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For years now, like most Jews, I have wrestled with this Torah portion about Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac. Why did the rabbis command us to hear it on Rosh Hashanah, the second holiest day of the year? Then, I came across another story that made it clear. It's the story of Julie Maude Miller's son Sean. She tells it this way:
"We had been living in the house we built near Idaho's Snake River Canyon for eight years when Sean, our 14-year-old son, died of cancer on the tapestry sofa upstairs in the family room. We were granted that one small grace -- to allow him to slip away from us where he always wanted to be, in the home that was his sanctuary and ours, witness to our joys and tragedy. I am proud Sean didn't have to spend his last days in a sterile hospital room hooked up to tubes and machines. Instead, he lived on the sofa, whose fabric he wore thin while he was ill, planted in front of the VCR and television.
"At home, everything was peaceful and familiar to Sean: the window he looked out of every day, the open stairway that allowed him to hear everything going on downstairs when he was too weak to navigate the steps, the wall of windows across through which there were frequent deer sightings -- usually when they were ravaging our shrubs in winter, but the deer were welcome to the shrubs because they distracted our little boy.
"I look at the kitchen table -- the first time we returned from the hospital we were all traumatized by Sean's diagnosis. His 16-year-old brother, Tyler, stayed home from school the next day to play with Sean. When Sean's cancer metastasized for the last time, the boys played cards at the same table the day before Tyler went off to basic training at the Air Force Academy.
"Tyler carefully hid behind a mask of quiet strength the fear that he would never again see his brother alive. Sean held on, but when Tyler returned six weeks later, it was just two days before the end. Sean wasn't strong enough to play cards downstairs, but he did manage to walk into the bedroom nearest to his tapestry sofa, to play one last card game, this time on the computer. My husband and daughter and I lay on the bunk beds and watched, all of us together in that tight space. I would never have thought that watching my boys play cards could be so inexpressibly heartwarming.
"The bunk beds are still in the boys' room. If I concentrate I can relive climbing the ladder to the top bunk where Sean used to sleep before he got sick. After his illness, he was afraid of being alone at night and Haley, our littlest one, was suffering from this first threat to her predictable, loving world, so we clustered futons around our small double bed so the children could sleep in our room. We were grateful to be so close together. It was the only security we had left.
"The house holds so many memories. There were summers playing baseball in the meadow, endless hours of shooting baskets, sledding down steep slopes nearby and the gleefully welcomed snow days -- no school because we live on an unplowed road. We filled those snowbound days with homemade cinnamon rolls and board games.
"Now, when I open the kitchen closet door, there are lines and dates marking the children's heights: Tyler's on the left, Haley's on the right and Sean's in the middle, stopping prematurely when he was 12 and radiation to his thigh bones halted his development. While recording our children's growth, we were measuring time and imagining a future that we never suspected would fall so short of our expectations."
Julie's story makes us realize that we take a lot for granted. The ancient rabbis knew that about us too. They knew that we sometimes forget the importance of our children. We ignore our parents and grandparents. We allow arguments to smolder, grudges, distance between us. The rabbis knew that we need reminding year after year, because most of us never have to face what Abraham and Sean's mother faced -- the real possibility of our children dying before our eyes. So they commanded us to walk each year, if only for a few minutes , in Abraham's shoes, and Julie's too. They wanted us to realize that our loved ones might die, in order to understand what it means to us that they live. To be like Sean's family on the futons packed around the small double bed -- grateful to be so close together.
L'shana tova.
Steven Z. Leder is a rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple and the author of "The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things," published by Behrman House Inc.
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There is nothing like the real thing.
That is why it is difficult to get angry at my tom turkey being swiped from me right before my eyes or fishing being intercepted just below my nose.
To make a short story long (as I have a certain space to fill) it was deja vu as I tormented a tom turkey to a lust I did not realize that this frail breast contained.
My first toot on the diaphragm call got a gobble that let me know the big bird was feeling like a large horn toad.
So silence was the word, and sure enough within 15 minutes there was the tom's "Where are you baby?" question cluck.
I followed with a cute kitten 'purr' and sure enough, there in the dark of the nearby brush was a phosphorous torch burning bright. It was tom in passion.
From past experience, I knew that when glowing like an incendiary it was also vibrating a patriotic red, white and blue.
I gave a purr so low I could barely hear it and big bird closed rapdily, almost into shooting distance.
Then the love thief entered. A hotty hen giving purrs that even excited me a bit.
And my tom followed her. And that was that.
Gonzo. And I was left at the altar.
I could understand the tom's choice, a real live lovely and her feather dance, certainly a choice every red blooded specie would make – the real McCoy, a feathered frenzy doing the Dance of the Seven Veils.
But the hen had no good reason to be such a rat to an old gent like me.
YOUTH SHOWS THE WAY: Fifteen-year-old Nick Scyocurka understands you get three strikes before you're out. The ninth grader missed two shots at a big tom with his bow but the third pull and release provided a round tripper that was a home run and he had his first turkey ever.
To pursue big bird with a bow is a big undertaking but Nick was up to the challenge.
He credited Rob Cote and Jeremy Fontaine for scouting the heavyweight.
Cote of Bonedriven Production got the entire event on films, including the two swings and misses before the home run, proving that in the field as well as the ball park, that the words of Yogi that "it is never over until it's over" are the real thing.
ON LAND, SEA AND AIR: Larry Morley of the Chicopee Sportsman's Club was prouder than a peacock about a wounded Marine's downing of another fancy-tailed big bird.
He said he took Kirk Zimman, 25, of Hampden, who was wounded while serving with the Marine Corps in Afghanistan, under his wing and that Kirk downed a two-winger.
Larry reported they let a brace of young jakes go, "next year's target," before Kirk took in a deep breath and slowly squeezed off his shot as he released it.
PAPER TURKEYS: South Hadley Sportmens Club will begin its turkey shoots May 8 with tickets going on sale at 9 a.m., according to Joe DeForge. Shoots will continue until May 29. No shoot will be held on Mother's Day May 8. The shoots will start at 11 with skeet shooting taking place from 9 to 11.
The shoots are for the entire family. The club is located on 135 River Rd., off Route 202 near the Mueller Bridge. Look for shoot direction signs near the Rotary.
TEE HEE TIME: A number of years ago, a TV mogul took prime time to declare how very cruel it was for so-called sportsmen to shoot at turkeys that were tied in place.
The turkeys in question were small two inch birds printed on paper.
I did not make fun of the executive prime time faux pas. I didn't have to. I just reported the fact, allowing the mogul to make fun of himself.
FREE FISHING DAY: Free fishing days are as follows: Rhode Island, May 7 and 8; New Hampshire, June 4; Maine, June 4 and 5;Massachusetts, June 4 and 5; Vermont, June 11; New York, June 25 and 26.
POO POOING POTENTIAL TRAGEDY: Coyotes in Chicopee Memorial Park and more than likely the nearby Williams Distributing Park are being put down as harmless with the words, "No big deal," according to a reliable source.
Fine and dandy. Tell this to the two children, one in a carriage, that were killed by coyotes in Los Angeles years ago. Tell this to the persons that have been attacked by coyotes in our state, including an elderly man that was attacked by a coyote that was only driven off by a baseball bat wielding son.
Tell it to the mother who drove off a coyote on Cape Cod as it tried to climb up a slide to get to her son on the top.
Tell this to the people who have lost beloved dogs and cats.
Tell it to the nearby farmer who caught a coyote eating a calf as it was being birthed.
Tell it to a Granby farmer who while harrowing his land spotted a coyote stalking his son.
We are sitting on tragedies to come unless coyotes are made afraid of humans once more.
This is not a chicken little "the sky is falling" call to kill all coyotes.
It is one to bring back the respect needed from them to keep them in the woods.
Believe me when I say that nothing will demand this separation of coyotes and kids and pets like a few well placed shots.
You couldn't eliminate the coyote with any efforts. Out west they poisoned, trapped, shot them from planes. The result was that the survivors were the smartest of these fly creatures.
MassWildlife does little to help by having a season rather than year round as the majority of other states provide in their wisdom, nor do the words "No big deal."
YOU'RE INVITED TO FISH: There are still a few openings for the May 14 cod, haddock and pollack fishing trip out of Plum Island-Newburyport, sponsored by the Hadley Polish American Citizens Club. Call Joe Fitzgibons at 413-549-6953.
'Hotty hen' spoils turkey shoot with flirty feather dance
There is nothing like the real thing.


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The Springfield Museums will pay tribute to Springfield's role in transportation history with the "History on the Move" car show on Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the museum grounds at the Quadrangle.
Pre-1980 cars, including some vintage automobiles manufactured in Springfield, will be exhibited.
Among the vehicles on display will be an 1897 Haynes-Apperson and an original copy of a Springfield-built 1893 Duryea, the first successful gasoline-powered car. Both automobiles will be driven in demonstrations during the day.
Other cars to be exhibited include a 1941 Buick Super Coupe, a 1939 Studebaker Commander, a 1951 Mercury, a 1965 Corvair Corsa, and many other makes and models.
Car show visitors can also purchase a museum admission ticket to see the transportation exhibits in the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History. Cars on display in the new museum include an experimental roadster made by the Indian company, an 1899 three-wheeled Knox made in Springfield, two Springfield-built Rolls-Royces, an Atlas, and a Stevens-Duryea. Also on view in the museum is the famous Indian Motocycle collection donated by Esta Manthos, owner of the former Indian Motocycle Museum.
Ongoing activities include:
Children's craft workshop to make Crazy Car Puppets, noon-3:45 p.m.
Scavenger hunt in the Wood Museum of Springfield History, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Music provided by DJ Gary Francis throughout the day.
Lunch concession, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
View a new exhibit in the Wood Museum of Springfield History about the rivalry between the Duryea Company of Springfield and the Haynes-Apperson Company of Kokomo, Indiana, for the title of the first gasoline powered automobile.
See the rival antique cars being driven: Duryea at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Haynes-Apperson at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Award ceremony for Best Pre-1950 vehicle, Best Post-1950 vehicle, and best Springfield-built car; 3 p.m.
"Springfield on the Move" is part of the Museums' Weekend Family Fun series which is sponsored by TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation.
There is a suggested donation for admission to the car show of $5 for adults and $2 for children ages 3 to 17. Those who pay the suggested donation will receive a discount coupon for $3 off an adult admission ticket and $2 off a child's admission ticket to the Museums.
The Springfield Museums are located at the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street in downtown Springfield. Free parking is available in the Edwards Street lots.
For more information about the event, call (413) 263-6800, ext. 488.


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Big Ten Linebackers Are Back In Business
The Big Ten linebacker that may have the biggest impact in the NFL is Ryan Shazier.
Shazier was All-Big Ten as a sophomore after leading the Buckeyes in tackles with 115, 17 of which were behind the line of scrimmage. Shazier has great speed for the position, shows good instincts and has the frame (6-foot-2, 222 pounds) to develop into one of the best in a line of great Buckeyes backers.
If he has another year like his 2012 season, he likely will be one of the top juniors declaring for the draft at any position.


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by Sanjay Paul
President Obama went to Asia recently. He said this was a "jobs tour" and that he was going to drum up business for American companies. He began with a stop in India.
Soon there was talk of India buying several aircraft from Boeing. Obama pleased his hosts by stating that he would support India's bid for permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council.
He knows this is a long shot. China, with its veto power, would almost certainly block the bid. Some Indian commentators also noted this was an empty promise, but it didn't matter. By implying that India was ready to play a more prominent role in global affairs, Obama had elevated India's status.
And then it was on to various other countries: Indonesia (where he went to school as a boy), South Korea (where he attended the G20 summit), and Japan (another summit, this one by APEC).
But the reaction in these countries, following the warm hospitality he received in India, was far less cordial. In particular, the U.S. policy of quantitative easing (which the Federal Reserve recently announced) came in for harsh criticism.
The problem, from the critics' point of view, was that the Fed's policy was likely to lower the value of the dollar and provide a stimulant to U.S. exports to other countries. But a lower value for the dollar would mean a stronger euro and a stronger yen, which in turn would likely crimp exports from Europe and Japan.
Further, wasn't America being hypocritical? It was constantly accusing China of deliberately maintaining an undervalued yuan, and here it was seeking to drive its own currency down to boost economic growth at home.
President Obama defended the Fed's action. He noted that the quantitative easing policy, which seeks to lower long-term interest rates through purchases of government bonds, was not intended to weaken the dollar. The purpose, rather, was to encourage lending by banks to businesses and consumers and thus jump-start growth.
But the argument largely fell on deaf ears. As country after country took the U.S. to task, one country came to the defense of the beleaguered president. The Indian prime minister, who holds a Ph.D. in economics, said the U.S. policy promised to be helpful to the global economy. Any uptick in the American economy, he noted, would boost U.S. demand for imported goods, and thus benefit other nations.
While this exchange might have improved relations between India and the U.S., a subsequent visit to India by another noted American appears to have ruffled a few feathers. Pamela Anderson, during her recent stay in India, took pen to paper and wrote an impassioned plea to the prime minister, asking him to discourage the use of leather in the country.
Anderson, a vocal supporter of PETA, no doubt has laudable intentions and enviable penmanship. But her activist stance threatens to undo the diplomatic overtures of the president. If India were to join Germany and Japan in criticizing the U.S. for its quantitative easing, well, we know whom to blame.
Sanjay Paul is associate professor of economics and chair of the department of business at Elizabethtown College.


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Press release by Scott Running
(Stafford Springs, CT)---The Valenti Modified Racing Series made its third and final visit of the 2013 season to Stafford Motor Speedway for the 3rd Annual Lincoln Tech 80. Ryan Preece took the lead at the green flag and led all 80 laps en route to a dominating victory.
Ryan Preece took the lead at the drop of the green and Ted Christopher moved into second as polesitter Dan Meservey fall back to fourth as Chris Pasteryak moved into third. Keith Rocco was fifth behind Meservey. Rocco was applying heavy pressure to Meservey and he made the pass for fourth on lap-10.
At the 20-lap mark of the race, Preece was still leading Christopher with Pasteryak right behind Christopher in a 3-car train for the lead. Rocco and Meservey were still in the top-5 and behind Meservey was Ken Barry, Jeff Rocco, Steve Masse, Rowan Pennink, and Richard Savary.
As the leaders began to encounter lapped traffic Preece began to stretch out his lead over Christopher. But the caution erased that lead with 35 laps complete as Tommy Barrett and Bobby Drown spun in the middle of turns 3+4. Under the caution, Ted Christopher's car came to a stop in the infield and he was pushed behind the wall.
Preece took the lead back under green with Rocco moving into second. Chris Pasteryak settled in to third, with Meservey behind him in fourth. Barry and Masse were side by side for fifth place with Pennink, Savary, Max Zachem, and Norm Wrenn making up the top-10.
On lap-41 Rocco dropped out of line and began to slow, eventually pulling his car behind the wall. Pasteryak was now second behind Preece and Masse was up to third with Barry behind him. Pennink was beginning to come to the front and he worked his way into fifth and was applying heavy pressure to the back bumper of Barry. Pennink took over fourth on lap-49 and he had to make up nearly a full straightaway to catch up to Preece.
On lap-60, Masse's car slowed on the backstretch and he limped back to the pits. This moved Pennink into third and right on his bumper was Savary as Preece and Pasteryak had pulled away by over a full straightaway as the leaders navigated the lapped traffic. Savary got around Pennink to move into third on lap-66 while Preece continued to lead Pasteryak.
Preece would not be caught and he led the field to the checkered flag to record a dominating victory, leading all 80 laps. Pasteryak finished second, with Savary, Barrett, and Pennink rounding out the top-5.
1) Ryan Preece
2) Chris Pasteryak
3) Richard Savary
4) Tommy Barrett, Jr.
5) Rowan Pennink
6) Ken Barry
7) Dan Meservey, Jr.
8) Norm Wrenn
9) Dave Etheridge
10) Max Zachem
11) Louie Mechalides
12) Charlie Pasteryak
13) Jeff Rocco
14) Rob Goodenough
15) Dana Smith
16) Bobby Drown
17) David Schneider
18) Danny Cates
19) Dylan Kopec
20) Steve Masse
21) Brian Schofield
22) Keith Rocco
23) Ted Christopher
24) Mike Holdridge
25) Tom Bolles
26) Todd Owen


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A large sinkhole has opened in a lane of traffic on Perry Highway in West View.
The damage near the Center Avenue intersection was spotted on Tuesday.
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When students at Nazareth Area High School in Northampton County headed back to class Monday, one familiar face was noticeably absent.
Math teacher Matthew Green disappeared on a hiking trip in California nearly a month ago, and the search for him continues.
One administrator said during a teachers' meeting last week there wasn't a dry eye in the room.
On the first day of classes, many held out hope Greene is still alive and will be found.
"They explained the situation with him being gone," said student Soren Streckman.
An announcement made Monday included a tearful message from Greene's good friends and co-workers, Streckman said.
"Their experiences and stuff, then observed a moment of silence to think about it," Streckman said.
Greene is a popular teacher who loved adventure but went missing while hiking in the mountains of California earlier this summer.
"Had a message this morning when we walked in if we needed someone to talk to, guidance counselors are here," said student Dimitri Patsis, a senior who was set to have Greene as teacher next semester. "I really hope he is out there exploring and nothing bad happened."
Friends are family are using social media to help. The "Find Matthew Greene" Facebook page has almost 11,000 likes and has raised almost $8,000 to help fund the search.
An interactive map traces spots where he was or may have been. School resource Ofc. Kim Arthur said several teachers have flown out west to search for Matthew.
"Everyone has hope and is praying for his return. Hopefully he is and maybe doesn't know who he was or maybe hurt himself and is wondering around," Arthur said.
The school district said a day-to-day, not a long-term substitute, is taking over Greene's duties with the hope of his eventual return.
"I believe having children back today is one of the best medicines in this kind of situation," said Dennis Riker, the district's superintendent.
Greene's family and friends continue to look for him in California.


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The play, based on Frank Capra's classic holiday movie It's A Wonderful Life, is set in a 1940s radio station with five actors performing dozens of characters and producing the sound effects.
"We hope to make the play a lasting holiday tradition," said Chris O'Connor, MST's artistic director, in a statement. "It's a play that parents can bring their children to, or it can be a great date play as well."
The theater company is celebrating its 10th season.
The cast includes Martin Landry, Eliza Simpson, Whitney Brown, Charlie Kevin and Andy Nogasky. Mary Kate Burke, former artistic director for Pennsylvania's Millbrook Playhouse, will direct the production.
The performances will take place at the Monroe Theatrespace. 720 Monroe St. on the second floor, and will run Thursday through Saturdays at 8 p.m. from Dec. 6 through Dec. 23
Matinees are on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are available online, at the Monroe Theatrespace box office, or by calling (201) 683-7014.
Tickets are $20. Students and seniors, $12.
On Thursday, Dec. 13 at 8pm, there will be a special "pay what you will" performance.


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MOBILE, ALA. -- The 2011 Avnet LPGA Classic (now the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic) will forever be a strong memory for tournament director Jonathan Romeo. And he never saw a single shot taken during tournament play.
On Wed., April 27th of last year, Romeo was informed by the tournament's on-site weather analyst of impending bad weather for the Mobile area. Knowing Romeo lived in Birmingham, the analyst told Romeo that super cells with possible tornadoes had begun popping up in the Birmingham area. At 6:54 - "I remember the time exactly,'' he said - Romeo's cell phone rang. His wife was calling.
"There was a terrific scream and a couple of words and then the phone went dead,'' Romeo recalled Monday.
Going immediately to the weather office that was set up for the tournament at Magnolia Grove, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail course where the LPGA tournament is played, Romeo was told that a tornado had had probably touched down in his neighborhood. He was able to exchange a few texts with his wife, getting information, and after his wife Melissa borrowed a cell phone from a friend, they were able to speak to each other.
A friend from the neighborhood and Romeo's father, both of whom had made it to his house to assess the damage, also called him. Everyone had the same message, as Romeo recalled it: "You need to come home.''
Romeo, who had welcomed Avnet officials and oversaw the start of that day's pro-am tournament, handed the reins of the tournament over to John Marovich, who served as tournament director the remainder of the week. He got in his car and headed to Birmingham about an hour after getting the initial call from his wife.
Melissa told Romeo that she and the children were unharmed but a tornado had passed over the house, which now had a tree in the kitchen, a tree in the dining room, a destroyed backyard and a driveway uprooted by trees.
"The whole way up (to Birmingham) - that's a long, three-and-a-half hour drive, especially when cell coverage is going in and out - and I really didn't know what to expect,'' Romeo said. "I get off the interstate and start going up the main road to get to my house and pulled over because traffic was stopped. The reason it was stopped was because there were so many power lines and trees and everything in the road.
"They made you get out of your car and start walking. I was walking up the road and had a very hard time deciphering where I was. You really can't describe it. It looked like somebody just came in and blew up a bomb. As we got home and I started trying to make sense of what was going on, there was still the big storms that were coming that night.''
The scene was something that no one can prepare for, Romeo said.
"When you've got a hole in your roof that's the size of a car and you've got your belongings in there; my neighborhood had 31 power poles and they replaced 32 power poles, so there was nothing left,'' he said. "You don't realize it until you're there and you see it and you start trying to figure out, what do I do next? You start trying to (place) tarp and you start trying to fix things. And the big storm is still coming.''
The National Guard responded quickly, delivering cases of water to families that day on Gators and helping clear a path through the neighborhood so families could use four-wheelers or golf carts or the like to maneuver and get things done. Later that night, a neighbor hooked up a small generator, allowing Romeo, his family and others gathered together to watch news reports of the bigger, more devastating tornadoes that hit Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and surrounding areas later that day.
"We just knew just from the debris field and the eeriness that we felt that we were lucky,'' Romeo said. "We only had one person in our neighborhood who died. We had a few injuries but mainly it was a lot of property damage. What something like this does more than anything is, when we hear weather radios and we hear sirens, we go. It doesn't matter where we think it is, how close it is, we go.
"It makes you aware of what Mother Nature can do and it's so much different than a hurricane like you get down here. With a hurricane, you know it's coming and you've got time to prepare and if you get hung in that, that's your fault. A tornado is not that way. Since this has happened there have been three or four more tornado outbreaks in Birmingham. It makes you more paranoid than you ever think you can be when you see what weather can really do.''
The storm has left an undeniable mark on Romeo and his family. A year later, he admits that his life is different in ways that will now always be a part of their lives.
"I've got about six apps on my phone now that tell me about weather. I really do,'' he said. "The most discerning thing that has come out of this other than the neighborhood looking completely different than when you bought the house, is my kids are very sensitive to anything going on weather-wise. When it hit, they were out of school for four or five days and then they were relocated to another school. That's a pretty traumatic thing for a kid to go through.
"When you go through the other areas of Birmingham - and we have, we helped out in other areas - and when your kids see what could happen as opposed to what did happen, that's a big piece of the pie. They are very weather astute. They probably watch the Weather Channel as much as they watch Barney. It makes me more attuned to anything that we do weather-wise.''
That weather awareness has transferred to his job as tournament director too. Romeo said there is a more detailed plan in place for evacuations and other steps that will be taken if need be in the event of bad weather during the tournament. The added measures are associated with his personal experience.
"I trust the (weather) radar a whole lot more than I did, and I trust the weatherman a whole lot more than I did,'' he said.
The view of his neighborhood and home on the first walk the day of the tornado is still vivid for Romeo today, even though things are back to normal for the most part.
"You couldn't get close to the house but when you got out and started walking to the house, it's very odd when you have landmarks and things that you are used to seeing - take a right at the oak tree, and the oak tree is gone,'' he said. "The thing I remember most is it was so bright. We had a lot of old oak trees, shade trees, throughout the neighborhood, and they were just gone. That first morning it was like somebody took a spotlight and just shined it in your room. It was the sun. The way the trees were shaded, you didn't have that before. To me, it was almost like being in an operating room with all the light.
"It will never be the same, it will never look the same. When the wind blows, now you really feel and hear the wind. It changes you. It changes everything. I think our biggest thing is we watch the weather every day now religiously.''
The children - Knox is now 9, Bryce is 2 and a half - have been forever affected by that day. "We were really fortunate,'' Romeo said, "but my youngest to this day, if it clouds up, he gets upset. When they test the (emergency) sirens once a month, he goes into hysterics. That will eventually go away, but it's interesting that even someone that young understands what all went on.''
Jonathan Romeo certainly knows. And he'll always remember.


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The Kingston High School boys soccer team snagged its first win of the season at Shane Park in Port Townsend Thursday, beating the Redskins 3-2. The Bucs scored early on a shot by Diego Portillo (Juan Diego Chehade), before falling behind, 2-1. Kingston rallied for a comeback in the second half, on a free kick by Matt Hust and a Bobby Catania goal (Chance Pruiett).
"It was a great growing experience, especially for the young players," said KHS soccer coach Craig Smith.
North defeats Kingston in tennis
The North Kitsap tennis team defeated Kingston 5-2 Thursday at Kingston.
Singles results: Theresa Tucci (KHS) def. Katja Christianson 6-0, 6-2; McKenna Elves (NK) def. Austen Turner 6-3, 6-0; Kelsey Grunigen (NK) def. Ericka Daniels 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles results: Krista Vestman and Darlene Dang (NK) def. Felicia Drone and Andrea Fladgard 6-1, 6-2; Maddi Miller and Olivia Guevara (KHS) def. Rose Bissonnette and Meghan O'Hara; Terry McGinty and Megan Stickney (NK) def. Corinne Sudduth and Stephanie Fyfe 7-6, 4-6, 6-3; Sarah Farmar and Elya Lee (NK) def. Leigh Anne Bundang and Graciela Molina 6-2, 6-1.
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August 30, 2012
Chemical Industry Prefers Romney
Rebecca Trager, Chemistry World
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As the US prepares for a presidential election on 6 November, science and research groups appear to backing the current incumbent President Barack Obama. They say he has an established track record of supporting federal funding for research, innovation and science education, and he has defended those areas against congressional efforts to reduce the nation's massive debt. But the chemical industry is considerably less enthused.
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who's bad?
Well, the semester's almost done at this year's new job. It's been pretty cruisey and the students have been mostly pretty good. When I say good I mean well behaved. I actually got a little extra work in the mornings. It's getting me up early three days a week. That's a good thing, I think. I can't complain about it too much while it's summer. And they pay well.


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PRICHARD, Alabama -- It was, apparently, a visit not unlike one of those scenes out of a movie by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, where the person who sees himself as aggrieved heads to the halls of power seeking an audience, only to be rebuffed.
In this case, a contingent that included Prichard Police Chief Jimmie Gardner went to London, England, last week (before the riots) to protest BP PLC, which they accuse of ignoring minorities and poor people who suffered damages during last year's oil spill.
The 5-member delegation represents Operation People for Peace, a coalition that advocates for those who were harmed by the spill but were left out of the compensation process, according to the group's founder, Art Rocker.
Rocker, a Pensacola minister and a board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was joined by Dick Gregory, a comedian and activist; E. Faye Williams, chair of the National Congress of Black Women Inc.; and Gardner.
Gardner, who has said no city funds were used to pay for his trip, apparently has gotten some feedback about his trip and this week issued a statement he "hopes ... clears up some questions."
Among other things, the statement makes clear the trip apparently didn't accomplish much in terms of Gardner, Rocker, Gregory or anyone else in the delegation being heard.
"Our delegation went to the BP headquarters on 2 consecutive days," Gardner wrote in his statement. "Each time, we were told there was no one on site to meet with us. In other words the perpetrator was eluding the authorities who were there to represent the people."
What does this have to do with a police chief? Gardner says he sees the people of Prichard who have been left out of the claims process as "criminal."
While Gardner cites what he believes is BP's criminal conduct, federal prosecutors recently found something they also believe to be criminal: people who listed a phony Prichard seafood business on BP claims forms.
In that case, one person claimed $6,000 in lost pay as a seafood packer; another claimed a
$10,000 loss from a job as a cook and a third collected $4,400 after filing a
claim for lost income as a seafood packer and server. All citing a Prichard seafood business that didn't exist.
With regard to the London trip, here follows Gardner's full statement:
August 9, 2011 - As directed by Mayor Ron Davis, on July 31, I joined with several national civil rights leaders for a meeting in London, England with British Petroleum Inc. CEO Robert Dudley. As police chief in Prichard, Alabama, I continually work to create a safe environment for the citizens and to pursue those who violate laws or cause harm.
The April 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was an indisputable assault. The perpetrator – the fourth largest company in the world that has spent millions on a public relations campaign highlighting the things it has done to make the Gulf "whole." The victims – thousands of residents in underserved areas such as our city of Prichard who have been left out of the equation for compensation.
This is criminal, and I am committed to seeking justice for the residents of Prichard. That is why I traveled to England to pursue the perpetrator. Unfortunately, like too many others perpetrators in our society, this one was evasive. Our delegation went to the BP headquarters on two consecutive days. Each time, we were told there was no one on site to meet with us. In other words the perpetrator was eluding the authorities who were there to represent the people.
Even before the spill, many of the residents in Prichard were poor, with a median household income of $23,143, compared to a$51,425 nationally in 2009. The BP oil spill accelerated the gap in income between residents in our community and those in other parts of our state and the nation.
The assault on the Gulf took away not only the regular jobs associated with fishing, shrimping and other industries, it also robbed our city residents of opportunities for supplemental income and their ability to put food on the table.
Before the spill, it was not unusual for retired persons in our community to go out and fish, clean their catches, bag it up and sell it to get a few extra dollars to help pay for their food, medicine and other expenses.
Other people fished regularly so that they would not have to pay the high grocery store prices for food that was nearby in the Gulf.
These opportunities were taken away, leaving our residents devastated. In all of the millions and billions spent to make the BP response to this crisis "look" good, where are the dollars that we so desperately needed in Prichard to make certain that our residents "are" good financially.
Many of those who have been left out of the claims process so far are considered voiceless. Unfortunately, they don't have highly paid lawyers. Their dollars instead are stretched between power bills and prescriptions, gasoline and groceries.
To make matters worse, BP's convoluted claims process has made it difficult for many of those with limited education to comprehend. The process has also built mistrust.
In addition to impacting the economy of our area, BP's exclusion of voiceless people in its claims process has negatively impacted the total quality of life in our city. Crime is up. People who had relied on the Gulf for their livelihood had temporary relief through jobs associated with the clean up. Now those jobs are gone, and many have turned to criminal enterprise to supplement their incomes.
In other words, the April 2010 oil spill is the equivalent of a full-scaled, multi-pronged assault, on the people of Prichard, surrounding areas and the Gulf of Mexico.
If BP really wants to make the Gulf "whole" as it says in its advertisements, it must compensate the thousands of voiceless Americans who have been critically wounded by the April 2010 assault.
We estimate that at least $488 million is needed for Prichard residents and others along the Gulf who are similarly situated.
The time to act on this is now.
The voiceless along the Gulf cannot afford to go another 18 months without compensation from BP. There is no statute of limitation on this crime. It is likely, however, that the harm will compound if the perpetrator does not move quickly to restore those who have been injured. Without that money, we may be forced to further cut services in our city – a fatal blow to a city and a region already critically wounded by an elusive perpetrator.
Jimmie Gardner Chief of Police for the City of Prichard, AL


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Cheesy Spinach & Bacon Dip
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
- 1 pound (16 ounces) VELVEETA, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed
- 1 can (10 oz.) RO*TEL Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, undrained
- 8 slices cooked OSCAR MAYER Bacon, crumbled
Microwave ingredients in microwaveable bowl on high 5 minutes or until VELVEETA is completely melted and Mixture is well blended, stirring after 3 minutes.
Serve with tortilla chips and cut-up fresh vegetables.
Tip: Party perfect: Pour the prepared dip into a small slow cooker set on low. This will keep the dip warm and at the ideal consistency for several hours. For best results, stir the dip occasionally to prevent hot spots. Variation: Prepare using 2% Milk VELVEETA and PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese. Refrigerate any leftover dip. Then, reheat and toss with your favorite hot cooked pasta. Yum!
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Tyga's Hotel California drops March 26.
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They have da young'n going crazy fa a molly
This HAS too be a joke...
Did they really use Siri to make a hook for a song about Mollies? Unbelievable. Tired of this predictable, cliche, fad following, flavor of the month, brainless music. I'm all for party music, but when it's this repetitive and cheap, it just sucks. 1000s of rappers on the same sound; fl beats that took 5 minutes to make.
They used the siri voice off the trance song "molly"
Oh God! (Big Sean voice)
And whats a Mally Mall?
Seriously, can someone kill this fuck boy already?
if you dickheads knew anything, you'd know they got the hook from a Cedric Gervais - Molly .. enlightening you niggers.
how can you hate this shit? this is some shit that you get turnt up to...
i can tell you motherfuckers dont go out much
Too many fucking pretentious hip hip fans, these days. This is a hit, take it at face value, stop tryna decode why it's not "lyrical"
hip hop*
Dez Dynamic killed the production side but he gave it to his dude David Sabastian first. He even has a video using the song with 5.7 million views already
A precursor to his Good Vs Evil, out next month.
"We will complete our Paths of Rhythm..."
The third installment of Jeezy's beloved series features Lil Wayne, Yo Gotti, Chris Brown, and more.
Featuring Gucci Mane, Future, Quavo, and Ty Dolla $ign.
Featuring Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, French Montana, Lil Uzi Vert, and more.
The Texas singer follows "Location" with a funky, lovelorn single.
It's been a long time coming.
The Broken Hearts & Bankrolls single now has a visual.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Even though he is president of the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees by virtue of his office, Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday made a rare appearance to preside over a meeting.
Bentley attended the meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville as part of a visit to the Rocket City.
"He stays in touch and is really interested in what we've got going on, in particular coming to this meeting and getting briefed on things happening at UAH," said Paul Bryant Jr., who typically presides over meetings as the board's president pro tem. "He has a standing invitation to any of our meetings."
As part of the annual trustee meeting at UAH, Bentley saw the school's institutional presentation to the board - which highlights past accomplishments and ambitions for the future.
Among Bentley's other scheduled stops in Huntsville is at the Blue Plate Café on Governors Drive for lunch and Holy Family Catholic School, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary of integration.
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Crews spent the summer renovating roughly 25 classrooms at Cherry Road Elementary and Onondaga Hill Middle schools. They put in a blacktop walkway behind Walberta Park Elementary to provide handicap accessibility to the playground area, and new sidewalks and curbs.
At the high school, there's a new entrance and a new bus loop on Onondaga Boulevard.
The high school gym is freshly painted, and has new ceilings and wall padding. New partitions still need to be installed. When that happens, students will go to the fitness center or outside during gym class for a week or two this fall.
Over the next two or three weekends, crews will install new carpeting in parts of Cherry Road Elementary and Onondaga Hill Middle schools.
"We're pleased with the amount of work that was able to be accomplished in two months and the quality of work," Superintendent Stephen Bocciolatt said. "We're pleased with how it's starting to look."
Voters approved the $5.565 million construction project in February 2007.
The second and final phase of the project will take place next summer. At that time, the high school elevator will be replaced and a new gym floor will be installed. Boilers will be replaced at Walberta Park and at the high school. Also at Walberta Park, the fire alarm system and some unit ventilators will be replaced.


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Arlington Boys & Girls Club athletic fields vandalized
ARLINGTON — The staff of the Arlington Boys & Girls Club came into work Oct. 20 to find one of their vans dirtied and the surrounding sports fields torn up by one or more apparent joyriders.
"We were here until 10:30 last night and I got in at 6:30 this morning," Arlington Boys & Girls Club Director Bill Kinney said Oct. 20. "It was foggy when I came in, so when the staff came in at 7:30, they asked me if I'd noticed that one of the vans was covered in mud and grass."
Kinney keeps the keys for all the vans locked in a cabinet in his office, which was also locked and had its alarm on between the time he left in the evening and returned in the morning. Nonetheless, Kinney followed dirt tire tracks from the van leading out to the neighboring baseball, soccer and football fields.
"I followed the marks in the dew of the grass until I got to the fields," Kinney said. "They'd done donuts all over the place."
While the baseball field is simply dirt, and the grass on the football field was too thin for the van to lay down more than muddy tracks that plowed the grass under, the soccer field showed the most severe damage. Tire tracks cut inches deep into the thick, green grass, and clumps of sod were flung as far as 10-12 feet away from where they'd originally laid.
"We have soccer and football practices here from 4:30 in the afternoon on, every day of the week," Kinney said. "Every Saturday, something like 10 football games are played here. They had to be really tearing through to make the grass fly that far."
The van itself showed no signs of damage, and was sitting in its regular parking spot when Kinney showed up for work in the morning.
"It doesn't even look like they busted open the steering column to hot-wire it," Kinney said.
Kinney explained that the athletic directors of the other Boys & Girls Clubs in Snohomish County had pledged to send people to try and repair the soccer field before afternoon games start.
"The players are little kids, not high school kids, so if we put the sod back down, it should hold," Kinney said. "There's probably nothing we can do for the football field, since it's too late in the year to plant new grass."
Kinney declined to estimate what the financial costs of the repairs would be, but anticipated "a lot of man hours" being invested in the effort.
"I've got at least 10 different guys coming down here this afternoon," Kinney said Oct. 20. "It just breaks your heart. People spend so much time keeping these fields nice, and then some morons have to ruin it."
Arlington Police Officer Anthony Davis confirmed that all the van keys were accounted for and the van had sustained no damage to its ignition system or any other parts overnight.
"It's possible that they used shaved keys to break in and start it up," Davis said. "As of now, though, it's a mystery."
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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer Britney Spears performs on a stage during a concert in Kiev, Ukraine, during her European Femme Fatale Tour. A source says she is joining Simon Cowell's singing contest as a judge on the singing competition series "The X-Factor."(AP Photo/Leonid Naidiouk, file)


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[QUOTE=tomi;1011110]when my kids were younger and I still did ALL the laundry I would set out each childs clothes basket and as the clothes came out of the dryer they were sorted into the appropriate basket -- then get folded to be put away. Now that the kids are grown and gone or doing their own I only have to deal with hubby's and mine. I put up a hanging rack in the laundry room. When I take the basket of clothes from the bedroom to the laundry room, I gather up all the empty hangers from the closet and take them with. Everything gets hung up as it comes out of the dryer - with the exception of his work T's, our socks and under things - they all get put in dresser drawers. It sure makes it go faster - and no wrinkles. The towels are a different story. I hate folding towels![/quote]
I don't mind folding towels. It's fast.
[QUOTE=tomi;1011110]First on the "honey do" list........... Fix that closet rod! :) [/quote]
Have you met my husband?? First on his list is the race car!!! I'll end up fixing the rod when I get to that point.
[QUOTE=tomi;1011110]Purging is an absolute necessity when kids are growing! If they have so many toys that the house is cluttered with them - then they have too many toys! Same goes for the clothes. Keep a box in the laundry room or garage if its close to the laundry. If an item is damaged it goes in the trash, or too small it goes in the box. When the box is full it goes in a bag to be taken to charity. Put the bag in the car and stop at the charity drop site on the way to work or home. :) [/quote]
Goodwill is NOT on my way to or from home/work. I would kill 30 minutes easily just going to and from. Goodwill is typically a Saturday job. But I get your point. ;)
[QUOTE=tomi;1011110]It takes 2 minutes to sort mail and a daily basis. Junk mail goes in the recycle bin (if your area has that) or, keep the shredder in a handy place --- shred it as soon as it comes into the house. You can also notify the post office that you don't want ANY 3rd class mail. Nothing that isn't specifically addressed to you. No more "current occupant" junk mail will come to you. [/quote]
I didn't know I could make such a request. Conveniently, our post office used to have garbage cans for people to place anything they didn't want. Then the budget cuts came through and they stopped offering "trash collection". They must have gotten tired of the less-than-considerate people who left their mail on the table anyway, b/c they recently placed a recycle bin. No junk mail makes it to our house...
When I get home at night, it's usually really close to 6 pm, so it's more important to get dinner started and on the table than it is to sort the mail. I have a shredder and I need to make it a point to shred things as they come in, but seriously, what do I do with all those damn insurance explanations of benefits? Maybe I'll see if they have a paperless option... THAT alone would cut down about 50% of the mail that comes into our house. With two insurance companies, there are a LOT of EOBs.
[QUOTE=tomi;1011110]I don't mean to sound flippant about it all......... its just dang hard when you're raising a family. But there are small things you can do on a daily basis that helps keep your world a little more managable and tidy. You just have to get serious about it and be dedicated to it - then it will become just a normal part of life.[/quote]
[QUOTE=tomi;1011110]Baby steps. Pick ONE thing and make it your mission. Say the laundry -- NO MORE piling the laundry onto the table - it gets washed and put away the same day. Or whatever........
Easier said than done... lol However, I have folded two loads of laundry today - mine and Brad's. Mine is put away. Brad's is placed inconveniently on the bathroom counter. He will be asked to put it away before bed so I can have the basket back. He's a good one at just putting the basket in the closet and living out of the basket. :rolleyes:
I'm off to finish sorting the kids' clothes. 1st load of towels is done drying too... time to fold them (5 minutes tops) and reload the dryer with towel load #2.
I took a pic of my table pre-folding and plan to take another pic of it cleared and free of all clothes. I'll share my progress. :)


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Navy SEALs deserve salute
The bravery and skill of the Navy SEALs in carrying out the mission to kill Osama bin Laden are to be commended. The 3,000-plus innocent civilians who died on 9/11 plus the hundreds of rescue workers who either died or suffered debilitating illnesses have been vindicated.
However, the time to celebrate must be brief. The terrorist threats, especially on American soil are far from over. In the short run it is likely that bin Laden's supporters will plan and attempt to execute revenge upon Americans. Because we live in an open society, it is relatively easy to carry out terrorist activities here. We cannot let our guard down.
Still, this raid has sent a clear message to terrorists that they can no longer expect to operate with impunity and wherever they hide they can expect to be hunted down.
– DAVID JARNES, Springfield
Bin Laden's death won't end terrorism
What should America do now that Osama bin Laden has been found and killed?
America should declare victory in the post-9/11 wars and stop wasting billions of American dollars and thousands of lives.
America will never end terrorism by propping up corrupt governments in Afghanistan, Iraq, or anywhere else in the world.
– EDWARD C. BROWN, Westfield
Bin Laden's death signal for soldiers to come home
We have finally achieved our goal of eliminating the person responsible for 9/11 after nearly 10 years of effort, at least 5,000 lives lost and immeasurable millions of dollars spent.
Let's now pick up our marbles and go home!
– GERTRUDE CARNEY, Springfield
Town library is intellectual center
Most people think of a library as simply a collection of books. And in this emerging electronic age, you hear some suggesting that the Public Library is growing obsolete. Books? Books are just so 20th century, aren't they?
With the Nook & Kindle now widely available, with Google and millions of web pages packed with data, what do books represent but vestiges of the past? But those people are missing the point – in a big way.
A library is not simply a collection of books. A library is the intellectual center of the community where information can be accessed.
Information takes all forms. A book is, after all, in modern parlance, only a form of media. It is just a format. In music, we have seen vinyl records, reel-to-reel, the dreaded eight-track, cassettes, CDs, and now of course the MP3s that let you shuffle through hundreds of songs on your iPOD.
But at the end of the day, whether you are listening to Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones or The Black Eyed Peas, the music is the same, only the format has changed.
So too with words, with information. How that information is presented is besides the point.
So is it contained between the covers of a book or a periodical? Is it found on rolls of microfiche that have preserved a hundred years of newsprint? Is it an oral history on CD? A documentary like Ken Burns Civil War on DVD? Is it downloadable to an e-reader like a Kindle? Is it found by using a web browser on a computer? Does it matter?
Not really. The point is that this information is available. The library also serves as the intellectual center of the community by hosting events like the recent Elli Meeropol book signing at the East Longmeadow Library, by featuring book discussion groups, by providing a safe refuge where children can learn and grow, by offering computer access to those who need it.
There is no other place like a library where the citizens of a community can get so much value at absolutely no cost. The library is the intellectual center of your community. The library is a treasure and that treasure belongs to you. Celebrate it!
– STAN PRAGER, Vice-Chairman, East Longmeadow Board of Trustees


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Andy Blumenthal is a division chief at the U.S. State Department. He was previously chief technology officer at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A regular speaker and published author, Blumenthal blogs at User-Centric Enterprise Architecture and The Total CIO. These are his personal views and do not represent those of his agency.
Regular people from around the country are laughing at, mocking Washington, D.C. Turning such a thing around is not easy, but surely there's hope -- and the tech industry is a great place for lessons in simple, practical guidance in problem-solving and progress that we can use.
Leaders must open up their work to honest reviews.
The survival of the fittest in the 21st century requires a mix of old and new skills.
Professional success comes with betrayal or diplomacy, but either is a choice.
Architecture is important, whether you are planning constructive change for yourself, organization or community.
The challenge with working to be perfect is that we can take it too far, where we get stuck in "analysis paralysis," costly and time-consuming rework, and unnecessary, overly harsh criticism of ourselves and others.
As the CTO of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Blumenthal says being an IT leader is like being peanut butter sandwiched between two slices of bread.
Addressing America's addiction to data overload and consumption.
Cyberspace is now recognized as the "fifth domain" of warfare after land, air, sea and space.
Does "CIO Squared" carry the same meaning as "Chief Information Technology Officer?"
True change agents must connect with other employees, listen, and keep their minds open.
John Lennon's 'All You Need is Love' still rings true.
Dealing with poorly performing employees is costly, but key approaches can help manage the issue.
There's a fascination with "big this, small that" in the world of technology and computers. Take a strategic business approach to your organization's IT optimization.
What Abbott and Costello can teach us about IT management.
Being the right person in the right place at the right time is key.
Industry giants and other organizations work hard to reinvent themselves.
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Jersey City (N.J.) St. Peters Prep quarterback Brandon Wimbush's stock continues to rise this spring, and he's attracted scholarship offers from many of the nation's top programs. Penn State is widely viewed as a favorite to land the dual-threat signal caller, who won quarterback MVP honors at the Nike Football Training Camp in Florham Park, N.J., over the weekend.
Wimbush is a four-star prospect and one of the nation's top dual-threat quarterbacks, ranking No. 5 nationally at the position, according to 247sports.com. The 6-2, 205-pounder is working on the finer points of his game for now and told NJ.com's Todderick Hunt he expects to make a decision within the next month.
"I'm just taking my time to make the right decision for myself and where I'm comfortable," Wimbush said. "I'm going to make my decision in probably a month or so."
While Wimbush holds offers from Miami, South Carolina and Virginia Tech, among others, his recruitment looks to be a two-horse race between Ohio State and Penn State. He said after the Nike camp that the Nittany Lions are still "at the hot spot" as the calendar turns to May, but that a visit to Columbus might not be far off.
"[Penn State is] just an awesome staff and very exciting," Wimbush said. "They're really at the hot spot right now, I feel like. They've recruited me, probably one of the hardest teams out there. I'm excited and I know they're excited."
The Buckeyes are in the market for a quarterback in the 2015 class and eye Wimbush and Torrance Gibson as priority targets, according to Cleveland.com's Ari Wasserman. Urban Meyer stands a good chance of getting Wimbush on campus within the next few weeks and could be a factor with his reputation for closing late.
For Penn State, Wimbush can compete with current freshman Michael O'Connor as an heir apparent to Christian Hackenberg. With his ability to both throw with precision and use his legs, Wimbush fits the mold of a prototypical passer for coach James Franklin. Whether or not he commits to Franklin might come down to Meyer's best closing pitch.


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Senior Billly George of Long Branch, the No. 3 seed at 189, is on the mat with sophomore Matt Bilodeau of Wyoming Seminary.
No score through one period.
Bilodeau starts on defense in the second and George cuts him loose, 1-0 Bilodeau.
Not much going on. Bilodeau leads 1-0 through two periods and George takes defense. He gets out about 15 seconds into the final period. We are tied, 1-1.
Blood time for Bilodeau.
George picks up a stall point with 1:20 left and spins behind for a takedown and a 4-1 lead with 1:05 left. Bilodeau gets out pretty quickly and its 4-2 George with :50 left. We're down to :30.
Another takedown for George with :17 left. George slipped the headlock. Escape for Bilodeau. Final is George, 6-3.


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MOBILE, Alabama -- Here is a sampling of prices at area gas stations:
In Daphne, the Murphy USA station (in front of Walmart on US Hwy. 98), is selling regular for $3.03.
In Spanish Fort, the Shell station in front of Bass Pro Shop Drive has regular for $3.05.
In Mobile, you can find gasoline from less than $3 (finally) at the USCG ATC Exchange on Tanner Williams Road near Ziegler Road.
The Chevron station on Government near Koolman Road in Theodore has it for $3.03.
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Salem has been sloganized: It's "Salem: Historic heart of Oregon".
I think that has a nice ring to it. And it's well deserved.
Yes, Astoria, Oregon City, The Dalles and Portland all played big roles in Oregon's creation. But Salem was where it all came together, once the Willamette River sent the outpost of Champoeg booking toward the Pacific Ocean.
The survivors gathered what they had left and went looking for a better place to build a city. They started at Willamette Mission, but soon went for higher ground on the future site of Oregon's state capital.
Learn about that history by visiting Salem's Mission Mill Museum, which has the more formal name of the Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill. I would say that somebody did something right along the way because Oregon came out just fine, in large part due to "Salem: Oregon's historic heart".
And go ahead now, flood travelsalem.com with requests for information on things to do and see in Oregon's historic heart.
Following is what we came up with for Bend and Eugene. Corvallis is next week, then I'm thinking of doing Portland, but may have to sell my house and move out of the city first, just to be safe.
One of my nicknames for the Rose City is, "Portland: Don't Mississippi with me".
For Bend we came up with "Bend: Living at its best," and for Eugene it was "Eugene: A city that loves running in circles."
And, please note, we regularly say nice things about Salem.
Here are links to prove it:Salem offers a weekend of activities beyond touring Oregon's capitol building.
Oregon State Library in Salem welcomes visitors for research, viewing of its treasuresSalem Station offers pleasant waiting place for Amtrak, bus riders
Oregon Capitol in Salem harbors history nuggets, offers climb to statue on top (photo gallery)Gerry Frank's picks: Salem dining updates.
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Díaz Sánchez, Raquel and Series, Caroline (2004) Examples of pleating varieties for twice punctured tori. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 356 (2). pp. 621-658. ISSN 0002-9947
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We give an explicit description of some pleating varieties (sets with a fixed set of bending lines in the convex hull boundary) in the quasi-Fuchsian space of the twice punctured torus. In accordance with a conjecture of the second author, we show that their closures intersect Fuchsian space in the simplices of minima introduced by Kerckhoff. All computations are done using complex Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates for quasi-Fuchsian space referred to a maximal system of curves.
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Understanding the customer is key to starting and running a business.
Nobody knows that better than Kris McGuire, who launched Victory Solutions to give America's soldiers and airmen "the right tools" to do their jobs.
She understands because she served in the military herself and heard about problems with equipment that needed to be improved upon.
While stationed at Kirkland Air Force Base during the Vietnam War she heard airmen coming back from the war talking about not having the right equipment to protect themselves.
"When I started this business, I said I'd find the (right) technology for the troops," she said.
McGuire, like many other veterans who own businesses, solve problems and build businesses based on a sense of patriotism and duty to their country.
This month in Business First we recognize several of these successful veteran-owned businesses in Huntsville and Madison County.
In our city, veteran business owners are not only recognized for their service, but also for what their companies continue to provide to the Department of Defense.
Ron Klein, a retired Army major, took his experience in aviation acquisition and started Belzon to address the needs he saw in that field. In addition to his CEO duties at Belzon, Klein volunteers his time as a coach to veterans thinking about starting a business. He shared a lot of his straight-forward advice to potential entrepreneurs in our 10 Questions.
Retired Army helicopter pilot Mike Durant goes as far to say that his company, Pinnacle Solutions, is like "soldiers in the field."
Durant, the president and CEO of Pinnacle Solutions, understands his clients well, too. He was shot down, wounded and taken prisoner in Somalia in 1993. His story was later told in "Black Hawk Down" - a book that was made into a movie.
"You live and die with the success of the work in the field," Durant said about the importance of Pinnacle's performance.
As much as veterans deserve the goodwill they get, especially those that start a business in military-minded Huntsville, being a veteran doesn't guarantee you'll find business success.
All of the business owners we talked to admit that it takes a lot of preparation and ability to get started these days.
A lot of valuable advice and support is available from the Veteran's Business Assistance Center, where successful owners coach an entrepreneur through the strategies and pitfalls of running a start-up small business.
"When I started this business, I couldn't even have gotten off first base without a mentor," McGuire said.
This month, we salute the veterans who served in uniform, and continue to serve their country and their communities on the front lines of a challenging economy.


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Misao Ambo Kim, 88
Misao Ambo Kim, 88, of Honolulu, formerly of Wailuku, died June 25, 2013, at her home.
Nakamura Mortuary is assisting with arrangements. Visitation will be held at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku, on July 9, at 9am, with services at 11:00am. Luncheon at 12:00pm at Nakamura Mortuary. Burial will follow, 2:00pm, at Maui Memorial Park.
Mrs. Kim was born May 14, 1925, in Paia, Maui, HI. She was a retired teacher's aid from Iao Intermediate School.
She is survived by her sons, Sterling J. (Jasmine) Kim, Eric A. (June) Kim, Elson G. (Jeanette) Kim, Jason B. (Yong) Kim, Emery L. (Evelyn) Kim; sister, Sally S. Takahashi.
Misao was known by all for her heartfelt baking.
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BORDENTOWN CITY — The Bordentown City Veterans Memorial Committee is reconsidering its refusal to fly a flag presented to it early last year by the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, officials said.
The issue was raised again at a Feb. 10 city commissioner's meeting in which Deputy Mayor James Lynch asked the committee to reconsider its decision not to fly the red-and-white-striped flag with a large star in the middle because "it didn't meet flag code," said John Weirman of the veterans committee.
Amy Moore of Robbinsville, the mother of U.S. Army Spec. Benjamin Moore of Bordentown City, who died in Afghanistan in 2011, presented city officials and the veterans committee with two flags provided by Honor and Remember, a nonprofit that creates flags to honor military lives lost, at a public meeting in January 2013, Weirman said.
City officials displayed the one flag, flown at Carslake Community Center on Crosswicks Road, but after some investigation, the veterans committee sent a letter to Moore in June saying it declined to fly the flag at the city veterans memorial at the corner of Farnsworth and Railroad avenues, Weirman said.
"It's really in the hands of the veterans committee," Mayor Joseph Malone said when reached by phone Friday.
"To my understanding, it did not meet flag code, and you cannot display the American flag with another flag on the same staff," Weirman said. "The committee reserved the right to investigate the flag, but Mrs. Moore did not tell us how it was to be flown. There was no protocol. She just suggested we fly it in honor of her son."
The organization's flag flying and folding etiquette is displayed on its website.
Moore could not be reached for comment.
"We were trying to do the honorable thing, but evidently it created a firestorm," Weirman said.
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Acta Cryst. (2014). E70, o89-o90 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536813033989 ]
Abstract: The molecule of the title hydrazine derivative, C15H14N4O6, is essentially planar, the dihedral angle between the substituted benzene rings being 2.25 (9)°. The ethoxy and hydroxy groups are almost coplanar with their bound benzene ring [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0153 (2) Å for the ten non-H atoms]. Intramolecular N-HO and O-HOethoxy hydrogen bonds generate S(6) and S(5) ring motifs, respectively. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O-HOnitro hydrogen bonds into chains propagating in [010]. Weak aromatic - interactions, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.8192 (19) and 4.0491 (19) Å, are also observed.
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Lionel and Garnet Thomas of Sandyville will celebrate their 65th anniversary on March 31. They were married at the Big Tygart Church in Wood County in 1948.
He is the son of the late Yancy and Grace McPherson Thomas of Jackson County.
She is the daughter of the late Charley and Etta Thompson Boyce of Jackson County.
He is a World War II veteran who served with the 105th Station Hospital Unit in northern Africa and Italy. He is a retired school bus driver and farmer. He had also worked at American Viscose.
She is a retired elementary school teacher. She taught at the one-room schools of Sunshine, Beech Grove and McGraw in northern Jackson County before spending many years teaching at the Gilmore Elementary School at Sandyville.
They are members of the Beech Grove United Methodist Church and also attended the Drift Run United Methodist Church.
They are the parents of two children, Carolyn (Rex) Miihlbach of Ravenswood, and Neil (Susan) Thomas of Sandyville.
They have six grandchildren, Alex (Michala) Miihlbach, Kevin (Alisha) Miihlbach, Malinda (Stephen) Cooper, Mitch (Tomeka) Thomas, Steve (Amanda) Thomas and Anita (Derrick) Cooper.
They also have eight great-grandchildren and one deceased great-grandchild.
Cards and letters would be appreciated and can be sent to 72 Mariah Road, Sandyville, WV 25275.


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What is forking?
Mrs. J, a listener, asked me this question, because I am St. Louiss best-known expert on the subject. Im also the only expert.
Mrs. J was concerned because her daughter was forking the wrong way. St. Louisans are concerned about tradition.
Forking is when you fill an entire lawn full of plastic forks. You stick them in the ground tines up. Use plain white forks, and the effect is strange and ghostly, as if the ground is hungry. Some people including Mrs. Js daughter stick the forks into the grass tines down.
Personally, I like tines up better. Besides, the forks are reusable if you use them tines up. They break off in the grass when theyre tines down, and that plays havoc with your lawn mower.
Its best if you get forks with the sharp-pointed ends. Theyre easier to stick in the ground than the square-ended forks. Most people learn this out the hard way.
Why do you fork?
Forking is used to honor people on birthdays and anniversaries, and just for the heck of it. Spring is forking season. Forking started on small city lawns, but there are energetic types who will fork an entire acre in the suburbs. Some combine forking with TPing, for dramatic effect.
Forking is the poor mans performance art. In New York, you could get a grant from the Museum of Modern Art for this.
But St. Louisans are generous. We fork for the sheer fun of it.
(The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of St. Louis Public Radio.)
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Why choose Medicine at UEA? Why choose Medicine at UEA?
What we can offer you
- Study in one of the most highly respected medical schools in the UK. In the 2016 Complete University Guide, we scored 95% overall. We receive great feedback from our students - in fact, more of our graduates say that they feel prepared for life as a junior doctor than any other UK Medical School (GMC 2014).
- Learn by applying theory to real patients, with clinical placements from the first year of your studies. Our MB BS degree focuses on developing your practical experience and clinical competence.
- Our modern collaborative approach to learning promotes the team-working and leadership skills necessary to be a successful doctor. We place great emphasis on coaching and developing your communication skills, relating to patients and their loved ones in a compassionate and understanding way.


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Here's several more highlights from Friday night's boys' basketball schedule involving schools from the Mid-Penn, Tri-Valley and Schuylkill League:
Milton Hershey 55, East Pennsboro 52: Tariq Bennett poured in 30 points and made a game-insuring defensive play in the final seconds as Mark Zerbe's Spartans (6-4, 4-2) won for the second time in as many days. The Panthers (7-3, 5-2) were down three with nine seconds left, but Bennett swiped a pass to preserve the Mid-Penn Capital Division win. Kendale Chase added 10 points for the Spartans, who led 46-38 heading into the fourth quarter. Amir Mundy's 15 points led Tim Bean's Panthers, who tumbled for the second straight day.
Camp Hill 71, Middletown 54: Sitting in a 19-point hole three minutes into the third quarter, Wayne Fletcher's Lions (6-6, 3-4) shrugged off that sizable deficit and rallied for their fifth consecutive victory. Dave Fetrow and DeShawn Franklin each bagged 30 points — Fetrow and Franklin shared 31 in the fourth quarter — as Camp Hill captured the Mid-Penn Capital Division clash. Fetrow also collected 17 rebounds and six blocks, with Franklin adding 10 boards. Ladhellis Charleston's 15 points paced Middletown (4-8, 2-5), which built on its 33-24 halftime advantage. The Blue Raiders also picked up 13 points from Cody Fox.
West Perry 44, Susquenita 33: Nate Sites posted 11 of his game-high 12 points in the second half as Tom Smeigh's Mustangs (3-8, 2-4), down 14-13 at the halftime break, rallied for the Mid-Penn Capital Division victory. Marc Rivera and Shane Smith split 16 points for Jeff Deitz's Blackhawks (2-10, 0-6), who dropped their 75th consecutive league game.
Cumberland Valley 51, Mifflin County 45: Matt Tamanosky dropped in 20 points, John Peterson popped a double-double (11 points, 11 rebounds) and Collin Schutjer checked in with 11 as CV (11-1, 6-1) churned out its fifth win in a row. Still trailing late in the third quarter, Tamanosky pocketed eight points in the fourth quarter and Schutjer canned five of his six free throws to fuel the Eagles' game-closing rally. Hunter Wright scored 12 points for Aaron Gingrich's Huskies (5-6, 3-4).
Lower Dauphin 53, Red Land 48: Kaylor Kulina and Colten Nagy combined for 12 fourth-quarter points — Kulina posted seven and Nagy was 5-for-6 at the line — as Mark Hofsass' Falcons (10-2, 7-1) collared the Mid-Penn Keystone Division triumph and stretched their winning streak to eight games. Ryan Naccarato's 14 points paced LD, which moved to within one-half game of Keystone-leading Bishop McDevitt. The Falcons also picked up 12 from Kulina and 11 from Nagy. Jacqueze McBride tossed in 19 points for Scott Slayton's Patriots (3-10, 2-7).
Shippensburg 55, Gettysburg 53: Bryce Hastings (21), Spencer Van Scyoc (13) and Cordell Shannon (11) shared 45 points as Ray Staver's Greyhounds (8-4, 4-3) secured the Mid-Penn Colonial Division road victory. Ship, which fell Wednesday night at league-leading Boiling Springs, canned 17 of its 21 free throws. Trey Thomas rang up 16 points and Tyler Lampe added 15 for Gettysburg (9-4, 4-2).
East Juniata 58, Newport 46: Nick Lorenz booked 19 points and Bailey Coder cranked out a double-double (15 points, 20 rebounds) as unbeaten East Juniata (8-0, 6-0) collared the Tri-Valley League victory. Brock Anders' Tigers, who sported a 37-20 advantage at the break, lead the TVL by two games. Marcus Jones' 21 points led Jason Shorey's Buffaloes (3-9, 2-5).
Juniata 52, Upper Dauphin 50: Justin Mingle (11), Logan Knepp (11) and Josh Parson (10) reached double digits as Al Ream's surging Indians (6-3, 4-2) found the Tri-Valley League road to their liking. Mookie Miller collected 21 points and Mac Ney chimed in with 12 for UD, which sliced Juniata's lead to two points late. Mingle, however, bagged two free throws to give Juniata some working room.
Trinity 74, New Hope Academy 65: Josh Trumpy bucketed a career-high 32 points — 19 in the first half — as Larry Kostelac Jr.'s Shamrocks (3-9) rallied for the nonleague road victory. Dom Antonelli added 12 points and Kyree Calli's 11 points included a back-door layup midway through the final quarter that popped Trinity, which converted 13 of 23 free throws in the fourth, in front to stay. NaGus Griggs rang up 24 of his 31 points in the first half for David Archer's Ants (5-4), who led 46-34. Montrel Morgan chipped in 16 points for New Hope, which watched Trinity go to the line 52 times. The York-based Ants, meanwhile, attempted just seven freebies.
Williams Valley 59, Weatherly 49: Nick Rodichok cranked out a double-double (23 points, 15 boards), Ben Rautzahn tacked on 14 and Stephen Sedesse added 11 as Denny Kasper's Vikings (9-0) kept their record intact by winning on the Schuylkill League road. Down two (39-37) at the start of the fourth, Williams Valley drained 16 of its 22 free throws down the stretch (Rautzahn was 8-for-10) to put the game on ice. Josh Reiner posted 14 points and Luke Reiner added 12 for the Wreckers.
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HOLIDAY DECOR — We're feeling festive, so indulge us: Tell us what houses in the Lansing area have the best holiday decorations. Tell us in the comments here or on our story from Monday. Or post your own photo on our Facebook page. Ho ho ho!
NO FISCAL CLIFF FOR CITY — The so-called "fiscal cliff" was on the minds of Lansing City Council members Monday night, who unanimously approved proposals to refinance city debt. If they'd waited and the federal government put spending cuts and tax hikes into place Jan. 1, interest rates might have been higher.
CHEAPER FUEL — Gas prices in the Lansing area are down some 10 cents a gallon from a week ago. The flip side: It was cheaper to fill your tank this time a year ago.
RAISING ARIZONA — Tempe, Ariz., is a long way from East Lansing. Still, Michigan State football officials predict Spartans fans will turn out for the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
"We have a lot of Spartans and people that will come to this football game. That's the nature of our football program. I think Michigan State fans will show up," Coach Mark Dantonio said.
CHIEF DEPUTY RETIRES — Reagan was still president. The Internet was nearly unknown. Yeah, yeah, 1986 is a long time ago. It's also when Brian Peacock started work at the Eaton County Sheriff's Office. Peacock, the office's chief deputy, is retiring.
NOT GUILTY — A federal jury has delivered good news for Dr. Andre Blair Smith. The Lansing doctor was found not guilty of a charge he received kickbacks for referring patients to certain medical clinics.
COYOTE OR WOLF? — There was a lot of chatter about the wild animal in Delta Township that some residents think is a wolf. State officials say it's a coyote. We asked your opinion in a poll Monday, and you voted. The winner? Well, read for yourself!
'GUTS & GLORY' — Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is coming to the Wharton Center in East Lansing. The "Guts & Glory Tour" will arrive May 7, with Bourdain talking about his work and travels.
GAME OF THE WEEK — Just a reminder to vote in the poll for our high school basketball Game of the Week. The boys game between Grand Ledge and Okemos leads, but it's early.
That's it for this morning. Come back to MLive Lansing for more news throughout the day, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.


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Firefighters were needed stat after a flying squirrel went nuts in a New Jerseyhospital's emergency room. The squirrel kept launching
itself from an 8-foot-high wall-mounted lamp into a glass wall after becoming trapped in a trauma room at Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital. A pair of firefighters threw a blanket over the squirrel and released it into a wooded area outside the hospital.
Police say a Kentucky father left his 6-month-old baby in a shopping cart after a trip to the supermarket. The baby was left in the shopping cart for about 3 minutes before a couple spotted the baby and called police. The father, Steven Wilcox, drove about 3 blocks before realizing he was missing something. He quickly turned around, flagging down a police officer on his way back to the store. "He was totally distraught about it. He realized he had made a huge embarrassing mistake and it was an accident. One that had no charges but was reported to Social Services.
Pittsburgh Police said the teenagers, two 14-yea r-olds, a 17-year-old and Isaiah Cutler, 18, took cash, candy and cigarettes worth a total of more than $9,000 from Elliot's Town Market while the store was closed and posed a picture of themselves posing with their haul on Facebook less than an hour later. Police said they arrested the minors and are searching for Cutler, whose bedroom was the setting for the photograph.


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Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution
Part of: Oil & Gas
Campaign Finance$7,282,632 Given
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- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
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Lobbying$31,467,515 Reported Spent
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Lobbying on Behalf of Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution
- Names of Lobbyists:
Firm Hired Amount Williams Companies $9,460,000 America's Natural Gas Alliance $3,360,000 Interstate Natural Gas Assn of America $2,360,000 Spectra Energy $2,266,584 American Gas Assn $2,140,000 El Paso Corp $2,029,826 Gas Technology Institute $1,151,105 Natural Gas Supply Assn $855,292 National Fuel Gas Corp $800,000 American Public Gas Assn $305,000
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues:
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