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From The Files Of October 28, 1993
Fulton County Commissioners Tuesday signed a petition which seeks to receive property taxes from the Sideling Hill Plaza in Taylor Township. The petition is being circulated by Fort Littleton resident Elton Schoen and had already been signed by officials from Taylor Township and Forbes Road School. The petition will be forwarded to state Sen. Robert C. Jubelirer and state Rep. Dick Hess. The commissioners said that they will continue to pursue new legislation which would remove the tax-exempt status and urged area residents to support those efforts through letter-writing and other means.
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, October 31.
To date this year, more than 700 brave men, women and children have experienced the terror of Sleepy Hollow on Cole Road near Hustontown. The annual scary ride through Sleepy Hollow is a fundraiser for the county Boy Scouts and the excitement will continue through this weekend.
PA Conservation Corps members stocked 380 cock pheasants on state gamelands and cooperative farms on Tuesday under the supervision of crew leader Dan Strait.
Brian and Barb Deneen, Needmore, announce the birth of their daughter, Erin Rachel, October 9 at Washington County Hospital.
LaDawn Truax and John Hoffman were united in marriage September 18 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mc- Connellsburg. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Truax of McConnellsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoffman, also of McConnellsburg.
Deaths: Maxine Mellott, Warfordsburg; Alda Snyder, Shade Gap; Rhodena DeShong, Harrisonville; Gertrude Ensley, Florida; Goldie Shoemaker, Hagerstown; Eva Bentz, Orbisonia; Edward Hartman, Long Beach,Calif.; Kendall Keller, Chambersburg; Rev. Newton Tweedy, Chambersburg; Rebecca Peck, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Martha Swisher, Hancock; Raymond Seburn, Carlisle; Robert McMullen Sr., Mill Creek.
Hustontown United Methodist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary at special services this Sunday, October 31. The first Methodist Church was built by Rev. David Hartman in 1851. It was known as the Hartman Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church. It was built at a cost of $600. The directors of the first church were David Stevens, Andrew Davis, Daniel Lambertson, Samuel Kirk, William Chestnut, Vincent Stevens, Peter Dyke, Abner Stevens, Mary Deavor, Rebecca and Mary Laidig.
Marriage licences: Scott Spearly, Bellefonte, and Traci Deshong, Harrisonville; Tracy Covalt, Warfordsburg, and Crystal Mitchell, Warfordsburg.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 10, 1983
The first snowfall of the winter season fell on Friday, covering the ground in some areas but not for long.
Tuesday's election, with about a 60 percent turnout of voters, ended in a long night of waiting for even unofficial results. Results of the race for commissioner came as a surprise to both political parties, with Democrat Boyd Mellott, low vote-getter of any of the winning candidates at the primary, coming in top man at Tuesday's election. The Republican Party won the majority seats on the county board, with Cecil Fraker garnering 1,705 and incumbent candidate Pete Culler 1,613.
Specials at the IGA: Kraft macaroni and cheese, 3 for $1; chicken noodle soup, 4 for $1; ground beef, 99 cents lb.; Bartlett pears, 49 cent lbs..
Shelly Gress of McConnellsburg, a member of Fulton County 4-H Horse Club, placed first with her entry in the stock horse class for 1983 colts, while Greg Strait of Harrisonville was second in a class for the 1983 fillies.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Starliper, Hancock, on October 29; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Price, Breezewood, October 28; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Smith, Great Cacapon, Va., on October 30; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Bernie McCusker on November 1.
On the afternoon of October 8, Susan Hollenshead and Keith Sipes were united in a candlelight ceremony at Sideling Hill Christian Church, Needmore. The bride is the daughter of Ray and Dorothy Hollenshead, Needmore. The groom is the son of Graffious Sipes, Chambersburg, and Pat Sipes, McConnellsburg.
Deaths: Dr. Malcolm Mellott, Meadowbrook; Albert D. Price, Jeanette, Pa.; Geraldine Foor, Everett; Edythe N. Ferry, Mercersburg; Mary J. Holden, Newport; Warren E. Figard, Warfordsburg; Charles Souders, McConnellsburg; Eugene Strait, St. Thomas; Laure Peck, Chambersburg; Samuel Jones, Hummelstown.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 8, 1973
Bob Snyder missed by only one-tenth of a second being the cross-country state champion in the Class B division by the judge's decision at the state meet held on Saturday. In what was termed one of the most thrilling cross-country races ever seen, Snyder kept pace with Jim Morgan of Avalon after the first mile almost step for step until just a few feet from the finish line of the 2.5 mile course when he stumbled and finished one-tenth of a second behind Morgan. The old course record of 12:33 was broken by both runners, and the new record was clocked at 12:28.6. Snyder was awarded a silver medal and earned the admiration of his teammates, school and community, who all shared his disappointment at the hairsplitting decision that robbed him of the championship. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Snyder of McConnellsburg and since his sophomore year has been breaking records for the local school as a track and cross-country runner.
At the municipal election on Tuesday, a surprising 50 percent of the voter registration in the county turned out to cast their vote. In the borough, the contest was who would be serving as mayor, councilmen and school directors. Donald "Pete" Culler won the office of mayor over incumbent, longtime mayor Max Stenger, with a vote of 178 over 161 – in a close race.
Stanley J. Kerlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill W. Kerlin of McConnellsburg, is participating as a member of the 83- member concert band this year at Elizabethtown College.
Miss Deborah Lynn Younker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Younker of Hancock, and Earl McKinlay Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Edwards of Big Cove Tannery, were united in marriage on October 6 at Damascus Christian Church in Hancock.
Paula Jean Smith and William Reed Shives were united in marriage on Saturday, October 6, in the United Methodist Church of Warfordsburg. Parents of the couple are Mrs. Virginia Smith of Hancock, and Glen Smith of Warfordsburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Reed Shives of Big Cove Tannery.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Foster were feted at a surprise party honoring their 25th wedding anniversary on October 6.
Varian Hoover of Hustontown recorded 30 inches of rainfall this summer, according to his rain gauge. Last year, 21 inches fell during the summer.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James F. Feremer of Breezewood on October 27; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Enos Beiler of Spring Run on October 27; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Emory Fleegle of Hancock on October 31; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas of St. Thomas on October 31; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Seville of Mercersburg on November 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bookheimer of Hustontown on November 1; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pine of Mercersburg on November 1.
Specials at the IGA: pancake mix, 39 cents, 2-lb. box; IGA peanut butter, 59 cents; Wheaties, 49 cents with coupon; Mrs. Smith's pumpkin pies, 59 cents; round steak, $1.29 lb.
Marriage licenses: Gary Bruce Mann of Hancock and Suzanne Kaye Wade of Cumberland, Md.; Leona Louise Lane of Hustontown and Dennis Lane Miller of Lancaster.
Deaths: John D. Fields, Hustontown; James L. Gatins, McConnellsburg; Calvin E. Long, Chambersburg; Mrs. Myrtle J. Seville, Chambersburg; Rufus Miller, Three Springs; Lloyd F. Unger, Shade Gap; Mrs. Erma V. Lynch, Chambersburg; Merrill C. Brant, Hustontown.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 14, 1963
Victor Fix, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Fix, McConnellsburg, is listed in serous condition at Chambersburg Hospital, where he was taken Monday afternoon after being hit by a car.
Ronald L. Howell, 20, son of Grace Howell of Harrisonville, is a patient in National Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital in Arlington, Va., as a result of injuries he received when he fell eight stories from a partly constructed building on which he was doing carpentry work.
United Telephone Co. is greatly expanding its service and facilities throughout the county by establishing a new exchange at Knobsville and modernizing equipment in the original dial central office in McConnellsburg.
James Harold Eichelberger of Chambersburg and Nancy Arlene Peck of Big Cove Tannery and Lee Victor Johnson of Big Cove Tannery and Carol Jean Shank of Warfordsburg were issued marriage licenses from the local courthouse the past week.
The state Game Commission voted unanimously on Friday to extend the archery deer season and the small game hunting seasons that were interrupted by the recent drought-imposed ban on hunting.
The Greenhill Sewing Club has just ended another season of apple butter boiling at the club's center at Salvuia. The club has been boiling apple butter as an annual event for the past 30 years, starting with one kettle of apple butter at the first boiling and increasing to 34 kettles over the years.
Edgar H. MacKinlay of McConnellsburg has been selected as one of the 23 Washington and Lee University seniors who will be listed in the 1963-64 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
Miss Joy J. Schwartz and J. Calhoun Murdock were wed October 27.
Miss Kathryn Sigel of Warfordsburg and Merrill P. Gordon of Needmore were wed October 27.
Births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brown of Fort Littleton; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Starliper of Mercersburg; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanbower of Mercersburg; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Glunt of McConnellsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith Jr. of Warfordsburg announce the birth of a son on October 27 at Berkeley Springs Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sipes of McConnellsburg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 20 when they were honored at a surprise party given by their children.
Deaths: Rev. Thomas Banbling of Hopewelll, pastor of the Nazarene churches in the area; Mrs Arthur Rich of Mercersburg; William B. McIntyre, Broad Top.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 12, 1953
'53 Harry Johnston and George Bard have been called for grand jury duty in Harrisburg.
Music for fun and square dancing at the local Legion home on Saturday night will be furnished by Shindledecker's Band.
Horace Reed Feight and Leta Ferne Black were married on October 31.
McConnellsburg firemen are now making plans for their annual children's Christmas party that will be held this year on Monday, December 21. The firemen are also planning to do more extensive decoration of the town streets than in former years, spending approximately $600 on the decorations.
George L. Reisner, advisor of vocational agriculture in Fulton, Bedford and Blair counties, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of McConnellsburg Woman's Club on Friday evening. Dr. Reisner, who spent the past year in Ceylon, will give an illustrated talk on "Ceylon, The Pearl of the East."
Ralph C. Witmiller and Mrs. Katherine Kirk Lodge were married on October 31.
George H. Reisner, a first-year student, has been named to the Freshmen Glee Club at Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Dolores Bivens of McConnellsburg was one of our students who received recognition for outstanding ability in typing at a student assembly at Chambersburg School of Business last week.
Harry Winegardner of Clear Ridge, who suffered a paralytic stroke about 10 days ago, is recuperating satisfactorily.
Emery Wible of Clear Ridge was much surprised last Sunday when his brothers and sisters "dropped in" to partake of a delicious goose dinner and wish him a happy birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Yohn of Shade Gap are the proud parents of a baby girl born November 2.
Last week, large brown eggs were 51 cents a dozen and brown pullet eggs were 33 cents a dozen.
The first snowfall on November 6 was a real storm.
A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Strait is a polio patient in Harrisburg Hospital.
The Amaranth correspondent writes: "Mrs. Dr. Watson is critically ill in the Memorial Hospital."
Quite a few Fulton County men were fighting fire last week on Sideling Hill Mountain.
Roy Deshong of Wells Tannery is a patient in Bedford Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery on Saturday.
Mrs. Harold Palmer of Warfordsburg is in Philadelphia, visiting her husband who is a patient in Penn Institute Hospital.
Pfc. Harry L. Bain, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bain of Cito, is now undergoing intensive post-truce training with the 114th Infantry Division in Korea.
Pvt. Paul T. Cromwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cromwell of Harrisonville, has arrived at the reception center at Fort Meade, Md., for his initial indoctrination into the Army.
Deaths: Jacob L. Keefer of Atlantic City, N.J.; Jacob Harvey Pittman of Conroe, Texas.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 11, 1943
Deaths: William Milton Kennedy of McConnellsburg; Mertie Vienna McKee of Marklesburg, Pa.;
Mrs. Maurice Shaw of Hancock; George E. Croft of Saltillo.
Wallace Fogal of Newbury was instantly killed on Friday night when the truck he was driving wrecked near the Fulton Huntingdon County line as it was rounding a left-hand turn. The truck hit the guardrails and overturned.
Harry Snyder underwent an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Monday.
Tillie Sloan, freshman at Wilson College, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Sloan.
Victor Gobin left on Friday for Parris Island, S.C., to begin boot training with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Major D.L. Hohman, who is stationed at Blytheville, Ark., is spending a two-week furlough here.
Death: Mrs. Kate Kerlin.
Chief Petty Officer John Henry is stationed at Norfolk, Va.
Pvt. Ronald Berkstresser is now at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Paul Alloway has moved from New Grenada to Shippensburg where he and his daughters have defense work.
Death: Mrs. Maggie Clark of Dudley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sprowl of Wells Tannery have taken up residence in Chambersburg for the winter.
Mrs. Louella Mellott of McConnellsburg and Mrs. Blanche Reeder of McConnellsburg have been admitted to Everett Hospital for major abdominal operations.
Sgt. Thomas W. Truax has returned to Salt Lake City after a 16-day furlough spent here with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Truax.
A-C Jennings M. Lynch Jr. is stationed at Winfield, Kan.
Non-leather shoes will soon be available, ration free.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of November 9, 1933
The annual Halloween party, sponsored by the civic club and held in the Harris Garage, was a howling success this year. One of the prize winners in the colorful parade was the high school band, under the direction of Clarence Shore.
Deaths: Jacob L. Moore of Everett; Mrs. Savannah Louisa Strait of Akersville.
The election on Tuesday was a quiet affair, but the results are not official of yet. The election board in McConnellsburg, by some means, counted more votes than were cast.
Miss Inez Fields arrived at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Fields, last week, after completing the training course for nurses at University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Charles Vores and his new bride, Verna Winer, were honored at a kitchen shower at the home of his parents last week.
Recent weddings: Lester Sipes and Dorothy Edwards on November 6; Fred Foster and Grace Gray on November 6; Leon Dawson McClain and Rusella Belle Mellott on November 4; Rolla Dais and Nellie M. Matlack on November 4; Brice Raymond Aller and Esther Rebecca Batdorff on October 18.
Dr. E.H. MacKinley received notice this week of his appointment as medical director of Fulton County.
Game must be scarce this year, at least near Jesse Gracey's home, because hunters have killed two of his tame turkeys and injured a third.
Mrs. John Divens has returned to her home in Knobsville after being a patient for two weeks in Everett Hospital, suffering from blood poisoning.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mellott of Sipes Mill held a party on October 25 in honor of the fifth birthday of their daughter, Dorothua.
A birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert King on October 25 in honor of Mrs. King's 56th birthday, the 28th birthday of their son, Earle, and the 17th birthday of another son, Kenneth.
"Tug Boat Annie," the year's outstanding motion picture, starring Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler, will be shown at the Fulton Theatre this week.
90 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 8, 1923
Deaths: Mrs.
Frances Keebaugh of near Hustontown; Mrs. Mary Catherine Miller of Center; Adam M. Grissinger of McConnellsburg; E.S. Heeter of Three Springs; George Dayhoff of Hagerstown; Miss Myrtle Charlotte Cunningham of Altoona.
Charles E. Rouzer and Velma Glunt were married November 6.
The story of the bear that went over the mountain is now out of date, for District Forester W.L. Byers tells a better one. This bear, a big one, climbed to the fifth platform of the Blue Knob tower last week, took a long look around the countryside, climbed back down and then went on about his business.
Hans Lamberson and Rachel Louise Wishart were married on November 3.
Walter Barnhart and Stella A. Hollenshead were married on August 8.
S. Blain Lehman of Franklin County has been named the state potato champion, having raised 520 bushels to a measured acre. Mr. Lehman is well known here, his wife being the former Miss Ruth Kendall, sister of James Kendall of the cove.
Guy Sharpe celebrated his 16th birthday on October 26.
Miss Rose Daniels, a recent graduate of Hood College, has been awarded the Mrs. Elsie Muir Loucks Prize for "exerting the most wholesome influence by word and act upon her fellow students during her four years of college."
William Cline of Burnt Cabins is seriously ill again, having suffered another stroke last week.
Rev. Houck, whose automobile tire was stolen last week while he dined with friends, found the tire on his porch when he finally got home.


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Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson, died Wednesday, March 18 after suffering an apparent head injury from a skiing accident. She was 45.
"Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha," says the actress' rep Alan Nierob in a statement. "They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."
Richardson was skiing at the Mont Tremblant resort in Quebec on Monday, March 16 when she suffered a head injury. Initially she seemed fine, able to walk, talk and joke, but later she was rushed to a hospital nearby. A day later she was flown by private jet to receive treatment at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital where family gathered, fearing the worst.
The British actress comes from a great acting family, including mother Vanessa Redgrave, aunt Lynn Redgrave and sister Joely Richardson who stars on FX's "Nip/Tuck."
Her maternal grandparents were the late actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and her father, the late director and producer Tony Richardson gave his daughter Natasha her first film role at age four in "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
View Natasha Richardson's life in pictures.
Richardson was born on May 11, 1963 in London, England, where she later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She built a career in theater, appearing in the London's West End and on Broadway. In 1998 she won a Tony for her performance as Sally Bowles in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of "Cabaret." In 2005, she starred as Blanche DuBois opposite John C. Reilly in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Although she appeared on television, most recently as a guest judge on Bravo's "Top Chef: New York" reality series, she made more of an impact on the big screen.
Highlights of her film resume include an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"; 1994's "Nell," in which she co-starred with future husband Neeson; Disney's remake of "The Parent Trap"; the erotic thriller "Asylum," which she also executive produced; and both "The White Countess" and "Evening," both of which she co-starred with her mother Vanessa Redgrave. Her aunt Lynn Redgrave also appeared in "The White Countess."
Richardson was previously married to filmmaker and theater producer Robert Fox, whom she divorced in 1992. She married Neeson in late 1994. Together they had two sons: Micheal Richard Antonio, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12.

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Lindsay Lohan may not win an Emmy, but she will have a distinction few celebs have achieved -- she'll face a total of 4 new criminal charges on the same day on different coasts.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the Santa Monica City Attorney will charge Lindsay TODAY with 3 CRIMES in connection with her car accident last June on Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica. After ramming her Porsche into a big rig, she lied to cops, telling them she was the passenger in the car when in fact she was the driver.
Lindsay will be charged with:
-- giving false information to a peace officer ... punishable by up to 6 months in jail.
-- obstructing or resisting a police officer in the performance of his duty ... punishable by 1 year in jail.
-- reckless driving ... punishable by 90 days in jail.
As we first reported, when Lindsay is arraigned in L.A. -- probably next week -- the judge will revoke her probation in the jewelry heist case and set a hearing to determine if she will go to jail for a long period of time. One of the conditions of probation is that Lindsay must obey all laws.
Speaking of which ... her arrest this morning in NYC for assault (crime #4) could end up triggering a second reason to revoke her probation.
Translation -- Lindsay gets a medal of distinction, and she could be screwed.


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These procedures implement dynamic binding and are in structure
fluid is a cell whose value can be bound dynamically.
Each fluid has a top-level value that is used when the fluid
is unbound in the current dynamic environment.
(make-fluid value) -> fluid
(fluid fluid) -> value
(let-fluid fluid value thunk) -> value(s)
(let-fluids fluid0 value0 fluid1 value1 ... thunk) -> value(s)
Make-fluid returns a new fluid with
value as its initial
top-level value.
Fluid returns
fluid's current value.
Let-fluid calls
thunk, with
fluid bound to
thunk returns.
Using a continuation to throw out of the call to
thunk causes
fluid to revert to its original value, while throwing back
in causes
fluid to be rebound to
Let-fluid returns the value(s) returned by
Let-fluids is identical to
let-fluid except that it binds
an arbitrary number of fluids to new values.
(let* ((f (make-fluid 'a)) (v0 (fluid f)) (v1 (let-fluid f 'b (lambda () (fluid f)))) (v2 (fluid f))) (list v0 v1 v2))
->'(a b a)
(let ((f (make-fluid 'a)) (path '()) (c #f)) (let ((add (lambda () (set! path (cons (fluid f) path))))) (add) (let-fluid f 'b (lambda () (call-with-current-continuation (lambda (c0) (set! c c0))) (add))) (add) (if (< (length path) 5) (c) (reverse path))))
->'(a b a b a)
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BOSTON -- Former Sen. Scott Brown has not yet declared his intentions after moving to New Hampshire, but a Suffolk University/Boston Herald poll of likely New Hampshire voters shows him trailing Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who leads five possible Republican challengers for the U.S. Senate. Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan also shows an even larger lead against her Republican challengers.
Shaheen's closest challenger was Brown, who trailed her 52-39 percent, with 9 percent undecided. The former senator from Massachusetts, who has been the target of a negative TV ad campaign, had a 33 percent favorable rating and a 42 percent unfavorable rating.
Even GOP voters are contributing to his unfavorable rating, including 19 percent of registered Republicans and 43 percent of those who are voting for one of his four potential Republican primary opponents -- Andy Martin, Jim Rubens, Bob Smith and Karen Testerman.
In the governor's race, Hassan was the choice of between 53 and 56 percent of voters in one-on-one matchups against five possible Republican challengers, including Bill Binnie, Ted Gatsas, Andrew Hemingway, George Lambert and Chuck Morse, none of whom reached 29 percent. The closest opponent was Gatsas (28 percent against Hassan's 53 percent, with 19 percent undecided).
The New Hampshire primary is Sept. 9, and the final election for statewide and congressional offices is Nov.
President Barack Obama, a 5-point winner in the Granite State in 2012, has fallen out of favor in both personal popularity (46 percent favorable - 48 percent unfavorable) and job performance (40 percent approve - 51 percent disapprove, with 9 percent undecided).
"Democrats Hassan and Shaheen are earning higher voter support than President Obama," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston. "The poll tells us that 29 percent of voters favorable to Hassan disapprove of the president's job performance."
One of the issues dragging down the president's ratings is the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in New Hampshire. Thirty-seven percent of likely voters said that Obamacare is generally good for New Hampshire, while 52 percent said it is generally bad, with 11 percent undecided.
Thirty-one percent of likely voters said they feel that the New Hampshire economy has improved. More than 40 percent said that it has stayed the same, and 26 percent said it has gotten worse.
"The lagging implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the economy in general are weighing down the president's approval rating and minimizing his ability to help Democratic candidates, especially if these races get closer."
While the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination is dominated by Hillary Clinton in all polls, the Republican presidential sweepstakes is wide open in New Hampshire. Rand Paul and Chris Christie were tied at 12 percent, followed closely by Jeb Bush (9 percent), Paul Ryan (9 percent), Jon Huntsman (8 percent), Scott Walker (7 percent) and Marco Rubio (6 percent). Five other candidates were at 5 percent or below, and 14 percent of voters were undecided.
The statewide Suffolk University survey used a split sample of landline and cell phone numbers and a screen to filter out low voter intensity. The field of 800 likely voters was conducted Thursday, Feb. 27, through Wednesday, March 5. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence. The subset of 426 likely Republican primary voters carries an error rate of +/-4.8 percent.


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Hadopi Accused Of 'Massaging' The Numbers To Make Anti-Piracy Activity Look Better
from the oops dept
On top of that, France Telecom, who has said that P2P use continues to grow, has also noted that it saw "a marked increase in levels of encrypted traffic since the Hadopi notice-sending began," suggesting that there's plenty of file sharing going on via encrypted channels that Hadopi simply can't track.
Furthermore, Horten points to a Numerama report that highlights the fact that Hadopi's numbers come from the IFPI and ALPA. ALPA is a French anti-piracy organization. In other words, organizations who have a long history of fudging their own numbers. You would think, if the data was really showed that Hadopi was having an impact, its numbers would be a lot stronger.


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Automated Backup on Windows
From PostgreSQL wiki
Automated Backup on Windows
Below are 2 set of instructions to automate backing up of PostgreSQL Server in Windows Environment.
- The First method uses pg_dump.exe along with batch file to call it. This batch file will create a new file for each day it is run.
- The Second method backups uses PgPass, pg_dumpall.exe, and a batch file to backup the entire server and over write the file every time it is run.
Using pgdump, new file for each day
- Go to Server create a Directory called Drive:\PostgresqlBack then create a sub directory called "bin" in the Drive:\PostgresqlBack
- Instead of compiling pg_dump.exe the pgAdmin III install has the pg_dump ready to go. The following files are required when using pg_dump.exe from pgAdmin III install, these files must be located in the bin folder along side pg_dump.exe
- Create batch file called something, example is postgresqlBackup.bat. The file must be located in PostgresqlBack directory not the bin folder.
- Open the File then Copy/Paste the following
@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%i in ("%date%") do (
set dow=%%i
set month=%%j
set day=%%k
set year=%%l
set datestr=%month%_%day%_%year%
echo datestr is %datestr%
set BACKUP_FILE=<NameOfTheFile>_%datestr%.backup
echo backup file name is %BACKUP_FILE%
SET PGPASSWORD=<PassWord>
echo on
bin\pg_dump -h <HostName> -p 5432 -U <UserName> -F c -b -v -f %BACKUP_FILE% <DATABASENAME>
- Change <NameOfTheFile> to something. One idea is use the name of the database.(make sure there are no spaces after the word BACKUP_FILE any spaces will cause this setting not to work.)Setting is the first part of the file name then followed by the date the file was created with the extension .backup
- Change the <PassWord > setting above to the correct password for the backup users. (make sure there is no spaces after the word PGPASSWORD any spaces will cause this setting not to work. Description of pgPassword
- Change <HostName> either to ip address or dns name of the server hosting Postgresql.
- Change <UserName> to backup user make sure this users has access to database for backup purposes
- Change <DATABASENAME> to the database name being backed up.
- Save the File
- Create Task for the MS Task Scheduler
- Once you have chosen the security context the Task in going to run in, it is advised to change the directory security where the backup is run and the files are stored, as a high level user name and password are stored in plain text.
Using .pgpass and pgdumpall, same file
To achieve an automated backup in a windows environment, I did the following.
- Create a .pgpass file
- (I called mine pgpass.conf) and put it somewhere secure. I have it in a subdirectory under the script that runs the backup.
- Lock down the .pgpass file
- Using NTFS permissions, disable access to this file for everybody except the user pg is running as
- (If you're running pg under the system account, then you should set it to use it's own user credentials)
- Create a script to call pg_dumpall
- Mine looks like this:
SET PGPASSFILE=C:\foo\bar\PG_BACKUP\PGPASSFILE\pgpass.conf
"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin\pg_dumpall.exe" -U scfcu_postgres > C:\foo\bar\PG_BACKUP\db.out current
- Important to note is the first line, that dynamically sets the PGPASSFILE environment variable. This releases after the script is finished, so that only this process for only the time it's running has automatic login. The second line is a very basic pg_dumpall command, with a username passed (-U) and the output filename (db.out) as well as the database to backup (in this case 'current')
- Create a scheduled task
- I created a scheduled task in windows to run each night at 11:00 PM. The command is
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "C:\foo\bar\PG_BACKUP\pg_backup.bat"
- and it starts in the directory
- C:\foo\bar\PG_BACKUP
Once this is all set up, pg_dumpall will run automatically each night and dumps out a file to this directory. At this point it's best to use whatever backup solution you're currently using to backup the entire system (including that directory) and hopefully get a copy off-site as well. If you ever need to restore, you can use the db.out file you have backed up. As long as you stay within the same version number during dumpall and restore, everything should be gorgeous.
It took me a little while to figure out how to automatically pass the password securely (or as secure as you can get in windows). This isn't bulletproof, but we've been running this for some time now on a db that holds all of the data mine information for a 3 branch credit union. Hopefully this will help you get it going, and cut out that pesky user interaction when backing up on windows.


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Brussels, 1st April 2009
Antitrust: Commissioner Kroes takes note of MasterCard's decision to cut cross-border Multilateral Interchange Fees (MIFs) and to repeal recent scheme fee increases
European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes has indicated that, on the basis of information currently available, she sees no need to pursue MasterCard for non-compliance with a 2007 Commission decision that MasterCard's cross-border multilateral interchange fees (MIF) were in breach of EC Treaty rules on restrictive business practices (see IP/07/1959 and MEMO/07/590). Following the 2007 Decision, MasterCard provisionally repealed its cross-border MIF on 12 June 2008 (see MEMO/08/397) but increased its scheme fees from October 2008. MasterCard now has decided to apply a new methodology to its MIF for cross-border transactions which will result in a substantially reduced average weighted MIF level compared with that found to be in breach of EU antitrust rules. Following the new methodology, the maximum weighted average MIF per transaction will be reduced to 0.30% for consumer credit cards and to 0.20% for consumer debit cards. Moreover, MasterCard has agreed to withdraw as of July 2009 the increases of its scheme fees imposed in October 2008. Finally, MasterCard has agreed to change its system rules as of July 2009 in order to increase transparency and competition in the payment cards market. Implementation of these changes will be closely monitored in the coming months.
Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "I am satisfied that these undertakings will not only improve the efficiency and transparency of the MasterCard payment card scheme but also provide a fair share of the benefits to consumers and retailers. The new methodology for calculating the MIF will help to bring clarity for banks and retailers and also lead to a substantial reduction in comparison to MasterCard's previous MIF. We will be monitoring implementation closely in the coming months."
The Commission decided in December 2007 (see IP/07/1959 and MEMO/07/590) that the MIF established by MasterCard for cross-border transactions made with MasterCard and Maestro branded debit and consumer credit cards in the European Economic Area (EEA), did not comply with EC Treaty rules on restrictive business practices (Article 81). Nevertheless, the decision did not exclude the possibility that a MIF might be compatible with EC antitrust rules if it had positive effects on innovation and efficiency and allowed a fair share of these benefits to be passed on to consumers. The Decision gave MasterCard six months (until 21 June 2008) to adjust its behaviour to comply with the antitrust rules with the possibility of imposing penalty payments for any delays in the implementation of the Decision.
On 12 June 2008 (see MEMO/08/397), MasterCard provisionally repealed its cross-border MIF, while continuing to engage in discussions on a methodology to determine MIFs where consumers and retailers would enjoy a fair share of the benefits.
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MasterCard has now given three undertakings:
In October 2008 MasterCard revised its acquirer pricing structure in the EEA, which included increasing certain existing acquirer fees (charged by a payment card scheme, in this case MasterCard, vis-à-vis its member banks in the framework of their adherence to the scheme), introducing a new fee on acquirers, and repealing certain acquirer fee waivers. However, these fees will now be repealed.
In view of the changes to be made by MasterCard to its MIFs, its agreement to repeal the scheme fee increases and on the basis of the information currently available about these markets, Commissioner Kroes does not intend to propose to the Commission to pursue MasterCard either for non-compliance with the Commission's 2007 decision, or for infringing the antitrust rules by increasing its scheme fees or by reintroducing a cross-border MIF.
As regards Visa's behaviour on the payment cards market, the Commission will continue its antitrust investigation (see MEMO/08/170) and will monitor the behaviour of other market players to ensure that competition is effective in this market to the benefit of merchants and consumers.
For more information, see MEMO/09/143.
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I didn't get my wish for an hour of nonstop action. Instead, "In the Evening" was an evenly paced episode that was mostly well-spent setting up our central players, and their merging storylines, for the final three episodes of the season.
So much for immortality
Even a badass prison break and Billith's blood can't save Eric's beloved sister Nora. Despite her brother's best efforts (you know Eric is desperate when he turns to Bill for help), Nora is the latest "True Blood" regular to meet her maker this season.
But before she disintegrates into a gooey puddle of blood and guts in Eric's arms, we're treated to a flashback of the two siblings' first meeting in 1665 London. As it happens, Nora was dying back then too, of the plague. A bewigged Eric is so taken by her courageous spirit that he brings her to his father, Godric, to be saved/turned.
Back in the present, Nora isn't as lucky and succumbs to the Hep V flowing through her now-eerily-dark-blue veins. Eric is torn up over his sister's gruesome demise, and we're left imagining the revenge rampage he will certainly begin next week.
God is Good!
Sarah Newlin arrives at Governor Burrell's mansion to find the place abandoned and Burrell beheaded. After sharing a passionate (-ly disturbing) goodbye convo and kiss with Burrell's detached dome, she promises to carry out the governor's plans to destroy those nasty vamps.
How does she plan to do that? Easy peasy -- Sarah arranges to have the LAVDF pretend that Burrell is governing from a secret, undisclosed location. She'll be his voice on all matters vampire. Sarah Newlin: She's a woman on mission from God, she's unstoppable and she's my vote for season six's MVP.
Meanwhile, at vamp camp
As per Eric's instructions, Willa goes to warn Pam not to drink the contaminated TruBlood. Pam is in her new "luxury" cell (read: no chains and enough room to stretch) -- the prison shrink is quite taken with Pam, and has arranged for these special accommodations -- when Willa delivers the bad news.
Later, Pam has a shrink sesh and agrees to sleep with her creepy, infatuated doctor if he'll let her into Gen Pop (where she can better help Willa, Tara and Jessica handle the Hep V sitch). Talk about taking one for the team.
Jason, having completely convinced the other officers that he's one of them, has Jess brought to him. She's touched to learn that Jason has infiltrated the camp with the intention of saving her. Problem is, Jess no longer believes that she's worth being saved. She does want to thank that sexy vampire who sweetly refused to rape her, though, and would be ever so grateful if Jason could arrange for that. Oh, and also, she'd love to thank James privately, if possible. Jason is worried that Jess is suffering from "stockholder's syndrome," but agrees to have James brought to her.
What's the best way to thank a guy for not having sex with you? To have sex with him, of course. But first, Jess warns James about Hep V and their Billith-forecasted deaths, and then tells him she's never had sex with a vampire. Before they all burn, she'd like to know what all the fuss is about. Cue intense vampire copulation, no coercion necessary.
After Jason vacates the room so that Jessica can get her grateful on, his day just gets worse. Sarah Newlin's first act as HBIC is to out Jason as a vamp-lover and have him thrown into Gen Pop. Luckily, Tara is there to stop the imprisoned vampires from immediately devouring him.
Thoroughly Modern Sookie
Just 'cause she let Warlow feed on her, took a big bite out of his neck and then had magic faerie relations resulting in an explosion of glowing light with him doesn't mean Sookie has consented to marry Warlow. A girl just has needs. She's trying to explain this to Warlow when she hears Arlene crying over Terry's grave. Never one to leave a friend hanging, Sookie tells Warlow she'll be back for him ASAP and light-zaps herself from faerie-land back to Bon Temps.
Once there, she and Lafayette go to check out that safety deposit box Terry gave Lafayette the key to before getting glamoured and then shot. Inside the box, they find a life insurance document issued three days before Terry was shot. They realize that Terry planned his death, and intend to tell Arlene what they've learned. Unfortunately, having decided to drown her sorrows in whole lot of alcohol, Arlene is in no condition to receive this news.
That's when Bill shows up, and even Arlene isn't too wasted to wonder how the heck he's paying them a visit smack dab in the middle of a bright, sunny day. Bill and Sookie go out back for a one-on-one, and Bill implores Sookie to bring him Warlow or the blood of their friends will be on both of their hands.
Will the new, empowered Sookie be willing to lend Bill Compton a helping (magic light) hand once again? Especially if it means turning over her new love interest? With Tara, Jessica, Jason and Pam about to meet the True Death, I'm thinking yes.
The rest of it
Sam calls Lafayette to check in and finds out Terry's been murdered. After a steamy shower scene with Nicole, he has her call her mother and come pick her up so that he can head back to Bon Temps to properly mourn Terry knowing that Nicole is safe. Do I care at all about any of this? No, I don't.
I care even less when Alcide and his dad have a lackluster heart-to-heart in a pickup truck. His father tells Alcide that pack life just ain't for him, and it ain't for Alcide either. Alcide disagrees, and returns to his pack. He informs them that Sam and Nicole are dead and that Emma has been returned to Martha. Except that Rikki tracked down and captured Nicole and her mom, and the pack knows that Alcide is lying to them. Ruh-roh.
It's been a bumpy ride, but we're in the homestretch of season six and it's often during those last few tension-filled, cliffhanger-heavy episodes that "True Blood" is at its best and bloodiest. It's time to raise (and sharpen) the stakes -- and maybe kill off those werewolves, too.


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by BlueStreak » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:42 am
Last week on Review Group Drama:There were more boobs in the comic than there were reviewers. Usually, that would be a point of shame for the lack of the reviews, but this week, we didn't stand a chance.
Brightest Day #23
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Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI; Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO; Cover by GARY FRANK; 1:10 Variant Covers by IVAN REIS
It's the beginning of the end as we head toward the epic conclusion to BRIGHTEST DAY! The mystery of the heroes' return and the secrets of the white forest are revealed! Plus, Captain Boomerang draws closer to completing his mission! And at last, it's Firestorm vs. Deadman!
Frank Einstein has next week's pick.
If you would like to join the group, it's easy. Just post a review and I'll add you to the member's list. As long as you stay active, eventually it will be your turn to make a pick.
With $4 comics becoming the norm, the economy being what it is and the growing popularity of mail order services the Review Group recognizes that it's becoming harder and harder to commit to participating each and every week. As long as you can post one review per calendar month you will stay in the member's list. It doesn't matter if you post your review the week of it's release or if you post it later. There is no such thing as a "late" review.
The only request I make is that if you don't plan on posting a review or if you're going to be posting late is that you drop a note in the thread so that I can keep track of who is active and who isn't. The Spreadsheet of Doom is thorough, but it can't read your mind.
Comics are to be scored on a scale from 1-10. 1 being suck, 10 being a damn good comic. Beyond that, there's no right or wrong.
If it's your week, you must announce your selection by 5pm EST the day Diamond releases it's shipping list. If you do not announce your pick at that time, I will add a poll to the thread that will remain open until 12pm EST so that the group can make the selection for that week. (If you're seriously MIA, I'll probably put the poll up sooner) To ensure that you know it's your week, I will PM you when Midtown's list goes live on Thursdays. Also you'd better keep in mind the Amber Atoms rule, if your pick isn't reviewed by 2 or more people you will be exiled from the Group for 1 year. Our definition of a single issue comic is limited to comics listed at $3.99 or lower, anything above that is off limits. Also, to prevent utter filth being chosen deliberately, the Weird Worlds Rule has also gone into affect. Any book scoring a new all-time low (2.12 as of today) will not count as a miss if people wisely choose not to purchase it. Any poor soul who did review the book will earn a free pass on a book of their choice.
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by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:45 am"Last week on Review Group Drama: I almost got weirdworlded." should be changed to "Last Week on Review Group Drama: GLX almost outed by a comic book."
by BlueStreak » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:49 am
I'm still trying to figure out how his parents think Alex Ross is gay based on his work...
by ****** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:11 am
It's probably the tingling in his crotch that GLX's dad gets when he reads Kingdom Come.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:40 am
So are like me & Kerny a couple now?
I do like the Doombug/Jubilee pairing though.
by Zero » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:03 amEvery time I've seen Firestorm in a comic half of him has died. Is this normal or just Geoff Johns default way of writing the character?
Brightest Day #23
Swamp Thing is possibly my favourite Alan Moore work, and it's certainly one of my two or three favourite comics of all time. It has ties to the DCU but ultimately resides happily apart from it and that suits the character just fine. To see him dragged into the latter end of a comic I have been avoiding and tied to a story I found awful at best is not the best way to get me on board with a comic.
I have no idea why the world is ending, and while BD #23 sells the chaos very well I'm not sure how much was intentional and how much was simply my confusion at events that make no real sense since the driving force behind the plot seems to be a lamp that speaks in riddles and some kind of Black Lantern Swamp Thing. Nothing about the messy story or revamped characters made me want to track down 22 previous issues (as well as the Green Arrow series which seems like it should be crucial) so hopefully the art was good.
Ivan Reis is an artist rooted in the DC house style, a crisp but bland look that tells the story well without any problems understanding what's supposed to be shown. He does this by sacrificing flair and originality and anything resembling individuality. If you'd told me Phil Jimenez had drawn this I wouldn't have doubted you and that is far from a compliment coming from me. The colouring is a little too gaudy most of the time, and never has the depth or nuance a more prominent colourist would bring. A perfect fit for the token effort at art.
Not since Blackest Night #8 have I read a comic with so little to offer me and even that comic had the decency not to sabotage a comic I would much rather have read in the form of China Mieville's aborted Swamp Thing book.
by Punchy » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:13 amWell look who just discovered Phonogram 3 years late.
Zero, did you get a Nonplayer signed print?
by Zero » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:15 am
I was gonna, but I'm moving house this month and can't really stretch so another comic this week. Plus I have no idea what I'd do with it beyond eBay so let someone else have it.
by Punchy » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:18 am
Good to see you turn your back on a life of crime (speculating), but you're missing out on Nonplayer, it looks beautiful.
by Zero » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:31 am
Yeah, it was hard to say no to but I'll be able to grab a trade later and honestly space is now an issue when it comes to singles. Luckily I have enough stuff for my walls:
by Punchy » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:33 amI have that same Scott Pilgrim poster!
I queued for aaaages at that signing.
by Zero » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:34 amI just got one sent up, lazinesstastic.
by Punchy » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:36 am
Is yours not signed then?
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Emily Ostrom Graham
Emily Ostrom Graham is a graduate of the Class of 2004 and has taken her German degree with her throughout her career. Emily teaches German, English and ESL at Troy Area Junior/Senior High School in Troy, Pa. The German program comprises of over 70 students and offers levels I through V. At the highest level the students are engaged with advanced structures of the German Language, vocabulary in specialized areas such as politics, business and higher education.
Emily is also an active teacher and advocate of the German American Partnership Program (GAPP) with which the Troy Area School District is involved. This program is held in coordination with the Goethe-Institutes in Boston and NYC, which promote cross-cultural exchanges between young German and American students. It allows for the students to immerse themselves in a three-week stay with the students at Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium in Geethacht, Germany which the Americans reciprocate by acting as host for three weeks to the German students visiting Troy. (see photo at right)
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Jack Conboy graduated Bucknell with a double major in German and Political Science and is currently working as an attorney in Manhattan. Following Bucknell, he attended law school at St. John's University School of Law where he graduated in 2010 with a Juris Doctor (J.D.). Although in his current position he does not use his German degree directly, he still values all that it has helped him in to getting where he is today. During the interview for a past job, his boss took note of his German degree and spoke to him German to test his conversational ability. He says he conversed with his boss former in German in the office from time to time. "I would imagine that if we ever acquire a German-speaking client, I would be able to put my German to use in the workplace."
Laura Holmes
After Bucknell, Laura Holmes joined Teach for America and later, furthered her studies at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C. While at AU completing a master's degree in International Training and Education and a graduate certificate in TESOL, she also advised students in the University Honors Program. Language is a passion of Laura's and although she does not directly use her German language skills every day, she says her "Bucknell experiences, including learning foreign languages and studying abroad in Berlin, were extremely formative." She continues to reflect on her time in Berlin and the internship she completed at a German social service agency for refugees. The internship included conducting interviews, designing youth activities, and teaching ESL. She says, "This first-hand experience with refugees and their powerful stories has strongly impacted my personal and professional interests." Laura currently works in international youth exchange programming in Washington, D.C.
Christopher Fox
Christopher Fox presently works for a German Company called REHAU. There he develops and designs geothermal piping systems which harvest energy from the ground to heat and cool buildings. Christopher interacts with Germans on a daily basis, giving him the opportunity to make use of his German skills through reading, writing and speaking. In July of 2012, Christopher moved to the corporate headquarters located in Germany, so having knowledge of the language in the home country will be of utmost importance. Although knowing the language is not critical for his position he says, "there is no doubt in my mind that I would not be where I am now without it." He says it is his German skills that first grabbed the attention of REHAU during the hiring process and his German skills that have helped accelerate his career since. "If you want a skill which expands your horizons, open up new doors of possibilities, and is immensely fulfilling, learn a foreign language."
Kacy Peckenpaugh
Kacy Pechenpaugh is currently a PhD candidate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona. She teaches 100-300 level German classes both at the University of Arizona and Middlebury College's Summer Language Program. Having a German degree from Bucknell University has helped to drive Kacy's career as a German professor forward.
Ilene Bach
Ilene Bach is a graduate of the Class of 2000 where she completed her degree in International Relations and German. She received the annual DAAD scholarship to go to Heidelberg, Germany. After completing her year there she decided to stay in Europe with her husband, where the two of them moved to Paris to further their studies. In 2002, she returned to Germany and took up fulltime employment with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Frankfurt. She says this helped her to perfect her German where she wrote legal briefs in German and English and translated documents. "It was also an eye-opening cultural experience because I was part of the integration of a prestigious, traditional German law firm into a flat, internationally active American law firm. The experience taught me volumes about the interaction of corporate and national cultures and how people respond to change." Ilene then got the opportunity to work for a start-up law firm that specialized in German-American legal affairs where she took on many roles and responsibilities.
Currently, Ilene has returned to New York City where she worked for the German bank Landesbank Baden-Württemberg until 2006. She then went to complete her MBA at the Full Time Honors MBA program Baruch (CUNY). She has now moved to a new role in the NYC area as a Financial Analyst. Among all of this, although she does not use her German speaking skills in the workplace today she says the opportunities it has given her has helped to "immensely understand the globalized marketplace".
Alisa Karlsons
At Bucknell, Alisa Karlsons received a double major in German and International Relations. Today she is an attorney in Washington, D.C. and practices Food and Drug Law with a special focus on food packaging. Her role includes assisting her clients in ensuring that the materials they produce or market for use in food packaging are safe and comply with applicable requirements established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) both in the United States and abroad.
Continuing education post-graduation was what Alisa decided was best for her future. Her major "certainly did help me in applying to graduate school for international development." In order to do international work, fluency in another language is required so having her German background allowed her to keep her options open. She also gets to use her German skills in the work place from time to time because the firm does have clients based in Germany and of a firm of 75 attorneys she is the only one that speaks German so she is often asked to assist when reviewing compliance material.


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Cat diagnosed with CRF
Hello everyone. I know this is a Canadian site and I'm posting from Chile, South America, so I hope it's okay! Anyway, I'm here because today my 8 year old female, indoor/outdoor(yard) cat was diagnosed with CRF. Here's the story:
It all started in mid-January when I noticed my cat, who once was told to be overweight at 10 lbs, started losing weight. She looked skinnier, but her healthy attitute was still there: eating, drinking, pooping and peeing normally, playing, sleeping, etc...Also, it's still summer over here and some days have been terribly hot, I thought it could be related to that. I called her vet and asked if it was normal she had dropped from 9 lbs to 6 lbs during this time, and he said yes. Since she was her normal self, I didn't worry that much. But this last monday or tuesday (can't really tell) she stopped pooping, still peeing though. She pees and poops once a day normally. Wednesday she stopped eating. She started looking lethargic. So her vet came to see her Thursday and said it was probably a hairball that wasn't allowing the poop to come out. I wasn't satisfied with his answer, so I looked for another vet, a new one, recommended by him, since he was out of town. I took her there Friday and the vet was really worried, said she was extremely dehydrated and that it was probably CRF. I couldn't believe it. I kept my cool while being there, but when I got home I cried because I've read info about CRF and it doesn't look very good. Also, she's only 8, most cases I've read are about much older cats. Anyway, he started IV treatment on her, took blood samples and removed her poop. Also, he told me she has gingivitis.
Today I went to see her and she looked very good, her eyes were bright again, she looked like her old happy self, but with an IV. He even removed a rotten tooth. But the vet didn't have good news: she was diagnosed with CRF. Her creatinine and BUN levels are high, which he tells me means she has kidney failure. He prescribed Hill's k/d (dry or/and wet), which she was eating and seemed to love, and told me she could mantain a healthy life even with this condition.
I can't deny the blood tests results, but he told me that cats with CRF pee a lot, and my cat didn't pee that much, only two or three times a day in the last two days. Also, I understand that cats who pee a lot change places to pee because their litter is dirty with pee. Not the case here.
Does any of you guys have a cat with CRF? What are your experiences or thoughts? I was also reading about cats who eat toxic plants that experience high levels of creatinine. Perhaps my cat lost weight because she had a rotten tooth? Any ideas?
Thanks so much.
I can't give you good news, Danny, as we have lost a cat at just 9 with CRF, but others here are much more knowledgeable on the subject and have had more cats than I do. I just wanted to welcome you. I am from Australia so where you live doesn't matter, just don't think anyone is ignoring your post if there is a time difference between there and Canada. I'm sure you will get helpful advice shortly.
Welcome to the board, Danny, though I wish it were under better circumstances. So sorry to hear about your cat.
With luck, one of our more experienced cat gurus will be chiming in soon, but here's a thread by one member who has experience with CRF in cats, just in case you haven't already seen it: Early Stage Kidney Failure in Cat. It's a long thread, but it's chock full of information.
I hope your kitty is with you a long time!
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How was your cat doing at home in the days after IV treatment? Did she seem cranky, weak, extra thirsty?
Has your vet recommended regular fluid treatment yet or just going with food as of now?
Cats diagnosed with CRF can live happily for years when managed well, as did my girl for 4 years after diagnosis until cancer got her.
Do you have a copy of the blood work results? Did your vet also do a urinalysis?
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Thank you all for your kind welcome. My cat is still at the vet's receiving IV treatment, but I did see her yesterday (saturday) and she looked much better, she was eating and that really cheered up since I haven't seen her eat since last Wednesday. It was herself again and although she has this disease, I'm happy to see her that well. I'm supposed to call the vet in a while to see how she is. She's no longer dehydrated, as the vet showed me with the pulling skin trick, that was also very good to see. Tomorrow (monday) at noon I'm bringing her home. I already bought her food Hill's K/D (dry) and plan to buy the wet version as well. That's all he prescribed, and of course, water at all times, which she has always had. I'll see how she behaves and whether she pees a lot, which I didn't see while she was still here.
Her creatinine was at 4.7 and her BUN was 60, which the vet told me could be that high due to dehydration. No, he did not do urinalysis.
I have a question about her feeding though: I know Hill's K/D is low in protein. Is that okay? Do I need to also feed her meat, chicken to compensate this low intake of protein?
I hope I can enjoy her company for many years as well, I'll do everything I can to make her feel healthy and comfy.
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I would be more inclined to find a food with better quality ingredients such as:
By Nature Organics Turkey & Turkey Liver, Chicken & Chicken Liver, Turkey & Chicken, Chicken & Mackerel, Beef & Beef Liver
Innova Flex Beef & Barley Stew
Evo 95% Chicken & Turkey
Felidae Platinum
Felidae Cat & Kitten
Felidae Grain Free
Merricks Before Grain 96% Beef
Merricks Before Grain 96% Turkey
Merricks Cowboy Cookout
Merricks Thanksgiving Day Dinner
Halo Spots Stew Wholesome Chicken
Halo Spots Stew Wholesome Turkey
Wellness Turkey, Chicken, Beef & Chicken, Beef & Salmon, Kitten, Wellness Core Chicken Turkey & Chicken Liver (other flavours are too high in phos)
Holistic Select Turkey & Barley
Holistic Select Duck & Chicken
Many more choices listed here http://www.felinecrf.org/canned_food...od_data_tables
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Former Border Patrol union president indicted
SAN DIEGO – The former leader of a union representing Border Patrol agents was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds for personal use.
Terence J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council for 22 years until his retirement last year, is accused of submitting expense vouchers for meals, car rentals, luggage, books and other union-related activities when he was traveling for personal reasons.
The false claims cover periods when he was visiting his mistress in Chicago, his family, hockey games and other sporting events unrelated to the union, the indictment says. He allegedly sought wages for time when he was downloading pornography at home on hard drives paid for by the union.
"Siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from hard-working Border Patrol agents, many of whom put their lives on the line every day to protect this country, is a particularly troubling form of corruption that must be addressed," said Laura Duffy, the U.S. attorney in San Diego.
Bonner, 59, did not immediately respond to phone messages to his office and pager. He is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday on 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
George McCubbin, who succeeded Bonner as union president, said the alleged corruption was limited to Bonner.
"Obviously this is going to be a black eye on our organization. For years we were always above any of this. It's clear this is an isolated incident," McCubbin told The Associated Press. "There are no other union officers involved. This is strictly on T.J."
McCubbin said the union's executive board learned about the investigation in April 2010. Bonner retired from the Border Patrol a month later after a 33-year career with the agency, and the union allowed him to continue serving as president until his two-year term expired in March 2011.
Bonner submitted six years' worth of travel expenses to the government at the end of 2009 and filed a grievance when the Border Patrol refused to pay, McCubbin said.
"The agency said this doesn't smell right, and that's when they started their investigation," he said.
The indictment says Bonner worked with an alleged conspirator who was the union's secretary-treasurer, but it does not name the person. Mark Conover, an assistant U.S. attorney, said the person has not been charged. He declined to comment further on whether there are other targets.
Bonner, who lives near San Diego in the small border town of Campo, has been a fixture on cable television and in congressional hearings. News reporters often turned to him for pithy commentaries on border security even after he retired.
Widely known as T.J., he was the union's voice at a time when the agency saw enormous growth to more than 20,000 agents and erected hundreds of miles of fencing and other barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico.
The union, which is part the American Federation of Government Employees and AFL-CIO, has 14,000 members who pay monthly dues of $56, according to the indictment.
Bonner allegedly signed off on policies that benefited him and other officers, such as clothing allowances and up to $800 a year to buy gifts for spouses and children. One policy allowed union officers to claim lost wages for Sundays, holidays, nights and overtime if they provided proof to the secretary-treasurer that they were doing union work.
The indictment lists $87,863 in false claims for lost wages from 2007 to 2010 but doesn't say when the alleged corruption is believed to have begun.
McCubbin, the current president and a longtime union officer, said Bonner got special treatment from the union treasurer, who no longer holds the position.
"When we submitted expense vouchers, he never questioned anything for T.J. If we submitted something and forgot a receipt, he'd circle it and send it back to us. He didn't do that with T.J.," he said.
McCubbin said the union adopted internal controls since learning of the investigation.


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Framingham, MA --- Framingham State freshman Matt Silva (Dracut, MA) passed for 267 yards and five touchdowns while junior Melikke Van Alstyne (Salem, MA) rushed for 157 yards and two scores as they both helped lead the Rams to a 65-21 victory on the final weekend of NEFC Bogan Division play at Maple Street Field.
Framingham State, who has won four out of the last five matchups, improves to 9-1 and completes a perfect season at 7-0 in divisional play. They will host Salve Regina next Saturday in the NEFC Championship game.
The Lancers, who hold a 20-7 edge in the all-time series, end their season at 6-4 and 4-3 in the NEFC Bogan Division. They await word on a possible ECAC Bowl game bid.
After sophomore Zach Skerry (Milford, MA) blocked a field goal on Framingham State's first possession, the Rams scored their first points of the quarter on a 67-yard touchdown blast by Van Alstyne with 7:10 on the clock.
The hosts then tacked on a 23-yard field goal by sophomore Phillip Clain (Swampscott, MA) and a one-yard TD plunge by Van Alstyne for the 17-0 advantage at the 1:43 mark. Van Alstyne's run was set-up by an interception by senior Tyrone Notice (Gardner, MA) at midfield.
Worcester State, however, struck back 14 seconds later when senior Graham Asum (Marlboro, MA) sprinted for a 94-yard kick return for a touchdown to cut into the advantage.
But Framingham State responded on a key fourth-down conversion when Silva flicked a 29-yard scoring strike to senior Alexander Avery (Milford, MA) with 11:43 left in the second quarter for the 24-7 advantage.
Asum helped the Blue and Gold keep pace when he returned another 94-yard kickoff return to the Rams end zone to equal the NCAA Division III record. The last time a player scored two kickoffs for scores was when Michael Graham of Western New England accomplished the feat last season on October 29 in an upset win over Endicott.
Framingham State had other plans as the hosts scored 21 unanswered points by the half on a trio of touchdown passes by Silva – including a pair to first-year Tevin Jones (Springfield, MA/Commerce) and a 41-yard screen pass to Van Alstyne – for the 37-14 lead at the intermission.
To start off the third, the Rams scored on two of their first three possessions to build up the 58-14 edge. Silva hit Avery for his second score on a 26-yard reception with 12:21 remaining and second-year Matt Mangano (Winchester, MA) hit the pay dirt with an 11-yard touchdown at the 6:57 mark.
Following Framingham State's first score, Asum had one last touch for a 61-yard return to reset the national record for the most kickoff return yards. He finished the contest with 333 yards on eight returns to eclipse the 2011 mark set by Tieler Souza of Puget Sound on September 24.
Worcester State put together one last scoring drive which culminated in an eight-yard touchdown by senior Corey Spencer (Malden, MA) to junior AJ Scerra (Marlboro, MA) with 13:43 left in the fourth.
The Rams capped off the games scoring on a 25-yard hookup from sophomore Al Krasco (Medford, MA) to freshman Dylan Hodson (Yarmouthport, MA) midway through the final stanza.
In the final box score, Framingham State rolled out 643 yards of total offense – a new school record – and maintained possession of the ball for 40 minutes and 11 seconds.
The Rams defense held one of the NEFCs top offenses to just 151 yards of offense (-6 yards rushing). Coming into the contest, the Lancers were eighth among Division III New England schools coming into the contest averaging 424.8 yards per game. The hosts also forced a pair of interceptions and two fumbles.
Spencer finished the contest with 157 yards in the air. In 10 games, Spencer has the second-most passing yards (2,825) and touchdowns (22) in a single season.
Scerra was his favorite target as he hauled in five receptions for 53 yards and the squads only offensive score. Entering the game second in the NCAA Division III in total receptions, Scerra now has a school-record 85 catches for 958 yards and eight touchdowns.
Jones and sophomore Brendan Kelliher (Boston, MA/Lexington) both caught five passes each as Jones ended his day with 120 yards and two TDs.
Defensively, senior James Muirhead (Middleboro, MA) led Framingham State with six tackles (five solo) including three for a loss of 16 yards, and one sack. Along with junior Chevere Archer (Lynn, MA), Muirhead forced both of the Rams two fumbles.
Notice distinguished himself with five tackles (four solo) and he snatched both his squad's interceptions. Nine of Spencers 17 incompletions were broken up by Framingham State's defense.
Junior Pat Conrad (Forestdale, MA) paced the Lancer defense with a game-best 10 tackles (seven solo). Third-year classmate's Adam Straughn (Rockland, MA) and Bryan Narcisse (Medway, MA) added eight stops each while Narcisse finished with 3.5 tackles for a loss of nine yards.
As a team the Blue and Gold had 12 tackles for a loss while second-year Tyler Asum (Milford, MA) forced one fumble.
For the season, Asum has 30 returns for a school-record 952 yards and three TDs while he increased the program mark to 1,998 yards. With his two touchdowns today, he now has four scores that have gone for 90-plus yards in his outstanding career.
Clain was a perfect nine-for-nine on PATs and he added a field goal for 12 points on the afternoon.


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The latest trend in magazines is online publishing. Even trendier is starting your own online magazine – no paper issues, just digital issues. Fueled by all the print magazines that have folded during this economic downturn, everybody it seems is taking the plunge to digital. Some of the new online-only magazines are just a few pages long with not much content or effort put into them, while others rival the best of the print versions. Armed with professional photographers and stylists, these editors fly from coast to coast taking pictures of unique houses and shops. On the whole, the digital versions are hipper and fresher than most print magazines and target the X and Y generations. Most appealing is their immediacy and clickable links, along with being environmentally friendly. The first big online splash was made by Lonny, which was favorably compared to domino magazine. Last year, Twitter was busy spreading the word about a new online magazine's release: RUE. And soon, another promising blogger driven magazine, Houston –based High Gloss, will be released.
Singer Alison Sudol is featured on this Rue's cover this month.
The newest mag, Rue, is just three issues old. It is filled with page after page of décor and fashion. The editors of Rue are keenly tech savvy: they used social networking to spread the word and their first issue was a smash hit. There were so many subscribers they were able to attract high class advertisers. Last week, we welcomed the two founders of Rue to the Skirted Roundtable. These girls are driven, smart, energetic and talented. They are going places and so is Rue. Their zest is infectious. If you are stuck in a rut or bored or just listless, listen to these two for some much needed stimulation. I felt like an old, worthless slug after talking with them! The third issue of Rue has just arrived this week and it is filled with story after story; the issue is impressively huge at 267 pages! How they put this together and kept up their daily blogs, I will never understand! Here are a few of my favorite photos from the new Rue:
My favorite story is about Brooke Giannetti from Velvet and Linen. Here, in a picture from Brooke and Steve's shop Giannetti Home, is a chair from their furniture line which Steve and Brooke design. I LOVE, LOVE this chair!!!!!! Velvet and Linen is one of my favorite blogs, a daily must for me.
Another great story centers around entertainer and photo stylist's Annette Joseph's aesthetic. Loved this tablescape in her Atlanta home.
Tarama Kaye-Honey's house is innovative and fresh. Cute dog!
It's not all about house décor in Rue. There's a lot of fashion. Beautiful photograph.
Another favorite story is about Susanna Salk's lakeside house. Here, her breakfast room caught my eye with that great island and orange and white upholstered furniture.
I love Susanna's kitchen with its Shaws sink and marble countertops.
Her bedroom is casual trendy. Love the headboard and the long console doubling as a desk.
The two founders of Rue, Crystal Gentilello and Anne Sage, were both bloggers when they decided to launch Rue. They had never even met face-to-face until several weeks into their partnership. A true story of the new century, it's all about high tech and social networking. To listen to this inspiring interview, go HERE. To read the latest Rue, go HERE.
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L-3 Communications has won a four-year $85 million task order contract to help the Navy and Marine Corps draw more intelligence from video sources.
Under the contract, L-3 will upgrade its VideoScout family of systems for the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command and the Navy. Upgrades will include the purchase of new equipment, modifications of existing equipment and the development of new system enhancements.
"With more than 1,000 systems in use worldwide, VideoScout provides a unique situational awareness capability for U.S. Marines and Navy personnel around the world," said Steve Kantor, president of the L-3 Electronic Systems Group.
The VideoScout system provides video exploitation, intelligence and management systems designed to capture, process and exploit video and telemetry from a variety of manned and unmanned airborne platforms, vehicles, ships and network-based video streams, L-3 said.
Once the data is received, the system allows users to create, store and share video files, images, annotations and geo-references with other relevant personnel. This helps both frontline tacticians and intelligence analysts quickly turn large amounts of video data into concise, easily shared video intelligence to improve mission planning, execution and post-mission analysis, the company said.
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3 Must Have Linux-powered Netbooks: I'm planning to acquire a small, ultra-lightweight, low-cost, and Linux-powered subnotebook before the end of the year. So, I began doing some research (used Google), and started my quest to find the perfect netbook.
Of the many netbooks currently available with Linux pre-installed, and also those that are soon to be released, I only have 3 favorites. And, if I were to buy today, I will definitely get either one of the three. I'll share to you my current list of must have Linux-powered netbooks.
Acer Aspire One
Just by looking at the photo (above), you will agree with me that this netbook is a certified head-turner. But, I didn't pick Aspire One for the cuteness-factor alone. Its all essential tech specs of 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 8 GB SSD or 120 GB HDD, up to 1 GB RAM, 8.9" display (1024x600 LED-backlit TFT LCD), 3 USB ports, Wireless LAN, and up to 6 hours of (reported) battery life are more than enough for my needs. It also has a built-in flash memory card reader, a 0.3 Megapixel Webcam, and of course, it can be pre-installed with a Fedora-based Linpus Linux.
Asus Eee 1000 Series
The first time I saw the smoking hot Eee PC 700, I was thinking, if only the display is 2-3 inches bigger, I will buy one. About a year later, my wish came true. Asus launched the Eee PC 1000 series last June that features a 10 inch screen. It has also a much improved tech specs, utilizing a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom CPU, up to 80 GB HDD, up to 2 GB of DDR2 RAM, and has a rated battery life of 4-7 hours. It's also Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capable, and to make typing more comfortable, its keyboard is 92% the size of generic notebooks.
Dell E
This netbook is yet to be released but it's already dubbed the Eee PC-killer. Correct me if I'm wrong, Dell E is going to be Dell's first subnotebook line that is why my expectations are high. I'm really looking forward for its release as the list of features is quite impressive. According to Engadget, "…(with Dell E) you'll get an instant-on Linux distro running atop Intel's 1.6GHz Atom processor, a 1,024 x 600 display, 3x USB, a wee SSD, integrated webcam, WiFi, and more in a 0.82-1.22-inch thick sled weighing about 2.2-pounds."
Now, which one would you recommend?
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Although Hurricane Alex made landfall 80 to 100 miles south of the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, crop observers expect significant damage from the storm, especially to grain sorghum fields that were ready for harvest.
"Our grain sorghum harvest just began in earnest this week," said Webb Wallace, executive director, Cotton and Grain Producers of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. "All but the latest planted grain has been sprayed with Roundup, but probably only 10 percent had been harvested before rain began Tuesday. Our main concerns are stalks blowing down and grain sprouting in the head if we have several days of continuously wet weather."
Wallace said the storm came at a bad time for Valley grain farmers. "It's a real disappointment as we had one of the best grain sorghum crops ever, thanks to timely rains."
Cotton is less vulnerable. "The cotton crop has only a very few open bolls in the earliest fields," Wallace said. "We could get some boll rot on bolls that are about to crack, but for the most part, cotton is not very vulnerable at this time."
He said the region experienced bands of heavy rain on Wednesday and only slightly gusty winds (25 to 30 miles per hour). "Doppler totals showed orange to red (4 to 6 inches) over most of the area. Before I went to bed Wednesday night, the Doppler totals for the LRGV showed large areas with 7 to 9 inches of rain. We had one more band of heavy rain come through in the night."
Wallace said the Doppler system reset at midnight so he could not ascertain total rainfall from the storm.
"I'll be out later today (Thursday) to survey for damage, but it will be too soon to see if grain is going to sprout. Unfortunately, they are calling for continued rain today, although the heavy rain seems to be over for now."
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Best Kept Women's Fashion Secret: Buy Menswear
Women who love fashion-forward looks, but are savvy enough to source their classics, are finding the best fit and price is often the men's department. Meenal Mistry joins the Lunch Break with a look at how to borrow from the boys. Photo: Getty Images
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Upon receipt of the loan amount, we will disburse all proceeds as shown on the closing statement. Your home purchase is now completed and closed! This summary of the steps and descriptions of the parties involved in helping you close on your home is quite involved. However, by understanding the closing process, you will be better able to identify the cause of any obstacle or delay in closing. At Stewart Title our staff of experienced professionals is dedicated to the accomplishment of our goal, closing your home.


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Jon Plodzik, director of dining services for the University of New Hampshire, won the Steal This Idea contest with this idea: "To increase engagement with our guests we have started our own YouTube videos of our activities and students enjoying them. The students love watching the videos. We linked them to our home page and we've had more than 2,500 views in just two weeks. We love the engagement with the students."


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