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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it will demonstrate its full-range portfolio of WiMAX test solutions June 17-18 at the RAI, Booth 2.62. Agilent's test solutions address the WiMAX test requirements in design verification, pre-conformance, conformance, manufacturing, network deployment and service assurance. These test solutions enable engineers and managers in R&D, manufacturing and service networks to create and advance WiMAX-based communications.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hasn't spent as much time in Iowa as the other GOP presidential candidates. He might regret spending time there Thursday.
Romney spoke at the Iowa State Fair before a crowd that interrupted him repeatedly to chant "Wall Street greed." People who asked questions and then didn't like his answers interrupted him, and Romney eventually pointed angrily at the crowd and told them to give him a chance to answer.
After a minutes-long exchange in which Romney and the crowd shouted over each other, Romney said, "If you want to speak, you can. But it's my turn."
During the heated exhanges, he also made what some are callng a " flub." Asked about his support for reducing federal budget deficits by changing programs like Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare instead of asking corporations to pitch in by paying higher taxes, Romney responded:
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The "corporations as people" issue came up last year in the Citizens United case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruled that the First Amendment protects the free-speech rights of corporations just as it does for people. It overturned limits on corporations' political donations (which are seen as an expression of free speech).
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Not once when we sat down together did Vic Atiyeh ever make me feel he had a better place to be. Never was he less than honest. Not once did he suggest that our politics, whatever they might be, should intrude on the love we shared for the state he governed for eight years.
Atiyeh died Sunday night at 91. In the 34 years I've lived in Oregon, no governor was as gracious or accessible. I last wrote about him in March 2013, and that column was inspired by a memorial service in Hood River. Ken Jernstedt's memorial service. Given Jernstedt's history with the Flying Tigers in World War II and the wild boars of the state Legislature, that requiem merited the attendance of every living Oregon governor.
But John Kitzhaber wasn't there. Ted Kulongoski didn't make it. Barbara Roberts had other commitments. Only Vic Atiyeh found his way down the Columbia Gorge. He drove alone in his Acura, on the eve of his 90th birthday.
"Ken and I had a long history," Atiyeh said. "We served together. We went to the Senate together. I admired the courage it took to retire from the Marines and go out into China somewhere."
Atiyeh and Oregon had a long history. When he lost to Bob Straub in his 1974 gubernatorial run, he didn't lose faith that life and experience had tailored him for the job, and the office he would win in 1978.
"I knew enough about governance to know what needed to be done," Atiyeh said. "I didn't want to be 'governor.' I wanted to run state government. It wasn't a matter of learning what government was about. Hell, I created a lot of it. So, bango, right away, we got going."
He was almost always available. He liked the Capitol press almost as much as he enjoyed county fairs, and he believed -- as few politicians do today -- that you could trust reporters with your message. "I have to believe," he said, "that the most important thing for people is trust, believability, honesty, openness."
His conservatism lacked a mean streak; his confidence lacked self-importance. He once signed up for a celebrity golf tournament in Welches, one of those affairs in which you pay $125 to trade duck hooks with a local headliner. Upon hearing this, Atiyeh's wife of 70 years, Dolores, asked, "Who did you get?"
"What do you mean, 'Who did you get?'" Atiyeh said. "I'm the celebrity."
"Your wife," he sighed after telling me the story, "always keeps you grounded."
So should your governor. After Atiyeh won the Republican primary in 1974, he recalled, "My staff said, 'Now we need to tell people the good things you've done.' I said, 'I didn't keep inventory.'"
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That low-flying helicopter you hear buzzing the downtown area early Sunday (Nov. 20) is no cause for panic. It's just another movie production.
According to an advisory issued Wednesday (Nov. 16) by the Mayor's Office of Culture Economy, the production -- which wasn't named, in keeping with city policy -- will use the helicopter to film a scene set in a rooftop garden at 527 St. Joseph St. on Sunday from 6:30 a.m. to noon.
The helicopter is scheduled to fly over 527 St. Joseph, land in a parking lot in the 800 block of Magazine Street, then take off again for another St. Joseph flyover.
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An electrical problem caused by a manhole fire stopped pumps once again at a New York City wastewater treatment plant today. The 10-hour setback sent an additional 15 to 20 million gallons of raw sewage into the Hudson River.
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"As of now, we're seeing absolutely no impact on New Jersey beaches," said Larry Ragonese of the Department of Environmental Protection.
State scientists have been testing waters since Thursday. They found high levels of fecal coliform in six sites nearest to the dumping area, prompting the recommendation that residents in towns along the Hudson River from Liberty State Park north to the George Washington Bridge avoid the water.
"We know there are a lot of towns on the water there and a lot of people who, especially in this heat wave, will want to get in the water and splash around, but there's a public health and safety risk with going in the water," Ragonese said.
Scientists sampled water in the Raritan Bay on Sandy Hook and found no trace of the bacteria.
A fire at the plant Wednesday resulted in a 48-hour period in which sludge dumped into the Hudson River at a rate of 5 million gallons per hour.
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As she was preparing a new national cable-TV special about breast cancer, Jamie Balthazar had a problematic mammogram.
Follow-up tests were ordered. Balthazar is cancer-free, but "Breast Cancer Examined: An African American Perspective" became a personal project.
"You could imagine, as I'm about to go shoot the piece -- I understood the fear, " said Balthazar, co-executive producer of the special.
The hour-long special, a collaboration between TV One and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure education-and-research foundation, will air at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Its focus is promoting early detection by dispelling myths and fears that disproportionately discourage African-American women from seeking checkups and treatment.
A few celebrities are included in the story -- actress Diahann Carroll among them -- but "Breast Cancer Examined" is built around the personal stories of regular women who've survived, or are still undergoing treatment for, the disease.
"We learned early on, in reading and talking to people, that there were so many myths and fears in our community, " Balthazar said. "We felt like showing these women, who are dealing with the disease and saying, 'Look, I had fear, but I had to overcome my fear. I have children, a husband. I had to overcome my fear. We can all overcome the fear.'
"What we learned from researchers is that overall, African-American statistics have worsened, and it's a growing epidemic in our community. We're not going to the doctor."
A graduate of Dominican High School and the University of New Orleans, Balthazar has worked as a producer for BET, BBC America and, early on in her career, Cox Communications in New Orleans.
With partner Gina Holland, Balthazar founded the production company Ruby Red Inc., in 2005. The company, which has offices in Los Angeles and New Orleans, produced "Breast Cancer Examined" for TV One. Thanks to the local connection through Balthazar, all of the finishing work on the piece, which was shot in several cities, was done at the Storyville film-and-video post-production house in New Orleans.
There is enough explanatory discussion in the hour to give viewers a baseline understanding of the medical issues involved, but it's not overwhelmingly clinical. That's by design.
"Rather than make this a medical story, we wanted to focus on the personal journeys, " Balthazar said. "The focus of the piece is on the women who are dealing with breast cancer or who are recent survivors.
"We also tried to include whatever we could medically to give the lay person some understanding of some of the terms that may seem intimidating.
"It's a little medical lesson, but it's a lot about what everyday people go through. It's mostly about their triumphs, about how early detection saves lives."
Balthazar said it is atypical for African-American women to share personal health information -- even with loved ones, no less for TV.
"African-American women tend to not want to divulge that part of their lives, " she said. "In our community, it's just not talked about enough."
One African-American woman didn't hesitate to talk when asked.
Carroll -- an iconic figure for being the first African-American actress to star in her own TV series, 1968's "Julia" -- is a breast cancer survivor.
"She immediately responded, 'What can I do? I will tell my story. If this helps one woman, I'm more than happy to do it, ' " Balthazar said.
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Guthrie worked on this large-scale painting between 1885 and 1886. For part of that time he was staying at Cockburnspath, a small village near the Berwickshire coast, but he also worked on it in Glasgow and Kirkcudbright. The painting's size was unusual for the time given the everyday subject matter. Large canvases were normally reserved for epic historical or religious themes. It shows a young boy and girl collecting windfall apples in an orchard as sunlight shimmers through the trees. Guthrie struggled with the challenges posed by working on such a scale; it forced him to use broad brushwork to achieve the naturalistic representation that he was seeking. The sketchbook that Guthrie used while staying at Cockburnspath is in the Scottish National Gallery's Print Room, and it reveals his experiments with the composition of this picture (D 4052).


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BALTIMORE — Yankees manager Joe Girardi looked out from the visiting dugout this evening at an overcast sky. His team had already taken the field for stretching and for the moment there were no raindrops. He hoped that it meant that the Yankees and Orioles were in the clear for tonight's 7:05 p.m. game.
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DULUTH, Minn. (NNCNOW.com) --- On the heels of Tuesday's primary election, candidates from all parties are beginning the big push to the November election.
In a competitive four–way Republican primary, Jeff Johnson emerged victorious to take on Democratic Governor Mark Dayton.
Political observers say it was Johnson's Minnesota nice demeanor and the Republican endorsement that pushed the Republican over the political finish line.
Alisa Von Hagel is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin Superior. She says although Johnson secured the GOP nomination, conservative voters were split between four "strong" Republican candidates.
"The winner having 30 percent of the total vote perhaps shows a fractured Republican base or also candidates that speak to different parts of the Republican party base in the state of Minnesota," Von Hagel said.
Johnson says he will run a positive fall campaign, contrasting his beliefs with Governor Mark Dayton. However, some political experts say that will not be enough to beat the incumbent DFL Governor.
"Oddly enough, it is quite difficult to have a very compelling and memorable campaign message and frame–in going only with a primarily positive approach," Von Hagel said.
Gregg Peppin, a Johnson campaign spokesperson, said Johnson will unite Republican Party voters in Minnesota.
Peppin added Johnson will respond to negative attacks from Democratic opposition in the coming weeks.
Leading up to the primary election, Democrats have roundly criticized Johnson for saying he would go all Scott Walker on Minnesota, meaning he would implement similar laws that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker did.
"With Jeff Johnson, Minnesota sent a clear message that we don't want a right to work state, we want a state that invests in its' middle class. We have been doing that," said DFL State Representative Jason Metsa.
Although Johnson supports many of Scott Walker's initiatives, he says he will have a different approach to governing if elected.
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The Montreal Canadiens are hoping to finish the 2013-14 NHL season strongly. They have already clinched a playoff spot, but home-ice advantage in the first round has yet to be determined.
The Habs finish the regular-season schedule with a road game against the Chicago Blackhawks on April 9, followed by home dates with the New York Islanders on April 10 and the New York Rangers on April 12.
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North Carolina is 0-1 in ACC play after Sunday's 73-67 loss at Wake Forest.
Duke is also 0-1 after falling at Notre Dame on Saturday. And N.C. State? Yep, the Wolfpack is also 0-1 after losing Saturday at home to Pittsburgh.
So it's a brave new world in the ACC, and not just because Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse have debuted this season. It's also the first time all three Research Triangle teams, for decades the center of power in the conference, have lost their conference openers.
Not only does it look downright odd for Clemson, Maryland, Virginia and Wake Forest to all sit above Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State after the first weekend of ACC play, it is also unprecedented.
And just think: The majority of the conference still is merely just a hair more than 5 percent into their league schedules. At a minimum, things are off to a fun (and unpredictable) start.
Wake Forest coach Jeff Bzdelik
It would be way too prematurely to declare the Demon Deacons' triumph to be a program-changing victory. Wake Forest's record away from Winston-Salem under Bzdelik is incredibly poor and North Carolina's play to date this season can be kindly described as hit-or-miss.
So this could be a complete aberration, and the Demon Deacons could settle in for another run at a No. 10 seed in the ACC tournament.
But here's the thing: Wake Forest (11-3, 1-0 ACC) is definitely better than last year (and vastly superior to the two seasons before that), and Bzdelik will wake up Monday with twice as many victories over the Research Triangle schools than he had when he woke up Sunday. In his first three seasons, the Demon Deacons were 1-13 against Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State. This was a milestone.
If the embattled Bzdelik keeps chugging and eventually gets Wake Forest back into the top quarter of the ACC, this will go down as one of the nights that was crucial in the turnaround.
G Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Everyone's going to have off nights, and Paige might have had his worst game of the season while scoring eight points (on 3-for-12 shooting) with six assists and four turnovers in a game in which he fouled out. He should move past this, because he's one of the most valuable players in the league.
But North Carolina had best not forget what happens when Paige has an off night, because the results weren't pleasant. One of coach Roy Williams' priorities moving forward has to be figuring out how to succeed when Paige struggles. Flustering the sophomore is the best way to short-circuit the Tar Heels (10-4, 0-1).
Previous instance in ACC history that both Duke and North Carolina lost their conference openers. In 1994-95, the Blue Devils fell to Clemson while North Carolina stumbled against N.C. State to open the league schedule.
Maryland at Pittsburgh, 7 (ESPNU): The Panthers (13-1, 1-0) play their first ACC home game as they welcome the Terrapins (10-5, 2-0) to the Pete.


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I've been tooling around the forum for a while now -- lurking constantly, posting occasionally -- and figured it was time to settle in. Also my friends are sick of me talking to them about my "lifestyle;" I need a new outlet!
I've been overweight my whole life - I think I first really noticed something different in fourth, maybe fifth grade, and it's been all downhill since then. My dad is also extremely overweight, and one of my brothers. I've dieted a LOT over the years, and tried just about everything I could imagine to lose weight, but it's only ever gone up. I had years of terrible back pain, and now I'm going through a couple of years of bad knee and ankle pain, all as a result of the excess weight.
My highest weight was 370, which I hit sometime around Spring 2011. By that time I had just stopped trying - I was eating crap that would make this entire forum cringe! Not just grains and carbs galore, but full-sugar cokes, giant bags of Doritos wiped out in a day, entire pizzas, big cans of pringles, bags of chocolates... I'm 41, and I think I had just decided there was nothing I could do about it, so I might as well wallow.
I don't know what happened, but sometime last year, last summer, all of my back pain went away. I went from taking eight advil religiously every day to needing none, practically over night. I started doing some walking, because suddenly I could, and over a couple of months of that plus eating only marginally better (I basically stopped going to McDonald's and Burger King practically every day), I dropped about 50 lbs. I started seeing a personal trainer, because I wanted to ride what I was considering a rogue wave of health as long as I could.
Then I twisted my ankle and my knee, and the advil came back, and so did McDonald's, etc etc. I gained back 20 lbs of what I had lost. But about that time, I also learned I was most likely gluten intolerant. I'd always had IBS symptoms, but had never been diagnosed. My stomach rumbled like a thunderstorm basically any time I ate, and even sometimes when I didn't. I had horrible, painful gas that had not yet reached the stage of embarrassing, but was definitely uncomfortable, and I was fairly sure some of my stomach sounds could be heard three offices down at work. On days when I knew I would have to attend meetings, I would simply not eat anything beforehand; I wouldn't even drink water.
With some random and extremely unscientific testing, I discovered that if I skipped the bagel at breakfast, I had fewer stomach troubles. I tried a day without any bread at all, and that was even better. I asked my doc to test me for celiac, though, and everything came back normal, so I figured it was just random. Another few months of bagels ensued. Things worsened to the point where I was unable to ignore them, and finally I just cut out all gluten for a week to test it. It was the best week I'd had in years, so I started researching gluten-free diets, and ended up with Robb Wolf, and from there Mark Sisson and the whole Paleo crowd.
So I started being seriously Paleo/Primal around mid-February of this year. I dropped the 20 lbs I had gained back, and just kept going. I had a three-week stall right around 300, which was intensely annoying – but after a 2-day carb re-feed I jumped up to 305 and then dropped like a rock, ending up at 293 today. I'll have to keep that trick in my toolbox.
I have so many things to say about what this has been like, and the mental and emotional changes of losing approximately a quarter of my body weight in such a relatively short span of time. But if I start on that, I'll just be typing forever. It's too late to make this brief, but at least I can put anyone reading out of their misery. Anyway – Hi, I'm Merry! Nice to meet you guys. :)


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While the Red Sox were doing battle with the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend in Canada, the Guy Who Wrote Sweet Caroline performed in Boston on Saturday night. At Fenway, no less.
As this video shot by commenter vievetrick shows, one of the highlights of the night was hardly a shocker:
|Sweet Caroline
Considering the Wikipedia page for the song says that Jimmy Buffet and Dave Matthews performed "Sweet Caroline" when they performed at Fenway, I guess things have come full circle.
Kelly Clarkson, of course, was obviously there in spirit, beer in hand.
UPDATE: Here's another video of Saturday night's performance. This one's shot from so close, I can almost see the chest hair. Wait, what?


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When the huge overhead door opens on a distribution day at the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank warehouse in Ewing, Ivette Olmeda said it is like a curtain going up and the production is about to begin.
Olmeda directs the show ― figuratively and literally.
As operations coordinator, she is the link between the member agencies and food. "Helping the agencies, assisting them in getting food, is what makes me feel so good about what I do," said Olmeda.
Olmeda came to her position with firsthand experience and knowledge about the needs of the hungry and the emergency food network. She joined Mercer Street Friends in 1999, and for five years she ran the food pantry the agency operated at its headquarters in Trenton.
Olmeda spent the next two years conducting food stamp outreach under a grant Mercer Street Friends received from the N.J. Department of Human Services to pilot a food stamp outreach program.
The funding ended at the same time the Food Bank was moving into its 15,000-square-foot facility in Ewing, and Olmeda was asked to join the staff as operations coordinator.
Olmeda's duties include approving and adjusting monthly allocations of U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities offered to Mercer Street Friends; apportioning fair share allotments of food among the member agencies; preparing reports that are sent to the N.J. Department of Agriculture; and maintaining agency accounts.
In addition, Olmeda translates the food bank's monthly nutrition messages into Spanish and serves as the food bank's on-call translator.
And Wednesday afternoons and Thursdays mornings she runs food distribution.
Before a distribution begins, Olmeda walks the warehouse floor, making sure everything is in place. She may find the wrong food in a pallet slot ― rice instead of tuna ― so pallets have to be moved. When she is satisfied that all is good to go, the overhead door is opened and people picking up food for the member agencies enter, sign in and then wait until they are called.
"Catholic Charities, you're up," Olmeda calls out. With clip board in hand, she directs the agency representative, as well as volunteers who come regularly or are part of a team of area business or corporate employees volunteering just for the morning. She leads them up and down the warehouse aisles to pull food orders.
"St. Raphael's, it's your turn," someone else calls out, as a second team leader starts the process of filling the order for the church's pantry.
Olmeda is the mother of four children, ages 15-22, and, typical of working moms, she knows how to juggle competing needs and demands for her attention.
"There are a lot of distractions," said Olmeda. "Everyone comes to me. A volunteer taking charge of divvying up the fresh produce needs instructions, an agency has a question, a colleague or the other team leader needs assistance, or somebody yells 'where are the blueberries,'" she explained.
As much as 40,000 pounds of food and groceries can go out in three hours under Olmeda's watchful eye.
"At the end of the day, I am amazed at how much food we moved," she said. "The agencies are so appreciative and thank me all the time. I only wish I could give them more."
Donations for this year's Holiday Appeal campaign will help ensure that the Food Bank's warehouse remains stocked with nutritious food to fill the growing demand during these very difficult times.
To make a donation in support of the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, make your check payable to The Times Holiday Appeal and mail it to Times Charities Inc., 413 River View Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08611.
All gifts will be acknowledged in The Times. Anonymity will be granted if requested.
For more information about the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, call (609) 406-0503 or go to www.mercerstreetfriends.org.


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|Welcome to Rave Master Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the Plue page, and thanks for joining our community! There's a lot to do around here, so I hope you'll stay with us and make many more improvements.
Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! Omega natsu2 (talk) 05:36, August 31, 2013 (UTC)
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Hey ;D
Actually, I don't want to focus on fights right now, let's leave that for the end. Right now, what I want to do is finish the chapter summaries or whatever is listed here. Fights are more of an extra addition and some fun pages on a wiki, at least the way I see it. And I would like to have a manga wiki's priorities completed first, which is character and chapter pages for me. However, I can't and won't stop you from writing fight summaries. I'll just ask of you to work on them in your sandbox. I'll make the template for the fights later. Thank you for joining us! ;D Also, one last thing. Ask me for images when you need them. I don't mean to sound mean, but those pictures you uploaded are really low in quality. D;
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DETROIT — It's marketing genius.
Tom Nardone of Birmingham, the founder of the Detroit Mower Gang, a prolific pumpkin carver, bulletproof vest manufacturer, a married father of three and the creator of a successful Troy-based sex toy business named PriveCo, has harnessed the federal government shutdown to bolster name recognition for his company's website, vibrators.com.
For as long as the government is closed, his company is offering 200 free vibrators per day to furloughed government employees.
News of the offer has already been picked up by national women's magazine publisher Cosmopolitan.
Nardone said this in a comment he left on a Cosmopolitan.com post about his offer:
Hi! I'm Tom from Vibrators.com. Thanks for posting about us. We are going to fill as many orders as we can. We figure we can ship out 200 or so a day without slowing down the shipments of other customers. So, if you are bored with no work to do, order one. It really is free.
As of about 9:15 p.m. Friday, Nadone posted on his Facebook page that 40 orders had been filled.
"Are you a federal employee that has been deemed non-essential?" the Vibrators.com website asks. "Do you have a little too much time on your hands and nothing to do? Is the recent government shutdown to blame?
"As vibrator enthusiasts, we want everyone to experience the pleasure that a nice vibrator can bring to partners and individuals. Besides, we know you have some free time, why not try something new?"
Nardone told AVN.com: "We are very picky about what products we sell and ship. Compared to any other free gift, I think our free vibrator is a great item."


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St. Michael's High School class of 1959 in Union City will celebrate its 55th reunion on Sept. 16, from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Spring Lake Manor. Registration costs $75, and includes a buffer dinner, dancing, and other fun activities, as well as a cash bar. The Spring Lake Manor is located at 415 New Jersey 71, Spring Lake. For information, email Gary Cademartori at email@example.com by Tuesday.
Perth Amboy High School, Class of 1954, will hold its 60th reunion on Sept. 19. The school is located at 300 Eagle Ave, Perth Amboy. For information, contact Marilyn Millet Goldberg at 609-655-2351 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com or Nancy Johnson Kantra at 732-244-1012.
Hoboken High School's Classes of January 1964 and June 1964 will have a 50th reunion on Sept. 20. The reunion will take place at the La Reggia, 40 Wood Ave., Secaucus. For information, email email@example.com.
The Livingston High School Class of 1964 will hold its 50th reunion on Sept. 20 at the Rock Spring Club, West Orange, with a tour of the high school and a football game planned for Sept. 19. Participants can also secure a room at Turtle Brook Inn (near the club) by calling 973-731-5300, and should mention the LHS Reunion to reserve their rooms. For information, email Linda Lopardo at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Holy Family Academy in Bayonne will have its 50th reunion for its 1964 graduating class on Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. The reunion will take place at the Vanity Fair, 1600 Route 70 East, Lakewood. For information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Union City Emerson High School Class of 1964's 50th reunion will be held at The Fiesta on Route 17 South in Wood Ridge, on Sept. 26. The cost is $65 per person. If interested, mail a check payable to: James A. Cirillo; PO Box 3835; Wallington, NJ 07057.
William L. Dickinson High School's class of 1974 is planning to have its 40th reunion on Sept. 27. The school is located at 2 Palisade Ave, Jersey City. To register for the reunion, visit www.reunions-unlimited.com.
St. Mary of the Assumption High School in Elizabeth is planning a 40th reunion for the graduating Class of 1974 on Oct. 4 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Hilton in Woodbridge's Iselin section. Registration costs $85 per person, and includes buffet style dining and a DJ. A cash bar is also available. For information, contact Antoinette Marano Mistretta at email@example.com.
Snyder High School Class of 1974 will celebrate its 40th Reunion with the classes of 1973 and 1975, along with any other Snyder classes interested in joining the festivities. The reunion will be held on Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at The Fiesta, 255 Route 17 South, Wood Ridge. Tickets are $115 per person, and can be purchased through https://snyder40-2014.eventbrite.com. For information email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lodi High School's classes of 1974 and 1975 will have their 40th reunion on Oct. 11 at Bel Posto, 160 Prospect Ave., Hackensack. Tickets cost $100, and will cover an all night open bar and buffet. Rooms at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights-Meadowlands. For information, contact Michele Priore Corne at email@example.com.


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MIDLAND, MI — With more than 40 years of experience and a 700-song repertoire, the members of CEYX were prepared to rock Midland's Fourth of July celebration at Chippewassee Park, Wednesday night.
The Saginaw-based trio started by playing high school proms and homecoming dances in 1971, band member Dean Rusch said. Now the band travels throughout the state playing weddings, festivals and dances.
Rusch said the band specializes on crowd interaction; playing recognizable songs from 1950s oldies to more contemporary pop hits that people can sing along with. He said the band has drawn quite a bit of recognition over the years.
"It's kind of interest because we started playing 40-some years ago and everyone is coming up to us saying, 'You did my prom at Dow High School,'" he said. "Everybody's got a story, that's why it's neat getting involved in these types of things."
CEYX performed at the Midland Fourth of July show last year as well in front of a crowd that Rusch estimated to be about 6,000 people. Midland Parks and Recreation Manager Marcie Post estimated this year's turn out to be lower — between 2,000 and 3,000 — because of the heat.
Post said bringing CEYX back for a second year was a
"They were so good last year, I couldn't not bring them back," she said before the show.
CEYX hit the stage a little after 8 p.m. The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band opened the evening at 6 p.m., bringing a tropical feel to the park grounds.
Post said she liked having a more relaxing band for when people are first rolling into the park, she said it helped create a positive atmosphere before things picked up with CEYX.
"Steel drum music is so positive," she said. "It's like 'The Little Mermaid.'"
Sanford resident Yolanda Quintero said she enjoyed the rhythmic sounds of the Caribbean-themed band.
Quintero said she has been attending the Midland Fireworks "off and on" for the past 25 years.
"I enjoy having live music at a Fourth of July celebration, I think it adds a lot to it," she said. "Today the attendance for the music part did not appear to be that good, I think that's a function of weather... I don't think it reflects the band."


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It's what happened next that made my blood boil. He blithely threw the foil onto the ground behind him without missing a bite. He didn't even crumple it; just tossed it behind him.
The simple act of littering was made more egregious by the fact that he literally was standing next to a trash can. I would've given him a dirty look had I been in the lane nearer to him. Instead, I spat out "pig," as I always do when I see someone treat the street as if it were his own private wastebasket.
I'll never understand why smokers suddenly get the urge to open the door and empty their car's ashtray while waiting at a light. Or why certain allergy- and cold-sufferers can't just stuff their used tissues into a pocket or purse ¤'til they get home like the rest of us. It may not be pleasant, but at least it's your own germs you're pocketing.
And don't you love those snackers who seem to think just because candy-bar wrappers and chip bags are empty when they toss them, they really don't count as trash. Well, maybe not to the vermin their crumbs attract, but that's certainly how the rest of us view it.
You'd think in a borough that for years was defined by the garbage it was forced to accept, the residents would be overly sensitive about keeping their community clean. While that may be true of many, unfortunately, it still is by no means true of all.
Several years back, the Advance helmed the TrashBusters program, through which volunteers armed with gloves, rakes and heavy-duty garbage bags would clean up various trash-strewn eyesores around the Island. My first time helping out, the location was Snake Hill (Richmond Hill Road), where the crew of volunteers filled several bags with detritus from the side of the road, plucking not only paper from the surrounding foliage, but discarded toys, pieces of pipe and lumber, as well as other larger items.
When we finished, Snake Hill was pristine. Imagine my disappointment when a few hours later, I drove up the hill only to find the sides of the road once again defined by litter.
I suppose I have trash on the brain because this year marks the 10th anniversary of the closing of the Fresh Kills landfill. Or maybe it's because of the recent hoopla over the MTA considering whether to ban eating on the subway.
As much as I loathe the government poking its nose into our eating habits, à la regulating the amount of salt chefs are allowed to include in their recipes, or taxing sugary drinks for our own good, I tend to lean in favor of the MTA clearing the table when it comes to dining on a moving subway car.
And I do mean dining, not just munching on a granola bar or Three Musketeers on the way home (so long as you don't throw the wrapper under your seat). As you're probably aware, the question of banning food on the subway made headlines after a fight broke out on a Brooklyn train over a woman opening up a Styrofoam container and tucking into some spaghetti, which offended a fellow passenger.
Perhaps it wouldn't have happened if the woman's meal of choice were, say, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, which can be eaten far more inconspicuously than alternately twirling and slurping strands of sauce-slathered pasta. Of course, it probably wouldn't have escalated if the offended woman had simply "tsk-tsked" her disapproval, rather than referring to the diner as an "animal."
Either way, there's something inherently wrong with consuming a meal on a train as it rumbles beneath the city streets. First of all, it just seems rude, especially if you can't share with your fellow travelers.
Second, though I haven't ridden the subway for quite some time, I vividly recall the cars lurching unexpectedly, forcing me to body-slam the straphanger next to me. All it would take is one good lurch to propel a plate of pappardelle into your neighbor's lap and then onto the floor, where it would set the table for a veritable rat's buffet.
Finally, and most importantly, given the cavalier attitude many have about disposing of their garbage, leftovers are guaranteed to be ditched on the train, creating both a health hazard (see "rat's buffet," above) and a truly disgusting — emphasis on disgusting — amount of trash.
Though MTA head Jay Walder has indicated a ban on food in the subway would be difficult to enforce, I still think it's something he ought to consider, lest the spaghetti incident embolden more travelers to chow down en route to their stop. When it comes to garbage, it doesn't take much to turn a molehill into a mountain. Just ask a Staten Islander.
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Terry Collins said closer Jenrry Mejia is available to pitch for the Mets, despite suffering from a hernia. Mejia said this weekend that he has had a hernia for the past three weeks, and also nursed a calf strain.
"He's fine," Collins said. "He was ready to pitch (Tuesday) but didn't get him in there."
Mejia leads the Mets with 17 saves this season.
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Major League Baseball suspended Derrick Bernard, a right-handed pitcher with the Mets' rookie-league affiliate in the Gulf Coast League, for violation of the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.
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Georgia athlete Blake Sims said he couldn't sleep after decommitting from Alabama recently. He decided to reopen his commitment and take a look at Tennessee, but lost interest in the Vols after head coach Lane Kiffin bolted for USC.
Sims is now back on Alabama's commitment list after talking to Nick Saban over the weekend.
"Coach Saban told me that he considered me family and that as family we would work things out," Sims told BamaOnLine.
A quarterback at Gainesville High, Sims is ranked the nation's No. 28 athlete by Rivals.com.


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Hawaiian quilt
A Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive quilting style of the Hawaiian Islands that uses large radially symmetric applique patterns. Motifs often work stylized botanical designs in bold colors on a white background.
Hawaiian quilt applique is made from a single cut on folded fabric. Quilting stitches normally follow the contours of the applique design.
Hawaiian quilting derives from the kapa moe, an indigenous bed cover textile. Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees. Traditional kapa was beaten and felted, then dyed in geometric patterns.
Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s. The climate of Hawaii is unsuitable for cotton cultivation and kapa is unsuitable for quilting so all Hawaiian quilts are constructed from imported material. The earliest written reference comes from Isabella Bird who visited Hawaii in 1870 and wrote a travelogue Six Months in the Sandwich Islands.
Flag quilts[edit]
Another Hawaiian quilt style incorporates multiple copies of the Hawaiian flag and commemorate the state's former independence as a sovereign kingdom. Many of these flag quilts date back to the overthrow of the monarchy, when displaying the Hawaiian flag was considered treason. Quilts bearing symbols of the monarchy were a form of silent resistance.[1]
Other styles[edit]
Hawaiian quilters also made other styles of quilts including embroidering quilts and crazy quilting. The most famous Hawaiian crazy quilt is the one made by Queen Liliuokalani during her internment after the overthrow of the monarchy.
Antique flag quilts fetch higher prices than applique quilts: high quality flag quilts may be valued at $40,000 - $60,000 while applique quilts sell for $9000 – $15,000. Factors that affect price include the quality of the original construction, preservation of the item's color and physical integrity, and provenance.[2]
See also[edit]
- Serrao, Poakalani, The Hawaiian quilt, A spiritual experience, Reflection on its history, heritage, designing, quilting methods and patterns, Honolulu, Mutual Pub., 1997.
- Severson, Don R., Finding Paradise, Island Art in Private Collections, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 237-254.
- ^ http://www.nokaoimagazine.com/Features/Vol12%20No6/Hawaiian_quilts.html
- ^ "Why Hawaiian Quilts?" Antiques Road Show[1]
External links[edit]
- http://www.poakalani.net/
- The Hawaii Quilt Guild
- History of Hawaiian Quilts
- The Queen's Quilt
- Quilting History of Hawaii
- Bishop Museum Quilt Database
- [2] Article about Hawaiian quilters by Cheryl Tsutsumi. Maui No Ka 'Oi Magazine Vol. 12 No.6 (November 2008).
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MUSKEGON, MI -- Project FRESH, an annual family fun day designed to promote the federal Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program in Muskegon County, will return on Saturday, June 21.
Sponsored by Public Health – Muskegon County and the local Michigan State University Extension office, the event will feature children's activities and free trolley rides to and from the new downtown Muskegon Farmers Market.
Muskegon County WIC participants will be eligible to receive coupon booklets worth $20 on a first-come, first-served basis during the event, which will be held 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Last year, organizers offered coupon books worth $30.
WIC Program Supervisor Jenna Blamer said if all of the 500 plus coupon booklets available this month are redeemed nearly $11,000 will go back to Farmers Market vendors.
"If we don't get a good redemption rate, the may cut the balance the following year," Blamer said.
The booklets are part of the Project Farm Resources Expanding and Supporting Health program, also known as Project FRESH. The educational initiative began in several states in 1986 and allows WIC participants to buy locally-grown produce at approved roadside stands and farmers markets.
The effort also teaches participants how to select and prepare fruits and vegetables and provides them with nutritious recipe ideas.
Last year, the Project FRESH event featured face painting, mini train rides, a petting zoo, an inflatable bounce house, an obstacle station and information booths. The region's Mounted Troop members also appeared to talk to kids about horses and the role of the group.
Last year, 373 children participated in the event and organizers received 194 coupon booklets to distribute to WIC families. The value of those coupons that were spent locally totaled nearly $6,000.
In 2012, the Project FRESH program received 393 booklets to distribute to local WIC participants. The county department's spokeswoman, Dori Peters, said in 2013 that fewer books were available last year because of sequestration.
This year's activities will take place at Public Health – Muskegon County, located at 209 E Apple Ave.
For more information or questions, contact Jenna Blamer at 231-724-1205 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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BRIDGEWATER, NJ — On October 30, 2013, the Somerset County Business Partnership (SCBP) hosted "Go Green on the Green," a social event designed to enhance networking opportunities and foster enthusiasm about advancing sustainability efforts in Somerset County. Complete with delicious food, engaging activities, unique learning experiences, and a sizeable crowd, the event offered something for everyone.
Neshanic Valley Golf Club (an environmental leader in its own right) was the ideal setting for this event, with plenty of space for mingling, dining, and getting ideas flowing. The large crowd was dynamic and engaged, adding to the festive atmosphere. Among those in attendance were County Freeholders Robert Zaborowski and Peter Palmer.
Ed Seliga, chair of SCBP's Sustainable Somerset Committee, which organized the event, was excited by the turn-out of businesses from a wide range of sectors and backgrounds. "We saw bankers, contractors, lawyers, marketers, the Building Trades, governmental organizations, non-profits, and dozens of others coming together in Somerset County. It was an amazing cross-section of the community demonstrating how important sustainability has become to our local businesses."
"This event underscores the Partnership's value to our members through opportunities to connect with others, learn about critical topics, contribute to the community, and improve business bottom lines—all while having a great time," added SCBP President, Michael Kerwin.
The event was built around an innovative, exhilarating, laughter-inducing game called "On the Tee." Throughout the evening, attendees visited nine different game stations showcasing important topics in sustainability, hosted by subject matter experts from the Somerset County community (listed below). Activities included a match of wits during a "Family Feud" encounter focused on green innovations, racing plastic boats in the "Rainwater Regatta" while learning how to improve building shells to enhance indoor air quality and reduce heating and cooling costs, embarking on a scavenger hunt for green marketing tools and tips, and spinning a "Wheel of Fortune" detailing concepts about carbon emissions reduction. Attendees had a fantastic time, and left with greater knowledge about sustainability, actionable insights to put into effect in their homes and offices, and a plethora of prizes.
"On the Tee" game stations included:
1. Water Conservation and Management (hosted by Brian Haggerty of Brian Haggerty LLC)
2. Energy Efficiency (hosted by Ray Perry of NJ Green Energy Consulting)
3. Renewable Energy (hosted by Scott Schultz of Advanced Solar Products)
4. Air Quality and Building Shell (hosted by Emily Hammer of SSP Architectural Group)
5. Carbon Emissions Reduction (hosted by Susan Harkins of Ridewise of Raritan Valley)
6. Solid Waste (hosted by Knud Jacobsen of Mil-tek NJ Recycling and Waste Solutions LLC)
7. Funding Green (hosted by Danielle Heise of NJ Clean Energy)
8. Green Marketing (hosted by Talia Manning of Chameleon Studios and Rachel Brindisi of Print Tech)
9. Green Innovations (hosted by Erol Odabasi of Johnson & Johnson)
In addition to providing a fun introduction into sustainability in general, the Go Green on the Green event provided an opportunity for businesses to learn more about SCBP's ongoing "Green Challenge." The Green Challenge is a call to action for Somerset County businesses of all sizes to make a commitment to sustainability by making manageable improvements to their business practices that better the community while saving money and resources.
"The event was a smashing success," said the Chair of the Green Challenge Initiative, Marcie Hanhart. "It was a great way to advance this important initiative while showing people that going green can be easy and fun!"
Businesses can participate in the Green Challenge for free by signing up on the SCBP website. Once enrolled, businesses will receive one-on-one attention from a dedicated mentor, access to extensive resources, free promotional opportunities, and special recognition at events like Go Green on the Green. "The benefits of participating in the Green Challenge are incredible. Making something like this available to the community really speaks to the SCBP's unwavering support of its core values of nurturing businesses and creating a better and more sustainable place for all of us to live and work," continued Marcie Hanhart.
Companies who have already joined the Green Challenge were recognized at the event along with an array of sponsoring Community Partners who made the event possible. Of particular note are the Food and Beverage Sponsor Investors Bank (a new member of the SCBP) and the Marketing Community Partner Chameleon Studios, who also developed promotional materials for the event. A full list of Community Partners can be found on the SCBP website under "Community Affairs."
Plans are already being discussed for a similar event to be hosted next year in order to continue the momentum initiated by Go Green on the Green. To learn more and to get involved in the exciting community effort to advance sustainability, Sustainable Somerset, and the SCBP's other engaging programs, go to www.SCBP.org or contact Takeena Deas, Director of Community Affairs at (908) 218-4300.


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BATON ROUGE -- Police would have to give motorists a heads-up before they set up "checkpoints" to examine motor vehicle inspection stickers, a House committee decided Monday.
The Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works unanimously supported House Bill 713 by Rep. Marcus Hunter, D-Monroe, sending it to the full House for debate.
Hunter said state law now requires police to notify drivers when they stage checkpoints for seat-belt and auto insurance enforcement.
Police also notify the public in general terms when they erect checkpoints for driving while intoxicated. His bill would require the notices for all checkpoints to be made in advance in the local media.
"This is a health, safety and welfare issue," Hunter said of the need for the advanced notification, especially so emergency vehicles are not delayed at the roadblocks. "I want it to be as uniform as with (the stops for) DWIs."
Hunter said that the bill has very little costs to police agencies -- just a fax, e-mail or telephone call to the local news media.
The bill also makes the inspection sticker checkpoint guidelines the same as those for others: the location, time and duration of the event; setting out signs, flares or other indicators to warn of the impending stop; giving the nature of the checkpoint; and requiring the police agency to provide an area for the detention of drivers for a minimal length of time.
State Police spokesman Capt. Doug Cain said that the checkpoint law has been interpreted to allow just the parish to be given where a checkpoint will be set up, not the exact intersection.
The committee also approved and sent to the House floor House Bill 499 by Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, that would allow military veterans to use their state-issued drivers licenses or state identification cards for non-drivers as their proof of military service.
The bill would authorize the word "veteran" to be imprinted in black under the driver's photo on the card. The bill was amended to change the color of the word "veteran" from red to black, to conform to a Senate bill that has cleared that chamber.
Burns said the bill requires the veterans to show proof of their service by presenting discharge papers or other documents to get the special ID or license at no additional costs.
The special card will make it less cumbersome for veterans to prove their service to qualify for retail discounts and other benefits, Burns said. Now, some may have to present their discharge papers to get the benefits, he said.
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Although I have already broken out my fat pants this holiday season, I am not quite ready to start my New Year's dieting. Even so, it's best to eat something healthy along the way. Steel cut oats are a hearty, whole grain way to feel good about what you're eating at this time of year.
For anyone who is not a fan of oatmeal, despite its long list of health benefits, steel cut oats may be the solution. They have a slightly nutty flavor, and a chewier texture than regular rolled oats.
For the holiday season, and since I'm not ready for my diet just yet, I added this Christmas Confetti—a mixture of dried fruit, pecans, and pure maple syrup.
Steel Cut Oats with Christmas Confetti
1 cup steel cut oats
4 cups water
pinch of salt
1/4 cup dried cherries
1/4 cup pecan halves
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
cream (optional)
1. In a small bowl, combine dried fruit, pecans, and maple syrup. Set aside. Place oats in a medium saucepan set over medium heat, and stir frequently until oats become slightly fragrant, about a minute or two. Pour in water and bring to a boil. Once the mixture comes to a rolling boil, add in the salt and reduce heat to a very low simmer.
2. Simmer the oats for 20-25 minutes, stirring frequently. If the water evaporates to quickly, you can add more as you go along. Pour into bowls. Top with fruit mixture, milk, and cream.


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As breathtaking, mountain vistas and waves of white clouds welcome you to Monteverde, you'll be glad you chose to study Spanish in one of the most enchanting regions of Costa Rica.
Set nearly 5,000-ft. above the coast with a population of 5,000, Monteverde is the country's crown jewel for ecotourism and biodiversity. The relaxed rhythm of life here calms the senses, creating the perfect atmosphere to learn Spanish.
CPI's Monteverde campus was built to be a Spanish immersion institute and continues to be maintained with tremendous care and impeccability; the school features modern, well-appointed classrooms, spacious common areas for group study and activities (cooking and dance classes), and pockets of tranquility situated among brilliantly blooming tropical plants for quiet study or conversation.
When classes conclude, adventure awaits! Mix the majestic with the extreme on a exhilarating zip line experience through the cloud canopy. Hike one of the many trails that wind through the Monteverde Nature Reserve, home to over 100 species of mammals, 400 species of birds, tens of thousands of insect species, and over 2,500 varieties of plants, 420 of which are orchids alone. Birdwatch or seek out Costa Rica's famed Morpho butterfly, indigenous to the cloud forest. Watch a picture perfect sunset over the Nicoya Gulf on horseback, or take weekend trips to the Arenal Volcano, Manuel Antonio National Park, Rincon de la Vieja Volcano, or Nicaragua.
Whatever adventure you choose, the CPI Monteverde staff is at your service to book activities with the best tour operators and recreation professionals in the area. Complete your perfect day, in the soothing waters of the CPI spa before you return to your host family for a typical meal and of course, to practice your Spanish!
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August 29, 2014, 12:00 am TWN
TAIPEI -- The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC, 金管會), Taiwan's top financial regulator, expects the number of small businesses registered on the local incubation board to hit 300 in four years.
In early January, the GreTai Securities Market (GTSM, 櫃買中心), which operates the local over-the-counter (OTC) market, launched the incubation board to help small and micro enterprises in Taiwan raise funds for future development.
FSC Chairman Tseng Ming-chung (曾銘宗) said the GTSM plans to visit about 800 small and micro businesses in four years and hopes that about 300 will be registered on the incubation board.
Tseng said the incubation board aims to assist small enterprises that have great potential to expand, and through such a fund-raising venue, Taiwan is likely to cultivate its next Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), its next Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (鴻海) or its next MediaTek Inc., which enjoy high visibility in the global market.
TSMC now is the world's largest contract chip maker, and Hon Hai ranks as the world's largest contract electronics supplier, while MediaTek (聯發科) is one of the world's leading integrated circuit designers.
So far, a total of 29 small companies have been registered on the incubation board, most of which are in the electronics and biotech sectors, according to the GTSM.
Since the launch of the incubation board, the GTSM has received 82 applications for registration in the fund-raising venue, the exchange said. The 82 include 23 electronics firms, 19 biotech companies, 16 cultural creative product suppliers, 10 electronics-commerce operators, and five agricultural businesses.
A company eligible to raise funds on the incubation board should be capitalized at no more than NT$50 million (US$1.67 million).
Tseng said the FSC will continue to help local enterprises and raise funds by providing them with more fund-raising options, a move that is expected to strengthen the local private sector's competitive edge and eventually boost the local economy.


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HARRISBURG — Police data show 49 rapes were reported last year in the capital city, the lowest count in at least eight years.
That's down from an annual average of 54 from 2006 to 2011, according to a PennLive analysis of FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
But numbers don't tell everything.
"Each case is evaluated on its merits, and sometimes they turn out to be unfounded, or they aren't prosecutable. In all fairness to, number one, the victims, who report sexual assaults, cases should be looked at individually, and with some scrutiny," said Harrisburg Police Lt. Robert Fegan.
During most of that time, however, only Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Erie — where respective populations are 30, six and two times larger — consistently outranked Harrisburg, home to around 50,000 people.
Harrisburg ranked fourth behind those cities in 2011, the most recent year for which Uniform Crime Report data were available, as well as from 2006 to 2008.
When adjusted for population, Harrisburg's rank varied between 5 and 18, the analysis shows.
For Jennifer Storm, who heads Dauphin County's Victim/Witness Assistance Program, it's tough to tell whether the numbers suggest an actual higher incidence — or more reporting of such crimes.
"We've been working to create an environment that protects and enforces victims' rights. I'd like to think we've done that, that victims believe they'll be empowered and protected if they come forward. I definitely think that's part of it," she said.
Storm's agency and others including the YWCA have increased awareness and made the issue more of a "matter-of-fact" one, she said.
That also could explain the decreased number in 2012.
PennLive has filed a Right-to-Know request seeking non-identifying information about Harrisburg rapes: locations and demographic details, such as age and race, of the people involved.
State and nationwide numbers for 2012 won't be available until the Uniform Crime Report publishes later this year.
The local data were provided to the media after a news conference Tuesday called by the Task Force on Sexual Violence that Mayor Linda Thompson launched in January after two rapes occurred in two days in the city.


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|On the Road Again
|Written by Sherry
|Thursday, 24 January 2008 07:41
Me and Willy are about to hit that open highway (well, open skyway) again. . .
The CSI gang has been very busy this month. So far, 1,000 Catholics have gone through the Called & Gifted workshop this month alone and we have 11 more workshops scheduled before the end of February. No wonder I needed that 4 hour nap yesterday!
Here's what is happening over the next two weeks.
Fr. Mike and I are in Riverside, CA at the Newman Center this weekend. So blogging will be slim Friday - Sunday.
Next week, we'll be doing a specially modified seminarian's version of the Called & Gifted workshop for the student body and some of the faculty at St. Mary's seminary, Houston. Sorry, but this one isn't open to the public.
Feb 1/2 Called & Gifted in Lewiston, ID
Feb 8/9
Called & Gifted in Ripon, CA
Called & Gifted in Olympia, Washington
Called & Gifted interviewer/facilitator training in
Greenville, SC(note: there are pre-reqs for this, read the link,
call our office if you have more questions or to arrange for a phone interview.)
Also, on the weekend of February 9/10, Fr. Mike will be preaching all the Masses at the Newman Center at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. He and I (after I jet in from South Carolina) will be offering a Lenten parish mission there. But I'll post more details on that next week.
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I hear The internet multi player function wont be too far off. a couple of months. trust me. get the wii asap lol. dont listen to ps3 and xbox propaganda. the wii will win.
Is the Nintendo Wii worth it right now? I am sure I will get it either way, but it appears everyone seems to be having trouble with the things that are promised for later, and besides, no online play yet? Are we going to assume all launch games will never be online, or that we will need to re-purchase them? Or do they have the online function sitting there and just not working yet?
I seem to think the Wii is going to dissapoint me for a few reasons, and I am going to form them as questions to give myself hope and because I admit I am not much of a news stalker:
1) Will the Wii have Opera web browser within some reasonable time?
2) Will it support USB Keys/Keyboards/Mice EVER? There were no comments made about this and I am worried.
3) Google Talk, MSN and/or AIM support that can float over/beside/around the web browser or games would be amazing. (thought id toss that in just incase someone at Nintendo is interested in what customers say) (and no meebo.com wont due)
4) Like I said above, will online function exist for games? and if so will it (in some way that dosent cost money) exist on pre-online released games?
I hear The internet multi player function wont be too far off. a couple of months. trust me. get the wii asap lol. dont listen to ps3 and xbox propaganda. the wii will win.
Online functionality will come along with the browser and such. It's simply a matter of time. The only reason I would agree the Wii was rushed is the fact that even though they're pretty plentiful, one can get one if they put even a little bit of effort into it, controllers and component cables are no where to be found... and what fun is Wii Sports without 2 controllers? I just find it kind of strange how easily I found a Wii and now I'm having a ton of trouble finding an extra controller.


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GLOVERSVILLE - As adoption of another state budget nears, Lexington Center continues to lobby, along with its support groups, for raises for the center's 1,000 direct care workers it feels are long overdue.
"Lexington is very supportive of these efforts, as we are in our fifth year in a row that we will not receive an increase in funding in the proposed state budget," said Wally Hart, Lexington's division director for business and community development. "We have actually had over $5 million in funding cuts in those same years. Our employees have done a tremendous job to cut expenses, but without funding increases, we are not able to increase pay to our employees."
Hart said the average direct support staff makes about $10 per hour. He said the starting rate is $9.36 per hour, going up 25 cents after certification.
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He noted Lexington starts such workers above the minimum wage.
The minimum wage was at $7.25. The $8 minimum wage went into effect Dec. 31 and will increase to $8.75 at the end of the year.
But even with the minimum wage going to $9 per hour at the end of 2015, he said Lexington doesn't have a way to pay the existing staff receiving $9 per hour the extra $1.75 they also deserve.
Two of the groups lobbying the state Legislature for more pay for direct care workers are the NYSARC Inc. and the Cerebral Palsy Association of New York state. The NYSARC is America's largest non-profit organization supporting people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities and their families since 1949.
Hart said these two groups, as well as Lexington Center, have an important message for state legislators this time. The message is: "Don't ignore workers caring for people with developmental disabilities."
"We can't give wage increases because we can't afford to give wage increases," said Lexington Center Executive Director Shaloni Winston.
She said Lexington has about 1,000 direct support workers and although Cost of Living increases, or COLAs, have been proposed sometimes, they do not always include direct support workers serving people with developmental disabilities. She said her employees need a financial break that can only be afforded by overall increases placed in the final 2014-15 state budget.
"Absolutely, with inflation costs going up, we haven't done a wage increase in so many years," Winston stated.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not included a wage increase for those who care for people with developmental disabilities since taking office. Groups like Lexington are maintaining that during that time, direct support staff have seen their purchasing power eroded by more than 8 percent, once the effect of the state's Consumer Price Index is taken into account. NYSARC officials say that basically amounts to a pay cut for employees at Lexington.
According to a joint news release from NYSARC and CP of NYS, the two family-founded statewide organizations that support people with disabilities are currently urging legislators to include a 3 percent wage increase for direct support workers caring for people with developmental disabilities in the state budget.
Hart said nearly 100 percent of Lexington's $85 million annual budget is state-funded.
"There's no questions it's a big operation," he said.
Hart said he tries to explain to co-workers that Lexington doesn't "sell anything," so the local ARC chapter is extremely reliant on state support.
He said that both the state Assembly and the state Senate are currently considering COLAs in the state budget that may assist the direct support staff. He said the Assembly definitely wants a 2 percent hike, but the Senate "hasn't been quite as clear," about what it wants - possibly 1 percent.
"There are 700 providers in New York state that receive funding this way," Hart said.
Lexington's only compensation has been through some savings the last few years, but Hart said even that's wearing thin. He said "there's no more to squeeze" out of the budget.
He said Lexington doesn't want direct care staff to be tired and fall asleep on the job because they're exhausted from working a second job to make ends meet.
"A number of our people work two jobs," Hart said. "That's what we're so concerned about," Hart said. "We're supporting people who depend on us."
The support groups feel the increased wages are in order.
"Our direct support staff provides the hands-on care essential to the health, safety, inclusion and protection of our most vulnerable citizens, yet they are near the bottom of the wage scale and most have not received a wage increase in 4 years," NYSARC Inc. Executive Director Marc Brandt said in the release.
Brandt added, "With the establishment of the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs, the governor made protection of people with developmental disabilities a top priority. Yet the governor's budget denies those who are the foundation of protecting people with developmental disabilities any wage increase for four years in a row."
"These workers must be highly trained, work long hours and perform extremely difficult work," Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State President and CEO Susan Constantino said in the release. "They bear enormous responsibility for the lives of the people they care for. The low wages make it increasingly difficult for non-profit agencies to recruit and retain those so critical to the health and wellbeing of our most vulnerable citizens."
Brandt said direct support workers are paid a salary which may not be much more than the minimum wage, forcing many to work more than one job. That puts them and their families under ever greater strain and can undermine their ability to care for the people with developmental disabilities who depend on them, he said.
The release added that this inadequate pay issue is in the "national spotlight," with President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and others from both major political parties recognizing the needs of low wage workers, their families and the people they serve.
"No funding for wages is wrong," Constantino said. "It's unfair to the workers, their families and most importantly to people with developmental disabilities. It undermines the state's promise to families, legislators and the federal government to fully include and protect people with developmental disabilities in New York state's communities."
Hart said that despite the salary situation at Lexington the last few years, staff has been fairly faithful in staying.
"Our turnovers are actually pretty low," he said. "We're concerned that's going to become a bigger issue."


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Members of the Richmond County tennis team, from the left, Kari Boudreau, Rene George, Victoria David, Samantha Martell and Rene Sampson, coach, took a break Friday afternoon for lunch at the Sydney River tennis facility.
Greg McNeil - Cape Breton Post
Published on May 16, 2014
Members of the Cheticamp team celebrate their mini-handball win Friday morning at Etoile de l'Acadie in Sydney.
Greg McNeil - Cape Breton Post
Published on May 16, 2014
Gabie Losier from the Clare team races home during softball play in Sydney River.
Greg McNeil - Cape Breton Post
Published on May 16, 2014
Cheticamp's Mathieu LeBrun scrambles to make a return during his match at the Coxheath tennis facility on Friday afternoon.
Greg McNeil - Cape Breton Post
Published on May 16, 2014
Laurier Fougere from Richmond County returns a serve in his match against Bradley MacDonald from the Clare school at Coxheath.
Greg McNeil - Cape Breton Post
Published on May 16, 2014
Owen Campbell from the Sydney team fires home a goal during a mini-handball match at Etoile de l'Acadie in Sydney.
Greg McNeil - Cape Breton Post
Published on May 16, 2014
Cloe Dion, left, from the Par-en-Bas school, moves the ball up the field during her team's match against Dartmouth at the Open Hearth Park soccer field on Friday.
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Lifelong friendships formed at Acadian games
SYDNEY — New friendships will be formed and others renewed on and off the playing fields during Jeux de l'Acadie this weekend.
Throughout the event's 30-year history, the games have been seen as an opportunity to showcase athletes in a rare all-French environment. And that leads to camaraderie and enduring friendships, according to organizers, coaches and athletes.
"I just like that all the French schools can come together and we can speak the language that we have known our whole lives for a whole weekend together, playing the sports that we love," said Samantha Martell, a Richmond Grade 10 student competing in her sixth games.
"There's friends that we've known since we started coming six years ago, but we make new friends every year."
Bringing people together is as good of a reason as any for the games, said Rene Sampson, the Richmond tennis coach.
"French schools are far apart in Nova Scotia," she said. "Some are closer but for example Yarmouth and Clare are all the way down the other end of the province for us, so it is nice to get to see them."
Sampson said they sometimes see other schools for other reasons, but not for anything as big as the games being played across the Cape Breton Regional Municipality this weekend.
Monique Leblanc-Delaney, coach of the NDA Cheticamp mini-handball team, said they create opportunities for all French activities in their home community, but interaction with other schools is also valuable to the student experience.
"Jeux de l'Acadie is so important because when they go off to college they know people everywhere in every college and university because they meet them all here," she said.
"It is the networking they do that makes their community larger than just their small community in Cheticamp."
Eric Morneau is taking part in his 18th games and said camaraderie has always been an important aspect of the weekend.
"At the beginning it was to allow the kids from different Acadian regions to compete against other Acadian kids because usually the compete against the neighbouring communities," said Morneau, the organizer of mini-handball at l'Ecole de l'Acadie in Sydney.
"It's just to bring everyone together in that sense. From year-to-year the kids get to know each other and correspond. They are happy to see each other."
The sporting environment has also been a great opportunity to showcase Acadian culture, he noted. That has meant an artistic components and other other expressions of culture.
Sebastien Belzile, development and cultural agent with host school Etoile de l'Acadie in Sydney, said culture will be a focus this year, too.
"It's sports that people see, but are also going to have three cultural events which are the opening ceremonies, the dance on Saturday and closing ceremony on Sunday," he said.
A dance troup and Highland dancers from the local school will be part of the entertainment activities, but Acadian culture will be the main focus, he said.
"This is quite a big event for us. We have at least 700 kids from all over Nova Scotia. That's pretty much everywhere in Nova Scotia and they've come to Sydney and everything takes place in French, which is a big thing for us."


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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If you don't get an application for an absentee ballot in the mail in the next few days, there might be a problem with your voter registration.
But don't worry, you still have plenty of time to fix it.
The Ohio secretary of state's office plans to mail absentee ballot applications tomorrow to more than 6 million registered Ohio voters using information on file as of Aug. 1. Applications have been pre-printed with the name and address on file -- voters need to provide valid identification (driver's license number, last four digits of social security number, or copy of other valid identification), date of birth and signature to receive the actual ballot.
Voters who return completed applications will receive their ballots once the early voting period begins Oct. 7.
"Voters who take advantage of this convenient option will be able to cast their ballot from the comfort of their own homes and help to reduce the chance for long lines at the polls on Election Day," Secretary of State Jon Husted said in a press release.
Ohioans have through Oct. 6 to register to vote. The secretary of state's office will mail more absentee ballot applications early in October to include people who registered or updated information after Aug. 1. Ohioans can download voter registration applications and update address information online, at myohiovote.com.
This year's mailings mark the second time absentee ballot applications have been mailed to registered voters in all 88 Ohio counties. The mailing cost $1.4 million in 2012 and is expected to cost about $1 million this year. The mailings are paid for with remaining funds from the Help America Vote Act, a 2002 federal initiative to improve voting procedures in every state.
Legislation passed earlier this year will require the General Assembly to approve and appropriate money for future statewide absentee ballot application mailings. Previously, each county could decide whether to mail the forms and pay for it.
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections had mailed out absentee ballot applications since 2006, but Husted banned the county policy saying it was not fair that voters in some counties received the applications while others didn't. Husted struck a deal with Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald to mail the applications statewide.


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