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When they meet the Wizard. Anne gives him a unique voice. My sons loved listening to her.
I smiled a lot and even laughed out loud as I listened with my sons (11, 10 & 9). It was in watching their wonderment that I truly experienced the story all over again.
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Anne Hathaway does a very good job of reading and performing the story. It may be a little too dark for very young children. However for older children and adults it offers a very good listen. However, don't expect the storyline from the movie or even from Maguire's WICKED book, if you do you will be disappointed. The characters you know are all there but they are different and the plot is different. I would recommend the story to anyone who want's a different take on the Wizard of Oz story.
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BENNINGTON An Arlington teenager was charged with a felony count of burglary of an occupied home on Monday after police said they believed he had taken a fire safe from a home sometime between Sept. 4 and Nov. 2.
Benjamin Culler, 19, of Arlington, pleaded innocent to the charge in Bennington criminal court on Monday. He was released without bail.
In an affidavit, Trooper Lewis Hatch, of the Vermont State Police, said he had been dispatched to a home in Arlington on Nov. 2. The woman living at the home said a small fire safe, containing personal papers, had been stolen.
She said she suspected Culler, a friend of her son, because there was no sign of forced entry and Culler knew where to find a key to the house.
Hatch said Culler and his father came to the Vermont State Police barracks in Shaftsbury on Dec. 16 but Culler said he was not responsible for the burglary. However, the woman later contacted Hatch and said she found a cellular phone in her vehicle which belonged to a friend of Cullers. According to the woman, there were messages on the cell phone about the burglary.
Hatch said he spoke to Cullers friend on Jan. 14. The friend said he knew the woman and in November saw that Culler had a picture of her from when she was younger. He said Culler then admitted he had taken the safe.
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A New York City screening of the pilot for NBC's Revolution revealed an intriguing premise — world left without power 15 years after a mysterious calamity — undercut by disappointing production values and lackluster action sequences.
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to leave or say good-bye
peace out my niggy, iight duce wid it.
peace out my niggy, iight duce wid it.
od uživatele tHiiZ Or dIE!!! 05. květen 2006
a street gang in the almaden valley,
duce just rolled up here and beat his ass.
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Refers to sharing something with someone.Usually a cigarette,and usually with someone you know.
"Hey,let me duce that cigarette with you dude.I don't have any."
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Two people sharing a smokeable item, most often a cigarette.
If one person is smoking a cigarette, his/her friend might say, "Gimme the duce", meaning, "Share that with me?"
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street gang found in the almaden valley, very tough, not to be messed with
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Short form for introduce. Can also be used to mean anything.
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How to do so in 'your' OS?
(Think of it as a challenge, of sorts :) )
EDIT Note: The program can be portable (run off flash drive, etc) or installed (e.g. initially in .deb format)
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NCHSAA relaxes position, may employ more split leagues Realignment from an outsider's point of view
Published: Friday, January 16, 2004 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 16, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.
Granted, I've only been living amongst you for 77 days. I've never attended an Apple Festival. I've been to Wrigley Field more times in my life (five) than Krispy Kreme (two). I know Tobacco Road like you know Federal Hill (check your Providence, R.I., travel guide for more info.).
However, I did spend Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Channukah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, and my mother's and Elvis' birthdays in The Mountains. By my count that's nine holidays. I buy my groceries at a Wal-Mart so spacious that I'm making up a word for its largesse -- let's say hercuemungous. I also have an account at the local Blockbuster and a nickname at Hannah's.
Such credentials, at the very least, make me a Probationary Tar Heel.
The credibility associated with that title, combined with my absolute and unrivaled genius, clearly qualify me as an authority on NCHSAA realignment.
The No. 1 problem with the current alignment: Kids are out past 12:30 a.m. on school nights. It happened to the Brevard High basketball teams Monday night and the North Henderson teams last Tuesday, each after journeys to play Avery County, 86 miles from Hendersonville and 95 from Brevard mostly on two-lane mountain roads.
The state's current alignment was designed to facilitate balanced competition by making sure small schools almost never face big schools in conference play. The thinking, I presume, is that it makes it more difficult for the smaller schools to make the playoffs when they have to play better teams.
"Bedtime" is something of an obsolete term to high school kids, but long road trips cut into valuable sleep and study time. The message to students is that competitive balance is more important than schoolwork.
"I think you have to make a decision," North boys basketball coach Gary Pittillo said. "What's more important, academics or athletics? If you're going to harm a kid's academic ability the next day in school, then somebody down at the state needs to look at this and say, `it's too much.'"
Well, it is too much, and here's how I would fix it:
Play your neighbors
Polk County and Hendersonville travel an average of 70 miles to play Southern Conference opponent North Lincoln. Why, when there are perfectly good sports teams right here? Because the NCHSAA has dictated that the gaps in attendance figures are of greater concern than distance in miles. Preposterous.
The area's 1-A teams already play, and beat, teams of higher classification. So, draw up split, local conferences. The regular season would be more meaningful when teams situated within 10 miles play for the conference (or county) title just before the postseason.
Lower the playoff bar
The state has already lowered the bar to get into the football postseason. Taking more teams in other sports, particularly basketball, would nullify competitive balance issues in split conferences.
"You just make it fair that (smaller schools) get an opportunity to make it to the playoffs," Pittillo said. "I think it makes a better decision than kids having a two-hour bus ride there and two hours back."
Give the teams with great records byes and good records first-round home games. The worst thing that happens is first-round upsets in which not-so-good teams are exposed as pretenders.
Leave football to itself
These remedies don't work unless you create separate football conferences. That way you can spare time-honored rivalries that bring in good attendance money. Football teams play on Friday night.
Let the kids stay out late and the schools can play whomever they want.
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I still lovelovelove my pink Nintendo DS Lite. I haven't yet hit the two million points mark in Tetris (my high score is currently 1.6 million, level 70-something… so close!), but I did finally beat Yoshi's Island. Now I need a new game. Suggestions? I'm thinking the New Super Mario Bros.
Even more tempting than a new DS game, though, is the idea of finally caving, accepting the video game geek I really am, and buying a Wii. I really want a Wii. I'm really good at Excite Truck and bowling, and my Mii is totally cute. But I haven't been able to justify spending almost $300 on dumb video games.
That is until I saw this. If anything's going to push me over the edge, it's this:
Colorwarepc.com will custom paint your Wii for $99. They'll paint your laptop or iPod too.
I want. I really, really want.


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May 1 News: North Carolina Legislators Still Trying To Gut Clean Energy Laws
The North Carolina bill trying to repeal the state's successful clean energy standard that died in the sponsor's committee is back from the dead. [News & Observer]
Meet the bill with nine lives – and twice as many votes cast against it.
Lawmakers on Wednesday could once again attempt to end a state renewables policy whose proponents say has elevated North Carolina to the nation's fifth-largest developer of solar farms.
Last week, lawmakers defeated the measure 18-13 in a House committee. At the time proponents of solar power and renewables celebrated a rare victory.
On Tuesday, Rep. Mike Hager, the bill's sponsor, revived it for another vote. …
The former Duke Energy engineer said he hopes some lawmakers switch votes and others miss the meeting; he won't decide whether he'll put his bill to another vote until the last minute Wednesday.
"It's all about the numbers," Hager explained. "It's all about who has the incentive to be there."
Also today, the North Carolina Senate will vote on a "massive" bill aiming to roll back any local environmental regulations stronger than federal rules. [WRAL]
Industry and environmental groups call the program that has cleaned up 50,000 high-polluting diesel engines on U.S. roads a success, but funding is slated to be cut 70 percent. [Environmental Health News]
Extreme precipitation has been slamming the U.S., in the form of storms and flash floods, consistent with predictions from climate scientists. [USA Today]
Climate hawk Rep. Ed Markey won the MA Senate primary and will face off against Gabriel Gomez in June. [ABC News]
Status quo: U.S. carbon emissions stay flat and we do not meet our emissions goals. [Washington Post]
Exploration of China's shale gas reserves has been slow, but they are trying to speed things up. [Washington Post]
Last year's drought in California has threatened production of staple crops. [Al Jazeera]
Sequester-caused furloughs are hitting NOAA, just in time for hurricane season. [CNN]
Georgia and Alabama utilities are buying more and more wind power from Oklahoma and Kansas. [Equation]
Germany's energy storage subsidy starts today, helping kick off what a new report says will be an $18 billion increase in the global energy storage market by 2017. [Solar Love]
Verizon is investing $100 million in solar power and fuel cells across 7 states because of cheaper utility bills, lower carbon reductions, and increased reliability. [GreenTech Media]
Climate change is found to threaten the koala bear in Australia. [Guardian]
11 Responses to May 1 News: North Carolina Legislators Still Trying To Gut Clean Energy Laws
From Andy Revkin's dot earth blog…
Comments? Anyone? I believe CP gets a mention-by-proxy…
Well done NC… Wait til the minority of losers are the majority to attempt to force failed policy onto the docket.
Working / living in a one-party government failure. Future government high school lesson.
Great for one hundred million dollar Verizon solar . . . And, likely much more to come . . .
Seems like the word could be to go for the best investment by divesting from the clueless fossil fuel industry and invest in solar.
Looking for content and help (ie. proofreading, feedback, article or advertising) for the first issue of Climate State magazine.
About the magazine "Climate State"
The magazine is directed and published in digital form (PDF), by the private individual Chris Machens on the website climatestate.com and maybe at a later time through various app stores. The business model at this time is to offer the magazine for free and use some forms of advertising. Before release you will get the complete draft, post release version.
Contact me via climateprogressworld AT gmail, Cheers
Collapse of Complex Societies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmQhIiVM48&list=PLU5dY2n3AbGG14UdHzcRu_RvZN0Kv-adh
didnt they make sea level rise illegal in NC as well?
Full version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI
Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Volumes 1979-2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgiMBxaL19M
May brings flowers, but they could be covered by a foot of snow in parts of Colo. and Wyo. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/may-brings-flowers-but-they-could-be-covered-by-a-foot-of-snow-in-parts-of-colo-and-wyo/2013/05/01/f580505e-b271-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html
`50 Feet of Sea Level Rise Already Baked-In` http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Y5C7YQo1Q


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, Volume 118, Issue 1, pp 127-137
First online:
Service-Learning and Leadership: Evidence from Teaching Financial Literacy
- Omid SabbaghiAffiliated withCollege of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy Email author
- , Gerald F. Cavanagh S. J.Affiliated withCollege of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy
- , Tim Hipskind S. J.Affiliated withInstitute for Leadership and Service, University of Detroit Mercy
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We provide an empirical investigation of leadership characteristics and social justice issues in the context of financial literacy service-learning. Using a unique dataset of student self-ratings, we find that students experience statistically significant increases in 8 of the 10 leadership dimensions and 7 of the 7 social justice issues examined in this study. Leadership dimensions include: persuasion, building community, "commitment to the growth of people," stewardship, empathy, awareness, foresight, and listening. Interest in social justice issues include: dignity of the human person, community and the common good, rights and responsibilities, option for the poor, dignity of work, solidarity, and care for God's creation. The statistically significant increases in these dimensions following the completion of the service-learning suggest positive effects on students' self-perception of leadership qualities and interests in social justice issues: business school students sense improvement in nurturing growth of employees and colleagues, commitment to serving the need of others, understanding and empathizing with others, ethics, ability to foresee the likely outcome of a situation, and listening intently to others. As a consequence of the financial literacy service-learning, we believe that business students become more prepared toward becoming ethical leaders and citizens with compassion to serve the world for the well-being of all people, rich and poor alike.
KeywordsEthics Finance Service-learning Financial literacy Leadership Social justice
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- Service-Learning and Leadership: Evidence from Teaching Financial Literacy
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Journal of Business Ethics
Volume 118, Issue 1 , pp 127-137
- Cover Date
- 2013-11
- 10.1007/s10551-012-1545-6
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- 0167-4544
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- 1573-0697
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- Ethics
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- Tim Hipskind S. J. (2)
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- 1. College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI, 48221, USA
- 2. Institute for Leadership and Service, University of Detroit Mercy, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI, 48221, USA


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"What's the best way to borrow to make consumer purchases?"
For homeowners, it's the home equity loan. Other consumer related interest expenses, such as from car loans or credit cards, is not deductible.
Interest on a home-equity loan can be deductible. So avoid other nondeductible borrowings and use a home-equity loan if you plan to borrow for consumer purchases.


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Developers Criticize Licensing Issues for Sun's JDK 7
Milestone 5 for the coming Java Development Kit 7 includes just minor changes. Despite these little updates, JDK 7 has caused quite a stir.
The reason for the turbulence surrounding these developments lies on the fact that Sun has not elected an Open Source license. Classpath developer Mark Wielaard calls this move "antisocial", referring to the large share of the software that is part of OpenJDK. Wielaard calls out to Sun to remove this legal, proprietary restriction as it is unfair to all those who contributed code to the free version. He sees no reason for this behavior and appeals to Sun in his blog.
The Milestone can be downloaded here. The announcement regarding the Development Kit from Sun developer Mark Reinhold gives details on the updates. The final releases of JDK are expected early 2010.
Issue 26: Linux Shell Handbook 7th Ed./Special Editions
Buy this issue as a PDF
SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
The whole distro gets rebuilt on glibc 2.3
Canonical Announces Cross-Distro Support for Snaps
Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.
ownCloud Forked
Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer
Will The Machine change the way future programmers think about memory?
CoreOS Announces Distributed Storage System
The new Torus distributed storage system is available under an open source license on GitHub
Google Beats Oracle in the Android Lawsuit
Juries decides Google's use of Java APIs Was Fair Use
Linux is the Largest Software Development Project in History
But if you are not using the latest Linux kernel, your system is insecure.
Linksys Says Yes to Open Source Firmware
Home routers will give room for custom firmware but still comply with FCC rules


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Troop 800, Great Smoky Mtn Council, 28 members,active 21,hangers 18. :D
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Troop 800, Great Smoky Mtn Council, 28 members,active 21,hangers 18. :D
then down to .6 F that night...yes, <point> .6 F
My wife is from Russellville/Whitesburg. Our kids and grand kids live over in St Clair. Hope to see you sometime.
I see that Carver's Gap is in your backyard! Lucky Man!
We sure did! Thanks for sending the snow and cold. :boggle:
Also, all the winter hammock camping tips!
Our coldest night was -10 below F. Then it snowed and the temps stayed in the teens.
thanks! we had a ball!
yes, we tried to find the entry hole to no avail.
it turns over at 1000 miles on the trip meter, 1202 miles.
Winter camping multi day trip on Moose, Newfound, and Sucker Lales
What's the chance of you getting Shug to come camp with us?
mayday is coming and a friend of mine from work too.
Or as Mayday and I did at Northern Tier...use a snowball. It's invigorating!
So who is up for a hang on Feb 11-13 2012. Show up and survive together, run what ya brung! :boggle:
Lets start one now! How about we go on Feb 11-13,2012
Yes it was windy! I was needing a friend in the front for sure. Those "canyon" winds were in my face all day and beat me down to an armless pulp. :-)
I believe when Jeff and I went last year, the temp Friday night was .6+ with winds in the high 30's to low 40's. Even alcohol froze up....but it was fun to say the least!
Thanks for the best wishes. Our boys are pumped and have been watching the weather reports and Ely webcams everyday. I have already been listening to WELY to get in the Minnesota mood!!!
I can't wait until Dec 26. I am one of 3 other leaders taking 4 Life Scouts (soon to be Eagle Scouts) to Northern Tier Base in Ely,MN for cold weather adventure week. They will have the chance to...
what are you wanting in trade?
We had a blast last year at .4 degrees with 40mph winds!
Anyone here do it? I am limited now on trees due to recent storms. I have used my honda civic and the corner of the porch when I have to have a night out. :eek:
it works! enjoy your trip.
I learned everything from Shug and applied it to Northern Tier High Adventure Base for 9 days this past January! -26 F for the lowest low and +6.3 for the highest temp....and in a hammock!
We completed OKPIK winter camping BSA instructors class this year for 9 days in January. We were in northern MN about 5 miles from the canadian border. Our first night out there and in...
I would love to see 65 for a low temp. We, in east tn, have been at/over 100 degrees for 2 months now. i can't wait to get back to Ely in Dec.!
heading out tomorrow am for a hammock camp/hike trip. 2 nights/3 days with BSA Troop 800 in the back country ! :D
Here is my secret, I go to the big box lumber stores and ask for the lumber wrap. They give it to me free as they are throwing it in the recycle bin. :boggle:
Hey guys,
Just wanted to let you all know that I had a great time up on top of the mtn. The wind and deep, dry snow reminded me so much of Ely, Mn and our OKPIK instructors class. Thanks for...
8 degrees at 05:00 with winds gusting to 40 mph! bring it on!
The new predicted low for the tennessee valley is 6 above. We should get the "zero Hero" award at elevation!!!
Jeff, going to pass tonight, Donna has a late appt. My house will be filled with Webelos!
The colder the better !!!!
Oh I cant wait for cold weather "hang" again. If Tennessee could even muster temps close to Northern Tier, I will be ecstatic!
I took a shovel for quinzee needs if needed, (it was not needed) he brought the auger for THE only important need out there on Flash Lake I learned....water! How could we live without water, hot for...
Nice to meet you Shug, we were so close to you being in Ely and NTHAB. Jeff and I did alot of "whoo buddy's" in your honor while we were there!
Tks, for your outdoor inspiration's,
Farmers almanac quotes feb 12 as laying in more snow than the blizzard of '93/Heavy snow '96. We can only hope!!!! A Tennessee OKPIK adventure!!
What do you need from mayday and myself? We're here to help!
Here lately it has been my son's Coleman Travers 0 degree bag. I make a sandwhich of my inner bag/hammock and enjoy the $35 system. Warm and toasty!
Hello shug and HF friends. The interpreters were unsure of our hammocks in the cold with DIY warmth. All others were in trenches, but moved to quinzees the second night. Abram Perry came by at...
Geretings all,
Had a great time at the Northern Tier leader training. Two of us (HF members) hammock camped while others were OTG. I used a homemade pod system consisting of a zero degree Coleman...
thanks for the welcome! glad to be here!
Sign me up from Maryville, Tn. Well 2 of us from Maryville. Is there a link to the registration page?
Nelson Fields
Well, it was a yard hang, but none the less outdoors on my birthday!:lol:
Greetings fellow hangers! Glad to be here !:)


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Square confirms Army Corp of Hell for EU Vita launch
Square's confirmed this afternoon it'll bring over Army Corp of Hell as a launch title for the EU release of PlayStation Vita, The RPG, which will come with touch support for front and back enables you to command a goblin army of up to 100 at war. Get the shots below the break.
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On returns differentials
Estimates of U.S. returns differentials have ranged from exorbitant to quite small, in part because of their volatility coupled with the relatively short time series available. We shed light on underlying drivers of returns differentials by presenting a number of decompositions: a by-asset-class decomposition into yields and capital gains, the Gourinchas and Rey (2007a) composition and return effects, and further decompositions of capital gains that focus on exchange rate effects. While each decomposition informs thinking about returns differentials, one constant is evident throughout: to date the existing differential favoring the U.S. has owed primarily to one factor, a differential in direct investment yields. We discuss how our analysis informs the income puzzle (of positive net income flows to the U.S. even as its net international investment position is negative and substantial) and the position puzzle (of a sizeable gap between the reported U.S. net international position and cumulated current account deficits), provide an initial assessment of the literature on the dynamics of returns differentials, and present a framework to guide a forward-looking view of how returns differentials might evolve in the future.
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Did anyone else waste time searching for the Minnie Mouse Fashion Bowtique at their local Big Lots this week? It was one of the special $10 toys advertised in their weekend advertisement. I went to three different stores and sent my mom to search her local store with no luck! I kept hearing "we must have sold out" or "we never received that item". Finally, after mom asked for a rain check, they admitted it was an ad mis-print and they weren't stocking that item or honoring the price.
I get that it was a mis-print, no big deal, it happens. I just wish someone would have told me sooner so I wouldn't have wasted all my time searching for it. Just wanted to share in case anyone else was as determined as I was to find it!
Big Lots & Minnie Mouse Bowtique
I don't appreciate your rudeness, however.
Mama Jo and Fatty are expecting another beautiful baby girl!
'I'll complain all I want!'
Doesn't make you come off too great.
Proud Army wife and Mom of 2 boys and 2 girls
Mommy to Amanda 7/17/2005 c-sec, Angel baby 11/2008 Alyssa 5/10/2010 c-sec
I scored two last night, one for my newborn (lol, no really) and one for my niece. Went to Walmart, they could have cared less, the manager came over and overroad the system but they wouldn't give me a raincheck for a remote control monster truck for my nephew. Oh well I tried and that was my first time price matching. I was a nervous wreck like I was stealing, lol, I am learning to be a better couponer and ignore annoying cashiers and the like, thank goodness.
JACKIE- A-2/07, ^angel J^1/09, I-2/10, A-11/11
Our family is complete and Im completly in love!


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Chocolate and wine are the stars of the reception next week to benefit CASA of Shawnee County.
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. Volunteers for the organization work with children who find themselves involved in the court system for various reasons.
The wine and chocolate reception will feature Hazel Hill Chocolates paired with Lakeside Wine and Spirits. A silent auction is always part of the event.
The event takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Thursday, April 12, at Serendipity, 820 N. Kansas Ave. in the NOTO Arts District. Tickets are $30 per person and may be ordered by calling 785-215-8282.
CASA of Shawnee Co. executive director Sarah Terwelp discussed the fundraiser on 13 News at 4.


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Connecticut Q&A: Laura J. Simon
Raccoons in the Attic? Try Rock 'n' Roll
Published: October 13, 1996
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A. Many people have become terrified of wildlife, even the animals that pose no threat of rabies. People often call our hot line after seeing normal-acting raccoons in their yard; they immediately assume the raccoons are rabid and must be removed. Some unscrupulous nuisance wildlife trappers give false information to people, which fans this fear, such as telling people that just about all raccoons have rabies.
The point is not to be cavalier about rabies, but not to overreact either. People should vaccinate their pets and not have physical contact with wild animals. But they can still admire and appreciate wild animals from a safe distance.
People should also bear in mind that there is no documented case of a person contracting the raccoon strain of rabies.
Q. What are some of the misconceptions that people have about wild animals?
A. When people see a raccoon in the daytime they will immediately believe it is rabid. But healthy mother raccoons will often forage for food in the daytime when they have nursing young.
Another myth is that if a baby bird falls from a nest and you touch it, the parents will abandon it because they will smell the person's scent who touched the bird. This is not true. Birds have a terrible sense of smell. If you touch their babies the parents will never know it. If you encounter a baby bird that has fallen out of the nest, you should try to put it back. If you can't find the nest, you should put the young bird in a wicker or woven stick basket and hang it near the place that the bird was found. Usually the parents will find the baby bird and feed it in the basket until the young bird can fly away.
A myth that is being perpetuated by some nuisance wildlife trappers is that you can contract airborne roundworm from raccoons. The only way people can get roundworm is from eating animal feces.
Another misconception a lot of people have is that opossums who are hissing at you and drooling have rabies. But it is very rare for an opossum to have rabies. The reason opossums hiss and drool when they see people is that this is one of the few defenses they have.
Many people call saying that there are skunks trying to nest in their basement window wells. The skunks aren't nesting, they've fallen in and can't get out. Skunks have very poor vision. They aren't good climbers.
Q. There's a lot of fear about coyotes in Connecticut. Do coyotes pose a problem to people or their pets?
A. Coyotes, if given the opportunity, will take cats or small dogs. But people should not be letting their cats or small dogs loose to wander in places where coyotes may be.
Coyotes will go after calves and lambs. But I believe there are many instances where coyotes are blamed for damage caused by dogs. These problems can easily be prevented by putting calving cows in protected enclosed areas, or by thoroughly fencing areas where sheep and lambs are, or by using guard dogs.
Instead of fearing coyotes we should be grateful about their contribution to the state's ecology. They are a needed predator.
Photo: Laura J. Simon, a Fund for Animals urban wildlife specialist, with an orphaned raccoon. (Thomas McDonald for The New York Times)


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Video Industry News Video Company News Technology Industry News Technology Company News Novelty Industry News Novelty Company News Gay Industry News Gay Company News Legal Industry News All Company News
Released: Dec 01st, 2001
Running Time: 120
Director: Don Fernando
Company: In-X-Cess Video
Cast: Jeremy Steele (I), Ruby Gato, Sabrine Maui, Candi Licious, Evelyn Vasquex, Yume Kawai
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Good for Asian section despite tacky, busy box.
The first-timers in this video add sexy, shy enthusiasm to the mix of Japanese, Korean, and Filipina girls gathered under the generic catch-all phrase of "Asian." Gato, the opener, is under 5 feet tall and weighs 85 pounds, but she exuberantly sets the pace by chatting informally (and humorously) with the cameraman while she masturbates with a sequence of ever-larger dildos. Vasquex is vacuous, but she delivers good doggie. Kawai is beautiful and sports an impressive array of labia piercings that enhance her pussy. Her introspective, intense scene is hot enough by itself, but she is joined by Maui for some fun girl-on-girl action before they seduce the actual cameraman into an impromptu threeway.


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The morning broke gray and dismal. Cloud cover drifted, creeping among the trees of Wolf's Tooth ravine, overgrown with hundred-year-old cedars and western red hemlock. It was a place Matthew Beauchamp would normally enjoy hiking to, but today was no ordinary day.
A freelance photographer taking photos of the area had stumbled upon the body of a little girl. Now, looking down at the body, Matthew thought he had not come across a more heart-rending scene in his entire law enforcement career. Having grown up in the sleepy town of Lantern Cove, Matthew, as chief of police, was more accustomed to crimes of opportunity: petty theft, vandalism, the usual pot smokers and growers. Nothing like this.
Mud spattered her short-sleeve "Princess" shirt and pink sweatpants; she was missing a shoe. Her small toes had the remnants of pink polish and her flaxen hair was matted with dirt and underbrush. Someone had tossed this child away as if she were garbage.
"Feds are on their way. Should be here anytime," Sgt. Oren Lawrence said, coming to stand next to Matthew. Wiping his ruddy nose with the back of his glove, he sucked back the rest of the snot before continuing, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
Cold seeping into his bones, Matthew nodded. "It's that Linney girl. Went missing a week ago in San Francisco."
"Far from home."
"Yeah," Matthew said grimly. "But only someone who's familiar with this area would've known about Wolf's Tooth. It's not like this place is popular with tourists. It's hard to get to and you risk a broken ankle coming down that ridge." He shook his head.
"How about the shutterbug who found her?" Oren speculated but Matthew shook his head.
"At this point he seems clean. Looked ready to puke. I don't blame him. Coming across a body like this might make any normal person lose his lunch. But I've got Dinky looking into his alibi."
The sound of cars pulling off the shoulder above them drew their attention and Oren grimaced. "Feds." Then he clapped Matthew on the shoulder before returning to the team who were canvassing the area. "Remember to play nice," he said.
Matthew looked up as two agents appeared over the ridge, a man and a woman, and he waved them down.
At first there was nothing extraordinary about the two. They had the look of federal agents, complete with austere coats, serious expressions and an air of arrogance that seemed to come with being affiliated with a government agency. But as they traversed the dangerous, uneven terrain, and walked toward him, Matthew sucked in a sharp breath as recognition hit him in a flash, knocking the wind out of him. He hadn't seen her in almost ten years but he'd recognize that face anywhere.
Kara Thistle.
She had been the fiancée of his best friend—they had all grown up together. Now she was a special agent for the FBI. Kara was the last person he expected to see walking back into his life, if even only professionally.
Time had treated her well enough, although she'd lost the softness of youth. Her cinnamon hair was scraped back in a no-nonsense ponytail at the base of her neck, and she wore neither earrings nor makeup. Her cheeks glowed from the salty sea air and clear, marble-green eyes stared back at him. A stunning young woman had blossomed into a striking adult, not that Matthew was surprised. Good looks had never been her problem.
"Matthew." Her voice gave away nothing of what she may have been feeling, but there was something behind her eyes that betrayed her for a split second. To her credit, she recovered quickly. He acknowledged her with a stiff nod, feeling awkward as hell at the unexpected reunion. She'd never show it, but he suspected she was just as uncomfortable, and he wasn't surprised when she didn't waste time chewing the fat over old times. That was just fine by him. The less time they had to spend in each other's company the better. "This is my partner Dillon McIntyre. We're part of the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team—CARD for short—assigned to the Babysitter cases," she explained as she handed Matthew a business card as a matter of protocol.
"A pleasure," her partner, Dillon, said, his clipped tone accentuated by the subtle British accent that only made his pretty-boy good looks all the more suspect in Matthew's opinion. "It's like tromping around in a meat locker around here. Worse than San Francisco with its infernal fog," he commented darkly. He pulled the lapels of his black wool topcoat a little closer around his neck before muttering, "I'm going to freeze my bollocks off in this place. If I'd enjoyed this kind of weather I'd have stayed in England."
Kara spared her partner a look that said shut it, and he stalked off to talk with the officers canvassing the area.
"I apologize for my partner. He's a little on edge," she said. Then added, "He quit smoking a few days ago and he feels it's only fair that everyone around him is suffering as much as he is."
Matthew offered a curt nod. He couldn't really care less about her partner. He was too busy wondering why, of all the agents in the bureau, it had to be her assigned to this case. He'd rather eat nails than sit and play nice with Kara. It wasn't as if she'd left on the best of terms. But even as anger banked over the years started to flare bright again, he knew now was not the time for what he wanted to say to her. Snuffing his feelings until he could talk without snarling, he focused on the case. "What do you mean by Babysitter cases? Are you saying there's been more than one abduction?"
Kara paused, then answered with caution. "It's possible there have been other cases connected to this one. Has anyone else been down here since you made the call to the bureau?"
"No. Just my team of investigators."
"Good. Hold on, guys. I want to take a look," she said, gesturing to the officers who were preparing the body bag. Matthew was seemingly forgotten for the moment.
Oh, hell no. He didn't like being dismissed. Not by her, not by anyone. Matthew quickly followed. "What are you looking for?" he asked, noting the way her stare slowly perused the body, missing nothing and stopping for long moments on the garish ligature marks marring the child's bone-white skin at her neck and wrists.
She didn't answer right away. Instead, she met her partner's stare and said in a grim tone, "Call the CARD Team. Let them know we found the Linney girl. And then call the task force. We need them here ASAP." She rose. To Matthew she said, "Thanks for making the call. The bureau appreciates your diligence."
He didn't need a pat on the head. "Thanks aren't necessary. Just doing my job."
"You have our appreciation, just the same." Kara flashed a brief smile, devoid of anything aside from professional courtesy and Matthew had to suppress a shiver that didn't come from the weather. Then, for a moment, he could have sworn he'd seen disappointment cross her features when she said with a sigh, "We were hoping for a different outcome this time." But it was gone in a heartbeat when she spoke again. "This is a sensitive case. High profile. The press is all over it. It won't be long before they catch wind that another body has been found. You might want to brief your Public Information Officer on what is acceptable to release and what is not—which is just about everything. My partner will go over the protocol with you, if you're unsure."
"That won't be necessary," Matthew said, annoyed at what he perceived was implied incompetence on their part. "We know how to play with the press."
"This isn't a game." She looked at him sharply. "I'd prefer if you didn't use analogies that belittle the situation."
"Calm down," he said gruffly. "I'm not belittling anything. I'm just saying we're not idiots and I don't appreciate you coming here and implying that we are just because we're not overpaid government employees."
She stiffened and looked to her partner, who had pulled his North Face beanie down low to cover his ears and flipped the collar of his jacket up to ward off the wind. "I'm heading back to the car. Call in the troops. You com ing?" McIntyre asked, the look in his eyes plainly communicating it was time to stop nettling the locals.
"In a minute," she said.
"Suit yourself," McIntyre replied, and wasted little time in returning to the heat of the car. But Matthew distinctly heard him say something about someone being a stubborn ass and he wondered if he was referring to him or Kara.
Kara turned, her eyes sparking with contained irritation but before she could say whatever was on her mind, Oren walked over.
"Doc wants to know if we can move her yet," Oren said, giving Kara a short acknowledgment. "Kara. Been a long time."
Kara nodded. "Good to see you, Oren," she said quietly.
"Go ahead and wrap things up," Matthew said to Oren without waiting for Kara's permission. The older man said little and went to convey Matthew's instructions.
Under most circumstances, he didn't mind working with other agencies, feds included, but the idea of working under Kara—well, it just rubbed him the wrong way. And the fact that he knew he shouldn't let private matters intrude on a case only frustrated him more. Needing to put some space between them so he could clear his head, he started to walk away, but she grabbed him by the arm, her grip strong and unyielding.
"We need to get something straight, right now," she said, low and firm. "We have to work together even if neither of us like the idea. There is something bigger than our problem with each other at stake here. A little girl is dead. And she's not the first child to die. Two boys, Jason Garvin and Drake Nobles, have died in similar circumstances. If we don't find a way to stop this murderer, there will be more dead little girls and boys. Do you hear me? So drop the attitude or I will have you replaced with someone else in your department who isn't handicapped by personal history. Are we clear?"
Matthew slowly pulled his arm free, his gaze hardening on the woman he'd once thought he was falling in love with, and said, "Don't do that again."
"Don't make this more difficult than it already is."
"I'd say it's too late for that, wouldn't you?"
She straightened as if realigning her attitude. "Of course not. I can treat you with professional courtesy. The question is, can you do the same?"
Not to be outdone, Matthew smirked. "I'm just following your lead, Agent Thistle."
Kara smiled thinly. "If that's the case, let's start over," she said, taking a deep breath for emphasis. "I'll want to speak to your medical examiner as soon as he's had a chance to look at the body. We'll be setting up temporary lodging at the Jackson Creek Motel in town but you can call my cell when the M.E. is ready for me to come down."
She started to leave but stopped and turned. "And Matthew, one more thing…I'd appreciate it if you'd keep the private details of my past here in Lantern Cove exactly that. In the past."
She didn't wait for his reply, which was probably a good thing. Matthew wasn't in the mood to agree with anything Kara had to say. And that wasn't professional.
Biting back the hot words dancing on his tongue, he dialed back the response and turned on his heel in the opposite direction, putting his mind back in gear when seeing Kara had made him feel spun out.
They weren't kids anymore. Kara was never the person he'd grown up thinking she was and damn it, no matter what she had to say, when this was all through, Matthew had a few things to say to her. Whether she liked it or not.
"You have a way with the locals," Dillon remarked with his signature wry humor, but Kara didn't find anything amusing about coming face-to-face with Matthew Beau-champ after all these years. It was all she could do to cling to her training. Seeing him had rattled her cage in the worst way. "Care to share what that was all about?" he asked.
He shivered and turned the heater on full blast. "Why not?"
Kara shot him a dark look. "This isn't story hour. I want to stay focused on the case. I got another call from Senator Nobles on my voice mail. How the hell did he know another body was found?"
"Politicians have their fingers in all sorts of pies. No telling where he got the information. Does it matter he knows?"
"Yeah, and he's all over my ass about it."
Dillon shrugged. "He's acting like any father who's lost his son. He just has more clout than most. And considerably more influential friends."
"I know, but he's squeezing pretty hard. My head feels ready to pop."
"That's why they pay you the big bucks."
She refrained from commenting. Pulling onto the main road, she headed for town. She'd known there was a possibility that she'd come into contact with Matthew when she learned they were going to Lantern Cove, but she never would've guessed that it would be ten times harder on her than she imagined it would be. Physically, he was different. Bigger. More muscle. But he still had that silent brooding thing going on that had always intrigued her when they were kids. Whereas Neal had been the joker in their group, Matthew had been the quiet yet guiding force that had kept them from carrying out some of the stupider ideas they'd hatched up as daredevil teens. Those startling blue eyes hadn't lost their brilliance and his thick black hair, although cut shorter than before, was only starting to gray at the temple. Handsome. That's the word other women might use to describe him. It was several moments before she realized Dillon was talking to her. Shaking her head, she apologized. "What were you saying? I zoned out for a minute."
"I noticed. Why don't you just tell me what's going on between you and this local chief. Get it off your chest so you can focus. You know I'm always up for a story, one with plenty of juicy details, so don't skimp on the good stuff."
"It's nothing."
"Look, blank-faced girl. Don't forget, before I was assigned to this unit I was in interrogation. I know when someone is lying. Even you."
The corner of her mouth tipped up and Dillon's brow lifted in encouragement. She shook her head and said with a shrug, "I grew up here. It's a small town. It's inevitable that I'd run into someone from my childhood. Matthew and I were friends growing up."


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April 21, 2009 -- Some children and teens who play video games may be as hooked on gaming as gamblers are to cards and slot machines. And what the youths see as an enjoyable hobby can negatively affect school work and social interactions, a new study says.
Researchers say they found in a national Harris Poll survey that 8.5% of youths 8 to 18 who play video games show collective signs of addiction that psychologists know exist in pathological gamblers, says Douglas Gentile, PhD, an assistant professor at Iowa State University.
"I think it's analogous to gambling addiction, but not to the same exact form -- some play horses, others poker, others the slots," he tells WebMD. "They're all the same underlying type of problem, even though they look different if we just look at the mode of play."
Video addicts among the 1,178 youths surveyed played much more often than casual gamers, made worse grades, fired up their computers to escape from reality, had more trouble paying attention in school, got in more fights, and were more than twice as likely to have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorders, Gentile says.
He says the study, which used an online questionnaire, is the first to document video game addiction among young people using a nationally representative sample.
Researchers used an 11-item scale based on accepted guidelines for pathological gambling, outlined in the latest edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also known as DSM-IV.
Gamers were classified as pathological if they exhibited at least six of the symptoms.
The findings are published in the May edition of Psychological Science.
"What is clear is that games can have many effects that the game-makers probably didn't anticipate," says Gentile, who is also director of research for the Minneapolis-based National Institute on Media and the Family. He says he suspects many adults who constantly check email are similarly addicted. Pathological game use can affect "multiple aspects of your life," he tells WebMD.
The most commonly reported symptoms of pathological game use included skipping chores to play video games, playing to escape problems or bad feelings, spending more time thinking about or planning playing, skipping homework to play video games, getting a poor grade because of playing video games.


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June 4, 2003 -- Tight control of blood sugar fights off heart disease -- the No. 1 killer in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes -- a new study suggests.
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Both findings appear in the June 5 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Both focus on people with type 1 diabetes. But the authors say that the findings probably hold true for people with type 2 diabetes, too. So does Suzanne Gebhart, MD, director of the diabetes unit at Emory Clinic and clinical section chief in endocrinology at Emory University in Atlanta. Gebhart was not involved in the studies.
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Type 1 diabetes usually starts when something makes the immune system destroy the cells that make insulin, the hormone that controls blood-sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes is a more complex disease. It begins when obesity or other factors make the body resistant to insulin. Because type 2 diabetes is a combination of complex factors, it's harder to study than type 1 diabetes. However, general findings in studies of type 1 diabetes often end up applying to type 2 diabetes as well.
Ten years ago, a revolutionary study -- the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial or DCCT -- showed that intensive blood-sugar control in type 1 diabetes is crucial. The better the blood-sugar control, the fewer eye, nerve, and kidney complications. But because these patients were fairly young and the duration of the study was short, it's been hard to show an effect on heart disease.
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David M. Nathan, MD, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center in Boston, leads a study following up on type 1 diabetes patients from the DCCT. They took ultrasound measurements of the carotid artery -- the huge blood vessel running from the heart to the brain -- in 1,229 of these patients. Six-and-a-half years later, they took new measurements.
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350 Lawton Ave
Sulphur, OK 73086
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Davis, OK 73030
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Mountain Lake Rd
Sulphur, OK 73086
Escape with the family or a group of friends to the retreat at Lost Lake Lodge. With three bedrooms and two baths, the ... read more...
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2116 W Broadway
Sulphur, OK 73086
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Hwy 77 S
Davis, OK 73030
With easy access to the Arbuckle Mountains and Turner Falls Park, Arbuckle Mountain Motel in Davis is a perfect portal ... read more...
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Sulphur, OK 73086
Arbuckle Paradise offers a variety of clean, comfortable lodging options perfect for your next Sulphur getaway. Located ... read more...
50's Bungalows & Highway 7 RV Park
866-580-5499, 580-622-5499
2105 W Broadway
Sulphur, OK 73086
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3262 Hwy 77 South
Davis, OK 73030
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Sulphur, OK 73086
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1670 Cooper Memorial Dr
Sulphur, OK 73086
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