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Parasite Eve Cheats
Infinite Bullets
In the NYPD (New York Police Dept.), go downstairs and enter the door to the left. A box of bullets will be near the counter. Get them and leave to the New York map. Go back and do the same thing. Repeat as needed.
5/19/99 Sam Benitez
EX Codes
After you beat the game DON"T TURN THE GAME OFF!!! Let the credits run by. After the credits are over you can save. The info will save as "Clear Data". Now when you play there will be an option at the Main Menu titled "EX Game". You start of with the weapon and armor you put your initials on. The best part of this is now (after day 2) you can go to the Chrysler building. You Know, that building that was on fire that you could see from the window on the top floor in the hospital. This is not an easy place either. You fight basically the same monsters just that now they are much harder to kill and inflict much more damage. It's a good idea to beat most of the game first to beef up or else you might not even make it to the first boss. Beat all 70 floors and see the real ending!
5/15/99 YummyBear
Free Bullets
After defeating Eve inside of the opera house, follow her to the giant hole in the ground. When you hear the police sirens on the outside, run out there and talk to the police officer farthest from the door. He will give you a bunch free bullets. (Remember to keep talking to him)
4/09/99 Kyle Chattman
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31.0323 Hearing and disciplinary powers- Hearing procedures.Cite as [A.S.A.C. § 31.0323]
(a) Pursuant to 31.0704 (4) ASCA, the board has the power to hold hearings to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, to order the production of documents or other tangible evidence, to administer oaths, and to cite for contempt.
(b) Subsequent to such hearing the board has the power to, pursuant to 31.0704 (3) ASCA, issue, renew, refuse, limit, modify, suspend, or revoke any certificate provided for in this chapter.
(c) The hearing procedures in all disciplinary proceedings shall be the procedures set out in the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 4.10 ASCA.History: Bd. of Tradesmen Examiners Regs., eff 28 Dec 72, Reg.4.03.

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Guy's Here i'm asking you just a simple question that which is the last movie you have watched. Guy's Recently i have seen the dark knight rises. And i like this movie so much..............................
Hi guys,
Recently i watched The Dark Knight Rises movie...It's really awesome movie...It's become mine most fave movie after watched...I will have rating it 9.5/10...
I agree, I just saw Dark Knight Rises on Wednesday and it was awesome. I liked it better than Dark Knight, which I walked out of not really liking too much. But this movie was unconventional, emotional, and played out very well. A satisfying conclusion to this Batman series. It also instilled in me the desire to rewatch the original Batman: Animated Series of the 90s. About to watch an episode now!
Man in Black 3 is the name of last movie watched by me with my friends at my home. It was full of joy and entertainment, enjoyed it a lot.
it was
"unstoppable " the best inspiring movie
Hi friends...........I am recently seen The Dark Knight Rises movie.this movie is fabulous...................;)
Hi guys.I watched Brave. Another perfect animation from Pixar.
tha last movie i watched is The Dark Knight Rises also , at the cinema. it is really great. the whole film 2:45 i enjoyed it.
Hii guys.............
Last movie, i watched Iceage . Its very entertaining movie .
I watched " The Watch". I love the comedy role played by "Ben Stiller", "Vince Vaughn" and "Jonah Hill" in this movie.
Last time I watched Cloverfield named horror movie.
The second-to-last movie I watched was Dark Knight Rises. And seeing the Batman movies got me thinking again of the Joker and Ledger's performance, so I decided to watch "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which is the movie Ledger was in the middle of filming when he died. Turns out that movie is really. freaking. strange.
Last movie i watched The Dark Knight Rises.Really it's amazing series because it's basedon some unique story.
Hi friends,
Last movie i watched is The dark knight rises.it is simply superb...
I like to watch movies at home, because i can eat during the movie my favorite pizza from<snip>, so i watch mostly classic movies. Yesterday i was watching La vita e bella, and it was the highlight of my day
<snip>It was very nice movie. "The Expendables" was the last movie I watched?
The last movie I watched was Little Children which stars Kate Winslet. Nice movie.
Last movie i had watch is "Step up revolution" it was the 2nd most waiting movie for me this year and now the wait is over. amazing movie
The Dark Knight Rises
That's actually one of my faves!
Last movie I watched was "The Good Doctor". Pretty strange. It was OK


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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Mount Mendel > Climber's Log
Mount Mendel Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Route Climbed: Rt Couloir Date Climbed: September
|With James Barnett
|Posted Oct 16, 2005 1:44 pm
|Michael Graupe
|Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: August 8, 2005
|Day 4 of the 2005 Sierra Challenge. Climbed with Ron H. and Rick G. Routefinding on the east face was less problematic than anticipated. Fun class 3/4 climbing on the uppermost part of the NE ridge.
|Posted Sep 27, 2005 4:54 pm
|doc K
|Route Climbed: Rt. Couloir Date Climbed: Sept 2,2005
|Team of three. Lots of dinner plating but good ice low and into the couloir. Last two pitches were thin to no ice and lots of loose rock. Night fell at top of couloir and forced a bivy with one pitch left...made for a great a.m. summit. Great route.
|Posted Sep 7, 2005 2:09 am
|Route Climbed: Right Mendel Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005
|Climbed this in a long day with Charles Ince. My first real ice climb. 9 pitches from the bergshrund to the top. Ice was dinnerplating badly. Not sure where the actual descent goes, we ended up having to do some rappels. The hike out over Lamarck Col was a killer, man I am beat today. ~22 hours tent to tent.
|Posted Sep 6, 2005 2:09 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: NE Ridge (ascent) / East Face (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2005
|Day 4 of the 2005 Sierra Challenge. The NE Ridge was a fine scramble, but Secor's class 3 rating is seriously sandbagged, or else it is the hardest class 3 I've ever encountered in the Sierra. Trip Report
|Posted Sep 6, 2005 12:45 am
|Brian Frederick
|Route Climbed: Right Mendel couloir Date Climbed: Fall 1982
|This was a great climb. David and I did this on a weekend blast. The first couple of hundred feet were hard Neve, the rest hard ice; dinnerplating but solid. After I spent too long setting up a belay we were passed by a faster team just as it narrowed down. Much falling ice from whoever was climbing meant only one party could climb at a time and the upper party was generous enough to stop after each pitch to let us climb a pitch. Eventually we all four joined up and swapped leads so only one climber had to lead each pitch and the rest could move faster on a top rope. As it was I came up the last mixed pitch in the dark, terrified of planting my axe thru the rope. I remember seeing the sparks when I hit rock with the pick. Bivyed at the top of the couloir just on the other side of the ridge, with moonlight views of the evolution basin. Got to the summit at dawn and hiked out that day.
|Posted Feb 24, 2005 11:56 pm
|Route Climbed: northeast face - cl 3 Date Climbed: June 17, 2000
|The northeast face is a maze of possibilites - we found a combination that got us to the top (and down)
|Posted Mar 11, 2004 11:16 am
|Route Climbed: NE ridge Date Climbed: sept 2001
|long exposed ridge with some really high quality climbing, and a scary 4th class section low down.
another awesome day in the mountains.
|Posted Nov 28, 2002 8:25 pm
|Route Climbed: Right Mendel Couloir Date Climbed: November 4,5, 1983
|I'm reaching way back for this one. Bill Krause and I climbed the right Mendel over two day weekend. I remember a few pins on the right side of the gully, very good ice and pretty steep upper part. The thing I remember most was the return to Lamarc Col where our tent was. That hill back up to Lamarc felt like 10,000 feet, I remember it like it was yesterday. Great, steep climb. I second Craig Peer's opinion of it, as one of, if not THE best ice couloir in the High Sierra.
|Posted Nov 10, 2002 2:34 pm


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forces to AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA received
a major supporter yesterday: Sprint Nextel.
first commented on the blockbuster deal -- which would consolidate 80 percent
of the country's wireless customers in just two companies -- in a moderate
tone after the merger was initially announced. "The DOJ and the FCC
must decide if this transaction is in the best interest of consumers and the US
economy overall, and determine if innovation and robust competition would be
impacted adversely and by this dramatic change in the structure of the
industry," Sprint said in a statement a little more
than a week ago.
But the
rhetoric became more heated yesterday, when Sprint put out a press release announcing its official opposition to
the AT&T/T-Mobile deal.
transaction ... would reverse nearly three decades of actions by the U.S.
government and the courts that modernized and opened U.S. communications
markets to competition," the statement said. "The wireless
industry has sparked unprecedented levels of competition, innovation, job
creation and investment for the American economy, all of which could be undone
by this transaction."
went on to detail how the merger would result in a company "almost three
times the size of Sprint," resulting in a de facto "duopoly" of
the wireless industry by AT&T and Verizon.
urges the United States government to block this anti-competitive
acquisition," Vonya McCann, senior vice president of government affairs
for Sprint, said in the release. "On behalf of our customers, our industry
and our country, Sprint will fight this attempt by AT&T to undo the
progress of the past 25 years and create a new Ma Bell duopoly."
According to Reuters,
a number of consumer and trade groups have also been critical of the deal.
"This requires smaller competitors to negotiate agreements with these two
telecom giants," Consumers Union told Reuters, while the
public interest group Free Press called the deal a "train wreck."
$39-billion AT&T/T-Mobile merger faces approval by the Department of
Justice and the Federal Communications Commission and could take a year to
pass. Analysts are predicting regulators to impose a number of conditions.
Sprint was not happy about this either. "This transaction is
fundamentally anti-competitive, and you can't fix that with merger
conditions," Charles McKee, Sprint's vice president of government affairs,
told Reuters.
argument is that there are five or more competitors in 18 of the top 20
wireless markets, meaning the merger would not be a threat to competition.
But Sprint is lobbying regulators to review the merger on a national
level, rather than the market-by-market approach that the DOJ typically takes
when assessing competitiveness in mergers.
private equity firm Robert W. Baird & Co. raised expectations for AT&T
stock to "outperform," saying it was confident the merger will be
approved. Expectations for Leap Wireless and MetroPCS were also raised to
"outperform" because the merger would put pressure on Verizon or
Sprint to acquire smaller regional wireless carriers.


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BERLIN – After years of prep work, the draft of the new Berlin Comprehensive Plan has been given a favorable recommendation by the Berlin Planning Commission.
The commission, which met Wednesday night, agreed that the draft comprehensive plan should be sent on to the Berlin Mayor and Council for the next step in the approval process.
The state's Maryland Department of Planning reviewed the draft comprehensive plan this fall for comment. Changes related to those comments have been made, said Planning and Zoning Director Chuck Ward.
The comments were technical in nature and did not ask for any substantive change, said Tim Bourcier, a consultant from Davis Bowen and Friedel, who took over drafting the comprehensive plan two years ago after staff had made no real progress on it.
"Tim's made pretty extensive changes in the last draft plan you saw to address the comments from the state," said Ward.
The state was chiefly concerned over growth numbers, which it felt were excessive, Bourcier said.
The Commission held a public hearing Wednesday night.
Steve Farr of Grow Berlin Green and Assateague Coastal Trust asked whether the growth areas were too extensive and could contribute to sprawl.
The way the state looks at things, Bourcier said, is that population increases that can be taken care of through infill should not need growth areas. Yet the state also told Worcester County, in its comprehensive plan process four years ago, to direct growth to the borders of towns.
Bourcier said the sprawl effect should not happen in Berlin because of the urban growth boundary or green belt.
There is a conflict between Berlin's idea of the urban growth boundary and the county's desire to direct 2,900 units of growth over the next few decades to Berlin's borders, Farr said.
"Generally speaking, the county has disregarded the town's plan for growth," said Bourcier.
The county growth areas were decided in 2005, before the county comprehensive plan was approved in 2006.
"They just stuck 'em outside the door," commission member Ron Cascio said.
If the county and the town had been able to coordinate, Cascio said, the county could have assigned its growth units to the town itself, a scenario seen recently in Denton, Md.
"The county and the town got together and worked it out. To me, the county didn't do us any favors," Cascio said.
Bourcier noted that although the county's plan was completed years before the town's draft, the town did send that draft to the county this fall. The county also completed its long delayed comprehensive rezoning this fall.
While the town did meet with the county on growth areas, according to Cascio, county staff told him that Berlin's plan sounds good, but it was not what the town had told them before and the growth areas would not be changed. It also took nine months to arrange that meeting with county staff, he said.
"The county and the town did not work together essentially at all," Cascio said.
The problem with cooperating on growth is that the county and the town plans were not being done at the same time, Ward said.
If the county wants good relations with the town, it should not ignore major policy changes, Cascio said.


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The latest news in the Ruby and Rails community.
Git Pusshuten with Scaling Ruby on Rails, follow the paper_trail to the Locomotive, or just swish some JSONP on this episode of Ruby5.
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You can launch one of our FLIGHTPLANS and start making a list right away. Make a list of tasks or launch a full issue tracking system for your next project!
This weekend, Ruby on Rails version 3.0.5 was released. This update contains a few bug fixes, new deprecations, and - among other things - some additional pluralization inflectors. It is recommended that you upgrade if you're on the 3.0 branch.
Michael Van Rooijen recently released Git Pusshuten, a Git-based application tool. With it, you can define environments, provision servers, and deploy your application with git.
Gowalla CTO and co-founder Scott Raymond was interviewed last week over on Mashable where he discussed scaling Rails for Gowalla.
Jeremy Weiskotten recently released a Ruby library which wraps the Dribbble API, called Swish.
Roberto Decurnex let us know about his new Rack middleware gem called rack-jsonp-middleware. It automatically converts standard JSON responses to JSONP when appropriate.
LocomotiveCMS is a relative new-comer to the Ruby CMS world, but as it uses Rails 3, Devise, CarrierWave, HAML, Delayed Job, and MongoDB, it'll surely catch on quickly.
PaperTrail is an auditing extension for Rails, written by Andy Stewart. It lets you track all changes to model data, including creation, modification, and destruction as well as who requested it.
Ruby5 is released Tuesday and Friday mornings. To stay informed about and active with this podcast, we encourage you to do one of the following:
Today on the Ruby5 we attend VoiceRally, search for a Soulmate, and get all Fancy with Rubinius. We also preview Sinatra, send email with SES, and wish everyone a special Birthday!
Capybara eats Steak, Noah becomes a ZooKeeper, Ruby gets an update, and the Face of RubyGems cannot be copyrb'd or Asset Cached on this episode of Ruby5.
Three blogs about Heroku deployment, Stepdown metrics gem for cucumber, Travis - the new distributed build system, An integrated firewall for Rails3, Using RMagic for fun and proit with Compass, and LumberJack in this edition of Ruby5
I just came to say hello, and let you know about pg_serach, caching views (and testing them), Ruby metaprogramming, better mocking, funnel tracking, facebook on Heroku, and vendoring everything (including yer mom). Goodbye!
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Since its opening, Diamondback has been able to contract with 21 railroads and private industries throughout the U.S. to provide normalized maintenance and monthly inspections for their signalized crossings, and has also aggressively pursued and secured a number of crossing signal construction and/or rehabilitation projects, Regional Rail said.
Diamondback Signal has its headquarters and wire shop in Sykesville, Md.
Said Regional Rail, LLC President Bob Parker, "This acquisition illustrates Regional Rail, LLC's continuing interest to invest in rail related entities and operations in addition to traditional railroad operations."
Regional Rail LLC is the parent company of several short lines operating in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York, including East Penn Railroad LLC, Middletown & New Jersey Railroad, LLC, Tyburn Railroad, LLC, and Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer LLC.


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The world of alternative energy is a confusing one filled with choices. There's nuclear, solar, wind, and biofuels (such as algae). Each technology has its own unique advantages and disadvantages.
One technology that's too often forgotten in the mix is geothermal energy. With interest in alternative energy at an all-time high, the geothermal energy business is seeing a rebirth. From harnessing volcanic steam deposits to prospecting America's many geothermal sites, many promising projects are currently underway.
Perhaps the most promising source of geothermal is a brand new method called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Where traditional geothermal involves finding naturally occurring steam pockets in the hot layers of rock beneath the Earth's crust, EGS skips the troublesome prospect and makes its own steam, by drilling down the hot rock, cracking it, and then pumping water into the cracks to form steam. The result -- instant power virtually anywhere in the country.
According to MIT, just 2 percent of the heat between 3 and 10 kilometers beneath the crust of the Earth in the continental U.S. contains enough energy to produce 2,500 the amount of power our country produces yearly. Literally, just EGS power from the U.S. could power the world. And these depths are all within the reach of current drilling equipment.
Google is very impressed by the promise of EGS. Google has decided to invest $10.25M USD to help startups develop the technology as part of its philanthropic arm Google.org's initiatives, which aim to produce alternative energy power at rates cheaper than coal. The Google investment will not only cover the continuing development and deployment of the technology itself, but also the development EGS information tools, advanced geothermal resource mapping, and promotion of geothermal public policy on a government level.
Dan Reicher, Director of Climate and Energy Initiatives for Google.org states, "EGS could be the 'killer app' of the energy world. It has the potential to deliver vast quantities of power 24/7 and be captured nearly anywhere on the planet. And it would be a perfect complement to intermittent sources like solar and wind."
The latest Google funding for EGS goes to two companies and a university. AltaRock Energy, Inc. is one of the recipients and will receive $6.25M USD to help it actualize its EGS vision. The second investment of $4M USD goes to Potter Drilling, Inc., which is exploring new methods of drilling cheaper and techniques for drilling into deep, hard rock, a technology critical to EGS. Finally Google will deliver a grant of $489,521 to Southern Methodist University Geothermal Lab to aid it in its projects of updating geothermal maps of America.
Dr. Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org also delivered praise for the new direction. He states, "Innovation is the path to massive quantities of cleaner, cheaper energy. The people we're funding today have a real shot at lowering the cost of EGS, and bringing us closer to our goal of Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal."
Mr. Reicher quickly adds, "EGS is critical to the clean electricity revolution we need to solve the climate crisis, but EGS hasn't received the attention it merits. That's why we're pressing for expanded support from government and increased investment from the private sector. EGS is critical to the clean electricity revolution we need to solve the climate crisis, but EGS hasn't received the attention it merits. That's why we're pressing for expanded support from government and increased investment from the private sector."


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Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
New American
Nov 24, 2012
Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare blog reports that a source sent him a copy of an e-mail "apparently from Senator Rand Paul's office" meant for Republican Senate legislative directors regarding an amendment Paul may propose to this year's version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). According to the text of the e-mail, the Paul amendment would curtail the president's power to indefinitely detain American citizens granted under provisions of last year's law.
Below is the content of the e-mail as published on Lawfare:
From: Henderson, William (Paul)
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:54 PM
Subject: Paul amendment to DOD Authorization
GOP LD's,
It is my understanding that some or all of your offices are being whipped on whether your boss would support a Paul amendment to DOD Authorization concerning the detention of US citizens apprehended on US soil and held by the US military. The proposed text of the amendment is below for your convenience. As your boss is considering the amendment, I wanted to point out that the language of the amendment is derived from the 6th Amendment to the US Constitution (http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html), and we would ask that your boss support the 6th Amendment rights of American citizens.
Text of proposed Paul amendment:
A citizen of the United States captured or arrested in the United States and detained by the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40) shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Since Witte's story was published, Senator Paul's amendment has been offered and the language of the measure is identical to the version leaked to Witte, including the British spelling of defense, as was used in the Constitution.
According to Senator Paul's office, the amendment would "affirm the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution and limit the indefinite detention of Americans."
Before breaking for Thanksgiving, Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle had hoped to push through the annual renewal of the NDAA. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) reported to The Hill that he had worked out an agreement with his Republican counterparts to do just that.
Reportedly, Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) committed to Reid that they would block any "non-germane amendments" from reaching the floor.
Apparently, Senator Paul didn't get the memo.
As reported in The Hill's article, Paul is filibustering the vote on the Fiscal Year 2013 NDAA until his vote is brought up for consideration.
This prompted Reid to chime in with the predictable partisan tone.
"[Republicans] say they want to move to the defense authorization bill, so I said yesterday, fine, let's move to it," Reid said on the floor Thursday. "But my friends can't take 'yes' for an answer.
"[Democrats are] not the cause for why the defense authorization bill is not being brought to the floor."
When it comes to the fact that a majority of representatives and senators passed a law permitting the president of the United States to deploy federal troops to apprehend and American citizens within the United States and detain them in military prisons until the end of the war on terror, there is plenty of blame to go around.
Understanding that stark, stupefying, and arguably treasonous reality does not explain, however, why a self-avowed constitutionalist such as Rand Paul would offer an amendment that doesn't absolute strike all such offensive language from the rest of the defense authorization act.
Senator Paul's amendment — for all the good that it does — doesn't go far enough. Read the text of the proposal again. There is not one word of repeal or abolition or revocation of the indefinite detention of Americans from the NDAA.
In fact, of all the various amendments that have been offered and all the speeches decrying such constitutional deprivations, only one has explicitly sought to excise the offensive language from the bill.
In May of this year, in a shameful display of disregard for the Constitution and for liberty, the House of Representatives voted to perpetuate the president's power to indefinitely detain American citizens.
By a vote of 238-182, members of Congress rejected the amendment offered by Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Justin Amash (R-Mich.) that would have repealed the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA. The Fiscal Year 2013 NDAA yet retains the indefinite detention provisions, as well as the section permitting prisoners to be transferred from civilian jurisdiction to the custody of the military.
"The frightening thing here is that the government is claiming the power under the Afghanistan authorization for use of military force as a justification for entering American homes to grab people, indefinitely detain them and not give them a charge or trial," Representative Amash said during House debate.
Speaking in support of his amendment, Representative Smith reminded his colleagues that the NDAA granted to the president "extraordinary" powers and divested the American people of key civil liberties, as well as divesting civilian courts of their constitutional jurisdiction.
Smith pointed out that there was no need to transfer suspects into military custody as "hundreds" of terrorists have been tried in federal courts since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Another amendment was offered in the House earlier this year by Representatives Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Jeff Landry (R-La.), and Scott Rigell (R-Va.) that passed by a vote of 243-173. The Gohmert Amendment (House Amendment 1126) states that the NDAA will not "deny the writ of habeas corpus or deny any Constitutional rights for persons detained in the United States under the AUMF who are entitled to such rights."
This amendment, like the one offered by Senator Paul last week, displays an indefensible use of vague language that would make it vulnerable to challenge in any court in any state in the Union, but somehow adds to its appeal among the Republicans in Congress.
Smith and those supporting his amendment claimed that Gohmert's Amendment was unnecessary as it does nothing of any value other than restate what is already settled law: viz., that Americans have the right to a ask for a writ of habeas corpus.
Smith called Gohmert's amendment "a smokescreen," arguing that "It doesn't protect any rights whatsoever."
But supporters of indefinite detention suggested that the Smith-Amash amendment would incentivize terrorists to come to the United States, because they would receive more rights on U.S. soil than outside the country.
In response to these allegations, Gohmert said that terrorists "supported" Smith's amendment.
Another influential Republican added to Gohmert's misrepresentation of the Smith-Amash Amendment:
"We cannot look to guarantee those who seek to harm the U.S. the constitutional rights granted to Americans," said (now former) Representative Allen West (R-Fla.). "If we extend that to them, this war on terror, now it's a criminal action."
The real crime is that lawmakers have betrayed not only the Constitution, but their oaths of office to "preserve, protect, and defend" it from all enemies.
Of course, perhaps congressmen are reluctant to openly defend the Constitution because they know that to do such might expose them to arrest and indefinite detention per the terms of the NDAA.
One of the most dangerous provisions of the NDAA is Section 1021. This section says that the military is not "required" to detain American citizens. That is hardly the same as saying that the military is "forbidden" from detaining American citizens.
Congress is full of attorneys who know the importance of specificity of language. They know that vagueness in language is contrary to good law. In fact, every day in court rooms around the country, laws are struck down for being too vague.
The point is: If these men and women in Congress, so many of whom are trained in the law, meant to forbid the military from arresting and detaining American citizens, then it could have done so. They chose not to. They chose to leave that option open.
Again, why is there not found in Congress a single senator who will demand that work in that body come to a grinding halt until every word in the NDAA that could be used to justify the kidnapping and detention of American citizens be stricken and repealed?
There is yet time for someone to stand for the Constitution. Senator Reid said the Senate will resume efforts to avoid the impasse when Congress returns to work on Monday, November 26.
This article was posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 7:20 am


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In the body of an essay, insert an in-text or parenthetical citation when you quote or paraphrase an author's ideas. In-text citations are frequently preceded by a signal phrase. A signal phrase indicates to the reader that the idea belongs to someone else. Here are some examples of signal phrases and in-text citations in the MLA format:
Robert Frost once said, "I'd just as much assume playing tennis without a net, as writing free verse" (89).
In Sophocles' Antigone, Creon represents the state through both his actions and his words (Miller 33).
According to Lillian Schanfield, Shakespeare's places do not represent those cities or societies so much as comment on Elizabethan England (66).
In the first example, note that only the page number is included in the parenthesis after the quote because the author's name is mentioned in the signal phrase.
In the second example, the author's name appears in the parenthesis because his name was not included in a signal phrase.
The third example is a paraphrase; the signal phrase indicates the author of the source article and the page number of the journal appears in parenthesis.


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If students were distributed evenly among the four comprehensive high schools, each school would average 2,400 students in the 2020-21 school year, according to current projections. New boundary maps would be a near certainty because of the uneven impacts of this expected growth. For example, under current boundaries, Menlo-Atherton High School would be expected to provide space for 2,600 students by 2020, space the school does not have. Woodside High, which has a capacity for 2,200, and would have 2,080 in 2020, well below the average but also well above its current enrollment of 1,710.
In a recent discussion, the Sequoia district board agreed that each school will have to get "reasonably close" to the average. Any boundary redrawing should be done with careful attention to special programs and demographic diversity, the board said.
The district does not have the necessary $200 million for a new campus, Superintendent James Lianides told the board. Voters in 2008 approved $165 million for capital improvements by approving Measure J, but the current balance is about $9 million. A new bond measure could pay for more classrooms, and that option did come up during the discussion.
Another critical consideration for the board: the competing priorities of keeping a community of middle-school students together versus offering students and parents a choice in schools. The board sounded agreeable to a choice of two high schools per middle school, although some members said they preferred one. Morgan Marchbanks, the assistant superintendent for educational services, said that of 31 East Palo Alto parents she interviewed, all wanted a choice in high schools.
The district has scheduled community meetings in May to solicit comments from the public. An April 23 letter to school families from Mr. Lianides lists six meetings, including one at M-A on Monday, May 13, and one at Woodside on Wednesday, May 29, both at 7 p.m. in the school performing arts centers.
On hand to lead the meetings will be Mr. Lianides and two board members. The first meeting is in Redwood City at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Ave.
Growth projections
"Because our future students are currently attending school in our partner elementary districts, we believe the study is quite accurate in its projections," Mr. Lianides says in the letter. "We look forward to your input and to sharing the demographic information, which makes it necessary to look at our 30-year-old boundaries and prepare for the future."
Current students or siblings of current students would not be affected by changes in boundaries, the board said. Board President Chris Thomsen suggested draft maps for the community meetings to reduce the abstraction of the issue.
The projections assume that the district's four charter schools will continue their current enrollments, but the projections do not account for new students from housing in the planning stages or now being built.
The Sequoia Union High School District is planning community meetings to discuss expected enrollment growth and options for dealing with it. The two local meetings will be at:
• Menlo-Atherton High School in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13.
• Woodside High School in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29.
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Read and rate reviews about Shoes - from high heels to hiking boots, from designer labels to bargain buys. Compare prices on different shoes and buy them online. You can also add your own opinion on a particular pair of shoes. A quick and easy way of finding information on shoes, both tips and product descriptions. Benefit from the experience and opinions of other users
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Coldbeans Software announced the important milestone in JSOS (servlets office suite) development. JSOS reaches the version 4.70. This largest collection of Java servlets and filters provides 90+ "out of the box" components ready for building web-pages.
JSOS includes:
- collaboration tools such as Calendar, chats, co-browsing, documents sharing, message boards etc.
- data management tools (FileManager etc.)
- mail readers
- ad management support
- generic stuff for XML/XSLT support
One of the biggest parts is the rich set of filters. Package includes such components as XML and WML transcoding, access restriction, traffic restriction, caching, profiling etc.
All components are configurable, so you may incorporate them into your own design frameset. Components from JSOS do support WAP/WML, so the same set of components can be used for wireless users too. At this moment JSOS provides a largest set of servlets and filters over the Net.
Check out more here: http://www.servletsuite.com
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Paintwork Correction (Polishing - Preservation) The whole idea behind paintwork correction is to fix your car's paintwork. There are two ways of going about paintwork correction by polishing, the first being cutting and the second being preservation. As you can probably assume, cutting will remove paint in order to get underneath the scratches or Read More
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Notes: Papi to sit out Home Run Derby
Ortiz says the All-Star Game contest 'wears him out'
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
"No, not this year," said Ortiz. "I get worn out by that. Maybe later. But no, not this year."
Ortiz participated in the event the last three years. He feels it's time for a breather.
"It just wears me out," Ortiz said. "The problem is, if you start and when you have to stop for all the guys that go and hit, I swing [hard] all the time, so when I had to shut things down and then start over again almost an hour later, I don't have it. I don't do well."
But he's doing fine in his regular job, despite being well below the pace of the 54 home runs he hit in 2006. Ortiz entered Wednesday's game with a .340 average, which ranked fourth in the American League, to go along with 11 homers and 42 RBIs.
Why is Ortiz hitting for less power this year?
"I think there's a lot of things that factor into it," said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. "For a while, his legs didn't feel good. You could see him in his stance, he wasn't driving the ball real well. Then he comes back and he's been swinging great, as his batting average will attest to. But he's getting pitched pretty carefully and I think he's handling it very well. He's not leaving the strike zone, he's taken the occasional hit to left field."
Pedroia sits, Coco leads off: A day after being promoted to the leadoff spot, Dustin Pedroia got the night off. He was replaced in the leadoff spot by Coco Crisp, while Alex Cora played second base and batted eighth.
"We try to keep it spread out and keep guys in there and keep guys sharp," Francona said. "When Pedroia was scuffling, it was kind of popular to not play him. And then Pedroia gets hot and he's a good player. So is AC. Just want to keep it balanced and keep guys sharp."
Familiar faces: Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has had plenty of familiar faces around the last few days. His first manager from the Seibu Lions -- Osamu Higashio -- is at Fenway Park all week as a member of the media. And Rockies second baseman Kaz Matsui played with Matsuzaka on the Lions (1999-2003) for five seasons.
Higashio monitored Matsuzaka's side session on Tuesday and suggested some technical adjustments that the right-hander plans on using in his next start against the Giants.
Matsui and Matsuzaka were good friends during their years together at Seibu. Matsui predicts bright things for Matsuzaka.
"He has good talent and a good future, and he's going to do well," Matsui said.
On deck: Right-hander Josh Beckett (9-0, 2.88 ERA) will try to make it a perfect 10 when he closes out this three-game series on Thursday night against left-hander Jeff Francis (5-5, 3.81 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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July 15, 2009
Nice Ride! RPattz on Set Today
Gossip Girls has cute pics of Robert filming a scene for Remember Me today.
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The smiles in today's pictures is just awesome! I melt a little every time.ReplyDelete
A lot.
Cute!HE'S SMILING AGAIN!OMROBWARD!ReplyDelete
I love when he smiles like that! Uff Thanks TCA!!!ReplyDelete
Awwhh!! Maybe he should stick with the bike, since in his Ellen interview- he's seems to have trouble with a car!! LOL I know it's been a year since that interview, but he really hasn't had to drive himself anywhere that whole time- so I'm sure he still hasn't learned and if he has, he'll have to practice.ReplyDelete
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the best smile ever !!ReplyDelete
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Police in Minnesota say they found cocaine in the bedroom of the tour bus where former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland was found dead.
Weiland, 48, was found dead in a bedroom on his tour bus in Bloomington, a city just south of Minneapolis. Police said they found "a small quantity" of cocaine during a search of the bus Friday following Weiland's death.
Investigators say they also found a small amount of cocaine elsewhere in the bus and arrested a California man who was traveling with Weiland. The man hasn't been charged.
Police released no additional information on Weiland's cause of death, saying it would be released by the local coroner.


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Cards option Blazek to make room for Wacha
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals optioned right-hander Michael Blazek to Triple-A on Thursday in order to make room for starter Michael Wacha to be added to the club's 25-man roster. Wacha, the 19th overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, is scheduled to make his debut against the Royals on Thursday.
Blazek was called up from Double-A on Sunday when the Cardinals placed John Gast on the disabled list. He did not appear in a game during his short stint with the Major League club, though he was warming up to pitch the ninth on Wednesday had the Cardinals taken a bigger lead.
"It would have been nice to have seen him, but it was a nice compliment for him to come straight up from Double-A," manager Mike Matheny said. "We want to see what he can do. He's had a really nice start to the season. He has an opportunity now to go to Memphis and continue to work."
In order to open a spot for Wacha on the 40-man roster, the Cardinals moved left-hander Jaime Garcia to the 60-day disabled list. Garcia underwent season-ending shoulder surgery last Friday.
Mujica told he'll be unavailable to pitch Thursday
ST. LOUIS -- After pitching four straight days for the first time in his career, Edward Mujica has been told that he will not be available for use on Thursday night. Manager Mike Matheny did not confirm the preplanned night off for Mujica, though it would seem logical that he would turn to Trevor Rosenthal should a save situation arrive.
Mujica, 17-for-17 in save opportunities this season, had thrown three consecutive days 12 times previously, including twice earlier this season. The closer's efficiency has been one of the reasons the Cardinals have felt comfortable leaning so heavily on Mujica to this point. He has not thrown more than 19 pitches in any of his save chances and has totaled only 45 over this four-game stretch of saves.
Mujica's role, Matheny said, is also taken into consideration when determining how heavy a workload the right-hander can handle.
"I think you have to treat your closers a little differently," Matheny said. "I want him to know he's doing a great job for us. We put all the faith in the world in him. We put trust in him, too."
Mujica said that he convinced Matheny he felt strong on Wednesday afternoon after Matheny let him know he preferred not to use him at all in Wednesday's game. Matheny altered his plans following that discussion.
It's unlikely that Matheny would change his mind again on Thursday.
"He told me today it's a day off," Mujica said. "He told me that they don't like to use pitchers four days in a row, but that the closer is kind of different because you have to be available in certain game situations. But after last night's game, he told me, 'Hey Mujica, I am probably going to give you two days off.' He asked me today how many days I wanted. I said today, and let's see how it feels tomorrow."
Mujica has already pitched in 24 games, putting him on pace to exceed his previous season high of 70. His 17 saves rank second in the National League behind Pittsburgh's Jason Grilli (21).
Westbrook hoping to make rehab start next week
ST. LOUIS -- Encouraged by how good his elbow felt while throwing on Thursday, Jake Westbrook said he is hopeful of making his first Minor League rehab appearance as early as next Tuesday.
Westbrook estimated that he threw 60-65 pitches without a break on Thursday, using the session to throw a variety of pitch types at full intensity. It was the second pain-free bullpen session for Westbrook since he had a setback in San Diego last week.
"How it feels and what I was capable of doing today, it's a great feeling," Westbrook said. "It actually feels today the best it's felt this year, even in the games I pitched. I've been battling something basically since Spring Training. I was able to get through it and move past it, but it actually feels better now than it did then."
Westbrook said he expects to throw a light side session on Saturday -- similar to the ones that starters throw in between starts -- and then pitch for one of the organization's Minor League affiliates on Tuesday. With Double-A Springfield at home next Tuesday, that would likely be Westbrook's destination.
The Cardinals have not explicitly stated a number of rehab starts that Westbrook will need before he can come off the disabled list, though Westbrook estimated it as "a couple at most." He last pitched on May 8, after which elbow inflammation and a buildup of scar tissue forced him to the disabled list. Two cortisone shots helped break up that scar tissue.
"We didn't know how this was going to head and then it turned the corner," manager Mike Matheny said. "Compliments to Jake and the medical staff for figuring out a way to get him better."
Worth noting
• According to Joe Strohm, vice president of ticket sales, the Cardinals had already sold about 42,000 tickets for Thursday's game prior to the organization announcing that right-hander Michael Wacha would make his debut that night. The club sold another 1,000 tickets after the announcement, though Strohm surmised that there would have been a higher uptick in ticket sales had more tickets been available.
• Matheny said that the team's infielders noticed a difference in how the infield played post-soccer game, but added that none of them described the field conditions as inadequate. The grounds crew took away a layer of dirt and then replaced it with new dirt while the team was on the road last week so that Busch Stadium could host an English Premier League soccer match.
"[Head groundskeeper] Bill [Findley] had quite the task to disassemble and recreate it that fast," Matheny said. "I'm actually blown away that they were able to get it anything like it looks right now."
• Triple-A outfielder Justin Christian entered Thursday riding a 10-game hitting streak. Christian contributed a two-run homer in Memphis' 5-1 win on Wednesday.
• Busch Stadium played host to a press conference on Thursday afternoon during which the Royals introduced George Brett as their interim hitting coach. Brett played in Kansas City for the entirety of his 21-year career. During that time, he was on the 1985 club that defeated the Cardinals in the World Series.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hello, I am trying to use the SendMessage function to send CTRL+S to notepad, what I have figured out so far is that I need both the parent "Notepad" and child handle "Edit" for notepad using FindWindow. I can already send plain text to notepad, but I'm having problems with stimulating hot-keys, I tried this following code segment for CTRL+V and it works, but why dosnt the ascii for CTRL+S work? and is there an ascii code for ALT+#?
Lets for example say ALT+F to drop down File in notepad.
SendMessage(hwnd,WM_CHAR, 0x16, 1); // Sends a CTRL+V which works perfectly
Now this line...
SendMessage(hwnd,WM_CHAR, 0x13, 1); // Sends a CTRL+S but nothing happens.
Thank you.


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Michael Tennant
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January 11, 2013
"I thought yesterday was the last day for both of us," Madera, California, pharmacy ownerBryan Lee said Wednesday. "Luckily it didn't turn out that way."
If the gun-grabbers — now feeling their oats after mass shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin, and Connecticut — had their way, Tuesday would indeed have been the last day for both the 40-year-old Lee and his 68-year-old mother, Sophie. The two were working in Lee's Almond Avenue Pharmacy when, around 6:30 p.m., two men in ski masks burst into the pharmacy by the back door, which Lee had left unlocked for a customer, and began shooting.
"It was not a robbery so much as it was an execution," Lee recalled. "It was an attempted assassination. They didn't make any demands. They simply came in, went over here, I mean they were basically trying to shoot us in the back of the head."
The Lees ducked behind a counter; Sophie was hit in the leg. Bryan grabbed his gun and returned fire, hitting the shooter, 31-year-old Aquilla Bailey, in the face, torso, and leg. Bailey, a gang member from Fresno with "an extensive criminal history" (according to the Fresno Bee), fell to the floor but managed to get back up, exit the store, and run down the block before collapsing again; he died at the hospital some time later. A second suspect fled the scene but was arrested the following day; he will likely face attempted murder charges even though he was apparently unarmed at the time of the crime.
Sophie Lee was treated and released from the hospital Tuesday night and was back at work the next day.
Police believe the motive for the shooting was robbery — of drugs, not cash.
"The information that we've developed is that the pharmacy was targeted probably specifically for the drugs on hand there," said Madera Police Chief Steve Frazier. "We don't have any information that the owner was specifically targeted at this point."
Frazier was, however, certain of one thing: "I can tell you in this instance that this individual having that gun the time that he had it absolutely saved his life and if there's any take away from that, it's just that."
Unfortunately, for some the take-away will be that such crimes could be prevented if only the government would ban private gun ownership. Of course, the notion that a gang member and serial offender like Bailey would be deterred from possessing a gun simply because doing so is illegal is absurd. If he would stoop to murder, which is already illegal, why would he worry about gun laws? His victims, meanwhile, would be unable to defend themselves and would, unlike the Lees, end up dead. Only Bryan Lee's possession of a gun — not laws, not the police — saved his and his mother's lives.
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San Francisco Giants call on Matt Cain to stop the bleeding
Last week, Matt Cain wasn't able to keep a good pitching streak going for the Giants.
Now, the Giants need Cain to stop the bleeding in Washington, D.C.
Cain takes the mound Thursday in the season finale against the Nationals after Washington beat the Giants 9-3 and 9-4.
It's the first time since 2006 that two Giants starters gave up seven earned runs in consecutive starts.
On Sept. 21, 2006, Matt Morris gave up nine earned runs on nine hits in 4.1 innings during a 9-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin.
The next day, Jonathan Sanchez was tagged for eight runs on eight hits in two-plus innings against the Brewers. The Giants lost that day 13-12, but Sanchez did not suffer the defeat, amazingly enough.
Last week, Cain followed no-run efforts from Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner by giving up a run on the first pitch against the Reds.
Now Cainer needs to follow seven earned-run efforts by shutting down the Nats.
Cain faces Ross Detwiler at 4 p.m. The game will be carried on MLB Network.


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Read the key Traffic Analysis language below. It compares "trips from the existing uses" to "those expected to be generated by the redevelopment project." If you examine the relevant section closely, you find that the traffic counts for "existing uses" -- stated as Minton's and two other modest current tenants -- are explicitly theoretical (taking standard reference data for a "Building Material & Lumber Store" of Minton's floor area). After those numbers are generated, upshots and summaries use them as if they were actual current traffic (just like other "existing" data in the report -- explicitly explained as measured, Sec. 1.3 below) without explaining the discrepancy. It reads as if one person generated the numbers and another wrote the conclusions, unaware the current data were artificial. Conclusions therefore appear to compare _actual_ current trip count to that projected for the redevelopment, finding a traffic decrease That is obviously misleading, and has caused confusion.
This situation carries over into the report's main body. It argues that the basic finding in Sec. XV(a), predicting no "substantial increase in the number of vehicle trips," is wrong in substance, and that the authors should have known that.
Projected trip data for the _redevelopment_ are unavoidably, like the redevelopment itself, theoretical. Only the "existing uses" trip counts lead to misleading language, and they're also the only conspicuously unrealistic "existing" data I noticed in the report. (Minton's -- see recent weekday midday photo -- doesn't serve three customers every minute it's open, as its traffic number implies.) I also found no clear explanation of _why_ this study employed theoretical data solely for the existing site, while the rest of the report's considerable car-related data came from teams counting cars laboriously for hours and days at many locations less central to the story.
Appendix D: Traffic Impact Analysis [EXTRACTS]
1.3 Analysis Scenarios ..................................1-5
1. Existing Conditions (2009) – existing intersection condition based on traffic counts collected between 2007 ...and 2009.
2.2 Existing Traffic Operations .........................2-2
Traffic counts were conducted at the 10 study intersections...
3.1 Background Conditions .............................3-1
3.2 Trip Generation / Distribution ....................3-2
This chapter looks at the number of trips generated by this proposed project and the existing land uses on the site. ... The number of trips from the existing uses and those expected to be generated by the redevelopment project are presented in Tables 3-3a/b below. ...The net number of trips generated by the project is calculated by subtracting the existing land use trips from the proposed land use trips.
3.5.1 On-Street License Plate Survey .................3-14
For this survey, hourly license plate data was collected ...
3.5.2 Residential Complex Occupancy Survey ...3-20
...a study was performed at six developments similar to the proposed project.
...The proposed project would redevelop an area bounded by Evelyn Avenue, Bush Street and Villa Street in the City of Mountain View, from the existing hardware store and office uses, to a 213-unit residential complex. ... The proposed project would generate 19 fewer trips during the AM peak hour and 59 fewer trips during the PM peak hour.


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It has solidified its position since 2009 as, perhaps, the region's preeminent place for culture and learning, according to its annual report published Tuesday.
It competes for resources and wins on a national scale.
The Donald W. Reynolds Baxter County Library is one of eight libraries in the U.S. to host The American Library Association's new interactive traveling exhibition "Discover Tech: Engineers Make a World of Difference" this year.
Vincent Anderson, reference librarian, said more than 1,200 libraries applied to host the interactive exhibit. A proposal authored by Julie Stewart, volunteer coordinator, was one of eight winners.
The exhibit is offered in partnership with the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project. The interactive exhibit using high and low tech media will show participants how engineering has solved some of society's most difficult problems.
The dates of the 8-week exhibit is Oct. 9-Dec. 13.
The library's report measures activities from 2009 through 2012. It shows adult program attendance doubled from 2011 to 2012 and quadrupled since the new library was dedicated in October 2010.
Library Director Gwen Khayat said 9,161 adults participated in library programs and exhibits in 2012. The large increase was driven somewhat by the national traveling exhibit "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War."
The Lincoln program visits also are counted in Library Special Events attendance - a library program not undertaken before it moved into its new 35,000-square-foot facility. More than 30,000 attended special events. Lincoln and Arkansas Sesquicentennial events were the flagship programs, Khayat told the Baxter Bulletin (http://is.gd/lilIrE).
Library visits increased from 154,420 in 2009 - the last full year the library operated in a 1964-era building encompassing 12,000 square feet on West Seventh Street - to 208,553 last year.
Teen programs with 1,965 visitors is an increase from 1,277 before the move.
Meeting room use with 9,514 participants is an increase of three fold from 2009.
Paper and e-book circulation at 352,570 volumes is an increase from 266,821 in 2009.
"People are using the library in the ways we imagined and beyond," Khayat beams. "I see parents and their children and grandparents and their children using our programs together. It makes me happy every time I see it."
The library was a $1.1 million concern in 2012.
"I think there may be an assumption out there that the library has all these new visitors now and we have plenty of money," Khayat said. "We don't. The property assessment is down this year. It's difficult for us just as it is for the sheriff's office or any other service."
A single mill levied against all property in Baxter County will produce anticipated revenue of about $500,000 this year. The library paid wages, Social Security matching funds, health insurance, Worker's Compensation premiums and retirement benefits totaling $694,803 in 2012.
The Baxter County Library Foundation for the first time in 2012 helped the bigger, more expensive-to-run library with contributions equal to 13 percent of revenue in 2012. State aid to the library was 9 percent. Friends of the Baxter County Library chipped in 2 percent. Donors and meeting room rentals produced 1 percent each to 2012 revenue.
The Blackbird Cafe netted revenue equal to 1 percent of the money needed to run the library in 2012, according to the annual report.
Taxpayer support was 65 percent of revenue in 2012.
The donated assistance from hundreds of volunteers also was a big factor in making the library go in 2012, Khayat said.
The director said the library contributes to the region in ways that can't be measured in the annual report. She notes that the world-class, small-town library will have a prominent place in the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce's Focus Program for economic development.
"We're contributing. We believe we are a huge plus for the county," Khayat said.
The Discover Tech exhibit also will stop at public libraries serving Huntsville, Ala.; Glasgow, Ky.; International Falls, Minn.; Clarksdale, Miss.; Goldsboro, N.C.; Carson City, Nev.; and Spokane, Wash.


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Maybe, get some wool felt and surround this piece with it in borders for even blocks and make a wall hanging with this as the center. An idea.
Would you just not add other blocks and leave it like this with the felt?
Carey, I am looking at that and am at a real loss - I was thinking of things like the padding for an antique chair - my Great Aunt used to make cross stitch designs and then use them in the seat cushion of the chair - I have one of her chairs here that she did that with - and this would look beautiful in one of those chairs. I might go and get some more tapestry fabric from Hancock's or JoAnn's and make it large enough to use as a small welcoming rug to a room... not sure if you want to make a rug out of it. What were you thinking?
I think I'd just bind it and make a wall hanging. It looks thick -- if it is, then I'm not sure I'd want to surround it with cotton blocks. But that is just me.
OR, find an old frame, someplace, and just frame it. The search for just the right frame could take you on a day of antiquing.
I agree with Sukochi. I would frame it. Since it is a thicker fabrick you may find an old frame at an antique store if not. Try a Hobby Lobby or a Frame shop.
Wasn't sure yet. Yet I am thinking of framing it or something now or something similar.
Would it work to make a pillow with it.
Try the second hand shops for old framed pictures. You don't have to like the picture, just the frame and they are much, much cheaper than a regular retail store. I get 90% of my frames that way. Take your piece with you or piece of paper the same size (you may have to tape a couple of pieces together) so you can find the right size. Don't forget you can mat as well, just be sure to use acid free


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WASHINGTON, DC, September 8, 2009—CFP Board has named Michele W. Wetherald, Esq., as Managing Director of Examinations, Education and Talent.
Wetherald will provide oversight to CFP Board's continuing development of the rigorous CFP® Certification Examination; establish and enforce educational standards for enhancing the knowledge, skills, and abilities of current and potential CFP® certificants, and the acquisition, retention and deployment of CFP Board staff.
Wetherald brings to this role a strong understanding of, and extensive experience in, education, examinations and human resources management. She brings this expertise from her past positions as executive director of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation, and Leadership and Training Institute; executive dean at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College; chief personnel officer at West Virginia Northern Community College; associate attorney at Newman, Olson & Kerr; adjunct faculty at Hiram College; and various human resources and labor relations positions at General Motors.
Wetherald is a past president of the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund Board of Directors. She holds a JD (Juris Doctorate) from the University of Akron School of Law, and a BA in Business Management from Hiram College.
Wetherald has been part of the CFP Board transition team for more than a year on projects related to the organization's transition to Washington, D.C. from Denver.
"We are very pleased to have someone with Michele's accomplishments and interests joining CFP Board's leadership team," said Kevin R. Keller, CAE, Chief Executive Officer of CFP Board. "She comes to CFP Board already well-experienced in our culture and operations, having served as Interim Managing Director of Education. Her unique combination of expertise in education, law, executive management and human capital management will be a tremendous asset to CFP Board as it pursues its mission of benefiting the public by granting the CFP® certification and upholding it as the recognized standard of excellence for personal financial planning."
"I look forward to building on the existing strong foundation that CFP Board has entrusted to me and which is so central to its ability to carry out its mission." said Wetherald. "I believe that my broad background will inform and enrich the various aspects of my work in these positions, and help me continue to be a vital and productive member of the CFP Board leadership team."
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the last days I tried several times to get my Palm m100 working under Mint and failed every time. I tried the pilot aplet and jpilot and every time it seemed as using the serial device wasn't possible.
Jpilot gives me the following error message:
Code: Select all
pi_bind error: /dev/ttS0 No such file or directory
Überprüfen Sie die serielle Schnittstelle und die Einstellungen (which means: check the serial device and its settings)
Exit-Status: SYNC_ERROR_BIND
Same message appears for /dev/ttS1. I also tried to use the Windows software from Palm in a Virtual Box Windows, but Virtual Box prevented me from activating the serial device.
Any ideas?


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Firstly, a truly awesome chapter santasmile . In a way, i think it was better that 430 came out late, we would have to wait less for 431 :D
Some observations on 430
1. Naruto has 6 frogs with him now. I think they will help him fight Pein's animal summons
- Gamabunta - Middle
- 2 Fighter toads on either side of Gamabunta
- Gamakichi( I think so.. ) - On Gamabunta
- Fukasaku and Ma toad - On Gamakichi.
2. There are many survivors and we can still hope for Kakashi to be fine.
3. Conveniently, Kishi has explained the absence of all the Hyuugas ( except Hinata & other guy ). Hiyashi sama & Hanabi Sama were were away. Neji was on a mission. As many of you have pointed out in threads, I think Hyuuga's abilities would have uncovered Pain's secret a lot earlier and hence Kishi had to send them all away
4. From what everybody is saying on threads & discussion i gather that you all are of the opinion that the demon guy revived Asura Pain ( Mechanical body) only. I think he revived all of the five other bodies and Asura pain was the last. Kishi just did not show it all to us. That Demon is the one who puts life into dead bodies or revives them. Thats how Pain's three bodies came to life after Jiraiya took them out in a fight. I hope he doesn't bring back the asura pain whom Naruto took out in a hit back to life again.
5. Kishi is setting up a slight advantage to Naruto to justify his win by saying Pain's body recovery is slower than before. At the same time, Naruto is not going to fight just one body of Pain as we all expected but all 6 bodies of Pain. Kishi does not want to deny Naruto the glory either. He really wants Naruto to defeat or almost defeat Pain ( before Pain retreats) and really prove that Naruto has exceeded Jiraya.
6. I still cannot say for sure whether Naruto Punched Asura Pain or hit him with Rasengan. I confess i do not see any ball showing rasengan but his fingers are outstreched just like he it is while hitting someone with Rasengan. So we have to wait and see
7.And most importantly, in the last page it says, "His Aim is for Pain's head" and Naruto says "I'm gonna finish this". santasmilesantasmilesantasmile
From the above point i can come to come conclusions
- This is gonna be a big badass jutsu ! worshippy
- Naruto will throw "it", as he is "aiming" for Pain's head.
- It probably is the completed form of Wind Element RasenShuriken which was incomplete. Remember what Chouji said in the recent anime ? He said that he had thought that Wind Element RasenShuriken can be thrown (like a shuriken) and it was explained that Naruto did not have time for training to complete it. So this leads me to believe that it was this that Naruto was training on secretly ( in Toad Mountain). That's when we see the trees and hills sliced in half. Completed throwable form of Wind Element RasenShuriken
Comments please. What do you guys think ?


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Juice* writer boycotts Justin Bieber's Instagram
Justin Bieber. Over the past few years, he's provided me with great irony and outrage and eye-rolling and expletives — mainly via his Instagram account.
There have been naked buttocks, wanna-be mustaches, and in-flight tattoos. There was that time he egged his neighbors' mansion and that time he got me sued.
We've enjoyed quite the journey, The Maple One and I, delving into celebrity culture, contemplating who cares about what and why — and most importantly, how to make fans click.
But it's over now. At least for me.
No more Googling "Justin Bieber Instagram." (I had refused to bookmark it in the spirit of extreme self-care.) No more knowing whether he is or isn't following or friending or liking Selena Gomez. No more hair-cut outrage. No more cars that don't belong to him. No more facial cross tattoos that resemble a killer's permanent tears.
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I have a general question regarding the installation of Zone Alarm.
Once I have updated my Zone Alarm or added new software to my system, how do ensure that ZA is working the way it should (aside from freezing or BSOD)?
Are there tests I can run internal to ZA or externally to check for problems?
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Topic: Recent, decent, d'n'b?
Anybody got any worthwhile suggestions - mixes especially?
Been out of that loop for a good little while but exchanged a post or two elsewhere with roberto and he offered a couple of suggestions and has whetted my appetite again...
The whole 'liquid' sound was my kind of thing - that and a bit of the Hospital Records sound. I did hear the Aural Imbalance album recently and enjoyed it - any mix suggestions/recommendations along those lines would be tidy.
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Richard Ackland: statement from the editor-in-chief
Our long-time respected columnist Richard Ackland has taken to Twitter to claim he has been sacked.
I just wanted to make a few points in response.
I was informed by Richard last Friday by email after lunch that he was doing a regular column for The Saturday Paper.
Given Richard had worked as a regular columnist for the SMH for 17 years, I felt - perhaps naively - that he would have sought my thoughts prior to committing to this work - not AFTER the fact.
At the time of his email, that edition of The Saturday Paper had already been printed.
A few days ago, I told Richard that he needed to make a decision on whether he wanted to continue contributing regularly for the SMH - or whether he wanted to work for The Saturday Paper.
I could not countenance both - especially given that the Saturday Paper deal was done prior to me getting a chance to properly consider how arrangements might have worked. If I had been approached by him before the deal, I might have been able to strike such an arrangement.
I have been negotiating with Richard for a few months on a contract which would have allowed him to undertake alternative commissions - but obviously with my prior approval and in circumstances where his role as a long-standing SMH columnist were properly credited.
I have wished Richard well with the Saturday Paper - while still encouraging him to pitch his ideas, as a freelancer, to our op-ed pages and all other relevant sections of the newsroom.
He has been an outstanding columnist for the SMH for nearly two decades.
I have not sacked him. He has made his own decision.
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BERLIN – Whether stormwater discharge from the Hudson Farm chicken operation merits the filing of a Clean Water Act lawsuit will be determined in the next week, when the 60 days the farm was given to correct the problem are up.
The Waterkeeper Alliance sent a Notice of Intent (NOI) to file a Clean Water Act lawsuit to Alan Hudson and contractor Perdue Farms on Dec. 17, 2009, giving farmer Alan Hudson 60 days to correct problems.
The 60-day clock began when all parties notified of the NOI acknowledge receipt of the letter. The Maryland Department of the Environment did not acknowledge receipt until Dec. 26.
"If we do file a complaint, it'll be on February 26," said Assateague Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips, who was instrumental in investigating the Hudson Farm discharge.
Phillips observed apparent problems on Hudson Farm during an aerial survey of the region this fall. That flyover showed a large pile of chicken manure or other waste close to a ditch, with manmade trenches leading from the material to the ditch to carry stormwater away. She then accessed the ditch on public land adjacent to the farm and took water samples.
After finding "astronomically high" levels of bacteria and very high levels of nitrogen, phosphorous, and arsenic, Phillips reported the problem to the national Waterkeeper Alliance. Since then, a pile of treated human waste adjacent to the ditch has been moved to a different location on Hudson Farm. Some improvements have been seen in the ditch water, Phillips has reported, but levels of bacteria and nutrients are still much higher than allowed under the Clean Water Act.
"When the trenches were filled and the pile was moved, the numbers were not as astronomically high but the numbers were still high," Phillips said. "Discharges were still coming off that property, our ongoing sampling shows."
Water from the ditch travels into Franklin Branch, which empties into the Pocomoke River, an impaired waterway, which then empties into the impaired Chesapeake Bay.
Phillips continues to take water samples from the ditch for testing.
"I just took some more samples Friday and we're waiting for the results. The samples we've taken since they moved the pile still have shown an ongoing violation," Phillips said. "Are things better over there? I don't think so."
Phillips said that no decision has yet been made on whether to pursue the Clean Water Act lawsuit against Hudson Farm and Perdue.
The state has also not made any decisions on whether to move against the farm or not.
MDE spokesman Dawn Stoltzfus confirmed yesterday that the department's investigation is ongoing.
The agency was not permitted to take samples from materials on the farm until late January, after threatening to get a search warrant. Samples were finally taken, but the results have not been made available to the public or press.
MDE is reviewing the data, Stotzfus said, but added that she could not speak about the results.
"Because our investigation is ongoing into possible enforcement actions, we can't really comment," Stotzfus said.
She did say MDE is working closely with the Maryland Attorney General's office on the case.
A decision on whether to pursue enforcement actions over the discharge from Hudson Farm could come down in the next couple of months, Stoltzfus said, but there is no clear deadline in place.


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A new way to give from the heart this Valentine's Day
Last October, we introduced our readers to GIVEN, the new line of apparel inspired by World Vision whose sales help support our global work. Thirty percent of revenue from purchases of the clothing items and accessories is donated to support our programs that serve children, families, and communities around the world.
Today, Kevin Murray, CEO and founder of Jedidiah and Made For Good, writes another guest post in which he shares new opportunities through GIVEN for supporters to honor the women they love by helping women in need this Valentine's Day. We're excited to share this unique gift idea with you!
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Our goal from the outset was to use apparel design, manufacturing, and distribution as a tool to make a difference in the lives of others. We believe that revenue and gift-giving involving a social purpose represents a higher form of capitalism -- one that will enable society to
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This project is especially close to our hearts, as all the styles have been handpicked from artisan communities around the world. Each community and the products they create have a unique story of love, grace, and perseverance. Through the sale of these products, we can empower hardworking, creative people to secure a future for themselves, their families, and communities.
And, in honor of Valentine's Day, GIVEN is now also offering a special gift product for the special women in your life -- the "With All My Heart" Gift Set. This memorable set includes a t-shirt (shown above), a heart necklace from Ecuador, a card featuring a quote from World Vision president Rich Stearns, and a soapstone heart. All of these items come in a red gift box, and, as with other GIVEN products, 30 percent of revenue from sales go toward World Vision's global projects.
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A nearly year-long investigation recently exonerated a Chargers doctor whose player safety care was questioned, a club source said Saturday, but the result hasn't quieted the player union's discontent.
In a Monday statement, DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, said the "concerns we have about Dr. (David) Chao remain."
"The fact is that despite having previous malpractice liability judgements against him," Smith said, "neither the Chargers nor the NFL initiated an inquiry or provided any oversight of the doctor the team selected to provide care for our players. This Article 50 and any subsequent investigations will be initiated when there is credible evidence that calls into question the treatment given to a player and the overall medical care being provided by team selected doctors."
Per Article 50 in the league's collective bargaining agreement, the NFLPA can trigger an investigation from the six-member Joint Committee on Player Safety and Welfare when the union finds a team's medical attention to player safety to be inadequate.
The investigation of Chao began in Feb. 2012. Over its course, three neutral physicians unanimously cleared him, a Chargers source said.
A person familiar with the investigation declined Monday to release specific details about it, citing the privacy agreement in such matters between league and union.
The Chargers declined to respond to Smith's statement. Recent attempts to reach Chao about the investigation were unsuccessful.
Last month, at a press conference in New Orleans, the player union went public with its concerns about Chao. Multiple players, present and former, have since expressed support of the quality of the doctor's care.
Chao has been involved in multiple malpractice lawsuits over recent years.
The union has used his history to address what it views as a larger issue in regard to a team's doctor choice.
"The NFLPA will take every step to hold the NFL and its member clubs accountable to provide the care that they are mandated to provide," Smith said in the statement. "Dr. Chao's previous medical liability issues only increases our desire to engage in a thorough and comprehensive credentialing process to determine which physicians are providing care to our players and how they were selected by the teams."


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Andy asked me about the pans I was using.They are DEFINITELY not "DOP"/certified. But they sure are cheap. And they work great. John K
John,They sure do! I just made my first pizza with the pans you sent me. Cheese caramelized perfectly and they slid right out of the pan.I did have one problem, though: The sides are high and vertical and when I lifted the pizza out, a lot of cheese slopped over the opposite edge. Did you have that problem? Maybe I used too much cheese?Also, can you give me your time and baking temp? Did you cook in a home oven? Where in the oven did you put it: Top rack? Middle? Bottom? Did you use a pizza stone?But most of all: Thanks for sending me the pans! Now if Calphalon would only make an 8 x 10 and 10 x 14 size...Gene
I made a couple pies this Thursday evening with some leftover dough that Norma gave me on Tuesday. About 12 minutes at 500 with foil over top for the last 5.
Steve, does your heat come from the top or the bottom of the oven?
Gene,I have not given up on the "DOP" pans! But I'm too busy right now with other things to battle with re-seasoning, etc. The non-stick pans are a fun and easy cheat!John
What would really help is to know how Shawn Randazzo seasons his pans. I ordered one to see what it was like. The advice I've been reading is to put on multiple thin coats, but the coating on his pans, done in three hours, is quite thick. But the surface is smooth. When I try to season with a thick coating, the surface is sticky/tacky. So I'm guessing that it might be the oil he's using.Anyone out there know what oil he uses, or care to make a guess?Gene
Gene,I can ask Shawn Randazzo what he seasons his pans with, but don't know if he will answer me. I have no idea what Shawn seasons his pans with. My pans have been seasoned many times and they aren't sticky at all. I now season mine at the end of every night for the time being. I don't use a lot of shortening each time I season my pans. I just use a paper towel and gently go over them with shortening and they can be in the oven from anywhere between 5 minutes to being left in the oven until the next week. Norma
I don't know what type oil Shawn is using but he puts on 3-4 thin coats and bakes for about an hour each time. Never put on a thick coat, it will never work.I would guess a cheap oil like canola.It you're doing it yourself use flaxseed oil, it's far tougher. Cook's Illustrated said that a flaxseed oil coating will even stand up to a trip through a commercial dishwasher.I used this technique to season my cast iron pots and skillets.http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/
Norma,Thanks for the reminder! But are you saying now I have to subscribe to the cooling channel to see that show on Buddy's? I just signed up for the cooking channel, now I gotta buy a channel devoted to "all things HVAC???Just kidding! I'll be looking forward to it.John K
Norma,Mine aren't sticky, either - I used multiple thin coats - but the cheese still sticks a bit.I emailed Shawn today to ask him what kind of oil he uses. If I get an answer, I'll post it here.Gene
Gene,If you used multiple thin coats of seasoning your steel pans should soon be good. I also had some spots with cheese sticking problems, but after more seasonings they are now good to go. I have two kinds of steel pans (I think they are the blue steel and the cold rolled steel). Both act the same now. I also had some flaking issues like Jay did with a few of my pans from Shawn, but after more seasonings they don't flake anymore.Maybe you could let your steel pans cool down in the oven. Thanks for emailing Shawn.Norma
Norma,How many coats did you put on before using them for the first time? And then... what? One new coat after baking?How many coats, total, do you think you put on before the cheese stopped sticking completely?Gene
Gene,I really have no idea of how many coats of seasonings I have given my steel pans, but it seems to me it was a lot. My pans even after they weren't sticking started to stick some where the cheese caramelized, so that is when I started seasoning again. I had been seasoning the last few weeks after baking, but this week the pans didn't seem to need seasoning. To explain a little more I am now only making 8x10 pizzas and do keep dough balls in plastic bags because I don't have enough of the small steel pans. Today, I just wiped out the pans with paper towels then just wiped a thin coat of shortening on them and dropped the dough balls that were in the plastic bags into the steel pan. They then went into the deli case with a hat on until I needed them. None of those pizzas stuck to the steel pans. Norma


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Store site could be next home for new Hinsdale police station
HINSDALE, N.H. -- The land upon which a convenience store, damaged in a fire last August, now sits may soon become the site of town's police station, as the property's owner wants to donate the space to the town.
Two public hearings are scheduled so townspeople can learn more about the matter and have their voices heard. The first one is slated for Monday, Nov. 26, at 6:30 p.m., and the second is set for Monday, Dec. 10.
Lewis Major owns the building at 8 Main St. and rented out the store space to Nafiz Alkhatib until August, when a two-alarm fire broke out in an uninhabited apartment on the second floor. No one was harmed in the blaze but Hinsdale Fire Chief Jay Matuszewski said the building suffered some water damage after firefighters from various departments extinguished the flames.
The convenience store has not re-opened.
Major, who has owned the building for about 10 years, said he would like to see a new station built on the lot, as it would likely help beautify Main Street.
"My wife and I were born and brought up here and if there is something nice we can do for the town, we want to do it," he said, adding that he is too old to stay in the rental business and does not want to rebuild. "I'm 74 years old and I've had enough of it."
He said he is not sure what Alkhatib will do when the building is torn down. He said he hasn't spoken to him in a month because Alkhatib's cell phone is out of service.
Peter Zavorotny, chairman of the Hinsdale Police building committee, said he has looked into five locations, including two spots on the New Hampshire Route 119 corridor and a space next to the current police station on River Road. The committee -- made up of Zavorotny, Vice Chairman and Hinsdale Senior Patrolman Mike Bomba, Joe Conroy, Chris Roberts, Katherine Cunningham, Jeanna Major (representative to Hinsdale Middle/High School), and Selectmen Mike Darcy and Richard Schill -- had previously recommended the River Road site.
He said the lot that hosts the convenience store would be fine for a police station but the town would have to purchase the former apartment facility next door to have enough space. The wooden-frame building was damaged in a winter fire a few years ago and has not had any tenants since that time.
Darcy said the building used to house a veterinary clinic years ago and town has the option of purchasing it for $39,000. That possibility is slated to be one of the topics at each public hearing. He said he expects the hearings to be held on the second floor of Town Hall and hopes both have good turnouts because "the voices that are heard, the better."
The public hearings are meant to gauge citizens' support or opposition to developing on the site.
Darcy told the Reformer the town is set up to accept the donation and there is a decent chance the land will eventually hold a new police station. He said a building there would meet all expectations and concerns expressed by townspeople in a survey at Town Meeting a few years ago. Voters also appropriated $25,000 into a Capital Reserve Fund in order to construct a new station by a 103 to 15 margin.
In 2011, the Reformer reported that a townwide questionnaire indicated 11 percent of the town's 314 residents thought the current location was excellent. Nearly 200 rated its condition as fair or poor, more than 60 percent supported the idea of building a new structure and more than a third in favor of a downtown location.
Darcy, like Major, said constructing a police station on the site could help revitalize Hinsdale's downtown area. He also mentioned that it is inspiring anytime something positive can come out of a building being gutted by a fire.
"It seems like a good fit," he said, adding that there would be minimal site costs.
Darcy said the convenience store site is one of a handful the Hinsdale Board of Selectmen have been considering.
Hinsdale Police Chief Todd Faulkner said he is much more focused on getting a new station built than where it would be located. The town's police department have operated out of a temporary facility at 102 River Road since the 1980s.
"We do need a new police station. That has becoming overwhelming abundantly clear," he said, adding that the department is busier than it was two decades ago. "We've outgrown it. It's not safe for us. Every day our officers have to change their tactics to remain safe."
Faulkner said the building is accessible to the public but a bit out of the way.
He said he has heard rumors about a new station being built on the Major's land but has not been approached about it.
Major said if Hinsdale does not accept the land he will have the house taken down before the winter. However, the three-bedroom house (10 Main St.) he rents to family behind the convenience store will remain standing.
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However, I still don't get the Melo hate. He was amazing in leading the Knicks into post-season. Yes, he needs to take a LOT of shots and he needs to be the focal point of our offense. I don't see anything wrong with that mentality. That's what Kobe does with the Lakers.
For Knicks to be a true contender, we need both Melo and Lin to be on the same page. That's Melo and Lin.


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Brazil [1985] (BLU)
Terry Gilliam
Jonathan Pryce (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Robert De Niro (The Godfather) and Michael Palin (Monty Python And The Holy Grail) star in this landmark cult classic that dazzles and thrills with its Academy Award® nominated groundbreaking art direction and sharply satirical original screenplay.
In a future world, a government clerk finds his life destroyed when he tries to correct an administrative error that caused a massive chain reaction of mistaken identity, Despite his efforts, he finds himself an enemy of the state. Hailed as a modern masterpiece, visionary director Terry Gilliam's (Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas) pitch-black comedy takes a highly imaginative and chilling look at a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme and bureaucracy overrules love for the sake of efficiency.
Product Details
- Starring: Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, Bob Hoskins, Katherine Helmond, Kim Greist, Ian Holm
- Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: R
- Label: Universal Studios
- Release Date: 07/12/2011
- Run Time: 132 minutes
- Catalogue #: 62115281