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UN partners in Arab campaign presenting female terrorist as role model to the Arab world
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Feb. 10, 2011
UN partners in Arab campaign
presenting female terrorist as role model to the Arab world
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
As part of a TV campaign to "support women's issues" in the Arab world, a TV clip presenting several "model women" was broadcast on more than 50 Arab TV stations including Palestinian Authority TV. One of the women promoted as role models for Arab women today is famous for her terrorist attack that killed dozens, and another is famous for celebrating the Martyrdom deaths of her children.
The clip was broadcast as part of the "White Hands Campaign - The largest media campaign to support women's issues," which is organized "by the Arab Producers Union for TV (APUTV) in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)," according to the campaign's English website.
[accessed Feb. 9, 2011, http://www.whitehandsc.com/en/component/content/72.html?task=view ]
The UNFPA logo as it appears on the White Hands Campaign's website,
[accessed Feb. 9, 2011]
Entitled The Model Woman, the clip honors different Arab women of the past, assigning to them various virtues and accomplishments. Dalal Mughrabi, who in 1978 led the most lethal terror attack against Israel, in which 37 civilians were killed, was venerated in the clip as a role model for "Martyrdom" and "victory over enmity". Al Khansa, a 7th century Arab poet, who celebrated her four sons' Martyrdom deaths in battle was praised as an example of "resolve" and "Martyrdom and giving".
The campaign's English website also states that "APUTV works under the umbrella of the Arab League, and through the Arab Ministers Information Council." And that "APUTV's official headquarters are in Cairo- Egypt."
The website explains that
"women are essential partners and important actors for the development of society,"
and mentions that one of the campaign's objectives is
"to bring about distinguished women samples that have offered great services to society."
It further states that "societies signal distinguished samples of personalities with pride, and reflect the spot lights on them in order
for them [Arab women] to take an inspirational course for generations to come.
Arabic societies like other societies, highly appreciate figures where great virtues of giving transcend in different fields, and there is nothing greater than distinguished women in our societies, as
they are great models to be followed by the old or the young, these women can be the working farmers,
the teachers, the doctors, the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, the activists in all fields whether social or political, they are the ones to sacrifice, and in all of their cases, they are the mothers!" [http://www.whitehandsc.com/en/component/content/51.html?task=view ]
The following is the transcript of the campaign video presenting women famous for terror and Martyrdom as role models:
Text on screen:
"The Model Woman"
Host of TV program:
"Woman is the foundation of existence.
Love - Ishtar - the symbol of fertility and altruism.
(Ishtar - Babylonian goddess)
Willpower - Cleopatra - wit and wisdom.
(Cleopatra - Queen of Egypt)
Intelligence - Balqis [and] Zenobia - fighting.
(Queens of Sheba and Palmyra)
Resolve - Al Khansa - Martyrdom and giving.
(7th cent. poet who celebrated her four sons' deaths in battle)
Courage - Bint Al-Azwar - strong faith.
(7th cent. Arab poet who fought against the Byzantine Empire)
Martyrdom - Dalal Mughrabi - victory over enmity.
(led terror attack in which 37 Israeli civilians were killed)
Struggle - Djamila Bouhired - human freedom.
(Algerian terrorist who became a political activist)
Freedom, giving, patience, sacrifice, life, loyalty - "White Hands."
For her sake, for our sake, for the sake of a society aspiring towards giving - "White Hands" Campaign."
Text on screen:
"The largest media campaign to support women's issues."
[PA TV (Fatah), broadcast weekly Nov. - Dec., 2010]
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A funding scandal surrounding California"s state parks officials may result in some more money to help maintain and keep open Benicia"s two state parks, local and state officials said Monday.
Both the Benicia State Recreation Area and the Benicia State Historic Park remain open, and efforts are under way to find long-term funding to pay for repairs and maintenance, city staff members said.
One possible source of money is the $20 million left in the State Parks and Recreation Fund, but which remained concealed even after state officials announced a round of park closures.
Following a two-year moratorium on state park closures, the city is looking at how to access some of the $20 million for a host of repairs at the Benicia State Recreation Area and Benicia State Capitol, said Vic Randall, city parks and community services management analyst.
Parks on the closure list may secure some of that money if government entities or community groups can raise matching funds, said Vicky Waters, state parks deputy director of public affairs.
Likewise, Benicia State Parks Association members are talking to state officials about funding to keep the Benicia State Capitol and Fischer Hanlon House open and maintained, board member Roy Stutzman said.
Randall said the city is studying whether the association"s commitment to opening the State Capitol three days a week could be considered the required matching fund.
Further, "Benicia State Parks Association has given a cash contribution to sustain operations there so we may be able to leverage something from the state board," Randall said.
Meanwhile, the city has withheld its payments to the state for operating the Benicia State Recreation Area in the wake of the two-year moratorium, Mayor Elizabeth Patterson said.
The popular Benicia State Recreation Area on the city"s western edge is open five days a week.
Patterson said the state"s continuous neglect of its state parks has resulted in substantial maintenance and repair needs at both of the Benicia facilities.
"We need to get some of the repairs done. If we could put together a package which is a partnership with the state then we might have access to some of the $20 million," Patterson said.
The new year also brings the prospect of California State Parks new director, Major General Anthony L. Jackson, soon visiting Benicia"s two facilities, said one of his aides, Lynn Black.
Appointed to the position about six weeks ago, Jackson is "trying to visit as many state parks as he can," Black said, adding that he may not make a local appearance until next month.
The Media News Group contributed to this report. Contact staff writer Sarah Rohrs at firstname.lastname@example.com or (707) 553-6832. Follow her on Twitter @SarahVTH.

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Official Opinion 2009-6
Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation
The state and its departments, agencies, and authorities, including the Georgia Department of Transportation and its construction projects, are not subject to the "post-development stormwater runoff" regulations or other ordinances adopted by a local government, local authority, or regional authority, including the model ordinance promulgated by the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.
Your predecessor requested my opinion whether the state and the Georgia Department of Transportation ("DOT") are subject to regulation by local ordinances or permit requirements of a local government, local authority, or regional authority, including the "post-development stormwater runoff" regulations adopted by the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority under the model ordinance authority of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.[1] It is my conclusion that DOT, as well as any other state agency or state authority, is not subject to such regulation by local government or local or regional authority.
It has been well-settled that local governments exercise only the powers delegated to them by the state and that an attempt by a local governing authority, county, or municipality to exercise an undelegated power against the state is ultra vires. City of
A general power granted to a local government does not apply to the state or its departments, agencies, and instrumentalities in the absence of express language in the statutory grant.[2] This immunity from local regulation of state property is based upon fundamental principles of government, necessary so that functions of government are not unduly impeded. Penick v. Foster, 129
It follows that the projects and public property of state entities are not subject to local regulation, nor to local permit requirements, absent express statutory language to the contrary.[3] Bd. of Tr's of the
DOT and its contractors, however, remain subject to regulation by the Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources ("EPD"), with two general permits issued by EPD currently in effect. Local officials who have concerns relating to a DOT project may raise those concerns with EPD. The state and its other departments, agencies, and authorities are subject to EPD regulations through a limited delegation to qualified local governments.[5]
The local ordinance and regulations specifically referenced in your request are the stormwater management regulations of the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority ("Water Authority"), which were adopted by the Water Authority in part to implement requirements of a model ordinance promulgated by the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District ("District").[6] These regulations also include the Water Authority's ordinance implementing Erosion and Sedimentation Act requirements that enable the Water Authority to be designated by EPD as a local issuing authority under that Act. The Water Authority's ordinance, consolidating both sets of requirements, specifies in Chapter Eight those "persons" who are subject to the regulations and against whom civil remedies, such as stop work orders, can be issued for non-compliance. Section 8-2, Definitions, specifies that the following persons and entities are to be regulated:
Person means . . . the State of
Owner means the legal or beneficial owner of a site, including, but not limited to, . . . [any] other person, firm, or corporation in control of a site.[9]
The District is authorized by law to promulgate model regulations and stormwater and other plans for local governments within its geographical area of authority, and the Act requires local governments to adopt and enforce such model ordinances on penalty of potential loss of, inter alia, state grants and loans for water, wastewater, and conservation projects.[10] The District required adoption of the above-referenced regulations and the included definitions. The Water Authority adopted the model ordinance through local regulations and is now attempting to enforce those regulations to avoid the penalty powers of the Director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.[11]
A local government, authority, district, or commission cannot exceed the powers delegated to it in its enabling legislation. In order to determine whether a local government or authority has the statutory authorization to regulate the state, DOT, and other instrumentalities of the state, the particular statute, such as the Act under which authority the District's model ordinance was promulgated for adoption by the Water Authority, must be examined. Under the Act, the primary purpose of the District, as it relates to the Water Authority, is specified in O.C.G.A. § 12-5-572(c):
It is the primary purpose of the district to develop regional and watershed-specific plans for storm-water management, waste-water treatment, water supply, water conservation, and the general protection of water quality, which plans will be implemented by local governments in the district.
(Emphasis added.) Further, in O.C.G.A. § 12‑5‑573(5), the applicable governments to be affected by the Act are defined as:
"Local government" means any county or municipality of this state lying in whole or in part within the district area.
(Emphasis added.) Thus the Act does not expressly, or by implication, name or make the state, or any state department, agency, or authority, subject to the powers conferred by the Act upon the District.[12] It then follows that the District cannot confer a power upon a local government to regulate the state when neither the District nor local governments are vested with such authority. Therefore, local governments, having no inherent power[13]to regulate the state, and further having no power provided to them through the District, would be acting ultra vires in attempting to regulate and enforce such regulation against the state.
Therefore, it is my official opinion that the state and its departments, agencies, and authorities, including the Georgia Department of Transportation and its construction projects, are not subject to the "post-development stormwater runoff" regulations or other ordinances adopted by a local government, local authority, or regional authority, including the model ordinance promulgated by the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.
Prepared by:
George S. Zier
Senior Assistant Attorney General
[1] See O.C.G.A. §§ 12-5-570 through ‑586, the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Act (the "Act").
[2] See O.C.G.A. § 1‑3‑8 ("The state is not bound by the passage of a law unless it is named therein or unless the words of the law are so plain, clear, and unmistakable as to leave no doubt as to the intention of the General Assembly."); see also 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. 96-4.
[3] For a statutory exception in the Code, see the limited delegation of the state Environmental Protection Division's enforcement powers to qualified counties and municipalities contained in the latter part of O.C.G.A. § 12-7-17(9). It should be noted, however, that DOT projects are subject to oversight by DOT and regulation by the state Environmental Protection Division ("EPD"). See O.C.G.A. §§ 12-7-7.1, 12-7-17(9), and 12-5-30.
[4]The state and its departments, agencies, and authorities, including DOT, are likewise not subject to:
a. Local zoning laws, see 1985 Op. Att'y Gen. U85-11; 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. U81-1; City of Decatur v.
b. Local permits or licenses, see 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. 96-4;
c. Local planning commission regulation, including, in particular, local regulations concerning the recording of plats, see 2005 Op. Att'y Gen. U2005-5;
d. Local historic preservation regulation (there are however, separate state historic laws, rules, and regulations), see O.C.G.A. §§ 12-3-52(a), ‑55, ‑56;a
e. Local taxes and special assessments, see Ga. Const. art. VII, sec. I, par. I; Penick v. Foster, 129
f. Local environmental regulations, see 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. 96-4; (but see note 3 supra); and
g. Fire safety standard enforcement, see O.C.G.A. §§ 25-2-12(a)(2) (but see O.C.G.A. § 25‑2‑12(a)(3) authorizing inspection and reporting to Safety Fire Commissioner).
[5]See note 3 supra.
[6]See O.C.G.A. §§ 12-5-570 through ‑586.
[7]The power of a state, and in particular a political subdivision of a state, to regulate the
[8]This form of the model ordinance was adopted by the Water Authority prior to 2006.
[9]The Water Authority is using this provision to attempt to impose a stop work order against a DOT contractor who is performing work on a site, or who is otherwise in control of a site, and would attempt to enforce such a stop work order against the contractor as well as DOT, as the owner of the site.
[10]See O.C.G.A. § 12‑5‑582(e)(1) and (4), O.C.G.A § 12‑5‑583(e)(4), and O.C.G.A § 12‑5‑584(d)(4).
[11]See O.C.G.A. § 12‑5‑573(2), O.C.G.A. § 12‑5‑582(e)(3) and (4), O.C.G.A. § 12‑5‑583(e)(3) and (4), and O.C.G.A. § 12‑5‑584(d)(3) and (4).
[12]See O.C.G.A. § 1‑3‑8; 1996 Op. Att'y Gen 96-4.
[13]See notes 2-4 and accompanying text supra.


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Mar 25, 2013
Yale Hosts Quinnipiac On Apr. 13; Travels To Southern Connecticut On Apr. 19
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's soccer team will play a pair of games this spring as they prepare for the 2013 season. The Bulldogs host Quinnipiac on Sat., Apr. 13 at Reese Stadium at 4 p.m. and play at Southern Connecticut on Fri., Apr. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The Bulldogs return 15 letterwinners, including two All-Ivy selections, from last year's team that finished 4-8-5 overall.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Recipe Roundup: 10 Winter Citrus Cocktails Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits
When life gives you Meyer lemons (or ruby red grapefruit or blood oranges or fresh limes), just add whiskey (or rum or vodka or applejack or gin). During these cold, gray days of winter, it can sometimes feel as though we're in the middle of a long sea voyage into spring. Brighten your evenings (and ward off scurvy) with one of these temptingly fresh citrus cocktails.
• 1. Whiskey Old-Fashioneds (With Really Good Fruit): Bourbon or rye whiskey, sugar, and bitters garnished with a homemade maraschino cherry and a blood orange slice.
• 2. Spicy-Cool Blood Orange-Jalapeno Margaritas: Home-infused jalapeno tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice, Cointreau.
• 3. Salty Dog: Vodka or gin, grapefruit juice, salt.
• 4. Hemingway Daiquiri: White rum, maraschino liqueur, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup.
• 5. Ginger-Kumquat Smash: Dark rum, brown sugar, freshly grated ginger, kumquats.
• 6. Meyer Lemon Whiskey Sour: Bourbon or rye whiskey, Meyer lemon juice, simple syrup.
• 7. Applecar: Applejack or apple brandy, lemon juice, orange liqueur.
• 8. Irish Whiskey Skin: Irish whiskey, hot water, lemon peel, sugar.
• 9. Maple Leaf: Bourbon, maple syrup, lemon juice.
• 10. Jack Rose: Applejack or apple brandy, lemon or lime juice, grenadine syrup.
Nora Maynard is a longtime home mixologist and an occasional instructor at NYC's Astor Center. She is a contributor to The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries and is the recipient of the American Egg Board Fellowship in culinary writing at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow. She previously covered food and drink in film at The Kitchn in her weekly column, The Celluloid Pantry.
Related: 7 Super-Simple Citrus Cocktails
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Ole! The Huntington Beach Library will host the Mexican Train Domino Party from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Talbert Room, 7111 Talbert Ave.
The free popular domino event, which welcomes players of all ages and skill levels, is noncompetitive and limited to 50 people. Lessons will be offered for beginners, according to a news release.
Those interested can sign up at MexicanTrainFun.com or RSVP (714) 969-8138.
Weekend swap meet at local college
There's nothing like the swap meet for great finds, and the Golden West College Swap Meet takes place each weekend, rain or shine.
From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, the campus features a slew of vendors offering a range of goods. These include new and used items, fresh produce, flowers and antiques and collectibles, according to the school's website.
Admission and parking are free. Golden West College is at 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. More information is at (714) 895-0888 or goldenwestcollege.edu.
Bloody Mary brunch at Charlie Palmer's
Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale's kicked off a new Bloody Mary Sunday brunch last weekend. The brunch features an appetizer, entree and unlimited Bloody Marys for $37.50, according to a news release.
Guests can choose from appetizer choices such as house-smoked sturgeon with potato shallot cake, caramelized onion and gruyere quiche, or a roasted heirloom beet salad with goat cheese fritter. New main courses include crab cake eggs benedict, braised chicken chilaquiles, Cuban pulled pork sandwich and French toast bread pudding, the news release said.
The Bloody Mary bar features six unique recipes and offers a selection of hot sauces and local veggies and pickles for garnishes.
The brunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
And on March 20, Chef Saekyeong Kim will host a brunch-themed cooking class. The class will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the restaurant and will help participants "create wow-factor brunch foods like gourmet French toast and tips for making perfect scrambled eggs, as well as the top secret recipe for our own signature Bloody Marys," the news release said. Cost is $105 per person.
Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale's is in South Coast Plaza, 3333 South Bristol St., Costa Mesa. For reservations or more information, call (714) 352-2525 or visit charliepalmer.com.
SOL Cocina starting Tequila Thursday
It's Tequila Thursday at SOL Cocina starting March 21. From 6 to 8 p.m., SOL Cocina in Newport Beach will offer complimentary tastings in the bar and a featured tequila that will be offered at half-price that night, according to a news release.
Featured tequilas will include Don Juilio, Partida Tequila and Clase Azul.
SOL Cocina also will feature its own SOL Single Barrel Reposado Tequila, the restaurant's tequila blend at Casa Noble's Tequila distillery.
"This is our second barrel of our SOL Single Barrel Reposado Tequila, and we wanted to focus on the characteristics that our guests loved in the first barrel — after all, that's what made it so popular served neat or in a margarita," general manager Matt Baumayr said in a statement. "We are proud of this tequila — it's balanced and versatile, with caramel and chocolate notes that make it an approachable sipping tequila with enough agave backbone to hold up in one of our hand-crafted cocktails."
SOL Cocina is at 251 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. in Newport Beach. More information can be found at solcocina.com.
Go crazy for Ring Ching Ching
Newport Beach-based Ring Ching Ching is making quite the splash with its brightly designed pillow cases, laundry bags, cosmetic bags, pajama pants and boxer shorts, magnetic boards, picture frames and other items.
The line, created in 2009 by Jennifer Martin, started out as must-have items for modern sorority girls but has gained traction with moms, teens and others, thanks to its bold prints and colors, according to a news release.
Prices vary by product. Tons of cute items are available (I love the Yellow Kite coin purse and the Red Owl Natural Tote Bag). Check out the complete line at ringchingching.com.
ALISHA GOMEZ is the managing editor of the Coastline Pilot and Huntington Beach Independent. She can be reached at email@example.com or (714) 966-4618.


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Welcome to a full week of eyeliner reviews from my latest finds from March 2011! Each review will be number 1 – 7.
Koji are known for making eye liners and their 1 day long lasting range is very popular in Japan. This Long Lasting Waterproof Eyeliner in Deep Black caught my eye as it's supposed to be:
– Very dark black
– Waterproof
– Long Lasting
– Non Staining
Here it is in it's packaging:
They say:
Fine-tipped and pen-like applicator brush is soft and flexible, creating a perfectly even and gap-free line for naturally defined eyes. Quick drying polymers make eyes impervious to sweat, water and sebum, wonderfully defining eyes for up to 24 hours.
Made from non-organic dyes for quick removal using makeup remover. I actually found this came off quite easily with warm water (I mean reasonably warm!).
Here is the liner – it's a pretty standard liner in terms of presentation:
You must get rid of the excess on the side of the container. It has a very rich 'vinyl' type feel to it and it's very dark opaque black which I like. No messing about and having to layer it!
The brush is surprisingly easy to use. It's a bit stiffer at the base and loose near the ends. It is NOT hard to get a good line with this.
Here is what the liner looks like. It leaves a very striking line:
Overall this is a brilliant liquid eyeliner. I don't like pot eyeliners like this but has a fantastic brush which makes it easy to apply and once it dries it will stay all day long. It's also pigmented and a really deep black.
The only thing I don't like about it is how it has a slightly glossy finish. I'd prefer a liner which had a matte finish.
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CROI 2012 Seattle: Baby Steps Toward a Cure
May/June 2012
Science can seem to move along at an achingly slow pace, especially when curing HIV is the goal. Even though there has been extraordinary progress in understanding the virus and identifying targets for therapy, there is still much to learn about how HIV can be cured. One of HIV's survival mechanisms is to hide from our own immune system's response and to antiviral drugs that slow its progression. But new research is beginning to frame HIV cure science while we watch the developments unfold.
There were several oral sessions and posters dedicated to viral latency, eradication, and cure strategies in pre-clinical and animal studies, and some very encouraging early phase clinical trials. The HIV Latency and Eradication: Clinical Perspectives symposium was so popular that there were two overflow rooms for attendees that could not fit into the main session room.
Trying to understand HIV latency and attempts to activate or wake up so-called sleeper cells harboring the virus are in very early research stages. This is a critical HIV reservoir in which scientists are trying to figure ways to wake up the CD4 memory cell so that the dormant virus can complete its replication process. Then, theoretically, antiviral therapy can move in to do its job. But there are many barriers to completely understanding this process, and uncovering safe and effective ways that may lead to a functional cure (stopping HIV without the use of long-term drugs).
Scientists must agree on the best way to measure virus inside the CD4 memory cell before and after attempts at activation. It is also difficult to find these cells with dormant HIV inside. Also, finding the best monkey model to test the latency and activation hypothesis is in progress, but access to study animals continues to be problematic.
In an elegant proof of concept clinical study from the University of North Carolina, David Margolis, M.D., a leading cure researcher, showed for the first time that HIV can be purged from resting cells using one dose of an anti-cancer drug called vorinostat (known as SAHA for suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid). The drug is from a large class of drugs known as HDAC (histone deacetylase inhibitors). Histone deacetylase is an important enzyme that contributes to maintaining latency of HIV genetic material integrated into human cells.
The UNC study looked at six HIV-positive men who had been on stable antiretroviral regimens with viral load less than 50 copies/mL (undetectable) and CD4 cell counts above 500 cells/mm3. First, CD4 cells were removed and tested to establish baseline virus levels inside the cell. Then the cells were exposed to vorinostat, and HIV RNA was measured to show whether HDAC was inhibited. The cells were compared before and after the single dose of vorinostat. There was a two-fold increase in histone deacetylation after eight hours of the dose. All six participants had a response from 1.5- to 10-fold HIV RNA increase inside the cell, showing that one dose of the study drug could activate the sleeping virus. Even though only one dose was used there were no drug-related adverse events or toxicities. "This proves for the first time that there are ways to specifically treat viral latency, the first step towards curing HIV infection," Margolis stated.
Other drugs such as pegylated interferon-alpha-2a, used as one of the backbone treatments for hepatitis C, and disulfiram (Antabuse -- used for treating alcoholism) were presented at CROI with varying results. Still, the field is moving ahead as indicated by the number of positive results in pre-clinical, animal, and clinical studies presented. In time, the activation pathway combined with other approaches such as vaccines and immune modulators may all contribute to a functional cure. One remaining question is whether these or other approaches can target other HIV reservoirs such as the central nervous system.
Pablo Tebas, M.D., showed additional data from the first zinc finger nuclease (SB-728) cohorts at UPenn and Quest/San Francisco presented at CROI and ICAAC last year. The two cohorts were immunologic responders with CD4 cells greater than 450 and immunologic non-responders with CD4 cells less than 500 who all were given one infusion of SB-728. There have been no serious adverse events except one transfusion reaction that went away after a few days. After about one year, dramatic CD4 increases were seen in both groups that investigators think was related to increases in IL-2, IL-7, and IL-15, cytokines associated with CD4 expansion. CD4:CD8 T-cell ratios normalized in the majority of participants. After infusion, SB-728 was detected in peripheral blood from 90 to 700 days thus far. The modified cells also traffic to the rectal mucosa, showing that the modified cells are reaching other important HIV reservoirs.
One remaining question was whether HIV RNA would be affected by SB-728. To show this, participants went on a treatment interruption during the trial. After increase in viral load levels, all had significant drops in virus levels before resuming ARVs again. One man who dropped to undetectable levels was found to be heterozygous for the delta 32 mutation, making him an "elite controller," one whose HIV is controlled without ART. Because of this finding, a study has been enrolled to look at this very population to see if the antiviral effect is real. Another study is using a single infusion of a chemotherapy drug in order to make room for more expansion of the CCR5-modified CD4 cells.
AIDS treatment activists have been at the table in the latest developments in cure research since Martin Delaney stumbled upon the Timothy Brown "Berlin patient" poster several years ago. At CROI, that tradition continued in a one-day workshop organized by activists. Leading cure researchers, the FDA, the IAS (International AIDS Society), and pharmaceutical companies developing eradication molecules joined activists in a robust discussion. Issues addressed were how to better inform the community about cure research and clinical trials, including revision of the cumbersome informed consent process. Also, the challenge researchers have in gaining access to experimental drugs from other companies for use in their experiments and the continuing problem of development of the best assays and animal models were all discussed. Sangamo, the biotech company developing zinc finger technology, is now scheduling a meeting with a few cure research activists. Investigators from UCSF, UNC, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center presented programs being developed for the Martin Delaney Collaboratory. Activists are also working to create community advisory positions with this groundbreaking research.
The game changer at CROI was that cure research has reached the main stage. While no one knows how long it is going to take to find a cure for HIV, everyone agrees that a lot of work remains.
Diagnosed with HIV in 1988, Matt Sharp's long history as an AIDS advocate includes belonging to ACT UP Golden Gate; directing the education programs at Test Positive Aware Network in Chicago and Project Inform in San Francisco; and helping to found the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition. Currently, he acts as an international consultant.
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Who needs April, the officially, fatuously sanctioned National Poetry Month? Consider, instead, June, with its warm-weather flowering of verse. We had Carol Muske-Dukes at Guild Hall the other day for Poetry Pairs, a series put together by Fran Castan, who in turn has been invited by Paula Trachtman of the Amagansett Press and the Amy Awards to read at the East Hampton Library on Saturday.
Ms. Castan is the author of the recently released book of her poems and paintings by her husband, Lewis Zacks, "Venice: City That Paints Itself," from Canio's Editions. She'll be joined by a quintet of eminent poets from various corners of East Hampton Town: Grace Schulman, Philip Appleman, Harvey Shapiro, Simon Perchik, and Edward Butscher.
The reading's theme is house and garden, and spines will be cracked and throats cleared starting at 2 p.m. in, appropriately, the library's garden. It's free, and let's not forget the spread of food and drink to follow.
Aside from June's warmth and the setting, Ms. Trachtman said by e-mail that she'd chosen the theme simply because audiences usually prefer one. What's more, "It's a topic much discussed at summer events here. I thought it might attract people who avoid poetry."
They could spend all day with the stuff. Earlier on Saturday at the library, at 11 a.m., Jean Kemper Hoffmann of East Hampton will read from her 2010 collection, "Storm Warning" (Three Mile Harbor Press). At 7:30 that night, Claude Mayers, a self-described "surfer, political observer, world traveler, health professional, and music aficionado" from Southampton, will be at Ashawagh Hall in Springs with his "Vault of Poems." The book, coming out next week from Ocean Poetry, is a "mini retrospective" of his work from 1968 through last year. A hip-hop singer and spoken-word performer, Knickie D., will open.
But before you go, reader, a house-and-garden sampler, Fran Castan's "Dwelling."
The first house you left
dreams. The belly of the sink,
the eye of the glass,
the arms of the old wing chair — all ask,
"What has become of you?"
Your first house abides,
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and come again, as the planet whirls on
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There is an amazing, beautifully done video making its way around the world via online news and social networking. I am especially glad I first had the chance to view it this weekend, one during which my parental patience was tried and things in general were just getting me down.
Here is what you are about to see:
"Over the course of 2009, Norwegian Eirik Solheim recorded brief 30-second video clips every week of the view from his balcony in Oslo. The result of all this archiving is an amazing time-lapse video that synthesizes the entire year into a 120 seconds. You can learn all about his techniques on his website." (From the Huffington Post)
Watching the seasons change right before my eyes made me think of the verse from Ecclesiastes (3:1): "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." This, from the King James Bible, isn't the most accurate translation from the Hebrew, but I like the way it sounds. Besides, it's the version that inspired The Byrd's 1965 classic, Turn! Turn! Turn!
More importantly, the video reminds me that time does, indeed, pass and that gam zeh ya'avor. This Hebrew phrase, often mistakenly thought to appear in the Bible, means "This too shall pass." Some surmise that it was derived from Psalms 57:1, but most Jews attribute it to a folkloric parable about King Solomon:
One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah Ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it." "If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?" "It has magic powers," answered the king. "If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy." Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility. Spring passed and then summer, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the night before Sukkot, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah. He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile. That night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. "Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!" As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: gimel, zayin, yud, which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" — "This too shall pass." At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
Abraham Lincoln made reference to this parable in an 1859 address, and there is a custom among some Jews to wear rings inscribed with the phrase (or its acronym), particularly during or after having coming through a seriously trying period in life. Fortunately, my situation is not at all grave, but rather the usual mishegas of raising teenagers.
There is no need for a ring, anyway, when I have this beautiful artistic creation to watch and remind me of the rewards of patience and the wonders of the cyclical passage of time.
© 2010 Renee Ghert-Zand. All rights reserved.
Note: It turns out that the misspelled Hebrew tattoo seen in the photo in this post is just one of many. Check out the plethora of permanently inked mistakes at Bad Hebrew Tattoos.
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On Grief, and Connecting to a Community
By Becky Allen
July 16, 2013
I was raised by parents who didn't just tell me that it was important to do good things and help my community, they demonstrated it in the way they lived their lives. Dad was a volunteer firefighter. Mom was a nurse. Together, they helped cofound our tiny town's emergency rescue squad in upstate New York. They were often first responders -- the kind of people who don't rubberneck at accidents, they pull over and help.
I've been working at TheBody.com for going on six years. The job I had before this one was at a magazine that gave wealthy people advice on awesome ways to spend their money. Needless to say, having grown up with my parents' ideals, working here and serving the HIV community is infinitely more satisfying and rewarding.
But I've also always felt a little bit removed from the community. I fell into working at TheBody.com by accident, when my previous gig vanished as the economy tanked. I applied to dozens of jobs, because, well, I had student loans to pay off. (I'm still working on those, actually.) Everything I knew about HIV when I started here was out of date or inaccurate. At that point in my life, HIV was something I had learned about in school, something I cared about in the abstract sense that of course I wanted things to be better, but not something concrete that seemed to affect my life.
Even after I began working at TheBody.com, as my ignorance was rapidly corrected, some distance remained. Not from a lack of empathy or caring, but from a lack of experience. I've led an incredibly charmed life. My family has always been extremely loving and accepting, and I've never really experienced much personal loss or tragedy. I've never lost anyone close to me, and I've never had a major health issue myself. Learning the history of the epidemic, watching documentaries, reading people's stories, and meeting actual, real-life, living, breathing human beings has taken me a long way toward understanding, but there was still always that gap -- I empathized, but it felt abstract. Until recently.
Last winter, my mother had a sudden, massive seizure -- followed, in short order, by brain surgery, a stroke and an eventual diagnosis of brain cancer.
It has been an incredibly long eight months since then. I've probably done the five-hour bus ride to my folks' house more times this year than in my first six years in NYC combined. There have been endless phone calls and status updates, standing by while Mom went through radiation, on chemo, off it again, and back on. Blood transfusions, pills to lessen the side effects. Hours of physical therapy, enough MRIs that we've lost count, and excruciating, endless waiting -- which is where we are now.
There were days, especially early on, when I'd burst into tears at work. There have been good news and setbacks alike. I brace myself every time I get a phone call from my folks. And I've thought endlessly, my mind racing in spirals when I should be doing something productive like cooking dinner or running my laundry: I can't believe this is happening to my family. I can't cope with this. How is Mom coping with this? How can anyone cope with this?!
HIV and cancer are not the same, of course, but there's a core of emotional overlap. Every day, millions of people face down anxiety and depression over their health, or a loved one's health. They think, I could lose this person soon, and I want to do something, and I don't know how to help.
And every day, I come in to work here. Not to be too self-congratulatory about it, but I'm part of a team that helps answer questions, shares stories and lets people know that it is possible to carry on. I'm part of a team that helps.
I've always been happy about working here, because as I learned from my parents, helping others is just the right thing to do. But now, my job is more than that.
It's how I carry on.
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Alex Smith Signs Contract Extension
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Sunday that the team has inked quarterback Alex Smith, to a long-term contract. Terms of the contract will not be disclosed by the club.
"It was a priority of ours to get this deal done and keep Alex in a Chiefs uniform long-term," Chiefs General Manager John Dorsey said. "Alex is a proven leader on and off the field. He is a special individual with a lot of ability, and we are fortunate to have him here."
"John and his staff along with Tom and his group have worked hard to get this deal done. They've done a nice job," Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid said. "Alex is a smart, talented football player that has adapted well to our offensive scheme. He also, obviously, has had a tremendous amount of success as a quarterback in this league. We as a team are very happy to have Alex as our quarterback moving forward."
Smith (6-4, 217) joined the Chiefs via trade with the 49ers on March 12, 2013. Since 2011, Smith is 30-9-1 as a starter in the National Football League. In his first season with the Chiefs, Smith completed 308 passes for 3,313 yards (60.6%) with 23 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. He led the team to a 9-0 start and an 11-5 regular season record marking the greatest single-season turnaround in franchise history after the club finished 2-14 the year prior. Smith earned his first-career Pro Bowl berth following the 2013 season.
Entering his 10th season in the National Football League, Smith has played in 95 games (90 starts), completing 1,598 of 2,685 passes (59.5%) for 17,593 yards with 104 touchdowns and 70 interceptions. He has also been effective on the ground, rushing 288 times for 1,192 yards (4.1 avg.) with five rushing touchdowns.
Smith originally entered the NFL as the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. He graduated from the University of Utah.
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O'Shea Builders served as the Design Builder for this three-phase project. The project included the relocation of an existing helipad; construction of a new emergency department, lab and warehouse; modernization of a part of the building that was built in 1974; demolition of a 100-year-old school building that the hospital occupied; and the construction of the new physical therapy wing.Read More
Completed in 2015, the 72,000-square-foot, four-story Memorial Center for Learning & Innovation houses a large conference center and classrooms, and a Simulation Center and Surgical Skills Laboratory to be used by Memorial Health System staff and students at the SIU School of Medicine.Read More
O'Shea Builders is renovating this 3-story, 60,000 square foot building for occupancy by the Illinois Neurological Institute.Read More
O'Shea Builders served as Design Builder for this project, which included a three-story addition to house a new Emergency Department, Ambulance Garage, Therapy Services and Wound Care.Read More
O'Shea Builders constructed a new, 116,000-square foot replacement hospital and medical office building as part of a new healthcare campus located west of Business Loop 55.Read More
O'Shea Builders was Construction Manager for a multi-year expansion project at Memorial Medical Center. The project included a three-floor patient care tower and six new operating rooms, expansion of surgical services, renovation of the main entrance and lobby, and construction of the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation.Read More
O'Shea Builders built a 70,700-square-foot Medical Office Building for Passavant Area Hospital. The new facility houses physician offices.Read More
This Construction Management project included the construction of a new four-story, 138,000 square-foot medical office building and renovation of two existing floors, including an Outpatient Surgery Center. The new facility connected to the original Main Campus via a multi-story bridge, built by O'Shea Builders over a busy thoroughfare in Springfield.Read More
Known as the "Pink Steel" building, the structural steel of this women's healthcare building was painted pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The 132,000-square-foot medical office building is occupied by 65 physicians, surgeons and mid-level providers affiliated with Springfield Clinic.Read More
Construction of 8,200-square-foot eye clinic.Read More
This 8,600-square-foot outpatient facility was built as a convenient health center for patients of HSHS St. John's Hospital.Read More
O'Shea Builders built a 32,000-square-foot Outpatient Services Center for Taylorville Memorial Hospital. The building included emergency, radiology and surgery departments.Read More


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text: Thanks to all for the info over the past few days. I decided to write a WOL app that turns the machines on from a windows box on the network with a user defined delay. I'll stick it on the web if anyone is interested in taking a look at it. I plan to add the ability to selectively shut machines down too (since the whole thing doesn't do much good from a cold boot). @Eric Machala and David Mathog Thanks for the info on the UPS's. I will be looking into some of the bigger refurbed APC's on eBay (I don't have 240v here though). I'll leave some safety room on the circuits for peaks, now I figure I'd want the UPS's to get me through the problems RGB was describing - I don't get many brownouts in NY with our underground cabling but that occasional power hiccup would drive me nuts. @Patrick Michael Kane I must say that I have NOT been cranking away with the 3D apps I'll be using regularly. Just trying to put load on the cpu's for my tests. I'll be properly set up to do everything right over the weekend. I needed to first finish the build-out for cooling and these power issues. I'll be sure to report back with my details. @Jim and RGB and Bari Understood. Loud and clear. No ganging of circuits. I didn't know if it was easy run in parallel to support bigger peaks. I won't be touching whatever is behind the circuit breakers by myself. @RGB again... VERY informative stuff about power and PS's. Thank you. -Alpay -----Original Message----- From: Eric Machala [mailto:emac at cybergps.net] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:37 AM To: Alpay Kasal; 'Jim Lux'; 'Dean Johnson' Cc: beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] powering up 18 motherboards This is not true the Ups will not draw ever any more from the wall that its is set to, ups has a set trickle rate that is able to be set to a cost effective trickle rate unless it is load overloaded it, if this is the case it is double the trickle rate becuase systems wants to restore full battery before power drain err loss of power.... i could get the actual specs on this but for your actual needed load if u were in a 50-65% load im sure there would be no spikes in power draw over normal trickle


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This was the big news yesterday in Cub land. We're keeping Harden and Heilman. Apparently we had received some interest in a few players but these were the only two that we came close to losing. I have a hard time feeling sad about the thought of potentially losing Heilman. I don't really think he's good for much more than a stop inning here and there, nothing special, nothing more nothing less. If we were to lose Heilman, I don't think it'd affect our chances down the stretch very much at all.
So I believe that's why all the focus in the media ends up being on Harden. And I agree. If the Cubs were to let Harden get away, despite how Wells is pitching this year, it would signal that the organization thinks '09 is a lost cause. We all know it's not. We all know it doesn't look good. But we all know we're not out of it. Not yet.
Many teams have used September to make the playoff push a success and woke up in October as contenders. Recent years included teams like the Astros, the Rockies going on a tear down the stretch and surprising everyone…that NL Wild Card seems to be up for grabs every year and this year is no different. Sitting six games back after losing yesterday with the top two teams in the wild card race idle is not a good place to be, for sure. However the Cubs have about 30 games left. Six games to make up and we play A LOT of sub-par teams within those thirty left to play. We're keeping our guys and we're making the push. And that's all we can ask for as fans.
I've expected nothing this year except just that out of this team. No exact result did I expect…just simply a fighting attitude from a group of talented guys and a no-quit approach from a team that on paper stacks up as one of the best in the bigs.
I love the game of baseball but clearly I follow the Cubs closer than any other team out there so I guess that's why their inconsistent play stands out to me. Injuries we hear about everyday, regarding every team on MLB.com and other news sources. However, when you watch, read about and write about a team day in and day out, you see the little things that make the difference. The things that make the difference between a stellar rookie season and a stumbling sophomore campaign. That make the difference between back-to-back-to-back division titles and being 10.5 games behind the division leading Cards. The things that make the difference between controlling your own destiny and having to closely participate in scoreboard watching to see how four or five other teams are doing on any given day because your post-season hopes depend on it.
This team has been inconsistent all year long. If you follow the Cubs you know this and it messes with your head, your emotions and it's hard to not be frustrated by it daily. It's now time for this ballclub to get it together. We kept Harden for the push. He needs to get his stuff under control and fast. Wells needs to step up and finish the season strong. His off-speed pitches need to come back and dominate, separating themselves from his fastball. It's a lot to ask of a rook but if you're out there, we need you to perform. Hill needs to continue his successful '09 as Soto's backup with hot numbers as the starter throughout September. Zambrano needs to step up and finally be our ace this year. His inconsistency and injuries are a big part of why we are where we are. Piniella needs to figure out who gives us the best chance to win and play those guys into the ground right down to the final out of the regular season. Soriano's cortisone shots need to be as effective as his bat, and Bradley's as well. His bat was to be the difference that puts us into the NLCS, not leave us on the outside looking in come October. Lee needs to keep it up heading towards a .300, 30HR, 100 RBI season and continue to hush Cubs fans thoughts, comments and feelings of perhaps its time to look to Hoffpauir as we all were discussing earlier in the season.
Now is the time for everyone to shut up and play. Play every fly ball, ground ball, pop up and bunt laid down like its their last. Look at every ball close to the strike zone and hustle on every ball put in play like they never have before. Run out ground balls. Turn double plays. Focus on defense and the basics. Make your pitches. Do your job scouting the opponent and beat the teams you're supposed to beat.
We do all of that and I like our odds. Chances are, we'll continue to be inconsistent and come up just short. Point is though, that as of today we still have a shot at this thing. Let's settle in, pile up the W's and take control of the Wild Card. That's our way in this year. Let's do what we need to do to accomplish that and then turn up the heat even further in October.
Can't wait to see how this all plays out. Happy to see Harden and Heilman are still with the club. Happy to see that wherever Hendry keeps his towels, that's exactly right where they have stayed. No towels being thrown in on '09 just yet. Not yet. Little time left. But what's left in extremely valuable. Cubs v. Astros this evening. Wells on the mound. Let's get this push off to a great start tonight. Go Cubs Go!


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From The Files Of November 1, 1990
A Warfordsburg area man died last Saturday, October 27, hours after apparently being shot in mistake for a turkey along a powerline cut off Route 655 in Thompson Township. Roger Barnhart, 39, Warfordsburg, was pronounced dead at Washington County Hospital as a result of the gunshot wound he received in the accidental shooting which occurred just before noontime that day. He apparently was sitting up on the powerline cut late Saturday morning when he was struck in the right arm and right chest area by a shot fired from a .270 rifle by a hunter down near the roadway. The identity of the hunter who mistakenly fired thinking he was firing at a turkey is being withheld by game officials pending further investigation.
Mikeal Fix, 25, Hustontown, was named Hustontown Fire Co.'s Fireman of the Year at the company's banquet held last Friday evening. More than 200 members and their guests attended the banquet. It was a bittersweet evening as members praised their outstanding firemen and paid homage to three of their comrades who perished while cleaning a well on May 1. James Chestnut Jr., Thomas Lane and Richard Hershey died after being overcome by fumes while down in the well on a company work detail.
Attorney Merrill W. Kerlin of McConnellsburg was recognized with the first-ever Fulton County Distinguished Republican Award at the Fulton County Republican Party's annual dinner held October 27 at the McConnellsburg Firehall.
Two members of a Warfordsburg family were killed when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck head on by a pickup truck along a Belfast Township road October 26. Police said that Vivian Pawlak and her son, Thomas Pawlak, were riding in a Dodge being towed by a chain attached to a pickup truck driven by her husband.
McConnellsburg United Presbyterian Church will celebrate 200 years of corporate worship, fellowship and service throughout the weekend of November 3 and 4.
Deaths: Vivian Pawlak, Warfordsburg; Thomas Pawlak, Warfordsburg; Roger Barnhart, Warfordsburg; Carolyn Shoemaker, Hancock; C. Pauline Mearkle, Breezewood; Leona Sechrist, Camp Hill; Robert Knepper, Three Springs; I. Lloyd Fleming, Hustontown; David Conner, Everett; Alphia Hartman, Lewisberry; Benjamin Neil, Fort Littleton.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Berry of Harrisonville on October 20; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strait of Harrisonville on October 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walters of Crystal Spring observed their 57th wedding anniversary on October 28 at their home in Crystal Spring.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of October 30, 1980
A modest frame home in Buck Valley, into which the Ed Hixon family had only recently moved, was damaged almost beyond repair and lost all its possessions. The Needmore Fire Co. was called on Sunday night to the fire which began with a chimney fire from a wood stove in the kitchen. The fire quickly spread and the Hancock and Clear Spring fire companies were called to assist.
Howard Sipes, Harrisonville undertaker, is a patient in the Washington County Hospital with a mangled index finger on his right hand. He was operating a corn picker at his farm last Thursday when he caught his finger in the machine.
Specials at the IGA: large red ripe tomatoes, 59 cents lb.; chuck roast, $1.39 lb.; Cheerios, $1.19, 15 ozs.; clorox 59 cents, 1/2 gallon.
Now playing at the Reality Theatre, Robertsdale: "Blue Lagoon." Playing at the Fulton Theatre: "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie."
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vink of Mercersburg on October 19; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Fazenbaugh of Breezewood on October 20; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Garland Large of Warfordsburg on October 22.
Marriage licenses: Darryl E. Heckman, McConnellsburg, and Marjorie J. Chaney, McConnellsburg; James R. Gress and Kimberly K. Souders, both of McConnellsburg; James L. Thompson, McConnellsburg, and Susan L. Long, Wells Tannery.
Deaths: Mrs. Cecyl Shimer, McConnellsburg; Ronald N. Sipes, McConnellsburg; Alvin A. Spade, Everett; Mrs. Sara Kain, York; Frank F. Fleming, Shade Gap; Melvin Nonemaker, Three Springs; Charles Mills, Hancock.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 12, 1970
Richard Miller and Blair Daniels, local gospel singing mailmen, wish to announce the release of their newest gospel record album entitled "Songs We Love."
The bodies of two 19-year-old girls were discovered last Wednesday morning dumped over an embankment along Interstate Route 70, one mile west of Warfordsburg. Except for identifying the bodies, police have been unable to discover any clues as to why, when or where the girls were murdered, although city police in both Washington and New York have been cooperating with Pennsylvania State Police in the investigation. The girls were from Queens, N.Y. Both were students at Queensboro Community College, studying to be nurses. Both had been shot.
The Open Door United Church Center will officially open its doors on Main Street in McConnellsburg this Friday evening between the hours of six and nine o'clock.
The eighth traffic fatality in Fulton County for this year happened on Friday on Route 70, two miles west of Warfordsburg. The victim of the fatal crash was identified as Robert M. Repp Jr. of Pittsburgh. Repp was a passenger in a Volkswagon driven by his wife, Mary Repp, which was eastbound on Route 70.
Henry Hann, a guest at Menno Haven, will celebrate his 90th birthday on November 21.
Pictured in this issue is the Central Fulton junior varsity soccer team which closed the season with an almost perfect record, having won five out of six games, losing only the last game of the season to Fairfield.
Engagement: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook of Mercersburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Victoria Lee, to Samuel A. Metz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Metz, McConnellsburg.
Death: Mrs. Faymie Reed, Riddlesburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Bard wish to announce the birth of a daughter, Angela Renee, on October 13. Mrs. Bard is the former Marie Peck. Mr. Bard is now stationed in Iceland where he is serving with the United States Navy. His wife and family plan to join him soon.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kerlin of McConnellsburg on November 2; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clemente Ciampa of Hustontown on November 4; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Divebliss of Warfordsburg on November 4.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 17, 1960
E. Ray Deshong, 67-year-old Mercersburg area farmer, died on November 10 of injuries received on October 12 when he was knocked down by a hog he was trying to separate from several others in a field near his home. He suffered an injury of the lower back with compression of the spinal cord. He was a native of Fulton County.
At the recent annual convention of township officers of Fulton County, Calvin Beatty was elected president, Edward McCray, vice president; J. Pierce Gordon, secretary-treasurer; and Bernard C. Barton his assistant. A report was given on the various roads the county which are impassable.
Charles Walker, Earl Gordon and Gerald Biggs represented Fulton County at the 10th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association in Reading on November 9.
The two local banks report an all-time high in the amounts mailed last week to Christmas Club members. The First National Club amounted to $31,000 and The Fulton County National Bank, $30,000.
Marriage licenses were applied for at the local courthouse last week by James R. Snyder, McConnellsburg, and Alice Jean Truax, Warfordsburg; Charles T. Ramsey and Sarah Mildred Mellott, both of Dry Run; Ray S. Koontz and Faye Welsh, both of Harrisonville; Charles E. Sturtzman and Nancy C. Garlictz, both of Cumberland, Md.
Richard Decker, a student at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, will celebrate his 24th birthday on Thanksgiving Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Sloan sailed from Philadelphia last Tuesday on a cruise to Bermuda and Nassau.
The Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, were visible with extraordinary brilliance at about 1:00 a.m. Sunday. The undulating deep crimson glow in the sky caused some concern to those unfamiliar with this phenomenom.
A letter to the editor in this issue explains a move being made by the Fulton Chamber of Commerce and a committee of local businessmen to do something about hazardous road conditions on Route 30 from Breezewood to Fort Loudon resulting in runaway truck incidents. Representative Marl Garlock is quoted as having introduced a bill in the House of Representatives requesting that a tunnel be built from Fort Loudon to McConnellsburg as a solution to much of the danger. The committee will be meeting with the state secretary of highways this month.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mellott, McConnellsburg, on November 7; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Younker, Hancock, on November 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Montague, Neelyton, on November 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gordon, McConnellsburg, on November 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sweeney, Mercersburg, on November 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Woy, McConnellsburg, on November 12.
Mrs. Lilia Younker, Warfordsburg, celebrated her 92nd birthday on October 26. As a charter member of the WSCC and bedfast, two or three of her fellow members visited her each day of that week.
A letter from the Department of Highways in this issue emphatically denies the accusation made by the Republican Party of trying to sabotage the party's rally by closing off the street. "The fact that we unintentionally caused the Republicans of this county to walk a few extra steps to get to their 'big meeting' disturbs us very much. We extend our apologies," and the letter goes on to explain that the project was late being worked on due to a delay in blacktop being delivered.
Deaths: Miss Kate A. Sheetz, Chambersburg, formerly of McConnellsburg; Harold C. Drury, 62, Mercersburg.
Dio Chamberlin is the new principal at Green Hill School.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 16, 1950
Mrs. J.W. Humphreys Jr. has returned to her home at Warfordsburg after undergoing an operation last week at Waynesboro Hospital.
Pvt. Clarence Reed Cutchall has completed his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and is now stationed at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Wanda L. Mellott to Frederick H. McCammon.
The former partnership of Ross and Frank Ott has been dissolved and a new partnership of Ott Bros. Farm Supply will be formed, composed of Ross Ott and his two sons, Paul and Richard.
Marcus Downes of Burnt Cabins bagged a large moose in northern Quebec last week. The animal weighed 1,200 pounds and had an exceptionally large rack – 60 inches from tip to tip.
Blue Barron, considered by many local people as the "best" orchestra, will return to the local Legion next Monday night.
Birth: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Souders of Knobsville on November 9.
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Frances N. Rhodes to Wilson C. Barthalow.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Henry moved recently from Hustontown to Boswell where he has employment.
Born: a daughter, Patricia Kay, to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Foreman of Laidig on November 4.
Deaths: Mrs. Cyrus F. Wagner of near McConnellsburg; Mrs. Ada Crouse Cline of Chambersburg; Mrs. Fannie J. Hartman of Mount Union.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 14, 1940
Deaths: Mary Elise Wagner of Chambersburg; S.G. Lashley of McConnellsburg; William Henry Thomas of Ayr Township; Mrs. Minnie Mayne Buckley of North Hollywood, Calif.; Rev. J.K. Knisely of St. Petersburg, Fla.
The latest enlistments of Fulton County young men in the U.S. Army include Wesley M. Schooley, Reginald S. Allen, George H. Miles, Raymond R. Mellott, Harry O. Cooper, Jonas E. Hartman, James H. Bell, Benjamin C. Mullinix, John J. Ostra, Bruce A. Hauman, James J. Hewett and Milford R. Brady.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Clevenger of Wilkinsburg were feted at a wild turkey dinner on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Clevenger, the occasion being their first wedding anniversary.
Clair Wible, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wible of McConnellsburg, was seriously injured last Wednesday evening when he was thrown from a pony which he was riding near his home. Hospital authorities as yet have been unable to definitely determine his exact injuries.
The Robert Schumnn Music Club met at the home of Mrs. James C. Anderson on Saturday afternoon in observance of the 80th birthday of Ignace Jan Paderewski, the great Polish artist and pianist. Members of the club taking part in the program were: Paul Ott, Betty Lea Washabaugh, Dorothy Shimer, Julia Grissinger, Nancy Glazier, Jo Ann Clark, Calvin Glazier, John Mentzer, Ellen Lee Welsh and Janet and Helen Cline.
Recent births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lininger of McConnellsburg on November 11; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Anton R. Von Berg of Big Cove Tannery on November 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zdrosky of McConnellsburg on November 10; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel R. Hill of Mc- Connellsburg on November 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Sipes of McConnellsburg on November 7; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pine of Big Cove Tannery on November 1.
Parking meters in McConnellsburg yielded $36.76 during the fourth week of operation as compared to $46.20 for the third week. Total collections to date amount to $142.05.
The junior class of the local high school will sponsor a chicken supper on November 16. All-you-can-eat for 40 cents.
Mrs. Henry Crouse of Lemasters has been spending the past week in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Foster Cisney, helping to take care of her mother, Mrs. Louisa Kerlin, who has been ill.
Miss Ruth Woodall entertained a group of friends in honor of her mother's birthday at their home on Lincoln Way last Wednesday evening.
Joseph S. Shelly went to Huntingdon on Friday and was accompanied home on Saturday by his wife and 5- week-old daughter,Carole Ann. This was the baby's first appearance here.
Herbert Zilch, who is employed by Fort Meade, Md., spent the weekend with his family at Fort Littleton.
Edwin Deshong of Harrisonville suffered a severe cut above the right eye last week while working about the farm.
William Bishop has rented Shady Brook Camp from Squire A.G. Deshong.
Buhl and Veryl Black, who are employed at Indiantown Gap, spent the weekend at their homes at Center.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of November 13, 1930
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Trogler of Haines City, Fla., have been informed by officials in Washington that the remains of their son, Cpl. Lewis Harold Trogler, U.S. Marine Corps, have been disinterred and are in Nicaragua, awaiting shipment to the states for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. His mother is the former Linna A. Deshong of Pleasant Ridge.
Deaths: Howard M. Satterfield of Six Mile Run; Howard Hill of Warfordsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ramsey of Fort Littleton are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on November 1.
Mrs. Alvin Sipes was splitting wood on Monday when her axe became caught. In getting it loose, it struck her on the head, inflicting a nasty gash about two inches long.
The village of Clear Ridge was almost wiped out of existence on Saturday afternoon when fire, which is supposed to have been started from a cigarette thrown into an outbuilding, totally destroyed six dwelling houses, two general stores, the post office located in one of the stores, two workshops and three other buildings and badly damaged a seventh dwelling. Every building on the southside of the street was completely burned, only three homes in the village escaping. Most of the residents were away when the fire started, some attending a sale at Hustontown, others out hunting. It is reported that only one man was in the town when the fire started. The Mercersburg Fire Co. responded in a wonderful manner, running their engine over the mountain, a distance of more than 30 miles, in less than an hour. With the use of chemicals, they confined the blaze but were unable to extinguish it. Total loss will probably run to about $30,000. One of the sad sidelights of the tragic fire was that Brady Fleming and wife had buried their only daughter, Mrs. Joseph S. Strait, only three days before their home was damaged and made unfit for residence. One of the kindly acts brought forth was that Hon. L.W. Seylar of Mc- Connellsburg loaded his truck with food and took it to Clear Ridge to feed those who fought the fire and those who lost their homes. The people of Clear Ridge, although hard hit, made up a cash donation for the firemen from Mercersburg. The firemen, however, immediately returned the money as the first contribution to a relief fund.
DeKalb Metzler and Evelyn Anderson were wed October 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Glazier announce the birth of a son in Chambersburg Hospital.
Mrs. William Schooley of Needmore is very ill at this time.


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WINGATE, N.C. - The Bulldogs continued their stellar play, as the hosts lost only three games in the number two through number five singles flight. Wingate sophomore Flavio Rathsam (Sao Paulo, Brazil) wrapped his regular season with his 26th consecutive singles victory for the hosts.
In the number four singles match, Rathsam defeated senior Fred Estep (Hartsville, S.C.) 6-0, 6-1 to improve his 2009-10 singles record to a perfect 15-0 overall. In doubles, Rathsam teamed with sophomore Bruno Pudence (Sao Paulo, Brazil) to pick up a thrilling 9-8 (1) triumph over Coker juniors Juan Vallejo-Gonzalez (Quito, Ecuador) and Evan Schreiner (Seneca, S.C.) at the number one flight.
Vallejo-Gonzalez earned Coker's only victory Wednesday, outlasted Pudence 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 at the number one singles flight. The two combatants played a 10-5 super tie-breaker in lieu of the third set. At the number two singles position, Wingate sophomore Matthew Lichtenstein (Darnestown, Md.) defeated Schreiner 6-0, 6-1.
The next match for the Cobras will be on April 8, at home against Queens University of Charlotte. Match time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.