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Before school paused for the holiday break, students in many classrooms offered their answers to a basic question:
"What are you thankful for?"
Answers generally include everything from God, family and friends, to their favorite snacks, TV shows and toys.
It's an important exercise, because it gets kids thinking about what they value most. Some of the answers may make the adults chuckle, while others might just bring a tear.
We mention this school exercise because we hope the grown-ups will take some time today to reflect on that same question.
As adults, we tend to spend more time dwelling on what makes us angry — the bills, lousy customer service, inept politicians and so on. We don't spend nearly enough time pondering the good in our lives.
As we gather around the dinner table today for the traditional Thanksgiving meal, let's ask ourselves and our family and friends that question. Go around the table and you might be surprised at some of the answers you get. Doesn't that beat arguing about politics?
We would like to offer our own "thankful list" today.
We are thankful for:
• The police, fire and EMS personnel who keep us safe. Where would we be without these brave, hard-working souls, many of whom are working today?
• Our men and women of the Armed Forces, many thousands of whom are serving in harm's way again this Thanksgiving. We pray they will return to their families soon.
• The volunteers who feed the needy of our communities. Many local churches and schools held programs to provide meals for those less fortunate. The number of those in need seems to grow year by year lately. The economic woes of the last several years have left scores out of work and many have lost their homes. Thankfully, the caring citizens of our area have banded together once again to meet the need with compassion.
• The freedom to speak out against our government and demand change. Whether you agree with their cause or not, the Occupy Wall Street movement exists because we live in a country where freedom has meaning. Sure, we have seen incidents of rough treatment, but no intolerant government is trying to squash this movement. Let's never forget that many have died in other countries while trying to carry out similar protests. Just look at the casualties of the ongoing "Arab spring" protests.
• The brave men and women who step forward to run for public office. Most of them are hard-working, well-intentioned people who want to help improve our lives by offering their leadership skills and ideas. Many new faces will take seats in municipal, county and state office in January. Welcome them, support them and pay attention to what they are doing. Good government is a collaborative process.
• The teachers, coaches, youth group leaders and others who are entrusted with mentoring our kids. These folks always get a bad rap when an adult is discovered abusing that sacred trust. We've heard some absolute horror stories about alleged child abuse via the Penn State scandal, but we must never forget that the great majority of these folks are good, caring individuals who only want to improve the lives of our young people. Without these mentors, many of whom work as volunteers, our kids would miss out on some of the positive experiences that help define our lives.
Now that we have offered a few suggestions, we ask you to take it from here and discuss what you are thankful for today. Given the almost non-stop flow of bad news lately, we could all use this exercise as an opportunity to remember the good in our world and in our daily lives.
Happy Thanksgiving.


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Human Capital, People on the move April 28
Boston Business Journal - by Sean McFadden
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Boston-based seafood company Slade Gorton & Company has named nationally-recognized restaurant chef Katherine See, the former director of culinary operations/Boston and executive chef for Todd English Enterprises and Kingfish Hall since 2005, to serve as the company's in-house executive chef. See will be responsible for product development and innovation at Slade Gorton, effective May 2. See's prior experience also includes the following: sous chef at Legal Seafoods and Legal Test Kitchens, where she participated in the opening of a new concept restaurant chain; sous chef at Olives; and project manager at Portland Shellfish Company.
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When you terminate an employee with a child support Income Withholding for Support (IWO) order/notice, you must report the termination as soon as possible to the child support agency, court, or attorney that issued the IWO.
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Number of the Week: How Much Would State Bans Reduce Abortions?
15%: The drop in abortions if 31 states banned the practice, according to economists' estimates.
Abortion restrictions have been on the rise in recent years, but a new study indicates that even a large-scale ban might have just a muted effect on the actual number of procedures performed.
Using data from New York in the 1970s during a period when abortion was legal in the state but before Roe v. Wade made it legal nationally, economists found a "robust association" between distance to New York and abortion rates. "Abortion rates fell 11.9% for every hundred miles a woman lived from New York," wrote Theodore J. Joyce of Baruch College & Graduate Center, CUNY, Ruoding Tan of the City University of New York Graduate Center and Yuxiu Zhang of the Yale School of Public Health in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
The authors use those findings to extrapolate the effect on national abortion rates under several scenarios. If the Supreme Court overturned Roe and allowed states to regulate abortion, they created two scenarios based on an analysis of several states constitutions and current legislation. The more extreme of the two had 31 states banning the practice. That would increase the distance to the nearest legal abortion by an average of 157 miles and would be expected to lead to a 15% drop in abortions. Under a less-extreme 17-state scenario, the decline would be just 6%.
They also considered a scenario where abortion was legal only in Alaska, California, Hawaii, New York and Washington, the states that legalized abortion prior to Roe. Even that scenario was expected to lead to just a 30% drop in the number of abortions.
Those numbers could be even lower when cultural and technological changes since the 1970s are taken into account. "Clearly there have been important changes in reproductive technology, telecommunications, and travel costs since 1972, which render predictions as to the effect of overturning Roe highly speculative," the authors note.
But outside of a nation-wide ban, the data suggest that the vast majority of women where abortion became illegal would travel to states where the practice remained accessible.


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Angela and Tom Boatwright of Perdido were at last Saturday night's concert that is part of the annual exposition hosted by Buckmasters at the Montgomery Civic Center.
They were near the stage where folks were packed in tight when two people tried to move past.
Angela wondered why Tom didn't move until she noticed his eyes were closed.
Thinking that little sleep combined with the intense stress of the first three days of competing in the Buckmasters Top Bow World Championship had taken its toll, she asked, "Are you sleeping?"
Tom just shook his head.
"I'm shooting my bow."
It was just one of maybe 200 times he admitted to shooting the course -- made up of 10 moving and stationary targets arranged from 20 to 60 yards -- in his mind over the weekend.
"It's like a habit. You don't know if you need it or not. My mind just does it," he said. "It's probably a good habit, considering the year I've had, but you don't get much sleep."
Whether it was the visualization, hours of practice, confidence in his ability or gaining comfort with shooting in front of large crowds and TV cameras over his previous Top Bow appearances -- or a combination of all of them -- Boatwright scratched a seven-year itch.
He won what is considered the greatest prize for a competitive archer.
Boatwright said the desire to shoot like Top Bow legends Jackie Caudle and Joseph Goza and younger-generation stars Randy Hendrix and Skipper Booth blossomed as he watched them compete on TV.
"I always wanted to shoot like those guys," he said.
Ironically, to win this year's Top Bow trophy, he had to beat Booth in one of the closest finals ever. Both shot clean rounds until Booth's last target, a stationary bull's-eye that Boatwright said is called "last chance."
Boatwright, who shot first in the final, hit the red center, then stood alone on the winner's podium when Booth's arrow caught yellow.
"I'm proud of him," Angela Boatwright said. "He's been wanting this for a long time and just kept getting better and better."
So good, in fact, that he's won every bow competition he's entered this year, including the Southern National at the Texas Trophy Hunters Extravaganza.
That win qualified him as one of 64 competitors in the Southern Nation Archery Festival in Austin, Texas. From there, the Boatwrights will go to Branson, Mo., where Tom will defend the Field and Stream Total Outdoorsman Challenge title he won last year.
"Maybe I can relax now. It's been years of really, really wanting it and a lot of practice, practice, practice," he said of the Top Bow win. "I didn't get a lot of sleep over the weekend, but I woke up at about 1:30 the morning after and just stared at the ceiling until nearly daylight and didn't mind at all. I had a smile on my face the whole time."


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The U.S. Coast Guard will host a Wednesday meeting in New Orleans to hash out those details, the mayors of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach said, but the leaders of those coastal cities say they have been shut out of the discussion.
Tony Kennon, mayor of Orange Beach, said that BP has refused for a year to disclose any information about offshore tar mats — areas of solidified oil in near-shore waters — or how they'll be removed.
Should a storm hit, Kennon said, the cities would not have the financial means to clean oil-stained debris.
"Can you imagine the nightmare that would be for us, having to sit there on our thumbs, waiting for the federal government to make a decision?" Kennon asked.
"Their No. 1, first and foremost responsibility is to clean up the mess, clean up the spill," he said. "And they have stonewalled and ignored us to get this tar mat issue swept under the rug. Is this a cover up or a cleanup?"
Tarballs still wash ashore every day, which Orange Beach Coastal Resource Manager Phillip West and others say is an indication that tar mats are scattered across the Alabama coast.
BP spokesman Justin Saia wrote in an email to the Press-Register that sonar equipment had detected "five total anomalies off Alabama's coast" but that none were "found to be oil from the MC252 Deepwater Horizon spill."
Scientists were still analyzing the data, he added, and a Coast Guard report is expected at month's end.
"Response crews will continue to monitor Gulf beaches and perform necessary maintenance to address surface residue balls," Saia wrote.
For a year, beachfront leaders say, they have been asking the same questions, with little response from BP or federal agencies:
- What's the toxicity level of the tar?
- How must it be handled if it washes onto debris?
- Who would clean up the mess?
- How must cleanup workers dress?
- Where would it be dumped?
- Who would pay for it?
"We can't wait until the morning after the storm to put together a plan," said Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft.
The Coast Guard has not disclosed an agenda for its severe weather planning meeting this week.
"It's getting a little late to be working these problems out," West said. "We've been trying to get these answers for too long now."
West envisions logistical problems if oily debris is thrown around the beach.
"Beach access and staging areas are severely limited," he said. "If you have two different contractors going after two different types of storm-generated debris," he said, one will have to be "sacrificed" to recover the other
Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier said that crews excavated one tar mat during a low tide several months ago, but his concern was focused on tarballs that were not cleaned off the beach west of Katrina Cut.
He said that he doesn't want to relive last summer, when the white sands were stained with oil.
"You have the potential of the economic harm, the public relations harm, by leaving this stuff here," Collier said. "And if it ends up on our beaches that have already been cleaned, that's not going to be good. We're already halfway through the summer. We need this to be a good year.
"It's kind of Russian roulette to leave this stuff laying there."
Early this year, however, George Crozier, director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, questioned the need to remove tar mats, which would disturb natural habitats. The buried tar represented no serious threat, he said.


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One of the most grisly and disturbing chapters in the annals of Springfield crime came to a surprising end this week when convicted serial killer Alfred J. Gaynor revealed the full extent of his crimes.
Gaynor, who is serving consecutive life terms for the murder of four Springfield women during the 1990s, admitted to killing four other women over a three-year period that terrorized the city.
The revelation came Monday during a Hampden County Superior Court hearing where Gaynor's nephew Paul L. Fickling pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1996 deaths of Amy Smith and her 22-month-old daughter Destiny, who was left to die in her apartment.
Fickling, who has been serving two life sentences after his 1997 conviction of first-degree murder in the case, was facing a retrial following Gaynor's 2008 jailhouse confession that he alone committed the crime.
District Attorney William M. Bennett, who announced Gaynor's admissions during the hearing on Fickling's plea agreement, said he hoped solving the cases will bring some dignity to the victims and comfort to their families.
Members of the victims' families - who crowded the courtroom - had long suspected Gaynor of committing the crimes. News of his confession - and Fickling's plea - stirred strong emotions. "The hole in my heart is still big, but I needed to know the how and why she died so young," said Janice Ermellini whose 34-year-old daughter Jill Ann Ermellini was found dead in 1997 in the cab of a truck at an Indian Orchard auto body shop.
We hope that Ermellini and the others can now achieve some degree of closure. We also join the families who expressed deep appreciation for the hard work of DA Bennett and the detectives who worked on this heinous case for more than a decade. Justice has been served, but many lives will never be the same.
Editorial: A killer's admissions bring horrifying Springfield case to a close
on October 21, 2010 at 12:03 AM, updated October 21, 2010 at 12:25 PM
One of the most grisly and disturbing chapters in the annals of Springfield crime came to a surprising end this week when convicted serial killer Alfred J. Gaynor revealed the full extent of his crimes.


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Bumper-to-bumper traffic surrounding the venue at all times of the day is a testament to the taste of the food. For $2 you can have a salacious slab of macaroni au gratin, a Haitian-style macaroni and cheese that is boiled in Carnation milk. Add a few slices of fried king fish ($5) with a few lime wedges, which make all the difference in flavor.
The menu changes, but there's always something wonderfully cheap like slices of boiled breadfruit for $1 each. Breadfruit is like a yellow yam with a creamy texture. The menu is a mix of Haitian, Creole and Jamaican recipes and includes dishes like sautéed red snapper with rice and beans ($7), a rich, buttery dish that comfortably feeds three, so get a bottle of ice-cold Freixenet, sit at the picnic table and have a wonderful feast for a grand total of $7 each.
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The first parkrun in the Republic of Ireland started in Malahide Demense Castle and Gardens on the 10th November 2012. It continues to be a revelation.Visit
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Bumpy roadways and sink holes along with sidewalk and curb issues have frustrated homeowners of the 55-plus community of High Bridge, located off Auburn Road.
Wanting answers as well as their streets finished, several homeowners have been attending borough council meetings for the past six months.
"It's a nice community, it's just unfinished as to what we bought into and were entitled to," said resident Dorothy Curley, one of 81 homeowners in the local housing
development, on Friday.
The developer's $300,000 performance bond will cover much of the needed repairs, according to borough officials.
In a recent update, homeowners were told that the bond is in hand and will fund the final street coating and repairs to damaged storm drains, according to president of the homeowners association, Denise Horton.
"We want the streets finished so we don't have to worry about this," Horton said.
Homeowner Joe Shelcusky said he was led to believe that the developer would place trees throughout the community and build a shuffleboard court.
According to Horton, homeowners were disappointed when the builder left these items undone after the final house in the development was sold about two years ago.
D'Anastasio Corporation-High Bridge officials could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon.
Borough officials recently estimated the total cost of repairs and final coatings to the streets at $450,000, borough solicitor Buck Rosenberger said. This amount is $150,000 more than the $300,000 in hand from the bond, which was placed on the project prior to its construction roughly six years ago.
When the bond was originally reserved, a different borough engineer had assessed the property's needs. Further infrastructure problems were noted in the development by the current borough engineer.
"If all we had to do was pave the roads, we'd have enough money," the solicitor said.
In addition to unfinished streets, sidewalks and curbs have experienced cracks and chipping. Sink holes have surfaced which will not be covered by the bond, according to Horton.
Pleased with their homes and the environment, residents are relieved to hear that something is going to be done about the streets but, Horton said, the process has been long.
During the last council meeting, the solicitor said council is working to advocate for the residents and officials are doing all that can be done. A start time for the street repairs is not yet known, officials said Friday evening.
"It's important, from the borough government perspective, to follow legal procedures," Mayor Don Dietrich said.


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Happy Thanksgiving, San Juan Island; flurry of activities scheduled
Happy Thanksgiving Day, San Juan Island.
The holiday season begins today with some potentially positive signs: Ferries from Anacortes to Friday Harbor have been packed for two days and some businesses are hopeful that the first day of holiday shopping season -- Friday -- could bolster the local economy and reverse two months of lagging sales.
Today, however, all thoughts are on food, family and fun. And perhaps seconds on pie.
Turkey Trot starts at 9 a.m.
The fourth annual Turkey Trot begins at 9 a.m. in front of the Best Western Friday Harbor Suites. Participants can get som exercise, help the Food Bank and make room for that Thanksgiving Day feast.
The "Turkey Trot" is a 5K (3.1-mile) run, walk, trot or crawl. Registration fee is $5 and two cans of food for adults and $2 and two cans of food for children under 12. Proceeds from the Turkey Trot will go to the Friday Harbor Food Bank.
The Turkey Trot is produced by Island Athletic Events, LLC with special thanks to King's Market and Best Western. For more information, contact Paul Hopkins at San Juan Island Fitness, 378-4449.
Community Thanksgiving Dinner starts at noon
The annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner begins at noon in the Grange Hall on First Street. For close to a decade, Jim and Minnie Knych have worked with service clubs and organizations to serve up turkey and trimmings to hundreds of people free of charge. An average of 300 islanders attend the afternoon of fun, food and fellowship.
Local service clubs and sponsors provide the seed money for food purchases. King's Market donates 24 turkeys for the event.
Waldorf salad, dressing, mashed potatoes, yams and green bean casserole are among the dishes prepared by an army of volunteers. "Anyone interested can walk in and help," Minnie said.
Robin Delazerda and her children have attended the event every year since moving to the island eight years ago. The entire family helps serve, clean and set up games.
Enjoy board games, jigsaw puzzles and music, as well as a television viewing of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and football games. Islanders can bring a pie to share.
Heidi Broward, a former resident of Friday Harbor, was deeply touched by two dinners she attended the past two years. Shortly after moving to Friday Harbor, she was alone on Thanksgiving while her husband worked off-island.
"I felt so blessed," she said. The following year, she and her husband attended the dinner. "It was a very big ministry to us," Broward said.
You could win a 12-pound turkey
King's Market customers can earn a free frozen 12-pound grade A turkey (or equal cash value) when $500 is spent. Individual punch cards tally the amount of money spent. Turkeys or equal cash value can be donated to the Food Bank. Requests for punching Food Bank cards are offered at the register. Cards are valid through today.
Residents are encouraged to donate food or funds to the local Food Bank. The number of households the Food Bank serves has more than doubled the last two months.
Island Artisans 30th annual Holiday Marketplace
Island Artisans is celebrating its 30th year of providing scholarships to young artists from San Juan, Lopez, Orcas and Shaw islands.
Local artists sell their works at the annual Holiday Marketplace Friday and Saturday at Friday Harbor Elementary School.
More than $120,000 has been awarded to 150 graduating seniors in the last 30 years. Students have used scholarships to further their education in Commercial Art, Graphics, Film, Fashion Design, Jewelry, Photography, Metal Work, Industrial Arts, Textiles, Sculpture, History, Culinary Arts and Education.
"We invite you to come celebrate our 30th anniversary by supporting Island Artisans and shopping locally at the Holiday Marketplace," organizers wrote in a press release. "Stop by our booth to see impressive artwork from scholarship recipients, buy a raffle ticket for our 'Best of Friday Harbor Shopping Spree,' or a truck load of Richard Lawson's gravel.
"We appreciate the generosity of our island community and would like to thank you for 30 years of support at the Holiday Marketplace."
Gallery show openings
Several local art galleries have show openings Friday and Saturday.
Arctic Raven Gallery's fourth annual "First Snow" show opens Friday with a hot cider reception (130 S. First St., Friday Harbor). "First Snow" showcases works in ivory, bone and stone from Inuit, Yup'ik and Inupiaq carvers. These works are gathered on the gallery's fall trips north, a time when Native artists begin carving during the first snow.
The gallery will also debut new cedar masks by Kwagiulth master carver Simon Dick, intricately carved cedar wall sculpture by Coast Salish artist Ron Aleck and prints by Coast Salish artist Susan Point.
Waterworks Gallery's annual Holiday Show opens Saturday, with new works by Jaime Ellsworth and Tom Small (Argyle Avenue and Spring Street, Friday Harbor). Other featured artists include Art Hansen, Jim Meyer, Sue Roberts, Richard See, Marilyn Stiles and Jill Trear, and a few artists new to the gallery. A portion of sales proceeds will help support local schools' art programs.
Gallery San Juan & Framing's Holiday Show opens Saturday with new works and new artists (232 A St., Friday Harbor). Enter for a chance to win a BJ Dollahite painting.
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Three people were hurt, one seriously, in a crash on Omaha's Veterans Memorial Bridge in South Omaha Thursday afternoon.
It took rescuers more than ten minutes to free a person from the wreckage of a pick-up, sandwiched between a semi and the concrete barrier of the bridge.
Investigators believe the westbound pick-up crossed into oncoming traffic, clipping the SUV, and then crashing into the semi.
A person in an SUV was taken from the scene by ambulance.
The truck driver also suffered injuries.
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ST. GEORGE'S Freddy Cutler's natural hat trick sealed the deal for Central Service Station in a 5-3 victory over Clancy's Pub Sunday night at the St. George's Stadium.
Mike Hawco and MacKenzie Noseworthy also scored for the winners in the Bay St. George Men's Ball Hockey League contest.
Josh White notched a hat trick for the pub crew in a losing cause.
In other action, Tyler Cornect had a goal and an assist to lead Harvey Gale & Son to a 5-2 win over Skinner's Pharmacy.
Randy Alexander, Gord Scott, Chris Dohaney and Simon Sheppard also scored for the victors.
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Bremerton Schools bag prestigious Magna Award
When the American School Board Journal announced its grand-prize winners of the 2007 Magna Awards last week, The Bremerton School District was honored for its work in early education.
The districts Starting Early for Success program targeting preschool children and kindergartners earned one of only three prizes awarded nationwide. Just six years into an ever evolving program, now 52 percent of Bremerton kindergartners know their letters before starting school, and the kindergarten curriculum has had to be advanced.
Previously, only 4 percent of incoming students knew their letters.
Across the country theres a recognition that you front-load the system, said Bremerton Schools Superintendent Bette Hyde. You want kids growing up from day one saying, I can learn!
Hyde gave tremendous credit for the program to Special Programs Director Linda Sullivan-Dudzic, who began the concept when she worked as a speech pathologist for the district. It began with Linda building trust in the community, Hyde said. Some wonderful partnership building was done.
Hyde and Sullivan-Dudzic will receive the award, and $3,500 in scholarship funds at a conference this weekend in San Francisco. They will also give presentations on the program.
The significance is a national recognition of the good work being done in Bremerton, Hyde said. I cant tell you how many people come to see what were doing. We all have a professional responsibility to leave our profession a little better, and this is a program that can easily be replicated anywhere.
Bremerton joins the Newark Central School Board in Newark, New York, and the Educational Service Center of Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio as a grand-prize winner.
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It isn't exactly an entire proactive approach, but it's welcome nonetheless.
Gov. Rick Perry has announced that the Texas A&M University System will take part in the Gulf Project, a coalition being cobbled together to craft a strategy to respond to potential future spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
The A&M System - which includes West Texas A&M University - joins a large number of other institutions in developing an oil-response strategy.
This is a positive development as Texas keeps a wary eye on the Gulf, which has been victimized in a tragic oil spill that is still spewing tens of thousands of barrels of crude each day a mile below the water's surface.
"To keep our status as the energy capital of the nation and preserve our environment, jobs and economy," Perry said in a statement, "Texas must become the world leader in developing the next generation in offshore oil exploration safety and response."
The governor's remarks sound proactive, but they're a reaction to the still-unfolding environmental horror in the Gulf of Mexico.
The crude hasn't yet slopped onto Texas beaches, but it might just be only a matter of time before our coastline is soiled by the huge plume.
The state has no shortage of intellectual wattage that it can bring to bear in developing a comprehensive strategy. In addition to A&M, the coalition includes: the University of Texas System, the University of Houston, Rice University, Texas Tech University, Southern Methodist University, the General Land Office and the Railroad Commission.
Such a coalition would have been a good idea even without the oil spill catastrophe. Given the current reality, though, the coalition's creation is a much-needed consequence.
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Baltimore police said Sunday they found a missing 9-year-old boy who was last seen Friday afternoon.
Mickey "Duby" Lee Rogers was last seen at about 4 p.m. leaving his home on East Fayette Street to go to the store.
Mickey is 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. He was wearing a black skull cap, a gray wool coat, a blue fleece shirt, khaki pants and red and white Puma tennis shoes.
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LSU has been vocal about crossover opponents. Alabama's Nick Saban has been vocal about wanting the nine-game schedule.
Welcome to the SEC spring meetings where Commissioner Mike Slive said Tuesday "the First Amendment is alive and well." The 2014 conference football schedule not so much. Slive admitted it may not get done when the school and conference officials disperse on Friday, but it will soon after.
Here's what the national media were saying after the first day of festivities:ESPN.com
Schedule format safe - for now.
Long term scheduling a hot-button issue.
Alabama's Nick Saban all in on nine games.
SEC making effort to boost declining attendance.
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Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze has to turn recruits into victories
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If you somehow missed the news, Smokin' Joe Frazier died earlier this month of liver cancer. Better writers than I have shared great words over his passing. But I'll try a few. Because he deserved the love. --BK
I met Joe Frazier 20 years ago at his gym, up in Olney. I was an assistant editor for a small local paper. We were doing a story on his daughter, Jackie Frazier-Lyde, and needed to take some photos to run with the piece. Jackie asked if I wanted to just meet her at Joe's gym.
Damn right I did.
I hit my stride as a boxing fan during the golden age of the mid-'70s, when Smokin' Joe (and the rest of the heavyweight division) were in their glory years. Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, George Foreman, Joe Frazier.
Boxing — and especially boxing during that era — was everything I was not. It was big, tough as nails, skilled, black, and badass. The only thing Joe Frazier and I had in common was Philadelphia, and our relative shortness.
To this day, I love boxing. Given a few hours to myself, I'm happy as a pig in shit watching old bouts on ESPN Classic. (I have my favorites: the Ali-Fraziers, the Ali-Foremans, the Pryor-Arguellos, and on.) I have a speed bag in my art studio that I bang on — ticketa ticketa ticketa, ticketa ticketa ticketa — and I get the same sort of contact high from playing ice hockey as many do from boxing. From hitting and being hit.
But boxing also scares the crap out of me the way, say, prison scares the crap out of me. Outside of hockey scuffles, I've never really been in a fight. I have no training, and I like to think I might make a decent showing sparring with someone else my height and weight who is equally untrained. But I fear that wouldn't be the case, and the fact is I've never been tested against that fear. One on one. In the ring.
Joe Frazier's Gym was in a tough section of Olney, which at the time was one of the most grim sections of Philly. It was the sort of neighborhood (think The Wire) that no longer exists in many cities. On the subway ride up there, I removed the silver chain around my neck, cursed my oxford work shirt as I rolled up its sleeves, and untucked it. I put my glasses in my pocket, and loosened my walk. I was suburban, but streetwise, now living in the city, with empty crack vials at my bus stop in those days — but you simply did not fuck with Olney.
Even as a layman fan, I could see that Joe Frazier was difficult to fight. He was short, awkward, constantly bobbing, attacking from odd angles. He hooked quickly and hard. And he was relentless.
In person, outside the ring, he came off as a warm, personable guy. Jackie introduced me to Joe in his office, and to his son Marvis (who had the misfortune of meeting Mike Tyson at the peak of his powers), and he couldn't have been nicer or more welcoming to a wide-eyed suburban white kid with a Nikon in his bag.
Daughter Jackie asked where we should shoot. I was all of 22 years old, and not a professional photographer, but I wasn't stupid. We were at Joe's gym; I asked if we could hop in the ring.
Even with a stylish lady lawyer as my non-opponent (though she later cashed in on the women's boxing boom and went toe to toe with Laila Ali), it was a thrill simply to step through the ropes and into the ring.
It was the only time I've ever set foot in a ring — or even in a boxing gym — and I hold that memory, that feeling, dear. The ring — any ring — is sacred space, reserved for men (and women!) with the stones to enter. Because the risk of domination is terrifying, and boxing is as much a battle of mental acuity as it is one of physical acumen. Outside of war, the toughest thing anyone can do is to step into that square for the first time and put on the gloves — often against a bigger, stronger opponent. (And for that, I have great respect for Marvis Frazier as well.)
Behind Jackie in the picture at right is a framed print of Joe, touching gloves with Ali.
Joe was the first man to beat Muhammad Ali (in the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden). They fought twice more during their careers, and though I liked Ali during his day, Ali never gave Joe the respect he deserved. His taunting before their bout in Manila was downright vicious colorism. Their 41 rounds together left each forever broken in his own way, and their final bout was possibly the most brutal match ever, with arguably neither fighter physically able to continue into the 15th round.
Smokin' Joe effectively retired in 1976 with a record of 32-4, having never lost to anyone not named Ali or (the much bigger) Foreman. He came back five years later and logged a draw before hanging up his gloves for good, but for nearly a decade, he was the baddest man on the block.
But what a good bad man he was.
Godspeed, Joe. Rest in peace.


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As new Pandaren players make their way through the starting experience they'll slowly be introduced to the two sides of the battle now encroaching upon their ancient homeland. Once these players reach level 10 they'll have to make a decision about which faction they'll throw they're lot in with.
This means that once the Pandaren come of age they'll face each other in player versus player combat, and the opportunity for confusion arises. When you see a Gnome you know you have to kill it; that's also true for Horde players in World of Warcraft. But what happens when both sides feel the flying fists of ursine fury?
"It's something we consider a lot," Ray Cobo told me during an interview at BlizzCon 2011. "As we progressed throughout World of Warcraft we've definitely wanted to maintain the uniqueness and the look of the silhouette of characters."
The introduction of Pandaren to both sides will mark a heavier reliance on the game's UI for telling friend from foe. "We have a UI enemy that helps players tell if they're looking at an enemy or a friend, and that's evolved greatly over time. That's something we'll be leaning on a little more in terms of the PVP aspects."
Will that be enough? In the middle of a giant Alterac Valley melee, will a label floating over one of a dozen Pandaren heads mean anything? Perhaps additional measures could be taken?
"Who knows? It's something we talk about all the time. We might actually have different types of armour sets that you get as Horde or Alliance to differentiate the two factions."
Panda hair-dye in the barber shop?
"Very possible."
It's times like these I'm glad I'm a more of a carebear than a PVPer. We'll see what Blizzard works out as Mists of Pandaria develops. Bear with them til then.


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The Fed released its periodic "Beige Book" this morning, detailing anecdotal evidence of the economy's expansion during the final months of 2012.
Highlights within the Fed's San Francisco district, which includes Oregon:
- The Western U.S. economy grew modestly in November and December, on pace with the rest of the nation.
- Tech manufacturers in the region operated under capacity, although manufacturing activity overall expanded.
- Wages were mostly flat with the exception of information technology workers. Demand is growing for those skills, pushing pay up.
- Holiday sales were in line or slightly better than in 2011, with online retailers reporting larger gains. Auto sales will likely beat last year's results.
- Patients continue to forgo elective medical procedures, weakening the demand for healthcare.
- The housing market continued to accelerate, as did multifamily residential construction. The commercial real estate market was flat
- Business loan requests were "moderate" during the last part of the year, while venture capital activity slowed. Auto loans drove an increase in consumer loan demand.
Earlier this week, the Fed's San Francisco chief John Williams outlined recent economic trends during a speech at a California tech conference, saying he expects the recovery to pick up momentum this year and next.
He pointed to recent gains within the home and auto industries as positive signs. Despite that, he said, uncertainty continues to weigh on hiring. "During much of the past year, an unusually large share of job growth
involved part-time workers who wanted full-time positions," he said.
Oregon has a disproportionately high share of those workers, according to measure meant to capture a fuller picture of the struggling labor market. The state's so-called U6 rate, which includes the unemployed as well as those who can only find part-time work and others who left the job search altogether, was 16 percent in December. That's nearly twice as high as the unemployment rate, which was 8.4 percent month. Part-time workers who can't find full time jobs make up a majority of the difference.
The state gained an estimated 2,000 jobs in December and 21,200 in all of 2012, state officials said yesterday.


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The Finnish Embassy's Consular Section serves Finnish citizens and foreigners living permanently in Finland with matters involving Finnish authorities, such as passports, notary services and certain specific legal transactions, family law, citizenship and military service.
The Consular Section assists Finnish citizens in distress, gives information on the services provided by Finnish authorities and the legal protection available to private citizens, and advises on general procedures related to legal or administrative matters in Finland and the UK. The Finnish Embassy also arranges for absentee voting in Finnish elections.
Foreign citizens can consult the Embassy's Consular Section on matters related to visas and entry permits (e.g. residence permits).
The Consular Section's customer service on matters concerning Finnish passports and notarial services is open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 2.00pm to 4.00pm, on Wednesdays from 9.00am to 12.00noon, on Thursdays 9.00am to 12.00noon and 2.00pm to 4.00pm, on Fridays from 9.00am to 12.00noon and 2.00pm to 3.00pm.
Until 3 November 2016 no appointment is needed for passport and notarial services. As from 4 November 2016, you will need to make an appointment in advance for these services.
For our Consular Section's customer service for visas to Finland, we are open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10.00am to 12.00noon. All visa customers need to make an appointment in advance by using the online booking system.
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GULF SHORES, Alabama -- A local investor paid $2.5 million for the bank-owned, 125-room Microtel Inn & Suites at 3600 Gulf Shores Parkway in Gulf Shores, according to Mamun Siddiq of REMAX Partners, who represented the buyer. John Vallas of Vallas Realty worked for the seller of the hotel, which remains open for business.
The owner of Mobile Bay Transportation and Yellow Cab of Mobile and Baldwin paid $650,000 for the former JD Byrider used car dealership at 3024 Airport Blvd., and plans to move both businesses there later this year, according to court records and owner Margie Wilcox. She plans to renovate the 22,000-square-foot building on 3.5 acres and lease some of the space fronting Airport Boulevard. Allan Cameron of Grubb & Ellis/Peebles & Cameron represented the seller.
Waffle House paid $195,000 for a half-acre adjacent to Wilcox's property on Airport Boulevard with plans to build a restaurant, according to Pete Riehm of Grubb & Ellis/Peebles & Cameron.
An investor paid $750,000 for a four-bedroom, 4½-bath gulf-front condominium at The Nautilus in Orange Beach, according to Bob Shallow of REMAX Paradise who represented the buyer. Bill Lazenby of Three Palms Real Estate worked for the sellers.
Mobile Bay Coins paid $85,000 for a 3,300-square-foot building at 2204 Government St., and plans to relocate by the end of the year, according to Sam Winter of Roberts Brothers, who represented the rare coin and collectibles dealer. Herndon Luce of Vallas Realty worked for the seller.
Firetrol Protection Systems, a national fire protection company, has opened in 4,000 square feet at 4480 Halls Mill Road, according to the building owners, Paul and Buddy Persons of Persons Development.
Bridgewell Resources, a construction materials wholesaler, has leased 3,000 square feet at 8020 American Way in Daphne Commercial Park in Daphne, according to Philip Hodgson of Coldwell Banker Commercial Reehl Properties, who represented the tenant. Jacqueline Dyer of Fairhope Realty worked for the landlord.
Trey Fellers, a pediatric dentist, has leased 1,545 square feet of office space at 24208 U.S. 98 in Fairhope, next to Underwater Works, according to Haran Hunter of REMAX of Orange Beach commercial division.
Deep South RV Center has relocated to 5700 Willis Road, off Interstate-10 at Exit 15, in Theodore, according to owner Randy Blackmon.
Covered Boutique has opened in 400 square feet in the Urban Emporium, a new retail incubator at 260 Dauphin St., according to owners Debra Cary and her daughter, Samantha Lyons. The store carries misses and junior clothing, accessories and jewelry.
First Mobile Title, a real estate closing and title insurance company, has relocated its west Mobile closing office to 2090 Schillinger Road S., according to Carol Hagmaier, a vice president.


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Kitsap Pumas gear for 'Fan Appreciation Night'
The Kitsap Pumas have dubbed their final regular-season home game Fan Appreciation Night Saturday.
With the first-year professional soccer club seeking a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League Northwest Division crown, fans who purchase two tickets for the home finale at partnering retail locations will receive the third free.
"We've accomplished a lot this season already — and there is a long way to go to achieving our goal of winning the championship — but it's important for us to acknowledge the best fans in the league in as many ways as we can," club owner Robin Waite said.
Additionally, active and retired military personnel who purchase two tickets — with identification — will receive two tickets free.
The participating partner outlets are Emerald City Smoothie (Silverdale and Bremerton), Old Town Bistro in Silverdale, Sudz-eeze Cleaners in Bremerton (Perry and Kitsap Way locations) and R&H Market (Kitsap Way location).
"We've really tried to target highly valued items and services for the fans," said executive director Ben Pecora. "Our partners and supporters have really come through to provide great things for the fans — and most importantly our team has done a great job to provide Kitsap with high-level soccer."
The Pumas host the Abbotsford B.C. Mariners at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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Payrolls declined by 125,000 last month as the US government cut 225,000 temporary workers conducting the 2010 census, Labor Department figures in Washington showed today. Economists projected a decline of 130,000 payrolls, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey. Employment at companies rose 83,000. The jobless rate fell to 9.5 percent from 9.7 percent as the labor force shrank.
The pace of hiring signals it will take years for the world's largest economy to recover the more than 8 million jobs lost during the recession that began in December 2007. The turmoil in financial markets brought on by the European debt crisis raises the risk that employment will slow, depriving American households of the income needed to maintain spending.


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Success stories in climate change education at UN World Conference in Cancun (29 November - 10 December)
"Understanding Climate Change: Success Stories in education and awareness-raising" is the theme of a presentation and discussion that UNESCO is co-organizing at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico (29 November to 10 December 2010).
Education, although included in Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is often overlooked in climate change debates, strategies and national action plans. This event therefore aims to showcase inspiring case studies and success stories that demonstrate the importance of awareness-raising, education and international solidarity in scaling up actions to deal with this growing threat. The intention is to stimulate a discussion on how public awareness-raising and education on climate change can be improved.
Climate change education and public awareness are prerequisites for action. People in societies around the world need to know what is at stake to better understand, mitigate and adapt to climate change. Education, public awareness and training create informed citizens, a knowledgeable workforce, and enlightened government officials equipped to deal with the causes and impacts of climate change.
UNESCO is organizing the event together with UNEP, WMO, UNICEF and the UN Communication Group.
The annual UN Climate Change Conference is a negotiating forum, a climate change expert meeting and a technical conference where debates on methodological issues relating to climate influence political decision-making. It attracts key stakeholders from governments, UN Organizations and civil society who deal regularly and professionally with climate change.
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With the Fourth of July next week, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra is tuning up for a Monday concert of patriotic music at Green Hills Market, 5933 S. Salina St. Principal pops conductor Ron Spigelman, appointed to the position in April, will make his official debut at the free outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Selections from George Gershwin and John Williams, Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" are on the program.
In case of rain, the concert will be moved to Clary Middle School, 100 Amidon Drive. To confirm these change in plans, check the SSO Web site or call the box office at 424-8200 or 800-724-3810.


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HARRISBURG — Every day through Facebook and WhatsApp, Harrisburg native Bella Altman communicates with her family and friends in Israel to check on them after the Israeli airstrike.
She said their daily lives have been greatly affected.
Altman's elderly aunt, in her mid-80s, has been sleeping in her "safe room" at her house in Israel. She ventured to the mall, where sirens went off. The aging woman was forced to hide out on her hands and knees. Due to her age, she struggled to come back up, Altman said.
A good friend of Altman's was riding the train not too long ago. A bomb exploded near his seat and her friend, among other passengers, was hit in the face by shattered glass.
Her face furrowed as she spoke of another friend in Israel. Just the other day, her friend's 3-year-old daughter asked, "Mommy, why can't they throw cake instead of rockets?"
Altman joined members of the Jewish community Monday night at a community solidarity program for Israel at the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg on Front Street in Harrisburg.
Rabbis and temple members from across the community came together in prayer and presentations. Among the speakers were:
- Rabbi Kessler, of Temple Ohev Sholom;
- Mark Maisel, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg;
- Lt. Col. Moshe Abu, of the Israel Air Force;
- and Lt. Col. Eric Hazan, of the Israel Defense Forces.
A video from the Israeli Consulate of Philadelphia was also shown.
Maisel spoke about Operation Protective Edge and the importance of Israel's defense against Hamas. Operation Protective Edge is a military operation launched in the Palestinian Gaza Strip in response to rising violence between Israel and Hamas.
The rabbis led the group in prayer, allowing song and music to fill the packed room upstairs.
It was mentioned that Harrisburg native Harrison Grass, an officer in the Golani Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, was injured in a firefight Sunday morning in Gaza. The Grass family, who has "strong Jewish roots" in Harrisburg, reports that Harrison is hospitalized but in good condition. According to reports from the family, he watched as four of his own men were killed in front of him.
The room went silent as the people of the Jewish Federation were asked how many people had family or friends fighting in Israel. Almost 30 people in the packed auditorium raised their hands.
Maisel said the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg will give $11,500 to meet the needs and aids of Israel. This was the recommended amount by the Jewish Federation of North America, who has issued an emergency effort to raise and distribute $10 million for Israel. The money will help the elderly, trauma support, communities and children who are moving out of shelters.
While the Jewish community inside the building applauded the effort to help, one man stood outside with his son to protest.
"They're taking our tax dollars to bomb little babies," Reverend Ernest, the man protesting, said, "Reigning rockets of phosphorous on little children is not a good thing to do."
Ernest and his 12-year-old son Praise held signs while standing along Front Street. Ernest wore a clerical collar as he held two signs. Two of the signs read, "END AID TO ISRAHELL" and "ISRAHELL DID 9/11." Ernest declined to provide his full name.
Ernest said he does not recognize Israel as a state. "It's a terrorist occupation of Palestine," he said.
He claims the money that is going to aid Israel would be of more use in America.
"They're cutting away on kid's education and making it hard for us to eat food," Ernest said. "All for what? To bomb little babies."
Maisel simply responded to Ernest's remarks by saying he should learn the whole story, the "very complicated story."
"Bottom line, Israel has a right to exist," Maisel said. "Hamas is a terrorist organization that does not recognize Israel's right to exist."
It was mentioned at the beginning of the program that Hamas' only intention couldn't be clearer. They want to "kill as many men, women and children as possible."
Because of this, Bella Altman will continue to worry about her friends and family in Israel. She hopes the conflict will cease soon.
"My family said we need to finish the job," Altman said. "Or we'll be back at this in another two or three years."
PennLive updated this story on July 23, 2014.


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Televisions and electronic equipment are not considered household hazardous waste and are not accepted at the HHW event. However, TV's and electronic equipment can be brought for recycling to the convenience center every Wednesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a minimal 3 cent per pound handling fee.
Propane tanks and tires are also not classified as household hazardous waste and will not be accepted at the household hazardous waste event. These items are also accepted at the convenience center any Wednesday or Saturday for a minimal recycling charge.
CARE Environmental is the contracted vendor for this year's events and the Solid Waste Division pays them 0.535 cents per pound for proper disposal and recycling of all materials received.
Funding for this event is provided for by the Salem County Improvement Authority.
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Jane Isay is the author of Walking on Eggshells and the forthcoming Mom Still Likes You Best. She has been an editor for over 40 years and edited such nonfiction classics as Reviving Ophelia, Praying for Sheetrock, and Friday Night Lights. She lives in New York City, not too far from her children and grandchildren. Read her exclusive Amazon guest review of One and the Same:
Abigail Pogrebin's One and the Same: My Life As an Identical Twin and What I've Learned about Everyone's Struggle to be Singular is a terrific travelogue through the world of identical--and fraternal--twins. She tells the story of the twin experience from the inside out, and shines a smart and loving light on this special relationship. Pogrebin brings heart and brains to her own experiences with her twin sister Robin, from infancy to a ripe maturity. And she has done prodigious amount of research, speaking with scores of twins--together and apart--and interviewing dozens of experts on all aspects of the twin experience.
Modern medicine has given us more multiple births every year, and so more and more people are parents of twins. When we see so many pairs of kids riding in their double strollers, we ask ourselves so many questions.
What's going on in their little minds as they grow up together? Do they feel like they're one person, or two? How do they relate to other kids in school? Do they feel that it's a privilege to be a twin, or do they find it a burden? What about the social expectations that they should love each other best and should be ever so close? How do they separate enough to get married and form their own families? What is the mistake parents most often make in rearing their twins?
Abigail Pogrebin has answers to these questions and many more. In each chapter she writes a bit about her and her sister, and then brings in testimony from other twins and the experts. In addition, this book is valuable because of the light it sheds on all sibling relationships by describing the closest pairs we know. Even people without a twin in their lives--and most of us are fascinated by twins--will benefit from reading One and the Same.
If you're considering IVF, if you are a twin or have a twin, or are married to a twin, or dating one, this book is a necessity. In addition, Abigail Pogrebin's family is one of those singularly successful and loving ones, and basking in the warmth of her life is a pleasure.--Jane Isay
(Photo © Robin Holland)Abigail Pogrebin on One and the Same
Who knows what makes each of us feel distinctive in the world, understood, really known? If individuality is a hurdle, it's raised that much higher when you're a twin. I started my book, One and the Same, to plumb the depths and intricacies of growing up as a double, but also because I knew that twinship is just a magnified version of everyone's challenge: individuality.
What made it complicated for me and my twin, Robin, are the same elements that can make it complicated for any person: a sense of being blurred, over-compared, generalized; an uncertainty whether the people in your life truly know you apart from others. Psychologist Joan Friedman, a twin and parent of twins (who counsels both) talks about the difference between "being noticed, and being known." I know that difference. As an identical twin, you definitely get noticed; my sister and I were kind of famous just by virtue of looking so alike. (And okay, we were kind of cute before we hit the merciless stage of adolescence.)
But the inherent "star power" in twinship has a short shelf life. Ultimately you need to feel sure of a separate worth, an identity beyond twinship. If I'm not mistaken, we all need the clarity of uniqueness. What do I bring to the table? How will I leave my mark? What do I have with this friend that's unlike what they have with someone else? It's not that we spend all our days self-obsessed, asking how we're special, but there's some fundamental need to know we're singular.
My parents could not have been more loving, stimulating, or "modern" in their childrearing, but it literally never occurred to them to spend time with Robin and me separately and that omission backfired at the end of the day. When I interviewed my mother for my book, and asked her why she and Dad never took us anywhere separately, she looked pained. "Because we didn't think that way," she told me. "We just thought in terms of doing things as a family. I should have been aware of it because I should have been smart enough to figure out that something is gained when you're alone with a person. I should have realized that. But it never occurred to us. It always was a matter of 'Let's. Not: 'You come with me and you go with him.'"
She said they realized their mistake in one powerful instant when I was eighteen and they invited me to go with them for a weekend at a bed-and-breakfast. "You said you were uncomfortable coming along because you'd never been alone with us. It was like somebody shot us between the eyes; we couldn't believe it. 'How could this have happened?' We never noticed that we had never been with one child."
"It was clear that you felt you had a performance level you had to keep up," my father recalls, "and you felt that, without Robin, you wouldn't be able to hold up your end in terms of pleasing us, as if that was anything you had to do. So that was a real realization that we'd missed something. I think we were always so careful to have equality of treatment that it turned out to be undifferentiated."
Psychologist Dorothy Burlingham wrote in her 1954 study of identical twins that mothers can't connect to their twins until they get to know them apart from each other. "Several mothers have plainly said that it was impossible to love their twins until they had a found a difference in them," Burlingham wrote. That could be rephrased for all of us, twin and non-twin alike: it's impossible to feel loved, acknowledged, understood, valued unless we're sure people have "found a difference" in us. Unless we're sure we're uncommon or particular in some way.
One and the Same is a window into the truth about twinship. But it's also, I think, an unpacking of how we each ultimately find a way to say, "Look at me alone."--Abigail Pogrebin
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An unpleasant side-effect of pregnancy, morning sickness can leave you in need of nutrients.
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The Georgia Bulldogs are sitting at 9-1 right now and 7-1 in SEC play this season and currently sit at #5 in the BCS rankings. Everything has gone right for them this season (minus the throttling they took in South Carolina) so maybe they're due for an off the field problem.
Enter Georgia linebacker Matt Stagg. Stagg (far left) was pulled over shortly before midnight on November 8th, for going 40 MPH in a 25 MPH zone. Stagg said that he thought the speed limit was 35 MPH and that he was going to pick up his friend. The officer stated that he smelled alcohol coming from the vehicle, and that Stagg's eyes were glassy, and that he was nervous and shaking at times. Stagg twice denied that he had been drinking, and that his passenger must have been. The officer asked Stagg to exit the vehicle and he allegedly had to hold onto the top of the car when he exited. Stagg took a sobriety test and a breathalyzer that showed his BAC at .061 and .062.
That would have been perfectly fine, if he wasn't born in 1994, and thus 18 years old. Stagg was ultimately charged with underage possession or consumption of alcohol and DUI.
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At least three Detroit Pistons spoke of someone's words helping inspire them Wednesday night after a 103-94 victory by the Pistons against the Cleveland Cavaliers that extended Cleveland's losing streak to 26 games.
It was not Pistons coach John Kuester. Or Joe Dumars. Or Ben Wallace. Or anyone else in the Pistons organization.
It was ESPN analyst Tim Legler, who had predicted a victory for the Cavaliers over the Pistons.
"Tim Legler, we heard you," Tracy McGrady said into a camera while he spoke with ESPN's Rachel Nichols after the game. "You gave us some bulletin-board material. We used that."
It wasn't just material for the bulletin board. The Pistons watched a video of Legler making the prediction shortly before the opening tip.
Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace also brought up Legler's name during their post-game comments.
McGrady roots for streak
McGrady wants to see the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Cavaliers on Friday. Not that he has anything against the Cavaliers. He just wants to see a pair of historic streaks collide.
If the Cavaliers lose to the Clippers, they will carry a 27-game losing streak into a home game against the Washington Wizards, who will take an 0-25 road record into that contest.
One of those streaks would have to come to an end.
"As crazy as it sounds, I want to see them and Washington play," McGrady said with a smile. "I don't wish upon anybody this bad losing streak, but I want them to get to Washington -- 0-and-whatever they can be -- and see whose streak ends.
"That'd be something that would be interesting to watch."
Monroe continues to improve
Greg Monroe has been consistently impressive since the beginning of January. David Thorpe of Scouts Inc. has taken notice.
Thorpe moved Monroe to second this week in his ESPN.com feature that rates NBA rookies. Thorpe has Monroe ranked behind Los Angeles Clippers rookie forward Blake Griffin, who has run away from the pack in the rookie-of-the-year race.
Monroe has come a long way since the start of the season. He did not play in the first two games of the season, and Thorpe listed him as the most disappointing rookie in his rankings in mid-November.
Monroe has seven double-doubles since the beginning of January and is averaging 7.4 points and 6.6 rebounds for the season.
DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento), John Wall (Washington) and Landry Fields (New York) round out Thorpe's top five rookies in this week's rankings.
TV ratings down
Television ratings on Fox Sports Detroit for Pistons games this season are down 32 percent from last season, according to a story this week on Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily website.
Just two teams have had a bigger drop in the ratings, and the Pistons played one of them Wednesday night. The Cavaliers have seen their Fox Sports Ohio ratings fall 53 percent from last season, while ratings for Atlanta Hawks broadcasts on SportSouth have fallen 34 percent.
Apparently viewers go where LeBron James goes. While the Cavaliers had the biggest drop in ratings, the Miami Heat had the largest increase from last season. Ratings for Heat games on the Sun Sports network are up 118 percent from last season.


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A new L-band automatic-gain-controlled (AGC) erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) for dense wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission systems is presented, in which a single laser with an internal thermoelectric cooler is used as a primary pump for stable amplification. All C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is recycled by the secondary pump to enhance the gain efficiency. A fraction of the output signal is used as an electrical feedback monitor for the AGC to improve the gain-clamped (GC) flatness. Experimental results prove that the AGC EDFA has a gain flatness of better than , i.e., below 1.5%, and a higher gain of approximately compared to that of approximately for the conventional GC EDFA at input signal power. The best gain flatness of can be achieved over the dynamic range greater than . The dynamic range of noise figure is between 6.7 and 7.1. The down bandwidth is more than . Overall dynamics measurements for the AGC EDFA feedback stabilization have been carried out. The recorded corresponding rise time of indicates that the system does not exhibit any overshoot of gain or ASE variation due to the signal at the beginning of the pulse.
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Winter is probably the most hated season. And, if people do not hate winter, they usually tend to dislike winter. During the winter it can be cold. The weather often turns unfavorable and the sun rarely shines. Sometimes this can affect you emotionally. It can lead to conditions like Seasonal Affective Disorder.
SAD is a mental illness. It is a type of depression that affects individuals during the fall and winter months. When the sun does not shine, your body can suffer from a chemical reaction. It can produce less serotonin, a hormone that regulates your mood. Also, many people's bodies will begin to produce too much melatonin, a chemical that regulates your sleeping pattern.
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If you live in a cold climate, then you are more at risk for developing SAD. Many people wonder how SAD can be avoided. After all, avoiding SAD will make the winter a better season. The truth is, you might not be able to avoid this condition. However, treatment is available. For many people, light therapy is a great option for reversing the downsides of winter. It might help make the winter a better season for you. Take advantage of this option today.


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No shopping for me on Black Friday. I will be working (well I might pick up a few things if I get a chance) but for the most part I will be on the road from 7 p.m. to the early morning hours. I've been doing it for the past 4 years. Reporting on what's going on inside retailers, parking lots and deals on the craziest shopping day of the year.
Mandy Moore I think stores shouldn't open until Friday.
Jennifer Sumpter For the first time in years I'm not working! Can't decide if I want to shop or sleep in then decorate the house!
Jordan Jodi Walker I don't mind it being I can be there to get a few things and make extra money. Only thing I hate is the 2am to 4am spots when it's dead.
Lori Bowers Tucker As the mother of a 17 year old who works retail, I'm not happy about it starting on Thursday! They are taking folks away from their family!!
Cortney Martin Bosworth I do not work that kind of retail b/c I am in grocery retail, BUT I would HATE doing that if I had too. It already takes so much away from your family working retail anyways. We def. work late the day before Thanksgiving. I think it should be on Friday only.
Melanie Massey Wilson I work retail. Black Friday needs to be Friday. My company is only closed two days a year one being Thanksgiving. I want to enjoy that day with my family. As it is with stores opening at 5am we have to come in around 2 am.
Marilee Howard Luckily I work at a store that is closed on Thanksgiving. I think it is awful that other stores open that day. If people would not shop then they would not be open.
Melissa Gaines Johnson I have worked retail for over 10 years. This is the first year that where I work I will have to open at 9pm. I believe that Black Friday should happen on Black Friday. Soon all retail establishments will be open all day Thanksgiving.
Lori Dotson Davis Friday!
Tina Allison Cunningham On Friday for sure, let people spend time with their families on Thanksgiving!
Karah Christian Pearson tell them noooo. It is called black friday.
Jessica Odom I'd rather work Thanksgiving night till Friday morning.. More pay for working overnight hours.
Kim Downs Friday!
Jessica Odom and to add, I work at Toys R us, so you can imagine the craziness we get.
Gianna Zellner Friday!
JoAnna Brazier Dickie I've worked retail for years & I never get to enjoy Thanksgiving. It's sad because it's one of my favorite days with all my family. Now we are talking about moving our Thanksgiving meal so we can all enjoy it. That's so sad, shopping is not that important people! You get better deals closer to Christmas anyhow.
Marilee Howard ---Jo Anna you are so right about the better deals closer to Christmas! You get Black Friday prices all day! I never shop on Black Friday anyway!
Rae Anne Aldinger-Shroyer I worked retail management for almost 10 years and I can safely say, I hated having to work on Thanksgiving. Not only long shifts, but where I worked we had to do split shifts to be there to open Thanksgiving and then close on Black Friday! Working 19-20 hours in a 24 hour period is not fun!
Melissa Hendon Black Friday for sure! I worked at Macy's for several years. I can't imagine working Thanksgiving.. Black Friday customers are the best too. They expect long lines and crowded parking. They have great attitudes. I miss Black Friday!!
Amanda Dunn I am very thankful that the company I work for doesn't open on early on Thanksgiving. Keep Black Friday on Friday!!
Deanah White I work on black friday and we open at midnight. honestly it doesn't bother me at all because my favorite customers come shop at this time.
Mary Cuzzort Galloway I will be working all day on Thanksgiving day so make sure you say thank you to the ones working as you are making that "quick" trip in to get what you forgot. I have Black Friday off and will not be anywhere near any store..lol
Kristin Winfrey I work at Gap in the Galleria! We will be opening at midnight! I've worked in retail for 11 years and every year I kinda look forward to the early black firday shift! I still celebrate Thanksgiving with family,but I am so thankful to have a job to provide for my two girls,I don't mind!
Sonya Robbins Nix Leave it on Friday!!!! Companies are getting way too GREEDY!!! Just not fair for the employees and their family time, takes all the fun for everyone!
Kimberly Dove My mom works at Walmart and hates working thanksgiving night.. We eat thanksgiving at 12pm and soon after she is back in bed for the long night. She's worked with them for 25 years so definitely not fair!
Amber Piersol Bowen Leave it to Friday I hate it and think it is way unfair and greedy let people have there holiday for gods sake if anything have later weekend hours.
Kathleen Wylie Willis I worked in retail up until Christmas before last, and Black Friday is not worth it, despite all the hype. If they asked me to come in on Friday, I'd refuse on principal. And generally speaking, I found shoppers to be on their absolute worst behavior all day. I never shop on Black Friday!
Melodie Braswell black Friday should be on Friday. work at jcp. The early hours and all the craziness.thanksgiving need to be spent with your family.you get done eating have to go to bed be up early.
Marilee Howard What is it about Christmas that brings put the worst in people? If you are that stressed that you are rude to the people working in retail, WHO ARE EXHAUSTED just getting the store ready for Black Friday, then you need to reevaluate your priorities. Please be kind to people who work in retail! Can't tell you how many days I would leave work in tears because of people being nasty for no reason. I know I shouldn't let it get to me, but I am a human. Oh and please hang up your darn phone and say hello to the person checking you out! We are real live people, not machines! Thank you!
Beth Gardner Personally I'd rather stay up all night than to sleep 3 hours and work all day, thanksgiving and Christmas both get shortchanged for retail workers due to extended hours and crazy shifts. People are always at their rudest on black friday though, every year i leave with bruised legs from bargain hunters using buggies as battering rams to get to products that frankly are on sale cheaper the weeks following thanksgiving. Also if you miss the doorbuster, please don't complain that a 2 day sale item is not in stock at 6 pm Friday evening.
Nadine Maalouf I work at Macys Brookwood. We are gonna open at midnight, like most of the stores in the states. But the only thing that is different at Macys, is that our managers appreciate our hard work, as well as our customers. Working overnight shift doesn't bother me at all. Customers who shop at night are really looking for deals and bargains, and they know they r gonna find it in our store and we welcome them with our Magic and Outstanding customer service. No complaints from my part, one day I will be shopping on black Friday and definitely I want a good service when I am shopping for the people I love. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Merri Files Wade I work at Dollar Tree and yes be kind to others & be patient & for heavens sake bring in your wallet, don't hold up my line. Check & make sure BEFORE you get in line. Thank you & lets have a great day on Black Friday. I think it should be on Friday only. And not a 12am either. 6am is early enough
Chastiti Penchion That's why I left retail.
Dana McLeod I work at Ann Taylor Our hours are on Friday only love that Last year I worked somewhere else and we open at midnight both are black Friday but I do think regular hours are just fine to shop in as a worker and as a shopper. I too will be leaving retail this year.


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Saturday, June 28, 2014
Devils' sixth round pick (152nd overall): Joey Dudek, C, Kimball Union Academy (NH)
With the sixth-round pick from Florida the Devils acquired in the Krys Barch trade (152nd overall), the Devils selected center Joey Dudek of Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire.
The 5-foot-11, 180-pound native of Derry, N.H, was the 109 ranked North American skate available, according to NHL Central Scouting. He had nine goals and 35 assists for 44 points 25 games in 2013-14 as a high school senior.
He is committed to attend Boston College, but plans to play for Dubuque in the USHL in 2014-15 (under former Devils assistant coach Matt Shaw).
Dudek played for the Valley Junior Warriors program in Massachusetts that produced Rangers left wing Chris Kreider. One of the coaches on the team was former Devils center and assistant coach Bobby Carpenter. Former NHLers Bob Sweeney and Steve Leach also coached the team.
Dudek said "the biggest piece I can take from Bobby Carpenter that's stuck with me for a while is smart shooting."
"I had one shot that I can remember where I was on the power play and I shot it over the net and it comes out of the zone," he said. "It's just a dumb play. So, just smart shooting, knowing what to do with your shots, whether it's putting it in the back of the net or getting off the pad for an assist."
That he ended up being picked by the Devils after Carpenter coached him turned out to be a coincidence (Devils GM Lou Lamoriello did not speak to Carpenter about Dudek.)
"It actually didn't cross my mind until I was walking and I looked down at my jersey and I was like, 'I was coached by Bob Carpenter and now I'm drafted to the New Jersey Devils'," Dudek said. "So, it's definitely falling into place a little bit."
Dudek described his game as, "I like to make players around me much better. I'm a real team player. I have a lot of poise in the offensive zone, but I do like to play two ways. I like to play in the defensive zone as much as I play in the offensive zone."
Dudek called this "the most special day of my life so far."
"Hopefully, there's many more to come, but to be able to celebrate with both of my parents up there was pretty incredible," he said.
Dudek's father, Joe, once drew headlines as an athlete, but in a different sport – football. While at Division III Plymouth State in New Hampshire, he broke Walter Payton's NCAA record for career touchdowns and was touted by Sports Illustrated in a cover story to win the Heisman Trophy of Bo Jackson and Chuck Long.
Joe Dudek made it to the NFL only as a replacement player for Denver during the 1987 players' strike.
Joey Dudek is well aware of his father's legend as a football player.
"I know a lot of the background of what my dad's done," Joey Dudek said. "It's pretty incredible. I'm just trying to make a name for myself in a different sport."
Joey Dudek said his father didn't push him to play football, though he did show some talent in it.
"He asked me to do one thing," he said. "It was a punt, pass and kick and I tried it when I was 11 years old and I actually did very well. I came in seventh in the nation."
But, by then, Joey Dudek had grown to love hockey. That wasn't always the case, though. He almost quit the sport right after he started.
"It's kind of a weird situation," Joey Dudek said. "Both of my parents have been really supportive and let me play anything I wanted and I started playing hockey, I tried it at 8 years old, and I hated it. I'd come off the ice crying and my parents weren't huge proponents of quitting, so I stuck it out the rest of the season. It was a house league. I scored lots of goals, started to like it and I joined the junior travel team the next year. That's kind of when I took off."