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Gluten Free Facts
The Basics
What is gluten?
Gluten is the protein found in wheat, barley, rye and related wheat species such as spelt and kamut. It helps baked goods keep their form and chewy texture and is also added to other food items more and more, both for consistency and taste purposes.
Helpful Hint: Buckwheat, contrary to its name, is not actually wheat and does not contain gluten.
What foods contain gluten?
The obvious foods that contain gluten include foods made from a flour base. Wheat, barley, and rye based breads, cookies, pastries, and bagels all contain gluten. However, hidden sources of gluten are abundant in many packaged goods from soy sauce to spice mixes, to breath mints. More and more companies are voluntarily labeling their products as gluten free and some even go through a gluten free certification process.
Here is a short list of foods that can have hidden gluten:
- Sausages
- Luncheon meat
- Blue cheese
- Gravy and gravy powder
- Baked beans
- Self basting turkeys
- Sauces
- Soups
- Seasoning Mixes
- Mustards
- Instant coffee
- Brown rice syrup
- Chocolate
- Potato chips
- Soy sauce
- Hot Chocolate
- Licorice
- Pickles
- Salad dressings
- Curry powder
- White pepper
- Malt vinegar
- Marinades
- Candy
- Breath mints
- Oats (while naturally gluten free, there is a risk of contamination through harvesting, milling, and processing; Udi's only uses certified gluten free oats) (1) (2)
For a full list of unsafe ingredients, click here:
Who should eat a gluten free diet?
Some people must eat a gluten free diet because they've been diagnosed with Celiac Disease or Gluten Sensitivity, in which the only cure is a gluten free diet. Others eat gluten free because they suspect gluten is causing them undesirable symptoms that they wish to avoid. Still others have learned that gluten can cause inflammation and therefore they seek to eliminate it from their diet. No matter what your situation, a gluten free lifestyle may be of benefit to you.
Can eating gluten free help athletes perform better?
Many athletes find that they have fewer digestive issues during training and competition if they avoid gluten. Why is that? After a hard workout, people tend to experience some gastrointestinal distress. Athletes who have gone gluten free say that this distress is significantly lessened for them when on a gluten free diet, and disappears altogether when sugary drink intake is limited as well. Gluten is also a large cause of inflammation in the body, and so eliminating it will help reduce inflammation. This can help both digestion and athletic performance.
Loose Labeling Terminology
By Danna Korn, Living Gluten Free for Dummies, 2nd Edition
It would be great if you could just read a label and know what ingredients are in a product. Isn't that the point of having ingredient listings? But unfortunately, labels aren't always telling the entire story, and some ingredients aren't consistent; sometimes they have gluten and sometimes they don't.
A law called the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) that took effect in 2006 has helped – a lot. This law requires clear labeling of all foods that contain any of the top eight allergens – wheat, milk, eggs, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, and soybeans. This means manufacturers must clearly identify wheat and all of its derivatives on food labels.
With the law in place, knowing which foods are definitely off-limits because they contain wheat is much easier. Reading labels and knowing what's in a product is much more definitive, because wheat is really the bulk of what you're avoiding on a gluten-free diet.
Although wheat and its derivatives are now called out on all labels, you still need to watch for other gluten-containing grains (barley, rye, and cross-contaminated oats) and their derivatives, and realize that they can be hidden in flavorings and additives.
Malt usually comes from barley, and products that use malt as a flavoring don't necessarily call it out on the label. Natural flavorings for instance, may contain barley malt but be listed as 'natural flavorings' on a label.
What is Gluten Anyway and Where Is It?
By Danna Korn, Living Gluten Free for Dummies, 2nd edition
Gluten has a couple of definitions; one is technically correct but not commonly used, and the other is commonly used but not technically correct. Here's the common definition: Gluten is a mixture of proteins in wheat, rye, and barley. Oats don't have gluten, but may be contaminated, so they're forbidden on a strict gluten-free diet, too.
You can find lots of information about what you can and can't eat on a gluten-free diet at www.celiac.com or other websites. But you need to have a general idea of what kinds of food have gluten in them so you know what to avoid. Foods with flour in them (white or wheat) are the most common culprits when you're avoiding gluten. The following are obvious gluten-glomming foods:
- Bagels
- Beer
- Bread
- Cookies, cakes, and most other baked goods
- Crackers
- Pasta
- Pizza
- Pretzels
But along with these culprits come not-so-obvious suspects too, like licorice, many (read 'most') cereals, and natural flavorings. When you're gluten-free, you get used to reading labels, calling manufacturers, and digging a little deeper to know for sure what you can and can't eat.
You have to do without these foods, but you really don't have to do without. There's a subtle but encouraging difference. Food manufacturers make delicious gluten-free versions of just about every food imaginable these days.


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Hawaii missile alert: False alarm sparks panic in US state
An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared a false alarm.
Mobile phone users received a message saying: "Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill."
State Governor David Ige apologised and said it was caused by an employee pressing the wrong button.
The US government announced there would be a full investigation
The phone message notification, all in capital letters, went out at 08:07 (18:07 GMT).
It was corrected by email 18 minutes later but there was no follow-up mobile text for 38 minutes, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
pov603 wrote:18 mins, 38 mins...not "just over a quarter of an hour" or "just over a half an hour"...
Mr. Boynton, age 53, has enjoyed an exceptional career in marketing and advertising, having held senior positions for more than 25 years in highly competitive businesses in Canada, the United States and Europe and earning respect as a turnaround and transformational leader.
Mr. Boynton is widely recognized for his experience and expertise in social, digital and mobile strategy and execution, with an emphasis on generating revenue and providing meaningful content for customers. Also, his background in marketing and advanced data analytics and monetization will assist Torstar in offering new and unique opportunities for its advertising and marketing clients.
Since 2014 Mr. Boynton has served as Chief Marketing Officer of the Americas Coalitions business of Aimia Inc., a leading data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics company that owns and operates Aeroplan and other loyalty programs across the globe. At Aimia, he was responsible for leading a team that transformed Aeroplan, resulting in improved revenues, advanced data capabilities for marketing clients and overall operating results.
Before joining Aimia Mr. Boynton was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada's largest media and communications companies. Prior to working for 12 years at Rogers Communications, he held senior executive positions with companies including Sprint Canada, AT&T Canada, Scott's Hospitality and Pepsico.
Mr. Boynton is Co-Vice Chair of the Toronto Region Board of Trade and a member of the board of the Canadian Marketing Association and Prostate Cancer Canada.
Born and raised in Toronto, Mr. Boynton is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business.
He will be the 11th President and CEO of Torstar and the 10th Publisher of the Toronto Star in the newspaper's 125-year history.
"We are very pleased John Boynton has agreed to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar and Publisher of the Toronto Star," said John Honderich, Chair of the Board of Torstar. "John is a proven strategic leader and a turnaround specialist with a unique blend of marketing and advertising experience that will benefit both Torstar's newspapers and its digital businesses.
Kham » January 15th, 2018, 12:44 pm wrote:Should we be using the term sheeple. It's derogitory and most likely given to us by disinformation agents so that we feel superior to those with less knowledge and to feel that we are at the pinnacle of understanding. How do you know you wouldn't panick in such a situation? After all, The military in Hawaii did bomb itself on December 7, 1941, even if it was highly localized in Oahu. Does any of know how far the military is willing to go with one of their campaigns? Can any of us gaurantee these hoaxes have zero civilian casualties? Promoted victims or family members of victims most often appear fake but how about unpromoted victims of which we might not have knowledge.
We also can't confirm which parts of the hoaxes are real or false, although media fakery is a window into contrived images. And by the way, just because an image is fake, doesn't mean the event or parts of the event didn't happen. Seems like street theatre and getting the public (and unaware first responders) involved in some way strengthens the hoaxes.
In December a delegation from Manchester visited Boston, and this week our American cousins returned the favour, sending a group to spend a week in and around our city.
People who had been injured in the Boston Marathon visited Orlando to help people injured in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016, and then people from Boston and Orlando visited Las Vegas after the mass shooting there last year.
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Advocate decries accused's Vatican tour
February 17, 2012
Boston Herald, by O'Ryan Johnson
An advocate for battered women is outraged that a Quincy developer is getting a private guided tour of the Vatican while facing multiple counts of child rape.
"It's ironic in many ways that this is where he is going when he's facing these charges, given the church's continuing struggle in dealing honestly and proactively with the victims of clergy abuse in the U.S. and around the world," said Toni Troop, communications director of Jane Doe Inc. "We long for the day when the response from the Vatican is, 'He is not welcome on a private tour.' "
William O'Connell, 72, a wealthy Quincy real estate mogul who is on pretrial probation as he awaits trial on four counts of child rape, two counts of unnatural acts with a child and trafficking cocaine, was granted a weeklong pass to visit the Holy See with his brother and stay at the church-owned Columbus Hotel, according to court documents.
"The purpose of this trip is to have a religious experience by having many private guided tours of the Vatican in order to more thoroughly understand the history of the Roman Catholic Church," read the paperwork filed by O'Connell's lawyer, Stephen Delinsky.
Boston archdiocese spokesman Terry Donilon said the archdiocese was not involved in O'Connell's trip and did not play a role in its planning.
The motion granting O'Connell permission to take his European vacation was allowed with the consent of prosecutors, according to Norfolk Superior Court Judge Kenneth Fishman's ruling. Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey's office hired special prosecutor Andrew Berman to handle the case because of conflicts. Morrissey's office referred calls to Berman, who did not return repeated calls for comment yesterday.
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The storm after the storm
"Isn't there anything I can do?"
In the chemotherapy ward of a Houston hospital, Chaille White pleaded with the nurses behind the admissions desk to allow her the treatment she desperately needed. She had arrived for her appointment with little left to lose. In the months since Hurricane Katrina had swallowed her hometown of New Orleans, much of what had sustained the 26-year-old had fallen like dominoes. A noxious black mold carpeted every inch of her condemned house. Chaille (pronounced "Shay-lee") and her 3-year-old daughter, Hailey, had evacuated with a single suitcase hours before landfall. With the state in crisis, she had lost her job as a receptionist with the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners. And with it, she had lost her health insurance—a catastrophe for a woman who has struggled with lupus since age 16. White had long fought the autoimmune disease with powerful drugs, but six months without access to specialists had taken its toll: Lupus was now attacking her kidneys. Chemo was the only thing standing between White and a lifetime on dialysis.
On February 28, the last domino fell: Her five months of emergency Medicaid, extended to 50,000 Katrina survivors by the state of Texas, expired. When White arrived at Conroe Regional Medical Center near Houston on March 2, the nurses explained that without insurance, the only way she could get chemo was to pay half the price of each $3,500 treatment up front. "We had lost everything," the single mother says. "I couldn't come up with that kind of money." The nurses simply shook their heads and sent her home.
By now, the stories of ruin caused by Hurricane Katrina are heartbreakingly familiar. But for White, as for the approximately 44 percent of other Katrina evacuees who had no health insurance after the storm, the hurricane was only the beginning of the devastation. When Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, it laid bare every weakness of the American health care system—first and foremost, that your health insurance is so often connected to your job. Roughly 200,000 working people lost coverage when they lost their job, estimates Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Like White, the bulk of them are middle- or working-class residents, not destitute enough to qualify for public insurance and not wealthy enough to afford a private policy, which can cost from $50 to more than $400 per month, says Fred Cerise, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals in Baton Rouge. The trend is mirrored nationwide as companies cut back on benefits and the government does less to fill the gaps. "This is a wake-up call," says Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C. "It speaks to how fragile the employment based insurance system can be." And the massive job loss came on top of so many other miseries. "Generally, we talk about people losing their jobs and insurance, but not also their home, their possessions, their schools, their community," Rowland says.
One year later, the survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being robbed of their health. In New Orleans, White had seen a rheumatologist and kidney specialist monthly. The private insurance she got through work had covered it all. Living with a chronic disease for nearly a decade had made her tough—stoic, even. But she also knew that her symptoms would be likely to flare up after her flight from the gathering storm. "Lupus has made me a stronger person, better able to deal with things," she says. "But the more stressed out I get, the more problems it creates."
Nearly 4 in 10 female caregivers who were displaced reported that their health was only fair or poor—a much higher number than before the storm, according to a study by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. An "astonishingly high" 68 percent of women showed signs of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), says David Abramson, lead investigator for the study. "Every day that passes that people don't get health care will have an impact down the road," Abramson says. "We are looking at decades' worth of problems."
On the eve of Katrina's landfall, White had watched the news reports with weary resignation. "I had left so many times before, and it was always a false alarm," she recalls. "We knew that we needed to get out. But you could never have told us we would not be going back." In the predawn hours of Monday, August 29, 2005, White's extended family gathered near her home in the sleepy, tree-lined Gentilly neighborhood, and headed for the only hotel where they could find vacancies, a Marriott a five-and-a-half-hour drive west in Houston. They were five cars full, four sprawling generations who had lived in the city their entire lives. One of White's uncles and his wife were among the only ones who stayed behind. "He helped build the levees," White says. "He was sure that they wouldn't fail." Two days later, he was swept off his roof and drowned while his wife watched; the Coast Guard later plucked her to safety.
In New Orleans, White and her daughter had lived with her mother, Ranata, the owner of a temporary staffing service. "We loved our house," White says wistfully. They had shared a three-bedroom home with a backyard garden, often hosting family barbecues by the pool. In Houston, the three crowded into a single hotel room for nearly two months. Unable to obtain one of the limited number of rooms that FEMA subsidized, they dipped into their savings to pay the hotel bills until they could secure a townhouse using rent vouchers from the city. "To have three people in one room for two months—and one of them a 2-year-old? It was miserable," White says.
Nevertheless, she quickly found a new job helping out at the Disaster Recovery Center in Houston, where evacuees went to get aid and information. The job did not provide health insurance, so her only option was Texas's emergency Medicaid offer. (Louisiana residents who lost their employer-sponsored coverage did not receive even this benefit; a bipartisan federal bill to give emergency Medicaid to all Katrina victims was opposed by the Bush administration and blocked by a handful of conservative senators who objected to its cost.)
Despite her persistence, White couldn't find a lupus specialist who would accept Medicaid. Doctors in many states, not only those affected by Katrina, find it so complicated to get reimbursed by the program that they turn away its patients, according to physician surveys. So in November, when she broke out in itchy, red spots, White went to the emergency room—the first stop for most underinsured Americans. Doctors at Northwest Medical Center in Houston had little to go on: White's medical records had been destroyed. It was a pervasive problem. Hundreds of patients had turned up at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, for example, not knowing which combination of chemotherapy they needed. "The medical records were gone," Abramson says. "The medications were gone. Providers were gone. Patients had no way to get referrals or to show what drugs they were taking." Electronic medical records, still a rarity in the United States, would have prevented the problem, because paper files are vulnerable to flooding, says Nancy Szemraj, communications manager for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in Washington, D.C.
That November day, doctors told White the hives were stress-induced and sent her home with an antibiotic. But she was back in the emergency room right before Thanksgiving; this time, doctors at Northwest lanced a massive, infected boil that stretched across her abdomen. In December, she returned to Northwest twice, first with uncontrollable vomiting, which doctors said was related to a bladder infection, and then shortly after Christmas with dangerously spiking blood pressure. Four days later, she left work early with a crushing migraine. "It felt like my head was going to explode," she says. "I knew I needed to get back to the hospital." This time, ER doctors at Memorial Hermann Medical Center consulted a nephrologist. "She needs to be admitted immediately," he told them. White's kidneys were failing.
In addition to chemotherapy, the doctors prescribed a drug regimen that cost White $600 a month, even with Medicaid. Chemo knocked her flat and left her immune system so weak that she was forced to resign from her job at the disaster center. She pulled Hailey out of day care—the risk that she would bring home a virus was too great. But the sacrifices seemed worth it: Tests on her kidneys were promising.
Then White's Medicaid expired. "I've contacted my doctor, but there is nothing he could do to get me insurance," she said in March, after being turned away from the hospital. By day, she worked the phones, calling lawmakers and lupus advocates, reapplying to Medicaid. "I've gone door to door to hospitals to see if they would take me—anything so that I can continue my treatments," she says. At night, after she tucked in Hailey, she lay in her own bed, unable to sleep. She stared at the ceiling and said a quiet prayer.
Despite all her losses, White still had too many assets to receive Medicaid under its standard rules: For a single mother with one child in Texas, the annual income ceiling to qualify is a mere $2,772. And "singles and childless couples, even if they are literally penniless, are ineligible for public coverage," says Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a health care advocacy group in Washington, D.C. "The safety net is more hole than webbing." Employees who leave their job can keep their coverage for 18 months under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA, passed in 1986. But they typically must pay the full cost, plus a 2 percent fee. And workers at companies with fewer than 20 employees aren't eligible. Of those people who do qualify, Pollack says, "more than four out of five don't participate—that's clearly a question of affordability." Yet efforts to make insurance cheaper, such as government subsidies, tax credits and market reforms, have fallen flat in Congress in recent years. Even the Katrina debacle has not been enough to rouse much interest, says Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and founder of the Center for Health Transformation in Washington, D.C. "If government leadership would take advantage of this opportunity, it could be a genuine moment of innovation," he says. "What's frustrating is that I don't see any evidence of a serious effort in that direction."
In the case of the Katrina uninsured, experts are keenly worried about people neglecting their peace of mind as well as their physical condition. The number of psychiatrists in three Louisiana parishes dropped from 251 before the hurricane to the full-time equivalent of fewer than 33, according to state figures. Worse, the full extent of the trauma may not have revealed itself. "A person might not have been depressed in the immediate aftermath, but eight months of living out of a trailer or in a shelter, not knowing how you'll pay your bills, has brought on depression," says Raymond Crowel, a psychologist and vice president for mental health and substance abuse services for the National Mental Health Association in Alexandria, Virginia. Even a strong thunderstorm can trigger PTSD in a hurricane survivor, sometimes years later. Crowel sighs at the prospect. "This is a continuing, slow-motion disaster."
Chaille White went two months without chemotherapy before applying for disability under Social Security—essentially an admission that, at 26, she would never work again. At press time, she was receiving temporary Social Security payments until the government could process her claim. She restarted her monthly treatments May 1, and doctors have been encouraged by her progress. Still, her spirits darken in the days following her treatments, when her migraines pound and her immune system is so weak she can hardly get out of bed.
In these moments, White and her mother remind themselves to be thankful. They pray for survivors of the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, who had virtually no health care at all. They pray for the thousands of Gulf Coast neighbors who lost their lives, for those torn from their families. "I have good days and bad days, but I can't feel sorry for myself," she says. "There are a lot of other people who have nothing at all." —Additional reporting by Ana Mantica
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Injuries such as the one suffered by a Cowboys scout happen more often than people may think, according to a doctor at the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation in Dallas.
Scouting assistant Rich Behm, 33, was permanently paralyzed when high winds ripped though the Cowboys' indoor practice facility on Thursday.
Dr. Lance Bruce said he sees about 100 new traumatic spinal injury patients a year.
"They occur in anything that puts enough stress on the bones to cause them to break or to be pushed out of position," Bruce said.
He added that common causes of spinal injuries include car wrecks and severe falls.
Behm is one of three Cowboys staff members who are still hospitalized. Team officials said he suffered a fracture to the 10th thoracic vertebrae, which severed his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
"If the cord was totally torn in two, then we normally do not anticipate that to show any recovery," Bruce said.
Bruce said treatment for spinal cord injuries often depends on which parts of the body are still working.
"In this case, you would anticipate that the arms would work normally," Bruce said. "We teach this person how to dress themselves, move around, put their hands down at their sides, lift their rear-end up and scoot, and learn to live with their arms."


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The name Night-Mare is a misnomer, though not entirely without foundation. During the founding years of the Realm Aterrizar, the mythozoological species of Equus Vigilia was brought to the very edge of extinction.
The species was dwindled down to a herd of 13 mares. Now, in ancient times, this breed of animal wandered in and out of the realms of unconscious dreaming, delivering dreams and visions, prophecies and nightmares to whom they were meant to. But some were disconcerted by this and sought out the herds of the horses, and brought battle to them. While the petty humans were initially poor at this task, they adapted quickly, and gained the upper hand. Within a few generations, the Night-Watch horses were all but destroyed. It was during this bleak time that several sought out patrons among the unholy and the damned as they felt betrayed by the forces of light and the Dreaming.
They became fell and black, their hooves strike stone like steel, showering the cold earth in silent sprays of sparks. Flame and the scent of brimstone followed them as they thundered up out of the various hells to bring their dark gifts to a world that had scorned them, and declared itself too serious, and unneeding of petty concerns of daydreams and flights of fancy. During this time, the Unicorn was driven into hiding, and pity the pegasi whom were slain to the bitter last for the gift of their wings. Curses upon that bloodline that spilled the heartsblood of the last.
It was during the sixth turning of the wheel that the few nightmares made their way to Aterrizar, escaping their infernal stable-masters and demonic groomsmen. They had followed the bright path and found a realm that sang of the old ways, and they were unharmed by the light of the blowing sun. They laughed and froliced in the seas of grass, and were for a time contented.
But soon, there was discontent, they were still but 13, and the urging of the moon was in their loins, but there were no stallions left in the whole of creation. The answer came in the form of a thickly muscled, and scarred unicorn stallion.
The first generation of Equus Vigilia, more correctly E. Vigilia-Monoceros displayed the black coloration of the night-watch, but also had the long leonine tail and horn of a unicorn. This hybrid became less and less noticable as the E. Vigilia continued to breed back into their own herd, as well as crossing over into the few unicorn mares who were willing to breed.
From this came the restored bloodline of the Nightwatch horses, which are still refered to as Nightmares despite the presence of both genders, and the ill-tempered breed of Black Unicorn, E. Monoceros-Noctus.
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The 13 foundation mares still exist, having been blessed, or cursed with immortality. As such they are quite intelligent and have garnered powers well outside the norm for a magical species. Each has the normal nightmare powers over dreamcrafting, immunities to fire and such. Each also has the power to appear a human being, limited spell-casting powers, and the ability to hide from prying eyes.
The Nightwatch breed is tied to the cycle of the moon, becoming the most agressive during the full-moon, and all but vanished during the darkness of the new moon.


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NEW YORK (LowCards.com) — Anyone getting Social Security or other federal benefits has until March 1 to switch to electronic payments or prepaid debit cards.
In a cost-saving measure, the government started a program in May 2011 to eventually eliminate the paper checks distributed for Social Security, Veteran Affairs, Supplemental Security Income and other government programs. According to Treasury officials, a mailed check costs the government 92 cents more than a payment made by electronic transfer.
Eligible recipients were required to move to direct deposits or the prepaid debit cards called "Direct Express." They have until March 1 to make this switch.
More than 90% of these payments are being made electronically. The government is still mailing more than 5 million checks each month, though, costing an estimated $4.6 million. These consumers now have less than two months to make the change.
"We won't interrupt their payment, but we will be communicating with them in a more personal direct way," Walt Henderson, a Treasury official, told CNN.
Recipients who need help switching to electronic payments can visit a special website or call the Go Direct call center at 800-333-1795.


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Weds D&D-5pm
November 20 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating indefinitely
We are starting a new to D&D campaign for Weds (Oct 2019). Space in the group each week is first come, first sign up, and very subject to the DM's being healthy and present. (Check the website/twitter feed for last minute updates/announcements).
Dungeons and Dragons: Encounters
When: Every Wed,
Time: ~ 5 pm play (may very based on DM)
Cost: 15$ per player-limit is 7 players per table currently two tables.
What is D&D? Dungeons & Dragons is the game the popularized role playing. Created in the mid-70's,D&D was unique in casting one of the players in the role of the Dungeon Master. A person who both kept the secrets of the world that the other players were trying to discover, and acted as a living interpreter of the rules, allowing players to try all sorts of creative solutions to problems they encounter, and not be limited by only what the original game creators set down on paper. This was quite literally a game-changer, in that it really allowed people to use their imaginations to inhabit characters that they created and moved through the world. It works best when the players access the freedom of their 8-12 year old selves and create characters that are ones they would have chosen to play on a playground.
Character Creation.
Each DM chooses how character creation is done. If by rolling, it must be done in the store with an official watching, however, if it uses the customize ability scores method (which is the default for D20) you can create a character at home and bring it in.
(From the D&D5.0 Wikia on creating a character…)
Players have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of each score is shown on the Ability Score Point Cost table. For example, a score of 14 costs 7 points. Using this method, 15 is the highest ability score you can end up with, before applying racial increases. You can't have a score lower than 8.
This method of determining ability scores enables you to create a set of three high numbers and three low ones (15, 15, 15, 8, 8, 8), a set of numbers that are above average and nearly equal (13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12), or any set of numbers between those extremes
Character Sheets | Dungeons & Dragons
Includes a full set of fifth edition D&D character sheets, plus three additional styles of double-sided character sheets. Each character sheet provides plenty of room to keep track of everything that makes a character unique. Also included is an introductory character sheet designed specifically to help ease new players into the game.


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Falcon already has experience of the Russian wind market as it currently operates several projects in Russia's Kalmykia republic through its local subsidiary, Alten.
According to an Alten spokesman, the company plans to build the 51MW in 2015 in Kalmykia,investing more than EUR 60 million.
Part of the funds for the project will be provided by Germany's Landesbank Berlin and Russia's Sberbank, the country's largest bank, owned by the state.
The implementation of the project is part of an agreement Falcon Capital signed with the government of Kalmykia in June 2007 to construct wind farms totalling up to 300MW. The total investment is estimated at EUR 600 million.
Other investors did not participate in the tender, probably due to the strict local sourcing requirements, as well as unclear state policy on renewables. Under the terms of the contest, investors should ensure a minimum of 50% of local sourcing for equipment in 2015, and at least 70% in 2016-2018.
Russian analysts believe that this feeling is quite understandable. According to Sergey Tulyakov, head of wind developer Vetro OGK, which is part of Russian power engineering company Atomenergomash, blades are still not produced in Russia, and not enough components can be produced locally to meet the requirement.
Although interest from foreign investors in making turbine components in Russia has significantly increased, it takes time to build a production base, Tulyakov said. To make the production of wind blades in Russia economically feasible, 2GW of wind would have to be build per year, he added.
Gamesa and the GE are among the potential investors in the building of wind-power component factories, according to Tulyakov.
Last year Russian solar and wind developer Solar Energy Group of Companies won a previous wind tender. The company applied to build 105MW of wind generation during the period of 2016-2018. The company is now searching for partners in the project and construction work could start by the end of the year.


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|Meet/Officials Coordinator, Jumps and Middle Distance
Mary Birdwell begins her seventh season as the volunteer assistant cross country and track & field coach at Birmingham-Southern.
Birdwell spent over 43 years in the high school ranks, combining 29 years at Hoover City Schools as a teacher and coach of cross country/track & field, gymnastics, tennis, basketball, volleyball and swimming. Throughout her coaching career she has produced cross country and indoor championships (8), guided two swimming teams and one gymnastics team to titles, and her freshman teams won nine state crowns. This dedicated coach has also served for the past 33 years as Hoover Parks and Recreation USATF Track Club director and Youth Chair Alabama USATF.
In 2002, Birdwell was inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Hall of Fame and the Oak Ridge High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Birdwell is a widow and has two sons, Paul (married to Liz) and Andy (recently engaged). She has one grandchild, Emily.


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Coast Guard plane in NH strikes snow buntings during takeoff, makes unscheduled landing
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) � A Coast Guard plane hit birds while taking off at New Hampshire's Portsmouth International Airport at Pease and had to make an unscheduled landing.
Airport Manager Bill Hopper says eight crewmembers were aboard the CN-235, a twin turboprop plane, when it departed around 11 a.m. Monday.
It hit some snow buntings and the pilot turned the flight around check for damage. No damage was discovered and the plane was soon underway.
Hopper says the pilot "made a good choice." The airport has a wildlife plan to reduce the chance of bird-strikes, including inspections and the use of pyrotechnics to scare birds off.
It was a bird-strike that forced Capt. Chesley Sullenberger to put United Flight 1549 down in New York's Hudson River in January 2009. All 155 people aboard survived.


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Micetro is Bad Dog's weekly competitive shortform show, where 9 improvisors work together to score points per scene. After each round the people with the most points continue to the next round. The person with the most points at the end of the hour wins the $5 grand prize, and is guaranteed a spot in next weeks show.
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These are all the News & Announcements posted in June, 2014.
Wednesday, 25
Library Closed for Independence Day
The library will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, and will be closed all of Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5 in recognition of Independence Day. We will resume normal hours on Monday, July 7.
Enjoy your holiday!
Posted By Logan Library at 11:35 AM / Category:Library Closed
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¡Vengan a escuchar cuentos en español!
¡Vengan a escuchar cuentos en español!
Todos los miércoles a las 10:00 a.m.
Aula Jim Bridger, en la biblioteca de Logan
Cuentos para niños de hasta 7 años
Los padres están cordialmente invitados
Everyone welcome!
Spanish language storytime!
Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
Jim Bridger Room, Logan Library
Stories for children up to seven
Parents are invited
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Staff Reading Pick
Book: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Recommended by: Joseph, Adult Nonfiction Librarian
In this first novel of Brother Cadfael, the medieval monk and amateur sleuth, Peters takes us along as the Benedictine brothers travel to a small Welsh village in order to claim the relics of a neglected saint as their own. But when the community's most outspoken opponent of the relocation is murdered, Cadfael sets out to discover the killer and ends up becoming involved in the miracles attendant upon the saint. A wonderful, short mystery that has become a classic in the genre.
The television adaptation starring Derek Jacobi is also highly recommended.
Want more reading suggestions? View previous staff picks.
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The average Brit makes 104 social arrangements every year – but will only actually turn up to half of them, according to a new study from Mentos.
The research revealed the extent to which Britain has become a 'cancellation nation' – with one in three admitting they say "yes" to every invite - whether they intend to go or not.
The majority of Brits claimed they are usually "too tired" to go out – with a further 36 percent admitting they would simply rather stay in, and
one in ten claimed they would avoid a night out if their favourite TV programme was on.
And it would appear honesty is not the best policy for the majority of us – with almost 60 per cent claiming it is "easier to make an excuse" to get out of something.
The ease at which we are now able to cancel was revealed as the main reason for the "cancellation nation" – with 80 percent claiming it is easier to cancel in this day and age because of email, text and messaging apps.
The study also found we are most likely to blow out work colleagues (54 percent), with friends (28 percent) next in line.
A spokesman for Mentos, said: "Connecting with family and friends is so important in life, as is building new friendships. Often there can be a little nervousness about meeting new people, but at Mentos we want to encourage people to make the first step, as it could lead to a great friendship. Hopefully as Christmas approaches, Brits won't be double booking themselves, and will end the year on a social high."
Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopolous added: "What we all have to remember is that stepping out of our comfort zone and making fresh connections is good for our physical and mental wellbeing. We all need to make the time to say yes because the simple act of getting out and connecting with new, and old friends is so important."


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Henry W. Dean, the Hospital's first physician, was born in Morrisville, Madison County, New York, on August 22, 1818, and settled in Rochester in 1839. Three years later he graduated from the Geneva Medical College. In 1854, he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Rochester. From 1861 until his death he served as a member of the Board of Directors of that institution.
According to Dr. Harvey Montgomery, Dr. Dean approached him in late 1863 about offering their "gratuitous services, as physician and surgeon to the charity subjects received into this Hospital." Shortly afterwards, they were appointed as Rochester City Hospital's staff. Dr. Dean remained active on the staff until his death on January 13, 1878. (Hospital Review, 15 February 1878)
Throughout his career, Dr. Dean was active in civic institutions. Professionally he was a regular contributor to medical journals and a member of the New York State Medical Society for which he served as president in 1865.


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Half of the largest broker-dealers reported positive earnings growth in the second quarter of 2011, while others reported losses due to one-time charges and other issues. According to Bloomberg, the average earnings growth reported by financial companies in the S&P 500 Index was 15.7% for the period.
Here are 10 companies that had the "high honor" of AdvisorOne selecting as five of the Best and five of the Worst performers in the second quarter.
5th Best: JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase, led by Jamie Dimon (left), reported a 17% year-over year increase in second-quarter profits, which were $5.4 billion, or $1.27 per share, in the latest period vs. $4.8 million, or $1.09 per share, a year ago. Revenue grew 7% to $27.4 billion.
The bank continues to grapple with legal problems in its home-lending unit, and its retail financial-services group recently set aside a $1.1 billion provision for credit losses.
4th Best:
Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab said its second-quarter net income was $238 million, or 20 cents a share, up roughly 18% from $205 million, or 17 cents a share, in the year-ago period.
Net revenues were nearly $1.2 billion in the recent period, up about 10% from nearly $1.1 billion a year earlier. The total number of average daily trades declined 9% year over year and 16% quarter over quarter to about 397,000. Schwab says client assets in Schwab retail advisory offerings grew 20% year over year to $113 billion as of June 30.
3rd Best:
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo reported record net income of $3.9 billion, or $0.70 per share, for the second quarter of 2011, up from $3.1 billion, or $0.55 per share, a year ago, for a roughly 27% improvement.
The Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement group—which includes Wells Fargo Advisors—had net income of $333 million in the June quarter, up from $270 million a year ago but down slightly from $339 in the quarter ending in March.
2nd Best: Ameriprise
Ameriprise Financial said net income from operations was $313 million, or $1.25 per share—a jump of 29% over last year's results of $257 million, or $0.97 per share.
Revenues for the period were $2.62 billion. Operating earnings from continuing operations—which include 9,663 advisors and exclude results at its troubled broker-dealer Securities America—were $328 million, or $1.31 per share, up 21% from a year ago.
Best: LPL
LPL Investment Holdings, parent company of LPL Financial—seen here celebrating it's 2010 IPO— reported second-quarter net income of $45.5 million, or $0.40 per share, vs. year-ago net income of $ 8 million, or $0.08 per share—a jump in its profits of 470%.
Total advisory and brokerage assets hit $340.8 billion, while net new advisory assets were $3.1 billion. Also, the company says it added 594 new advisors during the past 12 months.
Read next pages for 5 Worst Broker-Dealers for Q2.
5th Worst:
TD Ameritrade
TD Ameritrade—being led by CEO Fred Tomczyk (purple tie) celebrating something other than this earnings report—said its fiscal third-quarter 2011 earnings fell 12% to $157.4 million, or $0.27 per share, from $179.4 million, or $0.30 per share, a year ago.
Revenue declined 1% year over year to $684.8 million. Average client trades per day were roughly 370,000, down from 440,000 in the previous quarter and 413,000 in the year-ago period (which included the May "flash crash.") The company says it attracted 260 "breakaway brokers" from national firms in the past three quarters.
4th Worst:
Raymond James
Raymond James Financial, led by Paul Reilly (left) and Dick Averitt (center), reported net income of $46.8 million, or $0.37 per share, for the period ended June 30—a roughly 23% drop from net income of $60.7 million, or $0.48 per share, for the year-ago period.
Net revenues were $850.4 million, up 14% year over year, and "essentially flat" with the prior quarter, Raymond James said in a press release. The firm reported quarterly records for assets under management ($36.6 billion) and assets under administration ($278 billion) as of June 30, 2011.
3rd Worst: UBS
UBS reported that its second-quarter net income dropped 50% to 1 billion Swiss francs, or 0.26 Swiss francs per share, vs. 2 billion Swiss francs, or 0.52 Swiss francs per share.
The Swiss-based banks said the strengthening of the Swiss franc and lower trading income were largely to blame. Its wealth-management unit in the Americas with 6,862 advisors had net new money of 2.6 billion Swiss francs in the period vs. inflows of 3.6 billion Swiss francs in the first quarter and outflows of 2.6 billion Swiss francs in the year-ago quarter.
2nd Worst:
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley, led by James Gorman (left), reported a net loss of $558 million, or $0.38 per share, for the second quarter vs. a gain of $1.578 billion, or $0.80 per share, a year ago. This represents a year-over-year decrease in profits of 135% and 148% in EPS.
Revenue, though, moved up 16% to $9.3 billion vs. $8 billion a year ago. Cuts in the global advisor force contributed to improvements in both average revenue (or fees and commissions) per advisor and average AUM per FA.
Bank of America
Bank of America said it had a net loss of $8.8 billion, or $0.90 per share, for the second quarter vs. a gain of $3.1 billion, or $0.27 per share, a year ago—a drop of 383% for net income and 435% for EPS.
But total sales for wealth management, led by Sallie Krawcheck, were nearly $4.5 billion in the second quarter on net income of $506 million vs. sales of $4.2 billion a year ago and net income of $329 million. The number of Merrill Lynch advisors rose to 16,241 in the second quarter, up from 15,299 last year.
More Top 10 lists from AdvisorOne:
Top 10 Worst Tax States for Retirees;
Top 10 Biggest Tax Breaks: What to Cut to Trim Deficit?
Top 10 Wealthiest U.S Cities


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How to Choose a Health Club
Choosing a health club for your exercise needs can be complicated. Some cities don't have many health clubs to choose from, while others seem to have one on every corner. Whether it's a hoity-toity spa facility or a transformed auto garage shop with fitness equipment doesn't matter. What's important is that you feel comfortable and you use it.
Here are some pointers to help you decide which health club to join:
Location! Location! Location!: If you're not near the gym, you're less likely to use it. Consider where you work. It's possible that a location near your office may be more convenient than near your home. Stop in after work, do your workout, leave refreshed, and possibly miss all the traffic.
Cost: Consider your budget. If you're stressing about making payments, the health benefits are lessened. Invest in one that suits your checkbook. Prices range from $300 to $3,000 a year. Calculate benefits in your cost. For example, if childcare is included, you can save money in the long run.
Just because a gym is cheap doesn't mean that it's no good, nor is an expensive one necessarily good. Try a one-week free trial to size it up.
Question the staff: Are they friendly? Knowledgeable? It helps to have a prepared list of questions so you don't forget anything.
Question the members: The best way to find out the real scoop on a gym is to talk to the current members. They usually love to gossip to potential members. Locker rooms are great for this camaraderie.
Try out the equipment: Make sure you're comfortable using the equipment. Check out the quality. If most of the pieces are draped with "Out of order" signs, that's not a good sign.
Check limitations: Several gyms limit the time you spend on equipment, or they limit towels, hours, and so on. Be sure that your gym doesn't implement too many limitations.
Rate the cleanliness: Gyms are breeding grounds for germs. Make sure the place is kept up. Check the locker rooms, showers, and rest rooms. Do they regularly wipe down the equipment and vacuum?


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They say I can end these niggas careers. One by one piece by piece. Its just a jungle nigga, welcome to the jungle
I live life for the edge, soil the beasts
Where you play games and get your head broken to pieces
Haters don't say my name but its one of they nieces
Came a long way from tucking heat under the fleeces
Man they sleeping on the boss but I'm seeing their features
Can't look me in the eyes cuz the stares is cold
I'm so cold like the ice that was made in snow
Heart burn like a match set the game on fire
Lil B for Lil Boss when I come be fired
Man the dro burn slow off the blunt I'm higher
15 I was living every mans desire
Came straight out the hood with the peon vest
I throw shots like a beast so I'm Ron Artest
When I fire off my gun bet my arm don't rest
Sending money through the wire like I'm Kanye West
I bounce back double up that was all I get
Smooth dude real goon that was smooth as piss
Can't stop what you can't see word to my dick
Eating salad everyday thinking that I'm rich
Dress her up break it down cuz she really a bitch
Can't trust them in the game cuz they really a snitch
Where your heart at we coming from the bottom where the dark at
Crabs in the bucket so they mad when you spark that
So I gotta spark back
The pump make your head shake
The 45 bullets go dumb like the dread check
Infrared beam on your head thats the lead-weight
Cock thing back and make hell then the jailbreak
But its not TV I really make the cell break
Cell popping mobsters
Living like monsters
I'm too nice rap on cue like its the Oscars
The old school swag with the Bentleys and the Mazdas
Bitch called me masta, high like in NASA
What is costs to be me? Think big body
All my life all I wanted was to be somebody
I would write a lot of raps, then I meet somebody
That would understand my grind who would see somebody
Have dinner at a table take a seat somebody
My Boss Lil Boss lemme greet somebody
No I'm not a porn star but I eat somebody
Rap game give me 10 feet, I beat somebody
Rap with the lock jaw
Rob with the ski mask
Ski with your right hand don't make ya relapse
Feel Jadakiss because I'm coming where you be at
I'm making buzz like I'm rapping where the bees at
Yeah shit I put my city on the world at my back now
Potential is whats everything
Coming from my background
Dudes getting rich you never see em coming back round
They friends turn on em
His head lay his back down
I've been with this shit you can check it on my background
Holding on money hitting six licks
High school hood rich stolen cars and a zip
Give em dub for the 10
Could've held back prices
All my fiends come back like I planted devices
Rocked Vans now I switched up from Jordens and Nikes
Man B, you the best thats word to my psyche
A lot of dudes say hey and they really don't like me
Cuz I fuck your main bitch and I ain't even be icy
2 chains 4 rings goddamn thats pricey
Feel asleep on first class eating chicken on planes
Getting off the planes seeing limousines and the ranges
How I calculate my life shit, its life and the pain
Staying wet, staying fresh, forever its raining
Goddamn I'm god so you can't contain em
The only thing stopping me is my face
I look in the mirror I see a person that I could never disgrace
Before I'm in the streets homeless I would catch me a case
Yeah, I would catch me a case
Lemme take this shit back lemme stay in my place
Best thing you gotta do is stay in your place
Lil B for Lil Boss and I'm winning the race


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Widely regarded as one of the greatest strategy games ever, X-Com is a game with compelling gameplay and generous depth even by today's standards, and was an amazing achievement given the technology available in 1993. IGN calls it the #1 PC game of all time.
|The world map is astounding. It's a real 3d world you can spin and view in real time, like Google Earth. No, you can't zoom in and see things in detail, but you can see national borders and major cities.
|Unlike in the movies, the aliens aren't just here to conquer New York or LA.
|Here one of my units has entered a room with a couple of filthy alien scum. You can tell they're evil by how purple their funiture is.
The game begins with the geoscape, a map of the Earth where you can see your bases and order your forces to move against any enemies you've managed to detect. There is a running day / night cycle, and you can plan missions to take place at day or night, depending on your preference. (Super-secret expert hint: It is dark at night.)
|The base view screen. You can have up to eight bases anywhere on the globe. All of them are belong to us.
|Your soldiers gain experience and improve with each mission, assuming they survive. You can hire more soldiers whenever you like, but constantly marching into battle with a collection of pants-wetting noobs is not recommended.
There is a lot here, and I've only scratched the surface. I can't believe this game even fit into memory back then. (It only requires 2MB.) There are two or three strategy games layered together here, and all of them are compelling and fun. I went through the game last weekend in preparation for this post, and it was just as fun now as it was four years ago. The patched version is also easy to get running, without needing to fiddle with DOS emulators or slowing down your CPU. The graphics, while old, are still nice to look at.
If you're running Windows, you can get a working version of the game from The Underdogs. It's just a 3MB download, although that site is throtled back so much that it took me 15 minutes to get the file. If that site is too slow or you can't get to it from where you are (I'm talking to YOU, people surfing the 'net from work) then I have the file mirrored here. Just run the installer and then run xcom1fix.exe for Win 2000/ME/XP.
The Terrible New Thing
Fidget spinners are ruining education! We need to... oh, never mind the fad is over. This is not the first time we've had a dumb moral panic.
Trusting the System
How do you know the rules of the game are what the game claims? More importantly, how do the DEVELOPERS know?
Grand Theft Railroad
Grand Theft Auto is a lousy, cheating jerk of a game.
Free Radical
The product of fandom run unchecked, this novel began as a short story and grew into something of a cult hit.
Silent Hill 2 Plot Analysis
A long-form analysis on one of the greatest horror games ever made.


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Death toll from Joplin tornado reaches at least 116
JOPLIN, Mo. — The death toll from Sunday's tornado is now 116, city officials said Monday afternoon, with an estimated 400 injured.
But there was some good news, City Manager Mark Rohr said: Rescuers pulled seven people from the debris Monday.The rescue effort will continue through the night.
"We're going to cover every foot of this town to make sure every person here, who was here, is accounted for," Gov. Jay Nixon said. "...There are still lives out there that need to be saved."
The tornado, estimated to be an EF4 by the National Weather Service, tore a six-mile-long path from one-half to three-quarters of a mile wide through the middle of Joplin on Sunday. Much of the city's south side was leveled, with churches, schools, businesses and homes reduced to ruins by winds estimated as high as 190 to 198 mph. Officials have estimated 2,000 buildings were damaged.
Rescuers have made three sweeps, block by block, in their search for survivors. Authorities have not released names or other details of the victims.
"There are going to be some things out there that are hard to see and hard to stomach," Nixon said.
The harsh images will stick in people's minds.
Not just the denuded trees, or the buildings twisted or turned to rubble, or the cars blown with such horrendous force that they were literally heaped and fused together like sculpture.
It's the faces of people, loved ones and strangers.
Like that of the 5-year-old boy found dead and crumpled beneath the tangle of steel and mountain of bricks that was once Joplin High School. The boy's mother cried in grief when she heard.
"I'm devastated inside," said Luke McCormick, the shaken 19-year-old volunteer rescue worker who helped lift the boy's limp body from the debris.
Crews found bodies in vehicles the storm had flipped over, torn apart and left crushed like empty cans. Triage centers and temporary shelters quickly filled to capacity. At Memorial Hall, a downtown entertainment venue, emergency workers treated critically injured patients.
At another makeshift unit at a Lowe's home improvement store, wooden planks served as beds. Outside, ambulances and fire trucks waited for calls. In the early hours of the morning, emergency vehicles were scrambling nearly every two minutes.
After daybreak, survivors picked through the rubble of their homes, salvaging clothes, furniture, family photos and financial records, the air pungent with the smell of gas and smoking embers. Some neighborhoods were completely flattened and the leaves stripped from trees, giving the landscape an apocalyptic aura. In others where structures still stood, families found their belongings jumbled as if someone had picked up their homes and shaken them.Some looting was reported.
Outside McAuley Catholic High School, which had been turned into an impromptu triage center, Carolene Coleman, 70, dropped her head. Her voice quavered. Her eyes pooled with tears as she sat scraped and bruised in a wheelchair, her ankle bandaged.
All they were doing, Coleman said, was stopping for a drink at the Elk's Lodge. Then the twister roared and ripped. There was no basement; nowhere was safe.
"The roof collapsed on everybody," she said. She was crushed. Her husband, Clyde, 74, lay on top of her, his body still, for nearly six hours. They were married for 54 years. Everyone was screaming, "Help! Help us!"
She knew the truth.
"He's dead," she said.
Rescue crews with Kansas City Fire Department walked house to house near Main Street searching for survivors.The goal was to find anyone still alive under the debris.
As they went inside building shells with their axes and flashlights, peeking under collapsed walls and roofs, residents and their families were sifting through what's left.
"My sister lived here," says Cara Creasy, standing on piles of debris a block down from Main Street. "She has four dogs and they all made it."
Her sister, Ashley Hailey, was at a cousin's wedding in Galena, Kan., when the tornado hit. When she arrived home, three of her dogs were sitting on top of debris.
Monday morning, friends and family helped Ashley find her fourth dog, Vader, a lab mix. He was underneath the kitchen stove which was covered by toppled trees and collapsed walls.
Other neighbors were looking for pets and what they could salvage.
When the tornado struck, Katie Thrasher, 25, was in a bar, the Sportsmans Park. She had just gotten off work at the AT&T telephone store where, normally, she closed up on Sunday. But this day, a co-worker, a friend of hers closed the store. Katie's home across from Joplin High was flattened, directly in the tornados path. Nothing exists but rubble and the concrete skirt to her driveway.
While she was hiding safely in the walk-in cooler at the bar, the tornado blasted the AT&T store into steel and broken wood. Thrasher's friend, the one who'd stayed to close the store, died in the storm.
The only image that Deidre Wessman, 49, wants to remember is that of her son, 12-year-old Chance Hamilton, running out of their house, after the storm, in search of his neighborhood friends. Once finding them, embracing in the middle of the street.
"That's what I want to remember. That sight," she said of the boys hugging, smiling as if they hadn't seen each other in 100 years.
The neighborhood had been all but crushed. An 80-foot-tall sycamore tree, ripped from its roots, lay across the road. Massive branches were tossed and scattered onto roofs and porches and on top of cars as if kicked by the toe of a giant.
Wessman and Chance and his father, Johnny Wessman, 49, escaped the storm in a fallout shelter, dug nearly 10 feet into the ground under a heavy steel trap door in the floor of their home. Even at that depth deep, Johnny Wessman could feel and hear the walls of the house expand and contract above them. The air was sucked from their lungs. Their ears popped as the tornado roared overhead.
"I prayed," Deidre Wessman said.
So did Chance.
"Don't kill us," he asked.
Then it was over.
The Wessmans made their way out of their hole. Johnny Wessman walked a few blocks south toward Cunningham Park. He saw the twister's toll. Cars crushed from spinning like tumbleweed over the ground. Houses obliterated. Trees stripped bare and ragged. Some say would say it's like a bomb dropped, but more it's more like 1,000 bombs, or an atomic blast.
The first body he found was a woman with a metal rod driven through her head. A man's body lay nearby.
"I thought we had it bad until I saw those bodies," Wessman said of the tornado and destruction to this house. "You can always replace this (stuff), but you can't replace a human being."
Across the park, the tall empty hulk of St. John's Hospital stood in the distance: its windows blown out; its floor black and empty, like an image from Beirut.
As search and rescue crews went building to building along Main Street, 6-year-old Dallas Lee watched her mom Trista go through her dad's Ford F-150 looking for his wallet.
"My sister has a big gash on her forehead," Dallas says, as she stands in a light rain, the hood of a pink sweatshirt covering in head. "And my brother has a big gash in his leg. ... My dad's in the hospital too."
Five members of the Lee family rode out the storm in the bed of their pickup. It's now a crumbled and twisted like a tin can, the windshield shattered the doors bent in.
They were trying to get to a church, where they heard there was shelter, but the church was locked.
"We didn't know where the other shelters were," Trista said. "I told my husband the safest place to be is at home."Before they could get there, the winds picked up their truck and slammed it to the ground.
Sirens gave residents about a 20-minute warning before the tornado touched down on the city's west side, Rohr said.
Staff at St. John's Regional Medical Center hustled patients into hallways before the storm struck the nine-story building, blowing out hundreds of windows and leaving the facility useless.
The hospital was among the worst-hit locations. Early Monday, floodlights from a temporary triage facility lit what remained of the building that once held as many 367 patients. Police officers could be seen combing the surrounding area for bodies.
In the parking lot, a helicopter lay crushed on its side, its rotors torn apart and windows smashed. Nearby, a pile of cars lay crumpled into a single mass of twisted metal. Winds from the storm carried debris up to 60 miles away, with medical records, X-rays, insulation and other items falling to the ground in Greene County, said Larry Woods, assistant director of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management.
The Joplin twister was one of 68 reported tornadoes across seven Midwest states over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. One person was killed in Minneapolis. But the devastation in Missouri was the worst, eerily reminiscent of the tornadoes that killed more than 300 people across the South last month.
Travel through and around Joplin was difficult, with Interstate 44 shut down and streets clogged with emergency vehicles, debris and fallen trees.
Emergency management officials rushed heavy equipment to Joplin to clear the way for search and recovery operations. Nixon declared a state of emergency, and President Barack Obama said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was working with state and local agencies.
About 1,500 volunteers showed up Monday morning at Missouri Southern State University to help with the tornado response, said Gary Burton, a former state lawmaker who went to the campus to add a friend's construction equipment to the list.
"I've never seen such devastation — just block upon block upon block of homes just completely gone," Burton said.
An aching helplessness settled over many residents, who could only wonder about the fate of loved ones.
Justin Gibson, 30, huddled with three relatives outside the tangled debris of a Home Depot. He pointed to a black pickup that had been tossed into the store's ruins and said it belonged to his roommate's brother, who was last seen in the store with his two young daughters.
Gibson, who has three children of his own, said his home was leveled and "everything in that neighborhood is gone. The high school, the churches, the grocery store. I can't get ahold of my ex-wife to see how my kids are."
"I don't know the extent of this yet," he said, "but I know I'll have friends and family dead."


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- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
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Diving is a way of life at St. George's. With well over 40 years of combined diving experience, our professionals will help you plan your diving itinerary step-by-step, along with any refresher courses needed or certifications desired. A comfortable and safe atmosphere is provided for every diver with our limited group sizes, customized dive boats and attention to each individual diver's skill and experience level.
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In order to help control the invasive lionfish population around Belize, our dive professionals often take spear guns with them. The excitement of the hunt – stalking the spiny fish, getting in position for the shot, and pulling the trigger – is exhilarating. We offer the opportunity to join in the fun to our guests who are competent divers. There is a surcharge for this specialty dive, but we also give credit for your catch! And with a little luck we can bring back enough for the chef to prepare as appetizers for everyone – it's a delicious white fish!
A Mecca for SCUBA enthusiasts, the Blue Hole is a sink hole located within the Lighthouse Reef Atoll that spans 1000 feet in diameter and measures 408 feet at its deepest point. Discovered by Jacques Cousteau in the early 1970s, the Blue Hole is a natural masterpiece to behold. St. George's Caye Resort offers full-day three-tank dive trips where you can delve beneath the surface to discover the Blue Hole's cavernous spaces adorned with stalactites. It's not uncommon to see a black tip reef shark or even a hammerhead as you descend deeper. Day trips include two additional wall dives at the Lighthouse Reef Atoll and lunch at the picturesque Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, the exclusive nesting site of nearly 1500 pairs of Atlantic red-footed booby birds.
Regular 3-tank dive day cost plus $185 (pre-reserved)
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Same trip for snorkeler at $225
Two-tank morning dive trips to Turneffe Atolls available for as little as $20 over local reef dive price.
If you have not been diving for a while (one year or more), or if you just want to be sure of your skills and comfort, our instructor will refresh your diving and equipment knowledge in our pool. You will then be ready to continue diving during your vacation.
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The next step to improving your skills as a certified diver entails specialty training in different knowledge and skill areas underwater. See the PADI or SSI website or contact us for additional information.
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Tracy Tzu: You're acting like a child.
Stanley White: Well, a great man is one who in manhood still keeps the heart of a child.
There's no baseball till Thursday. At all. Do not tell me there is. YOU CANNOT DISSUADE ME.
So this week I thought I'd let you kids know what has been filling the void in my life and I'm sure without a doubt you WANT to know this crap because everything is about ME.
Year of the Dragon. This is when Mickey Rourke was absolutely killin it in the mid-eighties and was on his way to becoming the next Marlon Brando. He's volatile, violent, smooth, exasperating, and so un-George Clooney that real men felt they could be him. After this film, he had a bad boxing career, messed up his face, had multiple plastic surgeries and started living in a closet with his poodle before eventually reinventing himself. If he had died when he was 30 (and I'm shocked that he didn't) he'd be mentioned in the same breath as Hendrix, Morrison, and Cobain.
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Either watch Vertigo or just check this Bernard Hermann link. Between Jimmy Stewart's obsessiveness and the awesome direction of Hitchcock, the music from this movie makes me weep like when I watch a Derrick Rose crossover. It goes from wispy to dramatically sad to the most desperate feeling music could ever make you feel.
Watch Lombardi on HBO. As a Bears fan, spending and hour and a half focusing on a Green Bay legend was a little surreal, but it was so good I was swept up in the majesty of his greatness. He was also a genuinely well-liked guy. I would have put on a jock strap for the skipper. Or is it gipper?
QUESO FUNDIDO WITH CHORIZO. This stuff is unbelievable and I get it mostly at El Cid in Chicago or Arturo's Tacos. Hot gooey cheese and meat you slather on tortilla chips. Eat it fast or else it turns into playdough.
Sea Salt Brownies from Trader Joe's. They won't make it home. At least not all of them. I'm not a sweets guy but these are so good I'd submit to the true death True Blood style if its my last meal.
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So that's what I did so far this week because there's NO BASEBALL!!! I mean Jeffy and I still watched the fake game that decides the fate for home court advantage in the Super Bowl but that's just because we like to snuggle and eat salty brownies.
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A's split on Machado's apology
ANAHEIM -- A's catcher Derek Norris said he accepted the apology issued Monday by Orioles third baseman Manny Machado.
A's third baseman Josh Donaldson, however, did not.View Full Game Coverage
ANAHEIM -- A's catcher Derek Norris said he accepted the apology issued Monday by Orioles third baseman Manny Machado.
A's third baseman Josh Donaldson, however, did not.View Full Game Coverage
"I knew, once he left the ballpark, once he looked back, it would kind of sink in," Norris said of Machado on Monday at Angel Stadium. "If you have any kind on cognitive response to anything, you'll feel remorse.
"It looks like he feels sorry for what he did. It looks like he just got a little carried away emotionally [Friday and Sunday]. That [the apology] is good enough for me."
The first confrontation between the A's and Machado came in Baltimore on Friday, when Donaldson tagged out Machado, who stumbled, fired his helmet to the ground, then went nose-to-nose with the A's third baseman. That led to the benches clearing. Donaldson was later hit by a Wei-Yin Chen pitch, after another missed.
On Sunday, Machado's backswing conked Norris on the head, knocking him out of the game. Norris said he was upset, only because Machado didn't show any contrition while he was being attended to behind the plate by the medical staff, a courtesy commonly offered when such an accident occurs. Later, when A's pitcher Fernando Abad buzzed Machado with a second consecutive pitch, Machado swung and his bat went flying toward third, clearing the benches again.
Donaldson was asked Monday if Machado's apology meant anything to him.
"Doesn't. Words are words. You have to go out there and prove something every day," he said. "It takes a long time in the game to develop a [good] reputation as a player, and a short time to lose it. The only thing to get that back is to go out there and play it the right way."
When asked about Machado's apology, A's manager Bob Melvin said: "Good for him. I would like for us to just put it behind us, and go out and play today."
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The post-baccalaureate certificate program in Language Literacy provides advanced knowledge in a variety of aspects of literacy: language development and reading, reading and writing connections, integrated language arts, and children's literature or young adult literature.
The overarching educational objective is to provide a broad base of knowledge relating to various aspects of literacy education. Those completing the certificate will understand the basics of language theory as it relates to reading. They will also have a detailed understanding of the various genre of children's or young adult literature and will have experience critically analyzing various literature selections. They will understand how to develop an integrated language arts curriculum. And more specifically, they will have experience with connecting reading and writing through an inquiry-based process.
RDG 570 or RDG 468G is a prerequisite for the remaining courses but may be waived as a prerequisite for those experienced in the teaching of reading and aware of current issues and trends.
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468G Teaching Reading in Secondary School and College. (3) A theory-based course that translates knowledge and research concerning reading at the junior high, senior high, and college level into recommendations for effective instruction, and focuses on the various kinds of reading programs that exist at the post-elementary level.
553 Integrating Reading and Writing Through Inquiry. (3) This K-12 course explores relationships between reading and the use of collaborative, authentic reading and writing learning experiences within an inquiry-oriented curriculum.
570 Teaching Reading in the Elementary School. (3) An introductory course comparing various approaches to teaching reading and translating knowledge and research concerning elementary reading into recommendations for effective instruction.
586 Language Development and Reading. (3) This pre K-12 course explores theories of language development and the relationship between language development and learning to read. Of special interest are populations (such as second language learners, those with a learning disability with respect to oral communication, and hearing impaired students) who find learning to read difficult because of language barriers. Prerequisite: RDG 569, RDG 570, or RDG 486G.
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513 Advanced Children's Literature. (3) Evaluation, selection, and use of all types of literature based on children's interests, needs and learning ability that are found in elementary school library media centers. Discussion of historical development, problems, and trends in children's literature. Prerequisite: LLA 313 or permission of the instructor.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Surname Saturday - Craft
The first known generation of this family in America is represented by Thomas Thorneycraft of Warwick, Rhode Island and his wife Jean. Thomas was probably born in England and came through the Massachusetts Bay Colony on his way to Rhode Island. He was recorded as an inhabitant of Warwick on June 5, 1648. He died in 1659 in Maspeth Kills, Newtown, now Elmhurst, on present day Long Island.
Their son William Thorneycraft came to Musketa Cove (now a part of Glen Cove), Long Island in 1675, having lived first in Massapequa, on the southern side of Long Island. He married Hannah Carpenter in 1682. In his will he mentions son Joseph, son Thomas and son William, as well as daughters Hannah Washburn, Elizabeth Pellam, Mary Thorneycraft, Jane Carpenter and Phebe Thorneycraft.
William Thorneycraft was born about 1682 and died in January 1735/36 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York. He married Mary Coles in 1707 in Oyster Bay.
Son John Thorneycraft was born about 1724 in Oyster Bay. He married Jerusha. In 1780 he was fined for having two of his sons join the British Army during the struggle for American Independence.
One of these loyalist sons was my ancestor Reuben Craft. (Many of the Thorneycrafts became Crafts over time and by the 19th century Thorneycraft seems to have disappeared from the Long Island area.) He was born about 1760 in Rye, Westchester County, New York. He married Alithea Wetmore about 1792. After the Revolutionary War was over, he and most other loyalists left America for Canada. Reuben and his family arrived in Canada in July 1783 on the "Montague". Reuben died in 1801 in New Brunswick, Canada.
John Henry Craft was born 1795 in Hampton, King's County, New Brunswick, Canada. He married Anna Golding Smith on October 25, 1821 in Hampstead, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada. He died on November 20, 1860 in Craft's Cove, Queens County and is buried in the Craft Family Cemetery there.
William Henry Craft was born on February 23, 1839 in New Brunswick. He is listed in the census records as a farmer. He married Martha Jane Belyea on January 8, 1862 in New Brunswick. He died January 25 1907 at Craft's Cove, Queen's County, New Brunswick and like his father is also buried in the Craft Family Cemetery.
William and Martha's daugher Sarah Jemima Craft is my great-great grandmother. She was born November 4, 1868 in Belyea's Cove, Queen's County, New Brunwick, Canada. She married George Byron McKiel on November 3, 1892 at Belyea's Cove. Her marriage index lists her as Sadie J. Craft. She died October 24, 1946 in MacDonald's Point, New Brunswick, Canada.
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This is quite interesting. I've traced my family tree back as far as Thomas Thorneycraft. We've been trying to find out where in Europe he originated from and what Jean's last name was.ReplyDelete
Anna Golding Smith is my ancestor, thanks for posting the info.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMay 31, 2011 at 8:27 AM
Hi Kathy, I'm very happy to have come across the story of your Craft ancestors. I only recently discovered that my great-great-great-great grandfather was John Thorn Craft Jr., the older brother of Reuben Craft. He married Susannah Wetmore, sister of Alithea.ReplyDelete
My grandmother, Edith Ellen Craft (1895-1971), was the daughter of Byron C. Craft and Mary Whipple, all of St. John, New Brunswick. Edith married David McMillan, a pharmacist and my grandfather. They moved to Nantucket island in 1922, where they raised four daughters; Emma Heathie(my mom who passed away on April 13, 2011), and my aunts,Mary, Barbara, and Jane (all of whom pre-deceased my mother, who was the oldest).
All the best to you and your family, David Joseph Pykosz, Salem, Ma., USA
My name is William Craft and I am a direct descendent of Reuben Craft (my great-great-great-great-great grandfather). My Craft roots extend from Westbrook, Maine.ReplyDelete


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Disgraced ex-PM Berlusconi seeks comeback in Italy
ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's billionaire media tycoon and sometimes prime minister, says he's back in the political game, barely a year after resigning in disgrace. But nonplussed Italians wonder whether he ever left.
Prime Minister Mario Monti said Monday that he will remain in the post only long enough for a new government to take power. Monti is leaving because Berlusconi's People of Liberty party, Parliament's largest, withdrew its support for his economic policies.
Berlusconi, 76, wants the job.
"I can't remember Italian politics without Berlusconi involved, and sometimes I think that maybe I never will," said Antonello Belli, a 26-year-old student in Rome.
Berlusconi, the most important figure in Italian politics over the past 20 years, resigned as prime minister 13 months ago amid personal and legal scandals and growing fears Italy was on the verge of falling victim to the European debt crisis.
Since Monti, a technocrat and former European commissioner, replaced Berlusconi last November, Italy's economic fortunes have improved — while Berlusconi's troubles have continued.
In October, he was sentenced to four years behind bars for tax evasion, and he remains on trial in another case alleging abuse of power and paying a 17-year-old girl for sex. But that did not stop him from believing he has been called to run again.
Last week, Berlusconi said he was "assailed by pleas" to return to politics. His allies unveiled a new website that detailed some of the highlights of Berlusconi's most recent terms in office, complete with an upward trending timeline and upbeat photos. People of Liberty canceled its primary in order to hand its nomination to Berlusconi.
Other Italians appear less enthusiastic about Berlusconi's possible return. The Rome-based newspaper La Repubblica ran a headline that read, "Return of the Mummy," while Il Fatto Quotidiano, another leading newspaper, compared Berlusconi to Batman's villain The Joker.
State broadcaster RAI broke into programming to announce Berlusconi's plans with the phrase, "It sounds incredible, but …"
Thanks in part to high visibility afforded by his media empire, which includes three national TV networks, a major film studio, several print media and a top soccer team, Berlusconi burst onto the political scene in 1994 with a political party named after a soccer cheer: "Forza Italia!" ("Go Italy!").
His first term in office lasted just seven months. But he re-emerged to become prime minister in 2001, and he held the post for all but 18 months over the following decade.
Many Italians said that because of Berlusconi's media empire, his departure from politics last year meant he never completely disappeared.
"What is the difference?" asked store clerk Angela Simoneta, 30. "Nobody thinks he will win the elections. So he will speak out about things that are important to him, and he will continue to say crazy things. What changed?"
Franco Lombardi, a 51-year-old office worker who said he has voted for Berlusconi in the past, said Berlusconi is one of those people who have failed to understand when their time has passed.
"Some people never want to leave the spotlight," Lombardi said.
Even so, almost a quarter of Italians generally say they have a favorable view of Berlusconi, according to the polling firm Opinioni. That does not necessarily translate to an electoral share of that size.
"It's one thing to have a positive opinion of a figure like Berlusconi. But many of those people have positive opinions of other figures as well, and it doesn't help Berlusconi is such a polarizing figure," said Maria Rossi, Opinioni's co-director.
"If the election were held today, it's probably correct to think People of Liberty would get 12% or 15% of the vote," she added. "That's enough to have a voice in parliament, but not enough for Berlusconi to return to Palazzo Chigi (the prime minister's office) without a written invitation."


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