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By mid-August, the average family with children in grades K-12 had completed just half of their back-to-school shopping, according to the National Retail Federation�s 2014 Back-to-School Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. Now nearing the finish line, that family�will likely ring up a total of�$669.28 on clothes, shoes, supplies and electronics.
With just days to go before�school buses hit the roadways, one-quarter of back-to-school (BTS) shoppers and more than one-third of back-to-college (BTC) shoppers say they still plan to shop online for some part of their remaining purchases, the survey said. More than half of online BTS shoppers will supplement their last-minute, online purchases by heading to department stores, discount stores, clothing stores and office supply stores, as well as other merchants, it said.
At Target in Victor, BTS and BTC shopping is starting to settle down after a strong two-week blitz.
�People have been shopping steadily through the summer, and more since late July,� said Greg Dahl, Executive Team Leader at Target in Victor. �Pretty much our busiest two weeks were between Aug. 10-24. Now they�re coming in to pick up those last minute things.�
Students heading back to college have, for the most part, already purchased their class supplies and are now shopping for their dorm rooms, Dahl said. Popular items they�re after are �chairs, plastics for storage, mini-fridges, DVDs and bottled water,� he said. To keep up with the demand, pallets of water bottles are stacked up at various locations in the store, including the checkout lines, because �people like to grab them on their way out.�
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) survey, the average family with children in grades K-12 will spend $669.28 on apparel, shoes, supplies and electronics, up 5 percent from $634.78 last year.
�We see sales go up in all areas in back-to-school season,� said Dahl, citing household items and basic toiletries in addition to school supplies. �Our clothing department sales go up almost as much as the stationary stuff,� he said.
Back-to-school shoppers in general will spend an average $212.35 on electronic items,�with high school students and their families specifically spending an average $229.88 on electronic items, the NRF survey said.�Nationwide, back-to-school shoppers are expected to spend $8.4 billion on electronics.
Reflecting school districts� growing requests for classroom supply contributions, spending on school supplies is expected to increase 12 percent to an average of $101.18, the survey revealed.�Additionally, shoppers will spend an average of $231.30 on clothes and $124.46 on shoes, up slightly from 2013.
Total spending on back to school is expected to be $26.5 billion nationwide, with combined spending for back to school and college expected to reach $74.9 billion, the survey said.
Hot items with younger students this year, Dahl said, are purple disappearing glue, and vibrant, neon colors like bright yellow notebooks, binders and backpacks.
�There�s a lot of excitement with the kids about going back to school and seeing their friends,� he said.
Six-year-old Lukas Harrison and his 3-year-old brother, Benjamin, had parents Mike and Maggie Harrison in tow as they descended on the school supplies department at the Victor Target. The Fairport family is looking forward to the start of school.
Lukas is headed into first grade and Benjamin will attend early pre-school, both in Fairport. On Friday the family had already visited Lukas� classroom to meet his new teacher and, in Mike�s words, �get all the pencils and markers and all that stuff set up in the desk.�
�We did one other shopping trip,� said Mike. �This is round two and then we�re done.�
The best purchase thus far, according to Lukas, was his new R2-D2 lunch box.
�You push a button and then it makes sounds,� he said, beaming.
When asked how they�d be paying for back-to-school necessities, the NRF survey revealed that 44.9 percent of families said they have or will use their debit cards, 27.9 percent said credit cards, and 24.9 percent said cash. College students and their families followed suit: 43.4 percent have or will use debit cards, 33.7 percent said credit cards, and 18.9 percent said cash.
School supplies on the rise
By mid-August, the average family with children in grades K-12 had completed just half of their back-to-school shopping, according to the National Retail Federation�s 2014 Back-to-School Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. Now nearing the finish line, that family�will likely ring up a total of�$669.28 on clothes, shoes, supplies and electronics.


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TRAINING: I train all aspects of MMA. Grappling, wrestling, striking, strength and conditioning. Wrestling for breakfast, jiu-jitsu for lunch and striking for dinner.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training back in 2000 just for fun and trained like three times a week till 2006/07. Then I started training full-time.
What ranks and titles have you held? 3x and reigning Shooto 183lb champion. Glory World Series 2010/11 welterweight champion
Do you have any heroes? Not really, but I find something to admire in every person.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Bring change! Make a better future for my people by bringing unity among them. Inspire young kids to look for a goal in their lives and fight for something they love.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Yes, I studied international business and languages and have a bachelor's degree.
What was your job before you started fighting? Helping my father with his company, and I still do help him when he needs me.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Winner of many grappling tournaments
Favorite grappling technique: Flying armbar
Favorite striking technique: Flying knee
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Committee approves medical marijuana regulations
Hartford — The General Assembly's Regulations Review Committee approved regulations Tuesday covering who produces, dispenses and purchases medical marijuana.
Shouts and cheers rose from the audience as Sen. Andres Ayala, D-Bridgeport, announced that the regulations had been approved after a voice vote.
Tracey Gamer-Fanning of West Hartford, who suffers from brain cancer and turned 43 Tuesday, said this was the best birthday present ever.
"I am not a criminal. I have a card that says I am allowed to use medical marijuana and I have wanted people to understand what this meant," Gamer-Fanning said. She said she is a mom and had a career and never thought she would get brain cancer at age 36.
She said taking medical marijuana stops her from having tremors, seizures and unbearable amounts of pain, sadness and fear. It means she doesn't have to take medications such as oxycodone and morphine, which she said caused her to throw up and kept her in bed away from her family.
Legislators on the committee discussed the latest version of the state Department of Consumer Protection's regulations, which were more than 70 pages long, for about three hours. The regulations spell out the criteria for marijuana producers, dispensary facilities, physicians, caregivers and patients. The regulations as passed include pages of corrections requested earlier this month by the Legislative Commissioners' Office, which provides legal counsel to the General Assembly.
David Kimmel, president and founder of Vintage Foods Limited in Ledyard, said he has discussed applying for a license from the Department of Consumer Protection. He would not say where in Connecticut he might build the production facility because of concerns about diversion or theft. Kimmel has had a career in the food and beverage industry and said he designs health and wellness products.
A licensed production facility would have the responsibility of operating an indoor facility to grow the marijuana, as well as package, label and deliver the product to a dispensary facility. Kimmel said he looked into the medical marijuana industry five years ago in California and Colorado but decided that if he was going to be a player in this industry, he wanted to be "squeaky clean."
Legislators and officials at the meeting discussed how medical marijuana is less regulated in Western states and said Connecticut is following the East Coast model, which provides many more controls.
"I don't want to get anywhere near the recreational piece, regardless of my personal feelings," Kimmel said. "It is not about that. So when I came back home, I said this is virgin territory, this has not been tainted by the recreational piece."
In order to attract serious businesses to apply, the regulations require a producer to put $2 million into an escrow account, letter of credit or surety bond made payable to the state if the commissioner of Consumer Protection deems necessary.
The consumer protection department will issue at least three but no more than 10 producer licenses. Factors in the selection will include the location — including proximity to any place used for worship, a school or a charitable institution — and whether the site is considered detrimental to public interest.
The regulations also detail how the state will manage dispensaries or medical marijuana stores that will operate like pharmacies. Applicants for dispensary facilities will have to provide a detailed description of any other services the dispensary will be operating at the facility, how it will maintain adequate control against theft, details of any felony conviction or criminal conviction related to controlled substances and permission for the department to conduct a background check.
Dispensary facilities will not be able to obtain marijuana from outside of the state. The dispensary may cultivate, deliver or sell only marijuana purchased from a Connecticut producer and may sell it only to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver.
Illnesses that a qualifying patient might suffer from include cancer, glaucoma, positive HIV or AIDS status, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, among others.
Several legislators brought up concerns about the state law and regulations coming into conflict with federal law, which has not legalized medical marijuana.
A June memorandum from the state attorney general notes that under the Controlled Substances Act, the cultivation, distribution and possession of marijuana is a federal crime and that the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gonzales v. Raich in 2005, held that Congress by way of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution may prohibit local cultivation, sale and use of marijuana.
But the memorandum also notes that the Supreme Court has not yet addressed whether federal law pre-empts state laws that permit the cultivation, distribution and possession of marijuana for medical use.
State Sen. Len Fasano, R-North Haven, said state employees will be at risk of a federal lawsuit along with the commissioner, who would be signing off on licenses for producers and permits for dispensary facilities.
He said the state is basically waving a "cape in front of a bull" and saying, "Come and get us."
Lawyers from the attorney general's office said Tuesday there is no guarantee that state employees or legislators would not be sued, and that arguments can be made for and against the constitutionality of state medical marijuana laws.
Robert W. Clark, a lawyer in the attorney general's office, said the 10th Amendment to the Constitution provides some protection in its provision that powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states go to the states or people.
Courts in some states have ruled that laws authorizing large-scale cultivation and distribution of marijuana would create an obstacle for federal law enforcement efforts while other state courts have ruled that a law establishing a highly regulated scheme would not create a significant obstacle, the memorandum says.
Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein said people should be comforted by the amount of regulation. The production and sale of medical marijuana is self-funded through a fee structure, the product fulfills its duty to patients and the regulations prevent abuse, he said. There are strict controls on advertising and how people become qualified patients.
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We still don't know the lottery draft order, so I went with the odds for the first 14 picks. Keep in mind that this is just the second of many updated mock drafts to come, so you should expect to see some changes as we get closer to draft day (and once the draft order becomes finalized). The lottery takes place on May 21, when things should become clearer once we know who will have the No. 1 pick.
1. Orlando – Nerlens Noel C Kentucky
I'd still like to think the Magic will take guard Trey Burke if they get the No. 1 pick, but at this point, Noel is the consensus first pick in this draft. I may change my mind and go back to Burke at some point, but for now, I'm going against my gut and with the tide. Noel is coming off an ACL tear, so we'll have to see how he looks in workouts before declaring him 100 percent healthy. The Magic are stacked with competent big men and need to work on finding an eventual replacement for Jameer Nelson, which is why I think taking Burke here makes sense, but for now, Noel looks like he will be the No. 1 pick.
2. Charlotte – Ben McLemore SG Kansas
Ben Gordon is on the downside of his career, while Gerald Henderson started at shooting guard and exceeded expectations this season. The Bobcats have their biggest needs at PF and C, but McLemore might be too talented to pass up here. He might be the best two-way player in this draft, has serious shooting range, and Henderson can always start at small forward if the Cats decide to bring Michael Kidd-Gilchrist off the bench as sixth man. But if Noel is available when the Bobcats pick, it's hard to see them passing on him.
3. Cleveland – Otto Porter SF Georgetown
The Cavs have been looking for a small forward ever since youknowwho left, and Porter looks like the best one in this draft, especially given his ability to do work on both ends of the court, along with his versatility.
4. Phoenix – Victor Oladipo SG Indiana
The Suns have all kinds of needs but shooting guard is an obvious problem, as they didn't seem to fall in love with Jared Dudley or P.J. Tucker this season. Oladipo could end up being the best player in this draft, and possibly help point the Suns franchise in the right direction. Regardless of where he ends up, Oladipo should be an early front-runner for Rookie of the Year, depending on how he's used.
5. New Orleans – Anthony Bennett F UNLV
The Hornets appear to be set at PG (Greivis Vasquez), SG (Eric Gordon) and PF (Anthony Davis/Ryan Anderson), but they could use a center or small forward other than Robin Lopez and Al-Farouq Aminu. If Porter is gone, Bennett makes a lot of sense here, although he's a classic "tweener," meaning he's not really going to be a true small or power forward due to his 6'7" size. They could also look at Shabazz Muhammad with this pick.
6. Sacramento – Shabazz Muhammad G/F UCLA
The Kings have been looking for a small forward for a long time and John Salmons isn't the answer. They may have to choose between Porter, Bennett or Muhammad here, but it's starting to look like Porter may not still be on the board. Muhammad is strong and could finally provide a solid answer at small forward in Sacramento, although there are concerns about his basketball IQ and inability to dish the rock.
7. Detroit – Trey Burke G Michigan
Brandon Knight could end up being a backup NBA point guard, and Rodney Stuckey and Jose Calderon won't be around forever. The Pistons really could use a small forward with this pick, but if Porter and Muhammad are off the board, they'll have to take the best available player. And the biggest question with Burke is whether or not he'll still be around after the No. 6 pick.
8. Washington – Alex Len C Maryland
The Wizards are set at the guard spots until further notice with John Wall and Bradley Beal locked up, while Emeka Okafor could be on his last legs. The Wiz also have needs at both forward spots, but do have Trevor Ariza and Trevor Booker to hold down the fort, if Nene is about to shut it down. Len is a big, athletic two-way center and looks like a fairly logical choice for the Wizards.
9. Minnesota – C.J. McCollum G Lehigh
The Timberwolves need wings and with Ricky Rubio all set to run the Wolves offense until he can't take it anymore, McCollum would slot in nicely at shooting guard, where the Wolves are severely lacking. McCollum is a combo guard with strong offensive skills and could also adapt to become a reliable NBA point guard, where he could serve as a backup for Rubio. He looks like a great fit in Minnesota.
10. Portland – Cody Zeller F/C Indiana
Zeller's one-dimensional game was exposed in the tournament, but he's still slated for a lottery pick and the Blazers seem to always be looking for centers. Zeller's probably going to be a better NBA player than what he showed in the tourney, and his ability to run the floor will work in his favor.
11. Philadelphia – Mason Plumlee C Duke
Andrew Bynum didn't exactly work out and Spencer Hawes, despite some very nice runs this season, still may not be the long-term answer. And even if he is, adding a guy like Plumlee is going to give them some depth at C. His offensive game is developing and he's a solid defensive presence with some athleticism.
12. Oklahoma City (via Toronto) – Gorgui Dieng C Louisville
The Thunder could use an eventual replacement for Kendrick Perkins and unlike Zeller, Dieng's stock rose during the NCAA Tournament. Dieng looks like he's going to be a very good defender, while his offensive skills have potential given his ability to knock down mid-range jumpers. And after watching Perkins attempt to guard Omer Asik in Round 1 of the playoffs, the Thunder would like to add centers sooner than later.
13. Dallas – Michael Carter-Williams PG Syracuse
Rick Carlisle apparently can't stand Darren Collison, so much so that he decided to roll with Mike James in a lottery campaign. They desperately need a center, and I could see them taking Olynyk or another big man here, but they also could use a point guard. Carter-Williams is a nicely sized point guard and if he ever develops a reliable jumper, he should end up having a long career.
14. Utah – Jamaal Franklin SF San Diego State
The Jazz can always slide Gordon Hayward to shooting guard, as Randy Foye certainly doesn't look like a long-term answer as a starting shooting guard. Franklin is a freakish athlete and led his team in scoring, rebounds, assists and steals. And he can even play defense and created more shots for himself last season. If he lands in the right situation I see him as a sleeper pick for Rookie of the Year.
15. Milwaukee – Rudy Gobert PF France
The Bucks look set with young big men like Larry Sanders and John Henson, and still have Ersan Ilyasova to start at power forward. But they could use an upgrade over Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and Gobert looks like an impressive big man. He has a massive 7'9" wingspan and moves very well for a guy standing 7'2". He should be able to clean the glass and play well enough offensively to make an immediate impact in the league.
16. Boston – Kelly Olynyk C Gonzaga
The Celtics need big bodies, as evidenced by the fact Kevin Garnett is finishing his career as a center instead of a power forward. Olynyk appears to be well suited for the Celtics' half-court offense and averaged nearly 18 points per game last season for Gonzaga. If the Celtics pass on him, don't look for the Hawks to do the same.
17. Atlanta – Steven Adams C Pittsburgh
The Hawks have needed a solid big man, well, pretty much forever. They also need a shooting guard, but finding a true center should be the top priority. Adams is going to be a bit of a project, but he's 7'0" tall, athletic for his size and should thrive at running the floor. He'll need to work hard to develop an inside game worthy of the NBA, but has enough upside that someone will grab him in the first round.
18. Atlanta (via Houston) – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG Georgia
The Hawks clearly have a need at shooting guard, as Lou Williams still came off the bench even when he was healthy. Caldwell-Pope, the SEC player of the year, averaged 18.5 points and should be a very good 3-point shooter in the NBA. And I'm guessing that unlike Dwight Howard, he wouldn't mind playing in Atlanta after starring at UGA. He's also a solid defensive player, and really looks like a perfect fit for the Hawks.
19. Cleveland (via Lakers) – Sergey Karasev SF Moscow
The Cavs may be looking at another small forward here, as that is easily their biggest need, and Karasev would likely be one of the best small forwards left on the board at this stage. He's only 19 and has plenty of upside, along with a competent offensive game and high basketball IQ. Defense and a lack of athleticism are the biggest concerns with Karasev, but not enough that he won't be taken in the first round.
20. Chicago – Dario Saric F Croatia
The Bulls are set at most positions and if they get a shooting guard with their first pick, taking the best player available here makes sense. Whether that will be Saric remains up for debate, but the 6'10" forward has a solid offensive game and high basketball IQ. He plays a lot like Andrea Bargnani, which means he's not going to clean the glass, but the Bulls have Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer to do that.
21. Utah (via Golden State) – Tony Mitchell F North Texas
Mitchell is an athletic freak and is another guy that could help a Utah team stacked with big men, but lacking effective wing players. He's another 'tweener, but I doubt the Jazz would have a problem slotting him at small forward and turning him loose.
22. Brooklyn – Archie Goodwin SG Kentucky
The Nets clearly need wing players, as Gerald Wallace fell off a cliff this season, Joe Johnson and his feet aren't getting any younger, and MarShon Brooks still hasn't been able to rise to prominence. Goodwin may not still be available this late, but if he is, the Nets look like a perfect fit. He'll have to work on his shooting and creating his own shot, but the potential is there.
23. Indiana – Jeff Withey C University of Kansas
Withey is a deceptively adequate athlete and a former volleyball player. Strength is a concern, but he's a good shot blocker and knows what to do with the ball when he gets it down low. If he can bulk up, he could end up being a very good NBA center one day. In short, he'd be a solid potential backup for Roy Hibbert.
24. New York – Shane Larkin PG Miami
The Knicks' greatest need is probably power forward, as Amare Stoudemire's knees probably won't last too many more seasons, but Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd are not going to be able to hold down the point guard position for too much longer. Larkin is very quick and looks like a good pairing with Carmelo Anthony, as the Knicks could really get out and run with Larkin running the show. He's only 5'11", but did a great job of running Miami's offense last season.
25. L.A. Clippers – Allen Crabbe SG California
The Clippers have a need at shooting guard, with Willie Green getting a lot of starts and Jamal Crawford embracing the role of sixth man. Crabbe is a shot maker, like to run off screens and has a solid offensive game, which should work well with the Clippers' offense.
26. Minnesota (via Memphis) – Lucas Nogueira C Brazil
Nogueira is a freakish athlete with raw offensive skills. Nikola Pekovic's feet may continue to be an issue throughout the rest of his career and the Wolves, in addition to needing wings, could also use a quality backup center. This might be the year Nogueira gets drafted in the first round and shows up next year as a rookie.
27. Denver (via Memphis) – Mouhammadou Jaiteh C Boulogne
Kosta Koufos and JaVale McGee have been able to hold down the fort in Denver, and while they might be better off drafting a shooting guard, getting a center makes sense. Jaiteh is only 18 years old but has grown recently to 6'11" and is already much stronger than he should be for his age. He's going to be raw offensively early on, but looks like he should already be able to hold his own in the NBA.
28. San Antonio – Dennis Schroeder PG Germany
The Spurs have plenty of big men, including grandpa Tim Duncan, Tiago Splitter and ACL-less DeJuan Blair, and while they could use some depth and upside in the paint, they could also use a point guard that stands out from the several backups they're currently employing. The Spurs love drafting Euros and Schroeder is a nicely-sized 6'2" PG that would immediately make an impression on Gregg Popovich with his speed and ability to get to the rack.
29. Oklahoma City – Reggie Bullock SF North Carolina
Bullock hasn't really been allowed to fully explore his offensive game, spending much of his time as a spot-up shooter instead of being allowed to create his own shot for the Heels. He's not a lock for the first round, but is perfectly sized for an NBA wing position and my guess is his stock will rise in workouts. The Thunder still don't have a suitable backup for Kevin Durant, and don't really need one, but Bullock is talented and could serve a nice bench player for the Thunder next season.
30. Phoenix (via Cavs, Heat) – Giannis Adetokunbo SF Greece
The Suns could use help at several positions and small forward is one of them. Danny Ainge is reportedly a fan of Adetokunbo, but if they pass on him, he could be available at the end of the first round. He needs to have the ball in his hands to be effective and will likely need some time to adapt to the NBA game, but he's a great ball handler and a stellar athlete. The 30th pick seems like a great time to take a flier on him.


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Dozens in Waterford oppose sober living site
Waterford - During a three-hour continued public hearing Thursday, residents again voiced their opposition to a proposed Rope Ferry Road sober living facility for 144 adult men.
The hearing was closed Thursday, and the Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to vote March 7 on an application by Stonington Behavioral Health Inc. to change the use of a former convalescent home at 171 Rope Ferry Road.
William Aniskovich, CEO of Stonington Behavioral Health - which operates substance-abuse facilities throughout the region under the name Stonington Institute - said he believes there isn't a sober living facility of this size anywhere else in the country.
"We could be pioneers," ZBA Chairman E. Peter Bendfeldt said.
Citing economic hardship and a moratorium on nursing homes throughout the state, Stonington Behavioral Health is seeking a use variance change for the former convalescent home. The property, despite marketing efforts for the past two years, has remained unsold.
Emotions ran high during the public hearing, as nearly all of the 50 residents in attendance spoke against the application.
Resident John Fratus said he lives four houses down from the proposed facility.
"I have an 8-year-old that boards the bus every day at the same time the buses would pick up the Stonington Institute clients," he said. "It scares the heck out of my wife and I. I hope everyone looks at their conscience when you vote."
One resident voiced his opposition by holding up copies of newspapers with bold headlines on the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, saying that the facility would bring "undesirables" and "safety concerns" to the neighborhood.
Lifelong town resident Jennifer Cimmino, who as a special education teacher is trained in verbal and physical techniques to restrain out-of-control students to prevent them from leaving the building, said she was concerned that Stonington Institute employees are only allowed to use verbal restraints to prevent those living in the facility from leaving.
Thomas Londregan, attorney for Stonington Behavioral Health, urged ZBA members to put aside their emotions and focus on the facts.
"This is not a detox unit. This is a sober house. ... We're proposing a supportive living environment for people living with an addiction," Londregan said. "What was there was a supportive living environment for people with medical needs."
He said residents would not be allowed to have personal vehicles or cellphones. All transportation to and from the clinics would be in vans, which would be parked off-site when not in use. Residents would attend off-site clinic programs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Among the facts, Londregan said, are also federal laws.
The Americans with Disabilities and Fair Housing acts allow individuals access to fair opportunities to live in supported housing environments in residential zones. The laws do not place a number on what constitutes a family or what constitutes a home, he said.
Aniskovich said he plans to divide the 33,800-square-foot convalescent home into pods, so the men in the home can continue the group living environment they've gotten used to in other Stonington Institute facilities.
Going forward, Aniskovich said he would be "more than willing" to work with the town on adjusting the number of beds in the facility.
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I am not myself a WORTHINGTON descendant but am related to all decendants of Capt. John WORTHINGTON in this country, being descended from his widow; SARAH HOWARD, and her second husband, CAPT. JOHN BRICE. My interest is in tracing the ancestors of CAPT. JOHN WORTHINGTON and CAPT. JOHN BRICE in England and ascertaining whether there may have been a connection between the families of SARAH HOWARD'S two husbands on the other side of the water. It is alleged that CAPT. JOHN BRICE was a son of JOHN BRICE (1620-1685), son of WORTHINGTON BRICE ( d. 1623 ) and his wife JOAN AVERIC; grandson; grandson of HUGH BRICE and his wife DOROTHY WORTHINGTON. I would be most grateful to any clues. Brice M. Clagett, Holly Hill, Friendship, Md. 20758
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Have you seen a copy of the BRICE Genealogical Tree dating back to John BRICE 1320? Within that tree there is a John BRICE, b Netherbury 1636, Son of John BRICE, Son of Worthington BRICE and Joan EVERY, all descendants of Hugh BRICE and Dorothy WORTHINGTON. What evidence do you seek for proving your line?
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We are surprised –– astounded, really –– that the Nassau County Legislature would choose to play politics with the severely damaged Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which was built in 1955 and serves 40 percent of county residents.
Hurricane Sandy overran the plant with nine feet of saltwater, crippling it for 44 days and leaving half a million people vulnerable. Many wondered whether they would be able to flush their toilets from day to day.
A hundred million gallons of raw sewage flowed from the plant into Hewlett Bay in the first two days after the storm, according to a report, "Hurricane Sandy's Untold Filthy Legacy," published in April by Climate Central, a New Jersey-based environmental group that analyzes climate change. Additionally, the county was forced to release 2.2 billion gallons of partially treated sewage into Reynolds Channel from Oct. 29 to Dec. 21, when repairs to the plant were finally completed. The discharge from Bay Park was the second worst in the Northeast –– and the worst in New York.
Today the plant is operational, but on life support, kept alive by emergency generators –– which cost the county $700,000 a month. Shouldn't any of this matter to our legislators –– both Democrats and Republicans? Apparently not.
A recent vote to bond more than $700 million to fund repairs to the aging plant –– many of which are a very long time coming — failed. Republicans hold a 10-9 majority in the Legislature, and all 10 of them voted to bond the full $722 million, as did Democrat David Denenberg, of Merrick. But borrowing requires a supermajority of 13 votes to pass. With only 11 votes, there wasn't enough support to pass the bond vote.
Instead, legislators agreed to borrow $266 million to start the long, arduous process of repairing the plant. A second vote to bond more is expected in September. We hope it passes. The first round of borrowing didn't provide enough money to raise the plant's electrical system to protect it in the event of flooding, let alone fortify the plant against a Category 2 or 3 hurricane. (It's important to remember that Sandy was technically a tropical storm when it struck Long Island.)


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TRAINING: Strength and conditioning or technique in the mornings and sparring/grappling/wrestling in the evenings
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training after I graduated college in May of 2005. I have always enjoyed competition and loved the sport of mixed martial arts so this is just another way to test my abilities.
What ranks and titles have you held? In wrestling I was a four-time Oklahoma state champion and three-time outstanding wrestler, 2nd in H.S. nationals in 2000. Went to the University of Oklahoma on a wrestling scholarship but was plagued with injuries throughout my career there.
Do you have any heroes? My Mom and Dad
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? The first time I saw the UFC I think I was in the sixth grade, and from that point on I knew that one day I wanted to fight for them.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I went to the University of Oklahoma and earned a Bachelors degree in sociology.
What was your job before you started fighting? Police officer - still active duty
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Mendon takes two from Colon
Mendon took a pair of five inning games from Colon Thursday night.
The Hornets took the first game 4-1 and won the second 8-0.
Logan Slaughter picked up the win, tossing a two hitter. He also had eight strike outs.
Kaleb McCarroll led Mendon with a single, double and two RBI.
Nick Eberstein and Erik Batten both drove in a run.
Taking the loss for Colon was David Parrish. He allowed two hits with three strike outs.
Anthony Saxman drove in the lone Magi with a base hit.
Ryan Johnson picked up the other Colon hit.
In the second game, kevin Kuhlman tossed a three-hitter.
Joe Gales had two RBI with two hits, Eberstein also had a pair of hits.
McCarroll had a hit and one RBI, Trey Cook, Kuhlman, Slaughter and Derek Zagon all got a hit.
Getting a hit for Colon were, Brad Yoder, Ronnie Moyer and Brandon Broker.
Taking the loss was Spencer Smolarz. He recorded six strike outs.
Sturgis 9-0, Lakeshore 2-4
Sturgis' baseball team split with Stevensville-Lakeshore Thursday.
The Trojans won the opener 9-2, but lost game two 4-0.
In the first game Chance Stewart picked up the win.
He scattered six hits, while striking out five.
Jalen Cox led Sturgis with two hits and two RBI and Kris Ransberger had two RBI.
Kalvin Bowdish had two hits with one RBI.
Joey Lioy and Tristen Stewart both drove in a run.
Jarred Finnerman and Cameron Schlabaugh both had one hit.
In the second game the Trojans were held to four hits.
Two from Cox and one each by Ransberger and Tristen Stewart.
Taking the loss was Ransberger. He allowed six hits, with one strikeout.
Fairfield 6, Lakeland 1
Fairfield defeated Lakeland 6-1 in the NECC Tournament Thursday night.
The Lakers led 1-0 after two innings, but Fairfield answered with three in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fifth.
Hunter Sams drove in the lone Laker run.
Morgan Moore led Lakeland with two hits.
Dustin Cunningham, Dalton Schmidt and William Kelly all had a hit.
Kalamazoo Cougars 7, Centreville 6
Centreville jumped out to a 6-0 lead only to have the Kalamazoo Cougars plate seven runs in the bottom of the seventh for a one-run win.
Micheal started for the Bulldogs, tossing seven innings. He allowed seven hits with six strike outs. Taking the loss was Geoff Miller.
The Bulldogs stranded 11 runners.
Leading the Bulldogs at the plate was Caleb Logan. He had one hit and two RBI, Chase Alexander had two RBI, Nick Kelly also knocked in a win.
Also collecting a hit for Centreville was Robbie Moore.
Lake Michigan CC 9-15, Glen Oaks CC 4-13
The Glen Oaks Community College baseball was swept Thursday by Lake Michigan Community College.
The Vikings lost 9-4 in the first and fell in a slug fest 15-13 in the nightcap.
In the first game Taylor Jergens took the loss.
Brendon Schallack went 3-for-3, followed by Darwin Evans who was 2-for-3.
In the second game Shawn Verhey was the losing pitcher.
Darwing Ereu had three hits and Stefon VanderMolen had four.
Chris Woodruff, Schallack, Dalton Tinsley all had two hits.


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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Azeezat Set to Release New Single
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The sky is wide enough for all the birds in the sky to fly. I wish you the best Azeezat.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous17 January, 2013 22:06
all d best o azeezat !! maybe tony tetuila and azadus shld do d same,since music has left dem too...dey are all trying to.make a come a back but ko possible .....oreReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 22:23
Azeezat is looking fine oh!ReplyDelete
- dr van bay17 January, 2013 22:24
Azeezat! But why? This girl no get selling point nah!Am scared to my balls! Can't forget the colorful knitting wool hair! And dragon nose! What did we ever do to deserve this? Abeg where is my cigarette?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 20:44
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 22:30
"its a lonely world..yea yea yea..LMao! she is bak again oh..Tonto dike u have a rival Gurrrllll!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 22:31
Im sorry for naija music industry 2013..hopfuli she Tries this time around. P.S her fashion has changed! Lol! ESPECIALLY HASIRSTYLE!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 22:39
Thank God she now has a new sense of style.welcome back.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 23:08
Who is dis ??? Never heard of her ooReplyDelete
where has she been? e don tay!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 23:53
Never seen this face before. waiting patiently for the release of the song.ReplyDelete
Haven't heard it and am not willing to hear it...ReplyDelete
God forbid cancer of the ear this 2013, I'll rather listen to my nephew!Replies
- Nellyib24 January, 2013 00:14
Cancer of d ear indeed! LOLDelete
- Austin Uche18 January, 2013 01:34
wow.... Its gud to knw dat she hasnt given up on music... One of d greatest voices back then.. NiceReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 06:36
Dis one still dey sing? She never knw her calling. Guguru seller go fit am pass all d yeye songs she wants to bore us wit.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 07:04
my boy farigaReplyDeleteReplies
- Fatimah18 January, 2013 20:50
olowun o fe mimo, e dakun e bami beee, ko ma fi mi sile loooo. hahahaha.Delete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 23:08
My darling hold on to our love. You know our love is on solid rock hahahahaDelete
The power of make-up shaReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 07:39
*dancing alingo* where has Azeezat bin?i cant wait to hear this songReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 07:52
So Azeezat has been of the limelight for a while now and all she is coming back is with the remix of an old song from her previous album.dumbReplyDelete
SMH,remix my footReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 08:12
Just passing by.............as usualReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 08:24
Hehehe..Is dat supposed 2 b a musical comeback or 'go-back',ds one shez retrieving songs from her archive #justkiddingtho#ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 08:48
One of those wack songs, lets hear itReplyDelete
WHO IS SHE????ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 19:45
- Anonymous20 January, 2013 17:35
Ask googleDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 09:13
Welcome back darlReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 09:17
great way indeed,after she sings about valentine and easter,then she will vamoose againReplyDeleteReplies
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- Anonymous18 January, 2013 09:32
So is azeezat now saying that she cant come up with something new?mehn dis is embarrassing on her part,its just like jlo goes off the scene for a long time and when she returns she is remixing "jenny from the block" crapReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 11:17
I am Nneka,ReplyDelete
Azeezat has such a great voice. It hurts me when super talented people are not as recognised as they should. Ibiyemi,chydima,azezat,ruby...rather, it's month'cheda screeching in my ear
Abeg make she go restReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 14:20
D power of make up shaReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 18:04
Azeezat has a greeeeeat voice. Please don't compare her to tonto. I'm guessing most of the naysayers here were still in diapers when she was in the limelight.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 18:48
Gbao... They must have been!Delete
So whatever happened to the song?ReplyDelete


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As far as narrative goes, Steven Soderbergh has never had much of a voice - so he borrows them from other directors. Sure, there's always been a strong undercurrent of pessimism in his work, and a constant anti-capitalist sentiment along with it. But for the most part, his pictures are genre appropriations: "Contagion" is his disaster film; "Haywire" his direct-to-video action movie; "Ocean's" his formalist Hollywood entertainment; "Out of Sight" his Tarantino film; "The Girlfriend Experience" his Godard movie.
If I'm being generous, Side Effects is his Hitchcock - I mean, it opens with a super slow pan into a window and a cut to an unexplained bloodstain; how obvious can you be? But still, despite all the Hitchcock tropes - sexual secrets, duplicitous plans, femme fatales, climactic scenes (more like explanations) that overdose on exposition - more often than not, it feels more like low-end Paul Verhoeven.
Much like in "Traffic," Soderbergh aims to dramatize every part of his chosen culture - that being the pharmaceutical drug industry - through character, from the suppliers to the pushers to the takers. Rooney Mara, with her rosy cheeks and blank stares and depressive clichés, is the patient. Overstressed, undersexed, and seemingly ambivalent about her Hubby's (Channing Tatum) impending release from prison for insider trading, she doesn't act depressed so much as she doesn't act at all (she's a cipher in the first half-hour, dead eyes and all, to an almost laughable extent. And in a movie this silly, that's the perfect approach.)
She starts to "get better" thanks to her docs - Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jude Law; the latter sincerely vomiting out advertising copy like "[the pills] don't make you someone you're not; they just help you to be who you are" to his friends and family (Soderbergh's main subtextual goal seems to be to satirize the transparent arrangements between shrinks and Big Pharma,) Mara shifts from one antidepressant to the next, makes faux-suicide attempts, and generally acts like she's in the "Before" half of a Zoloft commercial.
All the while Tatum seems a bit worried by the whole display - that is, until they have a post-pill-popping sex session (one that's contrasted quite dramatically with a lifeless hookup that follows his release from prison; a tryst that - for obvious reasons - wraps up pretty quickly.) "Whoever makes these pills," he notes in a beefcakey moment of post-coital bliss, "is going to be very rich."
The rest of the "social commentary" is equally sardonic. A coworker catches Mara dosing outside, and quips, "I did better with Celexa." Tellingly, this got the biggest laugh in the auditorium where I saw the film, and it's not even a joke.
But still, this picture is more about carnal cinematic pleasures than it is about deconstructing America's drug habit. I wasn't joking about the Verhoeven connection - less than pharmaceutical commentary and Hitchcockian suspense, you should come into "Effects" expecting sexual sleaze, as well as clichés that fulfill ugly prejudicial stereotypes while satirizing them at the same time (it's the Soberbergh way - he can be an old-school reductionist and progressive at the same time.)
The key to the movie is hidden in a shot that takes place right after its biggest twist: the camera does an antiquated, emphatic dolly roll toward a bottle of prescription pills, as if they were the smoking gun in a murder mystery. Yes, drugs are a part of Soderbergh's text, and his subtext - but really, they're just the MacGuffin in a very silly mystery.


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Only the Middleton sisters know.
Kate is rumoured to be pregnant and Pippa is rumoured to be engaged — but neither is telling.
We're only a few days into the new year, but already the speculative stories about another royal pregnancy are surfacing.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to her first child, Prince George of Cambridge, last July. But royal watchers are anxious for an heir and a spare, and the rumour mill is working in earnest to get everyone thinking about a possible second child for Kate and her husband, Prince William.
The latest edition of Star Magazine features a photograph of a beaming Kate with the headline, "It's Official: Kate's Pregnant Again!"
The site entertainmentwise.com, citing the original Star Magazine piece, says Prince William broke the news to family members at his family's Christmas gathering.
"Further details include the claim that the couple will name their child Diana, after the prince's late mother, if it's a girl," the site notes. "There has of course been no confirmation from Clarence House on this new report, and with a hectic schedule in 2014 Kate and William will definitely be kept busy, baby or not."
Other sites, including Gossip Cop, say the baby rumours are most certainly false.
"Gossip Cop checked in with the Duchess of Cambridge's spokesman, who noted it's rare to comment on stories like this, however, he was willing in this case to assure us that the Star story is 100 per cent not true."
It seems royal watchers will have to continue the Great Kate Baby Wait, v. 2.
But while they're waiting, they can follow the rampant rumours of Pippa Middleton's engagement. Reports surfaced anew last month that Kate's younger sister had finally accepted a proposal from boyfriend Nico Jackson after a romantic holiday in India.
Is she or isn't she? There's no official word yet from Pippa's camp. People Magazine, citing and unnamed source, said the engagement news initially reported by Us Weekly (in a story that no longer appears to be on their website), was not true.
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Niantic man still in hospital 3 weeks after Groton bar fight
A Niantic man who suffered from a skull fracture, bleeding in his brain, contusions and hematomas on both sides of his skull remains hospitalized three weeks after police said he was punched on the left side of his head.
Richard "Matt" Staub, 27, was placed on life support following a Jan. 28 assault outside Rose's Cantina on Route 12 in Groton, according to an arrest warrant for the man police say inflicted the injuries. He remains at Yale-New Haven Hospital but has since been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and into "a step down program," according to the warrant.
On Tuesday, Groton Town police arrested Benjamin P. Perry, 25, of 41 Miner Ave., Waterford, in connection with the incident and charged him with first-degree assault. Perry was held in lieu of a $25,000 bond and was arraigned Tuesday in New London Superior Court. He is next scheduled to appear in court on March 12 and is to have no contact with Staub.
On the evening of Jan. 28, Staub, Perry and Eric Mathews arrived at Rose's Cantina following earlier visits that night to Mohegan Sun and the Gold Club, according to the arrest warrant.
Rose's Cantina night manager Stephen Emerich told police that the three men were the only patrons in the bar and that they appeared to be inebriated after one drink each. Around 12:35 a.m., they asked Emerich to call them a cab.
Emerich told police that he was in the back of the bar for less than five minutes before bartender Christie Woodhall began screaming for him. Perry was banging on the door saying Staub had fallen and was unconscious, according to the warrant.
Shortly before 1 a.m., police found Staub in the grassy area outside the bar, unconscious and bleeding from the back of his head and ears.
In an interview with Groton police on Feb. 2, Perry said he and Staub had been using cocaine and drinking in excess that night, according to the warrant. Perry said he was sitting on a bench outside Rose's when Staub "came up to him and hit him in his face."
Perry told police that he then stood up and hit Staub back in the face. Staub fell to the ground, he said. Perry noticed that Staub was bleeding from the ear and ran to bang on the door.
After Staub was taken to the hospital, Mathews and Perry took a cab to a Motel 6 in Niantic, where Perry called his sister, Cherisse Skotnicki, at 1:27 a.m. She drove from Canterbury to the motel, where Perry told her Staub "had been hurt pretty bad."
Friends and family have organized a fundraiser for Staub on March 2 at East Lyme Middle School. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Eleven-year-old Michal Bodzianowski is too young to drink the stuff, but the Colorado sixth-grader will be the first person to experiment with making beer in space.
"My dad posted this joke on Facebook, that this is the world's first microbrewery in space," Michal said. "Then he had to explain it to me."
Michal, who said he reads Popular Science magazine to "find out what's trending now in the science world," is more likely to know about spacecraft landing systems than Colorado's latest craft beers.
But when his class at STEM School and Academy in Highlands Ranch, Colo., entered a national science competition — with the hope of getting their microgravity experiment flown to the International Space Station — beer came to mind.
Michal's prize-winning entry — "What Are the Effects of Creation of Beer in Microgravity and Is It Possible?" — will launch into space in December.
The competition is part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, launched in 2010 by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education to spark interest in a new generation of students for careers in science, technology, engineering and math — known as STEM.
The 11 experiments that won the competition this year included entries from two fifth-graders, a middle-school team, one seventh-grader — and sixth-grader Michal, who came up with his idea after reading a book called "Gruesome Facts" that explained why beer was so popular in the Middle Ages.
"It was a punishment for crimes, that you couldn't drink beer," he said, "and most people didn't survive (that) because the water was contaminated."
Pondering how alcohol killed bacteria in the water, Michal thought this might also work for future space colonies.
Beer, he wrote in his design proposal, is "an important factor in future civilization as an emergency backup hydration and medical source."
In space, if a project exploded, wounded people and polluted most of the water, he theorized, "the fermentation process could be used to make beer, which can then be used as a disinfectant and a clean drinking source."
Michal's experiment, when launched, will be in a silicon tube about 6-inches long. Clasps on the tube will segregate hops, malted barley, yeast and water. When the tube arrives at the space station, astronauts will remove the clamps then shake the ingredients to determine whether beer can be made in space.
"We're just trying to get the yeast to react with the ingredients of beer," said Michal. "If it doesn't react at all, this tells you it won't work."
Among those awaiting the result is Julia Herz, craft beer program director for the Brewers Association in Boulder, Colo.
"The history of beer goes back thousands and thousands of years," she said, with a nod to its origins among ancient Egyptians. "Why not expand beer to another element of our universe — space?"


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The Adair-Schuyler County Farm Bureau is joining with the Missouri Farm Bureau for Thank a Farmer Week from Feb. 10-16.
According to a press release from the Adair-Schuyler organization, the weeks serves as a time to "pause and be reminded of the efforts of farmers and why their work is important to all of us."
"Seldom do we stop and ask ourselves, 'Where did this come from?'" said Bob Jackson, Adair-Schuyler Farm Bureau president. "Farmers and what they provide should not be taken for granted."
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, technology and innovations in agriculture allow one U.S. farmer to provide enough food and fiber for 154 people around the world. Statistics show farm families make up about 2 percent of the U.S. population, while providing for themselves and the other 98 percent through efforts that make or aid in food, clothing, shelter, transportation and more.
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- Businesses located on Baltimore Street in Kirksville who have marquees will display "Thank A Farmer" week reminders.
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it uses a small ram with a manifold that attaches a very small 3-way solenoid valve to the bottom of it. it only draws a very small amount of power, so it works easily off of a 9v batt.a morlock controls the timing.
I find it to be easier on the gun than the centerflag grip, and no giant battery like the e-mag.but basically I just wanted to make my own.
the standard valve with a lvl 10 bolt maxes out at 16 bps without any drop off. the micro solenoid valve can cycle up to 45 times a sec., so if I had a retro valve, I know the damn thing would shoot 25bps with my modified halo. but hey 16 is plenty quick. I usually play with a revvy and keep it at 11bps.
the trigger is a modified pro-blade. it uses opposing magnets instead of a return spring, the magnet in the grip is adjustable to adjust the amount of return tesnion on the trigger. it also has a front stop, back stop, and an actuation point adjustment screw. trigger bounce was eliminated by using a different microswitch than the one that is provided with the morlock.
the next thing might be a simple intelli-feed link to the revvy. I would actualy like to be able to get the reliabilty of no chopping WITHOUT the lvl 10 bolt. the lvl 10 lowers the efficiency of the gun, the rate of fire alittle bit. it will actually top out at 18 bps with a regular bolt.
either way it shoots better than it looks


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Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, the highest continuous paved road in the United States, opened for the summer season this morning.
The opening, which traditionally takes place on Memorial Day weekend, was scheduled to be marked by a ribbon cutting including the mayors of both Estes Park and Grand Lake, but that event was cancelled due to ice on the road.
The road, which climbs to 12,183 feet, officially closed for the winter on Oct. 17. Last year, it opened for the summer on May 14. The latest it has opened is June 26, in 1943.
Due to heavy melting on the the road during the day, and freezing temperatures at night, visitors to the park should anticipate possible nightly closures. The Alpine Visitor Center and the Trail Ridge Store, perched at 11,796 feet, are expected to open sometime next week.
Park plowing crews started working on clearing the road in mid-April, and encountered snow drifts 18 to 22 feet deep. Much of that snow accumulated in the early spring.
The park staff expects a busy Memorial Day weekend. Both reservation campgrounds in the park are already full for Saturday and Sunday, and the first-come, first-serve campgrounds are expected to also fill up.
Weather conditions in the park can change quickly, and those planning visits can check on conditions there at a recorded phone line, 970-586-1222. For more information on the park, go to www.nps.gov/romo or call the park's information office at 970-586-1206.


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JENdA: Journal of Culture and African Women Studies, (20) 2012
The Gendered Nature of Schooling in Ghana: Hurdles to Girls' Menstrual Management in School
Marni Sommer, Nana Mokoah Ackatia-Armah
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This article explores girls' voiced experiences of menstruation and schooling in rural and urban Ghana. The study was conducted in the Greater Accra Region (rural and urban) and the Tamale-Tolon-Kumbungu Districts of Northern Ghana. These regions are predominantly populated by the Ga-Dangme, and the Dagbani. The major aim of the study was to better understand the intersection of menarche, menstrual management and schooling for pubescent girls in Ghana, in order to adapt a Tanzania's girl's puberty book to the Ghana context.
The methodology included a comparative case study using participatory research with adolescent girls in and out of school. The research highlighted the significant gap in girls' understandings around menstrual onset and overall pubertal body changes, along with aspects of the school physical and social environment that create barriers to girls' successful attendance and participation during monthly menses. The findings highlight the importance of girl-focused approaches to developing guidance for healthy transitions through puberty.


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The roller-coaster history of Wall Street in 200 pages
Wall Street: America's Dream Palace (Icons of America Series). By Steve Fraser. Series editor: Mark Crispin Miller. Yale University Press, 200 pp., $22.
By Janice Harayda
A few years ago, Yale University Press launched a series of brief histories of what its editors call American "icons" — Fred Astaire, the hamburger, the Marlboro Man. Don't let the clichéd use of icon put you off: On the evidence of Wall Street, this series has as much to offer as the fine "Penguin Lives" biographical line that it resembles.
In this book Steven Fraser condenses the roller-coaster history of Wall Street into 200 brisk pages that begin with the panic of 1792 and end shortly before the current financial crisis. Each chapter focuses on one of four archetypes in life or art whom Fraser believes have shaped the financial markets and their image — "the aristocrat," "the confidence man," "the hero" and "the immoralist."
This organizing principle isn't perfect. Some of the archetypes overlap and, because all have existed in every era, Wall Street shuttles back and forth in time. But Fraser's approach humanizes a story that could have been as dry as the fine print on a prospectus. His chapter on "immoralists" is broad enough to sweep in the railroad magnate Jay Gould, "a living insult to all the Victorian pieties and sentimental illusions that polite society found so necessary to veil its own mercenary ardor," and Gordon Gekko, the cinematic hero believed to have been inspired partly by the arbitrageur Ivan Boesky.
Wall Street is a chiefly about men. But Fraser nods to the influence of women on the markets by mentioning Edith Wharton and media stars like Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs, who has preached against what she calls "FUDD – fear, uncertainty, doubt, despair." He also shows how socialites helped set the tone for the Gilded Age: "Mrs. Hamilton Fish hosted a party for her friends' dogs in which the 'guests' were presented with diamond necklace party favors and a place of honor at the table was reserved for an ape." And you thought the swag bags at the Oscars went over the top.
Best line: One describes the aftermath of the Crash of 1929: "Psychic recovery took longer than economic rebirth. A national preoccupation with security and an aversion to risk lasted for a long generation."
Worst line: The structure of Wall Street fosters narrative discontinuities. Fraser writes of World War I: "In four years the United States went from being a leading debtor nation to the world's chief creditor." He doesn't follow through and note that the balance shifted back during the Reagan administration, when the U.S. went from being the world's largest creditor to the world's largest debtor, although much of Wall Street involves those years. Fraser also says that Richard Whitney, a president of the New York Stock Exchange in the 1930s, belonged to the Harvard's "Porceleian Club." He means the Porcellian Club.
Recommendation? A good gift for a serious reader who works in the financial services industry or has a strong interest in the markets.
Caveat lector: On pages 92–93 Fraser deals with "the inherent conflict of interest between commercial and investment banking operations housed with the same enterprise." Written before the current financial crisis, this section has become outdated by decision by the last two major investing banking firms, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, to submit to more regulation www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/22bank.html.
Published: April 2008 yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300117554
Furthermore: Fraser is a senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania who also wrote Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life.
One-Minute Book Reviews does not accept free books from editors, publishers, authors, agents or others. It is an independent site created by Janice Harayda, an award-winning critic who has been the book columnist for Glamour and the book editor of the Plain Dealer.
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The Internet is a "gift from God" that facilitates communication, Pope Francis said in a statement released Thursday, but he warns that the obsessive desire to stay connected can actually isolate people from their friends and family.
Francis made the observations in a message about Catholic Church communications, meditating on the marvels and perils of the digital era and what that means for the faithful going out into the world and interacting with people of different faiths and backgrounds.
"This is something truly good, a gift from God," he wrote. But he warned: "The desire for digital connectivity can have the effect of isolating us from our neighbors, from those closest to us."
He called for communications in the digital era to be like "a balm which relieves pain and a fine wine which gladdens hearts" and for the church's message to not be one of bombarding others with Christian dogma.
In comments that will likely rile the more conservative wing of the church, Francis suggested that in engaging in that dialogue, Catholics shouldn't be arrogant in insisting that they alone possess the truth.
"To (have a) dialogue means to believe that the 'other' has something worthwhile to say, and to entertain his or her point of view and perspective," Francis wrote. "Engaging in dialogue does not mean renouncing our own ideas and traditions, but the pretense that they alone are valid and absolute."
According to church teaching distilled by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Catholic Church holds the "fullness of the means of salvation" — a message that has long been taken to mean that only Catholics can find salvation. Church teaching also holds that those who don't know about Jesus but seek God can also attain eternal salvation.
Archbishop Claudio Mario Celli, the head of the Vatican's social communications office, said he didn't think Francis was making an official policy statement on interreligious dialogue, noting that the message was merely a reflection, "not a conciliar or dogmatic text."
But he acknowledged that Francis is shaking things up in much the same "providential" way Pope John XXIII shook up the church in launching the Second Vatican Council.
"We are realizing that there are sensations of, I wouldn't say difficulty, but of discomfort sometimes in certain circles," he said. "I think step by step we must rediscover a sense of the path, of what the pope wants to tell us."


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Columbia men's squash team wrapped up team competition for the 2012-13 season Sunday afternoon, taking on Dartmouth in the 11/12th place match of the Hoehn Cup (B Division) at the 2013 CSA National Team Championships. The Lions battled tough, but came up short against the Big Green, falling by a score of 7-2.
Sophomore Ramit Tandon and senior Tony Zou tallied the Lions' two points Sunday. Tandon reached the 15-win mark on the season with an 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 showing against Christopher Hanson in the No. 1 match. Zou split the first two games against Christopher Jung, but then went on to win the next two for the four-game victory.
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Father: 'If it can happen to our daughter, it can happen to anyone's daughter'
If you think it's difficult to be a parent in 2012, trying being a teenager in postmodern America.
The parents of Emily Daniel, 17, an alleged runaway teen who has been missing since last weekend, were shocked to learn about their daughter's "secret life."
And this secret life was what caused a family disagreement, which ended in the 17-year-old leaving home last Saturday.
In fact, she left all of her possessions at her St. James home, along with two "suicide notes," according to her stepfather, Shannon Roark.
Roark says Emily has spent the better part of a year meeting strangers from at least two adult social websites, commonly referred to as "hookup websites."
This came as quite a shock to Roark and Emily's mother, Melissa.
"It's been difficult seeing what this has done to my wife," Roark said. "I've been quiet for long enough and it's time to start talking about it."
Roark hopes to see Emily return safely, but at the same time, he hopes her story will help other parents understand what they might be up against.
"I feel like people in this little town need to know that if it can happen to our daughter, it can happen to anyone's daughter," Roark said with a sullen voice.
Since her disappearance, countless people have contacted the family, even one who picked her up the morning after and gave her money.
"The man said he saw her walking down the street in Cuba Sunday morning," Roark said. "She told him she was 19. She had slept in a barn. He gave her $40 and took her to a gas station."
Someone also reported seeing Emily hitchhiking on I-44 on the night she was reported missing.
As of now, foul play is not a factor in this case, said St. James Police Chief Jim Anderson.
"The Internet has made the world very small," the chief said of the case. "Everybody knows about it –it's been distributed across Missouri."
Anderson said Emily is considered an adult in the eyes of the law. And in reference to her suicide notes, there is a timeframe involved.
"There is a lapse of time if someone says they're going to kill themselves and they show up a week later," he said. "I don't know if we can get a judge to sign off on a 96-hour hold, but we're going to try and do everything we can."
Roark said use of social media has been a valuable tool in spreading the word. The family was even contacted by a self-proclaimed psychic who claimed to know where Emily was going.
"She told us that a man named Jake and a woman named Andi were significant in her disappearance. She said to look in Johnson County, Texas."
Along with Emily's good grades and outgoing personality, she has been accepted to Missouri Southern University in Joplin. Roark says the youngster is very much a people person.
Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Emily is asked to contact the St. James Police Department at 573-265-7012.


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After a two-day search, Boulder County rescuer workers found a body they believe is that of a 44-year-old man who went missing from Douglas County on Sunday, according to a release.
The Boulder County Sheriff's Office was first informed at 5:53 p.m Sunday that a missing person out of Douglas County may be near Nederland. At 6:15 p.m. a deputy located the vehicle in the 11400 block of Magnolia Road.
The search of the area ensued, but had to be called off due to dark conditions. The search resumed early this morning with the help of the Nederland Police Department, Rocky Mountain Rescue Front Range Rescue Dogs, and at 2:30 p.m. searchers found a body matching the description of the missing person.
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PFLAG Founder Dies at 92
The founder of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which has grown to become a leading force in the LGBT community died on Tuesday.
Jeanne Manford died at the age of 92 in her home in Daly City, Calif. Manford, a former elementary school teacher from Flushing, N.Y., was inspired to start PFLAG in 1972 after her son Morty Manford was beaten during a Gay Activists Alliance demonstration. According to PFLAG's website Manford "was one of the fiercest fighters in the battle for acceptance and equality for [LGBT] people. It is truly humbling to imagine in 1972 - just 40 years ago - a simple schoolteacher started this movement of family and ally support, without benefit of any of the technology that today makes a grassroots movement so easy to organize."
As the New York Daily News reported, President Barack Obama applauded Manford's work during a Human Rights Campaign dinner in 2009. "That's the story of America, of ordinary citizens organizing, agitating and advocating for change," Obama said. "Of hope stronger than hate, of love more powerful than any insult or injury."
After her son's beating, she was angered by the failure of police response to the incident. In a letter to the New York Post, she wrote, "I have a homosexual son and I love him." After that, she gave media interviews in several cities.
Morty Manford, who one of those at the 1969 raid at the Stonewall Inn, which inspired the modern gay rights movement, was so moved by his mother's actions that he invited her to walk with him in New York's Gay march that year. In 1991, Manford served as grand marshall of New York's Pride March.
Manford walked proudly by her son and held a sign that read "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support of Our Children." This was at a time when most parents at best were quiet about their LGBT children, and many shunned them.
Manford's message brought together the LGBT community and its straight allies. Her action inspired parents to join her side and 20 people attended the first PFLAG meeting held in 1973.
As PFLAG noted on its website, "This simple and powerful message of love and acceptance from one person resonated so strongly it was heard by millions of people worldwide and led to the founding of PFLAG, an organization with more than 350 chapters across the U.S. and 200,000 members and supporters, and the creation of similar organizations across the globe."
In 1992, Manford's son lost his battle to AIDS. But she continued her fight for LGBT rights. About a year after he died, Manford walked in a Queens Pride march with Daniel Dromm, who helped create the Queens chapter of PFLAG in 1993 and eventually became a New York City councilman.
"Jeanne was the epitome of what it meant to have unconditional love for your son," Dromm told the Daily News. "That was radical in those days. She was a parent to all gay people." Dromm has called her "the Rosa Parks of the gay and lesbian movement."
Jody Huckaby, PFLAG's current national executive director, called Manford the the "mother of the straight ally movement. We are all beneficiaries of her courage," Huckaby said in a statement. "Jeanne Manford proved the power of a single person to transform the world."
According to her daughter Suzanne Swan, her health had been deteriorating for awhile before her death. "I will miss my mother tremendously," Swan said. "She is known to thousands of people as the mother of the straight ally movement, but to me, she was my mother. She was someone who would always do the right thing, the good thing."


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STOCKTON - By all appearances, Ana Flores-Pineda and her boyfriend, Javier Sandoval, were the perfect couple.
STOCKTON - By all appearances, Ana Flores-Pineda and her boyfriend, Javier Sandoval, were the perfect couple.
Flores-Pineda often talked about how Sandoval doted on her. How he would make dinner for her. How much of a gentleman Sandoval was.
But looks can be deceiving.
Aside from praising Sandoval, Flores-Pineda didn't talk too much about her personal life, said her co-workers at Sahuayo Market, where the 25-year-old was last seen alive May 2.
Sandoval, 30, is charged with murder and domestic violence after authorities identified the remains of a woman found in a trash bin in Pleasanton as Flores-Pineda.
As horrifying and isolated as the crime may seem, victim advocates say the slaying is a reminder of how much more vulnerable immigrant women are to domestic violence and how less likely they are to speak out about the abuse.
"It breaks your heart, because you know you've lost one more individual who didn't know what her rights were, and it reminds me of how many more people are living in fear," said Joelle Gomez, executive director of Women's Center of San Joaquin County. "Domestic violence is hard enough to cope with if you're a citizen."
Domestic violence can involve emotional, psychological, physical or sexual attacks used by a partner to control or hurt the other.
Add to that fear language barriers, unfamiliarity in a foreign country and the possibility of deportation. "Their batterers use manipulation and control to say you'll be deported or you'll never see your children again," Gomez said.
No one is certain whether Sandoval abused Flores-Pineda prior to her slaying.
Flores-Pineda was very responsible, so it seemed odd to her co-workers at Sahuayo Market that one day she didn't show up to work and there was no call.
Market employees, who spoke on condition of anony-mity, said Sandoval told them she had suddenly left to Mexico because her parents were ill.
Weeks passed without a word from Flores-Pineda, and her co-workers became increasingly worried. They reported her missing in June.
While Stockton police had a missing-person case on its hands, Alameda County officials had been trying to identity a Jane Doe found in May decomposing in a garbage bin.
In October, authorities matched the remains to the DNA of the missing woman's relatives in Mexico.
One store clerk said she and other employees began noticing signs something was wrong with Flores-Pineda before she disappeared.
She had lost 40 pounds to please Sandoval, one employee said. And she seemed to become more reserved. "She never said anything about her life," another employee said.
Silence is a hurdle for authorities and advocates in getting justice for victims.
"We have run across cases like that where they're afraid to call the police, but the word we want to get out is it doesn't matter who you are. If you're a victim of a crime, we need to know that information," Stockton police spokesman Officer Joe Silva said.
A major misconception is that local law enforcement shares victim information with U.S. Homeland Security.
"They think they'll get deported, but in actuality, they won't," Silva said.
In some cases, victims of violence could be eligible for a visa that allows them to legally live and work in the U.S. when they cooperate with law enforcement, said Suzanne Schultz, supervising program coordinator of the San Joaquin County Family Crimes Unit.
Holding offenders responsible is the District Attorney's Office priority, and the visas are just one of the tools law enforcement authorities use to put offenders behind bars, Deputy District Attorney Mark Ott said.
Ott, who is prosecuting Sandoval, said he could not discuss the details of the case.
But in general, he said, it is more difficult to prosecute offenders in cases involving undocumented immigrant victims.
"It has been my experience in the past on robbery cases that the undocumented migrant farm worker-type victims don't want to report, and they don't want to cooperate," Ott said. "They consider it the cost of doing business. Trying to build rapport and trust with undocumented immigrants is never an easy process."
Gomez said the women's center offers emergency shelter, food, clothing, crisis-intervention counseling and help with planning for the future to victims of domestic violence regardless of residency status.
The center has bilingual counselors who answer hot line phones. Gomez encourages victims to contact the center or, at the very least, to break their silence with a friend. She said victims should formulate an exit plan and gather important documents they may need.
"The main thing is reaching out for help," Gomez said.
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