develop their own community-based program, when a Plymouth South High School student killed herself at home.
Jeff House, the parent of a recent Plymouth South graduate struggling with depression and a survivor of an attempted suicide as a young man, contacted Gabriele about the need for some support in his town.
The concept was built over the past several months, with more than two dozen stakeholders from Hull to Rochester gathering for meetings at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth.
The coalition has found support from the principal of Plymouth South High School.
Patty Fry said her staff was able to identify several other students struggling with depression as a result of her student's suicide, but could definitely benefit from additional training.
Fry said she will send guidance counselors to the coalition's monthly meetings and next year will devote staff training sessions to suicide awareness.
The coalition is not aimed solely at students.
According to the most recent state statistics, a majority of people who died by suicide in Plymouth County in the last three years were middle aged, between the ages of 45 and 54. Overall, men outnumbered women by a 4-to-1 margin.
Gabriele and Matulis encouraged the creation of smaller, community-based coalitions, like the effort in Marshfield and Scituate, as a foundation for the regional efforts.
The Plymouth County coalition will hold its next meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 13 in the Funkhouser Room at BID-Plymouth hospital. The public is invited. For more information, visit www.masspreventssuicide.org.
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Remember The War on Terror and the term Colateral Damage . Let me refresh your mmorey, when you drop bombs on someone, say Al Quida or the Taliban, sometimes you skip and get women and children. To make it a bit more palatable for the public at home, you call it Colateral Damage , didn't mean to receive those innocent bystanders, but they were in the wrong place.MKs are Colateral Damage . The generals sent the NTM troops into foreign lands to drop religon on the masses. But the MKs ended up in boarding school along with a few of your Sergeants were a bit heavy using the discipline in addition to a bit free with their hands and other bits of anatomy. The war may happen to be likely well, but evaluate the Colateral Damage .Time for OPERATION CLEANUP and also a few court marshalls.
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I used to play CM all the time from the very first release all the way up to the 2006 release, I stayed loyal to CM through the troubled times and picked up FM after the name change.
Release 2007 came out and I played the demo and saw nothing radically different from 2006. Now 2008 is out I still see the same game as CM4.
Okay people will shout now and tell me 2008 is a totally different game, new game engine, better media interaction etc...but bar a few new bells and whistles it's still the same game.
So I have some spare time on my hands in an evening and I know that if I start playing again, the chances are I'll see the sunrise while trying to win the league.
So, what 5 things about the 2008 release make the game worth buying and playing again?


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In order to submit patches and items to certain projects as well as qualify to run as a moderator of Ask Ubuntu, I need to sign the Code of Conduct.
How do I do this?
In order to submit patches and items to certain projects as well as qualify to run as a moderator of Ask Ubuntu, I need to sign the Code of Conduct.
How do I do this?
It is made very easy to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct
Launchpad offers a step by step guide to do so:
https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct *
*Note that you will only see links to the codes there if you have already signed it
This will open the following page:
All you have to do is following the steps outlined.
You will be guided through all steps you may need to succeed. There are even popups for additional help in case you get stuck.
Once you have done all (should not take you more than 5 minutes) you will hopefully never have to do this again.
Of course you will also be able to withdraw your signature any time.
Although the answers given already are great in detail, I'd like to add one of my own. There is a tool that automates the process (including generating a PGP Key): The Code of Conduct Signing Assistant. There's a PPA available and also a separate .deb file.
It guides you through the whole process, so you just have to follow the steps and in the end you'll have signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of this tool.
First, make a PGP key as outlined here.
Then, download a copy of the code of conduct from here.
Then, Read the code of conduct. You aren't signing a document with legal standing, but you are signing something that will affect the opinion of your fellow community members, and if you don't agree with it, then don't sign it. Then, open a terminal and run the following:
That will create a file along the lines of
Open that file in a text editor and copy it.
On the Ubuntu Code of Conduct page, click "Sign it!" then paste into the textbox. Click "Continue". Congratulations, you've signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct!
As you say, in order to have use launchpad to its fullest and have the ability to submit patches, help in certain projects that you find interesting and overall be involved in the launchpad community and other related communities in launchpad there is a "Code of Conduct" that you must first agree upon which basically says that you will behave accordantly and not go Rambo III on everyone.
To do this you must first (Assuming you already have your fingerprint. If not look below):
Go to http://launchpad.net and Register an account. After registering you should see something like this:
Click on your user account and on the bottom you should see an option that says "Signed Ubuntu Code of Conduct":
In my image it says YES but if you have not already done it, it should give you a link to the Code of Conduct page. If you click on the link it will send you to the CoC page where you can read the whole CoC and Accept and Activate it at the bottom of that page. Before accepting you need to enter your Fingerprint in the CoC page:
Now this is only in the launchpad website.
For this to work you also need your PGP Key since this is the way to "Accept" the CoC.
To do this you first:
There are a couple of links that are good to know why you need to sign:
Why Sign CoC: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SigningCodeofConduct
Steps to do this (Including terminal commands): http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-the-Ubuntu-Code-of-Conduct
Another nice question link here: How do I make a PGP key?


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I have 3.3 gigs of space in the "other" category on my 16 gig iPad. The space for "other" has grown over time. I've synced. I've powered down. I've turned all running apps off. How do I reclaim this used space that I'm not using?
The "Other" space is not necessarily unused as you imply. It could simply be your user data from your applications.
If you check in
For example, my Instacast it taking up
If you were to add up your the data in this list, then subtract the total amount of "application" usage from it, it should pretty much equate to the bulk of this "other" data. Of course, there are other things that are included as "Other", including your mail data, sms messages, internal log files and location data stores etc etc etc which may fluctuate over time but the big portion is just your apps contents.
I had the same issue - 2 GB "other" space that I couldn't attribute to anything. After seeing Martin's thought I decided to try installing the iOS 6 update, even though I didn't want to. That did the trick, cleared up 1.8 GB.
Ideally Apple would provide an easier way to reclaim "other" space.
This problem was driving me crazy. I tried everything suggested on numerous websites and forums, until I finally realized what had happened. I installed the programs sugested by many and searched for this other space that was referenced. I couldn't find much, and it was really frustrating. I finally just rebooted it and cleared all the space, so... if you haven't tried rebooting your iPad/iPhone do that.
I've just been through the process of finding out what is included in "Other" and clearing it on my iPod Touch (4th Gen, iOS 5), so I believe the following should apply to the iPad as well.
I had 2.3GB in the Other section as reported by the iTunes bar. This does not include the data within the apps, they are shown as the App section of the iTunes bar and itemised as shown in stuffe's post. The majority of it (2.2GB) was pictures and video taken using the camera, still in the Photos app in Camera Roll. I found that out using DiskAid, which allows you to copy them to your PC/Mac. Right click and Get Info on folders in DiskAid shows you how big each one is. Note that the Photos section of the iTunes bar seems to include the other albums but not the Camera Roll.
I tried this answer, removing the F folders, but it didn't save that much memory for me (about 0.1GB), you may get better results.
A lot of people seem to be saying it's the Mail app, log files, bookmarks, notes, calendar appointments, reminders etc but this doesn't seem to add up to gigabytes.
Another thought - it appears that iOS 6 has downloaded without my permission, which would be a rather large file. As soon as the badge on Settings appeared, I noticed that it gave me the option to download and install. Until the Maps issue is resolved, I don't intend to upgrade, so I definitely haven't given it permission, but now it simply says Install Now.
Shut down the ipad completely, restart it sync and you get the free space. Strange but it works. I had 25gb in my other
I tried to change the movies on my ipad 2, deleting 3 and adding a new 3 at the same time. The sizes were ok so it should have been able to fit easily. The delete happened but I did not get the space recovered. My Other category swelled.
Re-syncing failed then I found powering off then on solved my problem, "other" went to a normal amount and then I was able to add my movies, I think this is rediculous but it just adds to the "others" mystery.
I used DiskAid, went to Media - PhotoData - Thumbnails and deleted everything in the folder. I reclaimed 1.76GB or 3.53GB.
This happens to me every three or four syncs. "Other" mushrooms to 3-4 gigs. The solution I use is to disconnect the iPad from the PC. Hard power down. Wait 10 or more seconds. Repower up the iPad and then sync. It works about 95% of the time.
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Today, the Iowa State Patrol and Nationwide Insurance Company are launching a statewide initiative to deter and catch vehicle thieves. In the following weeks and months, several highly equipped vehicles will be deployed in communities across Iowa. These cars have GPS tracking and in-car video surveillance capabilities, all designed to catch car thieves in-the-act.
At today's announcement Colonel Dave Garrison of the Iowa State Patrol said, "Our top priority is ensuring safety and protecting the quality of life we enjoy here in Iowa. So, we've been taking a close look at statistics and plan to place these bait cars in areas known for vehicle theft. The unsuspecting thief will be in for a surprise once he or she gets in behind the wheel."
Your car is your link to the rest of the community. When you need to pick up groceries or take your kids to soccer practice, it's the single greatest resource you have to make the day run smoothly and ensure everyone is arrives safely. Your car is often one of the largest assets you have as well. That's why the crime of vehicle theft can have such a crippling effect on your quality of life and your financial status.
"About one-fourth of the comprehensive coverage of your auto policy is driven by auto theft costs," remarked Bob O'Hollearn, Regional Vice President of Allied Insurance. "In Iowa the average for comprehensive is $160 a year, so that is $40 just to account for auto theft. This is exactly why Allied is helping Iowa law enforcement catch those car thieves."
Between 2006 and 2010, Iowa law enforcement reported 22,442 incidents of motor vehicle theft in Iowa. That's one vehicle theft per every 97 licensed drivers in the state. Though final data is not yet available, comfortable estimates indicate there were more than 3,600 incidents of motor vehicle thefts in 2012.
The bait car vehicle project, sponsored by Nationwide, has been successfully executed in several other states. Here in Iowa, Nationwide donated to the Iowa State Patrol, several vehicles and the surveillance equipment inside. In coordination with local law enforcement agencies, the bait cars will be situated in various communities experiencing vehicle theft. Then, Troopers will monitor in real-time, from a remote location, when and where the car thief has taken the bait.
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Now-a-days I get confused at small things. When It comes to making choices/taking decisions, I get confused and unable to make my own choices even if the choices are not a big deal. When I have to handle too many tasks together, I get confused... It's like confusion is becoming a habit to me... I really feel stressed at the time of confusion. My life is great and hardly I have any problems, but the only thing that seems problematic is my habit of getting confused/stressed at small things... Please suggest me some tips to override confusion and stress.
Following daRoBBie's sensible split...
Unable to make choices The one thing that's made a big difference for me is to imagine the choice in the past - so ask yourself "When I look back on this moment in six months time, would I rather have quit this habit/job/relationship and be somewhere else, or would I rather be making progress with X/Y/Z
Getting confused / overwhelmed by too many tasks This is one of Dave Allen's big platforms (and daRoBBie has already talked a little about it). If you have a list/bucket/system that you trust - it utterly relaxes you for the task you are dealing with. This is something I was very sceptical of, but it turns out to be true. I know I work though my list without missing anything and have done for years. So when I pop something onto my list I suddenly stop thinking about it until next time I look at my list and choose something to deal with. I notice this particularly when I've not had a chance to to something on my list yet - I'll spend the next hour trying to concentrate on a conversation with someone while my mind keeps shouting 'Book dentist' at me. As soon as I make a note saying 'Book dentist' I start to be able to concentrate again. It's a weird feeling, but it's very liberating.
Try this: First get a small notebook. At work, I've used a little 8"x5" notebook, but if your situation occurs when you are out and about maybe use a smaller moleskine-type pad. When you catch yourself in your confusion, try to write your way out of it. You can start with "I am feeling confused about this." Write whatever comes to mind about it. It may be dry, like strictly objective about the situation, it may be how you feel about the situation, and/or it may be how you feel about your being confused about the situation. It doesn't have to be a multi-page soul-probing epic, though that's fine if that's what comes up. More practically, it could be a few sentences, a paragraph. If I'm doing it, I try to quickly acknowledge what I'm feeling, quickly note if I think there's a reason or emotional trigger, and then jot down something practical like next steps.
You are actually describing two problems, so let's split them up.
Unable to make choices
Making a choice is a habit. Eben Pagan once described it as a muscle you can train. If you don't train it, even simple choices get difficult. His advice was to train it by taking decisions. Start on the small choices, just make one, and don't worry too much about whether it is the right one. Through enough practice this will become easier, then move on to bigger decisions.
Getting confused / overwhelmed by too many tasks
This is usually because you keep all your tasks in your head, or not in a proper system your mind trusts. Look at this question for more details to get this problem solved: How to prevent from being overwhelmed
You need to evaluate the higher purpose of why the small things are entering your consciousnesses. Ask yourself. "What is this really and why did this capture my attention." Whats the successful outcome of me having handled this small thing? Is that important?
It could be that you are giving yourself too many options. If you start to think about the higher purpose of the things in your life you should be able to eliminate those that are not really so important after all.
The other answers here have excellent suggestions. For the issue of having too many tasks, I would add that having a system you trust absolutely is the way to go. Never assume that you will "remember to do that". Some people like to-do lists, but if you have a lot of things on the go, it's good to have a to-do list as well as some type of calendar or way of scheduling those tasks into your schedule. If you have a lot of little tasks, grouping similar items together can help too. Make sure you cross things off your calendar and/or to-do list to keep track of things and get the satisfaction of progress.
The "habit of getting confused/stressed at small things" is a harder one to tackle, because habitual behaviors are generally deeply engrained, and this is more to do with your mental state of being. To begin with, it sounds like tracking your to-do items should remove the stress from the small things, so long as you trust that you will cover all the bases using your system. Stress is a part of life and, whether it's a small amount or large, and something we all deal with. Major issues will still bring you some level of stress, but if you approach things in an organized manner, it's surprising how this really is half the battle. I really like the idea in another answer... if you look back on this... did you give proper priority to the right tasks. When priorities change (daily sometimes), you just need to be able to honestly tell yourself that you focused on the right things for your situation. If you can do that, you have been proactive and done the right things.
Don't expect stress to disappear, but if you do these things (have a system of tracking tasks, and focusing on the right priorities) you should find stress levels drop. I watch people who are cool under pressure, and think we can all take a page from their playbook. Be confident that you can handle what comes your way, but also ask for help when needed. Other things that might help could include running your priorities by a peer somewhat familiar with your situation and asking if they think you are in-line with reality, as well as being able to put aside thoughts about other tasks while you focus on the current task.
Personally, I think confusion is necessairy (to a certain extend). After confusion comes clarity (for sure). They both come together and cannot exist alone. Confusion is like breaking the down the web of information. And this is necessairy before our mind comes up with a new order, new structure of knowledge. So my advice would be to embrace confusion and learn patience, because clarity will come.
That's a great question. I've got almost zero free time in my days and for the last few years I've created a simple system for keeping myself on track and not confused:
a. Pick an online tool to list out whatever it is you're considering/confused about
b. Jot down, quickly, the key things that you'll need to do to accomplish this thing
c. When you're feeling confused - focus on one of the things you wrote down and focus on one of the small steps you listed for accomplishing it
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Walmart still has a much cheaper price at $7 for 24 rolls. 24x4=96 rolls $7x4=$28 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Angel-Soft-2-Ply-Unscented-Regular-Bathroom-Tissue-Rolls-24-count/14526008
@segafanalways: The Walmart link is for 24 regular rolls (150 sheets per roll). The Staples deal is for 80 rolls with 450 sheets per roll. It would take 10 packages of the Walmart 24 pack regular rolls (10x24x150=36,000 sheets) to equal total number of sheets in the single 80 pack of the Staples deal (1x80x450=36,000 sheets). Staples = much better deal ($7x10=$70 Walmart vs $40x1=$40 Staples).


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Which denominations (churches) have the highest attendance of young adults (say ~16 to ~32) as a percentage of the congregation?
If statistics aren't available, then in your experience, what are some churches with high young adult attendance?
Note: any insight from any country would help, but I'm mainly interested in the "next generation's" adoption of Christianity in the U.S. and Western Europe. This is for research.


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Per John Whittle of TheBigSpur.com, RHP Clarke Schmidt of Acworth, GA has committed to USC for the 2014 class. His older brother is Clemson pitcher Clate Schmidt. He picked the Gamecocks over Georgia, Clemson, Ole Miss and Auburn.
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Great White Sharks in New England | Feeding Frenzy
The first onlookers? Locals mainly. Chatham, Massachusetts, residents who'd heard something from someone about something in the water. It was Labor Day weekend 2009, a beautiful late-summer day. They went to the sea, staking out a spot on the town's wide, sandy beaches in hopes of catching a glimpse, maybe something better. Then the larger crowds came–eager masses of out-of-towners who claimed their own perches–twelve hundred steady regulars keeping watch at Lighthouse Beach alone. They snapped pictures, then headed into town to snap up the T-shirts and other tchotchkes that had suddenly appeared in local gift shops.
The media? They arrived in force, too, rumbling satellite trucks and roving reporters–36 news outlets in all, including the BBC–who gave this thing the whiff of Brad and Angelina. They jammed the phone lines and tracked down key officials; one enterprising journalist even showed up at the home of the town's harbormaster at 10 one night for an impromptu interview. In this frenzied, all-too-familiar scenario–holiday weekend, prime sunny weather–everyone wanted a piece of the action.
Great white sharks can do that.
A little context. The file on unprovoked shark attacks is actually quite slim: worldwide, just 59 documented strikes in 2008. In United States waters there have been only 1,033 confirmed attacks since 1900, a scant six of them coming off the New England coast. In all, just 51 people have been killed by sharks in U.S. waters in the last 110 years, most recently a Florida kite surfer last February.
But that doesn't diminish how much of a force of nature sharks–whites in particular–really are. The big ones are a showcase of almost mythical heft (up to 5,000 pounds) and ferociousness (a single bite can extract up to 50 pounds of meat). Written accounts of attacks go back as early as the mid-fifth century b.c., to the time of Herodotus, the Greek historian who wrote about Persian sailors who'd been eaten by sea monsters a generation earlier, in 492 b.c. It's been 2,500 years of wonder and fear ever since.
"When I was kid growing up in Dorchester, [Massachusetts], we'd go swimming and everyone would always say, 'Be careful–remember what happened to Troy,'" says Captain Tom King, creator of NewEnglandSharks.com, a Web site brimming with historical information about the region's sharks and man's interaction with them. "Troy" was Joseph C. Troy Jr., a 16-year-old Dorchester kid whose death in July 1936 is the most recent shark-related fatality in New England. He was swimming with a family friend in the late afternoon, about 150 yards off Hollywood Beach in Mattapoisett, on Buzzards Bay, when an eight-foot white shark suddenly latched on to the boy's left leg, temporarily bringing him under. Just as quickly as it had appeared, however, the fish swam off, but not before striking a devastating blow. Troy's leg, according to one newspaper report, had been "stripped of flesh from ankle to thigh by the razor teeth of the sea tiger." He'd eventually made it to a hospital but had died several hours later as doctors were amputating the limb.
Before Troy, there was Joseph Blaney, a 52-year-old Swampscott, Massachusetts, fisherman who lost his life in July 1830 when a shark attacked his boat. As witnessed by nearby fishermen, Blaney's vessel was pulled under, reappearing moments later without its captain, who was never seen again. "The sensation created at Swampscut [sic] by this melancholy event … is unprecedented," reported the Essex Register.
Other stories endure, too: like the 12 days of terror inflicted on New Jersey beachgoers in July 1916, when a great white killed four swimmers and injured a fifth. That real-life tale later inspired Nantucket writer Peter Benchley, whose story of carnage on a small East Coast island in turn inspired film director Steven Spielberg, who then inspired a whole generation of Jaws fans. And on the small Massachusetts island of Cuttyhunk, west of Martha's Vineyard, people still talk about the day in August 1954 when Charles Tilton and his son harpooned a great white and brought the giant dead fish to the docks for islanders to gawk at.
And on it goes: encounters and legends, awe and fear. The frontier may be gone, but sharks serve as a reminder that out at sea, an untamed wild of giants and death still looms. And so the masses descend on places like Chatham, for a glimpse of this mystery–to get a better look at something that's not entirely understood.
One man whose job it is to understand is Greg Skomal, Ph.D., a 48-year-old marine biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and head of its Shark Research Program, one of the few state-funded programs like it in the country. Skomal, who lives and works on Martha's Vineyard, matches a toothy, infectious smile with an inviting energy when the subject turns to fish. When the media need to know about sharks, he's their man.
He first heard of the great whites off Chatham on a Thursday, an early-September day that found him in a windowless hotel conference room in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he'd been waiting to lead a discussion on the state's shark regulations, when his cell phone buzzed. On the line was Bill Chaprales, a longtime Cape Cod fisherman who'd worked with Skomal since 1992 tagging sharks throughout Massachusetts waters. Skomal had barely said hello when his friend, who was on his boat in Cape Cod Bay hauling lobster traps, cut him off.
"Two white sharks!" Chaprales burst out. "Two white sharks off Monomoy Island. George [Breen, a spotter pilot] just saw them."
Skomal asked his friend to slow down. "When George lands," Chaprales yelled over the roar of his boat's engine, "just call him!" Then he hung up.
Skomal is no stranger to such calls. Part of his work involves sifting through the information that comes to him, and it's not that uncommon for a report of a great white to make its way to his Oak Bluffs office from excited charter-boat captains, kayakers, lifeguards, and town officials. Most of such sightings can be chalked up to mistaken identity: basking sharks mainly, whose size, color, and shape resemble a white's. But with Chaprales and Breen, Skomal knew he was dealing with solid information; both men have been instrumental in the success of his office's research, which has amassed data on more than 24,000 sharks.
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WEIRTON - While the Kentucky Derby was running Saturday evening, the Rotary Club of Weirton was having its own Run for the Roses.
The club's gala, held at Williams Country Club, featured a derby theme, with a drawing based on the results of the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby, as well as a contest for the best hat and live musical entertainment by the Joseph Sisters and the Groove Doctors.
"It's been a beautiful evening," Rotary Club President Mike Gianni said. "We look forward to having everyone next year."
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The event serves as the club's biggest fundraiser of the year, bringing in money for a variety of local and international charities and projects.
Locally, the Rotary Club of Weirton uses its fundraising activities to support the Weirton United Way, Boy Scouts of America, the Weirton Salvation Army, and the Weirton Youth Soccer League. Each year, the club also presents a $1,500 scholarship to a student from Weir, Madonna, Brooke and Oak Glen high schools.
The Rotary Club of Weirton also supports Polio-Plus, which works to eradicate polio across the globe.
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The Joseph Sisters provided some of the entertainment during the Rotary Club of Weirton's Run for the Roses event Saturday at Williams Country Club. The Wheeling-based vocal group sang several of their own songs, as well as a few covers of chart-topping country tunes. The Groove Doctors also performed. -- Craig Howell
Members of the Rotary Club of Weirton and their guests watch the running of the 139th Kentucky Derby on Saturday while at Williams Country Club as part of the group's Run for the Roses event. The evening helped to raise money for the Rotary club's various programs. -- Craig Howell
"Without all of you, this wouldn't be possible," Gianni said in thanking those who supported Saturday's gala.
Gianni also credited Rhonda Quattrochi and the event planning committee for their work in putting the gala together, and thanked the Williams Country Club staff for their work during the evening.
Sponsors for Saturday's event included:
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Blue Club: Serra Village Retirement Community; James White Construction; Weirton Medical Center
Wheel Club: First Choice America Federal Credit Union; Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort; Open MRI of Steubenville
Spoke Club: Steuben Radiology Associates; Dr. Antul Shetty; Ohio Valley Neurology Associates; DeeJays BBQ Ribs; Orion Development; Dr. Aman Purewal; Medical Billing and Management Services
Friends Club: Newbrough Photo; Steel City Distributing; Weirton Holiday Inn; Wine and Beverage Merchants; Gus's Goodies; Reimbursement Concepts; Steel and Wolfe Funeral Home; The Lawn Barber; Morisetty Medical Associates; City of Weirton; Tri-State Medical Group; Bodkin, Wilson and Kozicki; James A. Williams Insurance Services.
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An article in the Huffington Post yesterday cited IPC statistics in an article about immigrant integration. Check out the interesting graphic by the National Immigrant Integration Conference at the bottom of the article:
With a growing population, integration of immigrants [1] is becoming increasingly important [2]. According to an Immigration Policy Center [3] report, which drew from Census data, one in eight people in the U.S. is an immigrant [4].
If that doesn't put things in perspective, think about this: in 2010, the U.S was home to nearly 40 million foreign-born people [5] -- 2 million more than the total population of California [6].
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The Medrash says that Moshe tells Hashem "it says in your Torah that if a slave says 'I love my master and children and I do not wish to go free' then he stays in his servitude, and I do both". Hashem answers him "do not continue to speak". What is the underlying conversation and explanation of this Medrash?
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The question is simple Moshe wants to go into Eretz Yisroel so he wants to stay in Hashem's servitude but the answer Hashem replies can only be understood in the context of the Gemara in Kiddushin (כב, א) there the Gemara explains that in order to enslave himself further he must make this statement twice. Therefore Hashem tells him do not continue to speak for if you do I will be forced to allow you into Eretz Yisroel


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When to Root Against Your Own Team
Booing your own team or coach is supposed to be the last resort for the frustrated, angry fan. You break the metaphorical glass and employ the nuclear option when you've had enough. Too much bungling. Not enough effort. No heart.
Different cultures have different thresholds when it comes to determining when it is OK to unleash your anger on the guys wearing your own colors. Generally speaking, Latin cultures tend to be more trigger-happy, while Anglo-Saxons at least wait until the final whistle.
But what is extremely rare is to turn on someone on the first day, which is what many Chelsea fans have done to their new interim manager, Rafa Benitez, since he was appointed on Nov. 21. Loud boos drowned out his introduction during his first game in charge—a home match against Manchester City—while "Rafa Out" banners dotted the stands at Stamford Bridge. There were plenty of songs, as well, the most sympathetic one going: "We don't care about Rafa…He don't care about us!"
His early results in the Premier League have been unspectacular: two scoreless home draws, an away loss and a 3-1 victory at Sunderland on Saturday. But the vitriol has little or nothing to do with his ability as a manager, though unless he improves in double quick-time, his results will no doubt be added to the fans' laundry list of complaints.
Rather, it stems from the fact that he was in charge of Liverpool between 2004 and 2010 and did little to endear himself to Chelsea fans. Benitez tangled often with Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea manager at the time and still a hugely popular figure at Stamford Bridge. He took pot shots at another Chelsea icon, center forward Didier Drogba, accusing him of diving to win penalty kicks. He even went so far as to explicitly say in 2007 that he would "never" take the Chelsea job "out of respect" for Liverpool.
Benitez isn't helped by the fact that he remains well-loved by Liverpool fans, not least because he guided the club to the 2005 Champions League title. When he was let go in June 2010, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the club's hugely unpopular owners at the time, showed him the door.
But perhaps his worst offense in the eyes of Chelsea supporters was reportedly saying while at Liverpool that "Our fans don't need plastic flags." Most read the statement as a dig at Chelsea fans, since the club distributes those very flags to supporters for big games. Other teams do, too, but at the time it felt like a reaffirmation of Liverpool's old-school code of fandom at the expense of Chelsea.
It also fit a popular narrative. Liverpool, one of English soccer's two most successful teams, had not won a league title since 1990. But the club and its fans were somehow more legitimate than Chelsea, whose recent success was fueled by a Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, and whose rapidly expanding fan base was swelled by bandwagon-jumpers.
Benitez probably never expected his words to boomerang back into his path. He has explained that those statements reflected his role at Liverpool and that now he is fully committed to Chelsea. But they did, and now he has to deal with it—particularly the anger of all those Chelsea fans who were still buying season tickets well before Abramovich and his billions rolled into West London.
On top of all this, as soon as the clock strikes 16 in every match, Chelsea fans serenade his predecessor, singing "There's only one Di Matteo!" to the tune of "Guantanamera." Di Matteo, a former Chelsea player who wore the number 16, coached the club to its first ever Champions League crown as well as an FA Cup in a stint that lasted less than a year. He was summarily fired by Abramovich after a poor run of results, and Benitez became the ninth Chelsea manager in nine years.
Some of the bile directed at Benitez comes from Chelsea supporters' frustration toward Abramovich's decision-making. Di Matteo clearly wasn't Abramovich's first choice to manage the team this year. Indeed, former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola was reportedly pursued aggressively, but he opted for a year's sabbatical instead, spending most of it on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Yet at the same time, Di Matteo was a popular manager who avoided controversy, kept the stars happy and delivered the biggest prize in club soccer for the first time in Chelsea's history. At worst, he was a safe pair of hands to steer Abramovich's ship until passing it to Guardiola or whatever other superstar manager struck the owner's fancy.
So why are the boos directed at Benitez and not at the man who put him there?
It is a fair question, but also one that is easily answered. Without Abramovich, Chelsea would not be where it is. It isn't just the fact that Chelsea has three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups, as well as the Champions League, since his arrival. It is also that he took over a debt-ridden club whose very survival was in question and wiped the slate clean, converting the debts into equity. To the die-hard supporters who would show up regardless of the silverware, that is what truly matters.
It is easy to say that if Benitez delivers success, then all will be forgotten. But that is by no means a given. For now, many feel that booing Benitez is the only way they can vent their frustration. After all, being a fan isn't like being a customer. You can't vote with your feet and go off and support another team. In any case, their beef isn't with the players or even the club. It is with the manager.
Benitez has a contract through the end of the season. It is a way for the club to give itself an out, should Guardiola decide he wants to come. But at least half a dozen clubs are also pursuing the former Barcelona manager, and Benitez knows that if he performs well, he might get to stick around.
It would have to be one heck of a performance for Benitez to keep his job, knowing Abramovich's high expectations. It would have to be so good, in fact, that it could possibly win over a big chunk of Chelsea supporters. But not all. Definitely not all.
—Gabriele Marcotti is the world soccer columnist for the Times of London and a regular broadcaster for the BBC.


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What television series do I need to start watching?
So I am looking for some new TV programming to occupy some of my down time but I feel uninformed about newer programming. My wife and i just finished up the Weeds series. We watch Californication. LOST, Smallville, Sopranos, in the past. So what program am I missing out on? I see Dr Who mentioned quite a bit around the interwebs. Save me from Keeping up with the Kardashians and Dance Moms!
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The Big Bang Theory.
I've heard Person of Interest is very good. I've added it to my list for cold weather catching up. I need to catch up on SO many other programs I've been missing!
@cengland0: For some reason I almost always catch the last 5 minutes of that show... Need to remember to set the DVR. Those five minutes seem midly funny but without the rest of the program for context I know I'm missing the big picture.
I guess I should have mentioned that I subscribe to cable and Showtime. No netflix and no online streaming YET. Thanks for the posts!
Go out and rent / buy the first two seasons of The Walking Dead while you are DVRing the third season which starts October 14th. Extremely well written, great characters... just a terrific show.
Note: the seasons are short compared to network TV seasons. You can easily catch up...
If you want to be totally shocked and say WTF, watch Sons of Anarchy on FX. I've been wathing it since day one, it's just an incredible show.
Grimm. Also enjoying revolution and elementary this year. Haven is pretty good as well.
Jericho! a must watch only two seasons IMHO is one of few TV shows that deserved more seasons.
@tarasadies: Just read up on The Walking Dead on wikipedia and I'm interested. I will definitely check it out! Thanks
@okham: I have the first three episodes of Revolution on my DVR. I just haven't felt the need to watch it yet.
Since you have Showtime, the current shows to watch would be Dexter and Homeland. If you can get previous seasons, it would help understand them. With Dexter, read the original book, Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.
@tarasadies: Both seasons are on Netflix now
-Breaking Bad: Probably the best show ever made. Entertaining, suspenseful, morally challenging, and tremendously acted. A show that should not have ever been made (a show about making meth should not have found a mainstream audience), but a juggernaut that gets better with each season.
-Walking Dead: A practically unprecedented exploration of post-apocalyptic humanity and civilization. Damn entertaining, too.
-Sherlock: PBS's reinvention of Sherlock Holmes, using source stories updated to modern times, is some of the best TV today. Mindbending, clever, fun. Acting and writing are awesome, and each 90-minute episode (there are only 6 total) is a masterpiece.
-Mad Men: Duh.
-30 Rock/Community/Parks&Recreation: Centerpieces of modern television comedy's golden age; whip-smart, frenetic, needlessly nerdy.
-Downton Abbey: I know, I know. But it's effing great. Part Dickens, part Austen, part period piece soap opera. Again, great acting, production values, and set design.
@jimmyd103: I've seen the first episode, and it was enough to hook me in. Hulu will have to suffice for the other 2, as Castle has priority :)
We don't subscribe to premium channels but have just started watching Boardwalk Empire on DVD from Netflix. Wow! I can't usually sit through several episodes in a row of any show but this is really good.
@dupedyetagain: Looks like I might be busy... Most of these are relatively established, right? I mean they are beyond their third or fourth season.... I know Thirty Rock is ending soon and I'll probably wait to pick it up the entire series on DVD
I'm surprised there hasn't been a Honey Boo comment yet!
I was going to say Walking Dead but someone beat me to it. I didn't see Newsroom mentioned. It was a summer series so you'd need to track down back episodes. I love True Blood, but it isn't to everyone's tastes. Blue Bloods and The Good Wife provide solid storytelling. I have a huge TV viewing list, there are at least 30 shows that I follow. But a lot of my favorites like Haven, Supernatural, and Strike Back are just for fun. I am still waiting to be blown away by new series this year.
Deadwood and Justified are two I'd recommend based on the other shows you've mentioned.
Dupedyetagain and I must have similar taste in tv. Love the PBS Sherlock series! Benedict Cumberbatch is a spot on modern Holmes.
Also love Downton Abbey first because of the storylines and second because of the time period, setting and costuming. It might require going back through the first two seasons to start watching season three and have it make sense though.
Also love Big Bang Theory...
i cast a vote for Once Upon a Time...this may be one of the few tv shows i would even buy.
I agree with a lot of what's been said here. Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, if you want an older show that you can catch up on, but it's done - The Shield was great for many seasons.
@Dupedyetagain: Sherlock is a BBC miniseries. PBS licenses it for US markets.
Lately, I've been catching up on Nikita, Grimm, and Flashforward.
Another vote for Revolution.
Other favs include Psych, Dark Angel (who doesn't love Jessica Alba?), Once Upon a Time.
@jimmyd103: Yes, most are relatively established; Mad Men (5(?) seasons), Breaking Bad (5 seasons). 30 Rock (8, but started getting great about 5 eps in), Community (4), and Parks & Rec (5, but seriously don't watch season 1, which even its creators acknowledge sucked) end this year on half-season orders (NBC announced that it is cutting these genius shows in order to, unfortunately, "broaden" its comedy and audience. Its new "broad" comedies debuting this fall are predictably horrendous).
However, Sherlock (BBC, not PBS!) is only six 90-minute episodes total. Downton Abbey also is only two seasons, a total of less than 20 episodes.
I would recommend thinking of what your ideal type of show is, and trying a few episodes of all that seem to match in this forum. Only finish those you like; you'll know quickly whether any of these shows are your speed.
@sully51: That's absolutely right. I must have PBS on the brain from Romney gloating about gutting it. So much for one of the only good channels.
Sons of anarchy. As Howard Stern said recently, it's poorly written and over the top acting yet I love every second that it is on.
also, I am just starting Wilfred and so far I am liking it.
Breaking Bad
Walking Dead
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
Lucy Daughter of the Devil
Perfect Strangers
@dupedyetagain: Understood. Thanks again for the insights.
I almost mentioned Sons of Anarchy, but like True Blood, it's definitely something you have to have the stomach for. Didn't think of Justified, but it's a good one. Just writing now to add Hell on Wheels if you like westerns. It's a good story in a genre we don't see a lot of anymore, and beautifully shot. I also quite enjoyed Longmire over the summer. It's a cop show of a different breed, with richly textured characters. I've only seen one episode so far of Vegas, but Dennis Quaid's character reminds me of Longmire, and the show looks like it may be a winner.
Alphas: If you liked what Heroes tried to do, then this show pays off in episode one. Regular people with superpowers working as a team to take down other people with superpowers. Be careful this show is addictive.
Lost Girl: If you liked Buffy. This show is about the Fae. The main character's power is to feed off life energy. Dark Faerie and Light Faerie both fight to get her to join their respective side, but SHES HER OWN WOMAN.
Portlandia: Mr. Show is the closest relative to this show, fun for kids to watch, lots of goofy humor.
Revenge: Office favorite.
@dupedyetagain: best show ever made? disagree. although not a bad watch, (I have seen all of them) there are better out there. No shout out to Dexter on your post?
@davidschronic: No Dexter love for the pathetic reason that I have yet to see it (with a few exceptions, if it's not on Netflix or Hulu, I probably haven't seen it--though I've seen all of Curb, Sopranos, Weeds, US of Tara). But everyone tells me Dexter is terrific. I did see the pilot and thought it was great.
As far as "best _ ever," just depends on what you like. I can't remember any other show with so clear a vision as to its visual style, philosophy, and sense of purpose. It is in turns exciting, unbearably suspenseful, entertaining, complex, scary, thought-provoking, intelligent, funny, and heartbreaking.
What do you recommend as better shows?
Married....With Children. Eleven seasons of irreverent humor.
Watch DEXTER!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that show....also The Walking Dead is such an amazing series....both of those are guaranteed satisfaction.
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@jimmyd103: Good choice. Revolution is decent. Notice I didn't say fantastic or wonderful, just decent compared to what's out there. I'm disabled and end up with many sleepless nights and a close to max DVR. Thank goodness for On Demand.
@lavikinga: Person of Interest is better than many.
@cengland0: One of the funniest shows in production.
@jimmyd103: No need, just buy a coffee and sit on the bench inside the doors at Wal~Mart while your significant other shops. You can watch 5 different episodes all at once.
@davidschronic: My absolute favorite, never missed an episode and yes, I have them all on my dvd shelf was The Shield. Totally over the top crime drama that had me hooked for seven years.
@hessem: Don't forget that Martin Freeman is possibly the best Watson ever.


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I have designed a custom camera plate for Canon 20D. It should also work for Canon 30D, 40D, 50D. Compatibility is based on BG-E2 grip. I don't want to buy them to confirm this. Any one here have them and a flatbed scanner? I need a scan of camera base at 600dpi.
thx a lot in advance.