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WASHINGTON — Rep. Cory Gardner said Sunday that recent overtures by President Barack Obama in reaching out to Republicans may be helpful but that the president has work to do to build trust.
"Time will tell whether this ... president's attempt to ... build relationships with Congress for the first time is truly genuine," said Gardner, R-Yuma, on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"I hope he's genuine, but I don't think we're going to be doing the Harlem shake any time soon together," Gardner said.
Gardner shared a roundtable Sunday with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii; and former Congressman and "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough.
The panel discussed Washington's dysfunction and gridlock and whether Democrats and Republicans can set aside differences to tackle the myriad problems facing the country, including tax reform.
Gardner said the fight over sequestration — $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts that took effect March 1 — did not build goodwill.
In the past week, citing the budget cut, federal agencies have issued warnings of furloughs, longer lines at airports and the temporary closures of some air towers.
Gardner said Congress gave on tax increases at the start of this year in the deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff and that he wants to see "true spending cuts" from the Obama administration in return.
Congress approved in the hours after midnight on New Year's Day a deal that increased payroll taxes from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent for everyone. People making more than $250,000 a year are also paying higher taxes.
Gardner voted against that measure.
"Nearly 80 percent of households across this country saw their taxes increase by 2 percent, some by far more than that," he said. "And now government is asking itself to reduce its spending by a little over 2 percent, and yet that has been a paralyzing fight."


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Circa 1900
A striped opaline glass pendant on polished nickel fittings made in the Remains Lighting workshop. Due to the antique nature of this fixture, there may be some nicks or imperfections in the glass.
Current height: 49-3/4"
Minimum height: 14-3/4"
Overall: 4-1/2" diameter
Can be UL listed for use in dry or damp environments.
Single Edison socket, maximum 60 watts
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Made from glass and strong plastic, the Pudding is the most mouth-watering puzzle from the Glass Puzzle series. Place the base in the bowl, which has a few strategically placed bumps, and then pack all 12 unique blocks until you can fit the final piece, the caramel-cream piece. The pieces have a connection type reminiscent of LEGO blocks, except the bumps and cavities are placed in a more chaotic order. A challenging but rewarding puzzle invented by Nobuyuki Yoshigahara. Made by Beverly Enterprises.
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SafeNet comes to market this month sporting its third-generation Sentinel Envelope technology. Developers can use this software code protection technology to build application security and integrity layers into their projects, plus it also includes an attached licensing capability.
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Sentinel Envelope works with Sentinel LDK (the company's software protection, licensing, and entitlement management system, to help programmers protect their software and intellectual property).
Programmers using Sentinel Envelope get application protection in the form of an automatic file packer (i.e., a wrapper) that employs file encryption, code obfuscation, and anti-debugging technologies.
The software is also built to wrap and shield executable files and dynamically linked libraries (DLLs) and binds applications to hardware- or software-based protection keys, enabling customers to more effectively enforce copy protection, protect trade secrets, professional know-how, and IP from reverse engineering, tampering, and piracy.
"Protecting hard-earned trade secrets and intellectual capital is critical for ISVs to remain competitive and relevant in the market," said Jake Fox, vice president, product management, Software Monetization, SafeNet. "The third-generation of LDK Envelope technology takes software protection to the next level. LDK Envelope makes it extremely difficult for hackers to reverse engineer protected intellectual property. By implementing strong application security, software vendors can confidently maintain their competitive advantage."
The Sentinel Envelope introduces new features for both its 32- and 64-bit engine, including import table gating, OEP (original entry point) obfuscation, constant runtime debugging protection, improved real-time anti-debugging and anti-tracing capabilities, and what is claimed to be the "industry's first" and only file packer utilizing a white-box-based secure channel that protects the secure channel encryption key from dynamic or static extraction from protected binaries.


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Amid all the complaints about what did not get done well before, during and after the storm, we shouldn't forget to thank those who did so much good while the winds raged, and have in the days since.
Linemen worked around the clock to restore our power. Village officials seemed to be everywhere, checking on the progress of the restoration. School officials and teachers were extra attentive to children's needs and did everything they could to give them a sense of normalcy as quickly as possible. State, county and town workers dedicated themselves to the recovery effort. Police and firefighters risked their lives to help others under the toughest of conditions.
Business owners have been generous; clergy and congregants have displayed great charity; and volunteers have provided food, goods and services to those hardest hit. The Salvation Army, the Red Cross, Island Harvest, FEMA and other agencies have done great work, while community groups have raised money and held food drives, and neighbors have helped neighbors.
The Herald joins communities all along the South Shore in thanking all who already do so much year-round, but who have been especially generous since the hurricane struck.


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These PowerPoint training seminars were created to help community health workers better serve and improve the health of native Hawaiians and other Pacific people with diabetes.
Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research
This website provides access to program models, tools, and resources to enable health care professionals to provide self-management support for adults with diabetes in real world clinical and community settings. En español
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
This program will help you develop holistic program interventions to build support for diabetes care in the community.
Minneapolis American Indian Center
This toolkit provides materials to begin a community outreach program with African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes, reinforcing the message that type 2 diabetes can be delayed or prevented. CME credit available. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native PeoplesLiving a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples can help health care professionals address psychosocial issues with American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. The toolkit contains a variety of culturally appropriate materials.
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Astrodienst Fundraising Campaign
For many years, Astrodienst has supported Dr. Beat Richner's Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals and the Aids maternity ward in Cambodia. Every year we donate a considerable sum for this extraordinary and important project which goes to help the mothers and children, the weakest and most defenceless of Cambodian society.
We would like to invite you too to make a donation. We will double every donation you kindly give from our own resources and the money will be forwarded in full to the "Foundation Children's Hospitals Kantha Bopha" by the end of the year. Please also read the details below.
How you can make a donation
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals
The five hospitals and the Aids maternity ward in Cambodia are run with a budget of 29 million Swiss francs. Medical care is free for all. More than 2000 people are employed by the hospitals. The only foreigners are Beat Richner and a Frenchman who runs the laboratory. The rest are Cambodian doctors and nurses who were educated locally.
In 2012 150 000 children were admitted to the hospitals and 16 500 children were delivered in the maternity ward. About 780 000 children received ambulatory treatment and about 15 000 operations were carried out. About 3000 families daily receive instructions on health care.
The 29 million Swiss francs (CHF) are raised as follows: the Cambodian government pays CHF 1.8 million, the Swiss government CHF 4 million. The rest is raised through private donations.
Details of the Astrodienst Fundraising Campaign
- Astrodienst promises to double every donation up to the amount of CHF 50'000 at the expense of Astrodienst.
- Each donation which arrives at Astrodienst until Christmas will be doubled.
- All donations will be delivered to the "Foundation Children's Hospitals Kantha Bopha" by the end of the year 2017.
- Later incoming donations or donations that exceed the sum of CHF 50 000 will be forwarded to Kantha Bopha without doubling.
Fundraising Campaign 2017
Between mid November 2017 and mid January 2018, our users and customers donated a total of 10'737 Swiss Francs (about 11'400 US$ at current exchange rate) for the Kantha Bopha children hospitals in Cambodia. Astrodienst has doubled this sum. On February 2 2018 we paid 21'474.- Swiss Francs to the Kantha Bopha foundation in Zürich. We thank all donators!
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CEE serves those NCTE members who are engaged in the preparation, support, and continuing education of teachers of English language arts/literacy.CEE RESEARCH INITIATIVE: October 15, 2012 deadline to apply approaching! See the call for proposals for the 2012-13 CEE Research Initiative for more details.Graduate Students: Join the CEE Graduate Strand today!
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text: Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a couple of laptops and the following are my initial observations. Superficially at first glance it's clear that there is an initial learning curve from that of Windows 7, however, after just a few minutes of use its simplicity and familiarity becomes clear. On the surface Windows 8 actually puts me in mind of Windows in its early years. Think back to 1990 when Windows 3.0 first came on the scene; it was revolutionary in its concept of a perceived graphical user interface (GUI). It took us from computers that executed programs in GW Basic or Windows DOS prompt with line commands to a "GUI" that really was nothing more than a fancy kernel that improved upon a crude, simple concept developed by graphic engineers at the Xerox Corporation, enhanced the graphics, added color and Windows was born. It introduced the user interface which employed the use of a cursor controlled by a peripheral known today as the mouse. After booting up your PC all you had to do to execute your programs is point and click. This is Windows in a nutshell and hasn't changed a great deal with the exception of ever improving graphics, color and security. Since then the concept has undergone a number of revisions from Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and now in 2012 enter Windows 8 where like Windows 3.0 what loads into memory is not the desktop but the initial start menu that covers the entire monitor screen among the items located within the start menu is your desktop. You simply point and click.Coming Full Circle


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The driver of the allegedly stolen vehicle, James Gonzales, 26, and Michael Martinez, 28, were transported to the Yuma Hospital before being flown to Swedish Hospital in Denver, Trooper Nate Reid of the patrol said. Both had serious injuries.
The patrol is currently working in conjunction with the Washington County Sherriff's Office on the investigation.
Gonzales and Martinez allegedly rolled a Toyta FJ Cruiser that the Westminster Police Department had reported stolen Saturday, Reid said.
The patrol was notified of the crash, which occurred on Highway 34 near Washington County Road Q, at 12:55 p.m.
Gonzales and Martinez escaped that wreck uninjured, Reid said.
When a passerby stopped to offer assistance, the immediately pulled a handgun on him and took his Nissan pickup truck, the trooper said.
Washington County sheriff's deputies observed the Nissan as they were responding to the crash scene, Reid said, and turned around and attempted to stop it using their emergency lights and sirens.
The truck failed to stop for the deputies, Reid said, and they began to pursue it.
At 1:02 p.m. the patrol joined the pursuit.
During the pursuit several shots were fired from the truck toward the pursuing police vehicles, Reid said. Officers did not return fire.
The pursuit continued through the towns of Akron, Otis and Yuma.
At 1:19 p.m. the truck was forced off the road and eventually stopped by Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI), Reid said. The TVI caused the vehicle to roll ejecting the passenger and trapping the driver inside the Nissan, he added.
The patrol and Washington County sheriff's office were assisted by Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Yuma Police Department and Wray Police Department.
Criminal charges are pending and will be filed through the District Attorney's office of the 13th Judicial District upon completion of the investigations.


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In this sequel to Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a...
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In this sequel to Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our time, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus - or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?
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I guess you can't really find too much fault with a movie that is based on the premise of being kind and loving - of helping people no matter who they are, believing in those who don't believe in themselves, and all that Rainbow Brite, Joan Baez do-goodery. Yes, we have to appreciate the merit in The Smurfs 2's humanistic - or should we say blue-manistic (ow, my soul) - ideologies, even when its story is steeped in annoying characters, redundant gags, and the cheesy squeals of Smurfette (Katy Perry) and Vexy (Christina Ricci), a female Naughty - that's like a Smurf... only evil, synthetic, and gray - as they form a sisterly bond while in the captivity of the nefarious Gargamel, played with comedic dignity by Hank Azaria. But although The Smurfs 2 touts good will and merriment, it doesn't make these things seem all that interesting.
Fundamentally, you won't have too great a time with The Smurfs 2, nor will your children; with moreover boring characters leading the journey to save Smurfette (the serious Papa Smurf, grimacing Grouchy Smurf, wide-eyed Clumsy Smurf, and self-obsessed Vanity Smurf... even Neil Patrick Harris isn't really given much to do), there isn't even an ostensible fan favorite of the bunch. Who will the young viewers be quoting and emulating on their way out of the theater? Most likely: Gargamel. Azaria's villain is easily the most entertaining component of the movie, with the Simpsons vet committing full force to the goofy, moreover likable loser wizard who craves Smurf essence to fuel his magic wands. He and his Naughties, especially the brain-dead Hackus (J.B. Smoove, though you wouldn't recognize the voice), are the film's real stars. The most delightful bouts of screen time come when Gargamel is contemplating his intricate plans or bickering with his feline wife. He's the comedic hero, when he's supposed to be the villain.
As such, the uninteresting ''goodness'' of the Smurf spirit is overshadowed by Gargamel's far more appealing hijinks, thus rendering the movie's most redeeming quality - it's heart - to be quite a forgettable element. Still, Gargamel is played the clown, never the dark knight. He's not cool or enviable whatsoever, but an oafish fool whose comeuppance is just as enjoyable as his victories. The kids will never root for Gargamel, they'll just like to watch him. Watch him succeed (as he does in the early acts of the movie), watch him fail (as, of course, he eventually will). As long as he's on camera, hamming it up. Parents won't mind Azaria's bulk of the screen time, either. Gargamel is not exactly stocked with the wit of some recent animated greats, but the character is more than watchable.
The rest of the film, however, treads lazily at sea level. It's never offensive - unless you take issue with the psuedo-swears of a duck voiced by Brendan Gleeson - never excruciating, never particularly gripping or funny. Essentially, the best way to describe The Smurfs 2 is harmless. Boneless. A perfectly appropriate testament to the diminutive blue creatures themselves, who preach of smiling brotherhood and accomplish very little in the vein of anything beyond mushroom architecture and the perpetration of apple-based measurement. An hour and 40 minutes that can be rolled into the six-note ditty sung by every Smurf in his woodland village: simply, The Smurfs 2 is a happy song. But there are worse things in the world.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Duke baseball team took an early 3-0 lead, but No. 7 Virginia had an answer each time the Blue Devils put runs on the board, ultimately winning the series finale 14-6 Sunday afternoon at Davenport Field. Duke led 3-0 early and cut the lead to one run on two occasions before Virginia put the game away with a five-run seventh.
Duke (25-26, 9-18 ACC) churned out 15 hits, but was unable to keep pace with the Cavaliers' offense. Virginia (41-8, 20-7 ACC), led by Joe McCarthy and Reed Gragnani with four hits each, also totaled 15 hits in the contest, scoring five runs in both the second and seventh innings.
Redshirt sophomore Chris Marconcini reached base in four of his five plate appearances, going 3-for-4 with a walk. For the weekend, Marconcini hit .556 (5-for-9) with three walks and three runs scored.
Marconcini was one of five Blue Devils with two or more hits Sunday. Sophomore Grant McCabe went 2-for-4 with two RBI, while junior Jordan Betts was 2-for-5 with two runs scored. Senior Jeff Kremer and sophomore Reed Anthes also added two hits each.
Junior Robert Huber (5-6) took the loss, allowing five runs in 1.1 innings of work. Freshman Nick Hendrix was solid in relief, working 4.1 innings while scattering five hits and allowing two runs.
Kyle Crockett (4-0) earned the victory, pitching 4.1 innings in relief of UVa starter Nick Howard. Crockett permitted two runs in his first inning of action, but settled down and kept Duke off the board in the sixth, seventh and eighth.
For the first time in the three-game set, Duke put runs on the board first, scoring three in the top of the second. Betts lead off with a base hit through the right side, Marconcini followed suit with a single of his own and Aaron Cohn advanced the pair on a sacrifice bunt. An RBI single from McCabe and a sacrifice fly from Kenny Koplove plated the first two runs before Anthes sent a two-out RBI double to the gap in left center.
Huber ran into trouble in the bottom of the frame as Virginia loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a single. Second baseman Andy Perez made a spectacular diving grab for the first out, but Nate Irving laced an RBI single and Mike Papi cleared the bases with a triple to right center. Two more runs crossed the plate before Hendrix came on and induced a double play to end the inning.
A Duke run on a Perez sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth cut the lead to 5-4, but Virginia responded with two runs with two outs in the bottom of the frame.
In the fifth, Marconcini drew a walk to load the bases and Duke scored on a double play to make it a 7-5 game. McCabe came up with two outs and roped a two-out RBI single up the middle to once again cut the UVa advantage to a single run, this time 7-6.
The Blue Devils had a chance to tie the game in the six, putting two aboard with one out. Duke was unable to convert on the opportunity and Virginia put the game away with five runs in the seventh. Derek Fisher began the frame with a solo shot to center, his seventh of the season, and Irving added a two-run double to help the Cavalier cause.
Virginia tacked on two final runs in the eighth as John LaPrise and Papi both drove in a run on a sacrifice fly.
Duke returns to action Tuesday, traveling to UNC Greensboro for a 6 p.m. game against the Spartans.


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Friday, November 2, 2012
[Updated] The power is on
Here's the scene on East 10th Street and Avenue D just after 5... via @johnblack
32 comments:
Great news! I am so happy for everyone!
- November 2, 2012 at 5:00 PM
- BabyDave said...
You wouldn't kis us now?
- November 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Hot water too I hope and assume??
- November 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM
does the area that was turned on include alphabet city?
- November 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Is this confirmed in the whole East Village?
- November 2, 2012 at 5:08 PM
How far south and east?
- November 2, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Is it true? Please tell us more, Grieve!
- East Villager (writing from Harlem)
- November 2, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Marty Wombacher said...
Great news! Power to the people!
- November 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- November 2, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Jack Friedrichsruin said...
Power cable and Internet on on 2nd btwn A and B and I suppose throughout the neighborhood.
- November 2, 2012 at 5:33 PM
Yes. Reports of power on Aves C and D and cell phone service.
- November 2, 2012 at 5:38 PM
can you tell us if there is power on avenue c? thanks!
- November 2, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- jmhnyc said...
please tell us more. So glad to have you back
- November 2, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Lights are on from Tompkins Square Park down to at least 3rd and Ave A. Fios at 3rd and A not yet but I'll take what I can get.
- November 2, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Not yet for stuy town.
- November 2, 2012 at 5:50 PM
ConEd just tweeted the boundaries of the powered-up area: Canal St on the South, Broadway on the west, East River on the east, and 14th St. on the north.
- November 2, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Lights at 1st Avenue and 9th Street. They don't seem up to full strength...lamps seem yellow, but TV looks good and computer seems to be working okay. Con Ed had been working in the street and I heard a loud boom and then the lights were back. Hopefully they stay that way...
- November 2, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- CHurt said...
We're good with juice and FiOS at Village View on First and 6th. Elevators are back, too, but no heat or hot water (and that is NOT a complaint). But it looks like there's still nothing shining west of the Bowery at this time. Lotta whooping from the hi-rises!
- November 2, 2012 at 5:57 PM
whoooo!!!!!!!!! (come on, it's totally warranted this time)
- November 2, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- esquared™ said...
Now this one gets a deserving WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
- November 2, 2012 at 6:03 PM
well here in stye town im not gonna get my hopes up for tonight. at least i am getting a reliable 3g signal now, so i got that going for me.
- November 2, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- pinhead said...
Thanks for the efforts, Con Ed! Much appreciated.
- November 2, 2012 at 6:51 PM
and a big shout-out to the guy at verizon on 2nd avenue & 13th street for his hospitality and good will in accommodating the neighborhood with phone (and other device) battery charging and a warm place with lights and a flat-screen tv.
he (with other staff help) made the verizon office a welcome place for neighborhood residents, kids, dogs, everyone.
even gave the kids verizon coloring books and crayons.
not at all like the verizon store on east 86th street that did allow charging outlets but did not have the warm welcome.
i never thought i'd praise verizon like this. they should give these folks on 13th street bonus just for community relations,
- November 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
I'm on 9th and have electricity, hot water, and a trickle of heat. I almost cried getting into the shower!
A HUGE thank you to the people at Con Ed for working around the clock to make this possible.
And shout outs to the people at Percy's Tavern on Avenue A and 12th Street and Verizon on 2nd Avenue and 13th Street for supplying cell phone charges. If Verizon is reading this, please give Sam a huge fucking Christmas bonus.
- November 2, 2012 at 7:54 PM
How's 11th btw B&C looking?
( 6. Month old infant )
- November 2, 2012 at 8:31 PM
Happy to have electricity. Apartment is freezing however, and not warming up.
- November 2, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Avenue D! Electricity! Cell Phone! Internet! Heat! Hot Water!
What a week. Happy that you're all safe. Best wishes to those who aren't.
- November 2, 2012 at 10:21 PM
It's great that we have lights again. But don't let's forget the people who have nothing. Grieve, could you let us know if there are any local efforts under way where we could help out?
- November 2, 2012 at 11:28 PM
For some residences and businesses, especially the ones on Avenues C and D, this is going to be a longer recovery process. Very happy to have our power back on on 11th Street between A & B. Thank you to Con Ed for working so hard to get much of Alphabet City's power restored, and thank you to everyone in the neighborhood for pulling together, helping each other out and keeping things calm over here in Alphabet. But please keep in mind that some businesses, like the Yankee Deli at the corner of 11th Street and Avenue C that DO NOT have their power back on yet because their basements are still flooded. The pumping of water out of basements was still going on all day today (Friday Nov. 2) on 11th Street between C & D. Today we saw NYPD Traffic tow trucks actually moving cars a little bit either slightly up or slightly down the block so that people could get in with generators and hoses to pump out the basements on that block. Today there was still a lot of water being pumped out of the basements of the Jacob Riss Housing Projects too. Hopefully everyone will continue to help out in whatever way they can with the ongoing recovery.
- November 2, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Any word on the sky east building at 11th and ave c?
- November 3, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Sky East building on 11th has power on in some apts. Lower level and 1st floor I am told don't have power. The East River has been pumped out of the building. Also told no hot water, heat, cable/internet for entire building.
- November 3, 2012 at 4:33 PM
No hot water, cable or Internet @ 624 E. 11th St. Swamped bottom floor. Thank goodness for renters insurance I suppose but do we have any rights? I''m cold.
- November 4, 2012 at 1:54 AM


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HealthWatch runs every other week as a regular Gazette feature where medical journalist Evra Taylor Levy and emergency physician Eddy Lang help make sense of sometimes contradictory medical research.
MONTREAL – Do nicotine replacement therapies really work? Some smokers seem to have been able to quit with the help of these products, while others have failed to break the habit despite their use. This edition of Healthwatch examines a newly released study, a systematic review of existing research that looks at the effectiveness of different nicotine replacement therapies.
Smoking kills
Not only is nicotine one of Canada's most addictive drug, tobacco is its biggest killer. One in two of all long-term smokers will die as a consequence of smoking, and one in five of all deaths in Canada are attributable to this habit. Death and smoking-related illnesses come in the form of heart attacks and strokes, as well as emphysema and many forms of cancer.
A 2007 Health Canada report states that almost 5 million people - roughly 18 per cent of Canadians over 15 - are smokers, with an average consumption of roughly 15 cigarettes per day. What's more, the population most at risk for taking up smoking is the 15- to 24-year-old age group.
Understanding nicotine addiction
Nicotine acts as a mood stabilizer, or enhancer, by boosting certain chemicals in the brain that produce a "high." The aim of nicotine replacement therapy, therefore, is to replace much of the nicotine produced by cigarettes, and to reduce cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine is relatively safe over the long-term; it is the other toxic compounds in cigarette smoke that are not.
How does nicotine replacement therapy work?
All forms of nicotine replacement therapy mimic the release of these "feel good" chemicals, and keep withdrawal symptoms in check by maintaining steady chemical levels. The therapy lessens the unpleasant effects of nicotine withdrawal while the person adapts to not smoking. It is meant as a bridge to abstinence, the ultimate goal of all smoking cessation products.
Four therapies are currently available in Canada without a prescription: chewing gum, lozenges placed under the tongue, inhalers, and the transdermal patch. While the patch provides the brain a steady level of nicotine, the other methods deliver it more quickly and may better counter the well-known cravings that the quitting smoker can experience.
The study
Stead LF et al. Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1.
What did the study reveal?
This Cochrane Review examined 132 trials of nicotine replacement therapy, with more than 40,000 people in the main analysis. The review found evidence that all forms of nicotine replacement therapy made it more likely that a person's attempt to quit smoking would succeed.
Specifically, nicotine replacement therapy was shown to increase a person's chances of quitting by 50 to 70 per cent. The studies in the review were performed largely in smokers who were offered nicotine replacement therapies by their family doctor or who applied to quitting programs. Most of the studies were performed in people smoking more than 15 cigarettes a day and thus had high levels of nicotine dependence.
The review showed that rapid nicotine delivery methods (gum, lozenges and inhalers) were generally more effective than the patch. They also found that combining a nicotine patch with one of the more rapid delivery forms of nicotine replacement therapy was more effective than a single type of therapy alone.
Other conclusions included there was no benefit in using the patch beyond eight weeks. And wearing the patch only during waking hours (16 hours a day) was shown to be as effective as wearing it 24 hours a day.
Interestingly, there is no evidence that tapered therapy is better than abrupt withdrawal. There is weak evidence that a repeated course of therapy in patients who have relapsed after recent use of nicotine patches will result in additional probability of quitting.
Does behavioral counselling and support affect nicotine replacement therapy?
An important finding was that nicotine replacement therapy works equally well with or without the addition of counselling. Joining a support program, which increases the likelihood of quitting, is not essential to the success of nicotine replacement therapy.
So, what's the bottom line for smokers?
Nicotine dependence, like alcoholism, is a disease that takes a huge toll on smokers and their families. Quitting is really tough, however, with actual success rates per attempt ranging in the 10- to 15-per-cent range; most smokers need four to seven tries before finally succeeding.
With this in mind, persistence and constant encouragement are the key. After making the decision to quit, getting nicotine replacement therapy may be the single most important step a smoker can take on the road to improved health.
Both the patch and the gum are covered by the Quebec provincial health plan, while the lozenges and inhaler are not, since they're newer than the other forms of therapy and don't have the same track record. The provincial government will, however, cover the cost of any nicotine replacement therapy for a consecutive 12-week period within one year. Most private insurance companies will also reimburse the cost of the patch and the gum.
A seven-day supply of transdermal patches costs $30; 105 tablets of gum are priced at $30; the daily consumption of the gum is at the discretion of the individual smoker. Ninety-six lozenges - two weeks' worth - cost $34.29 (at least eight per day, to a maximum of 15 per day is the recommended daily regimen). Forty-two inhaler cartridges - a seven-day supply - are priced at $39.99 (prices may vary between stores).
HealthWatch acknowledges the input of Atul Kapur, president of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada.
The material provided in HealthWatch is designed for general educational purposes only and does not pertain to individual cases. The information included should not replace necessary medical consultations with your own doctor or medical professional.
Start out easy, experts say
Milan Khara, an addiction specialist with Vancouver Coastal Health, states: "For smokers attempting to quit, the morning cigarette is the most difficult to give up. The first cigarette of the day is often the most satisfying cigarette for smokers who have a moderate to high level of nicotine dependence because they are combatting withdrawal symptoms by restoring levels of nicotine in their system lost while sleeping.
So, don't start there. Start with the cigarette that is the easiest to give up. Try smoking one less for one day. The Reduce to Quit program using nicotine replacement chewing gum is promoted by Health Canada - it encourages smokers who are trying to quit to replace that cigarette and counter the cravings that they might otherwise experience. Reducing cigarette consumption can also boost a smoker's confidence and motivation to quit successfully by breaking down addictive behavioral patterns and disassociating environmental cues that can trigger cigarette cravings.
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Guess Who's Back!!!
DURHAM -- The North Carolina A&T defense played well. The Aggie-Eagle Classic was another classic, and there was a sellout crowd at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium.
So for a game where many of the storylines went as expected, there sure were a lot of unexpected occurrences in the 84th meeting between the North Carolina A&T and N.C. Central football teams. The Aggies came away with a heart-pounding 22-16 overtime win over the Eagles in a game that included two blocked field goals, a blocked punt, missed extra points and numerous bad snaps.
Most of the bad snaps came from the Eagles side of the ball as their shotgun snaps were a part of six fumbles and three lost fumbles. Their snapping problem came to a head in overtime as the Eagles lined up for a 3rd-and-inches from the A&T 18-yard line. Eagles center Zachary Giles snapped the ball over the head of quarterback Jordan Reid, which led to a 24-yard loss.
A&T linebacker D'Vonte Grant broke up Reid's pass on fourth down, giving the Aggies (7-4, 5-3 MEAC) the victory after they scored first in overtime on a Mike Mayhew touchdown. A&T finished in a third-place tie in the MEAC with Delaware State and N.C. Central (6-5, 5-3 MEAC). The Aggies ended their season on a four-game winning streak.
"We could have put this thing somewhat out of a reach a long time ago," said A&T coach Rod Broadway. "But we just weren't good enough. We were good enough to win and that's the bottom line."
A&T had a 9-0 lead toward the end of the first half. With the way the Aggies defense played once again, that should have been enough to put the Eagles away. A&T's No. 2 FCS nationally ranked defense held the Eagles to just 122 yards of offense and minus-51 yards rushing, the lowest amount of yards every surrendered by an A&T defense. But there is more than just one phase of football. Freshman kicker Zach Cimaglia lined up for a 39-yard field goal attempt with 15 seconds remaining in the half, but had his kicked blocked by Malik Cromartie.
Delson McAdams scooped up the loose ball and ran it in from 71 yards out to give the Eagles life even though Oleg Parent missed the 35-yard extra point after a 15-yard sideline penalty on the Eagles.
"We were disappointed we weren't able to score there," said Broadway, who coached the Eagles from 2003-06. "We've got to get that part of the game fixed because that really set us back."
The Eagles were able to tie the game at 9 in the third quarter thanks to a 47-yard run by Arthur Goforth that set up a 41-yard field goal by Parent. Goforth's run was the longest run from scrimmage against the Aggies defense since Bethune-Cookman's Quentin Williams had a 41-yard run on Oct. 6.
Grant helped the Aggies regain the lead late in the third quarter as his blocked punt gave the Aggies the ball at the NCCU 2. Ricky Lewis scored his second touchdown of the game to give the Aggies a seven-pint edge.
Another bad snap by the Eagles looked to put the game back into A&T's control. Reid's fumble of a shotgun snap gave A&T the ball at the NCCU 23 when Tyree Hearn recovered the ball. It would lead to a 38-yard field goal attempt by Cimaglia that was blocked and scooped by Sayyid Muhammad. Muhammad appeared headed toward another Eagles score until holder Kwashaun Quick walked him down at the A&T 5.
It was a big play by Quick because three plays later, Reid threw an interception Ayodeji Olatoye at the 1. Controversy followed as the officials discussed whether Olatoye caught the ball at the 1 and ran back into the end zone for a safety. The Aggies eventually got the ball at their own 3, but had to punt it away from the 5, giving the Eagles excellent field position at the A&T 45.
Seven plays later, something happened that has not happened to the Aggies in 17 quarters - an offensive touchdown was scored. Reid connected with Lamar Scruggs on a 12-yard touchdown reception to tie the game at 16. The Aggies had gone 261 minutes, 31 seconds of game time without giving up an offensive touchdown to an opponent.
"We had a breakdown in the kicking game which gave them six points, and indirectly gave them seven more because they didn't score on the second one, but they got great field position," said Broadway.
Neither team could break through in regulations. A&T's best chance came with 21 seconds remaining in the game as they advanced the ball to the NCCU 28. But instead of attempting a third field goal, they went for it on 4th-and-1, but Mayhew was stopped short, sending the game into overtime.
A 20-yard pass completion in the first overtime set up a five-yard game-winning touchdown by Mayhew. A bad snap on the extra point led to an unsuccessful attempt which meant if the Eagles scored a touchdown and made the extra point, they would be victorious. But instead, the bad snap led to the A&T victory. Mayhew, the Aggies all-time leading rusher, finished his last collegiate game with 116 yards and a game-winning touchdown.
"I've been happy with the opportunity I got to play here," Mayhew said. "This has been a special place for me. Hopefully I can be as successful on the next level."


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Four For Friday - Popping Pills Like Candy
It is finally Friday and I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that in a week it will be May. The year is flying by. I always think of May as the dividing line in the year. Prior to May it is still that winter/spring combo that kind of melds together because you never know if you are going to have a cold or hot day. When May comes though, it means summer and the joy that comes with leaving work early on Fridays or ditching it if you can and that good feeling lasts until September when you start thinking about football and then the holidays. I guess I am a second half of the year guy. Anyway, I will be blogging all weekend and if you would like to follow me on Twitter I am @entylawyer
Our actress used to be A list. You could make a very good argument that she was A+ list at one time. When people were talking female leads for movies she was always in the conversation. That kind of all changed. It wasn't just that she angered almost every person who worked with her, it was that she stopped sleeping with the directors and producers that got her those parts in the first place. When she reached that almost A+ list status she thought she didn't need to do that any longer. She probably would have been right, but, because of the way she treated people, her career dried up quickly. No one was going to just give her a break. There were plenty of others out there who had talent and were a lot easier to work with.
She found a husband and he put up with her because he was gone so much of the time. When her career nose dived our actress started popping pills. She got hooked after one of her many surgeries and hasn't stopped since. If you catch her on a day when she is taking the right combination you get a dazed looking person who at least won't yell at you. If you catch her though on a day where she is taking the wrong combination she becomes the biggest pain on the planet and you will wish you stayed in bed that day. She has no friends other than those she pays. Her husband is grateful each day that she is no longer in his life. She keeps trying to resuscitate her career but no one wants to give her a role. No one wants to work with her. So, she keeps filming parts in low budget movies and keeps popping those pills.


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LONGMONT -- Police are looking for a .380 semiautomatic pistol that a resident reported he lost while riding a motorized scooter through a north Longmont neighborhood and along a bicycle path on Wednesday, police reported.
Cmdr. Jeff Satur said police volunteers and a police K-9 searched the man's route along Mountain View Avenue, Pace Street along the east sidewalk, 17th Avenue west from Pace, to Alpine Street and the bike path along the Rough and Ready Ditch to Independence Drive, but did not recover the gun.
"He believes the gun fell out of the holster," Satur said.
The disabled man has a concealed-carry permit and uses a motorized scooter to help him get around. Satur said the gun was loaded when it was lost.
Police are worried that a child may have found the gun.
"We're reminding parents up in that area that it is not a toy," he said.
Longmont police are issuing a call through an automatic system to warn residents that the gun was lost in the area.
Anyone who locates the gun should leave it where it is and call 911, Satur said.
"We'll send an officer right there," he said.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The 15th-ranked and third-seeded Duke women's soccer team had its NCAA Tournament run come to an end on Friday evening in the Elite Eight as the Blue Devils dropped a 1-0 decision at fifth-ranked Penn State at Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pa. As the match went along, the wind picked up and the temperatures dropped as the teams went up against wind gusts over 30 mph.
The Blue Devils concluded their season with a 15-6-2 overall record, while Penn State improves to 20-3-2 and advanced to the NCAA College Cup.
"Congratulations to Penn State, Erica [Walsh] and her staff," said Duke head coach Robbie Church. "I don't think we could have executed our game plan any better. We created a number of opportunities, but the name of the game is to be able to finish on your opportunities and we didn't do that. It's a heartbreaking loss for us; we played hard. We competed the whole time and the kids did everything we asked them to, which was to come up here in this environment and this field. But we wish Penn State luck as they move forward to the Final Four."
Duke came out on the attack from the beginning and outplayed Penn State for the first 13 minutes of the match. Junior Kaitlyn Kerr opened the game with Duke's first three shots, including a great one-v-one chance at the 7:52 mark, but it was saved by Penn State goalkeeper Erin McNulty.
Following junior Laura Weinberg's shot in the 14th minute, Penn State's Christine Nairn was fouled at the top of the box by a Blue Devil defender and was awarded with a penalty kick. Nairn hit the top right corner of the net to give the Nittany Lions a 1-0 lead. The 1-0 advantage for Penn State marked the first time in the 2012 NCAA Tournament Duke has trailed.
Blue Devil senior goalkeeper Tara Campbell then made a diving stop to her right off a Maya Hayes shot in the 18th minute to keep the score 1-0 in favor of Penn State.
Just five minutes later, senior defender Erin Koballa sent a right-footed cross into the box where senior midfielder Nicole Lipp one-timed a shot that hit the crossbar.
"The wind was definitely a factor, but I still felt like we were able to play our game for the most part," said Lipp. "It probably affected some of our shots. We weren't able to keep them as low, but it was definitely something to consider. But we played through it."
For the first half, Duke held an 8-5 shot advantage and was led by Kerr and Weinberg with three shots each. After scoring four goals in the last two matches, redshirt junior Kim DeCesare was held without a shot in 23 minutes played.
Penn State came out in the second half and controlled the run of play for the first 15 minutes before the Blue Devils started to attack the Nittany Lion defense again. Weinberg and freshman Cassie Pecht attempted back-to-back shots in the 61st and 62nd minutes to give the Blue Devils their first attempts of the second stanza. Pecht, who is a product of Mechanicsburg, Pa., blasted a right-footed shot that went just outside the left post as most of the fans in the stadium thought Duke had scored when the ball hit the outside netting.
In the 70th minute, Weinberg sent a shot from the top of the box that McNulty saved but the ball popped out slightly, but McNulty stopped DeCesare's attempt as well. Sophomore Kelly Cobb featured one of Duke's best chances of the match in the 82nd minute as she forward drove inside the left side of the box and had a one-v-one with the PSU goalkeeper, but her shot went high over the crossbar.
Duke concluded the second half with an 11-2 shot advantage and the match with a 19-7 lead, but the Blue Devils were shutout for the fifth time this season. Weinberg led all Blue Devils with six shots, while Kerr and Pecht added three each.
"I don't think we did a good job of finishing," said Church. "The opportunities we had we played them up high where she [McNulty] could get to them and she was able to knock some balls down. We just didn't finish well. We played some balls low in the corner, but she's a good player, she's an experienced player. She came out and covered angles really well, but we didn't do a great job of finishing. But she caused that too."
In goal for Duke, Campbell finished the night with two saves. She will graduate in May after leading Duke to 54 and the third-most shutouts in school history with 30. Other seniors playing in their final match for the Blue Devils were Lipp, Erin Koballa, Maddy Haller and Libby Jandl. DeCesare and Callie Simpkins are redshirt juniors and have the option to return for one more season if they decide to. Duke will lose three of its starting defenders along with their goalkeeper in 2012, but return all 10 student-athletes who scored goals if Simpkins and DeCesare return.
• Nine out of the last 10 losses have been by only one goal.


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In this epic origin story, the mythical Greek hero Hercules - the son of Zeus, a half-god, half-man is blessed with extraordinary strength. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom. Through...
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In this epic origin story, the mythical Greek hero Hercules - the son of Zeus, a half-god, half-man is blessed with extraordinary strength. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom. Through harrowing battles and gladiator-arena death matches, Hercules embarks on a legendary odyssey to overthrow the King and restore peace to the land.
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You can imagine that Renny Harlin, director and one quadrant of the writing team for The Legend of Hercules, began his pitch as such: We'll start with a war, because lots of these things start with wars. It feels like this was the principal maxim behind a good deal of the creative choices in this latest update of the Ancient Greek myth. There are always horse riding scenes. There are generally arena battles. There are CGI lions, when you can afford 'em. Oh, and you've got to have a romantic couple canoodling at the base of a waterfall. Weaving them all together cohesively would be a waste of time — just let the common threads take form in a remarkably shouldered Kellan Lutz and action sequences that transubstantiate abjectly to and fro slow-motion.
But pervading through Lutz's shirtless smirks and accent continuity that calls envy from Johnny Depp's Alice in Wonderland performance is the obtrusive lack of thought that went into this picture. A proverbial grab bag of "the basics" of the classic epic genre, The Legend of Hercules boasts familiarity over originality. So much so that the filmmakers didn't stop at Hercules mythology... they barely started with it, in fact. There's more Jesus Christ in the character than there is the Ancient Greek demigod, with no lack of Gladiator to keep things moreover relevant. But even more outrageous than the void of imagination in the construct of Hercules' world is its script — a piece so comically dim, thin, and idiotic that you will laugh. So we can't exactly say this is a totally joyless time at the movies.
Surrounding Hercules, a character whose arc takes him from being a nice enough strong dude to a nice enough strong dude who kills people and finally owns up to his fate — "Okay, fine, yes, I guess I'm a god" — are a legion of characters whose makeup and motivations are instituted in their opening scenes and never change thereafter. His de facto stepdad, the teeth-baring King Amphitryon (Scott Adkins), despises the boy for being a living tribute to his supernatural cuckolding; his half-brother Iphicles (Liam Garrigan) is the archetypical scheming, neutered, jealous brother figure right down to the facial scar. The dialogue this family of mongoloids tosses around is stunningly brainless, ditto their character beats. Hercules can't understand how a mystical stranger knows his identity, even though he just moments ago exited a packed coliseum chanting his name. Iphicles defies villainy and menace when he threatens his betrothed Hebe (Gaia Weiss), long in love with Hercules, with the terrible fate of "accepting [him] and loving [their] children equally!" And the dad... jeez, that guy must really be proud of his teeth.
With no artistic feat successfully accomplished (or even braved, really) by this movie, we can at the very least call it inoffensive. There is nothing in The Legend of Hercules with which to take issue beyond its dismal intellect, and in a genre especially prone to regressive activity, this is a noteworthy triumph. But you might not have enough energy by the end to award The Legend of Hercules with this superlative. Either because you'll have laughed yourself into a coma at the film's idiocy, or because you'll have lost all strength trying to fend it off.
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Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.
|Fred Slade 1948
St. Bernard's College, Cullman, Alabama
My dad's first college experience was in 1948 at St. Bernard, a small Catholic college in Cullman, Alabama. Daddy threw himself into his studies. He often reflected on how much he enjoyed discussions of philosophy, literature, and religion with the Benedictine brothers who taught there.
|Fred Slade catching some rays while studying
Somewhere between studying, playing intramural basketball, and serving as a class officer, Daddy made time to visit the world-renown Ave Maria Grotto there on campus. It was one of his favorite places.
|My dad is first on the left. They are standing next to the main grotto,
a miniature cave featuring marble stalactites and statues
honoring the Virgin Mary. It is the same gated feature
on the right of the postcard above.
This landscaped 4-acre park is in an old quarry located on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey. It contains 125 miniature reproductions of the world's most famous religious buildings.
Most of them are Roman Catholic cathedrals and monasteries like St. Peter's Basilica, Montserrat Abbey, Carmel Mission in California, and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Also there are scenes of ancient Jerusalem, Noah's Ark, and Tower of Babel.
The Ave Maria Grotto has been called "a sermon in stone."
|Basilica of St. Paul
postcard produced by W. M. Cline Co, Chattanooga, Tennessee
|Temple of Jerusalem and Some Buildings of the Palestinian Miniatures
But there are secular tributes, too, including the Alamo, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Hansel & Gretel's Temple of the Fairies, and German Castles. There is even a miniature of the St. Bernard Abbey power station.
|Temple of Jerusalem and Some Buildings of the Palestinian Miniatures
On the back: Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card
|Collage of Ave Maria Grotto
scanned from The Bernardian 1949
Click to enlarge
The Grotto was the result of a 50-year hobby by Brother Joseph Zoettl, one of the brothers at St. Bernard. It opened to the public in 1934 and Brother Joe added his last building in 1959.
The work of Brother Joseph Zoettl is the subject of a documentary that will air sometime in the fall of this year. He has been compared to St. Thérèse of Lisieux and St. Francis of Assisi, both of whom led small and quiet lives that have inspired others with their emphasis on simplicity.
Grab a flashlight and visit more caves, caverns, and maybe some grottos at Sepia Saturday.


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BOULDER -- Demian Weigle smiled through much of the testimony at his preliminary hearing on three counts of attempted murder and first-degree arson in Boulder County Court on Monday morning.
However, following testimony from Longmont's fire marshal and a detective, Boulder County Judge Noel Blum ruled that prosecutors have enough evidence to pursue charges against the man accused of setting his neighbor's home on fire on July 16 to try to kill the family of three inside.
"The people have met their burden establishing probable cause," Blum said, and set Weigle's case for arraignment on May 10 in Boulder District Court.
An arrest warrant affidavit for Weigle, 42, indicated that the man, after starting to use a drug called "bath salts" that he bought online, suffered increasing levels of paranoia that his neighbor was tracking him electronically.
Defense attorney Beth Kelley argued that the evidence against her client was circumstantial and did not include witnesses, DNA, fingerprints or any other evidence placing Weigle at the scene. But Blum said that the type of evidence doesn't matter and that taken as a whole in a light more favorable to the prosecution, as required at this stage in the criminal prosecution process, there was plenty for prosecutors to pursue.
Weigle told police after he was arrested that he was in Wyoming at the time the fires were started at the front and back doors of his neighbor's home at 534 Bowen St., and he provided receipts with times before and after the 5:32 a.m. fires.
However, Detective Wayne Rafferty testified that detectives were able to drive from the location in Wyoming to Longmont and back to Wyoming in time to account for the time stamps on the receipts.
Kelley argued that the detective's timeline doesn't match the times calculated by Google maps.
"The timing as the detective testified is very suspicious or circumspect," Kelley said.
Police searched a hotel room in Wyoming where Weigle said he was staying the night before the fire, and Rafferty said that an arson dog alerted on a number of items that might have had ignitable fluids on them. Lab tests later did not confirm the presence of the fluids, but the detective noted that the lab reports did not rule out the presence of the fluids, either.
Rafferty also said that Weigle's wife approached an officer at the scene of the fire and said that her husband may have had something to do with it.
The neighbors -- a couple and their 2-year-old son -- woke during the fire and escaped through a window with the assistance of another neighbor.
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RAISE YOUR HANDS AND REJOICE — the 2018 schedules are here
Only 87 days until kickoff, my fellow mammals.
Xavier wasn't the only team that benefited from its state-record tying comeback in late October.
Hillhouse of New Haven had a 28 point, fourth-quarter lead over the Falcons during their Oct. 26 game.
Xavier scored 29 points in less than 11 minutes to win, 50-49. The team has said that game got them back on track.
The loss got the Academics back on track, too, as they've returned to the CIAC Class M final for the second time in three seasons.
"We realized that there were some things we needed to fix and we've been doing a great job of that," Hillhouse coach Tom Dyer said. "We learned a lot about finishing. You have to finish games."
The Academics (10-2) have won their last five games by an average of 33 points. Their two losses were to teams playing for a state title — Xavier (Class LL) and Hand of Madison (Class L), the No. 1 team in The Day of New London Top 10 state coaches' poll.
"One of the benefits of playing in the Southern Connecticut Conference (is) if you get out of it, you're chances of (doing well) in the playoffs are very strong because the competition that we face on a weekly basis is very strong," Dyer said.
Hillhouse has also flourished thanks to one of the state's most dynamic backfields — running backs Andre Anderson and Harold Cooper.
Anderson, a senior, has rushed for 1,270 yards and 14 touchdowns. He's averaged 11.24 yards a carry.
Cooper, a junior, has run for 1,550 yards and 21 touchdowns in 10 games. He's averaged 11.48 yards a carry. He's also the 2012 State Open indoor champion in the 55-meter dash (6.55 seconds).
"I'm extremely blessed as a coach to be coaching probably the best backfield tandem in the state," Dyer said. "I really look it as having a 1-A and a 1-B running back. … I think if either one of them were on a team by themselves, with the amount of carries that they would get, it would be an amazing amount of yards that they could compile.
"I think the biggest thing with the two of those guys is that they're unselfish and that they have great chemistry together. They understand that it's all about winning. It's not about their personal stats. The way that they catch the ball, the way that they run, the way that they do things in the game, those kids are amazing talents."
Senior quarterback Je'Vaughn Moore runs the show at quarterback. He controls the Academics triple-option offense and has thrown for 800 yards and eight touchdowns and rushed for 850 yards and seven scores.
"The thing with Je'Vaughn is that he's a competitor," Dyer said. "The kid competes and the kid will win at anything that he does. He wins in the classroom. He wins as a person. He wins on the football field. He only weighs about 170, but there's a reason that Georgetown is offering him a scholarship."
Moore, who'll play defensive back in college, became the starting quarterback in 2010. He, Cooper and Anderson all helped Hillhouse win the 2010 Class M championship.
"We felt as a staff that he'd be perfect playing quarterback in a triple option offense because of how many reads you have to make at the line and the kind of player he was and how competitive he was," Dyer said. "The kid has come a long way and that's one of the great things about coaching — you have a kid for four years and you see the maturation process and the kids really come in like this and he's leaving as a young man.
"Je'Vaughn is definitely one of those kids that I'm proud of as well as all my 14 seniors. It's just great seeing those kids have a chance to do this their senior year."
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We know there are many of you who are ready to puke if you hear another word about the SCC.
Better get your barf bags ready as we're going to type a few more words about the SCC.
Hand, Hillhouse and Xavier all played one another this season. Three teams, three state finalists.
There was only one team that played all three state finalists — North Haven. Those were also the only teams that beat it.
And you complain that your team's schedule is too tough?
The Indians won by an average of 29 points. New London will vouch for their ability as they beat it, 34-20, at Cannamela Field on Oct. 5.
Again — you complain that your team's schedule is too tough?
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There's been some folks out there who've complained the last two years about the CIAC holding its state football championships at Rentschler Field.
The tickets cost too much (they're a whopping $10). It's too far. It's too cold.
The whiners and cheapskates should've been at Monday's press conference at The Rent. Players from all eight finalists attended and they loved the joint. Lost count of how many of them went down to the field to take a look around.
Heck, Ansonia has played at The Rent the last two seasons, and even its players went to take a walk around the field.
The kids like The Rent, and that's all that matters.
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Any of you who cannot make it to The Rent this weekend (or are too cheap or think it's too far to go), we encourage you to follow along in any of the following ways:
■ Check out Twitter at #dayfb or #cthsfb.
■ Watch the games on Connecticut Public Television or ciac.tv.
■ Listen to the jovial George DeMaio at WELI-960 (you can listen on the Innerwebs should you not live in the New Haven area).
(Back in the day, you actually had to GO to the game to know what was happening. And that day was 1987).
The championship schedule is, of course:
Class LL: Norwich Free Academy (12-0) v. Xavier (11-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Class S: Ansonia (13-0) v. North Branford (12-0), Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
Class M: Berlin (11-1) v. Hillhouse (10-2), Saturday, 2 p.m.
Class L: Hand (12-0) v. Windsor (11-0), Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
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Marc Allard, Norwich Bulletin: Xavier faces new challenge with NFA.
Kyle and Brian, The NVL Blog: Class S preview.
Sean Bowley, Hearst Inc.: Brockett expects battle from North Branford in Class S final.
Kyle Brennan, Waterbury Republican-American: Observations from football championship media day.
Mike DiMauro, Steve Addazio Fan Club (secretary), TEAM DAY: ECC owes NFA a big 'thanks' for buzz it has created.
Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant: NFA Flies From Under the Radar.
Mark Jaffee, Waterbury Republican-American: Brockett thankful for chance to lead Chargers, Lester takes pride in his team's accomplishments, and, Trammell grows into leadership role with mighty Chargers.
Carl Josephson, New Britain Herald: Berlin football ready for blast form past.
Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant: Fleetings, Father And Son, Lead Windsor Into Football Final, and, Hand Shows It's Back On Track With Semifinal Win.
Pooch Diggity Dogg, JRC Amalgamated: October win over Hillhouse a turning point for Xavier, and, North Branford's Mark and Brandan Basil have one game to go for a dream come true.
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Minutia — Jack Cochran took a team of state players to a national 7-on-7 passing league tournament during the offseason.
Among the players were Xavier quarterback Tim Boyle, running backs Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia), Marcus Outlow (Norwich Free Academy) and Cooper, Ansonia receiver Andrew Matos, Xavier receiver-defensive back Kris Luster, and Moore.
Yeah, you could do worse than putting that group together.
Only 87 days until kickoff, my fellow mammals.
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Name: Lamis Diab
Age: 35
Occupation: Administrative assistant at Rock Valley College's Office of Intercultural Student Services
Lived in Rockford area since: I was born in Rockford and attended Rockford Public Schools and Rockford College.
Transform Rockford involvement: I originally heard about TR in October of last year and became a member of the TR Analysis team in November.
The importance of shared values: Reaching out into every facet of the community is vital to the success of TR. We need to identify the needs of the community at large and ensure that everyone's voice is heard, so that everyone's needs can be met. The revitalization of the Rockford area is no small task. All of us have a role to play.